After the officers and soldiers defeated the bandits, the prefect Su Tao had no choice but to take the opportunity to entertain the local gentry. The government officials sent posts to various prefectures with great pride, and the rewards they received were equivalent to their salaries for two or three years. Naturally, the Lao family was indispensable, because they only took random posts with them.
Lao Yanhe used the phrase "bringing the female dependents" as an excuse to find Su Cheng and find out which female dependents this "bringing female dependents" was bringing.
Su Cheng smiled and said: "Of course it's the important female family members. I won't go with Mrs. Su."
Lao Yanhe asked quickly: "Why doesn't Miss Zhang go?"
Su Cheng said, "It's too chatty." He thought about it again, "Will your ancestors come? I'll have someone prepare something sweet and soft."
Lao Yanhe said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Miss Zhang. She doesn't like fun, so I don't think she will go."
Su Cheng asked curiously: "Don't your grandmother like liveliness? My grandmother loves noisy things the most."
Lao Yan said calmly: "That's not my grandmother."
Su Cheng was stunned: "Not your grandmother? Aren't all ancestors grandmothers?"
Lao Yanhe said casually: "It's a long story. Our ancestors were originally from the capital, and my brothers were also officials. My father was the one who proposed to her brother on behalf of my uncle. Because of some strange misunderstanding.
, my uncle thought that their family had regretted their marriage. However, my grandfather was seriously ill at that time, and he invited a mage to come and see him, saying that he needed to be happy. Then my uncle hurriedly married my aunt. The people in Beijing did not know this, and they sent her to marry according to the date.
Come here. My ancestors understood the righteousness well and understood the cause and effect. In order to protect my father’s reputation, I took my uncle as my brother and lived in the outer courtyard of our house as my sister. My cousin calls her my aunt, and the younger generations of the family call her Lao.
Ancestors.”
Su Cheng's eyes widened after hearing this: "This ancestor is your god-aunt and your uncle's ex-fiancée?" Lao Yanhe nodded. Su Cheng thought for a moment, "Is there anyone in Beijing who understands justice so well? I
Why haven’t you heard of it? What’s her last name?”
Lao Yanhe shook his head and said, "I don't know, no one has ever mentioned it."
"Even though she was engaged to your uncle first, she is not a member of your family after all. Why did I hear you talk the last two times, but she was the one who made the decision in your family?"
Lao Yan said peacefully: "Although she is a female, she is rare among people."
"So that's it. It's true that a talent is like a treasure... Pearls can always be seen if they are shiny." Su Cheng said, "That's all. It's really not easy for her to go out to the banquet with her status." Lao Yanhe nodded repeatedly.
After Su Cheng finished talking, he quickly jumped on his horse and ran back to the Su Mansion. Lao Yanhe didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said, so he just casually chatted with his admirer for a while, so he didn't tell anyone.
After listening to Su Cheng's narration, Jia Cong sneered and said: "The Lao family has never thought that a young lady from the capital would give up a lifetime event just to take care of someone's reputation in your family? Since it was a misunderstanding, I must go back to the capital to clarify it.
, find a way to clear up this marriage and marry someone else. Girls from official families in Beijing are raised with money. To put it harshly, they all marry for political capital. How can they do it for a stranger?
Reputation is like being an old girl. Unless she is a natural mirror grinder."
Chen Ruijin said calmly: "There are many honest and righteous women in the book."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "That's just a random thank you to coax a pedant. Only two hundred and fifty people like the Lao family can believe it."
Liu Xiaoqi said: "I found out that Lao Yanxiao has a younger brother named Lao Yanci, who is a second-class Jinshi in the imperial examination. He is now serving as the county magistrate of Gaoyi County in Yan State." He looked at the people and said, "Master Ruosu was assassinated.
If he dies, it would be cheap for this person to take over Jiangxi."
Jia Cong frowned: "A county magistrate cannot be promoted so quickly."
Liu Xiaoqi smiled and said: "Not only that. There are quite a lot of stories about the Lao family. What do you think the origin of Lao Yanhe is?"
Jia Cong glared at him: "Stop talking nonsense."
Liu Xiaoqi tilted his head: "To be clear, the reason why I didn't go to check before was because I couldn't find out, and because I didn't suspect the Lao family. On the day of the war, I became suspicious of their family, so I went to check."
Su Cheng also said: "How can you come up with so much nonsense?"
It turns out that Lao Yanhe's identity is also somewhat embarrassing. His father turned out to be Lao Fuhe, the former Minister of Household Affairs. In the early years, the imperial court liquidated the remnants of Prince Yi Zhong, and Mrs. Lao's family was implicated, and all the men who entered the official life were imprisoned. The old lady may have been implicated.
Her husband's family wanted to become a nun without telling others. They were not willing to marry a random wife from the Lao family, so they sent a message to Lao Fuhe to marry another orphan girl that she had been helping. Although Lao Fuhe had a deep relationship with his old wife, he also had a deep relationship with his wife.
He was really afraid of being implicated, so he followed Mrs. Lao's advice. Unexpectedly, two years later, his in-laws' family was safe and sound, and both his father and brother were restored to their posts. In this case, there was no use in renewing the string. Mrs. Lao went home and renewed the string.
She became a nun. No one knew that Xuexian had a knot in her belly when she was sent away.
That Xu Xian was also a man of character. After all, his debt to Mrs. Lao had been paid off, so he left the nunnery prepared by the Lao family and moved to another place. The Lao family didn't care about her and just pretended that they had never had such a person. After all, Xu Xian fell behind.
After giving birth to a son, out of anger, he took the word "和" from the name of his father, Lao Fuhe, and named his son. The two of them sounded like brothers. When Lao Yanhe was eight years old, his mother fell ill.
He left. Before he died, he thought that his son was missing, so he left a blood letter and a large package of evidence, and entrusted his sister-in-law in the nunnery to send Lao Yan and Lao Fu to his home.
Lao Fu looked at his half-grown son and didn't know what to do. Keep him, and let the news spread and make people laugh; don't keep him, he is his legitimate son. However, Xu Xian's character of running away in the early years has been worn away by time.
A lot of resentment arose. A weak woman had nowhere to vent her resentment. She could only whisper in her son's ears day and night not to allow him to change his name. Xiao Laoyan and his mother had just lost their lives, and they knew that it was his father and his wife who couldn't live with his mother.
, there was nowhere to vent his anger, so he would rather die than change his name. Xu Xian never thought that Lao Yanhe, with a name like an uncle, would obviously not be able to be accepted into the Lao Mansion in the capital. Lao Fuhe
He had no choice but to send his youngest son back to his ancestral home and entrust him to his younger brother to take care of him.
After listening to this, several people felt sad for a long time. Jia Cong sighed: "Lao Yanhe and Wei Ruoheng are two bitter fruits on the same tree. His mother just took the opportunity to stay with Mrs. Ren Lao, and he is Wei Ruolan."
Su Cheng immediately said: "Uncle Master is wrong. If Mrs. Lao's natal family has collapsed, he will be Wei Ruolan... That's not right either. Lao Fu and his mother are orphans. He has no support from his mother-in-law, even if he stays in Lao Fu
The family is just mediocre. Mrs. Lao sees things more clearly than Wei Ruoheng's mother." She thought about it again and felt angry for no reason. She stumbled and said, "This is nothing! Prince Yi Zhong lost a game.
It has caused trouble to so many families."
Chen Ruijin glanced at her: "What's the point of causing trouble? There are countless people who have lost their lives unjustly."
Liu Xiaoqinai said: "In this case, Aunt Lao's plan will be clear."
Li Guopei's army encircled Luoxiao Mountain in April, and Nanchang Prefecture was empty. The new prefect Su Tao was left empty-handed because he was ignored by the previous prefect Xie Jing. Li Tao sent a message to the green forest people all over the country to summon them, and by April it should be full.
The city was invaded by bandits. Fourteen more bandits, totaling 40,000 people, took the opportunity to attack Nanchang Mansion. The city was broken, and Su Tao died in battle. Lao Fu and his nephew Lao Yanci managed to fill the gap, and Jiangxi fell completely into the hands of Gu Dong's family.
Then Gu Dongjia suddenly got some news. They knew that Jia Cong and others would rush to see Mr. Su Zheng before April. They were afraid that something might happen. So they ordered the bandits to take action in advance. Since there were still three thousand grain guards in the city, the bandit leader Xu Qi was ready.
Wait until they leave before attacking the city. By then the city is still broken, and the prefect Su Tao is killed in the battle.
Until Chen Ruijin showed off his musket and Jinyiwei waist card in Chulongzhai, the Gudong family underestimated the fighting power of this group of people, and only wanted to kill Yang Guotai quietly so that he could hide his status. Then Su Tao seemed to have obtained a sharp weapon.
, the thunderous means defeated the Xie family, and the Green Forest people often failed to cause trouble. The Lao family took advantage of the situation and turned to Su Tao to gain favor. Lao Yanhe fell in love with Su Cheng at first sight, so he reminded her that there were more and more Green Forest people in the city. For no reason
Why would Su Cheng doubt him? He casually said that he didn't need help. It was obvious that the Su family already had countermeasures to deal with the bandits in the city. With a little guessing, you could guess that the Rongguo Mansion would help - firearms are the cheapest to deal with Green Foresters. Firearms are also the cheapest to deal with bandits.
Gu Dongjia couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that the victory rate would be reduced by 10% if the attack was delayed for one day, so he made a quick order and waited for the bandits to attack the city as soon as the three thousand soldiers escorting the grain soldiers left.
At that time, the city was empty, so Su Tao had no choice but to use the nursing homes of wealthy households to defend the city. The Lao family took the lead in sending nursing homes from home, and encouraged other families to send people to Su Tao one after another. Su Tao had a beaten one in his hand.
Yang Guotai, who is fighting, must send the city leader to lead the troops. Yang Guotai's old acquaintance Du Min'an took the opportunity to join in. According to Su Tao's temperament, he must personally guard the city gate tower. No matter how capable the bodyguards of Rongguo Mansion are, they can't be there.
The local protection ensured that Su Tao's skin was not scratched at all - let alone one of his own. If a poisoned weapon were to pierce Su Tao anywhere on his body, the nerd would be dead. Lao Fuhe was Jia Lian's old boss, and he was with Jia Lian.
The Rongguo Mansion had secret contacts. His nephew succeeded Su Tao, so the Rongguo Mansion must have nothing to say. It would be even cheaper if he could get Su Cheng's heart. Firearms connections and cocoa tea supplies would be at his fingertips.
Never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that Li Tao, his best subordinate, would be selfish and reluctant to let Su Tao die just because he expected Su Tao to reverse his case. Jia Cong was reminded that Liu Hu, a familiar person, immediately found Feihong Mountain where the bandits were hiding, and returned the favor.
He assassinated Xu Qi along the way. When the Gu Dong family received a report from the bandits, they knew that if they did not give it a try, their plan would be in vain, so they ordered the bandits to attack the city immediately. Jia Cong sang an empty city strategy, and Yang Guotai played a flower blossoming on the tree and sang
Once Jiang Qian stole the book and relied on the power of firearms, he finally defeated 40,000 bandits with more than 3,000 men. However, the assassin could not get close to Su Tao.
After several people studied the cause and effect, Jia Cong asked Liu Xiaoqi: "Can you find out the surname of the Lao family's aunt?"
Liu Xiaoqi spread his hands: "That ancestor is not known to everyone. Only a few direct descendants of the Lao family know about it. Even Lao Yanxiao doesn't know her surname."
"Since the surname is from the capital, it is still possible that the surname is Mei." Jia Cong murmured, "If the leader of the Jinyiwei is not Mei Hanlin but his sister, and he 'marries' to the south early, Mr. Mei's engagement with Xue Baoqin will not be so inconsistent.
The marriage was not decided by him but by his father. His father didn’t know that his sister and son had been abducted by the emperor’s family, and his family was not very wealthy, so it made sense to marry a merchant to make money. What’s more, even if there was no involvement from our family in this marriage,
In the end, it seems that it didn't work out." According to the clues in the original work, it seems that the Xue family was in decline and Xue Baoqin did not marry in the end.
Chen Ruijin frowned: "Putting the cart before the horse. What if it's not Mei Hanlin? Even if her surname is Mei, there are so many people named Mei."
"There can't be so many coincidences." Jia Cong thought, "The crossword puzzle of Gu Erdai is Mei. Mr. Mei is the one who can guess the time when we passed through Jiangxi on our return from Shu." He thought again, "Back then, Miss Mei and
When the Lao family got married, Mei Hanlin probably had not yet climbed up to the Imperial Academy and was just a minor official. Even if Lao Fu and He did not become ministers, they were much better than Mei Hanlin. In order to pave the way for her brother to become an official, Mei Hanlin's sister stayed away from the capital and married
It is also a common business for Lao Fu and his younger brother. But that was too many years ago. Lao Yanxiao is already so old, and Changfeng Building has only been opened for about ten years. So Aunt Lao was not the one from the beginning.
Jinyiwei?"
Liu Xiaoqi said: "Changfeng Tower was originally built after General Xu Hong rebelled and there were many bandits in Jiangxi. The ancestors of the Lao family may have become Jin Yiwei later."
Chen Ruijin said: "If the marriage doesn't work out, why doesn't she go back to Beijing? Why would such a smart person waste her whole life just for an idea?"
Everyone thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a reason. Su Cheng pouted and said, "Even if Aunt Lao is not Mei Hanlin's sister, this section doesn't make sense... It's really just that I understand one thing after another."
Chen Ruijin suddenly said: "Come on, let's try to pry open Old Hutou's mouth." Then he stood up.
Everyone was curious and followed her all the way to the government office. Lao Hutou still locked up the backyard in a secluded area. He ordered the guard to open the door, and Chen Ruijin walked in with a smile. Lao Hutou had been in a trance after being isolated for these days, and his eyes were cloudy.
Chen Ruijin paused for a moment. Chen Ruijin said: "Miss Li Tao from Hongxiangfang died yesterday."
Lao Hutou was at a loss for a moment, then shouted out loud: "Impossible!"
Chen Ruijin sighed: "He died quite miserably, with injuries all over his body. I think he was forced to confess."
Hatred suddenly burst out of Old Hutou's eyes: "That bitch officer Su Tao!"
Chen Ruijin looked at him: "If Su Tao wanted to force a confession from the prisoner, I would naturally do it. You know my methods? Do I need to beat the person all over his body to force a confession? It's too ugly, and the screams are too unpleasant."
Hu Tou was stunned. Chen Ruijin said, "Now I only know that Li Tao was a spy sent by another country. Her superiors suspected that she had betrayed the master, so they tortured her. However, she was unjustly accused and did not betray at all. She lost her life in vain."
She shook her head and said, "It's such a pity." She hummed again, "I already suspected that she was cheating. I found out three or five days earlier that she had already moved into the house next door." She pointed to the wall, "Anyway.
Can live."
The old bearded man's eyes were red, and his teeth were clenching loudly: "Damn old pious woman! Miss Li has been loyal for more than ten years, and yet she did something as bad as a pig or a dog!"
Chen Ruijin sighed again: "Poor that oiran lady, she was so charming when she was alive, but after her death she didn't even have anyone to collect her body. Those benefactors were usually very nice, but they threw gold and silver treasures at her, but now they don't even want to buy a thin-skinned coffin."
Give it to her. She is in the government morgue right now. After the funeral is finished, I will buy her a coffin. After all, she is also a woman."
Old Hutou immediately said: "I still have some savings, I will buy a coffin for her!"
Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "You are still a prisoner. If you don't go out, how can you buy a coffin for her?" Old Hu choked. Chen Ruijin shrugged and said, "Anyway, I only buy the cheapest and thinnest fir coffin, which costs about fifty yuan."
That's enough."
Old Hu Tou's eyes grew redder and redder: "How can fir be used as a coffin? Whose coffin shop is so unscrupulous to use fir as a coffin!"
"I can't care about that. I'm not her, and I don't even recognize her. It's good that I'm willing to help her collect her body." Chen Ruijin smiled sweetly, "If you feel aggrieved, why not confess and make up for the crime? Mr. Su will
He is very happy to have defeated 40,000 bandits. If you confess, maybe he will be happier and let you go. You can also help her change her coffin before her body is so rotten that no one can see it. As long as you have money, even if you
Buying nanmu. The national law does not stipulate that fans are not allowed to use nanmu coffins, right?" Before Lao Hutou could answer, she was startled and said, "Oh, by the way, she is still wearing those tattered clothes at the moment. I
Even if they are willing to give her a decent shroud, no one is willing to put it on for her. Gee, it’s so miserable..."
Old Hutou yelled: "Shut up!"
Chen Ruijin stood up and said, "That's all. If you don't like what you heard, I'll leave."
"Stop!" Old Hutou yelled again. After a moment of pause, he said dejectedly, "I said..."