During the time Chai Yan went to the Prince's Mansion, Ge Hong and Guan Maochun, pretending to be a firewood seller and his son, appeared at the door of Chai Yan's house again.
In the past ten days, this was the fifth time that the two of them came to Chai Yan's house to sell firewood. They came here once every two days, but every time they came back, Uncle Cai said that the master was not home.
After many times, Ge Hong and Guan Maochun became suspicious of Uncle Cai's words, so they climbed over the wall more than once at night to investigate and found out that Chai Yan had never come back.
Guan Maochun whispered: "Uncle Ge, it's almost the New Year, why don't you think this Chai Yan hasn't come home yet? I always feel like he knows something and has been avoiding us!"
While observing the situation on the street, Ge Hong lowered his bamboo hat and said, "Maybe Butler Zhou leaked the news, which has wasted so much of our time..."
Guan Maochun said: "Uncle Ge, why don't we give up this job! Wandering around here every day with nothing to do, the inns in the city are not cheap, it's not worth it!"
Guan Maochun was a little anxious these days. He thought it would be an easy job, but he didn't expect it to be so unsatisfactory.
It's not like Ge Hong never thought of giving up midway. By this time, his Warrior Gang had already collected an unknown amount of tolls.
"We've come here today, so this is the last time. If that guy hasn't come back yet, then we'll leave the city immediately and quit this job!" Ge Hong made up his mind.
"Okay, Uncle Ge." Guan Maochun nodded in agreement.
After the two reached an agreement, Guan Maochun went up to knock on the door. As soon as he reached the first step, there was the sound of the door opening behind Chai Yan's house.
The cook Cuiyun and the maid Xiaokui came out of the door. Cuiyun was about to take Xiaokui for a walk in the market. Firstly, she wanted to find the way so that she could run errands if there was anything she wanted to buy at home. Secondly,
Go to the market to find someone to deliver the letter home.
As soon as Cuiyun saw Ge Hong and Guan Maochun standing outside the door, she turned back and shouted to the house: "Cai Laowu, come out, the two men have brought firewood!"
After shouting, Cuiyun said to the two of them: "Wait a moment..."
Ge Hong and Guan Maochun nodded at the same time, and their curious eyes secretly fell on Xiaokui.
Cuiyun led Xiaokui to the street and said: "Xiaokui, you must be sure, these two men are delivering firewood to our family..."
"Got it, Aunt Yun." Xiaokui responded and looked back at Ge Hong and Guan Maochun, leaving an impression on their appearance.
Cuiyun asked as he walked: "Xiao Kui, what do you think I should cook for dinner? It's such a cold day, I don't even know what to eat!"
When Ge Hong and the two heard this, they immediately perked up and their eyes immediately converged.
Listen to this, the real owner is back?
The next moment, Ge Hong confirmed this idea! Yes, she must be back. I have never seen this little girl before. She must be the maid brought back by Chai Yan.
Guan Maochun looked at Ge Hong and nodded excitedly, probably saying that he had finally waited!
At this time, Uncle Cai also appeared at the door. When he saw the two of them, he said: "Hey, firewood has arrived again... Come on, come on, bring it in..."
Ge Hong and Guan Maochun hurriedly pretended to be honest and answered, then they each carried firewood and walked to the kitchen in a familiar way. As they walked, they secretly looked around, wondering if they could see any trace of the real owner.
The two of them came outside the kitchen and put down the firewood, and Uncle Cai began to inspect the bundles one by one.
Ge Hong stood aside and asked: "Steward Cai, look at that little girl just now, is she new here?"
"Yes, the new maid my master bought is called Xiaokui." Uncle Cai never took his eyes off the firewood as he spoke.
Ge Hong took advantage of the situation and said: "Steward Cai, so Mr. Chai is back?"
Uncle Cai straightened up and said, "Ah, I'm back. I just came back this morning..."
Guan Maochun's expression suddenly became tense. He stared at Ge Hong and waited for his order to take action.
Ge Hong quickly shook his head at him and signaled Guan Maochun not to worry, and asked: "Steward Cai, we father and son want to meet Mr. Chai so that we can salute him and say thank you..."
Uncle Cai shook his head and said with a smile: "Well, it's not that I don't want you to see the master. It's just a coincidence that the master went out again after lunch..."
Guan Maochun became anxious when he heard this: "What? Going out again? What on earth is your master doing? He's not home all day long!"
Ge Hong was startled and quickly stopped him: "Shut up!"
Guan Maochun also realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly shut up and lowered his head.
But at this time, Uncle Cai was already unhappy. His smiling face darkened. He looked at Guan Maochun and said, "Why do you talk so young? What do you mean by being busy? My master is a lord personally conferred by the emperor. Naturally,
You have a lot of things to do, you..."
Ge Hong quickly stepped forward to apologize: "Butler Cai, please don't be angry. The child is ignorant and speaks erratically. Please be more patient! I apologize on his behalf. I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
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"Take good care of this kid of yours. If you talk like this, you will suffer a lot when you go out in the future! I have a good temper, so I won't argue with you as a junior!" Cai Bo said.
Ge Hong nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, yes, Butler Cai said yes, I will punish him well when we get back..."
With that said, Ge Hong drove Guan Maochun out.
"Wait a minute!" Uncle Cai shouted: "You don't want the money?"
Ge Hong turned around and took the money for firewood given by Uncle Cai, and hurried out of the Chai family house.
After Ge Hong took Guan Maochun away from the Chai family, he said, "Did you take the wrong medicine?"
"No... I just heard that the person was not at home, so I was a little anxious..." Guan Maochun said with his head hanging down.
Ge Hong looked back at Chai Yan's house and said in a low voice: "Let's come over again at night. The boy has been out for so many days and will definitely have to stay at home tonight. It's a good time for us to take action!"
Guan Maochun was immediately eager to give it a try, but suddenly he was stunned for a moment, and turned around and said: "Uncle Ge, the old housekeeper just said that their master is a newly crowned lord. This... this is what Mr. Zhou said.
The situation is different..."
Ge Hong fearlessly said: "What's wrong, Sir? There are so many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in this capital city at the feet of the Emperor. It's so strange to grab a handful of them on the street. If he wasn't the Sir, how could he dare to bully the Zhou family so arrogantly?"
?The master of the Zhou family has been refusing to show up, isn’t it because he is afraid of his revenge?”
"That's right..." Guan Maochun's concerns were put away after a moment: "It doesn't matter who he is, anyway, we arrested people and exchanged them for money and then left the capital!"
Ge Hong looked at the sky, patted Guan Maochun on the shoulder and said: "It's still early, let's go, eat something and sleep, recharge your batteries!"