[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

Seeing that the two of them were still pretending to be serious, Yan Chasan couldn't help laughing for a while, and then said: "After entering the store, Tong Yumo told me that there are two good horses tied up in the stable, and I glanced at them. At a glance, I saw that the two horses were tall and tall, with the same style of bridle and saddle. It was obvious that there were two people riding together. Go upstairs and look around the house. If there are people, the door will be closed. Close it; if there are no people living in it, it will be wide open, and there are only three rooms with closed doors, except for the room of Xia and Xiaotong, and the rest are you two. Since the horses are tied in the stables, there are nine out of ten rooms that live in the inn. pedestrian."

When the Confucian scholar heard the words, he asked, "If one of us has another companion, wouldn't it be two horses and two houses?"

Yan Chasan said: "If Miss Lu had a companion, she was alone at dinner downstairs and ordered a table full of pastries and fruits. She wouldn't have asked Xiao Er to leave without waiting for her companion to come. Since the horse is still resting In the stables, even if the partner has gone out, he must not go too far, and he will be back soon. According to human nature, Miss Lu will also ask Xiaoer to save a piece of pastry. Miss Lu's behavior is really a It's a style of traveling alone. And this man has already claimed that he is alone, so I don't need to speculate."

"Therefore, the riders of the two horses can only be the two riders. Since the horses use the same saddle and bridle, and both riders claim that they were entrusted by Mr. Bao, the two riders must also know each other. Maybe they came from the same company." After Yan Chasan finished speaking, he asked again, "I shouldn't ask you what I mean, but I should ask you two. I have tried all this before and after, but why? meaning?"

After listening to Yan Chasan's deduction, the woman surnamed Lu clapped her hands and looked at the Confucian scholar with a smile: "Fifth brother, Mr. Yan is indeed benevolent, righteous, courageous and resourceful. Mr. Bao is very accurate in judging people!"

This reversed back and forth, and Yu Mo was so shocked that he stayed where he was, unable to speak a word.

The Confucian scholar smiled slightly, looked at Yan Chasan and cupped his hands and said, "In Xiajinhua Baiyutang, next to me is my righteous sister Lu Caichun. The two of us were entrusted by Bao Longtu to escort Mr. Yan to work in Fengtai County. We are very I work for the Kaifeng Mansion, so I don't have to deal with official business, if there is any offense, I hope Mr. Yan will forgive me."

When Yan Chasan heard the words, he didn't take it seriously, but just smiled and said: "What kind of offense is this? I also intend to make friends with the two of you."

At this time, Lu Caishu opened the gate and attracted a person from outside the door, but it was the girl who was begging for food. The girl had washed the dust off her face and changed into a green shirt. She looked fresh and fresh. Yu Mo's eyes widened in shock.But it was Bitao.Lu Caichun said to the girl: "Bitao, pay back Mr. Yan's money."

Bi Tao held the copper in both hands with a smile, and stretched it out in front of Yu Mo.But Yan Chasan waved his hand and said: "These few pennies will be sent to the girl to buy some fruits to eat."

Bitao didn't wait for Lu Caichun to speak, and hurriedly said: "Then Bitao would like to thank Mr. Yan!" Lu Caichun had nothing to do with her, so he could only shake his head with a wry smile.

Lu Caichun said to Yan Chasan: "This little girl is originally from Huainan Prefecture. Her hometown was flooded, so she fled to Bianjing. Now my fifth brother and I are also planning to send her back to my hometown. She is far away from her hometown. The stage is not far away, seeing that it is approaching, I will send her back immediately tomorrow morning. Mr. Yan and Fifth Brother can go first."

The next day, Lu Caichun and Bitao rode together on the same horse, and hurried up the official road first.Bai Yutang led the remaining horse and walked side by side with Yan Chasan who was riding the donkey.Yan Chasan asked the whole story, and Bai Yutang told the whole story truthfully.

It turned out that the day before his departure, Bai Yutang heard about Yan Chasan from his brothers, so he went to Bao Zheng to inquire.When Bao Zheng heard that the place he was going to was not far from Fengtai County, he was overjoyed, so he told Bai Yutang about Yan Chasan.The magistrate of Fengtai County died suddenly for some unknown reason, and in the Huainan flood, this place was the most severely affected. Thousands of people lost their homes and fled. Now losing the magistrate is tantamount to worsening the situation.Bao Zheng recommended Yan Chasan, who had just passed the Ding Jian period, in order to train this proud student.But he treated Yan Chasan like a loving father, and he was afraid that something might happen to him in Fengtai County, so he wanted to find someone to escort him.

Bai Yutang and Lu Caichun, having won Bao Zheng's begging, were curious about Yan Chasan, so they came up with this idea.The two had followed Yan Chasan from far or near on the road, but they never let him and Yu Mo notice it.Seeing that their master and servant were about to rest in this town, the three of them rushed to the inn to change their clothes. Bi Tao hid from the back door first, and Bai Yutang dug out from the backyard, pretending to be a down-and-out Confucian scholar, He walked in from the shop door again, lest the shop owner and Xiaoer would be suspicious of him.

After one trial, Yan Chasan was found to be fair and benevolent, and after another trial, he was shown to be very smart, both Lu Bai and Lu Bai liked him very much.

Along the way, Yan Chasan and Bai Yutang talked speculatively, and felt that the road to Fengtai County was much shorter.At sunset, he walked to the county government office.

Seeing the scene in front of them, the three of them were all stunned.

The county government office in Fengtai County has already been burned to scorched earth.Thinking about it, it has been quite a few days since the fire, and stars and green grass have grown on the ruined walls.

Bai Yutang glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw a woman hiding behind a withered willow.The woman obviously knew that she had been discovered, so she straightened her hair and skirt, and Shi Shi ran out, revealing some fresh vegetable leaf stalks from the basket straddling her arms.

The woman was born quite rich, with creamy skin, two dimples at the corners of her lips, curved eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, she was not at all like the sallow and emaciated refugees they saw along the way, only with some stove ashes on both cheeks. The appearance of a village woman.The woman came forward, looked at the two of them indistinctly, and said with a slight smile: "Among the three, is there a new magistrate who came to Fengtai?"

Yan Chasan was worrying that the yamen had been burnt to nothing, when he saw a commoner from the county coming, he grabbed a life-saving straw and hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask, I'm a native of Fengtai—why is this yamen?" What is the current situation?"

The woman nodded first, and then said: "Master, the former county magistrate died suddenly at home a few days ago. Not long ago, in one night, the mansion and yamen were burnt down like this."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yutang asked, "What kind of person was this previous magistrate?"

The woman shook her head and said: "My master asked me such a question, but I dare not answer." After speaking, she took out two old cucumbers with golden skins from the basket and handed them to Yu Mo who was standing beside her.Yu Mo didn't dare to answer, his eyes only glanced at Yan Chasan.

Yan Chasan also hurriedly said: "Ma'am, we can't accept these melons and fruits."

Seeing that they were determined not to accept it, the woman had no choice but to put the cucumbers back into the basket.She saw the three of them groaning at the ruins of the county government office, and knew that they were worrying about their night residence.Then he said again: "If the master has nowhere to go, the master in Fengtai County will live one mile away from the southeast of the county government office. The one with dried wormwood tied to the door is the master's house."

When Yan Chasan heard the woman's words, he was like listening to the voice of a fairy, and he was overjoyed and said: "Ma'am, you have helped me a lot—I don't know how to call you, where is your house?"

The woman said with a smile: "My family's surname is Tang, which cannot be called an expensive character. A thatched hut is in the forest not far away."

Yan Cha san looked at the woman and cupped his hands in thanks, "I will come to thank you someday."

The woman said: "It's the blessing of my family to be able to help the master. How dare I expect the master to thank my family in turn?" She hoped that the three of them were blessed, then turned and walked away.

The three of them walked southeast according to what the woman said, and soon they saw a brick house in front of them, which was neat and quiet, and a bunch of wormwood was planted on the closed door, which was exactly the same as what the woman said. Exactly.Yu Mo stepped forward to knock on the door, and from time to time, the door opened a crack, and the person who came to look at it was an old man over fifty years old.

Yan Chasan gave Yu Mo a wink, and Yu Mo took out the documents from the bag, and said to the old man, "My husband is here to take up a post in Fengtai County, but this is where the master lives?"

The old man took the document, read it carefully, put the document in his sleeve, opened the door quickly, and leaned over to pay respects to Yan and check it out.Yan Chasan stretched out his hand and wrapped his arms around his father.The old man held his arms with both hands, and said joyfully: "The villain was too late to greet the master. The master has suffered—the villain's surname is Yi Minger, and he is the master of Fengtai County. The villain saw through his eyes and finally saw the master. Looking forward to it."

Yan Chasan said: "Master, you don't need to be too polite. To tell you the truth, the official came here this time because the yamen was flooded and burned to the ground. Now there is nowhere to go. I came to ask the master about resettlement. "

Master Yi let go, asked Yan Chasan to come in, and said: "The master came here, and the humble house was full of brilliance. The villain is very happy, and I invite the master to come in, and the villain will clean up the dust for the master."

Finally found a place to live, Yan Chasan breathed a sigh of relief.

Master Yi's house is very well furnished, he and his wife are the only ones in the house, both of them have two hairs on their temples.He and his wife only lived in this room, and there was still room for movement, now that Yan Chasan and the others came in, they almost rubbed shoulders against each other.Bai Yutang really couldn't see it, so he said to Master Yi: "Dare to ask Master, if there is any other place to shelter nearby?"

Master Yi also saw that the three people were extremely restrained after entering the house, so he had no choice but to say: "Take two steps to the east, there is an empty house, the original family escaped, if this master does not dislike it, you can go there Habitat temporarily."

Yan Chasan heard about it, and said: "It's really inconvenient to bother Master like this, I'm going to the empty house with Young Master Bai."

Seeing that Liuyan Chasan lived at home, Master Yi really wronged him, so he said: "Master and this young hero stay for dinner at least, so they can be considered villains."

At this time, Yi Ru had already put the food on the table, Yan Chasan took a look, there were only four bowls of rice and two plates of wild vegetables on the table.Yi Ruo quietly brought a bowl of rice soup by herself, and hid in the room to eat.When Master Yi saw it, he was also quite embarrassed, and said: "I don't know that the master is here, and I don't know how to eat well, I hope you can forgive me."

But Yan Chasan didn't mind, he called Bai Yutang and Yu Mo to sit down, and smiled at Master Yi: "The local area is suffering from natural disasters, and there is no shortage of people. It is not easy for the people to make ends meet, let alone food? Master, this is already a kind gesture, let me go down." Wynn is in my heart."

After eating this meal, I felt bitterness in my heart.Bai Yutang quickly finished his meal, and said to Yan Chasan: "Bai must go to the house to clean up first." Seeing this, Yan Chasan also ordered Yu Mo to follow Bai Yutang.

After the two walked out of Mr. Yi's house, Yan Chasan asked Mr. Yi: "Master, do you know the inside story of the death of the county magistrate and the fire in the yamen?"

Master Yi seemed to have expected that Yan Chasan would ask about this matter, so he said: "To tell the truth, the villain doesn't know much about this matter. It is said that a thunderstorm fell from the heavy rain in the middle of the night and hit the old man in the old man's house. As a result, the firewood room was flooded, and the entire yamen was burnt to ashes. Master Xianhu must have died in this fire."

After Yan Chasan listened, doubts suddenly arose in his heart.Earlier, Mrs. Tang said that the county magistrate died violently at home first, and then the fire broke out, but what Mr. Yi said clearly meant that the county magistrate was killed by fire.Which of these two people is right and which is wrong, it is really a matter of calculation.Yan Chasan didn't tell Mr. Yi what Tang said, but asked again: "Has any family members escaped, Chief Hu?"

Master Yi shook his head and sighed: "After the fire was extinguished, someone went in to find the living. There were six members of the Hu family, but only four corpses were brought out. Only Master Hu could be identified, and the rest could not be recognized. Only one body was found. It's a woman, I don't know if it's the nanny or the wife of Mr. Hu's family."

Yan Chasan asked, "Does Chief Hu have children?"

Master Yi said: "Just an only son, I heard that he is only seven years old, and now I don't know where he is going."

Yan Chasan asked: "Master, can you recognize the child's appearance?"

Master Yi shook his head and said: "The young master of the Hu family was raised in a deep house, and he almost never showed his face, and the villain could not recognize him, so he never found Master Hu's orphan for a long time."

Yan Chasan asked again: "The bodies of Chief Hu and those three people are still there?"

Master Yi smiled wryly and said: "The country people don't know the rules, and there is no coffin shop to make coffins, so they burn them on firewood."

As soon as Yan Chasan heard it, he felt that there were many hidden secrets.The body of a county magistrate was burned to ashes so carelessly, no matter how unruly a countryman Ren is, he would not be so reckless.Yan Chasan couldn't help asking: "This officer, how is he usually?"

Master Yi waved his hand and said, "The villain dare not speak nonsense."

Yan Chasan took hold of his waving hand, and said: "Master doesn't say anything, but the lower official knows in his heart that the lower official was recommended by Bao Longtu and Bao Zheng, and he is a student of his old man. Even if you look up to the sky and bow down to the ground, no matter what the master tells the lower officials, the lower officials will be able to tell right from wrong."

Master Yi then said: "Master Hu is good in everything, but one thing is not good, that is, he wants to expropriate the people's money to build dams. Everyone is willing to build dams, but if you use your own money, you will feel wronged after all. Isn’t that enough money to hire a carpenter to repair the dam?”

When Yan Chasan heard it, he roughly understood the twists and turns. The official surnamed Hu was obviously greedy for the money allocated by his superiors, but the dam had to be repaired, so he searched for the people's fat and anointment, and talked about it as money.The people in the county are bound to be dissatisfied. This is also the reason why the people's reaction is very cold when the Hu family suffers.