To Rule in a Turbulent World

Nie Dan nodded, and You Dechuan wanted to reprimand him later, but Nie Dan raised his hand to stop him, and said to You Miao: "Your friend asked someone to find the boxes you lost outside the Great Wall, please take a look." Not less, here is another letter."

Nie Dan got up and handed You Miao a letter. You Dechuan and Huang County Prime Minister both got up, and only You Miao sat lazily and took the letter. She thought it was written by Li Yan, but she didn't recognize the handwriting at all.On the seal was written "My virtuous younger brother You Miao personally entrusted her."

You Dechuan got up to see off the guests, and You Miao had to follow behind, sending Nie Dan and Huang Xiancheng outside the second gate, Huang Xiancheng said: "In my opinion, Mr. Nie is not as good as..."

"I'll go back on horseback." Nie Dan clasped his fist at You Miao. His official position was higher than that of Huang Xiancheng, but Huang Xiancheng wanted to salute him instead. A horse was tied outside. Nie Dan got on the horse and went down the mountain.

Only then did Huang Xiancheng bid farewell to You Dechuan, said some polite words, and then got on the sedan chair and left.

As soon as the two left, You Dechuan's face darkened.You Miao didn't even give him a chance to speak, turned around and went into the hall, stood beside the boxes, pointed at the two boxes, and said, "Here, I brought these here to honor you."

You Dechuan's face changed first, and then he had nothing to say, You Miao mocked: "It's just unlucky, he was robbed by barbarians halfway, and almost killed, father doesn't love mother or mother, it's so bad every day ..."

You Dechuan just wanted to say something, but was blocked by You Miao again, but You Miao was not afraid of him at all, and continued: "...Thanks to Zhao Chao, who I don't know, for beating me a few times..."

"What?!" You Dechuan said as if he heard some joke, "Who beat you for you?"

You Miao sternly said: "A passerby who met by chance! Zhao Chao who was locked up with me! I have been home for so long, my father never asked me a word on the way, and someone else beat me for me!"

"You, you, you..." You Dechuan trembled with anger, picked up the crutches, wanted to hit but couldn't.

The father and son had nothing to say to each other for a long time, You Miao sneered and said: "You said that I was empty-handed and didn't bring anything home. Now all those who respect you are here, you can look it up yourself."

You Miao walked away.

You Dechuan stood in the hall and let out a long sigh.

Mrs. Wang came into the hall and asked, "What is the magistrate of Cai County doing here? There is also a military officer?"

You Dechuan sat on the chair, rubbed his temples, Mrs. Wang came over and sat down, and said with a smile: "Why don't you call Han Ge over to talk, these two boxes..."

The box was tattered and tattered, as if it had been exhausted after a long journey, You Dechuan said: "It was sent by a friend in Youmiao Capital, Chun Xiao, open the box and let me have a look."

The servant came in to open the box, Wang laughed and said, "What friend? I even came here to send some New Year gifts..."

You Dechuan glared at her, and said in a low voice: "Mo Xiao, you are really a remarkable character! It's just that our You family can't afford to fawn on you!"

While talking, You Miao went back to the room. When she entered the room with a dark face, she took out the letter and shook it, sat on the porch, and looked at it by the skylight.The mood suddenly improved a little.

It was a letter from Zhao Chao.

"... In the past, I did not know the safety of my good brother. After the farewell, the Yanbian city defense was dispatched. Brother took the liberty to avenge the prisoner. Now I will return the lost property. If there is something missing, I hope that the crime will be forgiven..."

You Miao laughed, writing in such a polite manner, and read down again.

"...Looking forward to the warm spring and the blooming sun, I will come to Beijing for a talk. Brother: Zhao Chao."

You Miao folded the letter, feeling warm in her heart. Unexpectedly, Zhao Chao, who was in adversity with her, treated her with more friendship.I just don't know where this guy came from, seeing Zhao Chao wearing leather armor at that time, he was expected to be an officer and soldier, maybe he was a member of a family, or a young military officer.

In this way, he and Nie Dan knew each other, and it was not uncommon for him to ask Nie Dan to deliver the box. Just now, he glanced at the hall, and it was obvious that the box was tied on both sides of the horse's back, and it was bumping all the way. It was hard work for him. If I knew earlier, I would give some rewards...

When You Miao was meditating, the butler came in person.

"The master invites the young master to have dinner." Lin Butler said.

"No." You Miao said, "Dinner will be delivered to my room, and I will eat it myself."

Butler Lin said: "Master said, the box from the capital..."

You Miao: "Let him deal with it."

Butler Lin left, and after a while, someone brought food to You Miao, who was thinking about how to reply to Zhao Chao's letter. Forget it, Li Yan is worse than adding trouble at home.

In the hall, You Dechuan and Wang, and You Hange were at a table, the butler reported that the young master wanted to eat in the room, Wang clicked his tongue in admiration, opened the box, and inside were all Saibei's fox fur and wolf jackets, and some deer antler, tiger penis and tiger bones.You Dechuan pondered for a moment, and said: "For the hare with preserved meat for dinner, just save two food boxes and send them to him, and give him some of the same."

Compared with when You Miao was bartering in Yanbian City, there were a lot more things in the box. It was obvious that Zhao Chao led people to capture the Tatars, and sent a lot of the confiscated spoils as well. Two big boxes were full, all of which were valuable products outside the Great Wall, Wang said: "Master, look at this ginseng, it costs ten taels of silver to buy it in Peicheng."

You Dechuan sneered and said, "Isn't it Lao Tzu's money? Who is short of it? He spends it..." Before he could finish the sentence, thinking that Mrs. Wang didn't know that he gave You Miao money, he had to stop talking and said, "Your mother and son Pick what you like and use it, and return the rest to him.”

You Hange smiled and said: "It's the filial piety of my second brother. It's not cold in Jiangbei in winter. It's useless for me to ask for it. I'd better keep it for him."

When she was speaking, Wang gave You Hange a blank look, and You Dechuan, who was careful and thoughtful, could see it, so she said casually: "Let's eat, let me talk to that stubborn boy tomorrow."

The next day, You Miao was about to go to the study to write back to Zhao Chao, when she opened the door unexpectedly, she met her father face to face.At that time, You Hange was also in the room, listening to his father's teaching respectfully.

You Miao came in with Li Zhifeng, and when she saw her father and You Hange, she turned around and wanted to leave.

"Come in." You Dechuan said, "Have you recovered?"

You Miao's face was sombre, just after taking the medicine in the morning, Dr. Xing's hand rejuvenated, and the needles cured her disease, only a little cough remained, and said, "I'll come back later."

"I have something to tell you." You Dechuan put down his pen slowly, and said, "Your elder brother made a special trip the night before yesterday to go down the mountain to invite a doctor for you. You probably don't know about it."

You Miao taunted: "Brother invited the doctor up, my body is cold too."

"You..." You Dechuan was agitated by You Miao in less than three sentences, but You Hange smiled and said to You Dechuan: "The doctor was invited by Li Zhifeng, fortunately he came in time."

You Dechuan looked Li Zhifeng up and down, and finally said: "I heard from Han Ge, you two ran [-] miles back and forth that day?"

Li Zhifeng just hummed and stopped answering.

You Dechuan said: "Thank you for your hard work, it's really not easy to take care of the kid, I'm spoiled."

You Dechuan wanted to send Li Zhifeng away at first, but after listening to You Hange's explanation, he was moved by his loyalty, no matter who it is, as long as he sincerely protects You Miao, he should not treat him badly, this is where loyalty lies. You Dechuan thought for a while, opened the desk drawer, took out some silver, put it on the corner of the table, and said, "This is your reward."

Li Zhifeng didn't go forward to pick it up, nor did he thank you for the reward. You Miao just thought it was funny, and the atmosphere froze for a while, and after a while, You Dechuan was also embarrassed, coughed, and said, "Miaoer."

You Miao held the letter in her hand and looked at him coldly. Her lips and eyebrows were very similar to Qiao Ke'er who was furious back then and refused to give in. This was the most disgusting expression in You Dechuan's life. When confronting each other and refusing to give in at all, You Dechuan was full of anger, but he had nowhere to vent.

"You, very much like your mother." You Dechuan suppressed his anger and said word by word.

You Miao said: "I know you hate my mother. I didn't know it before, but now I know it. She has tied you up for more than ten years. You must hate her to death, and even hate me, right?"

You Hange's expression changed, he looked at You Miao, then at You Dechuan.

"No." You Dechuan sighed, and said slowly: "I'm sorry Ke'er, I'm sorry you."

When You Miao heard this suddenly, she was a little surprised at last, and You Dechuan said again: "It should be given to you, a penny will not short you, whether it is you or your elder brother who enters the court as an official in the future, this family business is yours. Both of them are half of one person, as a father, I made it clear at the clan meeting, and I also made it clear to your uncle's house, otherwise your brother-in-law wouldn't come to make trouble?"

You Miao saw that You Dechuan had opened up his words, and You Hange was listening to him again, and did not avoid him anymore, and said with a sneer, "What can my uncle do to make trouble?"

You Dechuan ignored him, said this, and looked up at You Miao: "You are not ready to take over the family business, you can't, and neither can your elder brother, I know that."

You Hange bowed and said, "Father, I can't."

You Miao also knew that he had a bad temper. He said that he was studying in the capital, but in fact he was squandering his fortune under the guise of making friends with powerful people. This bad debt was not clear at all, but he didn't regret it at all. You Dechuan could afford the money. No flower, no flower, no flower is also a flower for Wang's mother and son.

You Miao said: "I plan to go back to the capital in a few days. You can pick up some good goods from Saibei, and I'll sell the next one, so I can save some travel expenses..."

You Dechuan smiled.

"My father asked you, what are you doing here? Want to reply to your friend?" You Dechuan said.

You Miao said that just to find an excuse, and his father talked to him in a nice voice, so he naturally couldn't make too much trouble when he asked for money, so his face softened: "I wrote a letter to each of my two friends in the capital. .”

You Dechuan said: "The one who delivered the letter to you?"

You Miao said: "There is one more, Li Yan, the son of the prime minister's mansion."