Jia Cong glanced at the people in front of him and pointed out one person: "Where is Xi Xuyang?"
"Xi Xuyang, the deputy governor of Huai'an Prefecture, pays homage to your lord!"
Jia Cong looked at the middle-aged civil servant with a bitter expression in front of him. Although he was extremely disgusted in his heart, he did not reveal his true intentions.
"Cui Xuanye is not here. Until the new magistrate is appointed by the imperial court, you will temporarily take over the affairs of the government. Also, this will be displayed in the capital for seven days, and then burned and buried to prevent the occurrence of epidemics. Do you remember?"
Xi Xuyang naturally did not dare to disobey the little ancestor in front of him and bowed down to accept the promise.
Things here came to an end for the time being. Jia Cong waved his hand and asked the men to take the silver from the reward and the rewards prepared by the Huai'an Prefecture and leave slowly.
It wasn't until no one in Huai'an Mansion could see Jia Cong and others that Xi Xuyang breathed a sigh of relief.
He immediately whispered in the ear of Cui Xuanye's master Lu Yanxu: "Hurry, write to Jinling as soon as possible..."
…
Jia She looked at his youngest son who was rubbing his hands in front of him and taking out the money. He took a piece of silver from the box and put it in his hand.
These were all twenty taels of official silver. Jia Conngle, holding the silver ingot, narrowed his eyes and smiled happily.
"Snapped!"
Unable to stand his son's giggles, Mr. Pardon slapped him on the head: "Stop being happy, tell me, why did you suddenly fake the imperial edict and kidnap Cui Xuanye and Wang Zisheng back? Are you really planning to sink into the river?"
After the family general reported back what happened in front of Huai'an Fucheng as quickly as possible, Jia She was almost shocked by his daring young son.
This brat is much more courageous than me. If he were to pretend to pass on an imperial edict, he would probably have to go to Naihe Bridge to drink soup.
However, Jia She also knew that his youngest son's mischief was a bit of a joke, but he never did anything without a reason, so he must have discovered something.
Sure enough, Jia Cong chuckled and whispered: "Dad, my son thinks there is a big secret in Huai'an Mansion. Cui Xuanye is definitely related to these water bandits..."
The father and son murmured for a long time in the room, and finally decided the fate of Cui Xuanye and Wang Zisheng.
Cui Xuanye and Wang Zisheng, who were about to be thrown into the river, offended the powerful general Jia She with their words. The pardon general ordered their bones to be crushed and ashes thrown into the canal.
After the fleet set off, people from Huai'an Prefecture's Yamen immediately rushed to the dock, surrounded the inn where Jia She and others were staying, carefully searched the inn, and then interrogated all the servants and women who had served Jia's family.
Finally, it was learned from a boy that Wang Zisheng had been secretly released by Jia She and had returned to the capital by boat. It was true that Cui Xuanye had his head chopped off and burned to ashes because he offended Jia She. By now, he had already merged into the canal water without any trace.
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"Sister Lin, I'm going to Yangzhou today, can you give me a day off?"
Jia Cong was lying on the table unwilling to recite any more. Daiyu, who was sitting across from him, straightened her waist and tapped her head lightly with the ruler in her hand: "It's still half a day, enough for you to recite another paragraph. Learn from it. It's like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Compared with others, you have already learned late. Now you can only make a name for yourself in the academic field by catching up..."
"Then if I pass the exam as a prostitute, can I propose marriage to my uncle?"
I don't know what happened today, but Jia Cong said such a sentence, which immediately made Daiyu, who was acting as the strict teacher, blush.
After a brief silence, the red Daiyu turned into an angry bird. She suppressed Jia Cong with her pink fist. The beating made Jia Cong beg for mercy again and again. After signing several unequal treaties, he was spared and given away. Jia Cong apologized.
Jia Cong looked pitifully at Daiyu, who was counting the money, and sighed: "This is my last pocket money. Sister Lin, why don't you leave me a few taels of silver? I'm a man, what can I do without money when I go out?"
Daiyu took out a piece of silver that was less than one tael from her purse, and said with a crooked smile: "This should be enough for you to buy snacks. Sister will save the rest for you. I heard Sister Feng say However, men will become bad when they have money, but I was afraid that you would become a bad person, so I took your money."
Jia Cong took the pieces of silver handed over by Dai Yu with both hands and murmured in a low voice: "You are a woman, you have the final say, your housekeeper..."
The voice became smaller and smaller, and Daiyu couldn't hear the rest of the sentence at all.
She asked curiously: "Brother Cong, what did you say? What home?"
Jia Cong immediately expressed his position loudly: "Nothing, I mean Sister Lin is wise!"
The two men in the cabin put down their books and spent the afternoon bickering. Grandma Wang and her two maids were busy packing their luggage, until in the evening, a whistle came from the front, and Daiyu suddenly became quiet.
Through the cabin window, she could already hear the familiar yet unfamiliar voice of Wu, and could even smell the scent of her hometown in her dreams.
Three years later, she is no longer an ignorant child. After carefully recalling what happened at home before she left home, as well as her experiences in the past few years, can Daiyu still understand that she was forced to go to the capital by circumstances?
Dad, my daughter is back, are you okay?
…
Lin Ruhai can no longer go to the pier to pick up his daughter.
He has been in coma several times since early August. If it weren't for a doctor with excellent medical skills by his side, I might have returned to the underworld long ago.
Butler Lin Fu, along with the Lin family's guards and maids, had been guarding Yangzhou Pier since noon, looking at the huge fleet of ships that gradually appeared on the canal.
"Uncle Fu, this is Rongguo Mansion's ship!"
"Quickly, let people clear the place, clear the place! Send people back to report to the master, our girl is back!"
The passenger ship slowly approached the dock. Jia She, who was wearing a python robe and a jade belt, stood at the bow of the ship, and beside him was Daiyu wearing a curtain hat.
Jia Lian and Jia Cong stood behind them. The mighty Rongguo Mansion soldiers lined up on both sides. After landing, they quickly boarded the dock and took control of the dock.
The master said that the Rongguo Mansion was going to put on a show and show off its momentum to let people know that the Lin family's in-laws were here to support the son-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion.
This group of murderous talents trained by Jia Daishan were in full swing, and their murderous aura frightened the merchants and people who were watching so much that they did not dare to breathe.
The spies from various Jiangnan families who were hiding in the crowd had already sensed the murderous intent, and they didn't even dare to risk their lives and retreated furtively.
After Jia She glanced around indifferently, he personally led Daiyu off the boat.
Lin Fu also didn't expect that the legendary pardoned master of Rongguo Mansion would be so majestic. He hurriedly stepped forward to pay homage: "Greetings to the pardoned master. I have been ill recently and cannot come to greet you in person. Please forgive me." Forgive me!"
"What? Ruhai is sick?"
While Jia She exclaimed, Daiyu even shed tears.
She was trembling all over and choked with sobs: "Uncle Fu, what's wrong with daddy?"
Lin Fu looked sad and said softly: "Forgive me, miss, I'm fine for now. This is not the place to talk. Let's go back home first."
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