Compared with Pan Lili, who is fair and fat, Pan Liye looks particularly weak.
He was wearing a round-collared blue robe with dark cloud patterns on the ground. The robe was a bit worn after being washed, which made him look a bit like a scholar from a poor family.
Pan Liye smiled at the vendor: "Does the vendor recognize me? Could you please bring me a pot of hot tea." He put a bunch of money in the vendor's hand.
The vendor was flattered: "Mr. Pan Erlang, that's a lot."
"It's not easy to sell tea here. With a few extra dollars, I can buy sweets for the children." Pan Liye said.
The vendor then smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Pan Erlang. Mr. Erlang is such a good man."
Pan Liye smiled slightly and said nothing.
One of the two old men who followed him out of the car smiled and said, "My good nephew is kind."
"Uncle Gao Miao praised it." Pan Liye was very humble.
The uncle Gao he mentioned was Gao Jianshuo, the high school prime minister, and the person sitting next to him was naturally Gao Jianshuo's servant Feng Bo, whom Qin Xiangxiang and Mu Ting had met.
Uncle Feng, who was lame in the high house in the capital, just got off the carriage neatly.
Hot tea was served quickly. The ordinary tea brewed in the roadside tea shack was not as good as the tencha tea that rich people were used to. Pan Liye whispered: "Uncle Gao, when we return to Cangzhou City, my nephew will make you tea with his own hands."
Gao Jianshuo smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm used to tea like this before." The ancestral motto of the Gao family is that everything should not be extravagant. Before he came to the capital, all he had in Cangzhou was ordinary tea.
He looked at the misty green mountains not far away, his eyes darkened, and he said softly: "I've been going around for more than ten years, and I'm finally back."
This time, he resigned and came back, maybe he won't leave again.
Princess Huizhen, the daughter of Pan Qingniang and Marquis Quan'an, must have been here for a few days.
The summer rain fell very quickly. The rainwater fell continuously from the rain gutter of the tea shed, and gurgling water quickly accumulated on the ground.
The vendor smiled and said, "It rarely rains so heavily in Cangzhou."
Pan Liye also said: "Yes."
Gao Jianshuo smiled and said: "More than ten years ago, there was a heavy rain in Cangzhou. It was so heavy that I almost thought the city of Cangzhou was flooded."
As soon as he said that, the vendor remembered: "Yes, there was indeed a heavy rain more than ten years ago. Oh! I remember that it happened to be the year when your young lady from the Pan family was named the head of Jiaqing County. The year of the grand event when I married the eldest princess’s only son, Marquis Quan’an. I didn’t expect that our Cangzhou City could produce such a noble man. From then on, my sister kept talking about it every day, the life of the Lord of Jiaqing County was really good. Later, the Lord of Jiaqing County passed away and the Marquis of Quan'an disappeared, so she didn't dwell on it."
Gao Jianshuo said meaningfully: "Yes, a lot of things happened in Cangzhou City that year."
Pan Liye said with a smile: "The past is over, why are you talking about those old sesame seeds and rotten millet? This overwhelming wealth will be in vain if you don't live to enjoy it."
"Pan Erlangjun is right." The street vendor was obviously a chatterbox, "Although the capital is good, how can we not live as comfortably as we in Cangzhou."
After the vendor finished speaking, he went back to his business. The three guests sitting at the long table were silent and began to drink tea.
The tea in the tea shed is really not tasty, a bit bitter.
Fortunately, although the rain fell heavily, it stopped quickly and stopped completely after a quarter of an hour.
Another ten miles away is Cangzhou City.
Dusk fell, and as soon as the carriage arrived at the city gate, Pan Liye's young man, Pan Cao, jumped out and said urgently: "Erlang Jun!"
"Why are you so alarmed?" Pan Liye had always been calm and calm.
"This..." Pan Cao glanced at Gao Jianshuo and Feng Bo, who were sitting still, and hesitated.
"We're not outsiders, we just talk."
Pan Cao then said: "It is said that Da Langjun has offended Jin Manlou's little boss. Jin Manlou not only wants Da Langjun to apologize to their little boss in public, but also wants a ransom of 20,000 yuan."
Pan Liye frowned: "Jin Manlou has never had anything to do with our Pan family, how did this happen?"
Pan Cao said: "It's said that the big man is not very discerning and thinks that Jin Manlou's young boss is a husker..."
Pan Liye said: "I remember that the owner of Jin Manlou was Mu Xiu. How come there is another small owner?" Mu Xiu is nearly forty years old and is an out-and-out man. Although he doesn't go to Jinmanlou often, he has seen Muxiu.
Pan Cao said: "We didn't find out what happened specifically, but Jin Manlou insisted that he was their little boss. Now that the owner of the family refused to give money, the uncle didn't have that much money, and he was afraid that Jin Manlou was blackmailing him, so he I went to look for Xu Zhizhou! I’m afraid I’ve already arrived at the government house in the state capital!”
Pan Liye didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I have to look for Xu Zhizhou for even the smallest of things. Uncle, it's true."
Gao Jianshuo smiled and said, "Maybe he loves his son very much." Pan Wenguang was not as cunning as Pan Wenyao.
He said leisurely: "I am old friends with Xu Zhizhou. Since I have come back, let's stop by to see Xu Zhizhou."
According to his understanding, Xu Zhizhou would not easily agree to help others. Pan Wenguang was afraid that he would have to grind hard.
In the small garden behind the Cangzhou Chengzhou Mansion, Xu Zhizhou was fishing.
Pan Wenguang just waited with his hands down, not daring to breathe.
There had just been a heavy rain, and there were quite a few fish biting the hook, but when Xu Zhizhou pulled the rod, the fish ran away with a flick of their tails.
Xu Zhizhou said "tsk" again and pulled up the hook. Pan Wenguang hurried over and installed the greasy ground dragon on the hook.
That thing is really disgusting. Pan Wenguang has been pampered for half his life and has never done anything like this.
But for his son, he risked his life.
"What's going on?" Pan Wenguang waited for half an afternoon, and Xu Zhizhou finally spoke up.
Pan Wenguang's hand trembled and he almost got pricked by a fishing hook. But the opportunity finally came, and he quickly stammered the whole story.
"Jin Manlou's little boss? Mu Xiu's son?" Xu Zhizhou was a little surprised, "Is Mr. Pan Dalang drunk and actually regards the man as a young lady?"
If this is the case and the person becomes angry, it is understandable to ask him to apologize. It is intolerable that such a dignified man should be humiliated.
Pan Wenguang said hurriedly: "I said she was a young lady, but I didn't say she was a husband."
"Since you have done something wrong, you must apologize. But the ransom of 20,000 yuan is really a big deal." Xu Zhizhou said.
"No." Pan Wenguang quickly agreed.
"Let's do this. You can have a drinking party at Jinmanlou, and I will meet with Jinmanlou's Mu Dong family to see if we can negotiate a ransom." The tiles in Jinmanlou are still very nice. The wine tastes good too. Xu Zhizhou was happy to do this favor.
Pan Wenguang was overjoyed that Xu Zhizhou was willing to come forward.
Pan Wenguang left, and Xu Zhizhou continued fishing. The Changshou came to report: "Zhizhou, the second husband of the Pan family came to visit with a man claiming to be surnamed Gao."
Xu Zhizhou frowned: "Didn't everyone agree to the Pan family? What are they doing here?"
Chang Sui said: "The man named Gao claims to be your old friend."
"Old friend? Your last name is Gao?" Xu Zhizhou stood up and said, "Please come quickly."
It rained heavily and the air became cooler.
The tiles in Jinmanlou are as good as ever, with singing and dancing, and various acrobatics taking turns, making people unable to take their eyes off it.
"It's even more beautiful than the tiles in the capital." Cui Qingqing said. She was a little reluctant to leave. No wonder Jin Manlou was packed with seats every day.
Such excitement makes people spend a lot of money.
"It's really beautiful." Qin Xiangxiang also said. Unexpectedly, there is such a fascinating place in Cangzhou City.
"Qingqing, the banquet is all arranged." A middle-aged man strode in and looked at Cui Qingqing with a face full of doting.
Cui Qingqing suddenly became energetic: "Great. The fish finally took the bait!"
"You can't come forward." Qin Xiangxiang said.
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