Chapter 71, Shanjin in red
Wu Batian turned around and told Wu Zhiyuan: "Zhiyuan, my benefactor is yours, you have to repay me with a good life."
"Son, don't worry." Wu Zhiyuan quickly promised, "Father, you go handle the second aunt's funeral first, and I will handle it here."
Wu Batian nodded and looked back at the corpses on the ground. When he saw Dong Qiuniang lying in a pool of blood, his body suddenly shook.
Wu Batian quickly walked over and picked up Dong Qiuniang. Looking at Dong Qiuniang's pretty and pale face, thinking of Dong Qiuniang's final determination, a line of tiger tears finally shed uncontrollably.
"Master," the second aunt walked over cautiously and looked at Wu Batian tremblingly.
Wu Batian took a deep breath, looked back at his second concubine, and said softly: "Chun'er, go back to your room, I don't blame you!"
The second aunt didn't expect that Wu Batian didn't blame her, and she suddenly said with guilt on her face: "Master, I was so scared at the time. I actually didn't want to..."
"No wonder you, not everyone can see through life and death. Besides, you have never left home your whole life, and you have never seen the dangers of the world. It is human nature to be afraid."
Seeing that his second aunt still couldn't believe it, Wu Batian said, "I didn't take good care of you. If possible, I also hope that Qiuniang will be as soft as you, so that she won't die..." "
After hearing what Wu Batian said, the second aunt finally believed that Wu Batian really didn't blame her, and she cried "Wow" in emotion.
"Let's go, let's not interfere with Zhiyuan's business affairs here. Qiuniang didn't have a stable life in our Wu family for a few days. Now that she's gone, I must take care of her funeral affairs." Wu Batian tilted his head. , motioning for the second aunt to follow.
"Yes!" The second aunt responded and followed Wu Batian out of the backyard.
After Wu Batian left, Wu Zhiyuan was about to discuss how to deal with the aftermath with Wu Liang and others. Suddenly, a group of soldiers with live ammunition entered the Wu mansion outside, led by a young officer in his twenties. Along with him, there were two women, one of whom was Zhou Qiaoqian.
The young officer came directly to Wu Zhiyuan, gave Wu Zhiyuan a New Army military salute and said: "Your Majesty, Leng Anmin, is the platoon leader of the second platoon of the 1st Battalion of the 53rd Biao Army. On the orders of Master Futai, Reinforce the Wu Mansion."
"Thank you, Platoon Leader Leng and all the brothers." Wu Zhiyuan quickly thanked Leng Anmin and the soldiers who came with him.
"Before leaving, Mr. Futai specifically told me to let Mr. Wu do as he pleases!" Leng Anmin said.
"I would like to thank Mr. Futai for your kindness." Wu Zhiyuan bowed his hands in the direction of the Xunyang government office.
"What should I do next, sir? Master Wu, please give me instructions!" Leng Anmin said.
Duan Zhenghua and the others brought a hundred government officials. Wu Zhiyuan thought that he had enough manpower, so he pointed to the bandits on the ground and the corpses of the bandits who were killed by Xi Xingchen and said: "These people are from Huangfeng Village If there are bandits, then it will be up to Commander Leng to bring these bandits from Huangfeng Village back to the government office and ask Master Futai to make the decision for Xiaguan and his family."
"It's your job, no hard work!" Leng Anmin waved his hand, and a group of soldiers immediately came out.
Leng Anmin ordered: "Take all these bandits back to the government office and hand them over to Mr. Futai."
"yes!"
The soldiers brought by Ling Anmin immediately split up.
"Hey!" Leng Anmin couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw a soldier turning the bandit's body over. When he saw the bullet hole between the bandit's eyebrows.
After Leng Anmin looked at the corpses of several more bandits, his expression became more solemn and he asked: "Master Wu, who did this?"
"Is there any problem?" Wu Zhiyuan asked.
"Don't get me wrong, I don't have any other intentions. I just saw that the person who fired the gun was so good at shooting that I couldn't help but want to get acquainted with him. Mr. Wu, could you recommend someone to me?" Leng Anmin explained.
Wu Zhiyuan looked at Xi Xingchen and saw that Xi Xingchen's face was normal. He immediately understood that Xi Xingchen did not want to have contact with Leng Anmin and said: "This man is a great benefactor of our Wu family. Without him, all the people in our Wu family would be unable to escape." This great calamity.”
Leng Anmin was also a good person, and he immediately understood Wu Zhiyuan's polite refusal, with a look of regret on his face, and said: "It's over here, I will take the bandits from Huangfeng Village back to the government office for business."
"Thank you!" Wu Zhiyuan once again cupped his fists and thanked him.
After Leng Anmin left, Xi Xingchen also told Wu Zhiyuan to return to the inn. Although Wu Zhiyuan wanted to retain them, considering that the Wu mansion was now full of corpses and there were many aftermath matters to be dealt with at home, it was really inconvenient to entertain guests, so he ordered Wu Liang After settling the three of them happily, they went back to the front hall to handle household matters.
After returning to the inn, Xi Xingchen discovered that the girl in red who came with Zhou Qiaoqian had also followed.
Shan Jin has an almond face, double eyelids, fair skin, black hair falling on her slender shoulders, a slim figure, and graceful curves. She is dressed in a very close-fitting and bright red dress that is as bright and eye-catching as a blazing flame. Her whole person exudes health and elegance. The dynamic atmosphere is unforgettable.
"Are you the Mo family walking around the world today?" Shan Jin's voice was as clear and sweet as an oriole, very pleasant to the ear.
"Who are you?" Xi Xingchen looked at Zhou Qiaoqian doubtfully.
Zhou Qiaoqian introduced with a smile: "This is my best friend Shan Jin, she is the daughter of Lord Futai!"
"Nice to meet you!" Xi Xingchen hugged Shan Jin habitually as a greeting.
Shan Jin tilted his head, looked at Xi Xingchen curiously for a while with his beautiful eyes, and then said, "It's very ordinary!"
"..."
A big black line appeared on Xi Xingchen's face, and he was thinking: "Did I hear correctly? Are all girls in this era so bold? Are they not subtle at all?"
Seeing Xi Xingchen's messy embarrassment in the wind, Zhou Qiaoqian covered her mouth and chuckled. Duan Zhenghua and Jin Bo were even more silly and happy beside them. No one had any intention of helping Xi Xingchen.
How could Xi Xingchen be looked down upon by a yellow-haired girl, so he looked like I was drunk too, and counterattacked: "Sister, what kind of look do you have, can't you see that I rely on my face to make a living? ?”
"I really haven't noticed it yet, but my little eyes are quite bright." Shan Jin is not an ordinary upright person.
"Thank you for the compliment!" Xi Xingchen couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"You're welcome!" Shan Jin replied.
At this point, Xi Xingchen finally realized that he had made a mistake that he would not have made even if he was killed in his previous life.
In his previous life, Xi Xingchen made two mistakes for himself that he could not make even to death. One was to quarrel with a woman, and the other was to reason with a woman.
After realizing this, Xi Xingchen rationally chose to shut up.
The first confrontation between Shan Jin and the Mo Family's World Walk was a success, and he was in a great mood. His little head was barely lifted into the sky.
After this episode, Xi Xingchen and Duan Zhenghua discussed and analyzed, and they agreed that Wan County Magistrate Wu Zhiyuan's family had suddenly encountered such a catastrophe. In addition to dealing with family affairs, they also had to cooperate with the government to investigate the bandits in Huangfeng Village, and recruit new people. The five hundred government officials also need training. No matter how fast they go to Wan County, it will only take ten and a half months. This is obviously inconsistent with Xi Xingchen's original intention of coming to Wan County.
However, they have established a relationship with Wu Zhiyuan. If they give up, it will obviously be detrimental to Wan County's future efforts to suppress bandits and bring order to chaos.
After the four people combined, Xi Xingchen decided to leave Duan Zhenghua and Zhou Qiaoqian in Xunyang to assist Wu Zhiyuan in taking over the training of 500 government officials. Xi Xingchen and Jin Bo will leave for Wan County early tomorrow morning, firstly to understand the current situation in Wanxian County, and secondly to explore ways to suppress bandits in the future.
After the plan was agreed upon, Shan Jin said, "Can you take me to Wan County?"
"No!" Xi Xingchen refused without thinking.
"Why?" Shan Jin asked.
"We don't have money to support idle people!" Xi Xingchen said.
"What? I'm an idler?" Shan Jin couldn't believe his ears, and his eyes suddenly opened wide.
Shan Jin has been held in the palm of others' hands since she was a child, and her father, including her father, is reluctant to say a harsh word to her, so she has been trained to show some willfulness intentionally or unintentionally in her behavior and speech.
But this time she met the Mo family who had the least regard for the government, and Xi Xingchen had no obligation to indulge her.
"What do you think?" Xi Xingchen asked.
"I have money, I don't need you to support me!" Shan Jin pouted.
"I won't take any money with me," Xi Xingchen said.
"Why?" Shan Jin asked.
"Because I don't want to." Xi Xingchen said.
"You..." Shan Jin was furious for a moment, her pretty face flushed red for a long time, and then she said angrily, "I won't go if you don't want to go, you think I care about you!"
Shan Jin stamped his foot hard at Xi Xingchen and walked away without looking back.
"Brother Chen, you just sent me away like this?" Duan Zhenghua couldn't believe his eyes.
"Otherwise? Do I still want to keep her for dinner?" Xi Xingchen asked.
"Although this girl is a little willful, it's not impossible..." Duan Zhenghua murmured.
"Okay, you pay!" Xi Xingchen said.
"I'm just talking, don't take it seriously." Duan Zhenghua said twice and scratched the back of his head out of habit.
"What? She is a beauty after all, do you have to be so stingy?" Zhou Qiaoqian said dissatisfied.
"It's necessary!" Duan Zhenghua and Xi Xingchen said seriously.
After leaving the Mohist main altar, Xi Xingchen received ten taels of silver as payment from the accounting room. Duan Zhenghua kept the ten li of silver.
Along the way, they took boats and stayed in hotels, and spent a lot of money. As a bookkeeper from a modest family, Duan Zhenghua didn't know how distressed he was.
You must know that they have not arrived in Wan County yet. When they arrive in Wan County, it will be fine if everything goes well. If not, with the current price of rice in Wan County, the remaining eight taels of silver will not last long. Sometimes, while the four of them are working on things, they might also have to find a way to make some extra money.
The head of the family realized that oil and rice were expensive, and now Xi Xingchen really wished that one tael of silver could be used as two taels of silver.
Of course, Xi Xingchen also knew that Duan Zhenghua and the three of them had private money, but the trip to Wan County was a business matter, and you couldn't let them contribute both money and effort.
