The sunset shines in the evening.
Champion House.
When Bai Nanyu walked into the room, the sunlight outside the window fell slantingly on Zhuo Qingke, who was wearing a light green thin skirt.
She was crackling her abacus.
The abacus supposedly only existed in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it has been in this world for hundreds of years.
Don’t ask, because there is the First Emperor.
Bai Nanyu placed the hot cup in her hand on the low mat next to Zhuo Qingke.
Zhuo Huai's disappearance made Zhuo Qingke quickly become independent and learn to take care of herself. This is a survival instinct that chicks naturally learn when they leave the nest.
The Zhuo family is a family of merchants.
Zhuo Qingke has learned arithmetic since he was a child.
She has a slim profile, sitting at a low seat with her back straight, her thick eyelashes leaving a faint shadow on her face as delicate as white glaze, her eyes focused.
"Qingke, are you calculating your family's wealth?"
Bai Nanyu asked when she finished a calculation and stopped typing the abacus.
Zhuo Qingke hummed, took a sip of the lukewarm water, and looked at Bai Nanyu.
This eldest sister-in-law is wearing a long dress with a white background and a slight light blue color, and her face is charming.
In midsummer, the outline of Bai Nanyu's long straight legs is clearly outlined under the skirt, and her plumpness reveals a fair complexion that cannot be concealed by a skirt or shirt. A pair of silk embroidered shoes hung on her small feet. The uppers were a little thin and the light blue blood vessels could be seen.
She came to the couch where Zhuo Qingke was sitting, took off her embroidered shoes, her bare feet were like gelatin, and her toes were like dandelions, and sat down opposite Zhuo Qingke with her legs crossed.
"My aunt asked someone to bring over the family's accounts and property deeds, and asked me to compare them."
Zhuo Qingke said softly: "My father hasn't returned home for many days. Some relatives in the family want to take back the property that my father has managed, and no longer put it under our name to jointly manage it.
My aunt said that if there is a contract, the property will be returned to them. "
"If you want to take it back, we will give it back to you."
Bai Nanyu narrowed her beautiful peach blossom eyes: "These people are short-sighted and cannot see that this is a good opportunity for the Zhuo family. They must regret it if they miss it."
Zhuo Qingke raised her almond-shaped eyes with clear black and white: "What does sister-in-law mean?"
Bai Nanyu: "On the day Zhuo Wangsun, the leader of the Zhuo clan in Shu, came here, he deliberately did not mention the matter of taking you out of the Marquis Mansion, for the purpose of testing. The Marquis may not care much about these small things, but Her Royal Highness the Princess will not fail to see it. .
She still allows you to live in her house, which is a kind of support and attitude towards you. "
Zhuo Qingke nodded slowly.
She is not stupid, and she can naturally see that Liu Qing takes care of her.
"In my opinion, we might as well entrust our family's property to Zhuo Wangsun and let him help us manage it.
First of all, Zhuo Wangsun has an excellent reputation and is known all over the world, so he can do such a big business. Furthermore, with the support of the Marquis Mansion and the Princess, Zhuo Wangsun did not dare to make any small moves.
His business methods will only make Zhuo's industry grow bigger and more prosperous. "
Zhuo Qingke whispered: "Sister-in-law thinks the same as me, I also want to put my property there.
I also want to follow my aunt and the others and learn business together. "
Bai Nanyu leaned forward, took out a bunch of grapes from the Western Regions and planted them in Han Dynasty from the wooden tray on the side, peeled off the skins, and handed them to Zhuo Qingke.
Zhuo Qingke's eyebrows were slightly curved. This was how Bai Nanyu took care of her in the past.
"You want to learn business management?"
"I want to learn something, otherwise I won't know anything..." Zhuo Qingke whispered.
…
The sun is about to set.
The car drove slowly into Pingyang County.
Pingyang is the county seat. When the sun is about to set, there are not many pedestrians on the street.
"Have you met my husband's biological father before?"
Liu Qing knew before the marriage that Huo Qubing had a living father.
After all, she is a princess. If she wants to know her husband's family background before marriage, she will naturally know it clearly.
Including some of the early experiences of Huo Qubing’s mother Wei Shaoer.
It is recorded in later history books that Huo Qubing's biological father was Huo Zhongru, a minor official in Pingyang County.
At that time, he also worked in Pingyang Hou Mansion, and it was at that time that he met Wei Shaoer, the maid of the Hou Mansion.
After a while, Huo Zhongru returned to Pingyang County, cut off contact with Wei Shaoer, and soon married another wife and had children.
Because of Wei Zifu and Wei Qing, the Wei family gained the attention of the emperor and became the first foreign relative in the dynasty. The local people did not know the details. Who dared to inquire about the affairs of the emperor's family?
Even Huo Zhongru didn't know that the champion who was famous all over the world and repeatedly defeated the Huns was his son.
Huo Qubing was an illegitimate child, which was not considered glorious.
Others didn't dare to mention it in front of him, and they didn't dare to ask.
Including Liu Qing, if Huo Qubing hadn't brought her here, she would have had no intention of asking.
"This is my biological father's side... It's my first time here too. It's a bit late today. It's inconvenient to go there and see you tomorrow." Huo Qubing said.
"Well, I heard from my husband that I came here to pick up your brother."
Liu Qing asked curiously: "Since this is your first time here, husband, why do you have so much hope for that younger brother in your words?"
Huo Qubing smiled and thought that my younger brother was a ruthless man. If the historical trajectory goes by the way, he would have all the power in the future, and even have the power to depose and establish the emperor. He would treat laborers as high as the ceiling, and he would be regarded as the most powerful official in the Han Dynasty.
If a big man were to rank a list of strong men, from emperor to minister, who would go down in history, my little brother would definitely be in the top ten.
His governance was very powerful, and the treasury that Emperor Wu had emptied in the later period was restored to fullness, which played a decisive role in the return of Han Dynasty to its prosperous age.
"Master Marquis, when we entered the city, there were a few people at the city gate who saw the Marquis' car and followed him secretly. They looked like local rogues, so we had to drive them away so as not to disturb the Marquis and the princess. ." The pro-troops accompanying the rear came over to ask.
"No need." Huo Qubing said.
"Are we staying in the county house tonight?"
The county building is a place for officials who come and go to sleep and stay. The county sends people to guard and clean it.
Because it was a private visit to meet my biological father.
Huo Qubing and his entourage all dressed up as ordinary people, and their cars were relatively ordinary.
After receiving the order, the few attendants he brought along dispersed in the distance, following secretly and not around the car.
Xiong San, who was in charge of driving, waved his whip, and the horse quickened its pace and headed towards the county house.
Occasionally, pedestrians pass by and vehicles pass by.
Huo Qubing and Liu Qing were talking in the car when they suddenly heard a scream outside.
"Help, I'm crushing someone to death..."
Xiong San, who was driving outside, was dumbfounded as he watched an old woman who was walking fine suddenly hit the wheel of a car when she crossed paths with the driver. Then she lay down on the ground, stretched her legs under the car's shaft, and started shouting for help.
Xiong San didn't react very well. He stopped the carriage and turned to look at the old woman from the carriage. His big face was full of doubts.
What is this for?
The old woman was wearing brown patched clothes. She was nearly sixty years old, very thin, with triangular eyes and gray hair.
She put her legs under the car. As soon as she cried, many people rushed out from the surrounding streets and surrounded the car.
Huo Qubing listened to the noise in the car and thought to himself that there were so many temple bastards.
The smaller the place, the more this happens.
Different classes have different means of survival.
Among the three sects and nine liu, the lowest and the ninth liu have rogue methods of making money by blackmailing people.
Thousands of years later, there will still be people who make a living from this, and in this day and age, it is even more common.
The guard who followed secretly said that some idle men at the city gate were following him. The other party obviously saw that they were drivers from outside, and they were staying at the gate of the city just to find targets.
Based on the driving style, they can infer a person's general class.
The old woman came close to touch the porcelain, surrounded by her accomplices who were waiting in ambush and would not let her go until she lost money and eliminated the disaster.
If you call the police, they will insist that an outside vehicle hit you.
If they find that they have offended someone they cannot afford, they will leave in a hurry and leave in an instant.
If it is an ordinary businessman or a middle-class family traveling, most of them will give some money to avoid financial losses and disasters.
Xiong San was still watching the old woman acting playfully under the car, and said naively: "I didn't hit you, you stuffed your feet under my car yourself."
"Her legs were broken by you. She wants to default on the debt..."
Seven or eight men surrounded the car, and the one who spoke was the leader with a sinister face.
In the distance on the street, someone stopped and watched.
The old woman was in agony on the ground. On top of Qiqing, there was really bright red blood gushing out from her legs.
Xiong San thought for a while and jumped out of the car: "Are you trying to extort money? I'll beat you lazy guys to death!"
Huo Qubing's voice came from inside the car: "Since we said we suppressed people, let's suppress them."
Xiong San listened to the order, jumped on the shaft again, raised his whip, and the carriage suddenly moved forward.
There was a crisp sound.
The old woman let out an earth-shattering howl.
He was run over by a heavy wheel and his bones were broken, which was terrible.
It's not that Huo Qubing wants to bully the liar.
It's the evil in these people's hearts that, if given the opportunity, can destroy other people's lives.
Now that the liar had bumped into him, Huo Qubing was going to use them as props to try out his younger brother.
He let the car run him over and drove away.
The accomplices who were watching around had probably never seen such a brutal response. They were stunned before they realized what was happening. They wanted to catch up, but they saw several more figures appear out of thin air beside the car that was driving away, attacking them like wolves and tigers. Knocked down, caught.
"We will go directly to the county government office tomorrow morning," Huo Qubing said in the car.
That group of swindlers was taken to the county government office by the attendants that night.
Soon after, the driver came to the county house to settle down.
Nothing happened all night.
Early the next morning, Huo Qubing also came to the county government office.
According to historical records, Huo Zhongru was a minor official in Pingyang County.
This petty official is relatively speaking.
In fact, the Han Dynasty had many requirements for officials, including background, qualifications, knowledge, etc.
Huo Zhongru is equivalent to a minor official in the county government. He is an upper-middle class person in the local area and lives in a two-bedroom house.
He separated from Wei Shaoer and married another wife.
Early in the morning, Huo Zhongru was having breakfast at home with his wife Li and their son Huo Guang.
Huo Zhongru has a white, beardless face with sharp edges. He wears gray and black Hanfu.
Huo Guang next to him is still a young man, with a somewhat immature face, tall and thin among his peers, and energetic and shining eyes.
There was a knock on the door outside, and one of the only two servants in the house went to open the door and bring the person in.
Huo Zhongru saw that it was a colleague from the county. The official was one level older than him. He asked strangely: "Why did the official come to the door so early?"
The official looked at Huo Zhongru with a strange look, then looked at Huo Guang:
"You pack up, and your son Huo Guang, follow me to the county government office.
The county magistrate summoned people from Chang'an! "
In the Han Dynasty, the chief officials of local counties were called county magistrates. Counties with less than 10,000 households will have a county magistrate.
Ling and chief are both county officials, but their ranks are different.
After the official finished speaking, he couldn't help but ask: "Do you have any relatives in Chang'an?"
Huo Zhongru shook his head and said, "You and I have known each other for many years. How did you come to Chang'an to show off your marriage? What's going on?"
The official said in confusion: "I don't know where the other party came from, but someone sent several suspects to the county last night. The county magistrate seemed to have seen the other party's origins and immediately reported it. This morning, the prefect came to my Pingyang County in person. Let you go over and meet."
Huo Zhongru was surprised.
The governor of Hedong is the head of a county. What can make him put aside all kinds of things in the county and rush to Pingyang County in person.
Huo Zhongru was a little uneasy and his face turned slightly pale.
The official said again: "It shouldn't be a bad thing to ask you to come over. The other party asked me to come over and used the word 'please' to ask you to come over!"
Huo Zhongru felt relieved, and he and his son Huo Guang made some preparations, and immediately came to the county government office.
As soon as Huo Zhongru entered the county government office, he was even more surprised to see a group of guards standing at the door.
Looking at the clothes of these guards, he recognized them as close soldiers of the Prefecture.
These pro-combatants of the prefecture were wearing armor and armed with sharp weapons, and the atmosphere was solemn.
But the expressions on their faces seemed to be filled with irrepressible excitement and excitement.
Huo Zhongru and his son Huo Guang walked into the county government hall anxiously.
(End of chapter)
