After Qin Shaoyou complained a few words in his heart, he asked again: "Where are your father and your mother?"
An Ziling played with the puppets and replied, "Dad is busy with official duties in the Yamen in front. Mom should be beating my brother at the moment."
"What mistake did your brother make?"
Qin Shaoyou was a little curious. In his impression, An Zizhan was a very obedient child. How could he be treated like Xue Xiaobao?
Could it be that the fifth sister also learned the third sister's problem and took the baby out to beat her when she had nothing to do?
An Ziling sighed and said helplessly: "My silly brother is clamoring to travel with Xue Xiaobao, and he says that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books."
Qin Shaoyou was very surprised: "Follow Xue Xiaobao to travel around? Has Xue Xiaobao come to Mianyuan County?"
"No." An Ziling shook her head and told Qin Shaoyou what happened from the beginning.
It turned out that just two days ago, the third sister asked someone to bring something to the fifth sister. There was also a letter in it, but it was written by Xue Xiaobao to An Ziling and An Zizhan.
An Mutong and An Qin didn't take this letter seriously at first. They just regarded it as a normal exchange of letters between children. They were very happy because they felt that exchanging letters would not only help maintain family ties for the next generation, but also To train the children's writing skills, they didn't say anything about opening the letter without authorization, and just handed it over directly to An Ziling and An Zizhan.
As a result, the two children opened the letter and read it. In the letter, Xue Xiaobao said that he planned to travel around the world to see how suffering the people were and how difficult people's livelihood was.
Xue Xiaobao boasted in the letter, saying that Kong Sheng took his disciples to travel around the country, and in the end those disciples either became philosophers or sages. Now, Xue Xiaobao, as the successor of Confucius, will also travel around and become sages and philosophers.
An Ziling didn't take the content of the letter seriously.
After all, Xue Xiaobao gave her the impression of being unreliable.
That reliable person will drag her into a competition to see who can pee the best?
But what he didn't expect was that after reading this letter, An Zizhan was moved. He clamored to follow Xue Xiaobao to travel around the world, and even went to his parents to ask for travel expenses. As a result, he was beaten up by a mixed double. Had a meal.
Although he was beaten, An Zizhan did not give up and kept mentioning this matter in the past few days.
He mentioned it again today, and inevitably got beaten again.
After Qin Shaoyou heard the whole incident, he felt angry and funny. He thought to himself that Xue Xiaobao, a naughty boy, was getting more and more capable of causing trouble. People in Luocheng could cause trouble in Mianyuan County. It was really awesome. .
He took An Ziling to find the fifth sister, and sure enough, as soon as he entered the main room, he saw An Zizhan who had been punished to kneel down.
Looks like the baby beating is over.
Seeing Qin Shaoyou, the unhappy fifth sister finally smiled.
She came up and took Qin Shaoyou for a check, and then she felt relieved after making sure that there were no injuries or missing parts.
Qin Shaoyou handed over the local specialties, and then asked about An Mutong's situation.
Mrs. An Qin said, "Come on, come and give me a gift." She took the gift, and then said: "Your brother-in-law is stimulated by you. At the moment, he is in the Yamen and has people sorting out information, and he is going to go to the countryside for inspection. Fan."
"Are you stimulated by me?" Qin Shaoyou was stunned when he heard this.
An Qin explained: "He is very greedy for the Ten Thousand People Umbrella you brought back, and he also wants to earn one for himself."
"So that's it." Qin Shaoyou understood and said with a smile: "It's a good thing that my brother-in-law has such a heart. It seems that the people in the county are about to have good days."
Then he sighed again and said: "Before we took office, bandits and cults were everywhere in Mianyuan County. Coupled with corrupt officials and miscellaneous taxes, demons and beasts, etc., many villages were destroyed, people were displaced, and their fields were destroyed. Whether it is deserted or occupied by local tyrants and gentry, it is indeed necessary to inspect the area and make statistics and development plans. Our Demon Suppression Division can help with demons, cults and even bandits, but the development of people's livelihood requires my brother-in-law to worry more. "
An Qin nodded: "Your brother-in-law also thinks so..."
As soon as she said these words, An Zizhan, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and said unconvinced: "My father is also going on a tour, why don't you beat him or punish him to kneel, but still support him? You are partial!" You’re unfair!”
Mrs. An Qin was so angry that she picked up the feather duster and continued to beat the baby.
Qin Shaoyou quickly stopped her.
The movements are like flowing clouds and flowing water, and the road is familiar.
They all came from the experience of helping Xue Xiaobao stop beatings and getting out.
"Fifth sister, don't be angry. In my opinion, it is a good thing that Zizhan has the idea of traveling around to see the sufferings and hardships of the people. It shows that he has the ambition to benefit the people since he was a child. When he grows up, he will definitely be able to Promise..."
After hearing Qin Shaoyou's persuasion, the anger in An Qin's heart subsided for a while.
An Zizhan nodded repeatedly: "Ah, yes, uncle is right, that's what I think... Uncle, since you can speak, just say more."
His original intention was to hear more compliments, but Qin Shaoyou unexpectedly changed the subject and scolded him:
"Have you ever heard of the story of pulling out seedlings to encourage growth? Have you heard of it? That's the best. You are just like the seedlings in the field. What you have to do is not to patrol around, but to study and practice. Otherwise, you will be like this If you look like you are powerless, you will be targeted by demons and ghosts when you leave the city and become their prey. By then, not only will you not be able to see the suffering and hardship of the people, but you will also have to risk your own life. Come on in! Do you think that Kong Sheng traveled around the world and just talked to people with his mouth? Monsters and thieves will not listen to you honestly..."
Qin Shaoyou relied on his [Skillful Tongue], coaxing and intimidating him, to successfully make An Zizhan change his mind.
The child no longer thinks about following Xue Xiaobao on a tour right away, but plans to follow Qin Shaoyou's suggestion to improve his knowledge and physical fitness first, and then go to see the suffering of the people.
"That's right." Qin Shaoyou boasted.
Mrs. An Qin also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "You, as an uncle, are still capable."
"The key is that Zizhan is sensible, otherwise no matter how much I try to persuade him, it will have no effect." Qin Shaoyou did not take credit.
Then he frowned and said with some worry: "But that brat Xue Xiaobao wants to travel around the world even before he has read the book thoroughly, and he is not afraid of risking his life to feed the monsters. I have to Hurry up and write a letter to your second sister and second brother-in-law to ask them to give up Xue Xiaobao's idea."
An Qin said: "No need, I wrote a letter a few days ago and asked someone to give it to your second sister and second brother-in-law. They should have received the letter by now and started typing."
"That's good." Qin Shaoyou was relieved.
After chatting for a while, Qin Shaoyou planned to leave and climb over the wall to return to the Demon Suppression Division, but he was left to eat by An Qin.
At the same time, Mrs. An Qin also said: "Invite Miss Su over for a meal some other time. You are a big boss, so you should take care of some things."
Am I being urged to get married?
My majestic Tiger of the Demon Suppressing Division is actually being forced to get married? If word of this gets out, the monsters will laugh to death, right?
Although Qin Shaoyou was helpless, he did not argue with the fifth sister.
Because he knew that although Fifth Sister couldn't beat him now, her mouth could nag him to death. So he just nodded and agreed repeatedly, "Yeah, right," and soon An Qin felt bored and stopped urging the marriage.
When it was time to have dinner, Qin Shaoyou finally met An Mutong.
The two chatted about what they had seen during the inspection. An Mutong looked solemn and sighed: "It seems the situation is more serious than imagined. I have to leave as soon as possible."
Qin Shaoyou said: "When you set out, tell me and I will send a few people to protect you."
An Mutong was not polite to him and nodded in agreement.
After dinner and sitting and chatting for a while, Qin Shaoyou just left the county government office and returned to the Demon Suppression Division.
This time he walked through the main entrance - as it got darker, the people on the road had dispersed, so he didn't have to worry about being blocked.
It was night in a blink of an eye.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
At three o'clock in the morning, in the silent Mianyuan County, a gong sound suddenly sounded.
