Make a long-term worker as an old attack

"Boom!" A dull thunder struck, and Xue Zhaoqing, who was lying on the bed, was awakened in a flash. He opened a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes, but in the darkness, he did not blink, and stared straight at , as if possessed by an evil spirit.

He didn't sleep well that night, he was haunted by nightmares all night, he couldn't remember the content of this nightmare, he only vaguely saw a few vicious bandits robbed Niu Geng and wanted to chop off his head.

Sleeping but unable to fall asleep again, Xue Zhaoqing sat up with his still beating chest in his hands, picked up the candle that was blown out by the bedside, walked outside the bedroom, and lit a small lamp that was still burning , placed on a candlestick.Xue Zhaoqing picked up the kettle, poured a cup of tea, and took a sip in a hurry, the unexplained flustered feeling in his chest was relieved.

It has been almost three months since he came to this Qingyuan Academy. Although he sent home a letter every month as before, for some reason, he has not received even a reply letter until now.Although there was some rift between him and his father before he left, but as far as Xue Zhaoqing knew Xue Gan, Xue Gan was not so indifferent.

Maybe it was delayed at the post station. After all, I heard that the postmen who delivered the letter went on strike recently, causing a lot of trouble. Maybe his letter and father's reply letter were delayed in the hands of these people.

But Xue Zhong asked someone to bring a message. After sending Xue Zhaoqing to Qingyuan Academy, he asked his nephew to go to Chengcheng to find out the whereabouts of Niu Geng. No such family has been found in Chengcheng.Xue Zhong had so many things to do in the field because of planting in spring, he really couldn't spare time to go there by himself, so he said that when the weather was warmer, he would go to Chengcheng to search again.

In fact, it was not a coincidence that Xue Zhong's nephew went there. Two days after he left, Chengcheng, where Niu Geng and his wife had just arrived, was not far away, but they abruptly missed it.

After Xue Zhaoqing knew about it, even though she was worried and wanted to find it by herself, for some reason, she always felt uneasy, so she had to slow down the matter first, and wait for the news from Xue Zhong.

These days, the spring rains are endless, and the dense drizzle wraps around people's bodies, making them more humid and sticky. Xue Zhaoqing took the candlestick and lay back on the bed again, without blowing out the burning candle, and lay back on his own bed.

This Qingyuan Academy is not as good as at home, there are servants and maids taking care of everything, when I wake up in the middle of the night, there is only myself and that silhouette around, it is very cold.Xue Zhaoqing lay on his back, wondering if he could continue to sleep, and he didn't force much, thinking of Niu Geng's silly smile would always warm his heart a lot.

After a night of clear rain, the academy was obviously much cleaner. Xue Zhaoqing washed and dressed, and walked out of her room.This huge Qingyuan Academy was built with donations from Zhou Dashan, who is known as the richest man in Xi'an.His original name was Zhou Yuanshan, and because he was kind and charitable, he often opened a granary and porridge shop to give to the poor, so people in Xi'an Prefecture called him Zhou Dashan.

In fact, Zhou Yuanshan has not studied for a few years, but he likes the elegance of asparagus and bamboo, and dancing with ink. Perhaps it is to make up for the regret that he did not study in the academy when he was a child. A few years ago, he donated money to build this Qingyuan Academy. Teach children from families who can't afford private school teachers to read and read, and learn the ways of Confucius and Mencius.

Besides Xue Zhaoqing, there are two other old gentlemen in the academy.These two old gentlemen were both scholars in their early years. They failed several times in the examinations, so they went to teach in the academy to find a way out.These two old gentlemen have families in Xi'an Mansion, and they don't live in the academy, so, except for the one where Xue Zhaoqing lives and the one where a few servants who do odd jobs live, the other rooms are left unoccupied. of.

Originally, there was a supervisor in charge of all the servants in this academy, but I heard that there was an emergency at home, and they couldn't come back for a while.

Xue Zhaoqing was planning to go to the morning market outside the door to buy some breakfast. As soon as he walked out of the gate of the academy, he saw a middle-aged man with a bloated figure, a flat nose and thin lips, walking towards the academy, and raised his hand to greet him as he walked. look at someone.

Xue Zhaoqing looked around, there was no one else beside him, he stopped and took a closer look, the person who came was indeed an acquaintance.

"Nephew, just wait a moment."

"Zhaoqing pays homage to my uncle." It was my aunt's distant cousin, Tian Degui, who came.Although they are not very familiar with each other, they have met several times at home. After eating at the same table, Xue Zhaoqing bowed his hands respectfully and bowed down.

"Don't be so polite to me, we are all one family, and there is no one else here, to show such a big gift, it really frustrates me." Tian Degui said in a hurry, and hurriedly returned the gift to Xue Zhaoqing.

"Why is uncle here?" Xue Zhaoqing didn't like or dislike this person, but it was rare to meet a relative in Xi'an. Seeing him, Xue Zhaoqing felt a little happy in his heart.

"Isn't your academy missing a backyard manager? I used to work in a shop of Zhou Dashan's family. I heard that there was a shortage of people in this academy, so I took the initiative to invite them here. It's rare that Zhou Dashan doesn't think I'm a rough person. I would also like to come."

"Why doesn't uncle care about the shop and come to this academy?"

"Hey, it's not my sister, I'm worried that you are here alone, no one to take care of you, so I wrote to me several times, asking me to visit you often, but my shop has too many things, and the cock crows until dark every day , I really don’t have time, no, I heard that there is a vacancy in this academy, so I just invited it over, and it also saves my sister from nagging me, an uncle who can’t take care of our big nephew all day long.”

Xue Zhaoqing felt hot in his heart, and didn't think much about it at all. He just felt that Tian Degui in front of him looked much more pleasing to the eye. He didn't notice it when he was at home. It was rare to have a relative to talk to when he was outside, not to mention that this person was still everywhere. Take care of yourself.

From that day on, just as Tian Degui said, he took care of this elder nephew who was alone with his duties and responsibilities, not to mention assigning him a servant to work alone, and even personally ordered the kitchen of the academy to provide him with breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. When they were sent to the room, the changed clothes were washed first, which caused the other two old gentlemen to shake their heads frequently.

Xue Zhaoqing also felt that something was wrong, and tried to evade it a few times, but it was useless, the boy still followed him all day long, and there were also a lot of fruits that should be sent, Xue Zhaoqing couldn't refute his face, so he had to bear it .

With Tian Degui's care, Xue Zhaoqing lived a much more comfortable life, but after some time passed, he wrote another letter home, but he still didn't reply to the letter for a long time, Xue Zhaoqing felt strange, so he had to ask Tian Degui for help.

After class that day, Xue Zhaoqing came to the door of Tian Degui's wing room, only to see that the door of the wing room was ajar and not fully closed, he knocked lightly on the door, but there was no response from inside, so Xue Zhaoqing pushed the door open and went in.

"Big nephew? Why are you here?" Tian Degui was actually in the room. He was sitting at the side of the desk, holding a letter in his hand, and was reading it. When he saw Xue Zhaoqing coming, his expression was a little panicked, but he adjusted quickly. When he came back, it was just the letter that he quietly pressed under a book at hand.

"Uncle is here. Zhaoqing was abrupt. He just knocked on the door and saw no answer, so he just barged in."

"It's okay, it's okay, I didn't hear it just now, is it after school?"

"Yes, I just let those children go from school, so I came directly to my uncle."

"Good, good." Seeing Xue Zhaoqing's worried face, Tian Degui asked again, "Why is my nephew coming to see me?"

"Zhaoqing really wants to ask my uncle for help. I have been sending home letters every month for the past few months, but I have not received a single reply letter until now. In the past, there were occasions when my father came home late, but he never delayed. After such a long time, I was worried...whether my father is still annoyed by me."

As soon as Xue Zhaoqing finished speaking, Tian Degui's back was almost wet with cold sweat, he hurriedly replied: "How could it be, what kind of overnight feud between father and son, is it...the post station must have been delayed."

"I thought that was the case at first, but I saw that the letters between the old gentleman who taught with me and my friends were not affected, so I felt strange, so I really wanted to come and ask my uncle, can you find someone to send a message to my aunt? What is going on, there is no news for several months, and I am also very worried at home."

"Okay, okay, big nephew, it's on me. It happens that tomorrow the store clerk will pass through Sanyuan County when he goes to buy goods, so I'll ask him to ask."

Xue Zhaoqing was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Tian Degui.After exchanging pleasantries, Tian Degui sent Xue Zhaoqing away. He poked his head around the door repeatedly to confirm that there was no one there, then he secretly closed the door from the inside, walked back to the desk, and pulled out the letter from the book.

The smooth and powerful handwriting of the letter writer is very beautiful. It is very difficult to imitate such handwriting. Tian Degui took out the pen and imitated the font on the letter.

How could Xue Zhaoqing's family letter be delayed to the post station? The recent family letter was already in his hands, and the previous few letters were also held by Xue Tian of the Xue family. Because Xue Qian missed the letter written by his son, Xue Zhaowen and his mother were locked tightly in the deepest part of the closet.

The three of them decided to cut off the contact between father and son, and took advantage of these few months to quietly get rid of Xue Zhaoqing's serious trouble!

Tian Degui wiped the sweat dripping from his forehead, looked at the words in front of him, and at last there were seven or eight points of similarity. He was good at copying since he was a child, whether it was landscape paintings or various fonts, he could distinguish the real from the real after learning for a while. Back then, he sold a lot of fake paintings and characters with this skill, but now it is just right to use it in this kind of framing.

Taking a new piece of letter paper, Tian Degui thought about Xue Tian's soft body and the thousand acres of fertile land of the Xue family, hummed, and wrote on the paper: "My brother Zhou Jihou kisses you" .