The elder brother who travels through is hard to do

In a short period of time, although he was still in the period of filial piety, Xu Bei had drunk twice. Fortunately, he was surrounded by his own people, so he wouldn't say anything casually.

The first time, when he heard that Xiao Wangjun led the Dingbei Army to a complete victory at the border, Xu Bei felt the need to do something to express his feelings under the agitation. Others don't know, but he knows, He also had a small contribution to the victory at the border this time.And Lao Qiu, Sun Dagui and Jiang Ping were also excited because of the victory at the border, and they aimed at the same thing with a tacit understanding, and that was wine.

The second time, after witnessing the end of Ma Zongbing and Jiang Yun's embryo killing, Xu Bei went back and had a hearty drink. Even Xu Minqing drank half a bowl, and his face was red with embarrassment. , I don't know if it is the result of the smell of alcohol or the mixed feelings of sadness and joy.

Just like the first time, Lao Qiu and the others did not stop them. They were all ordinary people living in the lower class, and they could best understand the distress that the two Xu Bei brothers were suppressing in their hearts. Being able to swallow the bitter fruit without any strength to resist, and the word "official" colliding with the word "official" can only be the result of the destruction of the family and the death of people.

The great hatred has been avenged, and the depression in my heart can finally be relieved.

Xu Bei has more emotions in his heart than others. Until now, he can finally give an explanation to the original owner of this body, and he can also calmly face the parents of this body. Their family can safely close their doors underground. For the rest, he and Minqing will not lose the reputation of the old Xu family, and in the future Minqing will be able to stand out from others.

As for the people next to Xu's family, of course they repay kindness and revenge.He has not forgotten why he woke up in this body. The original owner had already died because of them, and those so-called relatives forced them to leave their hometown.

loved ones?Not necessarily much better than the enemy.

After disposing of all the goods in his hand, Xu Bei actually saved more than a thousand taels of silver in his hands, which greatly exceeded his original expectation. He also knew that it was thanks to a trip to the capital that he could save these taels of silver, otherwise he would have been in the capital all the time. Beidi can only make a small fortune by doing small things.

With money in his hand, he didn't panic, so Xu Bei bought a batch of New Year's goods and asked Lao Qiu to send them to Wazigou.

Lao Qiu, Sun Dagui, Jiang Ping, and Steward Wang, Granny Qian, including the shopkeepers of the two shops, did not get their New Year gifts. Xu Bei was a little impatient with these delicate tasks, but he has a good brother who gave him an account I clearly remembered that Jiang Ping had been following him all the time, making him feel ashamed to employ others.

Originally, I thought it would be enough to prepare some more gifts for returning to Shangpo Village, but at this time someone sent a "rich gift", reminding Xu Bei of something that he had left behind.Looking at the pile of books in front of him, it is obvious that the owner of the book has been flipping through it a lot, and even though it is carefully preserved, there are still many traces left behind. When he opened it to see that there are calligraphy treasures left by the owner, Xu Bei remembered something that the fourth son mentioned That's why he asked the people around him to teach Min Qing to study, and now the literati named "Yunzhi" came to fulfill his promise.

"Minqing, it's all for you. Let me see. There is also an address here. It should be for you to write to ask for advice on anything you don't understand." Xu Bei threw all the books to Minqing, He didn't know anything about the things in the book, and his head got dizzy after reading it. He thought that he brought back more than a dozen books from a place as far away as the capital last time. Although Min Qing was full of joy after reading it, he just felt that he was still being betrayed. The author of the book was deceived, and most of it may not be suitable.

He thought to himself that this man named Lu Yunzhi came just in time, otherwise his younger brother, no matter how talented he is, would have been delayed by him, and he would have committed a crime.

"Brother, I will read it seriously, and I will write to you if there is anything I don't understand. Don't worry, brother." Xu Minqing held a stack of books with a smile, and he would not tell his elder brother, no matter what he brought from the capital. , he will cherish it all the more.

"However, what kind of gift do we have to return?" Xu Bei scratched his head and said in distress. He still understood the principle of human relations. The fourth son did not dare to climb up to him, but this Mr. Lu was kind enough to teach his younger brother. Now, it would be shameless not to return the gift, but that kind of person looks gentle and gentle, and he follows the Fourth Young Master, his status is extraordinary, so no one else would look down on him for what he gave.

Xu Minqing briefly flipped through the books, one of which made his hand pause, and said naturally: "Brother, let me handle this matter, for people like Mr. Lu, etiquette is light and courtesy is important." It's not important, it's just a matter of intention, I will handle it well."

"Haha, you're better than Minqing, so I'll leave it to you." Xu Bei let go of his hands happily.

Xu Minqing carried the book back to his study room, quickly opened the book that he was suspicious of before, and took a deep breath in his heart. Sure enough, it was the article left by the deceased Jiang Dashi, which was compiled into a book by later generations. The young master sent this book here to test him, and he didn't expect that his life experience would not be exposed, or he wanted to take advantage of this identity.

This also shows that the fourth son is very important to his elder brother, otherwise there is no need to find out the people around the elder brother. The things he has done during this time can be hidden from the elder brother, because the elder brother tolerates him like a younger brother. Some are trust in his family, so how can he adjust what he did behind his back, but for a person like the fourth son, as long as he pays a little attention, he will find clues, and if he digs deeper, his own life experience will be revealed.

When he saw this book, he knew what kind of gift he should return. Jiang Feng had his master's, his biological father's collection there, and he only needed to send one or two copies of it to show his respect to the other party. identity.

After thinking for a while, Xu Minqing stood in front of the desk and studied ink to prepare the letter again, explaining his academic progress and the puzzles he encountered. At the end of the letter, he wrote what he had done, his future plans, and his future plans. The book store is about to open, and Jiang Feng is now looking for a craftsman to experiment with the movable type printing technique that his elder brother described to him.

It was mentioned by his elder brother in his ear by accident when he was copying a book. He took it into his heart and asked carefully to understand.

Yanzhou Dingbei Palace.

The fourth young master, holding a teacup and drinking the health-preserving tea prepared for him by Miracle Lin, was talking with Lu Yunzhi with a smile.

"I didn't expect the third son Jiang, who was so talented and brilliant back then, and his descendants to live under our noses. This is the darkness under the lamp." Xiao Qian shook his head and sighed with a smile. Everyone in the village knew that Xu Minqing was killed by Xu Xingda and his wife. Adopted, brought back from a baby, no one thought of going to investigate the child's life experience, and who thought that the child adopted by the farmer's family was a descendant of the famous Jiang family in the south.

"When I saw that child in the teahouse that day, I thought he was unusual, but I didn't expect him to be like this. Compared with his elder brother, this child is smart and thoughtful. His sensuality, even his elder brother was kept a secret." Lu Yunzhi recalled the scene in the teahouse that day, the young man's eyes were clear, and people liked him when he saw him, but he hurried to the capital later, and he couldn't see him again. Contact, unexpectedly, the other young man who was selling snacks downstairs that day would be recruited by the fourth son. He was very happy when he heard the young master said that he was asked to give advice to the young man, but now he feels that he is not qualified. The grandson, from the investigation, seems to have inherited his father's talent, given time, I'm afraid that even Lu Yunzhi won't be able to point him out.

"Seeing that he didn't immediately want to recognize the Jiang family, I know he is very grateful to the Xu family." As long as he has this point, the name of the Jiang family is very useful, but if the descendants of the Jiang family are ungrateful and greedy People, he would rather not use such a person, otherwise he would be able to sell his Xiao family if he turned his head around, "He is not as pedantic as Jiang Ce, and it is only good for us. What."

Before Xiao Qian could see anything, Xu Minqing's reply letter arrived. The letter clearly told Xiao Qian what he was going to do, and Xiao Qian couldn't help laughing again. Although the two brothers had different temperaments, they did things well. The technique is very similar, and I don't know if the younger brother was influenced by Xu Bei, and he confessed his purpose openly and honestly before he saw it.

Opening a book store is a good job for the descendants of the Jiang family. When the life experience is made public in the future, the world will only give praises. With this method, Xu Minqing can accumulate reputation for himself.

Want to find a craftsman to study the art of printing?This is because he wanted to use his hands to find craftsmen in this field. Seeing the letter sent by Yunzhi, Xiao Qian immediately asked for arrangements: "Let's see what achievements this descendant of the Jiang family can make."

"Yes, son." Lu Yunzhi was also surprised when he saw the reply, and wanted to see what the young man could do, and then thought of Xu Bei who didn't know anything and was kept in the dark, so he couldn't help laughing. One day Xu Bei knows what his younger brother is doing behind his back, how will he behave?

Xiao Qian patted his forehead and said: "I remembered that Xu Bei and his brothers haven't been given an annual gift yet, and it happened to be sent together. I think they will be very pleasantly surprised when they see this gift."

surprise?

It was indeed shocking enough, even terrified. Xu Bei stared at the two things in front of him closely, and then looked at the guards of the palace who escorted these two things. He didn't know what expression to face, he was frightened. Okay.

He pointed at the two boxes with trembling fingers and said, "Did the fourth son really ask you to send it?"

"Of course, please accept Mr. Xu Bei, so that we can go back and return."

"Can't return it?" One of them can be accepted, but he doesn't want to accept the other one. Is this thing so easy to accept?

"Please don't make things difficult for us, my lord." The leader looked at Xu Bei, a big fool, in disbelief. Who didn't happily accept the appointment of the fourth lord and kowtow to thank him? This guy actually wants to go back?Is there a mistake?

Xu Bei confirmed again and again, knowing that he could only accept it, and said with a bitter face, "Okay then, I will go there after the next year."

"Then we'll take our leave." The leader waved his hand, and a group of people exited the yard in an orderly manner.

"Brother..." Seeing the person leave, Xu Minqing rushed in immediately.

"Boy Bei, what did the Fourth Young Master send, so mysterious?" Lao Qiu walked in carelessly, not worried that the Fourth Young Master would harm Xu Bei. Only by using his, let alone have made great achievements, even though the outside world doesn't know about it.

Sun Dagui and Jiang Ping also questioned the parties with their eyes.

Thinking of the contents of the two boxes, Xu Bei's heart was still pounding. He turned his head and asked Jiang Ping, "Brother Jiang, didn't the arrested Ma family go to the capital? What happened?"

"The Ma family?" Jiang Ping said with a smile, "Unfortunately, just after leaving the border of the Northland, he encountered a bandit. Mr. Ma was seriously injured, his wife and brother died unfortunately, Mrs. Jiang was too sad, and only Mr. Ma One person didn't seem to be injured. Brother Xu, how could you ask about the Ma family, could it be..." Jiang Ping looked suspiciously at the two boxes, his nose twitched, as if there was a slight smell of blood.

"A bandit? Haha, a bandit! Well done!" Xu Bei chewed these two words carefully, then burst out laughing, pointing to one of the boxes and said, "Isn't it a bandit? He himself has tasted what it's like to die at the hands of bandits, the Fourth Young Master is such a great gift."

"Brother, could it be..." Xu Minqing's hands trembled, and he stepped forward to open the box boldly, revealing a ferocious human head with a look of fear in front of them. Fortunately, they were all bold. He had to be mentally prepared for the words, otherwise he would be so frightened that he would throw the box out, and he would cry and laugh at once, "Brother, what a bad guy, I didn't expect him to have such a day, great, we took this head Go to the grave of your parents."

Lao Qiu and the others sighed, and then looked at Xu Bei who was coaxing his younger brother. It can be seen that the Fourth Young Master really valued him, otherwise there would be many people who had enmity with Jiang Yun, so why not see the Fourth Young Master give away to others, although Eager to know what was in the other box, but patiently waiting for the two brothers to calm down.

Xu Bei didn't expect the Fourth Young Master to do such a trick. After all, he came from a modern society ruled by law, but he felt very relieved when he saw this head, and he was quite convinced by the Fourth Young Master. If the Fourth Young Master was in front of him at this time, even if he let He went to kill people and set fire, so he probably agreed to it straight away.

After comforting his crying and laughing brother, Xu Bei opened another box and told them: "The fourth son is going to open a trading market, so he arranged a small official position for me. Uh, you will follow me to take office next year."

Lao Qiu's eyes lit up: "Really? Bei boy, you are going to be an official? You boy...you are really giving your ancestors face." Xu Bei couldn't laugh or cry at this statement.

Sun Dagui gritted his teeth and gave a thumbs up to praise: "Good job, brother, do it well!"

Jiang Ping also said with a smile: "Brother Xu likes to do business, right? He can do business with those foreigners in a straightforward manner. It's best to kill them more."

Xu Minqing also calmed down, feeling that he was ashamed just now. Although he had never met the Fourth Young Master, this person left a deep mark in his heart. This person is indeed a high-ranking person who knows how to buy people's hearts. It's not difficult to accept the service of someone like him. The reason why these two things are sent is probably related to his refuge.Moreover, he also felt that such an arrangement for the eldest brother could not be better. Since then, the eldest brother has also left the white body, and no one from the Xu family can bully him at will. Now, the two brothers can go back to Shangpo Village in a big way.

"Brother, I believe you can do well."

"Ha, just do it!" Xu Bei clenched his fists to express his determination. After all, he is also a person who has managed a large company. How can he be stage fright? Men have ambitions after all, and he doesn't want to spend his whole life in a state of frustration, "Go , pack up, let's go back to Shangpo Village."

"Okay, brothers will accompany you for a walk."

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The news that the guards of the palace came to Kang County certainly alarmed many people. When they entered the city, they were immediately notified by the officials guarding the city to the new magistrate. The magistrate immediately sent someone to find out the details. Knowing that a pair of brothers living in the county were relatives of the families of the victims who had been sent to Shangpo Village to appease him, he wondered at that time why the superiors took special care of the couple in Shangpo Village. About the brothers.

Therefore, the county magistrate immediately sent two officials to Shangpo Village with Xu Bei and the others in the name of escort.

Xu Bei thought about the magistrate's overtures and did not refuse. In fact, he knew very well how shameless the old Xu's people in Shangpo Village were. Officials accompany them to see if they dare to point their brothers' noses and scold them for being unfilial.

"Master Xu, we are going to Shangpo Village soon." The county magistrate told him to take good care of Mr. Xu Bei, who was valued by the fourth son of the palace, and the two officials refused to change their words no matter what.

Xu Bei had goosebumps all over his body. He was actually called "Master" one day. Has the potential to be a bully, and went to bully others with his dog legs.Uh, no, this is not good, it will remind him of the real bully Jiang Yun, and his brother is not a dog's leg either.

Lao Qiu couldn't help laughing. After spending so much time with Xu Bei, he didn't know his temperament. He snickered and said, "I'll get used to it when I yell. Otherwise, I, Lao Qiu, will follow you in the future, how can I convince the public in the next year?" Food." So this job must not be messed up, and after hearing this, Xu Bei felt a heavy burden on his shoulders.

Xu Minqing also held back a smile, in his eyes, the eldest brother is the best no matter what.

Uphill Village.

Li Zheng was annoyed by Xu's family, but he didn't give the 40 taels of silver left by the official to the big and small Wang's, and he didn't give one tael of silver. Refused.

Today, Da Wang came to the door again to curse: "I don't know if the man who killed tens of millions is alive or not. I don't think he has a long life. It's obviously my Xu family's money that I want to hold in my hand." , Do you want to swallow it by yourself? Let the big guys judge whether the money should be given to my old woman, I am the mother of Xingda and his wife, and Xingda is my shit What the fuck, is there anything on him that doesn't belong to my own mother? You black-hearted Lizheng..."

Lizheng's mother-in-law was also annoyed by Da Wang's repeated scolding, and scolded her own man at home: "You old man doesn't know that the family values ​​money more than anything else, and if you keep the money, she won't take it." Cut you off with a knife? Listen, even your grandson is cursed, what else can't you do?"

"What do you know!" Li Zheng was blowing his beard and staring at his eyes, "Xu Laohan has already said that the two boys, Bei Boy and Brother, are living well." Looking outside, he turned around and whispered to his wife, "You know Xu Laohan Why everyone’s complexion is ruddy? That’s because the Bei boy remembered Xu Laohan’s goodness. When the food was scarce, he quietly sent food over, which didn’t make Xu Caihan’s family tighten their belts. It must be said that the two Bei boys and brothers will definitely not be able to hang out outside, but who knows that they just made a fortune outside, as you know, the food outside has been sold at sky-high prices a while ago."

"Really?!" Mrs. Lizheng was startled and deceitful when she heard that, her eyes widened and she shouted in disbelief, "How could those two brothers get rich? Could it be that they met some noble people outside?" No wonder She didn't believe that if the money was so good, the people in the village would have run away long ago, especially this year's year was worse than previous years, with both disasters and food shortages, which made people tormented enough.

Li Zheng glared at him and said, "You bitch, can I still lie to you? Think carefully about the situation in Xu Laohan's house. Besides, the official who came that day probably said that the money has to be handed over. In the hands of Brother Bei, why did they give it a special explanation? Don’t say there is nothing clear about it.”

"Okay, what you said makes sense, but what is the old woman going to do outside? If she keeps scolding like this, people in the village will be suspicious of you. I really think our family is going to swallow this money." It's tight, but I also know that the money is hot, and so many people in the village are staring at it.

Lizheng also had nothing to do with this kind of unreasonable woman, he simply didn't open the gate for the past two days, but the result was good, the big Wang just sat at the door of his house and slapped the door and scolded him, so much so that he strangled the man to death. The old lady has her heart.

"Lizheng, the official messenger is here again, the official messenger who came a few days ago is here again—"

Someone outside shouted from far and near, and Li Zheng couldn't sit still at home, so he ran out and opened the door immediately: "Where? Where is the official messenger? Hurry up and meet him."

As soon as Da Wang saw Lizheng coming out, he jumped up and hugged his leg and cried: "You black-hearted take money for the life of my son and daughter-in-law, if you don't take out the money today, I will fight you hard It's over!" He bared his teeth and clapped his claws, looking like he was desperately trying to follow Li Zheng.

"Wicked woman!" Li Zheng scolded angrily, "It just so happened that the officials sent the gentlemen to come and let the gentlemen judge who should give the money, who made you so vicious that you can't even tolerate two grandchildren, Xingda and his wife just passed away I can't wait to drive everyone out, and I want to say that this is your retribution!"

The disheveled Mrs. Wang was stunned by the scolding, and Lizheng took the opportunity to get away. Mrs. Wang tried to pester Lizheng again, but Lizheng's mother-in-law caught up and stopped her, and scolded her mercilessly for being shameless and shamelessly entangled with other men. , The scolding was so embarrassing that people went back and hanged themselves.