As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Maybe it's because the years in the previous life are less and less flavorful and less ritualistic, but Huamanlou, who understands this era, suddenly feels that it is probably because people in the previous life lived a good life, so that everyone is so concerned about the New Year. There is no sense of anticipation—if the people of Dazhao can only eat some meat and make new clothes all year round during the Chinese New Year, would they dare to spend the life of the previous life all over the building?Maybe in the eyes of the people of Dazhao, the people in the previous life are almost equivalent to celebrating the New Year every day...

So in Xishan nowadays, not only the young soldiers and craftsmen are beaming, but even Qin'er is very happy, and she finds Huamanlou's calm performance very incredible: "Master, it's the Chinese New Year, you not happy?"

Hua Manlou pinched her little face: "It's nothing. Speaking of Chinese New Year, let's spend it in Xishan, okay?"

I thought the little girl would not refuse, although Xishan is really not a lively place now, it is just a group of young soldiers and a group of craftsmen, but if I don't go back, Qin'er will naturally not go back, so why not stay in Xishan to hide quietly Good?

But I never thought that Qin'er gave Hua Manlou a blank look: "Young master, what nonsense are you talking about? Now that the master is traveling far away, the affairs of the house must be presided over by the young master, not to mention paying the servants, right? How can others do things like offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors? Besides, the status of the young master is different now, so he has to do things like visit the superiors, greet and send them off, and there are still some elders who want to visit. Son……"

Hua Manlou scratched her head depressedly.

In the past, these things were arranged by Bo Huai'an, and his predecessor basically didn't care about anything. After all, what a bad gambler thinks about all day is mostly how to gamble, so for the New Year, he just hopes for some lucky money...

But this year, my father hasn't returned yet, so shouldn't he handle all these messy things?

Having said that, now that Huamanlou bears the name of Xuanwuwei Qianhu, it is reasonable to say that he is going to visit Commander Lu Kun and several governors, but in fact he is directly responsible to the emperor, that is to say His immediate boss is only Emperor Guangxing. In this case, let him visit the Shangguan...

Didn't he send it to Emperor Guangxing himself to show his presence?

As for the elders...

Mentioning the group of Ying Guogong and Rong Guogong makes people angry: they are the ones who lie to themselves, a group of old men who don't practice, why not give some hints or hints?It's impossible for the young master to kowtow to you in New Year's greetings!

And Qin'er was still making up for Huamanlou by herself: "Didn't the young master like New Year's greetings the most in previous years? And he would take me to stroll around the East Street from morning to night, so I didn't feel tired..."

Huamanlou immediately had a black line: Yes, it used to be true, after all...

When you meet elders you know on the street, you can just kowtow and you will get lucky money. According to the predecessor, the money is not earned for nothing.Even if the same person encounters the situation several times, the predecessor will still be able to kowtow - kowtow, you must give the new year's money, right?

But the predecessor was shameless, and Huamanlou couldn't be shameless, not to mention that Mr. Hua Qian's stoves are selling so smoothly now, and the reservations are already in March. How can he value so much lucky money?

"It used to be, it is now, the young master is also a person of status, I can't... just kowtow to everyone, right?"

Hua Manlou defended with black lines, and made up his mind to return to the West Mountain after offering sacrifices to the ancestors. Worshiping ancestors is a big deal, but New Year's greetings and so on can be skipped, isn't it bothersome?And there is a ready-made reason, and when the time comes, he will say that he is busy casting cannons for His Majesty. Who can pick out such a powerful reason?

however……

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Huamanlou completely gave Xishan a holiday. The craftsmen celebrated the New Year on the spot, and the young soldiers stayed in Xishan to guard. Beijing.

"Master, it's snowing!"

It was a cold day, Hua Manlou really didn't want to continue riding a horse against the cold wind, so she and Qin'er nestled in the carriage and slowly swayed back.

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Oh, speaking of snow, I think of a joke."

Qin'er immediately turned bitter, but she couldn't pretend that she was busy in the carriage, so she could only cry and say, "What joke?"

"It was said that it was snowing heavily, and a squire, a scholar, and a petty official gathered in a restaurant to drink and have fun, and the squire proposed to write a poem with the theme of snow to have fun." Hua Manlou ignored Qin'er's expression and opened his mouth He said: "The three of them agreed, so the squire first said: "Universities have fallen to the ground!" The little official shook his head and said: "This is the auspiciousness of the royal family!" The trembling beggar suddenly poked his head in from the door and cursed: Put your mother's shit on! Hahahahaha... Oops, I am so funny... Excellent poem hahahaha..."

Qin'er looked at the wildly laughing Hua Manlou: "...haha...ha..."

Seeing Qin'er's expression, Hua Manlou couldn't help thinking that Zhao Ren was more fun, this little girl didn't know how to exercise, and she laughed a lot.

When Hua Manlou was about to continue thinking about some jokes to amuse Qin'er, the carriage suddenly stopped suddenly, and at the same time Peng Guang shouted angrily from outside: "Who are you?"

Hua Manlou was taken aback: "What happened?"

A sneering voice came: "The one sitting in the car, but Xuanwuwei Xishan Thousands of Flowers Full of Houses? I have been waiting here for a long time."

Peng Guang snorted coldly: "Since you know it's Mr. Hua Qian's car, how dare you block the road?"

At this time, Huamanlou opened the curtain of the carriage, and after only a glance outside, he couldn't help gasping: there were a few big stones in the middle of the road, and there were more than fifty people around the carriage pointing their bows and arrows at him.

The leader of the roadblockers was a young man, who was standing on a big rock with a sword in his hand, and was looking at Peng Guang and the others with cat-and-mouse eyes. If so, I don’t even bother to stop it! Mr. Hua Qian, who has known his name for a long time, can you please come with us?”

Hua Manlou's heart sank.

172. Rotten

For a moment, Hua Manlou expected that the other party was just blocking the way and robbing or something, but the moment the young man opened his mouth to Hua Manlou, he felt that things were a little serious.

Those who come here are not kind, if they are ordinary thieves, how would they know his famous name?

Before Huamanlou could say anything, suddenly two people opened their bows and shot arrows, and shot down a school lieutenant who had followed Huamanlou from Baihusuo on the East Street from his horse. I also don't want to die under Hua Qianzong's perdition, so I advise you not to act rashly. If you still want to try who is faster, the next time you will be hit by Hua Qianzong."

Seeing the lieutenant die before he uttered a sound, Hua Manlou trembled with anger.

But the other party obviously came prepared, it seems that they have been ambushing here for a long time, and the number of people is relatively large, but I only brought seven or eight people with me, and under the cover of heavy snow, I fell into the other party without notice In the ambush circle, what's the use of getting angry in this situation?

Since the other party didn't immediately kill the killer but just surrounded him, his life was not in danger for the time being, so Hua Manlou tried his best to calm himself down, comforted Qin'er who was already pale with fright, and then jumped off the carriage Looking at the young man, he said: "Who are you waiting for? What is your intention? If you are looking for money, Hua is a bit of a waste of money. You can take it yourself. Hua will not pursue it afterward, but please don't hurt anyone's life."

Hua Manlou was talking nonsense, and he glanced behind inadvertently while speaking - the road ahead is blocked, so the direction of West Mountain is the only way to survive, but...

Obviously, the other party is not stupid, there are more than ten people standing behind the carriage.

The young man smiled and said, "If you're asking for money, you shouldn't use such means to offend people. Since Mr. Hua Qian doesn't want to hurt the innocent, how about just letting me go?"

Hua Manlou narrowed his eyes: "Extremely rude. If you invite someone to be a guest, even if you don't hand over the name card first, you have to give the name first, right? Hua asked himself that he was a court official, so he was robbed by you. I'm afraid it's going to be a big deal."

The young man said: "I have no choice but to ask Mr. Qian to forgive me. All in all, should Mr. Qian go or not?"

While talking nonsense, Hua Manlou had already determined that there was no possibility of escape today, so he pointed to Peng Guang and the others and said, "Let them go, and I will go with you."

Hua Manlou asked himself that it was impossible for his predecessor to provoke these seemingly reckless guys, and he had never met them before, so these people were naturally not enemies.And these people don't mind hijacking court officials, and don't care about killing people, but they are willing to talk nonsense with themselves and ask themselves to follow, which means that they must have something for themselves...

Then there is only one possibility left: they are a group that specializes in opposing the imperial court, and the purpose of looking for them is nothing more than iron smelting, Purdue, and firecrackers—the Battle of Datong has passed for so many days, and it took The whole building is also selling stoves and excellent farm tools with great fanfare, and even personally led people to beat Wala, so it is only natural that the news spread faster, right?

And it is precisely because they have demands on themselves that Huamanlou is confident enough to ask the other party to release them, and what he expects is that Peng Guang will report the news quickly-whether it is Xishanwei or Chaozhong, as long as they find out the situation as soon as possible Only where the group of people are is the possibility of survival.

Besides, Qin'er was still in the car, Hua Manlou couldn't watch this little girl die tragically in front of her, could she?Seeing this young man's murderous and beating nature, Hua Manlou felt that he was fine, but the others...

And after hearing Hua Manlou's words, the young man was unambiguous: "He who knows the current affairs is a hero, and he is indeed Mr. Hua Qian. Brothers, let me go!"

The young man seemed to be afraid that Huamanlou would not cooperate, or he was confident, so he didn't pay attention to Peng Guang and the others at all, and asked someone to remove the stone and made a gesture of please.

Hua Manlou frowned again.

The opponent let go of the road ahead, that is to say, if you want to ask for help, you can only go to the capital, but now there are still more than 20 miles away from the capital, and the snowy road is difficult, so I am afraid it will be less It takes two hours, but after two hours, where can the rescue find me?

Peng Guang, who was standing by the side, gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Qian can't do it, so I will protect Mr. Qian and kill him!"

Hua Manlou smiled bitterly and said: "Forget it, don't kill the brothers, you should report the matter as soon as possible."

Peng Guang is not stupid, he knows that the current situation cannot be controlled by himself, and the sooner he finds reinforcements, Hua Manlou will be able to escape the danger sooner, so he stared fiercely at the posturing young man and shouted: "If you dare to hurt Qian Qian For every single hair, Peng and you will never stop dying!"

The young man sneered and didn't answer.

Hearing the movement outside, Qin'er had already come out of the carriage at this moment, she pulled Hua Manlou's sleeve and shouted, "I will be there wherever the young master is, even if I die, I will die before the young master!"

Hua Manlou smiled, pinched her little face, and said in a low voice: "You can't get away with your young master, you want to kill me? You go back to the house honestly, and ask Fang Bo to take care of the house. The young master will return within three or five days."

After all, he didn't care about Qin'er's reaction, he picked up the little girl and threw her into the carriage, then rushed to Peng Guang and said, "Take Qin'er and send her to my house!"

Now that the stone has been removed from the front, Peng Guang gritted his teeth, jumped into the carriage and drove forward himself. Several lieutenants of the Xuanwu Guards dragged their dead colleagues onto the horse, and immediately kowtowed three times at Huamanlou They also went with it—they didn't act like children, after all, Hua Manlou saved their lives by taking himself as a hostage, and they also shouldered the task of delivering the letter, otherwise why would they die?

The chariots and horses gradually moved away, and when Qin'er's cries could not be heard, Hua Manlou turned to look at the young man and said, "Now we can talk, what is your origin?"

He didn't give a positive answer to Huamanlou's probing several times just now, probably because he was afraid that the people who sent the letter would leak the news--in fact, this is also the case. After all, this group of people needs Huamanlou's cooperation. It is better not to hurt others. Well, wouldn't it be an extra problem if Huamanlou refused to cooperate?

Of course, you said that there is nothing wrong with extorting confessions by torture, but isn’t it a waste of work and energy?And if the other party is a character who is soft but not hard, wouldn't it be a waste of work until the end of the person is gone?

Hearing Hua Manlou's question, the young man smiled: "Bai Lian descends to earth, and Wanmin turns over."

Hua Manlou sighed: "I should have thought of you a long time ago, how can you not spoil the situation these years?"

The young man wondered: "Mr. Qian has also heard of us?"

Hua Manlou said contemptuously: "Mother Wusheng, right? Maitreya was born, King Ming was born, right? It sucks! It really sucks!"

youth:"……"

173. I Want Those Thieves to Die Hard!

Peng Guang was very anxious at the moment, he didn't dare to stop all the way, and rushed to the capital at full speed.

It has to be said that since meeting Huamanlou, Peng Guang has been proud of himself. Not only has he been directly promoted to Hundred Households all the way from Xiaoqi, he is also in charge of the most core craftsman class in Xishan, and he is also the chief dog of Huamanlou.Therefore, anyone in the area of ​​Xishan will be polite when they see him. This makes Peng Guang, who has been harassed by hundreds of households on the East Street for many years, feel respected and at the same time gain great satisfaction in his heart, even though Xishan is still a wilderness now. Well, but he really likes the vibe of West Hills.

Moreover, although Peng Guang didn't know that Huamanlou could be regarded as a close minister of the emperor, he could see that Huamanlou had a bright future. After all, what this young Mr. Huaqian did was unheard of, and he could cause a sensation at every turn. Don't people deserve to hug their thighs?

What's even more rare is that Hua Manlou is an unassuming Shangguan with a good temper. Even if Peng Guang does something wrong, he may not be furious. Where can I find such a good Shangguan?

So Peng Guang has already made up his mind to follow Huamanlou for the rest of his life, but now...

For being careless, Peng Guang blamed himself: If he had known earlier, he should have brought at least one hundred battalion as guards!

The wind and snow were getting bigger and bigger, and the whole group was so fascinated that they couldn't even open their eyes.Qin'er in the car was crying hoarsely, and almost fainted—she had never been so desperate when Fanhuamanlou was thrown into the water by debt collectors, but now when she meets those desperadoes, the young master is still Can you survive?

Peng Guang endured and endured, and finally rushed into the car and yelled: "Cry, cry, cry! What's the use of crying? What about mourning? Mr. Qian and other lucky people have their own fortunes, so it may not be something to happen this time!"

Qin'er's crying stopped for a while, and then there was no movement, and Peng Guang turned around and continued to speed up to the capital.

This section of the road, Peng Guang felt that it was so long that it was almost suffocating, even longer than the distance when Estumu charged.

When he could see the city wall, Peng Guang was almost in tears. He shouted at several school captains: "You go to the Jingwei Command Division, Wucheng Bingma Division and Shuntian Mansion separately, and then send the news to the north. Zhenfusi, I'm going to Duke Ying's mansion!"

Of course Peng Guang didn't know that Huamanlou was directly responsible to Emperor Guangxing, and that a thousand households of the Xuanwu Guard had been robbed. He wasn't sure who to turn to for help, so he had to cast his net widely.And in the current situation, one more person means more strength, doesn't it?

As Peng Guang and others entered the city, the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became chilled.

The first to get the news was Wucheng Bingmasi, who was in charge of the robbery and defense in the Gyeonggi area, and then the Shuntian Prefecture, which governed the area, so the top leaders on both sides were so angry that they dropped their teacups on the spot—not because Huamanlou was robbed. Angry, just because a fifth-rank military officer was kidnapped by unknown people when the Chinese New Year is about to come. Can they have a good year?

It can be said that they are to blame for this kind of thing, after all...

Xiaoxiao's generation touched the root of the imperial city and took away a fifth-rank official. This was not only provoking the court, but also slapped both of them in the face. Isn't it dangerous for a minister, a minister, or a cabinet scholar?

Moreover, the Chinese New Year is not just a Chinese New Year for the imperial court. Whether it is the Zhengdan court meeting, the worship of heaven and the ancestor worship of the Taimiao are all big events, if these things are also messed up by Xiaoxiao, will they still survive?

So the Wucheng Bingmasi immediately sent people out of the city, and the servants of Shuntian Mansion also went on the road in the wind and snow, sighing.

Then it was Beizhen Fusi who got the news. The commander of Xuanwuwei made Lu Kun so angry that he kicked the captain who came to report the letter on the spot, and then he immediately sent an order for Qianhu in the inner city to bring a large number of people to investigate. , death is about to see the corpse - I said earlier that Xishanwei is Xuanwuwei in name, but in fact Lu Kun has no right to command Huamanlou. Lu Kun who knows the inside story also knows the importance of Huamanlou, so he Immediately went to the palace to see Emperor Guangxing.

At the same time, Peng Guang stood in front of Duke Ying's mansion.

Before going forward to report his name, someone suddenly came out of the mansion, saw Peng Guang and wondered: "Huh? Isn't this Chief Peng? Why are you here?"

Peng Guang took a closer look and saw that it was Xiao Nan who had been following Hua Manlou before, so he immediately said: "Hua Qian is always in trouble, please tell the Duke quickly, and save him!"

Xiao Nan was shocked and said: "What's the problem... Forget it, come in first, the Duke of the country has not returned, and the Prophet will miss you!"

……

When Peng Guang explained the matter clearly, Qi Wanrong stomped her feet angrily and cursed: "What did you eat to grow up, and the superior can throw it away! Don't you know how to bring more people when you go out? Xiao Nan, call the people and set off immediately. We must take Huamanlou back!"

The Qi family brothers who had rushed to the front hall couldn't help but gasped when they heard the second half of the sentence: "Have you lost Huamanlou?"

Qi Wanrong left angrily: "I was robbed!"

Qi Pengfei reached out and grabbed her: "Where are you going?"

Qi Wanrong threw him away: "Where else can I go? Save people! I still have a debt to settle with Huamanlou!"

The Qi family brothers looked blankly at the back of Qi Wanrong going out, Qi Pengwu said: "Brother, two days ago she said she would never see Huamanlou again, so what is today?"

This is true, after all, Qi Wanrong was very angry when she realized that day, and what...

She has been having nightmares for the past few days, dreaming that she was wearing a phoenix cloak and was picked up by Huamanlou on a sedan chair and brought into the Huai'an uncle's mansion, and then she sat on the kang in Huamanlou's room in Xishan On one side stood Qin'er and Xiaodong who were still smiling, and finally, Hua Manlou walked into the room with a lewd smile on his face, and pounced on him with a wolf howl...

How can this kind of nightmare make a girl who has not left the court feel so embarrassed?No matter how tough Miss Qi is, she is only a 15-year-old girl...

So originally she wanted to go to Hua Manlou to settle accounts, but now Qi Wanrong felt that she had no face to see him at all—she clearly said that she wanted Hua Manlou to marry her, but she married someone else in her dreams several times. And there was not much unhappiness in the dream, this...

So recently, she has been sitting by the stove in a daze or cursing Huamanlou all day, so she is encouraging Ying Guogong to beat her two unscrupulous brothers, but who knew that such a thing would happen today?

And Qi Pengfei couldn't help but kicked Qi Pengwu after hearing what he said: "When are you still talking bastardly? Hurry up and gather people, I'll go too!"

Only then did Qi Pengwu realize the urgency of the situation, so he scrambled and ran out. After running for a while, he turned around and said, "Do you want to inform His Highness?"

"No more, Your Highness can't chase him out by himself, can he? Hurry up and go!"

When Qi Wanrong went out, Emperor Guangxing in the palace was in a rage: "Look! Find him! The factory guards can send out all the people who can be sent out. If Huamanlou can't find it, you don't know what to do." We're back! Block the important roads and strictly investigate, I want those thieves to die!"

The capital is completely in chaos.

174. Qi Wanrong, Burning with Disquiet

How long has it been since the factory guard asked the capital?