The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

After the drill, Jiang Qin, Gao Jia, Gao Bing, and Feng Gong said their goodbyes. In order to express her gratitude to them for preparing to go to Gao's house to help them, Xun Zhen sent them all the way to the official road and said goodbye.

Feng Gong and Jiang Qin walked for a while.

Jiang Qin probably remembered Xun Zhen's kindness to Xu's mother, and said with emotion: "Xun Zhen's actions are often unexpected."

Gao Jia said: "Yeah. As far as training is concerned, using Cuju as a means to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people in Limin is eye-catching."

Feng Gong also sighed deeply and said, "I wonder if you all know if Xun Jun has ever been to my house? He did not meet him very well. But today, Xun Jun treats me the same as all the other gentlemen, without any grudges. . . . Does he act? Surprisingly, I don't dare to comment, but the broad-mindedness is genuine."

"I've heard about Xun Jun going to your house. Feng Jun, Xun Jun is definitely not something in the pool. Your father's actions are a little too much!"

There are no impervious walls in the world. Feng Wen was arrogant and arrogant, so Xun Zhen refused to accept his family's provision of food, which had long been rumored by the guests of the Feng family. Jiang Qin's fellow countrymen were well-informed and heard about this a few days ago.

Outside the Fengjiazhuang, Feng Gong invited Jiang Qin and the others to come in and sit down. Jiang Qin and the others knew that he was being polite. Although they saw his smiling face and worried eyebrows, they knew that he must be saying "Feng Wen is arrogant and offended Xun Zhen". And worried, since he refused to come to the door to disturb him at this time, he said goodbye and left.

Feng Gong watched them go away and returned to Zhuangzhong. As soon as I entered the village, I asked the gatekeeper, "Where are the parents?"

The janitor replied, "The backyard."

Feng Gong was so worried, he didn't have time to wash up, he went straight to the backyard, and sure enough he found Feng Wen in the vegetable garden.

"Father."

"..., I look at Cuju again? In previous years, when Mr. Zheng was there, he still practiced hand combat and archery. It would be better to change to the current one and play with Cuju all day! After you, are you not allowed to go out these days?" Feng Wen squatted by the vegetable border to check the germination of the seeds, and when Feng Gong came, he didn't get up, glanced at him, and scolded.

Feng Gong instructed the servants and disciples who were serving on the side to step down, and when only their father and son were left, they pulled up their clothes and bowed down.

"Why do you worship for no reason? ... What trouble did you get into?"

"My child's worship is not for myself, but for my father and my family!"

"what?"

"Father, my son saw something with his own eyes today."

"What's up?"

"Cheng Yan owed money to the Gao family, but was forced by Gao Su to take his wife."

"Gao Su?" The Gao family is far richer than the Feng family, but Feng Wen looked down on Gao Su, snorted, and said, "Gao Su is a well-known slut, soliciting desperation and acting promiscuously, taking pride in doing this. It’s not surprising to bully men and bully women.” To teach Feng Gong, “I taught you early on that you should not interact with him, learn more from your brother, be diligent in your work, and go home late. Wouldn’t it be good to hang out with those people all day long? What's the benefit? Also, what are the big and small Su and Shi Juxian in Ben Pavilion, Jiang Qin, Gao Jia, Gao Bing in the adjacent pavilion, who are they? You spend money on them every day, what do you think about Naigong's wealth? Did it fall from the sky?"

Feng Wen talked at length when he started training his son. Feng Gong endured patience, waited for him to finish, and then said: "Because of this matter, Master Ting Xun went to Xiangting alone this morning to meet Gao Su."

Feng Wen stopped his work, pulled his hand out of the soil, turned to look at Feng Gong, and asked, "Xun Zhen went to Xiangting this morning and met Gao Su?"

"Exactly."

Feng Wen hesitantly said: "Gao Su is no better than me. For the sake of the current pavilion chief Xun, I gave him three points; but that Gao Su is arrogant and rude, even the village chief dares to beat him, but how can he do it? Put him in your eyes? Even a small head of the outer pavilion dares to come to the door alone? ..., what happened? Was he beaten out?"

"Gao Su destroyed the bond and refused to accept Cheng Yan's repayment."

"..." Feng Wen was stunned.

"Father, this is the reason why the child worships!"

"What do you want to say?"

"I just finished the training, and the boy walked with Jiang Qin. Jiang Qin said that Xun Jun's actions are often unexpected. Father, the boy has observed through the past few days and found that the people in this pavilion, Xiao Su and Shi Juxian, are all respectful to Xun Jun. Even the chiefs of every li and li were full of praise for Xun Jun. Now, even Jiang Qin in Wai Ting praised him, and Gao Su, who was always arrogant and rude just as Grandfather said, is only the same as Xun Jun. I saw one side, but I folded my waist. …, Xun-Jun should not be underestimated!”

"Um?"

"My child is bold, secretly thinking that my father did something wrong last time and should not humiliate him face to face."

Feng Wen has no foresight and only has one-third of his own land in his eyes, but this does not mean that he is an ignorant person, at least he has the ability to judge. Although he looked down on Gao Su's wandering, but he knew the power of the Gao family in his hometown, and said, "Gao Su destroyed the bonds and refused to collect money? ..., is this serious? It's not that you were fooled by someone, right?"

"Father, my son saw Xun Jun's return with his own eyes!"

"..., I'm not humiliating Xun Zhen! Our family's grain and money are hard to come by."

"That's true. But although Father has no intention of humiliation, in the eyes of Xun Jun, he is afraid that it will be humiliating."

"Then what do you say?"

"Baby thinks that the current plan is of no use, let alone explanation. The best remedy is to send more rice to Xun Jun as soon as possible."

"...Well, go get fifty stone grains of rice and send it to him."

Feng Gong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Father! So far, are you only willing to give out fifty stone grains of rice?"

"..., how much do you say is appropriate?"

"Two hundred stones!"

"Two hundred stones?" Just after listening to it, Feng Wen gasped as if a piece of flesh had been gouged out. He gasped in pain, and said angrily, "You plant in spring and harvest in autumn. , this is still a good time for the year! Two hundred stones? The harvest of a hundred acres of land! You son of a bitch, is there such a prodigal as you?"

"Father!"

"At most a hundred stones."

No matter how Feng Gong persuaded him, Feng Wen insisted that he would not let go, and finally became annoyed and scolded: "Shuzi! Are you the son of the Duke? You don't look like me at all! Bai Shi, only Bai Shi! The stone is gone! What if Gao Su bows his head to him? Nai Gong struggles to be embarrassed by him in the future, and would rather do more labor and pay more in the future, and turn his face with him, so what?"

Feng Gong was helpless, so he had no choice but to stop persuading him. He looked up at the sky, it was almost dusk, and said, "It should be sooner rather than later. My son, I will send the rice to Xunjun personally." After leaving the vegetable garden, he looked back and saw Feng Wen. He hummed in anger, he didn't feel a wry smile.

Taking grain from the warehouse and stacking it on several ox carts, Feng Gong called two or three guests, personally led the team, and rushed out of the village gate. At the pavilion, Xun Zhenzheng and Du Mai, Chen Bao, Cheng Yan and others sat around Huan Biao and played chess.

Du Mai looked at his big car and asked strangely, "Feng Jun, what is in the car, why come to Tingshe?"

Feng Gong did not avoid the people, so he bowed down at the court and said to Xun Zhen: "Gong has watched Xun Jun practice for a long time, and the training method is a good strategy. Hearing that only a few dozen stones of rice and grain have been produced in all, I am afraid that it will not be enough for Xun Jun's reward. Limin. My father took hundreds of stones of fine grain and gave it to the house for Xunjun to use."

Xun Zhen was inexplicable at first, and then roughly guessed the reason why the Feng family was so arrogant and respectful, and thought, "Is it because I saw Gao Su burning coupons, so I came to deliver food?" He lifted Feng Gong up and declined, "Today, Jun Feng took the initiative to ask for it. I'm very grateful for going to the Gao's house to help me, how can I receive rice from the Jun's family?"

"Although Gong and Jun are rarely seen, he has long admired Jun's demeanor. Today Jun went to Gao's house, Gong was vulgar, did not know Jun's abilities, and said falsely to help him. If he didn't go in time, Jun has returned, Gong Shi is ashamed. Please Xun Jun don't say any more words of thanks! Xun Jun trained the people in order to protect the safety of the Ting Department. The Gong family is not rich, but they have a little surplus food. They are also the people of Ting, and they should serve. This kind of heart, please accept Xun Jun!"

Xun Zhen was dissatisfied with Feng Wen's arrogance, so for the first time he refused to accept the fifty stone grains of rice; in front of Feng Gong's words was sincere. What's more, what Feng Gong said was not bad. The dozens of stone grains that were collected from Peipingli and Andingli were indeed not enough for the immediate use. He intended to return to the city to buy some in a few days. Since Feng Gong was so earnest, he was happy to save some money and effort, and said with a smile, "If that's the case, then I'll accept it."

Seeing that Xunzhen agreed to accept it, Feng Gong heaved a sigh of relief, and instructed the guests who were driving the carriage to move the food, put it together with the rest of the previous one, and pile it up in a room in the backyard.

When he was done, Xun Zhen left him to eat, how could he agree? He politely declined, and left with a relaxed expression on his face.

Chen Bao smiled and said, "The Feng family sent food today, it must be because Xun Jun convinced Gao Su."

Du Mai also smiled and said, "The second son of the Feng family has always been smart, different from his father and brother. Today's affairs should be his idea."

Hearing Chen Bao mention Gao Su again, Cheng Yan fell to the ground with a "thump", knocked on the ground with his head, hitting the ground with a "thump" sound, and said gratefully: "If it wasn't for Xun Jun, Cheng Yan and his wife would definitely be separated! Xun Jun Daen, Cheng Yan doesn't know how to repay!"

"Why are you here again? Hurry up, hurry up! What do we have to share with each other? Although I help you, it is for me. If it is spread out and you are bullied by the Gao family, my face will be saved. It doesn't look good either!"

Xun Zhen was telling the truth, but Cheng Yan only regarded him as modest, his eyes were red and tears were streaming out, and he choked out, "Cheng Yan's family is poor, he is just a rough man, and there is nothing else to repay Xun Jun's kindness, That's all! From now on, the life of the villain belongs to Xun Jun!" This was the second time he said such a thing.

Xun Zhen picked him up with her own hands, wiped away his tears, and said with a smile, "A good man doesn't shed tears easily. Don't act like a child like this again. Come, come, let's play chess!"

Xun Zhen said in his heart: "Blessings depend on misfortunes, and misfortunes lie in them. When I first decided to stand up for Cheng Yan, not only did I not expect things to be resolved so smoothly, but I also did not expect that there would be additional benefits after the solution was completed. . . . Although this matter is over, it's just that 'Huang's stealing a horse' is true or false? If it is true, how should we deal with it?"

…

Wu Gui reported that "the Huang clan stole a horse". At first, Xun Zhen didn't believe it; after Fan Tan found out that there were strangers haunting the pavilion, he believed it by three points. But because the stakes were very important, and there were high-level troubles that needed to be resolved first, I put on an understatement and pretended not to want to investigate thoroughly.

actually not.

Just imagine, a major case worth millions or even tens of millions may happen in the jurisdiction of Benting. How could Xun Zhen be nothing but ignorant?

He thought to himself: "The Huang family listens to the sky, and it's better to avoid it when it's not necessary. But if this case is true, and it happened in Benting, I can't get rid of it. How should I deal with it?..." After thinking about it, I think it is better to investigate clearly, implement the matter, and then talk about it.

After dinner that night, he called Chen Bao and Cheng Yan into the room, and instructed in detail: "The matter of Huang's stealing horses is very important, if this is true, you and I will both be involved, just stand by and watch. You can't get it, you can't be careless. Brothers from the Fan family are eager for fame and fame, and want to make a contribution to this matter, but before the matter is clear, I think it's best not to act rashly. ..., I told Fan Tan earlier. Unannounced visit to the pavilion, there are indeed outsiders who have visited the pavilion. Abao, you are careful and careful. From tomorrow onwards, you can check the pavilion again after you practice. If necessary, you can find Da Xiaosu, Shi Juxian and others. Help me with the inquiry. After the investigation is clear, come and report to me."

"promise."

"Ayan, you will send your wife home tomorrow. I will give you a few days off, so you don't have to rush back, take this opportunity to go to the north and ask to see if there are any horse merchants coming from the north. Yes, find out when it will arrive."

Cheng Yan was grateful for Xun Zhen's help, and when he was about to repay his gratitude, he answered and said loudly, "No!"

…

Chen Bao and Cheng Yan got Xun Zhen's order, and the next morning, one secretly checked the pavilion, and the other took his wife home.

Two or three days later, Cheng Yan came back, and he secretly told Xun Zhen: "I went north to the border of this county and learned the exact news that there was indeed a horse merchant from Shangdang with more than twenty horses. Today, I will be able to arrive at this pavilion in about ten days.”

Chen Bao's secret investigation did not make much progress. Similar to the results of Fan Tan's investigation, both the Lijianmen in Nanpingli and the people who were familiar with Wu Gui could only prove that a stranger had come, but this stranger had come. Who is the name of the person, where and why, but no one knows.

Although Chen Bao did not gain anything, but with Cheng Yan's investigation results, Xun Zhen knew that Wu Gui's words were 90% true. Then what should be done? Is it like the meaning of the fan family brothers, report to the county in advance? Or just wait and see?

If "Gao Su's plot to plot Cheng Yan's wife" was indeed instructed by the Huang family, Xun Zhen would definitely use this in exchange. But now that it is known that the Huang family has nothing to do with Cheng Yan, should we provoke such a powerful enemy? When the left and right were uncertain, that night, Xu Zhong came again.