Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

Chapter 63

To Xu Bingchang's question, Yun Miaoqing replied with four words - "it depends on man's effort", neither blindly arrogant nor overly humble.

Xu Bingchang was very satisfied with this, and slowly explained the exam questions.

The Xu family founded Qingguang Academy and made Qingguang Academy to its current scale. It is impossible for those in power to treat it carelessly.The Xu family also has self-knowledge. In the past hundred years, no one in the Xu family has been an official in the court, not even a small local official.

Even so, it cannot completely dispel the scruples of those in power, so it has become an unwritten rule that the successive governors of Bozhou must not be born in Qingguang Academy.

"This matter has something to do with your father." Xu Bingchang said, "At that time, your mother was going to marry Yuan Honghou, the eldest son of the Yuan family, but because of your father, this marriage failed. Of course, the facts have proved that your father is indeed much better than Yuan Honghou, and Yuan Honghou also participated in the three-day competition, so there is no need to say more about the ending."

The Yuan family is another well-known family in Bozhou. Although it is incomparable with the Xu family who founded Qingguang Academy, it has a good reputation for more than a hundred years.Yuan Honghou's defeat to Yun Zhimiao was regarded by him as a great shame and humiliation in his life. However, he failed in many trials, while Yun Zhimiao was on the rise. When others mentioned that Miss Xu's breach of contract, they would inevitably say that it was Miss Xu who had it back then. vision.

After several years of depression, Yuan Honghou suddenly gave up his official career and turned to business.Aristocratic families like them, in addition to enjoying the imperial salary, also have land and shops, but the merchants are low-level after all, and usually the side branches of the family are responsible for the specific management, and the main family will only check the account books every year and enjoy the offerings from the side branches. Proceeds, providing reputation protection for the Punjab people.

Therefore, it can be regarded as an anecdote that the young master of the Yuan family changed his career to do business.Yuan Honghou was not good at studying and taking exams, but he was like a duck to water in this job. The property under the Yuan family name was expanded several times in his hands, and he became the second richest household in Silk Prefecture.

"Then who is number one?" Huo Lan asked curiously when he heard this.

"The first is of course my grandfather and the others." Yun Miaoqing smiled.

Huo Lan slapped his head, also, look at this Qingguang Academy, which occupies a whole mountain, and then contact all the students who are admitted to the academy can be exempted from studying fees, if it is ordinary people who can afford it, it will stand out One word - rich and powerful!

So Yun Miaoqing is not only rich as the daughter of the prime minister's family, her mother's family is also rich, Huo Lan now sees that Yun Miaoqing's whole body is inlaid with gold.No, what is gold inlaid, it has to be pure gold!

Compared with this pure gold daughter-in-law, the little treasury she managed to accumulate is nothing more than a drop in the bucket, how dare she say it was a dowry gift...

I have to earn a lot more money, Huo Lan secretly made up his mind, only to hear Yun Miaoqing continue: "In Liwen City, those inns and bookstores you saw in the south of the city, the inkstone in Qushui outside Liwen, Ningzhang The paper, and many others belong to the Xu family’s property. Yuan Honghou hated my father, but my father was in the position of fortune, so he had no choice but to fight against my grandfather’s family and squeeze the Xu family’s business. Originally, there was a court law , he can't make any tricks, but now it's different."

According to Xu Bingchang, the idea of ​​the entry fee was proposed by Yuan Honghou to Wang Ao, governor of Silk Prefecture.Not only that, he raised the prices of the inns and hotels in his hands, sold the goods at an outrageous price, and encouraged Wang Ao to charge high taxes on other shops, forcing other shops to raise prices together.

Most of the students who come to Qingguang Academy to study are from poor families, how can they afford such expensive living expenses.Xu Bingchang decided that all stores under the name of the Xu family in the south of the city would not be allowed to increase their prices, but this meant that the high taxes had to be borne by the Xu family themselves.

That's not to mention, because they are cheap here, Yuan Honghou hired some local hooligans to come to their place every three days to eat, drink, smash and destroy.Wang Ao and Yuan Honghou have already vented their anger through the same nostrils, turning a blind eye to Yuan Honghou's petty actions, which caused a headache for the whole Xu family.

When Yun Miaoqing mentioned it, Huo Lan recalled the smoky scene he saw in the north of the city earlier today. It turned out that these two people were behind it, and they were so maddening!

She squeezed her fist and asked Yun Miaoqing, "So Director Xu wants us to help him get rid of these two people?"

"What are you thinking about!" Yun Miaoqing knocked on Huo Lan's head, "Teacher is a scholar, why is his mind full of fighting and killing?"

Huo Lan rubbed her head, but she also reads, even if she does not study as long as others, she is not considered a "scholar", but the two young masters of the Xu family she met today are also quite aggressive!

Huo Lan suspected that Yun Miaoqing was mocking herself, but she had no evidence, so she said aggrievedly, "What is going to happen then!"

"What the teacher means is that if we can raise food, grass and military expenses from the two of them, he will support us as much as we can raise." Yun Miaoqing said.

Oh I got it.Huo Lan's face was indifferent, taking money out of the hands of those two money-hungry people probably made them feel more uncomfortable than taking their lives. It is indeed an idea thought up by scholars.

And Xu Bingchang said earlier that he would use the whole family's strength to help, which meant that she and Yun Miaoqing were going to empty out the family of these two people.

How cruel!But good, she liked the idea.

"Okay, okay! Then what are we waiting for?" Huo Lan was excited. In the past, Yun Miaoqing had designed a trap for her to wait and see. This time it was rare to bring her along. Huo Lan couldn't wait to participate in it, and Yun Miaoqing Miao Qing did bad things together... Ah no, punish evil and eradicate adultery!

Yun Miaoqing looked funny: "Aren't you tired?"

"Not tired!" Even though Huo Lan insisted that he could fight another [-] rounds, Yun Miaoqing still refused to listen to her, wiped her face, hands and feet, and forced her into the bed.

Huo Lan just managed to win against Xu Wenzuo earlier, the excitement didn't pass, and then he heard the good news from Yun Miaoqing, and he didn't feel overly tired after repeated stimulation.At this moment Yun Miaoqing closed the door for her, leaving her alone in the room, after a while Huo Lan felt his limbs were heavy and soon fell into a deep sleep.

This sleep lasted until dark, Huo Lan vaguely remembered that Yun Miaoqing seemed to come in to see her, but she was so sleepy, her eyelids could not be opened quickly, and fell asleep again, and when she woke up again, it was already daylight.

She was woken up by starvation. When she woke up, she heard someone talking outside. She listened attentively. The conversation was between a man and a woman. She was very familiar with the woman's voice, and the man... was Xu Wenkang!

Xu Wenkang actually came to find Yun Miaoqing while she was asleep! ! !She slept for a day and a night, Xu Wenkang wouldn't have talked to Miao Qing for a day and a night, right? ! !

Huo Lan was no longer hungry in an instant. Not only was he not hungry, but he also felt that his stomach was filled with sour water, gurgling and gurgling.Enduring the severe pain all over her body, she got up from the bed and rushed to the door. Just as she was about to open the door, she rolled her eyes and tiptoed back, lay down on the bed and covered the quilt, and then coughed twice "softly and weakly".

When Yun Miaoqing heard the movement outside, she immediately stopped talking with Xu Wenkang, opened the door and came to Huo Lan's bedside: "Are you awake? Are you still in pain?"

Huo Lan buried half of his face in the quilt, only showing a pair of dark eyes, shook his head slightly, and finally said softly that he was thirsty.

Yun Miaoqing turned around and poured water, and helped Huo Lan to sit up, Huo Lan raised her hand to pick it up.

"hiss--"

"What's wrong?" Yun Miaoqing's eyes were full of nervousness, the water in the cup almost spilled out.

"It's a wound..." Huo Lan said weakly.

"Let me see... Fortunately, there is no bleeding. Don't move around, I'll feed you." Yun Miaoqing sat down beside the bed, and held the cup to Huo Lan's mouth.

Huo Lan took two sips, indicating that he had finished his drink, and said in a pitiful voice, "I feel pain all over my body, I'm not going to die..."

Yun Miaoqing's eyes froze, and she quickly put down the cup to feel Huo Lan's pulse, her face gradually became more subtle as time went by.

"It's not just the wound, my throat hurts, my heart hurts, everything hurts..."

Huo Lan was still talking non-stop, and there was even a little water in his eyes. If Yun Miaoqing hadn't been feeling her pulse, she would have believed her nonsense.

"Then how can you be better?" Yun Miaoqing almost made Huo Lan laugh angrily.

Huo Lan blinked and blinked: "You kiss me, it won't hurt if you kiss me."

Yun Miaoqing sneered back at her, Huo Lan just pretended not to see, and just looked at Yun Miaoqing helplessly.Yun Miaoqing didn't know what the hell this girl was up to, but she just couldn't refuse Huo Lan's appearance, so she gave Huo Lan a hard look, and still put a poke on her forehead.

Huo Lan's plot succeeded, and he raised his eyebrows at Xu Wenkang, who was standing by the door and watched from beginning to end, with a look of satisfaction beyond words.

Xu Wenkang: "..."

"... Miss Huo Lan as long as she's fine, I'll ask He Yun to bring some medicine over later. Rest, I won't bother you." After saying this, Xu Wenkang hurriedly turned his head and left from the door. The pace is so fast that it can be called a stride.

"Satisfied now?" Yun Miaoqing flicked the place she kissed just now with her fingers.

"Ah, what's the matter?" Huo Lan stopped pretending to be weak and began to play dumb, "I'm hungry, is there anything to eat?"

"You're still hungry, I thought you were jealous and already full."

"Then you can blame me! Just allow your cousins ​​to be affectionate, and I'm not allowed to be jealous?"

Speaking of this, Huo Lan thought of the conversation between those people and Xu Wenkang yesterday, and the acid water that fell back just because Xu Wenkang was overwhelmed came out again.

"What cousins?" Yun Miaoqing was at a loss.

Huo Lan was more at a loss than her: "Aren't you cousins?"

Yun Miaoqing: "...that's what he told you?"

"I heard it all yesterday. He told people about you and your cousin Miaoqing!"

Yun Miaoqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What the hell, he's four years younger than me, and I'm his cousin!"

Huo Lan was shocked, but after thinking about it carefully, Yun Miaoqing was in her twenties this year, but Xu Wenkang really didn't look like a man over 25, but rather a stunned young man in his twenties.

Xu Wenkang is four years younger than Yun Miaoqing, which means that he was only an 11-year-old kid ten years ago!Then what do you like! ! !

"That's what happened..." Yun Miaoqing saw that Huo Lan didn't plan to let go if she didn't figure out what happened between her and Xu Wenkang today, so she told the story of the year.At that time, everyone in the Xu family was trying to get Xu Wenzuo married, and Xu Wenkang followed the adults all day long, yelling that they should marry him too.

"Which girl do you fancy?" The adults teased him, how many girls did Xu Wenkang recognize at that time, it happened that Yun Miaoqing was sent to the academy by her father, and she often went to school with him, so she asked Marry cousin Miaoqing.

Everyone was even happier when they heard it, and said with a smile that this is really a good marriage, but he has to persuade his cousin Miaoqing to marry him.

"Xu Wenkang was as tall as a peacock at that time, and he followed me every day to ask me to marry him." Yun Miaoqing said, "I was impatient, so I told him that I didn't like people younger than me, he I ran back crying, and insisted on calling me cousin when I saw me again. It’s been so long, if you don’t tell me, I’ll forget it.”

"So you don't like those who are younger than you..." Huo Lan's face was full of resentment.

"Why did you catch such a sentence in the whole thing!" Yun Miaoqing patted the back of Huo Lan's hand pretending to be angry, and said leisurely, "I really don't like those who are younger than me, because I think they are childish and naive. It's very troublesome to coax him at every turn."

Childish, naive, always trying to coax... The more Huo Lan listened, the more flustered she became. Yun Miaoqing listed three items in total, and she took care of all of them. Just now she had to ask Yun Miaoqing to do it in front of Xu Wenkang because she was jealous. Isn't it childish to kiss her face to face? !

"Miaoqing..." Huo Lan held Yun Miaoqing's hand tightly, a little afraid to listen any longer.

However, Yun Miaoqing changed the subject: "But when I met someone later, I found that childishness can be turned into cuteness, and innocence is not a weakness, and she is strong and reliable, so I am willing to coax her."

When Yun Miaoqing said this, she kept looking at Huo Lan, the tenderness in her eyes almost dripped.Huo Lan's feeling of falling to the bottom was suddenly thrown into the sky, and he couldn't say a complete sentence except to hug the person in front of him tightly.

"Miaoqing, Miaoqing..." She murmured Yun Miaoqing's name over and over again, and kissed Yun Miaoqing's neck. If she hadn't worried that this was on someone else's territory, she would have wanted to drag Yun Miaoqing to do something more on the spot. intimate matter.

When the love is strong, it really needs an indulgence to clarify one's mind to each other, but unfortunately the conditions are not allowed now, the two of them were intimate for a while, their faces were a little red, and finally they resisted the impulse.

This room was not a bedroom, it was full of bookshelves, more like a library.According to Yun Miaoqing, the courtyard she used to live in when she was studying here was given out by the Xu family to other students half a year ago, and not only that one, in order to accommodate more homeless students, the academy can accommodate more students. The changed places have been changed, so I can only live like this for the time being.

Huo Lan has no objection to this, she even lived in a cave, a good house here is better than living on a hill.She and Yun Miaoqing lived here for a few days, after the scars were hardened, the Xu family hosted a banquet for them.

"You come here, our family should have a gathering long ago, but I heard that Wen Zuo injured your friend, so I had to postpone it."

Many people were invited to this banquet, and almost all of my family were present. Although there were no delicacies from mountains and seas at the banquet, all the dishes were exquisite. It could be seen that the person in charge put a lot of thought into setting up this economical and decent banquet.There were too many people on the other side, so Huo Lan followed Yun Miaoqing to make a general recognition. The first few were still impressed, but the back was dizzy.

The host and guests had a great time all night, except for Yun Miaoqing's grandfather. The old man kept a straight face the whole time, still angry about what happened back then.

After going back, Yun Miaoqing let Huo Lan rest for a few more days, and took her out after making sure that her injuries were almost healed.

"The matter the teacher mentioned is both a test and an opportunity for us. If we can accomplish this matter, we will prove our ability not only to the Xu family, but to the whole of Bozhou. Even if you are a woman, There will be many people willing to follow you..."

On the way down the mountain and out of the academy, Yun Miaoqing said to Huo Lan: "Since there are so many pairs of eyes watching, let's make things more appropriate, and first pay respects to Yuan Honghou. It’s not our fault.”

Huo Lan understood as soon as she heard it, they were going to pay a visit in name this time, but in fact they were going to fight in the afternoon!She had been waiting for several days, and couldn't wait to see what the unscrupulous businessman who turned Liwen City into what it is today looks like.

The Yuan Mansion is in the north of the city, and the two of them still passed the stone bridge.Last time, Huo Lan's feelings were not so obvious. He came here after living in the academy for a few days. He only felt that the people here looked very different from the students of the academy, and the atmosphere was like two worlds.

From time to time someone passed them by, either drunks or hooligans.A man who looked quite quiet hurried past with his head bowed, his brows were full of worry, and he accidentally bumped into another person.This was a trivial matter, but the two of them started fighting without saying a few words, so there is no trace of politeness at all.

"If you live in such a depressing place for a long time, you will inevitably lose control of your emotions." Yun Miaoqing watched from a distance and sighed, then led Huo Lan into another street.

The two walked along this street for a while, and after another turn, they saw the gate of Yuan Mansion.

After announcing the name of the doorkeeper's servant, they were soon invited in. However, Huo Lan and Yun Miaoqing sat in the main room for a long time, and Yuan Honghou didn't come and didn't say anything. No.

"Small belly!" Huo Lan whispered in Yun Miaoqing's ear.

"What's so strange about this." Yun Miaoqing also covered her mouth and whispered to Huo Lan, "If he wasn't this kind of person, he wouldn't have held grudges about my father until now."

The two waited from morning till dark, and Yuan Honghou finally arrived late.

"I'm sorry, Inspector Wang invited me to his house for a drink this morning. I thought I would be able to go back, but he has kept me until now!"

The person who came in had a pair of triangular eyes and a mustache. In terms of facial features alone, he was not very ugly, but with his potbellied figure and fleshy face, he couldn't match his good looks.

Huo Lan was delighted when she saw it. Although she had never met Yun Miaoqing's father, judging from the looks of the two brothers and sisters of the Yun family, Yun's father must not be too far behind. Her mother would choose Yun Miaoqing's father and look down on this person in front of her.

Yuan Honghou said he was sorry, but there was no sign of apology on his face, instead he was rather showing off.Yun Miaoqing smiled faintly: "Today is our rash visit. Since Yuan Yuan has something to do, we should wait."

Yuan Honghou had never passed the Juren examination in his whole life, so naturally he couldn't be an official, so he could only spend money to donate himself a member.Usually, it doesn't feel like it's anything to be called by others, but when it's called out from the mouth of that person's daughter, it makes him feel ironic no matter how he hears it.

"So why are you looking for me?" Yuan Honghou sat on the main seat, called someone to serve tea, and only served himself a cup. Not to mention Huo Lan, even Yun Miaoqing felt a little unbelievable with this kind of temperament .

"The purpose of running Qingguang Academy is to give more chances for the world's humble scholars to succeed. My grandfather's family paid a lot of money for this. Now that the tax for shops in the city is so high, they can't make ends meet. I don't know if Yuan Yuanwai can raise his hand Let the Xu family go." Yun Miaoqing didn't talk about her plan to recruit soldiers with Huo Lan, but only talked about the shop.

Yuan Honghou sipped his tea without raising his head: "I don't understand what you are saying. You can go to Inspector Wang for the tax matters. What does it have to do with me?"

Yun Miaoqing didn't want to go around in circles with Yuan Honghou, and said bluntly, "Why should Yuan Yuan pretend to be confused?"

Yuan Honghou put down the teacup: "Yes, it was my suggestion to Governor Wang. It is not impossible for me to let your grandfather's family go. It's just that your father and your mother humiliated me like that back then. I always want to ask for something to go back. .”

"As far as I know, the Xu family returned the betrothal gift in full, and added a lot of money and silk, which was more than three times the betrothal gift."

"Money is nothing, do you think I am short of money?" Yuan Honghou laughed, slowly got up from his seat and walked towards Yun Miaoqing, "If you want me to say, you and your mother look pretty good together Quite like, if you are willing to marry me as a concubine, I will let the Xu family go."

As he spoke, he stretched out a hand to touch Yun Miaoqing's face.Next to Yun Miaoqing, Huo Lan could not let him touch a hair of Yun Miaoqing, and with a dodge, Yuan Honghou's wrist was twisted and dislocated.

Yuan Honghou immediately let out a scream like killing a pig, and the scream attracted a group of family members to protect the courtyard.Huo Lan drew out his dagger and put it on Yuan Honghou's fat neck, and threatened the guards who tried to get closer: "If you dare to take a step forward, I will kill him."

Hearing what she said, those people didn't dare to move, only Yuan Honghou's cry could be heard in the whole main room.

"Even if you kill me, you won't be able to save the Xu family! If you kill me, Inspector Wang will avenge me, but you two don't want to run away, and the Xu family will be implicated for this!"

Everyone is shaking like a sieve, but their minds are still quite clear. It seems that they really can't simply kill the matter. Huo Lan secretly thought it was troublesome, and looked at Yun Miaoqing, only to see Yun Miaoqing said slowly: "Mr. What are you talking about, we are all law-abiding good citizens, why kill you? Since we can't agree, let's stop here... Ah yes, I brought Yuan Wai a gift for the first time. , and I hope Yuan Yuanwai must not be disgusted."

Yuan Honghou was dragged all the way to the gate with a knife, and the female gangster with the knife even smiled wildly at him, and connected his dislocated wrist before swaggering away with the little girl surnamed Yun.

When the bone was set, it was unavoidable to make him ugly again because of the pain. When Yuan Honghou returned to the room, he became more and more angry when he thought about it. Suddenly, someone came to ask what to do with the gift brought by the guest.

"Throw it away!" Yuan Honghou waved his hand impatiently, and was about to drive him out when he suddenly stopped and asked, "What did she bring?"

"Looks like a painting." The servant replied honestly.

painting?Yuan Honghou was puzzled, and told the man: "Take it here and have a look."

The servants quickly took the things over, unfolded them in front of Yuan Honghou, and saw a middle-aged man painted on the painting, even from a profile, one could see that the man was graceful and handsome.

Yuan Honghou hated this person for most of his life, and he could tell at a glance that this painting was not Yun Zhimiao, but who else?

The person in the painting is handsome and the person in front of the painting is ugly, one has an outstanding temperament, and the other is vulgar.The little girl from the Yun family didn't want to be too obvious about the intention of giving this painting, Yuan Honghou's face turned into a liver color, he roared, and scratched the portrait to pieces.