Nie Dan nodded, You Dechuan wanted to wait for another reprimand, but Nie Dan raised his hand to stop him, and said to You Miao: "Your friend asked someone to find you a few boxes that you lost outside the fortress, just look at it. No less, here is a letter."
Nie Dan got up and gave You Miao a letter. Both You Dechuan and Huang Xiancheng got up, only You Miao sat lazily and took the letter. He thought it was written by Li Yan, but he didn't recognize the handwriting at all. On the cover was written "You Miao Xian brother personally opened."
You Dechuan got up to see off the guests, and You Miao had to follow behind, sending Nie Dan and Huang Xiancheng outside the second gate. Huang Xiancheng said, "In my opinion, Lord Nie is not as good as..."
"I'll go back on horseback." Nie Dan clenched his fists towards You Miao. His official position was higher than Huang Xiancheng, but Huang Xiancheng wanted to salute him instead. There was a horse tied outside, and Nie Dan got on the horse and went down the mountain.
Huang Xiancheng said goodbye to You Dechuan and said some polite words before getting into the sedan chair and leaving.
As soon as the two left, Yu Dechuan's face darkened. You Miao didn't even give him a chance to speak. He turned around and went into the hall, stood beside the box, pointed to the two boxes, and said, "Here, I brought it back to honor you."
You Dechuan's expression changed at first, and then he had nothing to say, You Miao mocked: "It's just bad luck, I was robbed by the Hu people halfway, and was almost killed, my father doesn't care for my mother, and I don't want Tiantian to call the earth to be dead. …”
You Dechuan was about to say something, but was blocked by You Miao and couldn't get up. You Miao was not afraid of him at all, and went on to say, "...Thanks to an unknown Zhao Chao who beat me a few times..."
"What?!" As if hearing a joke, You Dechuan said, "Who was beaten for you?"
You Miao said sternly: "Passers-by who met by chance! Zhao Chao, who was locked up with me! I've been home for so long, my father hasn't asked me a word on the way, or someone next to me was beaten for me!"
"You, you..." You Dechuan was shaking with anger, he picked up his crutches, but he couldn't.
The father and son were silent for a long time. You Miao sneered: "You said that I was empty-handed and brought nothing home. Now all those who honor you are here, you can turn it over by yourself."
You Miao walked away.
You Dechuan stood in the hall and sighed.
Mrs. Wang came into the hall and asked, "What is the magistrate of Fangcai County doing? Is there a military attache?"
You Dechuan sat on the chair and rubbed his temples. Mrs. Wang came over to sit down and said with a smile, "Why don't you call Han Ge over to talk, these two boxes..."
The box was tattered and tattered, as if it had been exhausted for a while, You Dechuan said, "It was sent by a friend in the capital city, Chunxiao, open the box and let me have a look."
When the servant came in to open the box, Mrs. Wang laughed and said, "What friend? He also made a special trip to send some New Year's gifts..."
You Dechuan glared at her and said in a low voice, "Mo Xiao, he is really an amazing person! It's just that we You Family can't flatter you!"
While speaking, You Miao returned to the room, with a dark face when entering the room, took out the letter, shook it open, sat on the porch, and looked at the sky light. Feeling a little better all of a sudden.
It was a letter from Zhao Chao.
"... I once said goodbye to my virtuous brother, I don't know how safe it is. Don't delay the deployment of the border city defense. My brother took the liberty to avenge the revenge of being imprisoned. Now I will return the lost property.
You Miao laughed, wrote in such a sloppy manner, and read it down again.
"...I look forward to coming to Beijing to talk in the spring. Brother: Zhao Chao."
You Miao folded the letter and felt warm in her heart. Unexpectedly, Zhao Chao, who had been through adversity with him, was actually more friendly towards him. I just don't know where this guy came from. At that time, when he saw Zhao Chao wearing leather armor, he thought he was also an officer, maybe he was also a family member, and he was probably a young military officer.
If so, he and Nie Dan knew each other, and it was not unusual for Nie Dan to come to deliver the box. Just now, he glanced at the hall. The box was obviously tied to both sides of the horse's back, and it came all the way upside down. It was also hard for him. I would have given some rewards earlier...
While You Miao was contemplating, the housekeeper came in person.
"Master invited the young master to dinner." Butler Lin said.
"No." You Miao said, "Send dinner to the room and I will eat it by myself."
Butler Lin said: "Master said, the box sent from the capital..."
You Miao: "Let him deal with it."
Butler Lin left, and after a while, the food was served, You Miao ate it, and was thinking about how to reply to Zhao Chao. After thinking about it, he felt that it would be better to ask the old man for some money and go back to Beijing tomorrow. Forget it, Li Yan is worse than adding to the block at home.
In the hall, Dechuan and Mrs Wang went to a table at Hango. The housekeeper reported that the young master wanted to eat in the room. Mrs. Wang tutted in admiration. When he opened the box, there were fox fur and wolf coats from Saibei, as well as some deer antlers, tiger whips and tiger bones. You Dechuan pondered for a moment and said, "For dinner hare, save two food boxes and send it to him, just give him the end point."
Compared with when You Miao was bartering in Yanbian City, there were a lot more things in the box. It was obvious that Zhao Chao led someone to capture the Tatars, and also sent a lot of the confiscated spoils. After filling two large boxes, all of which were valuable products outside the Great Wall, Mr. Wang said, "Master, look at this ginseng, and it costs ten taels of silver to buy it in Peicheng."
You Dechuan sneered and said, "Isn't it Laozi's money? Who is short of what he spends..." Before he could finish a sentence, thinking that the Wang family still didn't know about the money he gave to You Miao, he had to stop his mouth and said, "Your mother and son choose Use what you like, and return the rest to him."
You Hange smiled and said, "It's the filial piety of the second brother. It's not cold in Jiangbei in winter. It's useless if I ask for it. Dad should keep it for him."
When he spoke, Mrs. Wang gave You Hango a white look, and Yu Dechuan naturally saw this carefully, so he could only say casually: "Eat dinner, wait for me to talk to that stubborn boy tomorrow."
The next day, You Miao was about to go to the study to reply to Zhao Chao, but when he pushed open the door, he caught up with his father unexpectedly. At that time, You Hange was also in the room, listening to his father's teachings respectfully.
You Miao brought Li Zhifeng in, and when he saw his father and You Hango, he turned to leave.
"Come in." You Dechuan said, "Have you recovered?"
You Miao's face was sullen. She had just taken medicine after dinner in the morning. Doctor Xing's hand was rejuvenating, but the needle was used to cure the disease, and there was only a little cough left, and said, "I'll come back later."
"I have something to tell you." You Dechuan put down his pen slowly, and added, "Your eldest brother made a special trip the night before to go down the mountain to ask a doctor for you. You probably don't know it."
You Miao mocked: "Big brother invited the doctor to come up, my body is cold too."
"You..." You Dechuan was agitated by You Miao in less than three sentences, but You Hange smiled and said to You Dechuan, "It's the doctor invited by Li Zhifeng, fortunately he came in time."
You Dechuan looked at Li Zhifeng up and down, and finally said, "I heard Han Ge say, you two ran back and forth for eighty miles that day?"
Li Zhifeng just hummed and stopped answering.
You Dechuan said, "Thank you for your hard work. It's really not easy to take care of the kid. I'm spoiled."
At first, You Dechuan wanted to send Li Zhifeng away, but after listening to You Hange's explanation, he was moved by his loyalty. No matter who he is, as long as he sincerely protects You Miao, he should not treat him badly. This is where loyalty lies. You Dechuan thought for a while, opened the desk drawer, took out some silver, put it in the corner of the desk, and said, "This is your reward."
Li Zhifeng didn't go up to pick him up, nor did he thank you for the reward. You Miao only found it funny, and the atmosphere froze for a while. After a while, You Dechuan was also embarrassed. He coughed and said, "Miao'er."
You Miao held the letter in her hand and looked at him coldly, those lips, those eyebrows, very much like Qiao Ke'er who refused to let go when she was so angry back then. This was the most disgusting look in You Dechuan's life. When confronting tit for tat and not giving in at all, You Dechuan was full of anger, but had nowhere to vent.
"You, very much like your mother." You Dechuan suppressed his anger and said word by word.
You Miao said: "I know you hate my mother, I didn't know it before, but now I know, she has tied you up for more than ten years, you must hate her to death, and you also hate me, right?"
You Hange's face changed, he looked at You Miao and then at You Dechuan.
"No." You Dechuan sighed and said slowly, "I'm sorry for Ke'er, I'm sorry for you."
When You Miao suddenly heard this, he was finally a little surprised, and You Dechuan said again: "It should be given to you, a piece of copper won't short you, whether it is you or your eldest brother who becomes an official in the dynasty, this business is yours. Both of them are one and a half person, so he made it clear at the clan meeting for his father, and also made it clear to your mother uncle's house, otherwise your uncle will not come to the house to make trouble?"
When You Miao saw You Dechuan spread the word, You Hange listened again, and did not avoid him, and sneered: "What is the ability of my uncle to make trouble?"
You Dechuan ignored him, said this, and looked up at You Miao: "You can't take over the family business, you can't do it, neither can your elder brother, I know that."
You Hange bowed and said, "Father, I can't."
You Miao also knew that his temperament was not very good. He said that he was studying in the capital, but in fact he was squandering prostitutes under the guise of making friends with powerful people. This bad debt was not clear at all, but he did not regret it at all. You Dechuan could afford the money. Do not spend white, do not spend, do not spend is also a flower for Wang's mother and son.
You Miao said: "I plan to go back to the capital in a few days. You can pick some good goods from Saibei, and I will sell them next time.
Yu Dechuan smiled.
"My father asked you, what are you doing here? Want to reply to your friend?" You Dechuan said.
You Miao said that just to find an excuse, his father talked to him in a good voice, and he naturally couldn't be too ugly when he asked for money, so his face softened: "I will write a letter to each of my two friends in the capital. ."
You Dechuan said, "Is it the one who delivered the letter to you?"
You Miao said, "There is another one, Li Yan, the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion."