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Jingxingyuan.

Mr. Lou was sitting in the main seat in the hall, with Fei Rulan, Fei Ruhe and Zhao Zhenfang standing in front of her.

"Chunfang." Lou took the lead in calling Zhao Zhenfang's name.

Zhao Zhenfang immediately stepped forward and said, "Mom, my daughter is here."

The domestic slaves in the inner courtyard are all nominally adopted sons and daughters, and those who are close to them can call their masters father and mother.

With a smile on her face, Mrs. Lou said kindly: "What did your brother write in his letter? If you don't want to say it, forget it."

Zhao Zhenfang had no idea what was going on, so she answered honestly: "The second brother said in the letter that my mother sent him to Jiujiang to do important things, and it might take two or three years to come back. The second brother asked me to listen to my mother, read more and practice calligraphy, and don't always Playing with the second sister (Fei Rumei). "

"No more?" Lou asked.

Zhao Zhenfang replied: "The second brother also said that when he comes home next time, he will buy me a beautiful big doll."

Lou smiled and waved: "You go and play with the second sister."

"Daughter, please leave." Zhao Zhenfang immediately saluted and exited the room.

After Zhao Zhenfang left, Mrs. Lou asked her son again: "Ruhe, what did Zhao Han say in the letter to you?"

Fei Ruhe always felt that something was wrong and said: "Brother Han said that he was sent to Jiujiang by his mother to do some work, and he might not be able to come back in a year and a half. He also said that he left the manuscript of his novel in a restaurant. Can "Ehu Xunjian" be continued? , it all depends on my own will. If you want to continue, you can discuss it with Xu Ying, Liu Ziren, and Fei Yuanjian. After the fourth phase of price increase, we will definitely make money."

"That's all?" Lou asked.

Fei Ruhe nodded and said, "That's all. By the way, he also asked me to practice riding and shooting."

Mr. Lou waved his hand and said, "You can go down too."

Only mother and daughter were left in the house.

They looked at each other and both knew the truth.

Fei Rulan couldn't hold it in anymore and took the initiative to say: "Mom, Brother Han killed people and set fire to the county government."

"I know," Mrs. Lou said, "Mother made a mistake in this matter. I didn't expect Master to be so greedy. Brother Han promised to give him fifty taels, but this idiot was not satisfied and secretly sent someone to inform the old master."

Fei Rulan couldn't bear to resent her grandfather and said anxiously: "If something big happens, can Brother Han escape?"

"Are you still worried about him at this point?" Lou was angry and funny, with a hint of helplessness, "I knew he had the ability, and I also knew he had the temper, but I really didn't expect that his ability and temper would actually turn out to be... So big! Fei Lin came back and told me that Zhao Han killed the master and Dian Shi, and set fire to the county government office. When he left the city, he had to wear all his legs. Not to mention where he was injured, even his clothes were intact. It’s not even bloody!”

Fei Rulan was stunned when she heard this. She didn't know the details before and was afraid that Zhao Han would be slashed and injured.

When Lou said this, Fei Rulan finally felt relieved and even began to imagine the heroic scene of Zhao Han killing everyone.

Lou asked: "What did he tell you in his letter?"

Fei Rulan replied: "Brother Han said that if my daughter doesn't want to wait for him, she should find another good family to marry. If her daughter is willing to stay, he will definitely come back to Qianshan in as little as two or three years, or as late as four or five years." . When the time comes, Chunfang (Zhao Zhenfang)’s marriage will also be decided.”

"You still have a conscience and don't force you to stick to it," Lou asked, "What's your own idea?"

Fei Rulan looked down at the ground, not daring to look at her mother. Her voice was soft but firm: "My daughter has made a private decision with him for the rest of her life. Of course she has to wait patiently."

In Fei Rulan's opinion, a hug from Dingshenglou was already a personal decision for life.

Lou did not reprimand her daughter, nor did she agree with her. She just analyzed calmly: "Zhao Han has always been smart and decisive. Even if he is imprisoned, he can still wait for me to get money to save people. Why did he let Fei Lin go out of the city first and fight with others by himself? , and set fire to the county government office, completely cutting off his own escape route?"

Fei Rulan thought carefully, but couldn't figure it out.

"It's definitely not that he is young and energetic," Lou shook his head and frowned, thinking hard, "when he asked Fei Lin to leave the city, he had planned everything. He couldn't wait to leave the Fei family, couldn't wait to leave Qianshan, what exactly did he want to do? do what?"

"My daughter can't understand," Fei Rulan said.

"I can't understand it either," Mr. Lou continued to analyze. "He is a person who values ​​​​loyalty and would never leave his sister alone. But he just left like this. He also wrote a letter trusting me to take care of my little sister, saying that one day he would be richly rewarded. . He is sure that he can come back, but what is his purpose in going?"

Fei Rulan said: "Brother Han must have great ambitions."

Lou really couldn't understand, so she waved her daughter to leave first, and then called Fei Lin, Fei Chun and his son over.

"Fei Chun, you are close to Zhao Han. Do you know what his big ambitions are?" asked Lou.

Fei Chun hesitated and said: "But... maybe he is an official."

"Say!" Lou suddenly shouted angrily.

Fei Chun was so frightened that he shook his head and said bravely, "I don't know, he didn't tell me either."

Lou deceived: "He has already written it clearly in the letter to me. Do you still dare to lie to me? You are so bold!"

Fei Chun lay on the ground and gritted his teeth and said, "I really don't know."

"Go down." Lou was a little helpless.

The father and son took the order and carefully exited the room.

Fei Lin asked hurriedly: "What on earth is Brother Han going to do?"

"I can't say, dad, it's best not to know." Fei Chun remained tight-lipped.

As early as last year, Fei Chun overheard the truth.

At that time, Pang Chunlai and Zhao Han were discussing world affairs and judging the gains and losses of the uprising in the three southern provinces.

In the early years of Chongzhen, peasant uprisings broke out one after another in Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi provinces. The people in Guangdong caused the most riots, but they only lasted for two or three years before being put down by the governor and his troops. The uprisings in Fujian and Jiangxi relied on the mountains to persevere. In history, Chongzhen was even brought to death, and later he defected to Nanming and became an anti-Qing rebel.

Fei Chun heard clearly at that time that Zhao Han said that Jiangxi, with its many mountains but little land, was a natural treasure land for rebellion.

This kid had known Zhao Han's thoughts for a long time, but he kept it hidden in his heart and said nothing to anyone. He even withstood Lou's deceitful questions.

"Madam, Fei Zhen (Lao Wu) wants to see you."

Yingchun comes in to report.

Lou gritted his teeth and said, "He still has the nerve to come see me, let him in!"

Lao Wu rolled into the hall and knelt down with a thud: "Greetings to the eldest young lady!"

Mr. Lou sneered and said: "Fifth Uncle, Brother Han wrote to me and said that he saw you entering the county government office with a clerk. What are you doing at the county government office?"

"Huh? He...he saw it?"

Lao Wu almost fainted, and the luck in his heart was shattered. He was even afraid that Zhao Han was hiding here, so he immediately rushed out and shot him to death.

Lou asked: "What are you afraid of?"

"You're not afraid," Lao Wu trembled and took out the jade pendant and silver, "Chunfang is well-behaved and sensible, and the old lady likes her very much. All these are given to her as a reward."

"Haha, you guys are really shameless." Lou laughed angrily.

It’s the Chinese New Year in a blink of an eye, and this year is relatively deserted.

The eldest young master was working as a county magistrate in Suqian, and the fourth young master was doing inspections in Ji'an, but he didn't come back to reunite with his family.

However, word of Zhao Han's good deeds has spread to Ehu. A sea arrest document has been posted at the pier of Ehu Town, and the government has offered a reward of 100 taels for the capture of the rebel Zhao Han.

If you kill people and set fires in the county government, you will be regarded as rebels by the government regardless of whether you start a rebellion or not!

Fei Ruhe was inexplicably excited and ran to Zhongqin Court to find Fei Lin: "Uncle Lin, Zhao Hanzhen killed people and set fire to the county government?"

Fei Lin could only admit: "It's true."

Fei Ruhe sighed and complained: "Why didn't he call me when he was doing such a big thing? He really didn't treat me as a friend!"

Fei Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Young Master, this is a beheading business."

"That's what a man should be like," Fei Ruhe clapped his hands and laughed, and asked, "What's going on? Tell me quickly."

Fei Lin explained the cause and effect in detail.

Fei Ruhe was filled with indignation and cursed loudly: "That bastard master took the money and did nothing, but actually harmed others. If it were me, I would be like Brother Han, and I would kill him to relieve the anger in my heart!" "

Fei Lin didn't dare to talk.

Fei Ruhe asked again: "Do you know where Brother Han has gone?"

"I don't know." Fei Lin shook his head.

The Lantern Festival passed in a blink of an eye.

Lou and Fei Yuanyi reached an agreement that if they wanted to find a poor scholar with good conduct, they quickly recruited him as a son-in-law.

Fei Rulan was so stupid that she still insisted on guarding Zhao Han, waiting for a wanted criminal by the government.

We must stop thinking about her!

The matchmaker held the tea bowl with a smile on her face: "Madam, don't worry, I promise to handle things properly. If Qianshan can't find a suitable one, I will go to the surrounding counties to find someone. It's just..."

"Just what?" Lou asked.

The matchmaker wondered: "Can you just lower your demands? A young scholar, even if his family is poor, must be very arrogant. How can he be willing to be a son-in-law? How can Tong Sheng be good?"

Lou thought over and over and said, "If he is a scholar from this county, he doesn't have to be a son-in-law. If he is from out of town, he must be recruited as a son-in-law. I'm afraid that my daughter will suffer a loss if she gets married. It's okay to have a child, but he must be talented and famous, and he must be filial to his parents." That kind of thing.”

"That's easy." The matchmaker became happy.

Mr. Lou suddenly said with a straight face: "You are not allowed to say a word to anyone until this matter is settled. If I hear any gossip, you will have to figure out your own consequences!"

"I will definitely not talk nonsense. If I tell others, I will be gutted and die." The matchmaker quickly swore.

The matchmaker received the reward and left happily.

Fei Rulan suddenly barged in and said expressionlessly: "Mom, was the matchmaker who left just now?"

Mr. Lou smiled and said: "It is indeed a matchmaker. Ruhe has also reached the age of marriage. I asked the matchmaker to look for some daughters from good families."

"When a wife of the Fei family is married, shouldn't she marry into a rich family?" Fei Rulan sneered.

Lou said: "After all, you have to choose."

Fei Rulan said: "Mom, if you force your daughter too, then she will have no choice but to die."

Mrs. Lou finally couldn't hold it any longer, her face looked ugly, and she forced a smile and said: "You think too much, how could my mother force you?"

"My daughter said she would wait for Brother Han for a few years before changing her tune," Fei Rulan said. "Brother Han is now a wanted criminal in the sea, and my mother will definitely not be willing to do so. If she wants to force her, my daughter will die. Mother, think about it carefully. Think about it.”

Fei Rulan left after saying that, and Lou was so angry that she wanted to throw something.

After finally holding back, Lou called Dongfu and handed over a tael of silver: "Catch up with the matchmaker and tell her to stop working. My daughter has already decided on a fiancé!"

Just as Dong Fu left, Fei Ze (Jian Dan) was suddenly brought in with a letter in his hand saying: "Mom, the young master has run away!"

But it was Fei Ruhe who left a message in the restaurant and then took Fei Chun to travel around.

This guy was so stimulated by Zhao Han that he didn't want to stay in Qianshan County and wanted to start a big career outside.

Lou opened the letter and wrote only one sentence: "Mom, my child is gone, don't miss me. My fourth uncle is doing inspections in Ji'an, so my child will join him now. My child will come back after doing a big career outside."

"Asshole!"

"Rebellion, everything is reversed!"

"I really raised a pair of good children!"

Mr. Lou was so angry that he almost fainted. It was just that his daughter was inconvenient, but now even his son was disobedient.