Chapter 1673: The Famous Chu Hao Scholar Has Not Returned for Seven Years

When Liao Dazhuang was young, he had a nickname, "Liao Dadan".

He dared to catch thieves that others did not dare to catch. He dared to take the lead in things that others did not dare to take the lead in. He was also brave and did a lot of practical things for Wayao Town.

That's why he got the position of Pavilion Chief.

These are of course the resumes summarized by Dong Bingrong, the Lord of Tiannan City, to prove that he did not appoint people based on personal connections.

At this moment, Liao Dazhuang walked into the town hall and saluted. Hou Yuanwei, the governor of Baolong County, who was sitting in the lower position, had already asked: "Why are there so many noises and cries outside! Who are they?"

It can be seen that the waiting just now was extremely tormenting that the governor could not keep his temper!

Liao Dazhuang lowered his head and answered honestly.

Among the people he brought, there were Zhang Cuihua, Chu Yao and his mother and son, Zhang Cuihua's old father, brother and sister-in-law, Zhang Cuihua's younger brother Zhang Hong who had just been released from prison, Zhang Hong's wife Du, and Du's brothers from her mother's side... There was even the gambling house owner who made Zhang Hong lose everything, his nephew Liao Guo from Liao Dazhuang.

"That is to say, all the people related to the current situation of Zhang Cuihua and Chu Yao were not left out, and they were all summoned in such a short time." Hou Yuanwei said indifferently: "From this, it can be seen that you, Liao Dazhuang, are a capable official!"

Liao Dazhuang's knees softened at that time, and he fell to his knees: "I am incompetent, incompetent!"

Dong Bingrong came up and kicked him: "If you are incompetent, wouldn't I be blind to let you be the head of the pavilion?"

After all, he held back his strength and didn't dare to kick him to death.

Liao Dazhuang rolled on the ground, got up and continued to kneel, without saying a word, but knocked his head on the ground.

Hou Yuanwei was too lazy to look at the two of them, so he turned his head and said, "My Lord, you see..."

"Let them in first." The person sitting at the top said.

The voice was very young and very gentle.

But Liao Dazhuang, whose forehead was pressed against the cold floor tiles, felt colder than his forehead at this moment.

How could he not guess the identity of this big shot now?

How many young marquises can there be in the Great Qi Empire?

How could such a well-known person be related to Wayao Town and the orphan widow?! ?

At this moment, he felt dizzy and many voices were unclear.

...

The big shot who came from the imperial capital overnight spoke, and how could Dong Bingrong, the lord of Tiannan City, not know how to do things. Without waiting for the county governor's order, he actively turned out of the town hall and shouted, "Let them in!"

No one is a fool.

At least there can be no fools among the city guards who were brought to Wayao Town by Dong Bingrong.

Although Dong Bingrong did not say a word, the attitude of the city guards was obviously different when they sent these people into the town hall.

Prisoners like Zhang Hong who were still in shackles and gambling house owners like Liao Guo who had some face in the town were dragged in like dead dogs.

As for the ordinary Zhang Cuihua and the dark and thin Chu Yao, they said "please come this way" on the left and "watch your feet" on the right. Their attitude was as good as the waiters in the inn, and they wanted to carry them in.

But their attitude was obviously shallow.

Because when Zhang Cuihua, who was covered in dust and haggard, walked into the town hall, the famous military marquis actually took the initiative to leave his seat and came out to greet him first!

"Sister Cuihua!"

Although she had expected it in her heart, when she heard this voice and saw this person, Zhang Cuihua was still stunned on the spot.

She never expected it.

The big man who had reached the top of the empire and was admired by everyone still remembered the promise he made casually back then. He actually came to Wayao Town in person with the dignity of a prince with 3,000 households. He actually called her "big sister"!

Even those benevolent characters in the story books, who missed the old friendship in their hearts, would just send a subordinate to deal with it, or pass on a message to ask someone to take care of it.

And the man in front of him.

He is already above billions of people in the world, and should be like a dragon and a phoenix, walking in the sky, but does he still remember the gray stones, broken soil, withered grass and dust like her and Chu Yao?

You must know that even her own relatives are unwilling to recognize her!

"Big sister Cuihua?"

Jiang Wang called again gently, and said with a smile: "Why, you don't recognize me after just a few years? Do you need to introduce yourself again?"

He cleared his throat, just like when they first met, and bowed his hands, and said politely: "Excuse me...are you a family member of Chu Haoxue?"

It was the same person and the same question a few years ago.

At that time, this distinguished big man was scolded by Zhuzi who worked with him.

Zhang Cuihua was in a trance for a moment, holding Chu Yao's hand tightly: "Yes... yes, we are."

When Chu Mi left, Chu Yao was less than two years old.

The year Chu Mi died in the maze, Chu Yao was only seven years old.

This year he is nine years old.

He has a pair of slender eyes like his father, looking at the man in front of him timidly and cunningly.

These days Chu Yao is very scared.

Because he was kicked out of the house by his grandfather, he moved to a dilapidated hut with his mother. He couldn't stop the wind or the rain. His mother said that studying would be a problem, but he was not afraid of this. After studying, he found that studying was harder than picking tiles, and the teacher always liked to hit his palms. If his mother didn't hurt him more than the teacher, he would have stopped studying long ago!

The only thing was that his aunt always brought people to make trouble, and there was ping-pong every day, which was very scary. There were several times when she even beat him.

But he thought of his father, who was a great hero, so he didn't cry.

Every day, he held a small awl that his mother used to make shoes and accompanied his mother.

When his aunt came to scold people, he would scold back. He was very good at scolding, especially imitating the grandma Sun at the entrance of the village, saying things like "can't lay eggs", "give birth to a son without anus", "my mother fell down and lay on the board..."

When his aunt wanted to beat someone, he would yell and report to the police.

This was his first time to the town hall of Wayao Town. It was so big and impressive.

He was actually very nervous.

He had never seen so many soldiers before.

And each of them was wearing armor and holding swords and guns.

His bad-tempered uncle was also kneeling, and his aunt was also kneeling. The aunt's fierce brothers were also kneeling on the ground with their heads down. Even the pavilion chief who was so majestic and arrested people everywhere before was now kneeling, sticking his butt up and not daring to raise his head.

And he and his mother were both standing.

He was still young and didn't quite understand the meaning of dignity. But he felt a lot of security in his heart.

All this was because of the man in front of him.

This young, good-looking, majestic, and friendly-smiling man.

Who... is he?

"I am your father's good friend."

Jiang Wang smiled at Chu Yao, and then said to Zhang Cuihua: "I told my elder sister that no matter what grievances she and Chu Yao suffered, they should just come to me. Did you forget? Or do you not consider Jiang Wang as a friend?"

Dong Bingrong, who was standing next to them, looked at the gray mother and son with a complicated expression. Who dared to consider Wu'an Hou as a friend among the people in this hall and town, including the county magistrate?

Who is worthy?

At this moment, he wanted to kill Liao Dazhuang, and he wanted to slap himself a few times. There is a real god under his jurisdiction, but he didn't know how to worship it. It should be a blessing, but it brought disaster!

Because she has been working in the tile kiln, Zhang Cuihua's skin is very bad, her face is cracked, and she looks much older than her real age, but her eyes are very clean.

She said seriously to the big shot from the imperial capital in front of her: "It's not the end of the road yet. These are all trivial matters now! I can still work and can still support my little one."

Her voice lowered: "I dare not use the opportunity that my man worked so hard to win casually."

If it is said that when Jiang Wang went to Wayao Town to see Zhang Cuihua and Chu Yao, he was still a man from Qingyang Town, and he came with the news of Chu Haoxue's death, it would be reasonable for Zhang Cuihua to feel uncertain about the future.

But later he won the first place in the Yellow River and was famous throughout the country. He was also made a marquis for his military merits, and everyone in the world knew about it. However, Zhang Cuihua never let Chu Yao come to seek refuge. She must have her own ideas in her heart.

This is a woman with a strong opinion, otherwise she would not have waited for Chu Mi for so many years.

Jiang Wang was willing to respect her ideas, so it was not until this situation that he came to visit her again.

"I regard Chu Haoxue as my brother. His wife and children have been wronged and bullied. This is not a trivial matter." He said, looking at Baolong County Governor Hou Yuanwei who had stood up and waited on the side, and said in a low voice: "This is a slap in the face of this marquis."

But every word was like a heavy hammer!

Hou Yuanwei's cold sweat immediately came down.

Plop!

Dong Bingrong knelt down directly, and his knees cracked the floor tiles: "The good people under his rule were bullied. As the lord of Tiannan City, I am responsible for it! Please send me your head for the time being, and I will give an explanation for this matter!"

And Liao Dazhuang, who was known for his "boldness", couldn't even hold it, and suddenly collapsed and fainted!

"Marquis, Marquis!"

Zhang Hong knelt on the ground trembling.

Zhang Hong's wife, Mrs. Du, suddenly shouted with courage: "There is a misunderstanding here. We are all Chu Haoxue's family members. We are also family members. I have cooked for him!"

Jiang Wang frowned obviously.

Hou Yuanwei immediately stepped forward and pointed at the person: "Ignorant village woman, who are you? How dare you associate with a noble man! Come on, cut off her tongue for me!"

The soldiers on both sides immediately drew their swords and stepped forward!

Mrs. Du was so scared that her face turned pale and she covered her mouth in horror.

Jiang Wang just raised his hand to stop Hou Yuanwei's active performance.

"I already know the right and wrong. I don't need to listen to their quibbling, and I don't care whether they can say any hardship or reason." He looked at Chu Yao and smiled and stretched out his hand: "Come."

Zhang Cuihua let go of her son's hand and pushed him forward.

Chu Yao was a little uneasy, but he stretched out his hand boldly.

Then he was held.

His dark and thin hand was held by the slender and powerful hand.

He felt that the hand holding his was warm and powerful. It seemed to take him anywhere in the world.

He no longer remembered what his father looked like.

But those friends who lost the fight and were led by their father crying, didn’t they feel the same way?

Jiang Wang took Chu Yao’s hand and said to Zhang Cuihua: “Sister Cuihua, you have the final say on how to deal with these people today. Revenge if there is revenge, and grievance if there is grievance. You don’t have to endure any grievances you have suffered today...”

He smiled: “Just think of it as helping me and winning back my face.”

“Is it okay?” Zhang Cuihua asked.

Jiang Wang raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

The whole hall was silent, and no one dared to say a word.

Zhang Cuihua seemed to understand the weight of the word “Marquis”.

She turned around and walked slowly a few steps to her old father who was still kneeling on the ground. Looking at these overwhelmed old people, she tried hard to keep her voice calm: "You were seriously ill in bed back then. At that time, your two sons and two daughters-in-law were waiting for you to die...it was me."

She tapped her heart: "It was this daughter who you beat out with a hoe. She took out the money that Yao'er used to study and treated you! You scolded me a lot, but I didn't reply to you. You beat me a lot. , I won’t pay you back. You drive me away too... Dad, you won’t have a daughter anymore!”

After saying this, she turned and left without looking at the old man's expression.

She walked up to her brother.

This timid and cowardly man had tears falling down one by one and his face was twisted together.

Zhang Cuihua raised his hand and he shrank suddenly.

After all, Zhang Cuihua didn't lower her paw, but just pointed at his nose: "Brother, it's useless for me to call you big brother, and it's useless for me to call you uncle! You can't control your wife, your little brother, and you can't control your father. , you don’t care about your sister.”

She gritted her teeth and her voice was almost squeezed between her teeth: "You act like a good guy in everything, but you are always a coward!"

After scolding her, she stopped her hands bitterly.

She directly ignored the sister-in-law who smiled awkwardly at her and walked to the side.

He walked up to his younger brother Zhang Hong, who was still in chains.

After spending several days in a cell, he was particularly pitiful at this time. Looking up at her biological sister, Nono opened her mouth: "Sister..."

Snapped!

Zhang Cuihua slapped him cleanly and said through gritted teeth, "That's the money for my son's education!"

Zhang Cuihua, who often works in the tile kiln, does as much work as men in burning and moving tiles. Both hands were covered with calluses, already as rough as bricks. With this slap, Zhang Hong lost one of his teeth!

But Zhang Cuihua held his face back and slapped him again!

"That's money for my son's education!"

Help him back again, slap him again!

“That’s the money for my son’s education!!”

With just three slaps, Zhang Hong's face was covered in blood and several front teeth were missing.

Zhang Cuihua did not look at him, but turned to look at his sister-in-law Du.

Du Shi was so frightened that she burst into tears, but she didn't dare to cry out for fear of having her tongue cut off by the soldier next to her.

Zhang Cuihua didn't hesitate, stepped forward, raised his hand and slapped him.

Accompanied by crisp slaps, she shouted forcefully: "My man is not a wimp!"

A slap with the forehand and a slap with the backhand.

"My man doesn't want us two anymore!"

Snapped!

"My man is a good man!"

Snapped!

"Chu Yao has an father, and his father is Chu Haoxue!"

Snapped!

After a few slaps like this, Du fell to the ground, and Zhang Cuihua herself gasped hard.

After breathing for a while, she retracted her hand and turned around.

"No more?" Jiang Wang asked.

Zhang Cuihua thought for a while, then pointed at the kneeling gambling shop owner Liao Guodao: "This person often engages in gambling traps, acts as a banker, spreads horse money, and presses debts at high interest rates. He has harmed countless people! If this kind of person does not If you are punished, there will never be peace in Wayao Town!"

"How do you want to be punished?" Jiang Wang asked.

Zhang Cuihua shook his head: "I am a country woman, I don't know the rules of Qi, and I don't know how to punish me. I'd better let the officials handle it."

Jiang Wang said calmly: "I told you, you can punish him however you want."

Zhang Cuihua only said: "Master Hou took pity on us orphans and widowed mothers and made decisions for us. But I don't understand anything, how dare I delay Master Hou's reputation?"

Jiang Wang asked again: "Is there any more?"

"Anyone who makes a mistake should be punished," he stressed.

Including the pavilion chief, the city lord, and the county guard, he all supports Zhang Cuihua's accountability today.

But Zhang Cuihua just shook his head: "I am short-sighted and cannot understand the affairs of the officials. I don't know what is right and what is wrong. If they make mistakes, they will be dealt with by the marquis and punished by the law. I Those slaps were just for the injustice I suffered and the shock I suffered."

Jiang Wang sighed: "Although eldest sister has never practiced cultivation, her level is higher than that of many people... I am still used to you calling me eldest brother."

"There is order between superiority and inferiority." Zhang Cuihua said: "You can be approachable, but I cannot be insecure. No matter how much my late husband has done, you can pay it off by making this trip in person tonight. From now on, we are the only ones who owe you. "

"How can we still clear it up?" Jiang Wang's eyes were complicated at this moment. He patted the back of Chu Yao's head: "I plan to accept this child as my apprentice. I wonder if eldest sister agrees?"

Zhang Cuihua was surprised and happy, and quickly said to Chu Yao: "Kowtow to your master quickly!"

Chu Yao was smart. He turned over and knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jiang Wang.

The child didn't know how to express his gratitude, so he knocked very hard, making a loud bang on the floor tiles, and said: "Master!"

Jiang Wang only received this knock and picked him up.

Hou Yuanwei said at the side: "Wu'an Marquis accepts a disciple, this is a big event! It is a great event for Baolong County! Wayao Town has accumulated many years of virtue and has just raised a dragon! Please allow me to arrange it in the county. I would like to invite guests from all over the world to witness it, so that I can express my congratulations!"

This kind of effort in organizing a funeral is worthy of being a county guard.

Dong Bingrong, who was kneeling beside him and had not yet stood up, looked at him with both surprise and admiration.

But Jiang Wang just waved his hand: "Don't pay attention to those. The master-disciple relationship comes from getting along with each other from now on, and it does not include these rituals."

He also specifically pointed to Liao Guo, Liao Dazhuang and others, and said to Hou Yuanwei: "Master Hou remembers to deal with this person and these people. Whatever the law is, so will it be."

Hou Yuanwei immediately patted his chest and promised: "We will act impartially after we find out clearly. We will never make arbitrary decisions or indulge in anything frivolous!"

"I am willing to pledge my head as a guarantee!" Dong Bingrong spoke decisively from the side.

I don’t know how many heads he has, but he keeps them here and there every day.

Fortunately, Jiang Wang had no intention of embarrassing them. He just touched Chu Yao's head, rubbed away the bruises on his forehead, and asked slowly: "Go to Linzi with Master, okay?"

Chu Yao ignored the magic of Taoism and turned to look at his mother.

Jiang Wang also looked over: "Sister, let's go together too. Chu Yao is still young and should not be separated from his mother."

His mother died when he was very young. His aunt didn't treat him badly, but she still wasn't that kind.

He and An An's loneliness is a fact that cannot be changed.

He didn't want Chu Yao to have the same mood as his childhood.

Although spiritual practice is a long and lonely journey, there are some regrets that cannot be made up for no matter how long one practices.

"Master Marquis's great kindness, we mother and son really don't know how to repay it." Zhang Cuihua said, kneeling down and saluting: "Please accept my bow!"

Jiang Wang immediately supported her: "Chu Haoxue is my good friend and Chu Yao is my apprentice. Then we are a family. From now on, we can treat each other as siblings. Sister, don't be so out of touch with others."

"Is there anything to pack?" he asked again.

Zhang Cuihua shook his head: "There is nothing left at home."

Jiang Wang raised his hand to gather a cloud of air, and lifted Zhang Cuihua and Chu Yao up together. Without leaving any words to Wayao Town, he flew out of the town hall and turned straight to Linzi.

To many people in Wayao Town, this is nothing more than another legend of flying immortals.

Perhaps a few years later, there were also rumors like this - "There was a famous Chu Hao scholar in Wayao Town who sought immortality and visited Taoism. He did not return for seven years... When he returned, his family would be promoted."

…

Both Zhang Cuihua and Chu Yao were flying for the first time, so they were inevitably nervous.

Jiang Wang then said some things to ease their mood.

“There’s actually nothing special about Linzi, it’s just that it’s very big.”

"What is the concept of a radius of three hundred and twenty miles? Even with your short legs, you can't run around the city wall for three days and three nights."

"There are a lot of people in Linzi. When there are more people, there will be more fools. The bad people are very bad, and the good people are also very good."

"Hahaha, there are good people in Wu'anhou's mansion!"

"When you are studying in Linzi, study hard and don't bully others. But if others take the initiative to bully you, you can beat them if you can. If you can't beat them, come back and tell the master, and the master will help you beat them."

"What can't be defeated? There is nothing that can't be defeated."

"Hahahaha, you are not the best in the world! Don't talk nonsense in Linzi. There is a man named Jiang Mengxiong who has a bad temper. No one your master can beat will have children in the same school as you. You can Don’t worry. Again, don’t bully others.”

Just talking and laughing like this, they flew back to Wu'anhou Mansion.

It's still dark yet!

Chu Yao, who was clamoring to see how high Linzi City was, fell asleep halfway.

"Hey, why are you back? You still have some conscience, don't you? If I couldn't run away, I would have been ready to run to Mingkong Hanshan!" Fatty Chongxuan rushed out after smelling the smell: "Why did you go out? I brought back two people and a child!”

Jiang Wang kicked Chongxuan Fatty back first, then ordered the housekeeper Xie Ping to take Zhang Cuihua and her son down to rest, and then he would deal with Fatty Chongxuan alone.

"Let me tell you, do you remember that time at Tianya Terrace..."

…

Flying to heights never reached before.

I saw a great city that I had never seen before.

She moved into a mansion she had never lived in before, and the small courtyard where she and her children temporarily lived was even bigger than the courtyard where her whole family lived together.

There is the impoverished Wayao Town, and here is Linzi City, where every inch of land is precious.

Of course Wu Anhou is a good person, and Wu Anhou is of course very good.

But Zhang Cuihua understands better, who in this world would be nice to you for no reason?

That timid Chu Haoxue who never got into trouble... what did he pay for this?

Lying on a cradle with beautiful carvings, covered with a silk quilt.

The material of the mattress was smoother than oil surface, as if I was lying on a cloud.

It's all like a dream.

But Yao'er was sleeping soundly, with a satisfied and relaxed smile on his face. This smile is so real.

She looked at her son's sleeping face.

Tears suddenly burst into tears.

Her son's money for studying was robbed, but she didn't cry.

Because she wants to get her money back.

She didn't cry when her biological father kicked her out of the house.

Because she has to take care of her son.

She was holding her son in the room, listening to the insults and banging on the door outside, but she didn't cry.

Because if she is afraid, her son will only be more afraid.

She works hard like a man and works hard to keep her children fed and clothed.

No matter how bullied she was, no matter how wronged she was, she never shed a single tear.

In this noisy but finally peaceful night...

He cried silently.

There is a chapter added for the great alliance Yan Shaofei (73/78.)