The next day was the day when Zhao Liben returned to his hometown. Coincidentally, the buyer also set to take over the house on this day.

Early in the morning, the five ancestors and grandchildren carried their burdens and walked out of the gate of the magnificent Zhao Mansion.

Standing next to the pair of mighty stone lions, watching the buyer's subordinates go up on a ladder and take off the 'Zhao Mansion' plaque on the vermilion lacquer lintel, the Zhao family was naturally very uncomfortable.

Zhao Liben shed tears even more bitterly, hiding his face and crying: "The old man has been in a lifetime, and finally ended up like this, it's really like a dream of Nanke......"

The children and grandchildren all shed tears with them, and then they contained their emotions.

I heard Zhao Shouzheng take the initiative to say: "Dad, my father and son are discussing, send you home first, and then it's not too late to come back to Nanjing." ”

Zhao Shouye also echoed from the side: "Yes, father, let the second brother send you, anyway, the two of them are fine." ”

"I don't need to." saw Zhao Liben wave his hand, and pretended to be free and easy to say loudly: "Come to the empty space, empty space, and the end of the world will break people's intestines." The old man is strong and can go back by himself. You go your separate ways, and let the old man stay by himself for a while. ”

After speaking, he slowly sat down in front of the shadow wall, looking at the big red mansion gate that had no plaque and was stunned.

Zhao Li was always the same, and the Shouye brothers didn't dare to disobey, so they had to take their son together and kowtow to the old man, and then the four of them turned around and walked to the street step by step.

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When he turned the street and couldn't see the old man, Zhao Shouye stopped and said to his younger brother: "Second brother, I can only live in the official house now." It's a small place, and I don't know it well, so it's inconvenient to stay with outsiders...... Do you have a place to go? ”

"There are still some scattered silver taels on my body, so let's rent a place to live first." Zhao Shouzheng replied honestly.

"Alas, my little six-grade Shang Baocheng, I can't help you with that little bit of dry money every month." Zhao Shouye sighed, wanting to cut off Zhao Shouzheng's words of borrowing money.

Zhao Shouzheng didn't think about it, and nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, my father only got this shadow official in half his life, and my eldest brother has to keep it." After nine years, you will always be promoted. ”

"Well, stay up." Seeing that his younger brother was still thinking about himself, Zhao Shouye couldn't help but feel ashamed of his dirty thoughts, and hurriedly changed the topic and said: "But the second brother, if you stay in Nanjing, what hope do you have to fail?" ”

Zhao Shouzheng looked at his son and said: "It coincides with the year of Dabi, I always have to try again......"

Zhao Xian on the side couldn't help but sneer when he heard this.

Zhao Shouye glared at his son, but he also didn't have any hope for his younger brother's career.

"Don't waste time, I'll help you find a place to sit down, you can always make your father and son make a living."

But Zhao Hao suddenly interjected: "Uncle has a heart, or give some silver to save the emergency." ”

Zhao Shouye couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh, but when his nephew talked about this, he had to grit his teeth and find two ingots.

After hesitating for a moment, he took back another ingot and said, "After your aunt and sister come back, I will also find a house to rent, and I can only give you so much." "The Zhao family is not all single masters, Zhao Shouye has a wife and a daughter, but as soon as the old man happened, she took her daughter back to her parents' house......

Zhao Hao was afraid that Zhao Shouye would regret it again, so he hurriedly took the ingot of five taels of silver.

Zhao Shouzheng agreed with his eldest brother that after the father and son found a place to live, they would go to the official residence of Honglu Temple to inform them, and after speaking, they went north with their son.

Zhao Shouye watched his brother and nephew cross the Wuding Bridge, and their figures disappeared across the Qinhuai River, and then slowly withdrew his gaze.

"Alas......" he let out a long sigh, as if he was very sad.

Zhao Xian finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Dad, I obviously saw you this morning, and I carried forty taels in my arms, why are there only ten taels left." ”

"Alas, I stuffed twenty taels into your grandfather's baggage." Zhao Shouye sighed again: "The old man said that he didn't give him a penny, can I still take it seriously?" ”

"And what about ten taels?" Zhao Xian was very troubled by the scenery, and asked again.

Zhao Shouye was furious, kicked his son's buttocks and said, "You are stupid, your grandfather's family is a money fan, can you let us live empty-handed?" ”

Zhao Xian couldn't help but be surprised: "Huh? Aren't we going to live in the official house? Why do you want to go to your grandfather's house? ”

"Does anyone in the official residence do your laundry and cooking? Have ready-made ones that don't eat and start their own gangs? Will you settle accounts?! Zhao Shouye taught his son with a straight face.

"Isn't that a soft meal?" Zhao Xian muttered in a low voice while following his father and walking in the direction of his grandfather's house.

"Just eat it! Whatever he is soft and hard......"

While the father and son were talking, they went west.

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When the eldest father and son also disappeared, Zhao Liben walked out of the alley with his hands behind his back.

It turned out that he secretly followed behind and heard the words of his two sons clearly.

"Alas, is soft rice that delicious? None of them have any backbone......" Zhao Liben sighed for a while, and seemed to blame himself for his educational failure.

With a sigh, a low-key and luxurious two-wheeled carriage stopped steadily next to Zhao Li himself.

When the curtain is opened, the elegant aroma is revealed.

A woman with still charm beckoned to Zhao Liben with a smile.

The coachman in a cyan satin robe opened the door, and a maid with a hairpin full of beads came down and set up a brocade pier for Mr. Zhao.

I saw that Zhao Li's face did not change, straightened his waist, and stepped on the Jindun to get into the carriage.

As soon as Zhao Liben got into the car, the maid closed the door and went straight to the carriage behind, no longer disturbing the two people in the carriage.

The two carriages slowly drove forward along the banks of the Qinhuai River.

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In the carriage, a soft carpet was laid, and a small table of sandalwood rested on it, on which were placed a few delicate snacks and fruits, and a silver square box.

When Zhao Liben sat down on the couch, the woman in her forties bowed down, her eyes full of joy.

"I've kept you waiting."

"I told you to wait outside the city, why is it disobedient!"

Zhao Liben did not pretend at all, and reprimanded with a straight face: "If my children and grandchildren meet, how will it end?" ”

The noble lady didn't care at all, but became more and more tender: "Is the concubine worried about you...... When I heard that the adults had suffered such a great calamity, I came by starry night. When I arrived in Nanjing, I realized that the adults had come out safely. ”

Zhao Liben snorted, raised his chin slightly, and said: "The old man has been in the officialdom for many years, what is the injustice of the situation, do you want to worry?" ”

"Yes, I said the wrong thing. What concubines worship the most is the self-confidence of adults. The woman's eyes were full of adoration.

"Alas......" Zhao Liben sighed and stretched out his hand to pull the woman up.

The woman opened the silver box again, and inside it was a hot cotton towel.

She looks graceful and luxurious, and at first glance she is a person who is used to being arrogant. At this moment, she picked up a cotton towel like a maidservant and personally served Zhao Liben to wipe her hands and face.

"The concubine sees that the Zhao Mansion has changed hands, and the two sons of the adult family seem to have nowhere to go, so it is better to let the concubine arrange one or two." The woman leaned over to take off Zhao Liben's boots and put on a pair of light soft-soled silk shoes.

"I want you to do a lot of things!" Zhao Liben didn't appreciate it, and said stiffly: "They have been pampered for decades, and they have all grown into waste." The old man is waiting to take this opportunity to sharpen them. ”

The lady showed a sudden look, nodded hurriedly and said, "It's me who is too talkative." It turns out that adults have good intentions, and they really deserve to be adults......"

While speaking, the carriage drove to a wharf on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and Zhao Liben lifted the curtain and saw a passenger ship with the flag of 'Wu Ji', which was quietly moored there. The passenger ship has three floors, and the carved beams and paintings are very luxurious. Even compared with the paintings of the princes and nobles who shuttled back and forth on the river, they were not inferior in any way.

When Zhao Liben and the woman got off the car, there was no idler on the dock. For even this pier is the private property of this noble lady. Dozens of servants had already guarded the entrances and exits, so as not to be overcrowded.

Seeing this rich and compelling momentum, Zhao Li frowned slightly unnoticed, and then straightened his face again and said: "I am a flat-headed person now, and I don't deserve such a big battle." ”

"The adult is in the body and mind of the concubine, and he will always be the beginning...... The most heroic look. The lady tilted her head slightly and looked at Zhao Liben's side face in fascination. I don't know what is so charming about this little old man?

"Just send me home, I won't go to your house." Zhao Liben walked on the boat and said to the woman.

"I know that adults want to avoid suspicion, and they can't enter my widow's door." The noble lady sighed resentfully, and said with a thoughtful smile: "It's better like this, I'll accompany the adults to Suzhou to relax, and when the adults come to rest, make up their minds......" Saying that, a touch of shyness appeared on her face and said: "Where you want to go, the concubine will go with you." ”

Zhao Liben nodded with satisfaction, and said with a touch of imperceptible color: "This is about the same." ”

The woman also followed the boat, and the two stood side by side in the bow, and the passenger ship went down the river, and in a short time left the city of Nanjing.

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