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Chapter 78 Distress
When going out this time, of course Su Nancheng brought Lian Sheng and Cheng Ming with him.

I didn't prepare much, and when the day came, I set off with the convoy of the Ministry of Industry.

The leader is Mr. Zhou, the servant. Su Nancheng thinks that if this year is not special, even the servant may not be there.

The following are the people under the department in charge of water conservancy.

Starting from the capital, all the way south, the hotter it gets.

After nine days of effort, they arrived at the place.

When they arrived at Mao County, which is under Liangcheng, it was the place where they were stationed this time.

Because the local officials were not notified in advance, they did not come to pick them up.

But this is nothing more than a lack of notice on the surface.

In private, local officials have already arranged it.

The largest inn in Mao County was taken over by them.

Su Nancheng's house had already been cleaned up. He was tired from riding a horse, so he sat down and drank tea.

Lian Sheng and Cheng Ming were packing their clothes and bedding.

"Cheng Ming, here is a river away from your house." Lian Sheng muttered.

"That's not my house." Cheng Ming said.

"Hey, then you grew up there too, take a look across the river. Don't look at that inn, look at other things." Lian Sheng said.

Cheng Ming didn't speak.

Su Nancheng said, "Cheng Ming."

"Hey, son." Cheng Ming walked over.

"Since you're here, you should go back. It's good to move your biological mother's grave back and bury it with your biological father. I'll pay you the money." Su Nancheng said.

Cheng Ming was taken aback: "This... how good is this..."

"Your mother knows that you have suffered for so many years, and she will agree. She remarried because she couldn't live with you. In the end, you were almost beaten to death." Su Nancheng shook his head: "Besides, the innkeeper It's also a second marriage, and the family also has a first spouse. After a hundred years, your mother will be buried as a concubine. Why bother?"

Cheng Ming pursed his lips, why didn't he know this?

It's just that he has already sold the death contract, that is to say, he has lost his ancestors.

How can a person who has been a servant all his life dare to think about this?

"Just do it, it's not difficult. You take my seal back. If he doesn't obey you, go and sue the officials." Su Nancheng took out his seal: "It's just about crossing the river, don't waste time, Go and come back quickly."

Cheng Ming plopped down and knelt down: "Young one, I would like to thank the master for his great kindness."

"Okay, let's go now, bring a few changes of clothes. Bring 20 taels of silver." Su Nancheng waved his hand.

"It really doesn't take that much..."

"It's useless, just bring it back when the time comes. Buy two coffins for your parents so that they can be buried together." Su Nancheng waved his hand.

"Yes." Cheng Ming kowtowed again: "Thank you young master."

Cheng Ming still insisted on finishing packing before leaving.

After he left, Lian Sheng said: "My lord, are you tired? Have a rest? Dinner will be a little longer."

"After returning to Beijing, I will also send someone to find your parents." Su Nancheng walked over and lay down.

"The little one's parents are gone. I remember they were probably on the way. They can't be found. The little one doesn't think much about it." Lian Sheng smiled naively: "Cheng Ming is smart, he can do a lot of things outside of me for you. Little stupid, just serve the good son."

Su Nancheng smiled: "Okay, your son remembers your thoughts. You can take a break too."

Lian Sheng sighed, waited for Su Nancheng to lie down, and sat down on the rocking chair at the door to rest for a while.

He is also very tired.

Su Nancheng closed his eyes and thought, looking back at how much Cheng Ming spent, he gave Lian Sheng as much as he could.

The two people around you still have to be fair, if you don't pay attention to small things, it is easy to overturn.

We ate at the inn that night.

At a large table on the first floor, Su Nancheng looked at the roasted suckling pig, braised duck, roasted river fish, white crucian carp, which is hard to find even if it is rich in the capital, and the famous Jiangnan drunken Jiangchao. There were more than 30 dishes on a large table.

Can you still count?

The local officials didn't come, but didn't they fulfill their intentions?

How could the inn have such a big table?

Su Nancheng pretended not to know, food comes first, let's talk about it after eating.

After this meal, everyone was a little drunk.

Master Zhou instructed: "Let's set off early tomorrow morning, you all have a good rest and prepare. Let's gather for a bite at Maoshi tomorrow morning, and we're leaving now."

Everyone agreed and went back to sleep.

It's a little damp here, and Su Nancheng felt a little sticky when he lay down.

There was nothing he could do about frowning, so he made do with it and lay down, but he didn't sleep well.

Half asleep and half awake, Su Nancheng seemed to be dreaming that he was in the mansion, and he didn't know if it was raining or something, but he felt a little noisy anyway.

He frowned and said, "Be quiet."

After speaking, people also woke up.

When he opened his eyes, he instantly remembered that he was in Mao County.

There was a clicking sound, like something lightly touching the wood.

Originally, the sound was very small, but the night was too quiet.

Even when the sound of frogs is gone, it is very obvious.

Su Nancheng turned his head to listen carefully, and heard the sound of the wooden door opening.Because of the humidity here, even if the wooden door is newly replaced, it is inevitable that there will be no sound when opening the door.

Su Nancheng sat up in doubt, when he heard footsteps.

"Liansheng!"

Lian Sheng didn't know what was in the fog when he was woken up, so he stood up with a cry.

"What's wrong, son?"

"Put on clothes." Su Nancheng said, and quickly pulled up the clothes on the chair next to him and put them on.

"Don't worry, little lamplighter."

"Don't hold the lamp, put on your clothes quickly. Someone has come in." They also brought a team of guards, but they were only ten people transferred from the infantry battalion.

So if something happens, I'm afraid it's too late to resist.

Surprised, Lian Sheng hurriedly put on his clothes and came over to help Su Nancheng put them on.

The black light is blind, at least it's dressed.

There were already noisy voices downstairs.

When the lights came on, there were screams.

Following the sound, ten officers and soldiers living downstairs came out with weapons.

Upstairs everywhere also rose one after another.

Su Nancheng never turned on the light, he stood at the door and listened.

There were obviously a lot of people downstairs, and there were dozens of people listening to their footsteps.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air, and someone might have seen blood.

Soon someone knocked on the door, it was one of our own.

After Su Nancheng opened the door, he went straight to Zhou Shilang.

A group of people downstairs were wearing red uniforms, but their faces were covered with masks made of animal skin.

The leader had a piece of peacock tail feather stuck in his bun: "Come on, kill these dog officials! They all deserve to die! Kill them, and the Peacock Goddess will know everyone's sincerity."

Su Nancheng frowned, what is this?
Zhou Shilang was quite calm: "Everyone, don't panic, someone will come to meet you."

I couldn't see clearly in the dark, but I could vaguely see about thirty people.

The officers and soldiers downstairs are not opponents, and now they are hiding and lying down, life and death are unknown.

Several small officials from the Ministry of Industry also fell to the ground.

The shopkeeper of the inn and Xiaoer also fell in a pool of blood.

Without the officers and soldiers to stop them, this group of people rushed upstairs screaming.

(End of this chapter)