Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 110
The westerly wind is bleak, and the morning mist is slightly cool.

There were several thunderstorms last night, and everyone in Yangzhou City thought it would rain, so they happily pushed open the windows.After waiting all night, only the sound of thunder was heard but no rain fell.

Such an experience can't help but be a bit torturous.When Chen Heng got up early and went out, he could always see the appearance of his neighbors.

Chen Heng didn't know how to evaluate this.

Before he traveled to this world, he just experienced a similar scene.

Perhaps it was the mentality that he had cultivated during the years at home. Chen Heng didn't care too much about the rain, at least he could walk around right now.

Today he got up early, and after buying breakfast for his family, he moved a stool and sat by the door in a daze.

Nowadays, there are not many entertainment places in Yangzhou city.Not to mention fishing alleys, theaters, and painting boats, even the business of restaurants and teahouses has become much quieter.

Many old men who had nothing to do, followed Chen Heng's example, moved out stools from their homes, and invited a few neighbors to play chess at the door.

It looked like they were just playing chess, but when Chen Heng took a closer look, he could see the panic on the faces of the crowd.They gathered together, glanced around carefully, and communicated in a low voice.

In the past two days, many people who maliciously incited rumors have been arrested in the city. It stands to reason that these people deserve what they deserve.But the news of the arrests was passed around, and when it reached the mouths of others, it completely changed its appearance.

Chen Heng knew that the magistrate had good intentions.

In recent days, more and more refugees have come. Some of them came with their families on foot, and some of them came from the same village by boat together.

When these people arrive in Yangzhou, they will inevitably bring more bad news.

If these news are left alone, the atmosphere in the city will not know what will happen.

Panic is the most contagious emotion.As long as a person shows panic first, it is easy to infect the people around him.

But can blocking speech really control the spread of fear?Chen Heng couldn't help squinting his eyes, and looked away from the people whispering.

He raised his head, put his hands on his eyelids to look at the sky, and happened to have a few birds flying across the sky.

Watching them disappear on the corner of the eaves and beside the white clouds, Chen Heng stood up suddenly.

He counted his days, Master and the others will be able to reach Yangzhou almost today.There was nothing wrong with the left and right, he entered the house and talked to Mrs. Gu, then walked towards the gate of the city.

Now the magistrate stipulates that the city gate is only allowed to open at noon every day.When Chen Heng arrived, many people who were rushing out had already stopped here.

Those who still want to leave Yangzhou at this time will either go to Jinling or Suzhou.

Finding a shady place not too far away, Chen Heng focused on the officers and soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city wall.

Perhaps because his position was too conspicuous, a smiling face suddenly appeared on the crenel of the city wall.

Chen Heng looked intently, and it turned out to be Xin Suzhao, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Old friends reunited, the young general in silver armor and white robe ran down the steps of the city wall and came to his classmates.

"Brother Heng."

"Brother Su Zhao."

After the two people greeted each other, Xin Suzhao had already shaken up the armor on his body, and said with a smile, "How about it, brother, does it look like the white-robed general Chen Qingzhi?"

To deal with someone like him, you have to follow the hair.Chen Heng smiled slightly, and boasted: "I think it's more like Zhao Zilong who goes in and out seven times in Changbanpo."

Xin Suzhao raised and lowered his eyebrows, lowered and raised them again, and finally laughed out loud. He patted Chen Heng's back and said, "Brother Heng, you know me best."

You bastard, just tap me.Chen Heng coughed violently twice, and quickly took this opportunity to ask, "Are there many refugees outside the city now?"

"Not much, not much. Maybe one or two thousand." Xin Suzhao took off his helmet, stretched out his little finger and picked his ear, "Don't worry, with Chi Guang and I around, they can't make trouble."

How much do you like your horse, you can just ride it every day, and talk about it when you have nothing to do.Chen Heng showed a bit of a weird face, and smiled again: "Do people who give porridge still go three times a day?"

"Yes, your second uncle's shop has also been expropriated." Xin Suzhao became energetic when he said this, "I see that your second uncle is very happy to be busy these two days, running around the porridge shop all day Afterwards. Sometimes when he comes back, he even brings me a cake.”

"Then you are patrolling here every day now?"

"Yes." Xin Suzhao raised his head proudly, "I like this place better than the academy. Just standing here makes me feel at ease."

Chen Heng smiled and shook his head, and the two chatted for a while.

After knowing that Chen Heng came here to wait for his master, Xin Suzhao nodded, only waved his hand to summon a soldier, and asked him to give a few words.

Seeing that Su Zhao's actions are quite natural, Chen Heng can't help but wonder what position his father gave him.

When Chen Heng asked, Xin Suzhao seldom let it go, so he just laughed and evaded it.

"Brother Heng, why do you ask this, just call me General Xin."

"Yes, yes, General Xin."

"Haha, that's all I love to hear. Brother Heng, shout again."

But fuck you, Chen Heng rolled his eyes, just as the city gate opened, he hurriedly tiptoed to look outside the gate.

The order is first to go out and then to go in. After the people at the gate of the city are gone, the people outside the city will slowly come in.

A soldier quickly led his master and teacher's wife to Chen Heng.

"Master, teacher's wife!!" Chen Heng stepped forward quickly, and saluted Wang Xianming and Liu Shi who looked restless.

"Heng'er!" Seeing the child whom she hadn't seen for a long time, Mrs. Liu was frightened all the way, and when her tense expression relaxed, her eye sockets started to turn red.

"Good boy, it's hard for you to wait here." Wang Xianming hastily pulled his proud disciple up, and said very embarrassedly, "If it wasn't for your faith, as a teacher..."

Wang Xianming really didn't intend to come to Yangzhou at first, but unfortunately he couldn't stand Liu's repeated persuasion, and finally bid farewell to the students in the school, and the couple packed their bags and came back together.

When they arrived in Yangzhou this morning, they realized that the disaster was worse than they thought when they saw the refugees gathering outside the city and the closed city gates.

"It's good that you can arrive safely." Chen Heng smiled and exposed Master's apology, pulled Xin Suzhao to his side, and introduced to Master and his wife, "Master, this is my good friend in the academy, Xin Suzhao."

"Grandpa, you can just call me Suzhao." Since he was Chen Heng's elder, Xin Suzhao, who was wearing military armor, hurriedly clasped his fists in salute.

"Okay, okay." After Wang Xianming saw Xin Suzhao, his expression was very excited. After his teacher Liu Shi gently pushed him, the master was a little embarrassed and said, "Heng'er, I brought someone from Shanxi Village for my teacher. Stuck outside the door, I might ask your good friend for help."

Before Chen Heng could speak, Xin Suzhao responded with a smile, "What's the difficulty? Grandpa will wait here for a while. I'll go back as soon as I go."

After finishing speaking, Xin Suzhao stepped into the sun, and the dazzling light made his armor shine brightly.

"Master, who are you bringing with you?" Seeing that his friend had already rushed out, Chen Heng hurriedly asked the master curiously.

"Hey... it's Qisuo and his mother." Wang Xianming didn't hide anything, and directly revealed the identity of the visitor. "Your teacher's wife and I thought that the two of them were alone in Shanxi Village, unable to farm the land, and had no income. I'm afraid life will be difficult, so I want to bring them to Yangzhou and live in the Lin Mansion together."

It's really embarrassing for the master, he is such a face-saving person, for the sake of his disciples, he is willing to give up this old face.Chen Heng slapped his forehead, and quickly said to his master, "Blame me, I forgot about them."

It's fine if he doesn't know about this matter, now that he has heard the news, if Qisuo and his wife are left alone, let alone he can't bear it in his heart, Chen Yushan will have to beat him up if he finds out.

It is the same village and the same clan.If someone else comes to Yangzhou, if you dare to leave it alone.In the future, it will be spread that the old Chen family will go back to Shanxi Village?

"Master, Qisuo and the others should go home with me. After all, the two of them have no friendship with Uncle Lin's family, and they are not used to living in this way."

"Won't it cause trouble to your family?"

Not really, the family has enough food.Chen Heng smiled and shook his head, pointed to the distance, "Master, look, the Lin family's carriage has arrived."

When Wang Xianming and Liu Shi turned their heads, it was indeed the steward of the Lin family who came driving in a carriage.

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When Chen Heng brought Qisuo and his mother, who were very reserved, to his new home.

The idle and bored Chen Begshan was arguing with Mrs. Zhou in the courtyard.When Grandpa saw Qisuo his mother, he immediately exclaimed: "Son, why are you here?"

"Uncle San." Qi Suo's mother knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed and said, "Please, take our child and give him a bite to eat."

"You child, what are you doing, what are you doing here?" Everyone in Chen Gaishan was taken aback, and he was too embarrassed to reach out to help.

It was still Mrs. Zhou who, together with Mrs. Gu who heard the news, pulled up Qisuo his mother.

The family hurriedly greeted Qisuo and his mother into the house, and after sitting down for a while, it was Zhou who came forward to comfort the crying woman.

"When your father was still alive, I had to call him Second Brother."

Chen Yushan shook his head, although he and Qisuo's grandfather were distant relatives, their relationship was not bad.

"I left in a hurry and didn't take care of you two. It was my fault. Since you can meet today, you can treat this place as your own home, and you don't need to be polite to Uncle San."

Mrs. Zhou also nodded, her heart was better than that of Chen Yushan, and she said frankly: "Mother Qisuo, don't think too much, you can't write two Chen characters in one stroke. Our two families, break the bones It's still connected."

Qisuo's mother didn't know what to think, she just turned her head to Qisuo and said, "Qisuo, kneel down and kowtow to your third grandfather."

"You child, why can't you listen to what you say? Why do you use the little baby like this?" Chen Yushan was really anxious, and hurriedly lifted Qisuo, which had grown a lot, from the ground.

"Don't listen to your mother's nonsense, you always call me third grandpa, can grandpa let you go?" Looking at Qisuo who was crying silently, Chen Yushan was also full of emotion.

As long as Chen Sande knew something, he wouldn't ruin a good family like this, leaving orphans and widows helpless.

"Third Grandpa, I know what my mother means." Qi Suo spoke for the first time, "My father once made my second uncle go to jail, and almost made it impossible for my second brother to continue taking the imperial examination." Qi Suo looked at Chen Heng, He bowed his head apologetically.

It was only then that Chen Heng suddenly realized, no wonder he went home these few years.When I went out to find Qisuo again, I felt faintly that the other party was avoiding me, so this was the reason.

"This time, I have to ask you to take me and my mother in." Qisuo raised her sleeves, wiped away her tears, knelt on the ground again, gritted her teeth, and said, "Third Grandfather, I will definitely repay you for the kindness of your family." .”

"How many years have passed, your father is gone, why are you still talking about this?" Chen Yushan and Chen Heng pulled Qisuo together, "There are not many houses at home, why do you sleep in the same room with your second brother from now on? Sample?"

Qisuo couldn't help but look at Chen Heng, who also showed a gentle smile as before, and silently nodded to him.

"Second brother, Qisuo is going to cause you trouble." Qisuo did not dare to respond to the other party's gaze, both annoyed by his previous avoidance behavior and ashamed of Chen Heng's innocence.

Chen Heng smiled and stepped forward to wrap his arms around his shoulders, "I heard from Master that he changed your name to Xinda?"

"En." Qisuo nodded, he was only a few months younger than Chen Heng, but his body was much stronger.

"Screaming fresh." Chen Heng shook his head with a smile, "Then I will change my words in the future and call you Brother Xinda."

"Second brother can call his brother whatever he wants." Chen Xinda wiped away his tears, and couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart, "From now on, no matter where second brother goes, younger brother will follow you."

Chen Heng only took his remarks out of emotion and didn't take them seriously.

After the two families had a meal that night, Chen Heng took Chen Xinda back to the house to sleep.

The two lay side by side on the bed, telling childhood jokes most of the night.I don't know when he fell asleep, when Chen Heng opened his eyes again.

Chen Xinda, who got up early, was already sitting at the table, holding the book that Chen Heng gave him yesterday to read carefully.On the table, there was also a steaming washbasin, on which hung the towel that Chen Heng used to wash his face.

Seeing Chen Heng waking up, Xinda put down his book, walked up and said, "Second brother, come here and wash your face."

Chen Heng thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what kind of drama Qisuo was making, he just pointed at him and said angrily, "Don't do this kind of thing again in the future."

"Hey." Xinda laughed, not sure if he listened or not.

　Ahhh, here comes the second update.Although I missed twelve o'clock, my God

　　
　
(End of this chapter)