On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Let’s talk about County Magistrate Chen. Last night he finally pried open the mouth of his second son. He found out from his son what good deeds he had done and wanted to beat him to death. He was so angry that he yelled regardless of his demeanor: "You want to piss me off to death, don't you? I am." Are you short of food or clothing? I asked you to study hard but you refused to study and insisted on wielding swords and guns. How dare you do such a dangerous thing?"

"You have eaten the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's courage, haven't you?"

Chen Erlang didn't want to keep hiding it all the time, so when he heard him keep asking questions, he took advantage of the situation and confessed honestly.

Besides, he was injured, and he couldn't let anyone beat him up again.

As for asking him to scold him, that's not a problem. He can make it go in one ear and out the other.

After listening to him scolding angrily for a quarter of an hour, Chen Erlang admitted his mistake with a sincere face: "Dad, it was my fault. My son has never eaten Bear Heart, Leopard Gut, Dad, when are we going to have a meal together?"

Facing his son with a playful smile, County Magistrate Chen wiped his face helplessly and sighed: "You said that even if you want to follow, you have to follow someone with some experience. If you can follow General Li, then I will Don’t worry so much.”

"In the end, you followed General Li's son, the eldest son of a concubine."

"What if we are affected by the chaos in the inner house?"

Chen Erlang defended his superior: "Master Li made meritorious service on the battlefield at the age of seventeen, and became a ninth-grade captain from an ordinary soldier. The school captain became the eighth-rank deputy captain, and then the seventh-rank middle lieutenant... Now he is only in his weak years, but he has been promoted to the fifth-rank Guidelang general."

Finally, he looked at his own father with complicated eyes: "Speaking of which, Master Li is two levels higher than you, father?"

County Magistrate Chen almost couldn't help but beat him, and finally became angry and said: "The promotion of civil and military officials is different."

"Civil officials rely on political achievements." Although he could receive some benefits, he did not feed the common people, and he did not forget to educate the common people. He made the best use of the land, promoted virtuous people, supported prisons and lawsuits, and paid taxes and servitude. He thought he did a pretty good job.

It's just that he lacks the talent to appreciate him.

Besides, what kind of look does that brat have? Do you think you are not up to par?

The angry County Magistrate Chen was furious. He picked up the feather duster and slapped his arm a few times: "Hey, what's that look in your eyes? I don't like you, I don't live up to expectations, right? I don't dislike you yet!"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became: "Look at how competitive General Li's eldest son is. Why don't you compete with him? Why can't you be a captain if you have the ability? You have the nerve to boast about your ability in literature and martial arts. You’re good at charting, why don’t you have someone to protect you?”

Chen Erlang's eyes darkened: "Qingsong died just to protect me."

This time, on Master Li's order, he went to Yuzhang Academy to pick up several gentlemen who were willing to join King Jin'an, but he was intercepted and killed several times.

Fortunately, Mr. Li led the troops to respond in time, and finally the gentlemen were safely sent to Yuhang without any danger.

This time he was considered to have made a meritorious service, but more than ten soldiers died, and his servant Qingsong also died trying to save him.

This time, he was arranged by the adults to secretly investigate the guard station between Xin'an City and Wuning County, and accidentally discovered that the guard general of the guard station had correspondence with people from Yuzhang.

He stole the letter, but was discovered, and the other party sent people to hunt him down. Fortunately, he escaped with his life.

But he was not going to tell his biological father about these things, lest he would be worried and frightened, and people would find out the clues.

He just said that he would be pursued and killed if he found out that there was a deficit in the accounts of the guard station.

County Magistrate Chen saw that his son could not hide his sadness and could no longer scold him, so he earnestly and gently advised him: "That's why dad doesn't want you to become a soldier. Why don't you quit there and find something to do in the Yamen?" Is it good?"

"I'm afraid that dad will be angry when he sees me." Chen Erlang said with a playful smile: "I'd better go out and hang out. Dad and my eldest brother are civil servants, and I will be a military general in the future. Isn't it good for our family to have both civil and military talents?"

County Magistrate Chen knew that his son was more stubborn than a cow, so he gave up trying to persuade him. The main reason was that he had only trained his son for a quarter of an hour a quarter of an hour ago, but it did not change his mind. He suspected that his son simply regarded him as chanting sutras.

I can't think about it anymore. If I continue to think about it, my hands will itch and I want to beat this traitor to death.

He took a deep breath, turned around and left.

"Dad, don't leave in a hurry?" Chen Erlang called him again and said with a playful smile: "The Xiao family has saved me. You can't be too stingy and just change their household registration, right?"

At this moment, County Magistrate Chen wanted to pose with the classic pose of hands on hips, and sneered: "If you think I'm stingy, then you might as well give me your life."

"Hey, that's quite a blessing." Chen Erlang could say anything to his biological father: "The main reason is that I'm too embarrassed to marry two sisters at once?"

County Magistrate Chen didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he turned around and left.

Chen Erlang was still shouting from behind: "Dad, your son is worth thousands of gold! If you pay him less, it makes me worthless..."

County Magistrate Chen rolled his eyes silently, not wanting to talk to this prodigal son.

Anyway, it is impossible to give one thousand taels of silver.

Besides, given so much, others thought they had embezzled a lot.

He thought about it for a while, and it was enough to give him enough money to buy a small house.

When he returned to the study, he asked the servant to call the housekeeper and ask, "Last time you showed the Wu family a house, how much money would a house cost?"

When the housekeeper heard this, he thought that the master wanted to settle accounts after the fall, so he answered very cautiously: "The two-entry apartment that the Wu family lives in now costs eight hundred and eighty taels of silver. It was also the Song family who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make friends with each other. Otherwise, It can be worth more than a thousand taels of silver."

"There are several other houses worth five to six hundred taels. The ones with more than three hundred taels seem to be a bit inferior. The younger ones didn't take them to see them."

County Magistrate Chen thought about giving him five hundred taels.

The main reason is that he is an official. Although the Xiao sisters saved their son, it is very good if he can apply for household registration and give him money.

He knew that in order to curry favor with him, the owners of those houses would definitely not raise the price but lower it: "You will follow me to the Yamen later."

When the time comes, let Butler Wu and Mr. Jiang meet, and when the Jiang family wants to buy a house, let Butler Wu help them secretly.

He felt that in this way he could be worthy of the Xiao sisters' life-saving grace for his son.

When the couple chatted at night, Mrs. Chen asked worriedly: "Master, can't we really leave Erlang with us?"

County Magistrate Chen sighed: "Why didn't you say anything? You little bastard didn't listen to me."

"Hey, we still have to let him get a wife." Mrs. Chen expressed her idea: "When he gets married and has a family, he will have worries. We don't need to say more, he won't risk his life. .”

County Magistrate Chen agreed very much with this: "What you said makes sense."

Mrs. Chen also sighed: "It's a pity. It's useless to press the cow's head if it doesn't drink water."