Aspirations

Chapter 163
Xia Xiang's words seemed casual, but they actually had a lot of meaning.If one treats guests courteously because of official positions and favors, it will make people feel that what is respected is only the official position, and the courtesy is nothing but human favors, but what Xia Xiang values ​​is tolerance, the official position will be lost, and the favor will be repaid, and a person's tolerance is the foundation of his life , will not be lost due to official positions and favors.

Everyone likes to be praised for their talent and generosity. When Xia Xiang said this, although Zheng Xiangan remained calm, there was an imperceptible smile in his eyes. He said calmly: "Xia County is respectful Being courteous, like a gentle gentleman at first sight, also makes Zheng yearn for it."

Xia Xiang suddenly remembered something and asked, "Xiao Wu, did you see Zheng Tixing?"

Xiao Wu shook his head: "Xiao Wu just passed the letter to the concierge. After the concierge delivered the letter, he said that Zheng Tixing was busy and would reply later. Xiao Wu and Qi Xiaosan rested for a while at the station, and Zheng Langjun came over and said , Zheng Tixing learned that the matter was urgent, and sent him to return to Zhending immediately with us, Zheng Tixing will be there later..."

Xia Xiang nodded, thinking about it, he said: "You are tired all the way, you should rest earlier. Lady Lian, please arrange a room for Mr. Zheng to live in."

After Zheng Xiang'an was settled, Xia Xiang talked with Xiao Wu and Qi He for a while, and asked them to go to rest.He didn't feel sleepy, so he strolled to Mantuo's room and knocked lightly on the door.

"Miss Mantuo, are you feeling better?"

"It's better, Xia Xianzun, please come back, don't worry about it, I've already fallen asleep."

Xia Xiangruo lost something, and accompanied by Cao Shujun, he took a walk in the yard for a while, and went back to his room to rest.

After Ma Zhanguo and Ding Ke left Guanxin Pavilion, the two were worried. They returned to the county government office, called up a few servants who had already fallen asleep, and asked them to patrol outside Guanxin Pavilion.The yamen servants, who were sleeping soundly, were very upset when they heard that they were going to patrol. When they heard that they were going to protect the safety of Xia Xianzun, everyone cheered up again.

Ma Zhanguo dispatched a total of nine yamen servants, ten of them were divided into three teams, separated by tens of feet, and kept circling around Guanxin Pavilion.Ding Ke also personally led the team around three times, and after confirming that no one could take advantage of the gap between the three teams, he left with confidence.

What Ding Ke didn't know was that shortly after he just happened, a black figure quietly appeared outside the wall of Guanxin Pavilion.The shadows were faint and vague, and under the illumination of the lights, they were faintly visible, like a puff of smoke, drifting away in an instant.

In the southwest corner of Guanxin Pavilion, after the first three-person team passed by, the footsteps of the last three-person team were getting closer and closer, with only a gap of breathing between them.Suddenly, the black shadow flickered, suddenly appeared out of thin air, disappeared in an instant, and appeared in the black shadow in the corner almost at the same time.

The black shadow just hid in the corner of the wall, and the three-person team in the last row was only three feet away from the corner. Even though it was night, they could be seen clearly at such a close distance.The person who walked in front of the three was named Baochun. Out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to notice a black shadow flashing by. When he looked carefully, it was empty. He couldn't help but wonder: "I said brothers, just now Didn't something float by?"

The yamen servant behind Baochun was dark and thin. He yawned a long time and muttered, "Baochun, it's already autumn, so don't think about spring anymore. Where is something floating by? If something really floats by, It’s also a ghost, or a female ghost.”

Baochun rubbed his eyes, looked and looked at the corner of the wall vigorously, but there was nothing in the shadow of the corner except pitch black, he shook his head, and said not very confidently: "Could it be that I was wrong? It shouldn't be, my eyesight is good, I saw the daughter of Lao Wang next door taking a bath last night without turning on the light."

Heishou pushed Baochun: "Okay, don't be suspicious, hurry up, the people behind will soon catch up. You can't pull too far away from the team in front, you know?"

"Yes, yes." Baochun hurriedly quickened his pace, and he still didn't forget to look back after walking a long way, but when he turned his head, something happened suddenly.In the dark corner of the wall, it seems that there is a black cloud suddenly, and the black cloud is surging, and gradually transforms into a figure.

The figure moved slightly, jumped up, and jumped up the courtyard wall more than ten feet high in an instant.

"Ah, ah, ah!" Baochun was startled and anxious, unable to speak in a hurry, he hurriedly turned around, pointed behind his back, "Yes, yes, there are ghosts!"

Because he closed his momentum too quickly, the two people behind had no time to stand firm and bumped into him one after another.Heishou was furious, and pushed Baochun away: "Baochun, are you out of your mind? There's no ghost, don't be surprised, okay?"

Baochun was knocked down to the ground by Heishou, he fell on his back, just in time to see more clearly, the figure that flew to the wall was indeed erratic like a ghost, stayed on the wall for a while, and the figure bowed, wanting to jump Suddenly, there was a crisp wind chime.

The wind chimes tinkle, like spring water, which is especially clear and pleasant to the ear in the silent night.Everyone heard it, Heishou was stunned for a moment, turned around and jumped up in fright: "There are ghosts, there are ghosts! No, catch the assassin, catch the assassin!"

As soon as the wind chime rang, the figure on the wall changed from virtual to real. It was no longer a shadowy group of shadows, but a woman in tight black clothes.Not only was the woman dressed in black, but she also wore a bamboo hat with a black gauze on her head.

As soon as Heishou's voice came out, the woman giggled, and as soon as she raised her hand, a hidden weapon flew towards Heishou. In a moment, the hidden weapon approached and exploded with a bang, releasing a cloud of black mist.The black mist surrounded Baochun and the three of them like a living thing.

The three of them were terrified and wanted to call for help, but when they opened their mouths, they felt the world spinning for a while, and then fell to the ground unconscious.

The woman succeeded in one blow, and saw the lights of Guanxin Pavilion turn on one after another, knowing that there was nothing to do, when she was turning around and turning back, she suddenly heard the whistling of the wind, and something flew out of Guanxin Pavilion, directly attacking her vitals.

How dare someone sneak up on her?She smiled contemptuously. Although she couldn't see the hidden weapon clearly in the darkness, she listened to the wind to identify the position, reached out her hand to grab it, and grasped the hidden weapon abruptly.

When I got it in my hand, I realized that the hidden weapon was big and heavy, and when I took a closer look, it was actually a fist-sized stone.

Who actually uses stones as hidden weapons?How stupid.As soon as she had a thought in her mind, she suddenly felt a strong force coming from the stone, like a continuous tide rushing in. She couldn't stand on the wall anymore, she swayed and fell towards the outside of the wall.

When she saw that she was about to fall to the ground, she turned around suddenly, like a fallen leaf fluttering to the ground.After landing, she didn't hesitate at all, her figure flashed like a puff of blue smoke, and disappeared into the vast night in an instant.

As soon as her figure disappeared, a person jumped down from the wall like a roc, he looked around for a few times, but the woman disappeared, turned around and saw Baochun and the others, and hurriedly stepped forward to check.Seeing that a few people were just fainted by the smoke and they were not serious, he felt relieved and wanted to chase after him, but he heard Xia Xiang's voice from inside the wall.

"Xiao Wu, there's no need to chase her. Since her whereabouts have been found out, she will definitely be as frightened as a bird. Your martial arts are not as good as hers, so chase after her too quickly, in case she hurts you in a hurry."

"Yes, sir."

It was Xiao Wu who attacked the woman with a stone and forced her back.

Xiao Wu returned from Xingzhou, although his martial arts had not improved much, he was more vigilant than before.Although he was tired all the way tonight, he fell asleep when he lay down. In a trance, he heard the sound of wind chimes and thought it was a dream. When he didn't want to wake up, he heard Mantuo's exclamation.

"Xiao Wu, someone wants to break into Guanxin Pavilion, go quickly."

Man Tuo lives next door to Xiao Wu. Although she is recovering her physical strength, her hearing is still far superior to that of ordinary people. However, although she can hear someone plotting wrongdoing, she is powerless to fight back, so she has to call Xiao Wu.

After Xiao Wu woke up, he quickly attacked, picked up a stone and threw it with his hands.

It's a pity that although Xiao Wu forced the other party back, he didn't even see what the other party looked like.Although he was obedient and didn't chase after him, he was still a little annoyed.

After the yamen servants woke up Baochun and the others by pouring water on them, and seeing that Baochun and the others were fine, Xiao Wu returned to Guanxin Pavilion.Although Xia Xiang told him to go to bed, he never dared to lie down again. After Xia Xiang returned to his room, he sat at Xia Xiang's door and kept watch all night.

At dawn, many people witnessed such a scene: Xiao Wu was like a lion guarding the gate of Guanxin Pavilion, motionless, with his back straight and his chest raised, his eyes staring straight ahead.In autumn, the dew was heavy, and his head and body were wet with dew, as if he had just come out of the river.

Many people were moved by Xiao Wu. When Xia Xiang opened the door and came out, he saw Xiao Wu's tall and straight figure, and his heart felt hot. He hurriedly helped Xiao Wu to let him rest quickly.Xiao Wu refused to say anything, he had already promised Zheng Xiangan to get acquainted with Zhending City together today.

After breakfast, Xiao Wu and Qi He walked around with Zheng Xiangan, Xia Xiang talked with Lian Ruohan, Cao Shuli, and Xiao Jia for a while, and then, accompanied by Cao Shujun, got up and went to the county government office.

Once Xia Xiang left, even Ruohan, Cao Shuli and Xiao Jia got busy.Lian Ruohan edited two books respectively, and asked Ling'er to hand them over to the car dealership where Hao Jing often works, and sent them to the capital and outside the Great Wall.

"A letter is from the good times in the capital, and Chang Chang urgently calls 30 guan in case of emergencies." Lian Ruohan commanded regularly, with firm eyes and a calm expression, quite like a general, "The other letter was sent outside the Great Wall. The letter is to tell Dongying, an iron ore supplier, that no matter how much Guangjin Trading Co. bids, Haojingchang will double it. If he sells iron ore to Guangjin Trading Company under the situation of Haojingchang doubling, don’t blame Haojing Always cutting off his traffic, leaving him nowhere to go."

Xiao Jia thought for a while: "Miss Lian, I'm afraid that just one letter is not enough to make Dongying obedient, so it's better to send someone to beat it. I'm afraid Guangjin will do everything in order to get the iron ore. pole."

Lian Ruohan nodded in praise and said, "Ms. Xiao is still thoughtful. Liancheng went to Shile to assist Dong Er in taking over Dong's business but has not returned. There is no suitable candidate around her... If there is, you can send Lian to go."

Ling'er passed on that fellow to come, and after a while, even that fellow trotted all the way to the front of several people.He was in his early forties, as thin as a stick, with a loyal face, like an old farmer.

Seeing the puzzled look on Xiao Jia's face, Lian Ruohan smiled and said, "Don't be fooled by that fellow Lian's honest face, he is shrewd and very good at observing words and demeanor, although he is not as good at settling accounts as Liancheng, but he is better at dealing with all kinds of teachings and nine streams .”

"The villain has no other skills, but he likes to talk about mysteries with people, and he can talk eloquently all day without running out of words." Even the guy saw Xiao Jia's distrust of him, and he laughed, "The so-called The upper nine streams: first-rate Buddha, the second-rate immortal, the third-rate emperor, the fourth-rate official, the fifth-rate cooker, the sixth-rate Dang, the seven merchants, eight guests, and nine farmers. The middle-nine stream: first-rate juzi, second-rate doctor, third-rate Fengshui, fourth-rate batch, Five-rate Danqing, six-rate phase, seven monks, eight skills and nine piano chess. Play nine-rate: first-rate witches, second-rate prostitutes, third-rate gods, fourth-rate gangs, fifth-rate shaved heads, six-rate blow hands, seven opera singers, eight-rate beggars and nine candy sellers. No matter which one is , the villain can play, play and sing, keeping him mesmerized by listening to it, savoring it with gusto, and finally making him admire the villain completely."

Xiao Jia was relieved, waved his hands and smiled, and asked Lian to back down.

"How can I help Xia Xianzun?" Cao Shuli deeply understood Xia Xiang's difficulties. She really wanted to do something for Xia Xiang, but felt that she had nowhere to go. Seeing Lian Ruohan and Xiao Jia's calm layout, she Suddenly I felt very useless, "Compared to Lady Lian and Lady Xiao, I am so useless, I don't know what to do."

Lian Ruohan hugged Cao Shuli's shoulders, and smiled slightly: "Sister, there are many things to do to build Xiajiazhuang and Wenyuan, resettle refugees, and open private schools. To make the people of Zhending feel at ease is to make Xia Xianzun feel at ease."

"I can do all these things." Cao Shuli was happy, but suddenly remembered something, and her interest suddenly dropped, "But Xia Xianzun didn't say that the dredging was suspended? No more dredging, and the Xiajiazhuang and Hebei will be built. Is it Wenyuan?"

Xiao Jia smiled implicitly: "Ms. Cao, the dredging is only suspended. When will it start? It is not a matter of Xia Xianzun's words? Besides, Cui Fuzun only asked Xia Xianzun to suspend dredging, and did not let Xia County Respect not to build Xiajiazhuang and Wenyuan."

"However, what's the use of building Xiajiazhuang and Wenyuan without dredging? The refugees are resettled, but they have no land to grow. How can we do it?" Although Cao Shuli came from a wealthy family, she never suffered from hunger, cold and hardship. , but after seeing the difficult livelihood of the refugees, she burst out with deep love for the refugees, "Even if the winter is over, what will I eat next year?"

"The dredging is only suspended, and it's not unclear." Lian Ruohan was amused by Cao Shuli's slightly worried expression, "Sister, if you can help me build Xiajiazhuang and Wenyuan, and run a private school, I will be done." There is nothing too good about it, as for the rest, let Xia Xianzun, who is concerned about the country and the people, worry about it."

"But..." Cao Shuli wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Xiao Jia.

Xiao Jia smiled happily: "No need, Mrs. Cao, don't you still have Mrs. Lian and me? With us three ladies who are as beautiful as a flower and as wise as the sea to help Mr. Xia County, if he is invincible, Mrs. Cui will be justified." It's too much."

(End of this chapter)