Ji Yunfei felt that this New Year was boring, while Duan Jiqing had never had a good New Year.

At noon on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, Mr. Gu took lunch to take him to the street. Unexpectedly, he fainted as soon as he stood up. His family hurried to find the doctor, but as soon as he ran out of the door, Mr. Gu lost his breath.

As soon as Duan Jiqing received the bad news, he rushed to Chaijia Lane. Seeing that the Gu family was in chaos, he could only stay to help with the funeral. He went out early and came back late every day, and was busy until the eighteenth day of the first lunar month before he calmed down.

I haven't hugged my grandson for a long time, but when I rushed to my daughter's house, I saw that Goudan fell asleep.

Duan Jiqing could only lean over and kiss Goudan's little face, and returned to the main hall to sit down and have tea.

Qin'er asked curiously while doing needlework: "Dad, why did you come back so early today? Have you done everything on the Gu family?"

"How could it be done so quickly? It's just now that the 'Three Seven' has passed." Duan Jiqing sighed lightly, put down the tea bowl and said, "But nothing happened these days. Actually, I didn't go to Chaijia Lane in the morning."

"I haven't gone to Chaijiaxiang, where did you go early in the morning? My mother said you'll go out as soon as you finish your breakfast bowl."

"I went to the yamen and waited until noon to the mansion."

"What are you doing when the Mansion Station is doing?"

"Take aside your errands, and quit your errands in the yamen."

Qin'er was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise: "Dad, you have done a good job in the yamen, why did you quit?"

"If I had put it before, I could not say anything about this job, but now it is not as good as before. Last year, in order to help Zhixing renovate the guild hall, I got so close to Mr. Gu, and often walked around with the gentry who didn't deal with it very well. It seemed to be glorious, but I don't know how many people were jealous. Mr. Gu was alive, and even the mansion had to give him face. Now that Mr. Gu is gone, if I am still so arrogant, I will not only be jealous, and maybe I will be plotted against by villains."

"But what are you doing if you quit your yamen errand?"

"Not only do you know how to do nothing, you may be busier than before." Duan Jiqing took a deep thought after resigning from the errand of the government office, and did not even sell it in order to gain a good reputation. He smiled and looked at Qin'er and explained: "Aren't we working with others to trade side tea? We have to collect tea in the beginning of spring, and we are busy anyway."

Qin'er couldn't help but smile and said, "Dad, I have no other intentions. It's just that you have been a vacancies in the yamen for so many years, and it's a bit unaccustomed to just saying it."

"Actually, I'm a little uncomfortable. As soon as I walk out of the yamen, I feel empty. But it's better to quit. The thieves and bandits are in chaos and the world is not peaceful. The yamen's choreography is becoming more and more difficult to do."

"Dad, do you think the thief will go to Daddy Goudan?"

"Don't worry, no, you don't know how far Jiangsu is. I've seen the map of Liangjiang. Zhixing is not only in Jiangsu, but also in the easternmost part of Jiangsu. The place where he became an official is on the beach. The ends of the world are the only ones, and it's where he is."

"So it's so far, I said why haven't I sent a letter for so long?"

"It's better to stay away. The emperor is far away. This official is interesting, and there is no need to worry about the peaceful bandits."

Qin'er thought about it and asked sadly, "But when will he come back so far?"

"I'll come back when I make money," Duan Jiqing could understand his daughter's mood, and thought about it and comforted her: "He has been in the county government for so many years and has never experienced anything. He is more important than those juren and Jinshi, and he is a good inspector. It's easy to make money. I guess he will be back to reunite with you mothers in three years at most."

"It's been more than a year..."

"The time on the road cannot be counted, and the time in the capital cannot be counted. It can only be counted from the day I became Shangguan." Duan Jiqing smiled and said, "Wait for three years at most. If Zhixing is promoted and cannot come back three years later, I will ask your brother-in-law and Zhuzi, and the youngest sister to send you mother and mother to reunite with him."

"real?"

"Whatever you do, maybe I don't need to find someone to send it to you, so Zhixing asked Datou and Yu Youfu to come back to pick you up."

Qin'er has been thinking about it day and night for more than a year and can't sleep at night.

Han Xiufeng was thinking about her and her baby, sitting alone in the lobby for a long time. If Wang Qianbu hadn't called for dinner, he wouldn't have known that it would have been dark.

"Mr. Han, is this dish not to your taste?"

"No, it's quite delicious." Han Xiufeng recovered and subconsciously picked up a piece of fish.

Wang Qianbu brought the egg flower soup to the table, took a spoon, and was about to help put it in a small bowl, when a sudden sound of footsteps came from outside.

"Fourth brother, fourth brother, we are back!"

Big head's voice!

Han Xiufeng thought he had heard it wrong, so he looked up and Datou was standing by the door and grinning at him and smiling.

Immediately afterwards, Pan Er squeezed in from the side, scratched his neck and said, "Fourth Brother, if you want to blame you for this, just blame me. Don't blame Big Head."

Han Xiufeng never expected that they would return, put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Qianbu, you go out first."

"Oh." Wang Qianbu responded and hurriedly squeezed out of the flower hall.

"What's going on? Why are you back? Where are Uncle Yu and Shiheng?"

"Fourth brother, we have to go back together, we can't just leave you." Pan Er knew that Han Xiufeng was worried about silver, so he pulled Datou into the flower hall and brought him to the door and explained: "Although I have not been dealing with Ambassador Han's family for a long time, I can see that they are not bad intentions on the way to Yangzhou. I put the bill of exchange on Shiheng. You know the best of how Shiheng is, but it is safest to put the bill of exchange on him. On the way, Uncle Yu and Ambassador Han's family are taking care of him. He will not be in trouble, he will not be in trouble. He will not be in trouble even if he is in trouble."

"Yes, Fourth Brother, the bill of exchange will not be lost!" Datou couldn't help but smile.

They all came back. Han Xiufeng said what else could he say. Not only was he not good at saying anything, but he was very moved. He was silent for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Where is Shiheng's sister and brother-in-law?"

"We're here with us to Hai'an. By the way, this is the message Su Jueming asked us to send you."

"Where are the people from Shiheng's family?"

"Outside, do you want to call them in?"

"No need, you can send them to the inner house to settle first, and ask Wang Qianbu to cook some food for them. I'll read the letter first."

"Okay, our luggage is outside."

When the true love was seen in times of adversity, Han Xiufeng was filled with mixed feelings, and tears filled his eyes. As soon as he sent them away, he rubbed his sore eyes and took several deep breaths. He waited until his mood calmed down before he opened Su Jueming's letter.

There is a lot of news, but it is all rumor.

There are rumors that the bandits in Taiping have arrived in Wuhu, and there are also rumors that the bandits in Taiping are still in Jiujiang.

The only useful news is that the Yangzhou magistrate seemed to know that Zhang Zhigao was too ill to be in charge of the director and planned to let Zhang Zhigao take his illness. Although the thieves and panic were caused by the thieves in Taiping, the officials who were waiting to make up for the vacancies in Yangzhou were not afraid of death, and were busy taking the opportunity to make money, and they all wanted to act as the magistrate of Taizhou.

Han Xiufeng looked at the list of candidate officials in the letter and was thinking about who had the most hope of being appointed. Pan Er ran in again. As soon as he entered the door, he asked anxiously: "Fourth brother, why did you let Chu Chenggui and the others go? Why are there only a few people left in the yamen?"

"There are few people, and there is no one around you, but now it is not as good as before. Especially when hiring people, you must rather be insignificant than indiscriminate, unreliable, unhonest, and disobedient, not keep any one!"

"But……"

"Nothing, think about it, why are the more and more bandits in Taiping suppressed? Where did the bandits who followed the rebellion come from? Who are they? Although we barely gained a foothold in Hai'an, we were not locals after all. If the bandits really came here, the world would know whether they would follow the bandits, and God would know whether they would be tied to the bandits to seek credit and rewards."

Han Xiufeng leaned over and looked behind him, and then said, "We cannot die here, let alone die in vain. If the Taiping bandits come here, they have to run for life. The fewer people who know about escape, the better. Unreliable, untrustful, and disobedient people should not be with them."

"I feel relieved, I thought..."

"Why did I think I planned to dismiss them all and commit suicide when the bandits arrived?"

"No, Fourth Brother, where do you want to go?" Pan Er grinned and sat down and asked, "Four Brother, what are you going to do next? Even if you run away, you have to make some preparations."
Chapter completed!