The guests left and everything returned to peace. Gu Yezhou came to their bridal chamber, and a pair of big red candles shone brightly inside. Ning Sanmei sat by the bed wearing a veil. Gu Yezhou gently uncovered it, revealing her extremely beautiful face. There were tears in her eyes.

Gu Yezhou hugged her with care and kissed her gently, which gradually reduced the sorrow on her pretty face. He brought the Hehuan wine and drank it, blew out the red candle, untied her clothes and put on the joyful bed, put down the silk tent, covered it with a big red mandarin duck quilt, and went to Wushan together.

Ning Sanmei had just had a history of human affairs and didn't know how to have sex. Gu Yezhou was already a veteran, and gentle and lingering teaching her how to do it. Ning Sanmei was smart and could do it as soon as she taught her. She soon fell into the red spots. She forgot her sadness for a while and shyly followed Gu Yezhou into the gentle land.

There is endless lingering and affection for a night, until dawn.

The next day, Zeng Mai held a funeral for his son, so he removed all the red colored outside Gu Yezhou and his house early in the morning, leaving only the red colored colored in their house.

Zeng Feisong had already engaged with the wife of the Qi family. Seeing that she was getting better, he also told Zeng PaoTeen. Zeng PaoTeen agreed to marry Gu Yezhou and the others on the same day.

Because the wife of Qi's family remarried for a second marriage and had no family, she did not have a grand ceremony. She just invited the matchmaker to combine her horoscopes, presided over the heaven and earth, and only invited the escort agency to have a banquet, which was considered a marriage.

Zeng Feisong didn't expect that he would have a day to get married, so he was very happy and cared for the wife of the Qi family. Because the wife of the Qi family had not recovered from her serious injury, the two did not complete the family. They just lived together.

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New Year's Eve is finally here.

However, the blizzard had been going on for more than ten days, but there was no intention of stopping. The snow on the ground had covered the windows. Except for the main street yamen who organized people to clean up the snow, the rest of the places were blocked by heavy snow. Especially in the alley, residents could not get out of the gate, so they could only open a skylight from the roof. Then step on the snow deep into their thighs to go out to buy food.

The food price has continued to soar due to the blizzards for more than ten consecutive days and the New Year, and has already risen to five times the beginning of the snow!

Almost all shops have closed, and the fritter market is even more lively. Because of the blizzards for several days, many residents in the city have lost food and can only sell valuable things at home in exchange for food. Therefore, there are several times more residents who sell things in the fritter market than before. The prices of things are also cheaper. In addition to the vendors who buy things in the fritter market, there are rich children like Long Biao. These days, he has secretly used the only two months of food stored at home to replace many valuable antiques. Mr. Long is somewhat worried about this, but seeing that the things his son bought are very cheap treasures, which are very cost-effective, so there is no stop.

Ma Damazi's family was not very interested in these things. He sold most of the grain and bought the Mo family's land, leaving only five months of food. However, he judged that the heavy snow would stop soon, and the grain prices would fall and the land would rise sharply. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he bought land on a large scale, and he had no money. Some of them only had the five months of food. In order to buy land, Ma Damazi sold the food for four months and bought a large amount of land. Because he could sell a lot of food, he bought much more land than Master Long's house, and became the person with the most land in the village. He was very satisfied.

As a result, Ma Damazi's family and Old Master Long's family only had one month's food ration left. However, they were not too nervous because they had a good relationship with the rice merchants in the city and had no worries about not being able to borrow food.

The victims in the city were rioted and many people were killed, and there were sorrow everywhere. New Year's Eve is here, and except for a few wealthy families, the rest of the families are worried about how to live in the future, so they have no intention of celebrating the New Year. The city is not lively and lifeless.

And because the funeral was held in the escort agency, it would not be possible to live this year.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, a big customer came to the escort agency. Mr. Fan, the chief clerk of the county government who had retired a year ago, wanted to take his little sister back to his hometown Lingtai County. Mr. Fan's hometown is not far away, only three days away. However, due to the days of snowstorm, the road is difficult to walk.

Because they were in trouble with bandits in their area, he was worried that he would be robbed by bandits on the way, so he found the only escort agency in the city.

Zeng Biaotou was seriously injured and lay on the bed, but when he heard that the former chief clerk, Mr. Fan, had come and wanted to support him, he forced him to meet him.

Mr. Fan was shocked when he saw Zeng's head and walked in slowly by his daughter, and asked quickly: "What's wrong with the head of the head?"

The escort agency's chief escort was seriously injured. The escort agency was not told to the public as a secret, so few people know about it, including the former chief clerk, Mr. Fan.

Zeng PaoTou pretended to be relaxed and smiled and said, "It's okay, the road is slippery when it snows. I fell a little and I'll keep it for a few days."

Mr. Fan then felt relieved and said, "I want to ask the Chief Eunuch to escort my family back to my hometown so as not to be robbed by bandits on the way. If the Chief Eunuch is in good health, it will be troublesome. If it is fine."

When Zeng PaoTou heard this, he couldn't help but frown in secret and whispered: "Master Fan, bandits have been rampant recently. They have sneaked into the county town to plunder and burn and kill them twice in a row. It's really dangerous to leave the county town and return home at this time. It's better to wait until the officers and soldiers wipe out the bandits, and it's not too late to go back."

Mr. Fan smiled bitterly: "I know this too. However, my father is over 80 years old. I wrote to him the day before yesterday that he fell ill. I am afraid there will be not many days. So I want to take my wife and children back as soon as possible to fulfill my filial piety. Besides, the main forces of the court are now used to deal with Huang Chao's traitors, and I have no ability to draw troops to suppress bandits. Therefore, bandits are so rampant. Now it seems that the court wants to eliminate Huang Chao's traitors, but I am afraid that it will not be possible in a short time. If I keep waiting like this, I don't know when I will wait, and I don't know if my father can wait until I go back..."

Speaking of this, Mr. Fan's eyes turned red and he lowered his head and sighed.

Zeng Pao said, "Mr. Fan's filial piety is really admirable. However, the bandits are indeed powerful, and it is really dangerous to go out now."

"I also know that the head of the escort is in a dilemma. Let's do this, how about I give a double escort?"

Originally, the price of such bodyguards with people targeted was much more expensive than that of bodyguards with goods targeted, especially for such official families, which were even higher. Now, Mr. Fan has doubled the price, which makes Zeng Pao Head unwilling to be moved.

When Mr. Fan saw Zeng's head lowering his head and pondering, he hurriedly bowed and said, "General Head, we are always in friendship. In the past, the yamen transported tribute taxes and silver, and the old man came forward to entrust the escort agency with a large sum of money. After our friendship for many years, this time, I would like to ask the General Head, to sell face and escort our family back to our hometown. I am very grateful!"

When Mr. Fan was the chief clerk of the county, he encountered the yamen where he needed to send tax and silver supplies, and he was entrusted to the escort agency at high prices, which made the escort agency make a lot of money. The relationship between the two parties was still very harmonious. Now that Mr. Fan has said this, it is difficult for him to refuse, so he nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, we will take this escort."

Mr. Fan was overjoyed and quickly stood up and bowed to thank him: "Then let's set off early tomorrow morning, how about?"

"No, we'd better walk at night and rest during the day. This way, avoid the eyes and ears of bandits, so we'll set off when we close the city gates tomorrow evening."

"Okay! I listen to the head of the chief."

Zeng Biaotou said in a deep voice: "In addition, please let Mr. Fan agree to me with something."

"Please tell me, head of the escort."

"Bandits are rampant, and we should avoid them as carefully as possible. Therefore, we must be light and simple, and the fewer things, the better. This will avoid people's eyes and ears."

"No problem, we try to bring as little things as possible, and leave them outside, such as gold, silver, treasures, and other external things, and then transport them away."

After discussion, the two sides signed the escort order. Mr. Fan paid all the escort gifts at one time, and then he said goodbye and left.

Zeng's head asked his daughter Zeng Lingmei to take Mr. Fan out, but he sat on the chair in a daze.

Zeng Lingmei returned to the living room and saw her father like this, and whispered: "Dad! Why did you agree? Your injury has not healed yet. If you really encounter a bandit, how can you deal with it? The mountain god has already said that he will wash our escort agency bloodily. Aren't we the sheep entering the tiger's mouth?"

Zeng Pao Head sighed and said, "If someone else had asked this escort, my father would not accept it. However, Mr. Fan personally asked the escort, and I must agree. Over the years, we have gained a lot of benefits from him. Now that people have requested us, how can we say it if we refuse?"

"But your body...?"

"It doesn't matter," Zeng Pao Head pondered, "I've already thought about it. This time, we will use up to five escorts, with few people and small targets, and Qiao Zhuang dressed up, avoiding the eyes and ears, hiking in the day and walking at night, avoiding the road, and walking only on small paths. The bandits should not find it."

Zeng Lingmei sighed: "Since that's the case, let my daughter lead the team. Daddy stays at home to recuperate from the injury."

"No! This trip is a big deal. I can't go, and I can't feel at ease. Let Mr. Gu stay at home."

"Dad, you have injuries on your body. If the mountain god and the others really come, they will be difficult to deal with. Let Mr. Gu go with him. His martial arts are very good."
Chapter completed!