Shisanlang was neatly packed up and turned away with a knife that was lifted at his waist. Chen Shuo said on the side: "Teacher, don't dare to bring a knife! We just go and scare the staff, and at most, just take a stick. Are you still afraid that the people in his family will beat us away? If you bring a knife, it's really a problem. This is a weapon, and I can't explain it clearly!"

Shisanlang thought for a while, took out the sharp knife and said, "You are right, you can't bring a knife this time. Outside a countryman, I will knock down their whole family with one hand. What are you doing with weapons! Okay, go and greet the others, and we will go out now!"

Chen Shuo said: "Do you want to know Teacher Yao? This time I will do my business for his family."

Shisanlang said, "No need! Teacher Yao has always been cautious in life, afraid that he will gossip again. I already know that Brother Yao and asked him to take us to Yicheng. As long as the officer shows up, if we mess with the army, we don't have any good results, it will be enough."

Chen Shuo nodded and said, he went out to recruit a few men who were studying here, went to the town to find Brother Yao, and left the town together. Everyone crossed Lumen Mountain to the west, headed south, and walked along the Han River.

Yicheng County is located in the south of Xiangyang County, on the Han River, with barren land and poor people and poor products. Because it is located on the Han River waterway, the county town is built on the wharf, which is still prosperous. There are old sites when the King of Chu moved to Ying in the county, and there are many cultural relics and historical sites, which record the prosperity here during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

These days it was going to be cold. The ground was covered with white frost, and the weeds became crisp and hard, and they squeaked and squeaked when they stepped on it. There were no pedestrians on the road, only one or two small boats occasionally sailed on the Han River, which seemed very lonely. In the winter, this period of canal transportation has stopped.

After a long time, he finally arrived outside Yicheng. Shisanlang said to Brother Yao, "Brother, where does that family member live? Let's call us!"

Brother Yao hurriedly shook his hand: "It's not possible! I'll hit the door and startle the yamen, but this matter won't be done. Why not find someone, go and tell my family, come out and discuss it together, and think of a solution. Just be scared, the coach Wanmo has broken someone!"

Shisanlang said, "I have my own idea. Then we will go into the city and find someone to inform my sister-in-law."

Yao Erlang said: "The official did not live in the city. He had a farm in the south of the city, planting hundreds of acres of land, and opened a wine shop on the side of the post road, which was a very good business. We don't have to enter the city, just go around the city gate."

Yicheng is just on the Jingxiang Post Road, guarding the southern gate of Xiangyang, which is originally a major transportation route. Once the railway is connected, the importance of the post road has rapidly declined. Fortunately, Yicheng has a station, which is still a major transportation route. The railway did not enter Yicheng, and the station is located outside the city, not far from the south gate.

Mr. Pan’s farm is not far from the south gate. Since the station was set up nearby, his wine shop’s business has become more prosperous and he makes a lot of money every day. Because of this wine shop, Mr. Pan is one of the few wealthy families nearby that can be compared with, and his life is very prosperous.

After bypassing the county town, Brother Yao pointed to a wine raised high on the post road not far away and said to Shisanlang: "Teacher, that's Mr. Pan's wine shop. It's a good business every day. It's easy for him to make money, so he doesn't want me to redeem his family in advance."

Shisanlang said, "It's fine if this guy talks well. If it's difficult, wait a few days and let Tiju take his shop, he will not be allowed to sell alcohol from now on. At that time, let's see if he dares not take the money seriously!"

As he spoke, everyone arrived at a place not far from the wine shop. He stopped. Brother Yao saw a teenager carrying a basket selling pears not far away. He waved to him and took out five money and said, "If you go to find Sister Guo from Mr. Pan's family, you will say that Yao Erlang is here to look for him."

The child took the money and blinked and said, "What a coincidence, today I saw Sister Guo go to the wine shop. I don't know what to do, but I haven't come out yet. - You guys, looking for a woman, aren't a good way to do it, and five dollars are not easy to do this."

Brother Yao had no choice but to touch five more money and hand it over, saying, "It's cold, go buy a bowl of wine."

The child took the money and said, "In broad daylight, how dare you find a woman and a family? After passing the woods over there, there is an abandoned small temple by the river. Let's wait there. Sister Guo is willing to see you, and she will meet you there."

Brother Yao hurriedly thanked him, and saw the child running to the wine shop, crossing the woods with Shisanlang and others, and reaching a small river. Not far from the river, there was a small temple that had long been abandoned and was very dilapidated. Not far away, it was once the capital of Chu, and many princes and ministers of Chu were buried here. Later generations often built small temples to commemorate them. I don’t know how many of them were abandoned over the years. I don’t know how this small temple was to commemorate which celebrity.

When everyone approached, they saw that the temple gate had already disappeared. There was a statue of god, full of dust and spider webs, and they could no longer see clearly. The statue was empty, nothing was there, and it was very deserted.

After entering the temple gate, Shisanlang said, "It's really cold this day. Let's pick up some firewood and roast it for a fire."

Everyone arrived in the woods, and soon picked up a bundle of dry firewood, and immediately set off a pile of fire in front of the statue of the god.

A short while later, a woman's voice came from outside: "Second brother, are you here?"

Brother Yao was overjoyed when he heard this, jumped up from the ground and said, "Sister, it's me here! I miss you so hard!"

Shisanlang followed out of the temple gate and saw two women turning out from behind the tree. An older woman in her twenties was a bit beautiful and neatly decorated. She wore a green cloth jacket and skirt, which looked new. A young girl of fifteen or sixteen was very thin and looked very pretty. She held a small bag and looked at everyone curiously.

Yao Erlang quickly stepped forward, pinched the woman's hand and said, "Sister, I miss you so hard, I meet you every day-"

The woman looked at Shisanlang and others and said vigilantly: "Second brother, who are these?"

Brother Yao hurriedly said, "Don't worry, they are all people who come to help me. My brother is now the coach of the field affairs in the camp and the soldiers are all subordinates of his colleagues. Sister, my brother is very rated for farm affairs in the camp now, and he has a lot of money and food every month. Let me go back."

The woman said, "I never thought about it? It's just that you have made a contract with others. If you go with you, the yamen will send someone to catch him. What should I do?"

Brother Yao sighed and couldn't help but feel a little confused. He sold his wife to someone else as a servant, and during the contract time, the two had no husband-wife relationship for the time being. In fact, the master could not let the two meet. Otherwise, what should the wife do if he took the owner's property, Zhou Ji's family?

Seeing the two of them talking endlessly, Shisanlang said, "Second brother, you can talk to the room, it's hard to get the cold wind outside."

Brother Yao slapped his forehead and said, "It's my fault! Sister, let's go inside and talk."

When he arrived in front of Shisanlang, the woman bowed: "Thank you, coach."

"I don't care! I'm a colleague with Teacher Yao. He has many inconveniences, so I should stand up for him!" As he said, Shisanlang entered the temple gate.

Seeing the couple snuggling together, everyone was embarrassed to look at it. Shisanlang said, "I look at the house next to me, but I might as well go there with my sister-in-law and say something to me. We will wait outside."
Chapter completed!