541 Homecoming
"What's wrong with that? It's good to be with the top three and have a companion. Chen Xuan is used to living in our house, so maybe he will come to live with us. It will be more lively with more people. Anyway, the house is big. Eat quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."
Ping An looked at his father and smiled: "Dad, it's good to be your son in this life, how about being your son in the next life?"
Wan Changsheng's nose was sour: "Dad is very happy to have a son like you. You can be born in our family in the next life. You came here seven years late in this life because Dad left."
His eyes were a little red and his nose was a little sore.
What the child said always tickled his heart. He no longer knew how to describe his inner love for this son. He liked every move he made, and treated Pingxuan in the same way.
Sometimes when he caught a glimpse of the loving expression on Lord Chang's face when he looked at Ping An, he felt a little jealous. He loved his son no less than the other one, the only difference was that he was not his biological son.
Now that his son asked if they could still be father and son in the next life, he would of course agree. In the next life, he would let his son be born in his own family and be his eldest son.
In the evening, Chang Chunfeng returned to the inn and called Wan Changsheng to go to Ping'an's room together.
"All twenty or so prisoners are in custody. Starting tomorrow, Lord Duan and his men will conduct a preliminary trial. A letter has already been sent to the capital by carrier pigeon, and the other two have also rushed over with the letter on express horses.
The Dali Temple has also sent a letter, and the prince has already set out to rush here. I have discussed with Lord Duan that we will go to the government office tomorrow to be witnesses, and then we will cooperate if someone from the Dali Temple comes to ask questions. The day after tomorrow is the 13th, and we should set out to return. It will take at least eight or nine days on the way."
Wan Changsheng nodded: "That's good. Ping An can rest for another day tomorrow. Lin Feng is still taking medicine today. Ping An, is the poison completely gone?"
"Dad, I examined him today and he's fine. He's using the best medicine."
The next day, Chang Chunfeng, Wan Changsheng, Ping An took Wan Li, Lin Feng, Xiao Wu and others to the yamen.
In the morning, more than twenty prisoners were brought to court. Some of them revealed a lot of questions, while others were just going through the motions. It didn't matter if they were stubborn, as the yamen had plenty of time, so they could just take it slow. Once Wang Shaoqing brought people here, these people would probably be handed over to the Dali Temple, and their mission would be accomplished.
Lord Duan was very happy.
This wave of credit was secured, and the key point was that this credit came easily. The man had been drugged by Ping An and his men, and all he had to do was tie him up with a rope.
We'll go back and give some of the hidden silver we found in the village to Ping'an as a reward. There isn't much silver to begin with, just over a thousand taels. The Jinzhou government is very rich and they don't need this little bit of unexpected wealth. By the way, we have to quickly get someone to prepare some brocade, as brocade is the specialty of Jinzhou city.
Chang Chunfeng, Ping'an and others signed their names, pressed their fingerprints and left the yamen.
Ping'an couldn't wait to take his men to the city. After a long journey, he had some cheap silver in his pocket, so he had to buy some horses. After returning to the city, he gave two horses to each family as a token of his thoughtfulness.
He has quite a few families to whom he needs to send gifts.
Chang Chunfeng looked at his son's carriage and said with a smile, "Brother Wan, let's go for a walk on the street, eat something on the street, and then go to see Jinzhou City, how about that?"
"Master Chang, this is very good."
In the afternoon, Lord Duan and Lord Lu arrived at the inn and insisted on treating them to dinner. They gave Ping'an and the two fathers each twenty pieces of brocade, as well as some small brocade ornaments.
Ping An was given a congratulatory package separately, saying it was a gift from the government to calm him down, so Ping An accepted it.
Also brought along were Dalin and three young men, whom Xiaowu had chosen himself. Now that all the formalities had been completed, they were also sent over.
Mr. Duan is a very emotionally intelligent person.
He is very similar to his biological father in some aspects. People like him are suitable for officialdom. Ping An feels that as long as he wants, he can also be a good official, no matter in which aspect.
After returning to the inn after dinner, Ping An took out the purse given by Lord Duan, and found that there were 600 taels of silver notes in it, which was a lot.
Ping'an happily accepted it. He liked money. If he wanted to open a hospital in the future, he would need to put in a lot of money.
Of course, if the master is willing to work with him, he doesn't have to take much.
This time when he returns to Beijing, he will find a chance to talk to his master about this matter. If feasible, many things will need to be prepared in the early spring, such as the site of the courtyard, the house, etc.
These cannot be achieved without two or three years of preparation.
Doctors and nurses must be prepared at the same time.
Perhaps because he could set off the next day and return home soon, Ping An went to bed early that night and had erotic dreams all night long, even changing his underwear twice.
Married men are different. He was never like this before.
I don’t know if Awu misses him.
At five o'clock in the morning, the inn was brightly lit.
The shopkeeper and his waiter started to get busy early, and they were very happy. A fifth-rank official lived here, and there was also a new top scholar who won the sixth place in the imperial examination. Yesterday, the top scholar wrote a couplet for him at his request. He had not yet decided whether to hang the couplet in the inn or at home.
There is also a scholar in the family, but he is still a student. He will make more for his son whatever the top scholar eats today. It is not a bad thing to follow him.
I don’t know what his parents fed him, but he was well-educated and looked like a person in a painting.
Chang Chunfeng and his group had completed all preparations and were about to get on the car when Lord Duan hurried over with some people.
"Oh, we are almost late. Lord Chang, Master Wan, Master Ping An, I am here with some colleagues to see you off."
Chang Chunfeng clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you very much. When you go to the capital in the future, please come find me. We can have a few drinks then. No more."
Wan Changsheng and Ping An also gave some polite words to everyone.
A quarter of an hour later, the convoy slowly left Jinzhou City.
On the afternoon of the day when Ping'an and his companions left Jinzhou City, Zhou Heng brought a few guards to the inn. After arriving at the inn, he learned from the innkeeper that the top scholar had stayed in his inn for several days and had just left early this morning.
"Shopkeeper, he is my friend. He is one day behind. If we hurry a little, we should be able to catch up. But by the time we catch up, we will be almost in the capital."
"You are also from the capital?"
Zhou Heng shook his head: "No, my hometown is out of town, but I will live in Beijing from now on." After saying that, he went upstairs.
The shopkeeper realized that this was another newly-minted Jinshi.
One by one, they are all great scholars. They go home and talk to their sons, asking them to do their best to become a juren or jinshi.
After going upstairs, Zhou Heng recalled this trip back to his hometown to worship his ancestors. It was ridiculous that his second uncle and second aunt actually wanted to recognize him as a relative. Didn’t they say that he was unlucky? Didn’t they say that they were afraid of being killed by him and had to break off the relationship? They didn’t even inform him when his grandfather died, and took away all the family property without caring about his life or death.
If I weren't the eldest son, how could I be who I am today?
Stay away from those who once didn't want him and those who took advantage of him when he was down.
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