Chapter 112 Xun Huan's Feelings
"Yu family guards? Looking for me?" Yun Chen was puzzled.
Xun Xun's house was very small. When she walked out of the mourning hall, she saw Xu Zhan standing at the gate with a horse.
The Huo Gang guards coming and going all glared at him with hatred.
Seeing Yun Chen coming, Xu Zhan couldn't help but say:
"If you had come any later, I would have been torn to pieces by your eyes."
Like all the guards of the Huo Gang, Yun Chen hated and despised the guards of the Yu Family, but Xu Zhan was a slight exception.
She asked, "Brother Xu Zhan, why are you here? If you want to burn incense, I'm afraid you can't get in. They are all brothers from our Huo Gang."
Xu Zhan shook his head and unloaded two heavy boxes from his horse's back.
"Forget about burning incense, I don't dare go in. This is the 1,000 taels of gold that the Yu family promised to Xun Kan. He didn't have time to claim it, so I'm delivering it to him."
She frowned, "Did Yu Yangji ask you to deliver it?"
"Master, don't worry about such trivial matters. I will take care of it."
Seeing Yun Chen's dark eyes and not taking it, Xu Zhan pointed to the courtyard:
"One thousand taels of gold is enough for the whole family to live on for the rest of their lives. This is what Xun Xun earned through enduring humiliation. Take it."
Yun Chen looked at Xu Zhan in surprise, and the latter smiled and said:
"We all know that Xun Jian never truly surrendered to the Yu Family or betrayed the Huo Clan."
Xu Zhan showed a look of admiration and regret. "The Huo Clan has never had a traitor. As rivals, we know this better than anyone else. This incident is nothing more than a game of chess between the two masters, and they need a matchmaker like Xun Yan to act as a go-between. So, these 1,000 taels of gold are just a gift to a loyal guard."
Yun Chen accepted the gold and asked Xu Zhan, who had already mounted his horse and was about to leave:
"Brother Xu Zhan, weren't you demoted to a low-ranking escort guard because of the incident that resulted in the destruction of the ironwood ship? Why are you back in Yancheng? And judging by your uniform, you look like a royal guard?"
Xu Zhan pretended to be annoyed and glared at her, then lifted up his clothes, revealing an arrow scar on his chest, and said proudly:
"Last summer, your young master sent someone to assassinate Chen Cang, the sharpshooter we had so painstakingly found. After killing him, he also tried to assassinate my master. I rushed forward to block the arrow, and then I was reinstated."
Yun Chen's lips curled slightly as he said sincerely, "Congratulations, Brother Xu Zhan."
Xu Zhan smiled and said, "I'm leaving now. I hope to have a drink with you someday."
After a pause, Xu Zhan's eyes were complicated, and he continued, "I hope you and I can survive to the end."
After saying this, Xu Zhan whipped his horse and rode away.
Yun Chen understood what Xu Zhan meant.
Judging from the current situation of the Huo Gang and the Yu Family, I'm afraid that if they meet again soon, it will be a life-and-death battle.
Half a day later.
Xun Xun's funeral is nearing its end.
The brothers of the Huo Gang who helped with the funeral left in twos and threes, and finally only Yun Chen and Xiao Liu were left.
Xiaoliu was still burning paper money and gold ingots endlessly. Yunchen invited Xun Kan's widow Liu to the side and gave her two boxes of gold.
Looking at the two large boxes of glittering gold in front of her, Liu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help covering her face and crying.
"This fool..."
To Liu, that was her husband who shared the same bed with her...
How could she not know that his sudden return home to visit his relatives that day, his bowing to the elders one by one, holding the child in his arms, and hugging her for a long time, unwilling to let go, was his farewell to life and death?
Yun Chen also burst into tears, "Sister-in-law, there are so many people at home, young and old, leaving such a large sum of money at home may bring disaster. It is best to deposit it in the Huo Gang's bank and withdraw it every month."
Liu understood Yun Chen's painstaking efforts, wiped away her tears, bowed to Yun Chen, and said in a nasal voice:
"Thank you, Brother Yun, for your concern. Please also forgive all the uncles who have come to help me these past few days. Although I am just a woman, I know how to behave. I don't want the money from the Yu family."
Yun Chen was a little anxious, "Sister-in-law, this is what Gou Ge wanted. Gou Ge is worried that you won't be able to live well after he's gone..."
Liu shook her head. "If he accepts this money, he'll truly become a traitor... This fool has been so proud his entire life, and in the end, he's determined to sacrifice his guarding dignity for us... He's willing, but I'm not... Please, Brother Yun, help me return it to the Yu family."
There were tears on Liu's face, but her expression was very determined.
Yun Chen had no choice but to bow in return. When he was about to leave, Liu called him back.
"Brother Yun, please wait a moment."
Liu turned around and went to the inner room, found a small flat round box and gave it to Yun Chen:
"When he came back to see me and the children a few days ago, he left this thing at home and asked me to give it to you."
Yun Chen opened the box and saw two exquisite and festive heart-shaped knots.
Beneath the heart-shaped knot lay a small, bright red slip of paper. When it was unfolded, two lines of words written by Xun Xun were written on it:
Congratulations on your wedding, young master.
Congratulations to Brother Yun on his wedding.
Xun Xuan didn't know that Yun Chen was disguised as a man until her death, and she thought that she and Huo Gannian were a couple.
Xun Xun doesn't understand why men like other men, but he still hopes his "brother" will be happy.
Yun Chen's nose felt sore and tears rolled down his face.
Carefully putting away the box containing the heart knot, as if carrying Xun Xun's hot and passionate friendship, Yun Chen rode his horse at full speed and headed straight for a branch of the Huo Gang in the north of Yancheng.
It was already dark, and the waiter in the hall was just closing the door and banging the board. Seeing the Huo Gang's uniforms rushing over, he quickly reopened the door, lit the lights, and welcomed Yun Chen in.
This branch is specifically responsible for the funeral and pension benefits of the Huo Gang guards.
As long as the guards sacrificed their lives for the Huo Gang, their funeral arrangements, family compensation and other matters will be managed by this department.
Yun Chen called the steward and asked, "When a guard dies, the Huo Gang will give a sum of money to his family, right?"
The manager said, "That's right. The amount of pensions awarded to the guards after their death will vary according to their ranks and contributions, but all will go to their families to provide comfort to the Huo Gang."
"If I die, how much money will be provided for my funeral?"
The steward was stunned for a moment, then quickly flipped through the record book:
"The average pension for a personal guard is eight hundred taels of silver. You have performed many great services, so you should receive approximately five thousand four hundred taels."
Not knowing why Yun Chen came to ask such an unlucky question in the middle of the night, the steward said with a smile:
"Guardian Yun is a highly skilled martial artist with outstanding achievements. He will surely live a long life and retire to the Huo Gang. He probably won't need this money..."
Not in the mood to listen to the steward's auspicious words, Yun Chen asked again:
"Can I designate someone other than my family to whom I can entrust the funeral and compensation package in the future?"
The manager was stunned again. "Although there is no precedent, it is theoretically possible. After all, it is your posthumous money. You can give it to whoever you want."
"Okay, then I'll speak and you write." Yun Chen couldn't write, so he had to ask the steward to write for him.
Although the manager was confused, he still quickly took out the paper and stamp.
Yun Chen said: "Xun Rui'er, the 'Xun' with the grass radical."
The steward was about to write when the pen stopped on the paper and asked:
"Are there still Xun Shuang'er, Xun Han, Xun Yang, and Xun You? There are also four elderly people, two women, and one man?"
Yun Chen was stunned, "How do you know?"
The steward put down his pen, found a handwritten order from Huo Gannian, and handed it to Yun Chen.
"The surname 'Xun' is rare, so I remembered it immediately. A while ago, the young master personally issued a decree with these people's names on it, stating that they would be provided with ten taels of silver per month until the five children reached adulthood and married.
In addition, it also includes the family's clothing, festival expenses, medical expenses, five children's wedding gifts, four elderly people's funeral expenses, Liu's remarriage ceremony... Everything is provided according to the standards of a wealthy family. It will take at least twenty years, and all in all, it will be nearly ten thousand taels."
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