Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

In the past few years, not only Li Yu and Si'er learned some self-defense skills from Lu Xuan, but Han Zheng also learned some.

At critical moments, without any self-defense weapons such as swords, it is not a problem to knock down an ordinary strong adult man.

So he kicked the skinny man and he staggered back uncontrollably. He then fell to the ground due to exhaustion and the bloody knife fell from his hand.

The man probably couldn't accept that he was so fragile, and hurriedly tried to stand up and start over, but he was seriously ill and was at the end of his strength, so he couldn't get up at all.

Two doctors with their lower faces covered easily subdued him.

*

The man was pulled out.

The other doctors in the shed were silent and only glanced at Han Zheng and Master Jiang secretly.

Magistrate Hong was shocked. After the men were dragged out of the shed, he confessed his crime as if he had just woken up from a dream.

Then he glared at the doctors and scolded them for being too relaxed and almost causing a disaster.

Han Zheng and Master Jiang did not blame the doctors. There were many people infected with the disease, but they were few in number. It was already very difficult for them to treat and cure the patients and prevent themselves from being infected every day.

Raising his hand to shut up Prefect Hong, Master Jiang looked at the struggling man outside and said, "What's the situation with that man? It seems that Lord Han and I have never done anything bad to him."

The doctor who was treating the man hurriedly replied, "That man's surname is Yang. He is an ordinary citizen in the city. I don't know why he is like this today."

Han Zheng: “…”

At this moment, the man's shouting was heard outside. He had no strength and the sound was not loud, but it was loud enough for Han Zheng and the others to hear clearly.

The man said, "There are so many people in the city, why should I get the disease? I don't accept it. If I can't live, you can't live either!

It's no use giving me the knife. I will find a way to kill you. You will be buried with me!"

Anyone with a normal mind wouldn't say such crazy things.

Prefect Hong was furious and anxious, and cursed: "Why punish such a wicked person? Just lock him up and let him fend for himself. Why punish him?"

After that, he confessed his crime to Han Zheng and Master Jiang again: "This man's words and deeds were outrageous and he almost hurt you two adults. Don't worry, I will definitely punish him."

Han Zheng and Master Jiang looked at each other and said nothing more.

They were not purely kind-hearted people. Not only did the man want them to die, he also took action. Although he did not succeed, his evil was real, so they could not feel any sympathy for him.

*

After staying at the treatment site for more than an hour and seeing that the situation was indeed under control, Han Zheng and Master Jiang left with peace of mind.

On the way back, Magistrate Hong asked them when they would return to Beijing.

Han Zheng glanced at him and said, "Minister Pei's whereabouts are unknown. Lord Jiang and I have decided to stay for a while and leave after we find Minister Pei."

Prefect Hong was stunned for a moment, then he sighed, "Yes, I don't know where Master Pei is yet."

Han Zheng looked at him and suddenly asked, "Master Hong, have you sent anyone to check on Master Pei's whereabouts during this period?"

Prefect Hong: "I checked, but I couldn't find Lord Pei. I don't know where he is. Lord Han, do you think he has returned to the capital?"

Han Zheng shook his head: "Impossible." If Minister Pei came back, he would definitely inform them instead of leaving silently.

*

Because the current situation was unclear, Han Zheng declined Lord Hong's invitation to have dinner together and went straight back to the inn with Master Jiang.

Han Zheng lived in the innermost room on the second floor of the inn, facing an alley.

According to the waiter at the inn, when it was busy before, there were people selling things in the alley, and people were coming and going. But now there is an epidemic, and the alley is empty and there is no one.

When Han Zheng left, he closed the window tightly to prevent someone from climbing through the window from behind to steal things, but when he came back, the window was slightly open.

Upon discovering this, Han Zheng immediately stopped and then he found that the bedding on the bed had also been moved.

After thinking for a while, he walked to the bed and lifted the quilt...

*

Clearwater Village.

The disease is gone. In the past month or so, thirteen people, all refugees from outside the village, were infected with the disease. Six of them died. Of the seven who survived, five recovered as before, and the other two were in worse shape than before, but they survived after all.

In order to save their lives a while ago, most of the villagers stayed at home. Now that the epidemic is gone, they are happier than anyone else and they all go out of their homes to chat and talk.

When Li Yu received Han Zheng's letter, she was surrounded and talked by the village head's wife, Aunt Wu, Li Xiangyun and Han's mother.

After reading Han Zheng's letter, she looked at them sheepishly and said, "The disaster relief work is almost over. Aunts and sisters-in-law, I have to go."

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Aunt Wu felt something stuck in her throat, and her eyes turned red unconsciously, but she knew that Li Yu's return to the capital was a good thing, so she smiled and asked, "When are you leaving?"

Li Yu calculated the time and said, "We'll leave tomorrow."

Han Zheng said in the letter that there was still no news about Pei Shilang, and she was very concerned about this matter and wanted to go and see what was going on. In addition, Han Zheng said that the disaster relief work was almost completed, and they would be back soon. Instead of letting Han Zheng wait for her before leaving, it would be better for her to meet up with them early so that everyone could leave together.

Although she had her own guards, it was still safer to be with the officers and soldiers.

Aunt Wu and the others didn't expect her to leave so quickly. They didn't care about their sadness and went home to pack up Li Yu's things.

Li Yu didn't want them to spend money, so she called them to stop. However, they walked faster than each other and she couldn't stop them at all.

So, when Li Yu left the next day, there was enough luggage at her door to fill two carriages.

*

Aunt Wu, the village head's wife, Li Xiangyun, Zhou Qinghe and their families prepared a car, and the Han family, who had the same family tree as Li Yu, also prepared a car.

In the past few years, Li Yu's sauce-making recipe has made the Han family earn money and built large brick and tile houses. The private school funded by Li Yu has also enabled the younger generations of the Han family to learn to read and know etiquette. In addition, with Han Zheng's status as the top scholar and an official in Beijing, the Han family headed by the second great grandfather is highly regarded in the town and even the entire county. When the children of the family reach age, there are almost always people who want to propose marriage.

The second great grandfather knew that this was the credit of Han Zheng and Li Yu, but he could not help much. On weekdays, he had to restrain the people in the clan more to prevent them from doing bad things and damaging the reputation of the two.

Now that Li Yu had finally come back, he arranged for people to prepare things without saying a word. Some things were prepared before the epidemic and some more were prepared after the epidemic. When he heard that Li Yu was leaving yesterday, he asked the younger generation to deliver the things early this morning.

Li Yu felt that it was too much and wanted them to take some back, but no matter what she said, they refused to move some back and even said that if she didn't want it, they could give her silver instead.

Li Yu didn't want their money, so he had to accept it all, then said goodbye to everyone and left.