Chapter 640 Master and Disciple Meet

The coal balls did fly in.

Yan Laoer and Xue Zongqi had just entered the county government office and had only taken two steps when they came face to face with the yamen runners of the soap squad.

The two sides were staring at each other when they heard two "hissing" sounds outside the wall.

A bag of coal balls was thrown in along the wall.

Two more "hissing" sounds.

Another bag.

"Hissing" "hissing"...

The pattern is very easy to summarize.

In fact, the people who delivered coal balls to the county government office were not outsiders, but several people working in the quarry.

They were also runners of the county government office. Because they were on duty in the quarry, they were not surrounded inside.

The people in the county government office could not go out, and the coal consumption for heating and burning stoves was high. If they delivered less, it would not last for a few days. Besides, they could not treat the border troops surrounding the county government office as dry food, so they rushed to deliver in the middle of the night and delivered more at a time.

"Yan..." The yamen runner reacted too quickly, swallowing half of the word and excitedly saying, "You're back!"

The fastest one ran to the backyard to deliver a letter to the master.

The remaining few surrounded Yan Laoer, as if they had endless things to say.

They didn't dare to speak too loudly.

Xue Zongqi was excluded and followed behind, and couldn't hear what these people were saying at all. He saw a group of masters surrounding Yan Laoer and laughing foolishly.

...

"Teacher!" Yan Laoer threw himself over and knelt down to hug Master Tian as soon as he saw him.

He hugged his waist and was about to speak, but he tasted the touch and swallowed the three words "You've lost weight" with difficulty.

It's really impossible to say such a statement that goes against conscience.

He raised his head with deep affection, "You're haggard!"

Who was pulled out of the quilt in the middle of the night and looked energetic?

"The teacher is fine, very good, but you, why are you back?" Master Tian really couldn't see enough of his students.

"I heard that the county government office was surrounded, and I was worried about you."

"I am an official appointed by the court, and the Wei people can only surround me. I dare not do anything. The government office is protected by the prince, but people can't go out. Everything else is normal." Master Tian looked at him for a long time. His student was darker and thinner, with a circle of white at the corners of his mouth and a red bubble under his nose. He felt bitter in his heart: "Tianyou, you have suffered."

He took Yan Laoer's hands and looked at them carefully. His hands were rough as if they were rubbed with sandpaper.

He couldn't help but feel distressed, turned his head, and his clothes were stained with tears.

Master Tian asked someone to get hot water, took Yan Laoer, and washed his hands and face for him without letting anyone else do it.

Yan Laoer's face was red.

His teacher held him tightly, and the old man's hands were not shaking too obviously, but it was obvious that his whole body was tense, especially the pair of eyes with tears in his eyes, which made him feel uncomfortable, as if he was soaked in a hot pot, boiling him from the outside to the inside, numb and warm.

"If you want to give up writing and join the army, I can't stop you." Master Tian applied ointment on Yan Laoer's face and hands.

Thickly applied.

Yan Laoer was honest.

"Remember, the suffering you are going through now is the stepping stone for your future advancement. God bless, since you have made up your mind, don't look back, go forward courageously, and the road ahead is clear under your feet."

"Teacher, I didn't suffer much outside, really, everyone took good care of me, and General Xue also discussed it with me. The remnants of the Northern Rong made us cry..."

The master and the apprentice, one talked about the various things he did outside, and the other talked about the daily life of being fed in the county government.

Yan Laoer fell asleep while talking.

Master Tian adjusted his sleeping position, blew out the candle, and left the room dark.

…

Early in the morning.

When Yan Laoer got up, it was already bright.

He put on his clothes, washed up, and rushed to the kitchen as soon as possible.

He saw his teacher waiting there, waiting for the newly cooked millet porridge to be served in a bowl and put into a food box.

When he saw him coming, Master Tian smiled and wrinkled the lines at the corners of his eyes.

“Teacher, I’ll take it.” Yan Laoer went to meet him.

Master Tian hummed, and the food box that he didn’t allow others to touch changed hands.

Yan Laoer saw that there was still some pickled pickles in the house, so he poured out a plate, and the master and apprentice ate it with millet porridge.

Master Tian suddenly had an egg in his hand and knocked it on the table, rolling it in circles, and then carefully removed the broken shell and put the white and tender boiled egg into Yan Laoer’s porridge bowl.

Smiling at him, "Eat more. If you don't have enough porridge, there's more."

"Teacher, why don't you eat?" Yan Laoer reacted, "Just one egg?"

"The eggs are sent by the palace. They are not easy to get at this time. The prince is considerate. I eat one every day. What's wrong with eating one less day?"

Yan Laoer thought about it and swallowed it in one gulp.

This is not an egg, but the teacher's deep love for him.

"Xue Zongqi has gone to see the prince. You can't be vague about your affairs. After dinner, I will accompany you there." Mr. Tian said.

"Teacher, let's not go. Old Xue and I have agreed that the prince will go. After all, he is the prince's cousin. We are a family behind closed doors and can talk about it.

If the prince doesn't ask us about our affairs outside, don't mention it. Just pretend you don't know."

Although it was written very clearly in the letter of the second child that his elder brother had handled the matter, he couldn't take it lightly until the county government was cleared up.

Mr. Tian pondered for a moment and nodded.

"Teacher, I feel relieved that you are safe here. I came back this time for another thing. I want to ask you to help me put away some of my things. I don't know where they are and whether you have an account. I want to settle some of them and share them with my brothers in the militia." Yan Laoer said.

This so-called stuff is the hides of cattle and sheep, which are the spoils of the border army and militia of General Xue.

Master Tian: "Is it the resettlement fee you mentioned?"

"Yes." Yan Laoer nodded and said: "The Northern Rong won, but it is of no benefit to our Hu Ju. The big share was taken by others.

The remaining ones are enough for us to fill the holes in our previous preparations."

Yan Laoer thought that no matter how capable his brother is, he is not a god and cannot turn out silver. The current situation of Hu Ju is still not optimistic. The big hat of two words has never been taken off - lack of money.

"Teacher knows the situation of our Hu Ju best. Many people have eaten up their grain. Without seeds, what will they plant in spring? If we still don't know how to adapt and miss the spring planting, what will we do with this year's harvest?!"

In just half a year, Master Tian has experienced too much, and he is no longer the same Master Tian as before.

He almost didn't hesitate, and said: "Take out your account and let's compare it."

Yan Laoer took out his account book.

Pure straw paper, charcoal writing, both sides written, each neatly folded, he opened them one by one, and spread half of the kang.

Yan Laoer took the account recorded by Huju and compared it with his own.

The cattle and sheep transported were slightly damaged. After all, they were not professionals, so it was normal that a few were lost halfway.

There was nothing wrong with the things. Although the people in Huju’s government office could not go out, they still did their work.

The people in the city were temporarily recruited to guard the city gates, patrol the streets, beat the night watch, etc.

Huju did not stop because the government office was surrounded.

It was just as Mr. Tian said: everything was normal. (End of this chapter)