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Chapter 34 Sending Letters

In Liu Fuguo's house, Yang Mingsheng led his five-year-old daughter Xue Liu to walk out. Two servants arranged by Liu Fuguo stopped him and said, "Sir, sir, you have given instructions. Mr. cannot go out soon!"

Yang Mingsheng was furious, looked at the two of them coldly, and said, "I am a scholar, what kind of identity do you have? I dare to stop you from me! I am taking my little girl to Longfu Inn. The little girl misses her uncle Li very much. I want to visit Brother Li. If you are worried, just follow me!"

In this era, scholars in the eyes of ordinary people, Wenqu Star descended to earth and were like gods. When the two servants saw Yang Mingsheng getting angry, they were also nervous and did not dare to continue to stop them. At that moment, Yang Mingsheng led Xue Liu in front, and the two servants followed closely and left the yard and came to Longfu Inn.

After arriving at the inn, Yang Mingsheng and his daughter entered the lobby. There were no guests in the inn, only Manager Li sat at the counter, holding his jaw with one hand and dozing off there.

Yang Mingsheng smiled slightly when he saw this scene. The pink and jade-like snow willow ran into the counter happily, stepped on the stool and climbed up the counter, grabbed Manager Li's beard, and shouted loudly: "There is a thief!" After shouting, he giggled.

Manager Li suddenly felt a severe pain in his jaw in his sleep. He heard someone calling for a thief. He woke up in panic. He looked around in a hurry and shouted, "Where is the thief? Where is it? Goudan, come out quickly and catch the thief!"

The shop clerk Goudan picked up a rolling pin and ran out of the kitchen. Seeing Yang Mingsheng and the smiling Xue Liu, he immediately understood and hurriedly stepped forward to salute Yang Mingsheng.

Manager Li had already come to his senses and touched his beard. Fortunately, Xueliu was weak and didn't pull a few of them off for him. He smiled bitterly and said to Yang Mingsheng: "Brother Yang, you should be in charge of Liuliu. You are so naughty at such a young age. You can't go to the house to remove the tiles when you are old?"

Yang Mingsheng smiled and said, "Brother Li, you are spoiled! During the days when you lived here, you were even more friendly to Xueliu than my biological father. I wish you could pick the stars in the sky to her! She ran to this place almost every day, and Uncle Li was talking all day long. My father was jealous of you, hahaha!"

Manager Li is over 40 years old. In his eyes, Xueliu is well-behaved and smart, just like his granddaughter. He loves Xueliu very much on weekdays. This feeling of being married from generation to generation is something that Yang Mingsheng cannot understand.

Hearing Yang Mingsheng, he saw the two servants of the Liu Mansion, and the shopkeeper Li was surprised. He then enthusiastically arranged for the two to sit down at another table. Then Goudan went to the kitchen to get a few side dishes to entertain Yang Mingsheng and the two servants.

After the two sat down, Xueliu ran to the kitchen to watch the goudan cooking. After the shopkeeper Li looked at Yang Mingsheng, he glanced backwards. Yang Mingsheng shook his head and signaled. Manager Li then found a topic to talk to Yang Mingsheng.

After a while, a few side dishes and a pot of shochu, the two chatted and laughed and drank. The two servants ordered two bowls of noodles and started eating them in big mouthfuls. Liu Liu hid in the kitchen with Goudan and stole the mutton.

A pot of wine soon came to an end, and most of it was drunk by Yang Mingsheng. His slightly dark face was already black and red, and his wine was already six or seven points. He shouted and asked Manager Li to give another pot. Manager Li knew that he was not a greedy person, and his actions must have his intention today, so he brought him another pot. After Yang Mingsheng drank, he sang loudly and recited poems and essays. He was full of wine. The two servants looked at each other and smiled bitterly as they looked at the scene in front of him.

When the second pot of wine was still half left, Yang Mingsheng was drunk and turned his head to the side, and he lowered his head and vomited wildly. The smell of wine mixed with the fishy smell of undiluted food suddenly filled the entire lobby. The two servants covered their noses and frowned, feeling disgusted. Manager Li ignored the dirty smell and helped Yang Mingsheng to walk to the backyard guest room. While walking, he loudly ordered Goudan to make hot water and deliver it to the backyard. The two servants stood up and followed closely.

Manager Li helped Yang Mingsheng, who could no longer stand, step out of the back door of the lobby. Before the servants came out, Yang Mingsheng suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, and he looked drunk. He quickly took out a letter from his arms, stuffed it into Manager Li's arms, and said in a low voice: "This letter is something to be handed over to the Governor Sun, and it is said that it is related to Lord Sun's plan to suppress the thieves. It must not be known to people. It is related to the lives of our father and daughter!"

At this time, the two servants had already followed out of the lobby. Manager Li was stunned and did not say much. He helped Yang Mingsheng, who was drunk again, came to the guest room, helped him to the bed, took off his shoes and shirt, and Yang Mingsheng turned over and fell asleep inward. The two servants were guarding him inside and the other one outside.

When Manager Li returned to the lobby, Goudan had cleaned up Yang Mingsheng's vomit. Liu Liu thought the smell in the house was bad and ran to the street to play. Manager Li came to the kitchen and looked back and saw that there was no one. He called Goudan who was boiling water and said, "Goudan, have you been to Xi'an?"

Goudan touched his head and said, "I have never been to Xianyang County since I was a child. Not to mention Xi'an, the shopkeeper, what do you think?"

Manager Li frowned. When he saw Yang Mingsheng coming to the inn, he knew something was different. Because Yang Mingsheng often came to talk to him, Manager Li was the only person who could speak in the left guard. Yang Mingsheng felt like his father and brother, and Manager Li could feel it. Today, Yang Mingsheng's performance was very different from the past. In addition, when he handed it to him, Manager Li knew the seriousness of the matter. He was afraid that he would go to Xi'an in person and no one to take care of Liu Liu, so he wanted Goudan to go there. Unexpectedly, Goudan had never gone far away and would definitely not recognize the way. It seemed that he had to go there himself.

So he told Goudan that he would go out. When outsiders came to ask, he said that he would go to Xianyang to buy daily necessities for inns, and not to say anything else. After repeated instructions, Manager Li took a carriage and went to Xi'an.

More than an hour later, Manager Li drove the carriage outside Xi'an City. After placing the carriage outside the city in a hotel, Manager Li entered the city gate and asked about the location of the Governor's Yamen while walking. After half an hour, he arrived in front of the square of the Fuyamen.

There were few passers-by in the wide square, and eight guards stood on both sides of the majestic yamen, stroking the handle of the knife around his waist and staring at him. Seeing this, Manager Li couldn't help but feel fearful. He was just a shopkeeper of an inn. Although he was more knowledgeable than ordinary people, he had a deep-rooted mindset inside. The head-in-chief of a county yamen runners and other things made him afraid, let alone a territorial official like a governor.

He walked back and forth, wanting to approach but he didn't dare. He didn't come forward, but was afraid of delaying the major matters entrusted by Yang Mingsheng, and he was extremely entangled. The guard on duty had noticed him a long time ago. Seeing that he had been wandering in front of the yamen, a guard came over and shouted loudly: "The governor's important place in the yamen, no one is involved to leave quickly!"

Manager Li was so scared that his face turned pale. He turned around and took a few steps before leaving. But thinking of Yang Mingsheng's expectant gaze, he gritted his teeth, made up his heart, turned around and bowed to the guard, and said, "This general, Caomin is entrusted by others. If there is an important matter, please see the governor. I would like to ask the general to go in and say to the governor!" As he said that, he took out a corner of silver from his arms, handed it over with a flattering face.

The guard looked at the broken silver in his hand, tilted his head, looked upwards, and said proudly: "What's the important thing for you, a commoner? Not everyone can see Lord Sun. Go quickly and leave quickly. If you don't leave, you will be caught in and eat the board!"

Seeing that he was like this, Manager Li had to say what Yang Mingsheng said: "Caomin brought a letter to the governor. The writer said it was a major matter of suppressing the thief. I don't know what the specific thing is. Otherwise, Caomin gave it to you and you can hand it over to the governor!" As he said that, he took out the letter from his arms and handed it to the guard.

When the guard heard the major incident of suppressing the thief, he was shocked. After seeing the envelope, he knew that the matter was important, because even those who came out of the capital like him could not read, let alone ordinary people. Of course, those who could write letters were literati. The affairs of literati were all major events for them, and they were the ones who were blind and unworthy of knowing. After receiving the letter, he turned around and ran to the Fuya, ran a few steps before stopping, turned around and shouted at the shopkeeper Li: "Don't move when you stand here. If you want to ask in person, you have to go in and reply! Stand don't move!"

The guard trotted into the Fuya, and the other guards on duty separated the two of them to come closer and looked at Manager Li.

Sun Chuanting wrote a letter to Hong Chengchou after writing a case in the public room. After all, the governor of the five provinces was his immediate superior. Although he had no right to deprive him of his official position, if the governor offended the governor and the person who submitted a memorial to him, the court would of course prefer a higher official position.

In addition to expressing his admiration for the Governor, Sun Chuanting also mentioned that he had just arrived and had not stabilized his heels and could not give Hong Chengchou more help. However, at most one year or even shorter, he would provide Hong Chengchou with greater help from force to food and salary. At that time, the two of them worked together to wipe out the bandits in Shaanxi. After the letter was written, it was about to be sealed by the Secretariat and sent to Hong Chengchou, who was in northern Shaanxi. The guards on duty hurried in, bowed one knee and replied: "Report! Someone outside the office yamen sent a letter saying it was about the suppression of bandits. The letter is here, please read it!"

When Sun Chuanting heard the major event of suppressing the thieves, he couldn't help but take it seriously and asked the guard to submit the letter. He opened the envelope and watched it. In the letter, Yang Mingsheng described Liu Fuguo's advice and his proposal in detail, and suggested that Sun Chuanting take advantage of the plan and take the opportunity to capture the senior officials of the three guards in one net. The family property accumulated by these people was enough for him to build an army to suppress the thieves.

The letter also explained that the reason why he turned against Dongweng was because his beloved wife died of the thief. He knew that only the imperial army could eliminate the thief and avenge his wife for killing him.

He knew that the governor had just arrived in Shaanxi and had no food and salary to recruit soldiers. Those who could make up their minds to attack the Weishu must be great talent and talented and not afraid of slander. This gave him hope. The people in the Weishu took advantage of the robbery and embezzled all the public property of the court. This time it was just the court who took it back. He suggested that the governor cut off the mess quickly, and use this as an opportunity to give the people of Shaanxi hope for survival.

After reading the letter, Sun Chuanting pondered for a while, he asked, "Has the sender ever turned around? If he is still there, ask him to come and ask!"

The guard replied, "Sir, the person who sent the letter is still there. Because he is afraid that the adult will ask questions, Bei Zhi has ordered people to watch him. Bei Zhi will go out and let him in!"

After Sun Chuanting nodded, the guard turned around and came out. After a while, Shopkeeper Li was brought in tremblingly. The guard shouted: "Kneel down, the governor has something to ask you!"

Manager Li entered the lobby and was shocked by the majestic atmosphere. His head was so low that he almost touched the ground. His legs were weak and his whole body was sweating. Hearing this, he hurriedly fell to the ground and kowtowed.

Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "Where are you from? What is the relationship between the person who wrote the letter and you? Tell me the whole story in detail about this matter and let me know it, get up and reply!"

Manager Li was so weak that he couldn't stand up. Two guards stepped forward and raised him up and supported him. He whispered for a long time before he trembled and said, "Your Majesty, the villain is from the Zuowei of Xi'an. He runs an inn on weekdays. The person who wrote the letter was taken in by the young man."

Speaking of Zuowei who opened the inn, Sun Chuanting looked at him carefully and suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha, it turns out it's you! I have met you once, no wonder I heard your voice a little familiar. Come on, show him the seat!"

Manager Li also felt that Sun Chuanting's voice seemed to have heard it. After hearing this, he plucked up his courage to look at Sun Chuanting, and shouted in surprise: "So it's a guest official, where is another guest official?"

Sun Chuanting laughed and said, "He has something else. He really doesn't meet in life. Haha, I didn't expect to see an old friend today! Come on, sit down and reply!"

When Manager Li saw that it was a guest who had been dealing with him and had reminded him with kind words, he felt relieved. He did not sit on the chair brought by the guard, but wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "There is no seat for the villain in front of him. If you have something to ask, the little one will tell you everything. He scared the villain just now! To be honest, when he saw the adult in the inn that day, the villain saw that the adult was extraordinary, so he reminded him with kind words. He didn't expect that the adult was such a big official. The villain is really lucky in his life!"

Seeing that he was unwilling to sit down, Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Li, who is the person who wrote the letter? How did you know him?"

Manager Li calmed down and explained in detail how to take in Yang Mingsheng and his daughter, why he went to Liu Fu's country to be a master, how Yang Mingsheng pretended to be drunk and asked him to deliver a letter today, etc.

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting had a very good impression of Yang Mingsheng and was a talented person. He said to Manager Li in a gentle voice: "Since you come to deliver the letter under the name of purchasing, I will not leave you. Remember, no one will know about this trip. I will buy some inns for you. After loading the car, you will immediately return to the ward. It is still early now, and you will not attract attention after you go back. If you are destined to be together in the future, you will meet again!"

Sun Chuanting ordered the guard to take Manager Li out from the back door and send someone to buy goods to the place where he accumulated carriages outside the city. It was said that it was sent by someone from the business bank. Manager Li said goodbye and left, but Sun Chuanting waited for Zhuang Yuanzhou and others to discuss countermeasures.

It was already Shen Shi who returned to the garage. He rushed the carriage to the backyard and asked Goudan to unload the goods. He took the opportunity to whisper to ask who had been there after he left. Goudan whispered that no one had come. After Yang Mingsheng woke up, he had already taken Liu Liu back to the Liu family. There was no change in the middle. Only then did the shopkeeper Li feel relieved. After being nervous for a long time, he went to Xi'an again, physically and mentally exhausted. After relaxing, a feeling of fatigue suddenly came. He told Goudan to unload the goods and close the inn gate. He went back to the inner courtyard to rest.
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