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Chapter 968 Good cause and good fruit

In front of the Governor's Mansion, the carriage had stopped when it arrived in front of the De Mansion. The guards lined up in front of the mansion. Although Chu Huan signaled everyone not to draw their swords, everyone's hands were still pressed on the hilt.

The carriage stopped and came up from behind and rolled down from the back. Chu Huan could see clearly at this time that the first person was not someone else, but Su Zhongyan, the seventh-year-old Su family.

Behind Su Zhongyan, several men in brocade clothes were all around thirty or forty years old. In terms of age, Su Zhongyan should be the oldest. Chu Huan saw Su Zhongyan bringing a group of people over, but when he saw Su Zhongyan quickly walked to the side of the carriage, opened the carriage door, reached out to help someone out from it. Seeing the man, Chu Huan spread his eyebrows and walked forward quickly, and bowed, "Old Master, why are you here?" He immediately realized that the person who got off the horse was the head of the Su family, Mr. Su.

Old Master Su got off the carriage, and someone handed a deer-headed crutch next to him. The old master took it and stood on the ground. Seeing Chu Huan coming towards him, a smile appeared on his old face and said, "Mr. Chu, you came to Shuoquan, and you can't blame me if you haven't come far away to welcome me...!"

Chu Huan looked calm before, but she was not in a good mood. When she saw the old man, she felt a lot more relaxed. She went forward and bowed, "Old man is here, I will salute you..." He and Linlang have made up their minds for life. Although they have no name as husband and wife for the time being, they already have the reality of husband and wife. They have made up their minds and must not let Linlang down and marry Linlang to the family. Old Master Su is Linlang's grandfather and Linlang is his own woman. Then this old master can be regarded as his grandfather. He should pay homage to him in private.

Seeing Chu Huan saluting, the old man stretched out a hand to hold Chu Huan's arm and smiled and said, "Don't do this, Lord Chu, you are too polite..."

Chu Huan immediately said solemnly: "Grandmaster, I am not polite. You are Linlang's grandfather, and that is also my grandfather. It is natural to see my grandfather..."

The old man showed a gratitude on his face and said, "Even if he said that, I, the old man, can really receive a gift from you."

When Chu Huan heard this, he felt a sense of joy in his heart.

Although his affair with Linlang is a fait accompli and life-and-death unchanging, Chu Huan also knows that the old man must have known the relationship, but he is not sure that the Su family can accept it.

Linlang's father entered the pass from the northwest and set up another door, but he did not draw a clear line with the clan family, nor did he cut off the clan family relationship. Therefore, in the genealogy, the Linlang family still belongs to the Northwest Su family.

Although the Su family suffered a disaster, the lean camel was bigger than a horse. The Su family also owned a large area of ​​land and many shops in Xiguan. As long as they were helped, they could slowly recover their vitality in time. The Su family ranks first among the seven surnames of Xiguan. It was a first-class gentry family in Xiguan. Any such family will have many considerations, which is what ordinary people say.

Chu Huan once had concerns that Linlang is a member of the Su family, and the Su family is a wealthy family. If Linlang marrys Linlang then, will the Su family become a big obstacle? No matter what, Linlang remarries, there will always be some people talking. If the Su family takes into account the family style and blocks it everywhere, although Chu Huan will not be afraid, it will inevitably be a little trouble.

He just called the old man the grandfather. In addition to showing respect, he also had the intention of tempting. The old man was naturally a very smart person. He obviously understood the meaning of Chu Huan's words. He was not polite, but said bluntly that he could receive a gift from Chu Huan. The meaning of this sentence was just waiting for Chu Huan to accept the relationship between Chu Huan and Linlang, which would naturally be a great joy for Chu Huan.

Chu Huan was happy in his heart and immediately bowed deeply to the old man. At this time, it was Xuanyuan Shengcai's murderer and a large number of people behind the old man looked at each other. Most of them did not know the reason, and did not understand why a rank-in official actually bowed to an old gentry, looking very respectful.

After bowing, the old man stopped him and then said to Chu Huan: "These are all the things that everyone wants. I know that you are just here and you have not prepared many things, so we have basically prepared some of the things that the mansion needs...!"

At this time, someone had already come up next to him, bowed to Chu Huan and smiled, "Master Chu, do you still remember Xiao Lao?"

"Uncle Qian, why are you here too?" Chu Huan immediately recognized that the old man in front of him, who was about fifty years old, was the head of the Qian family, one of the seven surnames in Xiguan, and the name is Qian Boyi.

The Qian family also suffered. Xiguan fell. Qian Boyi brought the Qian family into the pass. He once suffered a lot with the Su family. Later, Linlang found out the whereabouts of the old man and personally brought the Su family members from Tongzhou to Yunshan, and even brought the Qian family members who were in trouble with the Su family at that time to Yunshan and took them down.

When Chu Huan was in Yunshan, he had contact with the head of the Qian family and knew that the relationship between Qian and Su families was close.

Qian Boyi smiled and said, "We found out early in the morning that Lord Chu was coming to Yuezhou to take office, so everyone prepared some things and asked the Lord to accept it with a smile."

At this time, many people around him were bowing to Chu Huan. Chu Huan actually knew very well that most of these people were from the seven surnames of Xiguan, or had a connection with the seven surnames of Xiguan.

"Old Master, Uncle Qian, and you guys, you are so polite." Chu Huan sighed in his heart. When he was in Yunshan, he had contact with the seven surnames of Xiguan by chance. He helped them. At that time, it was not because of his feelings for the seven surnames of Xiguan. The main reason was for Linlang. Secondly, he also hated Gao Lian and did not want Gao Lian and his group of people to succeed in their plans. But in the end, he benefited a lot from this. When he first came to Xiguan, he had already received help from the seven surnames of Xiguan. "You have just returned to Xiguan, and are still in recovery and are not well-off. These things... I really can't accept them!"

The old man shook his head and said, "If you don't accept it, everyone will feel uncomfortable. If the seven surnames in Xiguan have the opportunity to make a comeback, all thanks to the Lord..." Without saying a word, he raised his hand and ordered: "Zhongyan, Zhongshi, let everyone send the things in, all of them are arranged. If the mansion cannot be cleaned up tonight, everyone will not sleep..."

Qian Boyi immediately arranged someone to start a fight. Chu Huan saw that the old man was determined and helpless, but he heard that the old man had already said: "Sir, you don't have to worry about someone chewing behind his back. The things we sent were without gold and silver, nor jewelry, only tables, chairs, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and some rice, flour and dry food. Since you call me grandfather, these things are some of your own turnover and cannot be considered bribery...!"

Chu Huan laughed. At this time, Su Zhongyan and others had already started to ask people to unload the car. On this side, Xuanyuan Shengcai and others finally knew that the group of people coming tonight were friends but not enemies. Then they breathed a sigh of relief. Xuanyuan Shengcai had already ordered everyone to help unload the goods, but Chu Huan had already invited Mr. Su and others to the mansion to take a seat, and even helped Mr. Su personally.

The Governor's Office suddenly became lively. The main hall of the Governor's Office had not been cleaned yet, so Chu Huan had to take the old man and others to the side hall. The side hall was not spacious, but it was already very clean. Chu Huan helped the old man to take his seat. In addition to the old man, Qian Boyi, the head of the Qian family in Xiguan, Hong Shengtao, the head of the Hong family, and Fu Yusheng, the head of the Fu family, were also invited to sit in the side hall, and the servants also served tea.

"The seven surnames of Xiguan, four families are coming today." The old man also explained: "It is not that the other families have not come. The Zhao family is in Jiazhou. They have not had time to arrive. The Chen family and the Shui family have not returned to Xiguan yet, so our four families will come first today."

Chu Huan had already bowed and said, "You are here, I am really happy."

Qian Boyi smiled and said, "Sir, although we are not as good as before, the news is still quite well-informed. Everyone knows that it was your time to raise food for the gentry of Xiguan in the court, which gave us enough time to prepare. If it weren't for the lord, the industry under our name had long been occupied by people with ulterior motives, and the so-called seven surnames of Xiguan would no longer exist."

"That's right." Fu Yusheng said solemnly: "Mr. I am the great benefactor of our Xiguan gentry. I heard that it was Mr. I was really happy to hear that he was Mr. I was going to come to Xiguan for his post."

Chu Huan laughed and said, "You are kind to you, seniors. Actually, I have always been worried that you don't have enough time to raise food, after all...!" He did not continue.

The old man had already caressed his beard and said, "Each family has indeed encountered many troubles in raising grain and paid a huge price. But no matter what, we represent the gentry in Xiguan. No matter how hard it is, we have to hold on."

"There are many big households in Guanzhong." Qian Boyi sighed: "It is said that the imperial treasury is insufficient, but the warehouses of gentry and merchants are full. We are very persuasive and have given great benefits. Just as the master said to us at the beginning, as long as a few families can borrow grain, others will compete to lend first. This is the case..."

Hong Shengtao said: "The imperial court collected grain several times and the wealthy families in Guanzhong were actually very clear. The grain was placed in the warehouse. If the imperial court was really short of food, it would always reach out to them... The grain was borrowed, and we signed documents with them, borrowed one and three, and used the land deed as collateral. This was better than their grain rotting in the warehouse...!"

"Seniors, today I saw Gao Lian from Beiwang Tower." Chu Huan frowned and said, "I heard that Gao Lian is now the president of the Yuezhou Chamber of Commerce. This... really makes me a little confused. With you four families in Yuezhou, how could the position of the president of the Chamber of Commerce be occupied by a Beishan gentry?"

The faces of the few people here changed slightly, but the old man remained calm and said with a caress: "Sir, we are all aware of what happened in Beiwanglou today... Someone is giving the admiration to you, I wonder what you think?"
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