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Chapter 254 Lao Wu wants to divide the spoils

'Oh oh~ oh~'

Yin time, five watch days.

The rooster crows twice, the darkest period before dawn. Except for the wealthy homes, there are still bright lights in Caizhou City, and most families are still immersed in the thick night.

On the second floor of Hanchun Hall, the main building of Chen Mansion's back house, a candle was burning in the master's bedroom, and the flickering candlelight illuminated several feet in radius.

Chen Chu sat on the bed, resting his head on the edge of the bed with one hand and falling asleep.

Suddenly, as if he had a nightmare, Chen Chu was startled, and he quickly rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at Mao'er, only to see that the latter's eyes were closed tightly, his face had changed from sallow to pale, and his breathing was long and steady.
Chen Chu felt relieved and looked around.

Bai Lu and Cui Yuan were lying on the table and had already fallen asleep. The tiger's head was curled up into a small ball and sleeping soundly at Sister's feet, with two traces of tears remaining on their faces.

On the clothes rail on the side, there is a bright red double-breasted wedding dress, with a long skirt and a silk skirt all made of Jiang Luo.

The festive colors are incompatible with the main room, which is full of soup and medicinal smell.

This woman's wedding dress was rushed out by Cai Hua after receiving Mao'er's instructions a few days ago and gathering several tailors in the city.

Just to satisfy the cat's wish to wear a wedding dress.

Chen Chu turned his head and stared at it for a long time, feeling guilty.

Back in Qifengling, he promised Mao'er to arrange a wedding in the future, but he kept putting off the matter due to various busy schedules.

Although Mao'er kept this matter in mind, he never mentioned it on his own initiative.

Thinking about it carefully, Mao'er has been following him for nearly three years, and it seems that she has never asked for anything. When Chen Chu was a fugitive, she was very happy to be a fugitive's wife, and she had a different taste of simple meals.

When Chen Chu was working as a horse rider, Mao'er, the messenger lady, could handle it well. When Chen Chu was on duty at Tongshan County Government, the casual clothes he wore on weekdays and the meals he brought to the office showed Mao'er's thoughts. They are all better fed and clothed than their colleagues.

It wasn't until he suddenly became the governor of Caizhou that Mao'er began to feel a little powerless.

But she was very strict with herself. Thinking about it for nearly a year, Mao'er was under a lot of pressure.

Chen Chu was really scared this time. To him, Mao'er was no longer just a wife, but a relative, a family member, and a comrade who supported each other along the way.

It is also the psychological anchor for him to come to this strange world. If Mao'er is gone, this world will have little relationship with him.

Subconsciously, Chen Chu turned around and glanced at Mao'er again. The few days of illness had made his small face even thinner, his thin lips were pursed tightly, and his wide-open peach blossom eyes were less moist than usual. , looking at him confusedly
Chen Chu sighed silently and slowly lay on the edge of the bed, ready to catch up on some sleep.

"!"

Eyes open?
Chen Chu suddenly sat up straight and stared at Mao'er to confirm that the latter had really opened his eyes. He couldn't help but whisper, "Madam, wake up!"

Cat's hair was disheveled, her head tilted, and she looked at Chen Chu with confused eyes.

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been asleep for a long time and my brain hasn’t restarted yet, or because
Chen Chu couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart. He had heard that if a person has a high fever, it may burn out his brain.

Could it be that my wife has been burned into a fool?

For a moment, all kinds of feelings came to his mind. Chen Chu couldn't help but blush, and said with a trembling voice: "Madam, I am an official. Don't you remember me?"

Seeing this, the weak Mao'er tried his best to raise his hand, gently caressed Chen Chu's thin cheek, and coaxed in a dry voice: "Guan Guan, please be good, please don't cry. Is Mao'er dead?"

"Hahaha, I'm not dead, I'm not dead." Chen Chu couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard Mao'er calling the official.

"Guan Guan, Mao'er has had a long dream." Mao'er's hand was held tightly by Guan Ren, and the interlocking of their fingers gave her a great sense of security. She couldn't help but murmured about the long and scary thing. nightmare.

"What did you dream about?"

"I dreamed that bulls and horses came to catch me. I kept running and they kept chasing me. Later, the officials beat them away."

"Hahaha, how do you feel about Mao'er now?" Chen Chu held Mao'er's hand and kissed him on the back of his hand.

"I'm a little hungry and want to eat some soup cakes." Mao'er's hand was sore from being held by the official, but he didn't pull it back in disappointment, so he made this small request in embarrassment.

"Haha, okay, the cat is waiting!"

Chen Chu's laughter was like a night owl, causing several people in the room to wake up one after another.

There was a mixture of crying and laughing in the room.

Later, Brother Chen started making noise in the back house with a louder voice, "Hahaha, light the fire on the stove, I will cook soup cakes for Zhao Renren myself! Hahaha, sleep? Go to bed, sleep, get up, tell me to go down, these days Everyone has worked hard, and everyone will be rewarded with ten coins."

At the beginning of Mao Shi, the Chen family's back house, which had been suppressed for many days, suddenly became noisy, and candles were lit up in various courtyards one after another.

"Ma'am is awake!"

At the beginning of time.

Chen Fu Er entered the Cuitang study room. Chen Chu, who had not repaired his appearance for several days, took a hot bath, changed into a pair of blue clothes, and lay on the recliner with his eyes closed, his chin covered with soap bubbles.

"Hiss~" Chen Chu, who was squinting in sleep, suddenly felt a pain in his jaw. Blood beads emerged from a small wound, and the white foam was dyed red.

Mao Dan, who was shaving Chen Chu with a razor, took a step back in fear and exclaimed, "Master, did I hurt you again?"

Then he muttered aggrievedly: "I told you that I can't handle this delicate work, but my boss wants me to do it."

"Hey, I haven't told you yet, but you've already felt wronged?"

Chen Chu then picked up the wet towel next to him, wiped it on his chin randomly, and looked at the wound in the mirror.

The wound wasn't big, so I didn't take it seriously.

After his beard started to grow in the past two years, he trimmed it randomly by himself when he was not at home. When he was at home, Yunong usually helped him trim it.

Yu Nong was not very proficient at first, so he specially used a razor to scrape the fine cilia growing on the outside of the winter melon skin to practice. Later, he developed a good technique, which is both light and gentle.

Now that she is clumsy and inconvenient, it is not difficult for clumsy idiots.

Chen Chu took the razor from Mao Dan's hand and shaved off the remaining stubble, but then he heard the news from outside, "Sir, Commander congratulations has arrived."

"please come in"

After a while, Baoxi took He Bei into the study.

I don't know whether it was work that affected his personal temperament, or whether the tragic deaths of his uncle, father, and brothers affected He Bei's worldview. Anyway, there was a gloomy and cold aura surrounding his whole body.

"grown ups."

He Bei slumped his shoulders habitually, bowed and stood quietly on the spot.

Chen Chu waved his hand, and after Mao Dan and Baoxi exited the study room, he asked, "Have you caught him?"

"Sir, this morning at Qinglian Nunnery, I blocked Taixu in the bedroom of Jueqing Master Taixu and caught him in bed. How should I deal with it?"

"Master Shitai? How old are you? The taste is quite strong."

Although Chen Chu was obviously teasing, He Bei still replied seriously: "Master Jueqing is thirty-year-old. When our people took Taixu away this morning, she tried her best to protect Master Taixu."

"Master Jueqing is also passionate." Chen Chu sighed with a smile.

He Bei added: "Both of them were brought back to the secret prison of Jinyi Institute. Only then did doctors check their pulse. Jueqing was already pregnant."

"."

What's going on these days? There are so many pregnancies.

Seeing that Chen Chu remained silent, He Bei asked again: "Sir, how should we deal with this man and woman?"

"Oh, let's lock it up for two days first. Don't use torture. I'll keep Taixu for great use."

"Yes."

"Anything else happened recently?"

"Yes. One is a matter involving Commander Yang's family, which is of great concern to people."

"Oh? Come on."

What He Bei was talking about was, of course, Xu Zhen'er's plot to kill his mistress and Mao'er going to save her in the middle of the night.

I dare not say that the cat's serious illness is necessarily related to this matter, but it is somewhat related.

Chen Chu had no intention of doing anything these past two days, and waited until Mao'er woke up today to listen to He Bei's report.

It must be said that Xu Zhen'er was lucky. If Chen Chu had known about the connection two days earlier, or if Mao'er had died in the end, Chen Chu, who was emotionally unstable, might have taken her life himself.

"Where is Xu Zhen'er now?"

"A few days ago, after Commander Yang's parents came from Tongshan, they took Xu Zhen'er to Zhuangzi outside the city. She is also pregnant."

"." Chen Chu fell silent. This matter involved Xu, Yang, Guan, and the Chen family, and Xu Zhen'er was pregnant with an heir of the Yang family.
After thinking silently for a while, Chen Chu asked again: "Is there anything else?"

"Xu Family, Ximen Family"

He Bei, who had always maintained a hunched posture on the couch, glanced at Chen Chu for the first time after entering the room, and said with a strange expression: "A few days ago, both his families brought a young lady from Tongshan to Cai. state."

As if he was afraid that Chen Chu wouldn't understand, He Bei added: "They are all unmarried girls."

These words were so straightforward that Chen Chu couldn't help but feel dumb. These brothers were so impatient.

Now that Mao'er has woken up, Chen Chu's mentality is naturally different, and he can't help but be more generous while feeling relaxed.

After thinking about it, Chen Chu asked Mao Dan to go and inform Five Golden Flowers to come to his house.

Since he came back the day before yesterday, several brothers have come to visit, but at that time Chen Chu was not in the mood to see visitors, and the two sides had not yet met.

early noon.

Four golden flowers arrived hand in hand, and Chen Chu personally greeted them at the gate of the mansion.

Several people couldn't help but be startled when they saw that although he had lost a lot of weight, he was still in good spirits, with a joyful look on his face.

Chen Jingyan reacted quickly and guessed the reason after a little thought. He couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed Chen Chu's hand tightly. He said in surprise: "Fifth brother, has your condition improved?"

"Yes, my wife woke up before dawn today. I cooked soup cakes for her and ate a big bowl."

Speaking of the morning scene, Chen Chu couldn't help but grin.

"Ah! I'm so happy! It's not in vain that your sister-in-law spends all day at home burning incense and worshiping Buddha to pray for your sister-in-law!"

Chen Jingyan was even more excited than Chen Chu, with tears in his eyes.

No wonder Ayu loves acting and learned it from her father.

"Thank you, sister-in-law, for caring about me. When my wife recovers from her illness, we and I will visit again to say thank you."

Chen Chu said politely, raised his arms and stretched forward to lead a few people inside.

Xu Bang, Ximen Gong, and Cai Yuan, who were behind, were stunned for a moment, but they quickly reacted and stepped forward to congratulate Chen Chu.

Chen Jingyan, who was standing in the front, felt very comfortable looking at the three good brothers who were hiding their disappointment and had to congratulate them against their will.

I'm not only afraid that my brothers will suffer, but I'm also afraid that my brothers will drive Land Rover.
Wake up, all your wishes have come to nothing!
When dealing with others, you should be self-reliant and self-loving. Thinking about being bound to your fifth brother by in-law relationships all day long is simply a crooked way and not the behavior of a gentleman!Look at me, I never planned it like this.
Chen Jingyan despised several brothers in his heart.

On the second floor of Jian Cuitang, there is an independent pavilion. After opening the windows on all sides, you can see lush bamboos everywhere.

Occasionally, the wind blows, and the bamboos sway from side to side. Through the gaps in the bamboos, you can see the people and shops on the street outside Sajin Lane.

It gives people an awesome style of being quiet in the midst of chaos, hiding from a high place and peeping at the world.

The autumn air is crisp, the clouds are clear and the wind is gentle, which is very pleasant.

After the food and wine were prepared, they inevitably expressed their concern about the cat's condition again.

This can be regarded as serving food to others.

In other wealthy families, even if the main wife's serious illness is considered a big deal, there is no need to mention it again and again.

But everyone knows the temper of the fifth brother. He loves his own women very much. When he was still a bachelor, he dared to kill the imperial envoy in anger for his aunt who was born in a scandal.

Not to mention the wife of the wife, everyone knows that the young couple suffered hardships in their early years and have been together till today. In the hearts of the fifth brother, these brothers together may not be comparable to each other.

However, Xu Bang didn't dare to say anything during the dinner. He came to Caizhou just for Xu Zhen'er's matter. It had been a few days, which was enough for him to understand the situation that night.

If he only faced the Yang family and the housekeeper of Caizhou, Xu Bang would not be afraid. However, Zhao Renren was involved in this matter, and there were even rumors that Renren suddenly became seriously ill because he was angry with his niece.
Naturally, Xu Bang didn't dare to speak randomly, lest he get angry. At this time, he still had a way out, so he just had to make a clear cut with his niece.

After all, the matter of the back house is only about the personal relationship between the children, and it is not that the entire Xu family has made a principled mistake.

Half an hour later, after having some food and drinks, Chen Chu finally took the initiative to change the topic.

"Brothers, this time the army of the left-behind army has been out fighting for several months. It is all thanks to the hard work of you all in the rear that our army has no worries. I would like to give you a toast to my four brothers."

Chen Chu held the cup with a solemn look on his face, and the four people responded quickly and drank it all in one gulp.

His words are not too polite to say that six thousand soldiers are fighting at the front. At least tens of thousands of people need to participate in logistics services in the rear to ensure that the soldiers have no worries.

With such unprecedented organizational strength, without Chen Jingyan and Cai Yuan as the central coordinators in Caizhou City, and without Ximen Gong to maintain public security and order, it would be impossible for Mao'er alone to lead Sihai Trading Company to complete such an arduous task.

Even so, it still made her seriously ill from exhaustion.

Even Xu Bang, in order to avoid problems with the supply of disaster relief rations and military rations for expeditions, took dozens of his family members to stay for two months in Langshan County, where new high-yielding wheat was grown, to organize dispatches.

Although he had objections to the large amount of food consumed for disaster relief, he did his best when doing things.

After all, they are a grasshopper on a rope.

Furthermore, this team with Chen Chu as the core has a bright future, and no one is willing to get off the ship at this time.

Three rounds of wine.

Several people couldn't help but recall the scene when they met Chen Chugang in Tongshan. Ximen Gong proudly talked about how he had a keen eye for identifying pearls and became friends with Chen Chu because of Zhu Yanguo.

Chen Jingyan was at a loss for words, so he insisted on appointing Chen Chu as the first person to carry out the "strict crackdown".

"Third brother, you wanted Lao Wu to take the blame."

But it attracted Xu Bang's ridicule.

As soon as Chen Jingyan defended himself, Ximen Gong, who was slightly drunk, exposed his background without shame, "Third brother, you were not of the same mind as us at all! That night when you killed Feng Changning, you pretended to be faint. It was me and Lao Wu who broke up." I hold your hand to help you make the final cut."

"Hahaha"

The table was filled with cheerful laughter. Only Chen Jingyan's veins popped out on his neck as he argued: "Fourth Brother, please don't accuse someone out of thin air. I was really unconscious at that time. Otherwise, I would have been the first one to hit him!"

"Hahaha"

The atmosphere became more and more harmonious. Chen Chu smiled and helped the 'possible future father-in-law' to get out of the siege. "I received the Shouzhou battle report this morning. Li Qiong's Taining army has retreated."

Ximen Gong, who was laughing out of breath, looked at Chen Chu strangely, wondering why he suddenly mentioned this.

Cai Yuan and Chen Jingyan looked at Chen Chu in unison, with surprises in their eyes.

Chen Chu didn't show off. He took out a piece of paper from his arms with a smile, spread it out on the table, looked around at his brothers and said: "Liao Siyi, the prefect of Yingzhou, conspired with profiteers to resell official grain during the war. As for how to punish the crime, we still have to wait." The court made a decision, but he couldn't make it as the prefect.

In addition, two counties of Yingzhou were destroyed during the Huaibei Rebellion. Officials at all levels who abandoned the city and fled for their lives were unable to return to their posts. "

"."

Ximen Gong already understood what Chen Chu was probably going to say.

He couldn't help but tremble with excitement. More than a year ago, he was transferred from the position of Tongshan Supervisor to Caizhou as the criminal name Kongmu. It can be described as "reaching the sky in one step".

But 'power' is a man's drug.
Seeing Cai Yuan, who was originally from Tongshan, change from a civil servant to an official, the high-ranking officials in Ximen also want to make progress!

At this time, this precious fifth brother took the initiative to talk about the punishment of the Yingzhou magistrate, which must have given everyone another opportunity to improve!

Of course, he didn't dare to think about being a prefect. Even if he had the opportunity, it would be Chen Jingyan's opportunity, but there are vacancies for officials in the two counties under Yingzhou. Is it possible that I, Ximen Gong, will have the opportunity to be a parent in one county in my life?

Xu Bang, who was sitting opposite him, was equally excited and his hands were shaking non-stop. I was not promoted last time, so this time it should be my turn!
Ximen Gong wanted to tease the other party by saying, "You have no future," but because he was too excited, he opened his mouth and no sound came out.
Unwilling to think about it, Chen Chu added: "There are not many vacancies in Yingzhou, but almost all the officials in Shouzhou were massacred by the rebels. Now that Shouzhou is under the control of our army, naturally we will arrange for our own people first.

Brothers, if you have children with good character in your family, please recommend them.Those who have merit are officials, and those who have no fame are officials. This letter is the vacancy that I negotiated with Mr. Zhang Chunxiao. Take a look."

Lao Wu is going to share the spoils with us!
"belch"

Xu Bang made a strange sound in his throat, then rolled his eyes and fell straight down.

"Oops! What happened to second brother!" Chen Chu was startled.

"It's okay. Xu Bangzi is so happy that he has phlegm coming up and is confused. Just pump his ears and scrape him."

Cai Yuan, who was sitting next to Xu Bang, quickly stepped forward to check.

When Chen Chu heard this, he stood up and walked over, saying, "Uncle, you don't need to do anything, just let me do it."

After saying that, Chen Chu leaned over and grabbed Xu Bang's collar with one hand, raised his other hand high and stretched his arms far away.

'Crack~'

Two slaps, powerful and heavy.

Chen Jingyan, who was looking here on tiptoe, couldn't help but shrink his neck.

This old man is really serious!
No matter how you look at it, there is some personal grudge involved.
　After getting home from get off work, try to code another one and send it out.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)