Chapter 36: Homecoming

The two carriages moved slowly on the official road, and the surrounding

scenery gradually changed from unfamiliar to familiar. When the dense forest

was replaced by a field, it meant that Fenghua County was not far away.

"There is still half a day's road at most, don't worry," the driver said with

a strong local accent, "As long as it doesn't rain suddenly, I promise to send

you to the house before the evening."

"You have work." Wei Wushuang arched his hands and got back into the carriage.

This is the fourth time in a day that he asked the same question: how long

will it take to reach Fenghua County?

"I have been away for five or six days, so why bother for half a day." Xia Fan

rubbed his forehead and said weakly, "Since you don't get motion sickness,

it's better to take this bit of effort to indulge your breath and practice."

Although he called two carriages, he basically huddled with his fellow

villagers during the day when he was on the road-it was not that he didn't

want to go with the fox demon, but was worried that Wei Wushuang would be

bored when he came to him for a little talk.

Long-distance travel in this era is definitely a time-consuming and laborious

task. Even if there is a carriage ride, the experience is still not much

better-the only buffer between the carriage and the potholes is the

passenger's buttocks, and the faster the carriage can be. Shaking like to fall

apart. If it wasn't for the alchemist's excellent physical fitness, he

estimated that he had vomited several times.

"Brother Xia laughed, I'm just a little nervous." Wei Wushuang rubbed his

hands.

"What are you nervous about?" Xia Fan straightened up and changed his posture

to make him more comfortable, "You are already an alchemist in the Privy

Council, and the lowest is an eighth grade official. Your father must be

happy."

"Brother Xia doesn't know something," Wei Wushuang gave a wry smile, "I have a

group of friends...no, it should be said that a group of people I know are the

kind of colleagues...that you often meet when doing business."

"I understand, Fenghua County's business circle." Xia Fan suddenly understood

that those who can play with Wei Wushuang must also be of the same age. There

are not many elder brothers in any business.

"Business circle? It really means something. No, that's not the point." Wei

Wushuang shook his head. "In the eyes of ordinary people, my father's grain

shop may be considered a big business, but to them, it's just ordinary.

through."

Xia Fan nodded silently, which probably means nothing more than the appearance

of this man.

"In addition, my talents are limited, I am more than conservative, and I am

not big enough. Compared with their achievements, they are not less likely to

make fun of me. As for this time I went to the exam, they all agreed that I

was impossible. by……"

"But you passed." Xia Fan said strangely, "Isn't this just enough to destroy

their prestige?"

"That's the problem." Wei Wushuang rubbed his head in annoyance, "We are only

recorded by the Privy Council, and there is nothing that can be used as

evidence. The formal appointment and dismissal order will take half a month to

come down, if I say They will definitely not believe that they have been

selected. I have been thinking about how to persuade the group of people. If

the explanation is not good, will they be laughed at more severely..." He

raised his head here, "Xia Brother...If they set up a banquet, can you

accompany me to prove it for me?"

Xia Fan rolled his eyes in the bottom of his heart, "So you are nervous-you

want to show off, but are afraid that no one will believe it?"

"Ahem, Brother Xia, you are too straightforward."

"I'm not going." He said categorically, "You are someone in the circle, what

about me? Why do they believe what an unknown person said?"

Wei Wushuang's expression suddenly became a lot depressed.

"And I suggest that you don't bother to think about how to explain it." Xia

Fan continued, "You can even say the result, and you won't take the rest. Let

them guess."

"Will I be their laughing stock..."

"The laughter spreads fast. Only when they want to treat you as a laughter,

they will try their best to spread it. I want the whole Fenghua County to know

the news in less than a week." Xia Fan sneered, "But they also Laugh for half

a month at most. How loud the ridicule is, the backlash will be as great. As

long as you can bear it and deal with it properly, they will never want to

look up in front of you for the rest of their lives."

Wei Wushuang was stunned, "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure." Xia Fan hugged his chest, "I have experience."

"Brother Xia teach me!" Wei Wushuang hurriedly leaned over, "What should I do

to handle it properly?"

"Simple. The appointment and dismissal order will be sent to the government

first, right? First, you secretly say hello to the government, let them come,

don't send it immediately, but make an appointment for a time, and then set up

a round..." Xia Fan persuades , "In short, when everyone took the Shikao to

laugh at you again, the door suddenly opened, the official arrived with an

appointment and dismissal order, and handed it to you in front of everyone.

That kind of change, is it very impressive? profound?"

How can Wei Wushuang have received such a systematic pretend guide, his eyes

are bright.

"From that moment on, all the sarcasm will be transferred to the mocker

himself, and at the same time, the matter itself is good enough to be heard

and heard, so it will spread faster and more widely than before. You just need

to pay attention and don't fall into trouble." Xia Fan concluded at last. ,

"The calmer you are in the whole process, the more you can highlight the level

gap between you and the other party. Turn around and leave and leave a back

for them. That's enough."

"Brother Xia..." Wei Wushuang took a deep breath, "You really know

everything!"

"Harm, this is just the most basic."

"There is something more powerful? What should I do?"

"You're called the Mo Qi Juvenile version, and the other is the Veteran God of

War version...not suitable for you. But I can tell you."

"Brother Xia, please speak!" Wei Wushuang nodded repeatedly.

"Daqi has a God of War. After many years of returning home, he found a big

change in his home, and ordered one hundred thousand soldiers to come..."

Anyway, Xia Fan simply harmed his fellow villagers.

In the serious and lively teaching of forklifting, the carriage slowly drove

into Fenghua County.

……

"Brother Xia...are you really not going to live with me?" Wei Wushuang

reluctantly asked at the side of the street, "I have a lot of empty rooms in

my house."

Xia Fan returned to his carriage and arched his hand towards the other party,

"I am used to wandering and don't like to be restrained. In addition, during

this period of time, you will probably be criticized, I will not trouble you."

If Neng Bai It is natural to eat for nothing, but unfortunately there is still

a fox demon in the carriage that needs to settle down, and he can only

reluctantly refuse.

"Since Brother Xia is naturally chic, I won't force it. When the storm

subsides, I will definitely invite you to dinner." Wei Wushuang solemnly said.

"It's easy to talk, I'll go one step ahead."

"There will be a period later!"

After bidding farewell to his fellow villagers, Xia Fan asked the coachman to

drive him directly to the "Yingsong Zhan"-where the house price is moderate

and not in the center of the county, it is very suitable for hiding someone

quietly.

With the resettlement fee reimbursed by the Privy Council, he directly booked

a large wing room with another courtyard. Not to mention that there are three

rooms in the suite. Outside the courtyard is a bamboo forest. Even if the fox

demon is discovered, he can easily use the courtyard. The wall escaped.

"Before taking office, this is our temporary residence." After sending away

the store, Xia Fan found a time to bring Li into the house, "You can choose

one of the three rooms, and if you have anything else you need to talk to me

directly. Just say it."

Li took off the cotton cloth wrapped in the top layer of his head, hummed and

stretched out-obviously this kind of long journey is not very comfortable for

her, not only should he be as still as possible when lying in the carriage, in

case the coachman detects him The "luggage" is different. At the same time,

the cloth strips on the head cannot be taken off, so that there is no room for

Zhou Huan in the event of an accident. In this way, you can imagine what it

feels like in a narrow and hot space.

But the recovery ability of the fox demon is equally surprising. Although her

wound hasn't healed yet, she can walk on the ground, and the prognosis is very

good. No inflammation or infection has appeared. In his time, it was

definitely a 100% medical miracle.

Li looked around the house and said, "I usually drink and eat. It would be

nice to have a place to hide from the rain, so there is nothing to be picky

about."

No...At least you have to put on new clothes, Xia Fan couldn't help thinking.

The other party had been lying down with blood stains before, and he didn't

care too much. Now he realized that the fox monster's figure is really proud.

Not only is he tall and slender when he stands, his exposed arms and shoulders

are not as weak as an ordinary woman. The bones have natural muscle contours,

with a hint of toughness in their symmetry.

There is also that pair of barefoot, with five distinct fingers, well-

coordinated and round arch curve, which is pleasing to look at.

You should know that women in this era cover their feet more tightly than

their bodies, and are wrapped in rough cloth stockings at all times. Like the

countable.

If she always wore this torn dress dangling around the room, he was afraid

that iron would be lacking in a few days.

"What are you looking at?" Li suddenly asked.

"Ah, nothing..." Xia Fan quickly turned his eyes away, "I was thinking about

what to eat at night."

"Huh, it's not like the truth."

Can you tell the truth? He was about to divert the subject, but Li first said,

"Okay, don't worry about me, go to your business first-I remember you once

said that one of the reasons for the alchemist was to redeem your master?"

Xia Fan nodded.

"You have completed the first step. You can't wait to get him out now, right?

Compared to this, I can talk about dinner later."

Indeed... It took me almost a month to go to Qingshan Town for the exam. I am

afraid that Master has suffered a lot. Although he was the cheap master found

by the side of the road, he at least took himself into a whole new field.

Based on this alone, he has the real master and apprentice, and he can't let

it go. It's better to liberate him from the evil forces sooner.

I hope that after this lesson, Master will not gamble as much as before.

"I see. Then you wait here for my return."

Li gave a "hmm" sound.

When he reached the door, Xia Fan stopped again and turned back a little

hesitantly, "About the things I said before going to Gyeonggi..."

"Isn't this normal? With your ability, I didn't have much hope in the first

place." Li shrugged, "rest assured, as long as you are still an alchemist, you

will always have a chance to hear what I want."

As expected, it was still familiar...Since she was in the mood to mock people,

she didn't seem to care too much about it.

Xia Fan also relieved his heart and left the wing with the purse on his back.