"What's going on?" Li Dan put down his drink and turned around to ask.

Liu Erye crossed his hands and replied: "Sanlang, there are some businessmen looking for you outside."

There was a sudden rumble in the room. Han An hurriedly said: "Slow down, slow down." Then asked the waiter: "Who is the leader?"

"It's leader Wei Xiong." Seeing everyone baring their teeth and staring, looking like they were about to fight him out, the guy was so frightened that his teeth chattered.

"Oh!" Han An turned around and leaned down and whispered in Li Dan's ear: "The leader of the guard is fine. Isn't he here because of Yang Baihu's affairs?"

What this means is that in order to arrest hundreds of households, Zhou Dutou must come forward in person.

Li Dan nodded, stood up and pressed his hands: "Brothers, don't worry, it shouldn't be a big deal. Wait a moment, I'll go take a look." After saying that, he straightened the sleeves of his robe and asked his assistant to lead him downstairs to see Wei Xiong.

When I came down and took a look, it turned out that Wei Xiong was sitting in the shop drinking tea, and two servants were chatting outside under the shed holding porcelain bowls without coming in.

"Oh, Sanlang is really here. I came here specially to give you a message." Seeing him coming down, Wei Xiong quickly stood up and clasped his fists.

"Oh? Old Wei, are you here specially? What's the emergency?" Li Dan was quite surprised.

"Let's talk business first." Wei Xiong asked him to sit down seriously, and he sat down halfway, and then said:

"There's a riot in the south! The miners in Xianxialing rioted and killed a counselor of the Fujian Chief Secretary. The officers and soldiers protected the injured commander and fled until they reached Jiangshan County.

An official document from Raozhou Prefecture has arrived in the county. It is necessary to recruit a general (about 450 people) in Wannian to assist Qianshan. We are asked to send a hundred and twenty soldiers from the county to arrive in Wannian within 15 days.

use."

Li Dan listened for a long time and was puzzled: "After all, what does this matter have to do with me?"

Wei Xiong laughed "hehe", pointed at him and said: "Sanlang, your name as 'Little Yuanba' is too loud!

These masters will be led by two captains. General Zhaoyi pointed out one of them, Zhao Cheng, and the other recommended you."

"Ah?" Li Dan was shocked. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly remembered that he was already fifteen and was indeed old enough to apply.

But..., he patted the back of his head and said, "No, I've never heard of anyone in the Li family serving as a servant. My father was a fourth-grade magistrate during his lifetime. Why was this servant sent to my house?"

"You don't know?" Wei Xiong was startled for a moment: "Your family submitted an application form, requiring the three households to split their property and have separate houses. A few days later, Mr. Fan came to witness the implementation in person.

Your mother also applied to the county for a second house and then divided it into two households, on the grounds that Sanlang you could be independent when you turned fifteen, and Mr. Fan approved it.

So this afternoon, the registration book in the household has been changed, and you and Li Qian have become a family of their own..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Dan was already filled with anger: "I didn't expect them to bully me like this!"

He finally understood the reason why the county sent him on official business. Since you are independent and over fifteen years old, of course you should handle the corvee and taxes on your own.

So if someone else recommends this to you, there’s nothing wrong with it!

When it came to recommending Li Dan, he was even more angry: "General Zhaoyi? Are you saying that Zhao Zhaoxuan's father recommended me to Lord Fan?"

"Exactly, the county magistrate invited him not only for the matter of the conscripts, but also because the government ordered the counties to strengthen their vigilance to prevent bandits from taking the opportunity to incite and cause chaos, so he invited General Zhaoyi to discuss it."

"What the hell does he know! Recommendation? I think he has bad intentions, and it is true to avenge private revenge!" Li Dan said angrily:

"My uncle and third uncle had already made up their mind to separate their families. How could they have a drink with the county elders and clan elders?

But this house does things really fast. While I was still drinking and drinking, they got everything done. Hmm, I wonder how much money my mother spent?"

"Sanlang, be careful!" Wei Xiong waved to him hurriedly: "I came here to deliver news to you, so please don't get me involved."

"Don't worry, Lao Wan!" Li Dan knew that he had made a mistake, so he bowed and apologized: "You talk too much after drinking, which is inappropriate, brother Wan Haihan!"

Suddenly I remembered what he just said: "Hey, by the way, you just said this was a business matter, is there any private matter?"

"Uh..." Wei Xiong looked embarrassed. Seeing Li Dan's angry look, he thought he would just forget it if he forgot, but he didn't expect that this guy had a good memory.

"Sanlang, if I tell you, don't be angry." He said carefully.

"Huh? You just said it, what are you talking about?" Li Dan was impatient.

"Before I came out, a special messenger came from Yingtian Mansion with a message..."

"It's related to the Chen family, how do you say it?" Li Dan immediately stared.

"The emperor commuted Mr. Chen's sentence to military confinement and sent him to Lanzhou."

This bolt from the blue shocked Li Dan. Going to Lanzhou? Then, all the original thoughts were in vain. What should Meng'er do? How could she endure such a bitter and cold place?

He stood up with a bang. Wei Xiong's boss had already noticed the situation, stretched out his arms and hugged him, shouting, "Brother, no, no!"

"What can't be done?" Li Dan asked blankly.

"Have you forgotten? The county magistrate has assigned you to take your wife to Wannian. If you don't dare to cause trouble at this time, if you are accused of deliberately fighting in order to escape from the job, your future will be at stake!

Think about your aunt, what would she do if you had a problem?"

Li Dan glared and turned to look at him, nodded slowly and said: "Oh——, you didn't come here to report the trouble for a long time, but you came to block me on the order of the county magistrate, right?"

Seeing Wei Xiong grinning in embarrassment, he shouted sternly: "Let go, let go!"

Wei Xiong knew very well that he couldn't stop him alone, and bringing the two of them was too much.

While he was in a hurry, Gu Da, Yang Yi and others heard the noise and came down from above to check. Wei Xiong shouted: "Xiao Yi, help me, Sanlang is going out to cause trouble!"

After hearing this, Gu Da and others didn't ask for any reason. They rushed forward, pulled his arms and legs, and surrounded Li Dan. Everyone shouted: "Sanlang, you can't do this!"

On the contrary, the two servants outside the door raised their heads when they heard it, and their eyes widened, wondering what was going on.

Li Dan was helpless and shouted: "You guys all let go." He turned around and asked Gu Da: "Do you know what I am going to do?"

"I don't know, where is Saburo going?"

"I wonder if you are still holding my legs?"

Yang Yi recognized the truth after hearing this: "Then, where is Sanlang going?"

Li Dan turned to Wei Xiong: "What do you mean?"

"Sanlang is going to break down the door of General Zhaoyi's mansion?"

"Wrong!" Li Dan sneered: "I want to go home."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other and gradually let go. Liu Er complained:

"Look at you, you didn't even hear me clearly and you rushed up to me. I thought something big had happened. What's the fuss about Saburo going home?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dan somehow shook his body and got rid of everyone, jumped out of the circle with help, twisted his body again, and reached the middle of the street, loudly saying:

"Oh, I went home to get sticks and rob the prison van! You all stand still and no one is allowed to follow!" After saying that, he spread his legs and ran.

Wei Xiong called from behind: "Sanlang, Tiqi has already set off, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up!" Li Dan ignored him and just ran away.

The old housekeeper Li Pu was standing at the door with his hands behind his back, staring at people, when he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind him. He turned around and looked inside, only to see his back.

"Who is that?" he asked Xiuji, who was standing by the door in a daze.

"Well, it seems to be Saburo." Xiu Er bowed obsequiously and replied, "In our house, Saburo is the only one who can run so fast."

Li Dan was standing in a daze outside his courtyard at this time, wondering what he should do first.

Judging from Wei Xiong's words, the uncle, mother and third uncle have quietly decided on the separation of the property, and even the separation of the second house has been settled this afternoon.

The county has always done things slowly, but this time it was faster! But Li Dan didn't have time to think about why it was so fast. He was wondering whether he should tell his aunt about this.

Just as he was thinking about it, the door suddenly opened. Beixi came out with a basin of water and poured it on the gravel in the alleyway. She saw him in a blink of an eye and said with a smile: "Hey, brother, why don't you go in? Auntie Gang is still asking..."

"Shh!" Li Dan held out a finger to make a silent sound, then called her over and whispered: "Go get my iron rod, I want to go out of the city."

"Leaving the city so late?" Bei Xi looked up at the sky.

Only then did Li Dan notice that the setting sun was dyeing half of the sky red, and he would not be able to leave if he didn't catch up with the city gate. As for the matter of dividing the property, let's talk about it tomorrow.

"My aunt told me that I had to leave the city to do something. Someone came to see me tonight and said that I was a bit cold after eating wine and had already burned my feet and went to bed first."

Bei happily agreed, went in quietly, and struggled to carry out the eyebrow-level stick wrapped with iron at both ends from behind the door and handed it to Li Dan, saying softly: "Brother, be careful, don't get into trouble when you go out!"

"I got it." Li Dan was about to leave with the stick in his hand. He thought it would be better to leave a message, so he told Bei Xi what Wei Xiong had said today about the property split and the separation of the second house and the second house, and then warned:

"Tell this to your aunt, and then tell her that I am looking for a village outside the city. When we find a good place, we will move out and don't suffer from this trouble here!"

Tell her to stay still and not to mess with the front yard now."

"Oh my god, are we really going to be kicked out of the front yard? Well, what will my aunt do if you're not here, Sanlang?" Beixi stamped her feet anxiously.

Li Dan thought for a moment and smiled: "I'll be back soon. Besides, it's not difficult for my aunt to deal with this matter. Just tell her and ask her to rest assured!"

After saying that, he ran a few steps, turned around and waved, then disappeared at the end of the alley.

But it was impossible for Li Dan to carry the stick and go out from the main gate in a big way. He first went to the back to find some cloth strips and wrapped the two ends of the stick to make it look like a pole. Then he climbed out from the top of the wall and hurried towards the water gate.

Why is it Shuimen? The south gate of Yugan is called Deshengmen, which is the land route across Yushui to Guixi. The east gate is also called Yufengmen, which leads to Wannian, and it is impossible for Tiqi to go there.

Pengze Gate in the north goes to Poyang, the capital of Raozhou. To go to Nanchang Prefecture, the only way is to walk through the Water Gate near Dongshan Wharf - also called Dongshan Gate.

From here, get on the boat and take the waterway via Longjin into the Xinjiang River, disembark at Tangnan Crossing of Wuyang River, and then go by land.

This is the fastest, least labor-intensive and safest option. Nothing else should be an option for Tiqi.

He walked quickly, and when he arrived at Watergate Pier, he stopped a familiar minister and asked, "Have you ever seen two knights in red?"

"Sanlang, what are you doing in Nancheng today when you have time?" The chief said, noticing the anxious look on his face, he quickly changed his tone and said:

"Just now they were looking for a boat to Nanchang. I remember... they seemed to be going to the W-shaped wharf outside the city. There was an ox cart and four businessmen following..."
To be continued...