Red House Shoufu

Chapter 272

The Tang family was born in the army. During the prosperous years, his ancestor died in battle when he went south with the army to conquer Vietnam and Burma. The imperial court bestowed him with the post of sixth-rank military cavalry captain and gave him land as a pension. The old lady of the Tang family stayed with her deceased husband. The family property raised his only son Tang Jiu.

Tang Jiu was naturally good at martial arts. He started to hone his skills in the army after he was 16 years old. At the age of 37, he already served as the commander of the fourth grade in the Jinling Guard Command and Envoy Division.

It is estimated that Tang Jiu's bravery exhausted the Tang family's luck in martial arts, and the two sons were not very interested in dancing spears and sticks, but were very talented in reading.

The eldest son Tang Ying was 17 years old and achieved No. 5 in the Nanzhili Township Examination. In the same year, the youngest son Tang Xiong won the No. 13 in the Jinling Prefecture Examination. Tang Xiong was only ten years old at that time.

It's a pity that the old lady of the Tang family suddenly became seriously ill. Even if she visited all the famous doctors near Nanzhili, she didn't survive for a year. She spent almost four years in filial piety, which normally made Tang Ying miss two exams.

After this year's filial piety, Tang Ying decided to travel abroad, so she went north along the canal.The Tang family received the last news from Tang Ying more than a month ago, when Tang Ying had just entered Shandong.

As for Tang Xiong, Tang Jiu made great contributions in fighting against the Japanese a few days ago, and the imperial court ordered his son to enter the Guozijian, and his old servant sent him to the capital a month ago.

A few days ago, the Imperial College was on holiday. When Tang Xiong was walking around, he saw that there were many lanterns for sale in the New Year's Fair. He thought that his painting skills were not bad, and maybe he could earn some pocket money, so he met today.

After Lin Shu heard about Tang Xiong's experience, he was annoyed that he hadn't paid attention to the news of his friends in the same department.The relationship between Tang Ying and himself cannot be said to be as close as that of Wang Huan, but most of the same subjects in the Nanzhili Township Examination for five years of governance can be said to be the biggest help for him in the official career in the future.

"You bastard, you don't come to look for me when you come to the capital. The Imperial College is so close to my house, leaving you alone to spend the New Year in the Imperial College, isn't it a slap in the face for me?"

Lin Shu slapped Tang Xiong on the back of the head, in order to show his identity as the elder brother and draw the relationship between the two closer.At the same time, he urged: "Take this stall and come home with me!"

Tang Xiong quickly declined: "Bachelor..."

"What is it called a bachelor? Your brother and I are best friends, and you are your elder brother!"

Lin Shu sighed twice: "Now your brother is gone, so I, my brother, will help him take care of you first. Don't dawdle, it's freezing cold, go back first and then talk!"

The guards of the Lin family helped Tang Xiong put away the stall, and then the group ended today's tour and went home directly.

After receiving the news, Wang Huan, Lin Deze, Zhang Pu, Sheng Chengyun, and Chu Siyuan rushed to Lin's house from their respective yamen. After hearing about Tang Xiong's situation, they all sighed.

"Everyone, don't be too pessimistic. Younger brother Shiying (Tang Ying's character, the name is useless, don't laugh!) Although he is not as good as Uncle Tang, ordinary thieves will not be his opponent."

Lin Shu patted Tang Xiong, who was a little depressed, and said to everyone: "I have sent people to Shandong to look for it, maybe there will be news in a few days."

Sheng Chengyun also followed Lin Shu's words and said: "In fact, no news is good news. The Ministry of Criminal Justice has not heard of a homicide case in Shandong Road recently. What's more, Brother Shiying has a reputation for raising people. Who would dare to harm him?"

Tang Ying has a reputation for raising people, if she is killed, not only will it alarm the Yamen, but it will also alarm the local academic officials. The news must have been spread long ago.

Therefore, Sheng Chengyun said that no news is actually good news, and there is some truth to this sentence.

"I will also let my family go to Shandong to inquire about it. My family has a lot of business contacts in Shandong..." Lin Deze's family business has close contacts with major merchants in Shandong. .

Then Chu Siyuan also said that he would inquire in Dali Temple. Several people, including Wang Huan, wanted to use their respective advantages to help Tang Xiong find out about his brother.

Ever since Tang Xiong came to Beijing, how could he experience such warmth after leaving his parents and relatives? He immediately shed tears, and gratefully bowed to Lin Shu and the others: "Thank you, brothers!"

"Where? We are all brothers, how can we say thank you?"

"That's right, Second Brother Tang didn't know he came to see us when he came to the capital, so how could he stay in the Imperial College alone for the new year."

"If you let the elders in your hometown know about it, wouldn't you slap us in the face?"

Several people patted Tang Ying on the shoulder one by one, comforting her a few times.The atmosphere in the hall became more relaxed with these intimate "complaints".

The night in the twelfth lunar month was faster, and Daiyu had already arranged for the cook to prepare the dinner when Lin Shu sent someone to invite Wang Huan and others.

Regardless of Tang Ying's situation, Lin's family took the opportunity to invite friends from the same village to a party today, so the banquet was naturally inevitable.

The Lin family didn't have any singers and dancers, and they just drank a few cups and had a rich dinner before leaving one after another.

Lin Shu and Tang Xiong personally took him to the guest house to rest after sending them away.

"Take it as your own home and have a good rest. Leave your brother's affairs to us. You are still young. Instead of worrying uselessly, you might as well study hard. Don't forget that you were in a restaurant three years ago. Don't fail the exam two years later!"

After hearing Lin Shu's advice, Tang Xionghong held back tears and nodded fiercely, humming.

Lin Shu waved his hand, turned and left the room, and closed the door for him.

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After a good night's sleep, Tang Xiong went to the Imperial College to pack his things the next day accompanied by the guards of the Lin family.Being able to celebrate the New Year at the Lin family is of course better than staying alone in the dormitory of the Imperial College.When he came back from the Imperial College, he heard Lin Shu waiting for him in the study.

"Brother Lin..."

Tang Xiong was called to him by Lin Shu before he saluted, and Lin Shu said to him: "Your brother has news. He met Xue Biao's family, the second room of Xue's family in Jinling, when he was in Linqing, and he wanted to go by boat. I went to Jinan Mansion, but I didn’t expect to meet robbers in Dongchang Mansion..."

It turned out that Tang Ying suffered a lot this time. Someone targeted Xue Biao and his party, which affected Tang Ying who was on the boat.Fortunately, Xue Biao discovered something was wrong in advance, and joined hands with Tang Ying to kill several robbers on board, and fled the merchant ship with Xue Baoqin, and fled to the nearby Daming Mansion.

It was precisely because they chose to flee to the Daming Mansion that they were lucky enough to escape the pursuit of the thieves, but it also made the people who were looking for them waste a lot of energy.

In addition, both Xue Biao and Tang Ying lost their identity certificates, and they tried their best to find help from the local government. If they hadn't met Jia Zheng in the Daming Mansion, they would probably have to wander in Henan for many days.

Tang Xiong didn't expect to hear the good news the day after he met Lin Shu, squatting on the ground and crying loudly.For the past two months, he couldn't sleep the whole night and was worried about the news of his elder brother. Now that he knew that his elder brother was fine, the stone in his heart was finally let go.

(End of this chapter)