In the gloomy room, the lights of the candlesticks seemed to be afraid of the darkness outside the house, and they only dared to use their own faint light to shine on the old man who had experienced the vicissitudes of life in front of the desk.

It is said that he is an old man, but in fact he is not too old. It is just because of the dusk aura that makes him look quite old.

Suddenly, an invisible phantom flashed outside the window, as if even the lights were swaying.

"You're here."

The old man said lightly.

Silent. After two breaths, the door slowly opened and a black shadow walked out of the darkness.

The old man was not afraid at all and asked, "How is it?"

A hint of depressed expectation can be heard in the voice.

The black shadow stared at the old man quietly, but the old man couldn't see his face.

“Failed.”

The black shadow's voice was very heavy, very heavy.

"oh."

The old man was also silent for a while, and then his voice returned to tranquility. The paused pen swam on the ink paper again, writing the last two words at the last place.

He put it together and put it on the table, then looked up at the shadow, as if he wanted to see his face clearly. But he could not see anything except a dark and hazy area.

"Go back and tell the adults, I know what to do..."

The black shadow didn't reply, but the old man knew that he could help him bring the words.

"I only ask the adults to take good care of my family and let them survive!"

After the old man finished speaking, he saw that the black shadow had no intention of leaving, so he smiled, then picked up a bowl of tea next to the desk and took a sip...

The black shadow's body, which had not moved at all since entering the house, seemed to tremble.

After drinking tea, the old man ignored the other person and continued to work on the official documents at his desk.

The black shadow bowed to the old man, and then disappeared into the house, as if it had never appeared.

Time continued to flow away. Suddenly, a scarlet liquid slowly overflowed from the corner of the old man's mouth, as if he had no idea, he just twisted his eyebrows and continued to write the last sentence of his life.

However, it was not satisfactory after all. The scarlet liquid continued to flow, and finally formed a drop on the jaw and fell on the official document, covering the old man's blurry eyes.

Suddenly, it was a piece of blood!

The old man had to give up his last wish and slowly lay on the chair of the Grand Master, recalling all the life in his mind.

The nervousness of becoming a disciple in the school, the longing for a quick study in the exam room, and the confidence of becoming an official once...

Finally, it was the innocent smiling face of grandson. With a faint smile, he closed his eyes.

...

Today is another good weather.

After a winter of cold, God finally gave up his sun sister to show her blushing face.

"Haha, you two little fools, you lost again, get the money!"

On the board on the second floor of the official ship, Jia Qing was so proud that he heard.

A small table was placed on the boat board. At this time, the three of them sat together and played the game of catching thieves that had been famous in the Jia family.

Next to them, there were several onlookers.

"snort!"

Since ancient times, gambling has been liked by others. So, one of the "little fools" knocked the card on the table and looked at the side, obviously not going to open the money...

Another little fool Qingwen was not so bold, or the gambling products were better. Although she also pouted, she still obediently handed out ten copper plates, but she still said unconvincedly: "No, you must have cheated, otherwise how could your cards be so good? I didn't even get a single card..."

Jia Qing happily took the money and said casually: "That's you, no wonder I..."

Then he stared at the person who was lying to the debt. Seeing that she pretended not to see her, Jia Qing stood up and prepared to get the spoils she deserved.

"Zijuan, please help me with it!"

The person who was lying to the debt was shocked and finally turned around. While reaching out to intercept Jia Qing's claws of money, he told the maid next to him.

Zijuan was obedient and took up the exquisite money storage box on the table without saying a word and held it in her arms.

The person who was lying to the debt breathed a sigh of relief, sat back in his seat, and looked at Jia Qing provocatively.

Jia Qing sat down dejectedly and accused him: "My sister Lin, you are so naughty! You can figure it out yourself, how much money have you relied on me in the past two days?

I promised not to be dependent on the debt and I played with you! Now I am like this again, hum, I will never play with people like you who are untrustworthy again!"

Daiyu curled her lips and was about to speak when she suddenly caught a glimpse of the front, so she changed her mouth and said, "Have you arrived in Yangzhou again..."

Jia Qing turned around and just looked at it, saying, "Yes, I'm in Yangzhou again."

Suddenly, Jia Qing stood up, walked to the side of the boat, and looked into the distance.

The others also walked over slowly as they watched Jia Qing's abnormal movements.

After a while, the official ship slowly dropped. Jia Qing and others also saw the obstacles in front of them clearly.

In the center of the wide river channel, two small boats, both of which are not big or small, stand quietly.

What's even more strange is that between the two ships, a huge banner was swaying in the air, swinging with the breeze.

After staying closer and seeing the words above, Jia Qing couldn't help but turn black.

Who did this?!

Because on this banner, sixteen huge regular characters are clearly written:

Greedy and lustful

Abuse of power

Betrayal of the law

Being a child prodigy in vain

Several girls on the boat also saw it. After thinking about it, Qingwen asked, "Second Master, are you talking about this?"

Jia Qing said with a bad look on his face: "What do you think?"

Unexpectedly, Qingwen immediately said: "These people are so hateful. They actually slander the second master so much!

Second Master, you can arrest them all and beat them all!"

After hearing this, Jia Qing felt warm and looked at Qingwen and said, "It's better for Qingwen girl! I know that Second Master, I am a good person, and I will still be upset for me."

Daiyu Zijuan and the girls naturally believed that Jia Qing was definitely not the kind of person mentioned above. But, if it were out of thin air, how could these people dare to slander Jia Qing so much? Jia Qing is now an imperial envoy!

Besides, they have only heard of this situation in the plays. Only officials who are forced into poverty will do such a thing that blocks the road and "trials" with their worries. What's going on?

Several other ships traveling with them also found obstacles ahead and reduced them.

Downstairs of the official ship, Chief Zheng hurried to Chuan's head, looked at the situation ahead, was shocked, and then shouted loudly:

"Who is so bold that he dares to intercept the imperial envoy's carriage? Isn't he afraid of beheading?"

Seeing that no one responded, Chief Zheng turned around and asked Zhao Baihu on the frigate to send someone to arrest people. Suddenly, a voice came from the ship opposite:

"I am not intercepting the imperial envoy's carriage. I am just asking for an explanation from a corrupt, traitor or evil official!"

“Bold!!”

Commander Zheng shouted, and then said to Zhao Baihu, who was also paying attention to the movement here: "Please take down all these crazy people!"

"Hahahaha, sir, what a great official power! But if you want to disappoint sir, I am the only one here!"

A voice of disdain came across from the opposite side.

"Is this person crazy?" Daiyu looked at Jia Qing and asked upstairs.

Jia Qing looked in the distance and saw that this was the pier where the canal was located in Yangzhou, which was very spacious. There were several restaurants and teahouses on both sides.

Looking around, there are many people watching at this time!

"He's not crazy, he's asking Ming to buy Zhi."

Jia Qing said lightly. Haha, I didn’t expect that there was someone who wanted to step on his head.
Chapter completed!