The next day was Zhao Liben's return home. By chance, the buyer also planned to come to collect the house on this day.

Early in the morning, the five grandparents and grandchildren carried their bags and left the grand gate of the Zhao Mansion.

Standing next to the pair of mighty stone lions and watching the buyer's servant climb up the ladder and take off the plaque of the "Zhao Mansion" on the lintel of the red lacquer door, the Zhao family naturally felt very uncomfortable.

Zhao Liben shed tears even more bitterly, covering his face and cried: "I have been in office all my life, but ended up like this in the end. It's like a dream in Nan Ke..."

The children and grandchildren all shed tears with each other, and then they stopped their emotions.

Then Zhao Shouzheng took the initiative and said, "Dad, my father and son are discussing that it is not too late to send you home first, and then come back to Nanjing."

Zhao Shouye also echoed from the side: "Yes, father, let the second brother give it to you, anyway, both of them have nothing to do."

"No need." Zhao Liben waved his hand and said loudly in a casual voice: "Come to time and space, go to empty space, look at the end of the world and break your heart. I am strong and can go back by myself. You can go your separate ways now, let me stay for a while."

After saying that, he sat down slowly in front of the screen wall, staring at the Dahong Mansion Gate, which had no plaques, and became stunned.

Zhao Libensu said the same thing. The Shouye brothers did not dare to disobey, so they had to take their son together and kowtowed to the old man. Then the four of them turned back and walked towards the street corner.

After turning around the street, I couldn't see the old man, Zhao Shouye took his foothold and said to his younger brother: "Second, I can only live in the official residence. The place is small and I am not familiar with it, so it is not convenient to stay overnight in outsiders... Do you have a place to go?"

"There are still some scattered silver on your body, so I rent a place to stay first." Zhao Shouzheng replied honestly.

"Oh, I, a little sixth-rank Shang Baocheng, have a monthly salary of only a small amount, and I can't afford to you." Zhao Shouye sighed, trying to cut off Zhao Shouzheng's words of borrowing money.

Zhao Shouzheng never thought about that, and he nodded deeply and said, "Yes, my father only got this official in his half-life, so he had to keep it. After nine years of hard work, he would always be promoted."

"Oh, let's wait." Seeing that his younger brother was still thinking about him, Zhao Shouye couldn't help but feel ashamed of his dirty thoughts, and hurriedly changed the topic: "But second brother, what else can you expect to stay in Nanjing?"

Zhao Shouzheng looked at his son and said, "It's the year of the competition, so I have to try again..."

Zhao Xian couldn't help but sneer when he heard this.

Zhao Shouye glared at his son, but he also had no hope for his younger brother's career.

"Don't waste time, I'll help you find a restaurant to sit in. It will always make your father and son live."

But Zhao Hao suddenly interrupted, "Uncle is willing to give some money to help me."

Zhao Shouye couldn't help but feel ache, but when his nephew said this, he had to grit his teeth and take out two ingots of ingots.

After hesitating for a moment, he took back another ingot and said, "After your aunt and sister come back, I will also find a house to rent it out, so I can only give you so much." However, the Zhao family is not all bachelors. Zhao Shouye has a wife and a daughter. However, the old man's incident broke out, so she took her daughter back to her parents' home...

Zhao Hao was afraid that Zhao Shouye would regret it again, so he quickly took over the ingot of five taels of silver.

Zhao Shouzheng agreed with his elder brother again that after the father and son found their residence, they would go to the official residence of Honglu Temple to inform him. After that, he went north with his son.

Zhao Shouye kept watching his brother and nephew crossing Wuding Bridge, and his figure disappeared across the Qinhuai River, and then he slowly withdrew his gaze.

"Oh..." He sighed long, as if he was very sad.

Zhao Xian finally couldn't help but ask, "Dad, I clearly saw you this morning and put forth forty taels in my arms, but why are there only ten taels left?"

"Oh, I stuffed twenty taels into your grandfather's bag." Zhao Shouye sighed again: "The old man said he should not give him a penny, can I take it seriously?"

"What about ten taels?" Zhao Xian was so disgraceful and asked again.

Zhao Shouye was immediately furious and kicked his son in the ass and said, "You are stupid, your grandfather and his family are crazy about money. Can you let us stay with empty hands?"

Zhao Xian couldn't help but say, "Ah? Aren't we going to the official residence? Why do we have to go to my grandfather's house?"

"Is there anyone in the official house to do laundry and cook for you? If there is any ready-made one, you don't eat and start your own business? Can you settle the score?!" Zhao Shouye said with a straight face and taught his son a lesson.

"Will you be a soft meal?" Zhao Xian murmured as he followed his father towards his grandfather's house.

"It's enough to eat it! No matter how hard he is..."

The father and son talked and went west.

When the eldest and son disappeared, Zhao Liben walked out of the alley with his hands behind his back.

It turned out that he was secretly following behind and could clearly hear his two sons' words.

"Oh, are soft rice that delicious? No one has any backbone..." Zhao Liben sighed, as if he was very guilty of his failure in education.

Amid the sigh, a low-key, luxurious double-horse carriage parked steadily next to Zhao Li himself.

When the curtain is pulled open a corner, a light fragrance will emerge.

A woman with a charming charm waved to Zhao Liben with a smile.

The coachman wearing a blue satin robe opened the car door, and a maid with pearl hairpins came down to set up a brocade for Lord Zhao.

I saw Zhao Li's face remained unchanged, straightened his back and stepped onto the carriage on the Jindun.

As soon as Zhao Liben got into the car, the maid closed the car door and went straight into a carriage behind him, no longer disturbing the two people in the carriage.

Two carriages slowly drove forward along the banks of the Qinhuai River.

In the carriage, there were soft carpets, small sandalwood tables, and a few exquisite dessert fruits on them, as well as a silver square box.

When Zhao Liben sat down on the couch, the woman in her forties bowed down with joy in her eyes.

"Let the adults wait for a long time."

"I told you to wait outside the city, why are you just disobedient!"

Zhao Liben did not hesitate at all and scolded with a stern face: "What if my children and grandchildren meet, how will it end?"

The noble lady didn't care at all, but became more and more tender and said, "I am worried about you... I heard that the adults suffered such a disaster, so I came here at night. When I arrived in Nanjing, I realized that the adults had come out safely."

Zhao Liben snorted, raised his chin slightly and said, "I have been in the officialdom for many years. What can't be resolved? Do you want to worry?"

"Yes, I said the wrong thing. What I admire most is the confidence of the adults." The woman's eyes were full of admiration.

"Oh..." Zhao Liben sighed and reached out to pull the woman up.

The woman opened the silver box again, which was a hot cotton towel inside.

She looked elegant and luxurious, and at first glance she was a domineering master. At this moment, she picked up a cotton towel like a maid and personally served Zhao Liben to wipe his hands and face.

"I see that the Zhao family has changed hands, and the two young masters seem to have no place to stay. Why don't you let me arrange something?" The woman leaned over and took off her boots for Zhao Liben and put on a pair of lightweight soft-soled silk shoes.

"I want you to be troublesome!" Zhao Liben said unhappy and said hard: "They have lived a pampering life for decades, and they have all become waste. I am waiting to take this opportunity to hone them."

The noble lady showed a sudden look and nodded quickly and said, "It's me that I'm talking too much. It turns out that the adults have good intentions, and it's true that they are worthy of being an adult..."

While speaking, the carriage drove to a dock on the banks of the Qinhuai River. Zhao Liben lifted the curtain and saw a passenger ship with the banner of "Wu Ji" parked there quietly. The passenger ship had three floors, and the carved beams and painted roads were very luxurious. Even compared with the pleasure boats of princes and nobles who were traveling on the river, it was not inferior at all.

When Zhao Liben and the woman got off the bus, there was no idle person on the pier. Because even the pier was owned by the lady's private house. There were dozens of servants who had already blocked the entrance and exit to avoid being confused.

Seeing this imposing momentum of wealth and honor, Zhao Li frowned slightly without notice, and then he immediately raised his face and said, "I am a commoner now, so I can't bear such a big battle."

"In my body and mind, I will always be the one I was when I was... the most heroic." The noble lady raised her head slightly and looked at Zhao Liben's side face intoxicatedly. I don't know what charms this little old man is?

"Just send me home, I won't live in your house." Zhao Liben said to the woman while walking on the boat.

"I know that sir should avoid suspicion and cannot enter my widow's door." The noble lady sighed resentfully, and then smiled thoughtfully: "Why not do this? I will accompany sir to Suzhou to relax. When the sir comes to rest, I have made up my mind..." As she said that, a shy look appeared on her face and said: "Where do you want to go, I will follow you."

Zhao Liben nodded with satisfaction, and a faint hint of sensation that was not easy to detect, said in a flash: "This is almost the same."

The woman also boarded the boat. The two stood shoulder to shoulder at the bow of the boat, and the passenger ship left the river and left Nanjing City in an instant.
Chapter completed!