Chapter 47 Datong
A few coughs were heard in the room. After a long while, a handsome, thin middle-aged man opened the door and walked out.

He paused at the door, squinted his eyes to see who was coming, then walked forward and opened the half-closed wooden fence.

The wooden fence gate was only as high as a person's waist, and the courtyard wall was also very low, so people outside could see what was going on inside the wall by turning their heads.

The clerk at the post office obviously knew him. When he saw him coming, he grinned and said, "Mr. Pan, there's another letter from your family. This time it's from Guangxin Prefecture in Jiangxi."

Pan Hong thanked him and when he took the letter, he was trying to recall if he had any relatives or friends in Guangxin Prefecture?
He corrected the waiter as usual, "From now on, just call me by my name, don't call me husband. If you don't mind, you can call me Uncle Pan."

The guy responded with a smile and said he would call him the same next time.

Their boss has told them to be polite to guests, especially those who were exiled to the village. Although most of them are convicted officials and their families, as long as they have not committed a capital crime, who knows when they will be recalled and re-employed?

Therefore, it is better to smile more and bend down more than to offend others, which may lead to the loss of business or even your life inexplicably in the future.

After Pan Hong sent the waiter away, he returned to the house and carefully examined the envelope in his hand.

He frowned, feeling that the handwriting on the envelope was extremely familiar. Why did it look like his little daughter's handwriting?

Pan Hong was not sure. While opening the letter, he comforted himself that the handwriting might just be similar and it shouldn't be from his youngest daughter.

As the letter was unfolded, a thin silver bill floated out from it. He glanced at it and saw that there was a hundred taels of silver.

He didn't bother to read it carefully and went to read the letter quickly.

As the letter was unfolded and he saw more words, his heart sank. He glanced at the beginning of the letter and turned directly to the end to read the signature.

My heart sank, and it turned out to be Yun'er.

After reading the letter, Pan Hong almost cried, "Why did she go to Guangxin Prefecture alone? And practice Taoism... Where is the second brother's family? Could it be that my matter has implicated the second brother? What about mother..."

Pan Hong couldn't help stamping his feet and screaming "Ouch!", he was so anxious that he turned around.

Unfortunately, his youngest daughter was faking her death, otherwise he could have replied to the letter openly or written to other relatives and friends to ask.

The child used many metaphors in his letter. Did he have the same concern?
I don’t know about the second child’s situation, who should I ask?
"Practicing Taoism in Sanqing Mountain? Could it be that he followed the two Taoists from Sanqing Mountain that he met at that time?" For a moment, all kinds of possibilities flashed through Pan Hong's mind.

His affair implicated the second brother's family, and the youngest daughter escaped and met two Taoist priests and was taken away by them?
Or was it that the second son's family was afraid that their youngest daughter's affair would be exposed, so they gave her to the two Taoist priests and asked them to take her away?

It couldn't be that my daughter had a talent for Taoism and was taken away by the two Taoists at first sight, right?

But at the beginning he only asked them to look after the Pan family and preferably escort the Pan family back to Changzhou Prefecture, and he did not ask them to turn their daughter into a nun.

Pan Hong was tormented. He was worried that his daughter would really become a Taoist nun, but he also hoped that it would be the third scenario. In this way, Pan Yun's situation would at least not be the worst, and it at least meant that she had the support of her second son's family.

He read her letter carefully again, then looked at the bill of exchange, and thought more about it. Where did she get so much money with just a child?
She also told me to write to her if I had any difficulties and she would find a solution.

For a moment, Pan Hong had more things on his mind.

"Dad - Second Uncle sent us a letter and some things." Pan Yu, dressed in shorts, ran in holding a bundle, followed by Pan Yue who was carrying a large package.

Pan Hong stood up quickly, "Where's the letter?"

Pan Yue put down the sack on his shoulder, took out the letter from his arms and handed it over.

As soon as he got the letter, Pan Hong knew it had been opened.

His expression changed slightly, but he said nothing.

This is the case with criminal officials, especially those who have offended the Jinyiwei. The other party will open and check the letters and things they have exchanged with him from time to time.

Although they did it covertly, Pan Hong used to be an inspector and did the same thing, right?
Pan Tao returned to his hometown in Changzhou Prefecture.

The first thing he did after settling down was to write a letter to Pan Hong, hiding Pan Yun. He wrote down all the major events that had happened in the past month in the letter, without avoiding the supervision of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

These things will become clear once they are investigated. He was just telling his brother the truth, and the Jinyiwei cannot do anything to him.

The letter said that since Pan Hong was exiled, his family had found it difficult to survive in the capital and had decided to return home.

Not long ago, the Royal Guards broke into their home on the pretext of searching for the families of criminals they were hiding... Life in the capital was unbearable, so Pan Tao decided to take his old mother back to his hometown in Changzhou.

Pan Tao didn't know how to tell Pan Hong that there had been no news of his niece since she left, and now he didn't know whether she was dead or alive. He didn't know how to tell him about the miraculous things about his niece.

Fearing that he might worry about his father in Datong, he could only tell him against his will that everything was fine at home. Although there were some setbacks, everything was arranged well and there was no need to worry. After reading the letter, Pan Hong calmed down. He opened the remittance slip and saw that it was not easy for even the second son to take out such a large sum of money.

Yun'er is a child who left home alone. Where did she get so much money?
Pan Hong said to his two sons, "Bring me some writing brush and ink. I want to write a letter."

When Pan Yu saw the remittance slip, his eyes lit up and he leaned over to ask, "Dad, which uncle sent this? It's so rich."

Pan Hong, who had originally wanted to hold the bill of exchange for the time being and wait for Pan Jun's reply, looked up and saw his second son's face, which was so thin that it was unrecognizable. His throat suddenly felt like it was sealed with cement, and it took him a long time to find his voice.

"It was... sent by a friend. I'll tell you later. Don't yell." He handed the remittance slip to his eldest son and said, "You and Yu'er go to the bank to withdraw the money. They want 90 taels of silver notes, all in small amounts. For the rest, you can change them into small change or copper coins. Bring the money back first. We'll go buy things when we're free some other day."

Pan Yue agreed, took the remittance order and kept it.

"The order to withdraw money is 'Powdered branches and frosty bamboos are resistant to the cold winter'. Go quickly before the head of the village comes knocking on your door."

Pan Yue was surprised when he heard this, and Pan Yu even exclaimed, "Dad, isn't this my sister's name?"

Pan Hong waved at the two of them, "Stop talking nonsense, go quickly."

Pan Yue dragged Pan Yu out. Pan Yu felt something was wrong and grabbed his brother and asked, "Who is this? Why is he using my little sister's name to issue the order?"

"When you go out, talk less."

This exile village is a mixed crowd, and my younger sister is in such a situation, so it would be better for them to mention her less.

Pan Yu could only keep the words to himself.

The two of them went to the bank to withdraw money with the remittance order and the deed. This was the largest remittance order they had received so far.

Even the first time my second uncle sent them money, it wasn't that much.

Alas, it was a pity that they didn’t get the money, as it all went to other people. Later on, they could only tell their second uncle to only send things and not money.

Despite this reminder, Pan Tao would still include a few small bills or silver notes when sending them letters and things, hoping that one or two would fall into their hands.

The people who check the letters seem to know that they cannot kill all the fish, so they will always leave out one or two for them, so as to encourage their old friends to continue sending them money.

They and their second uncle knew very well that the money was "lost" after the officials' inspection. Although they were angry, they could not really send nothing.

The exiled officials were even blocked from filing complaints; if they reported the matter to their superiors, they would be beaten to death.

Be it their father or their two brothers, their current physical condition makes them unable to bear it.

Since it only involves their own interests, the father and his two sons can still tolerate it.

Pan Yu wondered how powerful this person was to be able to send them such a large remittance order and still have it reach their hands.

"Dad actually has such connections. It's amazing. It's really amazing..."

Pan Yue: "Speak less, aren't you hungry?"

"I'm hungry, big brother. Let's get some money and buy some buns to eat, bring some for dad, and buy some more rice and flour..."

They were escorted all the way to Datong, and fell ill as soon as they arrived. There was no time to recuperate, and they were immediately forced to do hard labor in the fields and in the army.

Pan Yu has grown up to a man who has experienced all the hardships he had never experienced in the past fourteen years, but this year he experienced them all at once.

He had never known that farming was so hard, and he had no idea that military service was not only hard, but also humiliating.

In less than three months, the once robust and lively young man had become so skinny that only a bag of bones remained. His once chubby face had also become angular, and upon touching, it was all bones.

Pan Yue also felt sorry for his younger brother, so after taking out the money as his father instructed, he took his brother to buy buns and also bought a lot of rice, flour, grain and oil.

Although his father said he would come again tomorrow, they were now under strict surveillance and were often called up to serve in the army or work in the fields. They had no free time at all, so they might as well buy it now while they had time.

The two of them carried the things back in large and small bags, and Pan Hong also wrote two reply letters.

Pan Yu immediately stepped forward enthusiastically, "Dad, let me mail the letter for you."

　The lucky number is the number ending in 6, as shown in the screenshot
　　
　
(End of this chapter)