Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 5

[5. Chapter 4]

As soon as Ren Xuan returned to the Ministry of Rites, he saw Mr. Jiang sitting on the threshold, weeping in tears, and when he asked why, Mr. Jiang told the whole story, and continued: “Xiaguan thinks that Su Jin and Xiaguan are here. It’s a grasshopper tied to a rope, kindly help him tell a lie, who knows that he and Master Liu are old acquaintances, this is good, he is running away, blocking Xiaguan in the alley, Xiaguan this He offended the two court officials of the Ducha Yuan for no reason, and could kill him with one blow.”

Along with Ren Xuan, there was Luo Shangshu, who stooped to listen to Director Jiang crying for a while, feeling that he was very long-winded, and said: ” You deserve it, this old man has taught you a long time ago, kowtow more and talk less, and you will cause trouble with your bald mouth.”

Ren Xuan heard something suspicious and asked, “Master Liu and Su Jin are old acquaintances? Can’t you?”

Director Jiang wiped a hand . Tears: “Why can’t you, the lower official heard Mr. Liu and his old man helping Su Jin investigate the case, asking about the date of disappearance, and gossip about Yan Zhan, who knows that the Zuodu Yushi is an iron-faced Bodhisattva, can you please move him With the help of the old man, it can be accomplished without a strong friendship?”

Ren Xuan was stunned for a while, but Shen Xi, the servant of the household who came to visit the door first, listened to the corner for a long time, and said with a smile: “Mr. Jiang, I remember that you have a grandson who has a relationship with Liu. The adults are about the same age, so it’s not suitable for you to call the old man Liu, right?” Mr.

Jiang broke the jar and smashed: “What’s wrong? It’s my grandfather who can kill me.”

Shen Xi pulled the third-grade peacock on the official robe. Embroidery asked: “Mr. Jiang, what about me?”

“You?” Director Jiang looked up at him with tears in his eyes: “You are in charge of money, my ancestors!

” Threshold, sitting beside Director Jiang, puzzled.

The Supreme Court has the power to impeach hundreds of officials, and it is best for them to try the Chao Qing case. If Su Jin and Liu Chaoming knew each other, why would he come to him with a secret letter? Not to mention the near and far, there is still a handle left and right.

He just went to Zhanshifu to inquire about news, and bumped into His Highness the Thirteenth. Only then did he know that Zhu Nanxian had returned to Beijing from the northwest.

Ren Xuan didn’t know that Su Jinji didn’t remember Zhu Nanxian, but when His Highness the Thirteenth made a fuss about the official department for a former Hanlin, it was a momentary talk.

If Chao Qing’s case had nowhere to go, His Highness Thirteenth would be undecided and willing to take care of this business.

Ren Xuan rushed back excitedly, originally wanting to tell Su Jin and Zhu Shisan the good news that he was returning to Beijing, but Liu Chaoming stepped in out of thin air, like a basin of cold water, making his kindness seem superfluous. A Li prepared the sedan chair, came in and asked, “Little Marquis, should I go to the Tianfu

Yamen to find Mr. Su?”

Ren Xuan waved his hand: “No need, let’s go back to the house first.”

It was already dark, and when he returned to the premises, Zhou Ping came out of the main room, grabbed her and asked, “I haven’t seen you for two days, where have you been?”

Su Jin saw that he was sweating profusely and his clothes were messy. Said: “Don’t ask me, what’s the matter with you?”

Zhou Ping sighed: “Don’t mention it, those fallen officials are making trouble at the Confucius Temple again today. I took the yacha to coax people, and there were conflicts. Taking advantage of the chaos, they overturned me on the ground, but fortunately, the soldiers and horses from the five cities came, so they drove the troublemakers away, and I just came back.”

Su Jin walked to the case and poured a cup of tea and handed it to him. : “Everyone in this yamen knows that you are honest. Usually, it just throws tough cases to you. Now it’s better. Someone is making trouble outside and also asks you to go. You are a scholar. Are you going to preach to the troublemaker?”

Zhou Ping took the tea and reassured her: “This time it’s also a scholar who is making trouble. It’s also suitable for me to preach.”

Su Jin thought of the list of tributes he read in the morning, and couldn’t help but say: “If there are more troubles, you can’t I really can’t push it away, so I simply call it a disease.”

Zhou Ping responded repeatedly, and asked again, “Have you noticed anything about Chao Qing’s disappearance?”

Su Jin poured a cup of tea for himself: “A little bit.”

Zhou Ping looked around, dragged her to the porch, and said in a low voice, “Yesterday you left, and I went to Gongshi’s office to inquire, but I happened to bump into the maid of the third son of the Yan family, saying that it was his son Jiang Yu. She came to pick it up specially when the seal was placed here.”

“Yesterday?”

Judging from the look on his face, Yan Ziyan only found out this morning that the Yan family had a jade seal that had landed at the Gongshi’s place. Where did this maid come from, who has the ability to predict the future?

Zhou Ping said: “Isn’t that jade seal taken away by you? I told her that Chao Qing has disappeared, and the yamen wants to investigate the case and take away the evidence. If she wants the jade seal, she can only come to the capital yamen in two days. Su Jin asked, ”

Would she like to come?”

Zhou Ping said, “She said she couldn’t get out of her body the next day, and she would come before dawn the next day.”

Zhou Ping saw that Su Jin was silent, and added: ” I thought this maid was acting strange, so I wrote down what she looked like, and when Lord Yang returned to the mansion, I could ask him about this person.”

Su Jin shook his head and said, “No, I already know who she is.”

Mrs. Yan had to have one wife . The fourth son, the eldest son and the second son are not in the capital. Apart from the third son Yan Ziyan, who is usually in the house, there is also a young lady who has been sent back three times and is waiting for her.

Yan’s jade seal is only passed down to the direct line. Since the three young masters have no time to spare, the only person who left the jade seal at the Gong Shi’s that day can only be the infamous Miss Yan, Yan Ziqi.

On duty the next day, there was always talk about the officials making troubles in the government office. Seeing Zhou Ping coming, he hurriedly grabbed and questioned the details.

Zhou Ping answered them one by one, and finally said: “The chief examiner of Chunqi is Mr. Qiu Ge, who is fair and honest, and everyone in the world knows that it’s hard to feel bad, let these officials make trouble, and when they calm down, they will dissipate. Now , it’s not a big deal.”

Liu Tuiguan laughed and said: “At the moment, Zhou Tong will judge you for being lenient. Did you know that last night, the Supreme Court came to invite Master Yang to drink tea, so he discussed it all night and returned it. Didn’t come back.”

Zhou Ping was startled: “Is the Metropolitan Procuratorate also taking care of this troublesome official?”

Liu Tuiguan said: “Do you think it’s a trivial matter? Last year, Mr. Gao from Quzhou was transferred to the inner court. Because he was born in the second division, the people in it didn’t even look at him, so he couldn’t stand it a while ago and simply started his career.”

Saying that, he glanced at Su Jin, who was in the corner, and said, “If you don’t believe me, ask him, but he was born in the first class. Back then, he was Jieyuan in Qizhou, a second-class jinshi, but now he is subordinate to you and me, I’m afraid it is this You have to be unwilling in your life.”

Zhou Ping sternly said, “Brother Yi Chu’s words are different, Baili Xi pays homage to the prime minister at 70, Huang Zhong surrenders to Shu at 60 to defeat the enemy, Shi Yu is still young, and he will be a special one in the future. I don’t know.”

Liu Yichu said, “You just love preaching. He has offended the officials. It is good fortune to no longer be demoted, and he is looking forward to promotion?”

Zhou Ping wanted to argue again, but Su Jin had already copied it. After finishing the case, he presented it to Liu Yichu, and said solemnly: “Your Excellency is joking, Xiaguan has no ambitions, and only wants to be humble. The place where your heart is at ease is my hometown. It is very good for Xiaguan to stay in the yamen, as long as Lord Liu is willing to To be accommodating, it’s good to go outside to play a sharp point from time to time.”

Liu Yichu slanted at her: “Why, it’s not enough to go outside for two days, and you have to go out again?”

Su Jin said: “Yes, it’s a personal matter, Shen Shi Come back.”

Although Liu Yichu didn’t have a door on his mouth, he was lenient towards the bottom, and he knew how to open one eye and close the other, so he said: “Go ahead, if you are caught alive by the old thief Sun. You don’t have to beg me, I don’t care if you live or die.”

When Su Jin left the yamen, he heard Zhou Ping call behind him: “Shi Yu, wait for me.”

Su Jin said in surprise: “Why don’t you? Are you out?”

Zhou Ping looked back at the government office and sighed: “Liu Yichu can’t speak his mind, I don’t want to stay with him.” After a while, he asked again, “You are going to the Gongshi Institute. Well? Well, I’m going too.”

Zhou Gaoyan had a principle, he talked to Liu Yichu, and said it lightly.

When he mentioned Luodi Shizi in the morning, he didn’t agree on his face, but he didn’t have a bottom in his heart. When I thought about the group of troublesome generals, I told him to wait and see, and I couldn’t hold my stomach full of sadness.

Su Jin said: “You are so worried about eating radishes and eating radishes. Chunyu is not handled by the capital’s yamen. Even if the situation becomes serious, the emperor will be held accountable, and there is a cabinet above, and the Ministry of Rites will bear it.”

Zhou Ping said gloomily: “Although it is so It’s reasonable, but I still have to go to the Gongshi to take a look. As long as the Ministry of Rites can safely invite all the gentlemen on the apricot list into the palace today, and tomorrow I sing the corpse and seal the official, my heart will return to my belly. It’s in.” Before he spoke, he had reached

the Gongshi’s office, and Wu Wei checked the official posts and went in to report. After a while, Xu Yuanzhe came out in a hurry, and asked urgently all the way: “Mr. Su, but there is news about Brother Yunsheng. Is it?”

He is Chao Qing and Ke Gong Shi, and he has beautiful eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but unfortunately no one is perfect.

Su Jin was noncommittal, just said: “Find a quiet place to talk.” Taking Xu Yuanzhe around the back alley, he then asked: “Yuanzhe, think about it carefully, before the Spring Festival, has Yun Sheng ever made friends with people outside?”

Xu Yuanzhe said, “Sir, I have asked about it last time. Brother Yunsheng is from the capital. Apart from Mr., the only contact is with the same Gongshi.”

Su Jin was silent for a while, and said, “When I say outsiders, I mean women. Have you ever made friends?”

Xu Yuanzhe’s face turned pale: “This, why did you say this, sir?”

Chao Qing has never been close to women, and Su Jin knows it.

Because of this, the case was found from Yan Ziyan to Yan Ziqi, which made her even more puzzled.

Su Jin saw Xu Yuanzhe hesitating, and guessed the reason for seven or eight points: “Why, you can’t tell me about it?”

Xu Yuanzhe was very embarrassed, and lowered his eyes and said: “Sir, don’t ask, Brother Yunsheng said, about this matter. Even if he dies, you must not mention it to your husband.”

Su Jin looked at him calmly: “What if he really died? Wouldn’t you say it?”

Xu Yuanzhe still lowered his eyes, his face uncertain.

“Not a girl from a good family.”

[End of This Chapter]