Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 25

[25. Chapter 24 [includes v announcement]]

Zhou Ping looked familiar to Zhu Nanxian, but she couldn’t remember where she had seen it. When asked, Zhu Nanxian claimed to be the captain of Jinwuwei, named Nan Ai.

Zhou Ping breathed a sigh of relief and got up from the ground, quite embarrassed: “That’s good, Captain Nan, you don’t know, as soon as I entered the palace, I developed the habit of kneeling whenever I meet anyone.”

Zhu Nan Xian was not used to talking to him so casually for a while, so he pinpointed the identity of the captain in his heart, and then said: “Oh, Brother Zhou, why is this?”

Su Jin glanced at Zhou Ping, and said, “Be cautious. If you do , you will lose if you say too much.”

Zhou Ping failed to understand her deep meaning, and replied: “It’s nothing, I met Shi Lang from the Ministry of Household earlier, he was wearing civilian clothes, and he told me that he was the prefectural court. Doing miscellaneous things caused me to violate the guidelines and almost committed a crime of disrespect, but fortunately, Lord Zuodu Yushi has a bright eye, can distinguish right from wrong, and has never cared about me.” After

speaking, he took another look at Zhu Nanxian and continued. “Just now, when I saw Colonel Nan, I saw that you were dignified and handsome, like a royal family member. I thought that everyone in your palace had the bad habit of wearing plain clothes to deceive people, but it turned out to be a Colonel. It ‘s really disrespectful.”

Zhu Nanxian said: “Brother Zhou, you’re polite.”

Su Jin glanced at Zhou Ping again and said, “Others are wise and wise, but you are wise.”

Zhou Ping He couldn’t understand the meaning of this sentence again, and rebuked: “You still talk about me, but I want to talk about you. You should be more cautious when dealing with people on weekdays. It is good for someone like Captain Nan, but it can be changed. Shen Shilang is like this, then he can’t make friends. Not to mention the thirteenth highness that day, when he came, our yamen was knocked up and down, and we could only see His Highness’s boot surface. Lord Yang the next day My knees hurt so much that I can’t walk, and I said that I will give you some advice when you come back, but I can no longer recruit His Thirteenth Highness to the government office. Our government is small and can’t afford this golden Bodhisattva. Remember that. What?”

Su Jin gave Zhou Ping one last look, feeling that he was hopeless, and decided to ignore him.

However, Zhu Nanxian was embarrassed by what he said, so he had to answer solemnly: “Well, I remembered.” The

three of them walked out of the palace in parallel, took a carriage and headed for the capital’s yamen.

Liu Yichu was already waiting at the gate of the mansion. When he saw three people who came back, one of them was a little familiar, so he held tea and greeted him: “Who is this?”

Zhou Ping said, “This is Nan Brother Ai Nan, the captain of Jin Wuwei, is very kind.”

Liu Yichu nodded, and while leading Zhu Nanxian to the mansion, he asked Su Jin, “You are in the palace, have you heard about Yuan Zhe’s news?” Su Jin paused for a while, then lowered his eyes and said, “I was sentenced to prison, but I could n’t

survive it.” Hesitantly, he said, “Suicide.” He added another sentence: “Bite your tongue and commit suicide.” The corridor eaves cast a shadow outside the side hall. Liu Yichu stood under the eaves and looked inside the hall. Su Jin followed his gaze, Sitting inside was a white-haired old woman, hunched over her back, her face wrinkled about her sixtieth year. Seeing a few of him approaching, she immediately got up from the seat and looked at them with joy and fear. Zhou Ping said: “This…how can this be opened?” Su Jin bit his lip and said decisively, “Let’s not mention it for now.” He stepped into the side hall. Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment, but didn’t stop her for a while, so she turned to ask Zhu Nanxian, “Xiaowei Nan, you are from the palace, have you heard of this? Yuan Zhe, why did he commit suicide?” Zhu Nan Xian stared blankly at Su Jin’s back. Xu Yuanzhe knew that Su Jin had tried his best to rescue Tanhualang from the crowd that day. Yes, after finally being rescued, why did he die? He thought for a while, but did not answer Zhou Ping’s words, and followed Su Jin into the side hall.

When the old woman saw Su Jin, she took a few steps tremblingly and asked, “Is it Master Su?” She wanted to kneel down and salute her.

Su Jin hurriedly supported her and said, “Grandma doesn’t need to be too polite.” After thinking for a while, he lowered his eyes and said, “Grandma, Yuan Zhe has always regarded me as a brother, his grandma is my grandma, you still call me The word, call for the rain.” The

old woman said: “This is not good, the lord is the lord, the master of the sky, but you can’t be out of proportion.” But after a pause, she looked at Su Jin with anticipation, and said eagerly: ” Master Su, Caomin heard from Master Zhou that Yuan Zhe was called to the palace, and I heard that the emperor was going to make him a high-ranking official, do you know when he will come out?”

Su Jin avoided her gaze and whispered “The emperor has entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. There are still a few days left.” Yu

Guangli saw that the old woman was still holding her luggage, and asked, “Have you found a place to stay?” Tianfu, I originally wanted to go to Gongshi’s office to find out, but who knew that there were officers and soldiers inside and outside the surrounding area, and the grass-people dared not go, so I came to trouble Master Su to ask Yuan Zhe’s whereabouts.” She thought for a while, and then quickly said, ” Don’t worry, Master Su, since Yuan Zhe will be back in a few days, Cao Min will rest in a place closer to the palace gate, it doesn’t matter when he comes out, Cao Min just thought that it would be good to see him earlier.”

Su Jin’s heart It was like a huge boulder was blocked, but a faint smile appeared on his lips: “How good is this, when Yuan Zhe comes out, you can blame me, the elder brother, for not being good at entertaining.” Then, he took the bag from the old woman’s hand and said , “Grandma stopped at my yamen place. I’ve been busy with affairs these few days. If I can enter the palace, maybe I can help you urge Yuanzhe.” As

he said, he helped the old woman and walked to the back of the side hall. He walked to the place, pushed open the door of his own room, and smiled again: “Grandma, don’t feel bothered me, I heard Yuan Zhe say that grandma, you will accept insoles, these shoes are not suitable for my feet, grandma, you must be for Yuan Zhe. I have taken a lot, and it would be good if you can give me a pair.” The

old woman frowned and said, “Okay, Master Su, you are really a good person.” He took a closer look at Su Jin’s feet and said, “Sir, yours His feet are a little smaller than Yuan Zhe’s, I’m afraid you won’t be able to wear his, so Caomin will give you a good pair again.”

Su Jin nodded, closed the door and exited, bumping into Zhu Nanxian who had been following her.

Zhu Nanxian glanced at her clenched hand, and for a moment didn’t know what to say, only asked, “Su Jin, is it my father…”

Su Jin suddenly looked up at him, his eyes burning like fire.

But the fire was extinguished in just a moment, Su Jin looked away, shook his head and said, “It has nothing to do with Your Highness, Your Highness doesn’t have to take it to heart.”

Zhu Nanxian was silent for a while, and then asked: “You don’t tell her, do you want to? Return Xu Yuanzhe’s innocence first?”

Su Jin didn’t speak.

Zhu Nanxian looked at her, suddenly grabbed her hand, and put a cold object in her palm.

Su Jin looked down and saw that it was a flawless piece of jade.

Zhu Nanxian said: “This is the jade that Zhang Kui put in the crack of the prison wall of the Ministry of Punishment. I went to find it myself.” Then he paused and said, “Su Shiyu, you don’t have to worry, in the next two days. I have already thought about it. If you don’t tell me the reason for entering the official position, this king will not ask. If you want to do something in the future, you can do it, and this king will help you. This king only hopes that you can understand… You are not alone. Alone .”

Liu Chaoming flipped through the dossier and listened to Qian San’er’s report to trace the result of Su Jin’s poisoning that day, and said blankly: “So, except for a little clue, you haven’t found anything in the past two days? Qian San’er said: ” Your Excellency

is wrong to blame Xiaguan. Apart from this clue, Xiaguan has also found out a strange thing.”

Liu Chaoming raised his eyes from the case.

“Master Liu, since the Thirteenth Highness was willing to jump into the Yunji River to save Governor Su that day, he should be very interested in this case, shouldn’t he also investigate it? But guess what, he not only did not pursue this case closely. However, the two Chengtianmen guards were sent away, and the officer went to ask, it happened to be the two who jumped into the river with him that day, do you think it’s strange?”

Liu Chaoming said, “Where did they go?”

Qian San’er said: “It was actually sent directly to the Northwest Guard.” After a while, he said again, “Master Liu, what do you think about this, why does the lower official think there is something wrapped in it?”

Liu Chao Ming frowned slightly, and suddenly remembered Shen Xi’s sentence – “You usually spend all your time thinking about affairs, but thinking about people is still too little”, and immediately said: “Go and ask the maid in front of the palace, What happened after His Highness the Thirteenth took Su Jin over that day?”

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