Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 34

[34. Chapter 33]

Driving to Liu Mansion, the clerk went to knock on the mansion door.

The old servant who opened the door saw Liu Chaoming, and said in amazement, “Your Excellency is back?

” Calling, someone in the house immediately answered: “Your Excellency is back?”

Accompanied by the voice, two attendants walked out from the inside, one of whom Su Jin had met, was the one who gave her the umbrella in the wind and rain at Dali Temple that day. The name is An Ran. The other person is wearing a plain white long gown, with delicate features. He looks a bit like An Ran, about two brothers.

The two of them came up together, but stopped at the same time when they saw Su Jin, looked at each other, and asked An Ran in surprise: “Sir, this is your… a guest invited to the

mansion?” With a sigh, he instructed: “Aliu, go and prepare a clean shirt for Governor Su.”

Aliu said yes, and he wanted to say something with a curious look on his face, but An Ran glanced at him, so he had to take orders and leave.

An Ran asked: “Where do you want to meet the guests?”

Liu Chaoming glanced at Su Jin and said, “The study.”

Liu’s house is pure and simple, probably because the master is not often there, there are less than ten people connected with the servants in the house. It really doesn’t look like the residence of the second-rank official Zuodu censor.

Liu Chaoming took Su Jin around the front yard and entered the study.

Aliu had already prepared his clothes, and the tray was dressed in a white robe, and when he got close, he could still smell the fragrance of Du Ruo.

Liu Chaoming was stunned for a while.

Aliu smiled and said, “Young Master Su, you are very thin. These are old clothes from when you were young. The little ones have been washed with soap and powder a few times, and they will be scented with fragrance every year. You can wear them with confidence.”

Su Jin He couldn’t help but glance at Liu Chaoming, Liu Chaoming was stunned for a moment, and turned his eyes away.

Su Jin hesitated for a moment, replied “Okay”, took the clothes and turned around to go to the cubicle.

Aliu followed behind her, and said earnestly, “Young Master Su, will you fetch water for you later?”

Su Jin nodded: “I’m sorry.”

Who knew Aliu didn’t leave the cubicle after he finished speaking. Instead, he stepped forward to change Su Jin’s clothes.

Su Jin took a step back and looked at him blankly.

At the same time, a cold sentence came from the outside: “Aliu.” Liu Chaoming frowned slightly, his eyes fell outside the house, “Go out.

” An uninvited guest, this is the first time I have brought someone back to the mansion. My third brother and I followed the adults when we were young, and we knew that adults are indifferent and do not like to be lively, but the way to receive guests is to be considerate. Warm, but Aliu understands.”

He said, looked at Su Jin again, and continued diligently: “Young Master Su, you don’t know, you are the first person invited to the house by your lord, and you are a distinguished guest. Wait a minute. Aliu changes your clothes for you, and then fetches water for you. The clothes you are wearing are not very clean. Aliu will help you wash them later. By the way, what do you like to eat, Mr. Su, let Uncle Liu prepare it for you. …”

He spoke in a chaotic manner, Su Jin and Liu Chaoming both looked at him silently for a while.

Fortunately, An Ran came to the study room and saw that Aliu’s old problem had reoccurred. He grabbed his arm with one hand and pulled him out, saying, “Get out with me.”

Aliu said, “Hey, third brother, I still I didn’t say–”

An Ran leaned in and apologized to Su Jin, “Governor Su, forgive me, my fourth brother has a chronic disease and is very talkative, please bear with me.” As she spoke, she covered Aliu’s mouth with one hand and pushed him away. Pulled out with a tug at it.

Liu Chaoming glanced at Su Jin, then left the study and closed the door.

As soon as Su Jin took off his coat, he heard that An Ran didn’t cover Aliu’s mouth for a while, and the chattering voice sounded again: “No, Mr. Liu, why did you come out, why don’t you change your clothes…”

Liu Chaoming said coldly: “Find something to block his mouth.”

An Ran said: “Yes, it must be blocked for a whole day.”

Shao Qing, Su Jin changed his clothes and pushed the door out.

Xia Guang was just right, Liu Chaoming stood under a tree of privet virgins with his hands behind his back, fine white flowers fell on the branches, he was dressed in a crane, and he stood tall and jade.

When Liu Chaoming heard the sound of the door opening, he turned around, and the sun shone diagonally, lightly spreading on the tip of his brows. The originally very beautiful eyebrows and eyes seemed to be covered with a halo.

He glanced at Su Jin in his teenage clothes, his eyes lowered slightly, and he didn’t speak for a while.

Su Jin walked over and bowed to him, calling out, “Lord Liu.” Liu

Chaoming gave a “um”, his eyes fell on the eaves behind her: “Have you thought about what to do in the future?”

Su Jin shook his head slightly: “I don’t know, let’s take one step at a time.”

Liu Chaoming turned his eyes to look at her for a moment, and then asked softly, “Why do you want to be an official?”

Su Jin pursed his lips and then said in a perplexed way, “A Weng died unjustly back then. , I was unwilling to be resentful, and I only wanted to get justice for him and get his innocence, and then he studied hard and entered the office, but unfortunately,” she said with a dull tone, “I later found out that the so-called fairness, innocence, and justice are sometimes just those in power who deceive the people. They can only exist within the law of checks and balances in the world and the unity of the people, otherwise, they are worthless.”

Liu Chaoming asked, “So you just have to live by it?”

Su Jin smiled: “It doesn’t count, I choose both. After this road, I have to go on whatever I say. At that time, I had already entered the official position, so I focused on doing the things in front of me.”

Liu Chaoming nodded and said, “Keep your feet on the ground and look at the present, it is also a way of survival. “Then he suddenly asked Su Jin, “Have you heard of the Liu family when you were young?” The

Liu family is a great Confucian family. Yes, but the family’s branches and leaves are deep and wide, and it has not hurt its roots.

Su Jin knew that the Liu family asked by Liu Chaoming belonged to Hangzhou. Xie Xiang’s close friend Meng Lao Yushi had been a teacher in the Liu family during the Bingqi years, and Xie Xiang had also been a guest. He was quite respected by Liu Lao, and he was regarded as half an old friend. .

Su Jin said: “I have heard of it, but when I was young, I only knew Liu Yun, not Liu Chaoming.”

Xie Xiang’s original words after he went to be a guest was that the Liu family had a son, whose name was Yun, who was like jade, and was bright and restrained.

Liu Chaoming looked into the distance and said, “You were in trouble, why didn’t you come to the Liu family for help?”

Su Jin smiled in a low voice: “When you were in trouble, and witnessed the death of a loved one with your own eyes, no one can believe it. Back to Hangzhou for thousands of miles, I was not angry at the time, I just wanted to study hard to avenge A Weng, what should I do?”

Liu Chaoming lowered his eyes, and only after a moment said: “You… in the court, what other wishes are left unfinished?”

Su Jin Yi was stunned: “What do you mean by this, sir?”

Liu Chaoming saw Su Jin’s eyes: “Want to find Chao Qing? Want to kill Zeng Ping and Zeng Youliang to avenge the two of them for hurting you? Or do you want to wash for Xie Xiangxi? Injustice?” He paused, “I can do this for you, but you must go.”

Su Jin was puzzled: “Where do you want me to go?” Then she seemed to understand: “My lord wants me to leave the capital. , to leave this place of right and wrong?”

She lowered her eyes and smiled: “But what if I leave, I am alone, where can I not spend my life? This is right and wrong, try your best to do something within your power-”

“You can go to Hangzhou.” Liu Chaoming interrupted.

Then he avoided Su Jin’s gaze, and said softly, “My hometown.”

Su Jin was slightly startled, and asked, “What is your plan?” After a while, he couldn’t help but ask again, “It was the old imperial censor who had promised before his death. Do you want to take care of me?”

Liu Chaoming didn’t know how to answer, he thought yes, but for a while he didn’t think so.

The thoughts in my heart are like snow, and it melts when it touches the ground, and there is no trace.

He turned his face away and said , “As a woman, pretending to be a man is already deviant. Do you want to get deeper and deeper here?” In the battle between the prince and the seven kings, do you think this is the end? Zhu Minda has guessed that you are a woman, and with his temperament, he will definitely make use of this point to make another article. Old, the feudal lords were separated. Hundreds of years ago, the Western Han Dynasty’s Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, the Western Jin Dynasty’s Rebellion of the Eight Kings’ are vividly remembered, and historical records are ahead, and the party disputes have intensified. Like a bloodthirsty whirlpool, no one is spared, and so are you. If you go further down, you will inevitably fall into the quagmire and cannot escape. By then, you will fall into the abyss of thousands of calamities, and I am afraid that even I will not be able to protect you.”

Feng Fu Afterwards, the privet rustled down.

Su Jin raised his eyes from the wind and looked at Liu Chaoming: “If I leave, what about your lord? That day, your lord already took the position of the Duchayuan and bought my life from the East Palace in the palace front garden, and now I have become His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. My lord is going to send me away? How will you stand between the East Palace and the Seven Kings in the future?”

She turned her back and said, “My lord, you and I are both duckweeds. As early as the moment we entered the official career, we had already Trapped in this quagmire, Shi Yu doesn’t want to be alone, and just wants to stick to his heart.” She said, and smiled suddenly, “Isn’t the lord still asking me, I would like to go to the Superintendent of the Court and be a member of the court to set things right, A loyal censor?” The

broken flower brushed off her shoulder, slid down her clothes, and fell to the ground.

It was the clothes he wore when he was young, he was not as young as the weak crown, high-spirited and ambitious.

It’s strange that she is clearly a woman, but he sees himself at that time as if in her.

Liu Chaoming turned his eyes away, looked at Li Zhenzi lying on the mud floor with a heavy expression, and said softly: “The matter of coming to the Duchayuan is over.”

“You are just me, and you didn’t say that.”

Su Jin’s figure froze slightly.

Liu Chaoming walked to the corridor and asked, “An Ran, is the wing ready?”

An Ran peeked out from the corridor: “Ready, is Governor Su going to rest now?” Then he smiled at Su Jin, “I’ll bring the Governor here.”

Liu Chaoming nodded slightly and looked out of the corner of the eye . After arriving at Su Jin, he stood silently for a moment under the privet tree, gave him a deep bow, and turned to the wing.

An Ran took Su Jin to the wing room, and then turned back to the study in a hurry. Seeing Liu Chaoming still standing in the corridor, she couldn’t help but stepped forward and said, “Sir, I’m incompetent, I can’t share the worries of my lord, and there is one more thing to do. , I’m afraid that it will make the adults more depressed.”

Liu Chaoming frowned and glanced at him: “But it doesn’t matter.”

An Ran swallowed and said, “That’s it, just now, Lord Shen came at some unknown time, and the cat listened to it outside the study. Half a day in the corner, now waiting for you in the main hall.”

[End of This Chapter]