Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 59

[59. Chapter 58]

This is the anti-theft badge

. When you leave the palace from the gate of Xixianchi, you can drive a cup of tea to Baihu Lane.

There is a deep courtyard in the alley. Su Jin looked up and wrote the words “Qingping Thatched Cottage”. Liu Chaoming pushed open the courtyard door, walked directly to the door of the grass house, and said, “This is the place.”

This is the former residence of the old imperial censor.

Forty years ago, Emperor Jing Yuan started his career in Huaixi and was once thirsty for talents. Later, he had a large number of talented people, and then with the strategy of “building high walls, accumulating grains, and delaying becoming a king” (note), he finally won the country.

It’s a pity that once a person reaches a high position, it is inevitable to worry about gains and losses, and accumulated worries will turn into scabs, and scraping the bones is not enough to relieve the pain.

For more than ten years, Zhu Jingyuan killed all the heroes, and the entire court was shrouded in a stench.

If anyone can walk through this bad wind with difficulty, it is only the former censor of Zuodu, Mr. Meng Liangmeng, known as the “old censor”.

Liu Chaoming stood in the backlight and said to Su Jin: “The old imperial censor has been imprisoned twelve times in his life, and he has been in danger countless times. In the fifth year of Jingyuan, he went to Huguang to inspect the case. The local officials and bandits colluded and put a knife on his neck. , He blocked the sword with his hand and was cut off with five fingers of his right hand, and he did not retreat. In the eighth year of Jingyuan, the sage suspected that General Pingbei was conspiring against him. He was tortured, but he did not retreat. In the eleventh year of Jingyuan, the sage dismissed the prime minister and implicated more than 10,000 people with the crime of treason. As soon as he came out of the prison, he made a blunt remark, and the sage wanted to kill him in anger, but he still did not Change the original intention.”

Su Jin said: “I have heard of this matter. At that time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty asked for his life, so that the old imperial censor could save his life.”

Liu Chaoming said: “It’s like this, he is still tortured with a cane, his legs are necrotic, and he will rely on the medicine stone on the sick bed for the rest of his life.” He turned around and looked into Su Jin’s eyes: “Su Shiyu, in your eyes, Xu What was Ying’s death? Was it the regret of an old man who regretted his death without leaving innocence, or the strange injustice that the heavens did not know about ghosts and gods? Or neither, his death was just the sadness of life that you experienced firsthand, and this sadness tells You, alright, alright, why don’t you just call the gold and withdraw the troops?”

Su Jin avoided Liu Chaoming’s gaze and looked at the incense case with the old imperial censor’s tablet: “Master Liu, I don’t want to retreat, I just don’t understand, retreat. Is it wrong? You can’t do your best in everything, is it better to get out early? Do you have to be like the overlord of Western Chu who was defeated and went to the Wujiang River, and he killed himself by the river when he couldn’t retreat?”

Liu Chaoming looked at her and suddenly sighed. He took a breath: “Have you heard of Xie Xiang?”

Su Jin’s heart tightened, and his nails were pinched into his palms so as not to raise his head and show a panicked look, “I heard a little.”

Liu Chaoming said: “In the past, Li At the beginning of the dynasty, the first great Confucian, the sage had worshipped him three times as his prime minister. He had long since retired, but unfortunately, the misfortune of the relationship was too widespread and spread to him

. Su Shiyu, your perseverance for Chao Qing’s case makes this official seem to see the old imperial censor’s bravery in the past. You know that after the Censor was tortured with a cane that year, his legs could have been saved, but he heard that the only granddaughter of Xie Xiang disappeared in this disaster, and went west to find the land of Sichuan and Shu for the legacy of his old friend. , which delayed the treatment and made both legs necrotic.

Su Jin raised his eyes suddenly and looked at Liu Chaoming in a daze. The Liu Chaoming in

front of him seemed to be different. The thick fog that had accumulated in his eyes all the year round dissipated in an instant, revealing a pair of eyes that were as bright as lacquer, but they were clear and firm, as if At a glance, he can go straight to his heart.

Su Jin suddenly understands what Liu Chaoming’s phrase “the censor who keeps his heart as one” means.

Because he has always been doing this, keeping his heart as one, there are Nobility.

Liu Chaoming said: “Su Shiyu, I know that you don’t want to retire, I just want to tell you that Xu Ying’s death is just one of thousands of people who end up with hatred, and as a censor, you You can only face such setbacks head-on, even if your eyes are full of absurdities, you should be like an old imperial censor, sailing in the dark night, only to the bright moon.” Riding in the

dark night, only to the bright moon.

Su Jin smiled softly: “Where the Dao is, although there are thousands of people, I will go.” Then she raised her eyes, her eyes seemed to be burning with burning fire, but her tone was shallow, and she turned around and twirled an incense stick. : “Let me put a stick of incense for the old imperial history.”

It is also for her grandfather to put a stick of incense for an old friend who has been away for many years.

Liu Chaoming looked at her burning incense, and suddenly remembered what the old imperial censor said before his death, “If you can get this son, you must keep it by your side and teach him well”, and the last sentence he said while holding his hand when he was dying ——Liu Yun, Su Shiyu’s life is too difficult and too difficult, you must find him, and use your strength to protect him for life.

Liu Chaoming held Su Jin’s hand: “I’m with you.”

Then he lit incense and glanced at Su Jin, looked at the tablet of the old imperial censor, and said, “Respect him with respect.

” It’s almost time to apply.

Shen Xi played with a folding fan in his hand and leaned on the porch to say hello: “Being involved in all kinds of official and mundane affairs, I thought that Brother Yun and I would be suspended from the morning court and the other had their legs broken, so we should make it together to make fun of me. Son, I didn’t think that Brother Yun found a match before me.” He reached out and gave Su Jin a random nod, “Mr. Su, we meet again.”

Su Jin returned a nod: “Hello, Mr. Shi Lang.” I’m about to bow down.

Shen Xi hurriedly said, “No, no.” Then he went to the front hall and said, “Is this person your friend?”

There was still a person kneeling in the main hall. Su Jin took a closer look and found it was Zhou Ping.

She said: “Exactly.”

Shen Xi smiled narrowly: “You look at it.” He cleared his throat, and said solemnly: “Zhou Tong sentenced, this official forgives you and orders you to be punished.”

Zhou Ping can’t wait to bury her head in the ground: “Don’t dare, ask the adults to punish you.”

Shen Xi laughed out loud, then quickly put it back, and said in a serious manner: “You calm down, Governor Su has already I told this official that he will be punished on your behalf.”

Zhou Ping raised his head abruptly, first looked at Shen Xi with a bewildered face, then looked at Su Jin with a reproachful look, and then kowtowed: “Lord Shen. , Governor Su is still injured, please be merciful, or I will bear the punishment of Governor Su for him.”

Shen Xi couldn’t bear it any longer, holding his stomach and laughing: “This is What a mess.”

Knowing that he likes to tease people, Liu Chao stepped into the front hall and said, “Zhou Tong is sentenced to be flat.”

Zhou Ping raised her eyelids and glanced at it, weighing the officials in her heart. Goods, Nuonuo got up.

Liu Chaoming looked at Shen Xi coldly: “What’s wrong with you?”

Shen Xi sat down under his right hand without doing anything right, and then put on a surprised look: “Your Majesty’s remarks have wronged the common people. Zhou Tong sentenced him. I came to the Duchayuan early this morning to look for Governor Su, it just so happened that you two were not there, and I was the guest of mine who dropped by to help the

Duchayuan.” Liu Chaoming glanced at him coldly.

Shen Xi smiled and changed his words: “Hello, greeting guests. Didn’t I break my legs? The official robes were too cumbersome, so I just wore casual clothes. How could Zhou Tongjing recognize me as a messenger?” He walked all the way from outside the palace. He was so hot that he wanted to ask me for a cup of tea. I thought to myself, this is a guest of the Imperial Court, so I can’t be neglected, right?

“I’m looking for a teapot again. The tea-burning shop was busy for a long time, and finally made a cup of tea for Zhou Tongjuan. Who would have thought that Qian San’er, who was short-sighted, suddenly came over and called ‘Sir Shen’ and bowed, and Zhou Tongjuan was choked. He was half dead, then knelt on the ground and couldn’t get up. ”

Speaking, he raised the teapot again, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Zhou Ping: “Brother Zhou, do you think so? ”

Zhou Ping fell to the ground again with a plop.

Shen Xi handed the tea in his hand to Su Jin and said, “Hey, I said, you are so arrogant, how can you have such an honest friend? I’m afraid it’s not for you to bully all the time, right?”

Su Jin took the tea and put it aside, turned around Go to help Zhou Ping: “Shen Shilang’s words can be asked about the lower officials, Master Liu is upright, can’t he help but meet with Master Shen?” After speaking, he was too lazy to talk to Shen Xi any more, and asked Zhou Ping: “Gao Yan, What are you looking for ?”

Shen Xi knocked on the table with his fan, and asked Liu Chaoming, “Hey, he is so arrogant and inferior, but you are used to it?”

Liu Chaoming ignored him.

Zhou Ping looked up at the faces of the two in the hall, but she didn’t really mean to punish him, so she said: “Yesterday, a grandma came to the yamen to look for you, I asked brother Yichu, it was Yuan Zhe’s grandmother, because Yuan Zhe went away. The letter at home mentioned you, but she came here when she couldn’t find Yuan Zhe.”

Su Jin’s eyes darkened.

Zhou Ping said again: “I asked the Yin of Yang to ask, but I don’t know what happened to Yuan Zhe, so I came to ask you.” After a while, she lowered her voice and said, “Besides I am very worried about you, I came in to see you. .”

After hearing this, Su Jin turned to look at Liu Chaoming, who nodded to her.

Su Jin said: “I’m fine now, I’ll go back with you.” After saying that, he said goodbye to Liu Chaoming and Shen Xi.

When Su Jin’s figure disappeared outside the court, Liu Chaoming thought for a while, thinking that the person who instigated the poisoning that day had not been found, and was about to order the first three to secretly send two people to follow, but he was stopped by Shen Xi’s fan: “No, no, this thief has not been caught, and you are not the only one worried. Governor Su is here, and there are two idiots to follow.”

Liu Chaoming was stunned, thinking about who he was talking about, and asked, “How do you know?”

Shen Xi Yi smiled: “In the past, when Hanlin went to school together, the old lady Fu said you were the smartest one.” Then he sighed: “It’s a pity that your brain is usually used for official business, and there are still too few people trying to figure it out. Yes .”

Liu Chaoming raised his eyebrows.

Shen Xi said: “Do you know what all the nerds in this world have in common?” He pointed out a finger: “One, wait for the rabbit.”

Su Jin and Zhou Ping walked over Xuanyuan Terrace, got off the Yunji Bridge, and a person came around behind the bridge.

[End of This Chapter]