Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 155

[155. Chapter One Five Four]

This is after the death of Marquis Changping, the burglar

, and the illustrious Houfu disciple left an empty shelf, so that Ren Xuan was respected and respected by the saint, and he was appointed as the Minister of Rites.

Tomorrow is the palace exam, Ren Xuan checked the list of tributes for the day at the government office, and it was already twilight when he returned home.

At the beginning of the spring rain, the scorching glow shrouded the sky and the earth. He could tell from a distance that the person standing outside the mansion was Su Jin. Guessing her intention in his heart, he was overjoyed for a while, so he ordered his servants to invite him to the hall and serve him with good tea.

Su Jin took out the secret post: “Please take a look at Xiaohou Ye.”

Ren Xuan had read Su Jin’s article five years ago. At that time, she entered the Hanlin, and she was very famous for her strategy and theory.

He grinned and said: “Your article is too good, just leave it to His Highness, he can’t use it. I will make some changes to the wording later, don’t worry, don’t let the old Hanlin see it. There is a clue.”

Su Jin said: “It’s all up to the young master.”

Ren Xuan carefully took the secret message, thought about it and asked, “You are willing to take this risk, but you can’t stay in the capital’s yamen? I have acquaintances in the official department. , It is said that there is a lack of records in the Zhan Shifu, although it is only a ninth grade, anyway, working under the East Palace is much more respectable than the capital Yamen, do you intend?”

Su Jin was silent for a while, and then said: “Since the little prince is here The Ministry of Rites must know about Chao Qing’s disappearance.”

Ren Xuan said yes, and Su Jin continued: “Chao Qing and the lower officials are old friends. I went to Gong Shi’s office to ask about him. On the day he disappeared, the third son of the Grand Master Yan came to look for him. He has a jade seal of the Yan family as evidence, and the two have had disputes. But when Lord Shaozhan left, Chao Qing was still there, and he could not find out about Shaozhan. My official is soft-spoken, and I know how to break in. If I can’t do it with the Grand Fu’s mansion, I just ask the little Marquis to let me and Third Young Master Yan meet, so that we can have a face-to-face discussion.”

Ren Xuan did not expect that Su Jin’s setbacks were for others. Thinking about it carefully, Yan Ziyan is now a young man in the Zhan Shifu. The Yingtianfu yamen probably doesn’t want to offend anyone, so he wanted to put the case down. The government is here.

This is also self-denial.

Thinking of this, Ren Xuan expressed some respect in his heart, and his words were also kind: “Don’t hide Su Xian brother, because of a private matter for my brother, it is really inconvenient to bring Xian brother to the Taifu’s house to visit. Why don’t you do this, tomorrow morning, you pretend to be Zuo’s attendant and Wei-xiong enter the palace together. Yan Ziyan must pass by the Jinshui Bridge at the fifth watch every day, and Wei-xiong will help you stop him, so you can ask more clearly.” That

night, Su Jin relied on Ren Xuan’s words, Rest in Houfu nearby. The next day, he got up at the fourth watch, hurriedly had breakfast, and got into the carriage. Ren Xuan asked again, “In this court, apart from the old Hanlin, who the virtuous brother no longer knows?”

Su Jin replied: “At that time in the Hanlin Academy, I only devoted myself to writing articles on Xiushu, and I had few contacts with people, and I only had a few months, so no one would recognize the lower official.”

Ren Xuan said: “That’s good, you don’t know the newly appointed Zuo Du. Lord Censor Liu, his discipline is very strict, if you let people see the clue and find that my virtuous brother Gangji and I are not in good shape, it will be difficult to clean up.”

Su Jin was stunned for a while, seeing that the imperial city was close to him, he made a move. The pair of eyes looked at the nose, and the nose looked at the posture of the heart: “Oh, I have never heard of this person.” In front of the

noon gate, the carriage and horse stopped. In order to eliminate fire hazards in the palace, the lights of the ministers were prohibited, and only senior officials of the second rank and above could enter by car with lanterns.

Before the fifth watch, there were a few people standing by the Jinshui Bridge, all waiting for the waiter in charge of the lamp to come and lead them into the palace.

Ren Xuan led Su Jin to wait at the bridge, and at the fifth correction moment, Yan Ziyan came with a bang.

Ren Xuan went up to greet one or two, and led Huatou to the palace examination, and said: “I checked the list of tributes yesterday, there should have been eighty-nine, but I didn’t think that one was missing. I went to the yamen to ask. The corpse. The Ministry of Rites has to deal with errands, and the report is to return home in a hurry, but you also know Luo Shangshu’s scrupulous temperament, and when you look back, you are afraid that he will ask, and you have to walk down to the Gongshi’s office to inquire. Now, the military guard said that you had been there before this Gong Shi disappeared.”

Yan Ziyan hummed, “nonsense.” Then he narrowed his eyes and asked, “Young master asked me what I was talking about. What do you mean? Do you suspect that I robbed people?”

He was born with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and he wore a court dress with the bearing of a long sleeved robe, just like the famous Wei and Jin scholars in ancient paintings. It’s just that a great hero can be true to his true colors, a true celebrity is self-righteous, and Yan Ziyan’s eyes are higher than the top.

Ren Xuan smiled and said, “If I doubt you, I’m here to ask you what you are doing? Are you tipping off the news?”

Yan Ziyan lowered his brows and thought for a while, and thought it was true. Has someone changed?”

Ren Xuan said, “Ali was ill, so he brought another one at random. Coincidentally, he was sent to ask Gongshi yesterday.”

Su Jin stepped forward and bowed: “Little man Jia Su, see Lord Shaozhan.”

Yan Ziyan didn’t answer, looked her up and down, and didn’t look away for a while, Su Jin said again, “Sir Shaozhan is probably the one who forgets things too much, but what Gong Shi has done Wu Wei is not without evidence, they say that Shao Zhan has been there, and there is a jade seal of the Yan family as proof.”

Yan Ziyan shook his sleeve robe, thinking he was listening to a joke: “A group of reckless men spread their words, and the jade seal of the Yan family is the identity of the Yan family. It symbolizes that this official has always cherished his life and never took his side, so how can it fall into the hands of others?”

Su Jin looked up at Yan Ziyan and spread his right hand: “Then according to what Shaozhan said, what is in the hands of the villain? This jade seal is fake.”

There is only moonlight at the end of the sky, and the seal made of suet jade is bright and shiny, Yan Ziyan’s face changed instantly, and he reached out to grab the jade seal, but Su Jin took it back one step before him. Hand, lightly said: “It doesn’t look fake.”

Yan Ziyan said angrily: “What are you, you dare to hold this official accountable!” But under the moonlight, Su Jin stood alone, indifferent and calm, making him feel a trace of deja vu, “No, I seem to have seen The one who passed you, you are—”

A star of light shone from the other end of the Jinshui Bridge, and the courtiers were originally gathered to watch the fun, but the light was dazzling, and they all scattered.

Since there is no need to wait for the lights for the second-rank and above officers, there are not many who come early. The only ones who can arrive at the Noon Gate at five watch are probably the newly appointed Tie Mian Bodhisattva of the Ducha Yuan.

Ren Xuan’s heart was not good, and he only hoped that the bodhisattva’s sedan chair could separate the whole world, so that he could not hear any movements. However, the Bodhisattva dropped off the sedan in front of him, and the attendant with the lamp in front of the sedan greeted him in a friendly manner: “Mr. Hou, it’s early for you, Mr. Shao Zhan.”

Su Jin heard the sound familiar, raised his eyelids and glanced at him. It was the one who gave her the umbrella at Dali Temple that day. There is no need to guess, the other person who made the world quiet as soon as he appeared was Lord Liu Chaomingliu, the censor of the Zuodu capital.

Liu Chaoming didn’t say anything, even his expression was calm, and the waiter on the side of the lamp said again: “I heard from a distance that the little prince and Shao Zhan are in high spirits. I don’t know what to talk about, so I asked the villain to join in the fun.”

Ren Xuan is very modest: “Brother An Ran is joking, Shao Zhan is just looking at me with a new face and asking a few questions.” After that, he gave Yan Ziyan a wink, meaning it was a big deal Small.

How could he know that Yan Ziyan would not like this, so he said coolly: “Miansheng? I think the noodles are very familiar.” He took two steps forward and stood in front of Su Jin, “I already remember who you are, Jing Jinshi in the eighteenth year of Yuan Dynasty, but Su Shiyu?” In the

past, Yan Ziyan and Yan Ziyan only had a relationship at the Qionglin Banquet, and they didn’t even say a word, and it didn’t occur to him that he remembered himself.

Right now, there are hundreds of officials, and there is also a censor of the Zuodu, who is an inspector, who pretends to be an official to attend.

Su Jin only regarded himself as a taller, looked at Yan Ziyan calmly, opened his mouth and asked, “What is Su Shiyu? Did your lord forget it?”

Yan Ziyan sneered: “You can deny it, but don’t think I’m the only one who remembers you!” With a flutter of his sleeves, he turned his head and bowed in front of Liu Chaoming: “Master Liu, Enke in the eighteenth year of Jingyuan, you I went to Qizhou to handle the case, and after I returned to Beijing, I mentioned the local Jie Yuan Su Jin Su Shiyu at the Poetry Ceremony, saying that his article has the talent of the champion, and he is the person in front of him!”

Kui Ye had only one star of light, reflected in Liu Towards the depths of the bright eyes, it swayed gently, like still water.

After a long while, he said indifferently, “Really?” He took the lantern and held it in front of Su Jin and looked at it for a while. She is eloquent and stubborn, just like the one she saw in the wind and rain at Dali Temple that day.

Liu Chaoming handed the lantern back to An Ran, turned back to the sedan chair, and said indifferently, “I don’t know this person.”

Ren Xuan did not expect that this stubble would fall under Liu Chaoming’s eyes and be taken by a stroke. After the luck of the rest of his life, he hurriedly pulled Yan Ziyan to bid farewell to the official sedan chair of Lord Censor.

Yan Ziyan took another look at Su Jin, snorted, and flung his sleeves into the palace.

Ren Xuan turned his head and stared at his back, and waited for the others to walk away before saying to Su Jin: “Yan Ziyan has a bad temper, but he is still a daredevil, I see his reaction just now, it really doesn’t look like he has been to tribute. Shi’s office, but the jade seal in your hand is clearly real.”

Su Jin said, “Yes, I also suspect this.”

Ren Xuan took a few steps back and forth and said, “In this case, you wait here first. , I will send the secret message for my brother later, and take the time to go to Zhan Shifu to inquire about what Yan Ziyan did on the day that Chao Qing disappeared.”

Su Jin glanced at Zhou Ping and said, “I sincerely Be careful in your words and deeds, if you say too much, you will lose.”

Zhou Ping failed to understand her deep meaning, and replied: “It’s nothing, I met Shen Shilang from the Ministry of Household earlier, he was wearing civilian clothes, and he told me that he was the capital. The procuratorate’s miscellaneous work caused me to violate the guidelines and almost committed a crime of disrespect, but fortunately, the Zuodu Yushi has a brilliant eye, discerning right from wrong, and never bothered with me.”

After speaking, he looked at Zhu Nanxian again, and continued: “I just saw Captain Nan, and I saw that you are dignified and handsome, like a royal relative, thinking that everyone in your palace has this kind of attitude. The bad habit of wearing plain clothes to deceive people turns out to be a school captain, and it is really disrespectful.”

Zhu Nan said: “Brother Zhou, you are polite.”

Su Jin glanced at Zhou Ping again, and said, “Other people eat a cut and gain wisdom. , you are short-sighted and wise.”

Zhou Ping failed to understand the deep meaning of this sentence, and scolded: “You still talk about me, but I want to talk about you. You should be more careful when you associate with people on weekdays, like It’s good to be like Captain Nan, but if you change to Shilang Shen, you can’t make friends. Not to mention the thirteenth highness that day, when he came, our yamen was knocked up and down. I can only see His Highness’s boot face. The next day, Mr. Yang’s knees hurt so much that he can’t walk, and he said that when you come back, he will give you some advice, but he can’t recruit Thirteenth Highness to the government office any more. Our government office is small. Can’t you remember this golden Bodhisattva?”

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 to 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 and saw a white-haired old woman sitting inside. After the sixtieth year, when he saw a few people approaching, he 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, I heard that the emperor was going to make him a high official, do you know when he will come out?”

[End of This Chapter]