Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 168

[168. Chapter One Sixty Seven]

This is the anti-theft badge. It was her grandfather’s most cherished thing. It was the first treasure that he seized from a deceived Zhou Yin in Huaixi when he was fighting with Emperor Jing Yuan 40 years ago.

Emperor Jing Yuan gave it to him and said, “If one day the country is in my hands, I will give you half of it.”

Her grandfather was a great scholar in the world.

Later, Emperor Jing Yuan really won the country, and he worshipped him three times as the prime minister. His grandfather might serve for two or three years.

Su Jin remembered that his grandfather once said: “Since ancient times, monarch, power and power have been checked and balanced. Some people can interact in adversity, but they cannot live together in glory and power. Zhu Jingyuan is suspicious by nature and slaughtering. The ‘fear of each other’ is going to become a ‘disaster of each other’.”

Later, as her grandfather said, Emperor Jing Yuan executed the two prime ministers of the dynasty in a row, abolished the central book province, and ordered future generations not to stand as prime ministers.

The blood-soaked catastrophe had complicated implications, and even Su Jin’s grandfather, who had already served in office, had not escaped.

Su Jin remembered that year, when she was hiding in a haystack with a strong smell of corpse, the sound of killing outside turned into the sound of changing signs and flowed into her mind, which actually reminded her of the broken blue and white porcelain vase.

At that time, she was afraid that her grandfather would be sad, so she spent a day and a night putting together the porcelain vase. When her grandfather saw it, there was a hint of confusion in her brows.

He said, “Ayu, although the broken mirror can be reunited, the cracks are still there, and there are some things that I have tried my best but still can’t get good results. What should I do?”

What should I do?

Su Jin didn’t know, but now, she only understands the confusion between her grandfather’s brows, which is about recalling the hearty experience with her old friend, Ma Zhongyuan, a few years ago.

In the old days, the slightly drunken color can still appear in idle dreams, but when he wakes up, he is unwilling to bear that everything that he once regarded as treasures will fall into this mundane struggle for honor and power and burn himself to self-destruction.

Su Jin thought that she would probably spend her whole life seeking a solution when asked by her grandfather, and up to now, all she can do is try her best.

Zhu Nanxian hurriedly took Su Jin to the bungalow closest to Xuanyuantai, and when he looked back, he saw a large group of people behind him. room.

This penthouse is the residence of the palace maids in front of the palace. The maids who were not on duty first knelt in a row, followed by a row of servants, and then went all the way to the outside of the house, black pressure knelt down a mass of guards from Chengtianmen, some of them were soaked. , probably just followed him to the Yunji River.

Zhu Nanxian lightly placed Su Jin on the couch, and then said to a palace maid nearby: “You, go get your clean clothes and put them on for Governor Su.”

The palace maid Nuonuo replied: ” Yes.” He raised his eyes and glanced at the eight-grade Buzi on the couch, and said, “But…”

Zhu Nanxian felt that his mind was full of paste, and now he sat beside the couch, guiltily covering Su. At Jin’s chest collar, he pointed to Xiao Huo who was behind the palace maid and said, “Wrong, it’s you, you go find clean clothes.”

Xiao Huo hurriedly responded, and after a short while, he brought a light blue dress.

Zhu Nanxian ordered him to put Ye Sa aside and coughed: “Okay, you all step back, this king wants to…” He swallowed, “I’m changing clothes for Governor Su.” There

was a room full of people. They looked at each other, and neither dared to move.

The maid, who was instructed by Zhu Nanxian to get the clothes, said cautiously, “Your Highness, your Highness is a thousand-dollar body, should you let your servants come to change Governor Su’s clothes?

” Said: “Presumptuous, do you know whether men and women are inseparable?” The

palace maid was silent and walked out with a house of maids.

The doctor who happened to be the first came over. Seeing that the palace maid had withdrawn, he hurriedly entered the room with the medicine box, but Zhu Nanxian shouted “stop”, so he didn’t enter or retreat, so he had to kneel on the threshold.

Zhu Nanxian said again solemnly: “Did you not hear what this king just said?”

Yizheng looked at Zhu Nanxian with a bewildered face: “Back to His Highness, His Highness said that men and women are not related, but Wei Chen said this. …” He pointed to himself, and then to the person lying on the couch, to the effect that he and Su Jin both had handles.

Zhu Nanxian was stunned, thinking, hey, I have a headache, how should this king explain this?

After thinking about it, Zhu Nanxian had no choice but to cough, and said more solemnly: “Bold, what the king says, you can do what you want, all men can get on with each other regardless, hurry up and get out. Go out.”

As soon as these words came out, Yizheng hurriedly kowtowed, and retreated with a group of servants who were still kneeling on the ground and thought they could use their hands and feet. He explained, “Bring the door.” The

doctor quickly closed the door tightly, and he couldn’t bear it any longer. He said to the head of the palace hall, who was standing with his hands down and looking at his nose and nose, “Eunuch Zhang. , Thirteenth Highness, this is…”

Eunuch Zhang gave him a sullen look.

Yi Zheng was startled, pointed to the ear room with one hand, and said in a low voice, “But I heard that this couch is a governor of the capital’s yamen.”

Eunuch Zhang nodded with an unhappy face.

Yizheng’s chin seemed to be dislocated, and he asked again, “Your Highness has a dignified appearance and a pure character, how, how did you get this bite?”

Eunuch Zhang said with a sullen face: “How did you get it, not to mention it? If you want to talk about it, let’s talk about whether Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know about this. If you know it, it’s fine. If you didn’t know it at first, you will know it today, and you and the miscellaneous family are sick for this couch. , Mr. Jiang still think about how many arms, heads and legs we have left.” Hearing this, the

doctor heard this, tears were rolling in his eyes, his heart swayed and his eyes closed, he felt that it would be better to be killed, and immediately Knock on the door frame.

Unexpectedly, the forehead did not touch the door frame, and the door was pulled open from the inside, and the doctor lost his stability and fell to Zhu Nanxian’s feet.

Zhu Nanxian coughed, but this time, he didn’t make a fuss. He lowered his eyes and whispered, “Go to see the doctor.

” Jin separated.

It’s like visiting a sick woman for a female relative, but you can’t see her true face.

While taking the pulse, the doctor looked at Zhu Nanxian from the corner of his eye.

Since he entered the room, His Highness the Thirteenth did not say a word, sat upright, almost motionless, as if trying to look like he was not afraid of a crooked shadow, but it was unfortunate. , with a hint of red on his face.

As soon as his fingertips were taken away from Su Jin’s wrist, Zhu Nanxian hurriedly asked, “How is she?”

Yizheng said, “Go back to Your Highness, Governor Su’s pulse is weak, seeing Shen Fen, lift it up. If you press on it, you will get it. This is a state of deficiency of both qi and blood, and a long-term illness that has not healed. It is also overworked, which damages the liver and lungs. It is really not suitable to work hard again. It is best to supplement with medicine and food.”

Zhu Nanxian asked again, “Then she just fell into the water, could she be injured at all?”

Yizheng said, “Oh, it’s nothing, although she suffered a little cold, it is fortunate that His Highness was rescued in time. Now, it will be no problem for Wei Chen to prepare a prescription for Governor Su to recuperate.”

Only then did Zhu Nanxian feel relieved, the doctor was writing the prescription, and he ordered a group of people to withdraw.

The ear room was quiet, and Zhu Nanxian stood in front of the couch with his hands behind his back, looking at Su Jin silently.

Most of the light from the sky was blocked by the screen, and the wind pouring in from the west window made the candles squeak, and the bright fire shone on Su Jin, completely washing away the usual alienation, leaving only three points of tenderness. .

Unfortunately, his brows were still slightly frowned.

Zhu Nanxian stretched out his finger, trying to help her smoothen her eyebrows, but his fingertips stopped half an inch on her brow, afraid of disturbing her.

His fingers are clearly articulated, and the tiger’s mouth and finger pulp have thick calluses. Although it looks like the hand of a martial artist, it is still slender and jade-like, and he is obviously used to being pampered.

But not Su Jin, Zhu Nanxian thought. When he was dressing her just now, he saw large and small scars on her body, some of which had faded a lot, and some were still sinuous.

Every one of them can see him like a bone in his throat.

Zhu Nanxian even thought, do those veteran soldiers who have fought for decades have any scars on their bodies?

Besides, she’s still a woman.

He never thought she would be a woman.

That kind of temperament of the breeze and the moon is rare even in men, how can it be a woman?

Zhu Nanxian felt that his brain was knotted again, he tried hard to untie it, but the knot became tighter and tighter.

So much so that when Su Jin woke up, he saw Zhu Nanxian standing in front of the couch, looking at him with bitterness and hatred.

Su Jin suddenly woke up in a deep sleep, and at the moment of waking up, he completely forgot all about the dream.

She sat up abruptly, first glanced at Ye Sa, who had been changed on her body, and then at Zhu Nanxian, who was stunned in front of the couch. She immediately rolled over and dropped her knees on the ground, pursed the corners of her lips, and said: One sentence: “Wei Chen is guilty of death.” Before

Zhu Nanxian recovered from the emotion of peeping and being arrested, he was shocked by Su Jin’s heroic heart of impeaching himself and begging for death when he woke up from this big dream, opened his mouth and said Without a complete sentence: “You, me, this… ah, I have a headache…”

Zhu Nanxian felt that he needed to slow down and sat down on the couch. Seeing that Su Jin was still kneeling on the ground, he wanted to help her , stretched out his hand, and then remembered that she was a woman, and was afraid that if he really met her, she would be snubbed.

After thinking about it, he had to say: “You sit down.” After a while: “No, you come up and lie down.” After thinking about it, it was even more wrong, and he took a breath and said, “What this king wants to say is, you lie down first. , let this king kneel.”

Su Jin raised his eyes and looked at him in surprise.

Zhu Nanxian felt that he was talking too much and was wrong. It was better to do it personally. For a while, he couldn’t care about the difference between men and women. He stretched out his hand from under her arm and put her on the couch. He hooked up a stool with his feet and sat down. With a sigh, he asked: “You are like this, what do you want to do in the future?”

Su Jin looked around, but Zhu Nanxian didn’t mean to ask the guilt, he thought about it, and said, “Wei Chen just remembers. I fell into the water, I dare to ask Your Highness, who rescued Wei Chen?”

Zhu Nanxian then explained the events after Su Jin fell into the water, and avoided her kneeling and thanking, saying, “It’s my fault, too. Wang, in the panic, I didn’t see if anyone found out your identity, but according to this king, the maids in the front hall of the palace must not know it, and the guards of Chengtianmen should not see it either, I’m afraid there are two following. This king is very close to diving. But don’t worry, this king will take care of it.”

Su Jin nodded slightly, and said, “Thank you for your kindness.” He recalled the key to Chao Qing’s disappearance before she fell into the water. At the office, he said to Zhu Nanxian: “His Royal Highness, the death row prisoner named Zhang Kui is still in His Royal Highness’s house? Can I borrow Wei Chen for a day?”

Zhu Nanxian frowned and said, “The doctor said that you have not recovered from a long illness. It’s because you’ve worked too hard, so you keep it first, and there’s something the king has ordered to do.”

Su Jin shook his head and said, “This matter is of great importance, and even a little minister can’t feel at ease after a moment’s delay.”

Zhu Nanxian saw her He was very firm, so he had to say, “Okay.” Then he was silent, raised his hand and pointed to the fence on the side of the couch, avoiding his eyes, and said very embarrassedly: “You put on that first, and let others see your identity. After a pause, he added another sentence, “It has been dried in a brazier.”

Su Jin glanced sideways and saw that it was actually her tie.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, mixed with a cold rebuke from Zhu Minda: “That evil barrier brought people here?”

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

Zhu Nanxian was not used to someone talking to him so casually for a while, so he figured out the identity of the captain in his mind for a while, and then said: “Oh, Brother Zhou, why is this?”

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 errands caused me to violate the guidelines and almost committed a crime of disrespect, but fortunately, Mr. Zuodu Yushi has a bright eye, can distinguish right from wrong, and never bothered with me.” After

speaking, he glanced at Zhu Nanxian again, Continued: “Just now, when I saw Captain Nan, I saw that you were dignified and handsome, like a royal family member. I thought that everyone in your palace had this bad habit of wearing plain clothes to deceive people, but it turned out to be a schoolmaster. Wei, it’s really rude.”

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

Su Jin glanced at Zhou Ping again and said, “Others are wiser by taking a cut, but you’re wise by taking a cut.”

Zhou Ping failed to understand the deep meaning of this sentence again, and scolded: “You still talk about me, but I want to talk about you. You should be more cautious when you make friends with people on weekdays. It’s good to be like Captain Nan, but It would be impossible to make friends with Shi Lang like Shen. 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 face. Yang The next day, my lord had a sore knee and couldn’t walk. He also said that he would give you some advice when you came back, but you can no longer recruit His Highness the Thirteenth to the government office. Our government is small and cannot afford this golden Bodhisattva. Remember that Have you stayed?”

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 entrance of the government office. When he saw three people coming back, one of them was a little familiar, so he held tea and greeted him, “Who is this?”

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

Liu Yichu nodded, and while leading Zhu Nanxian to the mansion, he asked Su Jin, “Are you in the palace? In here, have you heard about Yuan Zhe?”

Su Jin paused, lowered his eyes and said, “The prison was ordered, but I couldn’t survive it.”

The three people beside him were stunned, and Liu Yichu asked: ” How did you die?”

Su Jinwei hesitated and said, “Suicide.” Then he added: “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 Jinshun Looking into his eyes, there was a white-haired old woman sitting inside, with her back hunched and wrinkled about her sixtieth year. Seeing a few people approaching him, she immediately got up from the seat and was overjoyed. look at them.

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 can’t be done, the lord is the lord, the master of the sky, but you can’t be disrespectful.” But after a pause, she looked at Su Jin expectantly for a while, and said eagerly: “Master Su, Caomin listened to Master Zhou, 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 an important task, and there is probably more to come. A few days.” Yu Guangli saw that the old woman was still holding her luggage, and asked, “Have you found a place to stay?” The

old woman was embarrassed and said, “Caomin only arrived at Yingtian Mansion yesterday, and originally wanted to go to Gongshi’s office to inquire about it. Who knows that there are officers and soldiers inside and outside the place, and the grass-roots people dare not go there, so I have come to trouble Master Su to ask Yuan Zhe’s whereabouts.” She thought about it for a while, and then said quickly, “Master Su, don’t worry, since Yuan Zhe has passed a few times. When the day comes back, Cao Min will rest at a place closer to the palace gate, it doesn’t matter when he comes out, Cao Min just thinks that he can see him sooner.”

Su Jin’s heart seemed to be blocked by a huge rock, but his lips were drawn He smiled lightly: “How good is this, when Yuan Zhe comes out, you can blame me, the elder brother, for the poor reception.” After saying that, he took the bag from the old woman’s hand and said, “Grandma will rest at my yamen place. , I’ve been busy with affairs these past few days, if I can enter the palace, maybe I can help you to urge Yuanzhe.” As

he spoke, he helped the old woman, walked to the place behind the side hall, and pushed open the door of his own room. , and smiled again: “Grandma, don’t feel disturbing me, I heard Yuan Zhe say that grandma, you will accept insoles, these shoes are not suitable for my feet, grandma, you must have paid a lot for Yuanzhe, you can give me by the way. One pair is fine.” The

old woman smiled happily and said, “Okay, Master Su, you are really a good person.” He took a closer look at Su Jin’s feet, and said, “Your feet are smaller than Yuan Zhe, my lord, yours is yours. I’m afraid I won’t be able to wear it, 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 behind 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 an instant, Su Jin looked away, shook his head and said, “It has nothing to do with His Highness, His Highness does not need to take it to heart.”

[End of This Chapter]