Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 255

[255. two five four chapters]

This is a courtyard that is one deep in the Anti-theft Zhang Lane. 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, when Emperor Jing Yuan started his career in Huaixi, he was once thirsty for talents. Later, he had a lot of talented people under him, and then with the strategy of “building high walls, accumulating grains, and delaying becoming 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 become scabies.

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 has been in danger countless times. In the fifth year of Jingyuan, he went to Huguang to patrol the case, and the local officials and bandits colluded and put a knife around his neck. , He blocked the sword with his hand, and was cut off with five fingers of his right hand. 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 about this, when the Manchu civil and military asked for his life, and the old imperial censor was saved.”

Liu Chaoming said: “For this reason, he was still tortured with a cane, double His legs are necrotic, and the rest of his life depends on the medicine and stone of the sick bed.” He turned around and looked into Su Jin’s eyes: “Su Shiyu, in your eyes, what is Xu Ying’s death? Heaven doesn’t know the strange grievances of ghosts and gods crying? Or not at all, his death is just the sadness of life you have experienced, and this sadness tells you, okay, okay, why don’t you just call gold and withdraw troops?”

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

Liu Chaoming looked at her and suddenly sighed: “Have you heard of Xie Xiang?”

Su Jin’s heart suddenly 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, the first great Confucian at the beginning of the dynasty was worshipped three times by the sage. Prime Minister, he had long since retired, but unfortunately, the calamity involved too much and spread to him. It was because of Xie Prime Minister’s request that the old imperial censor was tortured.

“Su Shiyu, you persevered in Chao Qing’s case and ordered Ben to be tortured. The official seemed to see the old 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 Liu Chaoming

said, “Su Shiyu, I know that you don’t want to retire, but I just want to tell you that Xu Ying’s death was just one of thousands of people who died with hatred. Censor, you can only face such setbacks head-on. Even if your eyes are full of absurdity, you should be like an old Censor, sailing in the dark night, only to the bright moon. Riding the boat in the

dark night, only to the bright moon.

Su Jin smiled in a low voice: “Where the way is, although there are millions 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 picked up a stick of incense: “I will be 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 acquitted.”

Burying his head into the ground: “Don’t dare, I beg the adults to punish you.”

Shen Xi laughed out loud, and quickly put it back, even more serious: “You calm down, Governor Su has already told this official. Now, he will be punished on your behalf.”

Zhou Ping raised her 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 still If you are injured, please be merciful to the adults, or else, or Governor Su’s punishment, I will double for him.”

Shen Xi couldn’t bear it any longer, holding his stomach and laughing like a ball: “What kind of stupid and bad debt is this?”

Liu Chao, knowing that he likes to make fun of people, stepped into the front hall and said: “Zhou Tong sentenced Flat body.”

Zhou Ping raised her eyelids and glanced at it, weighing the official product in her heart, Nuo Nuo started.

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 have such a rebellious body, how can you have such an honest friend? I’m afraid that I won’t call you bullying all day long, right? Su Jin took the

tea and put it aside, turned around to help Zhou Ping: “Shen Shilang’s words can be asked of a lower official, and Master Liu is upright, so he can’t prevent him from interacting with Master Shen?” After speaking, he was too lazy to deal with Shen Xi, and asked Zhou Ping, “Gao Yan, why are you looking for me? ”

Shen Xi knocked on the case 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 following him.”

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

[End of This Chapter]