The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official

Chapter 204: Contradiction did not come

His second hand was carried behind his back. In the year of drought, life was difficult for others. He followed the right host and lived a leisurely life. Every night when he came home, he couldn't help but hum a little tune when he heard his son's words.

 The ditty stopped.

“You can see it if you see it, what does it have to do with us.” After finishing speaking, as if he was reminiscing about something, his eyes widened, “Have you fallen in love with the fourth lady of the Yang family?”

 “Dad, what are you talking about?”

Shi Xiaoer didn’t even dare to think about one person who had just become a commoner from the poor, and the other a daughter of an official family whose father was a royal censor.

“Then why are you talking about Mr. Yang in such a conceited manner?”

Shi Xiaoer also felt strange: "Dad, Mr. Yang sent grain and salt to that poor scholar who has been taking exams for thirty years."

Wenshan Street is different from other places. Halfway up the mountain is Dongshan Academy. The town at the foot of the mountain is based on the academy. Most of the products on the street are related to literati supplies. Even the homeless people on the street may be down-and-out literati.

Shi Erhuo is in a good mood and is not interested in such trivial matters. "Maybe it's someone I met before. You can take care of them."

Too.

Shi Xiaoer also casually said that the night was getting dark, sleepiness was coming, and he had been tired for a day, and he had no energy to think about irrelevant things.

 The second day, the weather was still very hot.

Having been busy in the morning market, after ten o'clock, the shop was not so busy. Su Ruojin sat at the counter and took out a small book. Ye Huaizhen and Hua Ping stood on her left and right, busy doing the accounting while paying attention to what the young lady wanted to ask.

Su Ruojin started from the first page and asked while reading. When he turned to the eleventh page, he met an acquaintance, "Yang Yushang lived in the same alley as your family?"

Ye Huaizhen glanced at the lobby. There were no customers, and the hiring site had been moved to the back. At this moment, there was no one else except the counter. She then replied: "Yes, before Yu Shi Yang got married, he and his parents We live in the alley of my house. After marrying my wife, the Yang family couldn’t live in the house, so they bought a house and lived somewhere else.”

"Your book says that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when your father went to the inn to invite foreign envoys, he met Yang Yushi near the inn and asked him what he was doing. He replied that his former schoolmate's life was quite poor, so he came to give him a gift. Light up the broken silver and take him to enjoy the lanterns?"

Ye Huaizhen nodded, "Well, that's what my father said when he came back."

Su Ruojin sighed with emotion, "It turns out that Mr. Yang likes to sponsor others. It's his usual style!"

Hua Ping clicked his tongue: "Master Yang spared no effort to sponsor people, especially literati and minor officials, but as a supervisory censor, he also spared no effort to impeach officials, which led many people to want him to die soon."

 I don’t know how he survives till now.

If Su Ruojin had never been a neighbor of the Yang family, then when she heard Yang Yushi's story, she might have said that the country and the court need admonishers who dare to speak out. He is like the eyes of the emperor and the common people, correcting and impeaching Baisi, who defends the wrongdoings, supervises each department, and serves as a sounding board for the people of the world.

But she saw with her own eyes the life of the Yang family. Mr. Yang's words and deeds to his children at home did not act like an outstanding admonisher at all. The three views he showed in life and the education of his children really impressed her. I beg to differ.

 Sages have clouds. If they don’t sweep one house, how can they sweep the world? If he treats his wife and children poorly, how will he punish Baisi? Su Ruojin seriously doubts whether the officials he accuses are like what he 'admonished'?

Su Ruojin has not yet turned the page, "Aunt Ye, have you checked this classmate?"

In order to find out who was behind the false accusation against his father, Ye Huaizhen went to investigate everything he knew. "I have checked. Master Yang did give him ten taels of silver that day and invited him to look at the lanterns together."

 “Twelve taels? So many?”

Su Ruojin recalled that she heard Yang Siniang say that the ancestor of the Yang family was a duke, but in Master Yang's generation he had been demoted to an earl, and he was not the legitimate son. In order to have a good future, he studied hard and passed the imperial examination, but after passing the imperial examination, After failing to pass the Jinshi exam again, and soon reaching the age of marriage, the Yang family somehow became in-laws with the Duke of Zheng. The Duke of Zheng married the concubine to the Yang family, and the Duke of Zheng used his connections to find the post of supervisory censor for the concubine's son-in-law. .

Since the Yushitai is responsible for correcting the impeachment of all central officials, participating in the trials of Dali Temple and hearing major cases handed over by the emperor, there are many and complicated things. There are many supervisory censors like Mr. Yang in the Yushitai, and the censors will divide the matters. Going forward, each supervisory censor will have a different division of labor.

Yushi Yang is mainly responsible for the junior Beijing officials between the ninth and seventh grades. Of course, he is not the only one in charge. It is said that there are at least six people responsible for the same work. In other words, if you just want to wait for death with your salary, you can It's okay, no one said.

Obviously, Zheng Guogong also wanted his son-in-law to live with his salary and wait until death. At critical moments, he could just use his identity. Unexpectedly, Yu Shi Yang became famous for his work and became famous in the capital. Not a single official in the capital saw him. Headache.

Su Ruojin became the head of the family at the age of six. When Su Yanli was a junior official of the eighth rank, his monthly salary was six stones and six dou, which is about 11.7 taels of silver. Since Mr. Yang entered the Yushitai, he has been from the seventh rank and has not moved for so many years. Pass.

From the seventh grade, it is one level higher than the eighth grade. The monthly salary is eight dan, which means the combined silver is only 14.4 taels, which is not even fifteen taels. So I gave ten taels to my classmates at once. It was the first month at that time, and the first month was a time of favor. At the time of the exchange, there were less than 5 taels left. Is he enough?

This is another convenience for the neighbors. According to Yang Siniang, when Mr. Yang got married and moved out to live in another house, because he was an official, the two shops he was assigned were given to Mrs. Yang to support his family. In other words, in addition to his salary, his job information All the money is spent on helping others.

In spite of his high integrity, Su Ruojin always felt that Mr. Yang's behavior was contrary to common sense. On the one hand, he tried his best to frighten the junior officials, and on the other hand, he spared no effort to help the down-and-out scholars and low-level officials. Could it be that he wanted to squeeze out the unqualified junior officials? , let the down-and-out literati and low-level officials be promoted?

Because Hua Ping's profession was special, Su Ruojin was puzzled for more than twelve months, and he also felt: "It's a lot. If he helps a few people with this little money, he will not be able to eat."

By chance Shi Xiaoer came in and gave Ye Huaizhen the shopping list.

The three of them were concentrating on the discussion, so they didn't notice Shi Xiaoer coming in. He glanced at the book that said 'Yang Yushi', and interrupted without thinking, "Yesterday, I saw Mr. Yang helping poor scholars. "

The three of them were startled and raised their heads. They had chosen the wrong place to discuss. When Su Ruojin shut up and prepared to talk in detail in the evening, she heard Shi Xiaoer's words and asked in surprise: "Mr. Yang has come to Wenshan Street?"

Shi Xiaoer nodded. A few years ago, his boss hosted a New Year's Eve dinner. He had been to the yard rented by the Su family and had seen the neighbors of the Su family. He knew what they looked like.

Su Ruojin subconsciously looked towards the backyard. Yang Siniang was taking Su Sanlang and others to fight butterflies in the backyard. They had been out of the city for almost ten days. Could it be that Mrs. Yang was worried about Yang Siniang and asked Master Yang to come and pick them up?

 You obviously came yesterday, why haven’t you come yet today?

Su Ruojin closed the book and said to Shi Xiaoer, "Mr. Yang is very upright and upright. We are preparing to learn from him, so recently, we have been fetching water from the well and transporting it to the village below every day to help the lonely elderly people."

Shi Xiaoer is 100% flattering and 70% sincere, "The little boss is also very righteous."

Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Go and get busy."

"Yes, little boss." Shi Xiaoer came out of the shop and took the purchased items to the kitchen from the side.

Su Ruojin turned around and said, "Uncle Hua, quietly go see what Mr. Yang is doing and whether you plan to take Yang Siniang back to the capital."

"good."

Unexpectedly, Huaping went out and didn't come back until dark.

Su Ruojin asked Yang Siniang to go to bed first, "I'm going to ask shopkeeper Ye about the price increase of ingredients in the past two days. If it goes up again, I'm going to close all the rooms and only sell simple steamed buns and wotou at the door."

Yang Siniang didn't know that Ah Jin was hiding something from her. Anyway, she had known her since she was a child, and knew that she was a worry about life. She pouted and said, "Then you come back early and go to bed."

"good."

Su Ruojin went to the guest house to find Ye Huaizhen, "Uncle Hua hasn't come back yet?"

Ye Huaizhen shook his head, "I've asked Mangzhong to find someone." What will happen?

Su Ruojin was worried and anxious.

Having been searching for the real culprit behind the scenes for many years, Ye Huaizhen calmed down and said, "Second Madam, it's getting late, you go back to sleep first."

Su Ruojin felt that she was going to find someone, so she asked worriedly, "What about you?"

 “I’m going to walk around the streets.”

As expected, Su Ruojin guessed it right, and she was worried, "Aunt Ye, you'd better wait at home."

Ye Huai really wanted to say it was okay, but when he saw the worried look in the young lady's eyes, he nodded in agreement: "Okay."

"Uncle Hua is not an ordinary person. Don't worry, he will be fine."

"Um."

Ye Huaizhen persuaded her to go to sleep. Su Ruojin thought about it, okay, staying there wouldn't help anyway, so it's better to sleep.

Probably thinking about Hua Ping, Su Ruojin didn't sleep well that night.

After getting up in the morning, Cheng Yingzhen came over and reminded, "Your father said he would come and visit us in ten days, and it has already been ten days. Ajin, don't go to the shop today, just stay at home with your mother and make some delicious food for your father and brother." of."

Su Ruojin was about to close her private room and sell steamed buns and nests. Okay, Dad is coming, so let’s talk about it tomorrow. Let Mao Ya tell Ye Huaizhen that she won’t go to the shop today.

 After finishing speaking, she realized that there was one more important thing she hadn't asked, "Sister Ya, is Uncle Hua back?"

Mao Ya shook her head, "Even the awn seeds didn't come back."

 Hey, does Mr. Yang really have a problem? Yang Siniang followed her. She couldn't say anything, so she suppressed the doubts and uneasiness in her heart, "Then you tell Shopkeeper Ye. If Uncle Hua comes back, come over and tell me."

"good."

Ye Huaizhen went to the shop before dawn every day, so Mao Ya went to the shop.

Su Ruojin and Cheng Yingzhen started preparing lunch after breakfast, waiting for Su Yanli to arrive before they started eating.

The two of them were so busy that they couldn't wait to see Su Yanli until one or two o'clock in the afternoon.

Cheng Yingzhen had already walked out of the courtyard worriedly and walked onto the street. She looked far away and saw no familiar carriage. "Ajin, will something happen to your father?"

Today's official road seems different from the past. On the wide official road, except for pedestrians and horse and mule carts traveling from north to south, there is no carriage coming from south to north, and there are only a few pedestrians.

Cheng Yingzhen saw that her daughter was ignoring her, so she reached out and pulled her, "Ajin, did you hear what mother said?"

Su Ruojin turned to look at her, "Mom, it's probably not just dad who is in trouble."

　　　　(⊙o⊙)Ah!”

 Is the city gate closed? Otherwise, there is no explanation why there are no carriages coming out of the capital on the road. You must know that it is hot during this time, and there are many dignitaries going out of the city to escape the summer heat. This main road has always been busy.

Su Ruojin realized that something big might have happened in the capital? Could it be that the water shortage caused unrest? So the city gate is not open?

Thinking that something big had happened, Su Ruojin hurriedly pulled Cheng Yingzhen home, "Mom, look, not only did you not see dad's carriage, there were no other carriages in the direction of the capital. It was probably too hot, and the defenders went to enjoy the cool weather and forgot to open the door. Maybe tomorrow , my father is here."

 “Like this?” Can the city gate be forgotten to open? Cheng Yingzhen was dubious.

Su Ruojin asked her to look in the direction of the capital.

It is true that there is no carriage coming. Is it really like what my daughter said? Since no one came out, Cheng Yingzhen was half relieved, but the other half was still worried, "Hugh Mu today, I can't come today, and I probably won't come tomorrow either."

"If dad doesn't come, he will definitely send someone to bring a letter. Mom, don't worry."

Cheng Yingzhen always believed her daughter's words. She nodded and looked around as she walked. She followed her daughter home. Passing by a morning tea shop, Su Ruojin asked Ye Huaizhen, "Is there any news about Uncle Hua?"

 Ye Huaizhen shook his head.

 Did Uncle Hua follow into the city? So he was also imprisoned in the city?

 What happened in the city?

Wenshan Street seemed to smell something like the capital city. For the first time, there were no customers at Suji Morning Tea Shop in the afternoon.

Shangguanyu looked at Ruoda's morning tea shop. He was too embarrassed to stay and was about to go back to the inn.

Su Ruojin thought for a moment and asked Qiu Shan to take Shangguanyu to the Su family's courtyard. "You go first. Shopkeeper Ye and I will clean up before we go back."

Shangguanyu refused and wanted to stay and clean up together.

There were no guests in the afternoon, so Shi Er said to the young shopkeeper, "Young master, go back and have a rest. It's fine as long as we are here."

Su Ruojin did not say a word, but walked out of the lobby, stood at a higher place, and looked towards the capital. Suddenly he remembered that the Emperor of Dayin seemed to have been ill for a long time. Could it be...

Suddenly, she said, "Uncle Shi, Aunt Shi..."

Hearing the voice of the young boss that was different from usual, Shi Er's couple quickly ran over and asked nervously: "What's the matter?"

“Hide all the belongings in the shop into the cellar, and seal the cellar door so that no outsider can know it.”

Shi Er was so frightened by Xiaodongjia's words that he turned pale, "What's wrong, Xiaodongjia?"

Su Ruojin pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "I hope my guess is just a false alarm."

Shangguanyu looked towards the capital in the direction of Su Ruojin. When she reminded her, her heart sank suddenly, "Second Lady Su, what do you mean...?"

"Nothing." Su Ruojin suddenly came to his senses, "I just went to the intersection to wait for my father, and I found that there were more and more homeless people. It would be too ostentatious to open a shop like ours, so we should close it for a while."

The weather was getting drier and there was chaos outside. Shi Er knew that, and after listening to the young owner, he quickly sealed everything in the shop into the cellar.

Shi Er's family was also called to the Su family's annex by Su Ruojin. After they returned to the annex, they lived in seclusion.

That night, Zhao Lan sent someone. The news he brought confirmed Su Ruojin's suspicion that the emperor had indeed died, but the reason why Bianjing City was closed was because the King of Qi rebelled.