Chapter Eighty-Eight: Father
Ning Le cried without warning, and while crying, he kept wiping his tears with his sleeve because of his embarrassment, and the more he wiped the tears, the more fierce they became.
"I'm going to boil some water." After a pause, Su Miao said softly, got up and walked out of the room, leaving him alone.
There was a choking sound that was about to be suppressed behind him, Su Miao quickened her steps and walked to the hall, lifted the door curtain before walking out of the wing, and saw Huiwei leaning against the wall by the door with her hands on her chest and back.
"What are you doing?" She asked softly, suspiciously.
"Bask in the sun." He replied quietly.
Su Miao looked up at the sky that was covered with dark clouds and seemed to have not finished raining, and then looked at him who still had no change in his face, sighed softly speechlessly, thought about it, took his hand and walked all the way to the kitchen.
"Do what?" The aftertaste was not salty and asked, but he didn't shake off her hand.
"Ning Le said that he wanted to see his father, but even if he had money, he might not be able to enter the prison where the prisoner was held."
"You know that."
"Although I don't mind lending money to Ning Le, he can always pay it back anyway, whether he sells his body or something else......"
"You want him to sell himself?" Aftertaste raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.
"I can't lend money to someone for nothing." Su Miao replied confidently.
Aftertaste looked at her for a while, laughed loudly, and flicked it on her forehead: "It's funny enough to be a bad good person, and it's funny enough to be a bad good person." ”
Su Miao slapped his hand away angrily: "I'm serious, although I don't mind lending him money, I don't want to do useless work." If there is no way, I will only waste my money, and my silver is also earned, but it cannot be wasted. ”
"So?" He still raised an eyebrow. Looking at her, he asked lightly.
"Aren't you a young master, your family seems to be very rich, and people who do business have been more or less connected with officialdom throughout the ages, at least you should be familiar with things in officialdom, what do you say?" She looked straight at him and asked earnestly.
Such a persistent gaze made him feel a little hot. After being silent for a while, he sighed helplessly:
"Why do you have to be so interested in an outsider?"
"Because I know each other and am familiar with it, I can't just leave it alone. Can only help as best as you can. But I can't do anything but ask you to help me figure it out. ”
The words are so straightforward, the reasons are so simple, and the simplicity makes the aftertaste speechless. Should I say she's too kind, or should I say she's simple?
She had a zeal that was completely incompatible with her usual intelligence.
"I also know that there is nothing wrong with this. So I really want him to meet his father, whether he can live well depends on his father's last words, and it is useless to persuade others. Su Miaomo rubbed her lips and said softly.
Looking at her contemplative expression, he did not hate her warm-hearted appearance, and every time at this time he would feel a pure, clear, and pleasant aura from her, as if shrouded in a layer of shining light. She is not really special, but she is really impossible to take your eyes off. Looking at her like this, he would realize that a certain point in his heart was still soft. The softness made him feel unexpectedly comfortable. He couldn't help but reach out, his slightly rough slender fingertips cupping her chin. Lift her face.
Su Miao was slightly stunned, forced to raise her head, and looked at his calm and unmindful face inexplicably: "What are you doing?" Do you want to play ghost animal games with me? ”
Although he didn't understand, he always felt that it was a very stimulating word, so he grabbed her cheeks with both hands and stretched them hard to the sides.
It hurts!
Su Miao slapped his hand away in annoyance, and said angrily: "I've said it a few times, don't touch me casually!" ”
"Isn't it just casual?" He folded his hands on his chest, leaned his back against the edge of the table, and asked with a smile in his usual voice.
“…… Do you have a way to do it? Su Miao ignored his words and asked.
Aftertaste thought casually for a while, nodded and replied, "Yes." ”
"What can be?" Su Miao was stunned for a moment and asked.
"I probably have someone I know in the yamen, but I don't know if it's still here or not, why don't I go to Fengzhou later?"
Su Miao didn't expect him to really have a way, thought about it, and nodded: "Then you can go and see, if you need silver, also tell me a whole number, I am well prepared, and I will also let Ning Le sign a deed of sale in advance." ”
"What the hell are you thinking, it's only a problem to stay like him." Aftertaste said disdainfully.
"That's why I have to make a note." Su Miao smiled slightly.
Aftertaste was stunned, looked at her for a while, sighed helplessly, and patted her on the head:
"You're really asking for trouble!" The large, bony hand brushed naturally over her bangs, and the other person was already out.
Su Miao didn't go to Ning Le's house again, and Ning Le didn't come out of the house, so it was quiet for a day, and when Su Cai's restaurant closed, he came back and said to Su Miao that he had found someone.
Su Miao didn't listen, but took him to Ning Le's room, and said to Ning Le, who was curled up in the quilt and couldn't sleep, and was trying his best to endure countless kinds of negative psychological pressure:
"Listen to your father's business."
Ning Le, who was shrinking in the quilt, was shocked when he heard this, was stunned, and sat up from the bed in a daze. The eyes that went in looked at Su Miao in disbelief, and then swept towards the aftertaste.
Su Miao sat on the stool on the side, and was really impatient to talk to an inconsequential person, paused, leaned back on the corner of the dresser, clasped his hands on his chest, did not look at him, and said lightly:
"Your father has been convicted and exiled to the Hexi mine for ten years of hard labor."
Most of the cases of court officials are not public trials, and they are all over after a notice is issued, and it is not surprising that they have already been convicted.
"Ten, ten?" Ning Le was taken aback, his eyes turned red, and he screamed sharply with a trembling voice.
"It is better than a capital crime, he is the lightest sentence, twelve people were beheaded, twenty people were confiscated, half of them were committed to the whole family, you should thank the emperor for his grace. Anyway, you can leave in three days, and you can go to see him tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and bring something with you. Ah, you're afraid you don't have anything to prepare. What did you find out about in Toyosu before, and you don't even know if you've been convicted......"
"Little taste." Su Miao looked at Ning Le and trembled. His eyes were wide open, his heart was beating so fast that he seemed to faint at any moment, and he interrupted the aftertaste softly, and made a gesture to him with a smile to pull his mouth up.
Aftertaste glanced at her, resisted the urge to roll her eyes, and turned her face away to shut her mouth. Normally he would be angry because he was interrupted, but now he just thinks that her mouth pulling is a little cute...... What the hell was he thinking!
Su Miao understood that Ning Le was on the verge of a psychological breakdown at this time. But it did not comfort him.
"Ten years is not short, at least it is not a dead farewell. I will help prepare Lord Ning's things, at least bring clothes for the four seasons and common medicines. Silver is also essential, so you don't have to worry about this, I'll bill you later. The day after tomorrow, Xiao Weiwei and I will accompany you to Fengzhou, and you will think about what you want to say to your father today. By the way, heal your wounds. Don't look miserable to see your dad and make him worry about you. She whispered, got up and walked out, paused halfway through walking, and then paused and turned her head, looking at Ning Le, who seemed to be sluggish and depressed, as if she had begun to break from the inside, and whispered, "After your father is gone, you will no longer be a child, with your incompetence and inability to work hard, you should feel fortunate that you have no family to support, think about how to be worthy of your gender?" She finished. Without waiting for him to answer, he left.
"Sometimes your mouth is vicious." Aftertaste stared at her. Say.
Su Miao glanced at him and said calmly: "I'm just explaining the facts, people who can't accept reality can't move forward, and people who can't move forward will become the walking dead sooner or later." ”
The aftertaste raised his eyebrows, noncommittal.
The next day, Su Miao took an unprecedented vacation on a non-regular holiday, and hired a donkey cart and Huiwei Ningle to go to Fengzhou early in the morning.
This time, the process of visiting the prison was unusually smooth, probably because the people concerned had already said hello, and the donkey cart came to the prison of the prefect's yamen, and as soon as the three of them walked to the door of the prison, the cell boss greeted them and led them in with a smile.
When I went down to the dungeon, the smell of cold and damp came over me violently, mixed with the smell of rotten rot that is characteristic of the warm weather and the smell of charcoal when the torches were not completely burned.
Ning Le walked in front with a nervous heart holding the bulging baggage, Su Miaohe followed behind, and the cold breath here made her a little creepy.
"Scared?" He asked with a soft smile.
Su Miao shook her head.
He had already naturally taken her hand and calmly pulled her closer to him, and the heat on his body was transmitted at close range, although the dampness and coldness were gone, Su Miao felt that this feeling was a little strange. He blinked his eyes twice in confusion, and always felt that he had been making more and more physical contact with her lately.
The three men followed the cell boss around the dungeon, and finally stopped in front of an iron cell door, and the cell boss opened the door with a key, and the rattle of the iron lock sounded harshly, making people more and more nervous. The heavy iron door was pushed open with a sharp sound.
"Daddy!" When the emaciated and pale back full of dirt came into view, Ning Le's tears fell to the ground and he cried loudly.
"Ah Le!" Ning Xian Ling never dreamed that he would be able to see his baby son before he was exiled, and he had mixed feelings, dragging his heavy shackles to take a step forward, and his eyes were red.
Father and son hugged their heads and cried.
There was no light in the cell, and the light of the torches was so dim that Ning Xian Ling didn't see the bruises on Ning Le's face, otherwise he would have cried even more fiercely.
Su Miao and Aftertaste didn't go in, the two stood at the door of the cell, Su Miao dragged Aftertaste's arm and looked vigilantly at the tide insects and cockroaches all over the ground, Aftertaste was observing her interesting expression.
Although Ning Xian Ling has suffered a little, his spirit is not bad. His wife died early, and his only son was raised by him with great effort, and he has never been separated since he was a child. The hard labor of Hexi Iron Mine doesn't know if he can survive until he comes back alive with his old bones, he is not worried about himself but about this precious son, he is not by his side, how will he live. As soon as he thought of this Ning County Ling, he burst into tears, and deeply regretted that he did not force Ning Le to take a meritorious test when he was safe, but he was spoiled for fear of turning into a fool in his mouth, and he was useless, and he didn't even have the ability to live. Ning Xianling deeply regretted this, and his tears were even more fierce.
"Ah Le," he said with a gloomy expression, clenched his son's hand, and trembled his lips, "Dad will not be by your side in the future, you remember, you must study hard, you can only study hard." Although my father made a mistake, the emperor's grace was mighty, and it didn't affect you, and you can still be an official in the imperial examination in the future, so you must study hard, take the test as soon as possible, and live well. You don't have to worry about Dad, you are good yourself, Dad will rest assured. As long as you can get a reputation, even if you can't be an official in the future, be a gentleman, be a cleaner and be able to support yourself, your father will be blind even if he dies. ”
"Dad, what do you say that you can't die, you won't die, you will definitely live a long life! I promise you, I will study hard, I will do a good job in the exam, so you will not die, I will let you enjoy the blessings! Ning Le grabbed Ning Zhixian's hand, he had never found that his father's hand was so rough and old, his father had never cried, this was the first time, maybe it was the last time, thinking of this, he couldn't help himself, he cried loudly. He now deeply regrets why he used to talk back to his father, why he didn't listen to his father so much, and let his father worry about himself when he was old.
Ning Xian Ling couldn't help himself when he saw him crying like this, and couldn't cry: "Although the hometown is poor, the old house is still there, those relatives are not easy to get along with, you don't have to associate with them, study hard, don't make bad friends, you have to remember this!" ”
"Yes." Ning Le was aroused even more sadness and cried.
Su Miao saw that they were holding hands and crying, but the time for visiting the prison was limited, so she reminded loudly: "Ning Le, give the burden to your father, that is the most important thing." ”
Ning Le came back to his senses, hurriedly wiped away his tears and handed the burden to Ning Xianling: "Dad, this is the clothes and medicine that Ah Miao prepared for you, as well as this ......" He lowered his voice and whispered, "This is forty taels of silver, there are silver and copper coins, it is Ah Miao's, Dad, you keep it for some use, so as not to suffer hardship." ”
This is Su Miaoxiao's income for half a year, and it hurts to think about it.
Ning Xianling's eyes were not good, only to find out that the person at the door was Su Miaohe Huiwei, and suddenly understood how Ning Le came in, his eyes flashed slightly, and he staggered towards Su Miao, kneeling in front of her, startling everyone.
"Daddy!" Ning Le was taken aback.
"Miss Su, the dog has no relatives and no place to go, and she asked the girl to keep him by her side, and she wants to beat or scold him."
Su Miao naturally understood the meaning of Ning County's order, all officials were arrogant, but Ning County's order knelt down to her, a little civilian girl, for her son, paused, and she smiled slightly:
"Lord Ning, don't worry, Xiao Lele owes me silver, I will keep him to repay it well, if he is disobedient, I will really beat him, Lord Ning don't feel distressed."
"Miss Su doesn't have to show mercy." Ning Xian Ling finally settled down and said with a smile. (To be continued......)
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