Chapter VII

Hangzhou has beautiful mountains and rivers and pleasant climate, and for several days, Ruolian took Ye Shiqing out to play, and the two of them were full of fun and had a lot of fun.

But on this day, Ye Xun, Wen Du, and Xiaohu were discussing things in the hall, but when they saw the two of them coming back in a huff, Ye Shiqing was even more stunned.

Ye Xun asked Ruolian carefully, "Madam, what's wrong with my father?" ”

"How do I know? Ask your father yourself! Ruolian gave him a blank look and said impatiently.

As soon as Ye Xun looked at his father, Ye Shiqing roared angrily, "Kneel!" ”

Ye Xun knelt down with a 'plop', "Father, what's wrong with you?" Are you tired of going out to play, and where is it uncomfortable? ”

"Ye Tianyu, this official came to ask you, how long have you been in office?"

Seeing that his father was so sober, Ye Xun couldn't say happy in his heart, "It's been more than a month since I returned to my father." ”

Ye Shiqing's gaze approached Ye Xun's face, "It's been more than a month?" There is no one in Hangzhou who knows that there is such a person as you? What have you been doing these days? ”

Ye Xun didn't answer, just looked at his father with a smile.

"As an official of the imperial court, you eat the court, and you don't think about asking for the people's life and benefiting one party, but you don't ask about political affairs here and neglect your duties, isn't it a corpse vegetarian meal! What sin do you think you are guilty of? Ye Shiqing said with a solemn face.

Seeing that Ye Xun didn't speak or explain, Wen Du defended Ye Xun, "Master Ye, we adults have wronged ......."

"Who are you? Is there a place for you to speak? Ye Shiqing scolded.

Wendu still had to argue, Ye Xun waved his hand, "Wendu, don't say it again." Then he still looked at his father with a smile and said, "The lower official knows that he is wrong, and he is willing to accept the punishment!" ”

"Well, it's okay to admit your mistakes. If you are grateful for the emperor's grace and have a heart of repentance, then take the punishment yourself. As for how to sentenc? Ruolian, you stay and punish! ”

"Great!" Ruolian Crisp agreed.

Watching his father brush his sleeves away, Ye Xun's heart swelled with a warm tide, "Was my father very powerful just now?" Exceptionally handsome! ”

"Why don't you defend yourself?" Wendu asked confusedly.

"You don't understand! It is useless to justify. It's time. I said why my heart has been empty lately, it turned out that I was waiting for my father's punishment. Ye Xun said unusually calmly.

Ruolian behind her was full of pride, "Tianyu, I know that you have always felt that I provoked you to be beaten, this time you are optimistic, am I going to beat you?" You said that your father still put me in prison, doesn't that make me embarrassed? It's not easy for me to do this as a person. So, you look at it, and I'm gone. As she spoke, Ruolian twisted her waist and flew away.

"You two do it! Don't be stunned! Xiaohu, close the door first. Ye Xun fell directly to the ground.

Wen Du squatted next to him and couldn't hold back his laughter, "Are you still really?" Aren't all the people gone? ”

Ye Xun squeezed his eyes at him and whispered, "What about in the back?" Do you really believe she's gone? Then he deliberately said loudly, "What are you two talking about?" It's not like you can't even play a board, right? What else can you do? ”

Wen Du said jokingly, "My lord, don't forget that I have been in the Beizhen Fusi for a year to observe politics, and I have been professionally trained to play the board." I have a lot of packages to choose from. ”

"Oh?" Ye Xun didn't quite understand Wen Du's intentions, so he turned over and sat on the ground, "Let's hear it." ”

Xiaohu also coaxed, "Yes, let's hear it." ”

"Package 1, it is required that if you go down with a stick, you will break the tendons, and no matter how good your body is, you will have to die with thirty sticks. This is usually for those criminals who have given the order to kill. Practicing this is not a day's work, usually you need to use a piece of rice paper to put on the bricks to beat, to practice to ensure that the bricks are crushed, and the rice paper is not damaged. ”

Ye Xun took a deep breath angrily and said with restraint, "Next." ”

"Package 2, although it doesn't hurt the muscles and bones, but it is also the skin and flesh are open, the flesh and blood are flying, and the flesh on the buttocks is gone after dozens of sticks, and if the treatment is not done properly, it is likely to be disabled for life......"

Ye Xun hurriedly interrupted him and squeezed out an ugly smile, "Wendu, Wendu!" Stop, you're thinking too much! ”

"Don't worry, my lord, there's more. The third kind is basically a benefit, making a show, not hurting the muscles and bones, at most a little flesh and skin injury......"

"What for? Can't you start yet? There was an impatient urging from the inner room.

Wen Du was startled and whispered, "Is she really waiting here?" ”

Ye Xun looked at the two people and said with his eyes, how is it? I didn't lie to you. He promised, "Right away, this is the beginning!" Then he rolled over and lay down, and while flatteringly shaking three fingers at the two people, he whispered, "The third one, just make a show." The two of them nodded knowingly.

The board 'crackled' on Ye Xun, it was still quite weighty, but it was bearable. Ye Xun gritted his teeth and said nothing. After more than twenty boards, Xiaohu was a little anxious, and muttered in a low voice, "Young master, why don't you scream?" If you don't call Madame, will you give up? ”

Ye Xun buried his face in the crook of his arm and snorted, "Wendu is here." I...... Can't call it out. ”

"He'll be here every time in the future, why are you still shy? Aren't you the best at this? "Xiaohu has a little hatred for the appearance of iron not steel.

Ye Xun didn't speak, just shook his head.

Wendu smiled wickedly, "I have a way. Then, he glanced at Xiaohu, and Xiaohu understood. Both of them increased the strength in their hands at the same time.

Ye Xun was defenseless and cried out, "Ah! Hurt! You two little bastards! Yes! "It's already called, Ye Xun took advantage of the situation to ask for mercy." Yes! I was wrong...... I don't dare anymore...... Madame spares her life...... Ah......h

Wen Du held back a smile so hard that his stomach hurt. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the lady to flash out from behind, "Okay! All right! The ghost cries wolf, and it looks like the real thing. ”

Wen Du and Xiaohu stopped, standing aside and panting exaggeratedly. Ye Xun hid his face under his arm and didn't move.

"Oops, why are you still lying on the ground? How cold it is on the ground, get up quickly, don't freeze it anymore. Ruolian's tone was full of schadenfreude.

"You two helped me up! What are you doing standing there stupidly? Ye Xun shouted angrily at the two of them.

"Yo Yo Yo, is the anger still so big? Anger can hurt the body. Ruolian's eyebrows fluttered.

Ye Xun was helped up by the two, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and bowed his head silently.

Ruolian continued, "Ye Xun, don't remember what you eat all day long. It's okay to think about why your father beat you? Otherwise, wouldn't this beating be in vain? ”

Ye Xun took a deep breath, "Thank you, Madame, for teaching." ”

Ruolian snorted softly, twisting her waist and walking away triumphantly.

Seeing that Ruolian was really gone this time, Wen Du finally couldn't help laughing out loud, laughing so hard that he couldn't straighten his waist. Ye Xun and Xiaohu were stunned for a moment, and Wen Du explained while laughing, "My lord, I'm sorry. I can't help it...... Let me laugh a little longer, and I'll be fine in no time. ”

"Little Tiger! Go and kick him hard for me!" Ye Xun glared at him, gritted his teeth and said.

Xiaohu got the order to kick Wendu. Wen Du dodged and begged for mercy, "I was wrong! I don't dare anymore! I don't laugh anymore......"

Ye Xun's face was even more unbearable, he covered his face with his hands and said, "Xiaohu, you grab him and don't let him go, see if I tear his mouth apart!" ”

Xiaohu stepped forward and grabbed Wen Du and twisted his arm. Seeing the situation, Wen Du hurriedly stopped laughing, and sincerely begged for mercy, "My lord, the little one really knows that it's wrong." It's just that I couldn't hold back this situation all of a sudden. It hurts, it hurts! You let Xiaohu let go of me. ”

Ye Xun said with a distressed look, "Wendu, you are really bad at learning. You see what you did to me at first...... Of course, I don't ask you to worship me, admire me, and be respectful to me as you used to. But isn't that a bit too much? ”

"I'm sorry, sir. I...... It really wasn't intentional. Wendu apologized pitifully, "Little Tiger! My arm is about to break! ”

Xiaohu let go of Wendu and said stupidly: "Thanks to telling him in advance." Or maybe what's going to happen? ”

Ye Xun glanced at the two of them, "Did you see Madame's complacent appearance just now?" What a villain! ”

The two nodded in agreement.

"Alas~" Ye Xun took a deep breath, "After this time, you can stop for six or seven days." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Wen Du asked with a puzzled expression.

Ye Xun looked ahead and muttered as if talking to himself, "Did you just ask me why I didn't defend myself?" Now I'll tell you why. I've been living like this for almost four years, and these beatings are not in vain. No matter how stupid I am, I can feel it in hindsight. However, there is one in seven days. Now I am not as cautious as before, and I am respectful and obedient to them, and it is difficult to find mistakes. But now when I am more stubborn than me, I am punished more often. ”

"What do you mean...... Is there a pattern to follow? How can it be? Not because you did something wrong, but because there was a time limit? Wen Du was puzzled.

Ye Xun smiled bitterly, "It's really incredible. But that's just the way it is. Sometimes I can clearly feel that they are struggling to find excuses to punish me. Hmph, it's hard work for them to work so hard. Once, when I entered the house, I found the two of them muttering something, and when they saw me, they immediately stopped talking. My father only said, 'Madame has left it to you, and he went out.' And Madame, as for her, looked very anxious, scratching her ears and cheeks. I looked at her, and she suddenly said to me in a rage, 'Get on your knees! Ask me what's wrong? I said I don't know. She said incoherently, let me kneel there and want to go. I knelt for two hours in confusion, and when I arrived, I didn't tell me what was wrong. Are you saying ridiculous? This has happened more than once. Another time, there were people in her silk village who made trouble, and I helped clean them up, only to come back and get beaten. I asked her if there would be any more trouble in your family in the future, and I wouldn't have to worry about it? She even said you dare! Do you think I should be in charge or not? I knew there was something strange about it, but I still couldn't figure out why. Why would they do it? Figure what? ”

Wendu and Xiaohu looked at each other, and couldn't think of why.

Ye Xun looked at the two of them and smiled indifferently, "Forget it, I don't want to." This is over. Let's go, let's go! Alas! This board is really comfortable! Ye Xun stretched his body.

The two couldn't help but laugh.

"Young master, then I'll go out to work. You...... Why don't you sit all the time? Isn't it that this time the fight is a bit hard, and you can't sit still? Xiaohu asked with concern.

Ye Xun looked at the chair and gave him a blank look, "You still say it's pretentious!" ”

"It's no wonder that we wouldn't have called it sooner. Do you need to use it...... Smear some medicine? Xiaohu asked cautiously.

Ye Xun was so annoyed that he chased him, "Get out!" Don't! Hurry up and find some work, it's time to make dinner, and I'll leave you idle all day long! ”

Ye Xun and Wen Du went to the study to read the official documents. After looking at it for a while, Ye Xun was a little impatient, "I can't figure it out, why are there so many official documents day by day?" Read official documents, approve red, stamp, and do this in one day! It is said that there is a county that said it was flooded and asked for tax exemption. But I just saw a recital yesterday that said that there was a drought this year, and these two counties are far apart? What's going on? ”

"Do you want Jiang Tongzhi to take someone down to have a look?" Wen Du asked, seeing that Ye Xun hesitated and didn't speak, he hurriedly changed his words, "Or, I'll go and see it myself?" ”

"Well, let's go together."

At this time, Ye Xun suddenly heard a strange scream, he was startled, the official document in his hand immediately fell, and he felt the blood gushing up. He tried to grab Wen Dudi's arm in a bit of a panic, "It can't really be a disaster, right?" ”

Wendu asked him, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Ye Xun looked around, "Wendu, did you hear any sound?" ”

"Nope."

Ye Xun breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Hallucination! Hallucination! ”

As he was talking, suddenly a white shadow flickered in, accompanied by a burst of white shadow is a mad laugh, "Tianyu baby, I'm here!" Missed me? I miss you!" As he spoke, he pounced on Ye Xun and put his hands on Ye Xun......

Ye Xun opened his mouth half, as if he had met a ghost, and at first he dodged his face sideways twice, and then completely gave up resistance and let him kiss and knead his face......

Wen Du looked at this person, wearing a white robe, lean and lean, like a wisp of flirtatious white smoke, I don't know why Wen Du always thinks of ghosts and other inhuman things when he sees him. His arms were long and thin, waving uncoincidentally, like two noodles swinging in the air, and his voice was sharp and thin, laughing like an owl, and showing two strangely long teeth......

Wen Du felt his scalp tingle, and hurriedly helped Ye Xun out of the siege. "Dare to ask who Childe is? How can you be so unreasonable to my family? ”

The slender legs and arms of the person who came were already wrapped around Ye Xun's body. He stopped his movements and turned his head to look at Wendu, "Who are you?" Before Wen Du could answer, he turned to Ye Xun again, "I'm not by your side, do you have a new relationship?" ”

Wen Du was suddenly a little confused, what is the situation with these two people? It can't be a dragon yang fetish, right? Such a heavy taste? But Wen Du immediately shook his head and denied himself, with his nearly two months of getting along with Ye Xun, he believed that Ye Xun was not that kind of person.

Ye Xun came to his senses and finally spoke, "Xiaoxiao? What are you doing here? Shall we come down and talk? I can't breathe. ”

The man who was called 'Xiaoxiao' by Ye Xun reluctantly got off him, and looked at Wen Du again, "You haven't answered me yet, who is he?" ”

"He is Lord Shen in the Yamen, you have more respect for him."

"It's pretty handsome." Xiaoxiao turned around and reached out to touch Ye Xun's face, "But it's still not as handsome as my Tianyu baby." ”

Ye Xun took his hand off his face with a look of disgust, "Why are you here?" "By the way, a very perfunctory introduction to Wendu," Lin Xiaoxiao. It's a little bit bad here. Ye Xun pointed to his head.

Xiaoxiao wasn't angry, he just glanced at Ye Xun with a smile, and then took a fan from his entourage, and said while fanning, "I didn't come to look for you on purpose, I came to visit relatives." ”

"Which of your relatives is here?" Ye Xun obviously didn't believe it.

Xiaoxiao's little eyes were rolling in a trumble, and at a glance, she knew that she was lying, "My eldest aunt, yes, it's my eldest aunt in Hangzhou." ”

"Your aunt? The last time I went to Anhui on a business trip, you also said that you went to find your aunt! ”

"My aunt has moved, okay? Besides, my father has eight wives, do you know which one of them I am talking about? Xiaoxiao quibbled.

Ye Xun nodded helplessly, "Okay, then you can go to your aunt and say hello to me by the way." Saying that, Ye Xun put on a posture of sending off guests.

Xiaoxiao pouted and said coquettishly, "Tianyu, why do you want to treat people like this, they have just come." It's not rare enough for you. Otherwise, I'll stay here tonight, and you can sleep with me. ”

"No way!" Ye Xun was so frightened that he almost jumped up, and he hurriedly found a reason, "This is the courtyard provided by the government, and it stipulates that outsiders must be allowed to move in." ”

"How am I an outsider? Your father, your little mother, Tao'er, and Xiaohu can all live in your family, why can't I? ”

"This ...... It is necessary to report in advance, and you did not report it. ”

"It's okay not to stay here. I can't eat your coarse tea and light rice either. Then let me be here with you a little longer. ”

"Xiaoxiao, I still have business here. There is no time to spend with you. ”

"Yo!" Xiaoxiao seemed to have discovered a new world, "Still reading books?" Don't pretend? Really? When did you turn sexual? Xiaoxiao said as she flipped through the official documents on the table.

"Don't mess it up! These are all official documents of the government. ”

"Oh, you're scaring me?" Xiaoxiao looked at him with her eyes and deliberately dropped an official document in her hand to the ground. Then, with a grim smile, "If you scare me again, maybe I can do anything?" ”

"Good, good, I was wrong! What exactly do you want to do? ”

"I want you to play with me. You take me shopping, shopping, taking a boat, swimming in the lake, and eating all over Hangzhou...... It's a great time to live up to. ”

"Xiaoxiao, in addition to eating, drinking and having fun in life, you should also do something meaningful. Your boss is not small, you should be serious, don't test your fame, don't do business, don't learn some skills, run around all day long, when is it a head? ”

"I think it's good, how free! Anyway, my family has money, and I can't spend it until I die, so why should I bother to find myself unhappy? Look at you, you have gained fame and fame, and you also have good skills. How does it end up? Tired or not? ”

Ye Xun did feel that he was not as chic as him, but he still refused to admit it, "I have no ambitions!" What is the difference between you and a pig when you just eat, drink, and sleep every day? ”

"How are you doing? Make sense! I'm surprised, how can my Tianyu become a righteous man and a gentleman when he grows? Wasn't he a street gangster before? Xiaoxiao sneered.

"You're a bastard! You're a scoundrel! You don't ruin my reputation in front of Lord Shen! Although I, Ye Xun, said that I was a little bit of a fool when I was a child, and I didn't do much to fight and get into trouble, but I am definitely not the same as those ruffians and street gangsters. I am a chivalrous man, and if people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone. And what I have always admired the most is an ambitious and righteous person like Brother Du Qian, although I can't be as elegant and righteous as him, but I yearn for it! I don't dare to be a righteous gentleman, I'm just self-denial and prudence, and I'm trying to learn to be that kind of person! Ye Xun said righteously.

"Yo, are you in a hurry? It's not that I said you, you really can't learn Du Ziyi's style, just the proud and unyielding energy in him, can you? Look at the look of your father and your mother! Xiaoxiao turned to Wen Du and smiled weirdly, "Do you know that his little mother beats him at every turn?" ”

"I just took it." Wen Du blurted out, and immediately regretted it after speaking, because he saw Ye Xun looking at him with murderous eyes in his eyes.

Xiaoxiao jumped up, "Really? Why this time? Let me see. He danced and laughed loudly.

Xiaoxiao's appearance made Ye Xun unbearable, "Get out!" ”

"Don't be angry? Haha......" Xiaoxiao laughed even more arrogantly. "Why do you think you're so unlucky to have such a little mother? Look at my father's little wives, all of them treat me like a baby, I say one and they dare not say two. ”

"Who can compare with you? You are the beloved and suave son of Lin! Ye Xun was so angry that he couldn't do it, but he knew that it was useless to have a seizure, so he had to do the opposite.

Really Xiaoxiao ate this very much, and looked at Ye Xun shyly and smiled, "You hate it!" ”

Wen Du almost didn't throw up when he looked at it.

After a while, Xiaoxiao said to the two, "I'm hungry, let's go out to eat together, shall we?" I please! Wendu will also go with him. It is said that there are a lot of delicious foods in Hangzhou. ”

"No, no! We don't go out to eat. The house is all cooked. However, I really didn't cook for you. In this way, you can take the little boy to eat. Eat more! Ye Xun said perfunctorily.

Xiaoxiao was a little disappointed, "It's not okay to accompany others to dinner." I'm really hungry and going out to eat. I'll come back to you tomorrow. ”

"No, you don't! It's not easy for you to come to Hangzhou, have a good time. People say that there are many beautiful women in Jiangnan, Wendu and I really saw one that day, where did I see it? Ye Xun looked at Wen Du.

Wendu was a little confused, "Do you mean Miss Wu?" ”

"Get out! I remember it was called 'Wangchun Pavilion'. There is a girl there who is simply a goddess of heaven and a peerless beauty! Wendu also saw it, so don't you believe him. ”

Wendu nodded reluctantly.

Xiaoxiao became interested, "Great! The best fit for me. I'm going to pay a visit for myself. No way! I can't walk ...... yet."

"Why?" Ye Xun asked.

"I just came here, and I haven't gone to see your father and Aunt Lian yet? There is a number of faux pases. "Xiaoxiao is a serious way.

Ye Xun relieved himself this time, "Go find your Aunt Lian!" Ye Xun turned his face to Wen Du and said, "His Aunt Lian is closer to him than her own son!" ”

Xiaoxiao turned back when she heard this, "What? Are you jealous? ”

Ye Xun hurriedly shook his head, "No! How so? Go ahead. Don't go back here! ”

Watching Xiaoxiao leave, Ye Xun finally breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his face to see Wen Du stunned. Ye Xun smiled bitterly, "It's strange that I have this kind of friend, right?" I don't know what sin I did in my last life. Ever since Lin Xiaoxiao and my stepmother appeared in my life, I have believed that people have a past life and retribution, and I definitely did something heinous in my previous life to be entangled by these two debt collectors. ”

Ye Xun reluctantly sat on the chair and began to talk about his relationship with Lin Xiaoxiao......

"Lin Xiaoxiao's big name is Lin Can, I am not far from my family with Brother Du Qian and Lin Xiaoxiao, we live in front and back streets, and we often play together when I was a child. The only thing the three of us have in common is that we are both the only children in the family. There are a lot of brothers and sisters in other people's families, and if they fight together, the only child will definitely suffer. I've never scared anyone when I was a kid in a fight, and when I see them being bullied, I'll help them. Brother Du Qian, I have admired his character since I was a child, and I am very happy to help him. But Lin Xiaoxiao, I really don't want to help him, you also see him like that, right? It's so nasty. He is not only the only son in the family, but also his father's old son, but he is not an ordinary pet, and he should be served by someone when he eats and bathes. Therefore, the family is accustomed to weakness of hands and feet, uncoordinated limbs, and can wrestle when walking on flat ground. When he was a child, no one wanted to play with him. As for him, he is willing to sneak out and find someone to play. I once saw that he was being bullied so badly, so I helped him. It's good now, he's stuck to me like a big snot, and I can't shake it off. Later, his father came to my house, gave us a lot of gifts, and begged us to be brothers and let me protect him. Fortunately, my father only agreed to let me play with him and protect him. And then he came into my life......"