Chapter 1: Autumn Voices (Seven Ups)

Sun Zhutou had been gone for a long time, and Wang Xunwu sat on the Hu bed by himself, stunned by the death-free iron coupon in the brocade box.

"Alright, don't look at it. Look at it again, it's also a piece of iron, and it can't be turned into gold! Unable to get used to Wang Xun's unyielding appearance, Aunt Yun smiled and stretched out her finger and poked him in the head.

"Ahh Wang Xun woke up suddenly, instinctively stretched out his arms, and firmly protected the brocade box containing the death-free iron coupon in his arms. This action made Aunt Yun laugh dumbly, shook her head, and said in a low voice: "Look at your useless appearance." What are you doing with an iron coupon, who can rob you? Besides, this thing, which also scares and scares the hillbilly surnamed Sun, really causes some big trouble, and it may not be able to play any role! ”

Seeing that Wang Xun's face was still full of disbelief, she smiled and continued: "Once a son of heaven and a courtier. Do you think this thing can really stop any disaster? Next door, your Uncle Cheng's ancestral family had three pieces of this thing, one was given by Gaozu Qin, and the other two were given by Taizong. I didn't let you know about it before, because I was afraid that you would rely on it and cause irreparable disasters. This thing is the last talisman of our Wang family. If you don't have to, you can't take it out, if it doesn't work after taking it out, then the Wang family will be completely doomed! ”

"Hey, hey, hey!" Wang Xun was counted to the point that he was only qualified to giggle. Put down the iron coupon, got up and walked behind Aunt Yun, and gently pinched her mother's shoulder, "Aren't you still there?" You are the second iron coupon of our Wang family. With you, no one can take the Wang family!"

These words were from the bottom of his heart, although they were obviously sycophant. Today's incident shocked him too much. First of all, he didn't expect that there was still a treasure like "Death-free Iron Coupon" hidden in his home. Secondly, what he didn't expect was that the catastrophe that scared himself and Ma Fang so much that they had no six gods and no owners was actually dealt with lightly by Aunt Yun with fifty taels of silver. And Aunt Yun's performance when talking to Sun Zhutou was the first time he had seen it when he was so old. Among them, coercion, inducement, coercion, appeasement and many other means are used one by one, full of tricks, although Wang Xun has always been conscious of his scheming in Chang'an City, compared with Aunt Yun today, he knows how naïve the things he usually plays are.

"Little pony!" Aunt Yun slapped Wang Xun's fingers away, and the expression on her face was pity and helplessness, "How long can I take care of you?" Usually I urge you to improve, but you always think I am verbose. You know it's awesome this time, right? A quick catch in the yamen can make you six gods without a master. There is a way to destroy the door of the Taishou, the county order of the broken family. If there is no real official hat on your head to cover it, no matter how big the family business is, no matter how much money you have, after a lawsuit, it will all become someone else's! ”

"Didn't I have a lot of experience before?" Just owes Aunt Yun a big favor, Wang Xun didn't dare to speak against it, smiled sneeringly, and softened in a low voice.

"I've learned a lesson this time!" Aunt Yun slowly stood up and shook her head with a wry smile, "Half-size, I always think that I am the smartest person in the world." The words of the adults should be ignored. When you are sinned, when you remember the instructions of your lords. By that time, it's too late, and there is nowhere to buy regret medicine! ”

"Hey, hey, hey!" Wang Xun followed behind his mother like a child, just smirking.

Aunt Yun walked a few steps, and saw that Wang Xun was still stuck behind her like a tail, so she had to turn around again, and said with a smile: "What are you doing with me?" Why don't you think about what to do next? Didn't Sun Zhutou say it? Wannian County Yamen is also acting on orders, who is the person who really wants to attack you, Zhang Xianling himself may not be very clear! ”

"That's why I hope my aunt will give me some more advice!" Wang Xun scratched the back of his head and said pitifully.

"You, what can I say about you!" Aunt Yun couldn't get rid of him, and she couldn't really let him be arrested by the yamen if something happened to him, so she had to turn around again and walk to the Hu bed and sit down. "First of all, you have to give your aunt a solid explanation, have you done anything hurtful recently?"

"I've never done anything unreasonable. But if you are more serious, you can always find some faults in the eggs! Wang Xun thought about it and complained in a low voice.

"No bones, is there anyone else blocking the door to pick it up? I'm afraid that flies don't bite eggs, right? Seeing that Wang Xun was still denying, Aunt Yun, who was still protecting Wang Xun like an old hen protecting her chicks in front of outsiders just now, changed her face to a diametrically opposite face, and asked with a sneer.

"Hard, if you have to pick it, I'm afraid it is, I'm afraid I can pick a little!" Aunt Yun felt weak in her heart, Wang Xun had no choice but to tell the truth, "In addition to the properties you handed over to me, the child has also put some money out in the past two years, and I'm afraid you also know this." In addition, last year, the Weihe River was watered, and while some villagers could not live, they ate a batch of land at a low price. Also, it's just the occasional fight for someone, a horse race in the downtown area, and so on. But the child really hasn't done anything to kill people! ”

"So, you are implicated in the case mentioned by Sun Zhutou just now?" Aunt Yun sighed, her face full of tiredness.

"What the child said to Sun Zhutou just now is basically the truth. Of course, try to keep your responsibilities small! Wang Xun nodded, his face full of grievances.

"You, you really can't do a good job!" Aunt Yun was in a bad mood, and poked him on the head again, "Isn't this a way to give people a handle?" Why is our family lacking this little money, so that you can even do things that force people to buy and sell, and force people to go to a dead end? ”

"It's not exactly a forced buy and sell!" Wang Xun didn't dare to hide, covered his forehead and muttered, "Everyone don't take the opportunity to copy the land, I'll just follow the crowd!" The brothers of the Qin family copied more than me, and they didn't see what the government did to his family? Pinch the persimmon as soft as you can, just bully me! ”

"That's right, it's you who bullies people like you! Can our family compare with the Qin family? Aunt Yun raised her slap and wanted to slap it, but when she saw Wang Xun's pitiful appearance, her heart softened, and she put her arm down again.

Although she is not Wang Xun's mother-in-law, after all, she has brought her up since she was a child, and she has always regarded the other party as her own flesh and blood. I couldn't bear to see Wang Xun annoyed, so I sighed and said in a low voice: "The key now is not these cases, but to inquire about where this turmoil came from?" To what extent is the government prepared? Today, I can use the shadow of my ancestors to bluff the earth bun surnamed Sun. Next time I change someone else, I'm afraid it won't be as easy as it is today! ”

Even Aunt Yun felt embarrassed, Wang Xun was even more up-and-down in his heart, carefully pointed to the brocade clothes on his mother's body with his hand, and muttered in a low voice: "Don't you still have this life suit?" It's one level bigger than the county order of Wannian! ”

"Phew!" couldn't help it anymore, Aunt Yun smiled and slapped him the back of the head, "You are still serious." This life suit is actually worthless when you say it. The county magistrate surnamed Zhang really wants to handle us, so he will just follow up and say that he can take back my life service the next day. Besides, this dress was also bought for money at the beginning, and there is a big gap between it and a serious life suit. Your grandfather has never been out of office in his life, where can I get a serious life suit to wear? ”

"Ahh Wang Xun opened his mouth, and the space between the upper and lower teeth was enough to stuff a duck egg. Today's events were so bizarre that almost everything exceeded the common sense he could accumulate before. Once the iron coupon is a courtier, the effect of changing the son of heaven will be greatly reduced; The official uniforms of the imperial court women could be bought, and a county order with real power could easily take them back. In this way, the power of the royal family that he usually relies on is basically equivalent to non-existence. It's just that I didn't get into too much trouble, and no one wanted to be serious with me.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind his back. Not to mention anything else, it's just that the cases that Sun Zhutou talked about today really fell on the heads of ordinary people, and I am afraid that they can already go to the court several times. I pity myself before I still thought that there was the blessing of the ancestors behind me, and I felt that I used to think that after pulling a group of the same nobles, I would be able to run rampant in Chang'an City.

Just as he was regretting it, he heard Aunt Yun sigh again and whispered, "Don't be too anxious." Hasn't this suit been confiscated yet? As long as I can protect you for a day, I will never watch you being captured. ”

"The child is not angry, and you are causing trouble to your aunt!" Wang Xun's heart warmed, stood up, and respectfully saluted Aunt Yun.

"Silly words, what's the trouble. If this family is without you, will my aunt still be alive? Aunt Yun's eyes turned red and she whispered. When your grandfather bought this life suit for you and me, I am afraid it was also for today. He is cautious and can always take a few steps to see better. It's just that I went a little earlier, and I couldn't teach you to be successful in person! ”

"Grandpa is distressed by his aunt, so he bought you a life suit to wear!" Wang Xun saw that Aunt Yun was crying, and he didn't care about asking about himself anymore, so he smiled and comforted the other party.

mentioned Wang Xun's father, Aunt Yun's words were a little unbearable. "Your mother just passed away. I am the daughter of a merchant family, but I was forced to correct by your grandfather, and it is inevitable that some people in the house will be unhappy. It just so happened that the emperor was short of money in the palace and was about to sell a batch of officials, so your grandfather was ruthless and spent 2,000 yuan to buy me this official uniform of a four-grade life woman to wear! ”

"Then why didn't Grandpa buy one for himself?!" Half of the time because of curiosity, and the other half because he wanted to make his mother happy, Wang Xun raised his face and asked with a smile.

"I wanted to buy it too. But the government later changed its tune and refused to sell men's official titles! Aunt Yun smiled, and a faint happiness welled up on her face.

"And why?" Wang Xun completely turned into a curious baby, grabbing Aunt Yun's words and asking non-stop.

Zhang Jiuling, the prime minister at the time, objected, saying that officials were the arms of the imperial court. The bureaucratic system is the cornerstone of social security. Those who buy officials pay money, and after taking office, they will naturally double the money from the people. And the territory of the Tang Dynasty is so large, it is impossible for the imperial court to find out all the corrupt officials and bring them to justice. In the long run, those officials who were originally honest and honest will follow suit when they see that corrupt officials have not been punished as they deserve. If it goes on like this, it won't take too long, and there will be no more clean officials in the Tang officialdom. Any decree from the center down to the localities, even if it is good governance for the welfare of the people, will become an excuse for officials to accumulate wealth, and thus become bad government. Slowly, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was hollowed out by the City Fox Society, repeating the mistakes of the Great Sui Dynasty! ”

"How dare he say it!" Hearing this, Wang Xun couldn't help it anymore and blurted out a praise.

Aunt Yun nodded lightly, "Old Prime Minister Zhang, it was indeed very daring to say it back then. At this point, even your grandfather admires it. Because of his obstruction, the emperor had no choice but to withdraw his order and stop selling the official titles. But Li Linfu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at that time, saw the emperor's thoughts, so he proposed to sell only women's orders, not men's officials. Anyway, except for the time when the queen of heaven was in power, there was no precedent for a woman to be an official in any other generation. As long as Datang ensures that women are not officials in the future, the edict can naturally be sold casually, and no matter how much it is sold, it will not disturb the order of officialdom! ”

"Ahh Wang Xun was stupid again, and his mouth was wide open. He usually drank and chatted with a group of nobles, and he also talked about the anecdotes of some officials in the court. But they are all boring stories of hidden flowers in the golden house, broken peaches and broken sleeves, and they are all nonsense chasing after the wind and shadows, none of which are as vivid and practical as Aunt Yun told today.

"So, it didn't take long. The old Prime Minister Zhang was deposed by the emperor and replaced by Li Linfu. The official of the Tang Dynasty is also getting better and better, as long as he can stuff money into his boss, he can sit comfortably, and he can reach down no matter how he wants. That's why your grandfather woke up and hoped that you would be able to excel in this life. I don't expect you to revive the lintel, at least get an official hat to wear on your behalf, don't let people bully you! ”

"The child knows it's wrong!" In the past two years, for the first time in more than two years, Wang Xun did not suspect Aunt Yun of being verbose, and sincerely accepted the other party's teachings.

"It's good that you know. There is no rush in this day or two. Let's get past the current hurdle first, and then slowly find other ways. I always feel that this turmoil is not coming at you, but there is another mystery behind it. So in the past few days, you don't stir up trouble anymore, focus on listening to the rumors of the government, as long as you find the real goal of the person behind it, we may be able to save the day! ”

"Hmm!" Wang Xun nodded yes. I admired Aunt Yun in my heart.

The mother and son discussed a few more key action details, and before they could determine which step to start, Menzi reported outside, saying that Grandpa Ma, Zhang Tanhua, and Lei Bingcao had come to visit. When Wang Xun heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly took leave with Aunt Yun and arrived at the door of the house in person.

After meeting, seeing that the three friends were all concerned, he felt more and more warm in his stomach, smiled, and apologized in a low voice: "I acted inappropriately and caused trouble." I actually pulled a few people to work hard together, think about it for myself, I'm really ashamed to die! ”

"What are these words! Drove us away? Lei Wanchun and Ma Fang gave him a punch and counted them with a smile.

Zhang Xun is a civil official, and he does not act as unscrupulously as Lei Wanchun and Ma Fang. But he also shook his head and responded with a smile: "Erlang, you're welcome." Zhang is not good at the things you play, so try not to force yourself to come forward and sweep everyone's interest. But Erlang is in trouble now, and Zhang is shrinking back, so didn't all the previous sage books be read into the dog's stomach? ”

After that, he put away his smile, and between his eyes, he was full of anger.

Alcoholic's Note: Correct, this verse is seven. Yesterday's section was six, not six. Ask for a collection of long and wide distances.