Chapter 33: Liu Xu is released from prison
On the street, the sun is shining, the breeze is refreshing, and the air is fresh.
Liu Xu came out of the lobby of the state government and looked up at the sky, the blue sky, a few faint white clouds floated through, which was very beautiful. Liu Xu took a deep breath and exhaled a turbid breath in his chest, feeling much more comfortable. Although Liu Xu had only been in prison for a few days, Liu Xu felt as if he had not seen the sun for several years.
Cui Ye, Wang Zeng and others, seeing Xu Jin'er looking at Liu Xu with concern, knew that they must have a lot of thoughtful things to say, so everyone dispersed, and made an appointment to change their words to suppress Liu Xu's shock.
Xu Jin'er chatted with Liu Xu and walked.
"Brother Xu, you are suffering in prison!" Xu Jin'er said with concern on her face.
"I didn't suffer anything, hehe, it's just that the food in the prison is really not delicious", Liu Xu saw Xu Jin'er's face full of concern, and couldn't bear to make him sad anymore, so he pretended to be relaxed.
"The rice in prison, of course, is not as delicious as Brother Xu's stir-fry dishes, Jin'er will go home and cook something for you, Brother Xu's stir-fry skills, Jin'er has learned a lot."
"That's a good feeling!" Liu Xu was comforted by Xu Jin'er's gentle words, and his mood was much better.
"Brother Xu, why don't we open a wine shop in the future? In fact, you are so talented, you should study and take the imperial examination. If you really don't want to study, it's not bad for us to save some money to open a restaurant. This time, thanks to the help of Cui Gongzi and Wang Gongzi, otherwise Brother Xu would be in trouble. ”
After this incident, Liu Xu really didn't dare to make wine privately, he didn't know who he had offended until now, and if he was caught by others again, it would be troublesome.
However, Liu Xu didn't think about opening a restaurant, but when he thought about any restaurant in Qingzhou, it would cost hundreds of yuan, plus various expenses, how could this restaurant be opened without five or six hundred yuan. I don't have a way to get money now, how can I get enough money for 500 yuan? As for setting up a roadside stall to stir-fry vegetables, Liu Xu automatically ignored it, he was not a person who could endure hardship, and he didn't have the heart to endure hardship. Besides, if he opened a winery, or opened a restaurant, and was the boss behind the scenes, other literati students would not say anything. But if he really goes to the street to set up a stall to stir-fry, he will probably be drowned by the spittle of literati students. The literati students of the Great Song Dynasty paid great attention to decency and gentleness.
Liu Xu thought for a while, and then said, "Well, let's talk about this matter slowly." But Wang Zeng helped me, I can understand who Cui Ye is and why is he helping me? And how did Wang Zeng help me? Liu Xu looked at Xu Jin'er and asked all the questions in his heart. In the past few days in prison, Liu Xu really doesn't know anything about the situation.
"You told me that day that you would spread the news of your persecution among the people. When I came back, I asked my father to arrange for someone from the martial arts hall to spread rumors, and soon the people of Qingzhou City were spreading the news of your persecution. However, it is difficult for those who are in power to notice these rumors in the market. And after Wang Gongzi heard about your matter, he mobilized the students of the major academies in Qingzhou to go to the gate of the state government to petition for you, and only then did the Lord Zhizhou hear about your matter and promised to retrial. I also listened to these things from the senior brothers in the martial arts hall. As for, Cui Gongzi, I also know too well, it seems that Cui Gongzi is the son of Qinghe Cui's family, I don't know why he helped you, isn't that Cui Gongzi your friend? ”
Liu Xu heard Xu Jin'er say about Wang Zeng's help, and couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, it seems that he made him a friend who is really right, but he has a real help, and he has to thank others in the future. As for this Cui Gongzi, he never knew him, why did he help himself? Cui Ye, Qinghe Cui, Liu Xu thought of this, and couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and asked Xu Jin'er: "Do you say that Cui Gongzi is from Qinghe Cui's?" ”
Xu Jin'er replied a little strangely, "Yes, since Cui Gongzi's surname is Cui, he looks like a child of a wealthy family, and the Qingzhou surname Cui has no such background except for Qinghe Cui Qingzhou Fang." ”
The name Qinghe Cui is too familiar to Liu Xu, and in countless history books and novels in later generations, there are references to Qinghe Cui, one of the famous seven sects and five surnames, and a wealthy family that once ranked first in the clan history. And it seems that the fame of the Cui clan in Qingzhou has continued in the Qing Dynasty, because when he was holding a meeting in Qingzhou in his later life, he met a friend surnamed Cui, and he bragged to him about the glorious history of the Cui clan in Qingzhou.
It is said that these seven sects and five surnames arose in the Eastern Han Dynasty, reached their peak in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and were also powerful in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and began to decline during the Song Dynasty. With the Song Dynasty crossing to the south and the fall of the north, it was ruled by the Jin Yuan successively, and the seven sects and five surnames completely came to a low point.
But Qinghe Cui Qingzhoufang was able to stand up again because of a chance in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that when Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty was still herding cows, he once passed by Cui's manor and was personally entertained by Mrs. Cui. After Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he repaid his kindness, named the old lady Cui as the prince, and gave the dragon head crutches, which was very beautiful. And this old lady Cui did not take this to show off, but to use this relationship to re-energize the Cui family, although it is no longer the glory of the seven sects and five surnames, but it is also a wealthy family, this Qingzhou Cui family in the Ming and Qing dynasties was called Walnut Garden Cui. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were many Jinshi in the walnut garden, and it was also a wealthy family with scenery. The friend surnamed Cui, who boasted to Liu Xu, claimed to be also a descendant of Walnut Garden Cui.
Liu Xu fell into a reverie for a while, and after Xu Jin'er saw that he said that Cui Gongzi might be a member of the Cui family in Qinghe, Liu Xu was in a daze, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, and nudged Liu Xu and said, "Brother Xu, what are you thinking?" ”
Liu Xu came back from his thoughts, and when he saw Xu Jin'er looking at him a little strangely, he said, "Is this Qinghe Cui Qingzhou house very powerful?" ”
Xu Jin'er is even more strange, Qinghe Cui Qingzhou Cui's family, since the Sui and Tang dynasties, has been in Qingzhou, hundreds of years of history, Qingzhou people almost don't know.
However, although Xu Jin'er was a little strange, she still replied to Liu Xu: "Brother Xu, doesn't you know about Qinghe Cui Qingzhoufang?" Qinghe Cui's sect is said to have declined, and Qinghe Cui's ten houses are now the strongest in Qingzhou Fang, and Qinghe Cui Qingzhou Fang is of course very powerful. ”
Liu Xu touched his nose embarrassedly and said, "Hehe, I accidentally forgot about this!" Let's go, go back and eat the delicious food you made, and eat the pig food in the prison for the past few days. ”
As soon as Liu Xu said that he wanted to eat something delicious, Xu Jin'er couldn't be surprised, and quickly followed Liu Xu back to cook for him.
However, the doubts in Liu Xu's heart were even heavier, why did Cui Gongzi suddenly appear and help him?
On the bank of the Nanyang River, in the exquisite courtyard of the Zuiyun Building.
The beautiful little maid Xiaoyue jumped into the Yunzhu girl's house and shouted, "It's okay, it's okay, Liu Gongzi is okay." ”
Yunzhu, who had a hint of melancholy between his eyebrows, couldn't help but smile and said, "Xiaochan, how old are you, why are you still crazy all day long, so unstable." Suddenly, Yunzhu seemed to have touched something, and hurriedly asked Xiaoyue: "What did you just say, who did you say is okay?" ”
"Liu Gongzi, Liu Gongzi was retried by Lord Zhizhou and is not guilty", Xiao Yue said crisply.
"Liu Gongzi is okay?! That's great! The trace of melancholy that shrouded Yunzhu seemed to disperse immediately.
Xiaoyue said with a smile: "I'll just say, Liu Gongzi Ji people have their own natural appearance, good people have good rewards, Liu Gongzi is a good person, and he will be fine." ”
"You still said, I don't know the other night, which little girl who is not ashamed is still secretly crying for Liu Gongzi in prison!"
"Miss", Xiao Yue was exposed to her shortcomings, and she couldn't help but sneer.
"Okay, okay, it's okay for Liu Gongzi to be fine. If Liu Gongzi is assigned to Qiongzhou because he wrote a poem for us, how can we be safe. ”
At the same time, in the east of the city and Ningfu, there were also two people talking about Liu Xu's affairs and being happy for Liu Xu's release from prison.
"Sister, Erlang is fine, you don't have to worry about it", it was Ning Hao who spoke. After Ning Hao and Liu Xu separated, he ran straight to report to the girl who remembered Liu Xu's affairs.
Ning Xin'er said happily: "Ah, really, that's good, it's good that Liu Gongzi is fine." ”
Ning Hao looked at Ning Xin'er's happy appearance for Liu Xu, he wanted to speak and stopped, endured it several times, and finally said: "Sister, Erlang is the one who is married, and the person who is married to him is still Sister Jin'er, and Senior Sister Jin'er is still a close friend with you."
Ning Xin'er couldn't help but blush a little bit on her face, and said angrily: "Brother, what are you talking about, I just appreciate Liu Gongzi's talent." ”
Ning Hao couldn't help but sneer: "It's best if you don't mean anything else, I'm just reminding you that Erlang is married."
Ning Xin'er couldn't help but be ashamed: "Brother, what do you want, what's not there, don't think about it, I really just care about Sister Jin'er's husband." ”
"That's good, I'll go first."
Ning Hao left with a wry smile.
Ning Xin'er looked at her beautiful face in the mirror, quietly in a daze, her mind had already drifted to the scene when she first met Liu Xu on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Meeting.
Alas, Sister Jin'er is so blessed to have found such an interesting and talented son-in-law.
ps: Unconsciously wrote 100,000 words, which is also a small achievement, Shanhe will continue to work hard, I hope you will support a lot, give a recommendation, collection.