Chapter 3: The Unconscious Official
Jin Yuanzi laughed and said: "You kid is really interesting, I don't think you look like a daughter at all, but like a mature literati and ink artist." ”
As soon as Cao Ming heard this, she knew that there was a problem, and her performance was indeed not like a child, and it seemed that her behavior would be younger in the future.
Then Cao Ming said goodbye to Jin Yuanzi, and then began to rush home, leaving little time for himself, and Chai Yu would come back in half an hour.
If Chai Yu comes back and finds that he is gone, then his own fun will be really great, and I don't know if the ancients liked to beat children, anyway, in his previous life, he was beaten a lot because he was greedy for fun.
As soon as he thought that he might be beaten, Cao Ming's pace was much faster, and he ran wildly for the last few distances.
When he ran to the door of his house, Cao Ming felt that his lungs were about to explode, it was really inconvenient to have no means of transportation in this ancient society, and the only carriage was still ridden by rich people, not to mention horseback riding, it was a problem if he couldn't get up to his height of three meters.
"Ming'er?" Chai Yu looked at Cao Ming with a shocked face, Cao Ming was also shocked when she saw Chai Yu in the room, the director's script was a little wrong, why did this person come back early.
Chai Yu ran in front of Cao Ming angrily, raised his hand and was about to hit Cao Ming in the face, but Cao Ming was so frightened that she closed her eyes.
Cao Ming still didn't feel the pain for a long time, and when she opened her eyes, Cao Ming was stunned, because Chai Yu saw the scratches on Cao Ming's arms, which were left by Cao Ming when she was hiding from the robbers.
Chai Yu touched Cao Ming's face and said: "In the future, I promised my mother not to go out by myself, you are my mother's last hope in this world, if I can't wait for you to come back today, my mother won't live." ”
Cao Ming's eyes suddenly turned red, he was used to being alone in his previous life, and he had less time to go home to see his parents, and this feeling of being a child was also lightened, but he would not make mistakes again in this life, and his current task was to protect Chai Yu and do his filial piety for the original Cao Ming, which could be regarded as unloading his psychological baggage.
Cao Ming adjusted her mood for a while, and then took out the gold from her arms: "Mother, I went out to earn money just now, you see this is ten gold, and we don't have to eat coarse tea and light rice in the future." ”
Chai Yu's face changed instantly: "You kid is so bold that you even cheat your mother, to be honest, how did this gold come from, I saw so many scars on your arms, could it be that you stole this gold from someone else?" ”
Cao Ming knew that if he didn't tell the reason, he really couldn't explain it today, such a young child would earn ten gold in one day when he went out, and he wouldn't believe it if he told anyone, but to be honest, he was afraid that Chai Yu would be suspicious, after all, he had never read a book but could write, which couldn't be explained at all.
It seems that I can only make up nonsense to fool the past, Cao Ming's eyes rolled and he had an idea: "Mother, don't be angry when I tell you the truth, I see that you are overworked every day, and I am afraid that you will be tired and have any problems, so I took your jewelry and sold it, and then met a man when selling jewelry, and the man told me that he knew you, and gave me a full ten taels of gold, and the four treasures of the study room for writing." ”
Chai Yu frowned and said, "You said that you met a man, is he about seven feet long, his eyes are not big but his eyes are deep, the bridge of his nose is protruding, and his eyebrows are scattered. ”
Cao Ming knew that this was her father, so she had to nod and say, "Mother, what you said is not bad at all, who did you say that person is, why do you give me so much money?" ”
Chai Yu showed a little sadness: "He is a relative of his mother, and his mother helped him when he was down, so he will give you so much gold." ”
Cao Ming coaxed Chai Yu and said: "Mother, you must be happy, since the way this gold comes from is the right way, then we can rest assured that we can spend it boldly, first of all, we will rip off the house and rebuild it, secondly, raise some livestock to make money, and finally we will hide the rest of the money." ”
Chai Yu put away her sadness and promised: "Ming'er's suggestions are very good, it just so happens that my mother's body is not allowed to be busy, and it is a good choice to raise some domestic animals at home, but this earthen house lives well, why should I take it off?" ”
Cao Ming glanced at the earthen house behind Chai Yu, and thought that this house was not as good as the cave in Shanxi, and even the roof was so-so, if there was a sudden rainstorm, the house would collapse.
Finally, at Cao Ming's insistence, Chai Yu agreed to take off the house, and at the same time invited some people to build a tiled house, and the surrounding neighbors also rushed to help.
On the day when the tiled house was completed, Chai Yu asked someone to kill a pig to entertain the craftsmen, and Cao Ming, who had not eaten meat for almost a month, was very happy.
"Bang dang!" Just as everyone was drinking and talking, the newly installed courtyard gate was opened, and the people in the courtyard instantly quieted down, and the person who came was the Li Chang (village head) Feng Juncai and several of his subordinates.
Because the country is busy dealing with the Yellow Turban Army, some grassroots officials have revealed their true colors, Feng Juncai is a well-known corrupt official, who takes a group of subordinates to run rampant in the countryside on weekdays, and today he is here on a festive day, there must be nothing good to do.
Chai Yu politely stepped forward and welcomed: "It turned out that Lord Feng came to the cold house, and the folk woman is today."
Before Chai Yu's words were finished, he was interrupted by Feng Juncai: "The eldest sister spoke politely, the official came to discuss something with you today, the belly of the cheap has never been angry, and there has not even been a movement so far, you see that it is not easy for you to be an orphan and widow, it is better to be a partial house of the official, and when the time comes, if you can really give birth to an heir for the official, the official will definitely make you the main room and never break his word." ”
The surrounding villagers knew that Feng Juncai was lustful, and any wife who couldn't give birth to a child was a liar, and Chai Yu's appearance couldn't be found in the entire Hanoi County, so of course Feng Juncai would not let go of such a beauty.
Feng Jun saw that Chai Yu stopped talking, and then pretended to say mysteriously: "Madame still uses me to explain the words, you don't look like a peasant woman in this body, I heard that there is a talented and beautiful courtesan in Kyoto, it seems to be exactly the same as Madame's name, but the courtesan disappeared nine years ago, this is a big event spread in Kyoto, in my opinion, that courtesan is Madame." ”
Chai Yu's voice trembled slightly: "The adults are really joking, the folk women are dressed plainly and their skin is like coarse linen, how can it be a Kyoto courtesan." ”
Feng Juncai's face changed, and he suddenly grabbed Chai Yu's hand and said: "What a slender jade hand with skin like coarse linen, is it really me Feng Juncai who eats dry rice, aren't you just a showman!" ”
"Stop! Let go of my mother! Cao Ming couldn't bear it anymore, so she rushed out with a kitchen knife, and she was ready to fight hard at any time.
Feng Juncai pushed Chai Yu aside, and said with a smile instead of anger: "Yo, where did this little rabbit cub come from, why do you want to fight hard with this official, come and break your legs for this official!" ”
The surrounding neighbors and villagers couldn't stand it anymore, men, women and children all stood in front of Feng Juncai, Feng Juncai's men ran out of ideas for a while, if this is really tough, I'm afraid it will be easy to have an accident.
Feng Juncai said viciously: "You people are all out of the way of this official, is it possible that you want to interfere with this official's errand, be careful that this official will arrest you all!" ”
Cao Ming had an idea in her heart at this time, and immediately shouted: "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is lucky!" The folks don't rebel at this time, but when? ”
As soon as Cao Ming finished shouting the slogan of the Yellow Turban Army, the blind dates around him were stunned in place, isn't our behavior a rebellion, and a fear of disobedience to the court has spread.
At this time, Feng Juncai was completely stupid, Cao Ming shouted the same slogan as the Yellow Turban thief, and these villagers were all standing straight, could it be that they were really chaotic ministers and thieves.
"Brothers, retreat!" Feng Juncai didn't dare to stay any longer, so he crawled out of the courtyard with a rolling belt, and even his subordinates ran away like ghosts.
Cao Ming breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Thank you for your help today, as for today's anti-thief matter, firstly, we have no blades and war horses, and secondly, our clothes are only ordinary people, even if the dog official reports this matter to the county order, he will take us because of insufficient evidence." ”
"This kid has a point!" The villagers all nodded in agreement that Cao Ming's words were reasonable, and Cao Ming's words were like a reassuring pill, which made these villagers completely let go of their anxious hearts.
After the villagers left, Chai Yu hugged Cao Ming with tears: "Child, it's useless to be a mother just now, our women are slaughtered in this troubled world, and when you grow up, your mother will find you a good husband, and then you won't be like your mother." ”
"Ahem!" Cao Ming was almost choked by her own saliva, this Chai Yu thought far enough, and even thought about his future, but unfortunately he would not follow Chai Yu's ideas.
On the other side, as Cao Ming expected, Feng Juncai returned to his home to discuss with his subordinates, and finally decided to report the appearance of yellow turban thieves in his jurisdiction.
Because the reported accident location was too close to Kyoto, this incident even alarmed Emperor Han Ling, so Emperor Han Ling ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, but the Yellow Turban thief did not even find out, but found out that Feng Juncai bullied the township.
Emperor Han Ling heard that Long Yan was furious, the country is suppressing the Yellow Turban thieves, but you are a little chief but doing evil under your own eyelids, isn't this exactly what those Yellow Turban thieves mean?
In the end, the soil emperor Feng Juncai was executed by Ling Chi, and even his relatives were also put in prison, which also sounded the alarm for some people who were preparing to commit crimes at the peak, and the officials who had a little problem in various places also resigned, for fear of being found out and ending up like the lieutenant chief.