When the letter was sent after the medicine cabinet was written, Zuo Gui's father discussed with him and wanted to rent the carriage that their medicine store sent Zuo Shaoyang back last time. Originally, according to Zuo Shaoyang's intention to buy a carriage, Zuo Gui's father disagreed, saying that the money could not be spent indiscriminately, and he should keep it to marry his daughter-in-law, who knows how much the daughter-in-law's dowry in the capital will cost.

Zhu Medicine Cabinet immediately expressed his willingness to give them a carriage for free to repay them for saving their lives. The Zuo family doesn't want to live or die, they are only willing to rent, and there is no way to wish the medicine cabinet, but they are unwilling to rent, they are only willing to borrow, and they will pay for the food and lodging of the groom and the forage money for the horses on the road. Zuo Gui gratefully agreed. This saves a lot of money on car rentals, and I am naturally happy.

The carriage is there, and there is no problem with coiling. It was agreed to leave the next day, and after the family dinner that night, Mrs. Qu found Zuo Gui and his wife, who were talking to Zuo Shaoyang. I heard that Mrs. Qu asked to see her, so she was probably in a hurry, so she hurriedly invited her in.

After Mrs. Qu came in and sat down, she said to Zuo Gui with a smile: "This trip to Beijing, there is something I want to trouble you, Master Zuo, I don't know if it's convenient?" ”

Zuo Gui hurriedly said: "You're polite, but it's okay to say." ”

"That's right, an old friend of our lord who served in the ministry to take the test wrote a few days ago, saying that the case that the lord had caused a lawsuit before, and the colleague that the lord protected was originally the former prince Li Jiancheng's person, and the saint issued an order a few days ago to pardon all the former prince's people, so the sin of the colleague that our lord protected has been pardoned, and the lord's own sin is naturally expected to be revoked."

Zuo Guixi said: "That's very good, the old lady is only sixty-five this year, and he is over seventy years old, and he can be reinstated!" ”

Zuo Gui has always regarded himself as an official eunuch, so he is very concerned about some rules of officialdom and knows more about it. According to the Tang law: "If you are over 70 years old, you should be a person, if your teeth are not weakened, you will also listen to the affairs" That is to say, the retirement age of officials in the Tang Dynasty is 70 years old, and the body over 70 years old can not insist on working, only retirement, and it is not mandatory to retire, if the body can withstand it, even if you work until the age of 10, there is no problem.

Officials in the Tang Dynasty could enjoy retirement benefits when they retired, and they could get a very high percentage or even a full amount of Yulu rice. Now that the old lady Qu has been convicted of the crime, Yu Lu and Lu Mi can't enjoy it, so life is so poor. This time, he only divided the fields according to the ordinary people, not according to the Beijing officials, which was a difference of thousands of miles.

Listening to Zuo Gui's father's words, Mrs. Qu smiled bitterly and said: "Master, an old friend of the ministry, said that many of the prince's former subordinates have been reinstated after their sins have been pardoned, but our lord is not the same, he was convicted for harboring the prince's old subordinates, and it is not the same as the prince's old subordinates who were directly convicted. ”

Zuo Gui nodded, thinking that this was right, the prince's old subordinates were convicted because of the matter of following the prince itself, and the old lady Qu knew that the other party was a criminal of the court and shielded him, and this act of shielding the criminal itself was a violation of the royal law, so whether to pardon or not depends on how the court itself grasps it, if you think that it should be pardoned together with the tide file, it can be justified, and if you think that you knew that you were a criminal at that time and covered up, it violated the royal law and did not belong to the pardon, it can also be justified. It depends on how the official in charge of rehabilitation explains this matter, as the so-called two skins of people's mouths make sense.

Zuo Gui said: "Then go and walk the door?" ”

"The old friend of the lord said that the prince's old family pardoned and reinstated, and the officials below the fifth rank should be moved by the servants of the Ministry of Rites, and then the final decision of the Ministry of Rites and Rites will be made. So through the relationship, we have to move these two. Still a number of people who were implicated in the prince's case began to act, hoping that the old lady would be able to do it as soon as possible. Otherwise, the time will be in trouble. ”

Zuo Gui said: "Then what does the old lady want me to do?" ”

The old lady Qu took a small package and a letter to him, and said reluctantly: "This is some jewelry, which can be worth twenty or thirty yuan, and a letter to the old lady's friends in the Ministry of Rites, can you ask the master for a favor, when you arrive in the capital, give these to him, and ask him to help him walk the way to see if there is any hope." ”

Zuo Gui smiled bitterly and didn't answer: "Your jewelry is only worth twenty or thirty times, if you want to do such a big thing as the official reinstatement, I'm afraid it will be a little less." It's useless to take it. ”

The old lady Qu was about to cry: "I know it too, but what can I do?" The family is so poor, except for these jewelry, and this old mansion, there is no money left. ”

Zuo Shaoyang suddenly interjected: "Why don't you sell this mansion and raise money to get through?" Now that Young Master Qu has passed away, this old mansion can't be passed on. ”

Old Lady Qu glanced at Zuo Shaoyang and looked quite embarrassed: "This mansion has been given to the son, how can it still be sold." ”

"I understand," Zuo Shaoyang said, "You have received this letter a long time ago, but you have not moved, it turns out that you are worried about this." ――I said at the time, I can't want this house, and I still say that. Sell yourselves. ”

"This can't work, the old lady will never do it, I still hid this jewelry from him, and the letter was also written by me, the old man said to accept his fate, don't care. But I'm not reconciled, if I can be reinstated, I have to fight no matter what, so I came to you without telling the old lady. ”

Zuo Gui's father thought for a while and said, "In this way, I'll go to your old lady and ask him to sell this mansion to us, won't there be a relationship with money?" Once the official is reinstated, you will go to the capital, and this house will not be needed. It's good for both. ”

Old Lady Qu was pleasantly surprised, and even her voice trembled when she spoke: "Really? That, thank you so much! I'm afraid, I'm afraid that our master won't agree. ”

"Don't worry, I have a way to convince him. Go, go now! ”

When the group came out, there was a light rain in the sky. The rain was not heavy, and it was very cool in the sweltering heat. A few people came to the courtyard where Mrs. Qu lived, and Mrs. Qu was sitting on a rattan chair under the porch to enjoy the coolness, and when she saw them come in, she hurriedly got up and gave her hand: "Zuo Langzhong is here." ”

Zuo Gui's father said happily: "Yes, there is something to discuss with you." ”

"Do it in the house."

"No, no, just outside, it's cool!"

"It's raining."

"That's right, it's refreshing to listen to the rain."

"I'm talking about, -- get a chair!"

Mrs. Qu hurriedly ran to get a chair, and Zuo Gui and the others took their seats under the porch.

Zuo Gui's father said: "Old lady, I already know about the holy pardon of all the guilt of the tide file, I know that you are now short of money to go to the door to reinstate the official, to put it bluntly, I came here today, I want to discuss with you, I want to buy your house, you have the money to go to the capital to go to the door, and we also have a good house to live in for a long time." I don't know what the old lady thinks? ”

Old Lady Qu was slightly stunned and looked at Old Lady Qu.

Old Lady Qu laughed dryly, and then glanced at Zuo Gui and them, and her expression was clearly saying that it was what they meant.

Old lady Qu said: "This mansion was originally said to be for Ling Lang, and this old mansion is already Ling Lang's. ”

Zuo Gui said: "No, because Zhong'er didn't agree to accept the gift at the beginning, and there is no forced gift to others in this world, right?" Zhong'er agreed to return to Zhong'er, but Zhong'er didn't agree at the beginning, so this old mansion is still the Qu family's. As we said earlier, in order to escape the war, we will only borrow it temporarily. ”

"This ......," Old Lady Qu smiled bitterly, "Are you letting the old man slap himself in the face?" ”

"No, no, we understand the kindness of Old Lady Qu. Now it is proposed to buy this old mansion from the old lady, mainly for the old lady. ”

"Oh, Zuo Lang has something to say, please tell me."

"That's right, the old lady already knows that this trip I brought my dog into Beijing for the purpose of asking for a kiss. However, my father and son in the capital are not familiar with the place, I am really afraid, although there is the sponsorship of the old man, but in the end the person is not in the capital, and Mrs. Qu you have lived in the capital for a long time as an official, high in the sixth position, well-informed, if you can match, help the dog choose a good match, not only my Zuo family's luck, but also the white girl's luck in the future. Therefore, we hope that the old man can be reinstated as soon as possible to help in this matter. Therefore, if you want to buy this house, the capital of buying the house is actually the capital of Xie Media. Please also ask the old lady to do it. ”

Zuo Gui's words have been said very clearly, -- buy your house, so that you have the money to bribe and reinstate, then you have to help me find a well-connected daughter-in-law in the capital in exchange. Both sides are beneficial.

Old lady Qu pondered for a long time, and slowly arched his hand: "Thank you Zuo Langzhong, no matter whether you can be reinstated this time, you will never dare to forget your great kindness!" ”

"The old lady is serious! As the so-called big tree is good under the shade, the old lady is an official in the capital, and we are blessed. is already very satisfied with a good daughter-in-law who is a good daughter-in-law. Hey, hey, hey. If the old lady can enter Beijing with us, it will be more convenient, I don't know if the old lady's body allows it? ”

What the old man is most afraid of is that others say that he is old, which is called disobedience to the old. The same is true for Old Lady Qu. Hearing this, he got up, moved his arm, kicked his leg twice, and kicked his leg very high, and his body didn't shake when he fell, his face didn't change and his heart didn't beat, and he smiled: "How is it?" ”

Zuo Gui stroked his palm and smiled: "Okay! The old man is sixty-five years old, and he is as vigorous as a fifteen teenager! ”

Old lady Qu stroked her snow-white beard happily, sighed, took off her robe and sat down, and said, "If it weren't for the rejuvenation of Lang's wonderful hands, I am afraid that the old man would have become ancient." ”

"Where, the old man is joking." Zuo Gui coughed lightly and said: "I once asked my son-in-law, how much is this house worth, and my son-in-law said that this kind of house, with high walls and blue tiles, is a first-class good house, and it costs five hundred yuan to say less, so I will take advantage of it and buy your house for five million, I don't know what to do?" ”

Old lady Qu was surprised and delighted, he knew that the house was not worth much now, although such a house was good, but it was already a good result to be able to sell for 400 yuan, and he was busy saying: "Zuo Langzhong overestimated, this house can only be sold for 400 yuan at most." ”

"Hehe, the old lady is too modest, if the old lady thinks that five hundred is too high, then the extra part should be used as the capital of the media. Zhong'er's marriage still relies on the help of the old lady. ”

(To be continued)