Section 16: Selling charcoal
The willows on the bank of the Dongyang River are like silk, the soft fine grass is swaying gently in the wind on both banks, April is the most beautiful season in Yushan, every morning Yun Ye and the four old gentlemen will walk along the river, by the way to exchange daily arrangements.
"Tomorrow, His Majesty ordered you to participate, I wonder if you are ready?"
Li Gang walked in front with his hands behind his back, and asked Yun Ye behind him as he walked.
"What to prepare, since the kid dares to do it, he is not afraid that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble." Yun Ye's face was full of indifference.
"You led more than 40 horsemen across the township, and you have no king's law, which is already a big sin, and now you don't know how to repent, I don't know what kind of disputes there will be in the court." Li Gang said it strictly, and his face was calm and breezy.
"What would you do if you were asked to deal with this, sir?"
"Fifty years ago, the old man would have broken his legs, forty years ago he would have died, thirty years ago the old man would have asked the government to come forward, twenty years ago the old man would have asked Chen Shuda to theorize, and now, the old man will let you deal with this matter." Lao Li's words drew laughter from the other three old gentlemen.
"Young people do things, the most happy, don't think about so many consequences, people are more and more timid the more they live, think about it carefully, the decisions made when you were young are not necessarily wrong, you come to do things in a big circle, and in the end you don't want to go back to the original point, Xiao Yezi does things and even has the appetite of the old man." Mr. Yushan is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.
"It's a happy thing, but it's not easy to finish, Chen Shuda's complaint, you can't escape the charge of arson, what happened to the old charcoal seller in your Zhuangzi now? If it weren't for the old man's rise to swim alone in the river that day, the old man's life and death would be unpredictable. ”
"Humph! A cart of charcoal, more than 1,000 catties, half a horse of red silk and a zhang of silk, tied to the cow's head to fill the charcoal straight, this damn guy, the old man's hard work in winter, was taken by him skillfully, and the old man was injured, so that his whole family had no livelihood, dragged to the spring house without a grain of rice, and now looking for death and life. I now regret that I didn't break both of his legs. Yun Ye was still angry.
"Huh? Boy, the writing is good, those two sentences just now have some meaning. "Mr. Yuanzhang likes sentences, and he doesn't pity people.
"What is there to worry about, a bad businessman is running rampant in the township with someone to support him, what's the big deal about Xiao Yezi breaking a leg, Uncle Chen sued, and the old man estimated that the evil businessman might not be able to escape death." Mr. Lishi still cherishes words like gold.
Four old men and a teenager immediately looked at each other and smiled, Yun Ye shook his head, there are really people in this world who are as stupid as pigs.
"Boy, the old man wonders why you don't use this excuse, but use such an arrogant means that he doesn't give you tea, don't tell the old man that you can't afford to lose that person." Mr. Tamayama asked strangely.
"If you look at the fate of the businessman who was sandwiched between me and Chen Shuda, you can understand why the younger generation should leave that old man's family behind."
Mr. Yushan nodded and said to him seriously: "The old man finds that he likes you more and more. ”
The other three gentlemen also looked like they were old and happy.
It's disgusting, this is Yun Ye's evaluation in his heart.
The grandmother was very worried about her grandson, the day before yesterday, the grandson took someone to the front of Huzhuang, smashed the house, and broke the leg of the head of the house, I don't know if there will be trouble, but it is a little strange, why did the grandson give the tea money to a farmer in his own village, and no one is allowed to ask.
Perhaps, the grandson was angry a few days ago, not because of the tea, maybe it was for something else, the grandson didn't say, and she didn't want to ask.
The old grandmother couldn't figure it out for a while, and then looked at the two daughters who were like goose-like geese next to her, just knowing how to eat, and the one who hated it twisted it, which made her feel a little depressed.
The Taiji Palace in the morning light is still magnificent and tall, and it has not been here for a few months, but there is a trace of strangeness, and Lao Cheng and Lao Niu are not in the ranks of the military ministers. One of them went to Guyuan, and the other went to Yunzhong. …,
Qin Qiong's face was gloomy, and Wei Chigong patted Yun Ye indifferently, praising his feat a few days ago, and said that this was the way to do in the army, and he just discounted one leg, if it was him, then the whole family of the merchant would have already entered the grave.
No matter who Yun Ye greeted, he greeted him with a smile, and he couldn't see the slightest bit of weakness at all, which made those nobles secretly sigh at the courage of young people, since "Zhenguan Law", the wealthy families in Shandong have been demoted to three, the Li family is one, and the queen's family is two.
At this juncture, every family clamped their tails and behaved honestly, lest they anger the emperor and bring disaster to the family. Only this kid acted recklessly, and I heard that he would fight for a few tea trees. More than forty horsemen rampant in the township, arrogant to the extreme, I don't know what the emperor will do with him today.
Thinking of this, I unconsciously stayed away from him.
The court is still lively, the army is in full swing, and it will arrive at various assembly points in August this year, and the military aircraft of the Tang Dynasty are running at full capacity, grain, horses, weapons, and everything is complicated.
The ministers relaxed slightly, but saw Chen Shuda stand up, holding the court and playing: "Qi Song Your Majesty, at noon on April 13, more than 40 handsome slaves of Hou Yunye of Lantian invaded the countryside wantonly, in the name of Hu Zhuang's master Juan not giving him tea, they took military weapons, broke Hu Zhuang, entered the mansion, like bandits, broke the family, like a ringing horse, Juan resisted slightly, his right leg was broken, and his family was humiliated if he was slightly angry, and dozens of tea trees were destroyed. It's as incompatible with black and white.
The minister impeached Lantian Hou Yunye for running rampant in the township, unscrupulous, arsoning with slaves, and treating my Tang Dynasty law as if there was nothing. ”
The court was very quiet, and Chen Shuda's recital was clear and bloody, which made people sympathize and pity.
It's strange that the emperor didn't speak, Prime Minister Fang Xuanling also closed his eyes and didn't speak, and Du Ruhui, the secretary of the military department, seemed to be thinking about something else, absent-minded, and even Wei Zheng, who was jealous and hateful on weekdays, didn't speak.
Chen Shuda felt a sense of foreboding in his heart, and he didn't understand why he felt like this.
Qin Qiong stopped thinking about going out of class, and planned to take another look, Cheng Yanjin handed Yun Ye to him before leaving, if something happened, how could he give an explanation to his brother of life and death? Even if you fight hard today, you have to keep this kid.
Wei Chigong spoke: "Qi Xi, the people in the army are rough, and when you encounter something, you are more happy than you want to think about it, please see that this kid has a little merit, he is young, and he will be punished a little, so that he can have a long memory. ”
Chen Shuda was taken aback, if he let Yun Ye go gently, he wouldn't be mixed up in Chang'an, and the various merchants attached to his family would leave one after another, how could this make it better to kill him if he lived a poor life.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard the emperor speak: "Boy, what are you holding back?" Who are you going to trap? Chen Shuda? You can be regarded as innocent in the past, and there is no hatred in the near future, as for it? ”
As soon as the emperor's words came out, Chen Shuda's face was like ashes, where is this the tone of asking for sin, this is clearly the tone of the elders ridiculing the younger generations, this matter, there is always one person who is wrong, if Yun Ye is right, then he is wrong, then Juan said that he and Yun Ye did not know each other, let alone talk about grievances, but he didn't give him tea, could it be that there are still things he doesn't know in the middle?
The always majestic emperor's tone in the court was frivolous, which made the courtiers secretly surprised, this Yun Ye Holy Family was so strong, he had to reestimate the status of the Yun family.
Yun Ye came out of class and replied: "Weichen has a vulgar temperament, which makes His Majesty embarrassed." "
"Vulgar? Not necessarily, right? I have a poem here, the words are concise, but thought-provoking, you might as well let Fang Qing read it to everyone, and also have a little more knowledge, it turns out that you can still write poems like this. ”…,
Lao Fang slowly stood up, came to the middle, bowed to the emperor, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, coughed lightly, and began to read it when his throat was comfortable.
The name of this poem is to sell charcoal, sell charcoal, cut down and burn charcoal in the southern mountains. His face was full of dust and smoke, and his temples were pale and his fingers were black. What is the profit from selling charcoal? The clothes on the body eat in the mouth. The poor shirt is single, and the heart is worried and wishes for the cold. At night, a foot of snow outside the city came, and Xiao drove a charcoal cart to roll the ice ruts. The cattle are trapped and the people are hungry, and they are resting in the mud outside the south gate of the city.
Who are the two riders? The black shirt of the wealthy family slave. The hand holds the horizontal knife edge, and the car is led to the west. A cart of charcoal, more than 1,000 catties, the slave will not be able to regret it. Half a horse of red silk and a zhang of silk, tied to the head of the cow to fill the charcoal straight. ”
"How? Good poetry, right? Do you know that my heart hurts when I first read this poem? Yun Ye did what I intended to do, what kind of crime do you say, what kind of crime should he punish? ”
Chen Shuda fell to the ground and begged the emperor for forgiveness.
When Yun Ye heard this poem, he knew that the big thing was not good, the charges in the court were fine, and it would be lively after a while.
Li Gang, Li Wenji, you killed me. This is Yun Ye's heartfelt shout.
Brothers and sisters, ask for a recommendation on Monday, and Yun Ye will bow to you.