a smooth and fair face, revealing an angular cold hand; The tall nose and beautiful lips all exude nobility and elegance.

Straight body, standing under the tree, thin cotton clothes, holding a book in both hands, reading carefully, the slaves passing by are all light steps for fear of alarming the young master.

In the blink of an eye, it is already the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and it will be the New Year in seven days.

On the way back, Ye Chufan was like a dead tree without vitality, wilting, coupled with the smell emanating from his body, pedestrians avoided it far away; Ye Chufan didn't care about everyone's eyes at all, he just wanted to sleep well.

"Look, isn't that Ye Chufan? Look what has become of him. Hahahaha. The laughter came again, but he just glanced up, then lowered his head and continued on his way.

One exuded a faint fragrance, and the other exuded a sour smell all over the body, and the two passed by like this, Dongfang Xuhui stopped and looked back, glaring fiercely at the high-ranking disciples in the restaurant.

"Shut up, where has the etiquette, righteousness and shame that Mr. taught you, although he is a beggar, but he is also a human being, and you stand with him under the same heaven and earth, are you high?"

"Don't you feel ashamed that you are a man on high and above, and that you are standing on the same earth as these filthy beggars at this moment?"

Dongfang Xuhui was loudly reprimanding the nobles who were laughing at Ye Chufan in the restaurant, this sound like he was speaking for Ye Chufan, who was like a beggar, but after listening carefully, he would taste it again.

This is a lesson to the nobles in the restaurant, this is actually scolding those stinky beggars that they should not "live" in the same world as them, which is a pun.

Those ordinary people, as well as the beggars who were still begging, all looked towards Dongfang Xuhui with gratitude in their eyes.

I don't know that the person in the crowd shouted: "This is the Dongfang Son of Dongfang Mansion." ”

Then the scene got out of hand.

The beggars and the people who had been bullied all gathered around and said to Dongfang Xuhui: "Dongfang Gongzi, you are really a good person!" ”

"I didn't expect you to be able to say such things at such a young age, and you will definitely be a big man in the future."

Dongfang Xuhui was still very useful by the compliments coming from all directions, but slowly the expression on his face changed, the smell of sweat, fox smell, salted fish, everything; It enters the nasal cavity, keeps pushing back, you push a step, the group of people takes a step closer, and the expression on their faces becomes more and more stiff.

A fist-sized stone directly hit the back of Dongfang Xuhui's head, and a stream of heat instantly dyed the white cotton coat red; There was a rush of flawless white cotton clothes, and the white cotton clothes became colorful, mostly black, and there were many unpleasant smells.

I have already finished washing in the restaurant, and I still enjoy a delicious meal, just passing by and seeing, especially the stone, the size, location, and weight are just right; looked at Ye Chufan who had disappeared on the street with great satisfaction.

When Ye Chong walked downstairs, he found that the officials of the Yamen of the City Patrol Division had already begun to search for the suspects, but either they were those sons and brothers who were either rich or noble, or a group of ordinary people; But the injured person was the son of the Dongfang family, which made it difficult for the officials, so they casually arrested a few innocent people and left.

"When did the official of the Yamen of the City Patrol Division become the exclusive official of the Dongfang Family, this is really strange!"

When a nearby official heard it, he looked at Ye Chong as if he was a suspect, and immediately tied him up without saying a word, and escorted him directly back to the yamen of the city patrol division.

The head of the department sat on the high hall, knocked on the shocked wood and glared at Ye Chong angrily: "The bold suspect, when he saw the head of the department, he didn't kneel, and someone came to teach him the rules." ”

The late clerk was an old man who was about five inquiries, his steps were concealed, his eyes were still a little dizzy, he walked to the hall and bowed down to the head of the department and said, "I have seen the head of the department, the old man is late." ”

The clerk glanced at it by the way, and his surprised eyes were about to pop out, and hurriedly shouted, "Wait, don't." ”

But it was too late, and a stick hit Ye Chong's calf, and the stick broke on the spot, and everyone was stunned.

"Old man, clerk, I've seen Lord Ye."

Just when the clerk knelt on the ground on one leg, Ye Chong hurriedly helped up the old clerk and said: "I pray for the country to be filial piety, and all the five old people who ask the old man no matter what crime they commit, they are exempted from kneeling, Ye is not only seven or eight years old now, you can't call me an adult, Ye is no longer an adult." ”

"This, this, this, I'm a few years younger than you, fifty-four years old this year, and I can retire next year."

"Chief." The clerk looked at the head of the division who was already angry, and explained: "The head of the department, this is Ye Chong, Lord Ye, the pioneer of grain transportation back then, all the grain and grass transported by Lord Ye arrived at the destination on time, and he also conspired with General Ye Lao to stop and kill 10,000 enemy troops on the way to transport grain, and he was also an elite soldier. ”

The head of the director's angry face turned into a smile little by little, glaring at the officials fiercely, Ye Chong didn't pay attention to the head of the department at all, and chatted directly with the old clerk: "Alas! Ye also wanted to retreat, but my old general wouldn't let him! When I'm old, I don't let me enjoy the blessings. ”

"Old general, this is love! That's what keeps you around. ”

"You'll retire next year, I don't know if there's a suitable candidate."

The old clerk didn't know how to answer for a while, Ye Chong still said with a smile on his face: "If you have someone to recommend, just recommend it directly, the provincial household department sent some ignorant people to come, this Dongfang family actually sent grain and grass to the enemy army when they escorted it, and our army suffered heavy losses!" But now they have become the masters of the Yamen of the City Patrol Division. ”

The head of the department was pale at the moment, not looking like a person.

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Ye Chufan went back to the room and fell asleep, sleeping for three days and three nights, and now it is the twenty-sixth month of the lunar month, and he was in a daze, and he was untied from the sandbag wrapped around his body in a trance.

"It's not two people who go out, why are you coming back alone, Ye Chong?"

The sound was like a bell, Ye Chufan immediately woke up and said, "Grandpa Chong hasn't come back yet, it's not right!" He must have preceded me! ”

"Hurry up and wash it off, the smell of your body, what does this look like, you want to smoke me to death for the New Year! Hurry. ”

Ye Chufan just watched his grandfather go out of the room, sniffed his body, and almost vomited, gurgling, and the sound of a whining device came from his gurgling stomach.

"By the way, your mother misses you, you go and see her, what happened along the way."

Rolling his eyes upward, he thought about it, he originally wanted to shake his head, but when he thought of almost being pecked by an eagle, he asked: "I was almost discovered, and Grandpa Chong is afraid of eagles, what kind of place is grandpa!" ”

Old Man Ye listened to his grandson's words in the east and west, and also heard a general saying: "Eat something first and then go to see your mother." ”

Mrs. Dongfang heard that her son's head was smashed and cried several times, and when she came to Chaohui Pavilion, she cried again when she saw the bloody gauze on her head, and turned back to the housekeeper and scolded: "Go and tell the head of the city patrol that if you can't catch someone, he won't live this year." ”

"My son! It doesn't hurt or not. ”

Looking at the teary-eyed Mrs. Dongfang, she spoke for the head of the department and said: "The head of the department can't be blamed for this matter, but it is his fault that he did not fulfill his duties as the head of the city patrol, and he should report it to the court, how can my mother deal with it privately?" ”

At a glance, the housekeeper kindly reminded: "Young master, the head of the department is the master's doorman, and he was only promoted last year, if he is known by the court, the master will definitely be reprimanded." ”

"No, not only will my father not admonish, but he will be rewarded."

"It's not good, it's not good, madam, young master, housekeeper, the master was punished for one year, and he thought about it behind closed doors for half a year, and besides, the head of the city patrol was demoted to a commoner, and he will never be hired within three generations."

This sudden news made Mrs. Dongfang stunned, and asked, "Did the master say what happened?" ”

"The head of the department doesn't know the Chongda, and he also violates the law of filial piety."

"But Ye Chong." The butler asked categorically

The little servant bowed his head and acquiesced, the housekeeper sighed and waved his hand, Dongfang Xuhui looked at his mother, the housekeeper's face was very unpleasant, and asked seriously: "But because of that Ye Chong, his father was punished by the court, who is he, how can he have such great ability." ”

Mrs. Dongfang said resentfully: "Like him, he is just a minion, but he is a slave with military merits, so naturally he can't compare." ”

"A minion, how can he have military merits, he is a slave of that family."

"The General's Mansion, the old man of the Ye family, his entourage." The butler bowed his head and said respectfully.

There was silence in the room, Dongfang Xuhui clenched his fists, Dongfang Lord begged several times, until the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Ye Chong came out of the city patrol department, and the head of the city patrol department had already been replaced by a soldier in the battalion, and the clerk was also replaced by someone recommended by the old clerk.

The person who recommended him was none other than his son-in-law, but the head of the department was the nephew of the husband of the lord of Suxin County. Because he offended some villains who were useless in the barracks, he got such a fat difference.

"You! I really don't know what to say about you, you're old, what's going on! It's nice to be at ease. ”

Ye Chong sat on the hot kang, squinted his eyes, drank the wine that Old Man Ye had arrived, and said: "This position, whether it is big or not, is not small, but it is just right, didn't you hear the words of that Dongfang Xiaoer!" But what makes me happier is Chu Fan's kid's stone, just right. ”

"What about mortal boys? Why don't you see anyone? ”

"I let him go back to his biological mother, and he went to celebrate the New Year."

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On the originally festive night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Dongfang family faced the table full of delicacies without the slightest joy, Dongfang Xuhui raised his glass and said: "Congratulations to my father on all the best in the New Year, and all wishes come true." ”

"Okay." Dongfang Cheng raised his glass and drank it down.

"Father doesn't have to mind, my Dongfang family is a noble family, and my father's generation is still located above the high hall, and he Ye Chong is just a minion, why should my father take him to heart?"

"Husband, my son is right." Lady Dongfang chimed in

"If it is peaceful today and there is no war, the monarch will definitely put the scribes first, even if he goes to the battlefield, there are no civilian officials in the camp, and the monarch must not be at ease."

"Hahahaha, my son is reasonable, reasonable." Dongfang Cheng looked at his son very satisfied.

I even feel that Dongfang Xuhui is only eleven or twelve years old now, and he has such an opinion, and he will become a great tool in the future.

"Congratulations to my lord, congratulations to my lord, congratulations to my wife." The servants of the Dongfang family shouted in unison