Shu Yan was not very easy, because he still thought about two things: the first thing, a few days ago in the big market, because Xiao Mo wanted to buy crabs, but because he didn't have enough money, he was humiliated by Shi Biyu, although Xiao Mo didn't take it to heart, Shu Yan always had a knot in his heart; The second thing is that he thinks about Ye Chung, because Ye Chung has been in Luoyang for a long time, and there are many people in his family, young and old, and there is no financial support, which makes Ye Chung unable to wait here with peace of mind, and if he really can't persevere, once the officials have a chance, then it is very likely to be awarded to others, and his future may be abandoned halfway.

Shu Yan was in a dilemma, because he was limited, and he couldn't solve these two things at the same time. On the one hand, it is the careful wish of his closest people, and on the other hand, the future of his good brother.

"Why are you unhappy? What do you think? Xiao Mo put his hands behind his back and sat in front of the dining table with Shu Yan.

"Oh, nothing." Shu Yan looked at Xiao Mo's pure and good smiling face, and really couldn't bear to be wronged by this person who took care of his diet every day.

"On such a hot day, there are no refreshing vegetables and vegetables, do you feel that the diet is boring?"

"Oh, yes, there are some." Shu Yan responded vaguely.

"I knew that, so I was prepared." Xiao Mo smiled and stretched out his hand from behind him to Shu Yan's eyes, "Look, what is this?" ”

"Courgette? This is good. ”

"Ah, I know, since I know it, I guess I eat it often?"

"I've eaten it a few times, this melon and fruit brought back from the ancient Silk Road has not been widely planted in the Central Plains, how can it be eaten often? However, compared to other melon vegetables, it is indeed crisp and refreshing. ”

"If you like it, give it, how about trying this melon?"

Shu Yan took it and took a look, the top flower of this courgette was thorny, the whole body was tender green, very fresh, he didn't care to wash it, directly wiped off the small yellow flower at the top, stroked the thorn with his hand, and took a bite of it.

"So anxious." Xiao Mo looked at Shu Yan and laughed.

"Well, Xiao Mo, where did you get this melon, did you buy it in the big market? Much tastier than I've eaten before. ”

"Where is bought in the big market, what is sold in the market is picked into the city from far away from outside the city, that is, it is expensive and not fresh, and this is planted by myself from the small open space behind the house, eaten and picked, no matter how fresh."

"Oh, I can't complain that it's so delicious."

"As long as this thing is watered frequently, there will be a lot of melons, and neither of us can eat it all."

"That's great." Shu Yan finished eating this courgette in a few bites, and he thought of another question, "As the saying goes, 'plant melons and get melons, plant beans and get beans', you must have melon seeds when you plant melons, where did you get these melon seeds?" ”

"Of course, my grandfather brought it back from the Western Regions. After he brought back melon seeds from the Western Regions, our family would plant a lot of seeds every year, and the seeds that could not be eaten were uninterrupted, year after year, decades passed, and it has been uninterrupted. ”

"It's not strange that you have melon seeds at home, but it's strange how can you have melon seeds around you? Do you often carry courgette seeds with you? ”

"Of course, don't underestimate the little courgette seed, it has a lot of wonderful uses, it can strengthen bones, connect bones, and moisten the intestines. When I wander around, there will inevitably be some small bumps, minor illnesses and disasters, so I often bring some courgette seeds with me in case of emergency. ”

After hearing this, Shu Yan couldn't help but admire Xiao Mosheng a little: "It turns out that you are really well-informed, I can't complain that Brother Ye said that he is not as good as you, I see, even I sigh to myself." ”

"Don't mention him again, when I think of him, I can't stop laughing."

"Besides, he worries about his family every day, but you hurt others and embarrass him, and he may still be in the dark."

"I didn't mean to, so I can't take the initiative to confess to him. It's his family's business, and he can think of a way for him. ”

"What's the solution?" Shu Yan's eyes lit up.

"You just sent a fortune, of course you can go to Zhou. Ji Zhou. It's done. ”

Shu Yan said happily: "This is exactly what I want, but I'm afraid of Zhou. Help him, we're going to have a few more days, and you'll be unhappy. ”

"How come, let's be a trivial matter, his future is important."

"That's great, I didn't expect you to be so open-minded, Xiao Mo."

"Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black."

"Okay, I'll go sell a few pieces of rice right away, and I'll send the money to his family. His home is in Hongnong County, not far from here, and he can come back in only three days, so we don't have to tell him personally, lest he shirk. However, I have a reluctant request for your help. ”

"Say anything, just say it."

"Actually, it's nothing to put this on you, it's just that I'm afraid that I won't be able to take a vacation, so I want to bother you to make a trip......"

Without waiting for Shu Yan to finish speaking, Xiao Mo interrupted: "No." ”

"Why not? You have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and it is difficult for you to be so close. ”

"No why." Xiao Mo's face suddenly flushed, "It's inconvenient these days." ”

Where did Shu Yan understand Xiao Mo's thoughts, and said with a smile: "What's inconvenient, I see that you have been here for a long time and have become lazy." Okay, okay, since you don't want to go, then I'll make my own trip. ”

Early the next morning, Shu Yan asked for leave and rode Xiao Mo's jujube red horse. Xiao Mo sent it to the door, wrapped a few courgettes, handed them to Shu Yan and said, "Be careful on the road, take this one, eat it when you are thirsty." ”

Shu Yan flicked the horse's head and patted the horse, Xiao Mo looked at Shu Yan's back, and was very unhappy. In the past few months, I have been with Shu Yan for a long time, and when I was separated so suddenly, I felt empty in my heart, which was very different from the feeling when I left my parents, just like he once listened to Shu Yan's words in the "Book of Songs" "I don't see you for a day, like three autumns". Fortunately, when he counted the first "Nine Autumns", Shu Yan came back.

Shu Yan hurried early in the morning, and when he came back, it was just around midnight. As soon as he got off the horse, Xiao Mo immediately became energetic, and the two exchanged pleasantries. Xiao Mo saw that he was sullen, so he asked: "Why, I should be happy when I have worries for my friend, why are you so haggard, you must be in too much of a hurry to go, and you are tired, right?" ”

Shu Yan sighed and said, "Where." We are pampered in this Luoyang City, and we don't know the suffering of the people outside. On my way to Hongnong, I saw many refugees from the north, and only after careful inquiry did I know that there was a major drought in the four prefectures of Liang, You, Hebei, and Qinghai, and the wheat seedlings lacked water, withered and yellowed early, and the ears were short and shriveled, and the grains were not harvested in serious places. The drought continued, and locust plagues broke out again in some places. ”

"I said, Shang Shutai sent someone today to inquire if you have come back, and asked you to go as soon as possible, I don't know if it's because of this."

Shu Yan listened, hurriedly put down the package, and hurried to Shangshutai. When I entered the door, I saw that Shang Shu Ling Wei Qian and Shang Shu were all there. With so many top bosses, Shu Yan felt uncomfortable for a while, because he took three days off without a legitimate reason, needless to say, I don't know if there is any other punishment, at least a scolding is inevitable.

Sure enough, Wang Rong, the secretary of the ministry, reprimanded: "Shu Yan, as a scholar, you have many important documents that need to be drafted, but you take a leave of absence for three days for no reason, what kind of system is this?" In vain, I promoted you exceptionally! ”

Wang Rong is a discerning person, he can see people very accurately, and he is also very good at finding people and selecting talents, and he is very appropriate to be a secretary of the ministry. It's just that he has a shortcoming, that is, he loves money. He collected a wide range of pastoral water, all over the world, and often made the tooth chips used for calculation calculate day and night, accumulating money, which was not enough. Although he is rich, he is extremely stingy, which is the opposite of Shi Chongzheng. His daughter once borrowed tens of thousands of dollars from him, and tens of thousands of dollars were nothing to him. But every time his daughter returned home, he kept a straight face and was unhappy, and it wasn't until his daughter returned the money to him that his attitude changed. His son was so fat that he let him eat chaff. When his nephew got married, he borrowed a single coat from him, and when he got married, he asked for it back. The plums in his orchard are very good. When he was selling plums, he ordered the kernels to be drilled into them, lest others get good seeds.

Stinginess does not affect talent. Wang Rong has made great achievements in personnel appointments, and he is the first to open the first-day system. That is, before the official is appointed, there is a probationary period, let him be a petty official, govern the people, and if he is qualified, he will be granted an official position. Although he is very good at selecting talents and appointing talents, and has selected many outstanding talents, the officials he selects are all within the scope of their wealthy families, and he disdains people from the Hanmen clan. Since he loves money, he will inevitably engage in favoritism and irregularities in the selection of officials. As a child of a poor family, Shu Yan was able to be selected by him without accepting bribes, which is an exception. Speaking of which, this is also the credit of the Jiawu system. Because Shu Yan won the support of the people when he was a literary scholar in Ruyin, this had to make him promote exceptionally.

"Prince, I'm ......" Shu Yan didn't want to tell Ye Yan about it.

"What are you? Today, Your Majesty rules the world with benevolence and filial piety, if you miss your parents and go home to visit your parents, this is still forgivable. But your parents are dead, and you are alone, and you have given up your official duties and disappeared for three days, how can this be explained? Aren't you afraid of influencing your quality reviews? ”

Although Wei Qian respected Shu Yan's personality and wanted to say two good words for Shu Yan, Wang Rong's criticism was very appropriate, and he had nothing to say. Shu Yan thought, so far, he can only tell the truth, otherwise he really can't explain it. Thinking of this, he told Wei Qian, Wang Rong and others the truth.

After hearing this, Wang Rong wondered: It is said that he Shu Yan is righteous, and it is really righteous!

In the eyes of him, a miser who calculates his son, daughter, and nephew, what Shu Yan did was simply incredible. "What you say is true?"

"Of course it's true, if the prince doesn't believe it, in a few days, Ye Jian's family will definitely come to the letter, and it will be clear then."

"Although it sounds lofty, after all, it is someone else's private matter, and it has nothing to do with you, so how can you leave your official duties behind for this? If we don't punish you, then won't our Shangshutai be messed up in the future? ”

After Wei Qian learned the details, he was deeply admired, and hurriedly defended Shu Yan: "Actually, before Shu Lang left, in addition to getting my permission, he had already communicated with other Cao Lang. ”

Among Shang Shulang, Shu Yan's popularity is very good, and the Shang Shulang present at this time naturally spoke for him: "That's right, that's right." Shu Lang told us that he would use this month's rest to repay us for the past few days. ”

Wang Rong didn't have to embarrass Shu Yan, but the imperial court had a rule that officials would take a break every five days, and if they didn't have a day off, they were not allowed to ask for leave without a legitimate reason. Now that everyone has said so, they have no choice but to give up. "In this case, I will spare you this time, and I will not make an example."