And what is Song Shi doing at this time?

He went to stop the loss.

The position of the squire of the Ministry of Works is enough, and it is time for the emperor to see his other shining points.

Palace.

The chamberlain came in and said, "Your Majesty, Song Shi, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, entered the palace to ask for guilt." ”

The emperor, who was correcting the folds, paused, "Please? What has he done lately? ”

The chamberlain lowered his head and replied, "The slave maid heard that Lord Song has found his long-lost brother. ”

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Xuan." ”

"Yes."

The chamberlain stepped back.

Soon, a young man in court clothes was ushered in.

"Weichen see the emperor." Song Shi bent down and saluted.

"Flat. I heard that Aiqing is going to ask me for guilt? What a crime Aiqing has! The emperor had a smile in his eyes, obviously ready to eat melons and watch the excitement, and just happened to be a little dozing off and refreshing.

Song Shi sighed.

"It's a long story."

"Then you-" The Emperor swallowed back the 'Long Story Short' and coughed lightly, "Speaking slowly. ”

Panic what.

What's the point of listening to a story and listening to an ending without patience.

Excuse me, it's nothing more than doing something wrong.

And there are a thousand ways to do this.

Xiao Song, who has always been as cunning as a loach, actually did something wrong one day?

directly hooked the emperor's curiosity.

"Little Lizi, go and pour me a cup of tea."

"Yes."

Soon, the palace maid came in and not only poured tea but also served refreshments.

The emperor took a sip of tea, "Song Aiqing, what's going on?" ”

Song Shi raised his eyes, his gaze was already far away, as if he was trapped in a memory: "Weichen was born in a very remote mountain village, there is a father and brother in the family, because he is the youngest in the family, the minister has been favored by his family since he was a child, but his father and mother are busy with farm work, so Weichen has been my brother with me since I can remember, and I follow behind my brother." ”

The Emperor nodded, "Most of the commoners' homes are like this. ”

"Yes." Song Shi continued: "When he was old, his father and mother sent Weichen and his brother to the private school in the village, which was opened by an old Xiucai, he took the imperial examination for a lifetime, and finally was admitted to Xiucai at the age of forty. ”

"My brother was four years older than me, and he was very active, and he really didn't want to study, so my father took him into the mountains and taught him to learn to hunt."

"Later, Weichen went to the town to study, and then went to the county seat."

"My brother died unexpectedly not long after I got married, and my sister-in-law is from a neighboring village, gentle and virtuous, and gave birth to the eldest grandson of our old Song family a year later."

"Daddy and Niang Quanxia should be happy."

"My nephew was more than a year old, and one day, someone from the village came to my house in a panic and said that my brother had been arrested in the town and taken to the border gate."

At this point, the emperor's brow was already furrowed.

What does this man mean?

Is it connotating him?

Song Shi didn't seem to notice the emperor's gaze, and said to himself, "That year, I was only fourteen years old, I hadn't even been on the field, there was such a big thing in the family, my nephew was waiting to be fed, my sister-in-law washed her face with tears, I was also stunned all day long, or there was no rice at home, so I went to a bookstore to copy books for silver with the help of my classmates, those days were really difficult, I had to read with my husband during the day, and I had to pick up the lamp to copy books at night, but I had no way at all." ”

"I think I was scared."

"My father and mother are gone, my brother is gone, my sister-in-law and nephew are my only relatives, if my sister-in-law leaves again, really, I don't know what to do."

"Fortunately, my sister-in-law is sincere to my brother and has been waiting for him."

"There was no news of my brother going to the border for a long time, until two years later, many people in the village were saying that he might die on the battlefield, but we received the silver and letters he brought back from the border pass."

"The whole family has hope."

"But one day, the clan elder came to the house and said that my brother had died in battle!"

At this point, the emperor frowned, "Didn't you hear that your brother came back from the border pass and made a meritorious service." ”

There is no one in the world who can hide from him.

Song Shi smiled bitterly, "Yes." ”

"That" The emperor thought of a possibility, and his face was extremely bad.

"The emperor must have guessed that in this way, there is no need to cover up the minister's old face." He looked bitter, "Yes, someone came to the village back then and said that my brother was arrested and taken to the border, which is false." ”

Emperor: ".??" ”

Fake?

Fake!!

Is there something else going on here?

"My brother is a hunter, and when he hunts in the mountains, he will take it to the town or the county and sell it to the restaurants in exchange for more silver. He said that when he was caught, he actually eloped with someone. ”

Emperor: "?!!! ”

"Elopement?"

The chamberlain covered his mouth, "But Lord Song, doesn't your brother have a wife and children?" ”

How can you still do such an inauthentic thing?

"Isn't it? That girl is from a rich family, and it is impossible to be a concubine. Also, I heard that my brother did not mention that he already had a wife. ”

Song Shi sighed, "My family is too poor, he probably wants to live a good life, if he doesn't take shortcuts, how many years of hard work will it take!" ”

"My brother ran away with someone."

"But I found someone to come back and say that I was arrested, and I wanted to get rid of our burdens."

"Later, the girl's family wanted to kill this liar who coaxed the girl to be uneasy and kind, and he had no choice but to run away again."

"My brother is good-looking, and the opposite sex is better."

"While others were exhausted and fainted and either starved to death or dragged away by wild dogs, my brother was different, he was picked up by a carriage that happened to pass by."

"What a good man in the carriage."

"Isn't this a saying since ancient times, not to mention that the owner of the carriage is a girl from a young general's family, rich and powerful, as long as she climbs the relationship, I am afraid that she will not be able to climb to the sky in one step. There are many smart people in this world, and what is most lacking is an opportunity, which is rare! Brother, what reason does he have to refuse? ”

"He married the girl, but told his relatives in his hometown, that is, his brother, that he was dead."

"Die in battle!"

"My sister-in-law is still very young, and she is a woman, and she remarried after more than a year."

"I took the county exam, the prefectural exam."

"I was admitted all the way up and became an official in the court, I originally wanted to take a leave of absence from the emperor, but who knew that he would enter Beijing by himself, saving me a lot of time."

After listening to this, the emperor asked, "You already knew that he had deceived you?" ”

"I didn't know, besides, I didn't have the money to check before, this is not a few years ago when I became an official in the court, thinking about my brother's going to the border gate, the more I thought about it, the more suspicious I became, so I checked it, and the result was"

"Huh."

"I really can't touch the melon along the vine!"

The melon is big and fresh, and I don't know who will eat it up.

After eating, I have to get together and say, ah, how did you touch this melon?

"Then you plead guilty," the emperor asked.

"Brother, he uses a fake name when he goes out, such an insincere deception and stealing his name is not worthy of serving Your Majesty, so Weichen immediately entered the palace to confess, so as not to be deceived by Your Majesty."