Zhang Zan took a sip of tea and said indignantly: "I just didn't expect that Shen Yu would stab him in the back, and Zheng Ge Lao Yingming I would be ruined in the hands of this proud protégé." ”

……

The last time Zheng Qian was suspended, the emperor took the opportunity to pack up a group of officials, this time suspended, the emperor hinted that the cabinet was preparing a vote to rehabilitate Cao Yu, pardon his family, and restore his titles of governor of Nanzhili, crown prince Taibao, and secretary of the military department.

The drunkard's intention is not to drink, but to tell Zheng Qian that it is time to let Xian.

Under the eaves of the Zheng Mansion House, there was an official hat chair in its early four years, and Zheng Ge Lao sat on it, looking at the dense rain curtain.

The old housekeeper Zheng Fu held an umbrella and led a middle-aged man in. In front of Zheng Qian's eyes, there seemed to be a new science and technology scholar in a black sara robe, walking towards him in high spirits. The two figures gradually coincided, and it was already more than ten degrees of spring and autumn.

"Teacher." Shen Yu walked to the bottom of the corridor and saluted him.

"Teacher?" Shen Yu shouted again: "But you're not feeling well? ”

Zheng Qian came back to his senses and laughed at himself: "It's nothing, I just remembered the scene when you first came to the house." ”

Shen Yu lifted his front placket and slowly knelt down.

Zheng Qian set his eyes on Shen Yu: "What is this?" How could I not have known about your kindness? It's just that when people get older, they become more and more likely to be confused, love power, and suffer from gains and losses. No one but you will make this decision for me, and no one will be able to save my life and reputation. ”

"It's good that the teacher doesn't blame the students for making their own decisions." Shen Yu said lightly.

Zheng Qian got up and helped him up, and slowly walked to the eaves: "When people are old, they have to serve the old, and only by serving the old can they have a good death, and after more than 20 years, I should go back to take care of the family's affairs." ”

Shen Yu nodded: "After the teacher returns to his hometown, if he has any difficulties, he can write a letter to the students. ”

Zheng Qian smiled without answering, and talked about another topic: "Minghan, I know what you are thinking in your heart. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he saw that the imperial court was in a predicament, and he was eager to make drastic innovations to eliminate the evils. However, the court has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, just like a patient who has not healed, and the use of fierce medicine will only aggravate the condition. ”

"Minghan, you still have a long way to go, you must be cautious and cautious every step, not only for the sake of the court, but also for yourself. The old man has great expectations for you, hoping that you can make achievements, but he also hopes that you can have a good death. ”

Shen Yu nodded and said, "Don't worry, the students keep in mind the teacher's teachings." ”

……

Zheng Qian retired as a scholar of Zuo Zhuguo and Zhongji Temple, and the prince personally sent him out from the main gate of Chengtianmen. Hundreds of officials gathered at the pier to see each other off, watching the huge official ship slowly leave the water gate and sail into the wide canal.

Zhang Zan sighed faintly and looked at Shen Yu's gaze like a scum who betrayed the door wall.

"When you go back, the countryside will not return." Yuan Xie smiled: "Such an ending may be something that you and I can't envy." ”

Zhang Zan was speechless for a long time by Yuan Xie's words of grabbing white and blocking without being soft or hard.

……

Shen Yu saw Zheng Qian off at the pier and returned to the inner city, it was already early afternoon, and there was no place to put his feet in the hall.

Xu Tinglan and Ji were preparing the examination boxes for the township examination for the three candidates, and there were test supplies all over the ground.

Shen Yu squatted down and looked through the rattan boxes in triplicate, each box has three drawers, the upper layer is a small furnace, silver carbon, beads, curtains, wall enclosures, bedding, pillow pads, hammers, etc.; The middle layer is pen and ink, inkstone, cutter, paste, etc., and the lower layer is delicate fine dots, pickles, rice salt, eggs and other foods.

Shen Yu quipped: "Why don't you move all the beds and stoves for them?" ”

Xu Tinglan glanced at him: "Nine days and six nights in such a small room, if you don't eat and sleep well, let alone answer questions, what should I do if I get sick?" ”

Shen Yu glanced at the sons and nephews who were more energetic than the other.

Ji taught the three of them to cook porridge by hand, when to put bacon, and when to put chopped green onions.

"The green onion is too much, right?" Shen Yu said, where is this going to the exam?

"Green onion and ginger enhance the flavor and can also ward off the cold." Ji insisted.

Shen Yu said that he was hungry, and seeing that no one took care of him, he went out and asked Hao's mother to make him a bowl of shredded chicken noodles, and he also wanted to put chopped green onions.

made up for lunch, and sent someone to find Huai'an back.

The housekeeper squeezed his eyebrows at the little guy: "Quick, go to the Guozijian and ask the little master to come back." ”

"Don't cover it up for him." Shen Yu frowned and said: "Go to the bookstore to find it, and if you can't find it, go to the soap shop." ”

"Yes." The little guy only responded and ran out.

Shen Yu didn't catch Huai'an skipping school today, but there was something really important. Let him go back to the room and change into a moon-white Deng silk straight jacket, his hair is meticulously combed, and he wears a net scarf, which makes Shen Yu's eyes shine.

With a clear face and sparse eyebrows, he really looks like a gentle and elegant son of a family - as long as he doesn't speak.

"Dad, what the hell is going on?" Huai'an asked.

"Uncle Xie is back, take you to meet him." Shen Yu said.

"Really!" Huai'an was startled.

Shen Yu's ears buzzed, and he persuaded bitterly: "I'll see you Uncle Xie in a while, pretending to be ...... Be steady, advance and retreat moderately, be polite, and try to speak as little as possible. ”

Huai'an was confused: "That's Uncle Xie, what kind of virtue do I have, doesn't he know?" ”

Shen Yu said: "Shibei is still going to be impressed in three days, you don't care if he knows it or not, just do it." ”

Chapter 170

Xie Yankai's ancestral home in the capital, the residence in the capital has been left to cook all the year round, and the relatives in the clan occasionally help to take care of it, even so, for many years no one lives, the old things are new, and they are still busy.

Xu Tinglan sent someone to come once, brought the usual florists and craftsmen in the family, and helped Han replant some flowers and trees, repair and restore the damaged parts of the house, and cleaned up for several days before it was restored to the appearance of the occupants.

When the Xie family opened their doors to welcome relatives and friends, and resumed normal social interactions, it was already August. The heat is slowly receding and the weather is getting cooler, which is the most comfortable time of the year.

In the carriage, Huai'an was sitting in a precarious position, brewing emotions.

After only a moment's effort, he couldn't help but ask: "Dad, Uncle Xie is not an outsider, why are you pretending?" ”

Shen Yu said: "Uncle Lu has been promoted to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the position of the country's priest is vacant, don't you leave a good impression on the new sacrificial wine in the future?" ”

"What?" Huai'an was like being struck by lightning: "Uncle Lu is going to be transferred, and Uncle Xie will take over?" ”

Shen Yu nodded.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier, I didn't bring any decent gifts." Huai'an looked annoyed. Thinking back to when I was a child, I also knocked people into the pond and contracted the cold, and when I turned around as a sacrificial wine, I wouldn't give him small shoes, right?

Shen Yubai glanced at him: "At a young age, don't think about bribes when you see everyone." ”

Huai'an took advantage of his father's efforts to look out the window and grimaced at him.

"You behave well, you will be exempted from three days of homework during the Mid-Autumn Festival." Shen Yu said.

"Really?!"

"Really."

After speaking, the carriage stopped at the gate of Xie's mansion.

Xie Yankai was temporarily idle during this time, waiting for the arrangement of the imperial court, and when he did not go out to meet guests, he cultivated his body at home, played cards and chess with his family, and was leisurely and comfortable all day long.

Old friends came to visit to gather gas for the Xie family's house that had been vacant for many years, Xie Yankai was naturally happy, and personally greeted him at the door and invited him into the front yard to drink tea.

Huai'an saluted Xie Yan: "The little nephew has seen Uncle Xie. ”

Xie Yankai was stunned for a moment, and then met Huai'an's dark eyes: "This is Huai'an?!" ”

Shen Yu smiled and acquiesced.

Xie Yankai glanced Huai'an up and down, and exclaimed, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but you've grown so big!" I was in a trance for a while, thinking it was Huaiming. ”

Huai'an was just about to open his mouth to argue, but his brother was not as tall as him when he was so old, when he suddenly remembered his father's instructions and closed his mouth again.

"I heard that I entered the country to study, and I guess my knowledge has grown a lot, right?" Xie Yankai asked again.

Huai'an is the only way to be, how to watch the nose and nose and the heart to stay quietly aside, pretending to be air.

Shen Yu showed Xie Yan Huai'an's best monthly exam article in more than a year - it was still polished and revised repeatedly.

Xie Yankai browsed the full text at a speed that was unattainable for ordinary people, and praised: "It's not a small growth! ”

"It's not a good idea." Shen Yu smiled and said humbly.

Xie Yankai retorted: "Everything must be done step by step, you should be remembered by everyone." ”

Huai An just wanted to jump up to express his approval, but was lightly swept away by his father, and hung his head again and was silent.

Xie Yan joked with a smile: "This kid talked a lot when he was a child, how did he grow up and recognize his life, and he still blushed?" ”

Huai An sighed in his heart, what blushed, obviously he couldn't speak, for the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, he also fought hard.

Shen Yu said: "Brother Zisheng is laughing, he is so old, and his behavior and speech naturally can't be like when he was a child." ”

Xie Yan smiled at him: "Minghan, you thought he was naughty back then, how did I persuade you, when you grow up, you will naturally be stable, I am not wrong." ”

His impression of Huai'an is still in the stammering remorse of the "Four Books", dismantling the glass kang screen to grow cucumbers, composting the chickens raised by the prince, blowing up the palace, pulling His Royal Highness King Qi to barbecue by the lake, burning the sleeves of King Qi's robe, knocking him into the lotus pond, and abducting and selling the old Wu Qi of the small pavilion...... When.

In a blink of an eye, I was able to write an article! Not to mention whether the righteousness is smooth or not, whether the rhetoric is gorgeous, just to say that he is standing there decently dressed, and after talking for so long, he has not set fire to his house, Minghan has not been easy all these years, it is really not easy!

Shen Yu smiled lightly: "What Brother Zisheng said is very true. ”

Talking about the two children again, Xie Yankai has three sons and one daughter, the eldest son and the second son are married, the eldest son went to Rendi, the second son participated in the township test this year, and the third son was at the age of discussing relatives, but last year the hospital test was not passed, and he went to study in other provinces.

"Are your two nieces okay?" Xie Yan asked.

"I know a little bit of etiquette, and I'm already married." Shen Yu asked: "I don't know how to love?" ”

"The quality of the little girl's simplicity is still waiting to be ...... in the boudoir"

Huai'an listened drowsily, people of this age meet, either talking about business or children, turning around, in the clouds, and very boring. Why can't we talk about something interesting, like the recent Keju competition?

Sure enough, after they finished chatting about their children, they began to play chess and talk about business again.

When the son fell, Shen Yu saw a string of cinnabar on Xie Yan's wrist, and asked curiously: "Brother Zisheng is born this year?" ”

Xie Yan smiled bitterly: "Isn't it, it's a fateful offense." You see, I almost gave my life this year. ”

Xie Yan rolled up his sleeves, a bullet mark that had just healed, revealing pink flesh buds, still a little hideous.

"Who is so bold."

Xie Yankai shook his head and said: "The murderer set himself on fire in the signing room, and burned all the boxes of files given to me by Governor Zhao. ”

"Burned? What is the box of files that Zhao Chun sent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate with the bullet seal? Shen Yu asked.

"That's the original." Xie Yan said: "What Zhao Chun sent to me is a transcript, and the precaution is that someone will take risks and destroy the evidence, who would have thought that they would be so mad." ”

"Zhao Chun has been in Pingjiang Mansion for three years, and he has nothing to do with the local gentry on the surface, but in fact he secretly collects evidence of their crimes, the Zheng family is the largest family in Pingjiang Mansion, because Zheng Ge is old in the court, and it has also become the biggest obstacle to Qingtian Junfu, and the entire Pingjiang Mansion only knows that there is a Zheng family, but does not know that there is a court. Zhao Chun really couldn't bear it, and wrote to expose the Zheng family, and because the court dragged on and did not make a decision, he was angry and impeached His Majesty and hundreds of officials. ”