I played as an assistant in ancient times

Shen Changsui, who was immersed in his own thoughts, almost bumped into someone. He looked up and said, "I apologize."

"Brother Changsui?" The other party was Yue Jinxuan, a classmate in the academy. "How dare you wander around the streets at this time of year?"

"It's Brother Yue." Before Shen Changsui finished his greeting, the other party grabbed his arm, "Brother Changsui, I just happened to be going to the master's house, would you mind going with me?"

"Let's do it another day." He was ready to meet the teacher alone, even though Shen Changsui had just asked the second leader of the escort agency, Chang, to ask his brother-in-law who worked in the county government canteen.

But it is also necessary to meet with the gentleman who has achieved the title of Jinshi.

"No, don't you want to know the reason for today? Sir, you have a wide network of contacts." Yue Jinxuan believes that he is not as prestigious as a young boy like him, and traveling with him will help him complete the task of investigation assigned by his father.

The other party kept persuading him to let go, and Shen Changsui couldn't resist his pestering, so he agreed. This made life difficult for Shen Xiaoye and his uncle, as they waited outside the city for a long time but their uncle didn't come out.

"Brother Erniu, wait here. I'll go and greet my uncle." It was obvious that Shen Xiaoye didn't get any useful information from the discussions of the tea drinkers.

Lin Erniu shook his head: "My cousin Changsui specifically told me to keep an eye on you after I leave the city and not to let you come back in."

"Can you keep an eye on it?" Shen Xiaoye raised his right fist in protest.

Lin Erniu knew he couldn't beat her, so he subconsciously leaned back, then immediately stood up straight and puffed out his chest: "If you can't keep an eye on me, I'll follow you."

Shen Xiaoye was stunned for a moment by his righteousness, and immediately picked up the backpack and strode towards the city: "Follow me."

"Xiao Ye..." Lin Erniu caught up with her helplessly, still trying to persuade her.

Shen Xiaoye was unmoved, but after walking less than a hundred feet, he heard the sound of hurried horse hooves coming from behind him.

As pedestrians were trying to get out of the way, the dozen horses suddenly pulled in their reins, turned around and stopped at the two of them who were also retreating to the side of the road.

"Why are there one of you missing?" Zhao Xiaoqi had changed back into his original attire. He asked the two of them while holding the horsewhip.

Lin Erniu resisted the pressure and pulled Shen Xiaoye. He did not forget that Captain Zhao had recognized Xiaoye's identity as a woman before, and replied before her: "Uncle went back to buy some things and will be here soon."

"Really?" Zhao Xiaoqi obviously didn't believe it. He glanced at the two men's faces for a few breaths before saying, "Why don't I take you two to pick him up?"

"No, no, we'll just wait outside the city." Lin Erniu shook his head quickly.

Zhao Xiaoqi pointed at Shen Xiaoye and said, "I'm asking about her, don't pull me."

Seeing the dozen or so soldiers of the Guard Division (low-level inspectors are also called Tiqi) on horseback, Shen Xiaoye said pragmatically, "Uncle asked us to wait."

Zhao Xiaoqi casually pointed at a person at the end of the team and said, "You stay here and wait with them. When Shen Tongsheng comes, return to the team."

"Yes." The Ti cavalryman named Zhang Hu at the end of the team quickly dismounted and responded.

Zhao Xiaoqi didn't just point randomly. The main reason was that when the captain was questioning these three people, Zhang Hu had already rushed to Jiuli Village on horseback to verify their identities.

Shen Xiaoye looked at the dozen or so horses going away, helplessly took off her backpack, retreated to the willow tree beside the road and squatted there. Wasn't this considered a self-defeating move?

It would be better to stay at the tea stall, where you won't be seen easily. Unfortunately, the word "regret" was created to represent regret.

Fortunately, she calmed down quickly, took out some copper coins and asked Lin Erniu to buy some iced drinks at the tea stall, and invited Zhang Hu very attentively.

Time passed and it was already noon. She drank two glasses of water before she saw her uncle.

Shen Xiaoye jumped out from the ground, scaring Zhang Hu. After seeing that the person she was facing was Shen Changsui, he jumped onto the horse swiftly.

Considering that Shen Changsui was still a middle school student at a young age, he left with the two words "goodbye" and rode away.

"Uncle?" Shen Xiaoye heard the hint and did not forget to open the water pump for his uncle.

Tons, ton, ton. Shen Changsui almost finished up the remaining water. He walked for nearly fifteen minutes under the scorching sun. It was really hot.

After he finished drinking, he said, "Erniu, go find a car to give us a ride."

"Okay." Lin Erniu didn't know if he was trying to get rid of him on purpose.

At this point, Shen Changsui wiped his sweat and strode back to the side of the road, whispering, "It's a big deal. Lu Guan is very likely related to the dismissal of the eldest master of the Lin family."

"Caning in court?!" It could kill people. Shen Xiaoye had read certain records. Those who were caned in court were stripped of their clothes and covered with thick cotton and heavy blankets. It was just a humiliation, but the mildest punishment could be bedridden for months, the worst could be disability, or even death.

If you really hit him, the barbs on the stick would hook your flesh and break your internal organs.

Shen Changsui nodded slightly: "What you mean, sir, is that he will be under very tight custody for the time being. We can't get close to him for the time being and we shouldn't get close to him. We'll discuss the details when we get back."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Lin Erniu shouting from a distance: "Uncle, there is a bullock cart going back to Tangjiaji."

"Here we come." Shen Changsui motioned to Shen Xiaoye to follow. When he got closer, he found that the old man driving the cart was the grocery seller at Tangjia Market.

The old man used to be very kind to scalpers and would not easily borrow his car from them.

It was obvious that it was Shen Changsui, and he and his grandson hurriedly squeezed the goods in the car to make room for the three of them.

Here, those who have achieved fame are naturally respected and courteous in the village, and they don't even need a pass to travel far away. You have to know that after passing the examination to become a scholar, he and the Shen family entered the class of scholars, and they have their own friends among scholars and wealthy people, which is completely different from ordinary farmers.

Not only can they receive rice and silver from the government, but they can also be exempted from corvée labor, and even if they do business they will not be easily deceived.

So don't ever think that the scholar was a poor scholar. That was why Shen Changsui settled down, lent the bookstore the opportunity to copy books, and led his nephew to study the annotations of the Four Books and Five Classics desperately.

I really worked hard and memorized a lot of original texts and model questions.

Even though his family tightened their belts to support him to go to school, he passed the county and prefectural examinations in just one year.

Of course, Shen Changsui and the other two did not all get in the car. Instead, they took turns getting in to rest for a while. After all, cows are the treasure of farmers.

Jiuli Village and Tangjiaji are not far apart. It is smoother to take the road inside the village every time you go into the city, but the journey is longer.

Most of the time, people in Jiuli Village would choose to take a small path past Tangjiaji. After all, the hillside is not too high or too steep, so it is faster.

Although the ox cart was slow, it saved a lot of energy. When they arrived at the intersection of Wuli Village, Shen Xiaoye gave the intact tofu to Erniu to take home together.

He tried his best to refuse it but couldn't resist the look from his cousin, so he had to take it.

By the time Shen Xiaoye and his uncle arrived at the entrance of Jiuli Village, it was already 1:30 p.m. in the afternoon.

My aunt was very worried at home, and she had to coax my mother-in-law by saying that the two children had wasted time because they had sold a lot of mountain products today.

However, Grandma Lin knew what was going on. “They set out at 3 a.m. today and will definitely be in the city at 6:15 a.m.

It takes at most one or two hours to sell some wild fruits. In the past, I could be back by noon at the latest. But what time is it now?"

"Mother, it takes time to go to the escort agency to inquire for information. I have sent Geng'er to the village entrance to meet you." Huang served a bowl of boiled water, hoping to calm her mother-in-law down.

Lin pushed the water bowl away and said, "Help me go take a look."

"Mom, the doctor said that your chronic cold legs need to be cured in the summer." Huang put down the bowl and lifted her legs onto the bed.

Lin frowned and struggled: "You want to be my master now."

Huang was patient and didn't let her move: "Would it be okay for you to wait another half an hour?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard someone outside the house calling for grandma to come in.

"Xiao Ye, where is your fourth uncle?" Huang knew her mother-in-law's thoughts best. The eldest grandson and the youngest son were the old lady's lifeblood.