On the Avenue

Chen Shi's heart was suddenly filled with sadness and tenderness.

Since his resurrection, he has not seen his parents and has been living with his grandfather. After his grandfather passed away, he and the black pot depended on each other.

Black Pot is sensible and always takes care of him so that he doesn't feel lonely. Only at night, when the hustle and bustle of the day has died down and all the sounds have settled down, will he miss his grandfather and imagine that he is enjoying himself at the knees of his parents and the whole family is enjoying themselves.

But it's just a fantasy.

Now, he finally saw his mother, not in the painting in the box in his hometown, but in the real world.

But my mother seemed to be in a painting, sitting stupidly in a wheelchair, and Chen Tang's calling had no effect.

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Although she still had breath and a heartbeat, the great sadness lingered around her, making it impossible for her to wake up.

Chen Shi came to her, knelt down and asked, "What's wrong with her?

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Chen Tang looked gloomy: "Xiao Shi...after you died, she might have been too sad. First she went crazy and was always looking for you. Then she fell into a daze and couldn't be woken up."

They both seemed to have forgotten the quarrel they had just had and became gentle.

Chen Tang said: "I asked Granny Sha to read it. Granny Sha said that the sadness and pain in her mind were too strong.

The soul cannot bear it, and in order to escape the grief, the soul leaves the body and is far away from the body, unable to return. "

Can’t the soul bear sorrow and pain?

Chen Shi held his mother's hand. The palm was soft and thin. The skin was just bones. The palm was not warm and had no strength at all.

He was silent for a moment and said, "Where do I live?"

Chen Tang felt slightly comfortable and said, "I asked the maid to clean up your room some time ago, and I will let her take you there later."

Chen Shi said: "I still have a car, a dog, and I also need a room."

Chen Tang said: "I'll ask the maid to tidy up again and make a room."

Chen Shi stayed in Chen Mansion.

He and a few maids went to move the things on the wooden cart and clean the room. Black Pot also came over and helped them clean the room.

The room Chen Tang gave them was originally a firewood shed, but was later used to pile debris. Nowadays, coal burning is popular in Xijing.

A coal mountain was found near Xijing. Under the ground, someone would pull a coal cart into the city at three o'clock every day, and servants of wealthy families would go there to purchase coal.

If you are more particular about it, you can burn charcoal, but you have to have money. Charcoal is much more expensive than coal.

Heiguo was carrying a bucket and cleaning the floor. Several maids chatted and laughed with him. At this time, Heiguo seemed to notice something. When he looked back, he saw Chen Tang looking at him.

Black Pot smiled at him, nodded, and continued cleaning.

It turned its head again and looked at Chen Tang doubtfully.

Chen Tang withdrew his gaze and pushed his wife to bask in the sun.

The black pot looked at him with more and more confusion. Chen Tang did not look back, as if he did not feel its gaze.

The wooden car went in and out of the room, and eyes the size of bathtubs sprouted from the sides and bottom of the car, curiously looking at the new home.

But the maids were cleaning it, so it was a bit intrusive as it drove back and forth, easily blocking people.

At this time, the wooden cart would grow arms, put its arms around the girls' waists, and put them from one side of the cart to the other.

These maids were not afraid and giggled, probably because they were affected by the blame.

Black Pot looked in the direction of Chen Tang again, but Chen Tang just retracted his light and did not look at it. It was dinner time, and Chen Shi, Chen Tang and Chen Shiniang were dining in the main hall. The maid served Chen Shiniang to eat. She couldn't chew, so she had to help control her jaw, chew bit by bit, and chewed the food into pieces.

You can swallow it slowly, very carefully and patiently.

"You don't want to help."

Chen Tang said to Chen Shi, "Ping'er is patient and meticulous. If you help me, I will choke easily if I can't chew thoroughly. Sit down and eat."

Chen Shi sat down and helped Heiguo pull out a round stool.

The black pot was dressed in human clothes and was also preparing to sit down.

Chen Tang raised his eyebrows, looked unhappy, and said, "Dogs can't be served on the table."

Chen Shi raised his eyebrows and put down his chopsticks: "The black pot can be served. This is how we eat at Old Chen's house in Huangpo Village!"

Chen Tang glanced at him and his face darkened: "I am the head of the family and I set the rules. Here,

The dog just can’t be served! "

Chen Shi was about to slam the table when Heiguo put his front paws on his shoulders and shook his head to calm him down.

Chen Shi took back his palm.

Hei Guo picked up the rice bowl, picked up the chopsticks, stood up and came to the corner, squatting down to eat.

Chen Shi stood up, moved half of the food on the table onto another plate, and left half for Chen Tang.

He picked up the plate and bowl and came to the corner, squatted next to the black pot, and gave half of the vegetables on the plate to the black pot.

One person and one dog squatted in the corner eating.

Black Pot Eyeball signaled to Chen Tang to let Chen Shi go back to eat to avoid any quarrel with Chen Tang. Chen Shi shook his head and said that he wanted to share the joys and sorrows with him.

Chen Tang tightened his chopsticks and relaxed again, minding his own meal.

There were not many tables left at home, and his monthly salary was not high to begin with. If another table was smashed, he would have no choice but to squat and eat like Chen Shi and Gouzi.

Chen Shiniang was sitting at the table, as if she saw the father and son having an quarrel, her right finger was shaking with anxiety.

Chen Tang was surprised and happy, but unfortunately she stopped shaking soon.

"Come up and eat."

Chen Tang thought for a while and said, "The black pot sits across from you. Don't face me."

Chen Shi stood up, dragged the black pot to the table and sat down.

Chen Tang picked up some vegetables, put them in Chen Shi's bowl, and said calmly: "There are many masters in Xijing. Don't influence others easily. It will be easy for others to see that you are unusual. There are also your own family members, so you can't influence them."

He picked up the vegetables again, put them in the black pot and bowl, and said: "You follow my father, and you are half a member of the family. I don't ask about your origins, and I don't care whether you are evil or not. I will treat you as a member of the family." "

Black Pot nodded and shook his tail behind the chair.

"But the car."

Chen Tang pursed his lips towards the wooden cart and said, "I can't afford to feed it. It eats too much and my monthly salary is not enough.

You have to find a way. "

As soon as he said this, Chen Shi couldn't help but feel a little worried.

The food in the wooden cart is large, and one meal requires more than ten kilograms of spirit animal meat, or Xiegui. However, prices in Xijing are high, and spirit animal meat no longer costs one tael of silver per catty, but three taels of silver per catty. There is no evil spirit in the city.

Car maintenance is a big expense every month.

Chen Shi didn't believe it and said, "Aren't you greedy?"

Chen Tang clenched his chopsticks, stretched them out, and said, "A gentleman is poor and does not take advantage of his wealth."

"Grandpa taught you that, right?"

Chen Shi smiled, "Grandpa also said you can't take money from dead people, otherwise the dead people will come to you at night to find money.

I believed it deeply at first, but then I got it————.”

He stopped talking here and did not continue.

He was still a good kid, just a little rebellious and almost let his words slip.

Chen Tang didn't seem to understand and thought to himself: "I am now a third-rank official, with a monthly salary of thirty-five dan. One dan of rice costs five taels of silver, which is seventeen and a half taels of silver a month. This car of yours will eat up one of me a day." I can’t afford it on a monthly basis.”

Chen Shi asked in confusion: "There are six maids and servants at home, how can you afford to support them?"

Chen Tang shook his head and said: "I didn't invite them, they were given to me by others. Every month, the maids and servants get money from other families without me spending any money. With my monthly salary, I only need to be responsible for the daily expenses of the family. "

He is an honest official.

Black Guo took out a one hundred tael silver note, placed it on the table, and gently pushed it in front of him.

The corners of Chen Tang's eyes twitched, and he shook his head and said, "I can't accept it."

Chen Shi said: "The blame is the pocket money I gave it. It lived more economically and didn't spend it all. If you don't have money to use it, just take it first."

Chen Tang still shook his head.

Chen Shi took out a few more pieces of gold and said, "I earned this on the road. You can use it first."

Veins appeared on Chen Tang's forehead. After a while, he said: "What I mean is, don't think about being a dandy and find a decent job. You are now an official. Logically speaking, the court should assign you an official position.

There must be people in Xijing who are worried about you causing trouble, and will probably give you an official job, so don't refuse. "

Chen Shi smiled and said, "I wanted to be a dandy, but you didn't give me this chance."

Chen Tang broke off his chopsticks and finished his dinner with half of the chopsticks.

Chen Shi went to Xijing to take the exam, which caused a greater shock than Chen Tang imagined.

The news that the boy scholar had come back to life and came to Beijing to take the exam had spread, and that night the city was filled with uproar.

From the Sangong and Jiuqing to the ordinary people, everyone is discussing this matter.

"After so many years after his death, why did he come back to Beijing after being resurrected?"

"Revenge? Or take part in the examination and gain fame?"

"His innate Tao fetus has been cut off and transplanted into others. Why should he make a comeback?"

"Xijing, he has enemies everywhere, how dare he come to Xijing?"

"I heard that there was a demon living in his body, and wherever he passed, there were countless deaths and injuries."

"His grandfather killed many of us back then. The talent pool in Xijing was almost exhausted at that time. Otherwise, how could Jin Hongying and several other young generals and civil servants have climbed up?"

"I heard that he doesn't get along with the young master. How dare he offend the young master?"

Yan Xianzhi, the former chief minister of the cabinet, was also frowning slightly at this moment. At this moment, several ministers of the cabinet came to visit him one after another. They crowded into the Yan family's teahouse and sat down each. They all talked about the entrance of the child scholar. They all said that the incident involving Beijing was very involved and asked him how to deal with it.

Among the thirteen ministers of the cabinet, only the chief assistant Zhang Fuzheng did not come to ask for his opinion, obviously making his own decision.

What was different from usual was that Eunuch Feng was always the first to come over, but he didn't come this time because he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

The Thirteenth Aristocratic Family had strong opinions. They all felt that Xiucai had been wronged back then and had to make amends. They could not let Xiucai continue to be wronged.

Yan Xianzhi looked at everyone and just sneered, knowing that these people were just worried about the hidden demon in Chen Shimei's heart breaking out.

Who wouldn’t be greedy for life and afraid of death?

But the hard part is solving the problem.

Chen Shi's visit to the capital was just for a civil servant. How much trouble could he cause if he came to the capital?

Xijing has plenty of means to suppress him!

There are also many ways to win over him!

"Xijing is too big, and there are too many capable people. Throwing a child scholar into it is like a pebble dropped into a quiet lake. There will be waves, but they will soon subside."

Yan Xianzhi waited for everyone to finish speaking, then said calmly, "Life in this world is nothing more than eating, drinking, playing,

Le, eight characters: merit, fame, power, and power. When you are satisfied with eating, drinking and having fun, you will want fame and power. When he came to the capital, he recognized his ancestors and returned to his clan. When he had a family, he had cares. If he was given an official, he would have respect and inferiority. If he was given a woman, he would have scruples. If he was given a child, he would have reluctance. "

He picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, frowned, and said softly: "A strong man will become soft as a finger."

When he said this, the other twelve cabinet ministers laughed.

Someone laughed and said: "In Journey to the West, how capable is Sun Wukong? But he can't get out of the palm of Tathagata Buddha! Then give him an official position, give him a woman, let the woman give him a child, and wear him down!"

As soon as it was midnight, Chen Tang got up, packed his clothes, prepared documents, and ate something to fill his stomach. After packing up, he walked to the imperial city.

Many officials in the inner city of Xijing got up and walked out of their own houses. Some got on the car, or the sedan chair, and some walked.

At the third watch, it was still early, so they waited at the Meridian Gate. At the fifth watch, they passed through the Meridian Gate, crossed the Golden Bridge, and came to the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and sat quietly.

When the cabinet ministers arrived, with the ringing of a bell, everyone entered the court in a line.

In the court, the throne of the true king has been vacant for thousands of years, but a group of civil and military ministers still bowed to the empty throne.

Then it was time to discuss matters. First, the thirteen ministers of the cabinet talked about various topics. Generally, the cabinet had made a decision, and only informed the ministers of the results and asked for their opinions. Most of them had no opinions.

Someone reported that a demonic change or a natural disaster or flood occurred in a certain place on a certain day of a certain month, and asked the court to send someone to deal with it.

Then there was impeachment. Civil officials impeached each other, saying that someone was corrupt or his wife and children accepted bribes, and then they fought in the court, but they would not kill them.

This has been going on for thousands of years, and there is nothing strange about it.

Chen Tang did his job well. Even if he had a memorial, it was to explain the dispatch of treasure notes and gunpowder in fifty provinces.

When he left the court, it was already dawn. Chen Tang was hungry. He exchanged a few words with other officials and walked out of the inner city to the outer city.

Not long after, he came to a shop called Xiangdou Shop and sat down.

"A bowl of hot soy milk, no sugar, two trays of pork and green onion buns."

Chen Tang told the waiter, "Also, pack six more trays, I'll take them away after I finish eating."

The waiter went away.

After a while, he served the soy milk and put down two trays of hot buns.

Just as Chen Tang was about to start eating, he saw a scholar who looked a bit like him but younger than him, leaning against the wall on the street with his hands folded across the street, staring at him and smiling.

The scholar stood on one leg, with the other leg bent against the wall, far away from him, but the voice seemed to come from his ear.

"I'm blocking you!"

Chen Tang ignored him and drank soy milk and buns by himself. After eating two trays of buns and drinking soy milk to the bottom of the bowl, he got up and went to the counter to pay. The waiter had already packed the buns, and Chen Tang carried them and walked out of Xiangdou Shop.

The scholar on the opposite side stood up and walked side by side with him.

Chen Tang did not look at him and walked towards the inner city.

"I heard that you were injured, and the injury was serious."

Chen Tang said lightly, "You dare to run out, aren't you afraid that someone will take the opportunity to kill you?"

Creator Xiaowu smiled and said, "Who dares to touch me? I was injured this time, not in vain. The ancestor of the Li family has promised to tell me who is the one who got Xiao Shi's divine fetus. Do you want to know who that person is?"

Chen Tang said, "I want to. But the ancestor of the Li family will not tell you."

Creator Xiaowu smiled and said, "That depends on my means."

He changed the subject and said, "Brother Tang, I heard that Xiao Shi went to Beijing and lived in your house."

Chen Tang stopped and said, "It has nothing to do with you."

Creator Xiaowu also stopped and said seriously: "He has suffered a lot, you should be nice to him and don't let him suffer any grievances."

Chen Tang suppressed his anger: "He is from my Chen family, not your son!"

Creator Xiaowu walked forward and said with a smile: "If you can't teach well and don't want this son, then give him to me. He called me dad, I can be his fifth dad."

Chen Tang's body trembled, gritted his teeth, and suddenly vented his anger at him, angrily saying: "You always steal from me! You steal my father, my teacher, and the fatherly love I should have received, and now you come to steal my son! You want to steal everything from me!"