Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Stayed overnight in the Bandit Village of Yingzui Mountain. At dawn the next day, before the sun came out of the mountain and the weather was not too hot, Su Yan and his party went down the mountain and continued to go to Yan'an Mansion.

Wang Wu and Wang Chen saw him off.Su Yan told them beside the carriage: "It's all right to rob a few rich and unkind gentry, don't do things that hurt nature and reason, and don't easily kill people."

The thief brothers nodded in agreement.Su Yan pulled Wang Chen aside again, and scolded in a low voice: "Especially you! If you dare to bully men and women again, there will be no mercy! If you can't find a lover, go to a brothel, don't hurt a good family, or you will be recruited in the future." , and you will be punished for adultery, do you hear me?"

When Wang Chen heard it, he knew that the conversation between the two brothers outside the door was known to him. He was embarrassed and ashamed, and lowered his head and said, "I know. I won't dare to do it again in the future."

Only then did Su Yan calm down, waved his hands and said, "Go back, so I can take care of myself."

The wheels rolled over the uneven mountain road, and the two carriages gradually moved away under the protection of the Tiqi.Wang Chen clicked his tongue and complained to his brother: "Obviously you agreed to play together, why did you only scold me?"

Wang Wu patted the back of his head: "Because your voice is louder than mine."

Three days later, the walls of Yan'an City were already visible in the distance.

After surveying and signing the contract at the station outside the city, the postman did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly greeted Lord Yushi to the upper room in person.But Su Yan was not in a hurry to return to his room. He stood at the gate of the post station compound, saw a crowd gathered in an open space a hundred feet away from the official road, and a shelter was built around it. It seemed to be a temporary market, so he asked, "What's on the other side?"

Yicheng replied: "It's a tooth shop. Because of the comings and goings of officials and Taoists, many vendors set up stalls along the road, and some Yazi spontaneously became a market, connecting needles and threads for buyers and sellers, doing some meat, salt, bean and grain business, and also living and parking goods. Merchants, car and boat hirers, etc.”

Oh, ancient intermediaries.Su Yan felt that it was new, so he urged Jing Hongzhui to go over with him to watch the fun.When Chu Yuan heard this, he was worried and took seven or eight guards with him.

Su Yan didn't want to attract attention at first, but Chu Yuan felt that he had owed a holy grace because he took a shower alone and entered the horse thief's den. I was sorry for the emperor's entrustment and insisted on following, so Su Yan had to agree.

As a result, as soon as the posture of the stars and the moon was set up, the ghost-like teeth knew that a person who was either rich or expensive was coming, and rushed forward with [-]% enthusiasm, introducing the goods in a hurry.

A middle-aged matchmaker led a few young children to squeeze in front of Su Yan, raised her voice, and greeted with vulgar words: "Gentlemen, come and see these dolls, they are sold at a low price! Look at these girls, they are so juicy, please raise them again!" After two or three years, they will be able to be combed. And this pair of twin boys, don't look thin, have clear eyebrows, and if they grow a little longer, they will be good boys, who can also do rough work and do rough work. , no matter how bad it is to sell it, you can earn as much as you want.”

Before Su Yan could react, Jing Hongzhui blocked the scabbard in front of the prostitute, frowned and shouted: "What foul language, get out!"

Those children ranged from five to six years old to about ten years old, with grass marks stuck in their hair, the young ones were ignorant, and the older ones were crying.A few skinny men were squatting by the tree in the back, watching this side, wiping away their tears with the corners of their tattered clothes.

Su Yan felt compassion, and asked the matchmaker, "Where did the child come from?"

The prostitute hurriedly said: "It's not kidnapping! It's clean after the contract! These are sold by the parents voluntarily. Look, the nobles, those next to the tree are the baby's fathers."

Su Yan walked over and asked, "Why do you want to sell the child, I gave birth to it myself, don't you feel bad?"

A skinny man cried: "If you sell it, you can still live. If you keep it at home, you will starve to death with your parents."

Another also said: "The horse that we worked so hard to raise died, and the government wants us to pay for it. How can there be any money! The house, the field, everything that can be sold, even if we sell the two dolls, we can only afford half of the compensation! "

"I just hope that the master will be kind and buy my doll and give me food." The man who spoke first knelt down and begged.

"As for those of us old people, if we can live day by day, we will be free if we die and bury them in a straw mat..."

Su Yan looked at these desperate peasants, heaved a long sigh, turned around and walked to the matchmaker, and said, "I want all these children, how much money?"

"Ten..." The prostitute hesitated for a moment, then said, "30 taels of silver."

Chu Yuan immediately shouted: "Excessive asking price! A boy of twelve or thirteen years old in the capital only sells three taels of silver, and he still misses a few years of food—"

Su Yan looked up to stop him from continuing, took out three ingots of silver from the purse, and handed them to the matchmaker.

The matchmaker accepted it with a happy smile, took one ingot for herself, passed the remaining two ingots to the seller, and escorted the children to kowtow to the nobleman, saying auspicious words non-stop.

Su Yan ignored her, walked directly to the tree, threw the money bag to those skinny men, and said, "The money here is enough for you to pay for this year's horse money. Take the child back, and whoever gave birth will be responsible for raising it. If you want to sell them again, it's too much for heaven. Life will be better in the future, send them to study."

Those men were completely stunned.

The children rushed over, howling with their fathers and fathers, big and small hugging their heads and crying into a ball.

"...This is a living Bodhisattva who met the rescue!" The men kowtowed to Su Yan's back with tears in their eyes, "Live Bodhisattva..."

Su Yan was in no mood to go shopping in the market, and when he returned to the guest room of the inn, his heart was still tight, and he murmured, "How can a person be so miserable while alive?"

He lived in a peaceful age in his previous life, the country was strong and rich, although there were also poor people, no matter how poor he was, he would not sell his sons and daughters.In this life, not only was he well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, but he also had no worries about food and clothing. He concentrated on studying and studying, and never worried about making a living.He became an official with the inscription on the gold list, and he was in the prosperous area of ​​the capital, and he had never faced such unspeakable suffering in the world.

Jing Hongchai remained silent, Su Yan couldn't help asking him: "When you were young, was it so hard?"

"Better. Parents died early, at least no one sold me." Jing Hongzhui said calmly, "When I was eight years old, there was a plague of locusts, and I really had nothing to eat. My sister wanted to sell it herself, and only exchanged a bag of old rice. I He dragged her to death and bit her teeth, and was almost beaten to death by the other party, so it didn't sell."

"You..." Su Yan couldn't help holding his arm with both hands, his eyes were red, his throat was sore and he couldn't speak.

Jing Hong chased Master Su whom she was determined to follow, and suddenly smiled very faintly: "I'm fine now."

He usually has a quiet expression, his eyes are cold and sharp, and his speech is always like a grain of hard stones. Except when facing Su Yan, he is softer, and occasionally blush when he is teased too much, most of the time he is in the shadows With a sharp blade, there is a ghost who has not been cleansed of his grievances sealed in his body.This time, a little shadow of a smile suddenly appeared, like green sprouts sprouting from scorched black dead wood. It is not very beautiful, but it is touching.

After Su Yan was stunned, he hugged him comfortingly and said, "It will be fine in the future."

This hug was too warm and sincere, with warmth and heat that he dared not bear for fear of being tarnished.Jing Hongzhui slid down from Su Yan's arms, half-kneeling, pressing his knees with one hand, and touching the ground with the other, his voice trembling uncontrollably: "My lord saved my life, he protected me many times in times of crisis, and took me in kindly. I... The body and bones of the subordinates are not enough to repay the kindness of the adults."

Su Yan squatted down with a headache, and looked at him at the same level, "Can we talk properly, don't be kind to each other, kneeling back and forth?"

Mr. Su didn't understand that kindness was like a hoop, which had to be tightly tied to his gradually greedy and delusional heart, embedded in his flesh and blood.Whenever there is one or two points of urgency, it will strangle Lie Lie and remind him to be cautious in his words and deeds, not to ruin all the existing good.Master Su doesn't understand how hard-earned this goodness is, and how carefully it must be treasured.Jing Hongzhui lowered her eyes and didn't look at him, "Your subordinates know that your lord does not expect to repay you for your kindness, and you don't like being talked about for your good deeds."

Su Yan rubbed the center of his brows helplessly: "...Okay, just treat me as unhappy, can you get up?"

Jing Hong chased her up and said: "Your Excellency, please rest, this subordinate will leave."

But Su Yan called him back: "We don't live in the station, we live in the city."

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"All the officials living in the post station are from south to north, and they can't see the local people's livelihood. We will go to the city to stay in the inn, and tomorrow we will go to the market and the fields to wander around."

Jing Hongchai had no objection, and immediately notified the two servants to put the half-unloaded luggage back into the carriage, and set off for the city.

It was dusk, a group of people found a large inn and asked for seven rooms.Originally, Chu Yuan arranged for twenty guards to share a shared bunk, two servants and Jing Hong chased to a bunk, and Su Yan lived in an upper room.

But when Su Yan finished washing and was about to leave the room for dinner, he saw Jing Hong chasing the sword and standing outside the door, startled and asked, "What are you doing standing upright here?"

Jing Hong pursued: "Watch the night."

"No need, this is an inn in the city, it's no better than the wild, it's fine."

"My lord said it was fine at the lake last time, but it turned out—"

Su Yan surrendered: "Okay, if you want to keep it, just keep it, but you have to take turns at night and night, don't just stay up by yourself. Ask the buddy to bring in another couch, and put it in the outside room, by the window, here, here. The watchman lies down."

When he finished the previous sentence, Jing Hongzhui was about to agree.Hearing the last sentence, I immediately repented in my heart and said: "Those Jinyi guards are pillows without embroidery, they are not attractive or useful, and they will be injured if they fight with a few thieves, and they will lose face. It is better not to let them enter the house to watch the night." Yes, I am enough alone."

In all fairness, Su Yan felt that what he said was biased - where were the thieves? The boss can command again, and the strength of the whole team should not be underestimated.The Jinyiwei Tiqi can fight against ten with one, without losing the wind, they can kill 80 to [-] people on the other side, only seriously injured one person and seven lightly injured on their own side, which is already very remarkable.

But after all, there is a difference between closeness and closeness. Su Yan didn't want to refute Jing Hongchai's face, so he smiled and said: "Yes, my family Ah Zhui is good-looking and useful, and I have more face than them. You must insist on not changing shifts." I don’t want to change it, it’s fine to sleep in my outer room. Let the two boys sleep in one room, Xiao Jing sleeps differently, and loves to snore, only Xiao Bei can bear him.”

Jing Hongchai was so teased by him that she couldn't bear it. The words she disliked Jin Yiwei earlier seemed to deliberately belittle others and raise her self-worth, so she immediately turned and went downstairs to find the inn clerk, leaving Su Yan with a stiff back.

Su Yan giggled behind him.

After traveling for half a month, everyone from Su Yan himself to the guards and servants was exhausted. When they arrived at the post in the city, they couldn't help but relax. After eating and drinking, they just wanted to sleep.

After entering the room, Su Yan looked at the western enamel pocket watch. It was only seven o'clock in the evening. While yawning, he took off his robe and shoes, lay down on the pillow mat in his obscene clothes, put a big towel on his belly, and fell asleep almost instantly.

Jing Hong chased into the room after taking a bath, and heard Su Yan's steady and long breathing through the curtain. Knowing that he was fast asleep, she also took off her coat, lay down on the couch, and put the sword beside the pillow.

He has been trained to control himself not to fall into a deep sleep state when necessary, to close his eyes and sleep lightly, and to wake up at the slightest disturbance.

Not long after lying down, the sound of drums and trumpets suddenly sounded not far from the window.Jing Hongzhui opened her eyes suddenly, jumped up, landed softly, opened the window and looked out, as if it was coming from the direction of the city gate.

Su Yan was woken up, and asked in a daze, "...what's going on?"

Jing Hong chased after the torches blazing and the shadows of people on the street, guessed: "Maybe it's the wedding party."

Su Yan let out an "oh" and fell asleep again.

The sound of the golden drum stopped after a while, presumably the bride had been delivered to her husband's house, Jing Hongzhui lay back on the couch and closed her eyes again.

Two quarters of an hour later, the sound of drums and trumpets sounded again, still coming from the street towards the city gate.

Su Yan was woken up again, closed his sore eyes, and said unhappily: "Married again? Today is an auspicious day, everyone is rushing to get on the sedan chair!"

Jing Hongzhui said helplessly, "I'll make two cotton plugs for you to plug your ears."

After stuffing cotton in his ears and eyes, Su Yan continued to sleep.

Less than half an hour later, he was awakened by the sound of golden drums again.He sat up furiously in his sleep, and beat the bed crazily: "What kind of broken hotel! The sound insulation effect is so poor that people can't sleep! No one cares about the noise, I'm going to call 110 to call the police!"

Jing Hongzhui didn't understand half of his strange words, so she didn't mind, she just frowned and looked out the window, "Several times a night, I'm afraid it's not some kind of wedding..."

The noise came from a distance from the market, and one of the voices was particularly sharp:

"Look at killing—"

"...Master Censor is going to chop off the bandit's head, come and see!"