novelden Chapter 705 Qiu Xuanzhi (1) + (2)
Chapter 705 Qiu Xuanzhi (1) + (2)
The carriage started slowly amid the little kid's exclamation, and drove slowly into the bustling downtown, leaving behind all those conspiracies and intrigues for the time being.
At the same time, in the somewhat deserted West Alley, a man walked calmly through the sparse crowd and finally stopped at the door of the Lin family. He glanced around carelessly, and wherever he looked, pedestrians avoided him as if he were a snake or scorpion.
He pursed his lips in depression and walked forward and knocked on the closed door of the Lin family.
With a creaky sound of the door opening, Zheng Da stuck his head out and saw a man with a scarred face and a slight smell of herbs standing at the door.
He frowned for a moment before realizing who this person was. He quickly opened the door and respectfully gestured to invite him in: "It turns out to be Mr. Chen. My master has already instructed that no matter when you come, you don't need to inform him. Please come in."
"Chen You" nodded slightly, forced an ugly smile, and followed Zheng Da through the screen wall. The crying sounds inside the Lin family immediately reached his ears.
When Zheng Da heard the noise, he quickly explained with a smile: "Excuse me, Mr. Chen, this is my young master Gun Gun who is making a fuss and wants to go find the lady, and the master is trying to reason with him."
As soon as these words fell, a little boy's angry roar rang out amid the crying: "Lin Yuzan, if you stop me now and don't let me go to find my aunt, I will guard the main room tonight and won't let you in."
"Shut up, little brat! Even if you scream your throat out today, no one will come to save you."
"Lin Yuzan, you despicable villain, you dare to hit your ancestors, believe it or not, I will bring down a thunderbolt to kill you..."
“Chen You”: …
By then, Zheng Da had already led the guest into the courtyard, and saw that his master had a sullen face. He put the kid on his thighs, held a ruler in his hand, and hit the kid's bare buttocks again and again.
"Chen You" looked at the kid's round butt which had already turned dark blue, and glanced at Zheng Da awkwardly.
Seeing this, Zheng Da immediately reminded loudly: "Master, Mr. Chen is here."
The old man paused, and was about to say hello when the kid on his lap pulled up his pants, swiftly got off the ground, and ran away, still shouting, "Just wait, I'll get the talisman to attract lightning to strike you."
Lin Yuzan: (?? ?)
The old man was enraged once again, and without caring about the presence of guests, he hurriedly chased after the kid, clamped him under his armpits, and spanked him hard before coming to "Chen You".
He explained with embarrassment: "I'm sorry to make you laugh, Brother Chen. This kid said he wanted to go to the downtown area alone to look for his wife. I was afraid there might be some beggars, so I tried to stop him."
"Chen You" nodded in understanding and was about to speak when the annoying little kid spoke before him.
"Would you like to have your fortune told? Just five taels and I'll let you know when you'll die."
Lin Yuzan: ...
“Chen You”: …
The man's mouth twitched, and he agreed with great approval: "Andi is right to worry. Those beggars like young children the most, and they don't remember things. You should hit him a few more times, so that the child will remember."
When Wang Gungun heard this, he immediately struggled unhappily, "No wonder you became a toad face, wuwuwu..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Yuzan noticed that "Chen You's" eyes darkened slightly, and he immediately covered the child's mouth and muted the microphone manually.
He glared at the kid as if warning, then changed the subject and started talking about business: "I wonder why Brother Chen came to my humble home today?"
"Chen You" subconsciously touched his half-healed face, and forced an unnatural arc at the corner of his mouth, saying: "Last time, didn't I mention to Andy that I would introduce you to Scholar Qiu? Today he happened to be free and was answering questions for many students in the mansion, so I came to look for you."
Unexpectedly, this proposal was rejected by the other party.
Lin Yuzan replied with an embarrassed look on his face: "Brother Chen, my wife and my uncle took some children to the street today and asked me to take care of her nephew at home. I can't go out! I can't take the children to the residence of Grand Secretary Qiu."
Chen You smiled with a hint of contempt, "How difficult is that? Scholar Qiu is the kindest and considerate of poor students. He will definitely not be angry if you bring your child to his house. He may even be more considerate of you and look at you differently because of your difficulties."
"Really?"
Lin Yuzan was immediately overjoyed, and paced back and forth in a somewhat cautious manner, as if considering whether this matter was feasible.
At this time, "Chen You" added: "An Di, just be at ease. When the time comes, you can ask for advice from Mr. Qiu. I will take care of the child for you."
Wang Gungun's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he tilted his head to break free from the old man's restraints. He raised his small palm with all his strength, spread his fingers, and shouted loudly: "Let me be quiet, it only takes five taels."
Lin Yuzan also stopped immediately and looked at the uninvited guest expectantly: "Brother Chen, don't worry, I will return the money to you after I get my salary as an official."
"Chen You": ..., (fuck you)
The man nodded calmly, with a dangerous glint in his eyes, and he bent down to the kid and readily agreed: "Okay, but I don't have five taels of silver on me right now, can you allow me to write an IOU?"
Wang Gungun pinched his fingers and said disdainfully: "I don't think you can afford this much money in your lifetime!"
"Chen You": ...
As expected, this remark was once again met with a fierce attack from Lin Yuzan. Amid the noise, a simple carriage drove out of the Wang family's house.
The two adults and one child endured the bumpy ride and headed to Qingzhu Youju, the residence of Academician Qiu.
Lin Yuzan ignored Chen You's ugly face, lifted the curtain of the carriage with great excitement, and admired the streets on both sides, saying with emotion: "Thanks to Brother Chen, I can see the prosperity of Yanjing. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. Since I came to Yanjing, I haven't had a good rest. This morning, I followed my eldest brother-in-law to clean Tianshan and earned 20 cents from the Ministry of Rites."
"Chen You" forced a smile and said, "I never expected Andi to be in such a difficult situation at home. If I find a way to make money in the future, I will definitely take Andi with me."
Hearing this, Lin Yuzan sighed dejectedly, "All my food, clothing and daily expenses were given by my wife. I am a grown man but useless, so I naturally try to save as much as possible. I can't even bear to use the carriage, for fear of wearing it out again, so I can only borrow from my eldest uncle. It's also thanks to Brother Chen's understanding and consideration. If it were someone else, they would have laughed at me a long time ago."
The smile on "Chen You"'s face froze because of these words. He was obviously angry that this person had a good carriage but chose this shabby carriage to travel on the grounds that it was cheaper to repair it.
He shifted his gaze with displeasure, no longer looking at this extremely annoying person, to another annoying little kid.
Wang GunGun noticed the gaze on his head, looked up, crossed his arms and asked, "Uncle, what are you looking at? Don't you know not to look at something inappropriate? I'm telling you, you'll never get a cute girl like me in your next life."
"Chen You": →_→, he just saw it clearly, this kid is clearly a real boy!
Lin Yuzan was once again provoked by this little guy and sternly scolded him: "Get lost, you are talking nonsense about being a woman again!"
Wang GunGun shrank his head with some hesitation, but pouted unconvincedly and vented his anger at the person next to him: "Why are you still looking at me? Even if I were a man, I'd still look better than you."
"Chen You": ...
Lin Yuzan reached out and forced the kid to sit next to him. He smiled shyly at the man opposite him and then mentioned a topic that the man must be interested in: "Brother Chen, after we go to the residence of Academician Qiu, can you accompany me to the pawnshop? I want to pawn something."
As he spoke, he rustled out a piece of broken jade from his sleeve, held it in front of "Chen You", and continued: "I spent a lot of effort to snatch this in Tianshan. It looks like it can be exchanged for money."
As soon as the old man finished speaking, "Chen You"'s eyes were naturally attracted to the jade.
In view of the strange and unfortunate things that happened to him in the past few days, he did not go to Tianshan today. What happened there is currently relying on word of mouth.
Chen You narrowed his eyes slightly, looked down at the jade, and praised: "It looks good. Is this what fell from the statue?"
Lin Yuzan blew on the jade, wiped it carefully with his sleeve, and put it away properly.
After doing all this, he replied, "It is indeed a fragment of the statue. This thing is blessed and I think it can fetch a good price."
"Chen You" looked curious and disdainful. Just as he was about to ask what happened on Tianshan Mountain, he heard the person opposite him speaking to himself with lingering fear.
"Brother Chen, you don't know. I was just lucky. I happened to be close to the statue. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get it."
"When the people who were worshipping saw the fragments, they all rushed over, snatching them everywhere, and even blocked the Iron Eagle Guards' path. I heard that the Marquis Xuanping was shot by a poisonous arrow in order to save the emperor, and the time for treatment was almost delayed."
Lin Yuzan sighed and shook his head, saying with emotion: "The world is so unpredictable. This Yanjing is really in chaos!"
As soon as he finished speaking, "Chen You" suddenly stood up and stared at him in disbelief: "Marquis Xuanping was poisoned?"
The old man raised his head in confusion and nodded to him to confirm: "Brother Chen, don't worry. I took a look at the Xuanping Marquis from a distance and he is fine. But the other Iron Eagle Guards are covered in blood, which is scary to look at."
Wang Gungun, who was standing by, also raised his eyes and glanced at him, sneering in an uncoordinated manner: "What are you worrying about? Marquis Xuanping will live longer than you."
"Chen You" cursed "idiot" inwardly, hiding the turbulent emotions that were about to overflow from his eyes. He sat down slowly and looked out of the car. His eyes were wandering, as if he was looking for someone or sizing up the street stalls. He said absentmindedly: "Andi, you misunderstood. I don't know Xuanping Hou. I'm just curious about what kind of bold lunatic is there who dares to assassinate the emperor."
Lin Yuzan remained calm and nodded in understanding. He secretly observed where the man's eyes were looking. After seeing him exchange glances with several people, he frowned and agreed, "Big things always happen in Yanjing. When I was in the countryside, I never saw such a scene. The village only gets noisy when the clan leader changes."
"Chen You" glanced at him slightly and saw that he just lowered his head and thought hard, while the annoying little kid sitting next to him spoke without warning.
"Uncle Ugly, you are not looking for an opportunity to escape, I advise you to give up this idea, be careful not to bring trouble upon yourself."
“Chen You”: (* ￣︿￣), this family is so annoying from the big to the small!!!
Lin Yuzan also came back to his senses from his thoughts and said in a low voice: "Gun Gun, don't talk nonsense. Brother Chen wants to take the two of us to see the world, why would he leave early?"
After saying this, he looked at "Chen You" with an undisguised suspicion in his eyes, but it disappeared in a flash, and he turned to give him a slightly flattering smile.
Seeing this, Wang Gungun rolled his eyes at the old man, closed his mouth, turned his head to the side, and stopped watching his fancy performance.
"Chen You" laughed and shook his head, took out a note and handed it over, reassuring the old man: "Andi, this is a note from Grand Secretary Qiu, next time you can go directly to Grand Secretary Qiu."
Lin Yuzan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took it with great gratitude: "I didn't expect that you would take the trouble to plan for me when Brother Chen and I just met by chance. I really have no way to repay you for this. I can only... only..."
Seeing that he was so excited that he was incoherent, "Chen You" waved his hands and said that he didn't need to worry about it.
Then, he heard the person opposite him say, "I can only live up to Brother Chen's kindness by getting close to this Grand Secretary Qiu. Brother Chen, rest assured, if you have any difficulties in the future, I will do my best to help you."
After Lin Yuzan said this, he held the post in his hand, closed his eyes and imagined a bright future, with a different kind of happiness overflowing from the corners of his mouth.
"Chen You": (?▼益▼), is this guy sick?
The man almost couldn't control his violent temper. At this moment, he obviously forgot that he approached these people because he wanted to play a pig-killing game, but because of unwillingness and other reasons, he had many entanglements with them.
The carriage finally calmed down, and the three people with their own thoughts continued to bump forward, passing through the long bustling city and arriving at Qingshan Youju, the residence of the Grand Secretary, Qiu Xuanzhi.
At that time, the place was crowded with people. Perhaps because of the free time during the festival, countless elegant students in blue shirts and long robes walked into the secluded residence in the green mountains in groups of three or two.
Lin Yuzan raised his eyes slightly, his gaze fell on the quaint and elegant door plaque, a trace of imperceptible sarcasm flashed across his eyes, and he couldn't hide his eagerness and got out of the car holding Wang Gungun.
The next moment, he stuffed the baby into the arms of "Chen You" who got off the car behind him, and took out the "carefully" prepared articles from his arms, carefully smoothed out the wrinkles, folded them again, held them tightly in his hands, and raised a confident smile.
He said shamelessly: "Brother Chen, I'll trouble you to take care of GunGun today."
Wang GunGun also spoke up again, kindly reminding them: "You'd better not abandon us, otherwise you will be in trouble!"
"Chen You" had long been fed up with this pair of people, both big and small. He nodded perfunctorily, maintaining his last decent smile, and led the two of them into the vermilion lacquered gate of Qingshan Secluded Residence. The scene inside instantly came into the eyes of the three of them.
The bluestone path is lined with stones stacked up to form a mountain, water flows by your feet, and there are several colorful brocades passing by. Every step is a scene, and the city is worthy of its reputation.
Lin Yuzan admired the courtyard scenery as he walked, nodding from time to time with a look of longing.
Not only him, but also several students he met along the way expressed their admiration for the elegant environment of this mansion.
The servant led the three people, slowly walked around the nine-curve corridor and turned through the moon-shaped gate.
In an instant, the loud conversation in the courtyard reached the ears of the three people.
I saw a middle-aged man wearing a moon-white robe and holding a blank folding fan, chatting about life with several young scholars, and standing next to him was Leng Shuyu, who I hadn't seen for a few days.
Lin Yuzan took a quick look at the situation in the courtyard, his gaze lingering on the blank folding fan for a moment, then he followed "Chen You" and bowed to the middle-aged man.
"Chen You" put the baby in his arms on the ground and introduced him, "Master Qiu, this is the student from Yunfei Academy that I mentioned to you - Lin Yuzan."
Qiu Xuanzhi paused in fanning himself, looked at Lin Yuzan carefully, and said, "Yuzan melts the world, Ping gathers the past and the present... This name is quite good, who gave it to you?"