Xiao Chen rented a small courtyard house for Chen Jisheng and hired a cook and several boys to serve him. He told them to take good care of him. How dare they act so presumptuously?
"Uncle Xiao, it's too late for us to respect Mr. Chen like an ancestor. Who dares to treat him lightly?"
A boy shouted with a grimace that he was wronged.
"Master Chen, he insists on going home. Without your instructions, we dare not let him go. That's why he is angry with us."
But it turned out that Chen Jisheng had become a second-rank official in Beijing, but he was alone and did not bring his family.
This may be the only one among the hundreds of civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty.
He was determined to serve the country and the people, but he ended up feeling depressed. He didn't want to stay in the capital for a day, so he just wanted to go home.
"Oh, I see, but Mr. Chen, your injuries have not healed yet, and the road is not smooth, so how are you going to go back? If the wounds occur on the road, it will be even worse. Why don't you wait until you recover from your injuries, and I will send someone to take you back.
You go back." Xiao Chen persuaded him kindly.
"I don't need to trouble you anymore. You just need to remove these guards and let me go." Chen Jisheng was angry and his words were unpleasant.
"Mr. Chen, are you serious about what you said? My boss spent so much money and hired so many people to take care of you, not to look after you!"
Wei Yuntian was displeased when he heard this, and thought that he was really kind-hearted and thought it was a donkey's liver and lungs!
My boss not only saved your life, but he was also afraid that you would suffer the consequences of being slapped with a plank. He also sent me to bribe the executioners to beat you lightly. Otherwise, if your old injury is not healed, these twenty planks will kill half of your life.
!
You have found so many people to take care of you. Even if he is your biological son, this is nothing more than that, right?
Forget it if you are not grateful, you are still spitting blood!
"Who asked him to save me? Who asked him to take care of me? Who knows what kind of tricks his kid has? I tell you, kid, either let me go, or I will crash to death here!" It turns out that this person is Chen Jisheng!
Not grateful at all.
"You stubborn old man, are you being unreasonable?" Xiao Chen was also a little angry. He had never seen such a person before!
"Talk to me? You deserve it!" Chen Jisheng rushed over and stretched out his hand to push Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen dodged and almost dodged him.
He quickly hugged him and said, "I'm really convinced by you. OK, OK, OK, you can leave if you want. I won't care about you, okay?"
It's so sad.
"How can you walk a long distance like you are now? You can't even ride a mule. I see you crawling back!"
"I can't ride a mule, so I can't ride a cart?" Chen Jisheng said.
"Do you have money to hire a car?" Xiao Chen sneered.
"Uh... you don't have to worry about this, I have my own way!" Chen Jisheng was stunned for a moment and then continued to insist.
Even though he is a second-grade official, he has a lot of talent.
The salary is actually not that small, but rice is expensive in Beijing, and daily expenses are quite high, and they have to be sent home, so daily life is actually very tight.
After he was imprisoned, people from Jinyiwei ransacked his home. They turned over the ground and found only a dozen taels of silver, a few old clothes, and some pens, inks, papers and inkstones. Other than that, there was nothing else!
It is said that Li Wanjiang remained silent for a long time after learning about this incident, which may be one of the reasons why he did not kill Chen Jisheng.
The Censor's Mansion where he lived was a reward from the emperor. Now that he was a criminal, the house was naturally taken back.
So after he came out of prison, he was almost penniless.
Not to mention hiring big carts, hiring mules, even eating is a problem!
"Boss, just let him go. I think he will freeze to death and starve to death if he can't leave the capital!" Wei Yuntian's nose was crooked.
"I won't let you walk out of this door." Xiao Chen sighed and told the boy, "Go and get some food and wine. I'll have a drink with Mr. Chen."
When the food and drinks were served, Xiao Chen asked Wei Yuntian and others to go out and wait. He wanted to have a private chat with Chen Jisheng.
"Sir, what don't I understand about your thoughts? You're probably afraid of hurting me." Xiao Chen picked up the wine bottle and filled it for him.
"It's not just you, there's also the queen...Danqiu, it was she who asked you to save me, right? I have watched this child grow up. Although she is a woman, she is very benevolent and righteous."
There were only two people facing each other in the room. Chen Jisheng didn't get angry or crazy, he just sighed leisurely.
It turns out that he knows everything, and he was just acting out when he got angry in front of everyone.
"Since this has been done, there is no way to escape the relationship. On the contrary, if you leave now, your life will be in danger. I think there are many people in the capital who want your life? If something happens to you, the queen will
Didn’t I save you in vain?”
Xiao Chenxiao reasoned.
"Haha, your Majesty, don't think he is reckless, but he is actually very shrewd. I can't hide this from him at all. If he spares my life, I'm afraid it's more about Dan Qiu's face."
"But you can save me. If you continue to entangle with me, he will become suspicious, which is especially bad for you."
Chen Jisheng felt like he had a clear mind.
He is just stubborn, but he is by no means confused.
"Anyway, that's it. I don't care about so many things. You can leave if you want, but you have to heal your injury... Otherwise, I will send Concubine Liu to visit her in a few days. Can we go together then?"
Chen Jisheng's home is also in the south of the Yangtze River. Xiao Chen and the others were planning to take the waterway first and happened to be passing by.
"Xiao Chen, in the final analysis, you saved my life. I can't repay you, so I'll just toast you with this glass of wine." Chen Jisheng raised his glass and drank it all.
"Sir, what are your plans next? Are you going to stay at home for the rest of your life? I think the Queen wants you to go to Zhen Xihou." Xiao Chen also drank it all.
"Haha, I can go anywhere, but I can't go to Luomapo!" Chen Jisheng laughed.
"Well, I think so too. It's just a pity for your ability to govern the country and your desire to serve the country." Xiao Chen agreed.
"Time is also destiny." Chen Jisheng sighed.
I drank cup after cup and finally became completely drunk.
It was rare for Xiao Chen to have some leisure time, and he didn't want to go back to the palace after coming out of Chen Jisheng's residence. He trusted in the horse's rein and walked all the way out of the East City Gate.
When we arrived at Baihua Mountain outside the city, we saw green bamboos and green grass, birds singing and flowers fragrant, and spring scenery all over the mountains and plains.
He was so happy to see it that it was almost dusk before he knew it.
Just as he was about to return, an old monk carrying a medicine basket suddenly walked out from the mountain road.
After sizing up Xiao Chen, he clasped his hands together and recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, please stay."
"What are you going to do, old monk?" Wei Yuntian and several other guards rushed over to pull him away.
"He is so old, why are you pushing him? Get out of the way!" Seeing that the old monk was almost knocked down by several people, Xiao Chen quickly shouted at them to stop.
"Amitabha, you know that the little benefactor is a kind person and a poor monk is invisible. There is etiquette here." The old monk said.
The words were nice, but in Xiao Chen's ears, they felt a little awkward.
Good people and fans have different words, but they have the same pronunciation, right?
"My name is Xiao Chen. What can Master Invisible have to say?" Xiao Chen has always respected the old man.