This man has a lot of knowledge, a bad temper, and does not know how to adapt. He has always been competitive all his life. The result? None of the few disciples he raised has a good official career.
It was not easy for him to have his younger brother as a frontman, but Mr. Song felt that his family had no integrity and said that he would not be a good official in the future.
This kind of person has eyes higher than his head and is full of bad habits. He is still okay as a husband. Fortunately, he has not entered an official career, otherwise the entire Song family would be implicated by him.
No, his son was born as the number one scholar and was appointed by the imperial court as a judge in Dali Temple. If he could be a stable official, he would be able to be outside like him in the future. As a result, after the number one scholar of the Song Dynasty took office, he repeatedly caused troubles and thoroughly investigated previous cases, and was almost arrested.
He was implicated in exile. Thanks to a superior officer interceding for him, the case showed signs of easing, and the exile was changed to being demoted to Yazhou, which saved the family.
However, 80% of the time there is no chance of coming back, otherwise Mr. Song would not comply with the eviction order.
The ancestors of the Song family were large and wealthy families in the previous dynasty. Three of them became officials, and some reached the second rank. When the two dynasties changed, most of them declined, and now they are completely destroyed in the hands of Mr. Song.
I heard that Mr. Song was coming to Taozhou, and his stupid brother wanted to ask for a favor to let Mr. Song stay, but the old Confucian scholar wrote a letter scolding his brother, and said that he was in the position of general judge, and there was no one else.
Achievements have been made, but the dead body has nothing to eat, and has not fulfilled its duties.
How can he be an official and need Mr. Song to tell him what to do?
Qin Tongpan smiled contemptuously. Mr. Song was really so arrogant and aloof. Didn't he just come to his door? What were you doing here? He must be having a hard time, so he couldn't just come to teach him how to be an official, right?
He just wanted to see if this old Confucian scholar had the dignity to speak.
Qin Tongpan drank half a cup of tea, and the steward of the family also ushered him over.
"Sir, we're here."
After the steward opened his mouth to report, Qin Tongpan put down the tea cup in his hand, slowly raised his head and landed on Mr. Song.
With such a glance, Qin Tongpuan couldn't help but smile inwardly. It was just as he thought, Mr. Song couldn't stand it anymore and came to him to ask for favors.
Mr. Song's clothes are relatively clean, but his face is haggard, his eye sockets are sunken, and his waist is slightly bent when he walks. How can he look like a scholar? He is no different from ordinary people who move around.
Qin Tongpan didn't say anything, waiting for Mr. Song to bow his head. Mr. Song frowned and looked embarrassed, which really made him feel comfortable.
"grown ups."
A female family member's voice sounded, and Qin Tongpan noticed that there was another girl following Mr. Song.
"I've met Mr. Qin." Zhao Luoyang stepped forward and saluted.
"Sir and we were going to Taozhou. We encountered...some difficulties on the way. Fortunately...senior brother asked someone to send you your name card, so he went to the city to ask for your help."
What the girl said was good, neither humble nor arrogant, and she seemed very smart. Unfortunately, these words must have been taught by Mr. Song in advance, otherwise she would not have looked at Mr. Song when she spoke, and she almost couldn't continue speaking several times.
Qin Tongjian said: "Who are you?"
"Oh...I..." Zhao Luoyang was suddenly asked this question. His lips were trembling and he couldn't say anything. He just looked at Mr. Song.
"What do you want me to do?" Mr. Song frowned and said, "Whatever Mr. Qin asks you, just say it."
Zhao Luoyang pursed his lips and said timidly: "Back...back...Sir, I am a student that your husband took in on the road."
Qin Tongpan wanted to laugh even more now. Mr. Song was picky about this and that when he accepted disciples. Now he not only accepted a female disciple, but she also looked like he was incompetent.
Mr. Song puffed out thick air from his nose and was about to blow his beard: "You won't be able to speak to people when you meet them, right?"
Zhao Luoyang hurriedly said: "Sir...it's...the student is wrong."
Before he could say a few words, the old man and the young man had already shown their cowardice, especially Mr. Song's shameless appearance, which made Qin Tongpan feel bad.
Qin Tongpan ordered the steward: "This is the second master's husband. What are you doing here? Please go and sit down."
Zhao Luoyang went to help Mr. Song, but Mr. Song dodged it with a wave of his sleeve. However, as he waved, Mr. Song stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
The two of them finally sat down.
Qin Tongjian said: "Why do you come to find me?"
Mr. Song still wanted to remain silent, but Zhao Luoyang next to him had already turned red: "Master Qin, please help us. We encountered too many things on the way here, and many people were separated. My fifth uncle's family
He has also disappeared. Please let us stay in Min County so that we can look for Uncle Wu... Uncle Wu has no official documents on him. If he is investigated, he may be regarded as a refugee and cannot be naturalized."
"We don't have anything to eat either. Although Taozhou is very close, we don't have money... I'm afraid it would be... difficult to walk there. I heard that several brothers in a family cannot be separated in one place. We haven't separated our families, so we can't just leave it like this.
We have to separate abruptly, please help me find a way to survive."
When Zhao Luoyang was speaking, he stood up. He became more and more excited as he spoke, and tears fell down.
Thanks to Mr. Song's cough, otherwise Zhao Luoyang would have knelt down in front of Qin Tongpan.
Looking at Mr. Song's increasingly livid face, Qin Tongpan felt that all the bad energy he had held for many years had suddenly come out.
In his mind, Shi Jiu said: "Your fifth uncle? If I remember correctly, aren't your father and the others four brothers?"
Zhao Luoyang said: "My grandma also recognized a godson."
Shi Jiu said: "When?"
Zhao Luoyang replied simply: "Just now."
Mr. Song clenched his hands and looked at the little fox's tears. He suddenly thought of the few pennies he had been defrauded of when he first met the little fox.
It’s really not a loss.
With this ability, it is reasonable for those who were deceived to lose all their money.
Mr. Song let out a long sigh, looking quite angry.
The two of them were completely embarrassed, and it was useless for him to remain tense, so he said dryly: "We encountered bandits on the road, and all their belongings were robbed. It's just me, the old man, and there are a few missing families who are going with us.
The pian who came here has also gone to look for the missing person. There is still no news so far. We dare not go any further. Sir Qin, please help us... take us in for a few days."
As soon as Mr. Song finished speaking, Zhao Luoyang said anxiously: "I can sweep the yard, carry water, and light a fire. As long as you let us stay for a few days, we can give you a room for me. Please tell us.
Just a word!"
Mr. Song frowned: "I don't have to."
Zhao Luoyang said: "Sir, your legs and feet hurt. It's too cold outside to raise your legs. For the sake of my senior brother..."
Qin Tongjian said: "Sir, isn't he a master of medicine and medicine?"
Mr. Song had a dark face and said nothing.
Zhao Luoyang said: "There is no money to buy medicine, and there are too many things happening on the road. We dare not go up the mountain to collect medicine. If we go up the mountain alone, we may be caught. Some people will be locked up and sent to military households."
When Zhao Luoyang mentioned being sent to a military household, Qin Tongpan's brows visibly wrinkled, and his eyes flashed with dissatisfaction, but he soon returned to normal.
Qin Tongjian said: "Are there many people locked up?"
It was for these things that Qin Tongpan went to Taozhou.
When Sun Ji took office as the magistrate of Taozhou, relocating the people was the first major event. However, Sun Ji's actions were a bit too big, especially after he "lost" the newly appointed Zhao Jingyun, and sent troops everywhere to track down "mountain bandits" and "fugitives."
, making people everywhere panic.
He didn't want to cause trouble, but the first thing was that the fire wouldn't burn on his head.
Zhao Luoyang continued: "My fifth uncle and the others got separated from us like this, and some even woke up one night and lost their wives... It is really not easy to get to Min County."
Listening to these words, Qin Tongpan was thinking in his mind, Sun Ji had done so many things, no wonder Zhao Jingyun wanted to impeach him, and he didn't know who of the two would win in the end.
He couldn't stand Sun Ji, but Zhao Jingyun was single and weak, and his way of being an official was to make less trouble so that he could remain invincible. Otherwise, he would have died even though he was a small general.
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This is also where Mr. Song had a dispute with him. Now looking at the Song family and then himself, we can see that he is right.
Keeping Mr. Song? It seems to be beneficial. The girl's fifth uncle and others may have been kidnapped and sent to serve as military households. If something happens to Sun Ji, he can report to the court that the matter is being investigated. That's why
will take in these people.
If Zhao Jingyun dies and this matter is solved by Sun Jiping, he will not be able to do anything with a little judge. Then he will send Mr. Song and others away. In order to make up for them, he can secretly speak for them, that's all.
Having made the decision, Qin Tongjian said: "I'll have people clean up two rooms for you. The people who came with you..."
"I have been arranged by Mr. Cha to go to Di Dian," Zhao Luoyang said. "Di Dian is very good and can provide enough food... Can you let them live there?"
Qin Tongpian nodded: "Yes."
Zhao Luoyang finally had a smile on his crying face.
Qin Tongpan had other things to do and could not continue to ridicule Mr. Song. He waved his hand and asked the steward to take the two people away.
The steward found a side room in the corner of the yard for Mr. Song to stay, and asked Zhao Luoyang to rest in the yard of the steward's mother. When the steward left, Mr. Song looked at Zhao Luoyang: "Have you seen it?"
Zhao Luoyang nodded: "Master Qin knows."
I'm afraid he knows everything about Sun Ji and Zhao Jingyun.
Mr. Song snorted coldly: "He just wants to stand by and watch." He had said in the past that the Qin family was not a good person, the family tradition was not good, and it would be useless to become an official.
"Not necessarily this time," Zhao Luoyang lowered his voice, "As a general judge, you have to do the general judge's work."
Mr. Song looked at Zhao Luoyang with bright eyes.
Zhao Luoyang said: "I have thought about it. To deal with Sun Ji, we are not strong enough ourselves, so we have to drag Mr. Qin into the water."
As for how to delay, Zhao Luoyang probably has some thoughts on this matter.
"You have a rest," Zhao Luoyang said to Mr. Song, "Master Qin has taken us in, I have to go and do something to help."
Doing things is false, but asking for information is true.
"Go," Mr. Song said, "be careful, don't get caught."
Zhao Luoyang responded and quickly walked out of the house.
Not far away, Mr. Song heard Zhao Luoyang's voice thanking the steward. The sound got farther and farther away, and it was obvious that she had followed the steward.
Mr. Song was relieved, there was a good chance that this girl would be fine.
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Qin's front yard.
Judge Qin Tong was about to go to the study to read official documents when he heard movement in the yard.
"My father is back? Where is he?"
While talking, the uncle of the Qin family walked in. When he saw his father, he saluted and said impatiently: "Dad, have you gone to Taozhou to find out? Are you planning to impeach Sun Ji?"