After making an appointment with Laifu, the two said goodbye and walked in opposite directions until they returned home. Su Ren was in a very happy mood. The glutinous rice cake tasted really good, fragrant, sweet, spongy and soft.
As soon as he walked to the door, he heard Hawking scolding people in the courtyard: "Brother, how can you go out alone? Whether it's me or Lao Huang, you can just shout. We haven't come back at this hour. If something goes wrong, look
I won’t chop you up and feed you to the dogs!”
Liu Gao shrank his head, knelt on the ground and lowered his head, not daring to say a word.
Su Ren rushed to Hawking in two steps, raised his leg and kicked him: "You are so shameless. Liu Gao is one of our own now. Big kid, Liu Gao is older than you anyway. Apologize!"
"
While Su Ren scolded Huo Jin, he stretched out his hand to pull Liu Gao up from the ground: "You too, just accept it and let this kid scold you, listen carefully, whoever dares to scold you like this in the future will be slapped on the ear directly and beaten.
!”
Liu Gao nodded with tears in his eyes. Su Ren glared at Hawking: "I apologize to Liu Gao. It's okay not to call me Uncle Liu in the future. I'll call you Lao Liu. It's awkward to call me by your name no matter how you sound."
Su Ren had a dark face, obviously really angry.
Huo Laosi came over quickly, slapped Hawking as well, and supported Liu Gao: "Brother, this kid is just a bastard. Don't take it to heart. If he does this again in the future, just slap him!"
"Fourth brother is joking, Mr. Huo..."
"Young Master Huo, let's call him Xiao Jinzi!"
There were many people gathered in the yard, all watching Hawking teach Liu Gao. Around Su Ren, although everyone had a good relationship, there were actually different circles. The inner circle was naturally Lao Junguan's old friends, such as the Leng Jun brothers and sisters and
Huo Laosi's family; the bandits who were gathered later were considered the second level; people like Liu Gao were completely isolated. They all knew that many times, no matter how domineering Huo Jin was, these people would just turn a blind eye.
One eye.
"Apologise!" Su Ren glared. Hawking had no choice but to come over quickly and wanted to salute Liu Gao. Liu Gao hurriedly supported him.
Su Ren looked around: "Anyone who can stand in this gate is a family. No matter what you did before or what you can do in the future, from this moment on, we are a family, and you are all Su."
Brothers and sisters of Ren. I don’t want to see what happened today, and I won’t allow it to happen again. From today on, I will set a rule that no one is allowed to kneel inside this gate.”
"Everyone has been here together through thick and thin. No matter how powerful I, Su Ren, am, I still need your help. You all know that when I am fine, I like to sit under a tree and drink tea. As long as you have finished your work, you can come and have a chat.
No matter what you say, there are no servants or servants here. To put it bluntly, you all think highly of me and come to help me. The money I give you is just a way of thanking you. No amount of money can equal the friendship we have.
no?"
"Okay...!" The crowd cheered.
Huo Laosi chuckled and took Liu Gao's hand: "Brother, I'm sorry that I don't know how to teach my son!"
An incident of an evil master bullying a domestic slave was turned into a vivid teaching lesson by Su Ren. Although there was no guarantee that any disharmony would happen again, it could at least make the people in the yard feel warm.
Sima Xiangru was also a little excited. Confucianism pays attention to benevolence and righteousness. Su Ren's words happened to be very good in the two aspects of benevolence and righteousness. They are completely in line with the conditions of great benevolence and great righteousness. He not only shelters but also protects evil people like Liu Gao.
Let it blend in with you, this is what we call education without discrimination.
Following Su Ren back to the hall, Sima Xiangru bowed deeply to Su Ren: "Sir, you are really a role model for us. With just two words, dozens of people have benevolence and righteousness. I admire you."
"Are you flattering me too?" Su Ren chuckled: "Since you say I have a benevolent heart, let me show you the other side, cruel! Lao Gou!"
Gou Tianming came in with a smile on his face: "Are you about to leave? I'm ready and can leave at any time. The people who go there this time are all old people, so there will be no problem."
"Don't be excited, I've got something for you! Go to the prefect's mansion and look for Laifu. You may not know him. Take Huo Jin with you!"
"What's the matter?"
"You'll know when you get there. Get a car and bring your things back."
"Let's do it now!"
Sima Xiangru was confused. Su Ren smiled slightly: "Everything has two sides. The performance I performed in the courtyard just now was called Gao Dashang, but what I said to Gou Tianming now is shady. Don't treat me as a saint. I am just an ordinary person.
People also have bad intentions."
Leng Jun entered the door and sat down on the chair: "What? Are you still in contact with that Laifu?"
"I met you on the street, and you just did me a little favor." Su Ren looked at Leng Jun: "What? Are you still holding a grudge?"
"Hmph! What kind of grudge can a little brat have to bear? It was just a draw that day."
Sima Xiangru was confused again. Su Ren quickly explained and told the story of Leng Jun and Laifu. Sima Xiangru nodded: "I see, it's not a good thing for rangers to be brave and fierce."
The stern eyebrows were knitted together. Su Ren laughed loudly: "Did you hear that, Mr. Sima thinks you are not good people!"
Sima Xiangru hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, Mr. Leng, I have absolutely no intention of doing so. Only Zhuanzhu has the hegemony of Wu, only Jing Ke has the cowardice of Qin. There are good and bad people among knights, and some serve the country and the people."
There are also people who are sneaking around. The prefect and Mr. Su are both people who serve the country and the people. Master Leng and Laifu can follow these two people, so they must also be people who serve the country and the people. As the saying goes, the great chivalrous person serves the country and the people.
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Leng Jun snorted coldly, turned around and went out.
Sima Xiangru let out a long breath: "Sir, you are harming me!"
"It's just a joke. Don't get excited. Let's go and see the things delivered later."
After lunch, Huo Jin and Gou Tianming came back excitedly and whispered a few words in Su Ren's ear. Su Ren smiled at Sima Xiangru, and they got up and walked towards the backyard.
There is a small room next to the stable in the backyard. This was a newly built room specially built by a mason after Su Ren arrived. The room is small, has a door but no windows, and is locked all day long. Most people don't know what is inside.
When he came to the door, Gou Tianming took out the key and opened the door. The room was very dark, with a dim yellow oil lamp emitting a faint light. There was nothing superfluous. There was a bench and a long table in the north corner.
To the south was a fence connected by thick wooden sticks. After getting used to it for a while, Sima Xiangru saw clearly that there were actually two people locked up in the fence.
"W-what's going on? You're actually using lynching?"
Su Rendao: "Sir, please be patient and pull these two people out!"
Gou Tianming and Hawking entered the fence, each grabbed one, and lifted the person inside like a chicken. The two were tied into rice dumplings, with rags stuffed in their mouths. They knelt on the ground and trembled.
Kowtow vigorously.
"What do you answer when I ask you questions? Don't yell. As long as you tell the truth, I will definitely let you go."
The two nodded repeatedly, and Su Ren then signaled to remove the rag from their mouths. As soon as they were freed, the two people quickly lay on the ground and begged: "Sir, spare your life. We have no intention of harming you. Please let us go."
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"Name?" Su Ren asked softly, ignoring the two of them.
"The villain Zhang San."
"Little man Li Si, all of this was arranged by Meng Changshi. We just did what he asked us to do. He only asked us to follow our husband and report every day where he went and who he met. With ten thousand courages, we
I don’t dare to get into trouble with my husband. I beg your husband to spare his life. I still have a seventy-year-old mother in my family. When I leave, my mother will have no one to support her. I also ask my husband to be merciful and bypass the villain this time. I won’t dare to do it again, woo woo...
…”
Su Ren scratched his head: "You said it so readily. It's pretty much what I guessed. Besides monitoring me, who else are you monitoring?"
Seeing that Li Si came out on top, Zhang San said quickly this time: "In addition to sir, there are also prefects. Don't drive. By the way, a group of people have recently been arranged to monitor Miss Lu Yi in Huiyifang. We don't know the rest.
Yes, sir, please have mercy!"
Su Ren did not enjoy the fun of the interrogation at all. According to the rhythm on TV, he would usually deny a few words, and then say some harsh words himself. If that didn't work, he would use a whip, a tiger bench, etc. to scare him. This is how he behaves.
. He only asked one question, and the two of them started fighting, which made Su Ren very unhappy.
Coming out of the hut, Sima Xiangru walked slowly with his head lowered and followed Su Ren without saying a word.
Su Ren glanced at him: "Sir, are you a little surprised? The world is like this. Wherever there are people, there will be fights. For their own interests, they don't care about using any means. Whether they are businessmen or officials, they are actually the same. Everyone lives.
It’s not easy, either being plotted against or plotting against others.”
"But Meng Ji is a court official and is deeply favored by the emperor. How could he do such a thing?"
"Emperor's favor? Thirty percent of the business in Shu belongs to his Meng family. How much money can he earn every year? Have you calculated it, sir? How much can your majesty give him? The salary of the chief official is 600 dan. I have no prime minister in Shu. Meng
Even if Ji is the Prime Minister, he only has two thousand shi. In terms of grain and rice, each shi is ten yuan, and two thousand shi is only 20,000 yuan. Maybe he doesn't even have a fraction of the Meng family's business, right?"
"Hey!" Sima Xiangru looked up to the sky and sighed: "People's selfish interests ignore the country's favor!"
That day, Sima Xiangru didn't eat dinner and stayed in his room.
Meng Ji didn't have dinner either. In the afternoon Meng Bi told him that the two people who were monitoring Su Ren were imprisoned in the prefect's Yamen. Meng Ji was not in a good mood. After sending someone to inquire, he found out that those two people had been tricked by Su Ren.
After leaving, Meng Ji became even more depressed.
Meng Bi said: "Father, the matter has been leaked, we should take action!"
Meng Ji shook his head: "The news that Su Ren is going to Bodi has spread throughout Chengdu. If we take action at this time, everyone will know that it is us. Our Meng family has been in Shuzhong for many years and we must not be implicated because of this matter. And
Let’s wait a moment and see what happens.”
"Father!"
"No need to say more! Prepare the vehicle immediately. I'm going to visit Su Shi." (To be continued)