The weather was really nice, the autumn air was crisp and cloudless. A group of geese flying south formed a herringbone pattern and flapped their wings vigorously, leaving a trail in the sky. The oxcarts moved very slowly, and they needed to give space to the carts pulling the goods.
The crowded crowds on both sides of the road gave way, making walking even more difficult. Chang'an City has expanded several times, but it still cannot satisfy the rapidly growing population. Fortunately, the Chang'an County Magistrate is very capable, and the streets are still orderly under his governance.
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Su Ren raised the curtain and ate the cakes he had just bought while yelling at Liu Gao to get some more of Zhang's fire crystal persimmons, Lao Wei's noodles with meat and Ma's sour plum soup. As a coachman,
Liu Gao, who also worked as a purchaser, was sweating profusely and still exhausted. After finally buying all the things Su Ren wanted, he was panting from exhaustion.
He threw everything on Su Ren's car and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Sir, what don't we have at home? You..."
While eating, Su Ren handed the sour plum soup to Liu Gao with a smile: "I'm out of prison! Can you be unhappy? Eat quickly, eat quickly, I need to buy some more of Su Ji's candies. I can't go home.
Without souvenirs, candy is definitely a good thing, suitable for all ages."
The old cow pulling the cart screamed "moo", and the two people who were talking felt the cart shake. If the shaft hadn't been fixed on the back of the cow, it would have overturned. The messy things on the cart rolled into a ball, and Liu
Gao poured all the sour plum juice onto his clothes.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I left in a hurry. I'm really tired. I'll pay for these things, and I'll pay for Lao Liu's clothes." Cui Jiuming squeezed into the car with a smile on his face.
His huge body was fatter than when Su Ren met at Yanmen Pass. It took a lot of effort for Cui Jiuming to lose weight. Unexpectedly, less than half a year later, he was even fatter than before.
Su Ren quickly moved inside and swallowed the mouthful of pancakes and buns in his mouth with difficulty: "You are really well informed. I planned to go back quietly, but you actually knew it?"
Cui Jiuming was not polite. While wiping his sweat, he picked up a bowl of sour plum soup and sipped it slowly. After a long pause, he said: "I'm afraid you came out quietly. Since you were locked up, almost everyone has been watching, waiting for you."
When will you come out? To tell you the truth, yesterday in the court, as soon as your memorial was handed over, many people knew that you were coming out. Later, His Majesty looked at your memorial and laughed three times. No matter how stupid you are, you can understand what this means.
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Cui Jiuming looked back: "Look, the guy carrying the burden is from the Lieutenant's Mansion; and the one pretending to buy things is from the Tingwei Mansion; that girl who looks pretty good, where is she?"
I don’t need to say more, right? Almost everyone in Chang’an is watching, wanting to see what you are going to do next!”
"Then you're still coming?"
"It doesn't matter whether I come or not. During the time you were in the Prime Minister's Mansion, there were thieves in my house almost every night. To put it bluntly, when my concubine and I were doing business, there were people under the bed. At first, I wanted to take action.
, was stopped by my father."
Hearing Cui Jiuming mention his father, Su Ren quickly wiped his mouth and cleaned himself up briefly, and bowed his hands to Cui Jiuming: "Is Shopkeeper Cui in good health?"
Cui Jiuming also quickly returned the gift: "Thank you, Brother Su, for caring about me. My father Kangtai! I heard that you came out, so my father asked me to come and take a look."
"I'm sorry that I'm sorry for you."
Cui Jiuming hesitated for a moment: "Actually, in addition to looking at Brother Su, my father also wanted me to ask one thing. Now the two major commercial banks in the world have become incompatible with each other, and there are also many small commercial banks in various places who have learned from us.
It can be said that we are about to reach the stage of three-legged cooperation by doing the daily newspaper group to keep warm. Of course, the Han Trading Company is still the most powerful, but it is eventually controlled by the imperial court. Since the end of the war, there has been no bulk cargo trading, and I am worried that it will be backlashed. "
Su Ren looked at Cui Jiuming and chuckled: "Don't make it so miserable, what do you want to do?"
After a long time, Cui Jiuming said: "I want to quit like you!"
"Oh? Okay! As long as you quit, come to Louguantai. Wouldn't it be nice for us to enjoy the scenery, drink wine and eat meat?"
"It's not that easy!" Cui Jiuming smiled helplessly. After a long time, his face gradually became serious: "Just tell me, how long will it take?"
Su Ren smiled mysteriously, then picked up the noodles and meat that he had not eaten and continued to eat: "It's just the right time!"
They are all smart people, so there is no need to speak too bluntly. Cui Jiuming got the answer he wanted, turned the corner and got off the bullock cart. Even though the weight on the cart was light, you could almost hear the oxen pulling the cart clearly.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Su Ren is a legend in Chang'an City, and there are naturally not a few people who know him. Ever since Cui Jiuming got off Su Ren's car, many people soon knew that the man in the ox cart was Su Ren, so
Almost all kinds of people came to say hello to Su Ren.
There were traders and soldiers who came over to chat with Su Ren, there were also young students who bowed and called themselves teachers, there were soldiers on patrol who called "Commander", and there were even a few officials who got on the bus to talk and laugh. This section of the road was just like today.
The weather is the same, the sky is clear, neither hot nor cold, everything is so peaceful and comfortable.
Tingwei's Mansion is on the West Street where Su Ren passes. Several dried heads are still hanging on the tall flagpoles at the dark yamen entrance. Unlike other yamen, in order to show the terror of Tingwei, when this place was originally designed,
He just moved the gate of Tingwei's Mansion one foot inward. Against the backdrop of the tall courtyard walls on both sides, the entire Tingwei Mansion looked like a man-eating beast with its dark mouth open.
Because of this design, Tingwei's Mansion did not leave a good impression on people from the inside out. When Zhang Tang was Tingwei, although he was so ruthless, he still had a certain temper in doing things, even the torture inside
No one can bear it, but everyone understands that most of the people who can be gotten in by Tingwei are not good things. But since Wang Wenshu came to power, Tingwei's Mansion has become everyone's nightmare, as long as one enters Tingwei's Mansion
Death is the most merciful way. It is said that there are twenty-four various criminal laws in total. As long as one of them is implemented, a strong-willed man can be turned into a dog, and a chaste and martyr woman can be turned into a ****.
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There was no one on the long street in front of Tingwei Mansion. Only Su Ren's ox cart passed by alone. The ox cart was very slow, the street was very long, and the wheels made an unpleasant clicking sound on the stone road. Because Ting Wei
Due to the existence of the mansion, almost all the people nearby moved their courtyard doors to other directions, even if it was towards the back door of someone's house. There was no one here, so naturally there were no shops and no salesmen, although it was almost the same as the West Market.
It's next door, but it gives people a feeling of paradise and place.
Su Ren's bullock cart stopped at the entrance of Tingwei Mansion. The pawn at the door glanced at Su Ren suspiciously. If he were normal, he would definitely go down and drive the person away. If the other party dared to say more nonsense, then he would
Capture them and serve them for a while. But today, Lord Tingwei specially ordered the pawns to restrain themselves. If anyone causes trouble, he will not be merciful. I don’t know who can scare Lord Tingwei into this.
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Su Ren got off the ox cart, looked up at the gate of the Tingwei Mansion, and walked inside the Tingwei Mansion with his hands waving three times behind his back. He had been here before, and that was when Zhang Tang was in charge of Tingwei. Although Su Ren had been here since then.
Ren didn't like this place, but today he was even more disgusted when he saw it. The stench was emanating from the human heads on the flagpole above his head. Because time had passed, maggots had grown up, and maggots kept falling down. Those who were lucky enough not to fall to death
The guy was crawling unsightly on the flagpole.
He waved to the pawn at the door, but saw that the pawn was indifferent. Su Ren shook his head and smiled bitterly. The way he was dressed now was no different from the civilians on the street, not to mention that he was really just a civilian now. Tingwei
Where is the government? The highest legal institution in the Han Dynasty, the pawns in front of the door probably all have official status. His appearance is indeed inappropriate to be so arrogant.
If the mountain doesn't come, I'll go to the mountain. Su Ren came to the door of Tingwei's Mansion with his hands turned upside down. The pawns at the door stopped him without thinking. Some of them even pulled out their long robes from their waists.
knife.
"What's the matter? You dare to break into Tingwei's mansion?"
Su Ren glanced at the pawn: "My Su Ren, I would like to have a few words with Mr. Tingwei. Can you pass the message?"
Everyone in the Ming Dynasty knows about Su Ren, but is the person in front of him really Su Ren? The pawn hesitated a little and looked back at the other people. He could see the fear in their eyes. They were all from Tingwei Mansion.
Everyone naturally knows about the feud between Lord Tingwei and Su Ren, and has also heard that Su Ren was released by the emperor today. But no one expected that Su Ren would come to Tingwei's mansion so quickly.
"Wait, wait!" The pawn was also a smart man. He glanced at Su Ren again, sheathed his sword and walked toward the gate.
The dark clouds surged towards Chang'an City from nowhere. The large black cloud suddenly covered half of Chang'an City. Unfortunately, Tingwei's Mansion was among them. The north wind in late autumn was still a bit cold, Su Ren
When he came out, he did not expect such a situation. Liu Gao brought Su Ren a cloak and put it on Su Ren at the right time and returned to the bullock cart.
By the time the gate of Tingwei's Mansion opened, it had already been half an hour. It was still the same pawn, but the expression on his face was not very good. This time he was much more polite, and he bowed his hands to Su Ren and saluted: "Mr. Su, please forgive me.
Sir Wei is not here, please come back another day."
Su Ren smiled slightly and nodded: "In that case, thank you! Mr. Tingwei is back. Please tell me that I am watching him!"
The pawn's body suddenly trembled and he saluted again. Su Ren didn't say much, turned back to his bullock cart and ordered Liu Gao to leave the street. The pawn wiped the cold sweat from his head and looked around.
, I was still surprised.
After listening to Liu Ruyi's words, Liu Che shook his head and said with a smile: "The rain is coming! I know his temperament, but no one can touch him until Wang Wenshu has finished my work! Tell Gongsun He to send a team from now on.
Forbidden troops!"
"Boom, boom..." A thunder exploded on the top of Jianzhang Palace, and heavy rain poured down in an instant. Chang'an Street, which was still lively just now, suddenly became quiet. The merchants quickly moved back the goods placed outside.
Passers-by returning home hurriedly hid under the eaves of the street to take shelter from the rain. Only a lone ox cart slowly passed through the west gate of Chang'an and walked onto the official road. (To be continued)
