Chapter 122

Luo Yan received a report from his subordinates today that he came to Siyang for the verdict, and he had never gone out to inquire about the outcome of the trial, so he probably knew that nothing would happen.

On the contrary, Luo Yuxing was young and worried, so he couldn’t stay in the house, and he went to the garden several times to look around. It wasn’t until some time in the afternoon that someone from the Zhang family came, and Yuan Jian looked relaxed, so he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Knowing that the Zhang family couple would come to express their thanks, Luo Yan prepared tea early.

“Thank you Lord Luo for your help. If it weren’t for this, our husband and wife would still be deeply wronged.”

Hearing Zhang Fangyuan’s address, Luo Yan knew that it was revealed by the judge, he didn’t say much, and now that he made a move, he was ready to hide his identity, and called the two to sit down.

“We’ve been neighbors all these years, and I know the character of the two of you well. This lawsuit is a false accusation.”

Luo Yan couldn’t help sighing when he said this. The status of the merchants is low, and the officials are often oppressed. It is common for the county magistrate to cooperate with the local snakes who worship all the year round to bully others. He has been in the officialdom for many years. How can he not know these twists and turns? Around, the so-called water is clear and there will be no fish, and they cannot be governed one by one, let alone he has no job.

But these years the Zhang family has done a lot of good things in Siyang City. He knows a lot of things. The county magistrate is protecting local snakes and suppressing good businessmen. , It is also to suppress the deeds of the magistrate, and to correct the atmosphere in Siyang.

Luo Yan took a sip of tea and said with a negligent smile, “But it’s also for the sake of the old man’s student, if he doesn’t make a move, he will really go to another house.”

Although it was a joke, it also reminded Zhang Fangyuan that the couple stood up together and gave Luo Yan a big gift. They came from humble backgrounds, and it is a blessing from heaven that their descendants can be taught by the Master Jijiu of the Imperial College.

Luo Yan waved his hand: “The old man is old, and he had no intention of recruiting students to preach and teach. In the past, Brother Xiaoxing and Ruijin Ruili hit it off and went home and begged the old man to accept the two children as students. This is how to achieve a teacher-student relationship. The old man I feel that everything is very natural, which is very good.”

It was really a fate, Qing Che Jian went back to his hometown, met Zhang Fangyuan who was enthusiastic, and accepted his son as a student, he thought it was fate.

He has seen too many conspiracies and schemes in the officialdom for decades, and when he is old, he is the most reluctant to think about things. For this reason, such a simple teacher-student relationship makes him feel very comfortable, and Ruijin is indeed a good student.

Zhang Fangyuan said: “Back then, I didn’t know the identity of your lord, and there were many offenses. I hope you don’t take it to heart.”

“I have already retired and returned to my hometown, so why do I still have any status?”

Luo Yan never mentioned the past, since everyone is here today, and he has the heart to cultivate Ruijin, he talked about the past: “The old man left his hometown when he was young, and lived in the capital for decades. His wife passed away early and gave birth to a son who unfortunately passed away. …”

Luo Yan has no reunion, and raised his son alone and grew up. The only son is also very promising.

Although the husband and wife are like glue, they gave birth a bit late. Luo Yuxing was born only three years after marriage, and he was in pain like a treasure.

“I thought it was hard work, but I never thought that when Brother Xing was two years old, his father was appointed by the court to go to Yongning Mansion for disaster relief. Xinke Scholars usually have to go to the local government for several years to hone the school before being transferred back to the capital to work. Your Majesty sympathizes with this old man.” , Never let Brother Xing’s father go to work far away, that year Yongning Mansion suffered a disaster, but Brother Xing’s father invited him to go to Yongning Mansion to rescue the victims, and the husband and wife went together.”

Yongning Mansion is not too far away from Siyang. Many people still have a deep impression of that disaster, Zhang Fangyuan and Xu He are even more impressed.

“After the drought, there was an epidemic, and there was a plague in Yongning Mansion. Brother Xing’er’s father worked hard day and night, and he didn’t catch the epidemic. His mother ignored the epidemic and took care of him…” Although it has been many years, Luo Yan mentioned The eyes of the old things are still a little moist: “Then only brother Xing was left to accompany the old man. It is really pitiful for that child, he is so young.”

Xu He’s eyes turned red when he heard this. Many people died of the plague in Yongning Mansion that year. He also heard from the people that the local disaster relief officials also died of the disease. He never thought that they were Luo Yuxing’s parents. The poor are not only the children, but also Luo Yan, losing his only son at an old age is a pity no matter what.

Luo Yan did suffer from a serious illness because of this. During his illness, he often dreamed about his wife’s room. He always felt that he had not taken good care of his only son, and he felt guilty. Simply because of illness, he resigned like the emperor in advance.

The emperor remembered the merits of the Luo family, and promoted Luo Yan to be a third-rank official to retire. Luo Yan has educated countless people in the court for many years, and many people in the court respect him. Although they have retired from the court and ignored political affairs, there are many high-ranking officials who want to send their descendants to Luo’s family for education. Luo Yan couldn’t bear the harassment, so he simply brought Luo Yuxing back to Siyang.

“Old man has worries from time to time, and he dies every day, how will Brother Xing make arrangements for him?”

“As long as your lord stays in Siyang for one day, the two of us will definitely take care of Brother Xingrui Ruijin Ruili.”

Luo Yuxing stood outside the door, listening to the conversation in the room, suddenly stopped the tea he was going to bring in, waved his hand and asked the servant to bring it back.

He looked a little tired in his mind, and he couldn’t help but get red eyes when he walked out of the hall.

Although he was young when his parents passed away, it was not that he had no memories when he was two years old. The two people who loved him all the time suddenly disappeared. He often hid at home and cried, and his grandfather felt even more sad when he saw him like this.

These years in Siyang, far away from the capital, I gradually forgot some of the sad things in the past, but now the old things are brought up again, he grows up day by day, he is more governor than when he was young, on the contrary, he is more sad than in the past .

He was afraid that his grandfather would know that he had heard the conversation, and said that he wanted to feed the fish in the pavilion, so he dismissed the servants and sat on the edge of the lake with his eyes blurred.

“What’s the matter, but something important fell into the lake?”

Luo Yuxing was thinking about sad things, and he didn’t hear the footsteps behind him. Hearing the voice of concern, he quickly wiped his eyes and turned around. When he saw Zhang Ruijin behind him, he felt very rude and stood up quickly.

I didn’t know how to refute for a while, so I followed Ruijin’s words and said: “Yes.”

Originally, Ruijin wanted to come with her father to thank her master, but seeing Luo Yuxing sad here, she couldn’t bear it for a while.

“Something fell, but it fell from this end. I’ll see what I can use to find it for you.”

Luo Yuxing shook his head: “It’s a small thing, I can’t get it back, so don’t look for it again.”

Ruijin frowned, and wanted to call his servants to come, but Luo Yuxing’s red eyes were moist, and he was always a face-conscious kid, so he didn’t want others to see him like this, so he gave up.

He took out a handkerchief from his waist: “Don’t cry, if you’re looking for something to buy in the city, I’ll accompany you to buy it tomorrow, okay?”

Luo Yuxing took the veil, nodded lightly, hung his head and said nothing. Ruijin felt that the person was pitiful, and wanted to go to greet his master, but Ruijin couldn’t leave him behind, so he stretched out his hand: “Didn’t you say that Xuemei couldn’t draw well a while ago, now that I’m free, I teach you how?”

Although the two met each other every day and went to school in the same classroom, Ruijin was dedicated to learning and kept the etiquette. Apart from scolding Xiaoli for having too many brothers, he never said much to him, and it was the first time that he was so close. Luo Yuxing looked at Ruijin’s palm, hesitated for a moment, and let it go.

He slightly lowered his head and looked at the hand holding his own. Although Ruijin was a little bigger than him, but it grew extremely fast, and his hand was actually a circle bigger than him. He was always serious, but his palms were warm…

A few days later, the martial arts shops under Qin Hongde in the city were closed one after another, and the business of Ji’an martial arts increased accordingly.

Even if the government had not ordered the Qin family to close down, the impact of this false accusation would be great, and the Qin family’s business would have reached the bottom, but the closure was more thorough.

Zhang Fangyuan and Xu He also heard that the magistrate was sentenced to participate in a book, and was reprimanded by the magistrate. This year’s performance appraisal is considered over, and the Tongzhi is clean, but it really has nothing to do with him. It’s just to see Lively stepping on dirty water, it is not always possible to retreat if you want to clean up your whole body.

Hearing from Brother Xiaoli that he saw his great-grandfather bring gifts to the door of the Luo family, but was rejected by Luo Yan, he must have known Luo Yan’s identity, and ignorantly robbed the students with Master Jijiu, ashamed Don’t panic, and offend people, in fact, it is no more unlucky than Zhixian.

The Zeng family didn’t have the nerve to harass the Zhang family, but kept to themselves as if they had never had any contact with each other. Afterwards, the magistrate came to ask for peace. Zhang Fangyuan knew that the magistrate could not fall because of this incident. Yang still looked up and saw him down, and he neither agreed nor refused, but he knew in his heart that he would definitely not respect the county magistrate as much as before in the future.

After this incident, Zhang Fangyuan paid more attention to Ruijin’s studies. After several twists and turns, he felt that if he wanted to be more stable and successful, he had to have a good reputation. , You have to have a lawsuit, and you don’t know the importance of troubles.

In addition, after the autumn harvest, Zhang Fangyuan opened a granary to help the people. The lawsuit can be reversed, and it depends on the people. If the Zhang family has not done good deeds over the years, I am afraid that there will not be so many people who are willing to speak, and the reputation of the people will not be lost. thing.

After a lot of cooking, it was already the end of autumn.

The caravan of the two Zhang Xiaotian brothers came back and went to Suzhou for the first time. The two brothers got acquainted with a big cloth merchant in Suzhou and settled down for a long time to produce silk. , first brought it to the house.

Xu He picked a few good ones and left them for the two children to make autumn clothes, and gave two more to Luo Yuxing.

In late autumn, the weather was cool and chilly. Xu He brought a bowl of warm soup to Zhang Fangyuan in the storeroom. The autumn harvest was the busiest time, when he had to pay land tax and grain tax, and had to count the grain handed in by the farm laborers. Zhang Fangyuan It has been several days in a row to count the accounts.

Zhang Fangyuan took a sip of the soup and became more energetic.

Xu He sat next to Zhang Fangyuan, glanced at the accounts, and felt a headache seeing the many figures: “It was pure before, and I liked a little money for a copper coin, but now I don’t have that idle time anymore.”

Zhang Fangyuan pointed to a few boxes: “It’s good to check the accounts this year, but it’s not a good New Year.”