The next morning, Su Jin did not go to court. He got up early to exercise and have a meal, then stayed in the study and read and waited for the news. It was rare for Xiao Sui'er and Rou Niang Huan Niang to see Su Jin actually stay in the study and read. They whispered to each other about the reason. Could it be that the sun was rising in the west? The young master actually took the initiative to warm up the book.
Xiaosui'er decided to check it out. She came to the study room with a pot of tea and a plate of snacks. She put the snacks on the tea pot, but she didn't hear anything. When she looked up, she saw Su Jin staring attentively. Reading a book with a black cover.
Xiao Sui'er was very puzzled, when did the young master become so fascinated by reading? He might be wondering what kind of book it was, so he held the tea cup and tiptoed up to take a peek, only to see a page full of fly-headed small regular script written in front of his face. Come on, I felt dizzy and almost fainted.
Su Jin raised his head and asked, "What are you doing sneakily?"
Xiaosui'er blushed and said, "Who is being sneaky? I brought you tea with good intentions, but I got scolded by you."
Su Jin smiled and said, "Are you literate? Why are you stretching your neck? I'll go out tomorrow and buy some story books and bring them back to you. You can't understand this book."
Xiao Sui'er rolled her eyes at Su Jin and said: "My little maid and Huan Niang have been learning Chinese characters recently. After a while, when you recognize more characters, you will be able to understand them. The young master is a very busy man, why are you staying here today?" Are you reading a book at home? What is written in this book? How come it doesn’t look like the books you read, my little servant? Why are the words written by hand?"
Su Jin put down the book, stretched out his hand and took a sip from the teacup, saying, "This was given to me by my mentor Mr. Fang Zimo when I left Yingtianfu Academy. There are many shocking theories in it, which make people think deeply."
Xiao Sui'er said: "Young master, this is just a temporary solution. In fact, I think it doesn't matter if you pass the exam or not. I asked Rou Niang and Huan Niang, and they all said it doesn't matter."
Su Jin scratched Xiao Sui'er's nose and said, "You're stupid. I made a bet with someone. If I don't pass the exam this time, it won't be a big deal. If I lose face, it will be a big deal. Do you expect me to be shameless in front of others?" What?"
Xiao Sui'er said: "You guys just like gambling, not just for money, but also for face. I heard that I had a big bet with people from Liao State yesterday. When did I get such a bad habit? What if? If the old lady finds out, I won't scold you to death."
Su Jin said with a straight face: "I'm getting more and more concerned about my father's affairs. By the way, has Miss Yan been here these past two days?"
Xiao Sui'er sighed: "Look, she doesn't even care where Yan Dong's family is going. She went to Yingtian Mansion yesterday morning."
Su Jin said in astonishment: "What did she do to Yingtian? Why didn't she say anything?"
Xiao Sui'er said: "Miss Yan sent someone to tell you, but my master went to court yesterday morning, and the little maid didn't pay attention. She thought you knew it; Yan Dong's family went to Yingtian to help you find a shop in Yinzhuang. I went there and said that I had to raise a large amount of money in Yingtian. I knew that you were too busy to do anything else, so I went by myself."
Su Jin said: "Didn't I tell her that we could postpone it? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Xiaosui'er said: "The Yandong family naturally won't delay the matter with me. You should ask someone to go to the Yan family to talk about the appointment. The Yandong family is not small anymore, so delaying it like this is not an option. My little maid used to do something to Yan's family." There are still some differences between the host family and the young master, but Yan Dong’s family really considers the young master wholeheartedly, and he is a virtuous and intelligent person. If you marry into the family, there will be a lot of benefits in the future."
Su Jin laughed and said: "Today the sun really comes out from the west, and our Sui'er has started to worry about my grandpa's life-long events. Can you tell me what's the benefit?"
Xiao Sui'er said: "Dong Yan's family is good at business. If she comes to help Mr. Master take care of our Su Ji's business, Mr. Master will not have to worry about being very busy with official business in the future, and he won't have to be busy at home and outside. Why?
None of us can shoulder the burden for the young master. If Yan Dong’s family marries over, there will be someone to help him share the burden."
Su Jin looked at Xiao Sui'er with a smile and said: "Sui'er has grown up and has already considered it very carefully, but we can't apply for the job yet. There are a lot of things to do right now, and I won't be busy with that. I'll wait until I'm busy."
After a while, I will go back to Luzhou and ask my mother to come again to arrange an appointment and marry her."
Xiao Sui'er nodded, looking a little melancholy. Su Jin picked up the book and said, "While I'm free in the morning, I'll read the book for a while. Please pay attention. If anyone comes to see me, report it quickly."
Xiao Sui'er agreed and went out; Su Jin spent the whole morning hiding in the study room reading books written by Fang Zimo, and no one came to look for Su Jin.
After lunch, Su Jin lay on the soft couch and rested his head in Huan Niang's arms. Huan Niang's delicate fingers kneaded his forehead and eyebrows. Su Jin smelled the fresh and pleasant smell of Huan Niang's body.
As he talked to her, his eyelids gradually drooped.
Suddenly there was a loud shouting outside, and someone shouted loudly: "This is unreasonable, this is unreasonable, you are simply bullying others too much." The voice seemed extremely abrupt in the silence of the afternoon.
Su Jin woke up with a start, got up quickly, and asked Huan Niang, "What's wrong? Who is making a noise outside?"
Huan Niang pressed Su Jin's body and said, "Master, let's sleep for a while, and I'll go take a look. There must be a quarrel among the people on the street."
Su Jin was no longer sleepy, so she got dressed and got down on the bed. As soon as she opened the door curtain and entered the main room, she heard a clang in the courtyard in front, as if the courtyard door had been kicked open, and then she heard Zhao Hu and others from Zhao Dynasty.
There were shouts of yelling and cursing.
"You are a thief, are you trying to rob someone in broad daylight?"
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Su Jin was startled and hurriedly walked out in three steps and entered the front yard. He saw a dense crowd of forty or fifty people standing in the front yard. The leaders were Liao envoys Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu. Xiao Temo had an angry look on his face.
, the yellow beard all over his face was about to sprout, as if a hedgehog had been slapped on his face.
A group of companions from Su Zhai all had weapons in their hands, pointing at Xiao Temo and yelling "Liao dog, Liao pig", and wanted to take action at the first sight.
Su Jin hurried forward and frowned: "It turns out that it's Master Xiao who is here. What are you doing? Why did you come to my house to cause trouble?"
Xiao Temo shouted angrily: "It's up to you, Deputy Ambassador Su. We came to your Song Kingdom to represent the Emperor of the Liao Kingdom, but you made things difficult for us at every turn. How could you say you were a country of etiquette? Grandpa looked at us as just a bunch of rabble.
Shameless person."
Chao Chao and others jumped to their feet and yelled: "Liao dogs, you are the shameless people. The barbarians actually accused us of the Song Dynasty."
Su Jin waved his hand to stop everyone's yelling, raised his hand and said, "Mr. Xiao, where do you start talking about this? Didn't we have a good relationship yesterday? I, Su Jin, ask myself, there is nothing wrong with etiquette?"
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Xiao Temo snorted angrily and said: "You have the nerve to say that? Yesterday we set up a gambling game. If we were unlucky, we would lose. It's not a big deal, it's just money. But you shouldn't take advantage of the situation and play tricks at this time."
Yin Zhao has really damaged the image of your court. I want to see your emperor to state the matter and lodge a strong protest."
The second monk Su Jinzhang was confused and said hurriedly: "I really don't know why you are angry. How about you go into the hall and have a cup of tea to calm down the anger and talk slowly? I haven't figured out the whole story yet. You have to tell me.
Know the ins and outs.”
Seeing that Su Jin's expression was sincere, Xiao Temo said in a slightly slower tone: "We don't drink tea. The more we drink, the hungrier we get."
Su Jin said in shock: "What? Haven't you had lunch yet?"
Liu Liufu said thoughtfully: "Don't pretend to be Deputy Envoy Su, I have to thank you for this matter."
Su Jin said: "Is it because I won your money yesterday and you have no money to spend today?"
"You are still pretending to be confused. We have already eaten two meals. The reason we came here today is to eat at Deputy Ambassador Su's house. If you don't give us food, we will stay in your house and not leave."
Te Mo showed his face, he was so hungry and so angry, he said these words without hesitation.
Su Jin scratched his head and said: "To be honest, I don't know what you are talking about even now? Isn't it just about eating? It's easy. Dynasty went to Linshui Residence by the river to rent a two-story building and set up seven or eight tables of banquets. Let's
Let’s take all the distinguished guests from the Liao Kingdom to a banquet.”
Xiao Te finally said: "I'm afraid this banquet will have to be moved to your house for dinner."
Zhang Long was furious and cursed: "Don't be so shameless. Our house is not a place for pigs and dogs like you to eat. You don't have to ruin our yard."
Xiao Temo scolded back: "I'm a slave, big or small. When I'm talking to your master, come and interrupt. From last night until now, we haven't been able to buy anything from the restaurants and food stalls in Bianliang City. Either
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It is not sold after closing time, or it is extremely expensive. A palm-sized cooking cake is sold to us for one tael of silver. It is simply extortion. I can buy two hundred cooking cakes for one tael of silver." Su Jin said in surprise: "It's actually like this.
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"Don't pretend to be a good person? Someone must have secretly instigated this matter and wanted us to be beggars in Bianliang. I didn't expect that you Song people were so shameless and ignored the basic etiquette between the two countries. Anyway, after my envoy returns to China
We must report the truth to the Emperor, and we don’t need to negotiate anymore, we can just go to war."
Su Jin finally heard some clues. It turned out that this group of Liao people were boycotted by the people of Bianliang. Su Jin was angry and funny. Who instigated the people to do this behind the scenes? It was really damaging.
, although this thing was done to relieve anger, it was not fair enough. Needless to say, Xiao Te finally put this matter on his own head.