There are many treasures in this country

Xiao Suo's illness came and went in a hurry.

At night, there was a cool breeze outside.The moon hangs in the middle of the sky, and the slanted shadows of the sparse branches are cold, floating in the moonlight like a water lily, leaning against the muddy water and moss.

Shen Yan's study room was lit, and from a distance, it looked like a little burnt yellow on the black satin.But he was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery, holding a pen in his hand, and anxiously asked the person in front of the case: "Eleven, how do you write the word '衿' for this 衿米?"

Eleven scratched his head and said, "Master, don't embarrass me. I don't know about such things. In fact, why do you have to write this word? Just write 'rice handed over by the gentry', or don't mention it at all." That's all."

After Shen Yan thought about it, he felt that what he said was reasonable, nodded and smiled: "Well, you are right. It seems that you are still useful to hang around with Shen San'er all day long."

Eleven laughed and said, "Master will not be happy when he returns home this time without Saner."

"No." Shen Yan lowered his head and said, "Master asked him to stay in the capital to look at the house. That is also a good job. Without us at home, he is not sure how happy he is. How did I hear that he has A good friend, close relationship?"

Eleven sat cross-legged on the ground with his back to the door and window, and said with great interest, "Master, you know everything. That woman is called Yun'er, and you have seen it before. Speaking of this, Yun Niang, it was the last time you went shopping." At the newly opened Rabbit Restaurant, Saner met in Cuihua Courtyard opposite..."

Halfway through his speech, his general suddenly started to cough violently as if he had tuberculosis.Eleven hurriedly got up to pour tea, raised his eyes, and suddenly saw a corner of white clothes by the outer wall of the courtyard, slowly moving towards this side.

Eleven immediately understood, and raised his voice and said: "Master, this subordinate has ordered people to replace the quilt pillows in Mr. Xiao's wing room with new ones, and also lighted the Anshen incense. According to the master's order, they are all the best. Oh, and, just now, the younger one has ordered someone to send doctor Li a consultation fee. It has been sealed with a high-quality seal, which contains 20 taels of silver. And..."

Shen Yan saw that the white robe had entered the courtyard, and a long shadow gradually appeared on the window screen.Afraid of missing the opportunity to show off, he interrupted Eleven's words and said, "Well, I know everything. Tell the people below to remember that Mr. Xiao is a distinguished guest of this general, and you should treat him more wholeheartedly than this general. Don't show him face. Food and clothing, you should keep an eye on it yourself, it must be the best. Also, Mr. Xiao is a scholar and has a thin skin. Don't make jokes, be careful to offend him. If he is wronged , I don't agree!"

Eleven grimaced and sniggered, agreeing one by one.

Shen Yan was giving instructions, but suddenly turned his face, showing a surprised expression, "Hey, Mr. Xiao, why are you up?"

Xiao Suo had listened to what he just said, grateful in his heart, but there was no trace on his face, he bowed his hands and said: "Thank you General for your trouble, the students are always weak, this illness will trouble the General. Fortunately, Mr. Li The doctor's skills are very good, although the student has not recovered, but the fever has subsided, I think there is no serious problem."

"That being said, it's not all right after all, you should take care of yourself." Shen Yan exhorted earnestly, and at the same time ordered Eleven to get his burqa for him to wear.

Xiao Suo hurriedly said "Don't dare", and then asked: "I wonder if the general said in the cave before that he wanted to avenge the students, how can he do it well now?"

Shen Yan frowned and said: "To be honest, Mr. Xiao, although this general has the right to report on matters, he can secretly report what he has seen and heard. But your case is very involved. If it is revealed, everyone will know about it." .As a military attache, this general should not intervene in local political affairs without authorization, otherwise he will be impeached by Yushitai."

Xiao Suo's expression darkened, and he bowed his head and said: "The general's meaning, the student understands. This matter is originally difficult, and the general has concerns, which is right. The student has caused a lot of trouble here, so he shouldn't bother the general anymore. Just pretend you haven’t heard about it, General.”

There was loneliness in his words, and sourness in his expression.The appearance of grievance and forbearance is more pitiful than ever.Poor is cute.Cute, how can no one love it?

"Mr. Xiao, don't get me wrong!" Seeing him bowing his head desolately, Shen Yan felt pain in his heart, and hurriedly explained: "Since I promised to avenge Mr. Xiao, how can a gentleman break his promise and get fat? This general doesn't care about it, it's just that the matter is up to you." I found out that something was wrong. In this way, I will first write the whole story of the matter into a document, and then attach a letter, so that Eleven will deliver it to the capital in person and hand it over to the master Yan of Yushitai. Shi, it is time to take care of such matters. He has a very good friendship with me, and I will ask him to report to the Holy Spirit at that time, what do you think?"

Xiao Suo originally thought that the matter was going to run aground, and he couldn't help feeling disappointed, but who knew that he was so thoughtful, he couldn't help being startled, bowed and said, "Thank you, General."

Shen Yan got up to help him, he couldn't stand still because of excitement, the great general tripped over a chair and fell right in front of Xiao Suo.The appearance of him kneeling on the ground frightened Xiao Suo.

"What do you mean, General?" Xiao Xiucai helped him at a loss, his anxious expression was quite different from his usual calm, neither humble nor overbearing appearance.

Shen Yan was overjoyed—this kneeling was worth it.

Xiao Suo felt that he had lost his composure, straightened his appearance, knelt down and kowtowed to him, and said: "Students will never accept the general's gift, please accept it and return it."

Eleven laughed and joked beside him, "Master Xiao, you two look like a married couple worshiping each other!"

Shen Yan was secretly delighted, and praised his family's eleven cleverness.

Xiao Suo's face turned cold, and he said sternly: "Mr. Shen, this is not appropriate to say. The student is a commoner and a man, how can he make such a joke? Even if the student is like a grass, he is not afraid of slander, but the general is precious. If this remark is heard by someone with a heart, wouldn't it bring down the reputation of the general?"

Eleven's smile froze on his face, he stuck out his tongue, speechless.

Shen Yan was like falling into an ice cave, snow fell in his heart, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only smile lightly: "Young Master Xiao is right, it's because the family members don't pay attention to what they say, you...don't mind. There are still many details in this report , this general is unclear, so I invite Young Master Xiao to take a look together."

Xiao Suo nodded slightly, walked to the desk, and saw a piece of Chengxintang paper spread on the table, the paper was smeared here and there, ink dots and black marks were scattered everywhere, and there were many crossed out and rewritten words.

Shen Yan only cared about being lost, but forgot to hide his clumsiness. His handsome old face blushed, he pulled the paper away, and said falteringly: "This... this general is just scribbling at will, just scribbling at will."

He rubbed the ball of paper and threw it to Eleven, picked up the pen tremblingly, and asked guiltily: "Young Master Xiao knows it clearly, why don't you tell me, I just write?"

"Okay." Xiao Suo said authentically: "At the beginning of the fifth year of Yongyan, the imperial court confiscated 760 four stones, nine buckets and seven liters of grain from Zhuoyang County, including rice..."

In just one sentence, Shen Yan has rubbed off three or four sheets of paper.Xiao Suo said seriously, not paying attention to his embarrassment.

Scratching the pen on his face, Shen Yan asked awkwardly, "Mr. Xiao, that... how do you write '衿' for 衿, 衿米?"

Xiao Suo was startled, looked down and saw the balls of paper scattered on the table, feeling very sorry—they were all the papers of Empress Li's heart.

He took a step forward, hesitantly said: "General, the students know this matter clearly, they have already written two submissions, so they are more familiar with it. How about having the students write it for you to review?"

Shen Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded solemnly: "Well, what Mr. Xiao said is very true. It's up to you to write more details. Is this general an outsider? Just take a look."

Xiao Suo didn't expose him, he sat in front of the desk, rolled up his sleeves, laid out paper, grinded ink, picked up a pen, and wrote, with a meticulous expression on his movements.Shen Yan sat at the bottom, holding a cup of tea in his hand, but didn't drink it, and only looked at the pear blossom table.

He looked unusually serious, and the lacquered pupils shed a warm light, which fell on the paper, blurring a layer of water patterns.Holding the pitch-black pen holder with his fingers, he looked thinner and slender.The edge of the middle finger is slightly sunken, as if time is indulging in it.

He's crazy.Shen Yan thought.

But the curvature of his lips was so soft, he really wanted to taste it before going crazy.

In less than a stick of incense, Xiao Suo wrote a plain and simple statement with a complicated case, numerous clues and lengthy statements.He dried the ink, held it in front of Shen Yan, and bowed to ask him to read it.

Shen Yan was awakened by him, and took the paper in a panic, and saw the small script written neatly on it, the handwriting was clear and straight, the structure was rigorous and full, just like him.

The general didn't know calligraphy, even Huai Su and Zhang Xu could memorize it, but based on his intuition, he decided that this character was very good.He only cared about admiring and admiring, and wasted his time, but he didn't hear Xiao Suo calling him.

After reading the whole article and ignoring those unfamiliar words, Shen Yan had a few questions: "There are still some unclear points about this matter. In my opinion, it's better to look it up first and then talk about it."

Xiao Suo was puzzled: "I don't know what the general said is unclear, what is it referring to?"

Although Shen Yan is not very knowledgeable, he understands much better than him when it comes to the sophistication of the world and the struggle in the officialdom. He pointed to the letter and said, "Look, you said here that Zhuoyang County has falsely reported fire consumption and falsely received gifts and silver for many years. The situation. But think about it, can such a big event be done by a mere Zhuoyang county magistrate?"

Xiao Suo frowned and remained silent.

Shen Yan continued: "What's more, Zhuoyang is a Fukuo County, and the government office and the county government office are in the same city. How can such a big matter be hidden from the government office, and let the county magistrate of Zhuoyang cover the sky with one hand?"

"The general is saying..." Xiao Suo had a flash of light in his mind, "Could it be that the general was in front of the mansion yesterday, preventing the students from avenging their grievances against Mr. Futai, and forcibly bringing the students back because he guessed that Mr. Futai Chen was also involved?"

Shen Yan said with a smile: "how can I be so smart that I can guess it out of thin air? It's just about official affairs, I still understand more or less. Before you come to my mansion to look for Chen Jigu, you must have been to the government office first, but the officials in the yamen The official didn't accept your complaint."

"That's right." Xiao Suo said: "This matter is too big, and it has something to do with the officials in the county government office. The students didn't dare to let the county magistrate know, so they went directly to the government office to file a complaint. Who knew that the officials in the government office thought that the magistrate was not here as a reason Because of this, I refused to accept the student's petition. The student had no choice but to complain in front of the General's Mansion."

Shen Yan shook his hand, signaling him to be relieved, and continued: "That's exactly what I said. There are three reasons for Chen Jigu's acceptance of your complaint: First, there is another person with a prominent status behind this matter, and he is unwilling to provoke you for your sake. They; second, he himself was involved in it, and the person you sued is his accomplice."

"What about three?"

Shen Yan sneered: "Three, these two are all taken up. He is the person involved in the case, and there are other people behind this matter. You think, they clearly don't want to accept your name, but you want to send it up, and make trouble." Everyone knows, isn’t this forcing them to kill you to silence you? The general saw that something was wrong at the time, and saw that Chen Jigu wanted to arrest you, so he forced you to stay.”

Xiao Suo bowed to him again, and said: "The student is stupid, so he understands the general's kindness. Thank you, general, for your rescue."

Shen Yan pulled him to sit so that he didn't have to thank him all the time, and asked: "Do you know that there is something strange about this matter?"