Since I met you, people are dying every day

Before Shengwu Hall, Ye Fu discussed with Ye Sirui that it was definitely impossible to hold the reception banquet originally scheduled at Jinyun Building, otherwise Mr. Tang might be convicted of corruption and bribery.Ye Sirui really didn't like this lord Zhizhou, so he was happy to avoid getting along with him.Ye Fu felt that he couldn't justify it anyway, so he asked Tang Lianggong to have a light meal with him at the risk of being scolded again, and Tang Lianggong reluctantly agreed.

"He actually lives in the station!" Ye Fu shouted in disbelief.

Officials on business trips can stay in the post station with official documents and exchange horses for board and lodging, but that is only a last resort during the journey.What's more, Tang Lianggong inspected the counties as the magistrate, so he should have been entertained by the county government.Ye Sirui refreshed his understanding of this lord again, and said: "Yufeng, calm down. He is setting an example. Let's not provoke him and tell him to move out. If he lives in an inn, then eat at the inn." Bar."

Hearing what he said, Ye Fu had no choice but to say reluctantly: "Then what about the person who was going to invite?"

Ye Sirui said: "What? You are going to invite a lot of people to tell him that we colluded with each other? Forget it, just the two of us, and the two masters, Dianshi, let's have a light meal with him."

Unexpectedly, this simple meal is also uneasy.Tang Lianggong went on a tour, bringing his son Tang Jinghuan and nephew Tang Zhiyong with him.The escorting soldiers sent him to Helin County and returned to the state capital.Only seven people made a small table.The post stations in Helin County generally provide board and lodging for low-level officials who can’t afford hotels. The first time the station chief saw Zhizhou from the fifth grade, he was already very excited. In this small inn, he served on the side with trepidation, fearing that some of them would be dissatisfied in the slightest, but hit a snag as soon as he opened his mouth: "Do you want to drink, sir? There is no good wine here, only a few years ago." The military wine brought by the army when it entered Beijing has been buried in the soil for several years, so it should be quite mellow."

Tang Lianggong listened to what he had said, but he showed dissatisfaction as soon as he heard it, "Officials who come and go to and from the post station have important business to do, so such a strong drink, wouldn't it be a waste of time!" Hearing this, Ye Fu and the master book Dianshi also fell silent.The postmaster was at a loss for a while, "You just bring a jar of water and wine, that's enough." Tang Lianggong ordered.

The food and drink were served hot, but the atmosphere on the table was still cold.

Ye Sirui looked around, sighed in his heart, held up the wine glass with both hands and got up, and said to Tang Lianggong: "Master Zhizhou has had a hard time traveling today, I will offer you a glass first." Tang Lianggong stared at him with sharp eyes, Ye Sirui had already done Well, he was prepared to ignore it, and was a little surprised to see him standing up too.Tang Lianggong also picked up his wine glass, and his tone was still stiff, "There is no need to use these vain gifts. If you are loyal to your duties and perform your duties, my trip will not be in vain." The two drank a glass of wine, and the atmosphere finally became active. some.Ye Fu led the two of them to toast Tang Lianggong, after a circle, he drank water and wine, and Tang Lianggong's cheeks began to turn red. "Jing Huan, you respect your lords on behalf of your father."

Tang Jinghuan was the boy who helped Tang Lianggong get off the car at noon, but he was only fifteen or sixteen years old and very thin.Hearing this, he stood up with a cup, "I would like to present a glass to all my lords on behalf of my father. You have worked so hard to entertain my father." After saying this, he smiled shyly, showing his playful little canine teeth.Ye Sirui had a crush on this boy almost immediately, how did Tang Lianggong's rigid father raise such a simple son?

"Young Master Tang is very polite." They didn't dare to sit down to receive the gift, so they all stood up to pay respect.

They drank it all in one gulp. Tang Jinghuan was young and only drank half a cup.After toasting, Tang Jinghuan sat down.Tang Lianggong said again: "Why don't you respect your brother?" Tang Jinghuan said angrily: "He is not my brother! He wants to kill me!"

"Nonsense!" Tang Lianggong tensed his face, "Why are you talking to your elder brother! Have you read the principles of filial piety into the stomach of a dog?"

Tang Lianggong was serious all afternoon, but now the word "dog belly" came out of his mouth. Ye Sirui wanted to laugh when he heard it at first, so he tried his best to keep his face tight.Tang Jinghuan's eyes were red, and he was about to cry.Tang Zhiyong sat on top of Tang Jinghuan.He and Tang Zhiyong carved it out of the same mold, but they were a little older. He stood up holding the cup at this moment, "Uncle, don't be angry, the adults are still here, don't disappoint the hospitality of the adults, let me offer a toast to you first." They got up one after another, Tang Zhi clinked his glasses and drank them again, "Uncle, nephew toast you again." Tang Lianggong suppressed his anger and took a glass of wine.Tang Zhiyong drank half of it again, "Brother Huan, if you are a brother, you may not be considerate, so just talk about it. You and I will have a drink together."

Tang Jinghuan was still angry and sat ignoring him, Tang Lianggong glared at him: "You son of a bitch! What are you doing sitting still! Waiting for someone to invite you!" Tang Jinghuan's eye circles became redder, and he stood up reluctantly. "If you can't stand upright, how did you learn etiquette! You can't even hold a cup with both hands!"

Tang Zhiyong clinked glasses with him with a smile, and drank it himself.Tang Jinghuan just touched his lips and threw the wine cup aside.Tang Lianggong glared at him again, but said nothing.

After this conflict, Ye Sirui's lively atmosphere dissipated again.With Tang Lianggong around, they didn't dare to punch and order, so they all excused themselves to be drunk, ate hastily and left.

Ye Sirui didn't eat anything at the banquet, and only felt hungry when he returned to the Yamen.A group of people from Zhixian to Dianshi drank, so the dinner was naturally avoided, so he went back to his room and ordered Guanyan to order the kitchen to serve a bowl of noodles.

Noodles are a comfort in summer.Although Ye Sirui was surprised, he couldn't bear the hunger in his stomach, so he thanked him and started to eat quickly.Xia Shu sat and watched him eat.Although he ate quickly, he picked the noodles gracefully, and he hardly made a sound.After eating more than half of it, the hunger gradually disappeared, and Ye Sirui gradually slowed down, and his posture became more and more elegant.He swallowed a mouthful of noodles, "You can't make this noodles, can you?"

Xia Shu shook his head, "I'm not going down."

Ye Sirui thought about it, so he continued to eat.When he finished eating, Xia Shu suddenly asked him: "How is Mr. Tang?"

"How?" Ye Sirui just finished eating, unable to turn his head, he said casually: "He, he just stir-fried stones, oil and salt are not allowed!"

"Is he not a good official?" Xia Shu frowned.

"That's not the case." Ye Sirui said, "I don't know if it's good or not, but it really killed me." He then told Xia Shu about what happened from afternoon to night.Xia Shu listened carefully, and said after listening, "He did the right thing."

"Maybe." Ye Sirui didn't care, "He's a master who doesn't give in. It's estimated that the chief secretary can't stand him. This kind of person can't find fault with him in the officialdom, but he's useless .”

Xia Shu listened very seriously, "Are honest people useless in officialdom?"

Ye Sirui didn't expect him to ask, but just said: "Integrity? Integrity is right, but it's so stubborn that others can't stand it. No matter what kind of official you are, you have to get along with others. Upper officials, lower officials, and errands People, as well as the people. A person who can’t even get along with each other, no matter how well he does, he is only a good official. What’s more, officials implement many things, even if the intention is good, they still deceive others and act perversely Yes, if he can't communicate with subordinate officials at all, how can he do good things? And only if he is familiar with the rules, knows what others think, and knows how to use people who others think, can he shake the entire officialdom. Maybe it's not that honest, But who cares?"

Xia Shu was silent for a long time, chewing on his words repeatedly, seeming to realize something. "You mean, the intention is good, but the things you do may be bad; and some people, you think their intentions are bad, but they can do good things?"

"You're actually enlightened?" Ye Sirui looked at him with a smile.He ate the hot noodles, and the feeling of alcohol evaporated just now, and the surface was hot, as if it had been smoked by a fire, "Brother Tian Shu, you are the most pure person in the world, what you say is what you think, what do you think?" Just say what you want. But in the officialdom... hey, people's hearts are like a belly, how do you know what people think?"

Xia Shu nodded, "I see." After speaking, he picked up the noodle bowl and was about to leave.But Ye Sirui thought of it, and asked him with a playful smile, "Brother Tian Shu, if I just said that he is not a good official, what would you do?"

Xia Shu said: "Kill him." He answered without any hesitation.

Sure enough, Ye Sirui blurted out the question he had been asking for a long time: "Brother Tian Shu, is it really so easy to kill people? You are cold-eyed and warm-hearted. Could it be that everyone who died under your sword was a heinous person?

Xia Shu said slowly: "I used to be young and willful. I didn't care who I killed. As long as I don't care, everyone can kill. But later I realized that I don't care, but someone cares. So the killing is the only way to kill someone." Be more cautious, unless the crime is unforgivable, or the crime is difficult to punish, otherwise I dare not take someone's life lightly."

Ye Sirui listened amusedly, looked at him with his head raised, eyes dim, "But you still want to kill him. Do you trust me so much? I said he was not a good official and you killed him. What if I lied to you? "

"You're drunk." Xia Shu said.He came over to put down the bowl and helped him to the couch.Ye Sirui didn't resist, and was supported by him obediently, just muttering: "Tell me, you trust me so much, what if I lied to you? I lied to you, what should you do?"

Xia Shu put him on the couch, took off his shoes for him, covered him with the quilt, and lay down on him. Seeing that he closed his eyes as if he was asleep, he said to himself, "It's not that good." His voice was very soft, "I lied to you anyway."

Waking up in the morning, Ye Sirui felt a splitting headache again, sat up, and took a long time to recall what happened yesterday.Seeing that he was only wearing an inner garment, he quickly shouted, "Guanyan? Guanyan?"

Guan Yan came in from the door, "My lord, it's good that you're awake, otherwise I'd have the courage to call you, get up, Master Zhizhou has arrived, and I'm waiting for you to be promoted to the morning hall!"

Ye Sirui cursed silently in his heart, began to dress, and asked as he put it on: "Who changed my clothes yesterday?"

Guan Yan turned his back and said: "When Mr. Xia left, he said that you were drunk, so he asked his servants to come in and change your clothes and wipe you off."

Ye Sirui nodded, put on the blue collared shirt, straightened his belt, Guanyan handed him a bowl of tea, and just as Ye Sirui drank it, someone rushed in: "My lord is not good! The inn is flooded !"