Reborn Farmhouse Restaurant [Transmigration Book]
Chapter 160 The Original Plot: Liu Tai
Liu Tai walked on the dirt road in Du's village with a book basket on his back. It rained yesterday, and he and his father were worried about Du Rulin who was alone at home, so Liu Tai carried a lot of food after school to visit his former classmates.Yes, ever.Since the eldest brother of the Du family was beaten to death by gangsters, the uncle of the Du family didn't last long, and soon followed. He had no family to support Du Rulin, and he didn't keep the family's money, which was stolen by thieves. Let him go to school, but the basic necessities of life still overwhelmed him, Du Rulin had to suspend school and go home.
Liu Tai pursed his lips tightly, a trace of pity for his friend flashed in his eyes.
"Ru Lin, I came to see you, what are you doing?" Liu Tai entered the Du family's house, and saw Du Rulin squatting in front of a farm tool with a troubled expression on his face, but seeing Liu Tai enter the door, he still cheered up .
Du Rulin casually wiped the mud from his hands on the dirty bunt, and there was a tear in his shirt, which was not mended. Du Rulin smiled, "Liu Tai, you are here." Du Rulin's eyes fell on Liu Tai, carrying the book basket on his back. scratched his head, "Don't bring me food, I'm fine."
"It's all right! Your family's silver is all lost, you have to eat and live! I didn't bring it to you all the time. When you recover, I won't bring it to you."
Liu Tai took the book basket to the kitchen familiarly, sorted the food inside and put it where it should be put, and then came out with an empty book basket in one hand, and said, "What are you doing?"
Du Rulin said embarrassedly: "I want to repair farm tools. After a while, brother Mancang told me to familiarize me with the work in the field. I have to get started slowly."
Liu Tai was a little sad, "Where did you do this before?"
"It's always done slowly." Du Rulin lowered his head, "It's good to be familiar with it, and you can get started soon." I don't know if I want to convince Liu Tai or myself.
Liu Tai looked more sad than Du Rulin, and raised his hand to wipe away his tears, "Be good, don't forget all the books you read, if you don't remember, go to a private school to study, father said, you won't be accepted , you can go whenever you want! Even if you go every now and then! Dad said, you should study more, and being a bookkeeper is also a way when you grow up, you know?!"
"I know... When I get all the work in the field at home, I will go there when I have time."
"But I don't want you to be an accountant, just wait! When I pass the exam in the future, you come and be my teacher!"
"Okay." Du Rulin smiled, "I will be your master from now on."
Liu Tai stayed with him for a while before leaving worriedly. He also had to go back to his private school to prepare for the exam. He was about to take the exam for children. When he returned to the town, Liu Tai was seeing some officials beat him with a big stick. On the back of a man, he spat out a mouthful of blood from the running man and fell to the ground. Liu Tai trembled in fright, and hurriedly hid along the scattered crowd to the side of the road.
"Qiu You, you are here!" Seeing his classmate not far away, Liu Tai hurriedly stepped forward to hold his hand, and said in horror, "It's too scary, the officials beat people in the street." Liu Tai covered his mouth He touched his chest and patted it lightly.
Qiu You didn't seem to be afraid. Instead, he asked with a smile, "You came back from Ru Lin's house? How is he?"
Liu Tai sighed, "It's still the same. By the way, do you have any clothes you don't wear? Next time you go, bring him some clothes! I saw that his clothes were all torn today, and no one mended them. Dirty and not washed."
Qiu You was silent for a while, then nodded.
In the middle of the road, several officials surrounded the man who vomited blood, cursing and saying: "I think you are still running away?! If you run away, the monk can't run away from the temple. How far can you run here? Grandpa!" We have been waiting for you for several days! We have caught you!"
"It's not me! I didn't kill people, I listened to Chen... woo..." The officer kicked the man's mouth, and successfully kicked back the words in his mouth, and a few front teeth popped out.
Liu Tai trembled, he didn't dare to look any more, he turned his head and pulled Qiu You and said, "Let's go!"
"Let's go? No, I have to see clearly. Next time I go to Du's house, I can tell Ru Lin how the person who killed his brother was caught." Qiu You looked coldly in the direction of the man vomiting blood.
Liu Tai stared wide-eyed, "He's the bastard who killed the elder brother of the Du family!"
Qiu You nodded.
"My son! My son!" A gray-haired old man came out tremblingly from a distance, was supported by a brother, and rushed this way crying, "Please don't beat him, this is a digging My heart!" Grandma cried and fell to her knees, clapping her hands together and begging for mercy.
"Luo Qing! Take my aunt back! Please take care of him. I, Su Junxia, will be a cow and a horse in my next life, and I will definitely repay your kindness!" Su Junxia slurred his speech, spat out a mouthful of blood, and shouted at the visitor.
Luo Qing seemed to be angry, walked towards him, kicked Su Junxia's ass fiercely, and stunned the official, Luo Qing cried and raised his hand to wipe his tears, "Your own dear, you No matter! Leave it to me! Yes, I will definitely take care of it! What sins did I do in my previous life, and I met you two bastards! One left me a posthumous son, and the other left Ah Mo to me..." Luo Qing seemed to collapse , squatting down and crying bitterly. "I told you that I won't let you fight... I told you long ago... Who of you listened to me... Woooooo..."
A look of pain flashed across Su Junxia's eyes, and he suddenly shouted recklessly: "It was the butler of the Chen family who asked me to do it! He is the murderer..."
Another kick, "Shut up! The Chen family is something you can cling to. You are not worthy of carrying shoes for the Chen family. You still want to slander the Chen family. Did you fight? Did you kill them? What does it have to do with the Chen family! Do you have evidence? You!"
Su Junxia seemed to be in despair, even though the blood flowed from his mouth, he still yelled angrily: "The Chen family killed someone! They buried a dead body secretly in Baigou! With my own eyes..."
Another beating.
"Don't hit, don't hit!" Luo Qing wanted to stop him, but he couldn't do anything, instead, he was pushed aside and could only cry bitterly.
Among the crowd, the housekeeper of the Chen family saw this scene, pondered for a while, and slipped away along the street. Su Junxia actually saw that they buried the corpses back then.
"Let's go!" Even Qiu You couldn't bear it now, and pulled Liu Tai to leave.
"He said the Chen family..." Liu Tai said blankly.
"Don't worry about it, we can't deal with the Chen family." Qiu You said in a low voice, "We'll wait until we pass the exam." It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.It's not that they don't know that the gangster was sent by the Chen family.
Liu Tai fell silent, and soon, when it was time to go to the provincial capital for the exam, several of Liu Tai's classmates went to Tao Taishou's mansion together, and it was the first time he learned that his father had a classmate friendship with the county's prefect. On the recommendation of Taishou Tao, Liu Tai and Qiu You worshiped Master Xia as their teacher and stayed in the provincial capital to prepare for the exam.
However, the comfortable days of studying hard did not last long, and soon there was a severe drought in Han County, the relief food was burned, the disaster relief failed, and the victims were displaced. Han Jun became the world of the Kong family.
Liu Tai knew that the Chen family was backed by the Kong family, and because of this, even though he put down his self-esteem and begged Tao Taishou, Tao Taishou did not agree to help Du Rulin to seek grievances, because the Chen family had the Kong family as the backer, and now, the Kong family Even won the entire Han County.
Outside the city, starvation was everywhere, and the victims besieged the city. The two people in the city were like two ants. Qiu You and Liu Tai fell into panic and conflicts. Should they leave and be eaten alive by the starving victims, or stay and wait for the Kong family to think about it one day? Tap them to death? !
"You go to the capital! I'll write you a letter, and you go to a friend of mine, and stay there to prepare for the exam." Master Xia said to the two.
"But there are disaster victims outside the city. We are afraid that we will be robbed by disaster victims before we can go far." Qiu You frowned.
Xia Fuzi pondered: "You can go with the torture cart."
The torture vehicle was the one that escorted the Tao family.
Xia Fuzi said: "The prefect is kind to you, you should also take care of him all the way, with the escort guards, you can be safe and sound."
"I'm worried about my father..." Liu Tai lowered his head.
But at this time, no one can help him. What Master Xia can do is to find a way to send them to the capital to avoid the current disputes. Qiu You comforted him: "Master is a famous scholar in the town. There are countless people who have been taught by him in the world, and they will definitely protect him, but it is my family..."
After Liu Tai heard this, he quickly comforted Qiu You, "Auspicious people have their own nature, our family will be fine, and Ru Lin will be fine too."
Qiu You could only nod.The two simply packed their bags and waited to enter Beijing with the team escorting Tao Taishou.
But the capital city is not a good place either. Liu Tai and Qiu You didn't stay for long, and the battle for the position between the Fifth Prince and the Third Prince had already heated up. Yes, he didn't show his face and didn't do anything, quietly hid in Master Xia's friend's house to study, and went to see Tao Taishou once in prison, but he didn't have enough money to bribe the cell guards often, so he couldn't go often.
Some days later, until one night, there were shouts of beating and killing outside, Liu Tai and Qiu You listened tremblingly all night, but luckily no one broke into the house.
The next day, the two went out to have a look. The street was full of blood. There were street cleaners who carried corpses onto bullock carts. There were broken arms and legs. I don’t know how many disemboweled corpses, and some alive moaned in the corner. .
The street cleaner walked over and shouted, "What are you screaming for? The crying people are upset. It's good to be able to live, but it may not be possible. When the new emperor ascends the throne, you are all conspiracy, and you will implicate the nine clans!"
The injured people cried even harder. Those who belonged to the new emperor were taken away for care and treatment. Those who were thrown on the street belonged to the third prince. Now that the third prince has lost and Jiang Chuan was killed, they are also useless. Well, maybe the family members will be hurt, it's better to die cleanly.
Liu Tai felt uncomfortable when they cried.
"I heard that the third prince was confined in the mansion, and the general's body is also there. Why don't we go too, even if we die, it's good to die with the general."
"I'm not going...I want to go home...uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu up......" A seriously injured young man in military uniform cried bitterly in the corner.
"Let's go, why did you come out, go back quickly!" Mr. Xia's good friend is a small official, and he was notified to go to the Yamen to wait for orders early in the morning, but he was only reprimanded and admonished, and then he came back.
"Uncle, what's going on outside?" Qiu You asked.
"The new emperor decreed to kill the three princes, punish the nine clans of his mother, remove the genealogy, demote him as a commoner, and not enter the royal tomb. Jiang Chuan's body was hung at the gate of the city for three days as a deterrent. But it's okay, it's over, no need Think about it."
However, the matter did not end so easily. There were rumors in the capital that the new emperor won the throne incorrectly.Such a statement is something that students like Liu Tai Qiuyou, who are studying at home and preparing for the exam, have heard a little bit, so everyone knows it.
A new round of deterrence has begun. The blood on the streets has not yet dried, but the blood in the execution ground has already been spilled. Since everyone knows that the new emperor has been wronged, it is impossible to rule the country with mercy. Only massacres can stop the rumors. Liu Tai tried his best to keep his ears shut and read only the books of sages and sages, until the house where they stayed was broken into by guards.
"Where is Lu Yi? The day before yesterday in the bookstore, did you feel that His Majesty killed too much, which violated the peace of heaven?!"
"I……"
"Grab it!"
"Who are you? You are not on the list of the Lu family." The guard sized up Liu Tai and Qiuyou.
The two were fighting each other, Qiu You bit the bullet and said: "We are students staying here, and we are going to take the imperial examination."
"What's your relationship with Lu Yi?"
"Lu Yi is our master's classmate. We are not familiar with the place when we come to the capital, so we will stay here temporarily." Qiu You took a deep breath and said.
The guard checked the directions of Liu and Tai, and confirmed that they came from Han County and had nothing to do with the Lu family, so he said: "Pack up your things quickly, the Lu family is sealed."
"Uncle!" Liu Tai called out.
Lu Yi repeatedly shook his head and sighed, signaling them to leave quickly. If he speaks carelessly, he will get into trouble, so don't implicate the two children.
Liu Taiqiu You suppressed tears, simply packed up his things, and went out the gate, watching helplessly as Lu Yi was taken away by the guards, and the gate of Lu's house was sealed.
"What should we do? Uncle Tao was killed a long time ago, and Uncle Lu was also arrested, we..." Liu Tai lowered his head, tears streaming down his face.
After all, Qiu You is older, "Find a place to live first, and then we will go back to our hometown."
That's the only way...Liu Tai was silent, and there was nothing he could do.
These days, due to the fear of killings in the capital, many people returned home from the capital. Liu and Tai easily found a team that could go together. Walking on one leg, a group of people walked on the official road, and behind them, a group of people came from behind.
"Hey, the people in front get out of the way!" A soldier shouted.
Everyone dispersed quickly, Qiu You and Liu Tai also hurriedly stepped aside, Qi Cheng and Su Nuan were riding through the middle of the road, Liu Tai saw Su Nuan was slightly taken aback, turned to Qiu You and said: "That person seems to be The Su family..." Liu Tai shut his mouth quickly, secretly regretting that he was quick to speak, afraid of being overheard.
But Qi Cheng had already heard it, and pulled the rein of the horse to stop.Another son of the Su family, Su Dong, whose reputation was damaged because of Su Nuan, married far away and died tragically. The Su family hated them very much. This time Qi Cheng returned home with Su Nuan to see if he could ease Su Nuan The relationship with his biological parents, but he actually didn't have any hope in his heart, so after he heard Liu Tai suddenly mentioned the Su family, he held the rein with a little expectation.
"What's wrong?" Su Nuan also stopped.
"This person seems to know you." Qi Cheng pointed to Liu Tai's location.
Su Nuan looked at Liu Tai, but she didn't know him, but she still smiled and said, "Do you know me? Are we from the same town?"
Seeing that Su Nuan didn't change much when he was in the village, Liu Tai seemed to have the same personality, but he was dressed better, so he raised his head and said, "I'm from Shashan Town, I... have seen Su Nuan before. You're in town..." cursed.
Liu Tai didn't say anything, but Su Nuan already understood that he actually has quite a reputation...
Su Nuan laughed dryly, scratched her head, "I'm much better now." She stopped cursing people in the street, and let Qi Cheng hit people instead.
Qi Chengdao: "Since he is from the same town, I wonder if he can make peace with his father-in-law and mother-in-law?"
Su Nuan said helplessly: "My father and mother don't like hard and soft, let alone fellow countrymen, even if the patriarch goes, it may not give face. You think too well. But I remember that there is a famous teacher in our town. If he , my parents may still give three points of face, others are impossible."
"That's my father..." Liu Tai said faintly.
Qi Cheng and Su Nuan turned their eyes at the same time.
In the end, Liu Tai and Qiu You joined Qi Cheng's cavalry team and returned home together, but Liu Tai had to persuade his father and speak well for Su Nuan.Only now did Liu Tai know what happened to the Su family, and he seemed unable to help with this matter.Liu Tai thought for a long time, and then he found a break and said to Su Nuan, "I don't think my father may be willing to help you." After all, that is a life, and Su's parents raised him like a son. Such a barrier , How can outsiders intervene.
Su Nuan didn't make things difficult for him when she heard the words, she just smiled wryly, "I know it too, it's just... there is still a glimmer of hope."
"Then will you still take us all the way?" Liu Tai asked anxiously, but he couldn't do the thing of lying to Su Nuan first, and then evading it when he returned home.
"Take it! After all, you are from the same town! If you can't help me, I will take you back." Su Nuan said.
Liu Tai was very grateful, Su Nuan didn't say anything, she lowered her head, looking very lonely and sad.
The horse team was very fast, but within a few days, Liu Tai and others arrived at the town. Su Nuan was too timid to face Su's father and Su's mother. At home, let's see how the family is doing after a drought has passed.
"Father, I'm back! I didn't take the Juren examination, I only passed the examination as a scholar..." Liu Tai's mouth curled up, tears streaming down his face, he had been away from home for many years, and he didn't know what happened to his father.
Mrs. Liu has gray hair, looks old, and is almost skinny. He walked out slowly and saw Liu Tai who had grown a lot taller. Just as he was about to laugh, Liu Tai threw himself into his arms, "Father, I thought I'll never see you again, woo woo woo..."
Master Liu didn't say anything, but just patted Liu Tai's head.
"Father, you don't know. I met many people and things. I went to the capital with Uncle Tao. I also saw the battle between the two princes for the succession. Many people died. I have many things to say. , By the way, how is Rulin? I haven't seen him for many years, I want to talk to him." Seeing that his father is fine, but his hair has lost weight and grayed, Liu Tai feels relieved, at least his father is fine. That's it.
"Ru Lin..." Mr. Liu looked not in good spirits, and said slowly, "He went, during the drought, he didn't carry it through..."
Liu Tai froze, "How is it possible..."
"He is young, and there is no food or money at home. I asked him to come and live with me, but he refused stubbornly, saying that he couldn't hurt me, and that people from the same village would help him... I didn't expect..."
Liu Tai couldn't believe this fact, he even promised to let Ru Lin be his teacher, and thought about having a night talk with him by candlelight after he came back, he had a lot of things to say, but he was gone.
Half a month later, Liu Tai gradually took over Mr. Liu's private school. During the drought, Mr. Liu was starved and injured, and because of Tao Taishou and Du Rulin's incident, his mind was damaged, and he became more and more old and weak. Even the private school gradually became unable to take care of it. Fortunately, Liu Tai is back. Although he is only a scholar, he is more than enough to teach in the countryside.
Su Nuan finally returned without success, Su's parents refused to forgive him, even though he was their own son, Liu Tai and Qiu You sent them off, the group talked for a while, Su Nuan said: "You are Isn’t there another exam? In a few days, the Juren exam will start, but you want to go on the same journey with us? We passed the provincial capital, and we just happened to send you there.”
Liu Tai and Qiu You glanced at each other. Although they had never talked about this matter before, they shook their heads in a tacit understanding. Liu Tai said: "I will not take the exam. My father is not in good health. I want to stay at home. Teach for him and take care of him, besides, I don’t seem to like officialdom, so being a teacher is not bad.”
Qiu You smiled, "I want to stay too. My qualifications are not good. If I pass the exam, I don't know what year and month it will be. Forget it! It's not bad to be an accountant or something. Getting married, having children, and taking care of your family is also a good idea." Very good..." The main reason is that he can't afford to go to school. His family used to be considered a wealthy family, but after a drought, it's good to be able to survive. Naturally, the family's wealth is almost ruined, and he is indeed qualified. Generally speaking, the imperial examination costs too much money, if he continues to go up, it will be a bottomless pit.
So forget it.Without Du Rulin, Liu Tai looked like he wanted to inherit the family business again, and he didn't have much energy to do it alone. He could just be a bookkeeper in the town.
Su Nuan didn't force her, but smiled bitterly, "It's good, it's right not to leave, if you leave, you might regret it for the rest of your life."
Neither of Liu Tai spoke.
"Farewell." Su Nuan cupped her hands.
"Take care all the way." Liu Tai Qiuyou also cupped his hands.
Liu Tai pursed his lips tightly, a trace of pity for his friend flashed in his eyes.
"Ru Lin, I came to see you, what are you doing?" Liu Tai entered the Du family's house, and saw Du Rulin squatting in front of a farm tool with a troubled expression on his face, but seeing Liu Tai enter the door, he still cheered up .
Du Rulin casually wiped the mud from his hands on the dirty bunt, and there was a tear in his shirt, which was not mended. Du Rulin smiled, "Liu Tai, you are here." Du Rulin's eyes fell on Liu Tai, carrying the book basket on his back. scratched his head, "Don't bring me food, I'm fine."
"It's all right! Your family's silver is all lost, you have to eat and live! I didn't bring it to you all the time. When you recover, I won't bring it to you."
Liu Tai took the book basket to the kitchen familiarly, sorted the food inside and put it where it should be put, and then came out with an empty book basket in one hand, and said, "What are you doing?"
Du Rulin said embarrassedly: "I want to repair farm tools. After a while, brother Mancang told me to familiarize me with the work in the field. I have to get started slowly."
Liu Tai was a little sad, "Where did you do this before?"
"It's always done slowly." Du Rulin lowered his head, "It's good to be familiar with it, and you can get started soon." I don't know if I want to convince Liu Tai or myself.
Liu Tai looked more sad than Du Rulin, and raised his hand to wipe away his tears, "Be good, don't forget all the books you read, if you don't remember, go to a private school to study, father said, you won't be accepted , you can go whenever you want! Even if you go every now and then! Dad said, you should study more, and being a bookkeeper is also a way when you grow up, you know?!"
"I know... When I get all the work in the field at home, I will go there when I have time."
"But I don't want you to be an accountant, just wait! When I pass the exam in the future, you come and be my teacher!"
"Okay." Du Rulin smiled, "I will be your master from now on."
Liu Tai stayed with him for a while before leaving worriedly. He also had to go back to his private school to prepare for the exam. He was about to take the exam for children. When he returned to the town, Liu Tai was seeing some officials beat him with a big stick. On the back of a man, he spat out a mouthful of blood from the running man and fell to the ground. Liu Tai trembled in fright, and hurriedly hid along the scattered crowd to the side of the road.
"Qiu You, you are here!" Seeing his classmate not far away, Liu Tai hurriedly stepped forward to hold his hand, and said in horror, "It's too scary, the officials beat people in the street." Liu Tai covered his mouth He touched his chest and patted it lightly.
Qiu You didn't seem to be afraid. Instead, he asked with a smile, "You came back from Ru Lin's house? How is he?"
Liu Tai sighed, "It's still the same. By the way, do you have any clothes you don't wear? Next time you go, bring him some clothes! I saw that his clothes were all torn today, and no one mended them. Dirty and not washed."
Qiu You was silent for a while, then nodded.
In the middle of the road, several officials surrounded the man who vomited blood, cursing and saying: "I think you are still running away?! If you run away, the monk can't run away from the temple. How far can you run here? Grandpa!" We have been waiting for you for several days! We have caught you!"
"It's not me! I didn't kill people, I listened to Chen... woo..." The officer kicked the man's mouth, and successfully kicked back the words in his mouth, and a few front teeth popped out.
Liu Tai trembled, he didn't dare to look any more, he turned his head and pulled Qiu You and said, "Let's go!"
"Let's go? No, I have to see clearly. Next time I go to Du's house, I can tell Ru Lin how the person who killed his brother was caught." Qiu You looked coldly in the direction of the man vomiting blood.
Liu Tai stared wide-eyed, "He's the bastard who killed the elder brother of the Du family!"
Qiu You nodded.
"My son! My son!" A gray-haired old man came out tremblingly from a distance, was supported by a brother, and rushed this way crying, "Please don't beat him, this is a digging My heart!" Grandma cried and fell to her knees, clapping her hands together and begging for mercy.
"Luo Qing! Take my aunt back! Please take care of him. I, Su Junxia, will be a cow and a horse in my next life, and I will definitely repay your kindness!" Su Junxia slurred his speech, spat out a mouthful of blood, and shouted at the visitor.
Luo Qing seemed to be angry, walked towards him, kicked Su Junxia's ass fiercely, and stunned the official, Luo Qing cried and raised his hand to wipe his tears, "Your own dear, you No matter! Leave it to me! Yes, I will definitely take care of it! What sins did I do in my previous life, and I met you two bastards! One left me a posthumous son, and the other left Ah Mo to me..." Luo Qing seemed to collapse , squatting down and crying bitterly. "I told you that I won't let you fight... I told you long ago... Who of you listened to me... Woooooo..."
A look of pain flashed across Su Junxia's eyes, and he suddenly shouted recklessly: "It was the butler of the Chen family who asked me to do it! He is the murderer..."
Another kick, "Shut up! The Chen family is something you can cling to. You are not worthy of carrying shoes for the Chen family. You still want to slander the Chen family. Did you fight? Did you kill them? What does it have to do with the Chen family! Do you have evidence? You!"
Su Junxia seemed to be in despair, even though the blood flowed from his mouth, he still yelled angrily: "The Chen family killed someone! They buried a dead body secretly in Baigou! With my own eyes..."
Another beating.
"Don't hit, don't hit!" Luo Qing wanted to stop him, but he couldn't do anything, instead, he was pushed aside and could only cry bitterly.
Among the crowd, the housekeeper of the Chen family saw this scene, pondered for a while, and slipped away along the street. Su Junxia actually saw that they buried the corpses back then.
"Let's go!" Even Qiu You couldn't bear it now, and pulled Liu Tai to leave.
"He said the Chen family..." Liu Tai said blankly.
"Don't worry about it, we can't deal with the Chen family." Qiu You said in a low voice, "We'll wait until we pass the exam." It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.It's not that they don't know that the gangster was sent by the Chen family.
Liu Tai fell silent, and soon, when it was time to go to the provincial capital for the exam, several of Liu Tai's classmates went to Tao Taishou's mansion together, and it was the first time he learned that his father had a classmate friendship with the county's prefect. On the recommendation of Taishou Tao, Liu Tai and Qiu You worshiped Master Xia as their teacher and stayed in the provincial capital to prepare for the exam.
However, the comfortable days of studying hard did not last long, and soon there was a severe drought in Han County, the relief food was burned, the disaster relief failed, and the victims were displaced. Han Jun became the world of the Kong family.
Liu Tai knew that the Chen family was backed by the Kong family, and because of this, even though he put down his self-esteem and begged Tao Taishou, Tao Taishou did not agree to help Du Rulin to seek grievances, because the Chen family had the Kong family as the backer, and now, the Kong family Even won the entire Han County.
Outside the city, starvation was everywhere, and the victims besieged the city. The two people in the city were like two ants. Qiu You and Liu Tai fell into panic and conflicts. Should they leave and be eaten alive by the starving victims, or stay and wait for the Kong family to think about it one day? Tap them to death? !
"You go to the capital! I'll write you a letter, and you go to a friend of mine, and stay there to prepare for the exam." Master Xia said to the two.
"But there are disaster victims outside the city. We are afraid that we will be robbed by disaster victims before we can go far." Qiu You frowned.
Xia Fuzi pondered: "You can go with the torture cart."
The torture vehicle was the one that escorted the Tao family.
Xia Fuzi said: "The prefect is kind to you, you should also take care of him all the way, with the escort guards, you can be safe and sound."
"I'm worried about my father..." Liu Tai lowered his head.
But at this time, no one can help him. What Master Xia can do is to find a way to send them to the capital to avoid the current disputes. Qiu You comforted him: "Master is a famous scholar in the town. There are countless people who have been taught by him in the world, and they will definitely protect him, but it is my family..."
After Liu Tai heard this, he quickly comforted Qiu You, "Auspicious people have their own nature, our family will be fine, and Ru Lin will be fine too."
Qiu You could only nod.The two simply packed their bags and waited to enter Beijing with the team escorting Tao Taishou.
But the capital city is not a good place either. Liu Tai and Qiu You didn't stay for long, and the battle for the position between the Fifth Prince and the Third Prince had already heated up. Yes, he didn't show his face and didn't do anything, quietly hid in Master Xia's friend's house to study, and went to see Tao Taishou once in prison, but he didn't have enough money to bribe the cell guards often, so he couldn't go often.
Some days later, until one night, there were shouts of beating and killing outside, Liu Tai and Qiu You listened tremblingly all night, but luckily no one broke into the house.
The next day, the two went out to have a look. The street was full of blood. There were street cleaners who carried corpses onto bullock carts. There were broken arms and legs. I don’t know how many disemboweled corpses, and some alive moaned in the corner. .
The street cleaner walked over and shouted, "What are you screaming for? The crying people are upset. It's good to be able to live, but it may not be possible. When the new emperor ascends the throne, you are all conspiracy, and you will implicate the nine clans!"
The injured people cried even harder. Those who belonged to the new emperor were taken away for care and treatment. Those who were thrown on the street belonged to the third prince. Now that the third prince has lost and Jiang Chuan was killed, they are also useless. Well, maybe the family members will be hurt, it's better to die cleanly.
Liu Tai felt uncomfortable when they cried.
"I heard that the third prince was confined in the mansion, and the general's body is also there. Why don't we go too, even if we die, it's good to die with the general."
"I'm not going...I want to go home...uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu up......" A seriously injured young man in military uniform cried bitterly in the corner.
"Let's go, why did you come out, go back quickly!" Mr. Xia's good friend is a small official, and he was notified to go to the Yamen to wait for orders early in the morning, but he was only reprimanded and admonished, and then he came back.
"Uncle, what's going on outside?" Qiu You asked.
"The new emperor decreed to kill the three princes, punish the nine clans of his mother, remove the genealogy, demote him as a commoner, and not enter the royal tomb. Jiang Chuan's body was hung at the gate of the city for three days as a deterrent. But it's okay, it's over, no need Think about it."
However, the matter did not end so easily. There were rumors in the capital that the new emperor won the throne incorrectly.Such a statement is something that students like Liu Tai Qiuyou, who are studying at home and preparing for the exam, have heard a little bit, so everyone knows it.
A new round of deterrence has begun. The blood on the streets has not yet dried, but the blood in the execution ground has already been spilled. Since everyone knows that the new emperor has been wronged, it is impossible to rule the country with mercy. Only massacres can stop the rumors. Liu Tai tried his best to keep his ears shut and read only the books of sages and sages, until the house where they stayed was broken into by guards.
"Where is Lu Yi? The day before yesterday in the bookstore, did you feel that His Majesty killed too much, which violated the peace of heaven?!"
"I……"
"Grab it!"
"Who are you? You are not on the list of the Lu family." The guard sized up Liu Tai and Qiuyou.
The two were fighting each other, Qiu You bit the bullet and said: "We are students staying here, and we are going to take the imperial examination."
"What's your relationship with Lu Yi?"
"Lu Yi is our master's classmate. We are not familiar with the place when we come to the capital, so we will stay here temporarily." Qiu You took a deep breath and said.
The guard checked the directions of Liu and Tai, and confirmed that they came from Han County and had nothing to do with the Lu family, so he said: "Pack up your things quickly, the Lu family is sealed."
"Uncle!" Liu Tai called out.
Lu Yi repeatedly shook his head and sighed, signaling them to leave quickly. If he speaks carelessly, he will get into trouble, so don't implicate the two children.
Liu Taiqiu You suppressed tears, simply packed up his things, and went out the gate, watching helplessly as Lu Yi was taken away by the guards, and the gate of Lu's house was sealed.
"What should we do? Uncle Tao was killed a long time ago, and Uncle Lu was also arrested, we..." Liu Tai lowered his head, tears streaming down his face.
After all, Qiu You is older, "Find a place to live first, and then we will go back to our hometown."
That's the only way...Liu Tai was silent, and there was nothing he could do.
These days, due to the fear of killings in the capital, many people returned home from the capital. Liu and Tai easily found a team that could go together. Walking on one leg, a group of people walked on the official road, and behind them, a group of people came from behind.
"Hey, the people in front get out of the way!" A soldier shouted.
Everyone dispersed quickly, Qiu You and Liu Tai also hurriedly stepped aside, Qi Cheng and Su Nuan were riding through the middle of the road, Liu Tai saw Su Nuan was slightly taken aback, turned to Qiu You and said: "That person seems to be The Su family..." Liu Tai shut his mouth quickly, secretly regretting that he was quick to speak, afraid of being overheard.
But Qi Cheng had already heard it, and pulled the rein of the horse to stop.Another son of the Su family, Su Dong, whose reputation was damaged because of Su Nuan, married far away and died tragically. The Su family hated them very much. This time Qi Cheng returned home with Su Nuan to see if he could ease Su Nuan The relationship with his biological parents, but he actually didn't have any hope in his heart, so after he heard Liu Tai suddenly mentioned the Su family, he held the rein with a little expectation.
"What's wrong?" Su Nuan also stopped.
"This person seems to know you." Qi Cheng pointed to Liu Tai's location.
Su Nuan looked at Liu Tai, but she didn't know him, but she still smiled and said, "Do you know me? Are we from the same town?"
Seeing that Su Nuan didn't change much when he was in the village, Liu Tai seemed to have the same personality, but he was dressed better, so he raised his head and said, "I'm from Shashan Town, I... have seen Su Nuan before. You're in town..." cursed.
Liu Tai didn't say anything, but Su Nuan already understood that he actually has quite a reputation...
Su Nuan laughed dryly, scratched her head, "I'm much better now." She stopped cursing people in the street, and let Qi Cheng hit people instead.
Qi Chengdao: "Since he is from the same town, I wonder if he can make peace with his father-in-law and mother-in-law?"
Su Nuan said helplessly: "My father and mother don't like hard and soft, let alone fellow countrymen, even if the patriarch goes, it may not give face. You think too well. But I remember that there is a famous teacher in our town. If he , my parents may still give three points of face, others are impossible."
"That's my father..." Liu Tai said faintly.
Qi Cheng and Su Nuan turned their eyes at the same time.
In the end, Liu Tai and Qiu You joined Qi Cheng's cavalry team and returned home together, but Liu Tai had to persuade his father and speak well for Su Nuan.Only now did Liu Tai know what happened to the Su family, and he seemed unable to help with this matter.Liu Tai thought for a long time, and then he found a break and said to Su Nuan, "I don't think my father may be willing to help you." After all, that is a life, and Su's parents raised him like a son. Such a barrier , How can outsiders intervene.
Su Nuan didn't make things difficult for him when she heard the words, she just smiled wryly, "I know it too, it's just... there is still a glimmer of hope."
"Then will you still take us all the way?" Liu Tai asked anxiously, but he couldn't do the thing of lying to Su Nuan first, and then evading it when he returned home.
"Take it! After all, you are from the same town! If you can't help me, I will take you back." Su Nuan said.
Liu Tai was very grateful, Su Nuan didn't say anything, she lowered her head, looking very lonely and sad.
The horse team was very fast, but within a few days, Liu Tai and others arrived at the town. Su Nuan was too timid to face Su's father and Su's mother. At home, let's see how the family is doing after a drought has passed.
"Father, I'm back! I didn't take the Juren examination, I only passed the examination as a scholar..." Liu Tai's mouth curled up, tears streaming down his face, he had been away from home for many years, and he didn't know what happened to his father.
Mrs. Liu has gray hair, looks old, and is almost skinny. He walked out slowly and saw Liu Tai who had grown a lot taller. Just as he was about to laugh, Liu Tai threw himself into his arms, "Father, I thought I'll never see you again, woo woo woo..."
Master Liu didn't say anything, but just patted Liu Tai's head.
"Father, you don't know. I met many people and things. I went to the capital with Uncle Tao. I also saw the battle between the two princes for the succession. Many people died. I have many things to say. , By the way, how is Rulin? I haven't seen him for many years, I want to talk to him." Seeing that his father is fine, but his hair has lost weight and grayed, Liu Tai feels relieved, at least his father is fine. That's it.
"Ru Lin..." Mr. Liu looked not in good spirits, and said slowly, "He went, during the drought, he didn't carry it through..."
Liu Tai froze, "How is it possible..."
"He is young, and there is no food or money at home. I asked him to come and live with me, but he refused stubbornly, saying that he couldn't hurt me, and that people from the same village would help him... I didn't expect..."
Liu Tai couldn't believe this fact, he even promised to let Ru Lin be his teacher, and thought about having a night talk with him by candlelight after he came back, he had a lot of things to say, but he was gone.
Half a month later, Liu Tai gradually took over Mr. Liu's private school. During the drought, Mr. Liu was starved and injured, and because of Tao Taishou and Du Rulin's incident, his mind was damaged, and he became more and more old and weak. Even the private school gradually became unable to take care of it. Fortunately, Liu Tai is back. Although he is only a scholar, he is more than enough to teach in the countryside.
Su Nuan finally returned without success, Su's parents refused to forgive him, even though he was their own son, Liu Tai and Qiu You sent them off, the group talked for a while, Su Nuan said: "You are Isn’t there another exam? In a few days, the Juren exam will start, but you want to go on the same journey with us? We passed the provincial capital, and we just happened to send you there.”
Liu Tai and Qiu You glanced at each other. Although they had never talked about this matter before, they shook their heads in a tacit understanding. Liu Tai said: "I will not take the exam. My father is not in good health. I want to stay at home. Teach for him and take care of him, besides, I don’t seem to like officialdom, so being a teacher is not bad.”
Qiu You smiled, "I want to stay too. My qualifications are not good. If I pass the exam, I don't know what year and month it will be. Forget it! It's not bad to be an accountant or something. Getting married, having children, and taking care of your family is also a good idea." Very good..." The main reason is that he can't afford to go to school. His family used to be considered a wealthy family, but after a drought, it's good to be able to survive. Naturally, the family's wealth is almost ruined, and he is indeed qualified. Generally speaking, the imperial examination costs too much money, if he continues to go up, it will be a bottomless pit.
So forget it.Without Du Rulin, Liu Tai looked like he wanted to inherit the family business again, and he didn't have much energy to do it alone. He could just be a bookkeeper in the town.
Su Nuan didn't force her, but smiled bitterly, "It's good, it's right not to leave, if you leave, you might regret it for the rest of your life."
Neither of Liu Tai spoke.
"Farewell." Su Nuan cupped her hands.
"Take care all the way." Liu Tai Qiuyou also cupped his hands.
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