The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

Shen Jia turned his head on purpose, and Feng Qiugui threw the draft under the table in fright. Seeing that Shen Jia just changed his posture and did not wake up, he was relieved, then bent down and got under the table to remove the scattered papers. Zhang Zhang picked it up.

When he felt that he was done reading, he folded the papers one by one, stuffed them into Shen Jia's chest, and then pushed him, "Brother Shen, wake up, it's time to go home."

He went to the door and called Shen Jia's entourage to come in. He Yan and Pan Mo carried Shen Jia into the carriage together, and then said goodbye to Feng Qiugui. He Yan got into the carriage and saw Shen Jia sitting soberly. A stack of papers torn to shreds.

"It's done?" He Yan asked happily, he knew what Shen Jia was going to do tonight, seeing him like this, he guessed that it should be a success.

"Well, he's more selfish than I thought, and I thought I'd have to seduce him a few more times."

"Then what to do next?"

"You don't need to do anything, just wait for him to submit the results, and don't talk about it. I will tell him in a few days that my draft was accidentally destroyed, so as not to disturb his conscience."

He Yan murmured in a low voice: "He has already done the work of stealing, and still has a bad conscience?"

Shen Jia didn't know if the other party would have a disturbed conscience, anyway, he felt very happy when he had something on his mind, and after returning home, he drank a few glasses of wine with Shen's father. The father and son hadn't sat and talked so quietly for a long time.

"Your mother and the others plan to go to Xiangguo Temple to offer incense tomorrow. See who the mansion arranges to follow. Doesn't it mean that the assassin hasn't been caught yet? Arrange more guards to make sure."

Shen Jia told him: "Although the assassin was not caught, he found a few unclaimed corpses, all of which committed suicide by taking poison. Presumably they were assassins who were on the run, but the government didn't announce it to the public."

Father Shen felt relieved after hearing this, "That's good, those people have seen you, I'm afraid they will drag you into trouble if they fail to assassinate the emperor, people like us don't have such strong guards."

Shen's father obviously didn't know much about the guards at home, he thought they were ordinary guards hired by Shen Jia who knew how to fight, but in fact, the ten guards in Shen's house were comparable to an army of a hundred people, even if assassins attacked Not necessarily successful.

"Then I'll ask for a leave of absence to escort them to Xiangguo Temple tomorrow. Dad will also go together. Our family hasn't gone out together for a long time."

Father Shen was moved, and hesitantly asked: "Isn't there a lot of things in your yamen? Can you ask for leave?"

"There's nothing serious about it these days. There are Yuanwailang who are taking care of it. It doesn't matter if I'm here or not."

Father Shen thought of the three officials who were guests at home last time. They said they were Shen Jia’s subordinates. One of them was about the same age as him, and the gifts they gave were all good things. At first, he and Mother Shen thought that the things in the warehouse were Shen Jia came here for taking bribes, but after staying for a while, she discovered that those were courtesy gifts from others, and Shen Jia would return the gifts, so it was not really a bribe.

These are nothing, the most valuable things are rewarded by the emperor, Shen Jia, as the emperor's favorite minister, rewarded batch after batch, which really makes people jealous.

Just like this time when the emperor was assassinated, afterward he said that Shen Jia had meritorious escort and sent another load of tributes, but Mother Shen felt that Shen Jia had escaped this time and was close to death, so she felt that it was necessary to go to the temple to offer incense , so there is a trip to Xiangguo Temple.

Early in the morning, the housekeeper arranged the carriage, and Liu Yanwan walked out holding Shen's mother's arm. The servants all lowered their heads when they saw her. Even if they saw her often, they still felt that Madam's beauty was shocking.

Faced with such beauty, Shen Jia remained unmoved, standing at the door talking with Shen's father, saw them come out and walked over to help Shen's mother into the car, and smiled at Liu Yan as a greeting.

Although the two lived under the same roof, they rarely saw each other. Sometimes they just met in a hurry in the dining room, and they basically didn't talk much.

Seeing the appearance of the two strangers meeting each other, Shen's father secretly sighed. He really didn't understand what Shen Jia was thinking. He married a wife who didn't like her and wouldn't touch her. If he said he hated his daughter-in-law and didn't, he clearly saw The two people who looked quite normal insisted on living their lives as if they respected each other as guests.

"Departure..." As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the scenery outside the city looked a little depressed. Passing by the fields, you could see farmers busy harvesting, ox carts waiting by the roadside, waiting to transport the grain home.

"This Chang'an is really different. The farmers here are richer than ours. Every household has cattle and the latest farm tools. No one dares to occupy their land or exploit their labor fruits. It's much better than the ones in other places." Mother Shen looked out the window and said a few words to her daughter-in-law from time to time.

The two get along like a mother and daughter, Liu Yanwan said with a smile: "When I was young, I was curious about how rice noodles grow, and I secretly ran to live in the Zhuangzi at home for a month. My family almost lost me when they couldn't find me. I reported to the government to look for someone, and it was the manager of Zhuangzi who said something when he returned to the mansion, and my family took me back. At that time, I thought, if I can live in Zhuangzi forever, the girls there can Going out unscrupulously, you can go up the mountain to pick fruits, go down the river to touch fish and shrimp, and live a much more free life than me."

Shen's mother looked at her with a smile, and heard her continue: "Later, when I grew up, I gradually understood the importance of power and wealth, and I also knew that I was different from those girls from peasant families. Qun, in the future, you can marry a man of the right family and spend your entire life with endless wealth. These are things that farmers can’t hope for, but I still think their lives are stable, and those things outside of them are nothing but things. Exuding the smell of copper, the two girls from the Shoufu’s family that I hated the most at that time thought they were very utilitarian in their understanding of people and things. I didn’t expect that when my Liu family was defeated, those things that I hated the most in the past became horrible. Things that are unattainable, even the life of ordinary farmers is a luxury."

This is the first time Liu Yanwan talked about Liu's family in front of Shen's mother. She married into Shen's family as a marriage bestowed by imperial decree. Even though she has the status of county head now, the rich and powerful families know how she came to be. A woman who has experienced ups and downs and stayed in the palace, people like them disdain to marry into the door.

Shen's mother held her hand and said: "Those are all in the past, let's just look at the future and live a better life in the future."

"I understand that brides generally don't go out to socialize in the first month of marriage, but soon, it's time for me to go out to socialize as Mrs. Shen. Mother can tell the master, if there is any house that needs to move more, tell me Me, even though he and I can't be a serious couple, we still have to do these scenes, and don't underestimate the power of the inner house, many news are spread by women."

"I understand, it's just hard work for you."

Liu Yanwan covered her mouth and laughed, "It's not hard work. It's just playing cards, drinking tea with the female family members, and going shopping. This kind of life is what I am most yearning for now. Mom, you can also find some contacts The old lady who is near is walking around, even talking together is good."

"I just don't like to move. Now that my children are by my side, if I'm really bored, I will ask my grandchildren to come back to have fun. You are still young, so you can really go out and walk around more."

When we arrived at Xiangguo Temple, there was already a young novice at the door to greet him. Someone from Shen’s residence had been sent to inform us that we had to make an appointment to offer incense at Xiangguo Temple. vegetable.

"Tanyue, please come with the poor monk. Two rooms in the backyard have been vacated for you. Should the lords and wives rest first or burn incense first?"

Shen Jia was just accompanying the guests, so it didn't matter where she went first, Shen's mother took the carriage all the way, and then walked up herself, a little tired, so she went to the wing to rest first.

Shen Jia and the others followed the little novice to the backyard, the two rooms were not together, Shen Jia and Shen's father were on the outside, and the women's family was in the inner courtyard. Shen Jia went in and looked around before coming out. Seeing the red maple leaves on the back mountain, she went Take people to the back mountain.

To go to the back mountain, you have to pass the Wishing Pool and the Free Life Pool. Many female relatives are laughing and playing by the pool. Shen Jia is afraid that he will bump into the delicate guest, so he asks the little novice to take him around and walk through the woods to the back mountain.

The little novice sent him to the outside of the grove, folded his hands together, and said: "The poor monk was sent here. Tanyue walked straight through the woods to reach the back mountain, but the back mountain has deep forests and many paths. Tanyue remembers to walk the stone The paved road can reach the Guanfeng Pavilion halfway up the mountain, where the scenery is the best."

"Thank you, I have a box of pastries here for you as snacks." Shen Jia asked He Yan to give him a box of pastries bought on the road just now. The little monk looked less than ten years old and didn't know. How did he become a young monk in the monastery?

The little novice took a step back, shook his head and said, "No, there is a rule in our temple that we cannot accept things from guests privately. Thank you for your kindness." After he finished speaking, he turned around and ran away. Put the pastry away.

He Yan took a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, and commented: "The pastries of Wuyunzhai are delicious. You can buy some when you go back. You can give the emperor a taste at night."

Shen Jia thought it was okay to have this, and let him remember it. Although the pastries in the palace taste amazing, it's good to have a change of taste once in a while.

The grove is not big, and the leaves are colorful in this season, and the branches look bare, and there is nothing to see.

You can see the way up the mountain through the woods. The trees on the mountain are still very lush, especially the maple forest halfway up the mountain, which makes people attracted by the fiery red color at a glance.

"Let's go, try to go down the mountain before lunch." Shen Jia took the lead to climb up. On the way, he met many students who went up the mountain to see the scenery. Some of them were sitting on the rocks beside the cliff, and some were sitting on the grass under the shade of trees. On the street, there are groups of three or four, drinking wine, reciting poems and composing couplets, looking leisurely and full of pride.

Seeing Shen Jia coming up, they all looked over curiously, Shen Jia's appearance was so amazing, even if they were of the same sex, they couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"Hey, it seems to be the famous Shen Zhuangyuan." A student exclaimed, and then ran forward a few steps, as if wanting to come to pay a visit.

"Shen Zhuangyuan? Shen Jia? Mr. Shen, a household doctor?" The people in the company also stood up and shouted at Shen Jia: "But Mr. Shen?"

Shen Jia stopped in her tracks and bowed her hands towards them, "I'm here, everyone, please be polite."

Shen Jia's official position in the court is not high, but he has a lot of influence in the hearts of young students. He is young and talented, and he is highly valued by the emperor. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that his official career is magnanimous. If you can get to know him, it will be great for your future. Very helpful.

"Master Shen, if you are not in a hurry, why don't you sit down and have a drink together. This wine is the chrysanthemum brewed by Brother Haoxian himself, which is most suitable for the occasion."

Shen Jia thought about it, and felt that it was interesting to have a large number of people, so she agreed, and he walked over, and someone immediately gave up the main seat to him, and thoughtfully arranged wine glasses and tableware for him.

The young man who invited Shen Jia just now is called Bai Yan. He is handsome, with long hair hanging behind his head. He is wearing the most common moon-white cloth shirt without a belt. He has the elegance of a romantic person in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. .

"Why didn't your lord go to court today?"

Shen Jia replied: "Today I accompanied my mother and wife to Xiangguo Temple to offer incense, and I deliberately asked for leave."

"Master Shen's filial piety is commendable." The students praised him one after another, although they felt that Shen Jia's focus must not be on his mother, but on his lovely wife.

Outsiders don't know the true relationship between their husband and wife, they only want to marry such a beautiful and beautiful family member, Mr. Shen must like it, and the newlyweds are naturally reluctant to part.

Shen Jia just smiled and asked, "Are you all writing poetry just now?"

"Yes, we took autumn as the theme and wrote any poem. It's all inferior works, and we dare not make a fool of yourself in front of Mr. Shen."

Shen Jiaqiong's performance of a poem by Lin Yan made many students feel excited after they were admitted to the imperial examination. They wished they could also be the number one scholar in high school, ride horses and parade through the streets, and see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.

Shen Jia herself knew her level, so she said modestly, "I dare not take it seriously. In fact, my level of poetry writing is very average. Why don't you take a look at your excellent works first."

Bai Yan handed the finished poems to Shen Jia, anxiously waiting for his comments, but after reading it, Shen Jia only said one word: "Good", and there was no extra comment, everyone thought it was their own. Master Shen's poems can't catch his eyes, that's why the other party is so perfunctory.

But in fact, Shen Jia felt that the poems they wrote were all very good, with beautiful artistic conception, neat antithesis, and impeccable wording. Anyway, they were better than him.

Everyone was afraid of losing face in front of Shen Jia, so they stopped writing poems. They talked about learning while drinking, and occasionally talked about important national affairs. Shen Jia always thought that scholars were the most difficult group of people to deal with. They worried about the country and the people. , I wish I could pretend to be the whole world, my eyes are high and my hands are low, and I always like to comment on the government, saying that this is not good and that is not good, as if I am the best in the world.

Fortunately, considering Shen Jia's presence, they didn't say too much, they asked Shen Jia for proof of the emperor's assassination, and then they talked about this year's autumn.

Next year will be Chun Wei again, so this year's Qiu Wei is also very critical. There is a ready-made official here, of course they will not let it go, and asked a lot about Qiu Wei.

Shen Jia is now an official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the imperial examination has little to do with him, so he can only give some suggestions of his own, especially how to spend the few days in the Tribute Court, he is really experienced.

Everyone heard him talk about how to make vegetables into dried vegetables, add seasoning packets to turn them into a bowl of hot vegetable soup, and listen to him talk about how to make the simplest instant noodles, just add boiling water and put seasoning packets and dried meat Dried vegetables are a hearty bowl of noodles, everyone is dumbfounded.

"Actually, everyone takes the exam because they think they have hope, but why are many people's grades not satisfactory? A large part of the reason is that the exam room is not performing well, and a large part of the reason for the abnormality is that the environment is not suitable, eating and drinking Sadu is very aggrieved, and naturally he can't concentrate on the exam. Let me give you another suggestion. You can do a few exam simulations in advance, which are exactly the same simulations. Find a closed courtyard to separate the same size partitions. In the meantime, live in it for a few days, come up with a few sets of simulation questions and do it, it will be helpful for you to perform on the spot."

Everyone suddenly realized that this is still possible. This method is very useful once you hear it. After simulating it once, you can know where your bottom line is, and you can make up for any deficiencies. It is much more useful than facing thick books.

Everyone thanked Shen Jia one after another, "Listening to what you have to say is better than reading ten years of books. Mr. Shen's suggestions are very important to us."

Shen Jia also hopes that everyone with knowledge can perform normally, so that the imperial court can recruit more talents, otherwise ten years of hard study will ruin the performance on the spot, which is really aggrieved.

Seeing that it was almost time, he got up to say goodbye, "My parents are still waiting in the temple for lunch, so I will take my leave first."

"Goodbye, Mr. Shen." Everyone sent him down the mountain in person, and then they stopped gathering, and went home to prepare for the mock exam and make simple and durable food.

When Shen Jia returned to Xiangguo Temple, when passing by the grove, he saw two men in gray and short brown carrying firewood walking towards Xiangguo Temple, and he gave way to them.

When the two passed by Shen Jia's side, they looked up at him with awe in their eyes, and then hurried away.

"These two are very stable, and they seem to have skill." Pan Mo said suddenly.

Shen Jia said with a smile: "Maybe it's because of their great strength. They walk around carrying burdens all day long, so they must be stable."

Pan Mo thought it was reasonable, so he didn't take the two of them seriously.

When he arrived at the temple, Mother Shen's personal servant girl was looking for him, and she was relieved to see Shen Jia appearing: "Master, the old madam and the others are waiting for you to come back for dinner, come quickly with the servant girl."

"Just let them eat first. How can there be so many rules in the family?" Shen Jia walked back quickly. The place to eat was set in a reception room in the inner courtyard, and an Eight Immortals table was set up. Now, just wait for him to come back for dinner.

Father Shen taught with a straight face: "You should also pay attention to the time when you go out, how can you make everyone wait for you?"

Shen Jia hurriedly apologized and explained, "I met a few young students and chatted a little longer."

Shen's mother took a look at her husband and pleaded for Shen Jia, "It would be great if he could spare time to accompany us to offer incense. Don't treat him like a child. He is a high-ranking official. Let the subordinates see how good he is." face."

Shen Jia filled the meals for the elders, and said filially: "No matter how old I am or how high an official I am, am I still the son of your elders? What my father taught me is that I will pay attention next time."

Liu Yanwan looked at the family of three with a smile. The atmosphere in Shen's family is so good. The family is very affectionate, unlike Liu's family. Although she found her family back, she still couldn't talk so relaxedly. The elders and children were orderly. There is a difference between superiority and inferiority. She used to dare not speak to her parents like this at home.

"Don't be poor, eat quickly. Yan Wan said that the tofu in Xiangguo Temple is the best. Today, half of the dishes on the table are made of tofu. Try what it tastes like." Mother Shen scooped a spoonful for her son and daughter-in-law. Shen Jia accepted the dishes calmly, Liu Yanwan was a little flattered, seeing her elders serve the younger ones, it might break her spine.

"Let's eat, our family doesn't have so many rules." Shen Jia explained.

Liu Yanwan was a little moved, she ate a few mouthfuls of food, and after the meal she went to find Shen Jia in private, and the two of them stood under the empty tree, not afraid that someone would overhear their conversation.

"What's the matter?" Shen Jia asked.

Liu Yanwan faltered, a little hard to speak, Shen Jia thought she had encountered some difficulties, encouraged her and said, "Don't be afraid, as long as it doesn't involve issues of principle, I can help."

"No, I think... can we become brothers and sisters of the opposite sex? In this way, I can be more comfortable in Shen's house, and eat at the same table like today. Although we know that the situation is forcing us, but What if the emperor misunderstands? If we become brother and sister, it will be more convenient to live together."

"Eating at the same table is nothing to be misunderstood. The emperor is not such a stingy person, but you are right. If we become brothers and sisters of the opposite sex, you can treat yourself as your own home when you live in the Shen residence, and it will be better for the emperor. .,"

Liu Yanwan didn't expect him to be so eloquent, she thought it would take a while, but Shen Jia was more reasonable than she imagined.

"I'll make some preparations when I go back tonight, and I can invite my mother to be a witness tomorrow."

Shen Jia nodded, "From now on, mother will trouble you more. I'm not at home for a short time, and I can't take care of things in the house. If you have any difficulties, just mention them to me."

"It's natural!" The two reached a consensus, and the look in each other's eyes was not as awkward as before.

At this moment, there was a sudden scream from the backyard, Shen Jia and Shen Jia stared at the same time and looked over there.

Shen Jia asked He Yan to send Liu Yanwan back first, and he was going to check the situation.

"My lord, just let the subordinates go down. You and your wife will go back together." Pan Mo said.

Five guards came on their trip, Pan Mo took one with him, and the other three stayed to protect the masters.

Shen Jia didn't insist, but just told him: "If there is a case, let someone notify the government."

When he returned to the courtyard, many people had gone out to inquire about the news. The sound just now scared many people.

"That was a woman's voice just now, right? This Xiangguo Temple is a sacred place for Buddhism. Could it be that someone is committing murder in the temple?"

"It's not necessarily a murder, maybe it's a conflict between women. We'll know when we come back."

It seemed that Shen Jia was not the only one who sent someone to check the news. Shen Jia went back to the house and told Father Shen that the latter was not interested in these things and was lying on the bed and was going to take a nap.

Shen Jia sat down and waited for the news, her eyelids were about to fall off as she sat, and even sleepy people couldn't sit still.

There were two beds in this room, Shen Jia got up, staggered to the side of the bed, and before lying down, she closed her eyes and was unconscious.

Outside the back wall of the wing, a man pulled back the bamboo pipe and nodded to the other.

The two took off their coats, and walked around to the front door together.

At this moment, many people's followers came back after inquiring about the news, and no one knew anyone, so the two entered the courtyard smoothly.

In Shen Jia's wing room, there was a guard and a servant of Mrs. Shen standing there. The two guarded the door, one on the left and the other on the right. It was impossible to go in quietly.

The two looked at each other, and one of them suddenly ran towards the room in the middle, and now shouted under the steps: "Master, it's not good, there's water outside..."

When everyone heard of the water, they ran out of the house in fright. They are usually very gentle.He was so impatient right now, he was afraid that if he was too late, he would be buried in the flames.

"What's going on? Where is the water? In broad daylight, the monks in Xiangguo Temple don't care?"

The man pointed to the outside and said, "It's just outside. I don't know who knows what's wrong. There's a lot of firewood piled up in the base of the back wall. It's dry, and it accidentally caught fire."

Soon a boy dressed as a servant ran in and said, "It's really on fire, the fire is coming this way, young master, run!"

With the word "run away", everyone couldn't sit still, no matter whether the fire could reach them or not, they ran out one after another, some didn't even put on their clothes, some didn't bring anything, they rushed out .