Kaifeng Mansion's Little Boss

Princess Xie of Dongping County was very pleasantly surprised when she learned of Su Yuan's identity. She happily called people to her and held Su Yuan's hand in a rare way.

"It's amazing, the first female judicial officer in this dynasty joined the army, it gave us women a face!"

"The princess of the county is absurdly praised, I dare not be her." Su Yuan said politely.

"I heard that you helped me take care of Xiaoba?" Mrs. Xie didn't see her baby starling for more than a month. She thought it would starve and lose weight, but she saw Mrs. Luo bring back a fat black ball.

Su Yuan agreed, and said to Xie: "It likes to eat eel meat and egg yolk paste very much."

"Don't look back, Xiaoba will starve to death at home!" Mrs. Xie hurriedly asked Su Yuan what he did, and asked Mrs. Luo to write it down.

At this time, the gate of the temple was wide open, Xiangli said to Xie, "Let's go in quickly."

Mrs. Xie promised to bring Su Yuan with her.

Xiangli hurriedly found an excuse to stop him, "The three young juniors specially made an appointment to offer incense together, so we two old ones shouldn't join in the fun."

Mrs. Xie thought about it, so she entered the temple first with Mrs. Xiangli.But as soon as the two of them stepped into the temple gate, voices of dissent came from behind.

"These two noble ladies are clearly latecomers, why are they the first to enter the temple? This early in the morning, who is not in a hurry to burn the first incense? They say that there is no distinction between high and low before the Buddhist gate, but they are flattering the nobles It’s a vulgar thing. If you go to worship Buddha, you’ll be worshiping this kind of Buddhism, so you don’t have to go!”

The speaker was a tall woman who was fifth in line.She angrily threw away the candles and other things in the basket, turned around and left.

Such a temperamental girl, dare to speak out to offend the nobility, really bold!

None of the common people dared to agree with this girl, how could the nobles offend her.Besides, there is a law that ordinary people should bow and retreat when they see nobles.Although all living beings are equal before Buddhism, there is no real equality.I don't know who brought up this girl, but she doesn't even understand this bit of common sense.

Now that she has offended the nobles, I don't know what will happen to her, I really feel sorry for her.

The monks who were ridiculed by the tall girl looked a little embarrassed, but they couldn't say anything.

Xiangli's family was furious, and wanted to order his followers to take the girl and send her to the government, but was stopped by Xie's family.

"I think what this girl said makes some sense. Since we come to worship Buddha sincerely, we should line up to offer incense in order like all the common people." Mrs. Xie went to line up first.

The purpose of Xiangli's coming early today was to burn the first incense stick, so that what he asked for would come true sooner.What's the use of making such a fuss early in the morning if you can't get the first stick of incense?However, the princess of Dongping County spoke like this, so many people and monks watched, as the prime minister's wife, how can she not be generous and say she disagrees?

"Old sister is very right, and I was about to say it too." Xiangli hurriedly supported Xie, and went to line up with her.

But Xiang Li still missed the first stick of incense, so she thought of Jiahe county lord Zhao Qingrong and Su Yuan who happened to line up first.The juniors should always respect the elders, the Jiahe county magistrate would not just watch Dongping county princess queuing up behind him so coldly.

Sure enough, Zhao Qingrong came and asked Princess Dongping County to change places with her.So there were Princess Dongping, Xiangli Shi and Su Yuan at the front, and Sun He and Zhao Qingrong lined up at the back.

Logically speaking, Zhao Qingrong has a noble status, so she should stay in the front among the three.But according to the status in his heart, Zhao Qingrong worshiped Sun He, Sun He worshiped Su Yuan, Su Yuan was the first, and she was the last.

But on the surface, Zhao Qingrong still found a reason to explain to Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Xiangli that she stayed with Su Yuan because Su Yuan wanted to pray for her engagement. This is a lifelong event and cannot be delayed.

Xiangli had already decided to ignore Su Yuan, but when she heard the word 'engagement', the most sensitive string in her head was plucked fiercely.

She was like a rabbit whose tail had been stepped on, and she immediately shot Su Yuan unkindly.

Su Yuan and Xiang Li came in hand in hand, with a regular and calm pace.

People who don't know her background at first glance at her, thought she was some kind of noble girl.Xiangli couldn't help scoffing coldly in his heart.

After the three of them burned incense and worshiped Buddha in the Daxiong Hall, Xie Dao Su Yuan had a request for a lifelong event, so he asked Su Yuan to ask for a lottery first.Xiangli took a breath slowly and held her temper. She wanted to see what the result of Su Yuan's request for a lottery was.

Su Yuan shook it casually, and got the lottery.

Su Yuan was not surprised, he got up calmly and gave up his seat.

Mrs. Xie was very happy, and congratulated Su Yuan on the good marriage, "When you get married, remember to invite the old man to go."

Then the princess of Dongping County also asked for a lottery, and the Xiangli family asked for a lottery.Originally, this signing was not bad, but as usual, Xiangli would definitely be happy.But when compared with the previous two, especially with Su Yuan, Xiangli couldn't be happier.This is really unreasonable, it's fine if she rejects the marriage, why can't she even compare to that girl in asking for a lottery?The gas in Xiangli's stomach was accumulating more and more.

Not long after, Zhao Qingrong and Sun He also prayed to Buddha and finished their petitions.Both of them were very happy, because they both got the lottery.

"The asking for lottery in this temple is really interesting. Unlike in the Taoist temple, I always ask for inferior lottery. I have never asked for upper lottery." Sun He sighed happily, and asked where the monk who unwrapped the lottery was.

"There is no lottery. Originally, there was no lottery request in this temple. Later, Master Xinxin saw that there were always Buddhist worshipers asking for lottery, so he set up a lottery container. Good lottery will be better, and bad lottery will be as long as you do more good deeds, and your luck will also change slowly. Eliminate it. Although fate is determined by heaven, it depends on human effort. As long as you have kind thoughts in your heart and do more good deeds, there will be no bad lottery in this temple." Xie explained with a smile.

"Master Jie Xin is really extraordinary, he imparts good thoughts and teaches Buddhism without any form." Zhao Qingrong praised.

"So that's how it is." Sun He followed up with a compliment, and then asked curiously, "Could it be that the lottery is full of good ones and there are no bad ones at all?"

"Yes, I asked for a lottery before, everyone is lucky today." Mrs. Xie said with a smile.

Su Yuan pursed the corners of her mouth, smiled lightly and said nothing.

When she was asking for a lottery just now, she glanced at the lottery in the lottery container, but she didn't see any lottery.Su Yuan immediately understood that Bai Yutang's so-called statement that there were no bad lottery in the temple was different from Xie's explanation just now.He was afraid that he had replaced all the bad lots in this lot in advance, leaving all the good ones, no matter how she shakes it, the worst thing that comes out is probably the top lottery.

Master Wary set up the lottery cones without sticking to the formality, but Bai Yutang asked her to ask for the lottery is completely perfunctory.

It's really strange that these two people can become Wangnian friends.

However, Su Yuan liked Bai Yutang's manipulation.She silently put the top sign in her hand into her sleeve as a souvenir.

"Why do you see that you are not in a good mood?" Xie Shi noticed that Xiang Lishi's expression was not right.

Xiangli shook her head with a smirk, she took a special look at Su Yuan, and said to Xie, "I've been worrying about my Yi'er's marriage for the past few days, so I'm a bit tired."

"Hey, this is a happy event! Why do you worry about your fourth son's marriage? He is such a good man that no family can ask for it. How many people are staring at him. As long as you release the news, it's not up to you to choose! Could it be that you pick flowers? Is it because you are so tired that you are so tired?" Xie asked with a smile.

Xiangli smiled wryly, "Who dares to be picky, so I chose one. Not only did he come from a low family background, but also his parents died. It's rare that he is smarter and smarter. We sincerely asked Mr. Xiang to come to ask questions, but he just didn't like this one." relative."

"Is there such a thing?" Mrs. Xie was surprised, and said for her injustice, "Which family's girl is so rampant? Can't even look down on the marriage of the Prime Minister's family?"

"This marriage has not been made, so how can we just say the girl's name?" Xiangli said modestly that he did not have a good reputation for the girl.

"Oh, you are still kind-hearted, but that girl is not blessed!" Mrs. Xie praised Xiang Li's magnanimity, and she deserved to be the prime minister's wife.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of refusing to marry the prime minister's mansion. Telling it out will make the girl famous, and maybe there will be good stories about 'being steadfast and unyielding, defying the powerful'. I don't think Madam should be taboo, why not directly Tell the princess the girl's name?"

From the first time Su Yuan saw Xianglishi, he felt Xianglishi's unkindness.I ignored her at first, because I thought it was nothing serious and I didn't need to worry about it.In the end, this guy couldn't make it through, he took the unknowing Xie together, and planned to criticize and scold her in front of her.

Who is she? If you want to anger her face to face, there is no way.

Xiangli didn't expect Su Yuan to have the guts to refute him face to face, and his face changed suddenly, "You—"

Mrs. Xie was stunned for a moment, and vaguely felt that there seemed to be something wrong between Mrs. Su Yuan and Mrs. Xiangli, but she was afraid that it was her own illusion.

She smiled and reconciled with it: "Su Fayi has a bright and straightforward temperament, is informal, and speaks quickly. But the truth of what he said is correct. It should not have any impact on the reputation of the girl's family. We were too worried just now."

Su Yuan looked directly at Xianglishi, and waited for Xianglishi to say her name.

Seeing Su Yuan provoking him like this, Xiangli was horrified.

But it's amazing, this girl surnamed Su is so powerful and aggressive!

"Madam didn't dare to publicize it because she was afraid that the Prime Minister would be laughed at, right? Since you are afraid of being laughed at, why bother to mention it again. This is to discuss with each other. It's a matter of your love and my wish. It's not about who is sorry for the other. Why do you meet each other? So because of unwillingness, you have a bad complexion, and your repeated words are all insinuations and insinuations?"

Since Su Yuan spoke up, she didn't plan to spare Xiangli easily, and she would point out what should be pointed out.Some people you kindly want to save face for her, but she doesn't know what to do and pushes forward.For this person, it is bound to be a snake hit seven inches, and she knows the pain, so she knows to retreat into the dark hole that belongs to her.

Mrs. Xie suddenly realized, and asked Mrs. Xiangli in astonishment: "You just said that the parents died, and the girl with a low status, did you mean—"

Xie didn't say it directly, but she looked at Su Yuan, her meaning was obvious.

Xiangli was so angry that her chest was tight, her lips trembled slightly, she narrowed her eyes and stared at Su Yuan angrily: "How dare you?"

"Returning to Madam, why don't I dare?" Su Yuan smiled, asked politely, and stated frankly, "It is because of 'dare' that I persuaded Mr. Bao to check the accounts of the Qian Supervisor of the Household Department. , so that the Song Dynasty treasury from the loss of 1 taels of gold. What about Madam's 'dare'?"

Su Yuan also meant between words and insinuations.

Everything she does is for the court and the country, but Xiangli is always fussing over the small matter of the family's one-third of an acre of land.

Between the two of them, there is a difference between superior and inferior.

Xie's eyes widened slightly in surprise, and she almost spoke up, applauding Su Yuan's rebuttal.

Xiang Li's speech is really evasive, saying that the girl has no father or mother, low status, just smart and clever.It didn't say that the girl is now in the judiciary and joins the army. She is an official position conferred by the emperor. She has solved countless major cases, defended the common people, and avoided crises and losses for the court.

What's more, Xiangli actually used the mouth of her, an ignorant person, to ask her to ridicule the good girl with outstanding achievements in front of her face.

Mrs. Xie has a lot of complaints about Mrs. Xiangli in her heart, and she doesn't want to pay any more attention to Mrs. Xiangli now.

Xiangli's face turned pale with anger at Su Yuan's words, she wanted to scold Su Yuan for disrespecting her, but both Xie and Zhao Qingrong looked at her with inexplicable eyes.Xiangli knew that he had lost his adulthood this time, and it would be useless to stay longer, so he hurriedly left under the pretext of having something to do.

Zhao Qingrong frowned fiercely: "I can't see that the prime minister's wife is so tolerant."

Before, my father had talked about the sons of the prime minister's mansion and wanted to match them up, so forget it.Go back and say, absolutely not, unless she dies!

Xie sighed, it's not good to judge Xiangli's character in front of the children.She took Su Yuan's hand, patted the back of her hand, and advised her not to be angry.

Su Yuan smiled.

"The princess of the county doesn't know something, so our boss won't be angry, she will only be angry." Sun He said with a big grin.

"That's a good thing, it's a blessing that the girl's family is not angry!" Mrs. Xie looked around, then asked in a low voice who the person who was betrothed to Su Yuan was.Nowadays, as long as you are a human being, you probably can't help but wonder what kind of person can be compared to the son of the prime minister's mansion, so that Su Yuan chooses to marry him.

Sun He immediately asked for Su Yuan's opinion: "Boss, can you tell me?"

Su Yuan: "There's nothing you can't say." Anyway, sooner or later everyone will know.

Sun He immediately told Xie that it was Bai Yutang.

Mrs. Xie was stunned for a moment, remembering that Bai Yutang was the handsome fourth-rank bodyguard in white she had seen two days ago, and sighed that the two matched well.

Originally, I thought that there was no prince of aristocratic family who could compare with Du Yi, the fourth son of the prime minister's mansion, but it was different if it was Bai Yutang.Who doesn't love a gentleman with both civil and military skills and a handsome personality?Compared with those sons of aristocratic families, he is more unruly and at ease.The two of them worked together in the Kaifeng Mansion, so they were not as strict and restrictive as they were in the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion.If it were her, she would still choose Bai Yutang, even if it gave her the status of queen or princess, she would not want it anymore.

Before parting from Daxiangguo Temple, Mrs. Xie repeatedly emphasized to Su Yuan that when she and Bai Yutang got married, they must remember to invite her.

"Don't worry, Aunt Twelve, I'll help you think about it." Zhao Qingrong said, holding Mrs. Xie's arm.

Xie Shi nodded with a smile.

Afterwards, Zhao Qingrong went back by car with Mrs. Xie.

Su Yuan and Sun He were about to ride away when they suddenly heard noises behind them.

"In this pure place of Buddhism, you still reach out to beat a woman? Are you still a man!"

The voice of the woman shouting was somewhat familiar. Su Yuan and Sun He looked back and indeed had the impression that it was the tall woman who criticized your lady for not queuing in the morning.

Now she was standing in front of a woman who had fallen to the ground, and in front of her was a big man with a face full of flesh.This man was nearly six feet tall, with a solid build, standing there like a wall.

"I hit my woman, what are you doing? Little girl, don't meddle in your own business, get out of here! Otherwise, my fists won't have eyes!" The man clenched his fists and was about to measure the tall woman's face.

"What are you doing!" Seeing this, Sun He immediately rushed over, raised the sword in her hand, and threatened that if the big man dared to bully others, the sword in her hand would not have eyes.

The man saw that Sun He was from Jianghu, so he didn't dare to do anything.He sighed that it was unlucky, spat to the side, and scolded that there are so many people meddling in their own business these days.

"Go home, can you go?" The man scolded his wife angrily.

The woman lying on the ground sobbing obediently got up and followed the man.When she was leaving, the man grabbed her by the collar and cursed her a few times.

Seeing this, the tall woman wanted to rush forward to help, but Sun He grabbed her.

"Forget it, you can't take care of this family matter, don't you see if she wants to? Some of you are kind enough to help, but in the end, they will turn to their husband and scold you instead." Sun He has encountered this kind of situation before. Condition.

"Then I will help, let that man know that not all women in the world are easy to bully. It's fine if I don't see it at home, but if I see it outside, I will take care of it. No matter how many there are, I will take care of each one." The tall woman pinched her waist and said angrily.

"Your temperament is stronger than mine." Sun He couldn't help sighing, and asked the tall girl what her name was and where she lived.

"My name is Wang Yu, and my home is in Tokyo City, but I only returned to Beijing half a month ago. Before that, I had been studying martial arts at Xiuyun Nunnery in Emei. I came back this time to celebrate my father's birthday. Today I came to the temple to Pray for my parents." Wang Yu laughed at Sun He, and she took a special look at Su Yuan, "I remember you! You came early, and you were the first to guard outside the mountain gate. You also know two who want to jump in line Lady."

"It's not considered to be acquaintances. It's our fellow Jiahe county magistrate who knows the two of them." Sun He laughed and didn't know why he had to explain it like this, probably because he was afraid that Wang Yu would classify them as nobles.

"So that's the case, then you know the county master, you must be a nobleman, right?" Wang Yu asked again.

Sun He hurriedly waved his hands to say no, and introduced himself and Su Yuan's identities to Wang Yu.

Wang Yu looked at Su Yuan again in surprise, "I know you! You are very powerful, a woman who is an official in Kaifeng Mansion!"

Su Yuan responded to Wang Yu with a smile, and hurried on his way, "Let's go."

Sun He agreed and said goodbye to Wang Yu.

After they got on their horses, they turned around and saw Wang Yu riding a donkey, following them.

"Boss, we're going the same way anyway, why don't we go with her?" Sun He asked Su Yuan for his opinion.

Su Yuan turned around and took a look at Wang Yu. He was slender, with skin as white as snow, and his phoenix eyes were particularly radiant.

"Don't you think she's weird? I studied martial arts in Emei, why is she still so white?"

"That's my natural whiteness!" Wang Yu hurried to catch up on her donkey, "No matter how tanned I am, you've known me for a long time, so you'll understand."

"You have good hearing." Su Yuan sighed.

"Of course, I'm an expert with good hearing." Wang Yu boasted unceremoniously, "It's just that I have never been down the mountain before, so I have no reputation in the world. Now that I have gone down the mountain, what kind of Nanxia The Chinchillas and Chinchillas are all behind!"

"Ah, what a big tone! I like it!" Sun He clapped his hands and praised, and asked Wang Yu when he planned to challenge Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang. It is suitable for experts to compete."

"Okay, I accept your suggestion!" Wang Yu simply agreed.

Sun He liked Wang Yu's temperament, so he grabbed a handful of salt and pepper almonds and gave her to eat, and told Su Yuan that this was what Su Yuan did.

Wang Yu was pleasantly surprised when he ate it, "It's really delicious, and the craftsmanship is great!"

Su Yuan laughed and asked Wang Yu why he lived in Tokyo, but went so far away to study martial arts in Emei.

"I have been tall since I was a child. At the age of three, I grew as tall as a five- or six-year-old child. I was very naughty. It was no problem to throw the bowl and the table. It always made my mother cry. That day she scared me and said that I would Throw me on the street and don't want me. My master happened to be begging for alms. He saw me and said that my bones are very good and suitable for martial arts. It would be a pity if I was raised at home like this. My parents gave me to the master without much discussion. .”

When Sun He heard the last sentence, he couldn't help laughing, and sighed why Wang Yu's parents were so big-hearted.

Wang Yu sighed vicissitudes, "Probably because I threw too many bowls at that time."

"I'm sorry for you." Sun He smiled, "But you've learned martial arts now, and it's not a loss. Since you said you are good at martial arts, I'm curious, shall we learn from each other?"

"Okay!"

After Wang Yu made the promise, he immediately got off the donkey.She broke a tree branch on the side of the road, telling Sun He not to be too polite, just let the horse come over.

Sun Heben still felt that he used the sword and Wang Yu used the branch to bully others.But after trying it out, Sun He realized that her worries were unnecessary. Even though she tried her best with the sword, she couldn't even touch a piece of Wang Yu's clothes.In just five moves, Wang Yu subdued her.

Su Yuan watched from the sidelines and applauded Wang Yu for his skill.

"Where is it, it's just number one in the world." Wang Yu half-jokingly said, with confidence in his tone.

"Is there really a number one?" Sun He asked Su Yuan curiously while Wang Yu was not paying attention.

"What do you think?" Su Yuan asked back.

Sun He immediately mouthed that he must not be as good as the boss.

Su Yuan chuckled lightly, noncommittal.

After the three of them arrived in Tokyo, Su Yuan and Sun He found that Wang Yu had been traveling with them all the way to the back door of Kaifeng Mansion, and Wang Yu was there.

Seeing the two of them looking at him curiously, Wang Yu suddenly scratched his head and said, "I forgot to tell you, my house is in the alley in front. Maybe you have eaten the breakfast made by my parents."

"Food?" Su Yuan asked.

"That's right!" Wang Yu nodded.

Su Yuan responded with a smile: "It turns out it's his family, so it's really a predestined relationship. Your parents make delicious glutinous rice balls."

"Thank you for the compliment! The two of you have left, so I'll go home first." Wang Yuchong handed over the two of them and rode on on the donkey.

"Boss, do you still accept female officials? This Miss Wang is worthy of reuse." Sun He strongly recommended to Su Yuan, saying that female officials should develop and grow in Kaifeng Mansion.

"we'll see."

……

Before dusk, Bao Zheng called everyone together to talk about the issue of Su Youcai's letter.

On the table, Su Youcai's love poems are arranged according to the year, and other letters of the corresponding year are placed beside them for comparison.

Bao Zheng: "Out of caution, the government specially asked friends to collect some old letters written in high-quality ink."

Not only to compare the years, but also to consider the different situations of good or bad ink, this comparison can be described as very comprehensive and detailed.

"The ink writing that has been stored for ten or twenty years is still clear, and there is no fading at first glance. But it is still different from the ink writing that has just been written for a few days, so if it is fake, there will always be a difference from the real one. .”

"But I don't see any difference." After Zhao Hu looked around, he scratched his head inexplicably.

"Gloss." After Su Yuan took a closer look, he found a slight difference.

Especially for the old ones, the contrast is more obvious.In Su Youcai's letter, all the ink characters showed a certain state.And those letters that have been put in for more than ten years, even if they are written in high-quality ink that is not easy to fade, there is a difference between those written ten years ago and those written just a few days ago, and the luster of new characters is better. .

"It really is fake."

Su Yuan looked at the letter paper with almost no difference, and the quality of the corresponding years was the same.

"The mind of this faker is very delicate. The accident between Su Youcai and Su Jinjing was temporary. It is amazing to be able to achieve this level in just one or two days."

"In the past two days, I have carefully checked and checked the three books found on Jincai. These are the only three books left in Suji Yujie Jewelry Shop. I ordered people to weigh all the books in the jewelry shop one by one. The weight of gold and silver jewelry can roughly be calculated by calculating the weight of gold and silver bars they buy and the weight of jewelry sold. There is a difference of 500 taels of silver. Ordinary jewelry shops have roughly the same amount of gold and silver every month. This shop at home is so much worse.

There are three largest Suji Jewelry Shops in Beijing, and more than 500 smaller ones.If there is a difference of 100 taels in a big shop and 5000 taels in a small shop, the total for this month will be at least 6 taels, and if accumulated in a year, it will be [-] taels of silver. "

Now that all the account books have been burned, Gongsun Ce can only make calculations based on the only three account books left.If his calculation is true, where does the silver that is missing at least 6 taels go every year?

"Of course, because of insufficient evidence, this is only speculation and cannot be used as evidence."

Gongsun Ce specially emphasized it, so as not to impulsively run to Su Ji Jewelry Shop to ask for accountability.Now the Su family's jewelry shop, racecourse and dyeing workshop are all targets of the Kaifeng government's secret surveillance, so it is not possible to startle the snake for the time being.

Bao Zheng specially reminded Su Yuan that he could not tell Su Fangming about this matter.Regardless of whether he was involved or not, as the Su family, he had to avoid suspicion, and this matter had to be concealed from him.

Su Yuan agreed.

After finishing the business, Bao Zheng glanced at Bai Yutang with a smile, and asked Su Yuan, "What's the result of going to the temple today to ask for a lottery?"

At this time, everyone looked at Su Yuan beamingly, including Bai Yutang.

"The result of asking for a lottery is good, but it may have made an enemy for your lord." Su Yuan briefly explained how she lost her temper to Li Shi.

She didn't rule out Xiangli's going back to blow the pillow, and from then on Du Yan targeted Kaifeng Mansion and Bao Zheng in the court.But Bao Zheng has already made many enemies, Su Yuan is not worried that he will care about one more.

Bao Zheng was stunned for a moment, then twitched his beard and laughed: "That's not the case, Du Xiang is not a person who doesn't understand things."

"Good refutation!" Zhan Zhao praised Su Yuan for refuting Xiang Lishi like that.

Bai Yutang originally had a slight smile on his face, but his eyes turned cold after hearing the words.

It was night, and Bai Yutang visited the prime minister's residence at night.

On the way back, Bai Yutang pulled off the mask and threw it away.After he entered the courtyard, before he could reach the door, a light suddenly lit up in front of the door, reflecting Su Yuan's face.

Bai Yutang was taken aback.