The whole city knows we are locked

Xiaohe wore cloth clothes and straw sandals, pretending that he was a scholar from a poor family, sitting at a tea stall in the outer city where you could drink a large bowl of tea for a copper coin, and heard the news that he and a group of friends had been recruited by the imperial censor.

Xiaohe: "???"

In this dynasty, the way of speaking is quite open, and the common people dare to say something to the nobles.Of course, I only talk about one or two superficially, and I won't talk about three or four in detail.At the tea stall, a resting coolie was out of breath because he had just finished a round of work.He wiped the sweat from his forehead with a sweat towel, drank a large bowl of herbal tea in one breath, and then sighed comfortably: "This Huang Yushi is really strong, there is no one he dare not participate in."

"I didn't hear that Xin Lehou robbed civilian women and hurt people with horses, so why did he get involved?" If someone like Xin Lehou could be involved, then there are many people in the capital waiting to participate!The pot of peony that old Liutou of Shangxi Village managed to raise was snatched away by the steward of some noble mansion. Why was no one involved in that steward!

"It's said that he doesn't obey the etiquette." A down-and-out scholar said shaking his head.

"Not taming etiquette? What does this have to do with us! Anyway, we didn't rob us, and we didn't steal us!"

The scholar was not convinced, and began to count Yan Chuyin's mistakes.He not only talked about Yan Chuyin, those who played well with Yan Chuyin, such as Cao Lu, Xiaohe, etc., were all like dogs in the scholars' mouths, and they were all ignorant people.

Sitting beside him, Xiaohe himself did not dislike the turbidity of the tea soup in the bowl - it was boiled with the most inferior tea leaves, and it was clean, but the tea soup was not clear - he drank it leisurely while holding the bowl .He was not angry when he heard the scholar's words, and just asked with a smile: "Brother, I am a little puzzled to hear you speak so carefully. Could it be that you knelt under Xin Lehou's desk and saw it with your own eyes? Has he disrespected the teacher?"

As soon as these words came out, the people on the left and right roared with laughter.

The scholar was so angry that his face was red.Who is he on the board? He has never met Xin Lehou, and some are just hearsay.Xiao He continued: "Xin Lehou is a super-class Lord. In terms of rank, there are not many ministers in the court who can surpass him. Ethics? If you only judge the superiority and inferiority based on etiquette, no matter how many ministers see Xin Lehou, they will have to bow their heads. "

In addition to etiquette, there are also human feelings.

There are many people in this world, if you talk about etiquette with him, he insists on talking about human relationship with you.You talk about human relationships with him, and he says you are not compliant with etiquette.Xiaohe shook his head, took out copper plates from his pocket, about a dozen of them, and put them under the teacup.

A bowl of tea, a copper plate.Xiaohe deliberately gave a few more.

It's just because a pair of old people are guarding the tea stand, and their only son died in saving a child who fell into the water a few years ago.People nearby who knew about this would give as much as they could every time they came back to drink tea.Such an old couple, if you really give them gold and silver, it will hurt them, but every time you give a few more copper coins, two copper coins can eat a bowl of noodles.

Xiaohe got up and put the non-existent ashes on the sleeves of his jersey, bowed his hands to the people at the tea stand, and left.

After walking two streets, I saw a low-key carriage parked on the side of the road.The coachman leaned aside to rest.

Xiaohe jumped into the carriage and drove to the inner city immediately.

When the country was founded, four lords and eight lords were granted, and the Xiao family was one of them.Now their family's title is still there, but they have changed their ways. With a title of military honor, they are all civil servants.Their family can be regarded as a model of transition from Wu to Wen.Xiaohe's uncle is in the Ministry of Rites and serves as a servant.Xiaohe's own father is a book bag, who serves as the prince's attendant.There are a few older brothers in Xiaohe, and the big brother is a Jinshi of Shangke, and now he has been released as a county magistrate.His brother is still studying, although he is also in the Imperial College, but unlike Xiaohe, who is just dawdling around, his brother is really knowledgeable.

Xiaohe is a family of five generations.The lower hall brother has married a wife and had children, and the upper wife is still alive.

Xiaohe is not the youngest in their generation, but because he looks like his grandfather who passed away many years ago, his grandmother loves him the most.With the support of his ancestors, he has developed a temperament that is not stingy.What Xiaohe likes to do most on weekdays is to change into an ordinary attire and go to the market to play.All religions and streams have his friends.

The carriage drove directly to Yan Chuyin's place.

When Xiaohe came, Fatty Cao and the others were already there.Seeing Xiaohe coming, Fatty Cao smiled and said, "I knew you were coming! I don't know what you're up to these days. I went to your house several times and didn't see you. I was unlucky enough to meet your father. Dad stopped him for a long time." Fatty Cao showed a miserable expression.

Xiaohe's father is a book bag, and he is the best at dropping book bags.He is not fierce, seeing fatties like Cao, he kindly persuades them to learn from them, citing scriptures, persuading them every word, and persuading them vividly.

Fatty Cao could have a headache for several days once he heard it.

Xiaohe found a chair and sat down at ease: "I'm hanging out in the outer city...you know the pier outside the city and the section of the canal, right? Those who work as coolies on the pier even split into gangs, I found it very interesting. By the way, I just met a big brother who is very righteous, so I will tell you about it later.”

As he spoke, he looked at Yan Chuyin, and asked, "What's the matter with Huang Yushi? Why did he join us?" The most important thing is, why didn't the current emperor suppress this matter?It went so far as to spread the word to everyone!

Yan Chuyin can't say that this is a play he and Shen Yu jointly made, because it involves the lady of Huang Yushi's family, and it is related to her daughter's marriage. It is best not to leak a word, and said: "Participate, then participate Alright, just take this opportunity to let the emperor punish us to work in the Orphanage, let's investigate the Orphanage carefully!"

Xiao He said: "The Orphanage? I happen to have a strange thing here..."

Xiaohe's mother's surname is Jiang, and he is the seventh among his brothers. When walking in the outer city, he calls himself Jiang Qi.Jiang Qi had a casual acquaintance named Mou Yang.The two had known each other for a year and a half, and it wasn't until these days that they really became acquainted.

"...When the accident happened to their family, Mou Yang was only eight years old, and his sister was only two years old. He was taken up by the family members, and his sister was said to be sent to the orphanage." Xiaohe said.The Mou family is an ordinary family. Their parents have passed away. It is good for the family to raise Mou Yang. No one is willing to ask them to raise an extra girl.

Mou Yang did not forget his sister.

When he grows up, he will become a small catcher by first relying on hunting and secondly relying on luck.Although the catcher is regarded as a pariah, in the eyes of ordinary people, he is an "official servant", and he still has a salary.Mou Yang went to the Orphanage, and was told that his sister lived in the Orphanage for a while, but died of illness when she was four years old.

These days, it is not uncommon for a child to die of illness after being raised.Who has never lost a child?It is the home of high-ranking officials and dignitaries. There is charcoal in winter and ice in summer. The food is fine. If you are sick, you can call a doctor immediately. You can get any ginseng or deer antler for your children. Isn’t there some children who die young?

After being told that his sister had died of illness, Mou Yang was sad for a while, but he did not take his anger out on the Orphanage.

"Until a few years ago, Mou Yang investigated a theft case and saw a woman in an embroidery shop who looked very much like his sister. To be precise, she looked like his mother. How could there be such a coincidence in the world? Mou Yang paid attention, and learned that this was a newlywed woman who accompanied her husband to Beijing to take the exam. At that time, the list had already been released, and the woman’s husband was on the list. Before Mou Yang came to the door—he had no reason If you look for it, you can’t tell others that you look like my mother—the woman has been released from Beijing with her husband. Mou Yang also left this matter behind.”

At that time, Mou Yang didn't think it was really his sister, but just thought it was a bit too coincidental.

"And then?" Yan Chuyin couldn't help asking.

Xiaohe said: "Last month and last month, Mou Yanglun returned to the yamen after his break. Some of his fast-moving brothers said that they picked up a child while patrolling the street. They almost thought it was a child of Mou Yang, because it was indeed somewhat similar to Mou Yang. But because the child speaks in a southern accent, and later a girl, a woman, and a nurse came to find me, I knew that she was definitely not the breed of Muyang."

Mou Yang has never seen that child before, and it is normal for people to have similarities. He just thought that the brothers were exaggerating, and he didn't take it seriously until he suddenly remembered these two days. Those days happened to be the days when officials from other places returned to Beijing to report on their duties. .

Was it possible that the child was born to the woman he thought was his sister?

That woman looks like his mother, and the woman gave birth to a child who looks like him, what a coincidence it must be to be so coincidental?

Is it possible that his sister didn't die at all, but was sold to another place?

Of course, it is also possible that he was mistaken.The child and the woman may belong to the same family at all, and there is no connection between them, they are just a portrait of the Mouyang family.Maybe it's just such a coincidence!

But what if?What if that was really his sister?

Mou Yang only felt that his claws were scratching his heart.

After thinking for a while, Xiaohe added: "Mou Yang's parents are both natives of the suburbs of Beijing. If you follow the genealogy, you can go up to the previous dynasty. In the past two generations, there are no brothers or sisters on both sides of his parents. Go abroad."

This thing can indeed be called a rarity.

It's just a coincidence, if the Orphanage is really buying and selling children...it's an unforgivable crime!