Chapter 606: Extraneous Branches
The next morning, Su Jin didn't go to the court, he got up early to exercise and eat, and then stayed in the study to read the book and wait for the news. The prince actually took the initiative to warm the book.
Xiao Sui'er decided to probe the wind, she came to the study with a pot of tea and a plate of snacks, put the snacks on the tea, but didn't hear any movement, when she looked up, she saw Su Jinzheng staring intently at a book with a black cover.
Xiao Sui'er wondered very much, when did the prince read and read so fascinated, maybe it was an idle book, so he tiptoed up with a teacup and sneaked a glance, only to see a page full of fly-headed small letters densely rushing to his face, dizzy and almost fainted.
Su Jin raised his head and asked, "What are you doing sneakily?" ”
Xiao Sui'er blushed and said: "Who is sneaky, the little maid kindly brought you refreshments, and was reprimanded by the master." ”
Su Jin smiled and said, "Are you literate?" What do you do with your neck stretched? Hurry Ming'er to the street to buy some story books and come back to show you, you can't understand this book. ”
Xiao Sui'er glanced at Su Jin and said: "The little maid has been reading with Huanniang recently, and after a while, she will be able to understand the words when she knows a lot; Childe is a busy man, why are you reading at home today? What is written in this book? Why doesn't it look like the books you read, why is it still handwritten? ”
Su Jin put down the book, stretched out his hand, took a sip of the teacup, and said: "This was given to me by my mentor Mr. Fang Zimo when I left Yingtianfu Academy. ”
Xiao Sui'er said: "Son, this is a temporary cramming, in fact, the little maid looks, it doesn't matter if you can't pass the exam, I asked Rou Niang and Sister Huanniang, and they all said it didn't matter." ”
Su Jin scratched Xiao Sui'er's nose and said: "Stupid words, the master made a bet with others, this time I can't be a big official and a small official, and if I lose face, do you want me to be shameless in front of others?" ”
Xiao Sui'er said: "Your boy's family likes to gamble, gambling money, but also gambling face, I heard that the master also had a big gamble with a person from Liao yesterday, when did the master get infected with such a vice?" If the old lady knew about this, she wouldn't scold you to death. ”
Su Jinban said with a face: "It's getting bigger and smaller, and I'm also in charge of my master's business, by the way, has Miss Yan been here in the past two days?" ”
Xiao Sui'er sighed: "Look, I don't even care where Yan Dong's family went, she went to Yingtianfu yesterday morning." ”
Su Jin was stunned and said, "What is she going to do?" Why don't you say it. ”
Xiao Sui'er said: "Miss Yan sent someone to come, but the master went to the court early yesterday morning, and the little maid didn't care, and you know it; Yan Dongjia went to Yingtian to help you find the shop of Yinzhuang, and said that there was a large amount of money to be raised in Yingtian, knowing that you were too busy to separate, so he went by himself. ”
Su Jin said: "Didn't you tell her that you could postpone it?" Why are you in such a hurry? ”
Xiao Sui'er said: "The Yan Dong family is naturally unwilling to delay the matter of the master, you still ask someone to go to the Yan family and say that the matchmaker will hire it, the Yan Dong family is not small, and it is not a way to drag it out like this; The little maid used to have some opinions about the Yan Dong family and the son, but the Yan Dong family really thought about the son wholeheartedly, and the people were virtuous and smart, and marrying in the door would have a lot of benefits in the future. ”
Su Jin laughed and said: "The sun is really coming out of the west today, and our Sui'er is also worried about the lifelong affairs of the master, what are the benefits?" ”
Xiao Sui'er said: "Yan Dong's family is a good hand in business, if she comes to help Gongye take care of our Su Ji's business, Gongzi will be busy with business in the future, so don't worry, and you don't have to be busy at home and outside, why can't we help Gongzi, if Yan Dongjia marries, there will be someone to help Gongye." ”
Su Jin looked at Xiao Sui'er with a smile and said: "Sui'er has grown up, and she has thought about it very thoroughly, but she can't be hired now, there are a lot of things to do at the moment, and I can't be busy there. ”
Xiao Sui'er nodded, with a somewhat melancholy look, Su Jin picked up the book and said, "Take advantage of the free time in the morning, I'll read the book for a while, you pay attention, if someone comes to me, hurry up and report it." ”
Spike agreed and went out; For a whole morning, Su Jin hid in the study to read the books written by Fang Zimo, and no one came to look for Su Jin.
After lunch, Su Jin lay on the soft couch and rested his head in Huanniang's arms; Huanniang's delicate fingers kneaded on her forehead and eyebrows, Su Jin smelled the fresh and good smell of Huanniang's body, and talked to her without a match, and her eyelids gradually drooped.
Suddenly, there was a loud shout outside, and someone shouted outside: "How can this be true, how can this be reasonable, you are simply too deceitful." The sound was very abrupt in the silence of the afternoon.
Su Jin woke up, got up, and asked Huanniang, "What's wrong?" Who's making noise outside? ”
Huanniang pressed Su Jin's body and said: "Son, sleep for a while, the slave family will go and take a look, it must be that the people on the street have a quarrel." ”
Su Jin didn't feel sleepy anymore, got off the bed with all his clothes, and just opened the door curtain and came to the hall, he heard a clanging sound in the courtyard in front of him, as if the courtyard door had been kicked open, and then he heard the shouting and scolding of Zhao Hu and others.
"Straight lady thief, in broad daylight this is to rob. Robbery? ”
"The dog's Liao dog actually touched our house, and it's worth it, the big guy copied the guy and beat him up for the dog's day."
Su Jin was startled, and hurriedly walked out of three steps and two steps into the front yard, only to see that there were forty or fifty people standing densely in the front yard, and the leaders were the Liao envoys Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu.
A group of companions in the Su Mansion copied the guys in their hands, pointing at Xiao Temo's 'Liao Dog, Liao Pig' and scolding endlessly, and they were about to do it when they saw it.
Su Jin hurriedly stepped forward, frowned, and said, "It turned out that Lord Xiao was here, what are you doing?" Why did you come to my house to make trouble? ”
Xiao Temo shouted angrily: "This is for Vice Envoy Su, we came to your Song Kingdom on behalf of the emperor of my Great Liao Kingdom, but you are making things difficult everywhere, and what kind of etiquette state, grandpa looks like a gang of rabble, shameless people." ”
Wang Chao and others jumped to their feet and scolded: "Liao dog, you are the shameless people, the barbarian clan actually accused us of the Great Song Dynasty." ”
Su Jin waved his hand to stop everyone's scolding, and arched his hand and said, "Master Xiao, where did you start talking about this?" Didn't we get okay yesterday? I, Su Jin, asked myself, is there any etiquette or disadvantage? ”
Xiao Temo snorted angrily: "Are you embarrassed to say? Yesterday, we set up a gambling game, which made it impossible to lose if the luck was bad, and it was not a big deal, just money; But you should not take advantage of the fire to rob, take advantage of this time to play tricks, it is really damaging the image of your court, I want to see your emperor, state this matter and make a strong protest. ”
The second monk Su Jinzhang was puzzled, and hurriedly said: "I really don't know why you are angry, and please come into the hall to drink a cup of tea to extinguish the fire, how about talking slowly?" I haven't figured out the ins and outs yet, so you have to tell me the ins and outs. ”
Xiao Temo saw that Su Jin's demeanor was also sincere, and said in a slightly slower tone: "We don't drink tea, the more we drink, the more hungry we become." ”
Su Jin was stunned and said, "What? Haven't you eaten lunch yet? ”
Liu Liufu said predictively: "Don't pretend to be Deputy Envoy Su, this matter is due to you." ”
Su Jin said: "Could it be that the envoy won your silver yesterday, and you have no money to live today?" ”
"Still pretending to be confused, we haven't eaten two meals, and we are here to eat at the Su Deputy Envoy's Mansion, if you don't give us food, we will stay in your house and not leave." Xiao Temo let out this face, he was really hungry, he was really angry, and he didn't hesitate to say such words.
Su Jin scratched his head and said, "To be honest, I don't know what you're talking about until now?" Isn't it just eating? It's easy to do, the dynasty went to the riverside to rent a two-story building, put up seven or eight tables of banquets, and let's take all the VIPs of the Liao Kingdom to the banquet. ”
Xiao Temo said: "I'm afraid that this banquet will have to be moved to your house for dinner." ”
Zhang Long was angry and scolded: "Don't be embarrassed, our house is not a place for you pigs and dogs to eat, and we don't have to spoil our yard." ”
Xiao Temo scolded back: "No big or small minion, I was supposed to talk to the adults of your family, and you also came to intervene." From last night until now, we haven't bought the same food at the restaurant and food stall in Bianliang City, either they say that they are closed and not sold, or they are incredibly expensive, and a slap cake actually sells us for one or two silver, which is simply extortion, and I can buy two hundred cooking cakes for one or two silver. Su Jin was surprised: "There is such a thing?" ”
"Don't you pretend to be a good person? This matter must have been secretly instructed by someone to make us beggars in Bianliang, I really didn't expect that you Song people would be so shameless, and the basic etiquette between the two countries was ignored; Anyway, after the envoy returns to China, he will report to the emperor truthfully, and we don't need to talk about negotiations, just go to war. ”
Su Jin heard a clue at this time, it turned out that this group of Liao people was collectively resisted by the people of Bianliang. system, Su Jin is angry and funny, who is behind the scenes to instruct the people to do it, but it is really bad, although this thing is relieved, but it is not fair and honest enough, no need to ask, Xiao Temo put this matter on his head.