Su Jin once learned from Ouyang Xiu about the fate of Zhao Zongdan, the king of Teng, and the emperor cared about the love of flesh and blood, and imprisoned Zhao Zongdan, and did not want his life; But Su Jin didn't know that there was such an episode in Yingtianfu, in which the two righteous brothers actually died here, which made Su Jin regret.

To say that the friendship between Lu Dakui and Cheng Liangmu and Su Jin is not too deep, and the original worship seems to be very hasty, and the behavior of fighting against King Teng together at the beginning made Su Jin feel that Wang Anshi and others are worthy of deep friendship, so he did not refuse.

At this time, the two sacrificed their lives for the country, which made Su Jin suddenly feel that good friends are rare in the impermanence of life, and this is the real sadness and sighing.

"Brother Wei, have they settled down in their family? Especially Brother Lu, I'm afraid there is no one else in the family except my mother, right? Who will take care of the elderly in the future? ”

"Brother Jiefu has taken Mother Lu to Yingtianfu, Brother Jiefu is extremely remorseful, he said, he should serve Mother Lu as the elder, support the elderly for Brother Lu, and send the old man to the end."

Su Jin let out a long breath and said, "This is a remedy, Brother Jiefu finally didn't disappoint me; After the year, I want to take the time to visit the old man's home, but I can't do it, so I will take her to live in Luzhou, in short, I can't let Brother Lu feel at ease after his death. ”

Wei Songhe nodded silently; The two were silent for a long time, but finally recovered, and the conversation began to turn to other things.

"Brother Su Xian is now the special envoy of the imperial court's grain affairs, and my brothers are very happy for you, especially when I heard that I actually led troops to exterminate the bandits, and dug up a shocking case in Yangzhou, we are very proud to talk about Brother Su Xian in private."

Su Jin smiled: "Have these things also reached Yingtian?" ”

Wei Songhe said: "It's all said by Lord Bao, Lord Bao learned that we are Jinlan brothers, he took special care of us, and he invited me to the banquet several times, and the palace report of the imperial court will definitely report your affairs, and he will naturally know this." ”

Su Jin said: "I was also forced to be helpless, since I took the errand, I had to move forward, not to hide from Brother Wei, this official road is far more difficult than you and I imagined, it can be said that it is difficult to move step by step, how many people are waiting to see me fall behind, of course I have to do my best to do the errand; You know me, and the more you try to see my jokes, the more I'm going to slap him in the face with facts. ”

Wei Songhe said with a smile: "Brother Su Xian said with a look of grief and indignation, and it seems that he has suffered a lot, it can be seen that the right path in the world is the vicissitudes of life, and there is no smooth sailing smooth road, you and I need to work hard to move forward." ”

Su Jin nodded and said: "That's right, today you and my brother finally met again, and we won't talk about these things that are bad for the scenery, come on, follow me into the study, I am writing Spring Festival couplets, Brother Wei has a good handwriting, just let's have a discussion together." ”

Wei Songhe smiled: "Yes, but I still have some things to do, how about coming back in the afternoon?" ”

Where was Su Jin willing to let him go, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, I'll let the dynasty and them help you do it." ”

Wei Songhe squirmed and refused to say, Su Jin became more and more curious, and asked again and again, Wei Songhe really couldn't resist him, and finally said with a shameful face: "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the virtuous brother, I'm going to the pawn shop to pawn and sell things." ”

Su Jin was shocked: "What? Why pawn things? ”

Wei Songhe said: "You may not know my family background, my family is poor, my father and mother are frail and sick, my sister is married away and can't take care of my father and mother, and I study abroad all the year round; Hey, I won't tell you, this time I almost couldn't come back to Luzhou, and it was a burden to me to be entangled on the road, and I sold some calligraphy and paintings along the way before I reluctantly returned to Luzhou; The academy had a winter vacation on the sixteenth day of the lunar month, and I traveled all the way to Luzhou yesterday, but it took almost half a month. ”

Su Jin suddenly realized, no wonder he looked at Wei Songhe's tired and emaciated expression, except for a pair of eyes that still carried unyielding arrogance, his whole body was simply shabby.

"When I entered the house, the family was surrounded by four walls, people cut meat, bought vegetables and hung up lamps, Zhang Hong was busy for the New Year, but I was worried about three meals a day, other people's children provided for their parents to eat and dress warmly, but my father and mother wanted to raise debts for me, it was really in vain, and my heart was like a knife when I thought of my foolish brother."

Su Jin said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Could it be that he looks down on Su Jin for the group of beatings? ”

Wei Songhe hurriedly said: "No, no, no, I am also a person who wants to save face, how can I talk about such things to Brother Su?" You and I are brothers, and making friends with you brothers is a pleasure in life, and I attach great importance to it, but if it involves other things, won't it change its flavor from now on? ”

Su Jin shook his head and said: "I didn't expect you to be so pedantic, are you afraid that your friends will change their taste if they are contaminated with money, and you won't be able to raise your head from then on, right?" Are you hurting us? ”

Wei Songhe said abruptly: "How can you say this? ”

Su Jindao: "You and I are righteous brothers, and if you are righteous, you are like brothers, in other words, your parents are also the parents of my brothers, you are doing this to ignore brotherhood and put us into a place of unfilial piety, isn't it harming us?" ”

Wei Songhe hurriedly said: "Although the truth is so, I, Wei Songhe, will never disdain to eat the food that comes from it." ”

Su Jin took a sip and said to Xiao Sui'er: "Go and get a hundred taels of gold, what's going on, my brother is hungry and cold, can I eat and drink spicy food with peace of mind?" ”

Wei Songhe got up and left, looking like that, he would never accept Su Jin's gift.

Su Jin grabbed him angrily and said, "Brother Wei, why are you doing this? ”

Wei Songhe said categorically: "You and my brother, I will say this, but I definitely don't want you to give charity, if you still treat me as a brother, don't embarrass me." ”

Su Jin rolled his eyes, is there really such a pedantic person in this world? said that some people didn't eat the food that came to Su Jin believed it, but said that Uncle Boyi didn't eat Zhou Su and starved to death, Su Jinyi only expressed his doubts, but seeing Wei Songhe's posture today, Su Jin had no reason not to believe it; The temper of the ancient people was sometimes really stubborn, and starving to death was a small matter of losing moderation, and this kind of thing would be regarded as a joke in later generations.

However, Su Jin also admires Wei Songhe's character, this person's thin body contains a sense of integrity, and he has known him for more than half a year, and has never heard him talk about the poverty of his family, on the contrary, Wei Songhe chatted with them about some life ambitions, the disadvantages of the court, and the determination to be positive; Just from the fact that he didn't go home and insisted on selling calligraphy and paintings for half a month before returning to Luzhou, you can feel the firmness of this person's will and strong character.

Su Jin thought for a while and said, "That's it, aren't you going to pawn things?" Show me what it is? ”

Wei Songhe took out a jade bracelet from his arms and said: "This is my mother's dowry, it's useless to keep it, it's better to exchange some money, grain, rice and oil than to put it useless." ”

Su Jin took it over and looked at it, it was obviously a worthless item, but there were some years of things, and it was slippery and smooth to play, and it could be seen that Wei's mother must like it very much, after all, it was a dowry for marriage, and maybe it would be taken out from time to time to play with the memories of her youth.

Su Jin stretched out his hand and put it in his arms, and Wei Songhe hurriedly said, "Brother Xian, ...... this?" ”

Su Jin said: "My Su family also has a pawn shop, you pawn this bracelet to me Su remember, anyway, your owner is also dang, and the west family is also dang, why not take care of my family's business." ”

Wei Songhe scratched his head and felt that it was inappropriate, but when he saw Xiao Sui'er walking into the hall with a hundred taels of gold covered by a red cloth, Su Jin said: "Take it, I will price this bracelet for one hundred taels of gold, and there is no bullying in a fair trade." ”

Wei Songhe rubbed his hands again and again, not knowing what to do.

Su Jin ordered Xiao Sui'er to wrap the gold in a red cloth, stuffed it in Wei Songhe's hand and said: "If you don't worry, I will ask the pawn shop shopkeeper to write a pawn ticket, and you will redeem it when you are developed, I am not a charity, this is a sale; The pawnshop is kept for three years, and if you don't redeem it after three years, the bracelet will be auctioned and disposed of. ”

How did Wei Songhe not know that Su Jin was changing his way to help himself, seeing that Su Jin was sincere and sincere, and in the name of pawn, it was also reasonable, although there were some small bumps in his heart, but it was not good to insist anymore, so he bowed a long bow to show his gratitude.

Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was begging to send him money, and he was really cheap; However, this incident also made Su Jin realize the preciousness of Wei Songhe.

Su Jin understands that to gain a foothold in this world, of course, you must have friends to help, but who you make friends with and who you have a heart to do is very particular; Some of the experiences in my head don't help me in this.

For example, Ouyang Xiu, later generations praised him as like a flower, but after Su Jin came into contact with him, he knew that it was not the case at all; If it weren't for the drive of interests, he would never have willingly defended Su Jin. Even now, under certain circumstances, Ouyang Xiu would not hesitate to turn his face against himself.

Therefore, Su Jin still believes that the book experience of later generations is unreliable, and to make friends in this world of the jungle, it is still necessary to personally communicate and investigate; Fortunately, Li Chong, Wei Songhe and others still meet their own standards for making friends, and since they have seen the essence of people clearly, Su Jin has not hesitated to dedicate his sincerity.