Sun Yisheng has never been so high-profile in his life.
He is a ninth-grade official, a low-ranking official in Xijing City. When he goes out on weekdays, few people look at him. But today, he felt the attention of thousands of people, which made him feel dizzy. Heartbeat speeds up.
But Chen Shi, who was walking under the umbrella and entering the capital, had a different mentality.
"My grandfather killed many people here and was called the Butcher of Xijing." He said to Sun Yisheng.
Sun Yisheng shuddered, and his mood of being in the spotlight was gone, and he quickly said: "Young Master, please don't mention this matter again! Lord Chen Tang has also encountered hostility from many people because of this matter."
Chen Shi didn't take it seriously, but then a voice from the crowd came: "He is the child scholar, a man who has been dead for eleven years."
Chen Shi looked towards the source of the sound, but saw a crowd of people. Many people looked at their group of Juren entering the city and could not tell who was talking. More than 260 Juren from all over Xiniu Xinzhou entered the city at the same time. It is very rare in the history of Xijing.
What they have seen the most is often the numerous servants and retainers supporting the noble family members as they enter the city.
But this group of people who entered Xijing were all weathered and dusty, and some still had old wounds, but their spirits were surprisingly good, and they seemed to have not been polluted by the world.
"He's alive again."
There were voices in the crowd talking, "The man who should have died long ago was resurrected three years ago and came to Xijing to find his supreme Taoist embryo."
Chen Shi glanced around and saw too many faces. There were also some big-eared Heavenly Listeners squatting on the roof, waving their arms and recording something quickly. He noticed that countless eyes were falling on him, and he seemed to be able to feel them. The mood of the owner.
There was curiosity, hostility, doubt, and appreciation... Chen Shi withdrew his gaze and stopped looking for the person who was talking.
"Before you came to Xijing, many people in Xijing knew you."
Sun Yisheng said to him, "Your actions will attract the attention of many people."
When Juren entered the city, the governor of Gongtian Mansion in Xijing came to greet him personally. He welcomed everyone to Gongtian Mansion and exchanged greetings. There were already many people outside Gongtian Mansion holding signs, eagerly waiting for Juren to come out.
After a while, Fu Yin sent everyone out of Gongtian Mansion and said with a smile: "When you settle down in Xijing, people from the hometown association will come to greet you at the door. Each of you can go to the guild hall in the same province to stay safe and wait for the exam to start. I will prepare it." Congratulations to everyone on the gold list!"
He bowed profusely, and everyone in the ceremony quickly returned the salute.
After walking out of Gongtian Mansion, sure enough, many people outside were holding signs with the names of each province written on them, such as Xinxiang, Gongzhou, Xianzhou, etc. Everyone looked for the name of their own province. After finding it, they came to say goodbye to Chen Shi.
Gongtian Fuyin looked at these candidates in surprise. Everyone wanted to bow to Chen Shi and say goodbye. Some even ran up to them and kowtowed twice before leaving, regardless of whether Chen Shi accepted it or not.
"Chen Jieyuan, do you want to go to the guild hall in Xinxiang?"
Hu Feifei asked Chen Shi. She held her daughter in her hand and looked up at Chen Shi expectantly, hoping that he could live with them. Chen Shi shook his head and declined politely, saying: "I still want to find Chen Tang." .”
He was about to leave with Sun Yisheng when the voice of Gongtian Fuyin came: "Chen Jieyuan, stay."
Chen Shi stopped and Gongtianfu Yin looked at him with gentle eyes and a gentle expression, and said with a smile: "Chen Jieyuan doesn't know something. This Xijing is not far away from Xinxiang and Xinxiang Tiangao Emperor. If you commit something, someone will help you." Calm down. But there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in Xijing. The local fierce dragons are worse than worms when they arrive in Xijing. They have to be trapped, otherwise there will be disaster." Sun Yisheng felt awe-inspiring in his heart.
There was something in Gongtian Fuyin's words, which was clearly a warning to Chen Shi. In Xinxiang, Chen Shi was a strong dragon, but in Xijing, he was worse than a snake. It was best not to cause trouble! Along the way, Sun Yisheng finally understood Chen Shi's temper. , has a strong personality and lacks tact, so I worry about him causing trouble.
Chen Shi looked solemn and said, "Students should take Fu Yin's lesson to heart." Sun Yisheng was stunned: "He didn't contradict him?"
Gongtian Prefecture Yin was quite satisfied and said: "You go ahead. Don't commit any crime. If you commit a crime, I won't let you off the hook if you fall into my hands." Chen Shi said yes.
Sun Yisheng thought to himself: "Yin Gongtian is also very generous. He knows that many governors have died because of Master Chen, and yet he dares to say such strong words in front of Master Chen. It is really remarkable."
Chen Shi was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and said, "Students don't know your name yet." Gongtianfu Yin said, "I am Xia Jiuge."
Chen Shi praised: "Master Xia is a good name. Master Xia, Xia Weiyin, and Xia Chuli are the same family?"
Gongtian Mansion Yin Xia Jiuge's face looked a little unhappy. Xia Weiyin and Xia Chuli were already two dead people.
"It's my family." His face darkened.
Chen Shi praised: "Sir, what a good name." After that, he followed Sun Yisheng and left.
Gongtianfu Yin Xia Jiuge watched him leave, only to feel that Chen Shi's dog looked at him twice. Under Sun Yisheng's guidance, Chen Shi brought the black pot and wooden cart to the inner city of Xijing.
Xijing is divided into an inner city and an outer city. The inner city is mostly the official residence and palace of Xijing officials, while the outer city is where officials who go to Beijing and where the people live. There are differences between the inside and the outside.
Chen Tang is a third-rank official and has a house and about ten houses in Xijing. If the official position is lower, he will not be a senior official and will be kicked out of the inner city and have to settle in the outer city. Chen Shi followed Sun Yisheng to come After entering the inner city, I felt that the inner city was much quieter. Although there were many cars and horses passing by, they all passed each other and it was not crowded.
Even if it is crowded, they will stop and wait quietly for the cars and horses in front to pass by.
In the outer city, if there is a congestion, it will be much noisier, and sometimes there will be fights. Not long after, they came to a house, and Sun Yisheng said: "Master Chen, we are here."
Chen Shi's body was a little stiff. He stopped and looked at the house. He was a little embarrassed and pretended not to care. The house had a main entrance, a side door opened next to it, and two bookcase stones on the left and right in front of the door, indicating that the owner's house was home. The identity is that there is a vacant space in front of the civil servants' door, which is a place for parking horses. The wooden carriage drives over on its own initiative and parks itself there.
At this time, some raindrops fell from the sky, and the wooden cart opened the canopy to protect itself from the rain. Black Pot ran under the cart to hide from the rain.
Sun Yisheng walked up the three stone steps with a crutch and came to the door and knocked on the door.
Chen Shi followed him, rubbing his hands several times until his joints turned white. "Don't be nervous."
Sun Yisheng said, "You were so calm along the way."
"I'm not nervous." Chen Shi said nervously, his neck a little stiff. At this time, the door opened.
The person who opened the door was a servant. He was in his thirties or forties. He recognized Sun Yisheng and quickly invited him in. "Master Sun, is this the young master?" The servant, wearing a black hat, asked.
Sun Yisheng said: "Call Young Master." "Young Master." said the servant.
Chen Shi nodded, wondering whether he should step his left foot first or his right foot when entering. Sun Yisheng turned around and said in surprise: "Master, come in."
Chen Shi responded and wanted to move his legs. Unexpectedly, his two feet moved together and he jumped over the threshold. "I'm too nervous."
Chen Shi was a little annoyed and said to himself, "I shouldn't be so nervous. Chen Tang doesn't recognize me, and I don't recognize him either. I'll leave as soon as I see him and go live in the Xinxiang Guild Hall."
The servant looked back in surprise, wondering why he jumped into the house. Sun Yisheng whispered: "The rules of my hometown in Xinxiang are that when you first enter the door, you must enter with both feet." The servant had never been to Xinxiang, so he believed it.
Chen Shi almost walked forward on both hands and feet. He quickly stopped, calmed down, and then returned to his normal walking posture. He looked around and distracted himself, and it turned out that he was much better.
This yard is not big, with two entrances. The front yard is the guest room and reception area, and there are two kitchen utility rooms. The back yard should be the place where the owner’s family rests. However, although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. There is a wind and rain corridor, landscape is arranged in the courtyard, there is a rockery fish pond in the backyard, and several pine trees and crape myrtles are planted.
There were not many people in the courtyard. Chen Shi saw two or three maids and servants.
Sun Yisheng, on crutches, took Chen Shi to the main hall of the backyard to sit down, and said, "Sit down for a while, and I'll go talk to Mr. Chen." Chen Shi nodded lightly and sat on the chair. The chair was cold, so he moved. Move your butt and look at the layout of the main hall.
The main hall is not a place to receive guests, but a space for family members to eat, worship Buddha and worship ancestors. It has a square table, several round stools, and a table behind the table, which is seven feet long. In the center of the table is a spiritual throne. , with the words "Xian Kao Chen Gong taboo Yindu Prefecture Jun was born in Xilian" and other words.
There is a small incense burner in front of the tomb, which is full of incense and ashes.
Chen Shi looked away and saw that there were offerings on the table. The fruits were newly put on them and were still very fresh.
There is a sword on the other side of the table, and there is also an incense burner. There is incense in the burner, which is still burning. The smell of incense floats towards the sword. The sword exudes a strong extraordinary power, and it must have been sacrificed to the sword for many years.
Behind the table hung a landscape painting. The landscape in the painting should be Qianyang Mountain. The painting was very detailed. Chen Shi also saw the Orochi Xuan Mountain coiled on the top of a mountain.
He relieved his nervousness, moved closer, and searched for the location of Huangpo Village. Sure enough, he quickly found Huangpo Village. The village was actually drawn in the painting, and there was an old willow tree with a crooked neck on the loess slope next to it.
The most peculiar thing is that there is a hanged ghost hanging on the tree!
"Chen Tang has also met Zhu Xiucai!" Chen Shi was surprised.
What surprised him the most was that there was someone under the tree, a scholar-looking man, who was raising his head as if talking to a hanged man! "Who is this person?" He was surprised and unsure.
Grandpa? Or the creator Xiaowu? Or...Chen Tang!
Sun Yisheng was waiting quietly in the front hall. The servant had already gone to the Hubu Yamen to look for Chen Tang. The servant was also a practitioner, and with the armor and horse talisman, he should have seen Chen Tang.
He waited for another incense, and heard footsteps outside the door.
Sun Yisheng turned around and saw a middle-aged official walking in. Before he could take off his red official robe and his official hat, he quickly leaned over and said: "Master Chen, I am glad that I have fulfilled my duty and brought the young master back." !」
Chen Tang quickly stepped forward, supported him, helped him sit down, and checked his injuries first. He found that Sun Yisheng was no longer seriously injured, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yisheng, you have worked so hard this time! If not, You, Chen Shi, are probably dead on the way! Tang Wu can repay you!
He straightened up and bowed his head to the ground.
Sun Yisheng hurriedly returned the gift and said with a wry smile: "Don't thank me. Even without me, your son could have come to Xijing alive, maybe faster. I feel that I didn't put in much effort along the way...
He looked strange. Apart from being injured along the way and enjoying the treatment of Chen Shi's elixir and black pot, the rest seemed to be eating and drinking every day. There were also a lot of people surrounding him, checking his injuries every day and begging him not to leave. die.
Chen Tang was surprised and didn't understand why he said that.
Sun Yisheng smiled and said: "My son is still waiting in the main hall. We have plenty of time to chat, so hurry up and go!" Chen Tang said lightly: "He is not my son, my son is dead... Yisheng, he is a What kind of person?"
Sun Yisheng hesitated for a moment, then told the truth, and said: "An honest boy, stable, mature, generous, decent, kind, and benevolent. I can't fault him. It's just that...he looked troubled and felt a little hesitant.
He felt that Chen Shi acted like this on purpose in front of him. "Just what?" Chen Tang asked.
Sun Yisheng pushed him out and said with a smile: "Go quickly, go quickly! Don't keep him waiting!"
Chen Tang walked out of the front hall, and Sun Yisheng watched him walk to the backyard. He saw Chen Tang walking awkwardly, walking forward with hands and feet. Sun Yisheng coughed, and Chen Tang also noticed that he was a little nervous. After calming down, he returned to normal.
"Please come, madam." He stopped a maid and said. The maid hurriedly left.
Chen Tang came to the main hall and stood for a moment before walking in.
Chen Shi turned around and saw a rather tall middle-aged man in official attire, standing at the door of the main hall. He had a tall and straight posture and a dignified appearance. He looked somewhat like his grandfather. If his grandfather had been decades younger, he might have looked like this.
His eyes were complicated, and he looked at Chen Shi, feeling a little silent for a moment.
Chen Shi had originally imagined the scene of meeting Chen Tang many times in his mind, and deduced many possibilities, including scenes of exchanging harsh words and killing Chen Tang. But when he actually saw Chen Tang, he suddenly When my mind calmed down, all the scenes I had imagined before disappeared.
He is a child raised by his grandfather and longs for a tender relationship between father and son.
No matter what Chen Tang said or did before, as long as he recognized him as his son, he would be willing to stay and call Chen Tang his father. Chen Tang came to the chair by the wall, sat down, and said, "Sit down. "
Chen Shi sat down and rubbed his hands again, his knuckles turning white from the rubbing.
"Xijing is too far away, and you have suffered a lot. I am very happy that you can come to Xijing safely."
Chen Tang looked at his hands and thought to himself, "When your grandfather left, I couldn't go back. It was too far from Xijing to Qianyang Mountain and I couldn't rush back in time. After he left, I thought a lot. He was certainly paranoid. , but I’m not much better. I also made mistakes..."
Chen Shi felt that a piece of ice was melting in his heart, so he stopped rubbing his hands, just pinched his fingers and said nothing.
Chen Tang was silent for a moment and said: "You can stay here for as long as you like, but... I still won't recognize you as my son." Chen Shi clenched his fists heavily, and his heart quickly froze.
Chen Tang said: "I won't recognize you. My Xiao Shi died, and I put him in the coffin with my own hands. His body was small and weighed several dozen kilograms. My Xiao Shi died eleven years ago. ..I don’t know who you are, but I will treat you as my son...
"I don't care!"
Chen Shi stood up and slammed the table. The table between the two of them shattered with a crash, "It's not comfortable to live here. I'll go back to the Xinxiang Guild Hall!"
Chen Tang was also filled with ignorance. He wanted to slam the table, but it was smashed by Chen Shi. He stood up suddenly and shouted: "You call me Lao Tzu in front of me? Is this what Chen Yindu taught you? Lawless!" "
Chen Shi said angrily: "Can you call me Chen Yindu? You have to call me daddy!" "You bastard!"
Chen Tang was so angry that his hands were shaking and he wanted to raise his hand to hit him, but he held himself back.
The two glared at each other angrily, their bodies almost touching each other, and each clenched their fists. Chen Shi snorted, walked past him, and was about to leave the Chen Mansion.
He had just walked out of the entrance of the main hall. At this time, the maid pushed a wooden wheelchair and walked along the wind and rain corridor. There was a woman sitting in the wheelchair, neatly dressed, with her hands on her knees.
Chen Shi's body trembled and he froze on the spot.
This woman is on the family portrait placed in the treasure box of old Chen's family in Huangpo Village.
At that time, Chen Shi as a child was sitting on his grandfather's lap, and the woman and Chen Tang were standing behind his grandfather. At that time, she had a smile on her face.
But now, the woman in the wheelchair is stupid and stupid, her eyes are lifeless. Her soul seems to have been lost, and it has been lost for a long time.
Only the body is alive.
Chen Tang walked out of the main hall, walked quickly beside her, squatted next to the wheelchair, held the woman's hands, and showed a rare smile on his face. "Ruru, my son is back."
There was no harshness in his voice, only gentleness remained, "Take a look, is my son back? Ruru, take a look, it's Xiao Shi, exactly the same as before."
Chapter completed!