615 So That's It
The next day, Ping An and his master learned the whole story.
The imperial court wanted to build a large market near the city gate. As there were many people in the capital, the original market was not enough.
The market was built near the city gate. If the people doing small business outside did not want to go into the city, they could just leave after finishing their business. This greatly reduced the population flow in the city and avoided congestion.
Sun Wen followed the Shangshu, Shilang and other officials of the Ministry of Revenue to inspect the location of the market for the last time. If there were no objections after the inspection, they could start work soon.
Unexpectedly, next to a house, a young man suddenly rushed towards Minister Wang with a knife. Sun Wen happened to be not far away from him, and he grabbed the minister. Although he saved the man, he himself was stabbed in the arm.
Just as the guard rushed over, he was stabbed in the chest again.
When he fell to the ground, the guards subdued the boy. His family members rushed over, knelt down and cried, saying that although the boy was fifteen years old and very strong, he was mentally retarded and his intelligence was comparable to that of a three-year-old child.
Because he overheard his mother crying and saying that she was reluctant to leave, he thought that the minister and his men had bullied his parents, so he picked up an axe.
Ping An also learned that this family has quite a few people, the two elderly people have been ill for many years, and the son is in such a situation, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the family is penniless.
Ping An was also speechless.
It's just like in your previous life, when someone hit someone while riding a bicycle, and when you asked him for compensation, you found that the most he could give you was two old hens and some eggs, and he had no money at all.
The gentleman saved people with good intentions, but he almost lost his own life. It can be said that if it were someone else, ten out of ten people would have died.
On the third day, Minister Wang and his wife came to see Sun Yat-sen with a lot of gifts.
Ping An just helped the master change the bandage on the gentleman, the wound looked scary.
Zhichen and Zhiyuan were both there, watching with tears in their eyes, luckily their mother didn’t see it.
When Minister Wang and his wife arrived, the medicine had just been changed. They saw Sun Yat-sen lying straight with a pale face and his two sons with red eyes. They felt extremely guilty.
They all knew how dangerous that day was. It was said that among the dozen people, only Ping'an's blood was compatible with Sun Wen's, and the others were not suitable. If they waited for Sun Wen's son to come, they would probably all be dead.
He thought of his son, who was still serving as an official hundreds of miles away. If Sun Yat-sen had not pulled him away at the critical moment, he would have been lying in the coffin and being worshipped.
Minister Wang and his wife talked for a while and then prepared to leave. It was not appropriate to disturb the injured person too much.
"Lord Sun, Lord Wan, thanks to you all being here this time, I couldn't sleep the whole night when I got home.
Lord Sun, thank you again for saving me. Thank you so much. I will repay you someday if I have the chance."
Madam Wang also thanked Madam Sun again and again: "I don't know how to express my gratitude, Madam Sun, these are some supplements, I don't know if they can be used, I'm really sorry."
After some refusals, the Sun family had no choice but to accept it.
After Minister Wang and his wife left.
Zhichen checked the gifts and found that they were all relatively expensive supplements that his father could use.
But there was a small wooden box, and inside the box was two thousand taels of silver notes.
"Mom and Dad, there are two thousand taels of silver notes here. What should we do with them?"
Sun Wen said, "Zhiyuan chased after them and returned it."
Zhiyuan nodded.
Sun Sicheng said, "You can chase him and pay him back. If you really want to refuse, you can accept it. You almost lost your life because of him. What is two thousand taels worth?"
Ping An took the small wooden box and said, "I'm quick. I'll go."
He took the box, stuffed it into his arms, and disappeared.
Sun Wen shook his head: "Going there safely is just a formality."
Sun Sicheng chuckled. This kid loved money more than he did. However, Minister Wang could definitely accept it with two thousand silver notes. The Wang family was well off, so this amount of money was not much.
Although Awen is not short of money, he can take what he deserves. Zhiyuan is a little too rigid.
Sure enough, after a while, he returned safely.
"Master's Wife, please keep the banknotes. I will chase after him and return them to Master Wang. Master Wang refused to take them, so I had no choice but to bring them back. You can take them. My husband will also need to take supplements slowly in the future."
Madam Sun took the banknote and said, "Master's wife, please take it first."
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Seven days later, Sun Wen recovered well. Ping An removed the stitches for him and personally sent him and his wife home.
Zhiyuan stayed in the hospital for three days and then returned to the county government office as he could not leave.
Zhichen barely made it to the last place in the provincial examination last year, and didn't make it to the metropolitan examination in spring. He just had to wait three years to make a final effort. A few days ago, they advised him to return to the Imperial College, as taking too much leave is not a good idea.
Ping An took Lin Feng and Xiao Wu to settle the master.
"Sir, take good care of yourself. I will ask Qingshi to prepare medicinal food for you every other day, and I will come over to change your medicines as well. You will be fine in ten days."
"Take them back. Someone from the department will be here in the next two days. I have already told your master that I will hand in my resignation letter when I feel better."
Ping An thought about it and thought it was right, so he leaned over to his master's ear and whispered something.
Sun Wen smiled and nodded: "Sir, I will listen to Ping An."
Ping'an said goodbye to his master and his wife and went to the village.
It was already mid-afternoon and he didn't want to go to the hospital anymore. It had rained a lot recently and the village was extremely busy.
Madam Sun asked, "What did Ping An whisper to you?"
Sun Wen chuckled, "He said he would come earlier in the next two days to help me put on some makeup. Since my injury was caused by official business, it would be better to make them feel guilty and treat Brother Zhichen better in the future."
He has recovered well in the past few days. His complexion is much better and he can walk slowly.
He is not a stupid or corrupt person, and he is planning to resign. If he can earn a bonus for his brother Zhichen because of this injury, why not do it?
He also wrote a letter to plead for the mentally retarded boy. The next day, the boy's parents brought a basket of old hens. The couple kowtowed to them and begged for mercy. They also brought a bag of silver change with copper coins in it. It can be said that they gave everything they had.
What could he do? He naturally chose to forgive, returned the compensation, and only accepted a few old hens.
Because their son had lost so much blood, a few chickens were still edible.
Two days later, several officials including the Minister of Revenue and Vice Minister Wang came to Sun Yat-sen's home. In addition to expressing their condolences, they also brought the imperial edict.
The imperial edict highly affirmed and praised Sun Yat-sen's behavior of bravely rescuing his colleagues regardless of his own danger. His official position remained unchanged for the time being, but his official rank was raised by one level from the original sixth rank to the fifth rank.
You know, although there is only one level difference between the sixth rank and the fifth rank, many officials are often stuck at this level for their entire lives, unable to move forward.
Sun Yat-sen did not expect the court to treat him like this, and he was touched, but even so, he did not change his mind about resigning.
He increasingly realized that he really didn't like being an official. It was extremely boring. How could it be as comfortable and free as living behind the eldest son?
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