Chapter 301: As long as the knife in your hand is suitable for your hand, it is a good knife
"Does he have such cunningness?" Military Doctor Liu expressed deep doubt.
He looked at the silver ingot in Song Yanxi's hand, his eyes darkened, "I shouldn't have kept the He family's affairs secret from you."
Song Yanxi: "Her heart disease is incurable. You have done your best."
The more she said this, the more ashamed Doctor Liu felt. He took the silver she gave him and said, "Don't worry about her funeral. Leave it to me."
He thought for a moment and then said, "There's just one thing I need to ask you about."
"Is Mr. Liu worried about where Li Zhuang is going?"
Doctor Liu nodded, a trace of sadness flashing in his eyes. "Erniu is a good man, and his wife is also kind-hearted. They have been married for many years and only have this one son. We must find a good place for him."
Otherwise, he would feel guilty about it.
If Li Erniu knew about the current situation of his wife and children, he would definitely not be able to rest in peace.
Worried that Song Yanxi would feel embarrassed, Doctor Liu added, "It's just a matter of adding another mouth to feed. He's just a half-grown child. Let him eat as much as he can. Just let him follow me."
Although the army is not a good place, at least under his supervision, the children can be well fed, well clothed and learn some skills.
When I have learned enough in the future, even if I travel around as a barefoot doctor, at least I will have a skill to make a living and I won’t starve to death in the future.
After listening to Doctor Liu clearly explain the arrangements for Li Zhuang, Song Yanxi hurriedly told him everything she had promised He Chunhua.
She was afraid that if she didn't tell him, Mr. Liu would even arrange for Li Zhuang to get married and have children in the future.
After hearing her words, Doctor Liu said meaningfully, "As expected of his old-fashioned daughter, she's so calm and composed, always considering her steps. She really does resemble her father in his youth."
Afraid that Song Yanxi didn't understand, he explained: "He Guban is a gentleman from the nearby Hejia Village. I don't need to tell you what his temperament is like, I'm sure you can tell.
This man was incredibly talented and had a lot of ideas, but unfortunately he was born in troubled times and due to some unforeseen circumstances he was never given a position of importance by the court when he was young. He could only find work as a village teacher to supplement his family income.
"The prince values talent. Since Mr. Liu thinks so highly of Mr. He, why don't you introduce him to someone else?"
"Do you think I don't want to?" Doctor Liu sighed helplessly.
He thought of something, and his eyes were filled with regret. "No wonder everyone in the surrounding area calls him He Gudu. He's still so stubborn. I followed the prince to He Village three times in a row, and he only said three words in total."
"I'm busy, I'm not going, please go back."
Speaking of these six words, Doctor Liu was so angry that his beard trembled. "The old conservative taught a bunch of young conservatives, especially the one he raised, He Suowei, who was the most knowledgeable, and he was a tough nut to crack.
Not only does he not respond to soft words or hard words, he also doesn't know how to read people's faces. If he were to take the imperial examination and pursue a career in government, he would suffer endless losses."
"What's the matter?"
"Why, have you heard of his name?"
Song Yanxi shook her head and said casually, "That's an interesting name."
Doctor Liu couldn't help but laugh out loud, "It's really funny. When He Guban picked up the child, it happened to be a drought. Ordinary people couldn't even get enough to eat. They couldn't even feed their own children, so how could they have extra kindness to share with others?
At that time, everyone in the village advised him not to meddle in other people's business and let the child fend for himself, so as not to drag down his family and starve to death.
He refused to do so. Not only did he claim that he would definitely raise the child, he also deliberately gave the child such a name. This made the village chief, who took the lead in persuading him, so angry that he never had a good face when he saw him for several years.
No one would have thought that their family of three, relying on each person eating less, could actually raise a top scholar in a disaster year."
Song Yanxi's eyes flashed, and she asked, "What do you mean, is there a sister above me?"
Doctor Liu blurted out, "How can an orphan have sisters? I heard that when He Guban found him, he didn't even have a piece of clothing to cover himself. He was thrown naked on the roadside in the scorching summer weather, without even a tree to provide shade.
If He hadn't felt sorry for her father and happened to pick him up while delivering water to the private school, he would have been killed by the scorching sun in just an hour. I really don't know how his parents could be so cruel.
He is old-fashioned and has been an orphan since childhood. He has an older sister who depends on him and saved his life when he was young. Everything is right.
What is this? It means the new top scholar who will be among the top three in the imperial examination next spring.
Therefore, he is extremely talented and upright, and is highly regarded by Your Majesty.
It was precisely because of his integrity, courage to think and speak, and even courage to do things that others dared not think or do that the court impeached Lin Tingfeng and his wife for being too extravagant in holding a full-moon banquet for their twins.
The grandness of the scene was even greater than that of the eldest princess' birthday banquet, which was beyond the norm.
None of the civil and military officials in the court thought that what he said was wrong, but no one dared to agree with him.
Even Emperor Xuande only gave Lin Tingfeng a few mild reprimands, reminding him not to do the same in the future, without any substantial punishment.
Seeing his partiality, all the ministers echoed his opinion, and some even reprimanded He on the spot for his bad conduct, saying that he only cared about other people's private affairs and was unworthy of his position.
Although Emperor Xuande did not punish He Suo for this, Lin Tingfeng and his wife still held a grudge against him.
Different from the methods used to deal with the Yan family, he was a "lonely man" who had just entered the court and had no family background. Killing him was just a matter of a snap of the fingers.
First, someone impeached him in the court for his poor personal morals, openly visiting prostitutes in brothels, and being unfit to be an official.
Soon after, rumors spread that he had disregarded human ethics, forced his sister's husband to death and took her for himself, and that the children born to his sister called him daddy instead of uncle.
Rumors are more ferocious than tigers. As more and more gossip reached his ears, Emperor Xuande's attitude towards this "close minister" became noticeably colder.
He may not believe those nonsense, but as the king of a country, he cannot let his subjects think that he is unable to judge people and reuses people with flawed morals.
He doesn't care whether the rumors are true or not.
As long as the knife in your hand fits your hand, it is a good knife.
Who cares whether a knife is black or white?
What is the so-called newcomer to the court? I can't handle all those twists and turns, and I don't know what it means to have a king's heart as deep as the sea. I only know that no matter how I explain to the people around me, they are only willing to believe those unfounded rumors.
And the monarch who had always appreciated him was unwilling to believe him.
Being treated coldly by Emperor Xuande, being ridiculed and bullied by colleagues in the court, being spat on and having vegetable leaves thrown at him on the way home, etc., these were actually not enough to bring He Suo down.
He still dressed neatly every day and went to court as usual.
Until one day, when he returned home from court, he found that his courtyard was surrounded by people and realized that something had happened.
He Chunhua hanged herself.
In order to prove the innocence of the two, she made an appointment with a doctor to visit her home for a consultation in advance, and tricked her son into going out under the pretext of buying candied haws.
The letter left behind was written in blood, every word was heartbreaking.
In fact, He Chunhua was not in good health at that time. She was so thin that she had only a few pounds of flesh on her body. She usually never went out of the house and just stayed in the yard to sew clothes for her uncle and nephew.
If it weren't for Zhuang Shihan's so-called "heart-attack" strategy, she would never have heard the gossip outside.
As the two of them enjoyed themselves in the bedroom, Zhuang Shihan leaned against Lin Tingfeng's chest and said, "What did I say? There must be something going on between these two siblings. Otherwise, how could she be willing to die for a brother who has no blood relationship with her?"
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