Chapter 147: Old Case
When he saw the young lady, Hua Ping regained his laziness and said nonchalantly, "What do you, a young lady, know?"
Su Ruojin chuckled, "I don't understand, but I think Shopkeeper Ye is so handsome. I wish I were a man."
Hua Ping frowned: "How about you being a man?"
"Chase!"
Hua Ping looked up at the sky in silence and said unhappily, "Are you going back or not?"
Su Ruojin looked towards the Dongshan Academy halfway up the mountain and said, "I still want to go see my brother!"
Mao Ya couldn't help but remind her: "Young lady, we just watched it two days ago. Now, the young master might still be in class..." So don't disturb him.
It was because she considered that her brother was in class that she hesitated about whether to go up.
"So you're not going to visit your brother?"
Hua Ping was speechless again: "How can your brother study with peace of mind if you keep bothering him like this every other day?"
Su Ruojin: ...
Since she was not going to see her brother, Su Ruojin took some writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone for Su Yanli and Su Sanlang and went back home. Before leaving, she went to the breakfast shop to say hello to Ye Huaizhen and Shi Er.
"If there is any problem that cannot be solved, please ask someone to send a message to me."
Ye Huaizhen didn't treat her as a young lady, and nodded sincerely, "Okay." He bowed to them who were about to leave, "Then Huaizhen won't see you off, young lady, be careful on the way."
Su Ruojin smiled, turned around, glanced at the serious Hua Ping, and her eyebrows slightly raised.
Hua Ping pretended not to see it and turned around as usual.
Along the way, Su Ruojin couldn't help but lift the small curtain of the carriage and chat with Hua Ping, who was driving the mule cart, "Uncle Hua, Manager Ye is very attractive to you, isn't he?"
Hua Ping just drove and ignored him.
"Shopkeeper Ye is such a heroic beauty, go after her, I'll create opportunities for you."
Huaping:......
If he doesn't say anything, the next sentence he'll probably say is: You two should get married soon!
"flower……"
"Shut up!"
Su Ruojin: ...
"You don't know anything. Do you think getting married is like playing house with kids in the alley?"
Ah, it's not love at first sight? Don't you want to understand?
Su Ruojin thought, could it be that she had misunderstood, and that Shopkeeper Ye might actually be the one being spied on by Uncle Hua? She felt bad instantly, and all her fancy ideas disappeared.
"Uncle Hua, no way!"
"Stop disturbing me while I'm driving." Hua Ping snorted coldly. What a little brat, what a cute glutinous rice dumpling. Now it seems very annoying. He'd better not give birth to it.
After sending Su Ruojin home, Hua Ping slipped away and went straight into the secret courtyard. When he saw Mr. Shen, he asked, "Siping sent a shopkeeper to the Su family. Did you know?"
"Now I know, what's the matter?"
Hua Ping was speechless all day, "So, you didn't know?"
Mr. Shen said, "Siping is the steward of the young prince. He is handling the young prince's private affairs. What do you want me to know? Just tell me what's going on."
"Today, I saw the young lady from the Ye family."
"Ye family?"
Ten years ago, there was a man named Ye in the capital who was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy. When he was being escorted out of the Dali Temple, he hit his head against the gate and died to prove his innocence. This incident caused a great sensation at the time, and almost everyone in the capital knew about it.
Mr. Shen suddenly remembered, “Ye Quan’s daughter Ye Huaizhen?”
Hua Ping nodded.
Mr. Shen pondered, and suddenly asked, “When have you met Ye Quan’s daughter?”
Hua Ping: "She was imprisoned in Jiaosifang. I met people from Dali Temple at the gate and they escorted her in."
"That was ten years ago. How come you still remember it?"
That year, Hua Ping was fifteen years old and was learning various skills in the imperial army. Occasionally, when he had a holiday, he was dragged by his companions to the Jiaofangsi to see beauties. At that time, a group of young ladies from official families who had been convicted were sent to the Jiaofangsi. Why did they remember Ye Huaizhen? It was really because of the young lady's extraordinary appearance and cold temperament, which made her stand out among the young ladies and stunned these young people.
But it was just a glance, and he was just like any other passerby, he just glanced and that was it, and he didn't know what happened to the young lady later.
"When did she leave the Jiaofangsi?"
Mr. Shen said, "Ye Quan was killed in front of the Dali Temple, which attracted the attention of the government. So they re-investigated Ye Quan's case. Half a year later, although the case was not completely solved, Ye Quan was cleared of suspicion, so the Ye family was pardoned, and Ye Huaizhen was released from the music studio. Later, the Ye family disappeared in the capital. I don't know the details. When Siping, the steward of the young prince, comes, you can ask him for details."
The next day, Su Ruojin got up early in the morning. When Hua Ping arrived, she was already waiting obediently. After practicing her skills, she was pulled by the young lady again.
"You're going out again?"
Su Ruojin smiled and nodded, "Yes, Uncle Hua."
"If it's for grocery shopping or shopping, I won't agree."
The young lady raised her chubby little hand and waved, "It's still Dongshan Academy."
Early in the morning, Hua Ping was as if he had seen a ghost. When it was his turn, he asked back, "No way!" Are they really giving him the chance?
Su Ruojin let him misunderstand, "Are you going or not?"
"No." Hua Ping refused firmly.
Ah, it's not that I'm moved, it's...
Su Ruojin didn't want to think about it, and quickly changed the subject, "I lied to you. I didn't go to see Shopkeeper Ye. I went to see my uncle."
Hua Ping's eyebrows were so tight that they could almost pinch a fly to death. "He's not going to the Imperial College, but to Dongshan Academy instead?"
"no."
"Then why is he going there? To seek fame and reputation?"
Su Ruojin: ...Why is this so harsh? But it seems...
"Hurry up and have breakfast. After breakfast, we will go to the literary gathering at Dongshan Academy."
How could he forget such an important event? Dongshan Academy holds a literary gathering every three years, which happens to be before the Dragon Boat Race on the Dragon Boat Festival. So this year's dragon boat race is attended by famous literati.
Whenever there was a dragon boat race organized by the Dongshan Academy Literary Association, the event would be more lively than usual. Sometimes, when officials were in the mood, they would go to the moat in person to watch the dragon boat race and listen to the literati chanting poems in praise of the ancestors and singing about the prosperous times.
Su Ruojin was anxious and was about to leave with Shu Ping. Su Yanli, wearing a light blue robe with wide sleeves, stood in the corridor and said with a smile, "Ajin, take your father with you."
"Dad is not on duty?"
"The Imperial Academy allows you to go to Dongshan Academy to attend the Literati Meeting."
Su Ruojin racked her brains. Three years ago, when she was five years old, did her father pass away that year? She seemed to have no memory of it. At that time, the Su family was having a hard time, and Mother Dong was blackmailed by Granny Xu. She was either standing at the stove or dealing with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar every day, so she really had no time to pay attention to these things.
Su Yanli reached out and stroked his daughter's head. "Three years ago, I didn't participate."
oh!
"Why didn't I listen to what Dad said last night?"
"When I was about to say it, you went to bed."
Su Ruojin chuckled, "Let's go then."
The father and daughter wanted to go happily, and Su Sanlang also wanted to go, but Su Yanli refused to take them, saying, "There are too many people, and you will be squeezed." He was mainly afraid that they would get lost.
"Sister, if you're not afraid of the crowds, then neither am I." Su Sanlang insisted on going, clinging to the mule cart and refusing to let go.
There was no choice but to take the kid with me.
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