Chapter 84 – Mo Fong Tin will help you

Lingwu Supervisor is not far from here, is the end of the street that the ragged two into the courtyard. Su Yan instructed the boy and some of the brocade guards to guard the car outside the door, and he himself took Jing Hongchou and Chu Yuan and Gao Shuo and escorted Li Si into the door.

Li Si hung his head and pushed open half of the wooden door, seeing Chu Yuan disliked the narrowness and went to push the other half, immediately wailed, “Don’t–“

Before the words were finished, the half of the wooden door that was barely stuck to the edge of the frame came crashing to the ground, smashing in pieces on the steps.

Li Si said with tears in his eyes, “It’s not me who touched it, if the Supervisor pursues the matter, you all can testify for me!”

Jing Hong chasing sharp eyes, found the door shaft is broken, and the door board wood nearly rotten, thought this is what official office, even worse than the market house, even a new door can not afford to change. He saw Su Yan looked up, also looked up to see the lintel, see the plaque on the “Lingwu Supervision” three words have long been off the paint, permeated by a breath of poverty and decay.

“Take me to see your Supervisor.” Su Yan commanded.

Li Si was afraid of being scolded, dawdling and not daring to go in, his back waist was stabbed by the hilt of Chu Yuan’s knife, and he had no choice but to grit his teeth and walk towards the front hall.

Before going up the steps, I heard a loud voice in the hall scolding, “The brat hasn’t come back yet? Is it possible that he has earned money and gone to spend it recklessly, see if I don’t break his legs, so that he doesn’t have to pretend next time!”

Li Si trembled in fear and screamed shrilly, “Lord Supervisor save me–“

A five big and thick figure walked to the front of the hall, Su Yan and the others stepped onto the steps, and the two sides struck a proper eye.

Su Yan saw that this middle-aged supervisor was born stout, with yellowish skin and a somewhat haggard face, a pair of triangular eyes glittering and slightly squinting, appearing to have an improper mind.

And the supervisor is seeing the appearance of the blue-shirted scholar in front of him, his heart is dark: this face of fine skin and tender flesh and through the body of the atmosphere, by no means ordinary people can be raised out of, either the rich or the world’s son. Li Si this time is kicked on the iron plate?

However, this young gentleman looks very strange. Neither the local family, eighty percent is to follow the elders to do business with the son of merchants, and the age is still young, even if Li Si hand exposed, but also can be fooled over.

So he drank with a stern face, “What’s going on! Who dares to attack an official, is there any law in your eyes?”

Jin Yi Guards see this ninth grade sesame official rude words, immediately want to draw the sword to show identity, was Su Yan with a look to stop. Su Yan arched his hand and respectfully said: ”I don’t dare. Because caught a suspected impersonate official, blackmailing shrew, this person claimed to be Lingwu Supervisor Supervisor vice, small people would like to report directly to the county magistrate, but can not be sure of his identity, specially come to ask what is going on.”

When the supervisor saw that he was polite, his heart was even more set by 80% to 90%, and asked, “What is the origin of this gentleman?”

Su Yan said, “The small people’s family do tea business, heard that Pingliang tea horse side market will open, so came all the way here.”

The Supervisor laughed: “I’m not hiding it from you, this guy is indeed a member of the Lingwu Supervisor, but he’s not a deputy supervisor, nor is he a registered official, he’s a temporary worker. If he is misbehaving, this official will not harbor him, he will be dismissed and expelled, and when all the formalities are completed, this official will personally send him to the county office. Your Honor, is this a proper disposition?”

Screw your grandmother’s temp, Su Yan mentally cursed. Feigning a blank stare, like he didn’t expect this adult to answer so frankly and dispose fairly.

The Supervisor added: “Do you not trust this official, and want to stay and wait for the formalities to be completed, and then go to the county office with you? This is not something that can be accomplished in a day or two, why don’t you leave your address and I will send someone to contact you later?”

Business people pay attention to peace and prosperity, do not like more trouble, and foreigners inevitably have a strong dragon does not suppress the idea of a snake, he as an official since the attitude has been put out, I think the other side is not to the end of the poor pursuit.

As expected, the other party was busy saluting, “I don’t dare to trouble Your Excellency. Since Your Honor has dealt with this matter impartially, this matter will end here.”

The supervisor saw the merchant’s boy leave with his retainers before scolding Li Si: “Waste!” Li Si smiled, “Thank you, Lord Wang, for your protection, I will double it back tomorrow.”

Supervisor Wang waved his hand with lingering anger, “Come on, just your five taels and ten taels a day, it’s not a climatic situation, when will this official be able to pay off the debt.”

Li Si followed him into the hall and offered his advice, “If you really can’t, go to the various courts and pastures to see how many horses are still on sale?”

A colleague next to me said, “I sifted through them long ago, and couldn’t pick out a few that were even remotely decent looking, they were all thin and sick. Even the grass is only moldy, and no one wants them even if they are sold cheaply.”

Li Si pondered again, “Why don’t we go around on the Herding Army side and catch a bunch of people who aren’t keeping their horses properly and make them pay a fine.”

“Come on, those herdsmen are even poorer than us, and can’t gouge out a few dollars even if they are penalized. Besides, more than half of the herdsmen fled, and I heard that the two ministers of the Imperial Servants’ Temple and the Yuan Ma Temple could not recruit new soldiers, and reported to the court, so the Ministry of Criminal Affairs sent those who had committed capital offenses all over the world to be filled up with horses for the army. That can be a felon, ferocious, and penniless, not to mention extorting a copper plate, the field is not careful, back to bite you a mouthful of meat is light.”

“So …… I’ll get the map over and scratch around to see what other pastures are available for sale in the various courts?”

“The slightly fat land was sold in pieces, either the officials within the temple and supervisors themselves took it and returned it to cultivation, and the rest was so thin that even the grass couldn’t grow tall enough to grow wheat, and it was hard to even draw ears, so who would want to buy it?”

Li Si thought about it, completely out of ideas, and sighed, “I’ll go around the streets again in the late afternoon and see if I can catch a fat sheep.”

Wang Supervisor is sitting on an old tai shi chair, also very discouraged, “monthly so three melon two dates of firewood silver, family can not feed. It is said that ‘I would rather be a county magistrate without rank and flow, not too servant court horse two temple secretary’, no matter how high or low the rank, what Yamen can come to step on us a few feet, even the general, the management team of this low-ranking military officials, can ride on our head. It’s not as bad as being a commoner! Damn, the old me forced anxious, also like our emperor ordered people to reprimand him and marquis Xian’an, his serious injury has not yet healed and angry spit blood, also do not know how long can still survive.”

“Even though I haven’t read much, I know the saying – do what you can.”

Su Yan sighed, “Yes, do your best and listen to heaven.”

Jing Hongchou looked at him with a pair of starburst-like moving eyes, her lips vaguely revealing a light smile, “Mo Fang, Your Excellency is destined by the heavens, the heavens will help you.”

“…… You’re crossing over too?”

“What?”

“You said ‘mofon’.”

“I’m picking up your accent, your ancestry is from Min?”

Su Yan was amused, “Did you think that when Min people laugh, it’s all ‘fa fa fa fa fa’.”

Jing Hong chased after him and focused on looking at his face, as if to engrave a knitted smile in his heart, and said offhandedly, “Adults should smile more.”

Su Yan put the plate aside and stretched, the hidden worries between his brows having dissipated. “Thank you, Chui.” He said sincerely.

Jing Hong chased after him and shook his head, “I can’t help Your Excellency in national politics, not compared to those learned and insightful scholars, or even the brocade guards who are well versed in the doorways of officialdom.”

“As I said, you have your good. Your goodness I know.” Su Yan grabbed his hand and shook it vigorously, “Having you as my companion on this trip is my greatest fortune.”

Jing Hongchou allowed the sticky honeydew melon juice between his fingers to coat his hands.

Su Yan smiled embarrassedly, wiping his hands clean with the dampened handkerchief and handing him another one.

Jinghong Chase took it and set it down next to him.

A few moments later, Su Yan dozed off in the shaking of the carriage. Jing Hongchu waited for him to fall asleep, then raised his hand and carefully licked the juice he had stained on his fingers clean.

That’s sweet.