Beautiful step by step

Chapter 153

Most people who sympathize with the weak have a common mentality: Whoever makes concessions is a good person.

Take today's incident by the city wall as an example, it is obvious that the scribes of Yingtianfu wanted to find fault.However, if Yan Heng sent him to the official according to the law of Da Yue, it would inevitably leave everyone with a sense of aggressiveness and inhumanity; but now that he has agreed to keep the matter private, those who saw him clearly able to report to the official finally chose Those who forgave were all worthless for him.

A villain like this who framed others should have been sent to the officials to deal with it severely, but now it is too cheap for him to just make an apology.

After feeling aggrieved, everyone thought in their hearts: Mr. Yan from the northwest is really kind.

Cheap scribes?how is this possible!

Pleading guilty with thorns, as the name implies, means wearing a shirtless shoulder and carrying thorns on your back, and kneeling at the door of someone's house to plead guilty after ostentatiously crossing the market.This is nothing to a shameless person, but it is definitely the most serious punishment for an official who needs the face most.

Some decent people think this punishment is quite heavy, but in the eyes of most ordinary people, compared to being dismissed from office and being punished by the government, it is just an apology, and this punishment is almost negligible.

The scribe really burned high incense from his ancestors to bless him to meet such a benevolent and unassuming Shangfeng.

The farce at the gate of the city finally ended with the clerk swallowing water bitterer than Huang Lian and agreeing to "plead guilty to the thorn".In front of everyone, Wei Wei took Dong Xue and started packing the messed up luggage.The three boxes were fully packed and there was a cup of tea time, which attracted countless sympathetic eyes.

After a lot of tossing, they were finally able to enter the city.

Behind the carriage, the Yamen servant of Yingtian Mansion, who had been watching coldly, helped the clerk up.Standing up straight, the scribe brushed off the non-existent dust on his knees, and looked at the carriage entering the city with a look of triumph.

Wei Wei and Yan Heng didn't notice this at all. Sitting in the carriage, she was feeling sorry for the box of clothes facing Yan Heng.

"Not to mention anything else, the two close-fitting sheepskin jackets are what Ulan's mother thought of. Now they are kneading and pinching, and they put their noses up to smell. How can I wear them in the future."

Yan Heng listened patiently: "Then I won't wear them. It just so happens that there is Jinxiu Pavilion in Beijing, and Ah Mao will buy more clothes when I come back this time."

While talking, he calculated his salary in his mind, even though he is acting as a commander now, the salary given by the imperial court is according to the commander's share.The third-rank feudal official and the fifth-rank governor, not only the status, but also the salary is very different.Although many corrupt officials are clamoring that the salary is not enough, he is sure and sure that the salary of Dai Viet officials is definitely high in the 360 ​​lines.

"Shopkeeper Ning should have new tricks. When Ah Mao feels more comfortable, we'll take Mother along and buy some clothes for her along the way."

Although I was a little worried in my heart, I had to live anyway.Wei Qiang cheered up: "Well, I have earned a lot of money in the past two years, it's time to be filial to my wife."

"Spend my salary first, let's talk about it when it's not enough."

This person... is so persistent every time.Wei Wei really doesn't know what to say, they are a family, whoever spends money is not a spender.

She thinks so, but when it comes to Yan Heng, if you don't spend his money, he will be very unhappy.At first Wei Wei was a little puzzled, but then she got a little understanding of his brain circuit.This is probably the only bit of machismo left in him: as a man, he should make money to support his family, and it is a sign of incompetence to spend his wife's money.

Other than that, the remaining machismo shows.For example, a gentleman stays away from the kitchen, and a wife should do housework and take care of the children. Not only does he not have these things, but on the contrary, as long as he is free, he will never pretend to do things like cooking and laundry.

It's really hard not to like his machismo.

With crooked eyebrows and eyes, Wei Wei nestled in his arms with a submissive face: "Okay, I will obey my husband."

Yan Heng held him in his arms, imagining his daughter-in-law used the salary he earned to buy the clothes she wanted, dressed up beautifully and going out bright and charming, he couldn't help being satisfied and proud in his heart.

"By the way, what did the scribe just say?"

Wei Wei still couldn't help asking, the matter was right there, even if she knew it, she would feel bad, and if she didn't know, she would be worried.Between these two unpleasant emotions, she would rather choose the former. Although it is a bit sad, she knows that the current situation holds her destiny in her own hands.

"He said that the reason why he framed me was because his son owed gambling debts in the gambling house. The manager of the gambling house has a high position and authority. He dare not provoke him, so he can only obey orders to handle this matter."

It took a long time to confess such a person.

"Then we have to go to the casino next step?"

Yan Heng shook his head, his eyes turned away from Wei Wei's body were full of coldness: "If you go, you will fall into the trap of the people behind the scenes."

"You mean to say that the scribe is deliberately deceiving us?"

"I have two doubts." After adjusting her sitting posture to make her lean more comfortably, Yan Heng analyzed, "Is it really so easy for an old fritter who has been a seventh-rank scribe for many years to be shocked by me? Even if he is shocked by me Wait, how dare those people send such a worthless person to do such a big matter?"

These two doubts are justified, and Wei Wei is also confused.This inexhaustible clue is a whole Rashomon.

"Then what is Ah Heng going to do?"

To Wei Wei and Yan Heng, he never concealed it: "There are still a few days left, when I settle down, I will go to the casino to have a look."

"Going again? Do you want to do the opposite, see what the people behind the scenes want you to do, and then find the truth by peeling away?"

Following her words, Yan Heng said: "It's also possible, there are direct clues over there."

No matter what the scribe said was true or not, the current capital was like a huge hunting net to him.Now his only advantage is the trust of the emperor, but the trust of the emperor alone is not enough, he must show the strength to match the trust.He wants to prove to the emperor that he has not misjudged the person, and only then can the word "generation" in front of his official position be truly removed.Become a real commander and hold most of the military power in the Northwest.

When he took Ah Mao out of the capital two years ago, he swore in his heart that one day he would reach the position of Prince Zhenbei, so that Ah Mao's wife would honor his wife and he would no longer have to fear anyone.

Two years later, he returned to the capital again, and he had already had this opportunity.

"Aheng."

Ah Mao's soft voice awakened Yan Heng to ponder, lowered his head and relaxed a little, he apologized: "I was too absorbed in thinking just now, did I scare you?"

Wei Wei nodded obediently, the expression on Yan Heng's face was so dignified just now, but the eyes that were full of gentleness towards her in the past now exude a frightening light.He held her firmly in his arms, and the more dangerous aura around her penetrated the fur and pierced her spine like a needle, bringing fear deep into the bone marrow.

"What are you thinking, it was really scary just now."

"Don't be afraid."

Yan Heng didn't answer any more, but relaxed a little bit, holding her in his arms full of possessiveness.Sensing keenly that he was in a bad mood, he adjusted a comfortable posture and leaned against her.In this way, the two of them maintained a strange posture until they walked to the gate of Wei Family Courtyard.

As a foreign official, Yan Heng could have lived in a post station when he returned to Beijing this time.But generally officials who have property in the capital will skip this step when they return to Beijing.When they arrived at their place, Yan Heng had no intention of stopping when passing by the station.

Mother Wei, who was ready to talk about the car and was going to persuade them to come to live with her, beamed when she saw this.Brother Heng's attitude of not treating himself as an outsider made her, who only had one girl in her life, feel unhappy.

"When you get home, come down and get warm. Your clothes are messy and inconvenient to wear. I prepared a few sets at home for you to wear temporarily. After a few days to settle down, let's go to Jinxiu Pavilion to make another batch. "

It's not that the whole family doesn't want to go to one house, from Wei Wei to Yan Heng, and then the current mother Wei, all three of them want to go together.

"Mother, just now in the carriage Ah Heng also said that when we settle down, ask our mother and I to buy more clothes, which will be paid out of his salary."

Wei's mother was even more satisfied now, and she praised: "Brother Heng is still thoughtful, but mother has money, you save the money, and give it to my granddaughter in the future."

"granddaughter?"

Is it really a daughter?Wei Wei was overjoyed. She and Yan Heng had discussed the gender of the child countless times after she became pregnant, and both of them wanted a daughter.She prefers her daughter herself, while Ah Heng prefers her in person, and wants to have a little girl who looks like her in character.

Although the two reached a consensus, outsiders did not know this.During the Chinese New Year, anyone who comes to pay New Year's greetings wishes her to have a son early.Even though she braved the thunder and said that she wanted a caring little padded jacket, there were still a lot of people saying that her husband and son would not worry.Wei's mother was the first one she met to say she had a daughter.

As expected of a mother!
"It's not the granddaughter." Looking at her stomach, Wei's mother said firmly, "Brother Heng, don't be unhappy. The tradition of the Wei family is to give birth to a first-born daughter."

She didn't know it at first, but when she was pregnant with Ah Mao, when she heard that Wei Bang was killed in battle, Mrs. Wei forced her to come to her door and asked her to hold a baby first to make a twin.At that time, she still wondered how they could conclude that it was a girl before the child was born.Under her doubts, Mrs. Wei told her this.

"That's just right, Ah Mao and I are looking forward to it."

It would be great if my son-in-law could say this, and Mother Wei greeted them into the house with a satisfied face.The two still lived in the west side room of the main house when they got married, and the stove had already been lit in the room.The fire was roaring loudly, and the room was so warm that those who came in from the outside hurriedly took off their clothes.

"The silver silk charcoal sent by Brother Heng this year is really good to burn."

Put on light clothes and stay in the warm inner room like spring.After many days of exhaustion, Wei Wei's pajamas came soon.

After she fell asleep, Yan Heng walked out lightly.After saying a few words to Wei's mother, he went out and turned a few turns into an unremarkable alley.When he came out, he already had information about the scribe's family.

He didn't expect much at first, but he really didn't expect that he would hear such a violent private matter.The youngest son born to him by the most beloved concubine in the scribe's room had another father.The top of the head is so green that even a man would be unable to lift his head.

(End of this chapter)