Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 14 Huangzhou!

When they arrived at Qiting, they were very close to Huangzhou. The group worked harder and finally arrived in Huangzhou the next day.

It is a remote small town with old city walls, a small size and depressed business. Apart from the bamboo forests on the mountains outside the city and the Yangtze River flowing around the city, there is nothing else to see.

After entering the city, Su Shi looked at the streets, which were far inferior to those in Chenzhou, let alone compared with prosperous places like Bianjing.

When Su Shi was about to turn around and say something to Su Yun, "Look, I always said that Huangzhou was very remote and desolate. Do you regret it now?", he saw a rather strange sense of satisfaction on Su Yun's overly handsome face. That sense of satisfaction was similar to "Wow, this place is really interesting. I came to the right place after all."

Su Shi was a little puzzled by Su Yun's strange behavior, but he could no longer say anything and could only let the donkey cart take him to the provincial government office.

Although the Huangzhou Provincial Government Office is called a provincial government office, it is actually not much comparable to a county government office. Looking at it from the outside, the sense of age is overwhelming. If it weren't for the fact that this is a provincial government office, Su Yun would have thought it was some kind of ancient monument. However, it doesn't matter if you think so. Officials in the Song Dynasty were not encouraged to repair government offices, so most of the government offices were rather dilapidated, and the Huangzhou Provincial Government Office was particularly dilapidated.

Su Yun whispered to Su Shi, "Uncle, do you know when this state government office was built?"

Su Shi pondered for a moment and said, "Looking at its shape and age, it must be from before the Five Dynasties, right?"

Sure enough, this provincial government office is much older than Su Yun’s great-grandfather.

Su Shi and others at the gate of the provincial government office immediately alarmed the prefect Chen Shi. Chen Shi wanted to come out to greet them, but then he thought that Su Shi was exiled from the New Party. If he went out to greet him, wouldn't he give people a chance to criticize him?
So Chen Shi sent someone out to bring Su Shi into the provincial government office. Without avoiding others, he let Su Shi take up the post with a cold expression.

When Su Shi asked about his living place, Chen Shi said calmly, "Mr. Su is only settled in this prefecture and is not allowed to sign official documents. As for how to settle down, Mr. Su can find a place to live by himself, and this prefecture has no right to interfere."

Su Shi saw Chen Shi's indifference and targeting, and did not dare to refute. He took the order and left the provincial government.

He now had a fear of the government and was unwilling to stay here any longer. After leaving the provincial government office, he felt somewhat relieved but also a little confused.

If we are not allowed to live in the official residence, then where should we go? When the time comes, more than a dozen family members will have to follow us, so where can we stay?

Su Shi stood at the gate of the provincial government office. For a moment he felt that the world was so big, but there was no place for him to stay.

Su Yun knew what Su Shi was thinking. He smiled, pulled Su Shi's sleeve and said, "There is a small temple called Dinghuiyuan in the city. We can go there and stay for a few days."

Su Shi sighed and said, "How about a few days later?"

Su Yun smiled again and said, "It's just a temporary stop. I will find a way as soon as possible."

Su Yun asked for directions and arrived at Dinghui Temple. The abbot of Dinghui Temple was different from the mercenary old monk on the outskirts of Bian Jing. When he heard that it was the exiled Su Shi, he immediately felt respect for him. He immediately invited Su Shi and others in and arranged rooms for them. He also quickly served them hot vegetarian meals, which made Su Shi grateful.

Dinghui Temple treated Su Shi as a distinguished guest and extended great courtesy to him, allowing Su Shi to finally have a place to rest after his wanderings.

Su Shi put down his bag and secluded himself in the hut, thinking back to the painful experience of the past year. This sudden disaster made Su Shi feel an inexplicable fear and trembling towards the outside world.

There are traps everywhere, and unpredictable sinister existences everywhere. After the disaster, he almost doesn't know how to treat people and deal with the world in order to protect himself from unwarranted frame-ups.

He needs time to slowly repair the huge trauma in his heart.

Therefore, during the first few days after arriving in Huangzhou, he often stayed indoors all day and slept from morning till night.

Su Shi could lock himself in the room, but Su Yun had to find a way to arrange what to do next.

After all, Dinghuiyuan is not a place to live for a long time. It is just a small temple. Not to mention whether it can accommodate many people, staying here all the time will inevitably disturb the monks' meditation, so we have to find a place to stay as soon as possible.

Su Yun was thinking whether to follow Su Shi's original trajectory and find a way to make Lingao Pavilion, the water post station, a place to live, or to think of another way.

If we still use Lingao Pavilion to live in, it is actually simple. It is nothing more than smoothing out the relationship. With the help of Su Shi's old friends, this matter should not be very difficult.

There are advantages, at least it can ensure that Su Shi's works in Lingao Pavilion can be basically reproduced, but the place is indeed a bit small.

Su Yun learned from Su Mai that the Su family actually had more than twenty people. Su Yun had visited Lingao Pavilion and found that it was indeed a bit small. It would probably be very inconvenient for twenty people to live in it.

However, Su Yun finally decided to settle in Lingao Pavilion. Lingao Pavilion is only a few dozen steps away from the river. From it, one can overlook the Yangtze River with an extremely broad view. If he lives in Lingao Pavilion, wouldn't he be able to go fishing anytime?
Ha, it’s beautiful just to think about it!
You don’t have to compete with others for a fishing spot, and you can go home to eat whenever you are hungry. Well, we should also build a small pavilion here specifically for fishing!
Thinking of this, Su Yun’s restless heart could no longer be suppressed.

Right at Lingao Pavilion!
What, there are too few rooms in Lingao Pavilion?
Then build it!
Build a Snow Hall, then a South Hall. If that is still not enough, then build a pavilion with wind coming in from all sides. Can a living person die from holding his urine?
Since he had decided to stay at Lingao Pavilion, Su Yun began to take action.

After all, Lingao Pavilion is a government post station. If one wants to live there, one must obtain permission from the government. In this case, Chen Shi, the prefect of Huangzhou, is a person that cannot be avoided.

As for Chen Shi's attitude towards Su Shi, Su Yun was not too worried. Chen Shi received Su Shi in public, probably for the New Party in the court to see. In fact, he was still very nice to Su Shi.

Although Su Shi was able to settle down in Lingao Pavilion thanks to the contribution of Zhu Shouchang, the prefect of Ezhou, it would have been impossible for Su Shi to settle down in Lingao Pavilion if Chen Shi, the prefect of Huangzhou, had not agreed.

Therefore, Chen Shi will not target Su Shi, but that does not mean that this matter will be easy to handle. On the contrary, this matter is not simple.

Chen Shi had to take the reaction of the court into consideration. Originally, the Lingao Pavilion was given to Su Shi in May. At that time, Su Shi had been in Huangzhou for several months, and the court's attention to him was probably relatively low.

This is a time when the court is paying close attention to the matter, so it would probably be difficult for Chen Shi to take such a risk.

However, things are in the hands of man. Su Yun was indeed impatient to live in Dinghui Temple for a long time. Although the monks in Dinghui Temple were quite polite, one could not eat meat or drink alcohol in the temple. Sometimes some young monks would say strange things, so it was a bit awkward to live there.

(End of this chapter)