Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 16 I'm afraid my uncle is going to commit suicide!
Although Su Shi did not go out during the day and only went out for a walk at night, he wrote a lot of poems.

Poems like "On February 26, I slept soundly in the rain, and in the evening I forced myself to get up and go out. I wrote this poem, feeling quite drowsy", "I occasionally went out on a moonlit night while living in Dinghui Temple", "I live in the east of Dinghui Temple, with a mountain full of flowers, and a crabapple tree, but the locals do not know its value", etc., are all poems expressing self-pity for one's fate.

Su Yun had indeed appraised them one by one and found them very well written, but still far inferior to those poems handed down from generation to generation by Su Shi.

However, after Su Yun saw Su Shi's poem "Bosuan Zi·Written while Living in Dinghui Temple", Su Yun smiled happily: Isn't the opportunity here?

Now that you have this poem, can't you, Chen Shi, use it to shut up the officials in the court?

Look at what Su Shi wrote:

The missing moon hangs on the sparse tung trees, which makes people feel quiet at first.

Who has seen the lonely man walking alone, the vague shadow of a solitary wild goose?

Startled but looked back, there is no one to hate.

Picking up all the cold branches and refusing to perch, the lonely sandbar is cold.

Su Shi was already so depressed and miserable that he had picked all the cold branches and refused to rest. Now he was unwilling to use a basically abandoned water station?
How cold-hearted is Chen Shi?
How cold-hearted are the officials in the court?
If anyone uses this to criticize Su Shi again, I'm afraid even the emperor's reputation will be affected!
Su Yun copied the poem and quietly went to the provincial government office the next day to ask to see Chen Shi.

When Chen Shi heard that Su Shi's family wanted to see him, he felt a little worried. He wondered what had happened to Su Shi and wanted to avoid seeing him, but he didn't dare to. After all, although Su Shi was a criminal official, if something really happened to him, who knew if the government would hold a grudge against him?
Yes, the New Party wanted to kill Su Shi, but so what?
Su Shi was tried in the Censorate for such a long time, and the New Party fabricated charges against him one after another.

Any one of the charges would be enough to punish other officials for death a hundred times, but Su Shi came out unscathed.

He was neither demoted to a commoner nor did he continue to hold an official position. Although he had no other income, his salary was still paid as usual.

This shows that Su Shi is still on the government's side. He can stay here for a few years. When the government remembers him, he might be reinstated and continue to prosper in the officialdom.

Who can say for sure?
There were many people who experienced ups and downs in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, let alone someone like Su Shi who was famous for his talent in the court and the country.

Any king who wants a good reputation would be willing to let such a person be left in the wilderness, so that the history books would record that the king was blind and mistreated the best gift given to him by God.

That was a really ugly curse.

Therefore, he had to strike a good balance here, neither letting the New Party hate him, nor letting Su Shi get into trouble here.

So Chen Shi quickly let the person who wanted to see him in.

The yamen runner led the man in. Chen Shi's eyes lit up when he saw him. He praised, "Could this young man be Mr. Su's son?"

The young man in front of him was about six feet tall (nearly 1.9 meters). If calculated according to the standards of the Spring and Autumn Period, he would be at least nine feet tall. Confucius was about the same height.

This young man is not only quite tall, but also not skinny. Instead, he has a good figure with a wasp waist and ape arms. The most important thing is that he has an extremely handsome face.

Such beauty and grace make people think at first sight: This is what people look like, right?

The so-called "human appearance" is a word used by Emperor Renzong of Song to praise Di Yong, because of her beauty and graceful figure, she was called "human appearance". After hearing Chen Shi's words, Su Yun bowed first, then smiled and said: "Envoy Chen, I am the nephew of Su Yuanwai, and I came here this time to ask you for something."

Chen Shi saw that Su Yun was not only an outstanding talent, but also was open and natural when facing his state governor, without any restraint. He praised again: "The Meishan Su family is indeed worthy of its family heritage, and talented people are born in large numbers. Not only within three generations, but talented people have appeared one after another. It's incredible."

Su Yun: “…”

Su Yun was a little confused. What was going on with Chen Shi? He kept complimenting me one after another. Was he trying to get rid of me and not let me speak?

This is not possible!

Su Yun's smile fell at this moment. He looked sad and choked up. He knelt on the ground and said, "Envoy Chen, please save my uncle's life!"

Chen Shi was shocked when Su Yun knelt down like this. His face turned pale. He quickly supported Su Yun and said repeatedly, "What happened? What happened? Mr. Su... What happened to Mr. Su?"

Su Yun shed two lines of tears and said, "I'm afraid my uncle is thinking of committing suicide!"

Chen Shi felt a little relieved when he heard this. He hoped that he didn't have a terminal illness. If he just had suicidal thoughts, then he could be saved.

Chen Shi hurriedly said, "Why do you say that? Mr. Su must have good fortune after surviving this disaster, and he will surely rise again in the future. Why do you want to commit suicide now?"

Su Yun sighed and said, "This is actually my guess. My uncle has written a few poems these days. Envoy Chen, please help me see if my uncle has any thoughts of committing suicide."

Then Su Yun recited poems such as "On February 26th, I fell asleep in the rain. I got up in the evening and wrote this poem. I felt very drowsy", "I went out on a moonlit night in Dinghuiyuan", "I lived in the east of Dinghuiyuan, the mountain was full of flowers, and there was a crabapple tree. The locals did not know its value" one by one.

Chen Shi listened very seriously, his expression becoming more and more admiring. He then said to Su Yun, "This is just Mr. Su trying to relieve his depression. It shouldn't be this serious. It shouldn't be this serious."

Su Yun shook his head and said, "There is another one..."

Su Yun recited the poem "Lonely and Cold Sand Island" slowly. At this moment, Chen Shi's expression also became solemn. This poem was indeed extremely depressing and sad. It was hard to describe.

Chen Shi frowned and said, "This poem is extremely depressing and sad, but it doesn't necessarily mean that he wants to commit suicide, right?"

Su Yun's face suddenly lightened up when he heard this, and he breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Envoy Chen, do you think my uncle has no intention of committing suicide?
That's good, that's good, I feel relieved now. These past few nights I kept watching my uncle walking back and forth by the river, and I was afraid he would get upset and jump off the river. That would be terrible!"

Chen's mouth twitched, and she said, "You said you wanted to ask for something, is this what you wanted?"

Su Yun shook his head and said, "My uncle is staying in Dinghuiyuan. It's fine now, but my uncle's family will come here in May.

Alas, a family pillar who can't even take care of his wife and children, sometimes when I put myself in their shoes, I feel so ashamed that I even have thoughts of committing suicide."

"Ok?"

Chen Shi immediately realized that something was wrong and looked fiercely at Su Yun.

(End of this chapter)