Zhuoying

Shaozhen is a thief.

When the old thief picked him up, he was a small ball, huddled in a printed swaddle, too cold to cry.At that time, the old thief was still an old man with a lot of vicissitudes. Although he was a sloppy person, he had the right way to pay attention to a thief.

Snow in Texas blocked the way.Holding Shaozhen in his arms, the old thief walked home from the knee-high snow.But at that time, there was a war in Beiyang, and the grain in Dezhou was transported from Xiajin to the front line. There was only one little girl left in his family, and the two of them couldn't feed them. Now adding another mouth would be like adding insult to injury.

The old villain didn't abandon Shaozhen, but he didn't give Shaozhen his surname either.He squatted on the bridge and listened to the fortune teller pretending to be blind that the word "Zhen" was good, and he was blessed with both blessings and blessings, so he gave him the name Shaozhen.Less perfection and less perfection, less misfortune and blessings, wishing a smooth life and happiness.

Unexpectedly, Shaozhen is a cold-hearted child who will not be blessed at all.He seems to be born with a pair of dexterous hands, and he learns to steal quickly, and he is not afraid of good or evil.He will not shed tears when a woman pities him, nor will he shed tears when a wicked man insults him.This kid seemed to have cried all his tears in the heavy snow that year.

He didn't call the old thief "Dad" either. He always followed behind, dragging his ragged clothes, and shouted "Brother, eat" with a deadpan expression.

The old thief is a veteran.According to what he told Shaozhen, when Jinghou was alive, he followed his subordinates all the way to Dayuan Wanze.It's a pity that he didn't pass Canaan Mountain, Jinghou died, Beiyang Army was divided, his nationality was not in Beiyang Sanjin, and he couldn't receive the imperial court's rewards, money and food, so he had to go back to Dezhou.But Dezhou didn't stay for a few years. His wife died, and he took his stupid daughter and Shaozhen, who had just teethed, to Qingping.The person who recommended him a job went back on his word, took other people's money, and kicked his name.

The old thief became an old thief.

Shaozhen often woke up in the dilapidated house, listening to the old thief choking his head against the wall at night.There is a tablet of Jinghou in this dilapidated house. While covering his face and choking with sobs, he continued to recite intermittently: "I have lost Beiyang... I am a thief... After I die, I will be called a lonely ghost... I can't see my old friends on the battlefield... "

Shaozhen turned over, blocked the air leak, closed her eyes and pretended not to hear.The choking sound was sobbing, which has been haunting for several years.

One day it suddenly disappeared.

The silly girl was coaxed away by the candied haws, and the old villain chased her for dozens of miles, but she had long since disappeared.Shaozhen followed him all the way, but the old man fell to the ground and didn't get up again.He didn't even have time to leave a sentence for Shaozhen, so it was gone.

Shaozhen took the memorial tablet and lived in the ruined temple.Since then, I have been alone and feel lonely.He eats every day when he can steal it, and gets hungry when he can't steal it.There were people coming and going on that street, some rich and some poor, he followed the old villain, and occasionally, when his kindness woke up, he would also give a piece of leftovers to the beggar by the side of the road.If life continues like this, he will be rotten in the mud all his life.In the first few years he was alone, he got up at night listening to the sound of whimpering, stared blankly at the mouth of the Guanfeng, and had to be dazed for a while before he remembered that the old thief was now enshrined on the table.

He has never met anyone of the same age in Changhe Town, except for Xiao Banyan from the Rongcheng Noodle Restaurant who is an outlier.

Rong Yang is a little fool, everyone he knows says so.He was the only one in his family, Rong father held him in the palm of his hand, stuffed copper coins in his pocket every day, and let him spend them.But Rongyang is neither greedy nor playful, he is greedy for books.He often squats in front of the old bookstalls for a whole day, almost sticking his face into the books to read.He saves all his money to buy books, and when he meets someone he likes, he can even read them without eating or drinking.People are easy to deceive, if anyone comes to him and cries once, he will obediently take out the money.His eyesight is bad, so he probably doesn't know that the people who cheated him of money in front of him all these years are a group of people taking turns.

Shaozhen tricked him once.

Rong Yang placed the copper coins carefully in Shaozhen's palm, Shaozhen's palm was still stained, and it was like cloud mud with Rong Yang's white and tender fingers.Rong Yang neatly put his palms together, bent his eyes and said: "Don't cry... just take it all."

As if avoiding a thorn, Shaozhen withdrew his hand, not even the copper coins.

Rong Yang can write and edit books.He can repair the broken noodles from the old stalls and make them tidy.On a stack of yards, carefully marked with the name, it looks amazing.Shaozhen thinks he is powerful, but he thinks that Shaozhen is even stronger, he can swallow a bun with one mouthful, and knock down a kid with one punch.

Rong Yang taught Shaozhen how to read and write, and he dragged Shaozhen up to this quagmire.This pulling is fate, and this pulling is life.Shao Zhensheng has no relatives, many years later, among the group of people who are still alive, only Rong Yang can hold shoulder to shoulder with Yin Zi in his heart.

This is a reverse scale.

Shaozhen will kill anyone who dares to touch Rongyang.This is not only true for him, but also for Su Zhou, Pu Cheng, and their family.

Zhao Zhi'an was lucky and just ran into it.

Zhao Zhi'an held a banquet at the Xiaoxiao Tower, and now he has been promoted to the Zuosi Chancellor of Dali Temple.The wine was only halfway through when the door of the compartment was kicked open with a "bang". Shaozhen didn't even change his official uniform, and threw a piece of "Taiming Mountain Xia Lun" on his face, took off his robe with his backhand, and covered his head with a piece of paper. Beat hard.A group of people who hadn't swallowed the wine at the side were stunned, and rushed to pull in a panic, for some reason.

One of Zhao Zhi'an's teeth was smashed out. He covered his mouth and was framed by someone, pointing at Shaozhen and cursing vaguely: "Shaozhen! Take care of me! I haven't exposed you yet! What's your reasoning!"

Shaozhen took off his coat and loosened his neckline.Hearing this, she shook off the people blocking her, and dropped the porcelain pot while standing at the table, causing everyone in the room to tremble.He said, "I don't know what I'm doing." He said coldly, "You, Zhao Zhi'an, have good means. I'm going to take a look today. Is it my Shaozhen's fate to stand firm, or your luck, Zhao Zhi'an? Live for a long time!" His face was ruthless: "This matter is endless!"

Over there, it was not easy for Zhong Xie to go back to the mansion. He hadn't even touched the pillow yet, so someone from below came to report that the young Mr. Xiaozhishao had beaten Mr. Zhao, Zuo Sicheng, in the Xiaoxiao Tower.Zhong Xie's subordinates only got some clues, and he knew in his heart why Shaozhen was so angry, and he also knew that Zhao Shurong couldn't get rid of him now, and it was probably Shaozhen who was punished when this matter came to Huiyang Hou.

Shaozhen counted him as half a student, so he had to go and see.This kid has a long thorn, and he didn't have to grind it in Beijing, so he just taught him a lesson this time.

When Zhong Xie took off his robe and entered the Jing Wei Division, he saw Hou Xiao Jin of Huiyang listening to Zhao Zhi'an's mouth-to-mouth speech, so he stood behind and raised his arms to give a hug.When he looked up, he saw Liu Shenshu from Zhongshu Province, Zuo Kaizhi who hadn't left home yet, this is Zhao Zhi'an's teacher, and even people from the Imperial Hospital were invited.On the other hand, on Shaozhen's side, Hou Ke couldn't come here, so there was only Zhong He.

Although Zhong Xie has now been demoted to Qingping and is mixed up in the Judiciary of the Procuratorate, everyone can see that the Holy Majesty intends to reuse him because he has gone through the ban on smoking.In the future, Qingping will be the master, this one has a lot of momentum.

Liu Canyi is considered Chang Lehou's good friend and Zhao Zhi'an's father Zhao Shurong's old friend.He was not surprised to see Zhong Xie.Everyone knew that Zhong Baiou and Zhong Ruchen had a good friendship, so it was reasonable for Zhong Baiou to visit the students.

Zhong Xie raised his hand in salute, then yawned with his sleeves folded, stood beside him, and asked Zhong He, "Where is it?"

Zhong He smiled wryly: "It was taken by the Jingwei, otherwise Zhao Zhi'an would still be pinned to the ground right now."

Zhong Xie said: "Let him learn a lesson." After a while, he was a little unhappy again, and frowned slightly: "Isn't it enough to stop the Jingwei? How big is it to 'take'? Master Hou, this matter is not reliable. .”

"If you beat someone else up in this matter, Lord Hou will have to give you a lesson, not to mention the one who is beating Master Zuo's student now." Zhong He said solemnly, "I think Master Zhao has made a point of remembering it this time, because he wants to get the truth out of it."

What can I ask for?It was nothing more than the vacancy in Dali Temple, which was taken up by this homeless and tactless kid, who took the opportunity to kick Zhao Zhian clean and leave a way out.

Zhong Xie's hand slipped out, and he stood up straight.He said: "It doesn't make sense. Did you hit him for no reason? If Zhao Shurong really wants to protect his son, he should put his tail between his legs and behave himself right now." I know that the reason why I beat him was because of his dishonesty and bad conduct. He stole Rong Yang's article, got the eyes of Mr. Zuo, and kicked Rong Yang to Jingzhen when he turned around. Rong Yang is waiting for Jingzhen now. Taking care of this matter, I have never mentioned it to Zhizhi. Now that Zhizhi knows it himself, beating him is light."

Zhong He was startled: "Are you talking about "Taiming Mountain Xia Lun"?"

"More than that." Zhong Xie was not a talkative person, but today he sneered and said, "I was in Qingping to investigate the illegal goods of tobacco and millet. This man——Wuhan Zhao's house is not clean. Now it's the Marquis of Changle. It’s not easy to move, I was thinking about cleaning it up in one go, but who knows that he has the guts to make a fuss first.”

Zhong He also frowned when it came to the matter of Yan Su: "Nowadays the ban on smoking is in effect, and there are no more private goods. The Holy One has mentioned it several times. If the Zhao family really touches something..."

It is to rob the house.

Before the two whispered, Zhao Zhi'an stopped talking.Liu Shenyi took the lead, meaning that Shaozhen's temper was not suitable for Dali Temple, and he didn't need to be punished by the Jingwei Division.

Zhong Xie said: "It makes sense. But Mr. Liu, the official Shaozhen was hand-picked by the Holy Majesty that day. Now, if he wants to be exempted, the Holy Majesty has the final say. The boy is young and energetic, let's make a move...to make friends." He looked Xiang Zhao Zhi'an, without a smile, said bluntly: "Master Zhao, if you feel uncomfortable, then I will kowtow to you as an apology?"

Zhao Zhi'an's complexion turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "Master Zhong has beaten me... How can this be possible." He didn't expect Zhong Xie to protect his weaknesses so much that he didn't even give Zuo Kaizhi any face, so he could only say: "It's so unpleasant... ...In the future... I will let it go."

Oh Yo.

Zhong Xie raised his eyebrows lazily: "That sounds interesting."

Or are we just being unreasonable?This boy Zhao has a thick skin!

"Ruchen." Zuo Kaizhi called Zhong Xie, "Let's go if the little friends are happy or not. But Zhi'an has always kept his own law and order, so I don't know where to offend the young master?"

Zhong Xie didn't want to make a fuss today, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Shaozhen wearing a robe, standing outside the door, blowing in the wind, and there were no footprints of whoever's grandson's sneak attack on his waist.Turning the subject around, he said sharply: "I heard that Mr. Zhao has a good literary talent, and I admire him so much, so I searched for a few articles. After seeing it, I found it familiar, so I asked Mr. Zhao about the "Taiming Mountain Xia Lun". "Are you holding it steady?"

How could Zhao Zhi'an respond, and immediately said: "I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding here. I made this statement that day, and everyone in Taiming Mountain knew it... If someone took it... and said that I made it myself, I will not be able to pursue it. The article in this world is one Big copy... at least I have seen others imitate it."

Zhong Xie stepped up, walked up to him, and asked again in a slow voice: "Is the "Taiming Mountain Xia Lun" held firmly?"

"Master Zhong." Liu Shenyi stood next to him, "If there is any doubt about this matter, let's discuss it later."

"Lord Liu doesn't know." Zhong Xie smiled: "It's true that I shouldn't leave it to me to discuss this matter today, because the other people Mr. Zhao mentioned are really not others, but students of Jingzhen He Anchang. This matter When Mr. He comes in person, I am afraid that he will not be discussing the Dao in the Jingwei Division, but discussing the truth in front of the Holy One. Today I ask, if it is really a misunderstanding, isn’t it just avoiding the confrontation in the future?"

"Such a student." Zuo Kaizhi was slightly startled: "Yes..."

"It was Rong Yang Rong Sui An who advocated the revival of the academy north of the Changhe a few days ago." Zhong Xie added a shocking thunder at the end, "This son has two masters, one is Canglang Zhong Baiou, and the other is Jingchuang He Ruxu Is it just an imitation of cheating? Let’s invite the Hanlin Academy to have a look, and we’ll see the outcome?” He hung his sleeves modestly: “It just so happened that I’ve been idle recently, so I’m going to do it for Mrs. Zhao, please this’ imitation Zuo' come here. If you adults are free, don't miss it."

Zhao Zhi'an trembled all over, and said forcefully, "That's... what it should be."

Zhong Xie takes Shaozhen back.

The two walked on the street one after the other. At the moment, Huajie is busy, and there are no people on the road.Zhong Xie walked a few steps, turned his head, and reached out to take Shaozhen's robe hanging from his arm.

"The robe of Dali Temple is just like a rag on the head of a bored person." Zhong Xie shook the robe, "You are powerful, but your fame and fortune are mediocre?"

Shaozhen didn't say a word, it was not in vain for the boy to stay in Beijing for so long.Zhong Xie looked at him, "Where are you going?"

"Go back to the house." Shaozhen said lightly, "Where are you going back?"

"I respect my ancestors." Zhong Xie didn't smile, he stretched out his robe and hung it on his arm, said solemnly: "Your young man, you still think you are very powerful? He stole Rong Yang's article , you rush up to beat people when you get hot, and they will finish you off tomorrow, and when the dirty water is splashed, Rong Yang will also be next to him."

"You have a slurred speech." Shaozhen raised her eyes, "It's the rare one, not the rare one."

"...just." Zhong Xie coughed dryly, "I'm in Beijing right now, and next time I'm not here, what will you do? Drag him three miles away and kill him?"

"Zhong Ruchen." Shaozhen gradually embraced his chest, "You haven't made any progress in the past few years. I beat him for pleasure, not because he was hot." His lips condensed, "His bottom, brother's other end was given earlier." I figured it out. I'll just wait for you to come back today and bring this matter up. If Rong Yang doesn't mention it, Mr. He probably doesn't know, and when he makes trouble on the other side, Zhao Zhi'an will be full of children and grandchildren." He pulled back his robe, He raised his hand to put it on, and said to Zhong Xie: "Let's go back to the house. I can't touch the things that senior brother gave me, so I have to leave them to you. Xu Hang's private smoking is hard to stop. Senior brother checked the private business, and they are arriving at Wuhan, Zhao Shurong and Changle Hou can't run away."

"No..." Zhong Xie narrowed his eyes gradually as he followed, "How many of you guys already knew?"

"Senior brother knew first." Shaozhen buttoned the button, "He still remembered that Zhao Zhi'an was smoking millet, and he found something when he looked deep into it. He didn't tell us at first, but he kept taking enough things before he gave me the pass. I’m angry. I’ve been holding it in.” He looked at Zhong Xie as he spoke, “You came back late this time.”

"You didn't pick me up when you came back in previous years." Zhong Xie sighed: "Without conscience... just remember Rong Yang."

"Ah." Shaozhen looked at him, "I still remember Rongyang."

Zhong Xie was helpless, and asked Shaozhen again: "Then what does your senior brother mean? Let me check it out, and pass it up directly, so that someone can copy it clean?"

"Zhao Zhi'an is not guilty of death. He has been with Master Zuo for several years. The old man must be thinking of love. I mean..." Shaozhen became cold, "Send Jingzhen to Jingzhen, there is still someone waiting to be dealt with in Jingzhen. It's too easy for him, Rong Yang walked thousands of miles in the snow back then." He pointed to himself: "I just want revenge."

Zhong Xie raised his eyebrows, "Then it's not up to me, I'll just hand over the case, and I'll have to look at your Dali Temple later. My lord, it's amazing." Relying on his height, he rubbed Shaozhen's hair, "Grow up Quite a few."

Shaozhen tilted her head and said, "Don't rub it, it's blocking your eyes."

"I can't fall on you." Zhong Xie rubbed hard, "Borrow a bed tonight, my house is not hot yet."

"Such a big person..."

"No borrowing?"

"...Don't kick people at night." Shaozhen frowned: "Don't snore, don't squeeze me."

"It's really an ancestor." Zhong Xie raised his hand in respect, "Yes, I'll sleep on the edge of the bed."

The two of them walked shoulder to shoulder together, the lantern cast a slanted shadow, walking one way...one way.The two shadows gradually overlapped, and it was hard to tell which was Zhong Ruchen and which was the youngest.Anyway, it's always the same way, no one avoids anyone, why bother to be too clear?

"Shaozhen, good luck."

The goose feathers were snowing heavily, and the old thief leaned over to pick up the swaddling baby and cuddled it in his arms.The baby, whose cheeks were blue from the cold, was wrapped in his arms, and gradually regained his color, listening to "Fu Zhi Fu Zhi".

Ahhh, giggling.