Chapter 37 Pao Yu
The waiter's words naturally fell on Su Yu's ears, but he didn't pay attention to it. The debate between good and evil has been a difficult problem since ancient times. Everyone has his own opinions and there is no need to argue too much.
The two of them entered the teahouse and took their seats. There were not many people eating tea here, only seven people, but the seven people looked at them with unfriendly eyes.
"This?" Zhang Gongming was surprised, but at Su Yu's signal, he quickly concentrated on drinking tea and ignored the looks of these people.
After taking a sip of tea, Zhao Gongming also realized that the reason why these people were like this was just like the waiters in the shop.
The two of them wore official uniforms and came here to have tea. They were the officials investigating the death of Zhang San.
The people here were basically people nearby. They were bullied by Zhang San in front of him. Zhang San lived and died. They were relieved that they and others came here to investigate. Naturally, they were full of hostility towards the two of them.
Understanding this, Zhao Gongming had no choice but to continue drinking tea. With everyone acting like this, there was nothing he could do.
The two of them had two cups of tea by the window. The Yamen servant entered the teahouse in a hurry and whispered a few words in Zhao Gongming's ear.
Zhao Gongming said a good word, then leaned over and whispered in Su Yu's ear, and the two of them walked out of the teahouse one after another.
Except for the teahouse, Zhao Gongming exhaled a breath of turbid air. The atmosphere inside was really too depressing.
Su Yu didn't take it seriously. He had experienced too many such things in the previous world.
Under the leadership of the yamen servant, the two walked through three streets, turned into a small alley two feet away, and stopped in front of a house.
The traditional wooden structure house, with black earthen tiles and a ten-foot-square courtyard, shows that this family is fairly well-to-do.
The yamen officer came forward and knocked on the door. After waiting for half a cup of tea, the courtyard door was opened, and an old woman nearly fifty years old walked out.
When the old woman saw everyone, she gave her a blessing and asked:
"What do you have to do, gentlemen?"
"This is Tan Bin, Tan Xiucai's home?" Su Yu asked.
"Exactly, the official is looking for my scholar?"
"Exactly. Please bother grandma to inform Tan Xiucai."
"Easy to say, easy to say." The old woman bowed, entered the hospital, and closed the door.
After a while, the courtyard door opened again, and what came out was a white-faced scholar in a green cloth gown, more than seven feet tall.
"My lords, I'm here to find you." Tan Bin clasped his fists and spoke politely. He was indeed a man who had read classics and history.
"Exactly." Su Yu clasped his fists in return. Tan Bin was surprised when he saw the Xiangyun crane on top of him. He looked around, made an invitation gesture, and welcomed Su Yu and others in.
"You wait outside."
Just as he was about to enter, Zhao Gongming turned around and spoke to a group of government officials, then quickly caught up with Su Yu and entered the house.
After entering the room, before he could sit down, Tan Bin spoke first, half-kneeling, his voice trembling.
"The presence of the two adults in this humble abode really makes the humble abode shine. I just don't know why the two adults are here."
There were two people in front of me, one was a first-rank official, and the other was a fourth-rank official. Two such high-ranking officials came to him at once. He had failed to become a scholar in his first term. Seeing this, how could he not be frightened?
"Is your wife here?" Su Yu got straight to the point and asked directly.
"Ah?" Tan Bin obviously didn't expect Su Yu to ask such a question. He didn't react for a moment, paused for a moment, and then replied:
"It's right here."
"Can you let your wife come out to meet you?" Su Yu asked.
"This?" Tan Bin struggled with his eyes and said:
"My wife has just given birth not long ago. I am just afraid of spoiling your interest when I see you two adults."
The corner of Su Yu's mouth twitched. This was a bit far to understand, but it was rare for him to explain, so he waved his hand.
"It doesn't matter."
The struggle in Tan Bin's eyes became heavier, but he finally got up and walked to the inner room.
Tan Bin entered the inner room, but Su Yu called the old woman, handed her something, and after saying a few words, the old woman bowed and walked out of the house.
Half a stick of incense passed by in a flash, and Tan Bin led a woman out of the inner room. The woman held a several-month-old child in her arms.
Tan Bin stepped forward and introduced Su Yu to the woman. The women greeted each other, but their tone was neither humble nor overbearing. They had dark eyebrows and pink faces. They looked a bit like the shopkeeper, and their personality was a bit like Li Ru.
"Sir, my wife has just given birth and the baby cannot leave her. Please forgive me." Tan Bin bowed and said apologetically.
Su Yu waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to worry about it, but he curled his lips and said to himself, it's easy to arrange!
"You are Pao Yu." Su Yu called the woman by her name, which really shocked the woman who had just sat down.
After a woman from the Wei Dynasty married, she took her husband's surname, and her previous name would no longer be used, and it could not be found even in the household registration.
Su Yu was able to call her by his previous name, which had to surprise her.
She raised her head and looked at the man in her seat again, curious but also nervous.
"I wonder how your Excellency knows the name of a civilian woman?"
Su Yu pursed his lips and chuckled, but said nothing. He just pointed at the tea cup that the old woman had just replaced and said:
"Taste it?"
Pao Yu was confused, but still did as she was told. She hugged the child with her right hand and opened the lid of the tea cup with one hand, and a scent of fragrance wafted out from the tea cup.
Smelling the fragrance, Pao Yu's heart trembled, and then he looked at Tan Bin. Tan Bin didn't know why, and finally opened the lid of the cup with Pao Yu's hard suggestion.
"this?!"
He turned around again and looked at the old woman beside him in confusion. The old woman looked up at Su Yu.
Seeing the expressions of the three people, Su Yu laughed in his heart and said:
"No need to play riddles, I gave this tea to grandma."
"This!" Tan Bin was shocked and asked:
"Why do you have this tea, sir?"
"Of course it was a gift from Mrs. Biao. Could it be that it was stolen?" Su Yu said, looking at Tan Bin with a hint of teasing in his eyes.
"Do you have a relationship with a commoner woman?" The person who spoke was not Tan Bin, but Pao Yu who was standing next to him.
She knew very well that her mother's homemade beauty tips were only sold in the inn and refused to be taken out. There was no other way for Su Yu to obtain the beauty tips except having friendship with her mother.
"Exactly." Su Yu nodded, and just as he was about to drink Beauty Tips, a touch of sadness flashed through his heart, and he put the tea cup down again.
"Do you miss your parents?" he asked.
"I think about it, day and night, all the time." Li Ru replied, with tears in her words.
"Have you ever visited them?" Su Yu shook his head and continued to ask.
"I've been there, but it was just the first time I went there. My mother refused to let me go, and even threatened me with her life." Pao Yu replied, tears streaming down his face.
When Tan Bin saw this, he stood up and walked to Pao Yu, hugging her into his arms.
"Since you are old friends with your father-in-law, I hope you will understand clearly and let me and my father-in-law go. I dare to use my reputation and my life as a guarantee. They have always been wronged."
After saying that, he let go of Pao Yu and knelt down.
The laws of the Wei Dynasty stipulate that all scholars, except the emperor, are not allowed to kneel down unless they wish.
There is gold under the man's knees. At this moment, Tan Bin kneels down, his sincerity is evident.
Su Yu sighed, as Li Ru said, Pao Yu is indeed very happy now, with a good husband and a pair of good children.
Chapter completed!