Reborn girl from poor family

Chapter 11 Encounter (2)

Shen Huai was pushed by a sharp weapon and couldn't help but straighten his back.

He lowered his eyes to look at the tea stains spilled on his clothes, took a deep breath, and said with an angry look: "Who is coming? He belongs to...cough cough...it's really rude! Cough cough...cough Ahem..."

Originally, his mandarin speaking was very decent, but unfortunately coupled with his embarrassment of choking and coughing, it lacked any momentum at all.

After breaking in through the door, the visitor didn't respond. He quickly glanced around the small room, then hurried to the stand, opened the bamboo curtain and looked down.

A wonderful plot of the storyteller just happened to land, arousing a round of applause. The lights in the stands around the box were bright, and everything was as usual.

At that time, the man was standing only an arm's length away from Shen Huai who was sitting at the table, and a pair of soap boots almost stepped on Shen Huai's cloak that was dragged on the ground.

Su Ya hid under the cloak, listened to the movement, held her breath, her heart was in her throat, she couldn't help but push the sharp weapon forward, and because she was afraid that Shen Huai's movements were too big, in case the cloak was pulled and leaked. Then she pushed her whole body forward as much as possible.

How could there be any space in the cloak? When she posted it, it naturally stuck to Shen Huai.

Su Ya was trapped in tension, but Shen Huai had just stopped coughing and was using a handkerchief to wipe the water stains on his clothes when he suddenly stiffened.

However, he only paused for a moment before Gao Jun rushed in from the outside, ran straight towards the person who came through the door, pulled the strong man back by his collar, and threw him against the door of the box.

"Who are you to dare to break in?"

There was a lot of movement here. A burst of footsteps rushed up the corridor. The conversation next door had already stopped. After a while, there was the sound of chairs being pushed and pulled. Someone walked out of the box and stood on the corridor and asked: "What's the matter?"

"I'm fine. This strong man seems to be in a hurry to find someone." At this time, Shen Huai seemed to have regained his composure, and seemed to be shocked by the movement on the corridor. He said to Gao Jun, "Don't be impulsive. Go and see who this person is." Are you hurt?"

Gao Jun turned around and saw that his master's face seemed to be slightly red, and he immediately became nervous: "Master, are you feeling unwell again? Let's go back and ask the doctor to take a look again."

This was the master he had been waiting for for several days without any clothes on before he could go out again. How could it happen in the blink of an eye... Huh?

What does the master's look mean?

Gao Jun stood between the door and Shen Huai, completely blocking the sight of both sides. Then he saw Shen Huai sitting still, but gave him a meaningful wink.

Although he didn't understand it very well, he knew that his master meant to make him obedient, so he turned around and walked towards the person who was thrown out, and asked in a rough voice: "Do you need help?"

The tall man was tall, a head taller than the other man. He turned his back to his master with a reluctant look on his face, and asked questions in a rough voice, looking very uncomfortable with him.

As soon as the strong man who was thrown out regained his footing, he involuntarily took a step back and retreated to the corridor.

Several people were already standing on the corridor. When someone asked a question, the man turned around and answered: "I didn't see her clearly, but she was a woman. She ran towards the corridor this way."

"search!"

Shen Huai's private room was the first one around the corner, and there were several more private rooms toward the end of the corridor. As someone came in and gave the order, those rooms were immediately knocked open one by one, and there were endless voices of questioning.

At Shen Huai's signal, Gao Jun opened the box door wide and stood by the door to watch. He didn't close the door until the muscular man followed a skinny old man downstairs.

"Sir, who are they looking for?"

Shen Huai didn't answer but asked: "Everyone has left?"

"Let's go. Together with the three next door, there are seven people in total. They just left."

"Well, you can go too."

"yes!"

After Gao Jun left, Shen Huai coughed slightly: "Girl, you can come out now."

The cloak moved, and Su Ya carefully poked her head out of it, just in time to meet Shen Huai's eyes, who was looking down.

Su Ya felt that she had just escaped danger, so she really shouldn't have any lust, but when they looked at each other, she blushed inexplicably.

Instinctively, he lowered his head to cover up, then remembered that he was still squatting behind him, so he quickly got out of his cloak, straightened his expression, and saluted Shen Huai: "Thank you, Master, for your help."

As she spoke, she spread her hands and held a brass key in her hand, "I just went to the wrong place, but that person was too fierce, so I panicked and chose the wrong way. I'm very offended, please forgive me."

It turns out that this is the "sharp weapon" against Shen Huai's medicine.

"...It doesn't matter."

Su Ya didn't recognize Shen Huai, but Shen Huai acted together because he recognized Su Ya.

After following Su Ya on a night out a few days ago, he was thinking about how to use Su Ya when Su Ya bumped into him. Although it interrupted his plans for today, the mysterious Mr. Xie had shown up anyway. Let Gao Jun investigate the rest.

However, his eyes swept over Su Ya's face, then he lowered his eyes and looked at the table without saying a word.

Su Ya thought of the strong medicinal smell she smelled in the cloak when she was hiding, and saw that he still looked sick, and felt a little guilty.

She considered it carefully and said: "Sanrunlou's storytelling is naturally very good, but if you can't go out, you can find some local novels and read them, which will also be very exciting."

Because she was worried about Mrs. Yan who was still downstairs, Su Ya went out after saying this.

Naturally, people downstairs noticed the movement on the third floor just now. Mrs. Yan was nervous. When she saw Su Ya coming back, her expression relaxed: "Xiao Ya, where have you been? Just now..."

Her words suddenly got stuck, and she pulled Su Ya to sit down with her back to the building, and raised her hand to brush off Su Ya's forehead hair.

When Su Ya goes out, she always pushes her hair away from her temples so that the birthmark can be exposed.

Such a large birthmark, covering from the left temple to her cheek, is very conspicuous. Others will only remember the big birthmark and not want to explore her appearance.

Both mother and daughter are very good-looking, and they almost suffered a loss in this regard after Su's father died. Yan now has gray hair on her temples. After moving to the inner city, she doesn't go out much, but Su Ya is busy outside. , so we have to make some disguises.

Now Ms. Yan brushed down her broken hair. Although it covered some of her eyebrows and eyes, she also covered the "birthmark". The pretty nose and petal-like lips were highlighted, which was not very low-key.

Looking at her daughter's dark hair, snowy skin, and red lips, Mrs. Yan frowned worriedly.

"Mother?" Su Ya looked at Yan in confusion, why did mother suddenly act like this?

"Where did you go just now?" Yan lowered her voice and asked her, "My face is dirty, please cover it."

Is your face dirty?

Su Ya raised her hand to touch her cheek in confusion. Could it be that the clothes of the young man upstairs had faded?

Mrs. Yan was about to go home early, but the waiter brought the food at this time. The couple rarely had the luxury of eating out, so she was reluctant to waste it. Seeing Su Ya's calm expression, the table was conveniently located for cover. , so I put my mind at ease, chatted and laughed, ate and continued to listen to the book.

Su Ya raised her head and glanced at the third floor in the gap. The bamboo curtain of the box was still low, and she couldn't see anything.

However, Shen Huai could see downstairs, and when he saw her calmly staying with Yan to eat food and listen to books, he couldn't help but be impressed by this woman's courage.

After a while, Gao Jun came back and reported in a low voice: "It's Xie Youlin, a doctor from the Department of Civil Affairs. He is returning to his hometown to pay homage to his ancestors. There are also Hu Xing, who is involved in the administration of water resources, and Wang Jixian, the head of the water transportation branch of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

How could it be these three people?

The Ministry of Personnel has the most real power among the six ministries, and the Kao Gong Department has the most real power among the Ministry of Personnel. It controls the inspection, rewards and punishments of civilian officials. It is the thigh that local officials at all levels should embrace diligently. There have always been officials from the capital who would rather work in the Ministry of Personnel. Yuanwailang is not willing to go out to serve as a magistrate.

However, when one reaches the position of Cao Governor, he is already a high-ranking official in the border area. He has long ceased to be evaluated by the doctors of the merit examination department. Even Li Cao Shenzhen, who is the deputy of the Cao Governor, is not entirely appointed and removed by the intervention of the doctors of the Ministry of Personnel.

Of course, after all, he was an official in the capital of the Ministry of Personnel, commonly known as "Heavenly Official". When he went out to the capital, he would be overwhelmed by others. Local officials were eager to have a relationship with them, so it was reasonable for Hu Xing to participate in politics and associate with them.

On the other hand, the head of the household department, although he also has a rank of sixth grade, compared to the previous two, he is only a clerk, which does not seem to have enough weight in this situation.

Although the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of money, even if the local government wants to bribe Xie Youlin, there is generally no need to bring the accountant with him.

What's more, this teahouse box was arranged by Liu Yun, the head of the criminal investigation, and at the same time, he arranged for the restaurant on the next street to act as a cover-up. Shen Huai originally thought that Liu Yun would be here tonight to pay homage to the powerful man who could dominate the world with one hand, or to arrange how to deal with him. .

So, why was the meeting between these three people arranged through Liu Yun?

Shen Huai wanted to catch Su Ya immediately and ask her to explain all the secrets of Huai'an officialdom.

(End of chapter)