Chapter 148 The old woman on the street
Fu Guibao likes to watch the fun the most. When he heard a sound in front of him, he put on his pants and said, "I'll go and see, something seems to have happened in front of him!"
Quan Shufang said, "Student Fu, please ask my Shutong to come and give me a pair of pants and let him come quickly!"
Fu Guibao said: "Okay, I know, wait a moment, I will call your book boy."
As he said that, Fu Guibao strides to the front yard and shouts: "The whole family of books, I'll take your young master's pants. He's in the toilet! Well, I have to take my underwear too!"
When Quan Shufang heard it in the cottage, he felt his eyes turn dark. He saw that as long as he met Fu Guibao while going to the cottage, there would definitely be no good thing!
Fu Guibao ran to the front yard and saw the scholars gathered together and pointed at them. He didn't know what he was saying, so he ran over and saw Li Rizhi standing among the crowd, and asked, "Brother, what's wrong? Is the inn on fire?"
The inn shopkeeper also stood in the crowd. After hearing Fu Guibao's words, his face turned dark. Did he say that? However, he knew that Fu Guibao was the big customer, so he did not dare to refute. Instead, he smiled and said, "Young Master Fu is joking. It's a matter on the street and has nothing to do with the shop!"
A scholar said, "There is an old woman crying outside. She is not far from the inn. She seems to be trying to stop the officials, which makes it difficult for us to go out. This kind of excitement is not so good."
Li Rizhi frowned and said, "It's a bit strange, you need to be more careful."
Fu Guibao said oh, and it turned out that an old lady was crying loudly outside, as if she was trying to find trouble for being an official. This kind of thing should be watched first, so as not to go out rashly and get into unnecessary trouble.
Fu Guibao looked at the inn shopkeeper and asked, "Do you know what's going on?"
The shopkeeper said with a sneer and said, "This is too specific, the villain doesn't know much about it. However, it's just a complaint. What else can there be strange? I guess it's not a good thing. Anyway, that old woman won't cry here for long. If you think she's too noisy, the villain will ask someone to go out and drive her away!"
"No need, just wait until she leaves. We are not in a hurry to go out." The scholars shook their heads together, and no one allowed to drive the old woman away.
They are away and are close to Chang'an. They are afraid of causing trouble at this time, especially when the situation is unknown, causing trouble is the most unfair. If they can handle it, it would be okay to meddle in other people's business. But before they figure it out, they should stay away from it. Especially when looking at the shopkeeper's expression, they obviously want to stay out of trouble, so they are even more reluctant to cause trouble.
Everyone talked for a while, then they all went back to their house to pack their luggage. The scholars all planned to go to Chang'an. Anyway, there was still plenty of time to go to Huashan, so it was also a good thing to go to Huashan tomorrow. It was said that Huashan was steep and worth their experience.
Li Rizhi left the old Xihua store, but looking across the street, he saw an old woman in her fifties sitting on the street, with her head loose and covered in mud. It was said that she was not too old in her fifties, but the old woman looked embarrassed and old because of her scattered head and dirty body. Judging from her appearance, it was really worth it.
However, the old woman sat alone on the ground and cried, but the pedestrians passing by nearby and some people on the street didn't go over to persuade her. Some shoppers even had unhappy expressions on their faces, as if they wanted to go forward and drive the old woman away!
Why do people around you have no sympathy for this old woman? Is it because everyone is snob and looks down on this old woman, or does this old woman do something unbearable, so no one sympathizes with her?
Li Rizhi slowly walked to the street, more than ten steps away from the old woman, and looked at the crying old woman. He saw that although the old woman had dirty face, her skin was still well maintained. Although she was not wearing a decoration on her head and hands, her clothes were very expensive materials, and the shoes on her feet were also good materials. This old woman was obviously rich and noble.
Li Rizhi frowned. If it was a poor old woman, there might be grievances. But if it was an old woman from a rich family, although the possibility of grievances could not be ruled out, there would be more other reasons. No wonder everyone was unwilling to get close to her. It seems that there was a hidden truth.
The old woman cried, looking really sad. No matter whether she was rich or poor, she could tell that she was really sad, not pretending.
At this moment, two people wearing official clothes came from afar. Li Rizhi turned around and saw that both of them belonged to officials, not like county magistrates or county magistrates. These two officials were originally talking and laughing, but when they saw the old woman in front, their expressions suddenly became impatient.
A slightly fat official said, "It's so unlucky. Why did you meet her again? She actually ran here this time!"
Another thinner official said: "This old woman is really a mess. She doesn't wake up carefully, but she insists on making trouble. It's so disgusting!"
As he spoke, the two officials walked to the old woman. As if he had seen a savior, the old woman rushed over and grabbed the thin official's robe and shouted: "It's unfair, the son of the civilian woman is unfair. Please Master Qingtian, make the decision for the civilian woman!"
The thin official's face looked extremely ugly. He said, "It's you again. You are now blocking officials in the city, right? However, if you want to block people and complain, you should not look for minor officials like us. You should go and beat the drums or ask the county magistrate to complain to the wrongdoer!"
The fat official also said: "It is useless to ask us for justice. We cannot try the case for you. You are so old and you are not a child with no knowledge. How can you not know what kind of people you want and what kind of things you do?"
The old woman said, "Both are in charge of the affairs in the prison. Please take care of the son of the civilian woman. He has no tongue and will suffer in prison. I hope the two masters will be kind and make his life better."
Both officials snorted, and the fat officials said, "Your son is worse than beasts. Such a person dies early and is entrusted to life early. He is not well educated. Now you are like this. Who do you want to show it to? If you had known today, why should you be the first one!"
The thin official simply pushed the old woman with his hands and prevented her from pulling her robe. The old woman grabbed her tightly and acted quite tricky. No one around came up to help her, and there was even no one who spoke out to persuade the official to not be so rude to the old woman.
Li Rizhi thought to himself: "It seems that the old woman's son was in jail. The old woman wanted these two officials to take care of her son in jail. This kind of thing is not difficult to deal with. As long as you are willing to use the money, the prison head will take care of her. If you are more generous and give a few more ingots of silver or gold, then it is not difficult for her son to live a life similar to outside in jail!"
This old woman doesn't look like a person without money, and she can't spend all her money, but she wants to do this. Since things are abnormal, it seems that something must be strange!
Li Rizhi did not go up to meddle in other people's business immediately. He planned to ask the people next to him first. Maybe others know what the reason is. Once they figured it out, they would say something to stand up for the wrongdoing, or simply ignore it.
The thin official was really impatient. He pushed hard, pushed the old woman away, and shouted: "It's still a long time to leave the knife and slash. If you don't accept it, you can go to the state to complain. If it really doesn't work, you can just go to Chang'an to complain. Why do you have to pretend to be a pretentious person here? Who else in this city will pity you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted: "Are you considered officials of the court? How could you dare to treat an older woman like this?"
Li Rizhi turned around and saw Quan Shufang strode over, full of righteousness and sunshine on his face, as if the incarnation of justice, walked towards the old woman.
Li Rizhi frowned. It was really inappropriate to shout like this before finding out the truth. Could it be that you are the only one on this street who is sympathetic and has a sense of justice? It would be a bit nonsense!
After waiting in the toilet for a while, his book boy came with clean pants. He changed the dirty ones, wiped his butt clean, and then left the toilet. Just because Fu Guibao was yelling just now, he was very embarrassed and felt a little unfair to say hello to his classmates.
Fortunately, the classmates were busy in their own houses and no one paid attention to him. Quan Shufang breathed a sigh of relief, but after all, he was embarrassed to stay in the inn, so he went out to avoid the limelight, thinking that everyone would forget Fu Guibao's words in the evening and he would go back to the inn.
Unexpectedly, after leaving the house, he saw such an inappropriate thing on the street. The people in the government actually bullied an old woman in public. Is there any other kingly law? So he strode forward and wanted to take care of such unfair things. After all, he is still a passionate young man!
Quan Shufang arrived at the old woman and wanted to help her up, but the two officials were not happy.
The fat official said, "I don't hear your accent look like a local. What kind of hero do you think? Do you know who the person you are trying to support?"
"What are you talking about to him? This man looks like a wicked face. He must be a silver stick. It would be fine if he didn't fall into our hands. If it falls into our hands, such a villain would definitely not make him feel better!" After the thin official said that, he pulled the fat official away.
Until then, Quan Shu Fang found Li Rizhi standing not far away. He said in surprise: "Student Li, why don't you care about this when you see such a thing?"
Li Rizhi sighed: "Just about to take care of it, but you took it first!"
While speaking, a few scholars came out from the inn, but they did not have the good attitude as Li Rizhi. A scholar said, "Brother Quan, before you take care of the matter, you must also find out whether this matter is worth it!"
Quan Shu Fang was immediately embarrassed and anxious. Yiran didn't think about whether he was idle or not, so he took action to take care of it. Now he regretted it, which seemed even more inappropriate.
But the old woman said, "Don't meddle in other people's business. You all look like scholars. After studying hard, you have a bright future. Those who are officials will protect each other. You can't control them, you can't control them!"
After she said this, Quan Shufang and the scholars were not good at leaving her behind, but they all appeared faintly. The old woman didn't seem to be as pitiful as she looked. Perhaps there must be something hateful about the pity of the pity, otherwise she wouldn't have been like this on the street, but no one came to sympathize with her. Only Quan Shufang, the fool, rushed out and meddled with others and trapped everyone together.
Li Ri knew: "I don't know what this aunt is called, why don't we go to the inn and talk?"
The old woman on the ground nodded and said, "The family's wife and husband's family are Shang. If you talk to me, aren't you afraid that the powerful will cause trouble for you?"
The scholars all frowned. If they did not talk to Aunt Shang at this time, would it be equivalent to acquiesce? They were afraid that the powerful would cause trouble?
Chapter completed!