I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 155 Familiar Faces

"I'm wrapped up tightly. Grandpa, we have to leave early tomorrow morning.

Then he went to Beijing to help Master Wu Qi sell his goods.

Then there is the little leopard. I don’t know whether it didn’t smell our buddy Wang Guxiang’s scent or whether we have raised it in the wrong way.

At that time, the distance between us was no more than 100 steps, but it didn't notice. "Shen Xiaoye recalled the distance of the arrow shot at him, and worried that the little leopard at home would lose some of its talents.

Shen Shanyou grabbed the little leopard and looked at it. He didn't keep asking Xiaoye about the unreasonable things. As long as the child was okay, it was fine. "Are you going to send it to find a mother leopard?"

"Do you think it's feasible? Will it take away all its wildness?" Shen Xiaoye was not sure what the leopard mother would do. The palace has always had a tradition of keeping rare and wild animals in captivity.

Shen Shanyou: "It depends on the situation. What I want to tell you is that Master Wu Qi has at least 30,000 pieces of cloth. Just do your best and don't force it."

Shen Xiaoye nodded: "I won't show off."

But the father and son did not expect that Master Wu Qi would come back in the evening, holding a few large boxes with the Taoist priest and saying, "This batch of cloth can leave the pass now.

We have also taken back everyone's stolen property, Brother Shen, check which ones are yours."

It was a surprise! Shen Xiaoye didn't dare to think too much. He and his grandfather congratulated Master Wu Qi and happily took back dozens of taels of silver.

The next morning, the father and son left neatly with Taoist Master Hengxi and returned to Linghe County.

The reason why she didn't go home directly was that the people from Taixu Temple had already transported the madder to the Taoist temple in the county town. Most importantly, the banknotes she had were not enough to pay the balance.

As soon as he entered the city near the hour of You, Shen Xiaoye breathed a sigh of relief: "My hometown is still the best! Wuzhong County, a hundred miles away, is not as friendly as here."

"That's just your feeling." Taoist Master Hengxi laughed at her for being pretentious.

Grandpa Shen Shanyou looked towards the entrance of the restaurant in the distance and asked, "Xiao Ye, look at the group of people over there, is there any Geng brother among them?"

"Oh, it's true." Shen Xiaoye recognized the person and immediately handed the reins to Taoist Hengxi. The next moment he ran over like the wind.

He picked out the staggering and dizzy Shen Cungeng from among the scholars and asked, "Cousin, how dare you drink?"

Shen Cungeng shook his head: "Xiao...Ye?"

"Cousin, young lady, you..." A scholar smiled frivolously and was about to say something.

Yue Jinxuan, who was supporting Shen Cungeng, immediately scolded him: "This is Shen Changsui's niece."

"Sorry." The scholar quickly shook off his drunkenness and stopped smiling.

Several other scholars who were a little drunk also came to their senses at once. Although their classmate Shen Changsui was not the best in academics, he was the best in boxing.

All those present joined forces but were no match for him, not to mention that guy had even been on the battlefield last year.

"Who got my cousin drunk?" Shen Xiaoye glanced around at them and saw several familiar faces among them.

Mr. Wang, who was being watched closely, smiled and said, "We meet again, Miss Shen."

"You're treating? You poured it for me?" It's no wonder Shen Xiaoye asked this. In the past year, none of his uncle's classmates had eaten at the best restaurant in Linghe.

Yue Jinxuan explained: "No one poured it on him. He just took the wrong bowl and swallowed it in one gulp."

"We mixed the wine together accidentally. No one got drunk on purpose." There are also scholars who can drink well and are not affected by it.

At this time, grandpa Shen Shanyou had already approached, picked up his eldest grandson and half supported and half hugged him, and said with anger in his eyes: "I will take him away first."

"Mr. Shen? Let me carry him on my back." Yue Jinxuan felt quite embarrassed. He had entrusted someone to take care of him for many years, but he ended up turning the person into a little drunkard.

Shen Shanyou was about to refuse, but Shen Xiaoye said first: "Thank you for your help."

She wanted to ask why Master Wang was having dinner with them and what brought this man from the provincial capital to Linghe County.

"You're welcome, niece." Yue Jinxuan winked at his classmates. They saluted Shen Shanyou. Although their salutes were not in unison, the action of snatching the person from his hands and pressing him on Yue Jinxuan's back was quite neat.

It was obvious that they were heading in the direction of Wubenzhai, so Shen Xiaoye immediately said, "Send them to the rental house in Xingrenfang."

"My niece, you don't know that Brother Geng has sublet that yard." Yue Jinxuan thought that everyone in the family knew about it.

Shen Shanyou followed the group and said, "Won't your teacher be angry if you come into the study drunk?"

At this question, everyone stopped and looked at each other hesitantly for advice.

"Let's go to my house and sober up!" Young Master Wang squeezed to the front and said, "It's on Yahou Street, just around the corner."

Shen Xiaoye looked at him warily, but these scholars were afraid of being scolded by the teacher, so they all expressed their desire to disturb him.

Everyone agreed, and she didn't want to stop them. She just nodded slightly to her grandfather, turned around and found Taoist Master Hengxi to explain the situation and asked him to help look after the two horses.

"Three horses. The horse I ride is also yours." The Taoist priest corrected her.

She said: "Under the names of you and Taoist Qingxi, it is yours."

“No merit, no reward. We didn’t help much last time.

Next time..." Before the Taoist priest finished speaking, two or three yamen runners came towards him, "You two... Hey, meet Taoist priest Hengxi."

"Do you have any questions?" the Taoist priest asked in confusion.

The yamen runners said embarrassedly: "The imperial court is conscripting horses."

"My household registration is not in your Linghe County." Taoist Priest Hengxi reminded.

The bailiff recognized him and would not confiscate his property, but Shen Xiaoye's property would be confiscated. She often came to the county town and everyone knew her. Bailiff A said, "But her horse must be confiscated.

We checked the records a few days ago and found that the Shen family in Jiuli Village has two horses. "

But when they went to look for Ma, the Shen family said that Ma was not at home. They thought he would not appear for a while, but they did not expect to see Shen Xiaoye while patrolling the street.

"After you requisition the horses, do you need to write a note to my family, or two horses can be used in place of people?" When Shen Xiaoye bought the horses, the government office kept records. She thought that the court had too many Hequ horses in recent years and would not requisition horses from the people.

It was Yamen Runner A who said, "But your village has already paid in silver instead of taxes, so there is nothing left to pay."

"You can refund one person's money." Shen Xiaoye blurted out.

Several yamen runners were immediately furious, "Miss Shen, please don't make things difficult for us.

Let's make a note of it first, and come back when we need to collect other corvée labor. We'll have all the documents ready for you."

"Can I give it to you in two days? Deliver it personally." Shen Xiaoye didn't want to give it. Two horses cost dozens of taels, and there was a high probability that he would not come back after being conscripted into the army.

Several yamen runners nodded and said, "Within five days, if it's any later, the laborers will have to set off."

Shen Xiaoye watched them leave and sighed, "When the country prospers, the people suffer; when the country perishes, the people suffer.

Fortunately, they don’t take horses from the Taoist temple.”

“In prosperous times, there are rules; in troubled times, there are no rules; it is better to be prosperous.

You are so young and yet you are still worried about the country and the people. Go find your grandfather." Taoist Master Hengxi patted her and walked towards West City.

It was already tea time when Shen Xiaoye found Mr. Wang's courtyard. Her cousin had someone to take care of outside, so she went to ask Yue Jinxuan.

Yue Jinxuan gave a thumbs up: "My niece has good eyesight, it's Mr. Wang who is treating us."