The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 528: Wealth Comes Again

Pan Yun looked conflicted: "How about you ask my second senior brother to come and take a look?"

Yang Shiqi saw that her face was wrinkled, so he asked with a smile: "Could it be that Lord Yin's medical skills are better than the imperial physician's?"

Pan Yun shook his head: "My second senior brother's medical skills are definitely not as good as the imperial physician's, but my eldest senior brother may be able to compare..."

Thinking of the legend of the Imperial Hospital of the Ming Dynasty in history, Pan Yun changed his words and said, "Not necessarily. My second senior brother may not be as good as all the imperial doctors, but he may be as good as some of them."

Yang Shiqi couldn't help but chuckle. The heaviness in his heart suddenly dissipated a lot, and he actually felt much better.

He and Pan Yun laughed and said, "No need to trouble Lord Yin. An old man who refuses to die is a thief, and I don't want to be an old thief."

Pan Yun opened his mouth, but after a long pause he finally said in a consoling tone: "Master Yang, you are you, and Yang Ji is Yang Ji. You don't need to listen to what those people say."

She said, "Your son is already over 40, older than my father, and he is not a baby who has not been weaned. You can't blame him for what he did."

Yang Shiqi looked calm and said gently, "But you just said that he is my son."

Pan Yun frowned.

"Even someone like you who defends me subconsciously said that he is my son. Will others separate me from him?" Yang Shiqi said, "Those people condoned his crimes and concealed his crimes, isn't it because he is my son, Yang Shiqi?"

Pan Yun remained silent.

"Those people were right in impeaching me. I did not manage my family well."

Seeing that Pan Yun and Xue Shao were both in low spirits, Yang Shiqi smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Let's not talk about that rebellious son. I've worked up an appetite today because of the company of the two young friends. Let's have a meal together later."

Pan Yun and Xue Shao agreed.

The kitchen prepared the meal quickly.

The old housekeeper took away the blanket on Yang Shiqi's wooden couch, helped Yang Shiqi sit up and lean on the couch, put a low table on the couch, and invited Pan Yun and Xue Shao to sit on the couch.

Yang Shiqi pointed at the cushion beside him and said with a smile: "I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position."

Pan Yun and Xue Shao shook their heads and sat down respectively.

Most of the dishes cooked in the kitchen are soft, glutinous and light, which are suitable for the elderly.

Pan Yun and Xue Shao were both a little uncomfortable, but they both enjoyed their bowl of rice.

Seeing how they were eating so happily, Yang Shiqi also felt hungry and ate half a bowl of rice.

He was very curious about Pan Yun.

"I heard that a bird demon attacked the Imperial Prison. There was a rumor that it was targeting Wang Zhen, but it was defeated by you. Is it true or not?"

Pan Yun paused for a moment and looked up at him: "Master Yang, are you serious or joking?"

Yang Shiqi laughed loudly: "I know that bird demon is coming for you, but I don't know how the rumors spread in the court, and they all said it was for Wang Zhen. I heard it so many times that I became a little confused. I can't help but ask you, did I remember it wrong?"

Pan Yun immediately said, "You are not mistaken. They were not wrong either. The bird demon was coming for me and Wang Zhen."

Yang Shiqi shook his head: "You are not honest at all, in this respect, you are far inferior to Xue Shao."

Pan Yun: "I'm just letting things take their course. No matter how I explain things like this, the rumors will still exist. So why bother explaining it?"

Yang Shiqi sighed and said, "I hope you can always have this heart."

"Huh?" Pan Jun was puzzled.

Yang Shiqi said: "I think you will be criticized in the future. If you can understand this and persist in it, your mood will be less affected and will be much better in the future."

In order to reassure him, Pan Jun nodded and said, "I will keep this in mind."

Yang Shiqi saw that she might not have taken his words to heart, but was willing to memorize them for him, so he couldn't help but smile: "You are also a generous and kind child, and God will not treat you unfairly."

Yang Shiqi had a meal with them, and finally his energy was gone, and he felt completely exhausted.

Pan Yun and Xue Shao didn't want to disturb them any further and left quickly.

The old housekeeper was about to send the two of them out, but Pan Yun refused: "You take care of Elder Yang."

Before leaving, Pan Yun looked back at Yang Shiqi.

He was sitting in the bright sunshine at noon, but he exuded a sense of loneliness. When he was far away, Pan Yun could see his entire facial features clearly.

The power of innateness was activated silently, and Pan Jun saw a strong yin energy on him, also known as death energy.

Pan Jun's eyes were filled with sadness. She came back to her senses after Xue Shao pulled her back. She followed him away in silence.

After leaving Yang's house, the two walked in silence for a long time before stopping.

Xue Shao asked her: "What did you see? I see you are about to cry."

Pan Yun said: "I used to resent him and felt that he was unworthy of being the chief minister of the cabinet. He clearly knew that your uncle and my father were wronged, but as the head of all officials, he did not uphold justice.

But now he is dying, and I am very sad.”

Xue Shao said: "Birth, aging, illness and death are common to all human beings."

Pan Yun turned his head and looked at him: "You are a scholar, but you see through life and death better than me, a Taoist priest."

“Seeing through life and death has nothing to do with a person’s identity.”

Pan Yun asked casually: "What does that have to do with?"

"To study things and to acquire knowledge," Xue Shao said, "the Way of the University has eight objectives: to study things, to acquire knowledge, to be sincere, to rectify the mind, to cultivate oneself, to regulate the family, to govern the country, and to bring peace to the world."

Pan Yun pondered for a moment and said, "It's terrible. People nowadays seem to be aiming at governing the country and pacifying the world. Few people can think of self-cultivation and managing their families, let alone the first four points."

Xue Shao said: "So education is particularly important. My great uncle likes teaching very much, and my father and second uncle also really like teaching."

Pan Yun looked up at him. Xue Shao smiled and nodded at her: "So you don't have to comfort me. My second uncle was dismissed from office and sent back to his hometown to teach. He was not sad at all, but very happy."

He could finally put down the burden of being an official and go back to teaching.

The injustice has been resolved and he no longer has any worries.

Pan Yun: "What about you?"

Xue Shao: "I'm not sad either."

He said: "I am very happy to be able to inspect Jiangnan. Although the road ahead is difficult, I will try my best to see the truth that I have never seen before. I will try my best to find a solution and fulfill my duty as an imperial censor.

If I fail in the end, I will have no regrets. "

Xue Shao smiled and said, "Everything that happens is beneficial to me. How could I know that a seventh-rank imperial censor inspecting Jiangnan would not give me a deeper understanding than a third-rank or fourth-rank censor?"

Pan Yun gave him a thumbs up and said, "You are awesome. I think so too. Everything that happens is good for me!"

Xue Shao: "So, you're really not going to take me with you when you go to Jiangnan tomorrow?"

Pan Jun looked around and said to him in a low voice, "No, I'm flying back."

"Huh?" Xue Shao looked at her in confusion.

Pan Yun winked at him.

Xue Shao understood and nodded, "That's indeed not possible. I'm on an inspection tour and I need stamps from various government offices along the way."

Pan Yun: "Right, if you are not an official and are traveling privately, and we are going the same way, I will definitely take you with me."

Xue Shao murmured: "It seems that I really need to set up a stall to make money when I leave Beijing..."

Pan Yun turned his head: "What did you say?"

Xue Shao came back to his senses: "Nothing, then... we'll meet again in Jiangnan if we're destined to."

Pan Yun agreed.

She turned around and was about to leave, but then she remembered that she seemed to still owe Xue Shao money, so she stepped back, took out two large silver ingots from her sleeves and stuffed them with three amulets to Xue Shao: "I borrowed the money from you before, so I'll give you the amulets as a gift."

Xue Shao held the silver ingot with shining eyes: "That's good now, no need to set up a stall..."

Pan Yun: "Why do you want to set up a stall?"

Xue Shao narrowed his eyes and smiled, then shook his head and said, "Nothing, thank you."

"Why are you thanking me? I should be thanking you."

Xue Shao smiled and said, "Thank you for remembering to pay me back."

Pan Yun: "...Am I such a dishonest person?"

"No, that's not what I meant," Xue Shao explained quickly, "It's just that I lend money to many people, but few people remember to pay me back."

Pan Yun looked at him sympathetically: "I'm different. I usually only lend money to people who I think have the ability to pay it back. For those who can't pay it back, I usually just give it to them directly."

"You're quite generous, too."

Pan Yun bared his teeth at him: "At present, apart from my father, brother, senior brothers, sisters, and nephews, no one else can be listed as a gift when borrowing money, so when I meet such people, I usually just don't lend money!"

Xue Shao was silent.

He returned to the rented house.

The house was bustling with neighbors coming to buy things.

The neighbors greeted Xue Shao enthusiastically and left with things on their shoulders or in their arms.

Since both the uncle and nephew had left the capital, they had to give up the lease of the house. Many things in the house could not be taken away, so they had to give them away to their neighbors. Those that could not be given away or taken away were left to the next owner.

Xi Jin closed the gate and swept the floor with a broom: "Master, our boxes and boxes are all packed, but the carriages and horses are not rented yet. I went to the carriage shop this morning to inquire. If we rent a carriage alone, it will cost twelve taels of silver to Nanjing. If we go with the car team, we will only need two quilts and two luggage bags, which will cost eight taels. If we don't bring quilts and only bring luggage bags, it will cost one tael less..."

Xue Xuan said: "Don't rent it. It's better to walk. It can not only train your leg skills, but also calm your mind. Thinking while walking will make your mind clear."

Xue Shao came back to his senses and said, "Let's buy a horse and a carriage, and when we get to Nanjing, if we can't use them, we can sell them, and if we can use them, we can keep using them."

Xue Xuan and Xi Jin turned their heads to look over at the same time.

Xue Xuan: "Are you rich?"

Xijin's eyes lit up: "Master, have you made money again?"

Xue Shao took out two ingots of silver from his sleeve and said, "I have received payment for a foreign debt I lent out before."

Xue Xuan exclaimed: "You and I have fallen to such a state, yet this man is willing to repay the foreign debt. What a good man! Who is he?"

Xue Shao: "Lord Pan's beloved daughter Pan Yun."

Xue Xuan raised an eyebrow: "I have often heard of her legend, but I have never seen her in person."

Xue Shao: "Second Uncle, it seems you haven't seen Mr. Pan since he was released from prison?"

Xue Xuan: "Why should I go see him?"

"You are both victims, and you are both vindicated..."

Xue Xuan smiled slightly and interrupted him, saying, "That's enough. The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water. There is no need to go out of your way to make friends."

Pan Hong also said: "It is enough for me to be friends with Master Xue from a distance. I admire him as a person and his wisdom. This is enough. There is no need to make friends with him on purpose."

Pan Yun: "Well, I was quite interested in this Mr. Xue."

(End of this chapter)