Chapter 967 Li Yuchang Case
In order to prevent Sun Shan from growing sweet potatoes, Su Shi finally went home even though she was reluctant to do so.
There is no other reason. Every penny saved is a penny earned. When you stay in the city, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, except sleeping, all other things cost money.
Alas, Su suddenly felt that she was miserable. She thought that Sun Shan would be able to enjoy a good life after becoming an official, but in the end he still had to work hard as a peasant woman.
Su went to Sun Shan and asked, "Shanzi, is what your father said true or false? Being an official not only does not make money, but you have to pay for it."
Sun Shan stiffened his head and said guiltily, "Mother, what father said is true. The salary of an official is not high, but if our family is, we can live well. But we have to take up the post in another place, where we are unfamiliar with the place, so we must bring our own people with us, so that if anything happens, we will have help. It is impossible to expect outsiders to risk their lives. If we want our own people to risk their lives, mother, you know, we must pay them."
For personal safety, Sun Shan has decided to bring enough people with him.
If anything happens, only our own people can protect us.
Even if he couldn't protect him, as long as one of his own people could escape, even if Sun Shan was wrongly killed, he would have a chance to be vindicated.
Sun Shan told Su about the "poisoning case of deputy county magistrate Li Yuchang."
It was probably during the period when Li Yuchang, a newly-appointed Jinshi, was sent to Shanyang County by mistake to investigate who had embezzled the disaster relief money.
As a result of the investigation, it was discovered that Li Yuchang was poisoned and his death was unclear.
The most infuriating among them were Li Yuchang's three servants.
They actually colluded with outsiders to murder their master. This makes people feel chilled.
One of the servants was called Li Xiang. He had worked as a servant for several officials before. Before he defected to Li Yuchang, he also wanted to make a fortune.
It is impossible to keep such a servant, who has just taken office and has served several officials before, well, so it is not surprising that he would betray his master.
In the end, Li Yuchang was able to be cleared of all charges and the truth was revealed thanks to his own uncle’s unremitting efforts in tracking down the murderer.
From this, Sun Shan drew the biggest conclusion: you must use your own relatives.
Even slaves with indentures cannot be trusted. Slaves can change masters, but relatives cannot change relatives.
When Sun Shan takes office this time, he will definitely bring people from Sunjia Village with him.
As for whether to buy slaves, that is a matter for the future. Even if you buy them, you cannot use them immediately.
So as to avoid being poisoned by slaves one day.
When Su heard about this case, her heart was pounding and she cursed: "What a vicious and cunning servant, how dare he murder his master."
His face turned pale as he said, "Shanzi, we cannot bring those people whose background we don't know to take office. We must bring people from our Sunjia Village."
He thought that if Sun Shan went to investigate the case, he might offend his superior and be murdered by him.
Su said in a panic, "Shanzi, being a county magistrate is so dangerous, why don't we give up. It's better to stay in Huangyang County. No matter whether you are an official or not, no one dares to bully our family because you are a Jinshi. Or you can become a teacher. Teaching is also good. As long as you teach students well, you won't encounter such bad things."
Su was really panicked this time and felt that being an official was not a good thing at all.
Her family's Shanzi has always been upright. What if he offends people by being too upright?
Su thought it would be better for him to stay in Huangyang County. Even if he offended someone locally, they wouldn’t dare to do anything to Shanzi.
If anyone dares to do anything, everyone in Sunjia Village will rush over and beat that person to death.
The law does not hold everyone responsible, and with so many people, the government can't do anything to them.
In the past, Su believed that when Sun Shan became a county magistrate in a certain place, the people below would obey him as long as he gave an order.
Now Sun Shan told him that going to an unfamiliar place, even if he became the head of a county, could still be dangerous.
After much thought, I decided that it would be safest to stay in Huangyang County.
Sun Shan quickly comforted Su: "Mother, don't worry. The case I mentioned is very extreme and will not happen normally. Besides, I have been appointed and have a position, not an alternate magistrate. Even if there is a case to be investigated, it will not be my turn."
After a pause, he continued, "Mother, I plan to bring the men from Sunjia Village with me to take office this time. If we encounter unruly people or officials, we will fight them back. If we cannot win, I will ask them to cover me and let me run away to file a complaint. Mother, nothing will happen. I have always been smart, and if anything goes wrong, it will be someone else's fault."
Su was still worried and said anxiously, "Shanzi, I still think it's better for you to stay in Huangyang County. You can't be the magistrate of Huangyang County because of the officials' avoidance of suspicion. You can be the county magistrate, the chief clerk, or the teacher. At worst, you can be an official in Zhangzhou Prefecture. I don't ask for a high position, a small position is fine. The most important thing for us is to be safe and sound."
Su thought of Sister Yun again.
Why did this useless girl give birth to a fat daughter instead of a fat grandson for the Sun family?
As a result, Shanzi is still in a state of confusion.
If anything happens to his mountain, there will be no one to carry banners and buy water.
Su thought about it wildly and suddenly realized that he was cursing Shanzi, and his face turned even paler.
I said secretly: God, ancestors of the Sun family, and my father-in-law, please don't blame me for my random thoughts just now.
Then I thought about how I hadn't said it out loud, and I felt a lot more at ease.
What I fear most is that good things don’t work and bad things do.
Sun Shan shook his head and said, "Mother, there is no point in saying more. It is useless to say anything now. The official position has been given to me. If I don't take it, it will be against the imperial decree, and the court will blame me. Not to mention being an official in Huangyang County, my status as a Jinshi may be revoked. Whether you want to do it now or not, you have to take up the position."
After Sun Shan said this, Su was speechless.
Sun Shan quickly comforted her, "Mother, don't worry. Your son has always been blessed by God. He always turns danger into safety and has good luck. Mother, my title of the top scholar in Zhangzhou is not false. It is not only obtained by strength, but also by luck. When he takes office this time, my son will be fine."
Sun Shan said that he had strength, and Su could feel it, but it had no comforting effect.
Because strength is something that is always better than others, and it is possible that other people's strength may crush Sun Shan's.
But when it comes to luck, Su was comforted.
Yes, her mountain is a sign of great luck.
Didn’t fortune teller Yang say that Shanzi had the fate of “Tian Yi Gui Ren”? Even Hu Ming’s fate of “bringing bad luck to relatives” was nothing to him.
If you go out, Shanzi will also be full of luck.
She survived premature birth, survived poisoning, and passed every exam, even just barely. Who has such luck?
There were no ancients before us, and I believe there will be no successors after us.
Her mountain luck is just so overbearing.
Su calmed down a little, nodded and said, "Shanzi, you are right. Your luck has always been so good. I believe that if you become an official in another place, you will have even better luck. You will be able to turn misfortune into good fortune and turn disaster into blessing."
Sun Shan felt relieved when he saw that Su's complexion had returned to normal.
I should have known not to tell her so many things. Now I have made my mother worry.
I have to be more careful next time.
After Su knew that Sun Shan would lose money as an official, he hurried back to the storehouse to look through the gifts and see which ones could be sold.
For example, some food, cured meat, and cloth were originally intended to be kept for personal use or given as gifts.
The first thing I think of at this time is to sell it for money.
If you really need to give a gift, buy something cheap.
Haha, there’s nothing I can do because my family is poor.
As a result, Su was able to earn a lot of money, which he immediately gave to Sun Shan.