Seeing Lu Yi coming closer, YangYue immediately stood up and greeted him. Xie Xiao had disliked him from the start, therefore he raised his eyebrows high and stared at him.
Unexpectedly Lu Yi lifted his skirt and sat across from him. Xie Xiao was not expecting this at all.
“Sit down, don’t need to be polite.” Lu Yi said to YangYue.
Due to the differences in ranks, YangYue didn’t dare to sit down.
Lu Yi frowned, “You’re asking me to raise my head to talk to you?”
YangYue sat down right away. Xie Xiao, who was watching, rolled his eyes.
Jinxia didn’t need Lu Yi’s order, she freely sat down on the last remaining chair, still thinking in her heart about the salary matter. Her hopeful eyes kept looking at Lu Yi.
Lu Yi pretended not to see her and talked to YangYue. “I have already talked to Doctor Shen, Superior Yang’s healing process is going quite well, but to prevent the recurrence of old wounds, it is best to be treated with care and you must avoid him from traveling anywhere far. That’s why I have temporarily transferred Superior Yang to the Beizhen Department. He only needs to worry about taking care of himself, all of LiuShanmen’s matters can be put aside.”
YangYue was immediately happy listening to him, “Daren, thank you for your kindness.”
Xie Xiao, who’d heard it from the side, said, “If you continue to live in Yangzhou, it’s better to stay at my house as my father has already said many times before. Since the case is now over, you don’t need to avoid us anymore, right?”
“This…” YangYue hesitated a little, “It could become trouble later, after all this is the healing process, things might be inconvenient.”
Xie Xiao waved his hands, “It’s okay, having Uncle Yang accompanying my father, maybe his heart condition will get better. Let’s treat it as you help me, how about it?”
“I can’t make a decision now, I have to talk to my father first.” YangYue said.
Lu Yi, who had been silent for a while, suddenly spoke, “During the healing process, the most important thing is the atmosphere around the patient; it must be relaxing. In the clinic, there are sick people coming in and out, it’s not a safe place for treatment. Superior Yang and the Big Master Bangzhu are old friends, the Young Master Bangzhu’s idea is pretty good.”
Not expecting Lu Yi to back him up, Xie Xiao was stunned for a moment but did not say anything.
Jinxia sitting beside him said, “Da Yang, I think this idea isn’t bad. If the master lives in the Xie family to heal, then we can both go to Zhejiang.”
“Going to Zhejiang?” YangYue didn’t understand.
“Lu Daren is about to go on duty to Zhejiang, I will go assist him with his work, you can come too.” In Jinxia’s heart, she knew that the longer YangYue had lived in Yangzhou, the earlier he would have found out that Zhai Lanye had died, maybe leaving the place was for the better.
“Lu Daren, there is a payment, right?”
Lu Yi glanced at her and slowly said, “Yes, every month is four taels of silver.”
“Four taels!” Jinxia glanced at YangYue. If they didn’t take that money, wouldn’t that be a loss?
YangYue reminded her, “You still want to go to Zhejiang? Don’t forget your mother is waiting for you to go home, the third son of the Yi family is waiting for you…”
Jinxia impatiently interrupted him, “Let him wait, this master must go make some money first.”
“Your mother…”
“My mother is a practical woman, she will not prevent me from making money.” Suddenly remembering that Lu Yi was still beside her, Jinxia added another sentence, “Especially doing tasks for Lu Daren, even if there is no salary, we are still obliged to do it, aren’t we?”
Lu Yi tilted his head to look at her, he was not amused by her words.
“Daren, are you thirsty? I’ll go brew some hot tea.” Jinxia smiled, looked at him and immediately ran into the kitchen.
Xie Xiao shook his head as he watched her go and asked YangYue, “Does she spent time in Yamen like this? Finding people and winning them over by words?”
YangYue laughed, “Not really. In LiuShanmen, she is quite popular, there is no need to try so hard to do something that is useless.”
“She? Popular?” Xie Xiao’s face couldn’t believe it at all, “You’re lying to me, aren’t you? Speaking for her.”
“I’m serious, if you give her a pancake, she will help you patrol at night. She will help with anything as long as you care for her meals. She is quite loved by people.”
Hearing this, even though Lu Yi didn’t say anything, it looked like he became uncomfortable, and his eyebrows furrowed.
Xie Xiao chuckled as he shook his head, “This girl is really crazy!”
YangYue smiled and said, “Especially when it’s hot, everyone scrambles to stay up at night with her, even the superiors want to ask her to join.”
“What’s the reason?” Xie Xiao asked in surprise.
“She is the special target for mosquitos. Think about it, in the hot summer days, in a room full of people, mosquitoes do not bite other people, but only target her alone. This method is more effective than using incense…”
Before YangYue had the chance to finish his words, they heard Jinxia’s loud voice.
“Da Yang, you’re badmouthing me!”
She put the cup of teacup and the pot on the table, poured a cup for Lu Yi first, then poured for Xie Xiao, then YangYue.
Lu Yi did not take the teacup, looked at her and said, “You went out to patrol because of a pancake?”
Jinxia nodded her head and said with a smile, “Actually, it’s not just for pancakes. Criminals at night are usually big criminals. You know, in LiuShanmen, catching every wanted criminal will be rewarded. I hate that I can’t always patrol at night.”
“Yes, you are the best and everyone else is a fool.” Xie Xiao sneered, “Aren’t you tired?”
“Brother, it’s not about the criminals, it’s the silver. Will you be tired of picking up silver?” She shook her head.
Lu Yi frowned, “If meals are taken care of, you’re willing to travel?”
“There must be additional pay for out of town work, I’m not stupid.”
She looked at him earnestly, she didn’t even have to say anything, her eyes already spoke for her, ‘Those free accommodations, why would she not take it?’
Lu Yi turned his eyes away and sighed in secret.
***
It was beyond Jinxia’s expectation but, regarding her decision to go to Zhejiang, Yang ChengWan was unhappy. He strongly criticized Jinxia for agreeing to go with Lu Yi without discussing with him first.
“Your mother continues to send letters, meaning that you need to hurry home. There are marriage matters that need to be finished, but now, what should I say to her?”
The decision was made because she didn’t want to get married nor wanted to go home! Jinxia secretly stuck out her tongue, then pretended to put on a completely innocent face, “I have agreed with Lu Daren. After all, now that we have been temporarily transferred to the Beizhen Department, Lu Daren is now our Superior. If he opens his mouth and speaks, where are the chances for me to talk?”
“I have clearly said, your marriage matters are important, so you must return to the Capital immediately, how could he…”
“He… it must be because this case is so important, then how could he consider trivial things like this?”
Jinxia helped in defending Lu Yi.
“More importantly, in Zhejiang, the pirates act very ferociously, if something happens…” Yang ChengWang turned to look at YangYue and gave orders, “You go with Xia’er, watch her closely!”
YangYue looked at him doubtfully, “But your leg… How can I not be worried about it?”
“I’m fine, no need to be worried.” Yang ChengWan anxiously looked at Jinxia, “As for her, you have to pay close attention to her, don’t let her be reckless and cause trouble.”
Jinxia felt as if there was a meaning behind his words and couldn’t help but ask, “Master, I’ve been on duty alone outside the city before, why are you so worried this time? What are you worried about?”
YangYue also felt that his father was a little too much this time, “That’s right father, she’s going with Lu Daren this time, not alone. There shouldn’t be any major problems.”
“It’s because…” Yang ChengWan looked at the two of them as if he was looking at two idiots children. After pausing for a while, he took a deep breath and then continued, “You guys think Lu Daren is friendly and easy to serve? If you end up offending him, you guys will face difficult consequences.”
Jinxia didn’t dare to continue her words and could only secretly think: ‘A table full of vegetables only, Lu Yi still ate it all, he is indeed very easy to serve. The master doesn’t seem to like Lu Yi very much, it is because of Lu Bing? Is it because he used to be a JinYiWei, so there are some complications between him and Lu Bing?’
“Do you understand?” YangYue was used to obeying his father and nodded his head.
Jinxia pretended to be submissive and obedient, “I understood.”
Yang ChengWan massaged his forehead and said in a low voice, “If you really understand, that is good… Xia’er, you go home and think about how to reply to your mother’s letters.”
“Oh.”
Jinxia agreed and walked out, YangYue was about to follow her but was stopped by his father.
Hearing Jinxia’s footsteps fading, Yang ChengWan in a deep voice said to YangYue, “Do you know why you must go with Xia’er?”
YangYue nodded his head, “To prevent her from causing problems, if we encounter anything dangerous I should stop her from continuing.”
“Not only that,” Yang ChengWan said, “The most important thing is to not let her and Lu Yi become too close.”
After being dumbfounded for a moment, YangYue suddenly realized, “Father, you are worried about Lu Daren and her… There’s no way, with Lu Daren’s status, how could he force himself on Jinxia?”
Yang ChengWan glared at YangYue, feeling his child was so stupid, as if he was picked up from the street. “I’m afraid Xia’er’s words are not appropriate and so are yours! With Lu Daren, you must be polite and respectful, apart from being respectful, there’s still respect, respect! Do you understand what it means?”
“…..” YangYue felt that his father’s words became more and more confusing, “What are you trying to say?”
“Polite means your words must be polite, following manners. Respect means maintaining distance with respect.” Yang ChengWan said out loud, “Remember this carefully and watch Xia’er closely.”
*[The reason why he’s constantly emphasizing the word respect, it’s because he wants YangYue to view Lu Yi as a person they respect, he wants Jinxia to see Lu Yi as a superior she respect, it means keeping distance, keeping polite speech and draws a clear line between superior and subordinate, TN]
YangYue nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice.
“Oh, right, father, the brother of the Xie family had brought up asking you to move to his house, he said you could accompany Uncle Xie so he wouldn’t be lonely.”
Yang ChengWan thought for a moment, still shaking his head, “I am still considered as an outsider, living in someone’s house must be troublesome, forget it.”
***
Unexpectedly, the next day, the Xie family sent a big stretcher chair and several men. Under Xie Xiao’s order, they carried Yang ChengWan directly onto the stretcher. Yang ChengWan couldn’t help but laugh bitterly and didn’t have the heart to reject their kindness.
After about two or three days, the emperor’s decree arrived.
Liu Xiangzuo and all his subordinates received rewards. Lu Yi was promoted to fifth floor official and ordered to be serving as governor of Wupin Town.
Another day passed, and an additional decree was issued to promote Lu Yi to a fourth floor official, representing the palace. He was ordered to go to Zhejiang to conduct an inspection.
Within two consecutive days, he was promoted by three levels. Many officials came to congratulate him, knocking on the front door of the post station. Unfortunately, there were only servants available to serve tea, they weren’t able to meet Lu Yi at all.
*[An official can have an overall status in rank, but they also have different ranks status in different position/places/, TN]
Seeing Lu Yi coming closer, YangYue immediately stood up and greeted him. Xie Xiao had disliked him from the start, therefore he raised his eyebrows high and stared at him.
Unexpectedly Lu Yi lifted his skirt and sat across from him. Xie Xiao was not expecting this at all.
“Sit down, don’t need to be polite.” Lu Yi said to YangYue.
Due to the differences in ranks, YangYue didn’t dare to sit down.
Lu Yi frowned, “You’re asking me to raise my head to talk to you?”
YangYue sat down right away. Xie Xiao, who was watching, rolled his eyes.
Jinxia didn’t need Lu Yi’s order, she freely sat down on the last remaining chair, still thinking in her heart about the salary matter. Her hopeful eyes kept looking at Lu Yi.
Lu Yi pretended not to see her and talked to YangYue. “I have already talked to Doctor Shen, Superior Yang’s healing process is going quite well, but to prevent the recurrence of old wounds, it is best to be treated with care and you must avoid him from traveling anywhere far. That’s why I have temporarily transferred Superior Yang to the Beizhen Department. He only needs to worry about taking care of himself, all of LiuShanmen’s matters can be put aside.”
YangYue was immediately happy listening to him, “Daren, thank you for your kindness.”
Xie Xiao, who’d heard it from the side, said, “If you continue to live in Yangzhou, it’s better to stay at my house as my father has already said many times before. Since the case is now over, you don’t need to avoid us anymore, right?”
“This…” YangYue hesitated a little, “It could become trouble later, after all this is the healing process, things might be inconvenient.”
Xie Xiao waved his hands, “It’s okay, having Uncle Yang accompanying my father, maybe his heart condition will get better. Let’s treat it as you help me, how about it?”
“I can’t make a decision now, I have to talk to my father first.” YangYue said.
Lu Yi, who had been silent for a while, suddenly spoke, “During the healing process, the most important thing is the atmosphere around the patient; it must be relaxing. In the clinic, there are sick people coming in and out, it’s not a safe place for treatment. Superior Yang and the Big Master Bangzhu are old friends, the Young Master Bangzhu’s idea is pretty good.”
Not expecting Lu Yi to back him up, Xie Xiao was stunned for a moment but did not say anything.
Jinxia sitting beside him said, “Da Yang, I think this idea isn’t bad. If the master lives in the Xie family to heal, then we can both go to Zhejiang.”
“Going to Zhejiang?” YangYue didn’t understand.
“Lu Daren is about to go on duty to Zhejiang, I will go assist him with his work, you can come too.” In Jinxia’s heart, she knew that the longer YangYue had lived in Yangzhou, the earlier he would have found out that Zhai Lanye had died, maybe leaving the place was for the better.
“Lu Daren, there is a payment, right?”
Lu Yi glanced at her and slowly said, “Yes, every month is four taels of silver.”
“Four taels!” Jinxia glanced at YangYue. If they didn’t take that money, wouldn’t that be a loss?
YangYue reminded her, “You still want to go to Zhejiang? Don’t forget your mother is waiting for you to go home, the third son of the Yi family is waiting for you…”
Jinxia impatiently interrupted him, “Let him wait, this master must go make some money first.”
“Your mother…”
“My mother is a practical woman, she will not prevent me from making money.” Suddenly remembering that Lu Yi was still beside her, Jinxia added another sentence, “Especially doing tasks for Lu Daren, even if there is no salary, we are still obliged to do it, aren’t we?”
Lu Yi tilted his head to look at her, he was not amused by her words.
“Daren, are you thirsty? I’ll go brew some hot tea.” Jinxia smiled, looked at him and immediately ran into the kitchen.
Xie Xiao shook his head as he watched her go and asked YangYue, “Does she spent time in Yamen like this? Finding people and winning them over by words?”
YangYue laughed, “Not really. In LiuShanmen, she is quite popular, there is no need to try so hard to do something that is useless.”
“She? Popular?” Xie Xiao’s face couldn’t believe it at all, “You’re lying to me, aren’t you? Speaking for her.”
“I’m serious, if you give her a pancake, she will help you patrol at night. She will help with anything as long as you care for her meals. She is quite loved by people.”
Hearing this, even though Lu Yi didn’t say anything, it looked like he became uncomfortable, and his eyebrows furrowed.
Xie Xiao chuckled as he shook his head, “This girl is really crazy!”
YangYue smiled and said, “Especially when it’s hot, everyone scrambles to stay up at night with her, even the superiors want to ask her to join.”
“What’s the reason?” Xie Xiao asked in surprise.
“She is the special target for mosquitos. Think about it, in the hot summer days, in a room full of people, mosquitoes do not bite other people, but only target her alone. This method is more effective than using incense…”
Before YangYue had the chance to finish his words, they heard Jinxia’s loud voice.
“Da Yang, you’re badmouthing me!”
She put the cup of teacup and the pot on the table, poured a cup for Lu Yi first, then poured for Xie Xiao, then YangYue.
Lu Yi did not take the teacup, looked at her and said, “You went out to patrol because of a pancake?”
Jinxia nodded her head and said with a smile, “Actually, it’s not just for pancakes. Criminals at night are usually big criminals. You know, in LiuShanmen, catching every wanted criminal will be rewarded. I hate that I can’t always patrol at night.”
“Yes, you are the best and everyone else is a fool.” Xie Xiao sneered, “Aren’t you tired?”
“Brother, it’s not about the criminals, it’s the silver. Will you be tired of picking up silver?” She shook her head.
Lu Yi frowned, “If meals are taken care of, you’re willing to travel?”
“There must be additional pay for out of town work, I’m not stupid.”
She looked at him earnestly, she didn’t even have to say anything, her eyes already spoke for her, ‘Those free accommodations, why would she not take it?’
Lu Yi turned his eyes away and sighed in secret.
***
It was beyond Jinxia’s expectation but, regarding her decision to go to Zhejiang, Yang ChengWan was unhappy. He strongly criticized Jinxia for agreeing to go with Lu Yi without discussing with him first.
“Your mother continues to send letters, meaning that you need to hurry home. There are marriage matters that need to be finished, but now, what should I say to her?”
The decision was made because she didn’t want to get married nor wanted to go home! Jinxia secretly stuck out her tongue, then pretended to put on a completely innocent face, “I have agreed with Lu Daren. After all, now that we have been temporarily transferred to the Beizhen Department, Lu Daren is now our Superior. If he opens his mouth and speaks, where are the chances for me to talk?”
“I have clearly said, your marriage matters are important, so you must return to the Capital immediately, how could he…”
“He… it must be because this case is so important, then how could he consider trivial things like this?”
Jinxia helped in defending Lu Yi.
“More importantly, in Zhejiang, the pirates act very ferociously, if something happens…” Yang ChengWang turned to look at YangYue and gave orders, “You go with Xia’er, watch her closely!”
YangYue looked at him doubtfully, “But your leg… How can I not be worried about it?”
“I’m fine, no need to be worried.” Yang ChengWan anxiously looked at Jinxia, “As for her, you have to pay close attention to her, don’t let her be reckless and cause trouble.”
Jinxia felt as if there was a meaning behind his words and couldn’t help but ask, “Master, I’ve been on duty alone outside the city before, why are you so worried this time? What are you worried about?”
YangYue also felt that his father was a little too much this time, “That’s right father, she’s going with Lu Daren this time, not alone. There shouldn’t be any major problems.”
“It’s because…” Yang ChengWan looked at the two of them as if he was looking at two idiots children. After pausing for a while, he took a deep breath and then continued, “You guys think Lu Daren is friendly and easy to serve? If you end up offending him, you guys will face difficult consequences.”
Jinxia didn’t dare to continue her words and could only secretly think: ‘A table full of vegetables only, Lu Yi still ate it all, he is indeed very easy to serve. The master doesn’t seem to like Lu Yi very much, it is because of Lu Bing? Is it because he used to be a JinYiWei, so there are some complications between him and Lu Bing?’
“Do you understand?” YangYue was used to obeying his father and nodded his head.
Jinxia pretended to be submissive and obedient, “I understood.”
Yang ChengWan massaged his forehead and said in a low voice, “If you really understand, that is good… Xia’er, you go home and think about how to reply to your mother’s letters.”
“Oh.”
Jinxia agreed and walked out, YangYue was about to follow her but was stopped by his father.
Hearing Jinxia’s footsteps fading, Yang ChengWan in a deep voice said to YangYue, “Do you know why you must go with Xia’er?”
YangYue nodded his head, “To prevent her from causing problems, if we encounter anything dangerous I should stop her from continuing.”
“Not only that,” Yang ChengWan said, “The most important thing is to not let her and Lu Yi become too close.”
After being dumbfounded for a moment, YangYue suddenly realized, “Father, you are worried about Lu Daren and her… There’s no way, with Lu Daren’s status, how could he force himself on Jinxia?”
Yang ChengWan glared at YangYue, feeling his child was so stupid, as if he was picked up from the street. “I’m afraid Xia’er’s words are not appropriate and so are yours! With Lu Daren, you must be polite and respectful, apart from being respectful, there’s still respect, respect! Do you understand what it means?”
“…..” YangYue felt that his father’s words became more and more confusing, “What are you trying to say?”
“Polite means your words must be polite, following manners. Respect means maintaining distance with respect.” Yang ChengWan said out loud, “Remember this carefully and watch Xia’er closely.”
*[The reason why he’s constantly emphasizing the word respect, it’s because he wants YangYue to view Lu Yi as a person they respect, he wants Jinxia to see Lu Yi as a superior she respect, it means keeping distance, keeping polite speech and draws a clear line between superior and subordinate, TN]
YangYue nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice.
“Oh, right, father, the brother of the Xie family had brought up asking you to move to his house, he said you could accompany Uncle Xie so he wouldn’t be lonely.”
Yang ChengWan thought for a moment, still shaking his head, “I am still considered as an outsider, living in someone’s house must be troublesome, forget it.”
***
Unexpectedly, the next day, the Xie family sent a big stretcher chair and several men. Under Xie Xiao’s order, they carried Yang ChengWan directly onto the stretcher. Yang ChengWan couldn’t help but laugh bitterly and didn’t have the heart to reject their kindness.
After about two or three days, the emperor’s decree arrived.
Liu Xiangzuo and all his subordinates received rewards. Lu Yi was promoted to fifth floor official and ordered to be serving as governor of Wupin Town.
Another day passed, and an additional decree was issued to promote Lu Yi to a fourth floor official, representing the palace. He was ordered to go to Zhejiang to conduct an inspection.
Within two consecutive days, he was promoted by three levels. Many officials came to congratulate him, knocking on the front door of the post station. Unfortunately, there were only servants available to serve tea, they weren’t able to meet Lu Yi at all.
*[An official can have an overall status in rank, but they also have different ranks status in different position/places/, TN]
