Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 2 Pillars of the Empire
At this time, two soldiers urged them to go. One of them said, "Okay, okay, we have to set off immediately. If we are late, we will be in trouble!"

As he said this, the soldier pushed Su Shi.

Su Shi was already weak, and after being pushed like this, he was about to fall to the ground.

Su Yun quickly supported Su Shi, and waited for Su Mai to come over and support Su Shi.

Su Yun took a step forward with his long legs, stretched out his arms, grabbed and pressed, and the soldier who was pushing the man immediately cried out and fell to his knees.

Another soldier immediately drew his weapon nervously and pointed it at Su Yun, saying, "What are you going to do? What are you going to do? Let him go!"

Su Yun looked fiercely at the soldier and said, "Did you arrest my uncle from Huzhou?"

This soldier was an old veteran who had retired from the northwest. He had fought with the western bandits and Liao dogs with real guns and swords, but at this moment he felt nervous. This young man was as terrifying as a tiger!
He quickly said, "It's not us. We are here to escort Su Shi to Huangzhou to take up his post."

Su Yun's anger subsided a little, but he immediately punched the soldier who was kneeling on the ground.

The soldier cried out in pain, and the soldier holding the weapon shouted, "This is the Censorate, are you going to attack the officers and soldiers and rebel?"

Su Shi was shocked and said, "Su Yun, don't be rash!"

Su Yun and Su Shi smiled, turned to the soldier and said, "My uncle is only here to be questioned by the Censorate, he is not a criminal!
Now I am going to Huangzhou to take up the post as an upright official. If someone wants to humiliate my uncle, he deserves to be beaten!

Besides, getting beaten is a minor matter. If my uncle ever regains power, are you sure you can withstand his revenge?"

As he spoke, Su Yun punched the kneeling soldier hard in the waist and ribs, and the soldier wailed.

The soldier holding the knife looked at Su Yun fiercely and said, "Don't make a mistake! Su Shi was guilty of attacking the new law, mocking the government, and even mocking the government for being disloyal. There is no chance of his recovery!"

Su Shi and his son looked gloomy.

The kneeling soldier also shouted: "Attacking the government troops is a crime on top of a crime. Don't put your uncle's life at risk!"

Su Yun laughed and said, "Even if my uncle cannot be reinstated, can he not do anything to you two thieves?

My uncle has old friends all over the world, and many of them hold high positions in the court.

If they knew that you two thieves dared to humiliate him, do you think they would spare you?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the two soldiers' faces changed.

At this time, someone in the Censorate poked his head out and shouted, "What's going on?"

The standing soldier quickly put away his weapon and said, "It's okay, we'll leave now."

"Hurry up and leave. Don't scream and wail here. If you disturb the husbands, you will be in trouble!"

"Yes! Yes! We'll leave right away."

The soldier turned around and begged Su Yun in a low voice: "Good brother, please forgive him. As long as it does not delay the trip, I will follow your arrangements for everything else, okay?"

Su Yun picked up the kneeling soldier, stared into his eyes and asked, "What do you think?"

The soldier was in so much pain that tears and snot were streaming down his face. He nodded repeatedly and said, "I'll listen to you, I'll listen to you!"

Su Yun nodded with satisfaction, helped the soldier, then straightened his clothes and praised: "You are a good man, a pillar of the empire. If the border troops have your ability, destroying Liao and Xia will be a piece of cake!" Su Shi and his son did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Su Shi said: "I now understand why you were able to come to Bianjing from Shuzhong alone."

He is so fierce at such a young age. If a strong man meets him on the road, no one knows who will be robbed.

Su Mai is older than Su Yun, but at this moment he has to look up at Su Yun.

Su Yun was more than a head taller than him.

Su Mai had been traveling with his father and had hardly met any of the Su clan members in his hometown. Naturally, he did not recognize Su Yun and asked, "Dad, who is this?"

Without waiting for Su Shi to introduce himself, Su Yun saluted Su Mai and said, "Brother, I am Su Yun, a relative of Meishan. I received great kindness from my uncle's family in my early years. I heard that my uncle was in trouble, so I came to see if there was anything I could do for him."

Su Shi said, "This is your uncle Su Lin's son, Su Yun, and this is Su Mai, my eldest son."

Su Mai didn't understand the details, but when he heard that it was a relative from Meishan, he was very happy and said, "That's very thoughtful, brother Yun, thank you!"

Su Yun said: "Uncle, brother, let's leave Bianjing first. There are too many villains here."

The two soldiers looked at Su Yun with gratitude. They were really afraid that Su Yun would ask Su Shi to stay in Bian Jing for a while, as it would be difficult to explain to their superiors then.

Su Shi naturally understood this and nodded, saying, "Okay, let's go. However, Su Yun, if you don't go with us, you can go to Nanjun to find your uncle Ninety-three. He can accommodate you there. If you study hard with him, you can have a good future."

Su Yun shook his head and said, "I want to follow you, uncle. You need me more here."

Su Shi advised: "Huangzhou is a remote place. I went there in the name of employment, but in fact I was a criminal. You have no future if you follow me."

Su Yun said decisively: "Then uncle needs me more. Uncle, please don't say more. I will not leave."

Su Mai also advised: "Brother Yun, the journey to Huangzhou is freezing cold, the snow is deep and the roads are slippery, so the journey must be extremely difficult.

When you get to Huangzhou, I'm afraid that's the beginning of your suffering. It's better with my uncle. If you follow him, you'll have a bright future."

Su Yun smiled and said, "If it was for my future, I would not have come this time. It is precisely because I know that the future is difficult that I came to serve my uncle. Otherwise, I would not be able to repay the kindness of my uncle and his family to my family."

When Su Shi saw that Su Yunding wanted to go to Huangzhou with him, he was both moved and ashamed. He felt that he had already dragged down too many people and now he was going to drag down the younger generation.

He secretly made up his mind that later on, he would ask Ziyou to take good care of this poor child.

So Su Shi went to Huangzhou under the escort of two soldiers, while Su Mai and Su Yun followed on foot.

It was extremely cold in the north during the twelfth month of the Song Dynasty. In such weather, most northern residents would hibernate unless necessary. Going out on the road was not only a torture, but also life-threatening.

The weather was really too cold, and we didn't have as many warm clothes as we have in later generations. If we were traveling in the wild, hypothermia would be life-threatening.

Originally, Su Shi had to walk to Huangzhou, but Su Yun got a donkey cart from somewhere.

The donkey cart was wrapped tightly with felt, making it completely airtight. One can imagine that traveling on such a cart would not be a difficult task.

Su Shi lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw that the floor of the carriage was covered with felt. He reached out and touched it and found it very soft. He lifted the felt and saw thick thatch underneath.

(End of this chapter)