Chapter 26: Forced into a corner
A starry sky, but in the eyes of people nearby, it becomes two different feelings.

Shi Sun Rui had never seen the stars when he was young, so he did not understand the excitement in Wang Yun’s heart.

Even if I look up at this moment, I feel that the stars are dim and the future is bleak.

In the past, Shisun Rui would always stay in Wang Yun’s house to ask for a glass of wine, but today, after venting his anger, he immediately left in a huff and did not stay here.

Unlike Jia Xu, the Shangshu Ling who still lives outside the city of Chang’an, Shisun Rui, the Shangshu Pushe, lives in the northeast corner of Chang’an, where houses are lined up and alleys are straight.

This is the most prosperous place in Chang’an, and the house where Shisun Rui lives is surprisingly large. This is because it was the house given to him by Dong Zhuo before, and it is the best choice.

Shi Sun Rui was riding in a carriage. When the driver outside shouted, he knew that he had returned to his residence.

But after waiting for a long time, Shisun Rui still didn’t see the doorman or servant to greet him, so he suddenly became impatient and lifted the curtain of the carriage.

“Are you deaf or blind? Why don’t you come and prepare… Ugh!”

However, as soon as he lifted the curtain, Shisun Rui felt a foul odor going down his throat. He couldn’t help but vomit before he could finish his words.

Looking closely, I saw that not only was there no doorman or servant at the door, but it was covered with feces and the stench was terrible!
Shi Sunrui quickly covered his mouth and nose, pointed at the door and trembled: “Who? Who did it!”

Just as Shisun Rui was cursing, a group of crying people suddenly ran up from behind the car.

“Husband, Master!”

This group of people were Shisun Rui’s wife and his dozen concubines.

They used to dress up beautifully, but now their eyes were all red from crying. They didn’t care even though the rouge and foundation they bought at high prices were all wet with tears.

“Master! Rebellious slave! Rebellious slave!”

A dozen women gathered around Shisun Rui’s carriage, chattering and complaining to him.

“For some reason today, all those officials and clerks who used to be so respectful to the master came to my house and started to curse at me!”

“Also, most of the servants in the mansion were their relatives and clansmen, and they were also taken away by them… Master! What happened? Why did those rebellious slaves dare to do this?”

After hearing this, Shisun Rui suddenly felt dizzy.

He was already able to guess that the officials and clerks who came to cause trouble were mostly the officials who were implicated and dismissed from their posts this time.

Although these people had some savings at home, they were not extremely wealthy or prominent families. They only hoped to have a place to stay in Chang’an with the help of Shisun Rui.

In order to please Shisun Rui, these people may have really lost all their capital.

If one were to be more ruthless, he might even gamble away all the farmland of his family and his clan.

Now that he has been dismissed from his post in one day, and his family property has been destroyed for generations, it is no wonder that these people came to Shisun Rui to cause trouble.

Moreover, since he was able to serve as an official in Chang’an, he should understand the basic principles of officialdom.

They all knew that now that Shisun Rui had been explicitly reprimanded by the court and had been given the “Book of Zhou Rites”, his future was bound to be blocked and there would be no possibility of reinstatement.

In other words, this also means that these officials have no possibility of reinstatement.

Cutting off someone’s wealth is like killing one’s parents.

What’s more, this is no longer a matter of cutting off one’s financial resources.

It is no exaggeration to say that the family has been brought to shame and the foundation of their business has been destroyed!

“How dare they!!!”

Shi Sunrui’s emotions, which had just calmed down in Wang Yun’s house, broke out again, and he kept hitting the railings beside the carriage.

“Who did this?”

“Who did this?”

“What a beast! What a beast!”

When people leave, the tea gets cold, which is human nature. Shisun Rui also expected that he would be abandoned by these former subordinates.

But what they never expected was that not only did they leave and the tea got cold to them, but they even shit in the tea before leaving!

Shi Sun Rui angrily pushed his crying wives and concubines away: “Get out! Get out! Cry! Cry! Why are you crying!”

“Hurry up and shovel away the dirt at the door!”

“You put these filth at the door, aren’t you deliberately trying to bring shame to my Shisun family?”

These pieces of dirt had probably been placed in front of Shisun Rui’s house for an hour.

An hour!
I’m afraid that everyone among the neighbors has seen this ugly thing!

Even if you haven’t seen it, you should have smelled it!

I’m afraid that Shi Sunrui’s reputation has already fallen to the ground and been trampled on thousands of times!
All the wives and concubines were extremely stunned and looked at Shisun Rui in disbelief. They didn’t understand how their master could bear to let such beautiful women like them touch such filthy things?
“Still not going?”

Seeing that his wives and concubines were indifferent, Shisun Rui simply picked up his thin arm and slapped the person he loved the most in the face!
After this fan, the wives and concubines realized that Shisun Rui really wanted them to deal with the filth. They immediately stopped crying and trying to win Shisun Rui’s sympathy, and they all dispersed.

Shi Sun Rui looked up at this time, and found that many neighbors had quietly opened their doors and were watching their own joke through the cracks in the doors.

The people living here are quite noble, and most of them are prominent figures in the current dynasty.

Being seen in such an embarrassing state by such a person, Shisun Rui was so ashamed that he covered his face and fled, entering the courtyard through the back door of his house.

“Oh my God!”

Shisun Rui did not take off his hat or change his clothes. After the former Shangshu Pushe entered the room, he threw himself down on the bed and cried his heart out.

“How can I, Shi Sunrui, still have the dignity to live in this world?”

Shisun Rui cried so sadly that he soon cried till he was exhausted in one place. He had no choice but to move to another place to continue crying.

He cried until his eyes were sore and no tears were left. Shisun Rui sat on the ground with lifeless eyes all night.

Only when the rooster that had been free in the yard for two and a half years crowed did Shisun Rui seem to come to life.

After one night, he understood.

Now, he is afraid that it will no longer be possible for him to survive in Chang’an.

In this case, it would be better to take your wives and concubines and return to your hometown in Fufeng.

With the wealth and property that Dong Zhuo had rewarded him with before, he could definitely hold on for a while.

The urgency of escaping Chang’an barely aroused Shisun Rui’s strength.

Standing up with the help of the bed, Shisun Rui walked outside, wanting to ask his wives and concubines to pack up and leave with him.

Anyway, he doesn’t want to stay in Chang’an for a moment!

But when Shisun Rui walked into the courtyard, he found that the originally bustling courtyard was extremely deserted, with only three or two old servants standing there at a loss.

“What about the rest?”

Several old servants looked at each other evasively and pushed each other for a long time. Finally, someone was pushed in front of them unwillingly and reported in a low voice –

“Master, the ladies took away all the property in the mansion overnight, and now I don’t know where they are.”

Shisun Rui stood there in a daze.

Suddenly, he felt a warm current flowing out of his chest.

“puff!”

Blood spurted out, and Shisun Rui’s eyes went black. He fell to the ground with his head heavy, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.

(End of this chapter)