Wanli Xinming

Chapter 409
"Dang!—Boom, boom!" A gong and two bangs of clappers shattered the silence of the winter night first.Immediately afterwards, the residents of the capital who had not yet fallen asleep could hear the distant chime of the university bell.

There are two watchmen, one holding a gong and the other holding a clapper.At the time of the watch, the noise of "beware of fire and candles and guard against thieves" is shouted.The sound of the university bell rings eight times, like a rhythm, and has the effect of reassuring the soul.

The bell was neither dull nor loud, and it came from a long distance, as if something had been brushed away in people's hearts, which made the people who heard it feel relieved—it was eight o'clock in the evening, and the residents of the capital If you don't go out for drinking and entertainment, you have to close the door, blow out the oil lamp and go to sleep.

"My lord, pack up and go to sleep." A voice from beside him awakened Yi Leyao, who was looking at the courtyard and meditating.The former first secretary of Alfonso, the governor of Goa, and now the seventh-rank chief of the Siyi Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites, nodded slightly when he heard this.

He turned around and smiled at his new wife.Although this beautiful girl does not have a prominent family, it is more than enough to match her "barbarian".Especially when Yi Leyao used words like "I love you" to express his fiery emotions, his wife's shy appearance made Ines Fernand completely forget everything about Europa every time.

As a colonial bureaucrat who lost his Portuguese homeland, Ines Fernand would not be able to find a job similar to a first-class secretary even if he returned to Europe. Therefore, after the Ministry of Rites called him up, he was almost ecstatic.

Although his surname is Fernan, and there is also a "Fei" surname among hundreds of surnames, Ines feels that the "Yuan Sheng" Yi Yin is more remarkable than the ancestors of the Fei family, so he climbed up to the "Yi" surname and gave himself a "Yi" surname. "Leyao", the double-plug layman Hongbao gave him the nickname "Xinye" - Yi Yin farmed in Xinye when he was young.

When he walked towards the bed with a smile, someone knocked on the door outside.Immediately following the sleepy porter to the bedroom to report: a guest surnamed Du is visiting.

Hearing this, Yi Leyao frowned and said, "It's so late, what is this guy doing here?" But she didn't mean to refuse to see her, she smiled apologetically at her wife, and went to the main room to tidy up her clothes.

"Old Yi! Old Yi!" When the visitor walked quickly through the courtyard, he didn't have the self-consciousness of seeing officials from the people, which made Yi Leyao feel helpless.

But he still smiled heartily, and responded in a strange tone: "Brother Du Tuan, why don't you do it?"

Du Liu ignored the Portuguese's intentionally non-standard tone, the scar on his face was distorted by fear, his anxious eyes looked around, and his eyes swept over the old man standing behind the porter, he shuddered, As if he was Jin Yiwei.

After entering the hall, he made a long salute, and before Yi Leyao could return the salute, he anxiously asked with a pale face: "Old Yi, is there an official in the Ministry of Rites called Hongbaoer?"

Because of Du Liu's tense expression, Yi Leyao also became serious, and said, "Layman Hongbao's name is Tu Long, he is my friend, what's the matter?"

"Oh, there is a person named Song Jiu'er who is also from the Ministry of Rites? Do you know him?"

Yi Leyao laughed and said, "What's this mess? Song Jiunai's old servant of Shenshixing Pavilion, whose name is Song Xubin, is the most useful one around the old man—I know Tu Long, what's the matter?"

Hearing this, Du Liu swallowed his saliva, let out a grunt from his throat, and sweated more and more like rain.He stared at Yi Leyao suddenly and said, "Old Yi, how is the friendship between our two brothers these years?"

Although Yi Leyao, a foreigner, has a more serious hierarchical concept than the Ming people, the range of effect of this concept is in Europe and the colonies.In the Imperial Capital of Ming Dynasty, he didn't feel that the status of the gangster who saved him from the casino and saved him from bankruptcy was lower than his own - the two had always been friends.

The former first secretary, Ines Fernand, drew a sign of the cross on his chest, "God bears witness, our friendship is indestructible!"

"Then lend me the money you have at hand - I have to leave tonight." Du Liu was straightforward, and after cupping his hands, he spread his palms, waiting for Yi Leyao to enter the house to get the money.

Yi Leyao stumbled and asked, "Wait, you've confused me, what happened?"

Du Liu's face was pale, and he cupped his hands and said, "Old Yi, don't inquire! I know, it's not good for you. I'll tell you in detail when I get back to Beijing, and you go get the money first."

Yi Leyao pondered for a while, and said: "Okay, you wait." He went out from the side door of the main room and entered the study.There was no time for a cup of tea, and he entered the main room with a small bundle in his hand and said, "Here is six hundred dragon tickets—enough for you to spend a few years outside, is it enough? If not, I still have some loose money broken silver."

Du Liu's eyes turned red, and he cupped his hands vigorously: "I still have a wife, children, and mother. If someone bullies you, Lao Yi will help if he can. If it's too dangerous, then there's no need, just take care of him in the dark."

When Yi Leyao heard the words, his eyes were also red, and he bowed his hands and said: "Brother Du Liu, don't worry." Seeing that Du Liu turned around and was about to leave, he followed up and asked, "It's late at night——how did eldest brother get out of the city?"

Du Liu was stunned, slapped his thigh and said, "Fuck, I forgot about this!"

Yi Leyao was also dumbfounded when he heard the words, and said with a dumb smile: "I thought that my brother had a way out of the city in the middle of the night, but I forgot. I just said, brother, don't worry—please move to the study and tell me what's going on. .”

Du Liu had no choice but to follow him to the study.After the guests and hosts were seated, Du Liu said first that he was ordered to investigate the case of exposing posts.

Yi Leyao laughed and said, "This poem means that the deceased Prime Minister Zhang Juzheng had an affair with the Queen Mother?"

Du Liu was so frightened that he looked left and right again, and then said in a low voice: "Old Yi, keep your voice down." Seeing that he was terrified, Yi Leyao curled his lips in his heart and said, "There's nothing to be afraid of, you're so scared .”

Changed the subject and said, "How does Big Brother know that this matter is related to Tu Long?"

Du Liu had a constipated expression on his face, and sighed: "A friend of mine baked a yard in Taste Juli. One day he went to eat, got drunk and went to the wrong place, and saw Tu Long, Song Jiu'er and a group of people inside. Have fun——Song Jiuer was writing these four sentences on the wall at the time, and my friend was kicked out after reading the first sentence."

Yi Leyao laughed and said, "Then, don't too many people know about this poem? Now Song Jiu'er has been arrested a long time ago, why are you so scared to death?"

Du Liu's face became paler and he said: "Oh——, I also thought like a good brother at first. But I inquired around, and besides Tu Long, Song Jiu'er's companion who was in the yard that day was a Qing guest and died of sudden illness these days There are some who said they went to Nanyang, and there is no one in the capital!"

Seeing that Yi Leyao was dumbfounded, Du Liu said again: "I heard that Song Shien, Marquis of Xining, was also there that day. His husband and wife and Tu Long were that... what. These days, Song Shien has not been seen coming out to play in any of the major brothels in the capital. Le, it was said that he was seriously ill—and today he was alive and kicking and was ransacked by Jin Yiwei, the decree has come down, and the high wall will not forgive him!"

Yi Leyao gasped and said in a trembling voice, "Are you talking about a marquis?" Du Liu nodded.

The hairs on Yi Leyao's body stood on end.Du Liu got up and knocked his head on the ground: "Master Yi, you are the only one who has had a life-threatening relationship with this bastard officially——if I escape by chance, I will take care of everything at home!"

(End of this chapter)