Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 373 The old mille crepe

Suzhou Mansion, Qian Mansion.

An old man walked back and forth in the hall anxiously with his hands behind his back, muttering incessantly, "Why is there no news? It's been three days. Whether it's life or death, I have to give you a news!"

This person is none other than Qian Qianyi, one of the current leaders of Donglin, known as the leader of the contemporary literary world.

Three days ago, in order to resist the imperial decree, literati mobilized their own connections to set off a wave of demonstrations and protests across the country. As the leader of the contemporary literary world, Qian Qianyi naturally wanted to participate in it, so he signaled for his nephew Qian Qianqiu to go to Nanjing Guozijian organized a protest march.

After protesting for many days, seeing that the court still had no response, Qian Qianyi thought about the whole thing, so he asked his nephew to throw dirt in the Yamen of Yingtianfu during the parade the next day to stimulate the court.

However, a full three days have passed, and the nephew, like Jing Ke who assassinated Qin, would never return it, but it is really windy and cold, and the nephew will never return once he is gone!

He waited for three full days, and sent people to find out what news happened in Nanjing that day. In the end, he only knew that the four guards of Tengxiang entered the city that day and went to the Yamen. Wei was surrounded, and no one knew what happened inside.

I only heard from the surrounding residents that there were a lot of wailing sounds, and soon there was a strong smell of blood spreading out, but after Teng Xiangwei left, everyone went again and found nothing, but that section of the ground seemed to be It looked like it had been cleaned deliberately, and there were water spots everywhere.

Some people said that the students who went to protest that day were all taken away by Teng Xiangwei, and they were probably beaten severely, otherwise there would not be so many wailing.

Some people also said that Teng Xiangwei killed all those students, but when this argument came out, everyone laughed and said it was impossible.

That's almost half of the students of Nanjing Guozijian. Even if Teng Xiangwei had ten guts, how dare those big soldiers dare to take action against so many future officials. Everyone laughed at the person who made this argument as a fool. The person in front of him also hid his face in embarrassment, feeling that his guess was a bit out of line.

Just this morning, a servant sent news that a relative happened to be selling vegetables near Tengxiangwei, and when they were delivering vegetables to the Tengxiangwei resident, they heard some news from those Tengxiangwei chatting, but they just wanted to He was willing to tell him the news he heard.

Qian Qianyi, who had been harassed by his sister who came to the house every day for a few days, was overjoyed immediately, and directly allocated 100 taels of silver to the servant, asking him to bring him, while he waited here he.

This has been waiting until now, more than an hour has passed, but the man has not come yet.

Just when Qian Qianyi was waiting impatiently, the butler suddenly shouted from outside: "My lord, my lord! The little six is ​​back, and I brought someone to see you!"

As soon as Qian Qianyi heard it, he knew that the vegetable vendor who knew the news must have arrived, and immediately shouted: "Let them in quickly!"

"Yes! Sir!"

The butler answered from outside, and quickly led two people in. One of them was wearing a blue padded jacket, he was the servant of the house, and the other was a middle-aged man in a tattered padded jacket. He also wore a gray hat with several holes on his head, and there was a wilted vegetable leaf hanging on the hat. It should be the relative of the vegetable seller who Xiaoliuzi mentioned was selling vegetables to the Tengxiangwei resident.

Qian Qianyi didn't talk nonsense, and after waving his hand to let the housekeeper go down, Dang Li stepped forward and asked, "You said that when you were delivering food to Tengxiangwei's garrison, you heard some news from those soldiers of Tengxiangwei. What did you say, hurry up!"

The middle-aged man scratched his head naively, looked at the little six next to him embarrassingly, and then at Qian Qianyi, but he didn't say a word for a long time.

Qian Qianyi looked a little annoyed, and asked, "Why are you hesitating, are you trying to deceive someone?"

The middle-aged man hastily waved his hands and said: "No, no, how dare the villain lie to Mr. Qian! The villain did hear what happened in Nanjing three days ago from those Teng Xiangwei, but...just... "

The man said hesitantly, but he kept looking at Xiao Liuzi who was beside him.

Little Six was a little puzzled by him, and hurriedly retreated to the side, and asked with a look of disgust: "The master is asking you something, what do you always see me doing? Why don't you hurry up and answer the master's words!"

Qian Qianyi also frowned and said, "If you have something to say, just say it, what do you mean!"

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, first raised his head and glanced at Qian Qianyi, then quickly lowered his head, kept rubbing his hands for a while, and then said hesitantly: "That... that... the little six said before Master Qian said... those who know the news will... will be rewarded..."

Qian Qianyi immediately understood what was going on, his feelings were to beg for rewards from himself, a look of disdain and contempt flashed in his eyes, how can he be short of such a little money as a dignified literary leader?

If it's really this untouchable, how can anyone ask for rewards? They don't know the etiquette!

"Humph!"

Qian Qianyi snorted coldly with disdain, then turned his head to look at Little Six and raised his head and said, "Hurry up and give him the reward I gave the master, don't make him think that the master is a villain who goes back on what he says, hum! "

Little Liuzi showed some reluctance in his eyes, but then he still hesitated and reached into his arms, took out a money bag and handed it over. The middle-aged man was overjoyed when he saw it, and he stretched out his hand to take it, but Little Liuzi took the money bag and handed it over. Shrinking back, his eyes flashed with calculations and said: "Third brother, how about this, I will keep the reward money for you first, and I will give it to you when I leave the mansion, so as to save you from losing it."

However, Zhang San stepped forward directly, grabbing forward with his big hand, and snatched the money bag from Little Liuzi's hand, and then took two quick steps back, holding the money bag tightly in his arms, with all eyes on him. He replied distrustfully: "I don't want it, my mother-in-law said that you can only talk about things if you give money, and you can't say a word if you don't pay less than half a word. How do I know if you are lying to me? Wait until I say something." You won't give me any money!"

Hearing this, Xiao Liuzi suddenly became angry from embarrassment: "Hey! I've known you for so long, can I still lie to you!?"

Zhang San stretched out two fingers: "We have known each other for only two days, you have never come to my house to pass by relatives before, why should I trust you?"

Little Six was choked by him immediately, not knowing what to say.

This is because Qian Qianyi was already very impatient, and interrupted them directly, with a strong dissatisfaction in his words: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, you have already got the money now, don't hurry up, if the news doesn't Really, don't blame the master, I'm cruel and merciless for destroying you!"

Zhang San was so frightened that he trembled all over his body, he quickly turned his head and ignored the little six sons, and replied respectfully: "Master Qian, when I went to deliver the vegetables that day, I heard from those soldiers that they went to the city to arrest him that day. Many scholars are locked up now."

Qian Qianyi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately asked: "A lot of scholars? Where were they arrested? Who are they, and where are they locked?"

Zhang San scratched his head and thought for a while, then replied: "I heard that they said that they were arrested in front of the Yamen in Nanjing City. Those scholars seemed to be attacking the Yamen at that time, so they were arrested by the officials. As for They didn't go into details about who, and I don't know, but I know where it is held!"

Qian Qianyi immediately asked, "How do you know?"

Zhang Sandao: "I saw it, right next to the place where I delivered the vegetables, many young men with bruised noses and swollen faces and wearing clerk's uniforms were locked up in a fence, and one named Qianqiu was being beaten by some big-headed soldiers. Oh, hey, the beating was miserable!"

As soon as Qian Qianyi heard the word Qianqiu, he immediately confirmed that it should be his nephew, and then his heart was filled with anger. A few big soldiers dared to beat his nephew, but did they just throw some garbage in the yamen?As for attacking the Yamen?He dared to beat his nephew, he must make the person who ordered the arrest look good!
After getting the news he wanted, Qian Qianyi was planning to let Zhang San leave, but he thought of something, and asked, "Are you still delivering food to Teng Xiangwei?"

Zhang San immediately replied: "Go back to Master Qian, it's still there, they don't deliver it every three days, the next time will be the day after tomorrow."

Qian Qianyi nodded, and immediately said: "You wait here, the old man is going to write a letter, and the next time you go to deliver food, send this letter to me and let them give it to the person named Qianqiu." , can it be done?"

After hearing the words, Zhang San thought for a while and immediately replied: "Yes! Those soldiers are not strictly guarded. I should be able to do it as long as I find a chance."

Qian Qianyi showed a satisfied smile, nodded and said: "Okay, you can come here when the old man is here."

After finishing speaking, Qian Qianyi walked out of the hall, and not long after, he came back with a letter, and handed eleven bank notes to Zhang Sandao: "Here is a thousand and one hundred taels of silver, and you put the 100 taels in Send it to Qianqiu together in the envelope. The 1000 taels is your reward, but I advise you not to think about being clever and greedy for the 100 taels, otherwise I will make you unable to survive or die afterwards. I have this ability. Do you understand?"

Qian Qianyi threatened him, Zhang San hurriedly nodded yes, took the 100 tael silver note and the envelope, and carefully put them into his arms under the envious eyes of the little six.

Seeing this, Qian Qianyi waved him to go back to work, and Zhang San walked out of Qian's mansion with Little Six.

After leaving the Qian Mansion, the little six immediately showed a greedy expression, looked at Zhang San and said, "Third brother, your sixth brother introduced such a good thing to you, so why don't you give you six meanings?"

Zhang Sanque showed a disdainful expression and said: "Damn! Zhang Xiaoliu, don't think that I haven't heard of your reputation, Zhang Xiaoliu has plucked the wild goose, and you have to grab a handful of fat if the pork is in your hands." Man, I don't believe you didn't reach out when you kept my reward, and now you still want money, you have a good idea!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang San didn't wait for Zhang Xiaoliu to come back to his senses, and ran away in a hurry. Zhang Xiaoliu just wanted to chase after him, but suddenly the voice of the butler calling him came from behind, so he had to stop reluctantly. He stared bitterly at the direction Zhang San was leaving, touched the 95 taels small denomination bank notes in his arms, smiled triumphantly, and turned back to Qian's mansion.

On the other side, after Zhang San fled to a remote place, he took out the letter from his arms, opened it to read the contents, and immediately showed a happy smile on his face, and whispered: "Hey! This is good!" Well, with this letter, the money old dog will die, I didn't expect the governor's task to be completed so quickly, and he earned so much extra money for nothing, hehehe..."

Dongchang Fanzi, whose alias was "Zhang San", happily took out the stack of bank notes and lit them up, no more, no less, exactly eleven, then remembered something, and hurriedly took out the money bag to open it again, and saw Five taels of silver ingots are impressively inside.

He weighed the five taels of silver in his hand. "Zhang San" suddenly showed an angry expression, and cursed in a low voice: "md Zhang Xiaoliu, you actually only gave me five taels, I don't know how much money I have coveted, shit! Wait until the day the old dog catches the money, and see how I will concoct it!" You, even dare to covet your grandpa and my money, I can't kill you!"

After cursing a few more words in a low voice, he put everything back into his bosom, especially after putting the letter in his bosom close to his body.

"Zhang San" looked left and right again, and saw that he didn't notice his side. When he tiptoed, he jumped onto the roof, and after a few vertical jumps, his figure disappeared completely.

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(End of this chapter)