Daming Yinghua

Chapter 65 The Abandoned Baby in the Golden Pit

Huang Zunsu listened with a sinking face. Occasionally, after looking at Zhuang Zhifu, he sighed slightly.

Zhifu Zhuang knew that his subordinate had a strong temperament, but he was not a lump of elm.

This kind of new scholar, at this time, is most concerned about the two things that the disciples of Confucianism pursue: one is the monarch and ministers, and the other is the blessing of the common people.

So if you want to untangle this kind of conceited and pure heart, just follow these two paths.

So, after Zhuang Yumin finished talking about Ze Fu's common life, he made the most pertinent strike: "By the way, Brother Huang, do you know who recommended Eunuch Liu to be the admiral of the Weaving Bureau?"

"Who?"

"The prince's companion, Prince Wang An."

When Huang Zunsu heard the identity of this person, he couldn't help being taken aback.He has just entered the official career, and he is not very familiar with the names of the eunuchs in the inner court, but he was surprised to be able to recommend his colleagues to be weaving admirals when he heard the accompanying readings of the current prince.

It is well known that the Holy Majesty does not like the crown prince.

Zhuang Yumin smiled meaningfully: "Old Huang, I know what you are wondering about. Are you thinking, how can the prince's companion, who is not Concubine Zheng or the people in front of King Fu, be favored by the Holy One? I tell you, This Wang An Wanggong, he is very capable."

Zhifu Zhuang, who had just realized the freedom of ginger soup, cleared his throat and began to gossip about high-level gossip.

Three years ago, Zhu Changxun, the king of fortune, went to Luoyang to become a feudal vassal. Concubine Zheng gave her all her pockets, and sent more than a hundred boxes of all kinds of treasures out of the palace to be taken away by her son.In the end, the crown prince Zhu Changluo didn't know what to think, but came and carried away ten boxes.Fortunately, the prince heard the news in time and rushed to the East Palace in a hurry. He returned the box on the same day and said yes to Concubine Zheng. It was the first time for the prince to see such a beautiful carved wooden box. Just show the child a few glances to learn.

"So, Brother Huang, after the incident has calmed down, how can the Lord Long Live not be full of praise for the prince?"

Huang Zun knew it all: "No wonder the prince can speak in front of the Holy One."

Zhuang Zhifu nodded: "So, Eunuch Liu is a man of Wang Gonggong, and he is also in the East Palace. If those censors and officials of your Donglin faction want to impeach him just because they don't like the weaving bureau, it's not self-determination. Arms. Hey, I don’t even know, you guys who hear the wind and the rain and the sound of reading all day long, do you think about the sound of the wind and rain in the capital?”

Huang Zunsu looked sideways out of the car window, not because his boss made him feel uncomfortable, but because he was lost in thought.

After all, he still has expectations in his official career, and the news from Zhifu Zhuang is very useful.

While thinking about it, the carriage stopped.

The servants sitting behind the coachman jumped out of the car, seemed to check the situation, and then came back to report: "You two gentlemen, something strange happened earlier. It is said that a young lady from a wealthy family went to the gold pit to fish for her daughter, and another The woman went to save her."

The gold pit is the cesspit.

Zhuang Zhifu heard this, his face sank, and he cursed: "The ignorant and foolish people have drowned their babies in the pit again."

Huang Zunsu had already stood up, said, "Go down to the government to have a look", and then got out of the car with the two yamen servants.

After walking several feet forward, the dirt road was already crowded with people watching the excitement.

This section of road is at the junction of Songjiang Fucheng and the countryside. Because it is close to Wusong River, although livestock and goods are often traded on weekdays, there are no serious houses. There are sporadic carriage and horse shops. Pour in puddles.

Shi Tuozi entered the pond, and they couldn't get together again, so even the night incense collectors didn't bother to come here, and the stench was unbearable for a long time.

However, today, the stinky cesspit has become a sweet pastry.

The pit is full of people, which is more lively than watching a stage and singing opera.

In addition to the traffickers, pawns, laborers, there are actually a few people wearing headscarves and robes, obviously scholars who have come out of the city to swim the Wusong River.

Their faces were full of excitement, but they stayed still, all their energy was spent on their mouths, criticizing and discussing passionately.

"Ouch, I can't see my head!"

"To do evil, to do evil, this cesspit turns out to be so unfathomable."

"It's wonderful, that girl is quite courageous."

"Ah, I caught it, I caught it, Amitabha, I caught all the big and small ones."

Huang Zunsu frowned, pushed away a group of men who were desperate to save him, and rushed forward.

When he reached the front of the crowd and saw the girl squatting on the ground crying loudly, Huang Zunsu couldn't help but gasped.

"Little Kwai!"

That girl is the servant girl of the Huang family.

The maid Xiaokui jumped up when she saw the male master, but she stammered when she was in a hurry: "Grandma, grandma is in the pit, help, Miss Zheng."

Almost at the same time, the servants who followed Huang Zunsu also exclaimed: "Isn't that Miss Zheng!"

But seeing Zheng Haizhu put her right hand from Yao Shi's armpit to her chest, forcing her to face up, exposing her mouth and nose in a pinching position, and stroked her left hand a few times, pushing the bundle to the shore once. Holding a baby, howling heart-piercingly.

After Huang Zunsu realized it in an instant, he was about to jump into the dung pool, but the two yamen servants hurriedly stopped him: "My lord, I can't help it, let the little ones go down."

At this time, the subordinate officials in the other carriage also rushed over to hold Huang Zunsu back.

Two yamen servants rushed down to the dung pool, one replaced Zheng Haizhu, who was already exhausted, and the other grabbed the swaddling baby, and after a lot of tossing, four adults and one baby finally got ashore safely.

Huang Zunsu stepped forward and hugged his wife, calling her boudoir name repeatedly.

Fortunately, although Yao's face was full of filth, she didn't hold back her anger. She tried her best to open her eyes and looked at her husband, expressing that she was awake, and then turned her head to look for Zheng Haizhu.

"Grandma, I'm fine, thank you two officials for your help."

Zheng Haizhu sat on the mud floor panting for breath while reporting to Yao Shi that he was safe.

Beside her, the baby in swaddling cries louder than when she fell into the cesspit.

Zheng Haizhu picked up the baby and looked at it carefully. There was no vernix on the head, and the face was not wrinkled. It was estimated that it had been more than half a month.

A kind-hearted handywoman from a nearby chariot and horse shop brought a bucket of hot water and an old cotton-padded jacket, freed the baby from the feces wrap, washed it clean, and wrapped it in the old cotton-padded jacket.

Mr. Huang's family members were in distress, and they were in such a state of distress that the tolerance and subordinates naturally hurriedly rushed away the men watching the fun.

There was only a middle-aged man in common clothes who was quite old, but with handsome features. Instead, he approached against the scattered crowd and said in a loud voice: "My lord, this is the leader of the group who came to sing Yiyang tune from Ganzhou. This girl, I will give you a collar." Let's go, although learning opera is hard, at least there is something to eat."

As soon as he finished speaking, he said "huh" to Huang Zunsu who was looking up.

A few days ago, several actors of the troupe leader were singing on the stage, a man suddenly scolded them loudly, how could they sing praises to a eunuch, and then left in a huff.

Unexpectedly, when they met again today, it was an official wearing a blue robe.

Although this troupe master is engaged in a profession that is despised by others, he has a bit of arrogance in his bones. In addition, the troupe travels around, so the troupe master is not as afraid of the officials as the local people.

He bowed his hands to Huang Zunsu immediately and said: "It turned out that the one who reprimanded us that day was the parent officer. The master's wife and that girl are brave and kind people, and the villain admires them. Master, just now there was a man here to watch the fun, and the villain recognized him." He came, and that day he also scolded the villain's team for making money and disregarding face, but I didn't expect that the lord Juren, who is full of benevolence and morality, would like to sit on the sidelines and comment on today's dangerous situation."

Zheng Haizhu has already seen clearly that this man is indeed the leader of the Yiyang opera troupe that Zhang Dai and Zhang Yanke found to sing Liu Gonggong's verdict, and he quite agrees with his words in his heart.

But this moment is not a place to debate right and wrong after all, and it would be inappropriate to damage Huang Zunsu's face in front of his subordinates.

Thinking of this, Zheng Haizhu stood up, blessed the class leader, and said: "The young lady is a friend of Mr. Zhang. I heard from Mr. Zhang that the team under my feet is highly skilled and prestigious. However, this child is the grandma who passed by." I was the first to find out when I made a vow to take him in, and I had to ask the real savior of the baby first."

(End of this chapter)