Gel makeup

Chapter 182
Jiang Feng stopped talking and sat quietly to adjust his breath.In the evening, a yamen servant harassed the man next door with his teeth and claws, "Why haven't you sent your family's filial piety this month?"

The clerk ignored the yamen servant, and the yamen servant picked up the whip and whipped it around his head. Shen Jiangdong couldn't help being nosy and scolded a few words. He had been in a high position for many years and walked unsteadily with his arms hanging, but he was still not angry.Just as the yamen servant was about to lose his temper, he shivered when he looked at Shen Jiangdong, "What are you meddling with?"

Jiang Feng also said at this time, "How much filial piety, anyway, we can figure it out, why don't we pay it for him. Anyway, my illness..." After finishing speaking, he coughed loudly.

Shen Jiangdong continued: "It's time to accumulate virtue and do good deeds."

The yamen servant became suspicious, thinking that there was something wrong with Shen Jiangdong and his wife.Shen Jiangdong said: "Look at it, our couple came here from Yuhang to see a doctor, who knows that your county is crazy here. I have a Xiaolian donated to me, and my family has several big businesses in Yuhang, and the old man who shakes his head It's in-laws, why are you shaking?" Fortunately, he had been in Jiangnan for a while, and he had some Jiangnan accent, which made the other party suspicious.

Jiang Feng said: "We write the IOU, and you can go to Yuhang to get it from the clerk. By the way, tell our clerk a message, a good litigator wants it. What's the matter, it's not far to go to Yuhang, and you're afraid that we will fly you?"

The yamen servant's voice became weak, and he took a pen and paper, and Shen Jiangdong swiped it away. The yamen servant said 30 taels, and then 50 taels. Shen Jiangdong also wrote, drew and pledged. The yamen servant left suspiciously.

Jiang Feng clearly saw that the address written by Shen Jiangdong was the private residence of Zhejiang governor Yao Yuantu, so he didn't say anything.

The civilian husband next door was still indifferent, "You will not be rewarded for your merits. Two sages, if I kill people, set fires and rob houses, is it worth the virtue?"

Jiang Feng said: "When I was locked in just now, I glanced at the booklet of the yamen servant. You were locked in because of rent."

The man was at a loss for words, Jiang Feng said: "Anyway, you have nothing to do, you tell us about your affairs, and fulfill our merits, how about it?"

The man was alert, "This little lady has very poisonous eyes."

Jiang Feng snorted, and Shen Jiangdong immediately felt a burst of depression—Jiang Feng couldn't get rid of the habit he left behind when he worked with criminal secretary Yang Wanquan, and when he spoke, he seemed to have the atmosphere of interrogating criminals.

The man said: "Although all the lords have returned to Beijing except for the rebels, which one of the land and farms has been taken back? The lord has returned to Beijing now, but now he has to pay two rents—one to the emperor." , give a copy to the prince, won't it force people to death?"

Shen Jiangdong said: "Have you ever read a book?"

"Learn a few words," said the humane, "it's a pity that no scholar will die."

The kings of the country first established the vassals, then withdrew the vassals, and now forcefully cut down the vassals. The legacy of the vassal fields and land taxes has always been a knot in the heart of the present.Shen Jiangdong and his wife did not speak again.Shen Jiangdong took off his outer shirt and wrapped it around Jiang Feng.

The man said, "You are foreigners, they'd better take advantage of you and find a guarantor."

Just as he was talking, the yamen servant quickly rushed in again, opened the cell door in front of Shen Jiangdong, and shouted: "Come out."

During the interrogation in the middle of the night, Shen Jiangdong and his wife became alert.Jiang Feng also stood up and shouted quickly, "Stop." After speaking, he covered his mouth and nose, and took two steps back as if afraid of being infected by her.Shen Jiangdong nodded to Jiang Feng, and strode out of the prison door.He had his own power, and Kuaishou didn't dare to move him. Jiang Feng sighed softly and sat down on the spot.

Shen Jiangdong followed Kuaishou to a house under the moonlight, and there was a person in casual clothes standing inside.Quickly bowed and saluted, "My lord, someone brought it here." After finishing speaking, he angrily shouted at Shen Jiangdong, "Don't you kneel down?"

The one in casual clothes glanced at Shen Jiangdong, suddenly trembling all over, scolded Kuaishou, "Get lost", and even crawled up to Shen Jiangdong and knelt down in front of Shen Jiangdong after speaking.Seeing this, Kuaishou fled in fright, Shen Jiangdong was also taken aback, and turned sideways, "Who are you?"

"The youngest is Zhu Zhongyi, the son of Zhu Danian in the second sect. He didn't know that the father-in-law was here, but the youngest..."

Shen Jiangdong just remembered now, "Oh—yes, you are the son of Lao Zhu from the second sect in the mansion. I heard that you were elected the year before last, and you were elected a county magistrate behind. It turned out that you were elected here and promoted. .” He breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down sideways.

Zhu Zhongyi kowtowed countless times, "I don't know if it's my father-in-law, I deserve death! I deserve death!"

Shen Jiangdong smiled, "I went to Liudu under the secret order of the cabinet and passed by Guixian County. I didn't expect Guixian County to have very strict rules."

Zhu Zhongyi continued to kowtow, "Indeed, the prince of Anping County ordered that the battle situation is tense, and that spies have infiltrated the rear, ordering a detailed investigation of foreigners, and there is no way for the small ones..."

"Okay," Shen Jiang said, "get up and talk."

Before Zhu Zhongyi could stand up, someone shouted outside the door, "My lord, it's not good, there's a fire in the back!"

A sudden fire engulfed the prison behind the county government office. Shen Jiangdong was taken aback for a moment, and then rushed into the fire like crazy to look for Jiang Feng. Zhu Zhongyi didn't know that Jiang Feng was also in the prison. Seeing some prisoners running out in all directions, the government officials rushed to find Jiang Feng. Under pressure, Shen Jiangdong would rush into the fire as if he was cursed, Zhu Zhongyi was battered and blocked Shen Jiangdong desperately, Shen Jiangdong kicked him away, Zhu Zhongyi said: "Young master, I have offended you." After speaking, several government officials rushed up , I don't know who made the move, Shen Jiangdong passed out as soon as his body softened.

Shen Jiangdong felt like being caught in a nightmare, he was stunned for a moment when he woke up, the sky was already dawn.He wanted to turn over and sit up, but his arms hurt and he couldn't sit up.Seeing Zhu Zhongyi coming in with tea, he pulled out the unsharp Feng Shui saber on the bedside with one hand and pointed at Zhu Quanzhong, "Where's Madam?"

Zhu Zhongyi was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down, "Grandpa, what are you talking about, madam..." No one told him that there was another person locked up beside Shen Jiangdong.

Shen Jiangdong's eyes were about to burst, and he strode out, Zhu Zhongyi kowtowed, "Grandpa, if you make a mistake, even the small ones can be turned into ashes!" Shen Jiangdong turned around, and the knife directly touched Zhu Zhongyi's chin , "I ask where are you?!"

The entire prison was turned into ashes, and the prisoners fled in all directions. Some were buried in the flames, some were captured, and the whereabouts of some were unknown.The corpses were all men, and Shen Jiangdong saw a glimmer of hope, as if Jiang Feng was struggling to pull him back to the surface when he was about to suffocate when he drowned two days ago.He turned around and grabbed Zhu Zhongyi's collar, "Check it out for me, plow the ground three feet and one inch by one inch, otherwise even if I don't kill you, Shangzhi Jingwei Jiangnan Division will not let you go."

Zhu Zhongyi was pinched by the collar, he couldn't breathe, and almost suffocated to death, Shen Jiangdong let go of his hand, and ordered someone to investigate the cause of the fire.

Shen Jiangdong ran around Huating for a day, but there was no trace of Jiang Feng. The whole Huating was panicked because of the fire in the county government.Back at the government office in the evening, Zhu Zhongyi kowtowed again, saying that he really didn't know Mrs. Jia Guogong was there, and begged Shen Jiangdong for some food.

Shen Jiangdong was so worried that he picked up the chopsticks and put them down again, wanting Zhu Zhongyi to contact Xu Huaimin in the capital as soon as possible. At this moment, he glanced at Zhu Zhongyi, and saw the other party's nose fluttering nervously, staring at the food and drink.

Shen Jiangdong realized something was wrong, and deliberately said: "I'm not hungry, let's move out. Tell me, what is the cause of the fire?"

Zhu Zhongyi plopped down on his knees, "Grandpa, my whole family will go to Abi Hell. But if I don't do anything today, I will die today. This is an order from Anping County. If there is a wrong, there is a debt. Young Master, you will Be sympathetic." After speaking, he poured a glass of wine and offered it to Shen Jiangdong with both hands.A group of yamen servants also rushed out from the shadows.

Shen Jiangdong was injured, and it was impossible to beat the yamen servants in front of him and rush out, so he calmed down at this moment, "Where is the warrant, let me have a look."

Zhu Zhongyi took out the warrant, and Shen Jiangdong snatched it away, frowning—it wasn't written by Anping County himself!

"If you kill me, will the court let you go?" Shen Jiangdong said slowly.Zhu Zhongyi took two steps back, "The little one just wants to live two more days, he has no choice."

"What do you have in the hands of Anping County?"

"Small ones can't say..."

Shen Jiangdong nodded, quickly thinking about how to rush out.Footsteps sounded outside the door at this time, and Zhu Zhongyi seemed to be relieved, "The soldiers of the king are here." As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of plainclothes servants rushed in, and the leader saw Shen Jiangdong and saluted: "Shangzhijing Xu Huaimin, Secretary of the Jiangnan of Wei, pays homage to Duke Jia." Shen Jiangdong quickly gave a hand with one hand as if waking up from a dream.

The yamen servant and Zhu Zhongyi were controlled in the blink of an eye, and a dark red gown floated in, "Yuanxi."

Seeing that Jiang Feng was safe and sound, Shen Jiangdong almost collapsed to the ground.He rushed to Jiang Feng and said anxiously, "Are you okay? Are you not injured?"

Jiang Feng shook his head, turned to Zhu Zhongyi, "Who is this?"

Shen Jiangdong said: "Old Zhu in Ermen, do you still remember? This is his boy."

Jiang Feng was taken aback, "It's hard to guard against house thieves?" After speaking, he turned to Xu Huaimin, "Fortunately, Xu Tisi came quickly."

Shen Jiangdong asked: "What happened?"

After Shen Jiangdong left, the prison caught fire, and Jiang Feng still had a pricking needle on his body. She had learned how to pick locks from Si Qing for a few days, and was about to try it. Who would have thought that the keyhole would be burnt due to the heat after the fire.She quickly drew out her sword to cut down the wooden fence, but the man next door said, "There is such a big smoke, I can't run fast."

Jiang Feng was about to ask back, but the civilian husband opened the straw, revealing a big hole.Jiang Feng was taken aback, and the other party said, "Let's go!"

Jiang Feng quickly cut down the wooden fence between the prisons, and followed the civilian husband to drill out of the hole.The hole was dug so deep and long that it went directly to the outer wall of the prison.The two walked along the path to the small Town God's Temple in the city where fish and dragons were mixed together, and when they returned to the prison, they saw a sea of ​​flames rising into the sky.

Jiang Feng was still in shock, "There is a passage, why don't you run?" She now looked like a spy from Dingfan.

The man said: "I've been digging for a long time, and the guy next door has been covering it up for me. He just went out, I can't hurt him, I plan to go out again after a while. Who knows that I haven't gone out yet, you locked me in again."

Jiang Feng secretly rejoiced, but he didn't know what happened to Shen Jiangdong, his heart was still in a mess, so he untied Jian Sui and said, "Thank you for saving me. If it's hard to make a living, you can use this token to find our couple at the head of Jiahe Street in the capital."

As soon as the man took it, he left without saying much.

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After Jiang Feng told the story, Xu Huaimin said again: "My lord, I'm here to summon a summons, please return to Beijing as soon as possible."

Shen Jiangdong heaved a sigh of relief, now he is not going north without an order.

"How to deal with these people?" Xu Huaimin asked again.

Jiang Feng said: "Leave it to Songjiang Mansion, Jiangnan Division should not interfere with local affairs."

Xu Huaimin answered yes with a bow, and went to handle it himself.Shen Jiangdong said: "It is serious for us to return to Beijing as soon as possible."

After Jiang Feng was injured, he fell into the water and was exhausted. When the group went north to Jinling, they fell ill again.Shen Jiangdong received Xiao Yi's autograph in Jinling, and his hanging heart was settled for a long time. He was about to ask Mu to stay in Jinling for a few more days, but there was a big change on the east front.

Before and after Frost's Fall, Shen Jiangdong said to the sick Jiang Feng: "Liang Fen's surname is Xie, right? I saw an official named Xie Yan today, and asked Xu Huaimin that this person is also from the Xie family in Xiangyang. Liang Fen has relatives."

Jiang Feng said, "Didn't you ask?"

Shen Jiangdong shook his head.

Jiang Feng then asked, "Why do you look so ugly?"

Shen Jiangdong pondered for a moment, "Anping County... was defeated."

Jiang Feng was shocked and said: "Isn't the defense map He Shouzhi took fake?!"

Shen Jiangdong said: "There are problems with the people around King Anping."

Jiang Feng was speechless for a long time, "There is no news about He Shouzhi, I don't know where he went." Shen Jiang said.

Jiang Feng said: "If he runs into the mountains and becomes a savage, all our plans will be in vain."

A few days later, the situation took a turn for the worse, Quzhou fell, and Yuhang was in danger.Two days later, King Anping was seriously injured, and he couldn't even retreat to Yuhang to recuperate, and he was only able to breathe.

The autumn in Jinling City was extremely deserted. Jiang Feng fell ill on the couch and was groggy for several days.When she woke up this day, listening to the wind outside the window, she pulled Shen Jiangdong's sleeve, "Let's go to the Qinhuai River to have a look, shall we?"

Shen Jiangdong said: "Of course not, you still had a fever yesterday."

Having said that, after all, Shen Jiangdong still didn't persuade Jiang Feng, and took her to sit in the pavilion by the river.On a refreshing autumn night, the cool breeze is blowing, and the shadow of the lamp is rippling by the river into a piece of gold leaf. Shen Jiangdong said: "I think of Liu Mengde's poem. The mountains are surrounded by the old country, and the tide beats the empty city back. Come over the parapet."

Jiang Feng smiled and said: "It's too desolate. The land of golden powder in the Six Dynasties is obviously better than the Imperial Capital."

Shen Jiangdong smiled, and immediately said: "Then after a few years, we will not fall in love with the hostel, and move to the south, wouldn't it be wonderful?"

Jiang Feng was slightly taken aback, and Shen Jiangdong took advantage of the situation and said, "We will never be separated, okay?"

She was wearing a pair of crimson melon-lensed glass pendants, and the light reflected a small piece of red light through the pendants. Shen Jiangdong stared at it, and Jiang Feng asked: "Yuanxi, I have never understood why you would Do you want me?"

From Xining's 17 years to now, she has been unable to figure it out, and she also does not believe that there is really a life-long fixation in the world.

Shen Jiangdong sighed, "I don't know, did you play a trick on me? Do you remember what happened when you were a child?"

Jiang Feng seemed a little confused, "It's been too long, I don't even remember."

Shen Jiangdong was a little disappointed.

They met once after they got engaged. At that time, they were still young and didn't have any etiquette.He followed his father to the back of Biyun Temple in Xishan to burn scriptures for his deceased mother. His younger sister, Huanhua, was ill and did not come that day.

Because Shen Jiang's family was engaged, and Jiang Feng's father also came to offer sacrifices, she was still the age of the chief, and she carried the rabbit lantern and climbed to the raised eaves of the Biyun Temple's side room.Her father did not scold her, but opened his arms and said: "My dear girl, slide down, Dad will follow you."

(End of this chapter)