Listening to politics behind a curtain?Kill the Queen Mother at the beginning!

Chapter 81
Shangjing,
outside the city gate,
ugly time,
Shangjing has been prosperous since ancient times. The city gate has not yet been opened, and the sky is still dark. The queues to enter the city have been lined up for miles. the difference is.

There were many more carriages at the front of the queue. Looking carefully at the carriages, the appearance was simple, but the people sitting inside were all extraordinary, not like ordinary wealthy merchants, but more like high-ranking officials in the yamen.

A few feet from the city gate,
In front of a tea stand,

At some point, there was an extra white-faced scholar on the stall who was sitting facing the city gate with a gavel, chattering incessantly, while speaking, feather fans opened and closed, witty remarks, quite funny, not long , then surrounded by common people who came and went to rest, even the carriage in front quietly opened the curtain, and listened carefully.

"Guest officer, your tea..."

The owner of the tea stall was busy pouring tea for the customers who were sitting down. It was strange to say that the scholar came running over before dawn, saying that he wanted to use his place to talk about a book.

I thought that the left and right would only occupy one seat, maybe I could still get some business, and I was happy to see the success, so I agreed. No, a lot of tea has been sold in a short time, which is three to five days longer than usual. more.

"In other words, that day, the dog thief Luo Porridge was outside the palace gate, wearing a gold-stitched black python robe, holding a long and narrow embroidered spring knife, with his eyes wide open and wide-eyed, he slew from the palace gate to the outside of the palace wall. I saw that he killed more than 100 Guozijian students with his hands and swords, and he never blinked his eyelids from the beginning to the end, which is called killing without blinking an eye!"

"It's a hundred times more brutal than those villainous thieves in the Jianghu..."

Bai Xiaosheng detailed the scene outside the palace that day. For ordinary people, they don't have much fun on weekdays. Listen to a few more words at this time, and they will be a little more talkative when they brag and fart in the future. Of course it is excellent, not to mention the most notorious thief Luo at the moment.

When the song was finished, the whole tea stall was already surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.

"Guest officer, here we come..."

The owner of the tea stall looked at more and more guest officials who were busy with their feet not touching the ground, but he smiled happily. As for what he said, he was a little scared at the beginning, afraid of being implicated, but he didn't see anyone to stop him for a long time, so he put his heart on it. Put it in the stomach.

After all, this kind of storyteller has always been the most well-informed, and presumably he heard some rumors, so he took advantage of this stall to earn some money to moisten his throat.

"I said that it would take a lot of effort to kill so many pigs, not to mention that the dog thief killed people. It took a lot of time to think about it. He never blinked..."

"Can't his eyes work?"

The people who have good things asked aloud.

"I don't know about this Xiaosheng. I'll go to Zhao Prison in Dongchang to ask that dog thief in person... Mo Yue has an eye disease, so I can't say for certain..."

Bai Xiaosheng was not angry when he heard the sound, but instead started to joke, his words were full of contempt and ridicule towards the thief.

Unknowingly, the people present also laughed and cursed, and their fear of the thief subconsciously weakened a lot.

"Xiaosheng still remembers the heads rolling down that day, rolling up and down in the moat outside the imperial city, like dumplings boiled in boiling water, the heads were rolling and the blood flowed like a river..."

Bai Xiaosheng continued to spit and said: "But those students are not afraid, they have never frowned when facing the thief's butcher's knife, and they are much better than those heroes who went to the execution ground. Day of the Dead!"

"Boom..."

"It is said to be,"

"I'm not afraid of being smashed to pieces, and I'll stay innocent in the world!"

After Bai Xiaosheng finished speaking, he suddenly slapped the startling wood.

"it is good!"

As the voice fell, the common people applauded loudly and cheered for those students. Many people who had studied in the field clapped their hands, seeing that they had brought themselves into it, and Bai Xiaosheng just watched quietly. Then, many details were also hidden in the words.

The reason is also very simple, it is to dilute the fear of Luo Porridge in the hearts of the people, raise the image of those students, and let the people have the feeling of being personally on the scene and sharing the same hatred with the enemy.

As for these lines of poems, which I heard from Luo Congee, I didn't expect it to be used here, the effect is so good, the only thing is that it is a bit wasteful to use it on them.

"I'm done with the palace gate, I'm watching the thief lead his troops to the Imperial College without hesitation..."

The corner of Bai Xiaosheng's eyes fell on the carriages in front of the city gate while he was speaking, and he narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking that he was an official who had entered Beijing early to wait for the court meeting, so he didn't stop and continued talking, his tone became more and more serious Gao Kang, these words can only be considered a waste of words if they are heard in the ears of those people.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, and make room for our master."

Just as Bai Xiaosheng continued to talk about resting and drinking water for a long time, several evil servants pushed through the crowd and came in, behind him was an official in uniform.

When a cup of tea is finished,
More than ten officials had already sat down in front of the tea stand,
Listening with great interest.

What was more curious in their hearts was that a few days ago those academy students marched hundreds of miles away to criticize that dog thief Luo Congee, and he just brought people to kill him, beheading hundreds of heads.

Now, this person is actually telling the scandal of the thief outside the gate of Shangjing, but still no Jin Yiwei came here to arrest him. The situation involving Shangjing is intriguing.

"Besides, after that dog thief entered the Imperial College..."

"That Guozijian offering wine to Xie Wenbo..."

Bai Xiaosheng continued talking.

"Boom..."

Just as the former was spitting, a teacup in the corner of the tea stand was suddenly overturned, and a middle-aged man in a fancy dress was seen clenched his fists firmly, and the hot tea fell I don't even know it when I get it.

"Master, do you want to..."

A house slave beside him came over and lowered his voice.

"No, let him continue talking..."

The man forcibly settled his mind and shook his head.

"By the way, at that time, in order to protect the students behind him, Master Xie, the Imperial Prison Officer, brazenly stood in front of everyone, facing the swordsman who fell from the thief, and did not retreat half a step..."

"Boom..."

Just when Bai Xiaosheng said this,

An ingot of gold fell onto the wooden table in front of him.

"Xiaosheng, thank you guest officer for the reward!"

"Guest officer, you are so rich!"

Bai Xiaosheng put the gold into his sleeve without any trace, showing the smiling face of an ordinary storyteller and philistine, then looked in the direction where the gold ingot was thrown, and saw a middle-aged man walking towards him, walking Some staggered.

"Is he dead?"

Xie Wenxue walked up to Bai Xiaosheng and asked, his lips were slightly pale as he spoke. He had just rushed back from Qinghe County, and he had heard about the deaths of those academy students along the way. As for the Guozijian, there is no news yet. Now Suddenly heard how to be indifferent.

"This guest officer, please stay calm."

"Although Xie Jijiu was full of character and fearless of life and death, that thief was not a good person after all, and Xie Jijiu died in the hands of that thief in the end."

"It is said to be,"

"No one has died in the human body since ancient times, and keep the loyal heart to reflect the history!"

Bai Xiaosheng slapped the startling wooden path again.

The words of a poem aroused the amazement of those officials, and those who didn't know were applauded for that Xie Wenbo, and inexplicably felt disgusted with that thief.

"Boom..."

Xie Wenxue only felt the ringing in his ears. He had thought that his brother might fail, but he didn't expect it to be so fast. In just a few days, the dog thief Luo Congee had already entered the Imperial College.

he died?
Do you want to leave Shangjing?
Xie Wenxue suddenly remembered what his brother said when they parted.

Now all the properties of my Xie family in Qinghe County have been sold, even the business roads accumulated over hundreds of years have been disposed of at a discounted price, and it is worth millions of taels, enough for myself and my family. I have lived more than ten lifetimes.

"In other words, after the Guozi Supervisor incident, the whole court was shaken, and His Majesty couldn't bear the behavior of the thief. Outside the Meridian Gate, hundreds of Dongchang fans detained the thief on the ground and sent him to Donghuamen... "

Bai Xiaosheng ignored Xie Wenxue who was still at war between heaven and man, but talked about the follow-up matters on his own.

"East Factory?"

Xie Wenxue suddenly woke up when he heard the familiar vocabulary, and hurriedly interrupted.

"East Factory!"

"It's the newly opened yamen a few days ago."

Bai Xiaosheng explained with a smile.

"You mean that dog thief Luo Congee,"

"Have you been sent to Dongchang for detention?"

Xie Wen's tone of voice suddenly became excited, as if he had grasped the last straw.

Of course he had heard of Dongchang, and more than once, but the thing that the thief was imprisoned happened yesterday, and people who came to Beijing from other places naturally had no way of knowing.

"Of course, if the guest officer doesn't believe it, after the city gate is opened, you can go to the city to inquire about it. I think it has spread by now."

Bai Xiaosheng laughed.

"At this time, there is still some time before the opening of the city gate, please tell me about the situation in the city in detail!"

Xie Wenxue grabbed Bai Xiaosheng's hand and asked, in a hurry, he was no longer as calm as before. After all, if Luo Porridge was still powerful, even though he was unwilling, he could only leave his hometown as previously discussed.

But the homeland is hard to leave, unless it is absolutely necessary,

Who wants to leave easily?

……

"So, the thief has lost his power?"

After listening to Bai Xiaosheng's words,
Although Xie Wenxue didn't fully believe it, he felt a lot more at ease.

"According to Xiaosheng, it may be very difficult for the dog thief to come out this time. Without the commander, Jin Yiwei's situation is gone..."

"Still because he was still in full glory earlier yesterday, he has also become a prisoner of others at this time..."

Bai Xiaochang sighed.

"In your opinion, what about the East Factory?"

Xie Wenxue looked at Bai Xiaosheng, who had a good temperament, and asked in a strange way, just thinking that this kind of storyteller has been in Goulan Washe in various restaurants all year round, and the news is much better than ordinary people, and he has no entanglement with himself. The opinions of others.

"Xiaosheng doesn't dare to criticize the popular yamen, he can only say one thing, Jinyiwei is like fire, Dongchang is like water, the fire is too big, so naturally it has to be poured with water."

"As for the relationship between the two..."

Bai Xiaosheng smiled without saying a word.

"In this way, if the thief fell into the hands of Dongchang, wouldn't it be beyond redemption?"

The officials who had entered Beijing beside him couldn't help but ask.

"Forever?"

"Not necessarily!"

"After all, everything is possible before a person dies. Who knows what's going on under the sun?"

"For us storytellers, we can only draw conclusions."

Bai Xiaosheng laughed and said,
It's just that the last four words were bitten extremely hard.

"Okay, what a final conclusion!"

After listening to Xie Wenxue for a long time, he muttered to himself,
When he looked up, he suddenly realized.

"crunch, crunch..."

Coincidentally, when it was Mao time, a light rose from the sky and the earth, and the heavy city gates were slowly opened at the hour, and the team entering the city gradually flowed.

Seeing this, many officials present silently saved a little money, and then got up and left. After all, I had to prepare for the court meeting in advance when I entered Beijing, but when I left, everyone looked thoughtful.

As far as officials like myself, who were able to go to the pilgrimage, even those who died at the hands of that dog thief, they are already indomitable figures. They are too far away, and they have never thought about targeting or overthrowing them. That dog thief.

It's just that he didn't expect that the unparalleled dog thief would also go to prison, and he was secretly thinking that the Great Li Dynasty might be about to change, and it might not be an opportunity for himself and others, it's best to take advantage of the trend.

"Let's go, let's enter the city."

Xie Wenxue sat alone in front of the tea stand for a long time, and in the ear, the white-faced scholar continued to share the big things that came in,
Looking at the open city gate, he got up and said, but left a silver ticket under the tea bowl when he left.

"Guest officer, your silver..."

Just as Xie Wenxue took a few steps, the old man who cleaned up the tea bowls hurriedly reminded that after all, the face value on the bank note was enough to buy more than a dozen of these tea stalls, and the amount was too large, so he thought he lost it Yes, dare not be ignorant.

"My master is in a good mood today, I'll reward you guys."

Xie Wenxue ignored it, but the slave who was with him replied only when he saw his master's brows stretched.

"Don't rush back home,"

"Go to the city first, and make a few more laps."

"I still want to hear more about the East Factory."

After getting into the carriage, Xie Wenxue said to the confidant who was driving that maybe he had become a loner this time when he left Beijing, but he was never short of money.

It is said that money can make ghosts turn millstones,
I don't know if this amount of money can buy those little devils in the East Factory to push the mill and make a bowl of meat porridge for myself, and I can also taste the taste of this thief Luo porridge.

……

Wushi,

in the city,

Ginger House,

This place is the residence of Jiang Ziming, the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He is the top leader of the second-rank yamen. Officials are afraid of the post, so the outside of the mansion has always been cold.

What's more, there are not many officials who are eligible to enter the mansion to meet. Even the officials of the third and fourth ranks in the court who hold real power and participate in the daily court have to notify in advance if they want to enter.

at this time,

The outside of the Jiang Mansion was full of cars, horses and people. If you look closely, there are no fewer than 400 people, many of them are ordinary officials in the capital city, belonging to the ordinary censor capital under the Metropolitan Procuratorate where Jiang Ziming is located. An official the size of a sesame mung bean who disdains to impeach.

"Is everyone here?"

The old butler in charge of the mansion stood at the door and asked the porter next to him.

"Chen Steward, the younger one has counted. Basically all the officials who entered Beijing today have arrived. There are probably more than 300 people. The rest have not yet entered Beijing, but the younger one has already prepared the invitation card and sent people to guard each other. The gate of the city will definitely not be missed."

"Well, well done."

The butler nodded in satisfaction.

"Chen Steward, you are joking, they are all trying to show off the master's face, and the younger one is just using the name of the Jiang family to invite everyone here."

The concierge said humbly.

"That's true, but they are all petty officials of the eighth or ninth grade. In the past, our master would not bother to look straight at the court meeting. Today, I can personally write the invitation card. Inviting them is considered a gift to heaven." Big face."

Butler Chen said without hesitation.

Some officials who were closer heard it, and they just laughed along with embarrassment, saying that the seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's gate, although the owner of the mansion is no match for the prime minister, and the Dali Dynasty has abolished the position of prime minister, but the truth is that a truth.

"It's almost time to calculate, and everyone has arrived."

"Let them all enter the mansion, remember, let them move lightly, so as not to disturb the madam and miss who are still in the mourning hall..."

Butler Chen stood at the door and waited for about two quarters of an hour, then took a look at the completely dark sky, waved his hand and said.

……

The door of the house opens,

Hundreds of people slowly entered,
The location of the banquet this time is the main hall, which is enough to see that Jiang Ziming attaches great importance to himself and others. If it is normal, it must be a great honor. The place can blow for a long time, but at this time it is indeed extremely disturbing, and the atmosphere inside the mansion is also extremely dignified.

Nothing less than other things, the white lanterns hanging everywhere are enough to dilute all the atmosphere of the banquet, not to mention the crying of the female relatives from the mourning hall not far away from time to time.

After entering the city, after receiving the invitation, everyone naturally knew the news of the death of Jiang Yushi's only son, which added a bit of depression to the banquet.

"My lords, please take your seats."

The butler of Jiang's mansion raised his hand.

Seeing this, everyone sat down anxiously.

"Master Jiang, here!"

After everyone was seated, Jiang Ziming, who was dressed in black, also stepped in and sat on the main seat. Da Lichao said that no son died.

"The news of the death of the old man's beloved son, I think you all know about it..."

After Jiang Ziming sat down, he got straight to the point,

"Please also Mr. Jiang, my condolences!"

Although everyone heard the sound and didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, they could only bite the bullet and persuade them.

"Boom..."

"Condolences?"

"This old man has nine daughters and one son in his life. The only son died yesterday. How can we mourn?"

Jiang Ziming asked back.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay when they heard the sound, and they didn't dare to say much.

"Speaking of it, I'm not afraid of your jokes. Although the old man has a son in his later years, he is strict with himself, but he loves the dog in every possible way. To put it bluntly, if he can change his life, the old man is willing to die in the hands of his thieves... "

While speaking, Jiang Ziming had muddy tears in the corners of his eyes, and when he looked closely, his eyes were also bloodshot, and he hadn't slept all night.

"Sadly, the old man, as the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, can't even keep his son's life..."

"Hateful, the murderer is still living in the prison, and he has not been convicted and executed..."

Jiang Ziming said sadly.

"Master Jiang, if you have something to say, if there is anything that can be used to go up and down, you will definitely die..."

An official who wanted to cling said.

"In this way, the old man said bluntly, I think you all know what the thief did, and now, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have hated the thief to the bone."

"Although the thief has already been imprisoned, it will take a long time for the East Factory to investigate... I really don't want to wait any longer!"

"The old man wants to watch that thief be beheaded with his own eyes!"

"Take the head of that dog thief as a memorial to the old man's son's first seven!"

Jiang Ziming said coldly.

"Master Jiang wants me to wait..."

Those present were not fools,

After listening, I understood what Jiang Ziming meant.

"Of course we will ask His Majesty together in the future!"

"There is a saying that everyone gathers firewood like a flame, if we ask for an order together, His Majesty can't ignore it..."

Jiang Ziming put down the wine glass in his hand and said loudly.

"This this……"

"Where is this, His Majesty?"

Someone tremblingly said,
Hearing the sound, the wine glass could not be held steady.

"The old man knows that he will definitely offend His Majesty!"

"But everyone should know, what kind of situation is my big departure now, and what kind of temperament is your majesty?"

"Isn't he that dog thief who can still be punished?"

"Of course, if you all want to stay out of the matter, the old man will remind you first that the old man is not the only one offended by the dog thief. If you stand on the sidelines today, you can't blame those adults who also lost their beloved sons for taking care of them."

Jiang Ziming said with dark eyes.

"This this……"

Everyone stuttered when they heard this almost threatening words on the surface, but it happened to be the truth. If they really followed suit, I am afraid that the road to officialdom will come to an end.

"This old man's move, apart from personal enmity, is also thinking that it can bring a bright future to Dali Chaotang...

Jiang Ziming continued:

"Please rest assured!"

"After this is accomplished,"

"The old man will ask His Majesty to resign, and quell the holy wrath!"

"I thank you all in advance!"

After all,

Jiang Ziming raised his glass and drank it down.

……

(End of this chapter)