But the bright moon shines on the ditch

Later Liang Peiqiu recalled that she felt deeply regretful towards Xu Zhiliu.She didn't know he had other plans when the incident happened, when he was truly blinded by power and turned into a butcher.

She regretted that his talent was in the dust, regretted that his situation was in trouble, felt sorry for his rare craftsman's hands, and then hated all the weakness and profit-seeking that he could not stick to for this.

When he lost to her, something that should have been perfect became broken. She wept every word, questioned him loudly, and criticized him from the moral high ground, as if she were a saint.Only today did she realize her selfishness.After all, what she can't accept more than the pearl being dusted is probably the bright moon she has been chasing since childhood being stained by the dust, right?
But she forgot that Xu Zhiliu was also a human being, a living mortal body with desires, love and hate, strongholds and weaknesses. He was not a cold image that she held up on the altar.

When she blamed him for Shiroku's death, he didn't do much to defend himself.She decided that even if Siliu committed perjury, he should not do it himself.

But tonight, Zhou Qiguang showed her the truly cruel side of the truth.

The corrupt class that sucked the blood of the porcelain industry and gnawed at the foundation of Jingdezhen caused a large kiln factory that had been operating for many years to collapse, and hundreds of kiln workers and porcelain workers lost their livelihoods.However, these classes, instead of being punished as they should by the imperial court, became more and more arrogant, openly embezzling the people's wealth and anointing under the guise of longevity, and took advantage of the troubled autumn of the war between the north and the south, and the people's livelihood was in dire straits.For more than ten years or more, they have stepped on the weak and performed bloody exploitation with different approaches but the same effect.

Hidden behind the anger towards Wen Shi, the hatred towards Zhang Wensi, the unyielding attitude toward his father's unjust death, and the powerlessness against the oppression of power eunuchs, these formed the "murderer" Xu Zhiliu.

This has turned a man who once determined to serve the country and seek life for the people into an executioner.

What's ridiculous is that she once said she was willing to be a murderous knife in his hands.He drew a clear line in time and pulled her back from losing her mind, but she made a mistake.

Her truth, kindness and beauty did not kill all the dog-slaughters, and the tip of the knife faced him without hesitation.What exactly caused that result?Is it regret or love?Is it selfishness or indulgence?
She obviously loved him with all her strength.

That night, Liang Peiqiu couldn't help but lost her composure in front of Zhou Qiguang again.

Zhou Qiguang looked at her crying like a child, and his heart was about to tear uncontrollably.He resisted the urge to hug her trembling shoulders, averted his eyes, and pulled back the sleeves that she held between her fingers little by little, and said as if he was questioning but not questioning: "Why are you crying?"

She didn't speak, just sat on the ground and cried.

The mountains and the moon are clear, the sky and the earth are vast. Maybe there is a time limit for love and hate. There is no right or wrong in growing up. They just hate when they love and get tired when they hate.

One of them stood and the other sat. Under the old withered vine tree not far away, the two horses crossed their necks and smelled each other's breath, and the mist floated between the sea of ​​clouds.She forgetfully vented her attachment to him, and he waited for her to finish crying without saying a word.

Unknowingly, those eyes that resembled those of an old friend dropped down, casting starlight on her face.They stared at each other in silence, neither of them moving their eyes away.

At this moment, for many years, she had never had a clear understanding of right and wrong, right and wrong. Wang Yu had tortured her several times about her position and vision, and she had a concrete straightening.

Maybe this is the only option?Become powerful, extremely powerful, and the light that once shone in her life will continue to shine.

Otherwise, she will die with him.

Eternal death.

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After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jingdezhen has the custom of burning Taiping kilns.

During the previous dynasty, most of the southerners were survivors of the Southern Song Dynasty. They had the lowest status among the Khitan, Goryeo and other ethnic groups and were regarded as untouchables.

At that time, the Mongols were called Yuan Tartars by the Han and Southerners.Due to dissatisfaction with the rule of the Yuan Tatars, struggles among various ethnic groups continued.At that time, it was said that every seven households in Jingdezhen would be assigned a Tatar as the leader. The Tatar could do whatever he wanted, and even newlywed women had to sleep with him for three days first.

In order to expel the Tatars, the town took advantage of the tradition of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival and filled the cakes with notes, calling on the townspeople to kill the Tatars while admiring the moon.After the Tatar died, the townspeople dragged the body to the river or the wilderness, and threw the clothes into the kiln to be burned.

Since then, in order to celebrate Taiping, there has been the custom of burning Taiping kilns.

On this day, children go to the kiln in small groups to pick up slag cakes. Then they carry a porcelain basket with a colorful pennant on the side of the basket and write "Taiping Shen Kiln". They go to collect firewood from house to house, or go to the firewood boat parked under the river. , ask the owner to collect the piles of firewood neatly stacked on the shore, and the ship owner and firewood keeper will give them as usual. Finally, we start to build the kiln. Before building, draw a circle on the ground, plan the ground, and then build a layer of kiln along the line. Bricks, at the same time, use several complete bricks to build the "chakou" for burning firewood, because the big kiln is also called that, and then lay slag cakes on the kiln bricks.

The masonry Taiping kiln is large at the bottom and small at the top, like a round pagoda without corners.

The children were jumping for joy and were very happy.

The Taiping kiln for adults is more grand and is hosted by the kiln owners of each year.After the kiln chimney is red, sprinkle chaff to make the flames spread, and pour white wine to make the aroma fragrant.Among them, Siwang Temple, Bagua Tu, Daijia Nong River, Qianfo Tower and other places are the most lively. People all set up high platforms to perform public performances until dawn.

However, on this night, as the customs of burning Taiping kiln and "shoveling the streets" began, the game of "dragging the dead man across the street", which was originally only a child's play - imitating the game of killing Yuan Tatar and dragging him to bury, unexpectedly became It turned into a real murder.

The Tatar actor, lying on a wooden stick with his feet on a bamboo bag and being dragged forward by a rope, looked like a dead man being dragged into the wilderness.Perhaps his performance was too realistic. As he walked along Jingde Street, no one noticed that the "Tatar" had died. His body was not reported to the county government until the next morning when it was still lying in the suburbs.

After investigation, it was found that this person was a victim of the gang's long history. He was dissatisfied with the gang's rules and regulations, which aroused the taboo of the leader, so he took the opportunity to kill him. Ultimately, it was because Sanyao Jiuhui failed to perform its corresponding functions.

During the important ice-breaking period of the New Deal reform, as the most credible and influential local guild, it still adhered to many old-fashioned and obsolete rules and regulations, even using public power for private purposes, corrupting moral disciplines, and leaving nothing to be done.

On the great day of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, the poor supervision of the three kilns and nine guilds led to a life-threatening lawsuit. How can it not be considered a violation?How is it not a punishment from God?The people have been grudges for a long time and are about to explode.

The establishment of the Ceramic Industry Supervisory Committee was imminent. The proposal that had been shelved due to Xia Ying's death was once again put on the table. Liang Peiqiu, as the actual speaker of the Three Kilns and Nine Associations, was pushed to the forefront.

After hearing the news, Wang Yunxian was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he almost scratched his head.

"It's rare that the eunuch is not here, why don't you have a good time? There has to be a lawsuit over human life! I don't know who has the devilish idea of ​​killing a thousand swords. If you die, you will die. If you hit the muzzle of the gun, it really feels like the eunuch's head was kicked by a donkey. , can’t you see that this is a human design?”

He talked in rapid succession, his mouth was dry, and he walked back to the table to get tea, but he didn't expect that a cup of warm tea was already placed on the table.He looked up and met Liang Peiqiu's calm eyes.

"I did it."

Wang Yunxian's hand holding the tea paused: "You...then, did you kill those Tatars?"

Seeing that his eyeballs almost fell out of the tea bowl, Liang Peiqiu pushed the back of his hand and asked him to sit on the opposite side, and then explained: "You think too highly of me. How can I kill someone? But I can use this matter to promote Tao Tao." The Industry Supervision Commission was indeed my idea.”

As for people dying in gang fights, this is not what she wants to see, but if the current situation continues, it may be certain that people will die.

She just didn't want the man to die in vain, so she used this matter to make a big fuss, guide public opinion, and put an end to the Ceramic Industry Supervisory Committee before An Jiu returned to town.

"But……"

Wang Yunxian didn't think there was any difference in the result. Doing one or two was a big taboo for An Jiu.What's more, the crux of the matter hasn't come to the point where she has made her own decisions. The current situation is that there are no tigers in the mountains. If those monkeys start making trouble, I'm afraid she, the number one lackey with an unjust reputation, will not be able to control the situation.

If something bad happened, she couldn't afford it.

"Those old pickled cabbage bangzi from Sanyao Jiuhui are not for a living."

"This is Qiuhou white tea, freshly picked from the mountains. Try it."

She held in both hands a narrow-mouthed bowl with an egg-white glaze imitating the Yuan Dynasty that had just been fired in the kiln. The color and texture were extremely close to the royal one she had seen in Beijing. She couldn't help but feel happy. She drank the new tea in her hand and drank it slowly. Take a sip of tea soup.

Taking a sip of this steaming tea soup in the autumn, my limbs and limbs will all become sweet, with a soft aftertaste.

Seeing that Wang Yunxian remained motionless and still obsessed with her answer, she put down the teacup, listened to the crisp and clear sound, and spoke slowly: "I have no way out, Yunxian."

"What do you mean there is no way out? What does this matter have to do with you?"

Wang Yunxian didn't know about the bet between her and Zhou Qiguang, and thought that this had just happened, "Why don't you just stop interfering? It's too late to stop now!"

An inch of sunlight was reflected under the porch in front of the house, and she basked in the warmth. Thinking of the mountain moon on the cliff that night, the long-lasting shadow in her heart melted into indistinguishable emotions.

"Did you know? Magistrate Zhou said that he saw the refugees in the North on the way to his post and asked them about the situation in the North. He used this to deduce that the war may be turning around. In addition, the imperial court sent a general to suppress it. Soon there will be news Here comes the good news. Shortly after An Jiu submitted a letter requesting the establishment of the Ceramic Industry Supervisory Committee, good news came from the border. Do you think, based on the fact that his predictions are so good, can I take a gamble? "

An Jiu was called to the Chief Envoy's Office to talk. The eagle dog left behind lost its backbone. As An Jiu's thigh, it was the perfect opportunity for her to root out the cancer.

With Zhou Qiguang cooperating from the side, he will get twice the result with half the effort.

As for the outcome, An Jiu is a smart man. As long as he calms down and thinks about it, it is not difficult to find many coincidences and weirdness throughout this matter, including the collective job-hopping of the masters of the imperial kiln factory and the lives of people shoveling the streets on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. The lawsuit, and Zhou Qiguang's forced break-in after observing the sky at night, etc.

At the same time, she also knew very well that this was the real purpose of Zhou Qiguang's continuous troubles.

However, compared with the establishment of the Ceramics Industry Supervision Committee, Xu Zhiliu’s hard work of “drawing on the best from many people” can be completed, and every particle of long-awaited dust in the porcelain and kiln industries can be benefited, those are not important.

Wang Yunxian became even more angry after hearing her words. He was so angry that he didn't know which one to blame first. In the end, he just muttered: "You and that dog officer got acquainted so quickly? And he told you this?"

Liang Peiqiu: ..."Are you sure he can tell you the truth?"

In fact, she was not sure, but she was willing to take a gamble and comforted Wang Yunxian: "This is the agreement between me and him."

"Ok."

The Huibang people have been causing trouble for him recently.An Jiu cut his own leg flesh to put money in, and he also got some bonuses. Taking advantage of the difficulty in cash flow at Fu Lu Shou Bank, he snatched a big business from them.

The Hui Gang was not very popular and could not tolerate him, so they spread the word to make him look good. He was hiding in Tibet for days, and he was really a bit incapacitated.

Seeing that she was steadfast in her oath, she didn't ask any more questions.

As expected, things went wrong in the Three Kilns and Nine Clubs.

The public's call for the establishment of a ceramics industry supervisory committee is growing day by day, and then it has reached the stage of spontaneously organizing public discussions and electing highly respected representatives.

When the bosses of Sanyao Jiuhui saw that this situation meant that they wanted to establish another organization, they couldn't sit still anymore. They gathered people together for a meeting and asked Liang Peiqiu, the actual person in charge, to show his attitude and resolutely resist the establishment of another organization with similar composition. Come and get a piece of the action.

Liang Peiqiu asked them what measures they could take to eliminate public dissatisfaction. The bosses came up with bad ideas one after another. Some people were not clear about the situation, so they opened their mouths and said big words: "Isn't it going to kill someone? Give the family a pension and tell them to shut up and stop causing trouble again." Otherwise, they will not be able to get a good fruit in Jingdezhen."

"Who is going to do this? How can people make trouble?"

"No, if you are doing something to help your family, why should we, San Kiln Jiu Hui, pay compensation?"

"After all, rules are dead and people are alive. How can any industry be so cowardly as to be so cowardly? Just push people out to take the blame!"

"This method is not impossible, but I'm afraid that this will leave the gang with a reason to do nothing, and they will collude in the future to deceive the superiors and conceal the truth, making it difficult to discipline."

"That's the truth. Whenever something goes wrong, someone will be pushed out to be punished. Who will believe us in the future?"

"Don't you understand? When we first made the rules, they were so strict just to prevent this day! The barbarians in the south are shouting and killing all day long. If we don't kill them as a warning to others, how can we establish the rules?"

"Who are you calling a barbarian?"

"Don't argue, don't argue. I hear what you want, but you want to use this incident to reorganize the standards of our Sanyao Jiuhui?"

“Will this, this, this… have the opposite effect?”

"You are not willing to take personal culpability, and you are not willing to reorganize it. What can you do, you loser?"

"Bullshit on your mother! My dad is thinking about the overall situation and considers many things. Don't be so ridiculous and treat yourself like a toy."

"Bah! If it weren't for the smoke coming out of your ancestral grave, and the foresight to buy a lot of land, and let an unscrupulous descendant of yours join the association with capital, ask everyone here, who would take you seriously?"

"Qian, how do you think you are so good? Are you relying on your ancestors to protect you? I don't dare to beat you, do you?"

"How far can your useless father give birth to a child? If you can, come and beat me. Come on, come on, my face is right here, you..." Before he could finish his words, a fist came towards me. Cries of pain resounded!

The two parties were already ready to make a move, and the scene immediately became chaotic.

Liang Peiqiu retreated to the backyard in time to enjoy the flowers under the patio.

After half a stick of incense, the movement gradually stopped.

She picked up a small yellow flower and slowly walked back to the main room. When she saw the elders in the middle pavilion, all of them had blue and purple faces, their beards and clothes were all torn, and they were all trying to keep their dignity. The golden swords were sitting on each side, and the doglegs stood behind them with bared teeth and fierce eyes to support the unfinished smoke.

Liang Peiqiu coughed lightly and asked someone to serve tea to the bosses.

"Everyone has seen that this is today's Sanyao Jiuhui. It is no different from the gang that was involved in a life-threatening lawsuit - adhering to the same purpose, promoting the same stereotypes, and adhering to the same bad habits in the same environment...it cannot be reformed. , will be destroyed sooner or later."

Her voice was slow, with a noble attitude that had nothing to do with her, as if she was telling someone else's story, "Today's situation is the best evidence."

Someone in front of him was dissatisfied and wanted to make a speech, but was interrupted by Liang Peiqiu raising his hand.

"If you bosses want future generations to protect their family business with their fists, then go ahead and make the matter as big as possible. The bigger the fuss, the better. The news will spread throughout Jiangxi and all the way to Tianting, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to issue an imperial edict to arrest us all. "

"Master Liang, don't talk nonsense! Do you think we are frightened?"

At the beginning, an old man stood up unsteadily, holding on to his chair, and glanced at the young man standing under the plaque with "Zongjiang Tao Jun" written on it.

At the age of eighteen or nineteen, I have not yet reached my prime. I still remember that when I took office at the beginning of the year, I still felt a little embarrassed and uneasy. Now I see that my wings have hardened, and my whole body is not only majestic, but also carries a magnanimity with poetry in it.

To be honest, if the supervision of the pottery industry had not disturbed the foundation of the Three Kilns and Nine Clubs, he would have been willing to accept this young man as the helmsman.Besides, she also has the support of eunuchs, so she can't afford to offend easily.

However, the wealthy squire family has been entrenched in Longmen for hundreds of years, and they have the confidence to not fear official power. If they are angered, no one will be able to get better!
"Everyone can tell you the truth. Do you think that by talking about benevolence and morality and showing off the power of the emperor, we will be obedient? Liang Peiqiu, you are looking down on us. Internally, each family does have its own considerations and is suspected of competition. But externally, anyone who dares to challenge the authority of the Sanyao Jiuhui must first ask us old guys whether they agree!"

As soon as the bastard shouted, "You guys think so?", there was an immediate response.

Liang Peiqiu was frightened by the overwhelming momentum and backed away. She leaned against the nanmu stand where the blue vase was placed and said, "This is Mr. An's handwriting. The emperor has approved Ming Lu's order with his own pen. How dare you disobey?"

"Who says we won't obey?" the old man said, "You will do your pottery industry inspection, and we will continue our three kilns and nine guilds, and they will have nothing to do with each other. Let your grass-stage team perform a big show, and we will not care at all, as long as... don't fight. The idea of ​​Sanyao Jiuhui is good."

A shrewd look flashed in the old man's eyes, and Liang Peiqiu felt something bad. She was afraid that her thoughts had been seen through.

Also, people from the Three Kilns and Nine Huihui are spread all over the streets and alleys of Jingdezhen from all walks of life. How could they not know about the changes in the Imperial Kiln Factory?It can be deduced from this that An Jiu did not hesitate to set up a pottery industry supervisory committee, and his intention was to carve up the property of the three kilns and nine guilds, which is also reasonable.

Of course, what Liang Peiqiu wants is not just the Ceramic Industry Supervisory Committee, but to realize this without spending a penny and successfully ban the three kilns and nine committees.

The two are not mutually exclusive.

Instead, choose one of the two.

It wasn't until this moment that she suddenly realized that there was a farce just now, or that they had conspired to put on a play for her in advance, aiming to test her position, or the position of An Jiu, which she represented.

Liang Peiqiu couldn't help but clench her fists.

"You are joking. If the Pottery Industry Supervisory Committee and the Three Kiln and Nine Associations go their own way and have conflicting opinions, who should take precedence among the small kiln households and the kiln households? Aren't you making things difficult for them?"

The old man raised his eyebrows and nodded approvingly: "So, this is the purpose of us gathering here. Everyone here is the leader of the industry. Their families are big and their businesses are big. It is not easy to embarrass those small kiln households and small kiln households, so Liang Da The boss is suffering, think of a way to dismantle the grass-roots team so that it won't be difficult for me to wait?"

Later, someone echoed: "I originally wanted to wait until Mr. An comes back to discuss everything in the long term. It doesn't matter if this thing happens, it will make Dong Liang's family worry about it. Let's not bother Mr. An about it now!"

This was to remind her not to tip off An Jiu.

Liang Peiqiu couldn't help but want to laugh.

Her original intention was to take advantage of An Jiu's absence, but unexpectedly the bosses had the same idea and wanted to use her help to clean up the house and defeat the eunuch's plot.

If An Jiu was to be held accountable, she would always be at the forefront.

"I understand what you all mean, and I will think of a way. However, if the public opinion is too strong and unstoppable, what should we do?" Liang Peiqiu asked tentatively, "I guess it is not what you want to see that both parties suffer, right?"

The matter is really serious. Even if they have the support of wealthy families who have been in this land for hundreds of years, and the law does not punish everyone, their lives will not be in danger. There is no way that those untouchables can go all out and do it regardless of the law. Something happened.

Liang Peiqiu's words were both a test and a reminder.

Bosses, you look at me and I look at you, and then you make up your mind and say to Liang Peiqiu: "This matter must not be delayed. I also ask Liang Dadong's family to give me a reply within three days. Otherwise, the person in charge of the house will Please hand over your seat yourself!"