Emperor Yongzheng

Chapter 5 Encountering in a Narrow Road, Ghosts and Ghosts Fighting Hozen
The dog was so frightened that he stopped urinating, took a deep breath, and said after a while, "Are you overthinking? I saw the name of Homestead, and it is a century-old shop!" "Kan'er's voice was so low that it was almost inaudible, "Lu Lu was sniffing under the painting in the central hall. I opened it and looked, it looked like blood stains from rubbing! Also, there seemed to be a brick trough under Si Ye's bed, it was not a black shop, it was set up What does this mechanism do? Look, there is a river outside, and if someone knocks it down and throws it out of the window...how convenient!" He sneered, and Goosebumps appeared on Gou'er's body.

The two of them discussed hurriedly for a while, then "relieved themselves" and came out. The person who went to the room had already sat down.Yin was in the middle, and Boss Ma was accompanying him. Opposite him were Tian Wenjing and Li Fu, chatting about their connections in the examination room.Because the wine was not hot enough, the boss opened his eyes and urged: "Qian Laosan, where is the wine? Hurry up!" Kan'er walked past the kitchen and saw the pockmarked waiter stabbing the stove.Kan'er said: "I'm tired of you. It's our job to serve the master! Come on, brother, our brother has prepared a piece of roasted wolf liver for you. Ask him to watch the fire. We can use it." Qian San Mazi Where are you willing to leave your nest?He smiled hurriedly and said: "You are guests, I don't have that blessing... Go ahead, let's drink for a while!" Seeing that it was okay, the dog limped over, frowned and shook his head with a look of pain on his face, and said: "Old Qian, my old Han has a leg problem. Please give us a plaster... Ouch..." Lao Qian was startled for a moment. The plaster is a medicine that is always available in the old store. It is impossible to say that it is not available. After thinking for a long time, he reluctantly He said: "I'll get you two sticks, keep the fire and watch the wine overflow..." After that, he hurried away.The dog here examined the two big pots. They were exactly the same, except that one pot lid was made of copper and the other was iron. So it was easy for him to change the pot lids and pretend to stir the fire.Qian Mazi turned around in an instant, and after looking at it, there was nothing strange. Hearing that the roommate was urging him to drink again, he poured out two pots from the iron-covered pot, handed one pot to Kaner, and promised, "Come on, come on!" "Send it up.

The two children returned to the fire in the courtyard with a deep breath, and Kaner asked in a low voice, "Can one pot make two kinds of wine?"

"I've gone to see the case of Mr. Han in Tongcheng breaking Wang's shop." Gou'er turned over the plaster and whispered, "The pot is separated from the spout to the inside, and the handle has two air holes. Where can they be blocked? There will be no wine on either side—ah! Old Qian, and you two, come on, we Mei Xiang are servants, we are all slaves, let’s have a drink here and listen to hello!" It turned out that Qian Mazi and Lao Bai and Lao Hou had come.

Gou'er Kan'er was pregnant with evil intentions. While greeting the three boys, he was "tasting wine" with a grin on his face. He also wanted to listen to what was going on in the room. He didn't dare to relax. The three boys chatted with the two children while greeting them. Serve the wine and wait for the medicine to take effect without daring to make any mistakes.Yin Tingyin asked the boss: "I have a relative named Xiaolu. The year before last, he got flooded and fled here to Tian Dafa's family. He also brought a child who was just one month old. I wonder if there is anyone named Tian Dafa here?"

"There are a lot of people who have fled, and there are quite a few people with their children. Do you remember them?" Boss Ma laughed, "There are people like Tian Dafa, but the God of the River died in the spring of the year—wait a minute, I Come to think of it, there was a woman who came to him with a child in her arms and asked for food for a few days, but I don't know the name."

Yin's eyes lit up and asked: "What happened next?" Boss Ma smiled and said: "Who could pay attention to these people? They probably left later!" Yin's eyes dimmed, and after a long time he turned to Tian Wenjing: "What did you say just now? It's quite straightforward. Your filial piety was bought with money! When you go to Beijing this time, you are probably going to hit the wooden clock of some great master again? I wonder how much it costs to buy a Gongsheng student?" Tian Wenjing's face was red after drinking, and he said with a smile : "Gongsheng students only cost a few dollars, about a thousand liang - only the palace examination is difficult, and the roads such as Ma Qi and Zhang Tingyu are extremely difficult to get through. Without some real talent and practical learning, the Long Live Lord test is also difficult to pass. ." Yin thought the wolf meat was rough and oily, so he only picked the light one and said musingly: "I don't understand the knowledge here. The paper is sealed and no marks are allowed, so the examiner can tell it is a flower. Money?"

"It seems that Brother Yin doesn't know how to be an official." Li Fu, who doesn't hold a lot of alcohol, said with a small smile, "As long as this is discussed in advance, the examiner will know which words must be used in the first section of the stereotyped essay. "

"What if the examiner collects the money and temporarily reneges on the debt, what should I do if I fail to get it? Wouldn't it be a waste of money?"

Li Fu smiled with a sense of loss and said: "The roads here are all the same. How can there be such a fool nowadays, taking cash to bribe the examiner? They are all IOUs. For example, in the Jiazi Year of the War, The IOU said: 'I am borrowing 500 taels of silver from Mr. ××', and the signature was 'Jia Zi Gong Sheng × ', the examiner wouldn't dare to ask for money with such a note." Yin raised his face and thought for a while, and it made sense. He couldn't help but laugh and said: "Monsters are good at making trouble!" While urging Li Fu to drink, he asked Li Fu with a smile: "What's the matter? If you are proficient in this way and are familiar with it, it seems that you are going to become a Jinshi!"

"Me?" Li Fu smiled condescendingly, "I probably don't need to be like this. Even if you want to sell an official position, you still have to have a few showmen, all of them are idiots, and it's hard for the examiner to explain it to you. To tell you the truth, I'm fifteen. When I entered school, I went to the Luming Banquet on the [-]th, and I got the first place, not to mention the capital." He looked at Tian Wenjing and said: "Nowadays, the officialdom is dim, and we can no longer judge whether we spend money alone. Good or bad character, just like Brother Tian, ​​who has money in his family and spends a few dollars on exams to get a job and serve the court, it cannot be said that he is a person without ambition. A poor person like me has no choice but to gain fame by writing with swords and guns. That's it." After saying that, he lowered his head and sighed with emotion. Tian Wenjing just gritted his teeth and said nothing. Yin also sighed secretly when he thought about the corruption of the country's officialdom.The boss saw the situation was cold and said hurriedly: "The wine has cooled down. Come on, let's have a drink. I wonder how it will suit the taste of the gentlemen?" Yin took a small bite, nodded and said: "Very good."

"It's just a little heavy, and it smells like medicine." Seeing the slow onset of the medicine, the boss was already anxious and surprised, but gradually felt dizzy and weak. Tongue-smacking and frowning—but who knew what Gou'er Kaner was doing under the kitchen? ——Seeing that the "poisoned wine" was useless, several people chatted endlessly. After staying for a while, they became even more dizzy, so they staggered up, took the jug to the kitchen, and saw three waiters. They were all there, and all of them had bad mouth and nose. A few people knew it was a big mistake, muttered a few words, and poured cold water with a ladle.

Gou'er Kaner was drinking, eating meat and guessing at tricks. He saw several people being poisoned and using cold water to detoxify them. He couldn't help but chuckle.The two looked at each other, got up and went to the kitchen. Kan'er said: "Our master has had a hard day and has some wine. He will have a rest soon and needs to take a bath. You boil more water and we will wash too. We will give you more money tomorrow." ." As they spoke, the two of them carried a large bathtub together to the upper room. Seeing that several people were drunk, the dog said: "Fourth Master, please use less wine. We have to rush to the road tomorrow! "

For a moment, people were silent, and the lights in the accounting room, warehouse and backyard stable were all turned off. Only the kitchen light was on. Kaner and Gouer used big basins to carry boiling water one basin at a time into the east room, and then poured it into the east room. A pot of fire was built in the hall and two plasters were put aside to bake.Yin sat barefoot on the edge of the bed and said with a smile: "That's enough. Just serve it. How can it be used if it's hot?"

"Grandpa, stop washing for a while," said the dog, pouring water. "It's too cold in this room. Once the hot water steams, even the house is warm. I want to soak up the leftover water from my master's washing, so I can wash it." Good plaster." Kan'er also said: "My feet are scalded by wolf dung, and I want to wash them too!"

Seeing that he couldn't wash it yet, Yin took off his shoes and went to the hall to get books.Here Kaner caught the eye of the dog. The dog walked to the bed, groped for a long time, and said with a smile: "Put these shoes over, be careful if they get wet." Then he took out a shoe from the side against the wall. The little wooden bolt - this is the news of turning over the bed board - said at one end, lifted the bed frame and turned it over with all his strength!
Sure enough, as the dog expected, a big hole flashed out under the bed, and there were really two people tightly squeezed inside, side by side, with a large knife pierced into their shoulders!

The two thieves were hiding under the bed, hoping that the guests would not want to drink and would be able to do something in the middle of the night.The three people in Yin heard clearly what they just said, and their hearts relaxed.Suddenly, the dog upturned the bed and board in an uproar. Under the bright lights, everyone was stunned, with eyes as bright as ghosts. Before they could wake up, there was a bathtub full of boiling water, and five or six buckets of it were poured into their faces. Next... What a pity, there is a small hole in a narrow hole, with two people squeezed in, unable to move or dodge, just like a rat being thrown into a pot of boiling water and suffering from this sudden catastrophe!Kaner let out a low growl, covered it with a large quilt, and pressed it firmly with the bed.The dog said hello, "Lu Lu, come in and wait", and the dog jumped in and squatted next to the big bathtub.

Yin heard something wrong outside and was about to come in when he saw Qian Mazi also coming in and asked, "What happened in the east room? There was such a loud noise?" Before Yin could answer, the dog came out with a smile and said: "It's nothing, I didn't set up the bathtub properly, so I spilled some." Qian Mazi drank the poisoned wine and felt dizzy. He looked at the east room suspiciously, but saw water vapor coming out of the curtains, and there was no movement inside, so he said: "There was such a loud noise, I thought the flowerpot on the window had been smashed!"

"It's nothing." Gou'er glanced at the surprised Yin, picked up a piece of plaster and said, "I'm the most impatient to apply plaster! It's sticky, hot, and uncomfortable to apply. The boss and the two guys What?" Qian Mazi didn't want to know that the secret had been exposed. He thought about the three accomplices who were in the dark and had unbearable headaches, so he said: "It's okay. They have wine. If anything happens, you can ask me to wait. This dog-skin plaster - "

Before he finished speaking, Gou'er raised his hand and slapped the big plaster, which was hot and oily, on Qian's pockmarked face - and said with a smile: "This plaster is the best for treating pockmarks." Face, stick it together so you can find a beautiful woman to be your wife!" Qian Mazi was caught off guard by this attack, and his eyes, nose, and mouth were all muddled. He struggled for a long time, trying his best to pick off the plaster with both hands.How could the dog allow him to relax? With a command of "叏", Lu Lu flew out from the curtain, biting Qian Mazi to the ground in one bite, and pounced with two claws, biting Qian Mazi's throat with just one bite, and the blood was as sharp as an arrow. It sprayed out more than ten feet away with a "plop".

Yin's face was as pale as paper, and he stared blankly at the dog Kaner doing evil things, as if in a dream. He even forgot to shout, and after a while he said: "What are you? This...!"

"Fourth Master, don't be afraid!" Kan'er lifted the curtain and came out, dripping with sweat, and while untying the rope on the saddle, he said, "It's unlucky for us men to live in a black shop today! You will understand when you enter the house!"

Yin shuddered like an electric shock and woke up. Without saying a word, she opened the curtain and entered the room. She saw that the big bed was overturned against the wall. The quilts, mattresses and pillows were soaked in hot water and covered the floor. The water vapor covered the candlelight and made it blurry. Two people were lying in the big hole under the bed. Their scalps were peeled off due to the burning, and they were covered in suffocation. They probably died before they had time to struggle. They both had their mouths open, showing their white teeth, which was very hideous and terrifying.Yin half-opened his mouth and murmured: "Is it... a black shop?" "It's true, it's a famous shop in Green Forest, Black Wind and Yellow Water Shop!"

A gloomy voice outside the window said with a giggle: "I just thought that my old horse and thirty-year-old mother would fall into the trap of two little bastards." Take a breath: Boss Ma and Lao Bai and Lao Hou have arrived under the eaves at some point, all wearing soap-colored tights and carrying knives.It was dark, but his face could not be seen clearly.

The three people in the room looked at each other nervously for a moment. The dog "pounced" and blew out the lamp. Kan'er had already grasped the thief's two knives in his hands.According to Gou'er Kan'er's plan, he used medicinal wine and hemp to knock out the thieves in the shop, and cleaned up the robbers under the bed in the house. At least they were able to escape safely. I didn't expect them to wake up so quickly!Yin was shocked, angry, and a little regretful: he shouldn't have refused Gao Fuler and Dai Duo's kindness, not even being a follower.My martial arts skills are mediocre, Kaner Gou'er is smart, but he is young and weak, and only one dog can support him... How can this be good?While he was doing nothing, Kaner came to the window to take a look and said loudly: "I said Ma, don't you just want money? The more than 1000 taels of silver we brought are all stored in the accounting room. It's unlucky for us, so give them all away. I want you, take your money and get out, and we can walk our separate ways. You know, it is better to build roads than to build walls. There is no guarantee that one day you will go to the West Market. I happen to be the executioner and I will do a nicer job for you. How about that?"

"You're still talking nonsense when you're about to die?" Boss Ma laughed loudly, "You ruined my three brothers, how can you let it go? Do you know? Living in my shop is life-or-death, ancestral craftsmanship, I can't get rid of the brand! Gou'er laughed and said, "I'm very disrespectful. Maybe you don't know, today is black and white impermanence, and the evil star is shining—his name is haunted, and I am called haunted ghost! I grew up on the edge of the Yellow River, and I am familiar with the life in the water. ——Look at how well-built your house is! Come in if you have the ability — light it if you want to, lest someone come to put out the fire!” Boss Ma sneered, and said: “It’s human nature to put out fires, but it’s just a bad time. The people who are so timid, no one dares to come out, it is unknown!"

Kan'er laughed and said: "You can do it if you want, you burn your own house, it has nothing to do with our dick! When it burns, we jump out of the back window and run across the river, just take a bath!"

Yin Yuan was confused at first, feeling that there was no way to go from heaven to earth, but then he realized that the two children were extremely talented and had a plan. Come on, let's go!" "I don't like the water being cold," Kan'er said. "Don't take that road unless you have to - Hey, Ma, did you hear the rooster crow? Your store will be closed at dawn. Baba, what does it count?”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "crash" sound, the window pane was smashed to pieces, and a big black man jumped in with a "thump"!Yin jumped back in shock, and pulled out a sharp dagger from his boot. Seeing the big man slashing with the knife, he raised his hand, and the knife suddenly burst out with sparks, and it had already been broken in two!

"Reed!"

The dog barked anxiously, and the vicious dog's hair fluffed up all over its body, leaped up on the spot, bit the man's right wrist, and tore off a big piece of his clothes, skin and flesh, and the man screamed: "Old Hou!" , the shopkeeper, the dog is powerful, hurry up..." Before finishing speaking, another mouthful was on the neck, and Lao Bai's scream was long gone!
It was the darkest hour before dawn, and the scream was so shrill that the five people inside and outside the room were all startled in shock, and they kept silent for a long time.

"Do you know how powerful it is?" Gou'er said through the window, "If I don't have a good helper, I dare to call myself a 'death stalker'? Four people have died under my reed tonight, and it has already taken seven lives— —The Son of Heaven proclaims the 'Silver Medal Lulu'!" The dog yelled loudly when it heard its owner calling its name, and Boss Ma and Lao Hou almost turned their calf tendons outside...

Before he could do anything, someone knocked loudly on the door of the store, and then he heard Gao Fuer's irritable yelling: "Open the door quickly! What the hell kind of store is this? There's not even a waiter at the door!" Are you dead?" Yin was in high spirits, but before he could speak, Kan'er screamed: "Our people are here! Gao Fuler, break the door open for him - this is a fucking black shop!" Now Boss Ma Without hesitating, the two of them nodded secretly and fled over the wall from the east toilet. Even though the reeds were running so fast, they only bit off one of Lao Hou's shoes. Then they heard the door creak. When it collapsed, 11 people from Gao Fuler had already rushed in, lighting up torches and illuminating the entire courtyard brightly.

"Gao Fu'er!" Yin breathed a sigh of relief and almost collapsed. He hurriedly controlled the situation and took his dog Kan'er to open the door and walked out to the eaves. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Search carefully before and after to see if there are any bandits." No!"

"twitter!"

Then there was a noisy search with people in the audience.Yin breathed a sigh of relief, turned to the two children and said: "I owe you, I owe you two, I and my Jiangnan team deserve it!" Chagao Fu'er came over. He had been in Sibeile Mansion for ten years, and this Yin was mean and sharp. Spicy, the strictest servant. A person like him who has experienced life and death hardships with his master has never been treated like this. He couldn't help but look at the two boys and said with a smile: "Fourth Master, the thief is gone. In the east chamber The two scholars had just untied the rope and said that we were also robbers and were too scared to come out."

"Really?" Yin smiled and said, "Please come here quickly."

Tian Wenjing and Li Fu came out one after another.It seems that people have already explained Yin's identity to them. The fear on their faces disappeared, but they were a little embarrassed. They walked to the steps and kowtowed.Li Fu said: "I have to escape from the disaster tonight, and it's all thanks to the Fourth Master's rescue! If Li Fu has a glimmer of wisdom, he will definitely retaliate." Tian Wenjing said in a rough voice: "The Fourth Master has a golden branch and a body of thousands of gold, and God is lucky. With the Buddha's help, we got out of trouble. I am not a husband who knows how to repay kindness, and the fourth master is in water and fire, but there are orders, Wen Jing frowns, he is not a descendant of Tianmen!"

"There is no need to say thank you." Yin Linglong's delicate heart has already heard the two people's intention of clinging to each other. She just smiled, then stopped and said: "I gained more than I lost tonight. I had a long talk with the two gentlemen, and I knew that there was treachery in the official career. There are many shortcomings, and I have gained a lot of knowledge. I think the two talents and learning are still above the average. They want to do their own thing. A man takes fame and contributes to the community and temples. His ambition is commendable, but the word fame is something external to the body and can only be taken directly. , don’t ask for it in the middle of the song - just say goodbye and go jump on the Dragon Gate yourself. As long as you have real talent and practical skills, we will see you in the future!"

Gou'er Kan'er was stunned, unable to understand the meaning of the three people's words, but Gao Fu'er couldn't help thinking: If Ba Ye met these two scholars, why would he pull them into his arms!Thinking about it, he smiled apologetically, "Fourth Master, what about this store? Do you want to report to the police?"

"Burn it!"

Yin said coldly.He had already thought of this. The elder brothers in the court had their own sects, and his backer, Prince Yin, was not satisfied either.My mission did not include an inspection of the Gaojiayan area. As soon as a report was made, a file would be filed, which would immediately cause a storm in the city.Brothers have nothing to do and they have to find faults in eggs and extract oil from ants. Maybe they will publish some news!After thinking about it, he said: "Two gentlemen, let's break up, but please remember strictly that there is no benefit in talking about this night at Yihe Linfeng Store - this is my parting warning."

(End of this chapter)