Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1739

After checking the weather, everything in the city of Guangzhou was completely silent. Since the "Kun Army" entered the city, the originally lax night ban has been tightened. Australian government offices have posted safety notices all over the city, expressly stipulating that the night will be lifted after the night shift. Those who hold a road guide are not allowed to walk on the street at night.

As soon as the sun went down, the detective team, led by a few "gun policemen", patrolled everywhere, urging the "street watchers" to close the street gates. Residents and shops on both sides of the main street were also ordered by Paijia. Hang lanterns outside the door.Dimly lit, swaying under the eaves.Under the dim light, you can see the Anmin notices printed in large sheets on the walls at the intersections of the streets.

Gallows that Guangzhou citizens had never seen before were erected at the main road intersections in the city, with several corpses hanging on them, shaking slowly under the dim light of the lanterns.There is a cardboard hanging around the neck, and the crimes of "robber", "theft" and so on are written in ink.The prisoners who were caught were hung up within the night.

For the citizens of Guangzhou, these days are uneasy.However, since entering the city, the Fubo army has strict discipline, and Qiu has committed no crimes, which has left a deep impression on them.On the second day after breaking the city, the market has largely recovered.

However, in accordance with the traditional concept of less going out and less showing up during the turbulent season, all households turned off the lights and went to sleep together.In this silent night, there is still a light on in the side courtyard deep in a house in the west of the city.

The windows and doors were hung tightly with bamboo curtains, only a little dim light was faintly exposed, but the hall was brightly lit, and a middle-aged man was leaning on the rosewood couch in the room.He looks very rich, because he lives in the inner house, he dresses very casually, a Taoist robe made of western cloth, net gauze on his head, and a pair of Chenqiao straw sandals bordered by purple damask.He was leaning on the big pillow of Nanjing satin, holding the cigarette rod of Xiangfei Zhuhan Yuzui in his hand, smoking silently, the blue and white smoke was misty, just like his thoughts, dangling without knowing where to go go.

One of the two maidservants stood behind him and the other knelt in front of him, gently beating his legs and shoulders.However, this did not seem to make him feel comfortable.There were all kinds of exquisite "Kougo" on the Japanese lacquer table in front of him, but they didn't seem to move at all, and the Hangzhou Mingqian tea in the teacup, which can only be bought for a few taels of silver, was completely cold.

A man dressed as a teacher sat diagonally across from him, looking at him with some trepidation.It was the first time that my own Dong Weng would "have no choice".

On the table between them, there is a notice. The paper and ink of the notice are still very new, and it can be seen that it has not been pasted for a long time.The vulgar Song style characters above indicate its origin: Australians who have recently arrived in the city.

"Master, it's getting late at night, tomorrow..." The master probably felt that too much time had passed, so he couldn't help breaking the silence in the room.

The middle-aged man called "Master" is Mo Rongxin, the director of Wenlan Academy.

The announcement was sent by Shi Tidi, the accountant master of his academy. Although Shi Tidi is the accountant master of Wenlan Academy, he is actually Mo Rongxin's personal.Mo Rongxin didn't go to the academy on weekdays, and all the income and income of the academy's property were handled by the historian.Naturally, besides Mr. Mo, he is most concerned about the income and expenditure of Wenlan Academy's property - not only is he paid 120 taels of silver every year, but he can also get five or six hundred taels of various expenses and kickbacks a year.This is a big fortune!
Today on Chengxuan Avenue, more than a dozen storekeepers who rented the facade of Wenlan Academy came to him, and they brought this notice: The Australians have posted notices everywhere, and the sheds on Chengxuan Avenue have been demolished within twelve hours.

It is said that it is a shed, but what these few houses have built is not a "shed" for a long time.It's almost a "house".Not to mention that it cost a lot of money to build it, and after it was demolished, the storefront space is much smaller, not to mention that it is inconvenient to do business, and many money-making people and goods have to find other places to store them.The shopkeepers ran out of ideas, and came to the landlord one after another to discuss a solution.

Naturally, Shi Tidi didn't have much to think about. If he had any embarrassment in the past, he would take the master's film and go to the county or government office to find a book office or a master to "talk" with him, and he could solve it with a little money.It doesn't matter if he changed his official position now, even the routine he was familiar with is gone.I don't even know where the yamen gate is opening.In a panic, I had no choice but to come to Mo Rongxin to find a solution.

"What can I do? There's nothing I can do!" Mo Rongxin took a puff of smoke, put the dry smoke aside, and turned to get up, but the girl beside him quickly grabbed his arm and helped him up with all his strength.

Mo Rongxin took a big sip of herbal tea and sighed: "Australians have just entered the city, and Mr. Liu is a new official. What are you stopping them from doing? It's courting death! You go tell them that you want to hang yourself Tomorrow, I will go by myself, I will not come to give them a back!"

Shi Tidi laughed twice, and said: "Master's words are correct. However, there are many shops in the academy on Chengxuan Avenue. If all the shacks are demolished, the loss is not small. If there is a way to make things better, deal with it They are willing to spend some money."

"They're willing, but I'm still not." Mo Rongxin said, "Now the gangster is worried that no one will jump out to lay the knife, and he can't kill people to make a name for himself. Whoever wants to have such a face will do it!"

Shi Tidi was not reconciled to letting go of the opportunity to gain benefits in vain, and continued to push: "Master, do you want to discuss this matter with Master Gao from the Guandi Temple?"

This is the most powerful "killer mace" in Mo Rong's novice hands. When he encountered major crises several times, he relied on the people from Guandi Temple to settle them.Although he got the ugly name of "beggar's in-laws" for this, the benefits are not small.

"It's easy for you to think!" Mo Rongxin said, "The Kun thief is not a fool. As soon as the people from the Guandi Temple came out, they would immediately think that we were playing tricks. They couldn't clean up the people from the Guandi Temple. Wouldn't it be easy to clean us up?"

"So..." Shi Tidi was a little disappointed—seeing that this "thank you money" would not be available.

"You go and tell the shopkeepers: Don't look for ways around, honestly demolish it yourself, at least you can recover some of the capital. Tomorrow, if those black-hearted yamen servants do it, there will be no bricks left. It's not early Already, you can rest here for one night, and go tomorrow morning. Go."

Seeing that the owner issued an order to evict guests, Shi Tidi had no choice but to stand up and leave, Mo Rongxin suddenly thought of something and asked, "How is the academy?"

"These days when the thieves entered the city, the head of the mountain and the students didn't come to the academy. The students living in the academy are still quiet."

"Go and watch the cook, don't be so damn aware that you eat and take. The meals in the academy are almost like pig food. From tomorrow onwards, the meals will be meaty every day—not to take some bones." Boiled chicken racks are considered meat, but chickens, ducks and fishes have to be eaten! You have to eat enough! Do you understand?!"

"Yes, yes." Shi Tidi was taken aback, he was also involved in the food deduction.

"Don't lose the big because of small things, those sour people are easy to get along with? If you mess around like this, they will already be full of complaints." Mo Rongxin calmly waved his fan and decided to "spot" him today I said, "Now that an Australian is the emperor, we must prevent them from taking the opportunity to make trouble. At that time, I don't know anything..."

Shi Tidi hurriedly said: "The students know. We will make arrangements when we go back tomorrow."

In another courtyard in the same mansion, Gao Huichun, the fifth daughter-in-law of Mo Rongxin, was sitting alone in the room doing embroidery.She is a young woman in her 20s, and she has been married to the Mo family for five years.Before dinner today, I heard the girl come to report that the fifth master has something to do tonight, and he is resting in the study outside, so he won't let him go to bed.Although she had no expression at the time, she was very unhappy in her heart.She knew that her husband was resting in a maid's room again.

Officials and rich men have several concubines, and even the beggars in the group of beggars led by her father have several concubines.Not only did her father have a dozen women by his side, but he often went to the flower boat to have fun and never returned all night.

When she was engaged to the Mo family, although she was happy that she could marry into a "scholar's family", she was a little unhappy when she heard that her future husband already had a housemaid.

At the beginning of the wedding, it was considered affectionate.However, as time went by, especially since she had not given birth to an heir, her husband's love gradually weakened, and the days of resting in her room became less and less.If the father-in-law didn't hinder her father's face, I'm afraid the young couple had a falling out, which would not be conducive to the maintenance of the relationship between the two parties. He forced the son to come to her room to spend the night every few days. It would be considered good if he could come for two or three days a month.

If she doesn't come back tonight, she immediately understands in her heart: he is using an excuse to have something to do, and he has gone to spend the spring evening with the maid he has recently hooked up with.

In this so-called "scholar's family", the father-in-law Mo Rongxin himself is a greedy and lustful person, and he keeps four or five 13-year-old maids by his side for his lewd pleasures; There are groups of wives and concubines, and they even visit the courtyard and the flower boat... Although her husband is the fifth son of a concubine and has no status in the family, he also has several maids in the room.

As the wife of the main wife, she is unwilling to reveal her "little thing" about this matter in front of the maid "close to me", but it is a kind of pain that can't be shaken off in her heart, thinking: "It's hard to be a woman." , before people grow old and faded, this kind of thing has already happened!" Talking to the maids and listening to the blind girl singing did not relieve the pain in her heart.

It's already started outside, she puts down her embroidery work, listens to the desolate sound of clappers outside, thinks of her own experience, and then thinks of all the experiences in this big family in the past five years, she really tastes everything, she can't help but her eyes are sore, almost falling down Tears come.

But she didn't dare to let out a sigh, and even swallowed her sobs, so as not to be heard by her neighbors and the servant girl, and to make more right and wrong.

(End of this chapter)