Jinyi Night Walk

Xu Zengshou drank too much last night, so he slept soundly all night, and he hadn't gotten up until the sun was up.

At the gate of Xu Mansion, a few servants had cleaned up and down the steps early in the morning. Seeing that the sun was warming up, they hurriedly poured well water on the ground and washed the stone steps with brooms. Seeing this, a servant hurried forward to stop him, and said loudly, "Hey, stop! Where are you going, this is the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion!"

"I'm waiting for the imperial edict to take someone from the Zhongshan Palace!"

The captain of Jinyi flashed his palace waist badge, raised his leg and rushed in, but the people in Xu's mansion wanted to stop him, but one person said in a deep voice: "Let them in!"

As soon as the family members of the Xu family looked up, they saw their master, who had gone to court early in the morning, dismounted from the saddle like water.

The servants were at a loss, and hurriedly stepped aside, and the gang of Jinyi school captains broke into Xu's mansion.

After a while, Xu Zengshou, who was still smelling of alcohol, was tied up wearing a moon-white little coat. Xu Zengshou was furious like a tiger, and roared loudly: "Bastards, you are so brave, how dare you catch me, let me go!" Go! Ding Laosi and Xu Laoshi, pick up the sticks and drive these bastards away!"

Under his tugging, the captains in Jinyi who were pulling the rope staggered to and fro, unable to stand upright.Xu Huhu was showing off his power when he suddenly heard a deep shout: "Third brother, how dare you be presumptuous!"

When Xu Zengshou looked up, seeing his elder brother standing in front of him, he couldn't help but startled and said, "Elder brother, haven't you gone to court yet?" "What's going on?" "

"what happened!"

Xu Huizu threw a crumpled piece of letter paper in front of him, and asked sharply, "What is this?"

"This?"

Xu Zengshou took a closer look, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He was so drunk that he woke up. He stammered: "Brother, I...I..."

Xu Huizu was slapped in the face, and roared with a livid face: "You did a good job! My Xu family is full of loyalty, and now this reputation has been lost to you. Do you know what crime you have committed? You insist on letting me Can the Xu family bear the great crime of punishing the nine clans?"

He put the piece of paper away and shouted: "Take it away!"

Several Jin Yiwei picked up Xu Zengshou and left. Xu Zengshou was stunned by his elder brother's scolding, and he didn't resist anymore.

At this time, Xu Zengshou's wife, concubine, and several children ran out in a panic. Seeing Xu Zengshou being pulled into a carriage and driving away, Mrs. Xu's second wife knelt down in front of Xu Huizu with tears streaming down her face. He implored and said: "Uncle, uncle, what crime did Zengshou commit? Uncle is the head of the Xu family. If there is something wrong with Zengshou, you can just ask the family law to beat him up. Why do you need an official?" ""

"Women's view!"

As soon as Xu Huizu flicked his sleeves, he was about to pull the saddle and get on the horse. Although the concubines and Xu Zengshou's children didn't know what happened, they also knelt down in front of Xu Huizu and begged repeatedly. Xu Huizu said with a serious face: "It's late, I have reported to the emperor! How to deal with it, the only way is to obey His Majesty's order!"

Second Madam Xu cried and asked, "Uncle, what crime did Zengshou commit?"

Xu Huizu didn't answer, he saddled his horse, whipped his hand, and chased after those captains in brocade clothes.

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In Zhengxin Hall, Zhu Yunfen, who had just left the early court, glared furiously at Xu Zengshou who was kneeling in front of him.

Before the morning court started, Xu Huizu came to plead guilty to him, explaining that his third brother had colluded with the enemy, Zhu Yunwen was furious, and immediately asked several Jin Yiwei to follow him back to fetch people. They are not good-looking, and all civil and military officials are aware of them, but they dare not ask.When the morning was over, according to the custom, he should go to the side hall to eat some food, and then go to the main heart hall to review the memorials, but Zhu Yunfen was not in the mood to deal with official business, let alone eat, he went directly to the main heart hall, angrily Waiting there until Xu Huizu escorted his younger brother, the anger that Zhu Yunmo had held back for a long time finally burst out.

"Okay! Well, it turns out that King Yan has such a big eyes and ears hidden by my side. No wonder my court soldiers and horses have been defeated repeatedly. It turns out that you are the one who informed King Yan!"

Zhu Yunfen waved the official letter found from Xu Zengshou's arms, and said with a grinning grin, "The soldiers and horses of our Beijing camp have gone all over the place. Yingtianfu is empty outside and empty inside, huh? Send this letter out, Do you want Yan Ni to lead his troops all the way to Jinling City and take my head! Hmm? If Huizu hadn't been loyal, I would have been buried in your hands!"

Just as he was talking, a group of female eunuchs came.They waited for the emperor to eat in the side hall. They waited for a long time and did not see the emperor. They thought that the morning was delayed, but after inquiring again, they found out that the emperor came directly to the Zhengxin hall. All the maids and eunuchs hurriedly applauded He took out the dishes and bowls, and brought the meals to the Zhengxin Hall.

The eunuch in charge walked in the front and didn't pay attention to the situation in the hall. After entering the door, he bowed to the emperor and said in a soft voice: "Your Majesty, you should pay attention to the body of the dragon when you are busy with state affairs. It's time for you to eat..."

"Get out!"

Zhu Yunzhuang let out a roar, grabbed a teacup and threw it over, scaring the eunuch in charge to be smart, and the eunuchs and maids who came in behind with plates and bowls knelt down in unison: "The emperor forgives you..."

"Get out, all out!"

Seeing this, Mu En, who was standing next to the imperial case and didn't dare to show his temper, hurriedly ran over and shouted: "Go, go, don't make the emperor unhappy, and pick out the broken teacup too."

Mu En helped to pick up the broken teacups, and rushed them out. Seeing the emperor's furious Long Yan, these people were terrified, as if they were followed by a tiger, and fled away.Mu En followed behind, out of Zhengxin Hall, and stuffed the broken teacup into the hands of a small servant, gently squeezed her palm, and said a few words quickly, the maid looked at him in surprise , Mu En hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Go, go, don't hurry up, you don't know how to live or die!"

Only then did the little maid come to her senses, and hastily chased the people from the imperial dining room away.

Mu En stared deeply at the back of the little palace maid named Dai Yixuan, turned around and walked back. As soon as she reached the door, she heard Zhu Yunwen shouting inside: "You still dare to talk back? Someone, pull him out for me , Ming canonical punishment!"

"The emperor can't kill me, my Xu family has the iron certificate of alchemy!"

"Dan Shu Iron Coupon does not protect those who rebel!"

"Conspiracy? The emperor only knows how to blame others. Don't you think about yourself? The emperor killed the kings without guilt before the bones of the first emperor were cold. May I ask the emperor, where is the benevolence? The first emperor worked hard for 30 years, and the emperor only took three years to govern the world. This field, may I ask the emperor, Xian is in Yili? It's very good, who knows how to ""

"Damn you!"

Zhu Yunzhuang became angry from embarrassment, this scream was thin and sharp, even shriller than the eunuch's voice, it made Mu En's eardrums itch, and shivered involuntarily. Mu En turned his head to look, and saw Luo Kedi, the commander of Jin Yiwei, was rushing towards the Zhengxin Hall at a brisk pace."

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Ji Gang came out of the rented house, looked around twice, and walked lazily along the Qinhuai River.

Across the river is the Kenlou District, which is rented by the candidates who came to Beijing to take the exam. It is equivalent to the shantytowns of later generations. The houses are small and cramped.Therefore, not only the poor scholars who came to Beijing to rush for the exam are willing to rent here to save money, but even many small businessmen who come to Beijing to do business are willing to live here.

Many people still light their own fires and cook, and they don't have a uniform time to get up, so that there are chimneys in this area of ​​houses at all times, and the chimneys are built low, and the smoke lingers in this shanty town.In these simple shanty towns, the biggest headache for the government is the problem of fire. As for public security, no one can be killed in a fight, and the pickpocketing does not exceed a hundred dollars.

Ji Gang already knew who the big man Xia Shi was talking about was Cao Guogong of the Ming Dynasty, who once led an army of 80 to fight against Marshal Yin and King Yan, and now Li Jinglong, the leader of the peace faction in the court. The eyes and ears of the heart, if he hadn't heard Xia Shi talk about it with his own ears, how would he dare to believe it.

However, another line made him even more curious. He never knew who that person was. At the top of the gable of the built house, there is a red brick in the pile of stones. The third stone under that brick is movable. I go to pull the stone away every day to have a look, and take out something.

Ji Gang is also a very careful person. In order not to draw attention to his daily "fixed patrol", he chose to live in this shanty town after some investigation, because the alley is a slum area, which is connected to this shanty town. It seems more natural to move around.He checked it out again, and there was a snack bar at the end of the rocky alley, specializing in duck blood vermicelli soup and scallion pancakes.

So, Ji Gang, who only liked to eat pancakes with scallions, suddenly became a fan of duck noodle soup. No matter the weather, he walked out of his small house at noon every day, walked through the rocky alley, and went to the small shop on the street. After drinking two bowls of duck blood soup and eating six slices of scallion pancakes, Ji Gang is a real big-bellied man.

On the way back, he naturally turned to the gable of that family's house for convenience.

It's just urination, don't say anything that is insulting to the gentlemen, there are plenty of candidates for urgency to urinate at any time, or even urgency, don't think that wearing a Confucian shirt will suddenly sublimate to the point that even eating, drinking, and lassing are different from ordinary people. up.Every year at the end of the Spring and Autumn Periods, issues of sanitation and weathering, such as Mitian Gonghe molesting the eldest girl and the young daughter-in-law, have been extremely troublesome for all imperial courts since the beginning of the routine.

Today, as in the past, when Ji Gang passed by that family’s house on the top of the mountain, he didn’t even look at it, just staggered past, crossed the alley and sat down in the shed of the snack bar. Without his calling, the boss quickly served six Zhang Dabing, two bowls of duck blood soup brought over.After Ji Gang had finished his meal and paid the bill, he staggered back again, and when he passed the top of the mountain of that family's house, he turned in naturally.

If it was intentional for him to be here at the beginning for convenience, but now it is a conditioned reflex. He opened his robe, untied his trouser belt, and bent over to tie his trousers after draining the water. Once inside, the movements are familiar.He thought it was still the same as usual, and there was nothing inside, but this time, his fingers touched a piece of paper that was folded squarely.

Ji Gang was slightly taken aback, and calmly flicked the note into his sleeve, stuffed it back into the stone, and left again swaggeringly. ! ~!