Ping An Biography

A group of people blocked the gate of Aunt Li's house. Zhang Ning had to slow down when he ran towards the crowd, and took the opportunity to look back. The two shadows that followed did not catch up, but rushed in another direction and disappeared in a short while. In the winding alley.Zhang Ning breathed a sigh of relief, only then did he feel his chest beating like a drum, his limbs were soft and painful, and a force seemed to be pulled away from his body suddenly, he wanted to lie down on the ground immediately.

"Zhang's Erlang?" Aunt Li called out to Zhang Ning in surprise to Men's stone father, and looked him up and down like a Martian.Zhang Ning's appearance at this time was really embarrassing. He was wearing dirty obscene clothes. The white material was stained with dust and blood, which was more conspicuous. His hair was also disheveled, like a fugitive who had just escaped from prison.

He was still in shock, but his outward expression had regained his composure slightly at this time, he took a few deep breaths to steady his panting and said, "I was sleeping, when suddenly the flames shot into the sky, I thought our house was flooded, and jumped out of the window in a panic Yes, the hand may be injured somewhere. Why did Aunt Li's house flood, did everyone run out?"

"It was already out, but Aunt Li ran in to move things again, and I couldn't persuade her."

While paying attention to the back, Zhang Ning expressed concern, "It's too dangerous, people are the most important thing, she should be held back!"

At this moment, the door of the Zhang family also opened, Zhang Jiujin and others ran out immediately, Zhang Ning didn't see the little girl, so he hurriedly went up to ask, and just halfway through speaking, Zhang Jiujin said seriously: "What's the matter? " Zhang Ning said: "Aunt Li's house next door is flooded." Zhang Jiujin said with a serious face, "I know about this, isn't it right in front of me! I was asking what happened in your room. At first I heard a noise and opened the door Look, I saw a few people come out over the wall. Zhang Xiaomei also said that she heard the sound of fighting in your room, so she ran into your room."

"When did she go in?" Zhang Ning's expression changed.At this time, he saw the little girl coming out of the yard, so he was relieved and said to his uncle, "I'll talk about it later when I get home. A fire broke out at Aunt Li's house. If you don't put out the fire, the fire might spread and burn down our house too." Yes." Zou also said: "The neighbors are in trouble, our family should help."

Zhang Ning thought for a while and said: "Aunt Li will come out later and stop her from risking her life for the sake of property. After that, the first thing is to try to put out the fire, and secondly, we don't care about the cause of the fire. Come here, they will check it out."

"Take out all the buckets and basins from our house." Zhang Jiujin said loudly, as if he wanted to let the people at Aunt Li's door hear him.Mrs. Zou glanced at Zhang Ning: "You don't need to help, my little sister will take your brother home to clean the wound and bandage it. Do you want to ask the doctor to take a look?"

"No need, just scratched the skin." Zhang Ning was still in shock, and he was still a little afraid that the group of people would kill the carbine just now. It is safest to stay in the crowd at this time. Let's get through tonight and wait for the city to open in the morning. You can leave the city by the door... But the situation in front of you is obviously being watched by someone, can you escape this disaster by leaving the city?

At this moment, Aunt Li rushed out the door with a suitcase in her arms, and the people around hurriedly stepped forward to surround her, some went to pick up her suitcase, and some grabbed her arm, "Don't go in, if something happens, you still have to leave." What's the use of these things?" "Put the fire first!" Everyone persuaded, and Aunt Li suddenly sat on the ground and cried like crazy, "Damn it, who set fire to kill us, we will die without children..."

"Brother!" Zhang Xiaomei shouted with a pale face.Zhang Ning glanced at her and said, "Didn't we agree to go home and talk about it? Now it's important to fight the fire. Let's move the water-filled household items to help."

So the whole family rushed over with their things, and the cousin Luo Yue'e carried the little girl in her arms and carried a bucket away. The little girl was frightened and stared at a pair of black eyes, but she was very good, neither crying nor crying. No fuss.At this time, there were more people at the door of Aunt Li’s house, and all the neighbors came over with water tools, and ran into the well in Aunt Li’s yard in a mess to wait to fetch water, and some went to the well opposite the door, making a lot of noise.On the contrary, Aunt Li, the host, just sat there crying and making noise, not caring about business at all.

Zhang Ning walked into the yard of their house, and saw that the fire was raging in the east wing rooms next to the firewood house, and the upper rooms hadn't burned yet. It is estimated that the fire started from the firewood house.Some people have moved ladders and climbed up the fence to let the water below go up and splash on the roof.Coincidentally, the fire did not happen after it rained for a while in the first half of the night, and now it happened when the rain stopped.

"Have you called for a water truck?" Zhang Ning caught a person and asked.The man replied: "Go away, it will be much easier to wait for the water truck to come to put out the fire."

Zhang Ning yelled to the people around him: "No matter how many people surround the well, they can only beat it in buckets. If it is blocked, it will delay the time to transport the water. Everyone lined up in a long line, and when the water is pumped, it will go directly to the wall along the line." Luck." Once everyone heard the truth, they gradually got some order.

The little girl brought a basin of clean water and asked Zhang Ning to wash the blood on his palms.Rinse off the congealed blood clots, and the two cuts on the palm were bleeding again. Seeing this, Zhang Xiaomei was so distressed that she almost cried, and hurriedly took out a pink scarf-like thing to wrap him.This thing seems to be made of silk, and it is not as good as gauze to cover the wound, but at this time, I don't care much about it.

After a while, the officials arrived, two officers wearing half-red and half-black tall caps and soap robes. No officials came, and the water tanker had not yet arrived.In addition to the two guards, there was also a young man in a moon white robe who came in together.The guard didn't care about the fire, he only looked at the burning house, and when he came to the people queuing up to carry the water, he shouted, "Who is Zhang Ning?"

When he shouted the third time, Zhang Ning stood up and said, "I am, what do the officials want me for?"

An officer said: "Someone accuses you of arson, come with us."

After hearing the uproar, Zhang Xiaomei immediately stood in front of Zhang Ning and glared angrily: "You have wronged a good man, my brother definitely did not set the fire!" Neighbors also expressed their support: "Zhang's Erlang and Aunt Li's hometown are neighbors, why don't you Could it be him?" "A person who came out to fight the fire in obscene clothes would dress like this if he set fire on purpose?"

The guard shouted: "What are you doing? What have you got to do with us? We're only looking for Zhang Ning. Shouldn't it be enough to go to the official shop and ask if it's correct?"

Zhang Ning took the little girl's arm and pulled her back, then stepped forward and said, "If you want to ask me, at least you have to get the cinnabar ticket stamped by Yuanzhi County, otherwise you have no right to take me, so why should the officials do this in front of me?" How many Ming people know the law and break the law?"

"I have a ticket here." The young man in the white shirt who followed the guard said, "Would you like to see it with your own eyes?"

Zhang Ning calmly asked, "Which yamen ticket?"

The words and deeds of the young man in the white shirt were quite different from that of ordinary people, and he said calmly: "Although it is not the seal of the Shangyuan County Yamen, it is the seal of Mr. Yu Qianyu, the head of the Beijing Rites Department. It is still an official seal. Mr. Yu has official duties It happens to be here, and when this happened, please go over and ask as a commoner, is it okay?"

Yu Qian?Zhang Ning was immediately attracted... Of course he knew Yu Qian, if he didn't even know this, would he say that he had a higher education?

The head of the Ministry of Rites is actually a Beijing official, and his official position is relatively small.Beijing officials are not limited to staying in the capital, and sometimes they may be sent to other places on business. There are six guesthouses in each county and prefectural government, which are the residences prepared to receive the Beijing officials from various ministries.But he, the head of the Ministry of Rites, is in charge of the local fires in Shangyuan County?If you want to take care of the relationship that is out of reach, the county magistrate should take care of it.It's just that there is nothing wrong with the words of the young man in Yuebai shirt. After all, he is an official, and Zhang Ning is a commoner. To some extent, it makes sense to control him under the strict social rules.

However, if Zhang Ning resisted, it would be troublesome for him, the head of the Ministry of Rites, to order the arrest of the people in Shangyuan County.

"I'll take a look at the card ticket." Zhang Ning said calmly.Seeing that he didn't intend to make a fuss, the young man in Yuebai shirt took the initiative to show him the documents, and responded with an attitude of "easy to talk and easy to discuss".It mainly depends on the seal stamped on the paper. False seals are relatively rare in this era, especially in the early Ming Dynasty, when being caught is worse than murder.A person who commits a crime bears the same or even greater risk, is he willing to kill people and loot goods or make fakes?

It was indeed Yu Qian's seal, and Zhang Ning knew that Yu Qian was not made up out of thin air.It's just that Yu Qian's most famous event in history is the "defense of beijing", which happened many years later, when the emperor of the Yingzong period personally conquered the three elites of the Mongolian capital and was defeated. The emperor was captured and the Mongols took the opportunity When the soldiers came to the city of Bei Jing; Yu Qian still doesn't know where to make soy sauce...but now Zhang Ning knows that he might be working as a small Beijing official to make soy sauce in Nanjing.

Why did Yu Qian go to him?Zhang Ning didn't think it was because of the fire.And since Yu Qian has such a good reputation in history, it cannot be said that it is completely impossible for him to do indecent things, but he will definitely not do it lightly, otherwise a gentleman can pretend to be a lifetime without being criticized?In the current matter, if Yu Qian is in the same league with those who are going to attack the prince by all means, then his vision is too bad, how can he achieve such high achievements in the future?

Zhang Ning didn't answer for a long time, but that month's white-clothed youth didn't bother to remind him, so he was very calm.Zhang Ning is helpless in the face of a series of troubles. The main reason is that he has no connections, so he dare not turn to the government for help. He doesn't understand the situation in the government.

And Yu Qian gave him a glimmer of hope, which was out of his own inference and intuition, and after all, he was still taking risks.

"Success, I'll walk with you once. The clear will be clear and the turbid will be turbid. I'm not afraid of the government asking." Zhang Ning said decisively.

Zhang Xiaomei hurriedly grabbed his forearm, and said very worriedly: "Brother, do you know who they are?"

There was an unknown person at home tonight, and the little girl might also feel that Zhang Ning's danger had something to do with the last case, so she would not want Zhang Ning to go with a stranger.Zhang Ning turned around, and she also raised her head to meet his eyes. The momentary eye contact contained too many things.Zhang Ning said kindly: "Little sister, you have to trust your brother, don't worry too much, you have to be good."