Concubine

Chapter 138
According to the rules, the night before the execution of the death row inmates, there will be a table of beheaded wine.Yang Qiuchi took out some broken silver and ordered the guards to prepare more generously.

Mr. Bai Qian didn't have any appetite, he just kept drinking and talking to Mrs. Bai and the others.

After an unknown amount of time, the jailer quietly told Ma Du that the time for visiting the prison had already passed, and it was time to close the prison gate.

When it was time to break up, Mr. Bai Qian stretched out his hand from the iron fence and took Yang Qiuchi's hand: "Mr. Yang, I did something wrong at the beginning. If I had promised Meier to you at that time, at least she would not Having suffered so much, now that their mothers are in exile, I don't know how to live this life."

Madam Bai and Bai Sumei were sobbing and crying.

Seeing their miserable appearance, Yang Qiuchi's heart was agitated. Although he didn't know where he would be an official in the future, and whether it was the place where Mrs. Bai and his mother and daughter were exiled, he couldn't care less, and comforted him: "Mr. Don't worry, I will take care of Mrs. Bai and Miss Sumei, and I will never let them suffer!"

Mr. Bai Qian looked at Yang Qiuchi in a daze, slowly let go of his hand, took a step back, knelt down on the ground suddenly, and kowtowed his head a few times: "If Mr. Yang can take care of my wife and Meier Zhouquan, Bai will form a weed in the next life." Title the ring, and repay the son's great kindness!"

Yang Qiuchi also quickly fell to his knees and kowtowed in return.

When they left the imperial prison, Yang Qiuchi and Ma Du took out all their money and gave it to the cell boss who was in charge of Mrs. Bai and Bai Sumei, and asked him to prepare some winter clothes for her mother and daughter, and take good care of them. Her mother and daughter.

The prison boss knew Ma Du's identity, so he didn't dare to act recklessly, he refused until Ma Du ordered him to accept it, and then he took it, patted his chest and swore that he would never let Mrs. Bai and her daughter stay in prison By a little wronged.

Yang Qiuchi has already said what he just said. He is not a person who promises casually, but he will do his best to do what he promised.

However, this matter does not need to be done desperately. Even if the place where he is an official is not the same as the place where they were exiled, Yang Qiuchi is determined to send them safely to the exile place in Yunnan, spend money to settle them, and then take office.

Mr. Bai Qian and the others were executed the next day, but Yang Qiuchi didn't go to watch.He has seen too many dead people. Although he has not seen Ling Chi, the most famous method of execution, he is not in the mood to study it now, and he is unwilling to experience the pain of parting and death.

Yang Qiuchi spent money to find two cowards, and went to the execution ground to find a good cemetery for Boss Bai Qian to collect his body and bury it.

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After dealing with these matters, Yang Qiuchi, Song Qing, Song Qingniang and others left Yingtian Mansion in the capital city and returned to Ningguo Mansion.

Mother Yang and Feng Xiaoxue have taken over all the property of the Hao family.On the same day, Yang Qiuchi hosted a banquet in his new home to celebrate.Zhou Zhifu personally wrote the "Yang's Mansion" plaque for Yang Qiuchi, replacing the original "Hao's Mansion".Relatives and friends gathered together to celebrate the marriage of Yang Qiuchi and Song Qing.

Now that the Hao family has become Yang Qiuchi's home, he took a good look at the house.

This mansion is really too big. Yang Qiuchi's family and twenty Jinyiwei guards put it in, but it is still too empty to take care of it at all.Entrusted by Yang Qiuchi, Zhou Zhifu invited some bodyguards from the trustworthy bodyguard bureau for Yang Qiuchi to act as housekeepers, and Yang Qiuchi bought some slaves and servants. It works.
Song Zhixian, Song Qing's mother, and Song Yun'er lived in the Yang Mansion for a few days before returning to Guangde County.Before leaving, Song Zhixian asked Yang Qiuchi to study at home with peace of mind, preparing to participate in Enke, and not going to the prison of Guangde County Yamen for the time being.

Yang Qiuchi thanked repeatedly, he just took the opportunity to rest up, this time was too tiring.You don't need to read these four books and five classics, but you can use this time to sleep well for a few days.

He is now a wife and two concubines.Wife Feng Xiaoxue, concubines Qin Zhihui and Song Qing, but there has been no news about Qin Zhihui since she was kidnapped by a martial arts senior, so now only one wife and one concubine are left.

According to the rules set by Qin Zhihui and Yang Qiuchi before, after discussing with Feng Xiaoxue and Song Qing, they will sleep in the wives' and concubines' rooms every five days. Of course, if any aunt comes, the time can be advanced or postponed.

Song Zhixian and the others came back a few days after returning to Guangde, and this time they moved their family here.As soon as they met, Song Yuner happily told Yang Qiuchi that his father had been promoted.

It turned out that according to what Yang Qiuchi said, Niu Baihu of Jinyiwei reported the role played by Song Zhixian, especially his daughter Song Yuner, in uncovering the Hao family's rebellion case and arresting the rebel Deng Youlu. In the case of Keying's bones, the Ministry of Officials later promoted Song County Magistrate to Tongzhi of Ningguo Mansion, which was the vacancy of Wang Tongzhi who was killed by his younger brother.

Originally, Song Yun'er was mainly responsible for this matter, but since Song Yun'er was a woman, women were not allowed to be officials in ancient times, so this credit was also credited to her father Song Zhixian.

The magistrate of Song County was originally only the magistrate of Guangde County, a seventh-rank official, but now he was suddenly promoted to the Tongzhi of Ningguo Mansion, a fifth-rank official, and became the executive deputy secretary of the prefectural committee.He was so happy that he didn't sleep well for several nights, and his family moved to Ningguo Mansion to take office.

Of course, Song Zhixian will not forget how he got these credits. He is very fortunate that he was smart at the beginning, and he got involved with Yang Qiuchi's uncle and nephew by beating around the bush. Now it seems that this move is the right one.

After moving to the magistrate's yamen in Ningguo Prefecture, Song Zhixian held a banquet to celebrate and express his gratitude to Yang Qiuchi.

Since Song Zhi County and Guangde County Magistrate are no longer, Yang Qiuchi, Guangde County Prison Superintendent, of course, will not be able to be the prison supervisor of Guangde County.Originally, Song Zhixian meant to hire Yang Qiuchi to continue to be his staff and help him, but this time Yang Qiuchi politely declined because he took the imperial examination.

Song Zhixian also knew at this moment that the current Yang Qiuchi is not the former Wu Xia Ameng. Since he took over the Hao family property, he has transformed into one of the richest men in Ningguo Mansion. From the purely financial point of view, he doesn't care about the staff Silver, so Song Zhixian no longer insisted.

Anyway, Song Zhixian also knew, not to mention that Yang Qiuchi is now his niece and son-in-law, based on the life-and-death relationship between his daughter Song Yuner and Yang Qiuchi, if there is anything he can't handle in the future, Yang Qiuchi will definitely help him.

The two families are together again, which makes Yang Qiuchi very happy.Although Yang Qiuchi and Song Yun'er didn't call, he was very comfortable with this little girl.

Seeing that the day of leaving Enke is getting closer, Song Zhixian has never seen Yang Qiuchi read a book. He once gently reminded him to read a book and hinted that he could teach him.This county magistrate of Song County was born in Juren, the same year as Yang Qiuchi and his old man in Yangjia Village. He had passed the imperial examination and was more than enough to be Yang Qiuchi's teacher. However, Yang Qiuchi had no interest in the Four Books and Five Classics at all, so Song Zhixian had no choice but to let him go.

A few days before the opening of Enke, Yang Qiuchi set off to Yingtian Mansion to take the exam, and brought fifteen male guards in brocade clothes with him.Originally, Song Qing wanted to go with her, but Mother Yang told her tactfully that her husband was going to take the imperial examination this time, and if she went, Yang Qiuchi would be distracted, so Song Qing gave up.

Although Song Qing was afraid that Yang Qiuchi would be distracted and couldn't go with her, her cousin Song Yuner didn't care about it. Song Yuner liked the excitement the most, so of course she clamored to go with her. Of course, Mother Yang agreed. She hoped that Song Yuner could Protect Yang Qiuchi with you.

Song Yuner's father Song Zhixian, no, he should be called Song Tongzhi now. He always hoped that Song Yuner and Yang Qiuchi would have a result. His old fox had already seen that Yang Qiuchi was not a thing in the pool. For the dragon, so of course all hands up.

So, Yang Qiuchi and Song Yun'er set off for Yingtian Mansion with fifteen Jinyiwei guards.

After the group arrived at Yingtian Mansion, of course they stayed at the Qianhusuo in Madu.Ma Du heard Yang Qiuchi say that he was here to take the Enke imperial examination. He was very surprised, but he also admired him very much. He treated him warmly. He didn't know the hardship of the imperial examination, so he dragged Yang Qiuchi around Manying Tianfu all day long. , drinking and playing for fun, and visited almost all the fun places in Yingtian Mansion.

During the period, Yang Qiuchi and Ma Du went to inquire about the specific departure of Mrs. Bai's mother and daughter into exile, and learned that they would not leave until after the Spring Festival.Only then did Yang Qiuchi feel at ease. By that time, it was clear where he would take up his post, and he could make a decision based on the appointment situation.

On this day, the Enke Township Examination finally started.

The examination room of Yingtianfu Imperial Examination is called Gongyuan. Each examinee has a numbered room, single room, and the numbered room is made of brick and wood. When candidates enter the numbered room, the invigilator will lock the door from the outside, and the scholars will write articles inside. Take the exam.

Yang Qiuchi had a good idea. Anyway, Eunuch Li and the others were operating behind the scenes, and he would be finished in three days if he went in and slept by himself. But when he entered this room, he realized that this room was too simple. It was just a small single room with a bed The table takes up more than half of it, and with the addition of stools and a brazier for heating, there is not much free space.

It is now the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the twelfth lunar month of winter. If there is no fire in this room, it will still be relatively cold. Fortunately, Yang Qiuchi wears more clothes.But if you want to sleep, you have to catch a cold. Fortunately, Feng Xiaoxue and Song Qing prepared cotton-padded clothes and trousers for Yang Qiuchi, as well as heating appliances.

Yang Qiuchi was extremely bored, sitting in the numbered room warming up by the fire, reminiscing about Song Qing's warm embrace.

Finally made it to the end of the third test.Yang Qiuchi got out of the number room, stretched his waist long, and was about to go back, when he saw the scholars who were referring to him running towards the other end of the tribute courtyard.Don't know what happened.

Yang Qiuchi looked up, and there was already a circle of people not far away. Yang Qiuchi followed to watch the excitement, and only after listening to the discussion of those scholars, he realized that it seemed that a poor old scholar who was taking the exam had no money to buy charcoal to make a fire. After three days of hard work in the hospital, when I finished the exam today, I found that the scholar had been frozen to death in the room.

Yang Qiuchi squeezed into the crowd and took a look. Sure enough, there was an old man lying on the floor of a number room. He looked to be five or sixty years old, with gray hair and beard. He seemed to be an old scholar. He passed the exam and died in the examination room of the Gongyuan.

The old man's ability to regulate body temperature is low, and he is very sensitive to temperature. In addition, he spent three days and three nights in the number room, did not move his limbs, and had poor blood circulation. Malnutrition, coupled with studying hard day and night, extreme fatigue, and reduced resistance, so compared with young adults, they are more likely to freeze to death.

Yang Qiuchi was sighing, and suddenly he let out a cry, and a strange phenomenon caught his attention: the old man's robes were neat and tidy, and he seemed to die calmly, but it was precisely because of this calmness that Yang Qiuchi felt abnormal .However, due to too many people watching the excitement, Yang Qiuchi couldn't see the other conditions of the dead old man clearly.

After a while, I heard a voice from a distance: "Get out of the way! The chief examiner, Mr. Jia, is here." Yang Qiuchi turned his head and saw a few people walking from a distance, and there was a yamen servant in front of him to open the way.

I heard that it was the chief examiner, but Yang Qiuchi had never seen it before. When he took a closer look, he turned out to be a thin old man.

The crowd backed away, leaving a large space.The chief examiner, Mr. Jia, stood at the door and looked at it, and asked, "What's going on?"

The deputy chief examiner in charge of the examination said: "It is an old scholar who died in the No. [-] room. The humble official has just checked. This old scholar is named Lu Xueru, who is from Chuzhou in Yingtianfu. A man named Beishao who lives in Chuzhou In a small village. I took the exam for many years, but failed again and again. It seems that I didn’t have money to buy charcoal to make a fire, so I was frozen to death.”

The chief examiner, Jia Hanlin, is a scholar of the Hanlin Academy (equivalent to the current chief clerk of the Central General Office and academician of the Academy of Social Sciences), and was personally sent by the imperial court to preside over the provincial examination in Yingtianfu, the capital.After hearing the words of the deputy chief examiner, he frowned. If such things were to be spread out, he would say that his imperial examinations were poorly organized. Waiting for things, if the supervisory envoy knows about it, it will be a bit troublesome to refer to his own copy.

But since the matter has already happened, there is no way to conceal it. He asked, "Have you notified the Yingtian government office? What about the disobedience? Did you call disobedience?"

The deputy chief examiner replied: "I have already sent someone to call for it."

After a while, several people came, one of them was a general judge from Ying Tianfu, and brought a disobedient officer.

This sloppy face looks a bit like a pig butcher.Then he walked into the number room and began to check.

After a while, the pig-killer-looking disobedient came out, bowed and said, "Report to my lord, this old scholar was frozen to death."

A wry smile appeared on Jia Hanlin's face, and he said, "Then carry him to the mortuary of the Yamen for storage, and let his family handle it when his family arrives." After finishing speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

Yang Qiuchi yelled: "My lord, please stay!" squeezed out of the crowd, "My lord, it seems that Lu Xueru didn't freeze to death."

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