Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 94

Jiajing: "You have changed your clothes. You go on horseback alone. It will take several hours to come and go. Let Lu Fang come to see me before dawn tomorrow."

"Master Shengming!" Huang Jin kowtowed loudly, and then raised his head again, "Qizou master, Chen Hong has been watching the slave, and the slave's leaving the palace can't be hidden from him..."

Jiajing stared at him quickly: "You have your errand, and he has his errand. I advise you, don't be awkward with Chen Hong."

Actually used the word "persuasion"!No matter how simple and straightforward Huang Jin was, he could somewhat hear the implication, so he dared not say any more, and replied in a low voice: "The servant understands."

The road from Yuxi Palace to Chaotianguan is about to pass outside the gate of the Sili Supervisor's office.Yang Jinshui has been carried on the back by a eunuch of the Criminal Division, and another eunuch of the Criminal Division is following behind, passing by here.

"Where are you going?" Chen Hong's figure came out from the courtyard gate, followed by Eunuch Shi, another eunuch who held a pen, and several eunuchs who were in charge of rituals.

The eunuch who carried Yang Jinshui on his back knelt down with one leg, and the eunuch behind him knelt down with two legs.

The eunuch who carried people back: "Go back to Eunuch Chen, and according to the imperial decree of the Long Live Lord, send Yang Jinshui to Chaotian Temple to Master Lan."

Chen Hong's face that was still very gloomy and cold just now was taken aback for a moment, and he asked, "Master Long Live really thinks he's crazy?"

Kneeling behind the eunuch of the Criminal Division: "Go back to Eunuch Chen, Long Live Lord said that his soul has been taken away by a ghost."

"Oh..." Chen Hong stretched out his voice pretentiously, and then said sadly, "Master Shengming! Where's Eunuch Huang?"

Kneeling Eunuch of the Criminal Division: "Go back to Eunuch Chen, Eunuch Huang is serving Lord Long Live."

Chen Hong pondered for a while, "Then recite it."

"Yes." The two eunuchs of the Criminal Division stood up again, and walked westward along the road in the direction of Chaotian Temple.

Chen Hong was really unwilling, and stared at Yang Jinshui's westward direction in a daze.After a day of tossing and tossing, to this result, the sun is already going to set.

Several other people also stood silently behind him, so that no one said anything when they saw a eunuch who was on duty at Yuxi Palace coming from the direction of Yuxi Palace.

The eunuch on duty in front of the imperial court walked behind Chen Hong and called softly: "Eunuch Chen."

"What's the matter?" Chen Hong was still looking in the direction of Yang Jinshui who was going away, and he didn't look back to see who was calling him, his tone was already very irritated.

The eunuch on duty had no choice but to say: "Master Long Live has a will."

Chen Hong turned his head abruptly, only then did he see the eunuch on duty holding an imperial note in both hands!
Chen Hong immediately knelt down and raised his hands high. The eunuch on duty bent down and handed the imperial note to him.

Chen Hong took the imperial letter and stood up, looked carefully, and found that the envelope of the imperial letter was not sealed, so he asked the eunuch on duty.

Then the eunuch on duty will be a slave after handing over the decree, and immediately knelt down: "Report to Eunuch Chen, Master Long Live has said, tell Eunuch Chen to look at it."

Chen Hong quickly pulled out the imperial note from the envelope, and glanced at the other eunuch Bingbi and the eunuchs on duty before opening it.

Those people quickly took a step back and lowered their heads.

Only then did Chen Hong open the imperial paper, his eyes lit up, and he was immediately at a loss again!

——On the imperial paper are two lines of Jiajing's own handwritten imperial letter. While reading the words, Jiajing's voice rang in Chen Hong's ears: "Walk to the poor water, sit and watch the clouds rise!"

Chen Hong rolled his eyes up, pondered for a while, but was really uncertain, and looked at another eunuch Bingbi: "Come here."

The eunuch holding the pen came over, Chen Hong looked at the imperial paper with him, and asked in a low voice: "Please help me to go into details, what is the holy intention of the master?"

The eunuch Bingbi also pondered for a while: "The 'water' in the first sentence must refer to Yang Jinshui, who is crazy and cannot be interrogated..."

"I know that." Chen Hong immediately became impatient again, "I asked the second sentence, who does this 'cloud' refer to?"

The eunuch Bingbi was in a hurry, thinking for a while, and suddenly said: "Could it be that Yun Niang who has been with Yang Jinshui for four years?"

"Good brains, it's her!" Chen Hong immediately agreed, and looked at the setting sun, "Prepare the sedan chair and go to Zhenfusi Prison!"

The moon was already full on July [-], and it was just getting dark when it rose above the east wall.

One bed, one table, one chair; there is a moon, a lamp, and a piano.

The piano was dusty in the bag, and he was too lazy to light the lamp without any books. Gao Hanwen sat at the wooden table under the north window, staring at the hazy moonlight outside the window. He felt the moonlight slanting into the house from the door, and turned his head slowly. A piece of "Nanguan Kesi" was written on Yue's face.

The moonlit night was quieter than the dark night, and the sound of washing and washing in the courtyard could be heard, and his eyes slowly moved to the door again.

Because of Lu Fang's order, Jinyiwei sent daily necessities to the courtyard. There was a bamboo pole on two wooden branches in the courtyard. cut.

By the well, Yun Niang took out one of her clothes from the wooden basin without wringing it out. Because it was wrinkle-resistant, she just shook it when she lifted it up. She took the wet clothes and walked to the bamboo pole and stopped.

She stared at Gao Hanwen's gown and inner shirt on the bamboo pole in a daze, and it took her a long time to hang her blouse on it.

There were several inches of bamboo poles between the blouse and Gao Hanwen's undershirt.

Yunniang couldn't help looking at the west room with the door open, and Gao Hanwen was not seen here. She slowly stretched her hand towards the bamboo pole, gently moved her blouse over, and pressed it tightly against the bamboo pole. Wearing Gao Hanwen's underwear.He looked again in a daze, stretched out his hand and opened one part of the inner shirt, moved his blouse a few inches further, and then quietly draped the edge of Gao Hanwen's inner blouse on his blouse.

Under the moonlight, Yunniang looked at the two overlapping clothes and smiled faintly.

Inside the house, Gao Hanwen was still looking at the moonlight outside the window in a daze.Suddenly, his body trembled slightly, and a soft humming sound came from the courtyard:
The moonlight is bright and bright.

Lotus leaf green, loquat yellow.

Sunan nursery rhymes!

It was Yun Niang who was singing, and Gao Hanwen stood up suddenly.

A bus, A Ershan.

Go to Nanjing, enter the examination room...

Gao Hanwen followed the local accent and walked towards the door, but before reaching the door, Yunniang stopped singing.

He immediately turned back and walked towards the window, but soon his footsteps stopped again.

There was the sound of someone unlocking and someone talking outside the courtyard door, followed by the sound of the courtyard door being pushed open, and the footsteps of several people came to the courtyard and stopped.

Gao Hanwen looked back slowly, and there was a lantern light in the yard!

"Is it Eunuch Lu?"

Yun Niang was squatting by the tub and watching the people who came in quietly, but the light from the lantern not far above her head dazzled Yun Niang, she mistook Chen Hong who was standing upright behind the lantern and was wearing a red palace uniform, and stood up quickly.

"Slap the mouth! Is this Eunuch Lu?"

"Disrespectful!" Chen Hong stopped the eunuch on duty immediately, and approached Yunniang with a smile, "I am Lu Gonggong's godson, Yang Jinshui and Yang Gonggong call me senior brother."

After serving Yang Jinshui for four years, Yunniang had heard of the name "Chen Hong" many times. Seeing him claiming his family name, she hurriedly wiped her hands on the front of her shirt, rolled down her sleeves and went to Chen Hongfu: "I have seen Mrs. Chen." .”

"Stop! Who told you to come out without calling you? Go back to the house!" The eunuch on duty, the supervisor of ceremonies, saw Gao Hanwen appearing at the door of the west room.

Yun Niang hurriedly looked towards the door of the west room, and Gao Hanwen was still standing at the door with a murderous and indescribable look.

The eunuch on duty walked towards him aggressively, and Chen Hong quickly glanced at the panicked Yunniang, and immediately stopped the eunuch on duty again: "Stupid! What did the old ancestor tell you? Your memory makes a dog hold you gone?"

The eunuch on duty was stunned in the middle of the road, but fortunately he saved it immediately, bowed sideways and replied to Chen Hong first: "Yes, the slave's memory was caught by the dog." Then he turned around and changed a pair of clothes. With a smiling face, he said to Gao Hanwen: "The old ancestor has something to ask Yun Niang, it's none of your business, you go back to your room and wait."

Gao Hanwen didn't look at him, but looked in the direction of Yunniang, but first fell on her bun, and then slowly shifted his gaze to her.

Ever since Eunuch Lu said the words about letting them live together that day, Gao Hanwen has never looked at himself in this way again.Yunniang's eyes lit up immediately, and she met Gao Hanwen's gaze!

After a glimpse, Gao Hanwen's deep eyes met her, and then moved away, saying: "Just say what you have to say."

This time it was Chen Hong who had a cold light in his eyes: "Tell him to go in."

Without the eunuch on duty coming over, Gao Hanwen had already turned around and walked into the room.

After an unknown amount of time, Gao Hanwen saw the flickering lights in the courtyard, and heard footsteps, followed by the sound of closing the courtyard door. He knew that Chen Hong and his party had already left.He sat blankly on the chair by the wooden table in front of the window, with his eyes slightly closed.

Yunniang didn't know when she came in, she didn't have a stool, so she sat there next to the bed.

At this time, the moon has risen to the sky, and the outside of the house is cool and white.

"I'll light the lamp, okay?" Yun Niang said softly.

Gao Hanwen still closed his eyes slightly: "Come on."

Yun Niang stood up, walked to the table, picked up the flint flannelette to wipe the fire, and lit the small vegetable oil lamp.

Glancing at Gao Hanwen, seeing that his eyes were still closed, Yunniang went back to the bed and sat down next to each other.

Yun Niang: "Tomorrow I will leave..."

Gao Hanwen opened his eyes and looked at her.

Yun Niang met his gaze: "I didn't tell him anything, but it didn't work. After all, I've been with Eunuch Yang for four years, and I know too much."

Gao Hanwen's heart suddenly burst into a tinge of sadness, but he quickly suppressed it again.

Hai Rui's words from the night before leaving Hangzhou sounded in his ears again: "Only by being silent can one be released from prison..."

Yunniang didn't look at him now, she was going to say what she should say tonight: "I know, I'm cheap. You've always looked down on me in your heart. But I'm not following you like you think, no one arranges it. I'm going to get something out of you."

Gao Hanwen couldn't help answering, and said flatly: "I don't have anything to wear on me. Whether it's Eunuch Yang, Eunuch Lu, and Eunuch Chen who came tonight, they also think of me as Gao Hanwen." Too high."

"You are not tall!" Yunniang suddenly became agitated, "These father-in-laws, and the imperial court, have never seen you very high."

Gao Hanwen stood up abruptly.

Yun Niang still sat firmly by the bed: "Let me follow you, not because you are so important, but to keep an eye on me. Shen Yishi asked me to follow Eunuch Yang for four years in order to protect his family wealth and protect his family. His wealth and life. Now these father-in-laws let me follow you because Shen Yishi is dead and Eunuch Yang is crazy, if the emperor wants to pursue the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau again, he must keep me alive."

Gao Hanwen smiled contemptuously: "Did Yang Jinshui go crazy when you were asked to follow me into Beijing? It's really like what Eunuch Lu said, his godson is better than anyone else?"

"Eunuch Lu is not entirely wrong." Yunniang replied, "Eunuch Yang is worse than anyone else when he is bad, but there are also times when he treats others well."

Gao Hanwen: "A eunuch who is a day-to-day bully, who will he treat well?"

Yun Niang: "The eunuch is also a human being. It's because he owes too much debt, and he has to pay all the debts."

Gao Hanwen: "Who do I owe, I, Gao Hanwen, don't have a penny of debt with them."

Yun Niang: "I've already said that everything has nothing to do with you. Eunuch Yang is paying off Shen Yishi's debt, and Shen Yishi is paying off my debt."

Gao Hanwen really held back for too long, Lu Fang came that night, Chen Hong came tonight, Yun Niang came to tell him these things as soon as Chen Hong left, he wanted to see what kind of stone the water fell into: "According to what you said, Yang Jinshui owed Shen Yishi, and Shen Yishi owed you. But Shen Yishi spent 20 taels of silver to buy you. I am Gao Hanwen, a mere editor of the Hanlin Academy, and I overestimated my ability to spend two The magistrate of Hangzhou for a month, the combined salary of an official for ten lifetimes is not worth your 20 taels of silver. A person bought for 20 taels of silver was sent to serve me for nothing. I really don’t understand what you are saying. Eunuch Chen just now I don’t want to know what I told you. I just want to tell you that when I went to Hangzhou, I was an official of the imperial court and had nothing to do with Yan Shifan. I was still an official of the imperial court when I did those things in Hangzhou and had nothing to do with anyone. .What charges the court wants to accuse me is all my business. Don't worry about getting anything out of me."

"What did I do to you?" Yun Niang stood up from the bed, "I sent you here from Hangzhou, and you have been here for more than [-] days. Besides cooking and washing for you, have I asked you a word? "

Gao Hanwen: "If you can catch me with a few words, you will think me too low. 'The article hates fate, but the charm is gratifying'. I, Gao Hanwen, thought that this was hard to change, but I didn't expect it to be because You are very fond of melody, and you caught me at the fatal point. At the beginning, I was caught by the song "Guangling San", and tonight I sang a little tune from my hometown. Your intentions are really hard."

Tears welled up in Yunniang's eyes, and she slowly sat back on the bed: "I didn't know what they meant when they asked me to play "Guangling San". Later, I noticed it, but you didn't realize it yourself. You should remember , I told you to leave several times in the piano room..."

Gao Hanwen remained silent, as if recalling the scene at that time, but soon a sneer appeared: "You are a famous prostitute in Qinhuai, you can still do this kind of drama. For example, if Eunuch Chen is coming tonight, you He sang the song of my Sunan again, are you from Sunan?"

At this time, Yunniang was being asked aggressively by him, and her heart was already cold: "You just said that I am a famous prostitute in Qinhuai, and I am a famous prostitute in Qinhuai. Is it strange?"

"It's not surprising." At this time, Gao Hanwen has already put his ambitions that have turned into water and all the setbacks he has experienced on the woman in front of him. The seat is no longer polite, "They picked you, of course you have all kinds of abilities. Now these abilities are no longer useful, what else do you want to do, just use it. Aren't you just sitting on my bed now? You might as well go up I'm asleep. I, Gao Hanwen, sit on this chair with you, if you move, you'll win!"

Yunniang's face was even whiter than the moon at this time.Standing up abruptly, swallowing the tears that were suffocating in his mouth: "Don't worry, I'll go back to the kitchen right away. The last few words, if you want to listen to me, I will say it too. Shen Yishi claimed to understand "Guangling San" You, Mr. Gao, also claim to know "Guangling San" the most. In my opinion, you are the same as the three thousand imperial students at that time. None of you understand "Guangling San". Ji Kang never thought of becoming an official, let alone I have thought about coveting things outside the body, my heart is outside things, and my body and mind are wandering, and this is the "Guangling San". You don't have Ji Kang's mind." He said and walked straight to the door.

It was like a blow to the head, Gao Hanwen was shocked on the spot by her words.

When she reached the door, Yun Niang stopped again without looking back: "I'm leaving early tomorrow morning. That Qin is a rare guqin. If you like it, you can keep it. If you don't, you can burn it." After finishing speaking This sentence came out of the house.

"Eunuch Huang! Hey, Eunuch Huang!" The chief eunuch who supervised the repair of Yongling was woken up from his sleep. At this time, he was only wearing a casual gown, and he was chasing after Huang Jin who was going up the long stone by himself. , "Eunuch Lu had a decree when he came, he can't leave, and he's not allowed to see anyone..."

Huang Jin's strides became wider, and he went straight to the top of the stone steps.

The chief eunuch was followed by two lanterns and also chased him: "In any case, your boss must show the order to the servant."

Huang Jin stopped on the stone steps: "I just came from my master Long Live, so do I have to write my will on paper?"

"That, that..." The chief eunuch held back, and finally forced himself up again, "Is there a handwritten letter from Eunuch Chen?"

Huang Jin looked at him slowly: "He is Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, and I am Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies. Who told you that I need his handwriting?"

The chief eunuch lowered his head to one side: "Eunuch Huang has neither the edict of the Long Live Lord nor the edict of Eunuch Chen, so that servant dare not take you to see Eunuch Lu."

Huang Jin looked at his face, the fire in his heart had already ignited his hair. After all, he had obtained the position of eunuch Bingbi in the gossip furnace in the inner palace. He still had two brushes, and put on a smile: "Since you say so , then I won’t see Eunuch Lu. Come here.”

(End of this chapter)