The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 80
"Don't they want to build up the wall? The craftsmen hired by his family don't work, so let's hire them."

Gu Huaishu scolded the other side to silence, then walked back.

There was a bit of a smile on her expression, but it was so cold that people shivered.

The Ye family just wanted their family's reputation to be ruined, and Gu Huaishu was never afraid to be a villain.

Since the other party can toss, she will toss slowly.

Tongcheng is a small place, and any disturbance can be spread far away.That being the case, if the Ye family wants to lose face, let them lose face.

Gu Huaishu gave the instructions, and Ade followed Zheng Bo to find the bricklayer who built the wall.

Looking at it, Zhang Tingyu felt that Gu Huaixiu could be tossed about, and he was overjoyed: "I think you really got into a fight with that Ye family, you ignore them, let them dance around for a while, and if you know there is no result, you don't jump around If this continues, you come and go, when will it be over?"

"People respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot. I retreat one foot, and people advance one foot. Some people are just bullying and fearing the hard, and they pick the soft persimmons. I want them to know that I—— Gu Huaixiu is a persimmon, but unfortunately, it is made of stone."

Gu Huaixiu was very shameless when he spoke, which made Zhang Tingyu want to laugh even more.

He covered his lips and stared at her eyes that were about to grow to his forehead, and suddenly he fell on the table and couldn't stop.

"You have to laugh to death."

Gu Huaishu kicked the broken porcelain pieces under his feet, and asked the servant girl to come in and sweep them away. Then he sat back on the round stool and dug out a new teacup.

She suddenly said: "Why didn't I think that you Zhang Erye has such a great ability that people will be fascinated at a glance, and want to marry you?"

Zhang Tingyu felt that even if he wasn't that outstanding, he was at least a good-looking talent. If it wasn't for this temper, there might still be many ladies in the capital who would throw themselves into their arms.

"Did you ever speak so harshly of me?"

"Yes." Gu Huaixiu took it for granted, "I want to scratch your face to see if that girl is still willing to marry you. If that girl really loves you, maybe... it can be done." A good relationship?"

Zhang Tingyu: "..."

For some reason, she wanted to cover her face tightly and stay away from Gu San.

Zhang Tingyu rubbed his forehead: "Okay, don't make trouble, do you want to know what's going on in the capital? If you know, just sit down."

sit down?
where to sit?
On Zhang Tingyu's lap.

Then this master can talk about things in the capital while touching her... hand.

Next year Zhang Tingyu will take the provincial examination. This time the examiner for the rural examination is Zhao Zifang, who has always been Zhang Ying's political enemy. Zhang Tingyu may have to continue to suffer this time.

It's just that he seems to have completely forgotten about such a danger now, and is focused on analyzing the current situation in Beijing with Gu Huaishu.

Her palm was placed in his, and it slowly began to heat up.

Gu Huaishu felt belatedly that Zhang Tingyu told himself the meaning of all this.

In fact, he just needs a listener.

No one knew that all of this happened because of what Zhang Tingyu said to Liao Fengyuan during the boat trip that day.

Now the whole bank of the canal is full of wind and clouds, but the "instigator" behind the scenes is so free that he can only stay in this study, talking about the ups and downs of the world with a little girl like her.

Even his father and brother didn't know all this, he hid himself very deeply, and he had to hide this deeply.

All the deeds now can be called earth-shattering, but they are silent on Zhang Tingyu's body.

This is his unspoken success, and it is the magnificent waves caused by his bold strategy. However, apart from admiring himself, it seems that only Gu Huaixiu can listen to him for a while.

She lowered her eyes, did not interrupt, just listened to Zhang Tingyu's unhurried tone, and the picture in her mind slowly traveled from Jiangnan to the capital...

In fact, the days in Tongcheng were both tormenting and painful for Zhang Tingyu, but he behaved too leisurely.

The precipitation in the distress is just that no one knows.

Around August next year, I still have to go to Jiangning for the exam. Many candidates will arrive in Jiangning ahead of schedule, and Zhang Tingyu is no exception.

Gu Huaixiu arranged people to go to Jiangning to investigate the situation early on, and set up another hospital. When it is suitable, he will go down the Yangtze River to Jiangning, stay there for a while, meet a few friends, and then go to the hospital. Participate in the country test.

She was thinking in her heart, and listening to Zhang Tingyu's words, her eyes quickly softened.

After Zhang Tingyu finished the last sentence, he paused for a long time without speaking.

Gu Huaishu yawned and fell asleep directly in his arms.

Zhang Tingyu couldn't help laughing, he held her in his arms, smelled the fragrance of her hair, looked at the incense burner on the walnut wood star anise and plum blossom incense table, some green smoke curled up from it, and then quickly dissipated.

Time is like this hazy smoke, passing quickly.

Things on both ends of the south of the capital have been tossing for a long time.

The Suo'etu party tried their best to frame Jin Fu, saying that Jin Fu ordered his subordinates to block the river and collect money for crossing the river, which was a crime of ineffective control.

The emperor also believed this kind of rhetoric at the beginning, but after all, there are people in the court who know Jin Fu quite well.

Such as Zhang Ying.

Jin Fu is a straight minister who has worked hard to manage the river for decades, so it is not the time to be greedy for ink.

The emperor issued an order to have Jin Fu arrested, and then took people to search Jin Fu's house, but nothing was found.

Jin Fu's family can be said to be very poor, and they can't find more than half a son.

Only then did Kangxi know that Jin Fu was indeed an upright official. He released Jin Fu overnight, and the official was reinstated.

The two forces in the DPRK and China fought each other, and the elder brother's people took the opportunity to plant and frame the prince.Suo'etu's party and Mingzhu's party bit each other, and after more than two months of tossing in the court, they were bitten until Master Kangxi came out slowly and said: "This is absurd, stop here. Jin Fu Not guilty, just negligence, withholding half a year's salary, and because he was mistakenly arrested, he was given a hundred taels of gold as compensation, and the rest were ignored. From then on, anyone who dares to mention the money for crossing the river will have their heads cut off."

In other words, the matter was uncovered without any pain.

The prince was not exposed, but Suo'etu was reprimanded.

As for Jin Fu, it is said that he was deducted half a year's salary, but the emperor rewarded him with a hundred taels of gold in a sudden turn of his face. This is not to tell everyone; I withheld Jin Fu's salary because he was negligent; but I also gave him gold , that is, I agree with him.

Small punishments but big rewards.

The Suo'etu Party did not get any benefits from this incident, but was scolded by the emperor instead, and the Mingzhu Party did not get any sweetness.

In the end, everyone recalled that the biggest winner was actually the emperor.

It was clear that there was someone behind this time, and Suo'etu insisted on biting Jin Fu. It was impossible for the emperor not to know what was going on behind the scenes, but he chose to turn a blind eye and save his beloved prince. .

Therefore, for Jin Fu who was framed, a small punishment and a big reward.

Punish him because he wants to save the prince's face; reward him because he wants to sound a wake-up call for the prince.

"So the emperor may not know everything. If the people below think that everything can be hidden from the emperor, they are wrong..."

Zhang Tingyu gently placed a chess piece in his hand on the chessboard, his brows and eyes were warm.

Gu Huaishu was playing chess with him, but he was cornered at this time, scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously, and listening to Zhang Tingyu, not to mention the pain.

She simply withdrew her hand and played with the chess piece: "So according to what you said, the person behind Jin Fu's back is the prince. Long live Lord knows what the prince has done, but he still chooses to cover him? what?"

"The Balancer. Do you know what kingship is?" Zhang Tingyu saw that she took advantage of the opportunity to speak and stopped going down, and bent her lips with a half-smile.

"Do you mean that Long Live Lord is called kingly way?"

He doesn't need to do anything, he can keep the entire court under his control by only centering and balancing.only……

Gu Huaishu's impression of a certain prince was really not good.

She sneered, and only shook her head, "It is said that the tiger father has no dogs, I am afraid that the Long Live Lord is too kind to the prince, and he used the wrong method."

In the future, the prince will grow longer and more crooked. The prince was really excellent in the early years, now?
Oh, it's already evident.

Zhang Tingyu said: "You don't seem to be optimistic about the prince, and you don't even think that this one can inherit the throne?"

Gu Huaixu was startled, but she knew that she was showing too much. She lowered her eyes, stretched out her hand, moved left and right, but said: "I don't want to see the prince. As for the reason...you know."

"...It seems to be the same."

Zhang Tingyu thought about it, it would be strange if Gu Huaishu had a good impression of the prince.

But well...

"You still don't want to make that move, no matter where you go, you will lose, don't be dying."

When he played chess with Gu Huaishu back then, he didn't realize that Gu San was just a bad chess player.

When he went down and found something was wrong, Gu Huaishu immediately regretted the move, and couldn't figure out which move he should make, so he just sat there holding the chess piece for a long time.When Zhang Tingyu couldn't figure it out anymore and became impatient with her again, he would take the initiative to point out where her next son should fall.In this way, Gu Huaixiu can continue to go down.

However, playing chess like this...

There is no doubt that there is no future.

Gu Huaishu was already at a loss, and after every move, it became even more difficult.

Now, this game of chess has been played to death, and she is still dying, making Zhang Tingyu feel ashamed.

Gu Huaishu gave him a sideways glance, threw the chess piece into the box, sat on the side of the chess table, and said coolly, "Why did I lose? Tell me."

Is there even a need to say it?

Zhang Tingyu directly put the box of chess pieces that Gu Huaixiu had in his hand, holding the black in his left hand, and the white in his right hand, one piece on the left and one piece on the right, and the whole chess game was almost filled up in no time. up.

At the end, Zhang Tingyu stretched out his fingers, snapped out three white chess pieces and put them back on the box cover, and let Gu Huaishu look at them.

Gu Huaixiu fell silent for a moment.

She didn't realize before that Zhang Tingyu was also a monster playing chess.

He just finished this game of chess, and it was just a matter of those few breaths. Although he had reached the end game, he didn't need to think at all when he made the move.Or rather, he had already thought about it.

As early as when Gu Huaishu was playing chess, he had already mastered her moves.

At this time, just make a move.

So Gu Huaishu still failed miserably.

These two months were almost spent playing chess.

The courtyard wall next door is already three feet higher, which is a full six feet higher than the walls of ordinary houses, and the Ye family has become a joke in Tongcheng.

Ever since Gu Huaishu scolded him for playing tricks like hanging up the wall, there was no sound from the other side of the wall.

In the past two months, apart from a few quarrels between the wives of the two families when they went shopping for vegetables, they lived in peace.

Zhang Tingyu said: "It's probably because they stopped making trouble."

However, Gu Huaixiu shook his head: "I think most of them still have to struggle."

But Zhang Tingyu said: "If you want to make a fuss, you can't do it anymore. I don't take concubines. I also said to Ye Chaocheng that it's their business to make trouble. Let's set off for Jiangning in the future."

"To Jiangning?"

Gu Huaixiu was taken aback, what does this mean?
I didn't mention this matter at all a while ago, why did I say it all of a sudden?
It has been a long time since they returned to Tongcheng, and now it has entered July, which is the hottest time in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. At this time, Jiangning does not know how hot it is. Wouldn’t it be a pain to rush down at this time?

Zhang Tingyu didn't want to go at first, but it's not cool here in Tongcheng, what's more important is the invitation from Liao Fengyuan.

Now that there is no need to pay money to cross the river, Liao Fengyuan successfully planned this matter, which can be said to be really proud of him.

Jin Fu is fine, and the whole Jiangnan River has been settled.

A while ago, Liao Fengyuan went to the capital to transport tea, and now that he came back, he immediately sent an invitation to Zhang Tingyu, and must invite Zhang Tingyu to come over.

Jiangning is the center of the entire south of the Yangtze River. Whether it is an official businessman or a literati, the six dynasties are a romantic place with unusual weather conditions. It may not be a good thing to go there.

What's more, there are Liao Fengyuan over there, even Wu Sidao, and even recently heard that Shen Tie's abacus is also in Jiangning.

These businessmen who traveled all over the world gathered in Jiangning, which was a rare scene in recent years.

It is said that in August, there will be a gathering of merchants and merchants in Jiangning to paint boats and light boats. At that time, many people around will go there admiringly to see the magnificent scenery of the river full of light boats.

Zhang Tingyu talked carefully for Gu Huaixiu, and said: "The house you bought over there has been cleaned up, and this time you can go to decorate it. If you think Jiangning is good, you can stay in Jiangning all the time. .”

This was something Zhang Tingyu had already decided on, and Gu Huaishu did not refute it.

In Tongcheng, after only four months, I feel that I know exactly what every alley in Tongcheng looks like.

Gu Huaixiu's natural instinct is to yearn for a more prosperous place.

She and Zhang Tingyu tidied up for a while, and on the third day they set off directly into the carriage and headed for Tongling, then boarded a boat and went down the river, arriving in Jiangning in early August.

The Qinhuai River is ten miles away, and the river is full of beauty.

It was still daytime when they arrived.

When the boat entered the Qinhuai River, a small boat rowed over to pass on the news first, so as soon as it landed, people from Liao Fengyuan's side came to greet him early.Zhang Tingyu and the others were not worried about being unfamiliar with the place, so they followed them and left.

Suzhou gardens are famous, and the border of Jiangning is also extremely prosperous.

Every boat on the Qinhuai River is a gold-selling cave, Gu Huaishu has never seen such a place in the past, and now it is almost dazzling.

The lead boy, wearing short brown hair, knew that Zhang Tingyu's masters and servants were distinguished guests. Once he got to the shore and passed the pier, he asked someone to hire two sedan chairs.

"You two have to wait here for a while. The person who hired the sedan chair over there hasn't come yet. There is a tea shop here for rest. If the second master and the second young lady don't mind it, please sit down."

Zhang Tingyu nodded, seeing that Gu Huaixiu's complexion was a bit bad, it was unintentional to stand outside to bask in the sun, it was cooler in the tea shed.

It is noon now, and there is no one in the tea shed, which is strange.

The young man explained: "The boats that stock up and unload at noon are not working, and they will come out when the weather is cloudy. Now look at the river, there are not many boats."

There are not many ships, but there are still some.

Like, the most gorgeous one.

Gu Huaishu became curious: "I looked at the boat in the middle of the river, it looked like it was painted with gold on the outside, and the curtains hanging outside were made of silk embroidered in Suzhou. The pearls are like earth and the gold is like iron. It can really be squandered."

The short brown boy was taken aback, and hurriedly made gestures: "Young Mistress, you can't say that, but that's not right! That one is Master Shen's boat, you can't say, you can't say..."

A series of "I can't tell" frightened Gu Huaishu.

She frowned, and just wanted to inquire about this Master Shen, when she suddenly remembered the iron abacus "Shen Chiu", it seems that only this one has such ability in Jiangning.

That boat was quietly parked in the middle of the river, almost motionless, and no one got off the boat, it was extremely weird.

The more Gu Huaishu looked at it, the more strange he felt, no matter how "unspeakable", it shouldn't be that no one on the boat came out.

As soon as the thought came to her, she heard someone shouting in a high-pitched voice by the riverside: "People have died! A whole boat of people died! Come on, someone—"

Zhang Tingyu frowned, and held down Gu Huaishu, preventing her from standing up.

Everyone in the tea shed was stunned, and so were the young servants who led the way.

The short-brown boy's heart trembled, his face turned livid, and he said: "You two nobles, I'm sorry, I'm going to check on the situation."

As soon as the people over there shouted away, all the people who were still sleeping soundly and taking a nap in the countless light boats on the river poked their heads out.

It is normal for people to die on the river, but this is the first time I have seen such panic.

Everyone was a little curious at first, but when they saw the stationary Chinese boat on the river, they all shivered.

Shen Chao is known as an iron abacus, and he is well-known in Jiangning.

What is as famous as his iron abacus is his eccentric temper.

It is rumored that this person had a bad temper when he was an accountant, and now he has become a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, and his temper is notoriously bad.

But for all the things he said, if others don't obey, they will probably suffer within a few days.

Therefore, no one dared to approach his boat, but today...

People who are close have already seen countless blood on the deck!

The boat came up slowly not long ago, entered the water area in front of the pier not long ago, and only now did it discover that something happened inside.

All of a sudden, the whole river was in chaos.

Zhang Tingyu took Gu Huaishu's hand and stood outside the tea shed, looking at the busy river over there.

A tall, thin man ventured up to have a look, but came out frightened, "Dead, dead, all dead!"

There was no living person inside at all, and almost all the people in the boat were dead!
Gu Huaixiu didn't expect to encounter such a strange and treacherous thing when he came to Jiangning just now, he was shocked, but at that moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure swaying under the curtain of the tea shed, running very fast.

——This is not the reason why Gu Huaishu noticed the shadow, but because she saw a familiar Pisces jade pendant!

Isn't this the day that a skinny boy snatched it from Qing Dai at the gate of the Zhang Mansion?

Gu Huaixiu was taken aback secretly, when he looked back, there was no sign of him outside.

"Huaixiu?" Zhang Tingyu felt a little strange when she suddenly turned her face to look at something.

Gu Huaishu felt a little uneasy, and said: "If that is Shen Tie Abacus's boat, and now there are no people in it, then... where is this Tie Abacus?"

(End of this chapter)