Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 701 Conspiracy Brewing

No wonder Mrs. Chen said she didn't know her. She looked at the stranger in the guest room with one leg resting on the armrest of the chair. She was wrapped in a black cloak and couldn't see her face clearly. She even threw the shells of salted peanuts on the ground. His brows couldn't help but wrinkle again.

Recently, he became a member of the National Assembly, and many people came to him, even some people from afar came to him, hoping to rely on his "supernatural powers" to get him a job as an official. This phenomenon is very common in Daming up.

But here Chen Zilong admires Song Qingshu too much. The National Assembly is indeed the institution with the most power in Ming Dynasty. It refutes the orders of the chief minister of the cabinet, formulates new laws and regulations, and collects tax items. The right to appoint central officials belongs to the cabinet of Song Qingshu, and the appointment of local officials belongs to the city officials and state officials. They used to be called petty officials, but now they are called civil servants. They manage.

On the contrary, if someone is not pleasing to the eye, the Congress can impeach him to step down, so when Chen Zilong came to ask for an official, he waved his hands helplessly, no way!Just saved the dilemma.

This person was already not pleasing to the eye, so Chen Zilong didn't feel embarrassed anymore, and simply walked in with a sullen face.

However, when people see him coming in, they usually stand up and say hello. This person is indecent, and he puts on a big show. He is still knocking on peanuts, which makes Chen Zilong feel bad. He hesitates. After a while, he simply coughed lightly first, and said hello while sitting on the chair opposite the tea table.

"Who are you? Chen doesn't seem to know you!"

But he left Peanut behind and glanced at Chen Zilong. The black cloak stood up so quickly that he didn't realize it, and then closed the door of the guest room. After listening again, he sat back in peace.

"Of course Master Chen has never heard of the young one. The young one is Zhao Shi'ang, the Dongying vanguard officer under Ping Xibo's command!"

"Ping Xibo?"

Now the title of Daming has become an honorary title, so that Chen Zilong was confused for a while, but immediately as if stung by a scorpion, he jumped up in disbelief and screamed out loud.

"The traitor Wu Sangui! You are so bold, this is Nanjing..."

"Relax, don't speak so harshly! Sit down, Mr. Chen, let's talk slowly!"

A black short-bladed gun with a ferocious muzzle exposed from under the sleeve of the black cloak, and a layer of oily sweat suddenly appeared on Chen Zilong's handsome forehead. He was not afraid of death, but his wife and children upstairs were all there, so he had no other choice. , Chen Zilong sat down slowly again.

But even so, Chen Zilong still whispered to this person in a stern voice.

"Don't expect Mr. Chen to help you! Even if Mr. Chen were to help you, he wouldn't join forces with such despicable people like you who have no ancestors, are disloyal and unrighteous!"

"Don't say that! My family, Ping Xibo, also wanted to help the Ming Dynasty and crusade against the traitors, so he had to make a compromise and use the captives to suppress the traitors..."

"It's nonsense! When the Tartars slaughtered Yangzhou, where was your family Ping Xibo? When they attacked Jinling, where was your family Ping Xibo? He also wiped out the entire family of Chu and Tubo with his own hands, and countless righteous members of the Ming clan died in his hands." , Chen has never seen you and other brazen people!"

The blue veins on his forehead burst out of excitement, Chen Zilong scolded extremely angrily, Zhao Shiang's face was swollen all over the opposite side who scolded, and the short-fired blunderbuss slapped on the table.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Zhao will not engage in verbal disputes with you. My Xibo Ping will come to Jinling in the near future to eradicate Song Qingshu, a traitor, and return the government. I will give you two ways, either cooperate with my uncle and join the Qing Dynasty. Or today, I'm sorry, only one person from this Chen residence can get out alive!"

"You are threatening Chen!"

Just when Chen Zilong suddenly stood up, there were crisp footsteps outside the door, and then the door was knocked several times, Zhao Shiang swung his gun, Chen Zilong let out a helpless snort of fear, and opened the door.

It was Mrs. Chen, and her face was obviously filled with displeasure and jealousy.

"The vixen surnamed Liu is looking for you again!"

Following Qian Qianyi, Liu Rushi also joined the Conservative Party, and was also one of the party affairs of the Conservative Party. In terms of official business, Chen Zilong and Liu Rushi became closer again. Although they were unhappy, Mrs. Chen had no choice but to give Chen Zilong put on a dirty face, but Chen Zilong's heart skipped a beat again when he heard this.

Although he and Liu Rushi had an ambiguous relationship, it was over, the friendship between the two was only on business matters, and this was the first time Liu Rushi came to the house.

Things get more complicated!
Looking back at Zhao Shi'ang fearfully, Chen Zilong said lightly, "Bring her here to meet me!"

"Here, are you still seeing guests?"

"I, Chen Zilong, am aboveboard. I have nothing to shame. Just meet me here!"

It is said that ignorance is happiness, and Chen Zilong's forced words made Mrs. Chen a lot happier, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and the very young woman squatted at Chen Zilong, and immediately the woman swayed her waist again. , walked out the door haughtily.

A moment later, another charming woman walked in with the same swaying figure, her hair was gorgeously coiled behind her head, and she was wearing a fiery red noble lady who is the most fashionable nowadays, a noble lady from Faxie with a long cloak and a long skirt. There are still dots of tassels hanging. There are no man-made tassels these days. The top of the tassels are all broken gems from Burma. The face, no matter how you look at it, looks like a mistress who came to smash the scene.

The charming Liu Rushi secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva even for a rough guy like Zhao Shi'ang, but Chen Zilong's scalp was numb.

"Secretary Liu, I'm here late at night, what can I do?" Taking the lead, Chen Zilong hurriedly bowed, God knows, this Liu Rushi rolled his eyes and gave him a fist.

"Hey, Mr. Chen is so ruthless! When you left, you still called him like this, but now that you're back home, you're separated again! Why, don't you forget what you said to my slave?"

"Cough cough!"

Coughing lightly in embarrassment, Chen Zilong hastily backed away, exposing Zhao Shiang, with a warning look, as if he had just seen this "light bulb", Liu Rushi was also embarrassed immediately, and put his hands on his temples, Immediately, she took out a theater ticket from the bag very ladylikely, and handed it over with both hands.

"On the ninth day of this month, the new play at Yingtian Grand Theater will be released. When Chen Jun arrives, see you there!"

After speaking, Liu Rushi escaped in a "quite embarrassing" way, making Chen Zilong even more confused. He lowered his head and glanced, but suddenly a sense of confidence appeared in his eyes.

It is indeed a new drama. Now that the feudal oppression has been dispelled more and more, the literati scripts have become bolder. This drama is the most controversial love drama recently.

"Promise her! "

He closed the door again, and sat in front of the table again, Zhao Shi'ang's ambiguous smile concealed envy and contempt, and he smiled and hugged Chen Zilong.

"It's really a crime to disturb Mr. Chen's good business. But, tsk tsk, is such a charming beauty, Mr. Chen is really willing to let go?"

Thinking of Liu Rushi's attitude as that little woman just now, Chen Zilong couldn't help but shake his heart for a while, shaking his head in embarrassment, but then suddenly showed a thoughtful look, and after a long while, he gritted his teeth again , as if a great determination had been made.

"If I am an internal response, what will Ping Xibo give me?"

"Minister of Officials!"

The look of disdain became more intense, but this Zhao Shi'ang also showed a triumphant smile, twitched his mustache, and poked his face forward sinisterly.

This Zhao Shiang is worthy of being a spy sent by Wu Sangui. After some bargaining, this guy not only asked Chen Zilong to sign the so-called "Letter for Thieves", put his fingerprint on it, but also took away Chen Zilong's congressman's seal as collateral. , Sending this contented guy out, Chen Zilong couldn't help letting out a deep breath, and closed the door heavily, but before he could recover, a dark hand suddenly looked like iron tongs, gloomy probed over.

"Oh, it hurts! Ma'am, what are you doing? You still don't let go!"

"Okay, I knew that Liu Rushi was a vixen who was haunted! What did you say to her in court? Did Xiao Tiantian scream out, and go to the theater together! This day can't be passed, okay, You have divorced your concubine, go marry her!"

All the bundles fell to the ground, her eyebrows were cold, Mrs. Chen cried, made trouble, and hanged herself. She threw her head on Chen Zilong's head, and her ears almost fell off. For a moment, Chen Zilong wanted to hit his head against the wall.

Almost at the same time, the Forbidden Palace of Ming Dynasty.

When Emperor Hongguang was here, the poor people came to repair it. Thanks to him, the palace that had been abandoned for more than 200 years became radiant again, but here, an unspeakable loneliness seems to be immersed in every corner.

This place is no longer the heart of the empire. The brand-new Congress and the first and auxiliary official residences have replaced the functions of the emperor in the front central government office. Even the eunuchs that surrounded it in the past have disappeared. Song Qingshu's most popular decree since he came to power will be The twelve eunuchs in the inner court and all the eunuchs were eliminated, and there were only servants and servants who were over [-] years old in the palace, and there was not even a seductive palace daughter.

Even the emperor had no right to dispose of domestic slaves arbitrarily before. In the palace, the biggest punishment was dismissal, which was bitterer than bitter wine for the once powerful Emperor Chongzhen.

This night, he also quietly looked up at the moon.

"Your Majesty, Princess Changping is back! Would you like to see her?"

Among the children, the one who annoys Zhu Youjian the most is the Changping Princess Zhu Yuhui. I don’t know what ecstasy Song Qingshu gave her. This daughter has become like a different person. I don't know each other anymore, but she has become a banner of Song Qingshu in the clan. Her sharp pen and sarcasm have made many elders and children feel ashamed and angry, their teeth itching with hatred, and the relationship between father and daughter has also reached freezing point.

Originally, Princess Changping returned to the palace on vacation, and Chongzhen never went to see her, but today, under the upset, it was rare for Zhu Youjian to feel a bit of father-daughter affection in his heart. Recalling Aimee Zhu's sincere face in the congress that day, he suddenly waved.

"Let her come to see me!"

A moment later, Princess Changping, who wore a reporter's cap with her beautiful long hair pinned back and wore a jacket, looked a bit like a tomboy, and ran over excitedly.

"Father!"

…………

The outer wall of the imperial palace, the Imperial Street, which was originally heavily guarded, became less important as the emperor, and the defense became looser. A black shadow spirit monkey turned over from the top of the wall like that, and disappeared into the street with two or three knocks.

"how?"

Holding a thick letter of rebellion, Zhao Shiang asked proudly and gloomyly, just after entering from the door, the black shadow put a golden imperial decree on the table.

"I saw His Majesty, and I also got the edict against treason!"

(End of this chapter)