Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 21
"Sit down!" Mingzhu patted the edge of the kang, then waved her hand to signal Xingde to step back, and hurriedly asked, "Did you go to He Guizhu's mansion to have a meeting? How about Shi Yushan and the others? Li Guangdi and Lao He are neighbors, so we should stop by and have a look." Look!"

Xu Qianxue lighted the fire with a "snap", snorted and took a few puffs of cigarettes, Fang smiled and said, "Mrs. These two gentlemen are no better than the two from the Great Buddha Temple. Shi and Du are very happy. They also said: "Even if you don't win, you won't be in vain to come to the capital" - what else is there to say? I went to Jinqing's place, she was very airy, no see! It is said that Du Men thought about it-in fact, I also know it in my heart, Chen Menglei has already handed it over to Dali Temple for trial, and I guess Wansui will have to try the lawsuit between the two of them, he just It’s just to avoid suspicion.”

"Well, I'm a university student, and I'm just waiting to go to the study room to make a speech!" Mingzhu smiled, "Long live's tone may not be interrogated again. But it's true that he wants to kill Chen Xingzhai, and the world is not happy. There are a lot of things! Let me tell you, the emperor has secretly summoned Chen Menglei and asked me how to deal with it. Do you think that there is no proof of death between him and Jin Qing, and people are easy to kill? Chen Xingzhai is such a good school, Your Majesty has always loved you very much, so I ask your Majesty to send him to Fengtian, and then he will be transferred back after two years of limelight." "This case cannot be tried." Xu Qianxue narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Dali Temple tried him. After asking a question, he left the class." Mingzhu asked in surprise, "Then how could it be?"

"They asked, 'Chen Menglei, why did you serve as an official in Geng Nijing's loyal rebel army?'" Xu Qianxue said, "Chen Menglei said, 'The emperor sent an envoy in person on October [-], the ninth year of Kangxi!'——Further How else can I ask?"

"So they broke up?" Mingzhu couldn't help laughing, and Xu Qianxue laughed apologetically: "They can't bring the emperor to Dali Temple for confrontation!"

The two were chatting and laughing when the old Wang came in with a large stack of red greeting cards and put them on the table respectfully, but slowly backed away.Mingzhu knew that these were sent up by the officials selected by the library. At this time, he didn't want to read it, because seeing that Xu Qianxue was about to resign, he said: "Take these posts out and return them. There are thousands of people who want to donate officials." Tens of thousands, who doesn’t want to fill in the vacancies? If you come to me like this, even Avalokitesvara with a thousand hands can’t do it—tell them to go to the Ministry of Officials to get a number and wait!”

Xu Qianxue accepted the post, and he was a little bit guilty: These donators don't know how much money they spent to get to this point.Just asking Mingzhu to see her is not enough.Why should I be a villain? He pondered, flipping through the posts in his hand.Suddenly, a burst of wild laughter broke out, "There are parents who named their sons like this! Xu Qian has been studying for many years, but he has no such knowledge. There are so many wonders in the world!" When Mingzhu took it over to read, she saw that the post was correct It read "Xu Blanket Mao respectfully kowtowed at Mingxiang Wan'an", and he couldn't help laughing, so he asked Lao Wangtou to go out and spread the word: tell this person surnamed Xu to come in, and see you in half a month.Student Xu Qian was afraid that Mingzhu would give him another difficult job, so he bowed and resigned.

After a while, a wide-mouthed official walked over quickly, wearing a gown with eight pythons and five claws, a white pheasant patch, and a crystal top.

"Yeah." Mingzhu leaned back on the chair, suppressed a smile, played with his post with both hands, and said in an official voice: "Come in! Are you the donator?"

"Yes." The official replied calmly, "The county magistrate donated by the humble Kangxi Emperor for 14 years, gradually became the title of magistrate... Oh, this time when I came to Beijing, my father ordered my brother to bring a good inkstone, and presented it to the middle hall. ..." The official said as he took out a square red bun from his pocket and presented it.

Mingzhu took it, her hand sank under the pressure, knowing that it must be made of gold-but she was not in a hurry to open it to take a look.He just casually put the "inkstone" on the table, and said: "The magistrate's future is already very good, why do you need to dig into the door?" He laughed and said: "You seem to be a smart person. But I think I have to add one more thing, and I have to do some good things for the people in office, and fill in the vacancies. After the officials of the Ministry of Officials send the drafts, there will naturally be news."

"Thank you Zhongtang!"

Seeing him holding a cup of tea, Mingzhu knew he was about to retreat, so she smiled and said, "Don't be too busy. I think you have read a little, why did you choose such a name, how can this be admitted to the court? "

"The humble rank belongs to the generation of 'Qiu'. Because of the lack of water in the hit, Jia Zu specially named it 'Qiu Ren'." Xu Qiuren said inexplicably, "I don't know why it is inconvenient to submit it to the emperor?"

After hearing this, Mingzhu knew that his original name was "Xu Qiuren", but whoever added a stroke to the two characters of "Qiu Ren" turned them into "blanket wool", so it was inconvenient to say so at the moment, so she just smiled , asked: "Which clerk did you submit this post to?"

"It's not a scribe," Xu Qiuren hurriedly bowed and smiled apologetically, "It was a gentleman surnamed Gao who just happened to come to the scribe's room and accepted a post from a lowly position..."

Everything is clear, this Gao Shiqi is playing tricks again!Seeing off Xu Qiuren, Mingzhu couldn't help bursting into anger.What "Jiegu Siluo" and "higher than Dushang", he actually teased everyone; Gao Shiqi must have accepted Xu's money, and he was afraid that he would not be in a good mood and would not meet him, so he made this joke Come.Thinking about it, a burst of cold air hit Mingzhu's heart.He doesn't care about being scolded, what's chilling is that this person is so insightful about his temper, playing with himself in the palm of his hand!Think about it, there is also an unscrupulous plan to punish Gao Shiqi at this time.Mingzhu's eyes dimmed, she put the post aside without saying a word, gritted her teeth and said to herself, "I won't fill in the vacancy for Xu, just wait for him to bite you!"

Gao Shiqi didn't know what had changed since he left the mansion.There is a reason why he sent Xu Qianxue and Xingde to Nanximen Flower Market.Because he saw that Fanglan brought a girl to the Baiyi temple on Huaishu Xiejie to burn incense.Probably because of the improvement of the family business, Fanglan came out more and more beautiful.She wears a water-red jacket embroidered with bow-knot buttons on her upper body, and an apricot-yellow silk vest over her coat, while the pleated skirt she wears underneath is verdant green.Gao Shiqi watched the little bamboo sedan chair go by slowly, and followed behind him not too far away, thinking to himself: "In terms of status, of course he is not as good as Chen Tianyi; in terms of flair and exquisiteness, he is a hundred times stronger! Bah, how can you be a beautiful woman with a beautiful country, how can you compare to such a small family jade?"

Seeing Fang Lan get off the sedan chair beside the flagpole in front of the temple, and a master and a servant wash their hands in the basin in front of the steps, Gao Shiqi snatched it in a few steps, and hurriedly washed his hands in the residual water before the girl splashed water, but it seemed I forgot to bring a handkerchief, and stuck my wet hands together.

"Isn't this Mr. Gao?" Fang Lan saw Gao Shiqi in a blink of an eye. She was surprised and happy, squatted down Fang Fu, and said with a smile, "You are auspicious! I haven't seen you for a few days, and your complexion is much better than before— —Mei Xiang, give Mr. Gao my handkerchief to wipe his hands!"

These few voices of warblers and swallows, tender spring cries, coupled with dizzy dimples and wavelike waves, almost knocked Gao Shiqi down.While making up his mind, he slowly rubbed his hands and asked, "Why... are you here?" Since scholars rarely go to the Guanyin Temple to gather incense, this question should have been asked by Fang Lan, and Gao Shiqi asked it first , Fang Lan was taken aback by the question.Seeing that Gao Shiqi finished wiping his hands, shook the handkerchief and stuffed it into his sleeve, Fang Lan couldn't help blushing, her heart was beating wildly, she slowly lowered her head, and remained silent for a while.But Mei Xiang spoke quickly, and replied on her behalf: "The shopkeeper Liu promised the girl to the Hu family in the east gate. After the engagement, he heard that the young master of the Hu family had tuberculosis, and urged the girl to come to celebrate... The girl came here for Guanyin Bodhisattva. I wish..."

When Gao Shangqi heard "Xu Hu's family", his head buzzed, and he couldn't write a word after that, even if a bucket of ice and snow water was poured down, it would not be so cold.He shivered, and it took him a while to come back to his senses. He forced a smile and said, "...that's what you should do. Go and pray to the Buddha, and I will rejoice there. I have something to say when I come out later..."

Watching them enter the temple, Gao Shiqi sat down on the stone steps, hugged his knees and raised his face to think for a long time, but still felt that the matter was tricky and it was difficult to come up with a good plan.

(End of this chapter)