Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 56
"Oh! It's Guo Xiu!" Kangxi's eyes lit up, and he asked Wu Dan, "How do you know him—well, I know!" He was punished for basking in the sun with the governor Yu Chenglong outside the Meridian Gate, and Wu Dan was sent to pass the decree for questioning.Kangxi himself had only met Guo Xiu when he was introduced by the Ministry of Officials. Looking at it now, no matter how he looked at it, he was far away from the "corrupt official" Guo Xiu in his mind, so he turned his face and asked Mingzhu: "This Guo Xiu has been elected again. The Ministry of Officials What kind of official should you let him go?"

Mingzhu couldn't remember clearly, she was thinking with her head tilted, Suo'etu laughed beside her and said: "This is something that happened when the servants were in charge of the officials. sir."

Kangxi didn't speak any more, thinking silently, called the proprietress, and asked, "How many people are there in Sanhe County?"

"There are about a hundred thousand people!" The proprietress was a little puzzled, and said with a smile, "Sanhe Town is a big wharf, with 72 rows on 36nd Street, and more than 5000 households. It's very lively! —— Yetai wants to go to the town?" Kangxi She didn't answer her question, but asked with a smile: "How much fire consumption is donated here?" The proprietress made a sign and said: "One official and one king's law. I have passed through five county palaces in the past 18 years, and some of them have two dollars. It’s a pity that Ding You has gone, and the new master hasn’t arrived yet, how does the old woman know how much he wants! Anyway, this place is a blessed place , just leave it to the gentlemen to shave!" After saying that, he laughed.

Kangxi nodded, stood up, stretched his bow, and said, "Okay! As expected of a blessed place, the wine is good, and the food is good. I'll come to bother you some other day——Jiangcun, pay the bill!" Then he came out, because he saw Li Dequan and four or five young eunuchs were drinking and laughing in the shed outside, so they beckoned over and ordered in a low voice, "Take two of you to Sanhe Town and see how the county magistrate takes over the seal. Don't make trouble, just leave when it's over." Come back soon." After saying that, he turned around and ordered Gao Shiqi and Wu Dan, "Axiu and the others have probably arrived at the station, let's go back."

Sanhe County got its name because of the Xunshui, Lishui and Baoqiu Rivers passing through it.Li Dequan has been the number one celebrity in the Hall of Mental Cultivation since Xiao Maozi was killed.After staying in the palace for a long time, leaving Kangxi for the first time, it was like a trapped bird out of a cage. Suddenly, he felt that the sky was high and the earth was wide. This time, he was ordered to go to the city to check on the officials, and he felt that he was worth half a drink. It seems to rush into the city.

Unexpectedly, the inside of this west gate is a market, one street and two rows are full of business, crowded and crowded with people.Inside the city gate tower, a monkey juggler was playing. The old monkey pretended to be Wang Zhaojun, rode a Jiezi sheep, and performed "Out of the Fortress" in a similar manner.The people in the crowd stared in a daze, how could they beware of these three tall horses rushing in suddenly?The elderly and children were squeezed out before they could dodge.Seeing the distressed faces of the people, the three eunuchs looked at each other, and couldn't help giggling in their male voices.A blind old woman was kneeling outside the arena, begging for food with her hands shaking, but she was pushed to the ground long ago, kicked by an unrestrained horse, and passed away without groaning.

People surrounded him with a "huh" and stared at Li Dequan silently. Seeing that the two of them were handsome and luxurious, but no one dared to ask.A middle-aged man who was posing with a few old men in the corner rushed in a few steps, helped the old woman to sit down, pinched her, and beat her back.The little eunuch He Zhu'er had sharp eyes, and hurriedly moved close to Li Dequan's ear and whispered, "Master Li, this is the man who was drinking at the entrance of the store just now."

Seeing that someone was hurt, Li Dequan felt a little flustered, but he was afraid that he would lose his temper, so he hurriedly took out a piece of silver from his waist, weighed it, there were about one or two halves, threw it on the ground, and said to the middle-aged man: "Hey! Take this money and find a doctor for your mother—how can I get to the county government here?"

"God..." The blind old woman just woke up at this time, spit out a mouthful of phlegm, and sighed weakly, "What...what's the matter? I... I'm really old and useless... Amitabha..." The middle-aged man The man was Guo Xiu. He gritted his teeth tightly, stared at Li Dequan with gloomy eyes, and suddenly roared: "Get off the horse! Rui has fallen, and you want to leave after leaving such a stinky money?"

Seeing Li Dequan's arrogance, they were all overwhelmed with anger, shouting and cheering loudly: "Get off the horse, get off the horse! How can there be such an unreasonable person in the world!"

"Give him the horse!"

"After the person is cured, let the dog go away!"

"Where did Guisun withdraw from the wild like this!"

"Yo ho?" Li Dequan raised his slender eyebrows, and said with a sneer, "I rewarded her because I saw how pitiful she was, didn't I? Is there someone kneeling on the street begging for food? Horses are animals, and they understand What? What's the matter, I'm busy!" Then, Huo Di jumped off the horse, and said with a red face, "Do you want to blackmail you?"

Guo Xiu saw that the old lady was gradually calming down, so she asked the people around to carry her to a nearby teahouse to rest, clapped her hands and stood up, saying: "Listen to the accent, you look like a person from the capital. People under the emperor must know the rules! Are you doing What?" Li Dequan said with a smile: "You have good eyesight. You are from the capital. I have an errand to see the magistrate of Sanhe!" Guo Xiu smiled darkly and said, "There is no county magistrate in Sanhe, the new county that came to the government office The seal has been removed. Even if you see the magistrate, you have to settle the matter here first!"

"Bastard!" Li Dequan spat "bah" and cursed in official language, "Don't say it's you, even the governor of Zhili has to give me three points! Is the master a fool? The surname Mao didn't arrive until noon, It took only an hour to take off the seal?—You want to play tricks on men with your virtuous behavior?” After talking, he whipped Guo Xiu on the shoulder.

Guo You's mouth twitched in pain, but he held back, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Okay... If you don't believe me, I'll take you there!" Li Dequan grinned: "People are bitter insects, you can't do without beating them, this is true True!But he said in his mouth: "I'm so knowledgeable early, so many of you have been whipped?"

The county government office was not far away, and Guo Xiu took them all to the west for a bag of cigarettes.Turn south again.There is a whitewashed wall, and behind the wall screen is the two-story Xuanhua archway. The open space in front of the main entrance is as big as a wheat field, and a pair of stone lions on both sides stretch their teeth and claws, which looks very majestic.However, due to the vacancy of the office, there is only a four-sided quiet avoidance sign beside the door, and there is no official title and tiger head sign.Looking in from the gate, you can see the drums and official boot boxes hanging high between the walls, the straight corridors are clean and clean, passing through the Yimen Gate and leading directly to the platform.

When Guo Xiu arrived at the gate of the yamen, he turned his head and said to Li Dequan with a smile, "Here we are, you wait for a while, I will go in and talk to the manager, and then I will come out to pick you up." After saying that, he went away.Li Dequan stepped down on the dismounting stone, smiled at He Zhu'er and said, "This dog is a man of prestige and respectful. It turns out that he often walks around in the yamen and treats us as foreigners..." He Zhu'er grinned and was about to speak Xing Nian, the little eunuch next to him, winked and flattered: "You keep revealing your true identity, it's no wonder he doesn't get scared and get down!"

While speaking, the big drum in the hall suddenly rang three times in a row.The three of them waited eagerly for the inside to come out to greet them, but they saw more than a dozen yamen servants holding black and red water and fire sticks, rushing out in a "ah".The three of Li Dequan didn't even have time to talk.It has been snatched in like an eagle catching a chicken, and thrown to the heart of the hall.Behind the case in the main hall, an official was dressed in a gown of eight pythons and five claws, adorned with egret patch, and a white nirvana glass dome on his head. With a heavy knock, he asked sharply: "Where are you sticks, coming to Sanhe Town to bully Liangshan? Tell me!"

Li Dequan was dizzy, and when he looked up, he couldn't help gasping. It turned out that he was the middle-aged man who got off the donkey in the hotel and guarded people in the city!He was discouraged for a moment, but when he thought of his own identity, he suddenly became courageous, jumped up with his hands, and scolded with his nose or eyes: "You bastard, what's your name? I'm the servant of today's Long Live!" Do you know that you are taller than you if you lift your toes up—you dare to insult me ​​like that!"

"Arrogance!" Guo Xiu was furious, and with a "slap", he slammed into the case and shouted sharply, "The imperial court has issued an edict for a long time, and eunuchs are not allowed to leave Beijing without authorization! Humph, how dare you pretend to be an imperial emissary and corrupt the emperor!" My emperor's reputation, come here!"

"exist!"

"The big stick is waiting!"

"twitter!"

Before the answer was heard, the fire sticks were thrown down—twenty spine sticks for each person—involuntarily dragged out and knocked down, and the robes were ripped off, and there was a crackling sound of beatings.

The three of them are all used to being pampered and pampered in the palace. They are thin-skinned and tender-skinned. When have they suffered such hardships?At the beginning, he was screaming and cursing at the top of his lungs, but then he howled dryly, but his tone was not soft: "...Okay!—Ouch...I beat you up...Okay! Fuck your ancestors—Ouch!" Standby After being dragged back from the punishment, all three of them were tearful, their clothes were disheveled, they were holding their backs and wrinkling their brows, crying repeatedly.

Guo Xiu asked with a sneer, "Do you still dare to pretend to be the emperor's servant?"

"We are the emperor's servant!" Li Dequan stiffened his neck, grinned in pain, and breathed in. "The emperor asked us to send you the county magistrate for questioning! When you were young, I will let you know Erlang God's eyes!"

(End of this chapter)