Idle courtiers

Chapter 107 Two Tigers and One Pig Falling in Pingyang ([-])

On the second day, Zhou Nan got up and touched Zhan Tong's forehead, which was still very hot.After shouting a few times, he only faltered a few times, but there was no other response.

Zhou Nan was worried, and hurriedly knocked on Xia Yi's door: "Xia Qianhu, Zhan Tong seems to be seriously ill, please come back to see the doctor/"

The door opened, Xia Yi came out, and said: "It should be an internal injury plus a cold, cough...cough... let alone him, I feel a little bit overwhelmed, I'll go invite him after I finish my business."

"Official business, what official business?" Zhou Nan couldn't help asking, after thinking about it, Jin Yiwei was responsible for arresting officials and spying on the enemy.The intelligence organization has strict discipline, even if asked, they would not say: "Xia Qianhu, you have a bad cough, is it important?"

"It's okay. I got an arrow in the lung when I was working in the Ningxia Guard. I coughed when I caught a cold. I just took a few medicines. Zhou Nan, I'm a little weak. Please help me over there."

Xia Yi fell into the water that day, and after taking off his wet clothes, Zhou Nan saw a scar the size of a wine cup on his right chest.It turned out that it was shot out by an arrow, maybe it was a crossbow.I survived like this, but my life is a bit hard.

Zhou Nan fell into the hands of Jin Yiwei, and the prospects were not good.If she can get along well with Xia Yi, she will be able to suffer less in the future.This opportunity is good, why don't you want to.He helped him out of the inn, and when he saw it under the light of the sky, he was shocked

I saw that Xia Yi's eyes were full of red silk, her complexion was sallow, and her spirit was extremely listless.

The place he proposed to go to was the Jinyi Guard in Jiangyin City.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei had a total of fourteen guards stationed in fourteen major cities.

There was no Jinyiwei in Jiangyin City, because it was on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, the Nanjing Qianhu Office set up a dispatch agency here, under the jurisdiction of a Qianhu, and served Tang Shunzhi's anti-Japanese army.Of course, there is no surveillance in it.

According to the military system of the Ming Dynasty, the army went out to fight, the civilian officials were in command, and the military officers were in charge of specific operations.In addition, the imperial court will also send an eunuch to supervise the army, and then send a Jinyiwei officer into the barracks to take charge of intelligence work.

The four systems of Wen, Wu, eunuchs, and Jinyiwei spies check and monitor each other.

Zhou Nan was puzzled: "The Qianhu of the Nanjing Qianhu Office is a high-ranking official. Is it possible to come to Jiangyin County? How many thousands of officers do you have in Jinyiwei?"

Xia Yi said that Jinyi's military yamen, the northern and southern yamen each have two thousand households, plus fourteen, a total of eighteen people, this is the real award.In addition, there are more than 1000 people who have added titles, favored shade, Jilu, and those who did not hold the post after being promoted.

Zhou Nan looked at Xia Yi, who was panting all the way and coughing so much that she looked like a shrimp, and thought: Looking at this Xia Yi's distressed appearance, it is probably not the real Qianhu.Otherwise, the yamen would not have sent me and Zhan Tong to Anton to arrest me and Zhan Tong, the mustard characters of the Ming Dynasty.Now you are sent to the front line on a business trip, brother, you are a bit frustrated!

Xia Yi also said that he was acquainted with this thousand households in Jiangyin city and had met several times before.When I found someone in the field, said something, and returned to the capital after getting the receipt, there would not be a delay of two days.After finishing this matter, they will be handed over to the court for trial in half a month along the Grand Canal.

Seeing Zhou Nan's bad face, Xia Yi smiled and said, it's her duty to offend her.

He came to Jiangyin this time to receive a secret order from his superiors to orally communicate to the thousands of military officers here, and bring back the information here. This is what Jin Yiwei did in the first place, and this is the focus of his business trip to Beijing this time. .As for Zhan Tong and Zhou Nan, they just took them back to the capital casually.

Jiangyin County is not big, and it took less than a pot of tea to find Jinyiwei's guard.

The restroom was very quiet, except for an old man with bad eye circles sweeping the floor boredly with a broom.When he asked, he replied that Mr. Ying De had recently gathered an army to fight against the Japanese pirates, and all the people in Li had been conscripted out to obey orders.

Xia Yi asked when she would be able to come back, and the old man with rotten eye circles answered very simply: "Ghost knows."

Ask again: "Where did you go?"

The answer is still: "Ghost knows."

Xia Yi had no choice but to say to Zhou Nan: "Forget it, see a doctor first, this illness can't be delayed, let's come back after two days."

After asking for directions, Zhou Nan helped Xia Yi find a doctor.

The doctor is about seventy years old, with white hair and beard, he looks like a master of Taoism.Seeing the two of them, he didn't wait for Zhou Nan to speak first.He pointed at Xia Yi with a "ouch" and said, "Mister, I see that your face is flushed and you are coughing constantly, so you must have a lung disease. I think you suffered a trauma last year and injured your lung meridian. Now you have caught a cold again. Coupled with overwork, I can't afford to be seriously ill, but have you ever been a soldier?"

When Xia Yi heard this, she was startled: "Sir, you are wise, please save me." As she spoke, she coughed violently again, tears welling up in her eyes.

After taking the pulse, Xia Yi prescribed a prescription, Xia Yi remembered Zhan Tong in the inn again, and asked the doctor to visit him.

Going to the field, seeing Zhan Zhi County, the doctor said "Ouch" again, and said to Xia Yi, this should be a noble person, unlike the external injury you suffered as a guest, he was internally injured, that is, what happened in the past few days, fortunately met It's up to me, otherwise, if you delay for a few more days, I'm afraid you will die.

This time, Xia Yi was completely convinced by the doctor, and even the two taels of silver that the doctor offered for the consultation felt that it was worth the money.

I thought that using the prescription from the white-haired doctor would cure the disease.

However, after taking medicine for two days, Xia Yi's cough still couldn't stop.Every night, the inn was filled with his hoarse coughing, which made people anxious.

As for Zhan Tong, he already had a high fever and slept all day long, talking nonsense.Only when it's time to eat, I will wake up for a moment inexplicably.After snatching all the food on the table, he fell into a coma again.

After lying on the hospital bed for two days, Xia Yi didn't need Zhou Nan's help this time, so she went to the Jinyiwei Qianhu Office alone.Then, he came back with a gloomy face.

Asked if he had found someone, he replied that he hadn't, the war over there was tense, and it would take ten days to return.

Well, keep waiting.Anyway, everyone is so sick, even if they hand over their errands, they can't leave. It's better to take care of your body first and then worry about it. Zhou Nan comforted Xia Yi like this.

Xia Yi gave a rare sigh: "That's the only way to go, I'll go see the doctor again."

Facts have proved that the white-haired doctor is a quack doctor. In the next ten days or so, Zhan and Xia prescribed a few more medicines from him. any effect.

Xia Yi coughed day and night, and she lost a lot of weight, her cheekbones were high and her eyes were always shining with an unhealthy red light.Zhan Tong's fever finally subsided, but his illness recurred from time to time. Every morning when the weather was cold, he would have a fever for a while, and it would return to normal when the temperature rose in the afternoon.As for the evening, he would go to bed after eating anyway, it didn't matter if he had a fever or not.

Living in a room that can be called a five-star hotel price, eating such exorbitantly expensive meals, drinking traditional Chinese medicine, and going out for a few taels of money, no one can bear it.

It is impossible for people to bring too much cash when they go out.For the convenience of walking, Xia Yi brought ten taels of silver with her when she came out of the capital, and exchanged two taels of gold.Now, the three of them saw the sky wasted, and they spent all their money.

After half a month, I owe the shopkeeper ten taels of food.

These ten taels are only enough for three days. If this goes on like this, who knows how much will be left behind in the end.

As the only healthy person in the group, Zhou Nan naturally took on the heavy responsibility of taking care of the two.When I have nothing to do, I either wander around the city, or I go to the bookstore to rent a novel and read it back. I finally got such a leisurely time, but I gained a lot of weight.

Seeing that Xia Yi's purse was empty, Zhou Nan suggested that the three of them could squeeze into one room to save money.After finishing speaking, he wanted to slap himself in the face.There are three people in one room, the two of them are seriously ill, so they must occupy the bed, so is it possible that I still sleep on the floor?

Xia Yi was a little annoyed: "How crowded are the three of you, why don't you bring this up again?" After all, he is also a military officer with thousands of households in brocade clothes and a fifth rank.Although in the Ming Dynasty when civil servants ruled the country, fifth-rank military positions were really not very valuable, but anyway, they were also prestigious, and he was a person who liked to enjoy himself.

As soon as the words were finished, Xiao Er, who entered the store, suddenly barged in, "Yo", "This master is really particular, why can't the three of you live together? Recently, Mr. Yingde's battle in Songjiang Mansion is going well, and there are more and more merchants here." Come to our county to buy goods, the inns in this city are full, it can be said that it is hard to find a room. How about you free up a room, so that my store can get some cash in? "

Xia Yi was furious: "No, I don't want to be crowded. Look at this fat man. If he gets into bed, will there still be a place for me to lie down? Let alone three people." She pointed at Zhan Pass.

It's afternoon now, which is when Fatty Zhan doesn't have a fever.He was very unhappy when he was called fat, and shook his head: "The food is really bad, my mouth is numb from the medicine, I have no appetite, I lost weight, this is the end!"

"Why can't you squeeze in, guest officer, you have to pay attention to your daily life and food, at least give enough money. If you see real money, we will pick off the moon from the sky for you."

Seeing that Xia Yi couldn't help coughing, Zhou Nan's eyes were full of anger because of anger, and he was afraid that something would happen if he couldn't hold back for a while.He hurriedly persuaded him: "Second Brother, this Lord Xia is an official, and he came to Jiangyin for business. No, the person you are looking for has not come back without going out? As soon as the person comes back, the money will be there, and there will be a few days' grace."

According to Xia Yi, that Qianhu has a good relationship with him.Moreover, he is a member of the central authority, and it is too late for the local Jinyiwei to please him.When you see someone, it shouldn't be a problem to ask him to borrow a few dozen taels of silver for travel expenses.

"Grace, grace, who knows if your words are true or not?" Xiaoer glanced at Zhou Nan mockingly: "You said that this master is an official servant, who would believe it? He is an official servant, why don't you go to the post station, the room over there It's free before meals. In my opinion, the three of you are the spies of the Japanese slaves, and if you don't give money, you will be brought to the court."

Xia Yi couldn't bear it anymore, she pulled out the Xiuchun knife under the pillow and was about to have a seizure.

Zhou Nan was shocked: "Old Xia, you can't do it, you can't do it!"

"Yan, this knife is not bad, you can change it for a few taels of silver." Seeing the knife, Xiaoer not only was not afraid, but his eyes lit up, and he snatched it, looking at the cold light of the blade, and praised: "I'm at a disadvantage. , just use this knife to pay ten taels of silver."

Jiangyin is where Tang Shunzhi travels, and people in the city can see soldiers when they see the sky.Mr. Tang ruled the army very strictly, and he had nothing to do with the folks.The common people are naturally not afraid of this fellow soldier.

There are too many soldiers, and the price of goods here is high, so naturally they can't face the black market.

Among them, arms smuggling is the largest and most lucrative business.

This is not to say that there are military and general weapons sold to the people privately, but that the soldiers ordered high-quality knives and guns from the people out of their own pockets.The reason is simple, the weapons made by the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty are really poor.Take the standard Yanling knife as an example, the material is so poor that it is outrageous.When encountering Japanese pirates' samurai swords, they are often cut in two with one knife.

After suffering several losses, in order to save their lives, the soldiers bought their own ordnance to arm themselves, and completely lost confidence in the manufacturing of the Ministry of Industry.

Apparently this inn was also engaged in black market transactions, Xiaoer also saw that it was a precious knife, so he snatched it.

Poor Xia Yi was originally excellent in martial arts, but now her hands and feet are numb due to illness, and she has no ability to resist.

He coughed loudly, and roared angrily: "You are so brave, do you know who I am, Master?" He shook his bag and took out the flying fish suit.

Xia Yi came to the anti-Japanese front line this time on business, and she had a big plan, so she didn't plan to reveal her identity to shock those who are interested.At this moment, I don't care about that much at all.

Xiao Er's eyes lit up: "Good material, the rent for the next few days." He snatched it again.Naturally, he didn't know what flying fish suits or bullfighting suits were. He only knew that the clothes were made of high-quality silk and satin, and they were worth a lot of money.

Xia Yi didn't know where the strength came from, so she yelled and stretched out her hand to grab it.

With a sound of "puchi", the flying fish suit was torn into several pieces, the sleeves, collar, and hem were separated into parts.

"I'm sorry that I was bullied by dogs in Huluopingyang. The next day, someone will make you a thief!" Xia Yi cried out in grief and anger, and then coughed and sweated profusely.

Xiao Er chuckled: "Guest officer has enough room and board for the next few days, so don't be angry. It's important to take care of your body. If you want to eat something, I'll get it for you."

"Little man, villain!" Now, not only Xia Yi, but also Zhou Nan and Zhan Tong were so angry that their eyes burst into flames.

Zhou Nan was furious, and slapped him across the face, making the little girl turn around in a circle.

Xiao Er covered his red and swollen face and scolded: "What a thief, you wait, you wait, I will never end with you." Seeing that Zhou Nan was about to hit him again, he slipped away in smoke.

After playing Xiao Er, dinner consisted of a can of vegetable porridge and three barnyard cakes that looked green and flickering.Zhan Tong scolded his mother twice, and comforted Xia Yi: "Xia Qianhu, don't be angry, Hulong Pingyang is being bullied by dogs, and it is helpless."

Zhou Nan also persuaded: "Xia Qianhu, the people from the Qianhu Office should be back tomorrow. I borrowed the money and redeemed the knife. There is no need to be depressed."

Xia Yi turned her head to look at Zhan Tong, and said angrily, "Why is a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by dogs? Zhou Nan and I can barely be regarded as tigers. Judging by how you eat, you are a pig." .During the more than half a month when he and Zhan Tong were ill, it was Zhou Nan who sought medical treatment and medicine for them, and was grateful for his friendship, so he could barely be regarded as a tiger.

As for Zhan Tong, apart from taking medicine, eating and sleeping, he has not made any contribution to the group, which is really disgusting.

Zhan Tong stuffed a large pancake into his mouth, and said shamelessly, "Qianhu, why bother to utter evil words, don't you eat it, don't waste it if you don't eat it." He took the bowl of porridge in front of Xia Yi over .

Zhou Nan shouted: "Old Zhan, don't go too far."

Xia Yi gritted her teeth: "Tomorrow, tomorrow, when the people from Qianhusuo come back, they will have to copy this bird shop."

(End of this chapter)