Idle courtiers

Chapter 454

Hot, so hot.

At this moment, Zhou Nan was completely in a daze, feeling like a burning flame, floating high and then falling heavily.Every time it hits the ground, sparks fly everywhere.

What this fire burns is his vitality, and when the fuel is exhausted, it is the time when he dies.

Fall, keep falling.

Just when he felt that he was about to fall apart, suddenly, a cold air came over him, enveloping him completely.

Yes, he fell into a puddle of clear springs.The cool spring water instantly extinguished the burning heart fire, and a strong sense of pleasure struck.

He seemed to be transformed into a swimming fish, circling, shuttled and jumped happily in this cool and pure environment.

And the spring water also boiled, and there was a fierce response.

The waves got bigger and beat him hard again and again.Getting heavier and heavier.

On and on, never ending.

Suddenly, there was a "bang" and everything was still.

In front of me is a lonely wild temple.Zhou Nan saw himself lying on the ground covered in blood, and the moonlight just shone on him.

In the moonlight as dim as milk, he saw a woman in white walking over with a bottle of nectar in one hand and a willow branch in the other.

"Are you Guanyin Bodhisattva?" Zhou Nan couldn't help asking in a murmur.

"Is this important?" The Bodhisattva smiled slightly, and said in his mouth: "Guanzizai Bodhisattva, who has practiced the deep prajna paramita for a long time, will see that all five aggregates are empty, and overcome all hardships. Shariputra, the form is not different from the emptiness, and the emptiness is not different from the form. Form is emptiness, emptiness is form, and perception of thought is also the same..."

"It's so beautiful, this beautiful thing, please stay for me..." Zhou Nan also smiled.

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"Huh!" Zhou Nan woke up, and found that she was still in Daolu's office, with a quilt already covering her body.

But because of sweating too much last night, the bed was already wet with sweat.

As soon as he got out of the quilt with all his strength, he found that his body was so light and vigorous.My head no longer hurts, and the fever in my body has completely subsided, and I have completely recovered my health.

Zhou Nan smiled and shook his head: "It's really a tiger wolf medicine. It was cured, but my life was almost lost. You can't take this kind of medicine in the future. The ghost knows that you will fall into the boundless demon world sometime. No."

Yes, this is the magic realm.Colorful, evil spirits, celestial maidens, bodhisattvas... heaven and hell... isn't this what practitioners often call obsession?

Zhou Nan immediately understood that the red pills Jiajing took had hallucinogenic effects, especially for the weak.

Jiajing used this drug to produce hallucinations and cultivate his mind when he was practicing, so as to prevent him from becoming obsessed with certain resistance. It can be regarded as a so-called simulation exercise!
I got up and got some well water to wash my face, looked up, it was a cloudy day today, the morning light just came from the east, it was not yet mao shi.

There was no one in the yamen, and the side door was ajar.

He had completely recovered from his illness, and felt unprecedented hunger in his stomach, so he couldn't help shouting: "There is no one, get some food quickly."

"Here we come, here we come." The old porter came over with a piece of cloth and handed it to Zhou Nan: "My lord, these are the pancakes that the little old man just bought, and they are still hot. Use some first, and the villain will use them soon." Go boil water and make tea."

Zhou Nan: "When did you come back?"

The old man: "My lord, didn't I say that if I want to see my grandson, I won't come back to live?"

Zhou Nan: "You didn't come back last night, so where did you go, where did your grandson come again?"

"Ah, I don't have a grandson, yes... I don't have a grandson, why do you think of saying this?" The old man murmured, holding his head, "Where did I go last night, exactly..."

Seeing that he was already confused, Zhou Nan felt sympathetic. Looking at the old man's current situation, it is estimated that the Daolu Department would not want him.How will he make a living in the future: "You better go and boil water!" He sweated all night, was severely dehydrated, and was extremely thirsty.

After the tea was brewed and drank a couple of cups, at Maoshi, people from the Daolu Department came over one after another to be on duty.

Zhou Nan sent someone to invite Wu Miao to handle the handover with him, and handed over all the financial rights to Mr. Wu.

Wu Miao didn't expect Zhou Nan to be so forthright and inexplicable. At this moment, he is a justifiable official. He thanked him repeatedly and said that if you are free in the future, Zimu, you are welcome to come back to play at any time.Waiting for the official to be the host, invite Zimu to drink, as a farewell party for you.

Zhou Nan was in a happy mood today, and said, "No, I have to clean up later. I can't delay my business again." He thought about showing off to Wu Miao yesterday that he was a member of Zhongshushe, but now he doesn't have that thought.

It's okay to show off for a while and get people's amazed eyes. I have died once, so I should take these things lightly.

Having been an official in the Daolu Department for such a long time, Zhou Nan is also a person who pays attention to enjoyment. He bought a lot of personal items and packed two big boxes.

A yamen servant who was helping Zhou Nan pack his belongings suddenly asked: "My lord, do you want this fan any more? If you don't want it, give it to a villain. I heard people say that your handwriting is the best in the capital, how is your life?" In ten years, if the Elder Master said it might be the minister of the cabinet, the villain could take your fan and make it a family heirloom. The descendants really can't survive, and they can sell it for a large sum of money to start a family and start a business."

Zhou Nan: "What fan?" Taking it over and looking at it, the fan suddenly read "The bird sang softly and landed on the river island. Beautiful girl, good match for young people."

He chuckled: "My master wrote this thing for fun. I lost it at some point, and I was looking for it. But I didn't want to just leave it in this room. It's so far away in the sky, so close in front of me. It's dark under the lamp." It’s so unbearable, I’m afraid you won’t be able to sell it for much money in the future, so it’s useless for you to take it.”

The yamen servant begged: "Master, you can reward the villain!"

Zhou Nan couldn't control his entanglement, and nodded: "Forget it, I'll take care of you."

Another yamen servant quit: "My lord, do you still want the note written on the wall?"

Zhou Nan: "If you like it, just take it and play it. Let's have a game as master and servant, let's keep it as a souvenir!"

The yamen servant rushed forward happily and snatched the banner hung by Zhou Nan.

That banner was Zhou Nan's own handwriting, writing, "I came to ask and said, the clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle."

This is much more elegant and valuable than a fan.

Zhou Nan didn't know that he was already the leader of the literary world of the young generation in Beijing, and his reputation was very loud.Merchants in bookstores and antique shops have already begun to collect his works. These people have very poisonous eyes. They have long been optimistic about Zhou Nan's future, and they are keenly aware of the artistic value and appreciation potential of Zhou Nan's works.

After packing up and returning home, Zhou Nan took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and told Xun Fangyu to go to Shi Wenjiang's place.

Xun Fang said, Master, you are still sick, and it's getting cold again today, so you can't go out anymore.

Zhou Nan said, it's completely healed, if you don't believe me, touch my forehead.This damn disease has dragged on for too long, so that Master Ben didn't even dare to report to his daughter, for fear of infecting her.Fang Yu, go and bring Sanya here, I want to spank her.

Xun Fangyu was shocked: "Why do you want to spank your daughter if you are good? Master, you have such strong hands, what can you do if you break her?"

Zhou Nan laughed out loud.

When Shi Wenjiang heard that Zhou Nan started to serve the emperor again, and was selected by Zhongshu Kesheren, he was very surprised and said congratulations to Zimu.This is a good thing, but it's a pity that you don't have a yamen alone now, I'm afraid I can't do it as a master, so I'll retire and return home!

Zhou Nan said, you are only a little old and you are going to return home when you are old, what a joke.Don't worry, your father treats me very kindly, I have my own opinions about your affairs, live in the capital with peace of mind, and I will find an official position for you after a while.

Shi Wenjiang: "Thank you Zimu for that. If you can, get me one..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Nan said: "Don't worry, it must be a place with good treatment, such as customs or something."

Shi Wenjiang: "I'm not looking for money, I'm just looking for excitement, please help me find an errand that can deal with government offices at all levels!"

"Okay, I'll come down and think about it." Zhou Nan couldn't help shaking her head in her heart: You should just be a secret agent, you love to inquire about news so much.

After resting at home for two days and recovering my spirits, it came to the day when the criminal department interrogated Kongming.

The resident judge this time is Huang Guangsheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Chen Hong is the deputy presiding judge, and Zhou Nan is in attendance.In addition, Jinyiwei, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate must send people to monitor and record.

Huang Guangsheng's history Wenjiang has already inquired clearly. This person's name is Mingju, and his name is Kuifeng. He was born in Linzhang, Panhu, Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian Province.Once served as magistrate of Changxing County, Zhejiang Province.

Because of his outstanding achievements in office, he was later transferred to the capital as a member of the criminal department, and then transferred to the military department as a member of the military department. Since then, he has embarked on the fast track to promotion.

In 13 years of Jiajing, he served as the chief inspector of Zhejiang Province. In 24 years, he served as the chief minister of Zhejiang Province.

This person has been doing discipline inspection and legal work all his life, and he has a high prestige. Everyone can rest assured that he will handle this case.

"This person's name is so familiar." Zhou Nan murmured.

"The majestic Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, no one in the capital knows, who doesn't know?" Shi Wenjiang looked at Zhou Nan with strange eyes.

"No, I didn't mean that." Zhou Nan touched his nose and thought to himself: This person's name is so familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere before, before I crossed the Ming Dynasty... Hey, yes, Hai Rui, that's right, that's him... I remembered.

It turns out that in the real history, in the 44th year of Jiajing, the upright official Hai Rui was recommended by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials as the head of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Households after completing his term of office in Chun'an County, Zhejiang.

Mr. Hai sent a letter to impeach Jiajing, asking him to dismiss all Taoists and stop engaging in feudal superstition.

This move thoroughly angered Jiajing, and he ordered Huan Ruijie to be sent to Tian Prison for severe punishment.

It was Huang Shangshu who was the first to imprison Hai Rui in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for protection. Otherwise, if Hai Qingtian fell into the hands of the factory guards, he probably wouldn't be able to survive.

(End of this chapter)