Chapter 49 alley talk

"Hey, Brother Danxin, I don't know if there is anything new to hear recently?" After three glasses of wine, Huang Shu put a piece of goose meat in his mouth and chewed, and asked with a smile. Yu Huai's eyes flickered for a moment, and he said obediently: "Master Huang goes in and out of the governor's residence every day, what do you not know? Come and ask my little brother!" "Brother is not talking about the kind of official business, but the rumors in the alleys in the city." "Is this..." Yu Huai threw a bean into his mouth, then smiled slightly, "There is one more thing. I was talking about an acquaintance in my generation. It's just a middle-of-the-road statement, and I'm afraid it would be embarrassing to say it out! "

The so-called "Zhongyanzhiyan" refers to the scandal in the boudoir.When Huang Shu heard this, he immediately got excited, and quickly asked: "There is no outsider here, so why not talk about it!" Yu Huai was still hesitant, but finally nodded his head: "Forget it, this matter has been widely spread recently, but it is not someone else, but the famous He Dongjun from Qian Muzhai's family!" Huang Shu blinked: "He Dong Jun?" "It's Liu Rushi, Mrs. Ru of Muzhai. Hedong Jun is the name given to her by Muzhai." "I see! But what happened to her—this Liu Rushi?"

Yu Huai shook his head and said: "A big scandal has happened! Originally, this Liu Rushi was originally a sister from Shengze Guijiayuan. My younger brother also met him in the early years. In terms of beauty, he is not extremely beautiful, but his talent and demeanor are all the same. No one! She was only twenty-five years old when she married Mu Zhai, and Mu Zhai was already sixty years old. At that time, many people expected that Mu Zhai would not be able to marry her. I was very scared. But other than that, there was no other news. But this time, Mu Zhai was taken to Beijing by Yu Wang, and she stayed here alone, and something went wrong immediately!"

After saying these few words, Yu Huai stopped talking, and raised his glass, but unexpectedly the glass was empty, so he reached for the flagon.Huang Shu was eager to hear the following, so he quickly grabbed the jug, filled it up for him himself, and asked, "Did something go wrong? Could it be that Hong Xing got out of the wall?" Yu Huai took a sip of the wine, sighed and said: "That's right! It smells like she's caught up with an old friend. Day in and day out, the fight is fierce. At first, she kept it secret, afraid that people would know, but later it became more and more serious. The bolder he is, the more he doesn't avoid it in the daytime. As a result, the streets and alleys are rumored, the scandal spreads everywhere, and even Mu Zhai is ridiculed. Fortunately, he is far away in Beijing, otherwise he really doesn't know where to put his old face!"

"Well, she's so bold, doesn't it mean that people in the family don't want to restrain her?" Huang Shu asked puzzled. "I heard that she doesn't fit well with the main family. She has already lived in a separate courtyard and has little contact with the family members. Besides, she is favored by Mu Zhai, so even if the family members want to control her, they can't control her." After Yu Huai finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the room.Huang Shu just stroked his beard, reminiscing about the secret he heard just now; Shen Shizhu kept his head down and remained silent.Seeing this, Yu Huai's eyeballs rolled, looking at Shen Shizhu, then at Huang Shu.Finally, he laughed and said:

"That's all! Who told Qian Muzhai to be a romantic man all his life, and he still doesn't care when he's old? This is also self-inflicted! We just listen to it, but it's impossible to think about it for him! Hey, Mr. Huang, you are doing it every day. There must be more news when the governor walks around, so why don’t you tell us about it! By the way, I heard that the two Zhejiang provinces and Huguang province have been in trouble recently, so why didn’t the Qing Dynasty send troops early to calm it down?” Huang Shu blinked, still thinking: If Liu Rushi had such a scandal, if Qian Qianyi found out, what would he think and what would he do?However, he finally came to his senses and understood Yu Huai's words, so he replied casually: "Hmph, it's not easy to settle down! What about soldiers? Does Hong Hengjiu have soldiers? Don't look at his calm and calm appearance. I'm in a panic!"

"Oh, what?" "Can he not panic! There are only 4,000 soldiers in the huge Nanjing city, and they are still useless soldiers, with incomplete armor, knives and guns. What if someone really rebelled..." Speaking of this, he Suddenly realizing that these are all military secrets and must not be leaked, he paused. Yu Huai and Shen Shizhu didn't seem to care too much, seeing Huang Shu shut his mouth, they didn't continue to ask.So the three of them continued to drink while talking about other things, which were nothing more than the old stories of the previous dynasty, life and death.During this process, Huang Shu carefully avoided discussing Wu Yingji.He discovered that Yu and Shen seemed to know nothing about Wu Yingji's arrest in Huizhou and secretly escorted to Nanjing together with Jin Sheng and Jiang Tianyi, so they kept the secret even more secretive.After talking like this for a while, I suddenly heard a noise coming from downstairs, and then I heard Liu Jingting's familiar loud voice asking:

"Who's here? Is Yu Danxin your husband? Who else? A monk? And Master Huang? Which Master Huang? Is it Master Huang Zhonglin?" The three guests in the pavilion glanced at each other and couldn't help showing surprise expressions. Yu Huai stood up first and walked towards the stairs.Huang and Shen also hurriedly left their chairs and followed behind. "Oh, it turned out to be the three of you! I didn't know the three of you would come, but if you didn't respect me, you should be beaten! You should be punished!" When they filed down the stairs, Liu Jingting rushed up to meet them and said loudly.

"You should be punished!" Yu Huai said with a stern face, "It's really annoying and hateful to keep waiting for you to come back! Fortunately, Mr. Huang brought good wine and good food. He was supposed to wait for you to come back to share. Now we Eat it all up, and let you have no share, so it will take a breath of anger!" "Ah, Danxin has always hated Mazi, but that's fine, I don't want Brother Zhonglin to do the same?" Liu Jingting exclaimed pretending to be surprised. Huang Shu smiled and shook his hands: "Don't listen to Danxin. There are still food and wine, but it's not good. Just wait for your father to come back! It happened to meet Danxin and Kuntong, and they had a drink together, so as not to be disappointed. The pain of waiting is real!"

"Well, this seems to be the truth!" Liu Jingting nodded and said, "As expected, the crime of pockmarks can be reduced by a few points!" After finishing speaking, he turned around again and walked up to Shen Shizhu, "I said Well, why is there a monk here? So it’s Brother Kun Tong! It’s been a long time, it’s been a long time!” At the moment when he first saw Liu Jingting, Shen Shizhu's eyes became sparkling.At this time, he hastily put his palms together on his chest, and bowed deeply to the other party. "Then, Dad, we might as well go to the pavilion, so we can sit and talk." Seeing that the greetings were almost over, Huang Shu suggested.

Liu Jingting nodded: "Pocket is late, it's time to wash the cup and make up for the impoliteness! Then, please!" Although he said so, when everyone moved, he suddenly turned around and said: " Ah, I almost forgot, Xiao Lao brought back a friend!" Saying this, he hurriedly walked towards the door. It was only at this time that everyone realized that there was a person sitting there, who looked huge and was clearly a fat man.However, what is puzzling is that Liu Jingting called him a friend, but during the period just now, he was curled up all over his body, sitting listlessly, and never came to greet everyone. At this moment, Liu Jingting had already walked to his side and started talking to him, probably to invite him over, but his voice was so low that he couldn't hear clearly.The man with the bald head, loose braided hair, and shabby clothes kept shaking his head, as if he refused.After talking like this for a while, I saw Liu Jingting beckon the young man to come over and give some order, the young man agreed, went into the back room, and after a while, came out again, and handed something to Liu Jingting, Liu Jingting handed it over to that person.After the man took it, he stood up, turned around, and went out without looking back. Seeing this situation, the three guests at the side of the stairs couldn't help wondering, and when Liu Jingting came back, they all looked at him questioningly. "Do you know who that is?" Liu Jingting asked with a wry smile.Seeing that everyone was silent, he sighed and said, "You know, he is the second son of Duke Wei's mansion, Xu Qingjun!" "What, he is Xu Qingjun?" Yu Huai cried out first.Because when it comes to Xu Erye, it can be said that everyone in Nanjing knows that his ancestor is Xu Da, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty.With this blessing, his family has enjoyed the prosperity and wealth in Nanjing for more than 280 years.Until not long ago, Xu Qingjun's elder brother Xu Hongji was still serving as the Nanjing garrison in the Ming Dynasty, but this Xu Qingjun was doing nothing, fighting cocks and horses all day long, watching games and going to the park, living a life of extravagance.In the words of Hou Fangyu that day, it was this person who had so much money that it was "annoying".Yu Huai still remembered that about three years ago, Hou Fangyu, Gu Gao and others had a conflict with Xu Qingjun on the street because of some Song version of Huang Zongxi's book, and beat him for a sum of money... Liu Jingting nodded: "I think back then, he was as rich as a country, with countless gardens and real estate. But now, all his properties have been confiscated by the government, and the old concubines and servants have all been scattered. He and his wife and children can only Lived in a nursing home. Do you know what he does for a living now?" "..." "It's pitiful to say, since he was born, he was clothed in fine clothes and fine food. He opened his mouth for food and stretched out his hands for clothes. Naturally, he didn't know how to make a living. As a result, he can only rely on his fat body to withstand beatings, so he arrives every day. Watching at the gate of the yamen, when someone commits a crime and wants to be boarded, he will come out to replace him, and at least get some money to buy rice, so as not to starve to death. But it is really dilapidated! It can be seen that I often invite him to his residence for talks, so we know each other. Just now, when I passed by the Shangyuan county government, I saw him standing outside the door, waiting to pick up the work, and was bullied and teased by those idlers. The old man looked at him for a while. However, I brought him back. Just now I wanted to invite him to come over to meet everyone. He refused to die. Naturally, he is so downcast and ashamed to see people. There is no choice but to give him some money and let him go .” After listening to everyone, it suddenly dawned on us.However, thinking of how rich and honored Xu Qingjun was just half a year ago!In a blink of an eye, he fell to the point of supporting others to make ends meet.This drastic change of fate is even more thrilling than being killed all at once.But then again, Xu Qingjun would rather use his own flesh and blood to earn money than humiliate his ancestors and become a beggar on the street. For a moment, everyone's mood was heavy and confused, so that when they climbed the stairs again, they were all stunned and unable to utter a word...