Chapter 14 The fourteenth round of the palace did not repair the emperor, and the scholars who turned against the emperor were exiled to the Western Regions
Qianlong was startled, and asked, "Which empress?"
"Empress Empress!"
"This is the place to meet foreign ministers. What are you doing here?"
"Back... back to the emperor, I dare not ask."
"Tell her that I'm having breakfast, and I have to meet people to do business after dinner." Qianlong said, the smile on his face disappeared, "What's the matter, I will go to Kunning Palace to talk in the evening."
Wang Lian wailed and pursed his mouth, pointed out the window and said, "It's late...then it's not that the empress has come in!" Qianlong turned his face to look, and outside the window glass, he saw Nala came in with seven or eight female officials, and they had already circled around. Passing the glazed wall, as if they had ordered something, the female officials stood still with their hands down. There were dozens of court ladies and eunuchs in the courtyard, and even the third-waiting guards guarding the entrance of the stone hall knelt down to greet them.He reluctantly put down his chopsticks, asked for a towel and wiped his hands and face. Seeing that the queen had entered the inner hall, he sat up straight and forced a smile, "Have you eaten yet? I think he just came down from Lafayette, Mrs. Wang's." Good porridge, why don’t you just use some?” He glanced again, “Why don’t you look so good?”
The queen's complexion was really bad, with tear stains on her pale face, it was obvious that she was in a rage, her extremely upright facial features were a little crooked, and there was a mess of hair hanging from her half-pale temples.She didn't look at Qianlong's face, and sat down on the chair beside the kang resentfully, and said, "Someone bullies me, your majesty, you have to make the decision for me!"
"Who? Which?"
"Liu Yong——Liu Luo Guozi!"
"Liu Yong?"
"He brought people from the Ministry of Punishments to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, named the people around me, said he wanted to question, and passed on Zhang's nanny. I asked someone to ask him, and he said it was about Yu Minzhong's case. Call me back! Mrs. Zhang has been with me for decades, and I still don’t know whether he is a good person or a bad person? Can I ask you anything? I don’t care what laws Yu Minzhong violated. Is it an imperial decree to take my people in broad daylight, isn't that insulting?"
Qianlong also seemed surprised, and couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he frowned and asked, "Who is Mrs. Zhang in Yu Minzhong?" "Look, you don't know?" There are rules for investigating cases. It’s a big deal to ask people in the palace, even if you tie a donkey and stick a stake! If he does this, let alone me, the queen, the family law of the ancestors can’t get around it. This Liu Luoguozi who is savage, how should I treat him? He is Cao Cao, a traitor with a white face!" Qianlong just said that Yu Minzhong is Cao Cao, but in a blink of an eye the queen returned Liu Yong intact, angrily and funny, said "It's not good to be like this. How many people in and out of the palace don't look like it. It's important to be decent and honorable. Liu Yong is indeed the one who asked him to inquire about Yu Minzhong. If you are unhappy, just tell me. Liu Yong is a loyal minister. His men have been with me for decades, so don't be fooled."
"I'm guilty!" Seeing that Qianlong refused to make decisions for himself, Nala was trembling with anger, and the corners of his mouth were a little twisted, and said loudly, "How many days have I endured! You keep saying that I am the master of the six palaces, In fact, my queen is not even worth a hair of the former queen! During the southern tour, you wanted to kill Bu Yi and spared Bu Yi, and later you took Wang Baxie, Bu Xin, Wang Li, and Bu Lian, without giving a reason, and you don’t know why. Me! I don’t know which bulldog licked the buttocks and licked the wildfire, and simply called the foreign officials to come in and arrest people——what kind of good is Zhang’s getting in the way? Just Yu Minzhong, I don’t think he’s a bad person!”
Her outburst had already aroused Qianlong's anger. He thumped the dining table with a "bang" and suddenly stood up. Dozens of them had already been stunned by the empress who had suddenly turned into a shrew. Seeing Qianlong's sudden outburst of rage, like a child suddenly frightened by lightning, they collapsed on the ground and trembled all over. Plop" and fell to the ground and passed out.
"Do you understand the rules? Do you understand the family law of your ancestors?" Qianlong's eyes flickered with fear, "There are more than 100 concubines and concubines in the five generations since the Emperor Taizu was beaten. Is this your mother's demeanor?" He said viciously, "The street jumps and scolds the shrew" is about to blurt out, after all, Qianlong is not the emperor immediately, the noble blood and the excellent court tutor have already melted into his skin, flesh, mind, soul, and he is full of rage. Some of this aura still persists, but their tone has become harsh and sharp, and their sentences are like a sword: "The rules in the palace are in a mess, the eunuchs and maids are filthy, and some concubines are not clean. Mrs. Cha was frightened to death because of this, and even a genius doctor like Ye Tianshi was helpless. You let it go! I disposed of all the top ones. I want to know, who is in the way of such a good thing! Yu Minzhong is a good person, how did you know in the deep palace? It can be seen that Liu Pu's actions have touched your sore spot? Why didn't you speak up when you punished Ji Yun and Li Shiyao? "
He questioned again and again, staring at Nala Shi closely.Unexpectedly, Nalashi was not panicked, and said with a blushing face: "I don't want to say it! They have nothing to do with me. I'm not sick, and I don't know how many rotten women I will give you for fun. You don't like it." , I know, I will take charge of any crime, there are many empty houses here!"
"You are jealous!"
"I'm not jealous! I'm an upright and honest man who is marrying a canonized man. I'm not stealing a man's wife, and I'm not a prisoner of war offered by someone else!"
"You meddle in politics!"
"I don't do politics! It was Liu Yong who took me, so I came to ask you."
"Liu Yong did not enter the palace. He is the minister of the interior. He went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate people by name, following my will."
"It's because of your pampering that he dares to be so bold!"
She quarreled with Qianlong one after another, "stealing a man" pointed at Tang'er, and "prisoner of war" directly reprimanded Heshen and Liu Yong. The knife pierced Qianlong's heart.Qianlong trembled all over, looked at the unrelenting Na Lashi, took a step forward, but was blocked by the dining table, kicked over the table, and the warm pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation was in a mess, dishes and cups Spoon vegetable cakes and steamed buns were all over the floor, several food boxes were knocked over and rolled, and the porridge was so sticky and splashed that it couldn't be plugged in everywhere... Designated Nalashi and said: "Okay...you are good...you I still remember that you are 'canonized'... Since I can canonize you, it is probably not difficult to remove this canonization!" Nalashi immediately retorted: "That is, you used to speak well, and I was just a grass."
"Call Liu Yong to come in, call Agui and Shen to come in, call the people from the Ministry of Rites to come in!" Qianlong roared, his hoarse voice shaking the palace, "Call the people from Dali Temple... hit the Jingyang bell to summon all the officials to the Hall of Supreme Harmony Stand by!" He was so angry that his mind was a little dizzy, and he stood on the ground and roared.His face was flushed red, the veins in his neck were stretched high, and he stared at each other and made orders one after another. Wang Lian and the eunuchs were so frightened that they didn't dare to accept the order and dared not respond, they looked at each other and Wei Wei agreed.Wang Lian is the leader here, and he had already been reported to the Queen Mother by someone, so he had no choice but to dawdle and murmur: "Liu Yong has been here for a while, and he is kneeling in the courtyard..." As he spoke, he saw Liu Yong kneel down and enter. , Ignoring the filth all over the floor, went to Qianlong, clasped his knees with both hands, sobbed and said: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty rests from the anger of the thunder, and listens to my words... Parents are not sad with their nephews. Your Majesty It's the heaven, the mother, the earth... The heaven and the earth are not in harmony, and the world is not happy. The minister is responsible for the crime, and the minister is guilty of a thousand crimes. The minister does not understand the rules, and the guilty should be killed. The minister cannot be blamed if he dies... May The emperor's empress is harmonious and harmonious as before, it is a great blessing for the people of the world..." After talking about it, I couldn't control my excitement at all, Hao Tao cried and kowtowed, and then kowtowed to Nala, trembling and crying: "Long live is over the age The ears are right, the empress also looks at the fifty people... The minister is only a scholar, so why bother to give birth to the minister, just punish the guilty minister..."
Nala stood up, twisted his neck and turned around, looked up and ignored him, but was woken up by Liu Yong's crying. Seeing that everyone in the Hall of Mental Cultivation was in a panic, and Qianlong was furious, holding the window sill with one hand and panting. Only at this moment did he realize that he had broken into Great disaster, grievance, resentment, fear and panic all overwhelmed my heart, I slumped down and sat down on the ground and cried loudly: "Lafayette Bodhisattva... What did I do to be so miserable... I can't support my two sons... With this status, I still have to be angry with the villain...My sister, who left early! You have a soul in the sky, you know my heart, and you only have to eat fast, chant Buddha, and be careful, how dare you be more indecent? Now that I'm mixed up in this situation, I'm a queen, no one cares about me, I don't care about it, I'll show my face every three days... Sister... Who do I complain about how much bitterness I have? Ah..."
She wept bitterly and mournfully, and murmured, how many unspeakable secrets were released in her painful cries, she no longer had anger, but only complained.Qianlong also gradually woke up from the extreme excitement and anger. Thinking about this person who followed her at the age of thirteen, Hongshi's third brother chased her for thousands of miles, and she didn't hear from her for more than a month.When she was young and beautiful, I didn't think she was jealous, and I felt that she had another kind of charm and loveliness.Looking at the current situation, after looking old and fading, there is no luck in the house at all. Two of the three sons died, and only one of them was sick.She was violent at first, and she was spoiled by Wangyoucao, and made her a queen. In fact, Qianlong himself felt uneasy after falling out of favor, and gave her a comforting "name"... At this time, he reflected on himself, and Qianlong was also ashamed of his conscience. Ye, recalling that when Mrs. Fucha was here, the husband and wife were harmonious, kind, thrifty and courteous, and the Liugong Xiran. If she was still in the world, why would she worry about the affairs of the harem so much?Thinking of all the benefits of Empress Fucha, and thinking that Nala was neglected by her and was isolated and desolate, how could Nala be prevented from crying "Emperor Sister"?Thinking back to how old he was, the state affairs and family affairs became more and more unsettled, a burst of sadness welled up in his heart, Qianlong sighed deeply and muffled, tears were already pouring down... all the miscellaneous fires in his mouth were extinguished by these tears.The only problem here is Liu Yong—knowing that the queen came to see the emperor, he knew that he had hit a bad head, so he came to explain, and when the couple was furious, they couldn't keep silent like an eunuch, and they couldn't persuade them to explain it rationally. Seeing that their anger disappeared Now, my heart relaxed, thinking that the queen's arrogance and the emperor's rage were all caused by me, I felt frightened after learning from the pain, stroked my forehead that was bruised and purple, and was about to give more comfort, listening to Qin Meimei outside Shouted: "The Empress Dowager Lafayette is here!" My heart throbbed again.Then two eunuchs came in tremblingly holding the Queen Mother between them.Qianlong hurriedly wiped away his tears and apologized, called "Mother" and knelt down on his knees.Nala also knelt down, covered her face with her handkerchief and just sobbed.
"Get up!" The queen mother looked at the messy Nuan Pavilion, sighed silently, and did not come in. Wang Lian quickly moved a chair and placed it next to the throne in the main hall to invite her to sit. Embarrassed, the Empress Dowager said again: "Set up a seat for the emperor and empress. Mr. Liu Yong is the same as our old ones and his own family, so sit on the twig over there." At this time Liu Yong knew that he was caught in the emperor's housework, If he insisted on resigning, it would be more visible, enduring the pain and kowtowed again: "Queen Dowager Lafayette, this disaster is caused by the minister. Just now in the warm pavilion, the minister thought, after all, foreign ministers should not meddle too deeply in official affairs. If Please ask for an order in advance, and the emperor will hand it over to the empress to interrogate Zhang's case. Where did this disturbance come from? If you don't keep your face, you can go directly to the criminal department's household department to check Su Songliangdao. Your Majesty, this is not likely to happen. After thinking about it for a while, this is a big misunderstanding, so I asked someone from the palace to the House of Internal Affairs to ask. Although the minister did not exceed his authority, if Zhang Yue'e insisted on refusing to admit it, he would not be able to use punishment. It's not easy to be detained for questioning, and the queen's suspicion of the minister's arbitrariness is not without reason. The matter started from the minister, and it should rest from the minister. The emperor's wise lady is virtuous and considerate. She only wants to check the minister's heart, not to forgive the minister. However, I will die without any regrets." Qianlong said: "Old Liu Tongxun died of exhaustion in the sedan chair, and Liu Yong was also well-looking. We all know that the treacherous eunuch is most afraid of him, how can you say "Liu Luoguozi" and "bad-faced treacherous minister"?" Liu Yong kept apologizing, and said: "Liu Luoguozi is telling the truth. They all call it that way, and the empress is not bad. But I have a black pockmarked face, because the face is dark, and the pockmarks can't be seen clearly, so where is the 'white face'?" Such a ridicule by Xie Yi made Empress Dowager Qianlong laugh Yes, Nala, who is weeping, is also crying.
This brought the topic from Gongye's housework to the case.Qianlong then asked: "It's about Zhang Pangui. What is he with Yu Minzhong on the Susong Liang Road?" Liu Yong then stopped the cool soul and said, "It was Gao Yuncong who sent it to Yufu who built it that day. In the list of supervisors, the words "Zhang Pangui Construction" are noted in the garden section. Zhang Pangui is the younger brother of Zhang Yuee. Zhang Yuee was the nanny of her late elder brother Yongqi and has retired. I don't know that she is still alive. I work in the Empress's Palace. Yu Minzhong has a wide range of eyes and ears in the palace and in the clan of the outer mansion, and he may have colluded with the news, so he came to ask questions in a hurry." The Queen Mother asked: "Where is Yu Minzhong? The number one scholar! You always said that he was good at learning, and he also took care of some government affairs in the study room, and later entered the army, and you also said he was capable, why did you take it all at once?"——
"Yu Minzhong didn't take it. He is waiting for criminal investigation." Qianlong saw that Nala was crying and looked haggard, and looked at him pitifully. He eavesdropped on his son's footsteps, poked around to find out what books his son was reading, and there were quite a few courtiers outside who communicated privately with him to avoid the Military Aircraft Office. No one accused him, but every time his son read a book, he said it out of his mouth. I was able to match up, which aroused my son's suspicion: his knowledge is greater than Ji Yun's? I gave him two words temporarily today, and it stumped him, so he showed his feet." The Queen Mother nodded and sighed: "A gentleman is a villain. Too much, the late emperor often sighed when he was alive. After all, I couldn’t see Tian Wenjing who he trusted, and he told lies to deceive me after finding out. The queen is sick these days and has a hot temper. She has followed you since she was a girl. Yes, you still don’t know her? You don’t hold back when you’re in a hurry, she’s a woman, you can’t care about it seriously. If you care about it, you’ll be underestimated too, right? I’ve given up on this matter today. My God It's also Xiang Wan, Liu Yong should go about your business. I treat you as my own, you will never go out to show off. Dinner is at my place in the Compassionate Ning Palace, and I will give you a good explanation."
Liu Yong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and his heart was brightened. He saluted and knelt down and said, "It's like the parents have a small disagreement. How can the children and nephews make it public? Not only the minister himself, but also the minister has to call eunuchs. Who dares to borrow it?" If you spread false rumors, you will be beaten to death immediately!"
"Liu Yong's analogy is interesting, and it's also good to deal with it this way." The queen mother smiled and stood up, and Qianlong and the queen hurried over and helped each other.Liu Yong watched them leave the courtyard of the Hall of Mental Cultivation before he stood up, relaxed in a breath, his legs and knees softened, and almost collapsed, he struggled to lift his strength and stepped squarely out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation...
There was intrigue in the Forbidden City, and people were still talking about Ji Yun, but Ji Yun didn't know anything about these things.He was banished to Xinjiang. Although he also took the military department to investigate and cooperate, it wrote "I was ordered to send a prisoner, Ji Yun, to take four family members to the Urumqi camp to serve. The guards along the way were not allowed to guard Stay in trouble, and wait for this." Such words.Such an identity is not accepted by the post stations along the way.He passed through Zhili, Henan, and Shaanxi. Fortunately, he has many former students and officials in the Central Plains. These officials are also well-informed and know the inside story. It is expected that he will recover. His enthusiasm is even greater than when he was a supervisor. Some people don't know the inside story and don't understand the truth. Seeing that he is over half a hundred years old and stationed thousands of miles away, he has seen that "the strong man will never return".Those who said they were sick and disappeared, those who sent two liang of silver to "send the plague god", those who pretended to be angry with the couple and refused customers, and those who "beat people with a stick" in front of their family members... all kinds of ugly things in the world have been refurbished.Ji Yun is a well-educated person, and he has also seen some cruelty in the world, but this is the first time he has experienced it on the ground.Sometimes forced to smile, and sometimes evasive, playful and coped with each other one by one, but the sigh in my heart felt strangely real, just like that, suddenly met with "heat wave" and suddenly "cold wind" raid, all tastes are different.The master and servant took the dog named "Si'er" to the west, sometimes staying in Huatang official houses, and sometimes taking advantage of the small chicken feather shop.The head of the four family members who came with him was Yu Bao, who was serving in his study outside. Zhuang chose to travel with him.I have neither experienced nor suffered.At this time, Ji Yun lost power, he could neither pretend to be a tiger, nor had any extra money to earn. Firewood and fire, drawing wells and making cooking, and all the trivial troubles of traveling, I was reluctant at first, muttering and complaining, making faces and wringing my strength.Ji Yun has always ignored his family, never ruled over anyone in the court, and would not threaten and scold his subordinates, he just blindly tolerated and asked for safety, thinking in his heart that he would help each other through the difficulties, but each of them had an iron abacus and endured hardships. , who is willing to "community" with him?When he was in a bad mood, he stroked the dog and read, and it was just masturbation by reciting poems on a moonlit night and dawn, but the four of them saw that he was "nothing more than that" and became more presumptuous, and it was even more unseemly to pretend to be deaf and dumb.In Ji Yun's heart, he only thought that he was unlucky, and he would not open his mouth if he could not order them. Along the way, the five masters and servants became increasingly separated, and it was already a pattern of being on the same journey but not agreeing.
When Ji Yun left Beijing, it was already the season of spring. Along the pass, the green waves swayed along the bean and wheat fields, the spring flowers withered and fell like snow, and the Central Plains was full of vitality without the wind and rain.When you arrive in northern Shaanxi, where the land is high and the air is sparse, you will feel that it is very different from the plains. The grass and trees on the vast and boundless Loess Plateau are lonely, reversed and desolate and cold again. There are solitary trees standing tall and straight in the poplar forest, or the thorns and wild grasses are undulating, and there are few village houses on the horizon. There are only patches of grassy beaches, spring wheat, etc., and the oats are fresh green with yellow, and they lie across like scabs. On the field.The strong wind swept past, rolled up the dry sand, and last year's withered grass and leaves whirled and circled, chasing and playing, and they still carried the chill of early spring on their bodies. The old village boy herding cattle and sheep was shirtless, but wearing The old sheepskin jacket sang "Xintianyou" loudly, which made it more obvious that the wildness is vast and the sky is clear.Continue along the Hexi Corridor, pass through Gansu and enter Qinghai, the more desolate you go.
Go across the Mongolian desert along the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, cross the Shule River in the vast wilderness, enter Hami, enter Turpan, and then go northwest for 500 miles to Urumqi.Seeing the sky and the sky, the wild geese fly north with white clouds and green grass, sometimes the mountains stretch in front of the Qiang flute and Hu, and the wind and sand spread over the wild rocks and sand and fly.This kind of experience of the customs of the Western Regions is unparalleled in the Central Plains. If you don’t go west to Yangguan, you will not be able to appreciate it by reading the 10,000 poems "The Spring Breeze Does Not Pass Yumenguan".When he was in the Central Plains, because Ji Yun had been in the phase for a long time, he had a cool attitude, and the officials and monks didn't kiss each other, so there was still a bit of human fireworks.After passing through Yulin from Yan'an, the Muslim uprising was suppressed in the area of Ningxia. The officers and soldiers, regardless of Liangxiu, slashed down in a row. It's Qiu Baye who is full of food.Who among these "fathers" knows that he is "Ji Mouren"?They don't pay attention to him, live in the hotel and fight for firewood and stove, water and pot, want to turn his face when he speaks, always red-eyed and want to "beat up corrupt officials", and sometimes sleep until midnight knocking on the door and rushing in Called "You fucking official is here too? Make room for the Lord—sleep in the horse pen!" Under the eaves, he simply endured being blackmailed.When we arrived in Urumqi, the healthy mule that "walked six hundred a day" was sent to the uncle for "military requisition", and only one of the four donkeys was left to carry his luggage, and Ji Yunhei also lost a lot of weight. Quan'er, at least it arrived safely.
"Urumqi" originally means "beautiful pasture" in Uighur. There is only one mosque and a few dilapidated houses. The market town is also very lively during trade, and it is no different from ordinary grasslands.Since the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Junggar was used as a place to transport soldiers, food and grass, and stone houses and brick houses were gradually built. In fact, all the soldiers lived there. Hurd's "Tianshan Camp" Xingyuan was set up here, and Ji Yun found a small shop nearby to live in Xingyuan Yamen, so he ordered Yubao to come to Xingyuan to present his diploma for inspection, and he drank a bowl of cheese and cooked mutton with dried radish After eating vegetables and eating another piece of bun, I was full, so I walked out of the shop for a walk to relieve myself.
There is nothing to see in the city, all of them are barracks and warehouses. They all use stone foundations to build walls, and they are also made of grass knots and mud. They are all flat roofs sealed with compound soil; Standing neatly like soldiers in line is not ugly.About two arrows to the west along the dirt alley is the city wall, which is also made of earth. The battlements of the city wall are covered with turf, and the walls are covered with luxuriant green grass, like a green dragon winding and bending on the meadow. The taste of "deep grass and trees in spring in the city".It was just after noon at that time, the soldiers in the city were changing shifts to eat, and the soldiers guarding the city were a little lazy, so after saying a few good words, he was allowed to go to the city to have a look.
The scenery outside the city is indeed very interesting. Standing in the grass city and looking around, the big color is blue and dusty, and the slanting sun is shining down on the dome without a cloud. Looking to the east, the flat grass is like a felt and the majestic Borg Dashan, Yunheng Mountain is connected to the peak by haze, and the thousand-year-old snow-capped peaks pierce the blue sky. Wuken Mountain in the south, Erhabut Mountain in the southwest and Boluo Kenu Mountain in the west are all white-headed for thousands of years, like three proud old men with pale heads. It is said that they are arguing about an eternal mysterious topic, staring down at Urumqi at their feet.The slanting sunlight shone down from their heads and shoulders, enveloping circles of bright and magnificent halos of holy light.Ice and snow, growing pine trees, grass trees, and directly flowing down to the big grassland, the trickling snow water converges into countless small rivers, which are spread out on the boundless prairie in the north of the city, or form canals or ponds, or connect into pieces, into a swamp, blue and shiny inlaid on the felt-like prairie.Probably nourished by the water source of the snow-capped mountains, the grasslands in this area are also extraordinarily lush and vigorous. The tall ones can cover the waist of a horse, and the low ones are as high as a foot. The spring breeze is long, and the green waves are swaying. Yellow flowers, red flowers, and purple flowers... There are also many flowers whose colors cannot be seen clearly, and they are faintly blooming. There are so many faint floral fragrances in the breath of green grass. When you stretch your arms and breathe, it clears your stomach, but you feel the soul and the heart. Professor, many worldly troubles in the world, the ups and downs of the world, honor, disgrace, favor and insult can all be blown to Wuheyou Township by a single wind.The disturbing, annoying and nauseating emotions of the difficult trek along the way disappeared with a deep sigh.At this moment, I think that the capital master was offended three times a day, and the crown and cover are hot and cold like a shadow. Thinking of the farewell to the long pavilion on the Lu River, Liu Baoqi, Cao Xibao and a few dozen disciples shed tears for the suburban farewell. Wanli, unconsciously, was deeply moved by emotion, and Mankou chanted:
Passing across the mountains and rivers, the music and books are looking forward to the relatives of time.
Feel this heart of gold and stone, not chasing ups and downs.
What is the reward for affection?Give it to be diligent and tireless.
Ding Yi ascended the temple corridor, traced back to the refinement of the craftsman.
In his youth, he was passed on because of his inheritance, and he was honored by Shiwan.
Work hard to meet expectations, why not meet again.
Still wanting to search for a sentence, I heard someone shouting from behind the city: "Master Ji...Master!" Turning around, Yubao was trotting over from the street. He presumably had returned from the general's camp, and walked along the earth steps in the city. Stepping down, he asked, "Did you see Suijunmen?"
"The Admiral of Fengtian was transferred by the order of the military gate. The new general is called Jidu. Hailancha's military gate counselor invited him to go to Changji." Yubao smiled wryly and looked a little frustrated. He spread his hands and said, "Military Department Some people said that the city wall of Changji was blown down, and all the people who came to serve in the army had to go to repair the city wall. They said that this was an order from the Zhaohui military gate, and the original garrison troops in Urumqi all drove over. What's wrong with our men? !" He said again, "They have come to a book office, and they are waiting for you in the store." As he spoke, he walked forward and took Ji Yun back to the store.
Ji Yun suddenly felt empty in his heart.He got to know Hurd along with him, and he brought a letter from Ah Gui. This man is powerful, a rough man, and he got along well in the past, but Ji Du is a stranger. It is said that he is a "Confucian general".I am a "Confucianist", - I have been in contact with people for a lifetime, and what I am most afraid of is the scheming of civil officials - how to deal with this high-ranking Confucian general?Zhaohui is in Heishuihe, and Hailancha is in Jinjibao——so down and out, but also met "can't find relatives"!Thinking of sending Changji to repair the city again, carrying a bag as a coolie, and being scolded by others like a slave at this age, I felt a pang of sorrow, but seeing Yubao's gloomy face and his neck twisting as he rushed forward, it seemed Fu Hengjin, who wanted to quarrel as soon as he opened his mouth, twitched his nose soundlessly, but said nothing.
The book office of General Xingyuan's Military Department is waiting in the store.This is a capable man in his thirties, with a white and clean face, and two tadpole-like mustaches. He sits on a stone table with sloppy eyes and eats melon seeds. Lingbao red dates, Longjing tea brewed in the bowl - all the things that were not willing to use along the way were taken out by the servants to honor the steward - seeing Ji Yun walking in, the book office only looked up , buttocks did not move, and asked: "Are you Ji Yun?"
"Yes," Ji Yun said with a slight pat on his back, "Officer Ji Yun." The secretary quickly switched his left and right legs, and it was still Erlang's legs. He smiled and said, "It's fate! I'm twelve years old. When I entered school, I also ate cold pork head meat a few times. It is not suitable to compete with others for feng shui, so I was assigned to this far-evil military state. What about you? People also say that you entered school at the age of twelve, and even became yellow armor The official fortune occupies all the laurel branches, and if it doesn’t match, it also flows to this area to serve in the army. This is really coming from heaven and earth—isn’t this fate?” Only then did Ji Yun know that he was also a prisoner sent by a crime, about After knowing a few words, he was dispatched in the army and became a newcomer.Hearing the sarcasm in the voice of a small man who was full of ambition, he felt angry, but he knew that the fate of the official was in this person's hands, so he could only hold back his anger and say with a smile: "It's not bad for the heaven and the earth to come to Dihua. ——Mr. Cheng, give me advice. If you dare to ask your surname, it’s easy to call him up and down.”——
The secretary made a "hoo", slapped his thigh and pointed Ji Yun with a smile: "You really have it! The words are all right, and they all rhyme—hey, you talk to the emperor every day, and that's it? No wonder Yes, it’s a good fawning job! My surname is Luo, and I’m a second-in-law, so you can call me Erye Luo!” This guy had a drink at noon, and he came out to have fun, because he was so close, he smelled of alcohol and farts The dead onion and rotten garlic stuffed with mutton ran straight into his nose. Ji Yun saw him slapping his chest, shoulders, head, and face, and felt disgusted in his heart. He sat on the stool with his hands on his knees, chewed a mouthful of tea, and asked, "Second Master Luo, I have already surrendered and reported, so I ask the chief of the military department to report to Jidu Junmen. I also want to see Zhaojun Men Haimen, these are my friends, and there are letters from Jingli to them."
All rascals and villains despise dignity, once Ji Yun is respectful, Second Master Luo will feel bored, but he feels that Ji Yun is still playing the role of an official, so he puts the tea bowl on the table and says: "Jidu Dajunmen went to Changji, and the city has to transport 100,000 shi of grain to Zhaojunmen's military use. Mr. Ji, since you have committed crimes on this one-third of an acre of land, you must restrain your official spirit. What Zhaojunmen? There are too many prisoners here, and they all use this method to scare people. Luo Erye doesn't recognize the money for this pot of wine-even the prisoners who have come from all over the customs, there are 6,000 in Urumqi alone, and the food needs to be transported. The city is going to be built, and they are all relatives with people like Jijunmen and Haijunmen, so what about our errands?" He stood up and pointed to the north, "—the west of the mosque in the north of the city is the Guandi Temple, and the north of the temple is the newly built Chenghuang Temple. You prepare immediately and move into the Town God's Temple to live. There will be a team of 200 people there. Tomorrow, before dawn, they will carry food to Changji. Just such an errand, pack your luggage and go, I'll wait for you at the Town God's Temple!" After saying that, he walked away with a snort.
He left in a bad mood, and the four followers couldn't help but look at each other: just stepped into the "three-acre land" and offended the local snake.Yun An complained: "Master, it's true! He's supercilious, because he's in charge of too many prisoners here, and they all beg him, and no one begs for others. Our men have fallen to this point, and they are still pretending to be with this kind of person." What kind of big wax?" Song Baozhu said: "Seeing that they are here to ask for money, we just hold the gourd and don't open the ladle! This is good, four hundred miles to Changji, fifty catties of grain and carry dry food with us." Ma Sidao: "It's all Yubao's fault. It's convenient and nice to hand over the money when you report for duty. What's the matter?" Yubao said with a sneer, "You can! Those who dare not be in charge of the family do not know how expensive firewood is! After Xi’an, which road does not burn incense in front of the land of the mountain god? There are only more than two hundred taels left, give them all away, and let’s drink northwest wind? I sealed him a bag of five taels, and he Look at our master as a high-ranking official, if you don't think so much, you are trying to blackmail us!"
"I said earlier that silver was exchanged into banknotes in Xi'an," Ma Si said, "more than two thousand slamming, like carrying a money bank down the road. Who would not take us when they see it?"
"Exchange it into bank notes? There is no money bank here, is a pile of waste paper good to wipe your ass?" Yu Bao stared.
"Hey! It's his mother's fate that I don't know the horoscope... I don't know when I will be able to go back." Ma Si said with a sigh.
"Go back? Eight of the ten out of the ten here won't be able to go back." Song Baozhu grinned like a smile or a cry, "Don't look at those gentlemen who say they're saying goodbye, they just play tricks to sell their popularity. The master makes room for them." As a minister of military aircraft, we have to throw our bones into the desert and the sea!"
"Maybe the emperor will think about our master's benefit one day..."
"Your majesty? If your majesty really loves the master, how can you send it to such a place where there are no eggs?"
"That's right! Didn't the villain make the emperor dislike him? There was a day when the ghost and Shen were in front of the emperor, and it was no good."
"There are also rotten fish (Yu Minzhong) and rotten shrimp."
Talking about and arguing and arguing with resentment and hatred for him can't say anything.Ji Yun was disturbed by them, and some of his words were not unreasonable, some officials sent out by the emperor "forgot" some, and those who were pardoned were sent back unless he personally remembered or someone recommended a "reminder".He knows his own situation well, and it is possible for Enshe to return to Beijing, but he is really worried that He Shen will play tricks, and he is even a little bit afraid of Minzhong—take advantage of this opportunity to find out a few more "things" of his own. "It couldn't be easier to find donkey hoof marks in the mill road.Considering Zeng Zi's virtuousness and how well mother and son know each other, he said "kill someone" three times, and his mother fled over the wall, how can he compare with Zeng Zi?Qianlong loves more than his great mother?Moreover, he did not dare to think about the deeper worries. Qianlong was already a 66-year-old Ershun old man; There was a mistake, two shorts and three longs came out, one emperor and one courtier, if something like that happened, maybe he would really ruin himself here.Several servants did not want to serve him and died with him, and they also had their own reasons.He is not good at housework, and he doesn't know how to reprimand others. Although he could hear the resentment against himself, he thought of others, frowned and said, "What's the use of saying this? I was sent here by order. How dare he What about me? I'm not going anywhere, just waiting here for Ji Du to come back and see how he gets off?"
"You're a nerd, aren't you?" Yu Bao laughed, "We have to find a way—one is to rush to give some money, and the other is that there are a lot of horses here, five to two hundred and fifty catties, and one horse weighs 100 pounds. Load it up, buy a little donkey for you to ride, the four of us will go with you empty-handed, no matter which military gate you see in Changji, at least one who has burned incense in the furnace, there will always be a little help..." Ji Yun thought in his heart Angry, he said angrily: "Buy a horse! I was sent here to serve the emperor, and I have no money to send this scoundrel!"
Yubao and Baozhu went to buy horses, Ji Yun begged for water to wash his feet, and poured out his clothes on the felt, with one hand bent on his pillow, and the other he silently read "Chu Ci".He was originally a bold scholar, able to eat, sleep and fight. Since he was depressed and had little sleep, he had insomnia symptoms, his eyelids were sleepy, but he couldn't sleep hazily. For a while, he was talking about poetry with Qianlong , for a while, he and Liu Yong went to see a play in Luqingtang, and for a while, he saw Yu Minzhong passing by in front of him silently with a paper, but when he turned his face, He Shen was looking at him with a forever smiling expression, in a daze.梦颠倒间又见那个“罗二爷”提着马鞭子气势汹汹走来，一脸凶相，马鞭子杆“砰砰”挝得桌面山响，拧歪着脸喝叫：
“起来起来！什么老爷？到这里都是罪囚！”
纪昀浑身一个惊乍醒过来，居然真的是罗二爷来了，还带了十几个囚徒，都是满脸污垢衣裳褴楼站在门外，罗二爷手里倒没有拿马鞭子，是两枚乌黑发亮的铁胆，敲砸在门框上，还在喊：“叫他起来！”他见纪昀揉着惺松的眼起来，一扠腰仰脸道：“纪昀，谁让你睡觉的？”纪昀一怔，说道：“我出过房钱。”
“我让你到城隍庙，你没听见？”
“我没留神。”
“你聋啦？”
纪昀身上的血一下子涌上来，一旦凤凰落架，真的连鸡不如！这个“什么也不是”的刀笔小吏，一辈子下场不得第的坐红板凳扔货，囚笼里巴结出来的末等无赖，要尝尝“奴役军机大臣”的滋味了！他的脸涨得通红，眼中幽幽闪射着怒火，一眼看见玉保牵着马进了天井，手一摆，愤怒地喝道：“把马牵到厩里。我是奉旨要见兆惠海兰察的，不见着他们，我哪里也不去！”他这一发怒，玉保几个人也顿时硬气起来，马四便道：“姓罗的，你鸦张什么？别说你，就是天山将军见我们老爷，他也不敢挺腰子！”保柱接口便道：“两个山字叠起，你给我出去！”云安也道：“和他说什么？见他们管带去——见他们管带去！”四儿卧着，也狺地一声龇牙咧嘴站起身来。
“哟嗬？”罗二爷起初被众人突然发作惊了一跳，倒退一步，警觉地看看主仆五个，移时，咧嘴一笑，流里流气说道，“我还以为来了什么硬撑腰子的呢！原来充大人吃瓜，跟我闹虚头！你说你奉旨的要见兆军门，好哇，旨意拿出来给爷们瞧瞧。”纪昀硬硬地顶了一句，说道：“那是面谕，有旨意也轮不到你来接。”“这里只有羊骨头牛肉干糠萝卜糙米，没有麺（面）没有鱼（谕）。”罗二爷嘿嘿嘻笑，一摆下颏命那十几个囚徒：“绑起来押送城隍庙——马牵上，驴牵上，书箱里头有银子，小心侍候着了！”
一众囚犯听见“有银子”，兴奋得嗷嗷大叫，一窝蜂排门而入，却顾不得捆人，先奔炕上去，有的拽行李被褥，有的就砸锁开箱子，“吮啷”一声连底儿翻转过来，二十几锭大银，几十两小银角子小银裸子，笔墨纸砚连同书籍顿时散落得满炕都是。众人高兴得欢呼大叫，揣着银子，拣着能吃的就往嘴里塞，呜噜不清喊：“这他娘的很够爷们打牙祭的了！”有的叫：“大银子给二爷，大银子给二爷！”还有的嚷嚷：“老子要那方砚，那是端砚！”玉保四个人也都扑上去撕扯着保那银子，也趁机往自己腰里塞。小小的炕上十七八个人来回挤压撕打，有的几个人同时滚成一团摔在地下。纪昀气得浑身发抖站在一旁，咬着牙不言声，罗二爷手托下巴只是阴笑。四儿是只哈巴儿，见主人受欺，只呜呜哀伤着吠叫，无助地满地打转儿焦急，却不会咬人，不防被人踩了一脚，又胆怯地伏到纪昀脚下缩头狺叫。屋里一时乱哄哄乌烟瘴气呼喝喊骂搅成一团，早惊动了店中人，那住客都是外地出差来的军官，站在天井剔牙说闲话看热闹。店主是本地人，满面赔笑拉着罗二爷，呜里哇啦不知是蒙古语还是回族语，劝说的什么也不知道。纪昀已气怔了。
正乱着，店门外有人老声老气说道：“这店里起反了么？这么这么搅闹？”接着一个老者脚步橐橐有声进来。众人看时，是个七十岁上下的胖老头，四开气灰府绸夹袍上套团万字黑绸褂子，脚下蹬着起明检千层底鞋，一头雪白的皓发压着六合一统瓜皮帽，浓重的扫帚眉也已全白，却是红光满面精神矍铄，说话声音洪钟也似，问道：“这里谁是店主？嗯？”他这身行头打扮，怎么看都像个贩茶老掌柜的。又一身风尘灰土，都料他是赶宿头的。店老板要出来应候，又担心这群人偷店里东西。罗二爷见众人发愣，喝道：“卖什么呆？别理这老货——赶紧带上人走！”外头看热闹的军官似乎有人认出这老人，嘀咕着窃窃私语几步便退到了远处瞧热闹。
“我说，怎么没人答话？”老人见没人理自己，有些发怒，一手指定了罗二爷，“你——我说你呢，你看什么？是你带囚犯来抢这店的？这乌鲁木齐是个没王法地儿么？”
罗二爷相了相他，终于出来了，他却担心是哪个大营里的文案师爷，赔着小心问道：“老人家，乌鲁木齐就这么大块地方儿，眼生得很。您是哪个营的，还是内地来做茶马生意？”老人道：“我是卖茶砖来的。你们这是干什么？半条街都轰动了，又是抢又是夺的，是土匪还是兵？”听是茶商，罗二爷又抖起了精神，回身说道：“别理他，捆人！是个卖茶砖的糟老头子。”
“你说什么？”老人有点重听的样子，偏手捂着耳朵问道，“你叫什么名字？是营里的？”罗二爷道：“我就是天山大营军流处的罗二爷，我这是办差，叫你别管闲事。”老人也就不重听了，放下手笑道：“我也是给天山大营办差的，这闹成一路人了。你叫罗二爷，一生下来就叫这名儿？你爹，你爷爷也都喊你'二爷'？”
罗二爷怪怪地看着老人，一笑骂道：“这老不死的敢情装耳朵背！敢砢碜我！”老人道：“子曰老而不死乃为贼——少陵有语'虐人害物即豺狼，何必钩爪锯牙食人肉'——军流处的堂官怎么收留你这王八羔子，这城里就敢横行霸道！”罗二爷咬牙笑听他“子日诗云”，冷不防一个扑身上前就来一手黑虎掏心，口里叫着：“揍你个老秀才爬灯台——来这里卖文！”
“妈拉个巴子的！你敢动手打我老人家？”老人突然放了粗，眼盯着他到身前，不等拳头挨身，只一掌劈揍过去，身子一闪顺手一带，兜屁股又是一脚，打得极是麻利。罗二爷压根收不住脚，一个马趴摔出去六七尺远，头撞在店门口门枢石头上，碰了个发昏。他揉着鼓起的大包发愣，老人犹自在说：“君子可欺以方，唯女子与小人为难养也……”他一时粗鲁得像个杀猪的，一时文绘绘像个教书的，逗得远处一群军校都笑。纪昀从没见过这色人物，老而劲健又文又浑，说滑稽又一本正经，要笑又觉他可爱，又担心他吃亏，枯着眉头出来正要说话，罗二爷一跳老高指着老人道：“这老家伙是白莲教，会邪术，给我拿了请赏啊！”
屋里一群犯人原见罗二爷吃亏，老人似乎不费吹灰之力就打塌了他，正愣着看，听他下令，捋胳膊挽袖子便都踊了出去。那老人见他们围上来，双脚跨出丁字步盯着他们走近。未及动手，外头一个青年军官气喘吁吁跑进来，双手一拦喝道：“这是天山将军济大军门，你们谁敢！济军门，您瞧您，各军管带都在辕门外头等着您呢！我问跟您的人，说您撤尿去了，怎么跑这儿来了？”
这就是天山将军济度。满院囚徒，连罗二爷都吓傻了，木雕泥塑般站着发呆。
“妈拉个巴子，扫老子的兴！”济度拍拍手，又弹弹袍子角上的灰土，板起脸来训斥那青年军官，意兴阑珊地回身，指着众人道：“孺子不可教也——统统给我拿下，他娘的——投界豺虎！”
"tie!"
那青年一个叩千答应，起身一个手势，店门外三十多个戈什哈夺门而入，马刺佩剑碰得叮当山响。济度既说“统统拿下”，这群人也就不分好歹见人就捉，纪昀眼见两个校尉扑向自己也要动手，真的急了，大叫一声：“济度，我是纪昀！”
“纪——昀？”济度一脚前一脚后站住了。
“纪晓岚——你没有让勒三爷要过我的字？”
“噢——噢噢！”济度恍然间醒悟过来，一个转身挥退戈什哈，已堆得满脸是笑，快步过来，一头走一头笑道：“我说今早'柴门鸟雀噪'呢！原来纪师傅千里昭昭（迢迢）来了……三天头海大坏还说，你估约就到了，随赫德交印时候也说过，你怎么就不告诉中军一声呢？”
纪昀倒不料他这般热情礼遇的，悬着一颗心登时放下，见他还要深揖行礼，忙一把扶住了，笑道：“论年纪你也是老前辈，这断断使不得！大约他们只记得我的字叫晓岚，本名儿没人知道，就闹了误会——这正在寻我的事呢！”罗二爷一群人见这阵仗，早已唬得面无人色，爬在地下觳觫颤栗，见纪昀说到自己，忙磕头道：“纪大人、纪老爷超生……小人们在这过得苦寒，穷极无聊穷昏了头，涮着爷们玩儿讹几个酒钱……”
“娘的个屄的，穷极元聊就敢涮纪老爷？穷昏了头就敢抢劫？”济度瞪着眼道，“你这会子不过是小人畏刑，后悔也迟了——把他们拖到辕门外头正法！”眼见戈什哈们上去拖人，一众人捣蒜价磕头乞命，纪昀是君子不近庖厨畏闻牛羊哀鸣的人，不禁软了心，倒为他们乞情道：“纪昀刚到，也是有罪之身，是我命中该有此劫，天假小人之手，所以祸君子而福君子。不然，我也不得与军门这里邂逅相逢。前方战事方弥，多少大事需将军料理，军门不必过份计较他们吧。叫他们把我的书籍盘缠还出来就是了。”济度笑道：“唯上智与下愚不移，与中人可以语上，老兄太仁慈了。既这么说，死罪饶了，每人四十军棍，在辕门外枷号三日，罚到昌吉修城拉毬倒吧！”说着将手一让，“到我中军去，兆惠海大坏今晚都来会议，你也凑上一份，有新鲜蔬菜呢！——把我的马牵来给晓岚公坐！”
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