Chapter 20 The twentieth round of Wu Shengqin's bullying of friends, Shanshan Fukang'an Luxurious Zhougong Temple

Wu Shengqin and others had a farewell dinner for Liu Baoqi that night, and they didn't leave until the watch shift.The Imperial Academy has always been a yamen that stays up all night. The proclamations drawn up by the six bills are approved by the Military Aircraft Department and sent to the Imperial Academy. The academicians in charge of the academy assign the Hanlin to draft official documents.It's a bit like our secretary of the literary office today. Whoever gives it to them will worry about writing the manuscript. The practice in the yamen is deep, and everyone does their own thing.Wu Shengqin is not good at drinking, so he fell asleep in the cage in the morning, and when he got up, he didn't know what time it was, rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at the shadow of the sun through the window, but it was overcast that day, so he got up and washed lazily. .It is not suitable to go to the Yamen again, and there is nothing to do at home, so I look at myself in the mirror, brush my braids and apply some gecko oil, look myself up and down for a long time, drag my clothes and walk out.

His family lived in Hongguoyuan, which was a remote place in the capital. There was a large vegetable garden when he went out, and the turnips and turnips were harvested until they were in front of a ruined temple in the distance.The gloomy sky and autumn clouds were chasing after each other, making the scenery bleak, and there were very few pedestrians on the small street.Wu Shengqin thought he had no place to spend time, so he turned south to the gate of a newly built courtyard house—this was Fang Lingcheng's house.Fang Lingcheng went to high school in one fell swoop, and his elder brother was so happy that he transferred 30,000 taels of silver from the Shanxi ticket office, and built a mansion here. There was another place in Huaishu Xie Street, and the whole family hadn't moved here yet.The entire Imperial Academy knew that Fang Lingcheng was a wealthy man who was even richer than Wu Shengqin—he was clattering his title ring in the doorway, and only after a while did he hear a girl inside ask, "Who is it?"

"it's me." "Who are you?" "I'm Wu Shengqin." "Wu Shengqin?" The girl pondered for a moment through the door and said, "There is no one at home, Mr. Wu, please go back first, we adults will come back later!" Wu Shengqin smiled, and was about to step back, when suddenly his heart moved, and he said, "You are Fangcao girl, right? Are you not human? I am Master Wu, the one who bought you the ruler last time, forgot?" The door opened with a bang, and an eleven or twelve-year-old braided girl stood in the door opening, and said with a smile: "Just say that Mr. Wu will end up, and if you say something indifferent, who will we serve?" Do you know?" Wu Shengqin saw that she was innocent, cute and charming, so he walked in and pinched her face lightly, and said: "I have something better for you! I won the prince Yi's little son. There are a lot of gold melon seeds, gold is not rare, and it is rare to have a good color. The silver shop of Zhengyangmen Dalang Temple waited for a few pieces of jewelry, and I will reward you later. Now we are neighbors. "Speaking, he went into the upper room, sat down on the chair and crossed his legs and said: "I have a cup of good tea!"

That Fangcao was still asking questions, and when she heard that she was being rewarded with something, she beamed with joy, and hurriedly waited on her feet, twisted her hands and poured tea, and dusted the dust on his feet with a feather duster.Wu Shengqin just smiled, sipping tea and asked: "Who is here at home, why is it so deserted? Where is your master going?" Fangcao smiled and said: "Master went out early in the morning, and said he would meet Mr. Cao went to see Liu Luoguozi. The eldest master of the family sent a letter, saying that he would bring the wife of the second master who had never been married to Beijing. The family here went to Qibu Street to clean up the house and install furniture, leaving me and my aunt at home... ..." Wu Shengqin asked, "Where's my aunt?"

"It's in the West Wing!" Fang Cao'er pointed to the west window of the house, pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "Tell Mrs. Wu that the master wants to marry a wife, and my second aunt doesn't like it! Draw it, I don't know what I'm doing now..." Wu Shengqin had already heard that Fang Lingcheng's partner in his hometown was coming to Beijing, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.When Fang Cao'er said this, Wu Shengqin felt a little worried that the horse heart ape couldn't hold back.I got up and twisted it twice in the room, and said: "Last time I asked my aunt to embroider the cigarette purse for me. I wonder if it's finished? I'll go and have a look..." Then he came out and pushed it to the west chamber. Opening the door, he smiled and said, "Sister-in-law is quiet, so leisurely!"

"It's the brothers of the Wu family!" The woman was lying cross-legged on the kang table and was drawing flowers. Unexpectedly, someone came in. She looked up and saw Wu Shengqin. I went out, saying that I was going to see Liu Yong Zhongtang. Don’t you know? Didn’t you drink yellow soup in the same place last night?” When Fang's family lived in Huaishu Xiejie, Wu Shengqin was a frequent visitor, kicking through the threshold twice every three days to disturb.That Shanshan Lianjiazi, who was born in the world of fireworks and was trained in the court of love, naturally had already seen Wu Shengqin's lightening methods, because he also liked the suave and romantic appearance of others.But she is a well-educated person, and has her own dignity. Seeing Wu Shengqin squinting her eyes and looking up and down, she saw that she was barefoot. Shanshan couldn't help blushing, pulled her socks from the kang, and slapped her little feet embarrassingly. When he was on the set, Wu Shengqin smiled and said, "Brother Nian went to the Military Aircraft Department? Liu Yong only knows how to direct Huang Tianba's apprentices to arrest people, knock on the board and try the case, and ask him to be a student? ——Ah, this The flowers embroidered on the socks are really nice! Let me see the pattern..." As he spoke, he stepped forward and pulled one, unfolded it and praised it, put it to his nose and sniffed it, and said, "It smells so good..." Handed it over When she came back, she twitched her feet intentionally or unintentionally, "Sister-in-law is quite lovely today, if you walk on the street like this, you will be sure to see that you are a living Guanyin, grandma of Manchuria..." She nodded and smiled at Shanshan again, Just amazed and surprised, but refused to be frivolous.

"You..." Shanshan was so teased by him that her face was flushed red, suddenly she saw her serious face, and in a blink of an eye she saw Fang Cao'er coming over with a teapot, then she understood, "sigh" With a smile, he also changed his face, and said: "You are more mature, sitting and talking, and now you are an official, and you still look the same as when you were Xiaolian? ——Your purse has not been embroidered yet, purple Tang color It looks good when it is paired with gold thread to dig out the clouds. Our gold thread has not been moved in the yard - Fangcaoer, there is old tea over there, and the box next to the vase is a gift from the old man at home. New autumn tea, serve Master Wu."

Fang Cao'er hurriedly agreed to change the tea and made some cups, Wu Shengqin praised "this girl is clever", and said: "Fang Cao'er, go to my house to get the gold thread, and tell Li Gui—— You know him—the second uncle and grandma sent you the two-foot-tall Dola yesterday, and I will give you a winter coat, which is stylish and generous." The girl looked at Shanshan and smiled slowly. Said: "Your master and Mr. Wu are like brothers, and you don't want to thank them—go and come back soon!" How can Fangcao'er understand their thoughts?Thank you and went happily.Wu Shengqin watched her go out with the door closed, turned his face and smiled at Shanzha, and asked, "Why are you unhappy looking at you? Is it because the sister-in-law of the Fang family is coming, is it jealous?"

"What kind of jealousy did you make?" Shanshan sneered at what he was talking about, and then sighed, "Is the one on my plate worthy? This is the marriage of a Ming matchmaker, and I can't stop it." After speaking, she felt The eye circles were red, and she wiped it lightly, "I've thought it through too, but it's my fate...You know my senior sister who made an oath to each other back then, she said she had been in the academy for twenty years, I have seen all kinds of people. The most unreliable person in the world is a scholar. He would rather be separated from a bachelor than from a scholar. A scholar is worth less than a pheasant... I think he is a sincere person, thinking he can Three to five years of good times will be enough, but who knows I can't... Marrying a wife is a serious matter, and I can't stop it. I heard from Mrs. Wang outside that when he was in love with me, he had an affair with Guo Xixi... "

Wu Xingqin smiled to himself, thinking that Shanshan was too stupid, not only Fang Lingcheng, but also him, why didn't he have a kick with Guo Xixi?Thinking to himself, he said: "Sister-in-law wiped us out, but I'm actually a good person..." He glanced outside, moved closer to Shanshan, and almost whispered, "I've admired you for a long time, It's just... dare not say it, let Brother Fang take the lead... there is no way to repay this debt..." As he said that, he played tricks and slapped her wrist. "You're not a good person either!" Shanshan opened his hand with a blushing face, spat and was about to speak when a gust of wind blew past outside, and then the cool rain fell, the rustling sound filled the courtyard, the sky was low and the clouds were dark It made the west chamber even more secluded, and I heard Shanshan say: "You eat flowers and wine with three women all night, you think I don't know? You..."

She also wanted to say that Wu Shengqin couldn't hold back his burning desire, so he hugged her tightly on the kang, and lightly kissed her forehead and cheeks repeatedly. He said vaguely: "Don't listen to Hui Tongji and Hu Yu... I... sleep with a hundred women, and I only think of you... Look at this day, this cloud, this rain... Isn't it a match made by heaven? ?” He said again, “It would be better if Lingcheng’s wife came...we can have a long distance..." That Shanshan originally came from the hall, she married Fang Lingcheng, she is also a son of a prominent family, and she is also young and proud, and she was originally determined to live together until her old age, but unexpectedly she married her regular wife not long after she started, and she suspected that Fang Lingcheng was promiscuous outside Now that the heart of resentment is born, the nature of a prostitute cannot be restrained.Wu Shengqin and Wu Shengqin have known each other since they were raising their sons, and originally liked his gentleness and playfulness. Now the outside is as dark as a siege, the autumn clouds are deserted and rainy like hail, and Wu Shengqin has repeatedly teased him. Feelings are intertwined... Wu Shengqin has been frivolous for a while, but his love has grown stronger.She closed her eyes and gasped for breath, rubbing Wu Xingqin's crotch with one hand, and pulling Wu Xingqin's wrist under her lapel with the other to let him touch her breasts... She said, "It's not like that ...you just... come on..." Wu Shengqin gave a lewd laugh, and threw himself on the whole body like an eagle fighting a rabbit. He untied himself and panickedly untied Shanshan's buttoned waistband and small jacket. The two hot fleshy bodies were even more passionate, and they rolled into a ball on the kang. Hairpins, Chuaner, small clothes, needlework, and baskets... were scattered all over the kang... ...For a while, the clouds cleared and the rain closed, and the two were satisfied and got up in their clothes.Wu Xingqin poured a cup of hot water to drink, and while helping Shanshan tidy up her things, he asked with a small smile, "How is the lady doing?" Shanshan blushed but said nothing, and Wu Xingqin said, "I heard from Hui Tongji that nine out of ten women Don't worry, I'm afraid the man's mouth will be unstable. Don't worry, my mouth has a seal!" Shanshan said: "Hui Tongji looks so honest, but he is also so bad... Alas... it's always my fate It’s just suffering—you put out the chessboard, play chess as a cover, and watch someone come or Fangcao come back, what do you think?” "Yes, yes, yes... or what you think is wrong." Wu Shengqin smiled, and immediately set up a game of chess. The two of them ran towards each other. Is it?" Shanshan lit up the hookah and took a few puffs of hookah before she could concentrate on the chess game. She snorted and smoked, and said with a smile: "He never said these things, and I didn't ask about them. It was the day when Mr. Cao came, and I I heard a few words from the needleworker next door, saying that there is a man named Liu Quan who embezzles money from the garden workers. Probably Liu Quan is a character that is not easy to mess with. They plan to investigate secretly and bring him down!" Wu Shengqin's hand holding the chess piece trembled.He never expected that Cao Xibao and Fang Lingcheng would be doing such a big thing underneath!Seeing Shanshan looking at herself in surprise, she hurriedly said: "You are going to be a robber for this role, you have to make up for it..." Then asked: "What do you mean, Master Liu presided over it for them?" "I don't know." Shanshan shook her head and frowned, "I can't take care of my own affairs! I heard that the building of a house surnamed Liu violated the system. I don't know what it has to do with being greedy for money. What is the system of the house?" Wu Shengqin tilted his head and looked at the chessboard, pretending to think about it, but he was already thinking about this "big event". When Liu Baoqi said that he was going to the Hefu yesterday, Fang Lingcheng and Cao Xibao said in unison: "Go and wait, I will see you off." !” ——So I’m going to find out the truth with my family!Liu Yong, Yan, Agui, and others were at odds with Heshen, and I heard it from time to time in the Yamen, but Heshen is now in full swing, Yu Minzhong, Ji Yun, Agui, Li Shiyao...all these hot and powerful dignitaries were turned over by him .Although Liu Yong was a minister of military affairs, he was actually in charge of a criminal department. In front of Qianlong, he was far less brilliant than Yu Minzhong and Agui. How dare he encourage Cao Xibao, a petty official, to sue Heshen?It's unbelievable to think about, but it seems true.Wu Shengqin still has a faint smell of jealousy—if Liu Quan is really brought down, He Shen will be the first to be associated with him. He Shen is not a clean person. He Wu Shengqin!This person...how can I say it? ... He let out a sigh of relief and asked again as he walked wildly. He heard the sound of the door, followed by creaking footsteps, and saw Fang Cao'er holding an umbrella with an oilcloth wrapped under his arm, He trotted into the courtyard and headed straight to the west wing, the legs of his flowery trousers were already drenched.Wu Xingqin asked with a smile: "Have you brought it all? After all, it's a child, and I don't know how to avoid it for a while, so why not come back when it rains?" "I brought them all..." Fang Cao'er was so cold that her hands and face were flushed, and she was still out of breath, "Li Gui didn't know where the gold thread was, so he and Mrs. He spent half a day looking for it. They also looked for the oilcloth bag. Otherwise, I would have come back a long time ago—your house is really close to here..." As he spoke, he shook the bag on the kang.The two of them smiled knowingly, Fang Zi rejoiced inwardly, and Fang Cao'er screamed coldly: "My mother, what is this thing? It's sticky and snot like a big puddle!" Both of them were startled, and they couldn't help being stunned when they stared at it. It turned out that it was something that flowed out when the two of them were full of the kang. They cleaned it up in a hurry and didn't pay attention. Grab it right away!Fang Cao'er twisted her fingers and said in amazement: "Where did this thing come from? It's cold and sticky, it's phlegm!" She suddenly saw it, pointed to Wu Xingqin's robe and said, "My lord, your robe is also stained... don't you... Move, I wiped it with a cloth for you..." He was busy while talking. Wu Shengqin glanced at each other, and spat slowly: "I'm afraid it was pulled by our old civet cat, it was lying there just now! Why don't you hurry up and clean it up for Mr. Wu... Look at your clothes are dirty..." Wu Shengqin was smiling, and stood waiting for Fang Caoer to clean up. He took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, about two or two taels, and threw it to Fang Caoer, saying: "The two girls in front of me are a little older than her. I'm not as smart and sensible as this girl, so I'll reward you with this little money." As if suddenly remembering something, he said, "I forgot all about it—the ending of the township meeting will be divided into annual cases today, so I'll give you charcoal as a respect!" Xiang Shanshan With a wink, "If you have anything to say, just ask Fangcao'er to come to my house and say..." He picked up his umbrella and went away. ... This autumn rain lasted for half a month, only Liu Baoqi and his party suffered.On the afternoon of the same day, I left Beijing from Luhe Station. I had Fang Lingcheng, Cao Xibao, and my colleagues in the Military Aircraft Department and the Siku Study Room set up a wine delivery in the same year.Leaving Beijing, go to Gaobeidian, pass Baoding, enter Taihang from Shijiazhuang in the west, go to Niangziguan and enter Jingjing in the south, go around Mengjin and cross the Yellow River, and travel another 60 li to Luoyang Xiazhan.It is the late autumn season, and it happens that the weather is like this. The cool rain is like jelly cream, and the rivers and rivers are accompanied by the road. Ding Boxi Jingchao Pavilion and Zhao Bucheng, the eunuch sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deliver medicine to Qian Feng, eight sedan chairmen are included, and there are more than 30 people in their early years.Originally, this time is the best season of the year, the Taihang Road is full of peaks and walls, and the colors of old autumn are colorful.A group of people walked through the Taihang Ancient Road for seven or eight days, like walking in a deep tunnel.Until it crosses the Yellow River and enters the boundary of Mang Mountain, although it is still a "mountain", it is no longer as steep as Taihang. Thousands of ravines are hidden under the loess slope, and the earth ridge is shaped like a turtle with a back and a snake. It is not very tall, and it is rare to see tall trees stretching across the road. Looking around on the road, I feel that the vision is wide and the sky is far away, which is very different from the dangerous cliffs in Shanxi. Luoyang is a famous city in the Central Plains, and a resort of the old capital of the Nine Dynasties. Its governance history is more hazy and prosperous than the provincial capital Kaifeng. Perhaps it is because of this prestige, coupled with the fact that the city has a large population of water, boats, land vehicles, and is oriented to the Central Plains. The hub of the thoroughfare of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hunan and Hubei, so although it is still governed by the prefecture, it does not use "Luoyang prefecture" and opens the prefecture as "Henan prefecture" --- to show the dignity of the system, and secondly, it also means to avoid the taboo of Luoyang's respect --- This is the author's unreasonable thinking, and it is not a problem. Liu Baoqi was a passing official who had no acquaintances in Luoyang, so he kept quiet and quietly entered the city from the east gate, visited the "Confucius Asking Rites", went out from the west city, and stopped at the Luoyang post station in the south of Zhougong Temple.According to the Qing Dynasty, the provinces’ education and administration were officials of the third grade. Although they were restrained by the governor, they, like the vassals and table divisions, opened their own offices to manage affairs, governed the province’s cultural propaganda and education, and presided over the township government examinations and local academies—this position of authority , his rank is between Xuanzhen and the second division of the feudal table, and he can be regarded as a senior member of the province.At that time, there were not many officials in the Luoyang station, and all the official buildings were the same in ancient and modern times, and whoever had the highest official residence lived in the best room.As soon as they entered the post house, they registered with the introduction, and without saying a word, they placed Liu Baoqi in the upper room—one bright, two dark, three rooms, and four-in-one courtyard courtyard. A short fat man with a very conspicuous distiller's nose. He was wearing an oil coat and greeted him back and forth. The upper and lower people were arranged according to their respective positions. He ordered the fire to be cooked at one end, and he also called: "Fire the big pot to boil the water, and put the water in the pot." Put some ginger slices on it and make tea to dispel Master Liu's cold!" Liu Baoqi came out of the capital and was used to poverty, so she was not happy to see him busy making arrangements, and looked at the time, it was about noon, so she beckoned Yicheng entered the room and said, "We had a fast meal at the White Horse Temple, so this meal will be a no-brainer. It's not easy to go out and buy vegetables in this weather--haven't I asked your name and name?" "Don't dare, the lowly job is called Cao Jiahe." The postman hurriedly apologized, beat Qian'er, and replied, "This is according to the rules of the adults, and it is also an errand of the lowly job, don't dare to take it lightly... Marshal Fu is in Luoyang, His old man ruled the station with military law, so it would be terrible if he was late... It was raining heavily, and it was very cold. My lord first drank ginger soup to warm his body, washed his feet, and after eating, he could go to bed in the shade and relieve his stress. It's easy to catch up tomorrow, is it Bo?" Hearing him call Fukang'an an "old man", Liu Baoqi couldn't help laughing.Said: "I'm actually not cold in the sedan chair, but it's hard for those people. And the sedan chair driver needs to get some solid food so that he can have the strength to lift the sedan chair." Cao Jiahe laughed so much that his eyes and nose were crowded together, and he sighed repeatedly. Said yes, and said: "Yes, yes, ready-made beef, just fill up..." Liu Baoqi didn't wait for him to finish, and then asked: "Does Marshal Fu live in the city?" "No—here!" Cao Jiahe said with a smile, "The old man lives in Xiangshan Temple, and he specially built the Xingyuan outside the temple—I heard that this is going to Beijing. What about Yuanliujia?" Liu Baoqi nodded with a smile, and said, "This is a common practice." Cao Jiahe shook his head, and said, "It's true, it's not just a story, it's a blessing for the people of Luoyang that Marshal Fu lives here. My son, in the past years, the common people were exempted from all taxes owed to the government, and those who owed taxes to pursue lawsuits were all released. Prisons were almost emptied, and all those who robbed, raped, and murdered were all killed. There are a few officials who are corrupt and bribed. The marshal closed his eyes and waved his hand on the chair, and it’s all over again...the donations for the next three years are also requested to be complete—now the people in Luoyang say yes, there are no bandits, no thieves, no officials!" Liu Baoqi laughed loudly and said, "These 'quans' are very interesting for a simple lawsuit against the Datong world! Weird Luoyang people love him... so I'm afraid the officials may not like him." Cao Jiahe laughed and said, "That's Naturally, some people are happy and some people are sad. Marshal Fu Qian Zong and Wan Zong'er are all good, but it is difficult to serve him. Officials are afraid of him, and they dare not leave him. The Futai and Luoyang county magistrates of the second prefecture all moved to Guanlin to do business. , as soon as you hear the wind, you will move when you hear the wind—the usual majesty, but now it’s like—a child’s daughter-in-law is afraid of her mother-in-law, Master Fu in Xiangshan Temple sneezes, and it’s raining heavily in Luoyang City!" After finishing speaking, he sighed again. , "There are so many prefectures in the world, and each prefecture has a Marshal Fu, that would be great!" This is also some insight, but Liu Baoqi doesn't take it seriously.There are only two things that Fukang'an really admired him. One is that as a relative of the emperor, he refused to rest on the merits of his father Fu Heng and enjoy it comfortably, and worked hard to cheer himself up to earn fame; With all kinds of tricks and taking the lead, he never misses when he sends troops to conquer—he is in Luoyang. It's a pleasure, it's the same as his rewards and punishments for leading troops, "states and counties all over the world" will handle it accordingly, and the treasury will be wiped out in a few days... But it's inconvenient to say this kind of thought to Cao, because he said with a smile: "You said What's more, it would be nice to have a few more fourth masters of Fu. I have his letter with me, and I am eager to see the fourth master! ——Is this Luoshui outside? I want to go out to see Yujinger. "After that, he went out of the post station without taking anyone with him. The Zhougong Temple is built on the Gangbu of Mangshan Mountain, and the slope from the post station faces Luoshui. Standing at the gate of the post station, you can have a bird's-eye view of Luoshui.Liu Baoqi was wrapped in a coir raincoat outside his oil coat, and stepped on wooden shoes. She was completely impermeable to the wind and rain. Standing and looking around, she saw a big river flowing slowly in the rainy field, and weeping willows on the bank in the misty drizzle. The river is swaying and swaying in the middle of the river, and the river surface is also covered by smoky water vapor. The ferry, fishing boats, and sailing boats are all hazy and unclear. It looks like an old ink painting, which is very desolate and far away. Looking at the Tianjin Bridge, it is closed by rain and smoke, where can I do it?Contemplating, Liu Baoqi walked down the slope, and the old boatman at the ferry point pointed out that this world-famous bridge was looming on the shoal on the south bank of the river. They are half hidden and half hidden in the turbulent waves. Looking back at Zhougong Temple and the post station, the red walls and green tiles are also hidden among the colorful grasses and trees.Standing in such a scene, it was as if the world had become one, and he was the only one left alone in the universe.Liu Baoqi suddenly thought of her hometown. At this moment, is the old mother relying on Lu to hope for a child, or is she doing needlework?Then I thought about how difficult the long road to Guanhe in Guizhou was, and suddenly I remembered my teacher Ji Yun, how to manage the scenery in the desolate and cold Xinjiang?He was quite successful in his official career, but seeing Li Shiyao, Yu Minzhong and Ji Yun drifting away and ups and downs one by one, the feeling of going to the country and nostalgia turned into worry, slander and ridicule, and he couldn't help but shed tears. It was a blur, the waves of the river seemed to be flowing backwards, and the embankment was silently advancing into the river... He had completely lost his mind.I don't know how long it took, Liu Baoqi turned around with a lost smile, walked and lingered along the long embankment until it was dark, saw the cooking smoke rising from the boats, and then turned back to the post station, only to find that the rain had soaked through the heavy clothes.Seeing the rippling rain, dozens of postmen were busy in the inner courtyard, and four Goshhas were added at the second gate, all of whom were dressed as sixth-rank military officers.Wearing an oil coat and standing upright with a knife, the door god also seems to be motionless, looking at the inner courtyard, but he can't see his servants. People seem to be carrying some belongings.Liu Baoqi was just thinking about it, when she saw her follower, Cai Tieshuan, come out of the east courtyard in a hurry, splashing muddy water at his feet, and said, "Master Xuetai... we have moved to the east courtyard... Marshal Fu is going to come out tonight." Rest at this station..." "This really means that Cao Cao Cao Cao is here." Liu Baoqi looked at the powerful faction, and guessed in his heart that he was about to turn around. Cao Jiahe had already rushed out from the second gate, still smiling , squeezed the middle nose like a big unripe strawberry, sucked and rubbed his hands and apologized again and again: "The commander-in-chief will go to the city to Huijue Temple to offer incense to the old lady today, and I won't be able to return to Xiangshan Temple tonight. I will stay here tonight. I have no choice but to wrong Mr. Xuexian to live in the east courtyard. Although it is not as spacious as the main courtyard, the east courtyard is actually clean. It is next to the big kitchen and tea stove, so it is convenient for those who want soup and water Hehehehehe... You are always sympathetic to our difficulties, that is the good fortune of the humble people... Hehe..." He apologized with helplessness, humility and sincerity, and he wanted to comfort us with words. Liu Baoqi smiled and said: " You don't need to say too much, I don't know the size and importance of being an official in the capital? It's just that I don't understand. The commander-in-chief lives in Xiangshan Temple. Is it not easy to burn incense in this temple? Why do you go to the temple in the city?" Cao Jiahe laughed Said: "I don't understand this either. It was said by the military master who came to the front station, saying that the old lady had a dream, and wrote a letter specially to ask Fourth Master Fu to follow suit. Hey! It is enough to put gold leaf in the temple. I gave away three thousand taels! Fourth Master Fu is really a filial son!" After speaking, he heard someone shouting, and his back was bouncing. Only then did Liu Baoqi enter the hospital.In fact, this place is not far from the main courtyard, but there is no west wing, and there are reed sheds built along the west wall, and the number one pot, the second pot, and the third pot are next to each other in turn, all of which are full of flames and smoke, and are dark and dim. The lamps and shadows under the shed were flickering and there were figures and figures, and I didn't know what they were busy with.Ding Boxi Jingchao Pavilion and the eunuch Zhao Bucheng were talking inside with the door of the East Wing open. Seeing Liu Baoqi standing in the courtyard wet all over, he hurriedly shouted: "Mei Xiang, Master Xuezheng is back, change your clothes quickly!" The two maids agreed together, smiled and knelt into the main room to adjust their clothes, then Liu Baoqi came in to change, and Ding Jing came in one after the other to sit and talk with him.They knew better than Yicheng. They said that Tang'er, Fukan'an's mother, dreamed of Guanyin and said, "I burned more than half of Li Zicheng's lower courtyard in Luoyang. It's been more than a hundred years, and it's about to collapse now." , your son is right there now, and you don’t want to take care of him.” When she woke up, she sent a sealed letter to wish Kang’an a blessing, asking him to quickly check which temple it was, and no matter how much money it was, she would pay it out of her own money... This is how this sub-entity came about.In the midst of relative surprise and exclamation, the sky became darker and darker, but Ding Boxi wore a watch, looked at it with a smile and said: "This is a cloudy day, just now, and the sun is still bright on weekdays!" Jingchao Pavilion said: "Fu Si This time, Lord Liu will save Mr. Liu from going to Xiangshan Temple to pay homage to him. I will see Fourth Master later and hand over the letter. If nothing happens, let's play bird cards all night tonight!" While speaking, the smell of meat swayed into the room with the breeze, Liu Baoqi remembered that he hadn't eaten lunch, and felt a little hungry, Jingchaoge had a very sharp eye, got up and went back to the room to get a greased paper bag, shook When it arrived, it was a large bag of five-spice beef. He smiled and said, "Fourth Master Fu is here, and the kitchen will naturally supply him first. I don't know when it will be our turn to eat! I left this for supper at noon. Come on." , Liu Xuetai, looking at you, you are also hungry, let's eat first!" Liu Baoqi smiled and said: "You are thoughtful." While chewing on a piece of mouth, he heard the sound of drums and horns outside, and the sound of muddy footsteps all over the ground. It seemed that countless people were trotting, and said: "This must be It's the Fourth Master Fu who has arrived, and I feel sorry for the Luoyang Ling, who followed me in the rain, and I don't know what it's like to be drenched and frozen!" Ding Boxi said: "It's not just the Luoyang Ling, but also the second secretary of the feudal bureau in Kaifeng City, and the supervisors of all yamen. I’m with you today! Just now I went out for a stroll and saw an official standing in front of the Zhou Gong Temple with an umbrella. His nose was saliva and his nose was saliva, and he was in the wind like a red radish. When I asked, it turned out to be our parents. Li Xiude, the prefect of Luoyang! Usually the police come in and out, but this time he is not even as good as a Goshha!" Liu Baoqi chewed on the meat, savoring his words, and said, "I can smell the beef cooked in the courtyard. This meat is pretty good, isn’t it enough?” "Where!" Ding Boxi laughed, "We eat Luoyang beef here. The Nanyang beef cooked in the pot outside has long been driven from Deng County to Nanyang and then to Luoyang. Today it is slaughtered and eaten right away. Eat the tendon of the beef shoulder blade, the beef should not be too old or too tender, the best cooks in Luoyang are tossing the meat under the west shed, do you smell the same taste?" Everyone couldn't help being dumbfounded when they heard it. When they sniffed it, in addition to the common scent of cinnamon, fennel, aniseed Sichuan pepper, there was also a fragrance like chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum, ruolan, orchid. Fukang, An Haoshe, has already seen this little incident today, Liu Baoqi couldn't help sighing, and said: "My generation is so sad, sitting on the bench for ten years and eating cold pork head meat for three years, I am secretly proud of myself. Compared with this, how much heroic spirit is there?" It’s all disappeared.” Because I wanted to relieve myself, I went out to the toilet and came back, passing by the west shed, curious, so I quietly stood in the corner of the shed to watch the cook operate, but I saw a large bag of meat in the boiling meat pot. The ingredients in the packet are all "going with the flow".The three young men looked like apprentices, holding iron-toothed hooks in their hands, turning over the meat non-stop, and using spoons to scoop up the white foam rising from the side of the soup pot. They were all dressed in shorts and shirtless.An elderly master stood by the pot with a pipe in his mouth to watch the fire, and directed as if singing: "Add charcoal fire!" "Yes—return firewood and add charcoal!" The guy guarding the fire quickly replied. "Orange peel and lychee water!" "Yes—it's the water!" "Add lamb bone marrow soup!" "Yes! Let's add broth!" "Simmer!" ...Cao Jiahe came running, out of breath, and said: "Decision! The commander smelled the fragrance... I want to reward the soldiers with steak and ox tail! Master Gao, hurry up!" The master saw him and changed With a smile on his face, he said, "Master Cao! You old man, it needs to be cooked... just use a slow fire, and the meat will be rotten. If it is refreshing, it must be crispy. When you taste a hundred kinds of aromas in your mouth, it is our meat." The work of Gao’s family in Xiguan—” Cao Jiahe was in a hurry to grind the wheel on the spot, and interrupted him: “The commander-in-chief called for the meat, who dares to refute his answer? There are two bags of bacon that will not be cooked. You go up and talk about it yourself!" After saying that, he ran away.Master Gao ordered: "Add half a spoonful of nitrate!" He ordered, but no one answered.After a while, a young man said with a bitter face: "Father, the nitrate...the nitrate bag has been soaked by the rain...I thought it might not make it, so...so I threw it away..." Before the words were finished, Master Gao A leaking slap slaps him, causing his son to stumble, and he stands beside him covering half of his face, not daring to speak. "Damn your mother!" Master Gao scolded, "What kind of work is this, how dare you be so careless?!" He glanced at Liu Baoqi who was standing next to him, and he must have come to see the bustling postman or something. Yiheng ordered: "Get on the pot!" Liu Baoqi didn't expect that the Gao family was of this family law, and was about to persuade him, the young man jumped onto the pot without saying a word, with his legs spread apart, his left hand grabbed his trouser leg, and his right hand took out the bag. Work, dumping the Luliang tank into a pot full of boiling water and meat is like urinating! Liu Baoqi was dumbfounded and couldn't help but stare blankly.When she was in a daze, Mei Xiang shouted outside: "Master—the post station has delivered food!" Only then did she wake up, and turned around to go to the East Chamber.Seeing that Ding Jing and Zhao Bucheng were waiting at the dining table, Liu Baoqi sat down with a smile on her head, and said: "I saw you today!" Then she told what happened just now.Ding Boxi said: "It's nothing, it's just invisible to the eyes, and there is nitrate in the urine-you haven't seen Liuhua Chungong's dim sum, how delicious are they? When making noodles, the disciples go up and use their feet Kick!" The children were talking and laughing as they ate, before they finished their meal, they heard Cao Jiahe from the yard rushing to urge the meat again, and Master Gao promised loudly: "Okay, the goods are ready! Children, prepare cold boiled water to quench the meat!" Meat!" After a while of fuss, I heard a few young men shouting in unison: "Bless the Lord Fu!" It seemed that several people crowded out of the yard. Several people in the east chamber stopped their chopsticks: I don't know how the beef Fukang'an with urine tastes like?They were looking at each other, but saw Cao Jiahe came in with a handsome Goshha, and said, "Marshal Fu asked Mr. Liu to come over. And this man from the Ministry of Internal Affairs—" He pointed at Zhao Bucheng, " The father-in-law is also going." "Yes!" Liu Baoqi hurriedly got up and agreed, then she changed her clothes and asked Mei Xiang, "Old Master Zhao, please take out Gui Zhongtang's letter and present it."The eunuch also changed his robes, wearing a carved golden hat, and a Lianque patch - he was dressed in the attire of a ninth-rank official. After packing up, he followed Liu Baoqi to the main courtyard under an umbrella.Liu Baoqi originally thought that Fukang'an's group was full of valiant warriors, rough men who could eat and fight, but he didn't know how lively the meeting was with eating meat and drinking, and it was only when he entered the hospital that he felt that it was very different from what he thought: The upper and lower rooms, the east and west rooms are all brightly lit, the doors and windows are open, and there are tables for the Eight Immortals inside, and the generals and captains are sitting upright, and there is no smell of wine, only the courtyard is full. The hot aroma of meat and vegetables was overflowing, and the generals focused on gluttonous food without distraction, and did not hear a single word or cough.The sergeant standing upright in the courtyard held his sword and pressed his knife, his chest and belly protruding, and the chicken seemed to be still motionless even after being soaked in water.On the table above the dripping eaves were Henan local officials, from the look of their clothes, they probably belonged to the second secretary of the feudal court and the prefect of Luoyang Tongzhi county magistrate, they were all solemn and dignified, only eating calmly.There is only one table in the main room, which seems to be accompanied by local gentry and Fukang'an's literary master.The one in the middle is about forty years old, wearing only a moon white bamboo cloth jacket, without even a belt, talking and laughing freely in Gu Pan - Liu Baoqi has met Fukang'an countless times.因报了名，和赵不成小心翼翼进来，见福康安在问高师傅话，要递手本，没敢，笑着垂手站定。 “是刘保琪嘛！递什么手本？”福康安笑道，“你常到家父那里送文案卷宗的，吉保给看坐——你就站着吧！”他对赵不成说道，又饶有兴致问高师傅道：“牛肉能煮得脆爽，你的玩艺不含糊——我只想，这手艺是不传的了？能不能我派些火头军跟你学学，我的兵要都吃上这肉，那就是口福了！” “回老大人您呐！”高师傅赔笑小心回道，“这全看的火候。寻常牛肉只是一个文火慢熬，这个肉锅要像看饺子锅，大火猛煮，牛肉筋脉都收紧了，不停用凉水凉高汤浇，才不会烂糜——那只是汤好，牛肉吃起来像劈柴丝儿，为甚的呢？都把肉味散到汤里去了——要一口下去，连筋带肉像鸡胗子似的赶紧出锅，用凉开水激淬，才得这个样儿——福爷是带兵大将军，说安锅就安锅说吃饭就吃饭，出兵放马的事儿，没得这份时辰功夫看火候……爷您明鉴，这是富贵肉——都随时做得吃得，小的的饭碗也就砸了不是？” “福贵肉，嗯，是这个理儿。”福康安笑着点头，对几个师爷士绅说道，“看来我的兵都是穷命，吃不上了。”众人都忙赔笑说“公爷风趣”、“大帅爱兵如子”“三吮其痈，则勇士战不旋踵”……一片声胡嘈奉迎，福康安只笑，品着肉味道：“百花香肉，嗯！虽然我品不出一百种滋味，确实不同凡响，作料是你家祖传秘方，想来也与众不同！”说声“赏”，王吉保答应着取出一封银子递了过去。高师傅跪了双手接过，就手里掂量也有五十两，眉眼都笑舒展了，好话就说了一车。刘保琪听是“与众不同”，想起高师傅儿子撒尿光景，不禁胡卢一笑，忙咳嗽着掩饰过去，见高师傅退出去，双手将阿桂的信呈上，说道：“桂中堂的信，请四爷过目。” 福康安接过信，一边展看，一边吩咐：“大约你还没用饭？吉保，给刘大人上饭，上牛肉！”王吉保答应着，刘保琪哪里肯吃？双手连连阻着道：“谢福大人，王大人也不必张罗，我确实吃过——不信你问赵不成！”福康安却看不也看赵不成一眼，只鼻孔里哼了一声，却不问这个，只问道：“皇上赐钱大人什么药？” “回四爷的话，”赵不成是低人一头惯了的，迷瞪着眼站一边看大人们说话，脸上毫无愧容，听见问话，忙笑着呵腰道，“皇上没说，只叫太医院斟酌药方子，在小药房里抓的药，有拘杞子、老河曲的黄芪，云南进的冰片、银耳，还有一小包是外藩贡的金鸡纳霜。另外还有和大人送的高丽参、桂中堂是一小包儿西洋参、刘中堂送的天王补心丹和定喘丸……”福康安听了道：“我也听说他病了。看这些药都是补虚的。医者说'看实不泄实，看虚不补虚'，这天时不正，早早的就秋凉跟冬天似的——我原等他一道儿进京的，看样子得先走一步儿，你告诉钱大人，只可穿换衣裳上头多留点心，没有用过的药不可轻用，到北京看过太医再说。”赵不成忙道：“是！”福康安道：“你去吧。吉保带他到账房领三十两盘缠。” 乾隆时宫中御使大监宫禁最严，就是傅家这样的勋威也极少假太监辞色，赵不成原也没敢指望有这份赏赉，顿时喜笑颜开，打叠一肚皮奉迎话要说，福康安却摆手道：“你去吧，少在我跟前啰嗦！”福康安又笑问刘保琪，“住在东院！我是雀巢鸠占了吧——你带有百十个人，牛鬼蛇神的一大群，学政是个穷衙门，禁得你这么折腾？”说着一笑，“方才听是去了洛河岸？” “是。”刘保琪欠身笑道，“幼读《洛神赋》，嗯……余从京城言归东藩，背伊阙、越轘辕、经通谷、陵景山……这份离乡忧思……越北沚，过南岗，纤素领、回清阳……恨人神之道殊兮，怨盛年之莫当……悼良会之永绝兮，哀一逝而异乡……这份惆怅哀婉，忧绪绵长，若不身历其境，或者是上下天光满河舟舸时候到这洛河岸，再也体味不到的。”他咏诵着曹植的赋，已经换了凝思之容。 “看来翰林院也不尽是酒囊饭袋之徒。”福康安点头叹道：“洛河秋雨如此幽远景致，一向在洛阳，倒没有领略，看来我竟是个俗人！”刘保琪便知他指的马祥祖要学曹操故事，只一笑，说道：“大帅何得是俗人！只是您生来就是人上之人，不晓得酸丁寒窗滋味罢了。我们这微末京官行径，您哪里体味得到呢？那才叫俗呢！”福康安笑道：“京官清贫，我是知道的，每年要到印结局领银子过冬嘛！” 刘保琪道：“那有一大套口号的，岂止是印结局里领银子？”因笑着念诵：“——几曾见伞扇旗锣黑红帽，叫官名，从来不坐轿。只一辆破车代腿跑，剩个跟班夹垫包。傍天明，将驴套，再休提翰苑三载清标，只落得衙门一声短道：大人的聪明洞照、相公的度量容包。小司官登签周旋敢挫挠，从今那复容高傲？少不得讲稿时点头拨脑，登堂时垂手哈腰……” 他忽然背诵这么一段词儿，和前头《洛神赋》情趣迥异，在座的几个师爷和绅士并一众武官竟谁也没听过，觉得又有趣又逼真听得顺耳，都停了酒箸侧耳细聆，傻着眼看。福康安自幼在绮罗丛中钟鸣鼎食，在京师泡大的，竟也不晓得小京官们竟编有这样自嘲小曲儿，听了半截已是大笑，轻轻一拍桌子道：“这词儿有味儿，还有没有？”“长着呢！”刘保琪笑道，接着念诵：“……你清俸无多用度饶，衙门里租银绝早，家人的工食嫌少，这一只破锅儿待火烧，那一只破箩儿等米淘。那管他小儿索食傍门号，怎当得哑巴牲口无草料……”福康安哈哈大笑，说道：“放了外任就好了。”刘保琪道：“那是——乍出京来甜似枣，这才知道，一身到此系如匏。悔当初心太高，雁儿落到如今长班留的少，公馆搬来小。盒剩新朝帽，箱留旧蟒袍。萧条冷清清昏和晓，煎熬，眼巴巴暮又朝……” 念到此处，刘保琪自己也忍俊不禁笑了。众人已经绝倒。福康安道：“你为方面大员，京官里头算熬出来了。”刘保琪道；“学政是不小的官，还不是托了阿桂中堂的保举？说起来这官爷也要笑，王梦桥四爷认得的——傅老公爷在时我们常一块到府上的——放了江西学政。那衙门都荒了，蒿草长得齐房檐高，一到晚狐狸叫黄獾窜，兜物丢砖打瓦撒窗土的不安生。王梦桥闹得没法，起身提剑出来大喊：'我是王学院，奉圣旨来的，还不回避？！'——暗地里只听吃吃的笑声不停。有人和我说起，我说王学院只可吓秀才，用来吓唬兔狐不顶事的，谁想我也变成了'刘学院'，也怕衙中有鬼，特特巴结和珅大人，给我拨了八万两银子料理事儿。福四爷说我带的人多，这里头有十六个轿伕，到贵州打发了银子就回京了。还有仪仗卤簿，真正跟我的也就二十多个。身边的衙务也得要人，本地人多了不好，您说是啵？” 福康安静听良久，说道：“原来是这样。所以和珅还派人跟着，为的住驿馆方便吧？这八万银子从哪里出项呢？” “是从圆明园工银里划出来的。”刘保琪看着福康安脸色说道，“四爷，贵州太穷了，指望省里，一文钱怕也拨不出来。” 福康安沉吟片刻，说道：“工银不归礼部管，这是和珅胡闹。你是纪昀的学生，聪明尽有的，难道不明白这个？这银子你还退给工部，或者给工部内务府打个收条，我告诉礼部另给你拨八万银子补上。不要顾了眼前忘了秋后拉清单！” “是！”刘保琪见福康安端茶，忙起身赔笑答道，“多谢四爷关照，请四爷奏明圣上，纪老师在新疆很苦，老师虽有小不检点处，大节还是纯的，请皇上早日开恩赐还。” “你去吧。”福康安不置可否，说道，“刘墉是正直臣子，有老刘统勋遗风，也兼管着你们，有事多请示。也可以写信给我，不要乱投门路打错了主意——道乏吧。”