Chapter 17 The 17th round of Huanghua Town, teachers and students were turned into ruthless uncles ganged up to sell their nephews
Yong Yan and Wang Erlie settled down in the east room. "Rely on your mother at home, lean on the wall when you go out", Yong Yan's bedding is naturally placed under the east wall.The first bed is occupied by Wang Erlie.The room is small, with two beds sandwiching a table and an old pear wood chair, leaving only a narrow corner.Wang Erlie walked under the boat for half a day, his legs and feet were a little tired, but his seasickness healed up, his face was flushed with energy, and he sat on the bed against the wall, reading a book with an oil lamp.In a blink of an eye, Yong Yan was holding a teacup in both hands, frowning and meditating, and said with a smile: "Master Fifteen, people say you are cautious and dull. I don't think so—there are more than a dozen masters in the East Palace, and more than 20 attendants. Elder brother There are more than 20 members of the clan, they are together every day, and they look the same to everyone—this business trip has been with you for a few days, and I feel that your temperament and behavior are different from those in the palace. Not dumb."
"Really? You look at the book and think about this, because you think that the grand swan is coming." Yong Yan smiled, his eyes flashed.But it was just a flash, and then he became calm and composed again. "Official affairs can't lead to chance encounters. There are big rules in Yuqing Palace, that is, teachers and students get along day and night, outside of reading and writing, it's just courteous, if you can't see your true nature, then your hair will be as old as new." He was not familiar with this Wang Erlie, Yuqing. The palace is where the prince studied in the Kangxi year. Since the Yongzheng Dynasty, the rules have become more and more strict, and there are systems for advancing and retreating in size. Follow the etiquette like treating a distinguished guest, retreating like a fish swimming in forgetting each other, Wang Erlie just "knows someone" and just thinks that he is a scholar who has studied well. During the few days when he was out of Beijing, he was sick for the first two days, and then Wang Erlie became seasick If you don't get into a coma, you have no energy, it's just that you have had some luck with your comrades for half a day.He originally thought that Wang Erlie was a bit dull, but hearing Wang Erlie say that he was "dull", this frankness also made him feel good.However, he is a deep person after all, born young and mature, unwilling to show too much intimacy, because he said: "Get off the boat for half a day, and the warm and cold world is like a world! I saw those officials talking a lot along the way. Compare it with this hundred miles of wasteland. Don't you feel emotional? He Kun is still going to be busy building construction projects in Dezhou! You write to Liu Yong in my name tonight, what does he do as an imperial envoy? Let's make trouble with Arsenichu!"
Wang Erlie put down the book, saw the ready-made tile inkstone on the table, poured tea and rubbed the ink, and said thoughtfully: "Master Fifteen, there is also an imperial envoy, and writing a letter to reprimand me may be inconsistent with etiquette. It is the first time for Xue Wanjin to work on a mission. No matter what his heart is, without Liu Yong's approval, he dare not do anything wrong. We have to meet with them and listen to their opinions before speaking. According to my knowledge, first Send a copy of the letter of greetings to the emperor, and report the situation in front of you to the sage, and even write the notice. When we arrived in Dezhou, the emperor's approval letter came back, but it was only completed by the fifteenth master himself. I give You grind the ink and spread the paper."
"That's what you said. It's as good as that." Yong Yan sat on the chair as he said that, seeing that the pen was useless, he called Wang Xiaowu to come over, and took out the pen and invitation booklet from the bag.He is a frugal man, and when he saw the red silk cover of the brochure being gilded and pressed, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Just use this plain paper, and do it as you like, so that Ama won't see her sin—Xiao Wu, go—" He mused Wetting the pen slowly, he said slowly: "This invitation can be written to Lafayette and the Queen...Master Wang, I always feel that I have a lot to suggest. This large saline-alkali land is always in front of me. It can be grown into crops and food. Or if the ground is still full of yellow flowers, that would be great! But I can’t figure out where to start.” Wang Erlie couldn’t help being moved, the eighth elder brother Yongxuan he valued the most among all elder brothers, and his eloquence was eloquent. Brilliant, generous in dealing with people, and without a trace of dandyism, compared here, I feel that Yong Yan is pragmatic and honest, caring about the people out of sincerity, and getting closer to himself.After a pause, Wang Erlie said: "I have been thinking about this all the way. This section of the canal is high in the south and low in the north. If you want to release the alkaline water of Dalangdian, you must transport it from the north of Qingxian County. If you want to cure it, you must Connecting Dalangdian Lake with the ditch outside the embankment, releasing water from the canal in Cangxian County, transporting alkaline water into Qingxian County, and turning the water outside into diversion canals into running water, this is not something that one county can do. The county now belongs to Tianjin Road, and Cang County is the administrative area of Cangzhou Prefecture. To do this, the first thing to do is to place Qing County under the jurisdiction of Cangzhou Prefecture.” Yong Yan said with bright eyes, “Yes! It's vague, I don't know who is in charge of this matter. This is clear. You can ask for an order to transfer Qing County to Cangzhou Prefecture, and the powers will be unified."
Wang Erlie saw that Yong Yan was eager to take up the pen to write, smiled and said: "Master Fifteen, there are more difficult ones. What I said just now is to divide this section of the canal into two. When the water potential is divided, the canal boats and boats are just a matter of shipping." The canal from Cang County to Dezhou in the south needs more water to be used for the diversion here. Therefore, the upper canal must be dredged and widened. The embankment needs to be strengthened. How big a project is this? How much money will it cost? And who will take care of it? We don’t understand water conservancy. This is the key point. We should send capable officials and river workers who are proficient in water conservancy to conduct field surveys. In short, we can neither Blocking the water transport of the canal and flushing this section of land with running water is the best strategy.” Yong Yan put down his pen and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he smiled and said, “It’s so difficult to make a profit! When you say it, I’m thinking, The diversion canal inside can be raised by the prefecture and county itself. I think there are millions of acres of land that can be cultivated from wasteland. One mu of land is sold for seven taels, and there are seven or eight million silver to collect. Even the canal There is more than enough money for dredging, but the court has to draw so much money for a while, and it will cause controversy when it is handed over to the ministry. Besides, it is too troublesome to wash the land every year and fertilize it every year like the old man Lu said." Wang Erlie smiled. Said: "Don't worry about this. What I just said is 'radical cure'. As long as there is running water flowing regularly, digging deep ditches to drain alkali, and alkali flowers can't come up, it is not a saline-alkali land. If it can be treated in this way, double-cropping rice here They can all be planted, ten years later Master Fifteen will come and see, it must be a land of fish and rice!"
"I'll write it right away!" Gu Yan was excited by what he said, and his eyes sparkled brightly, "Such a good thing is the benefit of all ages. I think it's like this. Write a statement if you are sure, and make a suggestion if you are not sure. The emperor’s subordinates discussed and brainstormed. This is the first thing I do when I go out of Beijing. After I write it, you will polish it—ask Wang Xiaowu to go to Qianjie to uncover the notice. The memorial is attached, and the revelation is a clip Send it in together." Wang Erlie didn't say a word, sitting sideways on the head of the bed, and picked up the bald pen, he was really good at remembering, and he quickly memorized the announcement.Gu Yan glanced at him in surprise, without saying anything, he picked up the pen in the inkstone...
The wind outside seemed to be more violent, screaming like tearing silk and tearing cloth, and howling like apes and wolves from afar, sweeping across the roof of the house.From time to time, the window paper was shocked like a trembling millet, drumming and deflated, and it was not known whether it was snow particles or sand and stones, hitting the window root or the door panel, making a rustling sound.This small hut has gone through countless years, and it seems that it cannot withstand the raging wind, creaking and moaning.On the windy and cold day of the twelfth lunar month, the flames of the charcoal pots were not strong, and the red was yellowish, as strange and ugly as a dying face.Yong Yan wrote so intently that he felt the bone-chilling cold when he collected his pen. He was about to ask Wang Xiaowu to come over to add charcoal, but he saw someone's sperm coming in through the damper. Pack up and warm up—you don’t look right, what happened?"
"It's nothing." The human sperm said: "I heard that some people in the west wing of the north courtyard were discussing about doing bad things, come and ask the master, let's take care of it."
The eyes of Yong Yan and Wang Erlie jumped suddenly, Yong Yan held the back of the chair tightly with one hand, his face turned pale, Wang Erlie asked: "Is it a black shop? Is there a thief?"
"Men, don't panic." Human sperm said: "There are a few human traffickers in that room. They negotiated to sell the dozen or so girls they bought here to Guangli. It is said that a British opium dealer named Wilson paid a high price for them. He also said that he would coax them to go to Guangzhou first, and then one of them could earn two thousand taels. After discussing it, I heard it all, and I still have to tell my master, the old man Lu's family is so kind, her uncle is not alone He is also among the human traffickers! Several human traffickers laughed at him, "Nephews and nieces dare to sell" beware that Lu Xiaohui's mother will stab you to death with a pair of scissors." He also laughed, "saying that my sister is too sick to die How could she know? She wants to know that I sent her son to work as a foreigner's servant, and my daughter dressed in satin as a concubine, thank me too much!" What a fucking day!"
"There is such a thing in the world of Qingping!" Yong Yan's pale face flushed all of a sudden, and he stood up, "The people living in Qianjie are all Cangzhou yamen servants, take my name card, and ask them to give me the whole body of the principal. Take it!" Wang Erlie said: "It's easy, I'll go out and do it!" The human sperm said: "No. There is also a master inside, and I heard him speak in the tone of the Cangzhou government, and he is here to direct the defense. One bite at a time." Our Fu Zun' said, 'the county also needs to take care of it', they are all in one spirit, there are more than one hundred yamen servants in Qianjie, and the shops are full, and they will bite us back when they make a big deal, and we will be settled if we lose money!"
Wang Erlie and Yong Yan couldn't help looking at each other.It's appalling that the government and human traffickers are working together to traffic people!The room fell silent for a while, and the lantern crackled amidst the whistling wind, which made Yong Yan shudder in shock!After a long time, Wang Erlie said: "There are only four of us. Lord Fifteen has a high status and is dressed in a white dragon fish. We can't take this risk. Ask Yu Xiaowu to go to the imperial ship, and order the prefect of Cangzhou and the magistrate of Cangxian County to visit the ship. Come to Huanghua Town to cook face to face, Lord Fifteen thinks this is feasible?"
"No." Yong Yan said coldly, "It's hard to guarantee that they are a gang of thieves. Maybe the magistrate of the prefecture is in Huanghua Town now! As soon as we heard the news, we made a confession, but we have a reputation for catching wind and shadows! In this way, don't move now. They secretly online. They sell people, and they always board a boat to Dezhou. They intercept them on the way and catch them all. After a severe trial, they will be uprooted and handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for disposal." Human sperm said: "It should be like this normally, I listened to Lu Huier My uncle said, "Hurry up and get your luggage on the boat. It's windy and cold at night, so we need to warm it up, and the frostbite can't be taken care of along the way." It seems that they are going to leave immediately!" Yong Yan was surprised and said: "We have dinner in Lu Home, brothers and sisters Hui'er don't look like they are about to leave!"
Wang Erlie said: "Call Wang Xiaowu and stand guard at the gate of Lu's house. If there is any movement, report to Ran." Ren Jingzi said: "I have just walked to the north courtyard, and no one is asleep. A dozen girls are all asleep. They were talking and laughing in the main hall of the North House. They thought they would go to Dezhou Shanshan Guild Hall to work as a handyman to earn money. I asked Wang Xiaowu to keep watch at Lu’s house. I kept watch in the middle of the night to see what the grandchildren were doing. He was already there There."
Just as he was talking, he heard footsteps in the windy ground outside, and Wang Xiaowu rushed in.Wrapped in an old sheepskin robe, he looked like a red-headed radish from the cold. He sniffed and sneezed. As soon as he entered the door, he said, "Master Ren is really an old man, and he knows things like a god! That damned uncle of Lu Huier has really gone. , knocked on the door and shouted, "Tiancheng, Hui'er prepared their luggage and boarded the ship, and I hurried back. My lord, I have never seen this before. There is no such thing as heavenly law, law, law and human kindness! Why is it so dark in this world, old Beifeng It’s not as cool as this!”
"Murder is forgiven, but it's unacceptable!" Yong Yan gritted his teeth.In an instant, Wang Erlie felt that there was a strange ferocity in his sternness, and before he could speak, Yong Yan was already putting on his cloak, "Go, take a look!"
It was dark and cold outside.It seems to be sporadic fluff and snow, wrapped in sand with the wind, hitting the face and getting into the neck, cold and painful, although they are all heavy fur and thick robes, my heart feels soaked in air-conditioning, it feels as thin as paper, and the money is paid. The inn was so far away that Wang Erlie and Yong Yan's eyes got used to the darkness. When they saw the ground was light blue snow, they realized that it had been snowing for a while, and it was late at night, and even the lights on the front street were turned off. On the lonely and empty street, only the sound of "bang bang bang—tootuo" in the distance can be vaguely heard, and it is heard intermittently through the wind.Just as he was walking, a shadow sprang out from the dark ground at the entrance of the alley, jumped as high as a man, like a wild dog, and rushed straight at Yong Yan!Startled, Yong Yan raised his right hand to protect his face, and shouted: "Dog! Dog!" Staggered and almost fell to the ground.The animal was about to pounce again, but the person walking in front turned around quickly, and without any fancy movements, he gave a slap in the air, and the dog fell limply to the ground without groaning.Yong Yan was still shocked, and asked again and again: "Is it a wolf or a dog? Is it a wolf or a dog?"
"It's a wolf." The human sperm said: "It's a very hungry wolf. If you catch something and bite it, it won't hurt the master, right?" "No." Yong Yan said tremblingly, "It's just to scare me Almost lost his true soul—this beast is so bold, I walked inside, and it came to bite me through Master Wang!" Wang Erlie said: "The wolf is a thing that only bites the timid. In our hometown, the autumn grain is on the field, and the whole family is old. Small open-air field, adults sleep outside, children sleep in the circle. Wild wolves always jump into the circle to hurt people--no sperm tonight, I will never be redeemed for this crime! Thanks to your good means-- - My legs are weak right now!" The human sperm laughed and said, "I don't want to prevent wolves from sneaking into the town! The master feeds me five catties of meat, and I can't afford to hurt a hair. of."
While talking, I reached the entrance of Lu's small shop, and sure enough, I saw the lights in the room flashing, and there seemed to be three or four people talking in the room, and the sperm looked through the door, and came back and whispered: "Besides Xiaohui's uncle, there are two other people. A person, like a human trafficker, is helping their brothers and sisters to pack their luggage. Master, tell me, do you want to take it?" Yong Yan asked: "Can you deal with them?" Human sperm smiled silently, and said: "This number thirty Individuals are not my opponents, I am so afraid that I have alarmed the servants all over the street, and if I hurt my master, there will be a big mess."
"Don't be afraid." Yong Yan's pupils shone brightly in the cloak, "I've made up my mind on the way, and it's okay to make a big fuss. I want to see what the magistrate here is like." Wang Erlie thought it made sense It is time to get in touch with the imperial envoy's ship, which is the best solution. For some reason, he wanted to see the courage of this elder brother, so he stepped forward to knock on the door without saying a word.
It was the old man Lu who came to open the door. Seeing that it was the four of them, the old man was confused for a moment, looked at Yong Yan with a confused face, and asked, "It's already midnight, and the masters came back again. What's the matter?" The three people inside were all sitting at the dining table, and one of them held a tile stove to drink tea to keep warm. Among them, a man in his forties, who looked like the "uncle", waved his hands in a nasty voice and said, "No matter where you stay and eat, there is no one here." ! Go somewhere else, go somewhere else!"
"We have something to tell you." Wang Erlie nodded to the old man Lu, and squeezed in sideways, followed by Yong Yan and human sperm Wang Xiaowu. Shake the lamp seedlings.The "uncle" raised his face with a trowel and asked, "Who are you? Is there any reason for this—breaking into someone's house in the middle of the night?"
Yong Yan turned his gaze towards him and asked:
"Are you Hui'er's uncle?"
"So what?"
"What's your name?"
"Ye Yongan!"
"What do you do for a living in Texas?"
"Purchase of Hengchangmao Warehouse!"
"What to buy? Where to buy?"
"Raw silk, tea, rhubarb, silk, porcelain, magenta, indigo, what to buy for money, Beijing, Nanjing, Tianjin Wei, where to get money! What? Who are you?"
Yong Yan suddenly stopped.After all, he was only fifteen years old. He had just entered the world and had never experienced anything before.Seeing the man under the lamp with fierce eyes and sharp tongues, the two men sitting next to him were also full of vicious faces, staring at him ferociously, as if they were about to pounce on him at any time.Suddenly there was a wave of terror in my heart, and I couldn't ask what I said next!Wang Erlie took a step forward, snorted, and said, "We belong to the government! Those criminals who specialize in investigating and apprehending criminals—let me ask you, how much money did you sell your nephew and niece to Zhun? !"
This question was heard even by the old Mrs. Lu who was arranging for their children to go on the road, and went out of the outer room together with Hui'er brothers and sisters.Old man Lu listened with dumbfounded eyes, but suddenly his eyes widened.The family of four stood at the door staring at "uncle" and at Yong Yan and the others, wondering if it was a dream or real.Half a day later, the old lady asked tremblingly, "Uncle, how dare you lose another bet in Texas and sell my children?"
"It's nothing—sister, don't listen to the nonsense of these bastards!" Ye Yong'an smiled and turned to Wang Erlie and said, "I am a thirteen-year-old single gangster, and I have been in the world for thirty years! I have seen a few people who swindle money, how can you be so bold! Are you from the government? Ask him who the two are—” He pointed, “His name is Si Xiaozu, he is from the magistrate’s yamen , His name is Tang Huancheng, and he is from the Dezhou Yansi Yamen! May I ask which yamen you are from?"
"It doesn't matter which yamen you are from, it is a death penalty for abducting and trafficking people to talk to foreign countries!" Seeing him flaunting his status, Yong Yan suddenly became courageous, and appointed Ye Yong'an as the halberd, "You guys dare to ask me about my origin? Bah! Take it for me!"
He said the word "take", and the human sperm agreed with a "prick", and rushed up, his left foot landed on the ground, and his right palm was as fast as lightning. No matter what technique, Si Xiaozu, Tang Huancheng and Ye Yongan didn't even move, their acupuncture points had already been tapped, they fell to the ground together, curled up into a ball as if they had twisted their tendons!Ye Yongan seemed to know a little bit of kung fu, struggled a few times, and stood up straight on a horse, squatting on his crotch, but his upper body could not move, and shouted loudly: "Wait and see, you bastards! I am your ancestors of the eight generations, dare you Provoke me on this ground!" With a smirk, the human sperm raised his chest, held a cold stainless steel flenser to his lips, and said, "Our master has something to ask, and you will yell like a fucking pig again , Tongue out for you—huh?!"
"Have you seen the fleet crossing the canal here during the day? We are the fifteenth elder brother's imperial envoy." Wang Erlie said to the stunned Lu old man's family, "These beasts, and your brother-in-law are not human! I heard from a shop that you want to sell your sons and daughters to serve foreigners in Guangzhou, where your son will be a servant and your daughter will be a concubine—are you willing to do that?"
The old man Lu trembled his lips, his bright white eyes were particularly dazzling under the light, he stared at Ye Yongan, and asked for a long time: "You really did this? You escaped the gambling debt you owed others, I will pay it for you, you Sell my son and daughter?" Ye Yongan said, "Brother-in-law, am I that kind of person? I am the uncle of the child!" But the Lu family knew his younger brother's character very well, and he believed it.She suffered from leg problems and was supported by her children all the time. When she broke free and wanted to jump up but fell to the ground, she sat down on the spot, clapped her hands and knees, and cried loudly: "Oh my God... why did you put a human skin on him for nothing! The eldest sister is so angry, the third sister is so angry, you come to rape your second sister again...you are so cruel...hoho...this is really unbearable..."
At first, Hui'er brothers and sisters were stupefied by this sudden turn of events, but regretted it, they stabbed their hands and just stayed there. The boy came to his senses at this moment, rushed over to snatch a kitchen knife, gnashed his teeth and rushed forward: " No wonder you said you were going to Dezhou, and then Guangzhou! You said that Guangzhou is only a dozen miles away from Dezhou, and you can earn more than a dozen taels of silver a month there, wear silk and satin, and take my parents to enjoy the blessings! You—— Old dog!" As he said that, he was about to chop him with a knife, but he was seized by the sperm and couldn't move.Yong Yan said: "There are prefectural and county government servants who live all over the street here, Xiao Wuzi, go and call their brains!" With one word, he reminded the man named Si Xiaozu, who leaned on his side and shouted: "That's right! Call ours!" Somebody come and clean up these turtle grandchildren!" As they were talking, they heard voices outside, as if a few people were joking and laughing, and one of them slammed on the door and shouted, "Lao Ye, what happened? You haven't cleaned it up yet? We'll be waiting on the embankment, drink tea here and hold the stove in your hands—I'm sure it's warm in this room!"
"Old money!" Ye Yongan suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "Go and call the people in the Yamen—there are robbers here!" Si Xiaozu and Tang Huancheng, who were lying on the ground, also straightened their necks and shouted: "Help! !" The old Qian outside seemed to be stunned for a moment, squinting one eye through the crack of the board, the door was "huh" pulled open by human sperm, and he was dragged into the room like an eagle sucking a chicken.But he was very clever, a carp jumped up and shouted: "Grandma Rita! There is really a thief! Wu Chenggui, Tian Dafa—call someone here! There are thieves here!" Only then did the two people who came with them know It's not a joke, I hopped and shouted "There is a thief" and screamed all the way, and I could hear their howling like ghosts from afar, "There are robbers in the Lu's store—take the thief..." In an instant, the town The peace was lost here, the sound of the door, the barking of the dog, and the chugging and drinking were all noisy, and the big gong beating in the distance also sifted through the mountains...
No one in the house has ever been through this battle, and stayed there for a while, and the man said: "Seeing that these sons of bitches are leading the yamen, master, a bachelor does not suffer from the immediate loss, you and Master Wang, I and Xiao Wu Save it to fight a lawsuit with them. The ship is against the current, and our people have not gone far!" Wang Erlie said: "We are not familiar with the road, and it is impossible to go out and rush. Xiao Wuzi and you will chase the boat, and I will stand here with the master. Forgive them for not daring to do anything to us!" Xiao Wuzi straightened up and said, "I'll go by myself! The human sperm protects the master so that we don't suffer any disadvantages, and one of our people will come and cut them to pieces!" So After arguing, Yong Yan also came to his senses and said: "That's it——Little Wuzi, go!" Xiao Wuzi didn't wait to say anything, and ran away with his feet up.
Twice, the tip of the needle pointed at Maimang, "reporting to their own yamen", and the Lu family was confused about what they had already "understood".The old man Lu looked at the two groups of people and then at his own family, and held back a sentence for a long time: "These three masters, our small family can't stand it if you do this. What do you do for a living?" Xiao Hui was very clever, and said beside him: "Father, don't ask. Look at this young master, he is a little older than me, can he be the king of the village? If they are robbers, why don't they all go away and wait for someone to come?" Take it?" Ye Yongan spat and cursed at the side: "Little cunt, you know nothing, you can turn outward without an adult elbow! This is a screwdriver Jiangyang thief, and that person just reported the letter—he just saw it. I hit you, and I want to rob you to go to the mountain to be the wife of the village, and you fucking speak for him!" A few words made Huier blushed, and when he looked at Yong Yan in a blink of an eye, Yong Yan was also looking at him, with four eyes On the other hand, hurriedly blinked and lowered his head, spit out: "Anyway, I don't believe you are a good person!" At this moment, the seven people were staring at each other, the Lu family was panic-stricken, and the eleven people were crowded into a room and froze, like wooden and clay sculptures in a temple. Usually, there is already a hustle and bustle of people outside, with torches and lanterns, more than two hundred people have surrounded the place.
"Remove all the door panels of the store." Yong Yan calmed down when the matter came to an end, and ordered: "This uncle, please light a few more candles——Master Wang, come and talk to them and clarify your identity." .”
Wang Erlie's heart kept beating, he was most afraid that this group of yamen servants would rush in, and in the dark night, horses and guns could not be distinguished, and a swarm of bees would shoot out, and then there would be some catastrophe.Unexpectedly, these yamen servants who eat official meals heard that there were "thieves and robbers", but they just stood and yelled at a distance because of the number of people, and none of them dared to take the lead. , and five candles were lit in the room, which was bright and bright inside and out. Seeing that Yong Yan's whole body was bathed in the melting light and remained motionless, with his own aura of dragon and phoenix grandson, graceful and reserved without panic, he couldn't help but secretly surprised Admiring him, he called Yong Yan under the lamp, got up and walked out of the shop slowly.
The noisy crowd suddenly fell silent, and hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at the middle-aged man bathed in the lights, without a sound of coughing.Wait for him to speak.
"I am Wang Erlie, the editor of the Beijing Imperial Academy." Wang Erlie declared himself, "the first Jinshi in the 2nd class in the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign."
There was a slight commotion in the crowd, and all the yamen servants were stunned. Looking at the standing man wrapped in snowflakes and wind, some whispered, some exclaimed, and some were full of suspicion—"Who is the person in this room?" A robber?" "Is this a Hanlin? I don't think it looks like—what does that young man do? Give him a thousand dollars!" "I look like it! Is it a thief waiting for us to come and get it?" "Hey, that fella The one on the ground seems to be Master Si!" "It's him, I think it's him, there seems to be Master Tang..." "That boy looks like a robber, look at his posture!"... buzzing Amid the discussion, Wang Erlie said loudly again, "Who is the prefect of Cangzhou here? Is the county magistrate here? Please come out and speak!"
No one answered after shouting a few times, people just looked at each other, someone in the crowd screamed: "Our Gaofutai is at Widow Liu's house, we are too sleepy, so we can't come!" There was a burst of laughter, some bared their teeth, some leaned back and forth, some leaned on water and fire sticks to pick their teeth to watch the excitement, and the hostility was completely dissipated after a sword draw, it was like watching a circus and selling plasters.The Si Xiaozu who was lying on the ground got anxious, turned his body and raised his head and cursed: "Yin Shuqing, Master Yin! Didn't I see that I was here? Is the motherfucker here to catch the thief or is it a joke!" He hurriedly rushed to Shaoxing The words were also nonsensical, and the first few people who looked like county government officials still couldn't stop laughing.While they were making noise, they heard a change in the crowd behind the team, and someone yelled, "Master Yin is here!" He heard a high-pitched voice shouting from behind, "You Huaiqing, you lead people from the left, Yu Chaoshui, you go from the middle, Come on!" The crowd immediately swarmed, and the people in front gave way to a pedestrian alley.More than thirty yamen servants rolled up their arms and sleeves, lifted ropes, dragged ropes, raised knives and pulled sticks, yelling at each other to encourage each other, "There will be a reward for catching the thief!" 'Save the master! "The air rushed up fiercely.
"Who dares you!" Human sperm suddenly roared like thunder, and carried Si Xiaozu in one hand, "carrying" it lightly like a cotton bag, and stood beside the stone pile in front of the door and shouted, "Everyone listen Yes! I am the fifteenth prince’s front guard! Tell your chief officers to come out, and we will argue with your chief officers! Anyone of you who wants to commit the crime of exterminating the family, just come here! Whoever dares to walk past this horse stake, just watch!" He stretched out his left wrist, met the stake, and slashed across with his palm, the top of the stake, which was as big as a man's head, fell off with a "bounce": "—this is a role model!"
The yamen servants walking in front exclaimed, "My mother!" Standing still on airs, the people behind were still bluffing, "Come on, come on... ah!" "Don't call me away!" "Quick...quick Call the people from the green battalion to come..." A chaotic group shouted.After about a long time, the acupoints on the master Tang's body were unlocked, he jumped up suddenly, raised his arms and shouted: "I have a silver reward from the Secretary of the Salt Administration, and these three thieves will reward one of them with three thousand taels! A reward of 5,000 yuan will be given to the one who ran onto the river bank—brothers, there are only three of them, and you are going to get rich!"
He was jumping and shouting hysterically like crazy, making Yong Yan and Wang Erlie flustered for a while, when they went up to catch him, how could they be subdued?There was chaos in the house for a while, the human sperm looked outside but couldn't take care of the inside, and it was useless even to take food and drink.The more than two hundred people were thrown into disarray immediately, shouting "Oh" and rushed up like a tidal wave!At this time, all the lamps and candles in the room were extinguished together, and it became pitch black, only countless torches were seen wandering in disorder outside the door.Yong Yan shouted anxiously, "Wang Erlie!" He was drowned by human voices and couldn't hear clearly. His eyes were darkened in the sound of pinging, banging on doors and windows, and he was squeezed back after rushing out several times. He was in a panic, feeling The arm was held by someone, and the voice of the human sperm whispered in the ear: "Master, don't panic, I will protect you—let's go out through the back door." I felt light and light, and it was only when I entered the room that the backyard became clearer, the human sperm Without saying a word, he took Yong Yan under his arms and sprinted to the wilderness outside the courtyard.After walking a long distance, I saw Lu's courtyard dancing with torches, and heard people shouting, "Search from door to door! Guard at the intersection, catch in the wild..."
"You can't stay here for long." The human sperm saw the torches scattered, and some came here little by little, wiped the cold sweat on their faces and said, "Look, sir, they burned down the house. Stop..." When Yong Yan looked at it, he saw that Lu's courtyard was already on fire, and the fire had reached the eaves. He was surprised, angry and strange: "What does this have to do with the Lu family? Why burn down the house?" Jingzi smiled wryly and said: "My lord is in the deep palace forbidden city, how can I know these lawless things outside! One is to frame you, and the other is to turn the case into a robbery. The reward for the robbery is several times higher than that of the thief. That guy surnamed Tang is willing to pay, these people are all insane, their eyes are red now, what can't be done?"
The two of them had one foot high and the other foot low, not distinguishing between east, west, north and south, and regardless of ravines and canals, they just ran for their lives, and it took half an hour to stop.The human sperm looked around on the glacier and said, "Master, we encountered a ghost hitting the wall!"
"What?" The hairs on Yong Yan's body blew up, "What the hell?" The human sperm said: "It's common for people who walk at night—we're back to Huanghua Town—I used to beg for food a few times when I was young I thought it was a ghost. My uncle told me it was not true. He said that ordinary people have one leg longer and the other slightly shorter. You can’t tell when you walk during the day, and you can’t walk straight at night. It's curved, and it turned into a circle and then returned to the original place... Look, isn't that the chimney of the Qian's bee shop? Isn't the smoke coming from the Lu's in the east?"
Yong Yan followed his fingers and recognized him.It turns out that the roofs of the houses are all white now, and they are connected with the thin snow all over the ground. Even in the weather like this during the day, it is also difficult to know the direction. At night, everyone can get lost.A gust of wind rushed over with snowflakes, and Yong Yan felt the cold on the front and back, and the sweaty underwear stuck to his body was indescribably uncomfortable.Seeing that the town is deserted and deserted, the town is shining brightly, and there are knocks on the door from time to time. It is expected that Si Xiaozu's people are still searching, and Yong Yan's heart shrinks. , hesitatingly said: "It was too chaotic at that time, Master Wang was in his early years, I think they must have eaten it... I don't know if Xiao Wuzi escaped..." The human sperm was silent for a while, and said: "I am thinking about Master Wang. I'm afraid it will fall into their hands. The one surnamed Tang offered five thousand silver, and Little Wuzi will not be able to escape." He paused, and then said: "I have been in the rivers and lakes for more than twenty years, and this is the first time I have encountered such a thing. Son. This is too bold! Are they really not afraid of ransacking their homes?"
"It can be seen how lawless these subordinates are!" Yong Yan was shuddered by the wind, and said with his hands: "The chief officer is not here, and there are money to be made, so don't think about anything else. I guess If they can't get us, they will be in a mess. It sounds like the county magistrate here has a good reputation, and things will be resolved in the morning." Seeing him shrinking and shivering, the human sperm looked around and pointed to the northwest Said: "There is like a shack there, at least it can shelter you from the wind, master, I think you are a little too cold to bear." Yong Yan didn't say a word after hearing this, but his body slowly weakened, as if being exposed to the sun. The melted snowman shrank, and finally couldn't support it, and fell to the ground without a sound!
"Master! Lord Fifteen!" The human sperm jumped up with a cry of surprise, shook him gently, pinched the man and felt his pulse, and asked again and again: "What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?" He was flustered and at a loss, already frightened Half of his body was numb, and he shouted with a crying sound: "Wake up..." Before he could think about it, Yong Yan moved a little, and said in a weak voice: "This is... a child with malaria. It's really not the time..." The human sperm felt a little relieved, and said in his ear: "I'll take you and settle in the shack first. Then go to the town to find a way to get medicine." After saying that, he picked up Yong Yan and left .Just as I walked to the entrance of the shack, before I stepped in, I suddenly heard someone inside shouting loudly: "Who? If you dare to come in, I'll stab you to death with scissors!"
Unexpectedly, there is still someone hiding here, one step back and retreat more than a foot, paused for a moment and thought, then asked softly: "Is it Lu Huier? Why are you here?"
"Who are you?"
"I'm...a guest at your house for dinner next night..."
"What are you holding?"
"It's our Patriarch...he suffered from epilepsy..."
Hui'er was silent for a while, then sighed softly, "Oh... come in..."
This is a hut for farmers to watch autumn. The floor is covered with ear straw, and two rows of sorghum straw bundles are built in the shape of a "herringbone". The north air outlet is also blocked with sorghum poles.Even though it was a wind leak, when I came in from the outside, I felt a warmth all over my body.人精子把颙琰靠东边平放下去，拢起秸柴掩了掩壁上漏风地方，不言声脱下自己袍子替他盖上，喘了一口粗气，说道：“眼下也只能这样了。要能弄口热水就好了……”惠儿一直坐在西壁北边看他摆布，似乎在想什么心事，良久才问道：“你们到底是什么人？现在镇里挨门挨户在拿你们！要是好人，衙门为什么要捉你们？要是歹人，怎么不远走高飞？”人精子道：“你以为衙门拿的就必定是歹人？实话跟你讲，你们府台见我们爷也得磕头请安！要不为你一家，哪招来这场子事？”
“要不为你们，我们也招不来这么大事。”惠儿叹息一声道：“他们说我爹通匪，五花大绑捆走了，房子也烧了，我哥背着我娘逃不知哪里去……这窝棚他们也来翻过两次……天明了，这里也是藏不住你们的……”“天明就好办了。”人精子道，“我们的人到了，教他们个个死无葬身之地！我就怕我们主子……现在哪怕有口热水也是好的……”
惠儿听了没吱声，人精子也没了话：这时分到哪里去讨热水？过了一小会儿，惠儿衣裳悉悉站起身来，似乎犹豫了一下，便向外走去，人精子突兀问道：“到哪去？”惠儿道：“你听听他出气吸气又急又重的，像是发热呢！我干娘住那边，干爹也有个疟疾根儿，去讨换点水，说不定也有药的……你是怕我去报信儿啊——咱们一道去成不成？”人精子摸摸颙琰额前，果然觉得滚烫，脉息急促得不分点儿，呼哧呼哧呼吸着，身上不时惊悸地一抽一动……想想耽在这里也真不是事儿，心一横对留迷着的颙琰道：“爷，咱们只有豁出去了，我抱您进镇子。放心……有人动你，我就开杀戒！”说罢，掬婴儿般连袍子裹抱起颙琰。颙琰在他肩头哼了一声，人精子忙问道：“爷觉得怎么样？”颙琰只说了句“头疼得要炸了……”便歪了下去，人精子也不说什么，跟着惠儿大步向镇里走去……
此时地上的雪已有二寸许厚，镇里街衢映着雪光，极易分辨道路的，不一时来到一户人家，也是柴门小院茅房上墙，惠儿站住了脚，从门缝向里张了张，回身小声道：“我干爹已经起来了，他是车把式，给东家喂牛的。”人精子努努嘴道：“敲门。”
……一阵剥剥啄啄的敲门声惊动了里边的老汉，一边开门出院，一边自语说道：“今晚这是咋的了，三番五次敲门打户的？——是谁呀？”小惠隔门道：“干爹——是我，小惠。”门“吱呀”一声拉开了，老汉隔着小惠向后觑了半日，说道：“你家不是招了盗么？你舅方才还来过寻你，你后头那是谁呀？”
“这不是说话地方儿。”小惠说着便推门进院，招呼着人精子也进来，径入东厢屋里，这才对人精子道：“这是我干爹，姓黄，这里人都叫他黄老六，是给钱家大院赶车的——干爹，这早晚就起来喂牛么？这两位先生是北京过来的客人，昨晚遇了贼奔了我那里——说起来话长，这位爷发着老痫，热汤热水不拘什么先灌一口，你有治老痫的药煎一剂吃了看，到天明就走。”
黄老七皱巴巴一张脸盯着看了人精子二人移时，说道：“先在这床上吧，捂上被子发发汗，这种病儿华佗爷也没法子——你舅二回来说立马要走，你娘在后头屋里给他预备干粮呢……啧……这年头响马贼官府衙门还有传教的，都把人弄懵了，分不清哪是好歹人，哪个窝子都有好人，也都有歹人……康熙老佛爷掌天下时候儿，哪来的这些事儿呢？唉……”他口中唠叨着出去抱柴了。
叶永安也要走！人精子和惠儿都愣了一下，但这晚上稀奇古怪五色迷乱的事太多了，二人索性不去想他，伏侍着颙琰躺下了，惠儿手脚不停添柴生火，烧火煎药。黄老七的老伴儿甚是贤惠，还窝了两个荷包蛋，细细下了一碗挂面，屋子里顿时热气腾腾，颙琰起初只是个冷，加了三重被捂着仍是上牙打下牙迭迭打战，头疼得像要裂开似的。满口谵语，一会儿叫：“阿玛！”一会儿叫：“额娘”，一会儿喃喃自语：“王师傅……我的字怎么练也不及八哥……阿玛说过两次了……”喝了药又喂了半碗面条儿，这才回过神来，脸泛潮红闭目而卧，呼吸也平稳了。许久，睁开眼看着，轻声问道：“小任子……咱爷们这是在哪？小惠……小惠怎么也在？”人精子赔笑道：“主子，别想那么多，安生歇息一会儿。咱们这是到了好人家了。”颙琰点点头，看了看小惠，说道：“我的勘合印，还有奏折稿子都在钱家蜜……蜜蜂店里……得想法子取来……落到歹人手里不得了……”
正说着，听见外头有脚步声。小惠脸色一下子变得异常苍白，说道：“我舅来了。怎么办？”
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