Chapter 18 Chapter 18: Poor Girls Don’t Want to Accept Nobility’s Doting, Zhi Liu Yong Cuts Candles and Talks about Government Affairs

It really was Ye Yongan who came.Behind him was a person who stomped his feet in the door opening and slapped the snowflakes on his body while complaining, all in a Beijing accent, "Third Master, how many piers have I walked, and this time I fell into the hands of you little toad! What's the matter? I still follow you to escape!" Ye Yongan, who was walking in front, said: "Mr. Xiao, can you save a little trouble? I'm so sorry, this is life! Are you willing to come with me when the sedan chair lifts you? It’s all about Tang’s surname, he wants to stand up to him, and now——” He suddenly stopped, his mouth was wide open, and he froze at the door of the east chamber : He saw human sperm standing in front of the stove in the house, staring at him with a sneer!

"This is really a narrow road to Yuanjia!" Ren Jingzi looked at Ye Yongan with gloomy eyes, and said in a slow and calm tone, "You are really capable! You lost your property in a bet, and your sister paid your debts for you, and sold your sister's children to earn money Get rich! Two thousand taels of silver, not a bad amount, right? And your nephew? How many boys are there? How dare you bite back and call us thieves!" Ye Yongan watched in horror as the sperm approached him, his pupils shrank to almost the size of a pea, reflecting the bright light of the lamp, the muscles around his cheeks twitched, his legs trembled and he retreated.Suddenly, his knees went limp and he knelt down in the snow, swung his arms round and slapped himself hard, one after another, and said, "My lord, spare me! My lord, spare my life! I'm not human! I'm not human! I'm a beast! I'm a beast..." Mr. Xiao at the door was stunned at first, startled, but now he came to his senses, yelled "No!", turned around and ran away, with the human sperm separated by two feet Xu Shun pushed, but he didn't escape the splitting palm, he staggered and tripped on the threshold and fell straight out, throwing a piece of dog shit!Rolling and struggling in the snow, the human sperm jumped out and pulled it back.That Ye Yong'an crawled and knelt down in front of Hui'er and kowtowed for mercy: "Don't miss it, don't miss it, it's because of me and your mother, mother and my compatriots... Uncle got confused and followed the gangster into the water. I can't help myself... The master in the room is a noble person, as long as you are willing to ask for a favor for uncle, the high-ranking master uncle will pass by... He bumped his head on the ground, crying and howling with snot and tears Sue: "Hui'er, Huier... Uncle was not a bad person in the early years... When you were young, you rode on your uncle's neck to watch temple fairs, and bought you a small wooden comb and a red string for your hair... Uncle smoked opium and forced him to leave step by step This way... woo... please forgive your useless uncle..."

Xiaohui was standing still at first, but she burst into tears when she heard it.The human sperm drank at the side: "Kneel down! All the mothers kneel down for me! After a while our master wakes up and I'll send you off!" Then he looked seriously at the man surnamed Xiao, who turned out to be a bald man with a bare head. There was not even a single hair, and it was shining brightly under the lamp, and the human sperm laughed and scolded: "Which temple are you a thief monk, and you also ran out to be a human trafficker!" Just snoring in the snow.Hui'er smiled, saw his situation in a blink of an eye, curled her lips, wanted to laugh but stopped, spat and was about to speak, when she heard Yong Yan turn over on the bed, she rushed over a few steps and asked: "Master, is it cold? "

"I... I'm getting hot." Yong Yan murmured, "Help me up and sit down, pour me water..." He shook his hands to lift the quilts, but he only opened one corner of the quilt.Hui'er quickly helped him to sit up, and Huang Laoqi came over with a bag of water and said, "I also have this disease. I must want to drink cold water. It's only good for a while, and it will be more uncomfortable when I have a cold next time. It's just that there is more warm water." Drink a little..." Yong Yan sucked up a large bowl of warm water in Xiaohui's hands like a wine, and then untied his vest, unbuttoned his robe and sat against the wall. Although it was still hot, it was no longer suitable for Xiaohui to be in front of him. Take off, but the spirit has recovered.After panting for a while, he said, "I have heard what I said just now. I must have understood my identity before this happened. Xiaohui, your uncle is really not a thing. You said, you want him. Do you want him to live?"

Xiaohui glanced at Ye Yongan bitterly, sighed, lowered her head to think for a while, and asked, "Where's my mother?" Ye Yongan looked at her with a pale face, and when he heard the question, he kowtowed and said, "You Father, mother, and brother are all here, everything is fine! Just now, Mr. Liu sent a message to call over, we just... escaped..." "Lord Liu?" Yong Yan asked, "Is it Liu Yong?" "Back... back to my lord... I don't know the official taboo of Mr. Liu. I only know that it is Mr. Liu who came to Texas to pick up the imperial envoy..."

"Who else is here?" "I don't know... Ma Taizun and Liu Taiye have passed on here. It seems that they are high-ranking officials from Beijing..." There is no need to ask again, it must be Liu Yong and the others who have welcomed Cangzhou.Not only did Yong Yan breathe a sigh of relief, but his heart, which was so high with human sperm, also fell.The human sperm said: "Master is sick now, don't bother to ask this bastard. Such a thing will only harm people if it is alive, it is better to kill it with one palm!" Ye Yong'an was so scared that he asked Xiao Hui again and again.Xiao Hui blushed and squatted down to Yong Yan, and said: "As for my 'uncle', it is so unreasonable, inhumane, and lawless. It is not a pity to kill him a hundred. I really hate him to death. For him—even if it’s not an uncle, but a neighbor in the same town, is there anyone who throws people into the fire pit with such a deadly hand? I’m your niece..." As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes, and he covered his face and sighed again. He said: "But after all, he is still my uncle... Dad sold the house to pay off his debts, and Mom said that she didn't care about the sky and the earth, so she just watched my grandma get old, so it was a filial piety for her... There is me in his family The two cousins ​​are still young. If you kill him, his family will not be able to live..." After saying a few words, Ye Yongan Tianliang realized that he fell to the ground and cried out, tears streaming down his face, and said : "Xiao Huier...don't say it...your uncle is not human...don't plead for me...let me kill me..."

"If you say that, I can still give you a chance." Seeing her nephew like this, Yong Yan felt a burst of soreness in her heart, and immediately suppressed it, and said, "I'm afraid your words are not as good as your heart. In order to survive, half of the sky may come down, but in order to get rich later, you will be disowned by your relatives again!" "Don't worry, you are so lenient. If I don't change, I will still be a person? You have a lot of adults. If you forgive me, you will forgive my family. You must be a prince forever..." "You fart! Do you know who I am? I am the fifteenth elder brother before the emperor, and the throne is sealed now! Don't fool me with your flattery. If you change it, it's fine. If you don't change it, someday I will kill you." , it’s just a matter of one sentence!”

This said, everyone in the room was taken aback, and the kneeling Mr. Xiao and Ye Yongan also secretly looked at each other: They always thought that Yong Yan was not a wealthy young man who ran a business, who was ignorant of the world and just came out to meddle in other people's affairs. He was still trying to scare people, and only then did he realize that he was the son of "today"!Xiao Hui originally thought that he was the son of some official from other provinces, and he came from Beijing to visit his relatives. Trembling, she took a sneak peek at Yong Yan, seeing that Yong Yan was looking at her, she hurriedly lowered her head, feeling inexplicably melancholy in her heart, faintly feeling that the distance between the two suddenly became very far away.She herself couldn't tell what it was like, she pursed her lips tightly, rubbed the corner of her clothes, and kept moving her toes on the ground.But I heard Yong Yan ask Xiao Sanye again: "What's your name?"

"Ah... I..." Mr. Xiao was flustered for a while, kowtowed and said, "The young one is from Xizhimen, Beijing, and he does a little grocery business. It was Mr. Tang who pulled me out here, saying that I would be able to go to Guangli if I went to Guangli. Earned four to five hundred silver. I followed them in a daze and found out that they were abducting people! The young one was a good citizen, and he also lent some debts. He was still serving and worshiping in the Xuannv Temple. It was really careless to make friends and fell in love with them The thief boat... my lord... I just beg you to show your noble hand and spare me this time..." He ran outside the door, the snow was already drenched all over his head and face. Standing tall like the end of an onion pen, its appearance should be as ridiculous as it is, and as useless as it is.The human sperm was about to laugh, held back, and shouted: "You have farted a lot, and the prince's question has not been answered yet! Do you want us to call you 'Third Master' too?" Mr. Xiao hurriedly added another sentence : "The young one is called Xiao Zhiguo. People secretly call me Xiao Sanzizi..."

Yong Yan heard him talking about "Xuannv Temple", and it seemed to be familiar to him, but at the moment he still had a headache, couldn't think about it for a while, and his body was so hot that he was upset, because he said: "Tie him up and kneel under the eaves outside... ..." Ji was speaking weakly, and said to Huang Laoqi: "If you are tired, go and see Liu...Master Liu...my Kinney...Kinney..." It was halfway through talking In a coma, she closed her eyes and lay on her back talking to herself, but Ren couldn't understand what she was saying... Hui'er kept yelling and asking: "Master, what is Jinji Nashuang?" "It's our grandfather's medicine for malaria, it's in the Qian's shop—uncle will know as soon as he goes to Lord Liu and tells him—hurry up!" Old man Dong promised and hurried away.Hui'er and her godmother kept moving, pouring warm water on Yong Yan, covering his head with a wet towel to cool off instead, waiting on him non-stop.The crowing of roosters could be heard faintly through the snow curtain in the distance, and it was already dawn.

... Yong Yan wakes up again, and is no longer at Huang Laoqi's house. He can hear faint footsteps, as if he is stepping on the floor, and feels that he is sleeping upstairs in the air. Someone asked in a low voice: "Has the fever subsided on Master Fifteen?" "I haven't retreated." Xiaohui replied in a low voice: "But I slept soundly in the second half of the night, and stopped talking nonsense. I fed the salt soup twice, and fell asleep while drinking it." "Serve carefully, I'll be downstairs in the vestibule, just look for me if you want anything." "yes." "I'm going. Well...the window on the south side is very bright, in order to prevent Mr. Shiwu from waking up, I'll ask someone to deliver a piece of curtain cloth, and you can hang it. The floor is not well aligned, so you can walk back and forth under your feet. Take it easy, wait for the master to settle down, and give him another house." "yes……" Then he heard the sound of Xixi's clothes, the man seemed to be leaving, Yong Yan opened his eyes to look, and said softly: "Is He Shen here?" "It's a slave, a slave, He Shen." He Shen had already reached the stairs, and was about to go down with the handrail in one hand and the corner of his robe in the other. The waist asked: "Master woke up? How do you feel now? Still have a headache?" "You sit..." "Thank you, Lord Fifteen..." Only then did Yong Yan look at Zhou Zao, and sure enough, it was upstairs. The red pine floor was the same color, and the three rooms were all connected. Two red sandalwood screens separated the east and west, and there were three large red copper charcoal basins slipping away from the south window. The flames of the red Yin Yin Ziweiwei are almost transparent even at the edge of the basin, probably afraid of the charcoal gas, there are three windows open around the south window, and a vast expanse of white snow can be seen outside the window railing, still Throwing wadding and pulling cotton, it was snowing heavily, and the wind blowing in immediately warmed the house.The furnishings in the room are not very luxurious, except for a sandalwood table, a few tea tables and chairs, there is nothing long in the room. Perhaps the east room is the resting place for Huier and the waiters, and a purple corduroy curtain is raised in the middle to separate it. It is the only extravagance—the whole room is spacious but not obviously empty, the setting is affordable but not out of the ordinary, Yong Yan can't help nodding in satisfaction, seeing Wang Xiaowu and two servants standing at the stairs, ordering Said: "Put a pot of water on the charcoal fire to boil. The room is too dry." Then he said to He Shen: "It's been a long time, but you saw it when you were in Luan Yiwei. It's been more than a year?" "Yes." He Shen smiled and leaned back in the chair and replied: "The Chongwenmen side has too many errands, and it's inconvenient to go to the mansion to greet the master, so the number of visits to the master will be less. Are you feeling okay now?" Yong Yan saw Hui'er standing on the side with his hands down, and said with a smile: "Please pour me a cup of tea for Mr. He." He Shen smiled and said: "I asked her to come here to serve the Lord. She has reached the sky here, why did the Lord say that' Excuse me?" Yong Yan withdrew her smile and said, "She's not my girl, she's a friend in need, so she can't call her around—Where's Liu Yong? And Qian Feng, are they all here? How do you know what happened yesterday?" While talking, Huier had already poured tea, and offered a cup to He Shen, and a cup to Yong Yan, and asked, "Fifteen...Master, you look good now, how about some tea?" Yong Yan nodded with a smile struggling to sit up, Huier quickly put down the tea, pulled his shoulders to help him up, hugged a quilt to support him, held the tea to blow the foam, but there was no place to put it, neither did Yong Yan. Then, I couldn't help but blush, and stood beside the bed with a cup in my hands.He Shen lowered his head and pretended not to see him, took a sip of tea carefully, and then Yong Yan asked: "This is the largest house in Huanghua Town, and the local Qianshan family vacated it temporarily as an imperial envoy. Lord Liu Shi'an and Qian Feng and Wang Erlie are both in the front yard. One is to interrogate thieves, and the other is to write a note to the emperor to report to Lord Fifteen. We received the bill from Zhili Governor's Yamen on December 13th, and calculated the mileage. , It was time to go to Cangzhou yesterday. It will be closed in recent years, and there are still more than 4,000 hungry people in Dezhou, and there are people who teach the Hongyang religion. Knowing that the master has disembarked in the middle of the boat. The law and order in this area is not good. He had already issued a sign for Cangzhou Mansion to go to Huanghua Town to maintain it. How could he have thought that he would be connected with a thief?——This is the fate of the master. Something happened here in a few hours! Grandpa was killed and auspicious, the dust was wiped off, and he returned to peace immediately, this is also the destiny of Grandpa to reach the heavens." Such a speech was concise and to the point, and he spoke clearly and logically without haste, and there were a few words of flattery that seemed to be "comfort", and he also said it very well. Good impression.Then he nodded and smiled, and said: "It's nothing at all, I found it out on my own, this is what is called in the Buddhist scriptures 'all kinds of demons arise from the heart'. It's also strange, I never take offense, and somehow I came forward ——Originally this kind of thing is waiting for you to take care of it, how could you run away like this?" He Shen smiled and said: "This is the benevolence of the master, with this thought, you can reach the heavens, and it is also a good idea to face the thieves who expand the case. Master's decision to kill. If you leave it to the servants to take care of it, I'm afraid you won't be able to see the true face of Cangzhou Prefecture here. Although you have endured hardships and punished evil for the people, you have to go deep into the people and do something for it. Having been tempered by innocence, the gains are greater than the losses." "This is what Mencius meant when he said that the heaven will send a great mission to the people." Yong Yan smiled and said, "I dare not do it!" He Shen He also laughed, and said: "Brother, the men are in charge of the affairs of the ministry, and the errands are in charge of the errands. The emperor is looking forward to the men!" Just as he was talking, he heard footsteps on the stairs, He Shen stood up and said, "It's Liu Zhongtang, Qian Jian and Master Wang who are here!" Then he saw Liu Yong in front, followed by Qian and Wang. He Shen took two steps forward, and said with a smile: "Master Fifteen is irrelevant anymore, we have been sitting and talking for a long time!" Liu Yong looked at Yong Yan's expression, and said with a smile: "Master is so reckless, it scares the minister. It's half dead! Sure enough, it looks better, but it's still a little pale." He said and took the lead to beat Qian'er down. "Please get up quickly, please get up!" Yong Yan raised his hand on the bed and said, "Master Wang and I are teachers and students, and there is no need to perform this ceremony. Little Wuzi, show the seats to the adults!" Asked Wang Erlie again, "They got you, didn't they suffer?" Wang Erlie said: "Master Liu and the others came when they were ugly, and they didn't suffer much. The worst thing is that Gao Yucheng from Cangzhou has already found our seal and seal in the Qian's shop. Kanhe cited evidence, dared to hide our luggage, and focused on arresting you! He wanted to kill someone! County magistrate Wei Pengju asked him what was written on the copy found in Qianjiadian, and he hesitated and said, "I didn't read it." ——This is truly daring!" He said again: "Master Fifteen suddenly fell ill, and I regret it when I think about it now, Erlie, as an accompanying official of the imperial envoy, did not think carefully and praised Xiang's negligence, which caused such a big disaster I feel ashamed when I think about it. There is no one who can be a scholar, please severely punish the fifteenth master!" Yong Yan said: "It is my own idea, what about Master Yu? Don't say that... My disease Although it is usually uncomfortable, I have never been in a coma. I fainted in the field the night before yesterday, which is really puzzling—I just lay down with my eyes closed and still feel dizzy, thinking about opening my eyes and still not spinning? Really? Woke up, talking now, but got better, is it evil?" Liu Yong said: "I asked the doctor just now, and they said that you are not suffering from malaria, but a symptom of minor typhoid fever, fluctuating cold and heat, it is typhoid fever It stimulated the root of the malaria, so the malaria also broke out. You can rest assured that you will raise it for a few days, and it will be fine." Yong Yan nodded silently. When he looked at Liu Yong, he arched his back and shrugged his shoulders, his face was tired, and the circles of his eyes were darkened, and he became more and more stooped.Although he and the princes do not make friends with ministers, they occasionally talk about Liu Yong after dinner and tea on weekdays. : "I can't talk about serious things today, so I will rest and recuperate first according to you. Although I am also an imperial envoy, I am still young and have no understanding of government affairs. I am just studying and doing errands, just observing the situation. One is the case of Cathay Pacific, and it is the special mission of adults. , the rest of the religious bandits are rampant, the settlement of robbers, the appeasement of law and order, and the relief of victims seem to be different. In fact, everything is related, and it is not a trivial matter. You will preside over it. Master Wang and I are just picking up the leftovers and giving you counselors Suggestion. Mr. Liu, although we don’t meet much on weekdays, Mr. Liu Xiangguo is my Taifu, who held my hand and taught me to write, so he is a kind brother, don’t be polite, just do things boldly , I can only help you, and there will definitely be no hindrances." What Liu Yong fears most is that another imperial envoy will come, and he is an imperial envoy, and his elder brothers are young, good-looking and full-blooded. I can't afford to be offended, listening to Yong Yan talking in a nonchalant manner like a good friend, the sincerity is palpable, and there is a warmth in my heart, but I don't want to show it on my face.Because Yongyan mentioned his father Liu Tongxun, he leaned back in the chair before sitting down again, and said: "Liu Yong dare not be more polite. Of course, he has to ask the fifteenth master for instructions. As the fifteenth master just said, 'it seems that they are different. , In fact, everything is related' is the most reasonable saying of Dong Weizhi. Fifteenth Lord, you are too tired today, let's rest in peace, and let's have a long talk after the case here, okay?" Yong Yan couldn't help laughing, his knowledge of "knowledge in the slightest" came from Qianlong's earnest instructions before his majesty's resignation. Qianlong also said, "I sent you because I couldn't trust Liu Yong. It doesn't matter if you can't help. Don't help. Before Ming eunuchs wronged the country, because they did not trust the upright courtiers, they sent confidant eunuchs to supervise the army, and they lost every battle. He said it to Liu Yong without missing a single word. Liu Yong boasted, and swallowed back what he was going to say "this is the holy edict".Seeing that he was going to resign, he stopped again and said, "Let's sit down for a while before we go. Master Wang turned around and made another draft of what happened to us, and played it together with our original invitation. Don't exaggerate or exaggerate. Write whatever you want. It’s not a shame, so there’s no need to avoid it. It’s not good to use a secret book and spread it to the outside world.” "Yes, it's very thoughtful." Wang Erlie said, "I'll write it downstairs later, and you'll post it after you read it." He Shen said: "We also wrote a notebook here, did the fifteenth master read it? "Yong Yan said: "No. You can do whatever you want. But it's better to use a secret book, so as not to be a shocker—Master Liu, according to the law, what crime should this trafficker be guilty of?" Xiaohui's hands trembled, and the water in her bosom splashed a little, and she realized that the tea was cold, so she hurriedly went to the charcoal basin to make it again, and heard Liu Yong say, "Sixty or seventy cases of this kind are handled every year. Comparing with the cases, most of them are transferred to Heilongjiang to reclaim wasteland." "Then it's still a miscarriage." Yong Yan said, "Don't make an exception for me. I am the emperor's elder brother. They don't know this identity when they commit crimes. You make an exception here. If you compare it in the future, you will kill more people." Liu Yong frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "The one who should be killed is still going to be killed. This leader is Yin Shuqing, who is the master of the magistrate's yamen. It's too bad, and it's selling people to foreigners, which hurts the country's body, and if you don't kill them, you won't be able to scare the future. There is also a man named Si Xiaozu, who testified with several heads, contacted people who bought and sold people, and colluded with Guangzhou Thirteen to sell opium. He is the one who went through the needle, and there is no way to reduce it. The case has not yet been cleared. After the decision is made, I will go back to Lord Fifteen. After the discussion is settled, I will report to the emperor. Don't bother about this, there are rules and regulations." "Such a case, do you want to alarm Huang Ama?" Yong Yan asked. "Yes, because foreigners are involved. There is also the Thirteenth Bank in Guangzhou." Liu Yong said with a smile: "Li Gaotao left Guangdong, please restore the Thirteenth Bank. It has only been a few months, and the Thirteenth Bank has people buying and selling people." What kind of business is this? Please investigate thoroughly." Yong Yan snorted a bit.He originally wanted to find a way out for Ye Yongan, but Liu Yong's words were impeccable and upright, but he found it difficult to speak out.Qianlong attached great importance to the distinction between Chinese and barbarians. Everyone in Guangzhou was Catholic, and they would be arrested and killed when they went to church, not to mention selling Chinese girls to them for lust!It sounds like there is no escape from the word "death".But this time, he not only broke his promise in front of Hui'er, but also lost face.Seeing him groaning, He Shen knew the reason after a little thought, and said with a smile: "We understand the meaning of Lord Fifteen. Anyway, he doesn't want to publicize it, let alone kill too many people. We understand it. When the Lord woke up, he said Things, I’m too tired, I’ll sleep well after lunch, and we’ll come over to say hello in the evening.” After speaking, the three of them got up to leave at the same time, and Wang Erlie also went downstairs to draft a memorial. There was a moment of silence upstairs.Yong Yan was in a coma for more than a day, and after waking up, she felt exhausted after talking for so long, so she lay on her back halfway under the quilt, staring at the ceiling with flickering eyes, not knowing what was on her mind.Hui'er gave him cinnamon cream, made a small bowl of rock sugar tremella soup and brought it over, stirred it gently with a spoon, and said, "Master Ten... Fifth," she was still not used to this address. , tried to call out, and seeing that Yong Yan didn't care, he became more natural, "Fifth Master, this is also sent by my lord, I just tasted it, it is really good. It is said to be the best to clear away heat and lose weight. It’s poisonous. You drink a little, sleep peacefully for a while, and you’ll be fine.” "Oh, okay—is it 'terrible'?" Yong Yan said with a smile: "If that's the case, you can drink it. I don't want to. I have been thinking about He Shen, he is too shrewd, soft and small You're too thoughtful, but you can't be a great weapon." Hui'er laughed and said, "I'm not lucky enough to suffer this, and my life will be ruined. It turns out that you are looking at the ceiling with your eyes wide open, and you are picking on others in your heart-you are so big with adults. Officer, you are humble and considerate to others, why do you look down on them instead?" Yong Yan laughed and said, "I mean he is not a weapon in the community, and he only works hard on inviting good people. For example, this bowl of white fungus soup, no matter how good it is, it can't be replaced Whole grains. The material used to make benches and chairs is sandalwood, can it be used as beams and pillars? It is human nature to be modest, considerate and considerate. Look at the eunuchs in the palace. Which one is not humble, thoughtful and considerate? According to you Are you saying it's all good?" "Eunuch—eunuch?" "Yes, it's also called eunuch temple, eunuch pangren" "That makes me even more confused." "Ah—that can't be said. Have you seen the play?" "I've seen it." Speaking of watching a play, Hui'er's eyes shone with joy, "The society in Guandi Temple sings big plays, "Suolin Bag", "The Edge of the Cabinet", "Da Jinzhi"—" "By the way, in "Strike the Golden Branch", the princess ordered someone to hang a red lantern on the door to block the son-in-law from returning to the mansion. The one who hung the palace lantern is the eunuch." "Oh—I remembered!" Hui'er clapped her hands and laughed, "That's my husband! He's a servant in the palace—they're all upright people, what's wrong with that?" She is so naive, with a muddled foolishness in her spirit, Yong Yan has never seen such a girl before, and her son and daughter are laughing and chatting, but they feel that their minds are opened and their spirits are refreshed, because He laughed and said, "They're not upright, they're all useless people." "Disabled people?" Hui'er's eyes widened. "They are all lame, lame, deaf, or—blind? It's not like this in the play!" "They are all eunuchs, so they are also called eunuchs." "What is a pickle?" "Have you heard of steers and oxen?" "No, what Lord Fifteen said is really strange, what is 'eunuch'?" Yong Yan is at a loss, and after thinking about it, I can't explain it clearly.He smiled and said, "You'll know when you grow up and see a lot—I'm going to be alive, I feel refreshed, I'm a little hungry—Little Wuzi, tell them to get something to eat " Xiao Wuzi, who was standing at the foot of the stairs, was laughing all the time listening to their conversation, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What would you like to eat?" Xiao Hui took advantage of their conversation, added charcoal to several charcoal pots, and fanned the flames. Seeing that Yong Yan still couldn't think of what to eat, he said with a smile: "Fifth Master just recovered from his illness, so he must not use meat, just plain soft rice. According to me, vinegar, sesame oil, chopped green onion, shredded ginger Mix garlic and minced garlic with salt, spread out a small bowl of Jingsi vermicelli, mix well and eat while the soup is hot, it will be good!" Xiao Wuzi said: "Since that's the case, cook for your grandpa yourself. Do it, I'm afraid it will taste even better!" "Success, what's so difficult about it?" Hui'er didn't catch the words in Xiao Wuzi's words at all, "The ready-made boiled water and the ready-made noodles will be available in a blink of an eye—Master Shiwu, if you want to eat, you are sick It’s better. Amitabha, I’d rather get better sooner!” He said and walked down the stairs lightly.Seeing that Yong Yan moved to get out of bed, Xiao Wuzi hurried over to put his socks on and put on his shoes, and said, "According to my servant's knowledge, although this woman comes from a humble background, she looks upright and has a good heart." , why not tell her to follow the master. Although there are slaves and eunuchs, they are all rough-handed, and it is better for a girl to take care of the one who gets up and sits in front of him." Yong Yan looked at the heavy snow outside the building, holding Xiao Wuzi stood up on his shoulders, thinking of looking at the scenery from the porch outside, his body was weak and his legs trembled, so he had to sit on the table, and then said: "You are right. But first you need to help her settle down, you Go to meet Mr. Liu in private, and forgive his uncle's crime - this is what I promised her family, and I can't break my promise. You have to say it well, don't oppress others according to my influence. She is willing to tell me, I say After that, I can’t use her as a maid, I have to buy two more maids to serve her, and we’ll talk about the rest when we go back to Beijing—do you understand?” He stopped talking when he heard someone coming up from downstairs.For a moment, she saw Huier bring a bowl of hot noodle soup. The bowl was so hot that it made her frown. She walked quickly and put the bowl on the table before she breathed a sigh of relief. . Yong Yan also laughed, picked up the bowl and took a sip of the soup. Immediately, it was hot and sour, fresh teeth and cheeks were filled with fluid, and the warmth of the waist arched up. He couldn't help but praise: "Good! A bowl of noodles can also be made with good color, flavor and taste! I'm in the palace. When you are sick, if the imperial doctor says "there is fire", they will lock up an empty room, just drink water and ignore the food, let you cry out your tears, and always ignore you, this is called "lose fire". Headache and brain fever Just blindly hungry, so hungry that your chest sticks to your back, and I will give you a bowl of porridge—compared to this, it is heaven and earth." He has a very good appetite after recovering from a serious illness, but he has been raised since childhood to "diet and cherish blessings" I was used to it, and after eating the bowl of noodles, I was already sweating profusely, wiped my face with a towel and said, "Okay, this is the rice if I get sick again in the future!" But he refused to ask for more. "It's true, sir." Hui'er tidied up the bowls and chopsticks, twisted a towel for him, and said coquettishly, "It's not a taboo to say 'sick again' if you don't get well this time! ——You said 'lose fire' 'It's so funny, it's the eunuchs who ordered you to be punished, you won't sue the Lord Long Live to rule them? ?—You can drink that bowl of white fungus soup warm, it would be a pity to throw it away.” "Didn't you say it was eunuch soup?" Hui'er said, "I don't want to drink that eunuch soup!" Then she took an empty bowl and went downstairs.Yong Yan was stunned for a long time before realizing what she meant, and he and Xiao Wuzi looked at each other and smiled.Little Wuzi said: "I'm going to see Mr. Liu, master, do you have anything to say?" Yong Yan waved his hand and said, "No, let's go." After three or four consecutive rest days, Yong Yan's health has improved, so he wants to discuss the departure to Dezhou.There are two imperial envoys living in this small Huanghua Town, one of them is the "Prince", who locked up the "Gao Taizun" in Cangzhou. The three masters and seven human traffickers in the prefecture and county are all shackles in the ice and snow outside the Guandi Temple. It is probably something that has never happened in ancient times, and it has already caused a sensation in the people of the four miles and eight villages. The streets are full of people who have walked dozens of miles in the snow for days without watching the excitement.Several local gentry families contacted the rich and wealthy landlords of the big mansion, and jointly submitted a request for an audience. "Looking up at the elegant demeanor, the glory of the hometown", and appealing to those who grind the stele to record the success, donate money to help the prosperity, and ask the poor to be exempted from donations. Those who directly petitioned Shen Xue for waiver, even those who were chaste and martyrs invited Shi Lifang, all kinds of trivial petitions and papers were sent in, and the snow on the ground inside and outside the Qian family compound was trampled and slick The gifts sent down the corridor range from bundles of silk and satin to large sedan chairs, to small cakes of snacks and fruit, as well as letters of silver. The scene of the department store Damao Store which is about to be shipped.At first, Na Yongyan just picked up a pack of tea leaves, but he couldn't help being busy when he got like this. While ordering someone to invite Liu Yong, he also asked Wang Erlie to go upstairs to discuss. "That's when I realized that it's hard to be an upright official, and it's hard to go to the blue sky." Yong Yan smiled when he saw Wang Erlie, motioned for Wang Erlie to sit down, and said with a smile: "There is also a delivery troupe, I called it back. These things must not enter Private, just how to cook, please come and discuss with the master." Wang Erlie seemed to be in good spirits, with his snow-white horseshoe sleeves turned up, and using a bowl cover to stir the tea foam, he said with a smile: "One is to hand it over to the Ministry of Households Fahuangshang to sell it into the warehouse; the other is to hand it over to the local government and let them Make a list for us and let them take care of the rest, which is easy." "I don't know the Ministry of Households? Now it's the Chinese New Year, and the New Year's goods are sent to them to share the spoils on the spot. I don't want to raise this screwdriver and kill talents! Handing it over to the magistrate, I think it is also the saying of 'meat buns beat dogs'. "Yong Yan said: "You said it was easy, but what is difficult?" Wang Erlie said: "It's not difficult, it's a little more troublesome." Forget it. For food and use, those heavy and heavy items that cannot be moved can be sold on the spot, like those pigs, sheep, chickens and fish. The elderly over 60 years old will share one catty each, plus a catty of wine for the New Year. The money from the sale can be used to buy rice. , there was abject poverty that could not survive last year, and there were beggars who could not go back to their hometown due to the heavy snow, and the adults shared 30 catties and 20 catties of children!" Before he finished speaking, Yong Yan's face lit up, and he praised: "it is good!" Wang Erlie went on to say: "There are still fine and soft gold and silver items, and the statistics and verification prices have been confirmed. Please keep Mr. Liu in custody, and repair the Confucian Temple in the county. Bai Yinzi has a good and healthy year. This matter cannot be tainted by the subordinate officials of the prefecture and county yamen, once it is handed over to them, it will be regarded as splashing water on the beach." Yong Yan nodded repeatedly, and after a moment of silent thinking, he said: "This is really a good deed! However... I still need to jointly issue a notice with Liu Yong, and write in all the measures to deal with it, explaining that this is the imperial court's will, adhering to the emperor's sincerity to treat the people with leniency, compassion for the elderly, and compassion for the poor, so that widows, widows, widows, and loneliness will all be happy An Sheng is in business. How about doing this?" After finishing speaking, he added: "I can't monopolize the credit." Wang Erlie listened, and already figured out the original intention of this elder brother's "lower credit", and he drew Liu Yong, and that's it. Be dignified and stately, with a high standard of "emperor's grace", so that you won't be suspected of grandstanding. It is really impressive to have such a scheming at a young age.Thinking about it, after Yong Yan finished speaking, he asked: "Would you like to write a script for the Emperor Ming?" "Don't." Yong Yan said: "This is a trivial matter, and you will go on and on about it. Fearing that people will not know it for a good cause seems petty." Wang Erlie blushed, consciously making a mistake.Although he washes horses for the East Palace, in fact, how much his elder brothers have been nurtured in the palace, the wisdom gained by the family law of their ancestors, the subtle scramble between the elder brothers and the concubines, and the defense skills that have been cultivated through experience are by no means extraordinary. Outsiders can have a glimpse of Tangao Samadhi.Yong Yan knows that no matter how he handles it and how humble he is, Liu Yong will never dare to "share the credit" and still want to explain the reasons honestly and directly to Qianlong, but Wang Erlie can't understand this level anyway. "Master Wang, what are you thinking?" Yong Yan asked with a smile seeing Wang Erlie was blank. “我在想……”王尔烈憬然回过神来，“我在想我初中秀才，府试小考取了个第一名。从试场出来，撒欢儿跑腿回家里，赶紧把喜讯报给老爷太太。这么一比，十五爷的心胸志量就看出来了，我……许是器量大小了。” “不是这样的。”颙琰心中一丝愧赧划闪而过，温言说道：“你那是孝心，想招父母开心一笑，不是这个比法。”他一笑接着道，“我这也是孝心，不去向阿玛讨功邀好，踏实做事。你知道，天家无私事，这是给皇上料理家务。你要是在家扫扫地，给父母倒杯水，都要到父母跟前卖弄，那才是真的小气了呢！” 这是极能体谅人的话了，全用的格致功夫，君子爱人以德，细微入于毫厘，王尔烈但觉胸中一团热烘烘暖洋洋的气拱上来，正要感激陈词，惠儿从楼下上来，抱着一堆刚洗过的衣物，对小厮道：“到钱家房东那去借个熨斗来——十五爷，下头刘大人他们都来了，任大叔叫我问爷，这会子见他们不见。” “我说呢，这半日都不见你，原来洗衣裳去了！”颙琰一见惠儿，眼中立时闪露喜悦的光，“你看你，手都冻红了，褂子边儿也湿了，头发上头也有水珠子！这些个粗活，吩咐出去他们就作了，还用到你来动手！”说着起身，对王尔烈道：“王师傅，你先请，我换衣服下去说话。”两个小苏拉太监忙赶过来替他更衣。卜忠打开包裹递着，朝冠、朝珠、朝服、朝靴……一件一件装裹起来。顷刻之间，颙琰已换了个人似的——片金缘金黄色蟒袍缀着绣文五爪九蟒，外套了石青底色四团龙褂，腰间束一条四行龙卧龙带，打着汉玉坠儿，却是明黄金线结绦打络子，金黄缎里紫貂瑞覃，上绣四团五爪金龙，左右各有两根垂带，也是金黄色，顶金龙二层青狐朝冠，勒着朱纬，帽沿嵌着红宝石，十颗榛子大小的东珠耀目闪光，一条佛珠似的蜜蜡朝珠端正挂在项间——这么一妆扮，真是一举步浑身宝气放光，静立端凝渊亭岳峙。惠儿自出娘胎，几曾见过这等人物衣裳？已是看得怔了，一手拈针一手捏线也忘了认针儿。颙琰也不说话，冲她一笑循阶下楼去了。 楼下已是满屋子人，正庭两厢的屏风都撤掉了，八个太监恭肃垂手，侍立在楼柱东边，沿壁至门到楼外滴水檐下，站的都是礼部和刑部跟随侍从的护卫、戈什哈、亲兵马弁，迎楼梯一张八仙桌旁摆着几把椅子，却都空着，一溜肃静回避牌子静静矗在八仙桌两边。颙琰看时，王尔烈站在东首，西首首位是刘墉，接着是和珅和钱沣，钱沣下侧身后还站着几个官员，看服色是道员县令，鹄立观地连头也不敢抬，颙琰便知是盐务和漕务上的官员也都到了。人精子腰弯得虾也似站在刘墉身边正小声说着什么，一转眼见颙琰下来，忙却身退回王尔烈身后。和珅便叫“钦差王爷驾到！”刘墉躬着背，半偏着脸似乎在思量什么事，被这一嗓子喊醒了神，“啪啪”两声打了马蹄袖率先跪下： “臣——刘墉恭请圣安！” 下边几十号人听这一声，像一齐被揿动了机簧的木偶，又像被拉动了皮影杆儿的驴皮片子，打袖——提袍角——下跪——一齐高呼“臣等恭请圣安！”响得连楼上的惠儿也忍不住一探头下窥。 “圣躬安！”颙琰在楼梯口南面而立坦然受礼，一摆手算是代天作答。接着含笑一把搀起刘墉，说道：“石庵公，亏你照应！”又对众人道：“大家请起！”他目光扫视着众人纷纷起身，脸色已变得端凝阴沉，举手让着道：“石庵、致斋、钱大人、王师傅请安坐。”转脸问道：“哪个是德州盐运使？” 一个矮胖子皮球似的从人丛后滚了出来，双下巴蛤蟆脸昔着，四肢着地趴跪在地下，一磕头身上的肉一哆嗦，说话结巴里带着颤音：“奴、奴、奴才……桂清阿……给、给、给十五爷……请请请罪！” “你有罪？什么罪？” “汤、汤、汤焕成是是是……奴才衙门的，师爷……他、他、他……他勾勾勾……勾结匪、匪、匪匪匪、匪类，谋、谋、谋，谋害十五爷！这、这、这、这一条，就……就、就……就……啊就是，奴、奴、奴……奴才的罪！还、还、还、还还还……还有……” 他歪着脖子，窝口拗牙，脸憋得紫胀了，听得众人耸鼻蹙眉替他着急，无奈这毛病儿越是着急害怕，越是发作得没完没了。颙琰还是头一次见这号角色，起初以为是他无礼，沤着和自己玩儿，心中已是恼了，后来看看才悟过来是口病，不禁又好气又好笑，冷冷说道：“算了吧，这么着说到天黑我还是莫名所以。不说你的罪，就你这副好口才怎么坐堂办差？王小悟！” "The slave is here!" “摘掉他的顶子！” "tie!" 鸦没雀静的岑寂中，王小悟大步走向桂清阿。桂清阿五个手指哆嗦着旋下帽子上的青金石顶戴钮子。他刹那间变得嗒然若丧，舒了一口气，嘴一咧，已是两行热泪长流。 “退一边去！” 颙琰斥退了他，这才说道：“失察下属，纵容幕僚在外为非作歹，自然要给你个小小处分，我还不至摘你的顶子。汤焕成在鲁家店悬赏拿人，拿到我们三人每人赏三千，拿到报信的王小悟五千，一出手就一万四千两银子！你盐政司好大的手面！”