Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-four
The Paradise Gardens are about one mile away from Chunxiang Tower.Although Yingjia Bridge is not the most prosperous place in Weiyang, but because it is close to Guazhou Ferry, there are many piers, merchants gather, one street, two rows and thirty-six rows are complete. Very lively.Three official sedan chairs drove in front, followed by two mule carts full of pink-headed singers, laughing and flaunting across the city path to the theater. Wherever they passed, the city people turned sideways to avoid the road and looked sideways.Gao Heng couldn't hear it, but Pei and Jin were used to it, so they didn't care about it.At the gate of the park, Gao Heng got out of his sedan chair to look at it, but it was not far from the format of a Beijing theater. There were shops on both sides of a wide and bright gate, all of which sold dim sum, snacks, melon seeds, candy, fans, tea sets and other items for opera guests. Feel free and convenient.The land is half an mu in size, and it is not very tall, but it is completely new.There are two couplets next to the door, both in regular script:
The world is on the brow, see the emerald green and warm pearl fragrance, and revisit the whole world.
A hundred thousand spring flowers are like a dream, I remember Ding Gejiawu, who was drunk in Kunlun.
Looking closely at the inscription, it is the couplet of Zhu Zhucha written by Yuan Mei.Gao Heng shook his head and smacked his tongue in praise: "The wording is good, but this sentence is also a young woman in yellow silk. I want to meet both of them."
"Yes!" Pei Xingren agreed to follow Gao Heng into the garden, couldn't help laughing secretly, and said in his mouth: "I will try my best to find them." At this time, there were already two men, followed by a woman to welcome them out , rushing forward to introduce: "This is Mr. Gao Da Situ and Yanzheng patrol envoy—this is Wei Changsheng, the boss of the Shuangqing Department, and this is Mr. Bao Yongqiang, the director of Yangzhou Baile Commercial Hall... "
Gao Heng saw that the actor who got along with Prince Zhuang was slightly shorter than himself.Zaohe'er's head is pointed at both ends, his face is white and pockmarked, his nose is aquiline and his eyebrows are bumpy, his chin is clean-shaven, his sparse hair is only as thick as chopsticks and a braid in one place, at least forty years old. how old.If he hadn't heard Pei Xingren's face-to-face introduction, no matter what, he wouldn't be able to associate with Liu Mengmei in the movie.That Bao Yongqiang was dressed in a black satin mandarin jacket with open air robes, with sword eyebrows and tiger eyes full of heroism. He saluted Gao Heng side by side with Wei Changsheng, and said in his mouth: "The small people under the grass have admired the demeanor of your lord for a long time, but because of the disparity in status, I don’t dare to make another visit. I have to ask our old grandpa and Lord Zhentai to introduce me. If Mr. Gao doesn’t smile, it’s my dignity—Ms. Xue, I’ve met Mr. Gao soon!”
"Wanfu, my lord!" The woman behind Bao Yongqiang looked forward and knelt down Yingying.
Gao Heng's eyes lit up immediately.I saw Xue Bai wearing a jujube flower and blue tight-sleeved shirt, light red Wu Ling trousers with purple silk acacia shoes slightly exposed, the feet are petite and exquisite, and the jade white embroidered belt around the waist hangs down to the knees.Born with two pretty eyebrows, slightly frowned in the middle, stretching and fading towards the sideburns in a slightly splayed shape, slightly raised greasy nose and wings, and a pair of autumn water full of affection on a suet-like jade face, just looking forward to it, just like Gao Heng The straight eyes met, and then lowered shyly.Gao Heng felt his heart warm up and he was so startled that he forgot to speak.He just came back to his senses when he heard the sound of strings being tuned and zithers being played in the theater garden, and he said to Bao Yongqiang with a smile: "This is Luoshen descending to earth, a hibiscus out of water, a natural ivory man! Bitang—" he wanted to say "Tang'er was back then", he stopped talking, "It's more handsome and beautiful than Begonia flowers—isn't it, Mrs. Xue Bai?"
Pei Xingren and Jin Wenkui couldn't help smiling at each other, but Bao Yongqiang smiled at Ge Shi, Ge Shi spat, blushing and pouted at the kabukis.Mrs. Xue Bai gently opened her cherry lips, and Yingyan murmured back: "This is the wrong love of the master. Nunu is 40 years younger. How can he compare with flowers... Actually, Nunu is not good at singing, not as good as Changsheng. Far."
"Okay!" Gao Heng saw that she was smiling coquettishly to meet her natural charm, and she had already collapsed halfway. He stepped forward to help her, and stroked her radiant hair, his fingers were restless. Squeezing her palm, she said, "If you don't tell me, I thought you were under twenty years old! Look at you two tonight, you sang exactly what I wanted, and I will teach you to accompany the team to greet you and serve you, making your singing popular all over the world." !" Mrs. Xue Bai gently took her hand away, and said with a winking eye and pursed lips, "Then I will thank you for your kindness first—we will put on makeup in the back, please sit in front..." Went with Wei Changsheng, looked back and smiled at Gao Heng, so Gao Heng's soul was almost led away by her.
Here are three people entering the garden.When Gao Heng looked at it, the garden was divided into two floors, upstairs and downstairs. The upstairs saddle-shaped viewing platform was divided into twelve official seats, all separated by screens, and some people were vaguely seated.The ground downstairs is wide, supported by wooden pillars, and there are more than a dozen Eight Immortals tables between the pillars. Three rows of tables are facing the stage. One table can accommodate six people, and they can watch the play sideways or frontally. The tables are full of moon cakes and snacks. Pears, grapes, bananas, apples, tea, and melon seeds were already full of men and women. Seeing the three of them come in, there was a sound of benches, tables and chairs, and everyone stood up.
"Sit down, sit down, sit down as you like!" Pei Xingren smiled all over his face, and pressed down with his hands open, "This is not in my signing room. Once you enter the theater, everyone is equal to the theater audience!" Leading Gao Heng upstairs, he explained with a smile, "This is the officials of Hecheng in Yangzhou and their relatives. One is to watch the play, and the other has to admire your demeanor. Your Excellency, please come this way—the official seat on the left." Here, Ge Shi took the Chunxianglou sisters to sit in the third room on the right—put down the veil, and Lao Jin and I are in the official seat on the right side of the Lord, and we can talk through the screen." He followed Gao Heng in.Seeing that there were still two young women, Gao Heng was stunned for a moment and asked, "This is..."
Jin Wenkui, who was following Pei Xingren, hurriedly explained with a smile: "The one on the left is called Ah Hong, Xingren's little star; this is my wife Ru, and her name is Yun Bi—this is my uncle, why are you so dumbfounded? "Ah Hong and Yun Bi were also looking at Gao Heng. Hearing what he said, he got up and squatted in Fu'er and said, "Greetings, Lord!" Gao Heng smiled and nodded, and asked, "Why didn't the two ladies come?"
"Ms. Pei Zhifu is ill; my wife doesn't like to watch operas, so she didn't come." Jin Wenkui said, "These two also sang Kunqu opera. They can come here for a while, order a few plays, and accompany them after watching." My lord is having fun. You have to evacuate during your spare time, right?" Gao Heng stared at the two women, Ah Hong, Shaoyan, and white teeth described her as coquettish, and Yun Bi, who was exquisite and slender, had a coquettish attitude. What's the matter, he couldn't help smiling, and said: "Wu Yue's color is all over the world, and he really came here with a little bit of chirping and chirping, and he is not afraid of him at all, he is getting closer and closer...
"Really Zhang recited the Inner Court Yellow Sutra again, but seeing no effect, he panicked and yelled, 'This ghost is powerful!' Abandoning his sword, he took the door and fled. He fell down a somersault and hit a rock on Mount Tai, and passed out. Woke up and was so scared that I couldn’t get sick for a few days. I just muttered something in my mouth, "Weird things, strange things... this ghost is amazing..." I went to visit him, and he still looked the same. He asked the genius doctor Ye Tianshi to diagnose his pulse and took medicine. The medicine will be fine."
Longhushan Zhifeng Daoist was scared sick by the ghost, and fled with his sword in embarrassment. Gao Heng couldn't help laughing, and said: "This ghost is pretending to be a human, of course it's powerful! - This is his embarrassment, how do you know?" It was Zhuo Jing who got sick, please Ye Tianshi come to see it, and tell it as a joke." Pei Xingren said: "As soon as he took the medicine, Zhang Zhenren was cured. Zhang Zhenren wanted to thank him for the money and told him not to say anything. Ye Tianshi didn't want the money, and said, 'fulfillment. My reputation——I will get off the boat at Hongqiao at noon tomorrow to have a drink, and you will get off when you get to the bridge in a sedan chair, and say, “Heavenly Doctor Star is on the next boat, so it’s disrespectful to go there in a sedan chair”—one word will reward me’ ——Now everyone in Yangzhou Prefecture knows that Ye Tianshi is a "Heavenly Doctor" descended to earth, and people who see a doctor are besieging and breaking down the door all day long!"
"That's right." Jin Wenkui said with a smile, "He used to be a famous doctor, and now people from Liangjiang, Lianghuai, Huguang, and even Zhili, Guangdong who come to see a doctor rent a house and wait, and call him 'Heavenly Doctor Star'. It turns out that there is such a name in it !” Gao Heng laughed for a while, and said, “‘Name’ is so good! An official should be a famous official, a literati should be a famous scholar, a bitch should be a celebrity, a doctor should be a famous doctor. They are all the same. Peel into it like a bamboo stick!—Ye Tianshi! Is his real name Ye Fengchun? I saw that Yin Jishan recommended a doctor to the queen, and his name was in it. Is there really something practical about it?"
Pei Xingren said: "He used to be a famous local doctor, but he is not a doctor of the world. No matter how great his skills are, he will not be on the stage. This time he is famous all over the world. He has unique skills in treating acne. My second son sees that there is no hope. He Said, as long as you can pry open your mouth and pour in the medicine, you can be cured, it really is the medicine that will cure the disease!" Gao Heng's heart moved: his third and fourth sons have not yet had acne - because he said: "Welcome to the gentry Include him in the list. Tell him that he is going to accompany him to Beijing. Remember this matter.”
"Yes!" Pei Xingren hurriedly said, "He was also on the list. This man likes to drink and takes drugs. Opium is banned. Ba Ye get him some. He will be happy to listen to you." Gao Heng smiled and said: "It can be seen that no one is perfect. This is easy, I just ask Prince Lao Zhuang to get him a few kilograms. I also want to see this famous doctor!"
Jin Wenkui smiled and said, "He looks as good-looking as I do." Before he finished speaking, several people were already spouting tea and laughing.Jin Wenkui said: "I don't believe you will understand at the first sight. You are also very kind-hearted - I saw a doctor last year, and he said, 'You are not sick, but you are hungry. I will help you cure this poor disease, and I will pay for it. Make meritorious deeds for those who heal the dead'——Guess what?” Everyone raised their ears and heard him say: “—He told the man to go back and plant olives in the front and back of the house.”
"Planting olives..." Gao Heng pondered, "Can you make a fortune?"
"When the olive seedlings come out," Jin Wenkui said with a smile, "every time he prescribes for someone, he always adds 'Yaoyin, one olive seedling'. This family sold the ones in the field and the front and back of the house. The less he sells, the more expensive he is, and he earned more than three thousand taels of silver in just over four months! It made the Yangzhou flower house shovel flowers to grow olives, but his medicine primers were changed again.”
Just as they were talking lively, the drums and clappers on the stage sounded, and the sheng and Xiao mingled together. Bao Yongqiang came in sweating, greeted everyone, bowed again, and said with a smile: "Please order a play, please. Do you want to sing all the songs, or read the excerpts? The villain is good to teach Boss Wei to prepare." Gao Heng watched the "Five Blessings in the Hall" plus official drama being performed in the stands, and ordered "Screaming Disease", "Dao Inkstone", "Soul Wandering" and "Secret Counseling" for 40% off. Passing the playlist to Jin Wenkui, he said, "I see seventeen, eighteen, twenty-seven, and twenty-eight, and it's not short. If you want to see more, just order more." How can Pei and Jin agree?Everyone said: "That's good, the lowly officials didn't say anything!" But Yun Bi said: "Add "Wen Xi" and "Yuan Jia", 40% off, I wish Uncle Guo the best of luck!" She made a move, shaking Gao Heng with both hands, and said softly: "Sister Yunbi is talking about—"Yuan Jia" is out twice, with a happy ending, and we are more excited to play cards..."
"Okay, the two beauties have said it, let's do it!" Gao Heng was so happy that his face lit up, and he said to Bao Yongqiang: "Tell Mrs. Xue Bai and Boss Wei to use their housekeeping skills to teach men to open their eyes and be happy." !" Bao Yongqiang agreed repeatedly and withdrew, and Jin and Pei smiled and got up, and sat down in the palace next door, waiting for the main show to begin.
After the hat show was over, there was a moment of silence, and the drum, bansheng and sheng came up leisurely. An old Taoist nun held a dust whisk in her hand, and she was wearing a green plaid and wonderful regular dress, and she floated out of the stage lightly, with a green gauze on her hair, and sighed softly, "Ah..." sang:
Marriage in the world is hard work, only for yin and yang.Wen Tiantian has never had a human body, so he had to come to Daoist to pretend to be a man. He is over 40 on his fingers, and it is a dream in his life!
These few songs, there is helpless self-deprecating in the desolation, and there is a bit of cynicalism. I can't grasp the heat, either the singing is sad or the singing is slippery.Lao Dan's play is the most unpopular, and Gao Heng couldn't help but applaud, "Good!" Seeing him applaud, all the guests applauded and applauded in unison.Lao Dan was unmoved by it, and swayed the dust with another four-line Jitang:
The Zifu is empty, the songs are blue, and the cold is cold, and the bamboo and stone are like mountains, and I dare not rest.
Long-term hatred is not as good as a stone, and I will watch it whenever there is a good place.
The crowd shouted again.Ah Hong peeled the banana and handed it to Gao Heng, while Yun Bi on the right handed the lucky orange petals, and said with a smile: "The orange has a slightly sour taste, and it is not easy to use after eating bananas. Master, please use the lucky orange first—" Qing Shu Xian wrist, actually stuffed the orange petals into Gao Heng's mouth with his own hands, and whispered to Gao Heng: "You haven't seen it yet? This Daoist Shi is played by Boss Wei - he can be born, clean and ugly!" "
"Really?" Gao Heng took a closer look, and it really was Wei Changsheng.At this moment, she was dressed in a mid-life beauty, her features were delicate and graceful, and her mouth was white with a trace of displeasure. Although it was lengthy, it was only funny and funny, which made people laugh.Where can I find the squirrel-headed look when I first saw it?Gao Heng couldn't help laughing, he ate oranges and bananas, the two women sat next to each other and whispered from time to time, blowing to Ruolan to comment on plays with him, which made Gao Hengyi unstoppable, and also peeled the oranges and distributed them to the two, depressing He raised his voice and asked, "What does he mean by 'Looking at his donkey, mule and puppies, it made me panic for a while'?"
Ah Hongyun blushed violently, lowered her head and ate melon seeds without saying a word. After a long while, Yun Bi said: "Master, go back and ask Madam, how can we..." Before he finished speaking, he felt that Gao Heng's feet were already on the table He tentatively searched for it, then dodged it for a while, and let him rub it lightly.Ah Hong also felt that Gao Heng's feet were restless, but she didn't hide. Instead, she clamped her legs lightly. She just smiled and said, "I didn't listen to what Daoist Shi said. I didn't say it at that time... This thing, you are only allowed to linger and stare at it, how can you fill your stomach with it?'" The two women were from untouchables, and they were all veterans of stealing men. Xiao Yi'er flirted, and Jin Wenkui and Pei Xingren next door knew it, and each turned a deaf ear to "absorbed" in watching the play.
Suddenly all the drums and boards on the stage stopped, the zither fluttered faintly around the beams, Gao Heng concentrated his attention, Xue Bai dressed as Du Liniang slenderly helped the girl to enter the stage, Tingting was like willows facing the pond, her steps were like the wind sending lotus, Chunxiang girl sang After a few words, Du Liniang replied gracefully and said in Yingyu, "Chunxiang, I am very energetic and have a waist like a leaf, can I resist the sickness?... How can I not want to..." Then she sang:
Being greedy for him for a long time, I made a lot of love.If you don't think about it, why don't you think about it?Just hide the muscles in secret, afraid that people will know... What's wrong with Chunxin?My heart regrets, I regret that I stayed in spring to sleep in the first place..."
His voice was soft and graceful, and he only glanced upstairs with his eyes full of autumn water, and then he turned his head back and sighed, Gao Heng looked at Xue Bai in a daze as if he was drunk, his soul was gone. Turning around, Ah Hong smiled and said, "Men are all the same in the world. When you see one, you love the other..." Yun Bi pushed Gao Heng, and said with a smile: "My lord, wake up, I fainted!" It's not bad..."
"Ah? Ah——" Gao Heng came back to his senses, looked at the two women from left to right, both of whom were also charming and beautiful, with their feet clinging to their legs, and said with a smile: "With you The two are here, there are some in the dark, and I can't pass out." Let the two get closer again, and whispered: "Tonight, let's play the bird all night, and call Xue Bai together, you look at me, look at me Chewing and chewing!" Ah Hong laughed and pushed his waist.Yun Bi said, "You're not a decent person—" she touched his forehead with her fingertips.The three continued to watch the play with their own minds.
In less than half an hour, the six excerpts had been sung.Upstairs and downstairs, spectators tables and chairs rattled, and the actors on the stage sang "Nan Shuangshengzi" together:
Marriage surprises, marriage surprises, Yin people dream of the underworld.The fortune is great, the fortune is great, and the Zhou hall is under the door of this dynasty.See you together, see you together.Really happy, really happy.Get the imperial edict, go to the Yin Division to sell fakes!
Wei Changsheng and Xue Bai danced gracefully with their sleeves stretched out, and they both bowed their curtains in the green and red shadows all over the stage.Amid the applause and applause of the audience, Pei Xingren and Jin Wenkui came to talk first, Wei Changsheng and Xue Bai also came to see each other, and Geshi came in with a few kabukis to discuss drama, and the official box was packed to the brim.There was a lot of chatter about the performance of the play, and some flattered Gao Heng for "knowing the play", so it was very lively.
"Ba Ye had a good time today." Seeing that there were so many people, it was inconvenient for him to stand and talk. Seeing that the garden had dispersed, he smiled and said to Bao Yongqiang: "There are two elegant rooms behind your stage, which are specially reserved for you. Guest. Aunts and wives are going to play cards with Officer Gao, prepare some late-night snacks and snacks, so that you can wait on them. The bill will be paid by me. If you are late, you can arrange for the adults to rest. An editor from the Imperial Academy has come to see you; As for Bu Yi’s husband, he said that there are guests who didn’t come to the theater, so we’re afraid we’re not happy, so we’re going to socialize.” Gao Heng asked, “Who’s here from the Imperial Academy?” “Just now the master told me, It's called Dou Guangnai. I came here to collect books, and I passed by here when I was in Nanjing." Pei Xingren said, "This man is a bit phlegmatic, and Ji Gong appreciates his knowledge very much. It's not good to meet him."
Gao Heng took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was just before he handed over his cards. He said with a smile, "What are you busy with? It's early! Just tell me what's going on, why are you afraid of him? Let's go downstairs and rub your hands for a few times, and put your official business Tell me, it’s okay to leave after eating some refreshments.”
So everyone went downstairs together and went to the backstage.Ge Shi and the others sat on the theater box and chatted, watching Wei Changsheng, Xue Bai and the actors remove their make-up.Bao Yongqiang took them to the elegant room.When Gao Heng looked at it, the room was fully equipped with spring stools, tables and chairs, and on the big kang on the east gable wall was a picture of Concubine Yang going out of the bath. Many, it seems that you are regular customers here." Jin Wenkui said to Bao Yongqiang: "You go first, we will leave after a while. Spread the blanket on the Eight Immortals table and get a new pair of ivory cards later. "Bao Yongqiang listened with a smile, and repeatedly said that he was stepping down.
"What did you just say?" Gao Heng sat on the chair in the middle, took a breathless sip of tea, flicked the froth in the bowl with the lid of the cup, and asked Pei Xingren with a half-smile, "Yangzhou will still be in the red, it's really unheard of. I just Know that the guest is not invited for nothing—what is going on?"
"You are the god of wealth, how do you know the trivial troubles here." Pei Xingren said with a wry smile: "Yangzhou is a place where the people are rich and the officials are poor. To be honest, if we only refer to the few money to support the honesty, we are all so poor that we have to sell our pants. Lao Jin's men There are thousands of people, and I can eat some space; what about me? I rely on litigation—I dare not wrong people, and I am sure about trivial disputes, and they belong to wealthy households. The settlement of the two lawsuits can give some benefits. Those who have won the lawsuit solidly, thank me for being fair, and I dare to accept it. But how many officials have there been in Yangzhou? Those who came to Liangjiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, and even Who can afford to offend the big bosses in Beijing who are on business trips to Anhui, Shandong, and Huguang? Who doesn’t want to socialize? If you don’t borrow a little from the treasury bank, you can’t live on!” Jin Wenkui laughed and said: “It’s the same in my place. For example Your lord Gao wants to inspect my camp, the soldiers’ clothes are too tattered, they need to be replaced, the barracks need to be refurbished, and the broken warships need to be repaired quickly, isn’t it possible? You are also borrowing money from the treasury!”
Gao Heng listened quietly with his chin in his hand, nodded and said, "This is all the truth. There is money in the treasury, but officials have no money to do business. It's the same all over the world. How much do you need? Tell me."
"Don't dare to open your mouth like a lion", Pei Xingren smiled, "Baye transferred Yangzhou's salt tax this year to Yangzhou for collection, and we can get about 300,000 yuan. Qianduyintai is here, we want some more, and we will lose money." It's almost complete." As he spoke, he handed over a peeled pear.
Gao Heng put the pears on the plate, groaned, pinched his teeth and said in embarrassment: "Salt tax is a national tax, and the Ministry of Households has checked the accounts several times. Fortunately, Devil Qian has a good friendship with me and said many good things. Mr. Liu Tongxun is in Nanjing, one is to welcome the driver, and the other is to solve the "Yizhihua" case. A few days ago, someone in Nanjing wrote, saying that Liu Tongxun asked Jin Jia if he knew about me and Qian Duyun's copper transportation. I think these two men are pure He was full and wanted to do everything in the world! It was built for the Lafayette and invited to the Old Summer Palace—I’ll wait for them to investigate!" He was spitting all over the place, and suddenly felt that he was digressing. After a short pause, an idea suddenly came to my mind, and I answered the two of them very straightforwardly: "You can give the Yangzhou salt tax to you, and you can also collect 10% of the salt boats passing by the Guazhoudu Salt Transport Department, and the salt government collects 20%—— - In this way, you can levy a million!"
One million taels!Both Jin Pei's eyes widened and they couldn't believe their ears.
Gao Heng's mind was also spinning rapidly: he smuggled copper and wanted to make copper wares to make a lot of money. The Texas incident happened, and he couldn't cover it up. You can't sue him at Qianqingmen.However, the shortage of salt affairs is obvious, and he is also worried that Liu Tongxun will track down the copper sales in the past, so he tries to find ways from salt tax.By last year's decree of "exempting the world from taxes", the official salt tax was exempted, and the salt merchants and officials sold private salt. In addition to filling the deficit, they also got more than 400,000 silver.Now that some local taxes are paid, the accounts of the salt administration will be muddied. I am afraid that the household department will not be able to check it out. Thinking of this, he really wants to jump up and make a noise.After getting excited, Gao Heng calmed down and said: "Don't be surprised. I can't say that this million is for Yangzhou to fill in the shortfall. It makes no sense. This money is used to prepare for the welcome. The booklet has been made up, give me a receipt of 1.2 million—you know, I also have a shortfall for entertainment!"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!" Pei and Jin were jumping with joy, admiring and grateful, and agreed repeatedly.Pei Xingren said: "This has really helped the Yangzhou government a lot, and the people of Yangzhou have also benefited from Ba Ye's glory!"
"You guys are friends, of course I'm loyal—huh?" Gao Heng smiled brightly, glanced at the next door, and nodded meaningfully at the two.The two understood each other, even though they smiled and got up to leave.Gao Heng said: "What are you busy with? Let's play for a while. Go after dinner—I know Dou Guangnai, he is not bad at learning, he is mean and uninteresting, and it's no fun to be with him. Now Xia Zhengyun must be with him, you go later." Don't drink, he is in a hurry, he thinks you are hardworking, and he is happy!"
Both of them laughed when they heard it.So he asked Bao Yongqiang to set up a poker table.Pei Xingren sat opposite Gao Heng, Bao Yongqiang sat on Gao Heng's left, and Jin Wenkui and Bao Yongqiang sat on the right.Xue Bai, Ahong, Ge's Yunbi and four women sat behind each of them, serving tea, eating melon seeds, peeling fruit, watching the cards and shuffling them.Bao Yongqiang also asked the girls from Chunxianglou to come and play music.Gao Heng said: "Playing cards is just playing cards. If they sing well, can they compare to Mrs. Xue Bai? Give some money and teach them back to Chunxiangyuan. There are enough people here."
Because the four of them were talking while playing cards, they made a bet of one tael of silver, winning or losing.Not for money, just for pleasure.Dou Guangnai talked about collecting books again.While looking at the cards, Gao Heng said, "You have a man named Ma Yu in Yangzhou, who is an antique dealer, right? He presented one hundred and ninety-five kinds of books. The original memorial of Jin Chi said that he had a huge collection of books. The emperor's name is Ji Xiaolan." Lend the loan in person—whiteboard, touch!—Persuade to borrow all the books. There are also three families in Zhejiang, Bao Shichang, Fan Maozhu, and Wang Qishu, all of whom are named in the imperial decree. In your territory, you all have to pay a visit in person. Advise them—eat! Chicken!—donate books. The emperor only pursues the current edition of the book—I don’t want the second cake—just offer the rare book and ancient edition. This is the emperor’s will. Teach him not to be afraid The ancients said that the emperor would never blame him. Confucius also said——Take a rooster——The barbarian and the Di have a king that is not as good as the Chinese one—get rich—nothing! Not only is there no punishment, but— —Bring some northwest wind, come out! ——Preparing to reward him with "The Collection of Ancient and Modern Books". The book has been borrowed——Two don'ts—I will definitely return it to him!"
According to the official rules of the Qing Dynasty, when mentioning "the emperor", "the emperor" and "the holy lord", he had to bow his hands and speak, and when he heard Lun's decree, he had to stand up and respect his body.When Gao Heng spoke like this, he didn't know whether he was delivering the decree or chatting about his teeth. There was a whiteboard sandwiched between the decree and Pei Jin. "He made a fuss, and the four women couldn't stop laughing.Bao Yongqiang, however, had a smile on his face and just listened but didn't speak.
After a few rounds, each has its own winners and losers.The topic turned to Ye Tianshi again.The banker Gao Heng rolled the dice and wiped the cards, and said with one end: "The empress is the most virtuous, she is sick and troubled, and she dare not be sloppy in recommending doctors. Does Ye Tianshang have real talents and learning? Get a quack doctor to prescribe tiger medicine , no one can afford it!"
"If you want to talk about this person, it turns out that he is really unknown." Jin Wenkui quickly counted his cards, and said with a smile: "He is just a doctor from the countryside. It happened that year that the daughter-in-law of Mr. Huang, the capital of Yangzhou, had a difficult labor. In the middle of the night, the woman was bleeding profusely The child can't come down, and several famous doctors are not at home. I have no choice but to knock—a cake!"
"Touch a cake." Bao Yongqiang lightly put down a pair, and typed another one and said, "20,000." Jin Wenkui continued, "Go knock on Ye Tianshi's door and call him to deliver the baby to Mrs. Huang's family. Ye Tianshi sleeps." In a daze, he agreed, and said to his wife: "Wash your face with a basin of cold water—you go back first, and I'll be there later!"—Okay, I'm going to make up all of them!" He casually typed out a piece of six.He said again, "What Huang Jiagangji heard was what he said to two people. He quickly ran back to Mrs. Huang and said, 'Ye Xian'er said to get a basin of cold water to wash his wife's face, and he will be there soon! '"
Gao Heng couldn't help laughing out loud, and asked, "Did you really wash the mother's face?"
"Adults and children can't keep it, and the whole family is so anxious that they become a group of ants in a hot pot. Who would dare to disobey the doctor's orders at this moment?" Jin Wenkui said: "In the red! ——So he quickly pulled cold water from the well. It was a hot day, and the mother was suffocating The whole body was covered in sweat, and the cold water rushed violently. The child fell to the ground. He was a fat boy weighing twelve catties——Ye Tianshi arrived after washing his face. It seemed that dozens of people, old and young, came out to welcome him—although the Huang family had a few young masters, his wife was living in desolation. As soon as he entered the Huang family, everyone respected him—that’s how he became famous. Only seventeen years old."
When everyone heard that he had made such a fortune, they couldn't help but laugh when they thought about it.Jin Wenkui said: "It's strange to say that since then, he has been looking for a doctor, and he has become more and more famous after seeing one good one. He himself knows that it is fate, not skill, so he is secretly angry. What "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", "Golden Plaque", "Materia Medica" "Studying in secret, considering and confirming that people are treated, and those who have intractable diseases and strange diseases do not even charge medical fees--the reputation has been gained, and the skills have been learned. Doctor He Dongli from Taiyuan Hospital was talking to him last time. After waiting for three days, I came down and said to me: 'This is a real life wizard'—doctor, I dare not recommend it randomly. Is this kind of thing a joke with your life?"
"He is good at pediatrics and he knows how to treat smallpox, so he eats this trick all over the world." Gao Heng said with a smile, "Empress Empress's two elder brothers died of smallpox, and now—" He lowered his voice, "The elder brothers haven't produced any flowers yet. A new lady named Laizhu is also pregnant. I asked Mrs. Fu Heng to find someone to settle the matter. Mrs. Fu Heng found someone for her in Beijing, and wrote to Mrs. Yin Yuanchang to ask People, counting in Nanjing, I found a Mao Xianer who broke the characters, and asked his son when he came up with the character 'nine'. The husband said that the number of positive numbers in the nine characters is a male fetus. It's not a perfect match, because the nine characters are like "Yuan" instead of "Yuan". They also say that they are like ordinary but extraordinary, but they are the son of extraordinary. It is also called guarding against family members—" He lowered his voice even more, "Prevent villains from doing bad things This child——because of the word '九' plus the prefix '修', he rapes the outside and the inside. There are many such things in the palace, so isn't it also right?"
Everyone stopped their cards and listened intently to what he said.Bao Yongqiang knew the truth. He had suspected that "Mao Xianer" was Liu Yong, but now he was relieved.But Xue Bai said: "This son is really amazing - he didn't say that he can keep this child?"
"Madam Jishan is so smart, how can she not ask?" Gao Heng smiled at Xue Bai, "Mao Xianer said that the word 'nine' is the base of the word 'Wan', so it can be preserved." He said Pushing down the card, he said to Pei Xingren, "you two, go visit Ye Tianshi for me. Doesn't he like to smoke drug ointments? Get him a few taels first. Tell him to go to Jinling by boat with me in three days. Tell me He, there is a whole warehouse of banned opium in Jinjiao, and he smokes it." Then he said: "You should eat something, so that you can go to business." Where did Pei Jin want to eat any more, they all stood He got up and bowed to say goodbye, and told Ahong Yunbi to "serve you with a good life" and left with a smile.
Seeing that there were only these four men and women left, Bao Yongqiang knew that he was an eyesore, and after hearing so many secrets about the palace, he also wanted to go back to Panghuahou Village to tell Yi Ying in return.Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he ordered high-burning crimson wax, prepared more fruit, and accompanied Gao Heng and others to have some refreshments, then he left with a smile: "Wharf accounting, the owner of the shop is prone to trouble, the young ones have to go first. ——Lord anchors and sails to Nanjing, and I will have a farewell party with wine." Gao Heng couldn't wait for his words, stood up with a smile, held his hands and said: "It's enough to leave a few children who learn opera here to wait on you, and I will endure your hard work. Spend money. From now on, I’m an acquaintance and friend. I’ll come to Yangzhou to find you. If you go to Beijing, just look for me!” Ge Shi was a little disgusted with Gao Heng, the lecherous and hungry ghost, and said with a smile: “You just go. They play cards, and I take The kids are behind the stage listening to the hello."
Gao Heng's mind was not on playing cards, he saw three women in the room, Mrs. Xue Bai's hair was partly tilted, smiling faintly and shyly; She is a beauty, but she feels dizzy and uncontrollable.Four people shuffled the cards with four hands, and the cards on the table jumped like fresh shrimps thrown out of the net.Hands touch and collide unintentionally and intentionally, and the eight feet under the table are also poking around.Gao Heng drew a card casually, and said, "Have you heard that the Mochou Lake garrison in Nanjing is in charge of the two green battalions?" Ah Hong and Yun Bi both smiled and shook their heads, Xue Bai said: "We have flat heads. Common people, how do you know about adults?"
"Both bands are guerrillas." Gao Heng greedily groped under the table with his feet, and said to the three women who were already blushing and passionate, "Watch "Phoenix Court" at night." Qin Tiao' play, each boasting about their three concubines, how can they love others, how can they be considerate and gentle. Bragging that they are energetic and able to fight all night, making the group of flowers wither, the real hard work. I don’t have the right to say Their names, let’s call them A and B——A said his nickname was ‘Saimudu’, and the work in his crotch was thicker than a donkey’s kidney; The nickname is 'True Ruyi', he stood up and stood up, instead of stabbing the King of Qin, he went west to Xianyang and defeated the three thousand beauties of Efang Palace, and he could lift the millstone by inserting it into the eye of the millstone..."
The three women are all the leaders of the romantic scene, their hearts jumped when they heard these words, and they rubbed the corners of their clothes and crouched in shame.Ah Hong spat, "Men are so disgusting, they talk nonsense when they're drunk..." Yun Bi flicked the card with her fingertips, and said coquettishly, "Grandpa told us this...it's not polite... ..."
"Look at those people who study Taoism, they are full of poetry and gentleness, and they become 'siwu' as soon as they touch a woman's body." Gao Heng rolled his eyes and laughed. The general couldn't stop arguing, and took advantage of the wine to make business plans. In the middle of the night, the two came out at the same time to 'relax', and then switched back to the room. After the matter, they asked their wives to evaluate their abilities.
"Unexpectedly, Guerrilla A is a fear of internal affairs. He speaks loudly, but it is actually the tip of a silver wax gun. His wife has a habit of lighting a lamp to sleep, so she didn't dare to turn it off. Guerrilla B is timid, so look through the window." , the light was on, but dared not go in; looked at the crack of the door, Mrs. A turned over and muttered, and dared not go in. After wandering around for half an hour, she still didn't dare to make a move. A guerrilla has returned to the court after victory, saying, "I have already When it’s over, how about you?’ B said, ‘You wait, I’ll go in right away’. A said, ‘How can I ask me to “wait” for doing such a thing?’……
"Two people were arguing outside the door. But Mrs. A turned over and jumped out. Lonely, she was holding a door latch. She was beaten without a head or a face. A was blocked and spanked, and General B was beaten. It’s such a big bag——” Gao Heng’s hand was half a circle bigger than an egg, and he said with a smile, “The two generals were beaten to the point of running away with their heads in their arms, and the woman was chasing after her, screaming, ‘God damn it, I’m being beaten by a knife’ Fighting. At this time, Madam B also knew that she had suffered a disadvantage, and she led three concubines into battle, and A's third concubine also came out to help fight Taiping boxing. Eight women sparred and two guerrilla fighters fought. ——It was a big camp, with thousands of soldiers stationed there. The patrolmen thought there were thieves coming, so they sieved the gongs and blew the trumpets, and the whole camp was filled with boiling water and boiling pot prices... In the middle of the night, the alarm went all the way to the golden platform of the governor's office .Golden 鉷 came, a group of women and two down-and-out generals, crying and crying, the number was called hit Tianqu, who scolded 'pao bang hit the bird gun', rubbed their buttocks and touched their heads, just like a group of goblins roaring and screaming... ..."
Having said this, the three women were already laughing up and down.Ah Hong was out of breath, and asked, "How did the Taiwan-making master reconcile them?" Gao Heng laughed and said, "Jin Yu slapped each of them in the face, and cursed, 'Is this a military camp? - You guys The two went to the Confucius Temple to sell chowder soup for three days!'”
Everyone laughed more and more, Gao Heng got up, hugged one and kissed the other, and chased and played around the room.见云碧要逃，一手扯了过来，口里叫着“都是我的小亲乖乖儿——一个也不要走……都教你们快心畅意……”
“高爷是要和我们一锅杂烩汤了！”阿红姑娘却是毫不做作，一边说“不信我们三个对付不了你”一边过来帮着高恒给云碧解衣，又自家脱了。薛白娘子也脱得一身白肉缕丝不挂扑了上来。煌煌灯烛之下，四个男女赤条条滚在炕上，腿夹口吮手乱抚，淫喋浪语也不知是怎样说话……此地巷深夜暗，此时云遮残月，正是钟漏将歇辰光。只有偶尔几声犬吠，更声“邦邦邦——托！”枯燥单调里带着几分凄凉地响……