Chapter 30 Chapter Thirty: Wen Gao, Heng Tu, Struggling to Plan for the Future

Hearing Yin Jishan's words, Liu Tongxun and Liu Yong retreated to the east wall, and knelt down as soon as he lifted the corner of his robe.Jin Hao couldn't regain his senses for a while, and opened his eyes wide to see the military minister and governor who suddenly changed his face. After a long time, he lowered his head and knelt down on the ground, his face turned pale.Gao Heng's heart thumped, and the words "Dongchuang incident" flashed across his mind like lightning, and the blood all over his body seemed to be suddenly stimulated by ice water, and became cold to the bone marrow. Same gray.It took a long time before he mechanically knelt down to Yin Jishan like a puppet on a string, took off his big hat, and forgot to put it on the ground.For a moment, the room became deadly silent, only the sound of rushing rain outside the flower hall could be heard.

"Slave Gao Heng", after a long time, Gao Heng came to his senses, put down his hat with trembling hands like a malaria, and said in a trembling voice, "Listen respectfully to the oracle!" Yin Jishan expressionless, unfolded the imperial edict written by Ji Yun, and read it dryly.When he heard the words "greedy and licentiousness", Gao Heng trembled all over his body, but he became a little more sober, bowed his head and remained motionless, as if he was savoring the weight of the words and thinking about how to deal with them.Liu Yong was the first person to see the minister dealt with by the imperial decree. Thinking of Gao Heng's usual free and easy, suave, romantic and gratifying uninhibited description, he suddenly turned into frost-beaten grass and wilted, his heart chilled, and he lowered his head and sighed.

"The slave is guilty, obey the order of the imperial court—thank you!" Gao Heng bowed deeply and kowtowed back. "What else do you have to say?" "Since the emperor is in Nanjing, I beg my lord to play it, but I want to ask the emperor to ask for sin..." Yin Jishan's eyelids drooped slightly, his face was wooden, and he said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I can play for you. However, the emperor is currently in Nanjing in disguise, and there is no end to his actions. Liu Tongxun and I cannot meet at any time unless we obey the order. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the master can meet with you. You can go back to the station to wait for orders - this is a secret decree, I will not announce it for the time being, and the post station will still provide you with the same salary as your original position."

"Then Mr. Gao Hengzu senses your kindness..." After announcing the decree, Yin Jishan returned to normal, with a sincere smile on his face, took Gao Heng with both hands, and ordered people to "pick up Mr. Gao's hat and put it on the table—" He laughed again: "Thank you for being here." I have been in the officialdom for so many years - I even sent troops to suppress the bandits! Don't be so dejected, what a pussy! Come on, sit down and talk..." Pushing Gao Heng down on the chair.Gao Hengwu was like a wooden man, sitting in a trance, half-drowned, and only said: "I want to see... my master... I want to see my master..." Liu Tongxun and the others also stood up to comfort him.Jin Yu deeply regretted that he was not close to the wind, and only asked Wen to persuade him: "The kindness of the king is hard to bear, and the relatives of the king are still alive. The emperor is like the benevolence of heaven, and no one can match it. The first thing you have to do is to be grateful for your kindness. Resentment. According to my knowledge, you should go back to Beijing according to the order—" He suddenly felt that he had said something wrong again, what "the emperor is still there"—give him an idea to go back to Beijing to hit the wooden clock in the harem?Jin blushed blushingly, didn't dare to say any more, stood awkwardly, and wanted to slap himself in the heart.

"We didn't ask you according to the order." Liu Tongxun also felt that the gold was outrageous, but he didn't suspect anything else.He has seen Gao Heng's distressed appearance a lot, and it is neither surprising nor regretful, but he is also the Minister of Military Aircraft, so he has to talk, because he said: "What Jin Yu said is true. Gratitude is the first one. There is no survey now. You You should close your doors and think about your mistakes. The four-character test of "greedy and licentiousness" has not wronged you at all! I advise you to say a word, poke around and hit the wooden clock to get the way. Not only can you not do these things, you don't even have to think about them. Think about your own sins clearly, write them down, and we can add them to it. Justice and selfishness are human nature, and where I speak, I will naturally speak with reason. The emperor must have a gracious decree."

Everyone talked and tried to persuade Gao Heng, but Gao Heng's heart was hot and scorched, he was confused and didn't know what to say.Yin Jishan still wants to stay for dinner, how can Gao Heng still be in this mood?He didn't even know what to say, and without an umbrella, he staggered out of the governor's office in the rainy autumn. The four people in the flower hall were surprised by Gao Heng.Because there is only "greedy and licentiousness" in the imperial decree, Gao Heng's "licentiousness" is self-evident, but "greedy" can't figure it out for a while.The incident happened due to "public opinion of local officials and gentry", and it was not even clear who the whistleblower was. It was even more confusing to speculate, so I had to sit in relative silence.Liu Yong was a humble official, and he only planned to listen to his father's arrangement with his ears. After pondering for a long time, he said, "My lords, father, I want to send someone to keep an eye on Mr. Gao—he has too many friends, and the frustrated ones are quick to talk. It's easy to cause trouble." After finishing speaking, without waiting for his father to say anything, he hurried out, went to the next side room to explain a few words to someone, then returned to him, and An Sheng sat down.

"Mr. Yanqing, this is really your horse!" Yin Jishan said to Liu Tongxun with a smile: "This is not an ordinary official, he is only good at judging and deliberating. This is knowledge and experience, and it is more thoughtful than us!" Jin He also said: "That's right, I think he's more capable than Lord Yanqing!" Liu Tongxun was also very satisfied with his son, but said: "This is all trivial and smart, why should I be rewarded by the two adults!—— Beast, listen, there’s another sentence of ‘satisfaction and displeasure’! The more virtuous uncles and uncles love you, the more you have to walk on thin ice, knowing your insufficiencies and then making progress, listen?” Liu Yong hurriedly got up and lowered his hands and replied: “Yes !"

Liu Tongxun waved his hand to signal his son to sit down, and said, "I'm still going on with the topic just now. On the eighth day of the eighth day, the emperor drove into the city, and on the sixth day, he must ask the emperor to leave the Pilu courtyard. When entering the city, he must be greeted by all the people and look up at the sky. The status of visiting Nanjing is clear, and it is not appropriate to subdue the people. Yuan Chang said just now that controlling the Nanjing beggar gang will take Yi Ying after fifteen years, and there are various wharves and brothels. Doing it before the festival will easily lead to public criticism Fear. This is what I said, but this is an auspicious day for the whole world to celebrate and enjoy together. With prostitutes and beggars, wharf ruffian hooligans and disaster victims all over the streets to invade the streets, "peace will be lost early", and the emperor's southern governor Sui Wanzhong will be lost. Therefore, on the third day of junior high school—that is, tomorrow, after their competition in Shengqi Tower, I will appoint this hero Gai, order Nanjing to be both black and white, three teachings and nine streams, and obey your constitutional orders honestly. Those workshops and shops that distribute 'Yijihua' mooncakes must be closed at the latest on August 13th. This is a matter of national celebrations, and no hostility is allowed!"

Yin Jishan nodded as he listened, and said: "I forgive them for not being able to make big waves. Yanqing's idea is very good. If you quietly capture the thief and capture the king, you can spend this Mid-Autumn Festival in peace and joy." Jin Yu also said: "I I also agree. We have called a meeting of observers from Jiangnan and Zhejiang provinces. No announcement will be made. Landlords in Liangjiang will not be allowed to seize tenants or increase rents during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, and tenants will stop making trouble. With more control and the previously agreed regulations, it can be said that nothing will go wrong—but what about Yi Ying? What if he runs away after hearing the wind?"

"Yi Ying's pseudonym Bian Heyu is firmly in my hands." Liu Yong said, "Huang Tianba has joined Wu Xiazi. Not only the officers and soldiers are guarding and monitoring, but also the Green Gang, the Three Halls, the Cao Gang, and the Salt Gang. They are all staring at her. I dare not promise to capture her alive, she will escape, and I will thank the emperor if I die!" Liu Tongxun said coldly: "Don't talk big! Now Yi Ying and the emperor are close at hand. She donated 100,000 silver, and the emperor returned She is also included to meet the gentlemen who donated money. Something went wrong, do you want to die?" Liu Yong hurriedly lowered his head and said: "Yes! My son must be more careful, and Yan Ruyun's old love cannot be guaranteed. I will also put him in prison. Huang Tianba's two apprentices are now following Yi Ying, apart from keeping track of her movements, I have instructed them to slaughter her if they have to!"

Yin Jishan laughed loudly and said: "It's all up to Brother Shi! It can be said to be exhaustive—but it's best not to hunt and kill before the festival. Ka Heyu's family has donated 100,000 yuan in silver, and Liangjiang has already announced her commendation. Her followers are all over the place." In Liangjiang, there are her people in every wharf and shop. Now arresting people and killing people, I can’t explain it clearly for a while, and it will also scare off other rich gentry who donate money to welcome them—you can’t do it too late after the emperor receives them.” Liu Yong He bowed with a smile, but he didn't say much, and still only said "yes". Gao Heng's three souls seemed to be incomplete, and he left the governor's office like a ghost in his night sleep. The autumn rain and the cool wind woke up a little bit.The pack bearer came up to help him into the sedan chair, and said with a smile, "Master, the cold wind and the rain make your bones tremble in the jacket. Why don't you take an umbrella and put your official hat on your back?" Came out of his arms?" Gao Heng was taken aback for a moment, only to realize that it was Yin Jishan who stuffed it into his arms when he was leaving the flower hall.With a long sigh of regret, he got into the sedan chair, opened the sedan window and said, "Go to Hubei Village - next door to the east of Widow Cao Airport". The mule driver yelled, and the palanquin moved.In the autumn rainy weather, there are almost no pedestrians in the streets, yamen and alleys. The felted elephant-eyed palanquin is warm, and we walk leisurely together, only listening to the monotonous sound of mules' hooves stepping in the muddy water, and the drizzle Such as the sieve hitting the tarpaulin outside the felt tent, tight and slow, as if someone kept throwing sand.Gao Heng caressed the hat, looking at it as if he didn't know it. The rim of the white cream silk was densely inlaid with crimson trim, and the cinnabar-like bright red silk tassels were scattered around the top of the flowering coral.The knob under the coral top can be pulled out with a slight twist, and the red tassel is removed, very much like Lin Chong's felt hat in "Fengxue Mountain Temple" turned backwards.I wear it every day when I go to court, meet guests, and meet people in office. I feel that it is too ordinary and inconspicuous. It is not as comfortable as the ordinary six-in-one hat with melon skin satin felt hat, or even without a hat. The golden pheasant makes up for the clothes, and the long braided robe and cloth shoes are more chic and coquettish. But looking at the top at the moment, I suddenly feel that it is very exquisite and beautiful, like a white jade plate inlaid with a red halo, and the blooming coral is also so exquisite, and the silk tassel is like gold-plated and amber paste, with a metallic luster.It was the first time he discovered that this silk tassel was so soft and comfortable to touch... It was like the Xuande stove at home, which was used for burning incense every day. The treasure of the city.I searched for pawnshops, antique shops, and ghosts in Jiucheng all over the place. From the housekeeper to the servants, I was beaten like a dog, and I will be safe if I chase them out. No matter how nice this hat looks now, it is no longer his own... Where is the problem?For the salt tax, when "rectifying" and re-establishing the accounts, the confiscated private salt and silver were first deducted from it, and the amount was only 345,000 taels, and the old account books were burned.He has this right, even gods can't find out. "Officials selling private salt" actually means that both ends of the official store collect the bills for the official and private salt.Three million, not only made up for the shortfall over the years, but also dropped more than 1.2 million.This is a gentleman's transaction, there is no account at all, just talk about checking a fart! ... Then something happened to sell copper? ...I have already made it clear to the court, but Qian Du wanted to be an upright official when he was an official in the Yunnan Copper Mine, and he didn't get a single penny. The boss took back the losses he had suffered, and he refused to give up after confessing. He teamed up with the Tongling envoy in Anhui to steal the money, and the Tongling envoy partnered with himself to pour out private salt. Dealing in salt, copper, and reselling wood and ginseng, if the money from Xiao Jing is not accepted, he will turn his back on the salt business and miss out on everything... The more Gao Heng thinks about it, the bigger his head becomes, the more he thinks it is money. The incident implicated himself.But Qianlong's will is too vague. The word "lewdness" has long been settled. Now who doesn't "lewdness"? "Greedy", how do you say?Others give it to you, but you want it yourself, cheating, abducting, hitting a wooden clock, saying that the lawsuit is "greedy", where do you teach people to start pleading guilty?During the incident, he really experienced Qianlong's unexpected power, and only then did he really know how difficult it is to get off the thief's ship... The sedan chair paused and stopped. In the drizzle, Gao Heng got out of the sedan chair wearing that fake hat and dismissed the bearer. He saw Mrs. Xue Bai leading two maids, laughing happily, coming out from behind the screen wall.She clapped her hands and said with a smile: "My eyelids are twitching, thinking that I won't have lunch there. I asked the girl to open it, and sure enough, I came back!" The two girls were bought by Widow Cao, Qian Du's outer house. They came here, they were about fifteen or sixteen years old, and they were all very handsome. They had never met Gao Heng, the owner of the house, and timidly followed Xue Bai and squatted two blessings to him. "Hmm." Gao Heng was in a trance, gloomy eyes glanced at the brand-new three-in-one courtyard inside and outside the green hall and tile house, and said, "Blanch the wine for me, and eat whatever you want." As he spoke, he went inside Walk.The woman didn't know his state of mind at the moment, so she happily followed, saying, "This is better than Yangzhou! Although the Slender West Lake is beautiful, it's not as spacious as Xuanwu Lake. Look, opposite Jiming Temple, Looking at the past in the rain, the clouds and mists are half covered. It really looks like the fairy mountains and pavilions painted on the paintings that people say. Go out on both sides of the willows, flat lakes and mountains, and fishing boats floating on the small water... Where can I find this place?—— Lord, go this way, and the other side is the Shuixiezi Garden after the Moon Cave Gate. Madam Cao Jiasao is waiting for you in the house!" Mrs. Cao was arranging wine and vegetables in the main hall of the second entrance courtyard, when she heard them enter the courtyard, she greeted them with a smile on her face, wiped her hand and jersey and knelt on her knees to pay her respects, as joyfully as if an ingot had fallen from the sky, picked it up, and said : "Oh! Good my lord! Our Master Qian said that you will come in July and a half, and I even persuaded a few opera sisters to prepare for you to sing operas to catch the wind. How did you know that you would stop Sister Xue in Yangzhou? Hurry up and come into the house, the mist, stars and rain can see through your clothes, the weather is the easiest to catch cold..." One side said, and the other side moved Gao Heng inside.Although she is over forty years old, she was born in Kaixing Academy and has been able to dress up for many years. Her hair is black and shiny in a bun, and her light can be seen. Well, there is a faint blush, like fat, if you don't look carefully, even the fish scales at the corners of the eyes are not very clear, the eyebrows are beautiful, the smile is pleasant, she still looks like a young woman like Chu Chu Tingting. Gao Heng also had an affair with her secretly, but at the moment, he has lost the slightest bit of affection.He walked away to gather his composure, gathered his energy to perfunctory, followed the two women into the room, while thinking about asking Qian Du's recent situation, wondering whether he should tell them the bad news, sat at the table, and let the girl pour the wine.He raised his glass and said with a smile: "—I have wine today and I am drunk today, don't ask whether tomorrow is right or wrong—come on, touch it, do it!" Swallowed in one gulp, brightened the bottom of the glass, and gave it to Cao Shi and Xue Bai alone He ate the food by himself, and asked with a smile, "How many looms are there now? I heard that two loom workshops have been merged?" "Isn't that thanks to the blessing of the Lord? The reputation is said to be 'Thousand Machines Cao', but in fact there are less than 600 machines for weaving silk." Cao's widow was born as a bustard, why can't she see that she has high eyebrows and low eyes?Seeing that Gao Heng looked restless earlier, but he was not in a hurry to ask, he set the wine pot with a catkin-like hand, and persuaded him courteously, "This is to congratulate you and Miss Xue on their housewarming. Ning silk has a high interest rate. Except for tribute silk, more than half of it is transported to France, the red-haired country of Portugal. We Chinese people say that the south of the country is located in Java, and it is still homemade cloth and city cloth. It is better to say that I merged other people's workshops. It is said that someone bought into my stock. First, my silk is woven evenly and finely, and it is dyed by a special dyeing workshop in Yangzhou Prefecture. The color and quality are unmatched, and it is easy to sell; In Yitadaer, a spread of the plague will be fatal. The one who called Xie and smashed the machine roared to the sky and made trouble in the workshop, poisoning and setting fire to kill the owner. If you go two miles to the east, there is now a white field. But the machine shop is connected to the machine shop. The owner of the Fangjia machine shop died twelve people, and burned to death more than twenty workers. That poor man, the stone man cried when he saw it..." Xue Bai listened to her with wide eyes, and asked involuntarily, "If it's under your name, wouldn't there be such a thing?" "Sister, you don't understand, there is learning here." Mrs. Cao gave them a drink to persuade them, and sighed: "I treat the workers in my heart, just like treating the girls in the academy. It's a little bit of coaxing and two dozen. Make-up can’t be saved; there are too many people, and the foreman is the same as those who are sick and dead. Funeral medicine will follow, so there will be fewer troubles; there must be people in the palace, this is what I just said. TOEFL, otherwise, The child laborer died, the silk reeler became paralyzed with rheumatism, and once he sued him in the yamen—it would be a pleasure if he really sentenced you to lose the lawsuit. There are a lot of "people who make false accusations" and come to the Yamen every day to ask questions, and put in thousands of dollars of money! Then there is the machine gang in charge of the dock. If you get along well, they will protect you, and there will be no ruffians to harass you; if you get along well, They are ruffians themselves, they come into the workshop to tease the female workers, destroy the machine - I occupy these three, the workshop is stable, and others put it under my name just to try to be clean. But the machine workshop is big, there are many things, and the expenses are entertaining There are more, and the difficulties in it are hard to describe..." She persuaded the two of them to have wine, added vegetables and kept talking, talking at length, from buying mulberry leaves, warming silkworm seeds, sleeping three times to become a cocoon, to silk reeling. Weaving silk for sale, how to move living money and silver, how to train workers to win people's hearts, is really busy all year round at five o'clock and dusk, "...the girl said that the scenery here is beautiful, and I have never taken a boat on the lake for a day! Relax and relax, it’s really not as good as opening a courtyard, coaxing the girls to pick up the guests, and the girls pick up the guests smoothly, and the silver and money flow in as soon as the snow-white thighs are pulled..." She also ate a few cups herself, talking Unobtrusive, showing the true color of a bitch. Gao Heng was filled with love by their left and right cups, and he was full of worries, so he just used wine to pour it down.At this moment, I also forgot about east, west, north and south, and said with a smile in bitterness: "It's really like this, if you don't slap your thighs in front of Qian Du, you can become a famous rich woman 'Widow Cao' in Stone City?" Yes!" Widow Cao touched Gao Heng's forehead with her fingertips, "Miss Xue is right here!" Gao Heng laughed and said, "As long as Qian Du is not in front of me, I don't have to be jealous!" Suddenly his heart moved, and he thought of himself In the current situation, Yin asked: "Where is Qian Du now? I haven't seen him for a long time." "I went to Wuchang, and there was a letter yesterday asking for three hundred bolts of satin, bleached and plain - saying that there is a foreign devil who wants to buy it." Widow Cao glanced at him, "Don't you know, Mr. Gao? He helped Le Zhongcheng Dispatch Jinchuan money and food." Gao Heng really didn't know, he frowned and thought hard about the date of Qianlong's resignation, thinking that he hadn't read it out.Yin asked again: "Qian Du still has a house at the east end of the Forbidden City. He came to Nanjing to work and receive people there. Have you been there recently?" "I've been there just now. His two sons live there." Widow Cao remembered that she didn't dare to recognize her own son. When she met her, she called herself "Cao's family" and she felt sore and almost shed tears. , hurriedly turned his face and blew, and smiled back: "Why does Hulaba ask this--I go to that house every three days! The two young masters are still young, and the rest are wives, nannies, and girls, even the mouse. It's all mother's." Gao Heng stroked his forehead, stopped drinking, and sighed, "They are not outsiders, let me tell the truth! Hurry up and make a living, take your two babies to your side around the corner, or foster them with relatives Home—prevent a big accident!" After speaking, he was just in a daze. One sentence made the two women panic, and Widow Cao asked: "What's the matter, at least give me an understanding!" Xue Bai's face was so pale that there was no blood, and he shook Gao Heng and said, "Grand Master! You Don’t just be dazed, I went to Yin Zhitai for a while, and when I came back, I felt like I lost my soul——I saw it as soon as I entered the door, so tell us, so we can come up with an idea..." "Even I don't know what's going on." Gao Heng took two sips of strong tea, swallowed bitterly, and told Yin Jishan's decree just now, and what he had been thinking about all the time, he was dumbfounded when he saw the two women , said with a smile: "I also issued a decree to strip other people's official positions and titles, don't be scared of this kind of cunt - the decree teaches people, which one is not bloody? It should be fine after that! The emperor is now in Nanjing Maybe it was caused by some shadows from his private visit. Maybe it was Liu Tongxun, a pair of bastards who smashed my black bricks. How many of those thieves don’t want to cheat? They also have a clue in my hands! Aunt Cao, listen to me, settle down your son, send a proper person to see Qian Du, and quickly close the tent to close the gap—— don’t Write a letter! I can't check my account, and I can't be clear in the end!" "What about me?" Xue Bai didn't expect to be slapped like this when he came to Nanjing, dizzy, flustered, trembling, and even though Gao Heng boasted, she also knew that things were dangerous, so she couldn't help asking: "What should I do? " Gao Heng lifted his slightly swollen eyeballs, and said with a wry smile: "There are still some silver bills and dozens of taels of gold in the luggage bag, which is more than enough for you. I seal the viscount, and the title is still there. No class room. If you really can’t hide it, you’ve turned your back, don’t go back to Yangzhou, just live here without showing the mountains or the water..." "I, I am so... My life is miserable..." "You didn't suffer anything." Gao Heng looked indifferently at the windy and windy courtyard outside, and said, "I have nothing to do with being clean, otherwise, you would still have to deliver meals to me in the prison temple where bees are kept." ——Even if I went to Nanjing for a trip to make money, that’s all… "Master! Why do you look at me like this? Although I am mean, I really want to be with you. I am not that kind of person..." Gao Heng said nothing. Cao wept with tears, and sighed for a long time: "Sir, don't say such despondent and heartless words... We are cheap in body and in heart, I am afraid that we are worth more than those nobles!" She suddenly thought of Gao Heng's sister, anxiously Said: "At this point, others can't count on it. Could it be that the imperial concubine can't stand by and watch? And those good friends of the master, Mr. Fu Xiangye and Mr. Gui Xiangye, are just when they are needed. Don't you have any sense of morality?" "You don't understand. This is not like a relative in a small family. Uncles and aunts will see each other when they say they will." Gao Heng took a long breath and tried his best to find out which one of his friends was "loyal". Can't even think of one, and said in the mouth: "Even if I see her, she is no better than you. In front of the gates of the palaces in the Forbidden City, the ancestors and ancestors of the ancestors of the ancestors all have an iron plate decree, 'The empress and concubine who interferes with politics will be killed without pardon!'— — Bai taught her to be anxious! For this kind of thing, you can only use her strength, not her strength—” He suddenly remembered that when he was leaving Beijing, he went to see Tanger, and Tanger said that he wanted to give the queen a piece of embroidered swastika Xuanji plans to suppress the disaster.He always believed that Tang'er did not have absolutely no affection for him, it was just because of Qianlong's self-important status that it was inconvenient to have an affair with him, and giving Tang'er many precious treasures would not be without some incense and affection— —He stopped suddenly, following this train of thought, the more he thought about it, the more reasonable he became, his eyes sparkled.Said: "Cao family, I remember you said last time that there is a piece of Xuanji embroidery with ten thousand characters in Cangzhen Pavilion, which is frighteningly expensive, have you made a move?" Widow Cao was stunned, and said, "Why did my lord ask about this now? Nope! In half a month, the owner of Zangzhen Pavilion came to ask, and said that he would like to set a price, six thousand silver. I said you will accept it for me." Now, there are only a dozen yuan of Hui embroidery all over the world, and you will regret it if you sell it cheaply. Cangzhen Pavilion, Cangzhen Pavilion is just "Zangzhen"..." Gao Heng asked, "What was his original price?" Widow Cao said: "Six thousand eight hundred." "Six thousand and eight is six thousand and eight." Gao Heng stood up, "I will buy it for me today and tomorrow, I have an envoy." When he reached the door and looked outside for a while, he said, "Xue Bai give me Take a jacket, a plain one. I'll make a call at the post house, and the guests who should pay homage will still visit, and we'll see the situation." Xue Bai hurriedly sent someone to pass the sedan chair to help him hold the clothes, and then Let him hold a sober stone, and send him out in a sedan chair. There were only two women left in the room. Facing the table full of broken cups and leftovers, they had nothing to say for a while. When they sat and moved amidst the sound of the rain, Xue Bai looked at Widow Cao, and Widow Cao also looked at her. A couple, all with a wry smile. "We both have the same fate." After a long time, Widow Cao said, "Youdao is in the same boat, and I want to say a few words of heartfelt love to you. If I made a mistake, just pretend I didn't say it." "Well, just talk, auntie." Xue Bai nodded thoughtfully and said, "I'm very confused, and I want to hear what the old man has to say." Mrs. Cao sighed, and said: "In Nanjing, officialdom is governed by the magistrate of Nanjing, Yin ruled Taiwan, and the underworld is governed by Lord Gai. You and I are both teaching, and we both have ideas. In fact, It’s like stepping on two boats.” "This can't be more true. But Gai Yinghao and Yi Zhuer are not the same thing. Maybe Gai Yinghao wants to stand on his own and doesn't listen to orders. Otherwise, Yi Zhuer won't come this time." "Gai Yinghao doesn't want to set up his own family!" Widow Cao bit her lips with fine white teeth, and said, "He is Gan Fengchi's great apprentice. After Gan Fengchi died, he took over the helm of Nanjing's rivers and lakes. Originally, he wanted to take refuge in illness. Li Zhitai, Li Zhitai knew him when he was alive. Li Wei died, and he cut off his way to join the court. Huang Tianba came and wanted to compete with Huang Tianba again. It seemed that he was afraid of taking the plate, but in fact... ..." She paused, seemingly not knowing what to say. Xue Bai didn't understand what she meant at first, but after thinking about it, he suddenly opened his mouth wide in horror, and shuddered in shock: "Infinite Life Buddha... Tiangongzu Bodhisattva! He wants to take Yizhuer to seek refuge with the emperor!" She slapped Jiao Lei out of thin air, and her beautiful face was distorted in shock, "...This is too sinister...I saw him with a branding iron in front of God Tang He, and swore loyalty with three swords on his leg... ah!" "You just learned about the dangers of Jianghu today?" Widow Cao sneered, "It's the same as those cunt-selling officials in his mother's officialdom! Let me tell you, the master and apprentice of Monk Fakong of Pilu Court were the bodyguards of Lord Kangxi in their early years. That Xingji also helped Wei Junmen in the early years to catch the fake Zhu Third Prince Yang Qilong who wanted to rebel in the Pilu Courtyard. Who helped him rebuild the temple when the Pilu Courtyard was burned down? In fact, it was the dead Wei Dongting and The two great military sects of Wudan! Gai Yinghao placed her in the Pilu Courtyard just to prevent Yi Zhuer from possessing spells—do you understand? In the drum——to compete in martial arts, I just want to compete with Huang Tian for this first skill, and sell it for a lot of money in the court!" Xue Bai heard it like a lonely traveler meeting a ghost in the middle of the night, and the hairs on his body exploded. Standing upright, shivering and trembling all over, he just muttered to himself: "What should I do...what should I do...do you want to go to Pilu Yuan to report, report..." Cao said: "There is a net of heaven and earth over there. , Just wait for the blind sparrow to throw it in for nothing!" A gust of autumn wind wrapped in the rain rushed down, brushed for a while, and then gradually slowed down. "Qian Du and I are just dewy and affectionate. Uncle Gao Guo is the same with you." Widow Cao stroked the wine pot, her voice was full of sadness, "Men are nothing, but women can't live without men. This is our difficulty. Unlike you, Qian Du and I have two sons..." Her eyes were sour, tears streaming down, and she said in a choked voice, "Otherwise, if you change your family property and leave, no one in the world will be happy." Can't find us!" Seeing her sad, Xue Bai thought about his own situation. Yangzhou could not go back, and Nanjing had no relatives. He also felt uncomfortable. He said, "I don't want to do that either. The owner of the exchange treats me very kindly, and I am pretty. Well, Uncle Guo also treats me well - it's just that there is no way to deal with the current situation." "A bee gnat enters the bosom to be released separately, a poisonous snake bites an arm and a strong man breaks his wrist - Qian Du told me this." Cao said: "You have no relatives and friends in Nanjing, and Yi Zhuer and I have no contact for a long time. She sent you and me God bless the incision! You would be a fool if you don’t take advantage of this time to get off the pirate ship! ——Pack up your valuables and get ready, when the time comes, you will walk away with a bang, and you will go to a place that even the emperor can’t care about. Where to go!" "Where is such a place?" "No, it's because you don't dare to think about it. Crossing the ocean, to Jiaozhi, Java...these countries have my semicolons, I have been to them all, and business is very good! Although there is no such thing as England and France, In the past, there are many acquaintances in business. They don’t talk about the ethics and morality of the three principles and five constant principles, let alone the three obediences and four virtues. They are prostitutes. As long as they are beautiful and can sing, they are more popular than princes! , Even a bastard opera singer is not lowly - as long as he has no money, no matter how noble he is without money, he looks like a pig. As long as he has money, he is a superior person. With a physique like yours, with makeup on, he is a duke Seeing the count, I'm sure I'll send you a greeting, kiss your hand, your forehead and cheeks in public..." "Ah! A shameful answer..." Xue Bai was fascinated by hearing this, but couldn't help it, and blushed and said, "You kiss men in public? Don't the women there have husbands? I can't imagine what it is like." ..." Widow Cao snorted and said: "We are a country of etiquette, everyone is a gentleman on the surface, dignified and upright, and when they see a woman's money, they say they don't like it. Don't you know what's going on behind the scenes?— - That's the etiquette of others. For example, if a man steals someone's wife, everyone steals it, so it's not considered stealing; women are all fans, and there is nothing shameful for a fan to see a fan. Understood—let's not gossip, do you think my idea will work?" ... "All right." Mrs. Xue Bai twisted her toes on the ground, and replied with a ding: "But we have to wait and see how his lawsuit is settled. This will not be a dead end, so let's go, one of them I can’t bear to part with my hometown, and I can’t go out.” "I have more things to take care of. Of course I can't leave right away." Widow Cao breathed a sigh of relief when she agreed, "Master Gao and Master Qian are fine, who wants to leave their hometown? From now on, you don't contact Master Yi I don’t see anyone, so I’ll keep you safe! I’ll buy a boat, load up the important things, and say it’s a breeze…” After saying that, he got up and went out. Xue Bai chased her and asked, "Aunt Cao, where are you going now?" "Go and exchange Huixiu for Mr. Gao!" Widow Cao promised with a loud voice in the rainy field of the courtyard, and hurried away.