Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-Second

Shangqing Temple is about half a mile outside Jiebei Town, and only two miles away from Xuanwu Lake.It was a temple surrounded by naval barracks during the Kangxi period.Later, Shi Lang, Marquis of Jinghai, led the navy to attack Taiwan and transferred the troops away, and the barracks fell into disrepair for a long time.The temple remained.Looking south from here, there is a dark town, and the sound of the waves of Xuanwu Lake can be heard clearly when the wind blows. Then to the south is Stone City, the land of golden powder in the Six Dynasties, and to the north is the Yangtze River. This Buxu is Xiao Yaoqin who was expelled from the Hongyang Sect (a branch of the White Lotus Sect) by Piao Gao in Shanxi Tuotuo Peak.He has traveled to seventeen provinces in the north and south of the Yangtze River, traveled all over the white mountains and black waters, the ends of the earth, and finally chose this geomantic treasure.Why he chose this place as the main hall of Tianli Sect, he himself can't explain, but he thinks that the north is too close to Beijing, and Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian are too far away from Beijing.There are many rich people and more poor people here, and there is a slight famine. Disaster victims from neighboring provinces flood into Jiangsu and Jinling like a tide, so it is very convenient to preach.He is extremely talented. For several years, he has devoted himself to the study of books such as "Wan Shen Gui Zhi", "Tao Cang" and "Huang Ting". "Ordinary people" help the world and save people with their faces, spread the principles of heaven, and accept disciples.Even if there are occasional performances, only three or five disciples can see them, and it is strictly forbidden to show off among the public.Therefore, from the governor Yin Jishan down to the residents of the back alleys, they all only know that he is called "Buxu", who understands fortune, knows the wind, and is capable of medicine. He is a righteous man who does charity and helps the poor. The venerable Dharma protector of the teaching, the "giant crown" that moves when the time comes.

Yi Ying and the others had acquainted with Piao Gao Daochang earlier: they naturally knew that Yao Qin went out to teach and set up his own family.But Yao Qin at that time was just the emissary holding the whisk in front of Piao Gao, and he couldn't recall his appearance no matter what.This time when the army was defeated and came to vote, Cao Bust was the one who led the way, and wanted to see fellow Taoist Yao and Qin." Cao Bust met Qian Du because of the collusion. At this moment, when Buxu returned to the temple, the disciples were still doing their evening classes, the bells and chimes were beating the cymbals and drums, and hundreds of disciples, disciples and grandchildren were sitting cross-legged and chanting sutras.Buxu saw dozens of believers still kneeling in front of the statue of Sanqing; knowing that they were asking for medicine, he bowed to the statue of Sanqing, took a stack of small paper bags from the altar, and handed them out to everyone one by one. , Said: "Everyone who comes today is predestined. This was given by God yesterday. Just take it back and take it--Wang Xiaoqier, come back to your father tomorrow night, and I will take a look in person." Everyone took the medicine and kowtowed each dispersed.Buxu then ordered the Taoist priests: "Go back to your room and sit quietly, keep Gengshen, there will be dew tonight, it is the coming of the Sanqing to give the wine, everyone use a plate to pray for it!"

All the Taoists dispersed for a while, and the huge Sanqing Palace suddenly seemed empty and silent.Bu Xuzi sits on the futon, tacitly comprehends the Yuanshen Zhoutian, comprehends with the heart, comprehends the God with the mind, and searches for the inner alchemy essentials with eyes closed.He knew that Yi Ying and other five or six people had already entered the palace, but he didn't realize it. "Brother Buxu." Yi Ying said after a long time: "Poverty Taoist Yi Ying Jishou!" Standing next to him was Hu Yinzhong, who was also dressed in a Taoist attire. Seeing that Buxu was silent, he said, "Master Buxu, this is our Ziyun The abbot, Daoist Yi Ying, I came to see you last night, as I said, today I asked Mrs. Cao to introduce me, I want to meet Great Immortal Master Yao Qin, please ask the Taoist priest to guide me."

Only then did Bu Xu slowly open his eyes, glanced at Lei Jian and the other four sisters behind Yi Ying, sighed and said, "Don't miss my Qingxiu, and I won't miss your business either. I really don't know the Yao Qindao you mentioned. Long. Cultivating the Tao is based on purity, and the golden elixir avenue is not in the cauldron. Dao brothers, you are people of temperament, not my disciples of the Taoist Dharma. People, just rolling around in the world of mortals, how can I get back to normal soon?" Yi Ying has been trying to communicate with Buxu with the Yuanshen, but with the power of his mind, he repeatedly harassed Buxu, and he was no different from ordinary people. It was hard to understand, so he thought he was from the Quanzhen sect, smiled and sat down and said: "Quanzhen is based on the cultivation of life, and it is only for his own longevity. What is the benefit to the world?" Bu Xu just shook his head and said: "I It’s not a Quanzhen Taoist school. No matter what kind of Taoist school, if you rely on magic, you will eventually enter a side door. I am a natural door, and I am at ease with the situation. Fate to help the world, never have anything to do with the world of mortals."

"What is the natural way?" Yi Ying asked. "Nature is the way of heaven." "What is the way of heaven?" "The way of heaven is the virtue of water. If you follow the river, you can't get out of the embankment." Bu Xu said, "The way of heaven is also the virtue of fire. Water follows the river, and the fire keeps the golden tripod to prevent it from flooding. Once the water and fire are relieved, the way will be completed." Then he chanted slightly : The scriptures and songs of the deeds are true, and the heat is not written in the text.

If you want to know the secret of the formula, you have to discuss it carefully with the gods... The jade furnace is amiable and the clouds are rising, and the golden tripod is misty and grows purple lucidum. The divine water is always irrigated frequently, and the lingering armor makes the fire dragon fly! After chanting, he said again: "Brothers of Taoism, although you have magic powers, when your luck is against you, you have been running around, seeking hardships and exhaustion, and you have achieved nothing in your career today. Let alone Yao Qin, even Sanqing will be powerless. Help you. Why don’t you return to my natural door, change your face, wash your heart, and spread compassion widely, which can dispel the anger of the past. Have you heard of it?——True sticks, real cauldrons, there is nothing in nothing, there is nothing in there. The heat is enough , Don't hurt the pill, the spirit of the earth, good luck!"

Yi Ying didn't say anything after hearing this, and after a while, she smiled and said: "A strong mouth is not as strong as a hand, and a strong hand is not as strong as a heart. You have a sharp mouth! If you can't use spells, what kind of real Taoist is it? I also give up medicine to save people, and I never use it. Give it away with a pinch of hands, with a pious heart and a deep heart, the patient will naturally get the medicine—isn’t it just incense ash and cinnabar? Look at that incense tripod, it fell down when I pointed it with my hand. The layman saw it, believe you or me? You see That moth, as soon as my mind reaches it, it can extinguish the candle, so it is probably true." Buxu is just Weiwei, saying: "The heart of the Tao is compassionate everywhere. The ordinary mind is the mind of the Tao. Enlightened by the Left Way, There was Zhangjiao in the Han Dynasty, Huangchao in the Tang Dynasty, and Xu Hongru in the Ming Dynasty. Although it has a short-term effect, there has been no one who has made it happen since ancient times. You can curse the sea lamp before the Sanqing case, and curse the little Taoist priest to death, and the little Taoist priest does not believe it. "Yi Ying thought about it, and it would be hard to convince this greasy person by not revealing the method, so he sneered and said: "Brother Dao is too boastful. Look at that tripod, no matter whether it should be folded or not, if I tell it to be folded, it will be broken." Gotta discount!"

"Buddha of Immeasurable Life, this is easier said than done!" "Easy!" Yi Ying smiled contemptuously, pointing to the cauldron with frost on his face.There was a "crack bang" sound from the tripod, as if it was about to explode, it shook slightly, but stood firmly again.Qiao Song stepped forward to check, and shook his head at Yi Ying.Yi Ying worked hard to practice the five thunders rectification method, not to mention a tripod, even a stone pillar collapsed and shattered with a wave of his hand. He had tried countless times without fail, but now it was invalid, and his face changed color.He suddenly turned his face to look at Buxu, he was still sitting with his eyes closed, without any sign of hard work, just chanting, "Tao can be said, very Tao, name can be named, very famous..." Yi Ying checked carefully, and there was no one in the hall. There were no other experts to help, so it was concluded that this little Taoist priest was playing ghosts to obstruct him, so he said: "What a 'natural' door!" Pushing Buxu with both hands with "Hu", he asked, "Did Yao Qin see it or not?" Immediately There was a strong wind in the hall, the curtains of the god's tent were blown flutteringly, all the lights were extinguished, the wind was still circling all over the hall, its strength was getting stronger and stronger, there was a "click", I don't know which leg of the god's case actually As if blown off.But Buxu still seemed to have nothing to do, and the sound of chanting was dull and monotonous: "...if you don't see it, it's called Yi; if you hear it but don't hear it, it's called Xi; , the image of nothing, is because of a trance..." It is also strange, with the sound of chanting sutras, the wind became weaker and weaker, and finally stopped, and the candles that had been blown out turned from dark to bright one by one.

Buxu stopped chanting, and said: "The layman's magic power is very profound, and the poor Taoist admires it. But this kind of power comes from the law, which is contrary to Lao Tzu's way. If you go against the law, even if you do it forcefully, you will only destroy yourself in the end. You have blasphemed Sanqing, leave here quickly. Don’t bother me any more!” Hu Yinzhong pulled out his waist knife in a “bass” and shouted: “My lord, this is clearly a monster! What’s ‘natural’, I slashed him, the knife 'Naturally' cut him to death!" Shouting, pounced on him. "Yinzhong, don't be reckless!" Only now did Yi Ying realize that this Taoist priest's kung fu was unfathomable. He stopped Hu Yinzhong, slapped Buxu, and said, "Since he refuses to teach you," it's a poor Taoist who has no chance—we Walk! "

"slow." Buxu stopped the crowd, but pondered for a moment, Fang said: "Jinling is a dangerous place for you, and your hometown is not to rely on, go east! I still advise you to retreat to the natural gate, so that you can have a good death. Don't you hear good and bad news?" Miserliness is born? But if you want to go, you don’t want to stay, it’s also a matter of calamity. Here’s a word for you, you’ll prosper every day, you’ll die every day, be careful not to go to the house when you’re in trouble—then it will come true!” After saying that, he repeated the sutra , Yi Ying and others came out of the temple, and they could still hear it from a distance, and the chanting was still: "Tao is always inaction and everything is done. If the king can guard it, all things will transform themselves. If you want to make things, I will suppress them with nameless simplicity... ..."

Yi Ying and the others stood still outside the starry temple, while Lei Jian and the others were staring at Yi Ying, waiting for her decision.Yi Ying sighed deeply, and said: "Today we know that there is a sky beyond the sky! This step is right, Nanjing is indeed not a good place for us. We have not dispersed in Wuchang, Shanghai, Qingjiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Xiangtang. Which one is better?" Tang He said: "He has such great magic skills, but he persuades others to be ordinary people. It can be seen that this Buxu is a duplicity! He told us to face east, and we leaned towards west. What do you think? The place in Wuchang connects Guangdong, Guangxi, Connecting Shaanxi, Sichuan, and here are also connected, I think it is easier to handle than the east. The east is too rich..." Yi Ying shook her head with a smile, and said: "Because the transportation is too convenient. We can't go, just Sichuan, There are tens of thousands of Green Battalion soldiers, and we can't parry. Although this Buxu is not with us, he doesn't seem to be an enemy of me. His advice is still correct. Now that the investigation is so tight, if he walks away, maybe he will be killed from now on. It’s over, so I’m still a little bit reluctant.” "Yesterday, Liu Deyang also came in response to a message from the third son of the Tianfu Yamen. He drank and drank with Yan Renyun and Huang Tianba until four o'clock at night." Han Mei said, "Yan Ruyun was drunk. Crying and laughing, shouting the name of the leader and running around the courtyard. He also said that he would rather die than harm you. Huang Tianba asked his disciples to tie him up, and fed him some horse urine to 'sober up', ... The third child also said that Blind Wu went to Yangzhou and ordered the gangsters, the Qing Gang, and the Yancao Gang to deal with us. It seems that it is not easy to find a foothold in the east. According to me, take advantage of Liu Tongxun's single-minded Searching in the south of the Yangtze River, we returned to the Central Plains, took the mountain as king by surprise, and then made a big splash." Yi Ying said after a long while: "We can't afford it anymore. There are as many barriers to the south as to the north. Or to the east, we recruit refugees and open weaving workshops and embroidery workshops to hide. What's going on now is not creating 'momentum' at all, it is Self-preservation. To face this calamity safely, it is the best policy to wait and move!" She paused, her tone changed from soothing to tough again, "The chess moves are more stable than ours. If he can do it, I will Why can't it be done? We'll go east by boat at dawn, but we can't lose the land in Nanjing. I think Lei Jian and Qiao Song should stay here, and I'll send someone to contact me when I go to the east." Lei Jian glanced at Hu Yinzhong, confused Qing's figure murmured and said: "Master, there are several incense halls here, all of them are men, and they were originally under the management of Yan Ruyun, but now we have to tighten the plate, and be careful to prevent Yan Ruyun from destroying our stall... I'm afraid I can't do it. Why don't you ask Brother Hu to stay, it's more convenient than me. " "Okay." Yi Ying said after a long while, "Then please invite Brother Hu to host here, and Lei Jian will assist you." Since rescuing Hu Yinzhong in Shandong, she faintly felt that there was something between Hu Yinzhong and Lei Jian, but it was really " What" is vague.She was originally in Yan Ruyun's entanglement, and Hu Yinzhong seemed to be vaguely involved. Now that Yan Ruyun has turned against her, she feels even more uninterested in the relationship between men and women... Taking a breath from the bottom of her heart, Yi Ying again Earnestly instruct: "Everywhere I go, I leave secret notes. I know you are good here; if you can't stay, don't hold on, go to me. Be careful with people, don't easily accept new people, even old people Friends, we should re-examine, and if we find out that we are indeed collaborating with the enemy secretly, we will kill them one by one—but don’t make the brothers in our religion suspect each other and make everyone feel in danger. He is slack. He went to the sea to catch the documents and confessed to the higher authorities, and our life will be easier." ...The next day at dawn, Yi Ying and more than 30 people bought boats from Yanziji and set off eastward.Lei Jian was dressed in men's clothing, and stood on the pier with Hu Yinzhong, watching a small boat drifting down the river, until it was only as big as a sesame seed, and turned into chaos...the two left the pier. "It's windy." Hu Yinzhong looked at the willow trees on the bank and said seriously, "You have to press down your melon skin hat, you refuse to shave your head, and you can't get close to people in men's clothes. I can see that you are a woman." Lei Jian carefully covered his sideburns back, coiled his braids around his neck, pressed down on his hat, smiled sweetly, and said: "The wind is blowing... This is another Fan Situation—Do you know what this wind is called? This is called 'Shi Youfeng'..." Hu Yinzhong said with a smile: "You can't coax me. The head wind is called Shi Youfeng. How do you think of this smooth sailing boat? What is this name?" Lei Jian's slender hands gently stroked the willow branches blowing in the wind, and walked along the embankment with Hu Yinzhong.Suddenly turned around and smiled charmingly, but did not answer Hu Yinzhong's question, but instead asked: "Brother Hu, do you think my master or Buxu, who is right?" "It's hard to tell the truth in the world. Which kind of truth sounds logical. I'm a bastard, and I never think about these things." "real?" "Ok." "But the reasoning is wrong. Sometimes you have to kill yourself, and things can't be done." "I don't care about that, I only talk about loyalty." "Don't you think that the leader treats you with something other than loyalty?" Hu Yinzhong raised his face and thought for a while, then said: "That's Yan Ruyun's self-made jealousy, which made everyone feel awkward. The leader treats me upright, and I respect the leader as my sister. My mother taught me since I was a child, not to think about women There are too many things, this one is serious, and all evils do not invade. I turned around three hills and lost all of them. I am still doing well. None of those brothers who are greedy for flowers will end well." Lei Jian's face flashed Looking disappointed, he kicked a piece of embankment soil into the river, sighed and said: "You're right—won't your mother plan to tell you about your daughter-in-law? Oh...I see, you had a date yourself, and you broke up later, aren't you sad?" "Our family is neither poor nor rich. We grow and eat by ourselves. It was only after the plague that we fell down. I have a cousin who got along very well when I was young. When the family was ruined, I couldn't talk about anything. Then I left Once you are in the underworld, you can’t even say anything.” "You didn't see her again after that?" "I've seen it." Hu Yinzhong's face was mixed with sadness and joy, "Our village Zhao Shouyi forcibly occupied our land and set fire to my house. I killed him and went to Baodu Gu to drop the grass. Baodu Gu was breached by Yue Jun, and I escaped alone. When I arrived at her house, she gave me pancakes, corn grits, some salty mustard lumps, and clothes. At that time, her husband was dead, and there were three children under him, who were already too old. She was so scared that she sifted the chaff and still Helped me, of course I can't drag her down, I bowed to her and left...I owe her something, but I can't pay it back!" Lei Jian lowered his head and sighed, and returned to normal: "Let's talk about our business. How do you settle down, what kind of facade is set up outside, and who do you contact? This Taoist attire is too eye-catching - you belong to Mr. Zhang, you take a Advocate." "What kind of boss am I? The next one doesn't know me, so you should come." Hu Yinzhong said, "I also see that the Taoist priests can't pretend, we don't have a Taoist temple, and we hang around all day, something must happen." "Okay! You are willing to listen to me. I say you can consider it. Let's discuss it." Lei Jianshen calmed down, showing a composure that did not match her age, "We are rich, so we can open a raw medicine shop. Cao bustard The other end has to be connected well, and this step must be pulled together, and they will lose and win with them. For their own sake, they have to protect us, and this is standing. I think, we have to make it clear that this time we are in Jiangbei If you are defeated, you can’t lie to yourself with your eyes closed. The incense hall here and the temple there are more unreliable than outsiders! We clean up from the beginning, one is one, and the other is two. Yan Ruyun has descended, let alone others!" "So, isn't it against the order of the leader?" "Now you are the leader! You will not accept the orders of the king outside." Hu Yinzhong stared at this resolute "God Attendant Messenger" as if he didn't know him, and asked, "What will the leader care about in the future?" "Her?" Lei Jian smiled wryly, and said, "She is too busy to take care of herself now. If we have a situation, it will be too late for her to reward us in the future, and we will not be able to stand up, and it will be useless to say it in the future." Although Hu Yinzhong is simple and straightforward, his mind is ordinary. After thinking twice, he couldn't come up with a better idea, so he said: "Listen to you, I'll be the buddy of this crude medicine shop, and you'll be the proprietress!" Lei Jian couldn't stop himself from making a sudden "puchi", bent his face away and laughed non-stop.Hu Yinzhong was inexplicably laughed, and said, "Am I wrong again? That's how you laugh!" "I laugh at you for being a fool—" She pressed her finger on Hu Yinzhong's forehead, "Fool! To be a buddy, one must understand the properties of medicine, one must know the quality of medicine, understand the price, and one must be able to keep accounts when dispensing medicine. Is it successful? You will come in with a white knife and go out with a red knife!" "Then—what do you think I'm doing?" "Of course you are the boss!" "This, this, what is this?" Lei Jianjiao said angrily, "Taoist priests can fake plays, but couples can't?" It turned out to be fake.Hu Yinzhong smiled dully, stepped forward again, and said, "I see that you are different in front of the leader. You seem to be happy to be away from the leader?" Lei Jian lowered his long eyelashes.She is Yi Ying's number one confidant disciple, Yi Ying treats others generously, does not hide traitors, and does not deliberately keep his hands on the essence of the Dharma door like other masters, but she treats the four sisters like a strict mother and goddaughter, and rarely caresses her four sisters. Just a little less affection.Lei Jian felt that Yi Ying was self-willed, and never discussed with others when things happened. Although successes were praised, failures were rarely admitted, and there was a gap in his heart. Even Qiao Song, Han Mei, Tang He and others did not dare to discuss in private. She didn't dare to say it face to face—but she couldn't say these words to the straightforward Hu Yinzhong. After a moment of contemplation, Lei Jian said: "I am in awe of the leader; I am happy to be with you. You see that there are so many people in the religion. Man, who have I joked with?" Hu Yinzhong couldn't taste what he heard, and couldn't answer. Qian Du originally only planned to stay in Nanjing for three or four days.After messing with Cao bustard, he had the idea of ​​not wanting to leave.Seeing the coin minting bureau, checking the warehouse, and checking the coin minting molds are all just a matter of official business. They also said that they would wait for Li Shiyao's copper transport ship to arrive before leaving, and also assist the coin minting department to inspect the copper.He said that living in the governor's yamen "caused trouble" for Yin Jishan, so he simply moved out and lived in the post house. He went to the warehouse every day to tap water like a dragonfly, and then went to Fengcailou to fool around.That Cao bustard is a leader who steals men. He has been promiscuous for many years, and he never asks for money. He does his best to serve this young man in the Fengyue Cave, and some kiln sisters prostitute with him day and night, making money dry. Thin, in a trance, all his mind is focused on the secret play and the art in the room, and he is even more fascinated than the veteran Gao Heng in the Fengyue field.That day in Fengcailou and Cao bust slept until the sun was up, still naked and unable to hug each other, until the girl outside called through the window: "Master Qian, let's have morning tea," and then lazily stretched out a debt.Cao bustard hugged him like a twisted candy, and whispered softly: "Just now I was praising the hero, but now it's like soft mud again. Can you still fight... eh? Who is the loser?" "I can't, I'm lost." Qian Du sat up and put on his clothes, and said, "I can't stand it. You are a good waver. People say that women are like wolves at thirty and tigers at forty. After fifty, they sit on the ground and suck dirt. It's true!" The two wandered around for a while before getting up, getting dressed and putting on make-up, having morning tea and chatting with Sao Er.Cao bustard said: "I have a body, and I am worried that the child will not have a father in the future." Qian Du turned to comfort her again, saying that he would "take her out to be a good man, and build a house so that you mother and child can enjoy happiness."Just as he was rambling on, a girl came up and said, "Master Qian, a master came from the governor's office and said he has an important letter for you, please go downstairs and meet me." Qian Du hummed and walked downstairs After they left, Cao bustard ordered someone to clean up the table and called Shi Cheng in. While trimming his temples, he asked, "Has the donkey-hide gelatin you bought arrived? Tell them to boil it, I want to use it." "Yes, Mom!" Shi Cheng bowed, and asked with a smile: "The last few times were abortions, why is it safe this time?" "This time I want to keep the baby." Cao bustard looked a little melancholy, with some confusion in her eyes, "not only me, but Sai Jinlian also has his, and I want to keep it... This is a decree—besides, I am also a bustard." I'm bored, I always want to have a decent meal." Shi Cheng sighed, and said: "We have too many 'instructions', except for Shangqing Temple, and 'A Flower', and we don't even meet each other——and Qinghong gang——Anyone can bully us, this job is really not done by humans." Cao bustard sneered: "Don't you listen to people talking about laughing at the poor? After entering this building, I have earned enough money for this kind of money. Find a secluded place to hide, who can find me? Remember, whether it is Yi Ying's people or other sects, you just have to Socializing, complaining, just saying that you can’t do things without money. If you can pay them another thirty to twenty thousand silver, I’ll distribute it to all of us, and we’ll all fly away!” Hearing Qian Du’s footsteps upstairs, Cao bustard told Shi Cheng to step back , smiled and stood up to greet him, and asked, "Master Qian, what do they need to believe?" "The emperor asked Fu Xiang to write to me, and told me to go to Rehe immediately to see the driver and report." Qian Du sat down, with panic and melancholy in his eyes, and said in a rough voice, "It seems that we can no longer delay I can't bear the crime of violating the decree!" Cao bustard bowed her head and remained silent for a long while, sobbing in the corner, and took out a flowered silk to wipe away her tears.Qian Du reluctantly smiled and said, "Why are you doing this? I'll be back in a few months. If you want, you can go to Yunnan with me and dismantle the stalls here. If you don't want to go, I'll see you when I come to Beijing this time." Zhang Zhongtang and Mr. Fu Liu said, with a word from them, I can be transferred to Jinling to serve as the Nanjing Road. I can’t bear you either!” Then he stroked Cao’s shoulder, Cao turned his face away and turned away. As if complaining and crying, he said: "I'm not angry with you, I'm just lamenting my own suffering... I fell into this pit of fire when I was six years old. You don't know where this place is? The old bustard supported me, beat me and scolded me." Tell me to pick up customers; I became a procuress, and I also beat and scolded my head. If I don’t pick up customers, can I stand in this courtyard? I have been paying attention since I was sixteen, and I want to find a good family and become a good man early... But come How many people in this yard are good? Those who have a conscience don’t have the money to redeem me, and those who have money have no conscience, who dares to rely on him? It’s so easy for me to become a bustard myself, and I can be independent, but I’m old , I dare not even think about marrying a good person. To be honest, I became the "mother" here at the age of 24, and I have never let a man touch my body. If you look at it from left to right, it is you, Lord Qian... who is... Reliable person, you look ordinary, but you are smart and capable, and you are kind to others...but you are an official! Now I commit myself to you, I am willing to give up everything, but I am afraid that you will abandon me in the future. Now, I already have your flesh and blood, and I am forty years younger. What do you want me to do? Master Qian..." Her tears rolled down like beads, and she threw herself into her arms and said, "You have to make the decision for me! There is that Jinlian...and there is... You see with your own eyes that we don't pick up guests these days, why don't you get a son for you? You are a man, tell us a word, and now it is too late to have an abortion..." Before he finished speaking, the one called Sai Jinlian's woman had already barged in, she sat down and cried without saying a word. "That's it, don't cry, my heart will be disturbed when I cry." Qian Du was already upset, but was even more disturbed by these tender cries. After thinking for a while, he made up his mind, "What will I do now?" My son went to see Dorji, and first withdrew 10,000 silver from the treasury. Although I am in charge of Tongshan, I am not Deng Tong. The money belongs to the emperor. These years, when I was a master, I saved less than 20,000 silver. Move around a bit and take care of your side first. You two follow me to be good, and the rest will not stay. They will all be sent back, sell this building, and buy a house in Nanjing. I will come back to Beijing and take you back to your hometown Going to pay homage to the ancestral hall means that you are a member of my Qian family. Is this possible?" Then he took out a banknote of two thousand taels and handed it to Cao bustard, and said with a smile: "Yunyun who went earlier gave it to me. 1,500 taels, keep these two thousand for you to buy some clothes. My annual salary of 5,000 taels is a clean official again, that’s all. I won’t be able to support you anymore.” Cao Bustard and the others gave way for a long time, and only accepted five hundred taels, the money Du was naturally moved and left Fengcai Tower in a hurry. Qian Du rushed to the governor's yamen, immediately contacted Yin Jishan's master Qian Liang, and then went to the vassal yamen to hand over the errand to Dorji, and mentioned the loan issue by the way.Qian Duman thought that such a trivial matter could be easily mentioned, but Daoerji frowned and sighed: "Our friendship is another ten thousand, and I dare to add a little more. But Yuan The chief gave me a warrant. Regardless of the past officials in Ning, Fan Shijie had to approve the move of one or two treasury silver, including himself. I wrote a note and the treasury also rejected it. No one in the whole province dares to fight Yuan Chang. It’s hard to deal with this sloppy eye.” Qian Du laughed and said, “Is it hard to say where is Lao Fan? I’ll go to see him right now.” “You don’t know Lao Fan yet.” Dorji said with a smile: “ That is Yin Jishan's lock. Look at him, he is slovenly and laughing, and he is not ambiguous in his serious business. He was the Governor of Shuntian at the beginning, even surpassed the former emperor, and was appreciated by the old Prince Yi. He is a real iron-headed hozen. Don't mess with him, it's boring. Uncle Gao Guo wanted to borrow three thousand last time, saying that Beijing has already cashed it out, and he can pay it back in half a month. Guess what Fan Shijie said?——'Cash it and use it! This money is all The oil boiled from the bones of the common people, can you repay your romantic debts?' It made Gao Heng blush. What do you want 10,000 silver, and he was annoyed when he heard this amount, so I will lend it to you?" Qian Du blushed. Like a red cloth, he faltered and said: "A relative wants to donate an official, and he has been kind in the past, so I can't refuse." He paused, and suddenly had an idea.Said: "Let's do it, don't borrow public money anymore, I will borrow 10,000 from Desheng Bank, and ask the old Taoist to be a guarantor. How about it?" Dorji said: "This makes it possible. However, I am also a person who is about to leave office. There is a letter from the inner court that Fu Liuye wants to transfer me to be the deputy general of Yue Dongmei's old army, I can only guarantee that the Qianzhuang will find you, otherwise the Qianzhuang will not agree." "They are afraid that I will run away! If I run away, the monk will not be able to escape the temple." Qian Du stood up with a smile, and drank the tea, "People say that Mongolians are simple and straightforward, and they don't hide their tricks. I think you are very shrewd! Dorji also smiled and got up to see him off.Qian Du had just walked out of Yimen, the yamen of the vassal, and was hesitating whether to see Yin Jishan, when suddenly a sedan chair carried by four people stopped beside the stone lion.An official came out, and saw that he was wearing a clear blue glass top, wearing a peacock patchwork suit, the white horseshoe sleeves were turned out, and there were two small eyes like black beans embedded in a piece of white skin, and two eyes were left. Tadpole beard, walking light and fast like the wind.Qian Du's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "Isn't this Shi Yao?!" Li Shiyao was startled, seeing that it was Qian Du, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Lao Heng! Why are you still staying in Nanjing? The residence newspapers are out, and you are asked to come to Beijing to report on your work, and you will be appointed again!" Qian Du said: "How can you Another appointment? I will see the emperor and go back to Yunnan." Li Shiyao smiled and said, "'Additional appointment' is what I said. I have better information than you. You are going to the Ministry of Punishment to be a servant, and you will stir the spoon in the same pot with Liu Tongxun ""The Ministry of Punishment!" Qian Du was dumbfounded, "The letter that was released before, didn't it go to the Ministry of Household Affairs!" Li Shiyao said with a grin: "The Ministry of Punishment is the judicial office. In terms of status, it is slightly stronger than the 'God of Wealth' department. .” Qian Du breathed a sigh of relief.Li Shiyao is right, the Ministry of Punishment is the political center of the country, in terms of reputation and status, it is noble and dignified, and it is indeed better than the Ministry of Household Affairs.But he has always been in charge of financial management, and the account department is responsible for managing money and using it.Guarding a copper mine, his status is naturally inferior to that of a servant, but he often transfers copper to transport money, such as Cao bustard, as long as he speaks vaguely, the subordinate will make up for it without saying a word.After thinking about it for a while, Qian Du frowned and sighed, "Why did you tell me to go to the Ministry of Punishment? It's unbelievable..." "This is called unpredictable!" Li Shiyao said: "When my majesty resigned, the emperor talked to me for more than half an hour. He said that he had heard about politics with the holy ancestor, and he had been in charge of politics with the emperor, and he had seen countless people. Courtiers, some look very good, but are useless; some are old and weak, but no one can replace them, so they have to do things; Or sickness, you can't always get what you want. So I watched the emperor deal with things as he wanted, but in fact he worked hard. The same last resort. You probably have to use the Ministry of punishment as a last resort." Qian Du's mind was not on this.Thinking of Li Shiyao as a courageous person, he said with a smile: "I also have something to do. It's just right to meet you!" Then he said to Li Shiyao what he said to Dorji, "—— It seems that when I leave, you are the envoy of the Tongzheng, take 15,000 guan from the money brought in, and I will replenish it later. Do you think it is okay? In this way, I don’t have to look at the faces of these officials in Nanjing. "After finishing speaking, I looked at Li Shiyao. I didn't want Li Shiyao to say without even thinking about it: "This is a big deal, and it's worth looking at their faces! Their boat hasn't been unloaded, so you write a note and leave it here, I'll write a note and you go Withdraw the money!" Grabbing Qian Du, he entered the governor's yamen and asked for paper and pen to write the receipts. That Qiandu didn't even eat lunch, so he was busy picking up the money at the wharf, and then transported it to the bank by car to exchange the silver. According to the official price of 2,000 Wen, it was exchanged for one tael, but at that time, the market price of silver was cheap, and money was expensive, at 1,200 Wen. In exchange for one or two taels, in addition to ten thousand silver, Qian Du actually dropped three thousand guan out of thin air, and everything immediately seemed to be a surplus.Qian Du was happy on the one hand, but also faintly regretted on the other: No wonder the people in the Tongzhengsi are rushing to run overseas errands. It turns out that he is so fat, and if he knew it so early, why is he so stretched today? ——After everything is arranged, Fang goes to Yin Jishan to say goodbye.Yin Jishan was still very attentive, he said a carload of congratulations on his promotion, kept food and wine, and sent them all the way out of Yimen. The posthouse ordered to pack and load the ship, and it was not until midnight that they arrived at Fengcailou.