Chapter 26 The twenty-sixth chapter Liu Tongxun recklessly broke into the Zhuang Wangfu and the old queen gave a banquet at the Palace of Compassion and Ning

Liu Tongxun followed Qianlong to Qianqing Palace to have a feast in a state of anxiety after finishing the secret report. He was afraid that Liu Kang would commit suicide, and he was also thinking about whether Liu Kang had already left for Shanxi and where to stop him. too long.Until Prince Zhuang led the decree to announce the banquet.Liu Tongxun just came to his senses, hurriedly came out with the crowd, looked for Shangshu Shi Yizhi, and said with a smile: "Da Si Kou, I want to discuss something with you when I go back to the Yamen, can you let me go back to the Yamen in a sedan chair?" What's the matter?" Liu Tongxun only smiled but didn't answer, and followed Shi Yizhi out, and the two returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in the same sedan chair, which made Liu Tongxun's bearer puzzled.

... After getting out of the sedan chair, Shi Yizhi looked stern. He took Liu Tongxun into the custody room and sat down. He said, "Act quickly. You are an imperial envoy for this case, and I will be your assistant. This is how people from Shuntian Mansion come At the meeting, Sun Jiagan Zhili governor's yamen sealed off the main road out of Beijing. We don't know where Liu Kang lives in Beijing. We should send capable officials to look for him in the same year, inquire about his whereabouts, secretly monitor him, or arrest him on the spot. There, nothing will be lost." "Yes, my lord is very considerate." Liu Tongxun laughed hurriedly, "I'll arrange it for the lowly position." Then I called Huang Gun, the official of the arrest department, to arrange one by one.Only then did they set up a chessboard game with Shi Yizhi, waiting for news.It's just that both of them care about horse-hearted apes and walk around indiscriminately.

When it was getting dark, Huang Gun came back and reported: "Liu Kang hasn't left. He has a house in Xixia Aozi, and he has a concubine. He didn't come out when he returned at noon today. There are people in the courtyard next door to Shen Shi Shi Pai." I heard a woman crying in that courtyard and cursing in a low voice. Liu Kang seemed to be persuading something, and then he became quiet." Shi Yi said straightly: "If that's the case, why didn't you take someone to lock him up then?" Huang Gun He laughed back and said: "I don't have a Shuntian Mansion card ticket in my hand. Not far from Liu Kang's house is the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, and I am afraid that things will become serious. I thought he would always come out to look at the lights, so I quietly captured him outside. I don't know what happened later. A few officials came, but they didn't recognize them, went in for a while, talked and laughed with Liu Kang, and said that they were going to Prince Zhuang's residence for a banquet." Shi Yizhi followed closely and asked, "No one is following now?" Huang Gun hurriedly said: "The slave's son, Huang Tianba, has already sneaked into Prince Zhuang's residence for surveillance. Don't worry, my lord, he can't be killed, and he can't leave."

"Huang Gun's errands are not bad." Liu Tongxun said quietly from the side: "I will go to the Shiliuye's mansion in person now." Shi Yizhi frowned and muttered: "This is too embarrassing for Prince Zhuang. He wants What should I do if I come forward to stop him?" Liu Tongxun twitched the muscles on his black and red face, and said coldly, "I am an imperial envoy." After saying that, he bowed and left. Prince Zhuang's Mansion is located in the old Qihua gate, in the east of the city, so it is neither remote nor lively in Beijing.The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is actually a festival for ordinary people to appreciate lanterns, and Yunlu himself is an expert in making lanterns.White Jade Lanterns, Dragon and Tiger Fengyun Lanterns, Ice and Fire Lanterns, Guanyin Water Lanterns, Xishi Huansha Lanterns, Nezha Naohai Lanterns, which are not seen in Beijing, he can make those that fly in the sky, swim in the water, and walk on the ground. .Because he had already learned that Qianlong was very unhappy to light up lanterns for the people as usual, and he refused to touch this bad luck in vain.In order to have fun, Yun Lu called Shang Hong Xiao, Hong Sheng, Hong Xi, and Hong Pu Yiqian's nephew, as well as the banner slaves who were officials in Beijing, and the close ministers in the past such as Qi Lesu, Xu Shilin, Nasutu, and Yang Chaozeng. Yin Huiyi and Yin Huiyi were also invited, and more than a dozen tables of flowing water seats were set up, and they were changed as they ate. There were always only four dishes on the table.He Ying, Legesai, Ma Chengluo, and Ge Shanting are all forehead sons-in-law, so they have different opinions when they meet each other.Yun Lu is the chief political prince, and his face is unmatched. Some people even dragged their friends to join in the fun. When the lights were on, there were as many as two hundred people.Prince Zhuang is an easy-going person, he greets all the visitors personally whether he knows them or not, when he saw Ji Yun and Xu Shilin coming in together, he put aside Xu Shilin, went up to grab Ji Yun with a smile and said: "Don't salute, There are so many people, there is no way to follow the rules—do you see? This is the Ji Xiaolan I mentioned just now, and the master praised him again and again the other day!"

"My lord, this is all the wrong love of the sage, why should I be born late!" Ji Yun said with a smile all over his face, "It's just for the emperor's pleasure." Yin Huiyi squeezed over from the crowd. He is the Han servant of the Ministry of War, and he is also tall and thick. There is only a meat bun the size of a walnut on his left forehead, which is particularly conspicuous. He smiled and pushed Ji Yun and said: "You bastard, you made fun of me last time! Come on, come on, you'll be punished with three glasses of wine!" Everyone was stunned, these two people were neither subordinates nor fellow villagers of the same age, and they were also a little older than the boss, Ji Yun How could you play tricks on him?Yin Hui said with a smile: "You all know that the tumor on my head is so painful that I can't help it. The last time I went to the Imperial Academy, Ji Yun said that there is a genius doctor named Mr. Shi Er who lives in Shijia Hutong. He will provide you with medicine until you are cured." But this Mr. Shi Er is not easy to go to see a doctor, you have to ask for help. Listen to him, I bought a few boxes of uterine medicine, and went to visit Shi Er. I asked a few places in the alley, and people gave directions, but I asked who laughed. I was surprised. When I knocked on Mr. Shi Er's door, I was stunned when Shi Er opened the door—it turned out that there was a tumor on the right side of him, which was exactly the same, just like looking in a mirror!" Everyone started He was still listening in a daze, and couldn't help laughing out loud.They all said: "You should be punished, you should be punished!"

Ji Yun is a well-known scholar in Hejian, boasting of unruly talent, but he was ranked fourth in the Enke examination, far behind Zhuang Yougong. In line with the holy will, it bloomed like a famous flower, attracting bees and butterflies, even Prince Zhuang looked at it differently, and couldn't help but glisten with joy.Surrounded by the crowd, he took his seat in the hall, drank three cups, and was about to speak, Yunlu patted his palm three times, and the curtains on both sides of the room suddenly opened up, a group of young women, all dressed in Han costumes. The ring and the steps are jingling, waving the five strings, looking at the eyes, and dancing out, everyone in the hall is quiet for a moment, and when listening to the song girl singing, it is a song with the word "Magnolia":

Ping Ping is curling up, and the tip of the peony is small and red.The sleeves of the dancer are lowered back, and the heart is the confidant of the guest.Gold jars and jade wine, please me for thousands of years, Mo Moxiu, white hair and hairpins make me ashamed... As soon as the singing stopped, everyone immediately applauded and praised.Qi Lesu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, sighed: "It's so beautiful! I don't know which celebrity in the family wrote it?" Yunlu smiled and pointed to a middle-aged man on the second table: "Old Master Yao!" He was startled to see, only to see that old master Yao had a snub nose and carp lips, his face was full of pockmarks, he probably suffered from wind disease in his early years, his eyebrows were sparsely drooping, and his eyes were one big and one small.The audience praised him, shook their heads and pretended to be humble, cupped their hands and said: "How dare I be honored with the gold award for my humble work, I am a teacher, I am a teacher!" Seeing his strange appearance, everyone covered their mouths and laughed.Ji Yun smiled and said: "I also have a refurbished "Great Wind Song" to try to humiliate you!" Sui said loudly:

When the wind blows, the eyebrows are flying, and the warrior is guarding the bridge of the nose? As soon as the chants fell, everyone burst into laughter.Hong Xiao leaned on the back of the chair with one hand and couldn't straighten up laughing, Xu Shilin squatted on the ground coughing out of breath, Hong Sheng beat his chest and bowed and laughed, put a bowl of tea on the table, Yun Lu He choked with laughter and said: "This... this is too harsh..." Old Master Yao's face was purple with anger, and he said, "Does Hanlin judge people by appearance?" He said softly: "I've read "Kaifule", and I took Zun Fan to make up a song for the prince and all the lords. Isn't it a pleasure?" Old Master Yao didn't dare to say anything, he just poured himself a cup and drank it resentfully. go down.

"I still have an ancient painting here, and the inscriptions and postscripts on it are gone." Seeing that Old Master Yao was embarrassed, and he didn't want to offend Ji Yun, he turned around and took a newly mounted ancient painting from the top of the cabinet, took it under the lamp, and said : "Mr. Ji is a scholar with a doctor's degree, please identify it." Everyone stopped laughing and came over. When Ji Yun unfolded it carefully, he saw that the paper was dark and peeling off, and the densely packed seals were not clear. The front picture was a Taoist priest, who was described as strange, with a sword on his back and a wine bucket in one hand. , held a cup in one hand and looked up to the sky to drink, and behind her stood a woman in black with a brush, her eyebrows were picturesque, her lips seemed to be talking, and everyone couldn't help but look at each other: What is this story?Ji Yun looked at the painting very carefully, sighed, and said, "Your Majesty, this is Huizong's handwriting. It is recorded in the "Yongle Dadian" that in the fourth year of Song Xianping, a Taoist brought a woman in black to Beijing and bought a bottle of wine to drink alone. Huizong visited it in his clothes as a painting. This painting is consistent with historical events everywhere. It should be painted by the emperor himself. The inscriptions and postscripts on it are several songs, probably sung by a woman in black clothes." Suiman chanted:

Chaoyuan Road, Chaoyuan Road, driving Yuhuajun together.The ten times carry the same color of red flowers, and the world is far away pointing to the auspicious clouds, looking back at the sea, the light is new.The spring breeze rises, the spring breeze rises, and the sea is full of flowers.Eighteen winds and many clouds are about to move, flying flowers and rain are light, and the way back is far away.Curtain Momo, Curtain Momo, the sky is light and a curtain of autumn, I wash my own jade cup and pour white wine, the moonlight is shining slightly, it is an empty boat, sing the song and the sea flows westward!

Yin Ba smiled and said: "The lyrics have a sense of immortality, which is not human, so I can barely remember it." Liu Kang has been unhappy since he went to the banquet tonight.His own official fortune is prosperous, but his family fortune is in a mess.Cao Rui, Rui Er, and Li Ruixiang, the three servants, have followed He Luying as his long-term follower since his death. At first, they were afraid of committing a crime, but they lived in peace.Later, when they were transferred to Shanxi, Cao Rui and Rui Er were a little unsteady. First, they fiddled with the girls, and later they took turns to rape each other without any fear.Seeing that Liu Kang favored Sanrui, the maids and wives sued Liu Kang's wife, Liu Qiaoshi. The wife didn't know what her master had done, so she ordered Cao Rui and Rui Er to draw twenty strips each. , It was said that it would be spent, but it took a night.The next day, I called the five girls who had been ruined to give them a severe reprimand, saying that the girls have no self-respect, and they don't believe that responsible people like Cao Rui and Rui Er would do such a thing, so they promoted Cao and Rui again. Became a deputy housekeeper.Then Cao Rui and Rui Er became more and more arrogant, and took Liu Kang to Datong for a business trip, so they even joined Liu Qiao's family, taking turns to have fun in the upper room, and asked the maid to accompany them in bed.As a result, Liu's mansion became a romantic den for two devils.Because Li Ruixiang is an old servant of his own family, he still cares about his old feelings. Seeing that Er Rui is making trouble, and the master can't control it, sometimes he backtracks and quietly advises, "We are a boat, we can't capsize the boat by ourselves. .” It’s just to tell Er Rui to restrain himself a little on the surface.This time Liu Kang went to Beijing and refused to return to Shanxi. First, he was running the capital, and second, he was really afraid of going back to that muddy den, so he ordered Li Ruixiang to find a house in Beijing and buy a concubine. Yanyan, although the house is simpler and has fewer servants, compared to the Shanxi mansion, it already feels like the joy of heaven.Who wants to see Yanyan lying on the bed and crying when she returns from a visit in the morning.When I asked, it was Li Ruixiang who took her nap and quietly came up to hold her down, and he also imitated Rui Cao.It was so easy to comfort her all afternoon, and she promised Yanyan to expel Li Ruixiang, and allowed Li Ruixiang to live on her own with three thousand taels of silver, so the matter was settled.He was dragged to Prince Zhuang's mansion for a banquet, so how could he have the heart to laugh and laugh with everyone?Zhen Cuoyu can't swallow a mouthful, and the left glass and the right glass are just eating wine.At this time, Liu Kang, who was so drunk and dazzled by the crowd looking at the painting, was just about to get up to perfunctory, when Liu Tongxun came striding in along the veranda with several yamen servants.Liu Kang was silent, and laughed quickly, "Brother Yanqing, you are guilty of being late, and you will be punished with three glasses of wine!" Just as he was about to go up to him, a young man of eighteen or nineteen next to him supported him tightly, and said: "My lord, don't fall down, you have wine." "It's Liu Yanqing!" Yun Lu heard Liu Kang talking behind his back, turned his head and said with a smile, then his face changed color, and he said, "Why, come into my house with water and fire sticks?" Hundreds of officials were stunned at this moment.Under the eyes of everyone, Liu Tongxun took a step towards Yunlu, bowed his hands to the ground, and said: "Tongxun is on a mission at the moment, so he has committed many crimes, but the matter is of great importance, so he has to do it. He will definitely come to the palace to plead guilty some other day." " Yunlu said in amazement: "What's the matter? Why don't I know?" Liu Tongxun only bowed as an answer, then turned to smile at Liu Kang, and said, "Brother Kang, there are many people here, and everyone is having a good time, and it is inconvenient to speak, please take a step to speak." The matter was rushed, and Liu Kang almost fainted from fright at first. The wine in his stomach was dripping out with cold sweat. Seeing the young man clung to him tightly and tried to free himself, as if he had been bound by an iron hoop, he knew that something was wrong, so he said stiffly: "Liu Kang has never done anything wrong in his life. Talk about it. Yanqing has something to say, please speak face to face.” Liu Tongxun sneered, and said, “Brother Kang, you’ve got something wrong!” Then he turned his face and shouted at the yamen servant: “Take it down!” As soon as the words fell, Huang Tianba tore off Liu Kang's official hat, and shoved Liu Kang out of his arms like a bullet, and several yamen servants rushed up like hungry wolves. Liu Kang was tied up like a duck in cold water.Everyone was dazzled, startled, and suddenly, with a sound of "huolang", an iron chain was wrapped around Liu Kang's neck.Liu Kang jumped on his feet, and then he was still in his mind. He looked up to the sky and sighed: "The villain mistakenly framed me, and the sky has eyes - I am wronged!" Kang pulled it out. At this time, more than a hundred people in the banquet hall were astonished like wooden sculptures and clay sculptures. They watched this short black man doing what he did, and they were so silent that they could hear a needle drop.Liu Tongxun left at last, and then he slapped Yunlu, whose hands were cold with anger, and said, "This slave is rude. I really have to do it. I pray for forgiveness, my lord! The slave said that I must apologize someday!" After saying that, he got up and got up With another bow, he hurried away.Yun Lu froze on the spot, gritted his teeth for a long while and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Liu Tongxun is still a student of my servants, really good job! - Prepare the sedan chair. I'm going to the palace right away!" Then he descended the steps Come.Old Master Yao quietly left the chattering crowd, took a few steps to get ahead of Yun Lu, bowed and said, "My lord, do you have official business in the palace?" "No." Yun Lu said angrily, "I want to ask the Ministry of Punishment to punish this bastard who has no law!" "Liu Tongxun didn't say that he served as an imperial envoy or a ministry envoy!" Yun Lu hesitated and stopped.Old Master Yao said euphemistically: "Think about it—if Shi Yizhi sent him, Liu Tongxun wouldn't dare to be so reckless if I lent him a gut! Liu Kang, a third-rank officer, how dare the Ministry of Criminal Justice take the decision? Liu Tongxun is not here. Xuan imperial envoy, either to save the prince from saluting, to take care of the dignity of the prince, or to make it more embarrassing for you to announce it when the prince comes forward to stop him. The emperor is also having fun with Lafayette at the moment. You have been in the past Nao, to spoil his interest? Isn’t it the same as Liu Tongxun? Fujin is also in it, and if there is a half-word apologetic, you and Fujin will not be able to face it!” Yunlu felt that what he said was reasonable: He broke into the Palace of Compassion and Ning to question Qianlong.He didn't know what crime Liu Lian had committed, nor who sent Liu Tongxun here, so he had to ask questions in a few words until he was speechless.Qianlong has always flaunted his filial piety, which made the Queen Mother unhappy, and he still has good fruit to eat?After thinking about it, he was discouraged, sighed and said: "Now it's a bastard world! You, Liu Tongxun, can't tell you before you get someone? It's okay for me to take it down and send it to the Ministry of punishment! I'm still a nobleman of Tianhuang, you It's so arrogant! You don't know what to do with the people below! ——You tell the prince, invite these people to drink and get drunk. I'll go to the study to have a rest." Old Master Yao's persuasion is still correct.The banquet in the Palace of Compassion and Ning was ten times more lively than in the palace, but the keys had already been unlocked everywhere in the palace gate, and they were really notified layer by layer, thinking that some important military affairs happened, and Qianlong would naturally want to meet him. If you can't get it on the table, you will definitely be in big trouble. At this moment, thousands of huge candles were burning brightly in the main hall and side halls of the Compassionate Ning Palace, illuminating the bright and bright inside and outside of the hall. The princes, princes, and dozens of unmarried aunts, princesses, princesses, and princesses were listed in the main seat according to their seniority. There are five seats in the front row.Hundreds of first-rank wives, wives of honorable ministers and wives, all dressed up and sat in the group seats.Empress Dowager Niu Hulu, who was less than fifty years old, was radiant and sat high on the middle seat. On one side was Empress Fucha holding the pot, and on the other side was Niu Hulu, the empress dowager's niece and imperial concubine, holding the pot behind her.Qianlong and the queen sat on both sides to serve.Because the royal banquet has not yet started, the table is full of precious water and land fruits piled high. One hundred birthday peaches are steamed with flour, and they are as big as bowls. They are piled high in front of the Empress Dowager. The branches and leaves are particularly bright and eye-catching among many fruits.The Xu clock rang, and the bells and drums in the hall were full of masterpieces. The Zhonghe Shao music composed carefully by Zhang Xi was exciting and melodious, and the words were gorgeous. More than a hundred Changchun Garden priests sang along with the music. The seat solemnly kneels and listens: The benevolent drapery blesses Kang, and Ruiyun carries the chariot to offer Jiaxiang.The treasures of Huiliu are light, and the jade food is full of joy.The rising sun is just right, Sui Mei Shou, happy and healthy.The leaves of Yaochi are square, like mountains and hills, without boundaries. As soon as the singing fell, Qianlong, the empress, and the noble concubine left the table and knelt down in front of the table, kowtowed three times to the empress dowager, and said: "The emperor respectfully kowtows to the empress dowager, the holy mother, long life is boundless!" Tang'er saluted along with a group of wives from her relatives, and looked eagerly at the suave Emperor Qianlong. Since entering the palace in October last year, she had "contact" with Qianlong. The queen, who is very kind to herself, misses her husband and hopes that her husband will stay outside for a while. Every time she enters the palace, she wants to see Qianlong, but she is afraid of seeing Qianlong, so she meets Qianlong again.Qianlong in front of him had a sincere and solemn face, and he and the queen paid respects to the queen mother solemnly.Tang'er thought of the lingering feelings and words of the two people's private tryst, her heart couldn't help jumping wildly, she blushed and lowered her head, not knowing what was going on in her heart, she just said to herself: "Men are really..." Just thinking wildly, she was already polite. complete.Niu Hulu held the pot and poured wine into the cup in the queen's hand.The queen solemnly held the cup to Qianlong.Qianlong knelt down on the ground, held the wine glass high in both hands and brought it to his mother, saying: "My son knows that mother can't drink. Today is a good day, and the moon is full outside. It's time to add to my mother's birthday. This cup of birthday wine must be full. .” "Okay!" The Empress took the wine and drank it down, licking her mouth and shaking her head slightly, and said with a kind smile: "The moon is good today, the wine is good, and I am also happy in my heart. The emperor, the empress and you all get up I'm happy when I'm always joking with you. I'm old and I don't want to stick to so many rules." When Qianlong got up, the queen mother ordered a feast, and said to Qianlong: "This feast today is different from previous years. I can hear that It's very pleasant," Qianlong said with a smile: "The Lafayette's use means that his son's filial piety has arrived. This is a Yuping song. Zhang Xi hand-decided, Nanlu Qingzheng established the palace, and Zhonglu Qingjiao played the main tune. It is the most Yongping and noble." Empress Dowager He smiled and said: "How do I know these things! ——I know that Zhang Xi is a talented man in the hands of the late emperor. I heard that he made a mistake and hasn't recovered yet? According to his grandson, the eunuchs in the palace don't respect him. , this is not good." Qianlong was taken aback, bowed again hurriedly, and said with a smile: "What mother said is true. My son will call the military plane to discuss this matter tomorrow. He is quite qualified to be a minister of the Ministry of Rites." On a table, there is a Shoushan Fuhai Dazuan plate in the middle, two hot pots, one sliced ​​pheasant, and one sliced ​​mutton.A plate of roasted venison with deer tail, a sheep black skewer, and then outwards are duck with onion and pepper, shredded chicken, stewed kelp shreds, shredded mutton, burnt pork, and small steamed buns with bamboo joints, snail steamed buns, etc. All kinds of delicate and small palace dots are scattered around the table, and the yellow label next to it is marked "Zheng Erte presents the empress dowager Lafayette".Looking at the other tables is similar, only there is no "Shou Shan Fu Hai", but there are four more plates of meat.Qianlong said: "I am only here to accompany my mother. The empress and noble concubine will walk around each table on my behalf. If there is something you can't drink, don't force it." Empress Fucha and imperial concubine Niu Hulu took orders, squatted down to salute the queen mother and the emperor, and persuaded each other with wine at the table.At this moment, the pearls in the hall are shaking and the jade is shaking, Yan's language is gentle, and the wives are all excited, no matter whether they can drink or not, it is a rare thing to be decent and enjoy the grace of the emperor, who is willing to resign lightly?When they persuaded Tang'er to be at the table, Niu Hulu, who was holding the pot, said with a smile: "Ma'am, Tang'er should have a double cup." As he spoke, he looked at Tang'er and pursed his lips and smiled.The queen didn't care, and said, "Fu Heng didn't come back from an errand, you really should drink a glass of Fushou wine for him." Tang'er had no choice but to drink two glasses in succession.It is already blush and moisten cheeks.The empress had already turned to another table, Tang'er glanced at the chief with her eyes, and it happened that Qianlong's eyes were fixed on this side, and both of them avoided it.Tang'er said it was convenient, and slipped out quietly when no one was paying attention. "Mother," Qianlong graciously persuaded the Queen Mother to have a sip of wine, glanced at Tang'er, and said with a smile: "There is an urgent note, my son has read it, and it will be sent to the Ministry of War tonight, and my son will write it. A red batch will come to serve. Here, the queen and concubine will wait first?" "Go, go." The queen mother smiled and looked at the women in the hall. "Is this a serious matter? If it's late, you don't have to come here. I still lack someone to serve?" Qianlong looked at the queen and Niu Hulu who were persuading them to drink, and left the hall without saying a word.