Chapter 2 The second round of the Hujuguan Enemy cleverly gathered at the head of Renshikou to play with puppet

Wu Sidao has a very limited capacity for drinking, and he doesn't like this group of people, so he was very drunk after a while.Che Ming was so annoyed that he still had to put on a smile to please this unlucky scholar. Seeing that they were about to resign, he wished that they would leave, but he still pretended to invite them to stay.Wu Sidao smiled drunkenly and said: "There is no good feast. Don't dare to eat too much of this 'disaster water', so let's not live it." After finishing speaking, he staggered and dragged Dai Duo down the Tianguang Lake studio. "Jingren," Dai Duo said with a smile as he looked at the sky, "I thought you suffered a big loss, and you have lost your vigor. It seems that you are not old-fashioned! Che Ming, I am I've also heard that, you have a solid heart! Aren't you afraid that he will punish you when facing the scene?" According to Dai Duo's meaning, he wanted to draw a topic and test whether he would join Yinzhen's school.But Wu Sidao laughed and said: "You are still at the foot of the emperor, don't you know how to be a mouse? Although I am not good enough, literary friends like Peng Peng and Shi Shilun are all officials - you don't know people's hearts, but if you become an official, you will benefit Only when he becomes more and more serious will he not make the mistake of touching his golden job with me! This Che Ming is actually a little talented, but he is too shameless. Mrs. Cao worshiped Xu Qianxue's fourth concubine as her mother; when Xu was in trouble, she flattered the Minister of Household Affairs, Liang Qingbiao, and chose her only after recognizing her godfather. Is this still a person? Okay, okay, no, I still have poems—— In the past, the prime minister paid homage to the godmother, but today the godfather is named Liang. The new household department of the Heyimen Court, the old central hall of the Desolate House..." Before he finished singing, Dai Duo stopped him and said with a smile: "Come on! You are so drunk Oh, I didn't say a word, and I drew your words! You are so unforgiving, even I am afraid of you!" After hearing this, Wu Sidao was silent, stared into the distance, and said after a long while: "... …Ten years of a dream, when I wake up, there is no room for people to go to the building. Xiang Ling, no matter how high-minded a person is, what hope is there for me? Only the mind is available, who knows? Keep your mouth shut too?"

"Don't be sad," Dai Duo thought in his heart, because he didn't get Yinzhen's explicit instructions, and it was inconvenient to decide, he just said: "Didn't you just say that you are going to Beijing? Why don't you tell our fourth master to go north together and arrive at Beijing?" I'll find you a place in Beijing." Wu Sidao sneered and said, "Even you underestimate me? How difficult is it to make ends meet! I learned dragon slaying and emperor's way! Without talents, I don't bother to teach them!" Dai Duo has been sending the drunken Wu Sidao back to the Peixin store on the other side of the Hongqiao, and he held his hand and told him many words before he resigned to the Qiaobei Inn.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Sibeile's personal chief come out with Gao Fu'er. Seeing Dai Duo, he forced his hands to stop, and said with a smile, "Daitou, where is the wine? Didn't you bring us a jar?" Asked: "Where is the fourth master?" Gao Fu'er said: "I saw you for a day today, and later on, Mr. Cao, the governor of Jiangning, brought a thousand Taoist platforms to the master. He is talking at the top, probably about grain adjustment. It’s too early for you to rest in my room first, and see you soon after the guests leave.” Dai Duo had no choice but to turn around and enter Gao Fu’er’s room, and made some tea. Take a break and knock your teeth.It wasn't until it was time to light the lamps that Fang heard a shout from the upper room: "Tea is served to see off the guests!" Then he saw two big lanterns leading from the upper room, a group of officials bowed and resigned one by one, and Dai Duo came in.

"Are you back? I'm writing a letter to the crown prince. You can read his imperial edict together to see if there are any omissions. Please send it later." Yinzhen didn't lift his head, and kept writing until After finishing writing, Fang heaved a sigh of relief, handed the letter manuscript and an enveloped letter to Dai Duo, and walked around silently. Dai Duo received the prince's imperial edict and Yinzhen's letter, only glanced over it, and understood the main purpose, and replied with a smile: "Long Live Lord's fifty-fourth birthday, there is already an order that Fourth Lord does not have to return to Beijing. Half a month ago The inner court reported that there was a severe drought in Shaanxi last year, and this spring is not harvested. Long live also has an order to ask the fourth master to collect grain here. The crown prince wants the master to return to Beijing as soon as possible. It seems that it is because of the preparation of the long live birthday ceremony. The letter written by the fourth master is Extremely, since I don’t want to go back, and I haven’t finished my errands, I just want to call Long Live Christmas.”

"Is it my turn to be in such a situation as the birthday celebration? I'm afraid that only Ba Ye and the others will win!" Yinzhen said coldly, "I'm not afraid of doing my best, but I'm afraid that if I do my best, I will be afraid. Letter from the thirteenth brother It means that an Enke will be added next year, and Tong Guowei will be the examiner. Now they are doing it in secret. They want to be private, but they also want to be grand outside. Thirty-six eyes are all staring blood red, I can't do this kind of thing that has broken my conscience, and I have to bear it on behalf of others. Now this trend, I am Nezha, can I handle it well?" Dai Duo's heart is clear. , the fourth master and the thirteenth master Yinxiang belong to the "princelings".The so-called "Eighth Master" is actually the eighth elder brother Yinhu, who together with the ninth elder brother Yinhu, the tenth elder brother Yinhu, and the fourteenth elder brother Yinti are all a group of forces, and they are called "eight sage kings" in the court The most is not to offend.This kind of person hides when he sees things, wins over people when he sees them, and grabs them when he sees them. The crown prince Yinfeng didn't care about it at all, and it was really chilling.But the fourteenth elder brother Yinti in the "Baye Party" is now a compatriot of Yinzhen's mother, and Dai Duo dare not say anything.Dai Duo thought and said with a smile: "That's what the fourth master said! We have a clear order to supervise the repair of the river and provide food and disaster relief. This is too busy! I think this letter should add a sentence, clearly stating that Long Live strictly orders the river workers to send You can't go back to Beijing if you don't do it properly, and the fourth master dare not be self-reliant. The crown prince is timid, and he may not dare to fight with the emperor."

"Very good." Yinzhen smiled and said, "I'm afraid they won't be able to deal with me, and they're going to find Thirteenth Brother's bad luck. The examination room is full of fraud, and Thirteenth Brother has a bad temper, causing trouble I can't do it." The thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang is the most aggressive and forthright among the elder brothers. Because he lost his mother since childhood, he was bullied by his elder brothers and became wild and hard to train. Only Yinzhen couldn't stand it. The mansion always takes care of him, so Yinxiang respects this brother Yan like a loving father and never disobeys.Of course Dai Duo knew what was going on, because he comforted him: "Don't worry, Fourth Master. Thirteenth Master is only seventeen years old. Long Live Lord may not ask him to run errands alone, or call him sick when the time comes." Yinzhen sighed: "I have no choice but to go. Let’s talk step by step—that Mr. Wu, have you talked about it? I wonder if he will come to me to do business?”

"My master didn't make it clear, this slave didn't dare to be self-confessed." Dai Duo apologized, "This person has excellent character, but unfortunately he is disabled. The slave knows the rules of master's employment, and he never accepts those who are in trouble. So the slave didn't Dare to mention it." Yinzhen said disapprovingly: "He is not considered a troubled man? The imperial court has arrested the imperial convict for ten years, and the poor Jianghu is not used! How can such a person miss the opportunity? Although you people are loyal, you can only comfort me. You can’t help me with my worries. Didn’t you tell him to run horses and bows, unleash eagles and catch tigers, and care about other people’s legs? ——Where does he live? I’ll go and invite him in person right now!” Then he walked out, Dai Duo had no choice but to Then, he yelled at the boys: "Prepare the horse for the fourth master, and put on the cloak, so as to prevent the wind from getting cold at night!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the second gate, Gao Fuer greeted him and said, "Fourth Master, Chen Tianshun from the customs asked to see him. He said that he was following the constitutional order of the Fourth Master, and told him about the money used to buy grain." Yinzhen looked at Dai Duo with some embarrassment .Dai Duo hurriedly said: "Wu Sidao is drunk, even if he goes for a while, he can't talk properly. Why don't I go with the master tomorrow, and finish the matter after a while." Yin Zhen frowned for a long time, That's all. Yinzhen didn't sleep well all night, Wu Sidao's deep, quick-witted, sharp-witted shadow kept swaying in his heart.Although he didn't talk much with Dai Duo, after a while in the restaurant, he had made up his mind that he must keep this Wu Sidao in his sleeves——the emperor's elder brother was full of power and machinery, and he really needed such a strategist and think tank to carry with him planned.I didn't fall asleep until the cock crowed, and when I woke up, it was already high in the sun.Yinzhen turned over with a bone, washed up quickly, and after a little snack, called Dai Duo and Gao Fu'er, changed into plain clothes and wandered to the Peixin Inn in the south of Hongqiao.The owner of the store heard that he was looking for Wu Sidao, clapped his hands and laughed, and said, "It's a coincidence that you guys are here! Mr. Wu didn't know the weather this morning and just paid for the rent. He called the little one to find the boat, and said he would go to Guazhou Ferry for a few days, and then go to Beijing to see it." A relative..." With a few words, the three master and servant were stunned.Seeing Yinzhen's gloomy face, Gao Fu'er said with a smile: "Yeah, yes, I still think of someone, the surname Wu is just a filial and honest person, and there are five bamboo strips like this, or two—— " Before he finished speaking, Yinzhen stared at him, but actually held back the next words.Dai Duo hurriedly said: "Fourth Master, don't be angry. I blame the servants for not being able to handle this matter. I tell you a word, the monk can't run away from the monastery if you run away, wrap it on me, and I will invite him to your residence in Beijing!"

"How did you see it?" "It's a long story. Anyway, it's okay now, let's go to the market with Fourth Master to have a look, and I'll tell you the story of Mr. Jingren." As the three of them walked west slowly, Dai Duo sighed He said: "You see, Wu Sidao treats people coldly, but he is actually an idiot! He has an uncle named Jin Yuze, who made up for the vacancy of Qianzong when he received donations at Hujuguan in Nanjing. Wu Sidao is a scholar, Mr. Wu pondered, The township examination was going to Nanjing anyway, so I wrote a letter to Jin Yuze, asking Wu Sidao to go to his uncle's house to study and take the examination nearby.

"Wu Sidao got off the boat at Yanziji. It was the first time he entered the land of golden powder in the Six Dynasties in Nanjing. He was in a daze, so he hurried to swim first at Mochou Lake and then at the Old Town God's Temple. That day was the eighth day of April, Buddha's birthday. The Old Town God's Temple was crowded with people. , the good men and women who burned incense and made wishes were squeezed and crowded all over the street. Wu Sidao walked along the Qinhuai River, holding a bag of fried broad beans in one hand, and eating while watching the scenery. Because I don’t know which confused master is on Taoyedu A bridge was actually built, and Wu Sidao laughed when he saw it. He just said: "This snake's feet are so delicious!" Unexpectedly, he bumped into his arms with a person. Looking up, he was a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old. girl!"

Thinking about the scene at that time, Yin Zhen couldn't help pursing his lips and smiling. "The woman just came back after offering incense, and she was devoting herself to the Buddha. In front of everyone, she bumped so hard with a young man, she blushed to her ears with embarrassment." Dai Duo laughed, "At that time, the idlers around laughed. This one said it was 'Blue Bridge Meeting', that one said it was 'Marriage to Heaven', 'Huanxi Bodhisattva', 'Merry Dojo'... There was a lot of gags and jokes. The girl was so embarrassed that she slapped Wu Sidao all over the sky. The flowers, squeezed through the cracks of people, slid away, and the fried broad beans were scattered all over the ground.

"Wu Sidao had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky. Clutching his feverish face, he went to Huju Pass. After searching for a long time, he found the place under Jin Yuze. After knocking on the ring of the shop for a long time, the door creaked halfway open. Wu Sidao Look, the one who opened the door was the one who just slapped me! Both of them were dumbfounded..." Yinzhen laughed out loud when he heard this, and said, "Is it his cousin?" "It's my cousin." Dai Duo continued with a smile, "Wu Sidao was stunned for a while, and just said, 'Is this Jin Yuze's family? He is my uncle...' The girl covered her face with her hands and said, 'Emperor Bodhisattva 'Ran. "Wu Sidao had no choice but to go in to see his aunt. When she first saw him coming, she hugged her in her arms, crying and laughing at the same time: 'My God, I can see my natal family! My son... now it's like this ...Your uncle will be back when he is off duty in a while—Gu Feng, Gu Feng! Come here, and see who is here...'" Yinzhen laughed with tears in his eyes, holding his belly and said: "Okay...Okay! She's coming Won't you come?" "Where is she willing to come!" Dai Duo laughed, and was about to continue, when suddenly there was a commotion in the market ahead, including a boy who was crying loudly, which was so cruel that it made people feel heartbroken. .The three of them immediately suppressed their smiles and walked over following the sound of crying. This is already the Hongqiao people's city, but it's actually not noisy.One street and two rows are staggered, and there are bunks built with sorghum stalks everywhere.Refugees who escaped from Baoying, Shanyang, and Longwangmiao areas were all yellow and thin. Some had three stones with boiled sweet potato spinach, some burned dry corn sticks, some caught lice in the sun, and some wrapped themselves in towels. Cold rice balls gnawed... It was smoky, exuding a musty smell that was not musty, burnt but not burnt. Surrounded by a wall, a group of idlers surrounded a dead body wrapped upright in a straw mat. Feet stick out.Next to him was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, unkempt and disheveled, lying on the mat, crying heartbreakingly: "Brother! You were fine yesterday and a while ago, what did you eat? ... You just went away without saying anything." What did you say when my mother died, you don’t remember...I asked you to take care of me!...You don’t care about me, just leave...Woo..." Yinzhen frowned, and before he reached the person crying for the corpse, someone had already seen him as the master, and dragged a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl over, saying and gesticulating: "Hey, this boss , I can tell at a glance that you are a Bodhisattva who accumulates blessings and does good deeds! Do you want to buy a child to be used? Look at his teeth! Look at this girl, she's yellow and thin, she's hungry! Look at her hair, hey! Look at her teeth—" He opened the little girl's mouth, spattering : "Glutinous rice with fine teeth biting gold and broken jade—how about fifteen taels? No way? No way? If there is no righteousness in the business, I will be cruel to pay for everything, and I have to tell her to go to a good family! Ten taels! How about ten taels?" Yinzhen's joyful mood just now after being amused by Dai Duo's storytelling was completely washed away by the tragic scene in the world here.Concerned about the crying over there, he lowered his head and looked at the girl, her appearance was still upright, a pair of big eyes flickered on her yellow and thin face, her small mouth was curled up, and her teeth were rubbed so hard that she wanted to cry. dare.Yinzhen's heart sank, and he turned to Gao Fu'er and said, "Buy it." After saying that, he walked to the side of the group of people. The boy was crying so hard that his voice was hoarse, with black eyebrows and fierce eyes, he begged with his hands open: "Masters! Who will buy me? Who will buy me? I have to sell it for a few dollars and bury my brother...you guys If you have done this kindness, even if you have done evil in this life, you will not enter the eighteenth level of hell after death..." "Damn it," someone next to him scolded with a smile, "You ignorant hozen, how can you beg for help like this?" Another person asked, "Where are you from?" The child wiped away his tears and said, "I belong to Baoying—Master...you have to be pitiful..." "You are Baoying's uncle!" An idler laughed, "Then we are all Yangzhou's nephews..." A group of people roared with laughter.An old man was squatting beside the corpse, smoking a cigarette, and sighed: "It's a crime! It's really pitiful. If you have money, please help a few..." He took out a few copper coins and put them beside the child. Several rich men also threw some Kangxi copper coins.The old man comforted him and said: "Son, don't cry all the time. I hope that the money won't be sent to your brother. The flooding of the Yellow River is doomed. Thousands of people died. Are they all buried in coffins? Gather up the money, buy a few knives of paper and burn it. Buried in a mass burial mound - death is like a lamp going out, can it make your brother cry?" He said, knocking a cigarette pot on the cornerstone of the wall to get up.Unexpectedly, the soot did not burn out, sparks burst into the bare feet outside the mat, and the feet of the "dead corpse" were scalded and shrank violently! Bomb! Everyone was taken aback and dispersed with a "huh".Dai Duo panicked and stepped in front of Yinzhen to protect him.Everyone stared at the corpse for a long time, but there was no abnormality. They saw that the child packed up the money in the ground, made a face at everyone, patted the reed mat and shouted: "Dog, dog! Won't you get up and thank you for your reward?" The dog who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead jumped up with a carp, wiped the mud on his face with a wave of his hand, spat twice, and said with a playful smile: "It's alive! Thank you for your reward! Kan Son, you are tired from crying too, and I am so stiff that I am so hungry that I can’t stand it, so I’ll buy two sesame seed cakes and make a tooth sacrifice.” Only then did everyone realize that it was these two naughty children who were begging for a show, and they were shocked. While stilling, he couldn't help bursting into wild laughter.Seeing that everyone dispersed happily, Yin Zhen turned around with a smile and said, "Dai Duo, these two children are smart, ask, would you sell them to me?" "Yes." Dai Duo agreed, stepped forward to pat the dog's head, and asked, "How old is it? Where is the home?" The dog wiped his nose with his sleeve and said, "I'm fourteen, you didn't hear me , I’m Baoying’s uncle?” Yinzhen looked at Kan’er, but he was not as lively and clever as a dog, his cheeks were slightly puffed up, and he always looked like he had just woken up, and asked with a smile: “You are Baoying fleeing famine. Come here, where are the adults at home?" Kan'er glanced at Yinzhen, his eyes sparkled with brilliance, just for a moment, Yinzhen saw that the child was smarter than a dog, but his intelligence was not exposed.Kaner didn't turn his face to look, looked at Yinzhen and said, "You probably want to buy us?" Yin Zhen fell in love with these two children more and more, nodded and said: "You guessed right. Come with me! Don't talk about sesame seed cakes, you can eat anything!" "Begging for three years, give it to a magistrate! "Gou'er glanced at Gao Fu'er, and said with a smile, "I'm not going to be a pug dog with you—look at him, does he show his face in front of people?" Gao Fu'er turned pale with anger, and cursed beside him: " Look at your bastard, are you worthy of being our master's Habaer?" "Fart? It stinks so bad!" Gou'er covered his nose and said, "The more bullshit the more smelly - what are you talking about with them, Kan'er, let's go find Tweety." The two children were giggling and happily going, when the girl behind Gao Fuer timidly cried, "Brother Kan'er, I'm here...I'm selling..." Two lines of tears came out like a spring. "Tweety!" Kan'er and Gou'er stopped as if they were nailed to each other, and walked to the girl's side, the look of joy was no longer on their faces.Kan'er was just dazed with a blank face, the dog glanced at Yinzhen, took Tweet's hand, gritted his teeth and said, "Wang Sanfa sold you after all! I said that I would give him four taels of silver to redeem you in half a year! ——He has eight generations of ancestors, I must ask Lu Lu to kill him!" Cui'er looked at the two brothers with teary eyes, then looked up at Gao Fu'er, and said with a sob: "He sold me for ten taels of silver... ...We won't see each other anymore...Brother Kan'er, one day you will go back to Weijiaying and kowtow for me in front of my mother's grave..." He sobbed and let out a loud sob. Seeing the scene of these three dependent orphans parting from life to death, Xu Zhen felt a sudden soreness in his heart, and he no longer smiled.Thinking of Xiaojiazi's relatives, friends and neighbors still having this kind of friendship, I am a group of flesh and blood brothers, but I can't wait for you to pick my nose and I to pick your eyes!Thinking about it, he said: "Gou'er Kan'er, listen to me. Don't you want to go back to Baoying? Today is the fourth day of the lunar new year. After the seventh day, I will leave for Tongcheng. How far is it from Baoying? Stay for one year, maybe two years. Come with me, I leave Tongcheng, you can follow if you want, if you don’t want to go back with the three of you, okay?" "Really?" Gou'er's eyes lit up, and said, "You lied to us!" Yinzhen stared at the three children for a long time without saying a word, and said, "I never lie. If you don't want to go back to your hometown, you'll be here right now." let's go." The three children raised their heads in surprise, and stared at Yinzhen with blinking eyes, Yinzhen's bottomless black pupils flickered faintly.The three children moved to leave, but stopped again, Kan'er smiled and said: "That's it, let's go with you! What you say is what you say, you are not a bastard!" Seeing Yinzhen nodded with a smile, the dog put two fingers to his mouth "Hush--" screamed and shouted: "Lulu!" A thin dog rushed out with a "huh", wagging its head and wagging its tail to have fun around the dog.Gao Fu'er couldn't help laughing and said, "Such a dog has a name?" "By the way, it's called Lulu." Kan'er looked as if he had just woken up, and said coldly, stroking the dog's head with sleepy eyes, "You are bold, try to provoke me!" Xu Zhen looked at the sun, it was almost noon, and suddenly remembered that Yangzhou Liangdao had been discussed in the afternoon, so he said with a smile: "Let's go back--today is a disappointment and fun, and there are not many prizes." The six of them walked back slowly.Yinzhen pondered as he walked, and asked Dai Duo, "What happened to Wu Sidao and his cousin?" Now he is no longer in Nanjing. Jin Yuze sought an errand as the gate leader of Chaoyangmen in Beijing, and Wu Sidao said that he would go to Beijing, so I am afraid that he would go to him... Wu Sidao’s crimes have not been cleared up, he has not shown up for ten years, and Now that she has become disabled, that woman is already in her thirties, so it's hard to tell what will happen next..." He shook his head and didn't go any further.