Chapter 96 History outside the Qing Palace (7-1)

"Grandma Kui, you also have to think about our uncle. Haven't you harmed him enough? If you say that you can really live with our uncle for the rest of your life, there is something to be said, but unfortunately it is impossible. Don't just think about your own wishful thinking! Please go back! If you insist on not leaving, you will harm the uncle and yourself, why bother? Let me tell you the truth, our uncle will never want you again, why? You have caused such a big disaster, do you think he still dares to provoke you? If he dares, it will be useless if the prince does not allow it."

This is too much to say.Shanfu just wanted to drive her away and anger her away, so he didn't leave any space for his words. He didn't think that Grandma Kui could bear it or not? So, after Shanfu left, Grandma Kui shed tears and checked the jewelry and playthings Jae Cheng gave her.Seeing that she had a different look, Xiaoyun couldn't help being afraid, and timidly came to inquire about it. "Grandma," she asked, "what are you doing? Are you packing up and going home?" "Where is my home? Where should I go back?" Grandma Kui sighed dismally, "Cough! How can I show face to others?"

This is to say that Wuyan sees Zhaokui's family.Xiaoyun also knows about personnel, so he can naturally understand Grandma Kui's situation.Put yourself in her place and think about it, she left her husband's house for no reason, and now she goes to defect for no reason, even if the whole family doesn't say anything, when she walks in front of people, she always feels that she owes them something and can't hold her head up .Of course you can't go back. However, Uncle Cheng's house doesn't want her anymore, Xiaoyun was thinking, why not go back to her mother's house?

Thinking about it like this, I couldn't help asking. Grandma Kui sighed, and hesitated to speak, because Xiaoyun couldn't understand what she said.My mother's family is in Sichuan, not to mention the long distance, my father and brother did not forgive me for doing such a shameful thing, and my sister-in-law ridiculed me. The only mother who could forgive me died long ago.The taste of going back to her mother's house is probably more difficult than going back to her husband's house. "Oh, you don't understand." She shook her head, "Go to sleep and don't bother me."

Hearing this, Xiaoyun didn't dare to disturb him any more, and let him go to sleep.When I woke up, it was already five o'clock, and everyone in the banner got up early.Fearing that he would be deaf, he delayed waiting for the grandma to get up, so he rushed there in a panic, opened the door and looked, and was so frightened that grandma Kui's body was hanging on the railing of the bed. "It's terrible!" Shouting sharply, the guard servants were alarmed, and they rushed over, only to see Xiaoyun's expression turned pale, and then he burst into tears, pointing inward with one hand.When Grandma Kui was untied, her body was already cold and stiff.

"Such a mistake!" Shanfu stumbled, "This is getting worse!" He didn't dare to tell Prince Gong about this.Shanfu knew that he was in trouble, so he came up with an idea in a hurry. He went to the stable to pick a fast horse, rode it, and went straight to the clan's residence to find Guan Linjun, the director of Zuo Si. The clan mansion is divided into two divisions, the left and the right, which are in charge of the genealogy of the left and right wing clans and Jueluo, registering their children and concubines; birth, death and marriage;Zhaokui belongs to Zhengbai Banner and belongs to Zuo Si, which is why Shanfu came to find Linjun.

After listening to what happened, Lin Jun said "tsk, tsk", "I already knew that there would be news. We don't dare to care about the affairs of the mansion, and Zhaokui himself doesn't say anything, so we are even more happy to ignore it. Now," he said Shaking his head, "It will be troublesome if someone dies, I'm afraid I can't manage it if I want to!" "I also know the trouble." Shanfu greeted him: "Fourth Master, it's all on you. When it's done, I'll go back with the prince. " Hearing this, Lin Jun's spirit was lifted, and he took care of this trouble, and Prince Gong would definitely see it.Others couldn't find such an opportunity to curry favor, so why did I push it out instead?

So he patted his chest and said, "Okay, who told us that our friendship is enough? It's all on me." Shanfu was overjoyed, "Fourth Master," he asked, "What should I do here?" "You don't have to worry about it." Lin Jun said again: "Just take that little girl away and deal with it well, so as not to save her from talking." Shanfu understands, this is a way of pretending to be confused, just take Xiaoyun away, ask three questions, and Lin Jun will get his hands out of it. Sure enough, Lin Jun had another trick.First of all, I visited Zhaokui, and the first sentence was: "I heard that Grandma Kui has gone back to her mother's house. Mr. Kui, why don't you send someone to report?"

Zhaokui sighed: "Where did she go back to her natal family? Her natal family is in Sichuan." "Where did you go, then?" Grandma Kui's whereabouts, how can I tell my husband?Zhaokui is honest, not good at hesitating, blushing, and it took him a long time to answer: "The scandal in our family, brother Lin, don't you know?" "I don't know!" Lin Jun pretended to be very similar, and said with an emphasis: "I really don't know." "You don't even know about such a thing!" Zhaokui hesitated for a while, then called Hao Shun who was serving on the porch, "Tell Fourth Master Lin about Grandma."

Hao Shun, who came, spoke in detail, while Lin Jun listened carefully.While listening, there are still many frowning and shaking of the head. "This is so strange!" Lin Jun said to Zhao Kui, "According to the rules, it won't happen. I heard that Liu Ye locked Cheng Bei Le in his study." "It's for this." "Oh! That said, Master Liu is quite understanding." "Yeah, I don't blame Sixth Master either." When Zhaokui said this, Lin Jun was half relieved.Gathering his mind, he put on an air of great confusion, and then said slowly: "Grandpa Kui, it looks a bit real."

"what?" "Someone came to report that someone in Dongcheng had hanged himself, and it was said that it was Grandma Kui from the house..." Before he finished speaking, Zhaokui opened his eyes and asked eagerly, "Is it her?" "I don't believe it either, so I came here to ask. Now that the housekeeper said it, it seems to be true." Zhaokui sat down and remained silent for a long while, with complex expressions on his face, one part sad, the other part happy. Finally, he nodded and said, "It's fine to die, it's clean!" "That's right!" Lin Jun said immediately, "The reputation of the family is important, and things like this should never be publicized. Now, let's discuss about taking care of Grandma Kui's funeral." "It's going to take your troubles, anyway, I didn't bring the corpse home! Besides, it's such a person." "Yes! Of course, I have to take care of it. I will obey what Lord Kui says. But—as usual, I have to ask Lord Kui to write a newspaper." "Yes!" Zhaokui shouted, "Hao Shun." He called Hao Shun in and told him to know the truth.Hao Shun seemed hesitant, but he quickly recovered, and asked Lin Jun, "Please show me, fourth master, how should I repay the Dharma?" "Let's just say that he fell ill and died." "Yes!" Hao Shun replied, "Fourth Master, please go back first. We've finished our business, and we'll send it to the Secretary right away." Lin Jun was very satisfied and very proud. He never thought that such a big event would be settled so easily. He was anxious to show his merits, so he didn't have time to think about it, so he left in a hurry. "Master! How can this be reported?" Hao Shun showed disapproval. "Why can't you report it?" "A newspaper isn't too cheap for them?" Zhaokui suddenly realized. "Ah, I didn't think of it." He asked: "Then, why did you promise him just now?" Hao Shun felt that this old man was so honest and useless that he didn't even understand such a plan to delay the attack.At that time, if the color of his words was a little unruly, Lin Jun would definitely force him to write the "funeral report". In ordinary prefecture and county yamen, even "one word enters the public door, and nine bulls can't be pulled out", let alone Lin Jun's purpose in coming here is to I want to shirk responsibility for Cheng Baylor.To get the funeral note is to absolve Cheng Baylor of the crime, I'm afraid the words will be different immediately. After his explanation, Zhao Kui finally came to his senses.However, although I have full reasons for this, the other party really can't touch it. Thinking about it, I still really don't know how to deal with it? "Master!" Hao Shun couldn't help but say, "We must ask the second master to come forward in this matter. In my opinion, let's talk about it after the second master is invited!" There is no need to send someone to invite, Zhaorun has already got the news and rushed over.As soon as they arrived, they first heard Hao Shun tell the story of Lin Jun's visit, and then the two brothers had something to talk about that was not humane. "Brother," Zhao Run remained calm, "This matter can be big or small, it depends on what you want first." How could Zhaokui come up with an idea!At the same time, he didn't know what it would be like if things got bigger?So I just sucked in my breath and couldn't answer. "There are some people in this banner who are not fair. If the eldest brother has no words or actions, our family will not be able to hold our heads up in the future." "It turned out to be so embarrassing to throw home." Zhaokui said with a sad face, "I promised to release a deputy governor, but I said I would go to Guangzhou, and I agreed. Who knows, there has been no news. Now, of course, there is no need to talk about it. " Zhaorun was deeply surprised and dissatisfied at the same time, it turned out that there was such a twist at the beginning! "No wonder," he said in a complaining and sarcasm tone: "Brother is willing to be wronged like that, and there are so many benefits to being sympathetic! But how can you keep everything from me? I also know a few people, and it would be good to help my elder brother inquire about the news. Now, the bamboo basket is all gone!" The last sentence provoked Zhaokui into a temper, "I can't finish the calculation!" He raised his voice and said, "We have to settle this account." "It will be easy if the eldest brother is willing to stand out. There is someone in front of us who is willing to fight for us." "Who is it?" "Brother De San." The "Third Brother De" in Zhaorun's mouth is named De Ji, who belongs to the same Zhengbai Banner as them, and was born in Yin, and was appointed Yushi by a member.Being a hero, he has long been dissatisfied with Zai Cheng, and wanted to use his own power to participate in the impeachment, but someone persuaded him, saying that it is difficult for outsiders to find out about the scandal, and Zhaokui himself does not speak up, so why use others to come forward?There is no clear text of "referring to adultery" in the law, so we can't think that "gossip" means that we can have no scruples.As soon as this fold is mentioned, it must be a decree for Zaicheng and Zhaokui to "understand the answer".If Zhaokui is cowardly and has reached a compromise with Zaichen, or if his family ugliness is unwilling to publicize, and the replay is fine, then as a result of impeachment, he will be punished instead. Why bother? After calm consideration, De Ji thought that this was very reasonable, and heeded the advice.But now the situation is different. It is a fact that Grandma Kui hanged herself, and it is also a fact that she did not die in her own home.So why this?What's wrong with it?The censor should naturally be held accountable. Speaking of this, Hao Shun, who was standing and listening quietly, couldn't help it anymore, stepped forward, and interjected, "Second Master, those are all masters that you can't mess with. Once the script is written, it will only be bad for us, not good. Uncle, second master, please think about it, first, investigate and deal with according to the order, speaking of it, our family lacks such an upright master, there is something wrong with not saying a word; , it was not our idea; third, even though the old man moved the capital, it has nothing to do with us, after all, it is a grudge. The sixth master is also very angry about this matter, so we can't blame the sixth master, we can't afford to have a grudge with him. Besides... ..." At this point, Hao Shun stopped. He had been speaking calmly, but suddenly stopped talking, which would be a hindrance to his mouth.Zhaokui didn't want to ask, but Zhaorun refused to let it go, "Why don't you go on?" He urged, "Your knowledge is quite good, let's talk about it!" Encouraged, Hao Shun felt more like a bone stuck in his throat, took two steps, and said in a low voice, "In terms of the first half, it's my fault, and the second half is my grandma's fault, and I've already agreed to let him go. Grandma refuses to go home. Now that this incident happened, the criticism from outsiders must be hard to hear." "Why is it ugly?" "I dare not say." "Hey!" Zhaorun was a little impatient, "What's there to be taboo about when things are crowded to this place?" "Then, then I'll say it." Hao Shun swallowed, "Outsiders must say that, you can't blame them, Grandma Kui voluntarily. Just look, she would rather die than go home. You can imagine the strength of Chu Baylor." These words made Zhaokui unable to lift his head, but Zhaorun nodded repeatedly, and humbly asked for advice: "Then, what should you do if you come up with an idea?" "If you don't pay it back, why don't you ask Fifth Lord to decide?" King Dun sent someone to negotiate with Zhaorun and was willing to give him benefits. This matter was hidden from Zhaokui's master and servant. Hao Shun only knew that the second master had filed a complaint with King Dun and it was valid, so he made this suggestion.Zhaorun thought to himself, this is also a way, but if there is any benefit, he has to give it to Zhaokui first, but he seems unwilling. "Master," Hao Shun advised the master again, "it is only appropriate to ask the second master to come forward for this kind of matter. Why don't you go and hide there?" Zhaokui thought the last sentence was very pleasant, and at the same time, he was reminded that few people know about the news of Grandma Kui's suicide. Once it spreads, there must be close relatives and friends who come to express their condolences, and it is impossible to ask. It's hard to say, the comfort is hard to say, both the host and the guest will feel extremely embarrassed, it's better to escape as soon as possible. "By the way, I really can't stand it anymore! I have to find a place to recuperate." Zhaokui's family cemetery is in Xiangshan: "I will go to Xiangshan to live for a while. Here, you can discuss it with the second master!" So Hao Shun secretly discussed with Zhao Run, the first thing is to take over what Grandma Kui left behind, because it is conceivable, Zai Li spends money like water, and Grandma Kui is favored again, so naturally take over for her Buy a lot of jewelry. With this plan, the matter must be settled peacefully, otherwise the relic cannot be accepted.Therefore, they decided to split things up. Hao Shun and Lin Jun went to meet up to prepare for the funeral, Zhao Run went to sue, wrote a letter, and the next morning in front of Prince Dun's mansion, he stopped the sedan chair and handed it up. It was dim in the sedan chair, and the handwriting could not be seen clearly, so Zhaorun's letter was read only when he arrived at the court room.King Dun was deeply surprised that he didn't know that Grandma Kui committed suicide.As the Zong Ling, he was not allowed to stand still when discussing official affairs, so he asked Lin Jun, the director of Zuo Si, to question him. "It's not good to see this incident, I have already arranged it." Lin Jun replied very easily. "I didn't ask you how to arrange it." King Dun asked, "Why did Zhaokui's woman hang herself?" "Being reluctant to part with Cheng Baylor, the Sixth Prince insisted on letting her go home. She refused, so she had no choice but to take a dead end." "According to what you say, it's not good to run the family too strictly!" Seeing that King Dun had a sullen face, Lin Jun realized that he was not careful in speaking, as if he was saying that King Gong had forced Grandma Kui to death, and King Dun, who was also his father, would naturally be unhappy. So he said vigilantly: "The sixth prince is different from the prince. The prince has always managed his family with laws, but he is a little stricter. Everyone knows that the prince has a temper. He is very careful and will not complain behind his back. The sixth prince usually doesn't care much. All of a sudden, Grandma Kui must have thought that she was deliberately trying to get along with her, and she would hang herself because she couldn't think about it. This is also true." This explanation makes sense, and invisibly puts a high hat on King Dun.So he nodded in satisfaction, and then asked, "How did you arrange it?" "Gong Kui's family reported a funeral, and his family found a place to hold the funeral by themselves. Cheng Baylor sent a funeral ceremony of 10,000 silver." "Hmph!" King Dun was quite contemptuous, and said outrightly: "Zhaokui sold his wife for ten thousand silver." "Selling your wife" is true, but it is more than ten thousand silver.With Linjun in the middle, Shanfu negotiated with Hao Shun all night, and at dawn, when Zhaorun went to hand in the letter, a reconciliation agreement was reached: Grandma Kui's jewelry and clothing belonged to Zhaokui's family, and another 10,000 silver was given away.In fact, only half of it is given, and the other half belongs to Linjun and Shanfu.Grandma Kui's relics are worth two to thirty thousand taels of silver, so Zhaokui has made a fortune. "Look! Now that it's been arranged, why is there another thing like this?" After receiving Zhaorun's letter from King Dun, Lin Jun took a look at it and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Leave it to me, my lord. I'll return it to him." Zhaokui's family was fine, but there was an unexpected incident. That "Master" De Ji was encouraged by the people from Prince Chun's side, and planned to "touch" Prince Gong.King Gong knew about this and was worried, so Boyan Namoqian talked to him about the discovery of gunpowder in the ceiling of Changchun Palace, and he said without hesitation: "It must be the tricks of those eunuchs. If you pursue him strictly, you will definitely be able to find out the truth!" ※ ※ ※ So the Ministry of Internal Affairs notified the respect room, the head of the respect room did not dare to make decisions, and had to discuss it with Li Lianying. "From the Ministry of Internal Affairs, depending on Liu Ye's intentions, the matter is afraid that there will be troubles. It is said that outsiders can't enter the Changchun Palace. If you want to do it, you have to start from the inside. I advise you to do it yourself." "Aren't we just doing it? Alright," Li Lianying said, "Let's make a show for them to see." So I conducted a secret investigation, and I went to a suspected young eunuch to torture him. The little eunuch who was tortured had nothing to do with the case, he just wanted to talk about Jia Fu.He likes to talk a lot, and has said several times that this is a trick Li Sanshun came up with to frame the guards.He was not the only one who said this, everyone believed it, even Li Lianying was no exception.But the eunuch always has to help the eunuch, and he should be punished just because he doesn't know how close he is, how his own people hurt his own people, and what a big deal it is?Li Lianying warned again and again not to speak nonsense casually, for fear that it would spread to the ears of the Empress Dowager Cixi and cause a big prison. In order to warn the public and establish her prestige, Li Lianying took this opportunity to deal with it severely.Asked the little eunuch how he wanted Li Sanshun to set up a frame, put gunpowder and foreign lamps on the ceiling, did he see it with his own eyes, or did he get rumors, if it was a rumor, who told it? How can there be a definite answer to these words, if not, he was dragged to an empty room to beat him, and tortured the man until he was out of shape for several days.At the same time, Li Lianying sent someone to tell En Cheng, Minister of Internal Affairs, that according to King Gong's wishes, the palace is strictly investigating, but the truth is really unknown.Those who were tortured couldn't survive the torture, and they talked nonsense. Anyone who had worked in the inner court had the possibility of being bitten.This time, the case escalated.He also said that the gunpowder must have been released by outsiders, and the eunuch who sits on the night watch cannot escape responsibility, and the palace gate cannot escape responsibility. Hearing this, En Cheng was naturally worried, because the only ones who could enter the bedroom were those who were on errands from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Once the case became serious, it would be very inconvenient.Therefore, he hastily discussed with Boyan Nemo, and asked Bao Jun to meet Prince Gong together, and asked for the case to be settled. It was Bao Jun who made King Gong change his original intention. He used history as a mirror and talked about the suspicious cases in the palace in the late Ming Dynasty.Of course, there are quite a few people who hold positive opinions, and there are also many people who are partisan and dissidents by using this topic.As a result, turmoil occurred one after another, which ruined the overall situation.Now that this case is about to break out, just the words "Gunpowder was found in the Empress Dowager Cixi's bedroom" is appalling, enough to shake people's hearts and shake the foundations of the country.For the current plan, it is advisable to do nothing except to take precautions. "That's true. However, the eunuchs in the palace are too outrageous. We need to make a regulation and rectify it." Gong Wang said: "In the case of Li Sanshun, I also urged the Department of Probation to find a way. End it now!" Baojun and Encheng followed Prince Gong's will and split up.The case of Li Sanshun was settled long ago, and interrogation was ordered, which means that the Ministry of Punishment suspected that the crime was too light, while the "Eight Great Sages" thought that the crime was too serious, and insisted on not changing the sentence, so they received the urging of King Gong. Still according to the original charge to repeat.The crimes convicted were: "Yulin was sent to Jilin as a hard worker; And submit Yue Lin's request to the Ministry's Conference Office. " As soon as this replay was played, Empress Dowager Ci'an did not dare to show it to Empress Dowager Cixi, because she insisted on the original replay without any changes.Let's not say whether the imitation of the crime is right or not. Just this point will make the Empress Dowager Cixi very angry, which is very unsuitable for the sick body. "The Ministry of Punishment brought it up as it is, and it doesn't seem to be outrageous." Empress Dowager Ci'an summoned Prince Gong and said, "Return the original book and let Pan Zuyin draw it up again!" "If the empress dowager returns to his mother, Pan Zuyin will not be able to be the leader of the staff." "How do you say that?" The Empress Dowager Ci'an was very surprised, "Can't the court officials be the masters of the officials?" "Yes. The Ministry of Punishment is different from other places. The judges of the Autumn Trial Division handle the case according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, saying that one is one, and that two is two. If the quotations do not match, they can be refuted. If the quotations are correct, no one can refute them." Prince Gong felt that his words were too harsh, so he pulled the words back: "It's okay to refute, but even the empress dowager wouldn't bear it." Empress Dowager Ci'an was silent.It was an extremely embarrassing scene for the court to summon the right party.Prince Gong wanted to talk about something else, to resolve the deadlock, it would be easy, but the case that was brought back by the Ministry of Criminal Justice was shelved, and the night would be full of dreams, so it was better to take this opportunity to make a conclusion, so he also kept silent. This silence was tantamount to forcing the Empress Dowager Ci'an to speak. She sighed and said in a tone almost forgiving: "Ah! Who made her sick? At least let her be punished according to her wishes!" "She" refers to the Empress Dowager Cixi. According to "she", the guards who were on duty at the Meridian Gate that day and had disputes with Li Sanshun should be executed.Prince Gong thought to himself, even if the Ministry of Punishment was willing to follow the imperial edict to make a draft, he still had to argue, because what he said just now was too blunt and he couldn't change it right away. So he promised: "Yes!" He took back the original play of the Ministry of Justice from the imperial case, thought for a while and said, "The minister announced the decree and asked the Ministry of Criminal Justice to re-draft it. However, the original play stipulated the crimes of each person, and added "seriousness" The words, please learn from the empress dowager and the empress dowager." "I see." The Empress Dowager Ci'an nodded and said, "I always persuade her, and the best way to persuade her is to listen." On the second day—the eighth day of November, a strange thing happened that was even stranger than the discovery of gunpowder on the ceiling of Changchun Palace. It was around noon, on Yuehuamen Long Street, a middle-aged man wearing an old sheepskin jacket with a green cloth surface came, and he meandered south, looking around all the way, but he didn't meet anyone. As soon as he reached the Suizhi Gate, he turned to the left and slowly groped in step by step. Tired of walking, he sat on the steps of the West Side Hall of Tiyuan Hall, took off the dry tobacco bag tucked in the black cloth belt, Use "foreign fetching lamp" to burn and inhale.Probably because he smoked too fast, choked his throat, coughed uncontrollably, and spit thick phlegm to the front of the steps. There is a wall across the West Side Hall, which is where the Empress Dowager Cixi sits. After the careful diagnosis and treatment by Xue Fuchen and Wang Shouzheng, her condition has improved greatly and she can move about freely. Surprised.The eunuch who served also turned yellow with fright, and rushed over to check what happened. "Where's Lianying?" Empress Dowager Cixi said angrily, "Is this still a rule?" When Li Lianying was found, the unknown middle-aged man had been caught. Accompanied by Princess Rongshou, the Empress Dowager Cixi watched the eunuch from the window and questioned the man. " "Last name?" "My surname is Zhang." "What is your name?" "It's called Liu Zhensheng." "Why is your surname Liu?" The chief eunuch Liu Yuxiang asked, "What do you do?" "I am the eunuch." "This is a lunatic!" With this loud shout, Li Lianying strode forward, stretching out his hand to hit him.His body was tall, his arms were long and his palm was wide, when he hit the man's face, he couldn't stand upright immediately, fell on his back, foaming at the mouth, and murmured something "hohoho". Li Lianying's drink was a reminder to remind everyone to treat this person as a lunatic.However, half of it is also true. Seeing that his words are upside down and his mind is insane, he is an idiot if he is not crazy.