Chapter 157 Mother and Son Monarch and Minister (6-1)

The brick tower alley to the west of Tingzi Street, commonly known as "pocket bottom", is a colorful cave in the inner city.The reputation is not as good as that of the Bada Hutong, but most of the shackles are more honorable than those who seek fragrance in the Bada Hutong. "Mr. Lan" is certainly a high-ranking guest, but he is not as good as "Master Li". "Master Li" is the celebrity in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Li Shan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.He is also a member of the Han army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, his original surname is Yang, his courtesy name is Yufu, and his profession is four, so his acquaintances call him "Yang Siye".He worked as a doctor in the House of Internal Affairs, and made a fortune during the years when the Summer Palace was being built.No one in Beijing knows about the luxury of living.It is said that there are more than 300 hanging beads in his storage, and one hanging is changed every day, which can be repeated all year round.Walking around the stage and waving a thousand pieces of gold is regarded as commonplace. Although "Mr. Lan" has a high status, it pales in comparison when it comes to extravagance.

But at the bottom of their pockets they belonged to the same person, this famous prostitute from Yangliuqing, Tianjin, called "Lvyun", Zai Lan met her first, and Li Shan came later.When he found out that he was "Lan Gongye"'s good friend, Li Shan deliberately backed down, but Lu Yun himself felt that this was better than the other.The "Tianxi Class" she belongs to, from the class leader to the clerk, all of them regard Lishan as the God of Wealth, how can they allow him to change jobs?This day was also the head of the Tianxi class, and he sent several groups to search the "Qingyin small class" and restaurants that Lishan often visited, and finally stopped Lishan at the Taifeng Building in Meishi, and stopped him. Pocket bottom.Halfway through the smoke, I heard shouts from outside: "Mr. Lan is here!"

Can't help but panic. "Let me hide for a while!" Li Shan threw down the pipe and wanted to get up, "How embarrassing to face each other?" "What are you afraid of?" Lu Yun pushed him down, "Wait for me to send him away." After speaking, he twisted his waist and walked out, closing the door behind him. The red girl has several houses, and the green cloud occupies a courtyard. There are as many as six houses in the north and south houses.Li Shan was in the north room, and Zai Lan was naturally given to the south room.The furnishings on the two sides are similar, but the taste is quite different. The north room is brightly lit, while the south room even has a newly built stove for heating.Zai Lan felt cold from his heart to his face, and his complexion was very ugly.

Seeing this, Luyun turned around and cursed: "What's the matter? Get a cold stove here! No one greeted me. What about tea? It's all because Mr. Lan has a good temper, so he dares to be so rude. It's not the end of the new year. Look. I don't scold nicely." Hearing her affectation, Zai Lan couldn't express his temper, and felt even more uncomfortable holding it in his heart, and asked coldly: "Who is in that room?" "Who else? It was the class leader who intercepted him from Taifeng Building." Lu Yun sighed, "Oh! The class leader can't help himself."

"What's so embarrassing?" Lu Yun hesitated to say anything, and then quickly said: "Nothing! Third Master, don't inquire. Where did you drink?" "I escaped from Prince Duan's Mansion. If I had known..., oh, don't say it!" "What's the matter?" "Would you be happy to leave me here alone?" "I'm not here to accompany you?" Luyun said, turning her head away, sitting on the kang, lowered her head, took out the small handkerchief tied to the jade bracelet, and wiped her tears. "That's weird! I didn't say anything to you, why are you crying?"

"I'm not saying that the third master said anything about me. I feel wronged because I feel sad." Speaking of this, I saw that where the door curtain was lifted, a clerk in the front was holding another flaming white clay stove to replace it, and an old mother in the back was carrying a tray with tea and fruit plates on it.Luyun immediately got up, set the fruit plate by herself, brought tea to Zai Lan, put a stool beside the stove, and dragged him to change places to sit. As a result, Zai Lan's anger dissipated more than half, replaced by concern.He took her hand and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Third Master, don't ask if it's okay?" "why?" "Why bother to make you unhappy." After saying this, Zai Lan wanted to ask even more: "It doesn't matter, just say it!" Lu Yun hesitated for a long time, moved a stool by himself, sat down next to Zai Lan, poked the fire with fire chopsticks, and said in a depressed voice: "It's almost thirty years old, and I don't know the account in the shop yet." How to cheat?" Hearing this, Zai Lan regretted asking so much.However, he was also prepared, and took out a stack of silver bills from the leaf of his boots. Lu Yun's sharp eyes saw that the sums were all small, so he remained silent.

"Here is three hundred taels of silver, you take the flowers first." "No! Third Master, you have given a lot! I can't take it." "Too little?" Luyun didn't answer, but went to take out a handkerchief to wipe away tears.Zai Lan was rather bewildered, staring at her blankly, not knowing what to say. "Third Master," Lu Yun said aggrievedly, "You always don't know my heart." "Yeah! I really can't figure it out." Zai Lan asked: "It's not that it's too little, why don't you take it?" "Okay! I'll take it."

When she stretched out her hand, Zai Lan didn't give it back, she shrank her hand and said, "There must be a reason, tell me." "I can't say it. If I say it, you will misunderstand me even more. Why do I have good intentions, and it's boring to find myself in the end." "This is even more strange, I can't guess it." "Okay, let me tell the truth. Third Master, I was thinking that you will spend a lot of money at the end of the year. If you don't talk about anything else, you will only enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings to Lafayette. How many eunuchs are waiting for you with their hands outstretched?"

Since we are good, I have to think about you. You keep saying that I'm too little, as if I flattered your third master just for a few dollars. Doesn't that break my heart? " The words are good words, but when they are heard in the ears and imprinted in the heart, they are not pleasant.A majestic nobleman, close to his clan, just because he doesn't have a lot of money, so he asks Yao Yao to come and plan for him!If you want to spread this word, what face will you have? Seeing him stunned and silent, Lu Yun had to think of something to say, "I've been thinking these days, you're busy at the end of the year, and I'm busy too, and I'm not busy, so I have to think about taking over the class. The team There are thirty people in the house, and there are two or three thousand silver bills in the shop. If you don't find a bucket of injustice to pay the bottom, you will not be able to pass the New Year's Eve. As soon as it passes, I should enjoy it for two days. After the "broken five", You take me to Xishan, or some quiet place to live for a few days, just the two of us, doing whatever we like, that would be interesting." At this point, her face turned depressed again, and she sighed faintly, " This is what I have in my heart, I am afraid that if I say it, it will be in vain.”

"Why do you call it Bai Shuo?" Zai Lan said seriously, "Could it be that if you want to take a trip to Xishan, will I take you?" "If it's after the New Year, you won't be considerate of me right now. Thinking about it, I'm really discouraged. It's all in vain." "I don't know what it means to be considerate of you? If someone occupies the main house, I will make do with it here, so what?" "Hey! If you say this, you don't understand me. There is also a guest who comes first, and he has already stepped in. How can I push him out? Besides, as I said, I just want to find a bucket of injustice to be the last one. You If you don’t want to, I won’t go there, I’ll stay here with you all the time!” Speaking of such words, Zai Lan couldn't lose his temper.Then I thought again: I came here for fun, why bother to be idle? "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in three years", when Li Shan always commits a crime in his own hands, let him take a step in front of him! So he said: "I don't want you to stay with me all the time, but I can't let you go right away. As long as he can live, let him wait. I have to go to the palace at night. I have to drink a few glasses of wine and leave." "Okay! I'll explain to them." After leaving the south room, Lu Yun took care of her in a hurry and then slipped back to the north room.Lishan was impatient to wait and was about to leave. When Luyun saw him, he snatched his mandarin jacket from the old lady and said half-truthfully, "Fourth Master, you are a busy man. It's hard to catch you, so I can't let you go." Go! Duke Lan is leaving. He doesn't know you're here, and it's inappropriate for him to bump into you once you go out." "No!" Li Shan went to grab his mandarin jacket, "I'm really busy." "Okay!" Lu Yun let go of her hand, turned around and sat on the chair angrily, "You're leaving, don't come here from now on!" Hearing this, Li Shan didn't know if she was really angry, or was she acting on purpose?Frozen there, in a dilemma.Lu Yun laughed again with a "puchi".Then she walked to his side, gently took off the mandarin jacket he had just put on, and pushed him to sit on the mahogany kang bed. "Don't sneak away! Wait for me to eat together." After finishing speaking, he turned his head and left. When he lifted the door curtain, he looked back and smiled, and Fang Shi got out. Back in the south room, the cups and plates are beginning to take shape, and Lvyun personally serves them, pouring wine and serving dishes, with a very calm demeanor.This made Zai Lan feel relieved. After drinking two glasses of wine in a row, he seemed in good spirits. "Third Master, I heard that the young master of Prince Duan is going to be the emperor. Isn't that right?" "Who did you hear that from?" "That's what they say, the emperor is going to be changed." Lu Yun asked, "When will it be changed?" "It was changed a long time ago!" Zai Lan felt that he couldn't make it clear to Lu Yun, so he made it clear, and she might not understand, so he sighed and said, "Oh! Don't mention it! In short, foreign devils are hateful and must be killed!" "What does this have to do with foreign devils?" "You don't understand!" Zai Lan shook his head, straightened his neck and drank a glass of wine. "Actually, being the emperor is not necessarily comfortable." Lu Yun said, "I heard that the place where the emperor lives, even the window paper is broken. How can you bear the weather?" "This," Zai Lan asked very attentively, "Who did you listen to? Lishan?" Lu Yun thought to himself, if he didn't admit it, he would be misunderstood.Just suppressed his frizzy temper, and turned it up again, don't know when will he be perfunctory enough to let him go out?It would be better to tell him the truth. "That's right! Listen to him, the paper on the emperor's window was torn, and the northwestern wind was pouring into the house, but no one cared about it. He brought someone to paste it!" Hearing the last sentence, Zai Lan was overjoyed, unconsciously drank another glass of wine, put down the glass and said, "Have fun!" "Happy?" Lu Yun was stunned. Knowing that he had lost his composure, Zai Lan replied with a smile, "I mean these few glasses of wine have been drunk! That's enough, you can go with the injustice barrel! I'm leaving." "It's still early!" "No, no! It's getting late." Zai Lan said, "I'll take you to Xishan after the fifth day has passed." "How about five years ago? Won't you come?" "Who said that? Come and open the plate on the first day of the new year." "Okay! Let's make a deal." Lu Yun stuffed the stack of banknotes he threw on the table into his hand, and said in a very low voice: "Give it when the plate is opened! Save me. " "So," Zai Lan asked, "what about my account here?" "We'll count after the new year. What are you busy with?" "Alright!" Zai Lan grabbed a few bills and stuffed them back to Lu Yun, "This is your lucky money." "Yes Luo! Thank you, Third Master, for your reward!" Lvyun smiled, squatting down gracefully to greet her. Zai Lan smiled and smacked her on the face, strode out with a raised face, and went back to Duanwang Mansion on the way. Most of the guests dispersed, only Zhuang Wang was still there.Discuss how to bring the Boxers into Beijing, and let the "Lafayette" also know about such a group of righteous people who "support the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreigners"?Just as they were talking vigorously, Zai Lan rushed in and yelled as soon as he entered the door: "You Yang Si, you are about to rebel!" "Who is it?" Zaiyi asked, "You mean Lishan." "It's not this bastard, who else is there? Second brother," Zai Lan said vigorously, "You know what's going on? Li Shan actually brought people to Yingtai, and pasted up Zai Tian's window paper! Look, this Is the kid messing around?" "Wait! Who let him into Yingtai?" "Who knows? I don't think anyone dared to let it go. He broke in by himself." "The place where Lishan lives is next to the 'Beitang'." Zhuang Wang Zaixun, who has always been jealous of Lishan's grandeur, took the opportunity to add insult to injury, "I heard that he often has contacts with foreign devils." Li Shan lives in Xi'anmen Street, outside the "Three Gates" near Xiyuan.That area was a part of Da Nei in the Ming Dynasty. To the north is the inner teaching field where Wu Zong proclaimed himself the "General Soldier" to practice the forbidden army. To the south, from the Xi'an Gate to the east, there are ten large warehouses lined up in rows, called "Xishiku".Then there is the "Wine and Vinegar Bureau", which is the residence of Lishan, and the place name remains the same.There is a Catholic church in Xishiku, which is called "North Church" in the church. It is the residence of the bishop, and it is also the largest of the Catholic churches in the capital.Lishan has no contact with Beitang, but there are so many servants and servants, it is inevitable that some believers and priests will come to the door, so Zai Xun has this misunderstanding. Zai Yi hated foreigners more and more these days, so when she heard Zai Xun's words, she immediately said, "Well, it's almost an affair with a foreign country! Give him a good one." ※ ※ ※ The next day is New Year's Eve.Li Shan entered the palace early in the morning, feeling relaxed.Because when it comes to the New Year's Eve, the things that should be done in the palace during the New Year have already been done, and the princes and officials, those who should give gifts, and those who should give "Jie Jing" have also been given out long ago.This day, when I arrived as usual, I was drinking tea in the court room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I was only thinking about finding those "sisters-in-law" to play at home for a long time? The plan was made, and just as he was about to get up and leave, he saw a Sura stepping in through the curtain and said hastily, "My lord, please go up quickly! Manager Li is looking for you." "Oh," Li Shan took out a small silver chain and handed it to Sura, and asked, "Please explain clearly, is Lafayette summoning me, or is Director Li looking for me?" "Director Li is looking for him because Lafayette summoned him." "That's it. Do you know where Lafayette is at the moment?" "I heard it's in Ningshou Palace." There was no need to be too busy, Ningshou Palace was very close, Li Shan walked calmly, as soon as he entered the palace gate, a young eunuch around Li Lianying greeted him, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up! Lafayette is getting impatient. Master Li, you can always be careful, it seems that Lafayette is going to lose his temper today." I went in and took a look, and sure enough, Empress Dowager Cixi's face was gloomy, and she didn't look like she was about to celebrate the New Year at all.Li Shan didn't dare to look too much, he knelt down to meet each other, and said in his mouth: "The slave pays homage to Lafayette." "You lift your head up, I'll look at you." As soon as Li Shan heard this, he knew something was wrong, and his temper was aimed at him, so he had no choice but to answer: "Yes!" Bite the bullet and raised his face. "I think you look good, you should be lucky!" This is another puzzling remark, Li Shan only replied: "It's all the grace of Lafayette." "What kindness do I have for you?" Empress Dowager Cixi sneered, "Hmph! You are so flattering!" Was the errand wronged?Li Shan couldn't think about it for a while, so he could only meet again and again and say: "Please don't be angry, Lafayette! I made a mistake in that matter, and my servant will correct it immediately." "Who said you did something wrong? You did a good job, and I have to reward you with a job to clean Yingtai." Hearing this, Li Shan suddenly realized that it was for the matter of leading someone to paste the window paper for the emperor.He was very vigilant, knowing that what he said was superfluous, he just raised his hands, slapped himself in the face fiercely, slapped him once, and cursed: "Damn Lishan!" After beating more than ten times in a row, the Empress Dowager Cixi just kept silent, Li Shan was a little anxious at this moment, how long will the beating continue like this?I swollen a face by myself, how can I meet people in the new year?Thinking this way, he immediately gave Li Lianying a look for help. Without this wink, Li Lianying wanted to save him, but she had to watch Empress Dowager Cixi's expression first, and only when she saw that her anger had calmed down, did she shout: "Li Shan, get out!" Hearing the word "roll", Lishan's inspiration was triggered, and he rolled on the spot, just like the little monkey in the play performing skills in front of Monkey King. Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't help but smile, she was relieved.But Li Shan was dejected, stroking his burning face and hands, just wanting to find a place to hide. At this moment, Li Lianying chased after her and called softly, "Fourth Master, come and sit in my room." Li Shan couldn't get what he wanted, so he followed Li Lianying into the house, took off a mink hat and put it on the table, and said with a wry smile, "Look, there's bad luck coming from there." "Forget it, forget it! Is it worth getting angry like this?" "I'm not angry about anything else. I feel that I'm well-connected. From here on, there's always someone to take care of you. Even if I'm not considerate there, if you tell me clearly, I will definitely make up for it. It's New Year's Eve, so why bother to be hurt in the dark? people?" Li Lianying knew that he was suspicious of the eunuch's accusation, and immediately replied: "Fourth Master, then you have made a mistake! I can guarantee that no one who has walked in front of Lafayette has said such a thing." "So, Lafayette saw it himself?" Li Lianying laughed, "Of course not!" He paused and said, "Fourth Master, let me tell you the truth. This morning, Prince Duan came to see Lafayette." Li Shan didn't know how Duan Wang knew about pasting the window paper?Going out of the palace and thinking about it carefully in the car, I remembered that I had talked about this matter with Luyun, so I saw the truth all of a sudden, it must be Luyun who talked fast and told Zai Lan, which caused this accident without reason. "Slowly!" He lifted the curtain of the car and ordered, "Go to the bottom of the pocket." At the bottom of the pocket, it was naturally Tianxi Class, and Lu Yunxi welcomed him in diligently, and said with a smile: "The red-topped flower feathers are here! It seems that Tianxi Class is going to be lucky!" Hearing the word "lucky", Li Shan couldn't help but get angry, "Your mother's bad luck!" After cursing, he took off his hat and threw it heavily on the table. "What's the matter?" Lu Yun's face changed, and she asked timidly, "Fourth Master, why are you so angry?" "I'm not angry, I'm not angry." Li Shan's expression suddenly softened again, "I'm sending you money." The money was not a lie to make her happy, Luyun asked Lishan for two thousand silver for the New Year, and he promised to give it to her today.At this time, he took out a stack of silver bills from the boot page, took two out and held them in his hands, handed them over immediately, and had something to say. "Lvyun, let me ask you, how much did Lord Lan give you?" "He wanted to give me three hundred silver, but I didn't ask him." Lu Yun replied honestly. "why?" "I just don't want his money." Li Shan asked again: "Why?" "I don't want to make friends with him." Luyun said again, "As for the account that he should give, I will ask him to ask for it. Anyway, I won't ask him for any money." "Whose do you want?" "Does it need to be said?" Lu Yun smiled charmingly, put one hand on Li Shan's shoulder, and went to pick up his bank note with the other. Li Shan took her hand and squeezed it, "Slow down, I will give it to you." He took out a two thousand silver note in the name of "Heng" and stuffed it into her sleeve, and Lu Yun pressed his hand, letting her He warmed his hands in her sleeves. This has come true, but her eyes are still looking at his other bank note, seeing that the amount is 10,000 silver, she can't help but wonder, why did he take out such a huge sum of money? "Get some scissors!" "This," Lu Yun was surprised, "what are you doing?" "You'll know when you get the scissors." So Luyun went to the dressing table to look for scissors. Lishan had already folded the bank note again and again, folded it into a long strip and clamped it between his fingers. The ticket was cut into two pieces, and when it was unfolded, it happened to be cut in the line of "payable library plain silver 10,000 taels" and became two halves on the left and right. "Here is it for you!" Li Shan handed her half a ticket, "Now this one is not worth it, and two and a half tickets are needed to make it work. On that day, the person who gave you three hundred silver won't come to your door anymore." I'll give you the other half." Bai Huahua's 10,000 taels of flat-grained silver was elusive, which made Lvyun feel restless and itchy.After thinking for a while, he blurted out: "Fourth Master, if you take me back to the mansion, it will be over once and for all?" Lishan has a purpose, even though there are willows and wall flowers on the road, he will be merciful everywhere and never pick them back to make offerings.Immediately smiled and said: "No! The place where I live is called the Wine and Vinegar Bureau, and my wife is the number one vinegar jar." Lu Yun also knew Li Shan's temper somewhat, and knew that he must not force it, so he said: "I am not greedy for your ten thousand silver. We have known each other until now, and I have no objection to what your fourth master says. Since you hate He, I just ignore him." "That's up to you. But don't offend me." "I know." "You may not know." Li Shan thought for a while and said, "Anyway, you just need to talk less and more. Now that rumors are flying all over the sky, talking too much will cause trouble. And if you don't provoke it, it will be a huge trouble. When the time comes, I will If I can't save you, don't blame me." Li Shan always spoke with a smile on his face, at least calmly, even if he scolded her just now for "your mother's bad luck", the words were just ugly and his face was not ugly.Only saying these words was a serious warning, which made Lu Yun's face turn yellow with fright. "Fourth Master, what are you talking about! It's scary." "It's New Year's Eve, why am I scaring you?" Li Shan stood up, "You ask someone to bring my bag." Beijing officials with a little status must have a follower to bring a bag with them when they go out. If the master wears an official uniform, the bag must be plain clothes, or even though the clothes are plain clothes, but the weather is busy and the temperature is not fixed, it must be replaced according to the season. clothes.But Lvyun thought that Lishan didn't need to use the bag she brought with her, and left the plain clothes with her. "Come on!" She helped him take off the beads, and then took off the mending gown, while serving, she said: "You still have a fox inlaid robe here." "Really? I can't remember!" There is indeed a fox-inlaid fur robe with a maroon satin surface, and a mink jacket, but a hat is missing. "Fortunately, it's not cold in the room," Lu Yun said, "I don't need to wear it for now!" "No, I'm leaving now." Lu Yun was quite surprised, "Why are you leaving?" she asked. "What day is it today? I'm not home yet." With this said, Luyun can no longer keep him.Calling in his servant, he also took a "two-tile" otter fur hat from his bag and put it on for him with his own hands.She shook his hand and asked, "Do you want me to go to the mansion to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow?" "It's a strange question for you to ask." Li Shan replied, "That's your business! Come if you want, and I don't blame you if you don't want to." "Why don't I want to? It's just because...," Lu Yun said softly, "You said Fourth Grandma is the number one jealous vat, I'm afraid I'll touch my nose if I go there. On the first day of the new year, how boring is that?" Hearing this, Li Shan was a little displeased, it turned out that Lu Yun was only afraid of making fun of herself for herself!If she said that she was afraid that "fourth grandma" would fight the famine with him when she went, it was for him. If the same sentence is said differently, the affection will be very different. Therefore, he didn't even bother to answer her a word, snorted, and walked out of the room with a half-smile.Luyun came to see them off, but he walked so fast, when she reached the door, he had already gotten into the car. "Fourth master, fourth master!" It's too late to shout at this time!Li Shan shouted: "Let's go!" He was out of the bottom of his pocket in no time. However, he didn't want to go home.It's okay to go home, he doesn't need to take care of the trivial chores during the Chinese New Year, only some people who ask for help come to the door, looking sad and uncomfortable. Just don't go home and where do you go? Thinking this way, I realized that the car had turned and headed north, on my way home.Then he shouted: "Stop! Stop!" The car slowed down, Kuayuan's attendant leaned in sideways, lifted the curtain, and waited for him to speak.Li Shan only ordered to go south. To the south is to go out of Xuanwumen to the outer city, and the attendant told Che Zhan to only go to the "Eight Great Alleys".After going out of the city gate like this, Li Shan finally made up his mind, and said loudly through the curtain of the car: "Hongxing store!" The Hongxing store is located on Yangmeizhu Xiejie, and the attendants knew that the owner was going to visit a "Mrs. No. 1 Scholar". "Madam Zhuangyuan" is a famous prostitute who has traveled abroad. Her real name is Cao Menglan, but she changed her name to Fu Yulian. Although the "Mrs. No. 1 Scholar" is a flaunt of her high social status, she is not completely without origin. Her husband-in-law of the No. 1 Scholar is Hong Jun, a ruthless Yantai.