Chapter 124 Thirty-third round of the Yuchanlou Secret Discussion on digging out the walls of the Temple of Mrs. Fa and begging for amulets

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, all yamen have a day off as usual.Zhang Siwei thanked the guests behind closed doors all day long, while the cat drafted a statement in the study, explaining why Feng Bao could not be knighted.He had written hundreds of memorials to the emperor in his whole life, but there was no memorial that took him so much effort like today, only a few hundred words before and after, it tortured him so much that he didn't think about eating or drinking.After finishing writing, my heart relaxed, I didn't realize that it was already dusk, but I saw the bright moon on the deep and high dome.At this time, how many officials, merchants, scholars and people in the capital are all celebrating the festival with a feast of food and fruit, or singing poems and proses, or playing silk pipes, or having a gathering of immortals and couples with wine, tea, and stoves, or leaning on the red and nestling in greenery to go boating.Because of Zhang Siwei's new appointment as chief assistant, the family is naturally more lively.In the evening, he came out of his study, and was saying he was happy to have a dinner with his family. After being reminded by Zhang Shun, he suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Li Zhi and a group of students had said that he would be invited to Yuchan on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lou Shangyue, he agreed at that time.At this time, I hurried to the backyard to pick out a silk and sauce-colored Lei Gong gown, and replaced it with a cardigan coat that is convenient for sitting at home. I also chose a Po Gong scarf with a gold hoop to wear on my head. The sedan chair, looking at the Yuchan Tower, came in a hurry.

Yuchan Tower is near Zhushikou, which is the best viewpoint in the capital.Zhang Siwei is now the first assistant, and the police are heavily guarded in and out.Before the others arrived, a lot of patrolling posts had already been added around the Yuchan Tower.There are five floors in the Yuchan Tower, and Li Zhi and the others paid a deposit a few days ago to occupy the highest floor.It stands to reason that when the first assistant arrives, the Yuchan Tower should be under martial law, and no one should be allowed to enter.But Zhang Siwei thought that it was not the time to show off, and everything needed to be low-key, so he took special care not to clear the scene.Therefore, the first to fourth floors are open for business as usual, with brightly lit lights and shadows of people, drinking and shouting and making a lot of noise.Surrounded by a group of guards, Zhang Siwei went up to the fifth floor. Li Zhi, Wang Jiguang, Lei Shizhen, Chu Molun and other five or six disciples all arrived early, and they all went to the stairs to greet him.Even though the place was narrow, Li Zhi took the lead and would kneel down to greet him.Zhang Siwei ordered that there is no need to be restrained in etiquette, so everyone bowed and welcomed Zhang Siwei into the building.

The fifth floor of the Yuchan Building is a hall with couplets. The four walls are auspicious and the wooden lattice windows are now rolled up with bead curtains.Looking from the window, I can see hundreds of thousands of buildings scattered, all covered in the bright and bright moon.Cars converge on the noisy street, and the dark tile ridges are covered with moonlight like water, with different shades and colors.This picturesque and picturesque Beijing folk night, how can it not be refreshing to see! Standing in front of the window, Zhang Siwei heard Li Zhi say to the shopkeeper who went upstairs to ask for food: "The dishes are pre-ordered and will not be changed. In addition, Both the vinegar pot and the tea pot are needed, but the flagon pot is not." He hastily interjected:

"The flagon cannot be avoided." Li Zhi was startled, and asked with a smile, "My lord, haven't you given up drinking?" Zhang Siwei smiled.When he was young, he used to be a heavy drinker. Although the Laobai Shao in his hometown of Puzhou, Shanxi is chokingly spicy, when he is in the mood, he can drink a bowl of it with just a lift of his neck.Later, when he became an official in the capital, his status gradually increased, and he no longer did the business of drinking cattle, but he still couldn't help taking a few sips of contented meals every night.After Zhang Juzheng became seriously ill, he suddenly felt that the most important thing in the world was to take care of his body, so under the advice of the Taoist in Wudang Mountain, he quit Liu Lingzhi, and he didn't drink a drop of alcohol for several months.At this time, he walked to the big round table in the middle of the floor and sat down, and said with a smile, "How can there be no wine in such a beautiful day and festival, the lovely world of full moon and lotus flowers? Shopkeeper, what good wine do you have in your shop?"

The owner of the store is a man of about thirty years old, with a monkey face and monkey cheeks, and a pair of sharp eyes.Hearing Shoufu ask him, he habitually rubbed his hands against the gray shuttle cloth gown, and replied: "There are ten-year-old cellars from Yuhuchun, and Taibaiye from Sichuan, Laobaishao from Shanxi. .” Li Zhi knew Zhang Siwei's hobbies, so he rushed to say: "Put the best Laobaishao into a tank first." Zhang Siwei said: "I want Lao Bai Shao, and I also bring two or three other good wines. What about the dishes, what do you order?" Li Zhi replied: "We ordered three soups, four soups and five major dishes, all of which are signature dishes here. Shopkeeper, please report to Master Shoufu again."

"Okay," the shopkeeper squeaked, raised his fingers and announced the menu in a straight voice, "Shredded Bird's Nest Chicken Soup, Braised Pork Tendon with Sea Cucumber, Shredded Razor and Radish Soup, Shredded Kelp and Pork Belly Soup, Braised Pearl Vegetable with Abalone , Mussels and Shrimp Soup, Shark’s Fin and Crab Soup, Stewed Chicken with Mushrooms, Hammer of a Winder’s Wheel, Stewed Ham with Fish Maw, Shark Skin Chicken Soup, and Blood Noodle Soup. We will report the dishes in the order they are served.” Zhang Siwei is a descendant of a salt merchant and grew up eating delicacies from mountains and seas.As soon as you hear the name of this dish, you know that this feast is not only expensive, but also time-consuming to prepare.There are 15 procedures for a single stewed pearl dish with abalone, which takes seven days.Then he smiled and said:

"Who is treating guests tonight, so expensive?" "Let's get together and respect the old seat master." This time it was Wang Jiguang, the Ministry of Rites who spoke. Zhang Siwei glanced at Wang Jiguang, and said: "Your salary of a sixth-rank official is not enough for this meal. Tonight, you don't have to stand on tiptoes to be human. This meal is paid for by the old man. Shopkeeper!" "The little one is here." The shop assistant who had been waiting at the door walked a few more steps. "You add two more dishes." "My lord, please give me instructions."

"Do you have grouper in the store?" "Have." "Fry a plate of grouper liver. Remember, before dissecting the grouper, do not see the raw water, cut out the liver, boil it in boiling water, and then fry it in chicken oil." "The liver has been removed, what about the fish?" "Cut the fish alive to get the liver, and the fish is useless to eat. You can just throw it away. If you really don't want to throw it away, you can give it to the servants to cook the soup. Anyway, I will pay for it." "Little one obeys." "There is one more dish to add. Once I ate it in your store, it was called steamed civet with pear slices. This dish is warm and tonic to cure autumn dryness. It is a good time to eat it at this time."

"Qi Xiangye, I'm afraid this dish is a bit difficult." "What's the matter?" "The business in our store has been so good these past few days that we have run out of live civet cats. You can always see if you can change a dish." "Aside from civet cats, what game do you have in your shop?" "There are baby orangutans and sika deer." "Venison venison blood is a winter tonic. If you eat it at this time, your nostrils will bleed. The meat of the little orangutan is sour, and only the upper lip is fat and tender. How about this, you can replace it with sliced ​​pears and steam the orangutan lips."

"Okay, I'll do it now, little one." The store clerk turned back and trotted downstairs, Li Zhi and other five or six disciples also sat down in sequence. Here, only Chu Molun and Lei Shizhen had the highest rank. They were next to each other on the left and right. Zhang Siwei sat down.After a while, the store sent four or five guys to serve. They carried the wine, and the vegetables. The previous guy jumped up and down to direct and support.Li Zhi saw that this man was very clever, so he asked him what his name was, and replied "Yang Erniu".Li Zhi took out two taels of silver from the sleeve cage and gave it to him, saying: "It's none of your business here, I'll call you when I have something to do." Yang Erniu knew what was going on, stepped over the threshold and helped cover the door.

Among a group of disciples, Wang Jiguang was the youngest, so he took on the role of holding the pot and pouring wine. When the wine glasses in front of everyone were full, Li Zhi stood up holding the cup and said: "The old seat lord, my disciples have always wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate the old seat lord being honored as the prime minister. Today, the old seat lord rewarded us, and our wish came true. Come on, everyone, let's respect the old seat lord first." The six of them stood up together, held their cups in front of Zhang Siwei and drank together.Since it was a toast, Zhang Siwei could rely on the old man to sell the old man and not drink, but he was firstly happy, and secondly, he had quit drinking for many days and couldn't bear the smell of the wine at first, so he raised his neck and drank until there was nothing left.This sip of wine made him feel like the rain is coming after a long drought. Under the instigation of the students, he drank five or six cups in a row.As the saying goes, rabbits are driven out by dogs, and words are driven out by wine.Zhang Siwei unknowingly drank half a catty of wine, and his mouth suddenly became more talkative.At this time, I only heard him say: "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and you all have a quick drink. From tomorrow onwards, each of you has important things to do." Hearing that there was something in the old master's words, all the disciples became excited.Li Zhi had a long mouth, and asked himself first: "My lord, I heard that the emperor met you alone on the platform yesterday. There must be an extraordinary purpose in such a secret conversation?" "You kid has dog ears, you want to hear everything," Zhang Siwei cursed affectionately.Suddenly seeing a figure flashing under the white screen window outside the door, he hurriedly asked vigilantly, "Who is outside the door?" "Master Xiang, it's us," before he finished speaking, he saw the guy named Yang Erniu pushing a tray and pushing the door in, singing loudly, "Here--the hot and fragrant stewed abalone with pearls and vegetables. After singing, he put the dishes on the table, and then said courteously to Zhang Siwei, "Master Xiang, this is the No. 1 signature dish of our Yuchan House, make it..." All the disciples pricked up their ears anxiously to hear what the host said about meeting the emperor, but they didn't want this guy to come and yell.Among them, Lei Shizhen was the most impatient, and now he pulled his face down and scolded: "Okay, okay, shall we taste wine and enjoy the moon, or listen to you sucking your teeth? Hurry up and get down." Yang Erniu was robbed of his job, so he had to go downstairs disgruntled.Zhang Siwei stretched out his chopsticks to let everyone taste the abalone, and everyone praised the taste.Zhang Siwei chewed a piece slowly, and said: "The workmanship is not lazy, but the sauce is a bit poor." As he said, he swallowed and drank another glass, taking advantage of the wine to explain to the disciples what he summoned on the platform yesterday Notified.As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhi slapped his hands in excitement and shouted: "Hearing the news, it's worth getting drunk tonight." The crowd chattered and chatted for a while, and the banquet was already very lively. The young and vigorous Wang Jiguang said: "Since the old seat lord paid homage to the emperor and refused to enshrine Feng Bao, this enmity will be settled. Now that the sword is out of its sheath, there is absolutely no reason to take it back. I hope the old seat lord will clearly explain what we should do next. .” Chu Molun interjected: "Feng Bao is an old fox. Either don't move him. If you move him, you have to beat him to death with a stick. Otherwise, let him catch his breath and fight back. We have no reason to live. In the sixth year of Longqing, This is what Gao Gong suffered when he fought against him." Zhang Siwei nodded frequently.However, Li Zhi was not convinced. He curled his thin lips, and argued with Chu Molun: "Brother Ying Ze, don't forget that it is the tenth year of Wanli. Compared with the sixth year of Longqing, the situation is completely different. At that time, Feng Baonei Relying on the empress dowagers of the two palaces, Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Juzheng became buddies. Now? Zhang Taiyue has slept in the loess mound and has become Wen Zhonggong. That's a good omen." Chu Molun didn't like Li Zhi's aggressive demeanor, so he muttered, "We didn't mean to say something frustrating on purpose, as the saying goes, being careful doesn't hurt people." "Mo Lun is right, be careful not to lose people." Zhang Siwei said while drinking, "Li Zhi, your analysis is not completely unreasonable, but remember, Feng Bao is not a dead tiger now." "Yes," Chu Molun echoed in a loud voice, "Feng Bao is a big female worm, shaking the mountains with a roar." "We don't believe in this evil!" Li Zhi said angrily, "My lord, according to your instructions, the students secretly found out Feng Bao's corruption. As soon as you speak, we will hand over a bullet to the emperor. " "Don't impeach him yet." When Zhang Siwei was drafting the rules in the study during the day, he had already figured out a strategy for dealing with Feng Bao, and it happened to be arranged for the disciples at this time.He drank so much that his tongue became sticky, so he asked Wang Jiguang to go downstairs and ask for a pot of hot tea.He took a sip, rinsed his mouth, and said, "It's common sense for people to push the wall down, but Feng Bao's 'wall' is still very strong now, and even the emperor dare not offend him. The emperor doesn't want to grant him a knighthood. But he turned a corner and let the old man be the villain—this shows the power of Feng Bao. There is one thing you need to do right now." "But please tell the seat master." Lei Shizhen spoke on behalf of everyone. "Since the wall can't be pushed down, you dig down the wall." "How to dig out?" Li Zhi asked impatiently. Zhang Siwei was about to give an opportunity face to face, when Zhang Shun poked his head in from the door and said to him: "Master, I have something urgent and I want to ask for instructions alone." "Ah, what's the matter with you?" Zhang Siwei said, got up and left the table, and walked out the door.I saw that the two sides of the stairs above the fourth floor were full of guards who followed him.Zhang Shun closed the door casually, Zhang Siwei asked suspiciously: "What are the guards here for?" Zhang Shundao: "My little one noticed that there are a lot of fish and dragons in Yuchan Tower, and there are many suspicious people." "what have you found?" "That shop assistant named Yang Erniu, master, do you remember?" "Remember, what happened to him?" "The little one asked for a countertop near the stairs on the fourth floor. While sipping tea and snacks while observing the situation, he found that this ST- ran upstairs if he had nothing to do. He tiptoedly put his ear on the door to eavesdrop a few times. The little one was suspicious, and when he was not paying attention when he went downstairs, he stumbled and fell. The little one pretended to help him, and took the opportunity to feel in his closet, and found that there was a hole in his long gown. After wearing a waist card, the younger one immediately lifted up the long gown to have a look, and found that it was a fish-shaped bronze medal, with a 狴犴 engraved on the upper half and a Chinese character Jia engraved on the lower half." Zhang Siwei was taken aback.He has lived in the cabinet for a long time, and he knows that this kind of bronze medal is specially used for Dongchang, and anyone with the name A can enter and leave the palace freely regardless of the time of day.He has known for a long time that Dongchang has many spies scattered everywhere, not only in brothels, taverns, inns and shops, but also in major yamen. It's just that these people hide very deeply. Even if you have known him for many years, you don't know know his true identity.It seems that this Yang Erniu belongs to this kind of person. He is the waiter of Yuchan Tower in name, but he is actually a spy of Dongchang.Zhang Siwei was already seven or eight points drunk, but he was more than half awake at this time, and asked the housekeeper in a low voice: "You read it right?" "The little one sees it very clearly, and will never be wrong." "Where is this person now?" "Seeing that the young man had seen through him, he went downstairs with a face." "Okay, just keep an eye on it." Zhang Siwei said and turned back to the room.His disciples thought that the housekeeper asked him to talk about family affairs, so they didn't care, and they were still waiting for him to come back to teach the "wall digging method".Who would have thought that as soon as he came back, he looked at all the delicacies, suddenly shook his head, and said with a smile: "It's the Mid-Autumn Festival today, and I'm very tired to talk about something serious. The old man remembers that there are singers upstairs, Li Zhi, you go and call two of them. Wouldn't it be nice for us to drink wine and watch the moon while listening to the music?" !" When all the disciples heard it, they all knew that there was something different, but they didn't dare to ask.Li Zhi had already run downstairs in a hurry. While Zhang Siwei and his disciples were having a banquet in Yuchan Tower, another group of people also took small sedan chairs to Goulan Hutong to the south of Dongsi Pailou.They are Feng Bao, Liang Menglong and Wang Zhuan.This Liang Menglong is the fourth Minister of the Household Department since the beginning of the Wanli Dynasty. He not only had a friendship with Zhang Juzheng in the same year, but also had a deep friendship with Feng Bao.Wang Zhuan returned to Beijing from Yangzhou in the seventh year of Wanli after six years as the governor of Water Transport, and was promoted to the right capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.The head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the Zuodu Yushi, and the Youdu Yushi is the deputy, but the ranks of the two Du Yushi are the same, both are the second-rank.When Zhang Juzheng was the second assistant, this Wang Zhuan was in his pocket.Because of Zhang Juzheng's relationship, Wang Zhuan and Feng Bao also got along well, especially after Zhang Juzheng's death, Wang Zhuan got closer to Feng Bao in order to seek a new backer.The reason why these three prominent figures chose to come to Goulan Hutong on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival was to visit a stranger. But it is said that this Goulan Hutong originally belonged to the former site of Yugoulan in Da Nei in the Yuan Dynasty, hence the name.At that time, next to Yugoulan, there was once a huge house built for dignitaries.The Yuan Dynasty perished, and this rich family became abandoned.After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, some court ladies from the Yuanjiu Palace lived here, refurbished the back garden of the abandoned brother and converted it into a temple.The temple enshrines a bronze statue of a sitting woman, four feet and eight inches high, with a smile on the side, a beautiful appearance, her head tilted to the left, a bun on the top, two flowers arranged in a short jacket, her thighs on the right side, and her bare legs. The lotus hook, the right arm stretches straight to make a gesture, the left thigh is bent, and the left hand holds the lotus hook, with a coquettish and charming mood.Legend has it that this shape was cast based on the portrait of Mrs. Huarui hidden in Yuanda Nei.Therefore, people call this temple the Temple of Mrs. Huarui.Over time, for the sake of convenience, it was shortened to Furen Temple.I don't know when, this lady's temple has become the ancestral home of prostitutes.The beautiful land of the capital, the beauty of the world, flourishes here.Therefore, the incense in this lady's temple is surprisingly prosperous throughout the year.It is said that worshiping the Taiyin on August 15th—the prostitutes regard the Taiyin as their auspicious god, and the bronze statue of the Madame Temple is even regarded as the incarnation of the Taiyin.Every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, courtesans in the capital invite them to worship the gods in this temple.At that time, all the coquettish women will be bustling in this alley, which will attract many young people who will come here excitedly to feast their eyes. The fact that Feng Bao and his entourage were invited to come here is not to follow the disciples to hunt for beauty.They heard the name of Muni, the abbot of the Madame Temple, and they came here to visit. Legend has it that this Miao Ni was very pretty when she was young, and she was also a popular famous prostitute. Later, when her beauty deteriorated, she suffered repeated accidents, so she shaved her hair and escaped into Buddhism, and practiced in closed-door practice in the Vacuum Temple in Shanxi for many years.One day when she boiled water, she accidentally burned her arm, and she screamed in pain—it was this cry that made her break through the Zen barrier and gain the extraordinary talent of Tianyan.Through the identification of sound and image, it is often very effective to tell the good and bad fortune of the speaker.This summer, when the nuns of Furen Temple heard about her name, they invited her from Shanxi to Beijing to be the abbot.Since she moved into the Lady's Temple, many noble ladies from gentry families in the capital have come to her to ask her about disasters and fate, and to inquire about the fleeting time.Every time she can be said to be inseparable.In this way, Miao Ni's name resounded throughout the capital, not only the ladies, but also the nobles and elders who came to her gradually increased.After Xu Jue heard about it, he recommended it to Feng Bao.Since Zhang Juzheng's death, Feng Bao's sense of crisis has been lingering in his mind, and he went to Baiyun Temple to draw a lottery, and his heart was even more unhappy.Just as I wanted to ask my fate again, after hearing Xu Jue's bragging, I was moved to visit, so I decided to take advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday to visit the Madame Temple.He didn't invite Liang Menglong and Wang Zhuan, but both of them sent red invitations to his house in advance, asking him to enjoy the moon together on the Mid-Autumn Festival night.It was inconvenient for Feng Bao to refuse, so he had to agree with each other, and invited the two of them to come together. In order to deceive others, all three of them changed into casual clothes with Tsing Yi belts, and came in a small sedan chair carried by two people.Miao Ni lives in the backyard of the Madame Temple, which is a quiet place where "pilgrims are not allowed to enter". Before Feng Bao arrived, Xu Jue gave Miao Ni a hundred taels of silver and asked her not to receive other guests tonight.Therefore, when Feng Bao and his entourage managed to squeeze into the backyard from among the chattering and laughing beauties, they felt refreshed.I saw that the small courtyard was about half an acre in square, and near the front yard blocking the gable were two clusters of misty osmanthus trees.In the right corner of the inner courtyard, in the octagonal fence neatly built with stone strips, grows an ancient vine with coiled dragon branches.The luxuriant vine leaves almost covered half of the yard.Under the rattan trellis, there is an Eight Immortals table and several official hat chairs in their early years.A nun wearing a Guanyin hat and a green plain dress with a piping on the front is sitting facing the front yard.Standing beside her were two little nuns, one holding a whisk and the other holding a sword. This scene was like Buddhism and Taoism, making people unpredictable.Seeing the guests coming in, the nun moved her chair and stood up. Xu Jue, the leader, took a step forward and introduced to Feng Bao: "This is Master Miao Ni." "Amitabha!" Muni greeted the guests.Xu Jue pointed to Feng Bao and introduced to Miao Ni: "This is our master, these two are friends of our master, one is surnamed Liang and the other is surnamed Wang." Because of the secrecy, Xu Jue refused to reveal the real identities of the three of them, and Miao Ni didn't ask any more questions, but just nodded, and asked the guests to sit down and asked the little nun to make tea for them.There were no candles on the table, and under the full moonlight, Feng Bao looked at Miuni, who was sitting across the table from him, and saw that she was slightly fat, and her chin like a duck egg was slightly raised. Not sure how old she is, but her eyes are bright, thinking that she must have been a beautiful woman when she was young, Feng Bao took a sip of the jasmine tea freshly brewed by the little nun, and said: "I've heard about Master Miao Ni's name for a long time. Today, I decided to come to visit with two friends." Miao Ni smiled slightly, and replied: "I have been away from the capital for forty years, and now I come back, I find that this place of mortals is getting more and more customary." "Master has been away from the capital for forty years?" Wang Zhuan interrupted and asked. "Yes, I left at the age of twenty-eight, and now I am sixty-eight." "It's hard to tell." Wang Zhuanbei sighed in amazement, "We thought Master was only in his forties, and you've taken good care of him." "What kind of maintenance?" Miao Ni shook his head and said with a smile, "Three meals a day, one sleep at night, Buddha of Infinite Life." Feng Bao brought the topic back, and said to Miao Ni: "Master just said that the customs in the capital are getting worse, and this old man feels the same way." "Yeah, look at the people in the outer courtyard. They said they came to worship the sun. How many are sincere? In front of the bronze statue of Mrs. Huarui, they were chattering and laughing non-stop, and turned around to leave the temple. It became even more unruly." Miao Ni felt it when she heard the flirting and cursing from the front yard.Xu Jue took over the conversation and said, "Master, what my father said is true. Those beautiful women in the outer court are usually delicate, and the pimples are painful when they touch each other. In fact, how many of them have a good life? Then again, If they are lucky, they won’t eat this bowl of rice.” "Your Majesty's words are also biased. You can't hit a boat with a penny. There are also good people in Fengyuechang." When Miao Ni refuted, Xu Jue immediately remembered that she was also a prostitute, and immediately regretted his slip of the tongue, and hurriedly said: "What Master said is very true. Our master heard that Master can distinguish people's misfortunes and fortunes by distinguishing sounds and images. He wants to see and see." "I've been very tired these days, and my eyesight is not good. However, several benefactors have come all the way, so it's not good to spoil your interest. Let me give it a try." After Miao Ni said, she took a bag from her side The little nun holding the whisk said, "Go and report to the front yard and let her arrange the arrangement." The little nun went to take orders, and Miao Ni invited the guests to have tea.At this moment, I saw a nun setting up a white gauze screen between two osmanthus trees, inside the screen the octagonal palace lanterns under the back porch of the outer courtyard were also lit up, people walking in the back porch, and the white gauze screen was lit up. Shadowy, Xu Jue pointed to the screen and asked: "Master Miao Ni, from that shadow, can you tell people's fortunes and misfortunes?" "Try it." Miao Ni said, looking at the four guests again, then selected Xu Jue and said, "I'd better trouble you, find a girl in the front yard, and let her walk through the back porch." "yes." Xu Jue agreed, got up and went to the front yard.After a while, he walked around the screen and asked, "Can I go now?" Seeing Miao Ni nodding, he shrank back again.Immediately, a graceful and graceful figure appeared on the white gauze screen, moving slowly from left to right, Miao Ni stared at it. "What did Master see?" Wang Zhuan asked. Miao Ni said: "This girl is thirteen years old, and she is about sixteen years old this year. For the rest, I will ask her face to face." While speaking, Xu Jue had already brought the girl over, only to see her white teeth, lips red and eyes as red as knees, and her face was as white as tofu brain.Wearing a moon-white lotus-picking skirt and a light-green paddy field cloak, she gave a blessing to the honored guests present, and then stood shyly aside. Miao Ni looked at her and asked, "Little Nier, what's your name?" "Qiu Ling." "Are you sixteen years old?" Wang Zhuan asked. "yes." Feng Bao and Liang Menglong looked at each other in surprise.Miao Ni continued to ask: "There is a bruise on your left arm, who grabbed it?" Qiu Ling's eyes turned red, she bowed her head in silence, Miao Ni sighed, and said again: "Qiu Ling, is your hometown in Dezhou?" "Probably." "How could it be?" Xu Jue asked, "Could it be that you can't even remember your hometown?" "She can't remember," Miuni said. "She got lost on the street when she was five years old, was trafficked, and entered a brothel. She was forced to receive customers when she was thirteen." "Qiu Ling, is what Teacher and Father said true?" Wang Zhuan asked. Qiu Ling nodded, covering her face and sobbing.Miao Ni sighed and said: "This little Nier refuses to be a courtesan, she tried every means to hide and refused to receive guests, so she was beaten by the madam last night. The old man sees that she will be rich in the future, who among you benefactors will be willing?" Doing good deeds to redeem her body will surely bring immeasurable merit." Wang Zhuan already admired Miao Ni so much that he rushed to answer: "I will pay for Qiu Ling's redemption money." Upon hearing this, Qiu Ling opened her tearful eyes and called out to Wang Zhuan, "Master!" "To redeem you, how much silver is it?" "Two hundred taels." "Okay." Wang Zhuan turned to Xu Jue and said, "Please arrange someone for me to go back with Qiu Ling to finish this matter." "Okay, I promise you will be right." Qiu Ling fell from the sky with joy, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Wang Zhuan. Xu Jue urged her to get up and took her out of the backyard. After this episode, Feng Bao, Liang Menglong and others have no doubts about Miao Ni's extraordinary skills.Feng Bao looked up at the bright moon in the middle of the sky, and the eccentric expressions of Zhang Siwei, Zhang Jing and others appeared in his mind again. He couldn't help feeling worried, so he pointed to Liang Menglong and asked Miao Ni: "Teacher, look at this benefactor, where should he give some advice?" As early as when we were drinking tea and chatting, Miao Ni had seen the faces of the three people, and then replied: "I see that you three are rich and powerful people, and you came to see me for the same thing. .” "Ah?" The three of them looked at each other in blank dismay. Regarding Zhang Siwei's words and deeds these days, the three of them had indeed discussed in private, and they all felt that this man was unreliable and would betray him sooner or later.Therefore, Wang Zhuan has been urging Feng Bao to find a way to get rid of him as soon as possible.They were horrified when Muni made a point.Feng Bao didn't dare to ask what Miao Ni was talking about, but asked in a general way: "Please tell me, Master, can the thing we're thinking of be done?" Miao Ni held the teacup, said she wanted to drink it, but then put it down, looked at Feng Bao and said, "You are a great benefactor, from today forward, your life is priceless, the dragon soars nine days, and you ride on the back of the dragon. " "What's next?" Feng Bao asked nervously. "Yao has eight eyebrows, and Kui has only one foot. The good and bad of a person are all reflected in his body, and he can hide it." Miao Ni expressed emotion and said to Feng Bao, "You have the power of a general, but you don't have the power of a general." Fame, before the severe cold this winter, you have to live well, and don't commit evil spirits." "What evil did you commit?" "You are at a disadvantage when you are in a lawsuit with someone." "What about us?" Liang Menglong couldn't hold back and asked interjectedly. "In October, you still have a happy event." "real?" "But this joy is returning to Malu, and there are worries in joy." "how do I say this?" "In name but in reality, what is gained is lost again." Liang Menglong was so happy that he couldn't swallow a piece of lotus antler mooncake he was chewing for a long time.When Wang Zhuan heard that both Feng Bao and Liang Menglong had disasters, he thought that he and them were in a bone-to-skin relationship, so he didn't dare to ask any more questions, but Miao Ni took the initiative to say to him: "You, a benefactor, just redeemed Qiu Ling's body. This is a sinful virtue. Originally, after the spring of next year, you will be imprisoned. Now it seems that it has been resolved." "Teacher, do you know what I do?" Wang Zhuan asked impatiently. Miao Ni still smiled slightly, and replied inscrutablely: "You are an official, and you don't wear an official uniform tonight, but you wear this Taoist robe. This is a bad omen." Wang Zhuan felt lost, and asked after a long while: "I heard people say that my master once gave me a talisman, which can bring good luck and avoid bad luck. I wonder if I can give it to the next one." "You don't need it," Myuni replied unhurriedly, "Actually, the best amulet is to accumulate virtue and do good." Listening to Miao Ni's warning, although Feng Bao didn't take it seriously in his heart, he pretended to be nonchalant on the surface, and asked with a smile: "Teacher, to hear your great opinion, it seems that we are three grasshoppers tied by a rope." "More than three, more than three." "Ah?" Wang Zhuan panicked, shaking his body wildly.He followed up and asked, "What's the matter, so serious?" "I can't tell. The three of you seem to have a common enemy?" What Miao Ni said didn't have a single actual meaning, but Feng Bao and the others were terrified when they heard it.After a brief silence, Liang Menglong wanted to ask something, but Xu Jue ran in like a gourd. "Have you done with Qiu Ling?" Miao Ni asked him. "Let's send our subordinates to deal with it. Master, don't worry, there will be no delays," Xu Jue said, and then asked Wang Zhuan, "Master Wang, Master Miao Ni showed something." "It's really a master, I'm convinced." Wang Zhuan praised. Feng Bao saw that the night was getting dark, so he offered to leave.Miao Ni didn't hold back either, and sent her out of the gate of the backyard, saluting her farewell.At this time, the front yard of the Madame Temple is full of tourists.Xu Jue led Feng Bao and his party to a secluded place and got on the sedan chair.Feng Bao saw that Xu Jue seemed to have something to say, so he let Liang Menglong and Wang Zhuan open the sedan chair first.Seeing them walking far away, Xu Jue said in a low voice: "Just now Chen Yingfeng sent someone to report that Zhang Siwei and his disciples Lei Shizhen, Chu Molun, Li Zhi, Wang Jiguang and others had a banquet in Yuchan Tower." "What did they say?" "We in the East Factory secretly picked our ears and listened to a few bits and pieces. Zhang Siwei said that you are a wall, sir. The foundation of the wall is solid. If you try to push it, you can't push it down. You can only use the method of digging the wall." "How to dig out the wall?" "The dark thread was about to listen, but was discovered by Zhang Siwei's housekeeper, revealing his identity." Feng Bao was suddenly disturbed, frowned and thought for a while, and said with some trepidation: "It seems that the emperor summoned Zhang Siwei alone on the platform yesterday, and must have told him something?" "Master, you can't let this hozen gain power." Xu Jue scratched his head anxiously. Feng Bao nodded, pondered for a while, and then asked Xu Jue: "Last time, you said that someone said that Zhang Siwei was able to be the chief assistant because the family's ancestors were buried well?" "yes." "You quickly send someone to Puzhou, Shanxi." "What are you doing?" Feng Bao stomped his feet, gritted his teeth and said, "Dig Zhang Siwei's ancestral grave."