63. Habitual stealing
Hongyun instantly woke up from the smoky state, and was about to move when he saw Daiyu put his index finger on his lips to make a silent movement.
Seeing this, Hongyun said: "Stop first, wait for Ulan, she is making trouble in the back again, this girl doesn't know what to make all day long." ”
"Child, she's either hungry or thirsty, don't scare her, forget it, I'll go and see." Daiyu and Hongyun looked into each other's eyes and spoke, Hongyun's hand reached in through the car window, holding Daiyu's hand tightly, and his palms were full of cold sweat.
Daiyu calmly walked out of the sedan door, and Honggo pushed her behind him, and used gestures to instruct the sedan chair driver not to speak. said calmly: "Stop and wait, there are many people coming and going here, don't get in the way." ”
Under the guidance of Hongyun, the sedan chair driver carried the sedan chair to a secluded back alley, a place where there is no ghost, not to mention a human figure.
No, if you look closely, you can see a small black shadow taking advantage of the night to open a small section of the sedan car door from the sedan chair, and roll out of it neatly. The angle he chose was particularly tricky, almost against the wall, hiding his body in the dark. If Hongyun hadn't deliberately guarded it, he would have let him get away if he didn't do it.
"Where to run." Before Hongyun stretched out his hand, several guards had already outflanked the person, revealing his figure, and several steel knives were held around his neck at the same time.
Dragged to the light to see, this person is thin and small, with a shrewd face. Wearing a green cloth gown, he knotted the hem of his clothes and tucked it at the waist, which looked nondescript.
"Who are you, and what do you want to hide at the bottom of the sedan car?" The more Hongyun thought about it, the more angry he became, and he raised his leg and kicked him. If it weren't for Daiyu's cleverness, she would have found out that something was wrong halfway, and she didn't know what would happen in a while. In case it really got people into the Lin family, as soon as he thought of this, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Jingyu and Wulan were stopped by Daiyu and did not allow them to come forward, "A thief, just let Hongyun deal with it, you guys go up and make a fuss." ”
"What he wants to do, who sent it, he must not be spared." Jingyu's voice was buzzing, and she couldn't help but be annoyed, she should have changed the sedan chair with her sister just now.
Ulan was a little nervous, and he didn't want others to see it, his hands were twisted in his handkerchief, and his little heart was beating "poof". Daiyu asked Jingyu to take care of Wulan, this person got into her sedan chair, so she wanted to see what was going on.
The thief was not aggressive at first glance, and after being caught, he knelt on the ground with a dejected face, and a rope hanging from his waist attracted Daiyu to look twice. It was a pair of shoe-shaped hoops made of dark green, and nothing hung bare underneath. Generally, the rope is used to hang jade pendants or gold ornaments, unless it is a child, there is no reason for adults to hang a rope. And shoe-shaped winds are also very rare.
When Daiyu came over, Hongyun was asking, and the thief cried very innocently, "Big lord, the small one just touched a few purses, who would have thought that there would be such a big battle, and the small one saw that there were many more errands, and they had to check and pass the customs." As a last resort, I casually found a sedan chair to hide in. The little one is willing to take out all the purses and leave no one. ”
After saying that, he really began to take it into his arms, the guard scolded him, and touched it himself, and the thief rolled on the ground with a smile, "Oh, hahaha...... Light, light, hahaha...... "turned out to be an itchy one." This trouble somewhat makes people let down their guard. The guard threw the things he had taken out to the ground, and when he opened them, he saw that they were all purses filled with broken silver.
Is it really a thief, Hongyun squinted his eyes slightly, and glanced at the guards, and the two of them stepped forward and dragged the thief into the sedan chair.
"If it's really just a thief...... don't harm people's lives, Daiyu looked at Hongyun hesitantly, and felt that she shouldn't talk too much at this time, so her face showed hesitation.
"Don't worry, just in case, just in case, lock him up for a few days first, I won't careless of people's lives." Hongyun comforted Daiyu and comforted Wulan, "A little thief, he wants to steal while there are many people." ”
Sending people back to the Lin family, Daiyu was still not at ease at the door, "You should be careful along the way, in case he has an accomplice." ”
Just now, I was worried that I wanted his life, and now I am worried that he has an accomplice who will come to find trouble for him. Hongyun kept laughing and laughing, and Daiyu, who was laughing, felt furious in his heart, and shook his hand in front of his eyes, "How much is this?" ”
"Why are you so cute?" Hongyun grabbed her shaking little hand, and his eyes were crooked with a smile.
Daiyu realized that she had been deceived, spat him, and wanted to go inside as soon as she stomped her feet. As a result, he forgot that his hand was still in someone's hand, and when he turned around, he spun and came back, hitting his head in his arms, and his forehead hitting his chest, making a muffled sound.
Hongyun hurriedly hugged her tightly with both hands, and when he saw her falling softly in his arms, he didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly called her name. didn't dare to shake around, so he asked her vigorously, "Are you okay, are you okay?" Don't scare me, wake up. ”
Daiyu, who closed her eyes, finally couldn't hold back her laughter, Hongyun was angry and funny, "Naughty." ”
"Sister, have you said enough?" Jingyu, who should have entered the door early in the morning, came out again without a sound, and found the entrance of the gate, and the frightened Daiyu quickly popped out of Hongyun's arms. Fortunately, the place they chose to say goodbye to was a shadow that the lights couldn't shine, Jingyu just looked at the two people with uncomfortable expressions suspiciously, and then puffed up his hand to catch Hongyun.
"Don't say any more, hurry back."
After speaking, he escorted his sister and walked in, while still whispering something to Daiyu. The angry Hongyun teeth are itchy, stinky boy, it seems that he has not bribed enough.
When I went back, I realized that Lin Ruhai didn't go home at all, and Jia Min came back alone. Daiyu was a little worried, "Nothing will happen, right?" ”
"It's okay, your father went to Prince Yong's mansion, saying that there was something to discuss, nothing serious, hurry back to the house to rest." Seeing her mother's expression, Daiyu also put her mind at ease.
The next day's Xue family really did not disappoint, the green-clothed maid who entertained the guests with a water, and the tea and snacks were also very interesting. With chrysanthemum as the theme, chrysanthemum roselle tea, red roselle floats in the transparent tea cup, and the taste is sweet and silky when you drink it.
In addition to the common chrysanthemum crisp chrysanthemum rolls, there is also a new dish, chrysanthemum jelly. The transparent dough made of clotted fat, the size of a baby's fist, actually has a real chrysanthemum in it, which many ladies and ladies can't bear to swallow. Putting it on a plate is already a pleasure.
Four pots of green chrysanthemums blooming in the greenhouse were also put out, and there were more than a dozen pots of yellow and pink-purple chrysanthemums, which were full of flowers, stretching out layers of flowers and leaves, blooming proudly like immortals.
Grandma Xue walked over to her almost with her head held high, Daiyu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and snickered, and when she got closer, she teased her, "Sit down and I'll help you rub it." ”
"Knead what?" The high-spirited momentum was punctured all of a sudden, and his face was inexplicable.
"Rub your neck, it's sore."
"It's a little, uh, phew......" Grandma Xue angrily took a handkerchief and hit her, looking at Daiyu and Wulan who were laughing, and she couldn't help laughing.
Still showing off: "How about it, I arranged it well." ”
"No matter how good it is, it's really both civil and military, and the words are also written in a certain way." Daiyu is honest, Shanhuai, who has not received much education since childhood, only began to learn the rules after getting married, and it is not easy to learn this appearance.
"It's okay to say anything else, it's just this word, it's really hard to die." Grandma Xue shook her wrist unconsciously, and she didn't get tired of taking a brush with Dading. The soft brush has to write the wind bones, and the practice of writing has been more sweaty than the ink used.
"Even this one has been answered." Wulan pointed to the chrysanthemum-shaped jade pendant hanging on Grandma Xue's waist, Daiyu poked her head over and glanced at it, and her heart struck.
The veil on this jade pendant turned out to be in the shape of a pair of shoes, almost exactly the same as what I saw last night.
"You knotted it yourself?" Daiyu questioned, she thought that Grandma Xue would not be a female celebrity, it was best to buy it from outside, and she thought silently in her heart.
"Of course, don't look down on people, I've been studying for a long time." Grandma Xue responded very quickly, it turned out that in the place where she used to stay, the pronunciation of the word Xue and the word shoes were very similar. So she learned how to tie a shoe-shaped loop, and finally succeeded after hard work.
Daiyu's heart sank, and she said "oh", "It's easy to tie the knots, not to mention giving us a few hand-knots, what kind of sisters are they." ”
"Oh, who knew you were rare with this thing, little peach, hurry up, bring a basket over." Grandma Xue is very arrogant, obviously she has also fought a lot.
"What are you doing so much?" Daiyu felt more and more strange.
"It's so easy to learn, so I don't need to do a few more shows." Grandma Xue smiled without a little scheming.
"Have you sent anyone else lately?" The maid came quickly, and put a plate of yarns, and sure enough, it was all a trick. Daiyu carefully selected and asked casually.
"Yes, a fellow came, and I gave him one." Grandma Xue was very proud, and continued to say without waiting for anyone to ask: "He is the only one in our cottage who can write and calculate, and he is also clever. No matter what you do, your brain spins very fast. I asked him to go to Beijing with me, but he still refused, but now he came to him. ”
"And then?" Daiyu frowned more and more, how could the people in the cottage run to Jinling to be thieves, and if they found Shanhuai, would they still lack him a bite to eat. Shanhuai must not know about his stealing, and Daiyu decided not to tell her for the time being, so as not to make her sad.
He said that he was used to being free and did not want to be restrained. What's the matter, anyway, when you're hungry, you'll naturally come to beg me, who calls me the owner of the village, I don't care about him. "Grandma Xue didn't take this seriously, the people in the cottage are different from the sons of Jinling, even if they are penniless, even if they find a random boundary and throw it, they can't starve to death.
The truth is so simple, Daiyu couldn't cry or laugh, and when she sent Wulan back, she pinched her palm, "Show this to your eldest brother, and tell him that he was beaten by Grandma Xue." "I believe he will understand when he sees this, for the sake of Grandma Xue's face, warn him not to commit it again, so let it go.
Hongyun took it to check and found that this person's name was Zhang Duo, and he really came out of the tent in the cottage.
"You have a literate tent, and Grandma Xue is your backer, you shouldn't do anything to steal, you won't sue me, this is your hobby." Hongyun personally asked for his confession.
"What Grandma Xue, I don't know, I don't know what you're talking about?" Zhang Duo's face was inexplicable.
"Pretend, continue to pretend, do you want me to invite Grandma Xue to recognize it." Let her know what you did and see what she says, how? ”
"Don't, don't, the owner of the village will kill me." Zhang Duo hugged his head, obviously afraid of Grandma Xue. What is called one force to ten meetings, no matter how well he can speak, he can't withstand the solid punch of others, this is one force to ten meetings.
Zhang Duo drooped his head and confessed that he was used to being lazy, didn't want to work hard, and felt that it was easier to steal things. But now he knows his mistake, give him a chance, and he won't do it again in the future.
It sounds reasonable, Hongyun touched his chin and was noncommittal.
"If you want to be a thief, why do you have to run to Jinling, do you think the servants here won't catch thieves?" Hongyun's little servant shouted and scolded.
Hongyun's mind cleared up all of a sudden, no wonder he always felt disobedient. This break is really an enlightenment, a thief, where can he go, is he really easy to bully the errand at the feet of the Son of Heaven?
But Zhang Duo didn't open his mouth, and it was useless to take Grandma Xue out and threaten him again. Hongyun temporarily locked him in the firewood room and sent someone to guard him. Unexpectedly, he adapted very much, ate, slept and ate, and didn't worry about running away at all.
When Daiyu came back from Xue's house, she learned what happened on the fifteenth day of the first month, that is, yesterday. The virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun had a miscarriage, and she cried and complained that she was victimized.
"When did she get pregnant?" Daiyu recalled, as if she hadn't heard the news.
"It's not been three months yet, so I've been hiding it. I didn't expect it to be so careless. Jia Min sighed, Yuan Chun is her niece, although she has seen little, she also has feelings.
Knowing that Concubine Ai had a miscarriage, it is normal for the emperor to return to the palace early, but my father will not go to Prince Yong's mansion because of this incident.
"It is said that it was miscarried after eating the vegetables and fruits sent by Prince Yong Fujin." Jia Min couldn't help but stroke his forehead, "What is going on, a prince Fujin, what do you do, you are born a male or a female don't know, even if you are a prince, what can you do." ”
Jia Min wanted to say that her niece was not sensible, but thinking about her current identity, she choked again. But the facts are in front of everyone, the emperor is over sixty years old, and this child is born to adulthood, how many years later. At that time, it was still two to say who the emperor was, this kid was at most an idle royal family, what could he do to get in the way of a prince, and people would deal with you if they ate too much.
"Has the second aunt entered the palace?"
"I have already handed over the fold, saying that it will be announced in a few days. By the way, I should go back and ask my second sister-in-law to persuade Concubine Xiande, such groundless accusations are not okay. Jia Min said excitedly, eager to go now.
"Mother, how many years has my cousin been in the palace, if she is not motivated at all, can she sit in this position? Everyone understands your reasoning, why do you know that your cousin doesn't understand, and your second aunt doesn't understand. Daiyu grabbed Jia Min.
"But, why did she do it?" Jia Min didn't understand what good it would be for her to blame Prince Fujin.
"It's impossible for someone like her to do something for no reason. Just don't get involved, and besides, the second aunt probably won't listen to this. ”
Jia Min's face turned pale, which was a tacit acquiescence. I didn't mention it anymore in the future, and I didn't go back to my parents' house to remind me.
Daiyu went to find her father again, and Lin Ruhai said very simply, "Prince Yong and his wife like to grow some vegetables and fruits in their own house, and sent a basket to the palace." The imperial chef made a plate of cold dishes, and the emperor liked the taste, so they asked them to add one to Concubine Xiande in the evening. As a result, at night, she turned red, not because the fetal gas from eating this dish harmed her child. The people in the imperial dining room have already interrogated for a round and have not asked anything. ”
"I can't find evidence for this kind of thing, red mouth and white teeth bite through, as long as it is true that she lost the child, this bite is three points into the bone." Daiyu was a little suspicious, she deliberately used the miscarriage to blame Prince Yong, but in order to blame him, she sacrificed her child, is it really worth it? How much benefit is it worth it?
Lin Ruhai actually has the same suspicions, but everyone is the same, and they can't find a reason why she is willing to sacrifice a prince. The emperor has reached this age, and the concubines in the harem have not been pregnant for several years, and she finally conceived a child, even if it is a royal daughter, the emperor must be very happy, and there is no reason to do this.
"Could it be that she wasn't pregnant at all?"
Lin Ruhai immediately denied, "How can it be so easy, it is impossible for the imperial doctor not to see it." ”
What if the imperial doctor is bought, or if she can't keep this baby in the first place, she simply uses it.
"I'll find a way to ask." Lin Ruhai thought about it and still felt that it was unlikely, but with the principle of not letting go, he still decided to inquire.
No one knows what's going on, everyone thinks that Concubine Xiande is crazy to frame Prince Fujin, but the emperor just asked Concubine De to discipline her daughter-in-law well. The angry Prince Yong Fujin trembled, entered the palace according to the big makeup, knelt outside Concubine De's palace, and knelt for an hour.
Prince Yong, who was such a restrained and introverted person, locked himself in the study and smashed all the antiques on the Bogu shelf. He personally drove to pick up Fujin and returned home, and the husband and wife held hands and looked at each other, both with tears in their eyes.
Concubine Xiande offended Prince Yong to death, Daiyu had a relation, and thought that after you died, the new emperor ascended the throne and Jiafu was copied, and the original root was here. This beam is finished, even the gods can't untie it.
Because of the low pressure of this matter, the Lin family was also affected, and Jia Min was worried that Prince Yong would anger Lin Ruhai.
"How can Concubine Xiande also be the daughter of the Jia family, she is my mother's family, and she has caused Prince Yong Fujin to suffer such a big loss, you say, will it affect your father."
"If my mother is so worried, it is better to go to Prince Yong's mansion in person. You don't have to worry about your father, Prince Yong is definitely not a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong. ”
"You are right, I should indeed go, even if she doesn't see me, at least show her attitude." Jia Min went to pack the gifts, Daiyu thought about it, and asked people to send a message to Ulan.
In the afternoon, I saw Hongyun in the restaurant opened by the Thirteenth Master himself, and Daiyu asked him straight to the point, "How is the incident where you cheated people?" ”
Hongyun thought about the progress, "The Shen family went to meet the Three Emperors, and then I heard that the Three Emperors found a literati who could imitate fonts, kept them at home, and said that they were copying a collection of poems for him." In my opinion, the imitation of the poetry collection is fake, and the imitation of that thing is real. ”
"When are you going to break out?"
"What do you mean?"
Daiyu nodded, "The current situation is very unfavorable to Prince Yong, so release it as soon as possible to relieve him." ”
"Ants bite elephants to death, and Amma is also saying that if this matter continues to ferment, the situation will become very unfavorable." is like the broken window theory, when Prince Yong is good, no one dares to do anything to him. Once the first brick is thrown, and it hits.
Then the rest, the enemies who hide in the darkness, or those who hide in the darkness to clear the way for themselves, will jump out. As long as the emperor is suspicious of him, under the siege of more and more people, the wound will be torn bigger and bigger. And the bigger the wound and the more blood is shed, the more wolves will be attracted.
"Is the time ripe? To hit in one hit. "Daiyu wants to relieve Prince Yong, and at the same time, she also wants to relieve the pressure on her father. Who knows if on the last mile of the road, my father will be the one who was left behind and used to carry the black pot.
"There should be no problem, they don't know that others know their plans, and it's been smooth all along." It made him feel that the handle of the three emperors was the meat on the felt board, and he could grab it and cut it at any time.
"But don't worry, I'll definitely use the last nail before I do it, and see what he's writing. When it is confirmed, it will be done. Hongyun explained that although he was smooth, he would not take it lightly.
"Hope for a qiēshun lì." Daiyu chuckled, if this thing can be successful, then Hongyun can also end up in the eyes of Prince Yong, there is still a difference between the nephew he likes and the nephew who likes and is capable.
But in fact, things didn't go well, and the last nail didn't detect what the man was copying.
"Master, if you can't find it, doesn't it mean that what he wrote can't see the light? If it's really a copy of a book of poems, there's nothing you can't show to people. "The people under Hongyun feel that this matter is nine out of ten, and the more they can't find it, the more secure it is.
"It's not a trivial matter, and you can't take it for granted." Hongyun glanced at him, and the frightened person's neck shrank, and he didn't dare to speak anymore.
"Master, there is news about Zhang Duo." Seeing this, someone quickly changed the subject.
"Zhang Duo, what's the news?" After thinking for a while, Hongyun thought that before Zhang Duo confessed, he ordered him to go down to investigate his previous affairs, but Zhang Duo's affairs had already been leaked, and it was pointless to check it or not.
The people below didn't know, but when the master wanted to listen, he immediately replied: "After he got off the cottage, he first used it as a tent for people, and then ran to learn Manchu, and heard the locals say that he wanted to go to Jinling to find the owner of the village, but I heard that Jinling is the world of Manchurians, in order not to embarrass the owner of the village, he learned Manchu." ”
Hongyun didn't want to hear it, but since the subordinate opened his mouth, it didn't hurt to listen to a few words by the way. Hearing that he was learning Manchu, he couldn't help but say: "What kind of mess is this, what does learning Manchu have to do with losing face." ”
The subordinate smiled, "Who knows what these people who are used to being bandits think, maybe they haven't been to Jinling, thinking that they all speak Manchu here." ”
This, it is also possible that many people in remote mountainous areas still think that the emperor can eat three flatbreads a day, and they can't explain it to them, and it is difficult to explain.
After learning Manchu, he received an offer to help a wealthy family copy scriptures in Manchu. Then he quit his job and left, and no one in the area knew where he went. After the servant finished speaking, he touched his head with some forgiveness, and said for a long time, but there was no useful sentence at all.
"Didn't mention him stealing?" Hongyun pondered with some confusion.
"No, not a word." The next person saw Hongyun constantly flicking his fingers, and they all restrained their breathing, trying not to affect the master's thinking.
If a person is a habitual thief, how can the person who inquires about the news not find out? If he wasn't a habitual thief, why did he steal things in Jinling, obviously as long as he opened his mouth, Grandma Xue, who was so rich, would never mind giving him a pair of entanglements.
In addition, what is the matter with copying Buddhist scriptures, since there is a job, it should not be stolen. And about this job, this kid didn't say a word, not even Grandma Xue. This is why, it is not visible, and it is still not worth mentioning.
Hongyun was a little undecided, because the most important thing now was obviously the pit on the side of the Third Emperor, but this matter obviously showed an inside story, and he really wanted to divide the eight hands. When I first came out of my brother's mansion, the difficult situation of doing business with people outside appeared. I don't know how long it will take him to figure it out this time.
"Amma." It was already late at night, and Hongyun didn't expect that Amma would suddenly visit.
"The lights are on until midnight every day, and you have a problem?" The thirteenth master looked at his son with a smile, thinking in his heart, there are still eighty-nine days left in the divorce, and this child will not be counting days.
Wait, who counted the eighty-nine days, and who counted the days, he would not answer.
"yes, there's not enough manpower." Hongyun frowned, hoping that his father would look more closely.
"In the past, when I was doing business, I didn't have enough people, but what happened later? You are a brother, you just need to show your strength, and there are more people who come to you. You just need to pick a good one and use it, cultivate it yourself, stupid or not. Talent is never cultivated, and being able to be cultivated means that he is born to be the person you need. ”
The thirteenth master spoke in a set, Hongyun, who could always bluff before, was stunned for a while, but then he slowly couldn't bluff.
"Amma, if two things are in front of you, one is important to you with facts, and the other is important to you with intuition, what should you do?"
"Either way, it's better than staying here and trying to be stupid." The Thirteenth Master can occasionally have a time when the light of wisdom flickers.
Hongyun jumped up, "Amma is right, thank you Amma." ”
"Hey, you really don't plan to talk to me about your upcoming daughter-in-law's feelings, if you can't sleep, do you have a premarital phobia, don't worry, it's all a disease, you name it, I'll ...... it"
"Amma, I'm not sick." Hongyun protested.
"Don't worry, it's okay if you're sick, Amma will treat you."
"I still have something to do, I'm going to get busy first."
"Three watches in the middle of the night, what can you do."
"Interrogating prisoners."