It is said that on this day, the silk and bamboo orchestra on the Zhao Rong Mansion of the Ministry of Industry is singing in unison, and the officials at the table are drinking happily to celebrate the joy of Lord Zhao's promotion. New and old colleagues from the Ministry of www.biquge.info and several close friends of Zhao Rong came to congratulate. On the main seat of the hall, Zhao Rong's face was full of red light, and he raised his glass to his colleagues and said: "Everyone, thanks to the emperor's grace, Zhao has today." In the future, we should work with you with one heart and one mind to encourage each other. Come, come, let's do it. ”

Yang Shan, who was next to him, took a sip of wine and said, "After so many years, you and I finally have a bright future." It's worth celebrating. It's worth celebrating. But ......" Yang Shan sighed lightly again: "You say that this Lord Xu is now soaring, oops, we can't climb high." ”

Xu Bin on the side also nodded and said, "Yes." He doesn't have to take us seriously, people are martial artists now, hehe. Forget it, don't we all get a reward, and be content and happy? ”

Qiu Yinming didn't say anything, and immediately seized the opportunity at this time and said, "What Lord Xu said is extremely true. Your Excellency has worked hard in the past, and as the saying goes, you will see your sincerity over time. Although there are some unsatisfactory things at the moment, there is still a long way to go. He turned his head to the beautiful courtesan holding the pipa in the corner of the hall and said, "Miss Ruan, please sing a song." ”

The courtesan replied to him with a sweet autumn wave, and said lightly, "What song does Lord Qiu want to hear?" Qiu Yinming said: "I heard that you are good at singing southern songs, as you like, choose one to sing for the occasion." ”

Kabuki nodded and smiled, "Yes." Immediately tune the strings, a finger stroke, the four walls of the clear sound, and then light and slow, a song "Drunk East Wind" exquisitely out, staggered, like a full of pearls. On the side, the other two prostitutes were accompanied by a zither and a flute. During the banquet, everyone suddenly stopped the noise and listened attentively.

This courtesan is Taoyuan Chun's newly famous Oiran named Ruan Simei, who plays the pipa well, and I heard that she was originally a young lady from an official eunuch's family, but later the officialdom changed and her house was raided, and she was left in the dust. This woman was born in Gusu, speaks a soft language of Wu Di, has a good face, a slender figure, and is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and what is even more rare is that she is neither shy and reserved like a lady from an ordinary official family, nor is she as charming and pretentious as an ordinary ** woman. It is no wonder that it became popular all over Beijing as soon as it was listed, and it became the oiran sought after by the sons and young masters of the official eunuchs. At this time, I only listened to her singing voice lightly, singing slowly, which was exactly the water grinding tune of Wu Di, tactful and charming, and touching the heartstrings. It's just a small song, but the aftermath still lingers.

Xu Bin squinted his eyes and listened, and said, "It's so good to sing." ”

Yang Shan was already half drunk at this time, and said vaguely: "Do you know, I heard that Lord Xu's son-in-law, Shihou Ye's little son, are all vying to please her, today this one will send jade, tomorrow that one will send coral." The wind of the world is going down, the wind of the world is going down. The next evening, Fan Ying invited Qiu Yinming to the house for a drink. On that day, Fan Ying was ordered to lead the Jinyi guards to raid Yu Qian's mansion. Although Yu Shangshu is a high-ranking person, he has a peaceful life and a family with four walls. poured all his family property, and the valuables he obtained were only a few python clothes and a sword given by Emperor Jingtai back then, all of which were locked in the box and never moved. Many of the brocade guards who accompanied him burst into tears when they saw it.

The two chatted for a while, and said that now that the court is dim and the traitors are in charge, they will inevitably be in a bad mood. Fan Ying sighed and said, "In the past two days, there is one more thing, I really don't know what to do. ”

Qiu Yinming filled his wine glass for him and asked, "If Brother Zhengnan is willing to tell me, but it's okay to say it." ”

Fan Ying said: "It's my fault for speaking of it. Recently, Xue Ting often told me that Taoyuan Chun's ** told her in private several times to let her be good as soon as possible. Although I put in a lot of money every month, it was not a place to live in peace. I once said that I must marry Mingmei, which is easier said than done. ”

Qiu Yinming saw his sad face, so he didn't bother him, and slowly turned the wine glass in his hand, thinking left and right in his mind. Suddenly he had an idea, so he said, "I can help you with this." Fan Ying looked at him and asked, "If I want to marry her, it is against the law of the Ming Dynasty." What can you do? Qiu Yinming said: "I have been in the capital for two years. You can take her out secretly first, and then pretend to be my cousin and come to me. Wouldn't it be justified for me to be the matchmaker? ”

When Fan Ying heard this, she felt that although this method was a little ridiculous, there was no flaw. Nodding his head, he said, "If the virtuous brother can accomplish it, I will always feel this kindness." Qiu Yinming smiled and said, "Don't say that." You and I work together, and I try to do what I can. Fan Ying said: "Okay." I will never give up whatever happens in the future. ”

After that, Qiu Yinming told Fan Ying about all the things he heard at Zhao Rong's banquet yesterday, and after listening carefully, Fan Ying said: "I have also heard that these people have some inappropriate things on weekdays. It's so good that you and I can wait and see what happens. Do you know that Xu Youzhen deliberately welcomed the emperor's reinstatement, in order to get rid of Lord Yu. I heard Cao Jixiang's subordinates say that the Emperor Taishang didn't really want to execute the adults that day, but Xu Youzhen pleaded on the side and said, 'If you don't kill Yu Qian, this move will be nameless.' 'This dog thief, I get angry when I think about it. ”

Qiu Yinming said: "I think that sooner or later, these people will look at each other unpleasantly, if we can find some opportunities to fan the flames, several people will inevitably fall into each other." Now, I think Xu Youzhen is the most fearless, why not use the hands of Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng to get rid of him. Does Brother Jeongnam think it's feasible? ”

Fan Ying nodded and said, "That's okay, but you have to think about it in the long run." In this way, I will install a few henchmen, spy on the families and cronies of several people, and discuss how to start after finding the handle. ”

A few days later, Fan Ying followed Qiu Yinming's suggestion, sent two henchmen to Taoyuan Chun** to send two hundred taels of gold to Taoyuan Chun** to let him do some deregistration, took Fu Xueting and Xiaoice out of Taoyuan Chun quietly, drove out of the West City Gate in a carriage, turned around a large circle and came in through the East City Gate, and sent them to Qiu Yinming's mansion. Qiu Yinming had already instructed Steward Chai, saying that his cousin's father had passed away and had come from the south to defect. Although Chai Ban didn't believe it, he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he hurriedly packed up a small courtyard and arranged it properly.

On the evening of the second day after the Fu aunt and nephew lived in the mansion, Qiu Yinming suddenly said to Steward Chai: "What kind of matchmaker are the officials in the capital looking for on a blind date?" ”

Steward Chai was taken aback, and thought: This adult is not small, and he is still a single. At the beginning, countless people came to the door to propose marriage, but they all refused him, I really don't know what he was thinking, someone has already said something. Could it be that now I have finally figured it out? So he smiled and said, "My lord, don't blame me for being too talkative, you should marry a lady." I'm going to ask the best matchmaker in the capital tomorrow. ”

Qiu Yinming said: "Who said I was going on a blind date?" I want to find a family job for my cousin. You'll see what you'll do tomorrow. ”

Chai Ban shrunk his neck and hurriedly said, "My lord, forgive me." I'll go get a matchmaker tomorrow. ”

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Chai Ban went out. He muttered in a low voice, "There are so many strange things these days. Shaking his head, he walked straight to the gate, ready to go out to get some rice wine and buy some sauce and pork ribs to pass the night, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves at the entrance of the alley, and saw a horse coming briskly, and in an instant the time had arrived in front of him, a sturdy man in short clothes jumped off the horse, and asked loudly: "This is the mansion of Lord Yushiqiu, right?" ”

Chai Ban nodded and said, "Exactly." Who are you? ”

The man took out a letter and said, "My eldest lady's letter to Master Qiu." ”

Chai Ban opened his mouth and was stunned, and said, "Oh." Good. Good. I'm the housekeeper here, and I'll send it to the adults right away. He took the letter and immediately turned around and entered the door. The two little guys by the door looked at the novelty, and Chai Ban glared at the two and said, "What do you see, go back and do things." ”

Qiu Yinming just drank a few sips of tea, only to hear Chai Ban come back in a hurry, walked into the study, held an object in his hand, and said, "My lord." Your letter. I saw Qiu Yinming's expression brightened, he quickly stretched out his hand to take the letter, looked down, there seemed to be a look between his eyebrows, and his voice said with a little excitement: "You go down." Chai Ban looked at him and realized in his heart: I see. I don't know whose eldest lady it is, the person who sent the letter is so spirited, and the origin is really not small. Chai Ban didn't talk much, and went out with the door.

Qiu Yinming sat under the lamp, opened the envelope, and the upright handwriting on the paper came into view. The letter said that she had also heard about what had happened in the capital recently, and she humbly said that she was still not involved in the world and did not understand many of the stakes, so she only asked him to be careful about everything. After that, he talked about a few daily trivial things, such as sisters going out together. The rhetoric is simple, fresh and pleasant.

Qiu Yinming read the letter several times before folding it and putting it into the wooden box on the desk.

On March 18, the lights on the Fan Serv's Mansion were colorful, and the air was filled with a faint fragrance of flowers. At this time, the street outside the gate of the Servant's Mansion was unusually lively. In the loud discussion of many people, I saw two costumed attendants riding high-headed horses to open the way, leading 12 drummers and 16 sword attendants, and more than 20 maids and women behind them, blowing all the way to the bustle. Fan Youshi was dressed in a crimson wedding dress, straddled a horse and walked in front of the eight-carried embroidered brocade saffron palanquin, the chai butler and Xiaoice on both sides of the palanquin held red silk as a guard, and the head Qiu Yushi behind the palanquin personally led eight followers to press the palanquin. The group entered the Mansion in a mighty manner. People who know each other know that Fan Ying's wife has died for many years, leaving a son, who is now in her teens. He never remarried, and now he suddenly married a wife, which suddenly became a hot topic after tea and dinner in the capital. Although there are different opinions, no one knows the details.

In the afternoon, officials who came to congratulate him came one after another. After the restoration of Emperor Taishang, Fan Yingguan worshiped the affairs and was in charge of all the investigation affairs of the Beizhen Fusi, and it was not uncommon for people who saw the wind to make the helm see this good opportunity and gave big gifts one after another, so that they could speak well in the future. Qiu Yinming saw it in his eyes and wrote down these people one by one in his heart. After nightfall, a banquet was held in the palace, and many generals all came to congratulate, and the governors of the five armies, Wuqing Marquis Shiheng, Cao Jixiang and others also sent people to send congratulatory gifts. The crowd was drunk.