On the same day that Bu'an was awarded the general Shilang, the holy decree of giving Zhang Hangquail the official promotion from the fourth grade and "the right to know Jiaxing" also came down.

After so many years, Mr. Zhang finally changed from "Tongzhi" to "Quanzhi", which is equivalent to being promoted from "deputy mayor" to "acting mayor", but he is happy and uneasy.

The right to know Jiaxing, the wonder is wonderful in this "right" word, both the right and temporary meaning, but also the meaning of the examination and investigation. Bu'an couldn't figure out for a while, whether this was the emperor's intention, or the decision of the officials of the ministry, or whether Kong Haoyan and Li Yue had a grudge against this Jiaxing acquaintance and deliberately left a hand here......

Things in officialdom are too complicated after all, standing in Bu'an's current position, looking up with his neck up, he can't see through the layers of fog.

However, when Zhang Hangquail tempted him, Bu An still looked like he knew it in his chest, and said with a smile: "Now, Lord Zhang is still guilty of meritorious service......"

Zhang Xuanquail frequently bowed his head, but he muttered in his heart: What does the word "wearing guilt" refer to? Does it mean that Bu Hongxuan is in charge of the case, and the imperial court still has concerns about Jiaxing officialdom? Or does it mean that he Zhang Xuanquail once collaborated with Chen Yuanqiao to play that bitter trick, intending to deceive Bu Gongzi?

In the next few days, when he heard that the streets of Jiaxing were lined with limericks of "Papier-mâché hanging quail know Jiaxing, and the heavenly way is angry and the evil moon is near", he was even more restless.

The Holy Decree came by such a coincidence, neither sooner nor later, but on the day when it suddenly disappeared on the ninth night of the evil month!

Zhang Xuanquail is also a Confucianist in the end, and he knows that this kind of rumor should be sparse and not blocked, otherwise he will be more weak-hearted. Therefore, at the beginning of his tenure, he "served as an official with his tail between his legs", worked diligently and loved the people, rectified the rule of officials, and seriously swept away the accumulated shortcomings of Jiaxing officialdom.

Gradually, the rumors of "the papier-mâché hangs the quail knows Jiaxing, and the heavenly way is angry and the evil moon is near" is no longer heard, and is replaced by a variety of nursery rhymes that praise merit and virtue.

In fact, the turn of public opinion in the market is by no means as simple as the people's will to the north, but the consequence of the wrestling between some Jiaxing officials, businessmen, and Su Chengqing.

It's easy to put it bluntly.

Su Chengqing, a foreign businessman, suddenly rose to power, opened a pawnshop in Jiaxing City, took over the tooth shop, and even put his hand into the grain, official salt and water transportation and other businesses, which was bound to take away many people's jobs.

There is a way to cut off people's financial routes, such as killing parents, counterattacks from the interests of middle- and low-level officials and businessmen, fast and ferocious, but there is no suspense, and they are severely cracked down by the special projects of "purging officials and ruling officials" and "eliminating thieves and bandits", and the bullets have disappeared.

At the end of October in the second year of Longxing, and at the beginning of November, more than 10 people were beheaded by the evil officials of Jiaxing Mansion alone, and more than 100 ruffians and hooligans were paraded through the streets, and all of them were beheaded.

Originally, those rumors attacking Zhang Hangjiu came from the mouths of these people, and after the people were killed, the rumors naturally dissipated.

And Su Chengqing also became a giant in Jiaxing Mansion after this "special rectification of public security".

Bu An almost never interfered in these things, not because he was afraid of doing evil and violating Tu Yao's door rules - all the evil people he killed were evil, but more like eliminating violence and peace and goodness - but because Zhang Xuanquail's new official took office and "made meritorious contributions", he had enough motivation and motivation to do these things well, and he didn't need to worry about it.

At this point, everything in Jiaxing Mansion has been arranged, and financial and material resources can be continuously delivered to Bu'an in the future.

In comparison, the 40,000 taels of silver he extorted from the Qinglong Bu clan seemed insignificant. But in this world, it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, and it is easy to put the icing on the cake...... Before leaving Jiaxing, he suddenly received a long-overdue silver ticket.

And the silver ticket was not sent by the Bu woman, who may have sniffed out the unusual meaning from Su Chengqing's sudden departure, and did not dare to come to the door in person, but entrusted Su Chengqing.

The two nephews and uncles hadn't seen each other for half a month, sitting in the Bufu study, Su Chengqing was unconsciously cautious.

"An'er ......" even if it was just this title, when he said it, he subconsciously watched Bu'an's reaction, for fear that he would not listen to it well and think that he was relying on the old and selling the old.

Seeing that Bu An was still the same as before, with a relaxed smile on his face, Su Chengqing cleared his throat, and then said: "When your aunt sent the silver, she actually lost a lot of weight...... An'er, you see, our business is gradually smoothing out, although these silver are not decimals, they are also ......"

Bu An saw that he had the intention of pleading, laughed, and interrupted: "Lose weight? It's a good thing to lose weight! It's hard to buy a lot of money to be old and thin!" Then he took the silver ticket as a matter of course, and said casually: "What's more, I bought a lesson, it's worth the money." ”

Seeing this, Su Chengqing closed his mouth with interest, and then only said some business things, and then said goodbye and left.

Bu An sent him to the door, and saw Song Shijin coming back from outside. This old man has been living in Jiaxing recently, probably can't bear the loneliness, and went to the street to sell his set of great truths that his family and country are in danger and should be repaid.

The two met head-on, Song Shijin snorted coldly again, then passed by, and went straight to the backyard.

Bu An is not a "spit on his own" character, when Song Manqiu is present, he can also give her a few thin noodles, and he doesn't care about her cousin, but now that the other party is alone, he doesn't have such a good temper.

"Brother Shijin......" Bu'an dragged a long tune, followed behind Song Shijin, and said loudly: "Brother Shijin's family has a family history, I have been studying recently, and I have encountered a lot of difficulties, I don't know if I can solve my doubts." ”

Song Shijin's footsteps slowed down, as if he hesitated before he stopped, but he didn't look back, and stood up and said, "What book is so difficult, even you can't read it?"

His voice was nasal, his teeth light, not like a question, but like a mockery.

But Bu'an didn't hear it, and said with a smile: "It's the Analects." ”

The location of the two of them is not far from the entrance hall of the mansion, and they do not lower their voices when they speak, and there are many people who have seen it when they hear it.

A few maids couldn't help but look at each other in surprise - although the son had never been revealed in front of them, after all, he was famous, how could he not even read the Analects?

But what surprised them even more was yet to come.

Song Shijin heard that Bu An couldn't read the Analects, so he shook his head and said, "You don't understand, I don't understand either", and walked quickly to the backyard.

Bu An chased after him, laughing and saying, "Brother Shijin is humble", Song Shijin heard this, and ran faster under his feet.

The two of them chased from the front yard to the backyard one after the other, and the movement was too loud, attracting Song Manqiu and Miss Song over.

Song Manqiu saw that the two of them were behaving strangely, and when he heard it, he knew what was going on, so he said seriously: "What does Bu Gongzi want to ask? ”

Song Shijin has learned a lesson, and he is very clever today, and he reminded in a hurry: "This person is a thief, and he can't read the Analects, so he must have some crooked brains, and if he wants to make us happy, my cousin should not be boring for himself......"

Song Manqiu was about to be suspicious, and Bu An had already Shi Shiran asked: "I can't read three places, please Miss Song to explain my doubts." First, Zigong asked the gentleman, and Zi said that he would say it first and then follow it. ”

Song Manqiu has always been frowning lately, and when he heard him ask this, he understood what he meant, raised his eyebrows and smiled, glanced at Song Shijin, and said slowly: "Zigong asked the master, what is a gentleman." The Master replied, "Do it first and then say ......."

Bu An nodded abruptly and said, "Oh...... That's what the master meant! Thank you, girl, I'll help you solve my doubts...... And secondly, what does it mean that a gentleman wants to be quick to say and quick to act?"

Song Shijin had already seen what Bu Ancun was thinking, and he also knew that his cousin's elbow was turned out, so he had to pretend that he didn't hear anything, but crossed his hands and paced into the guest house.

Song Manqiu deliberately looked at his back and replied loudly: "Bu Gongzi said that he was joking, this sentence is simple, it is literal." Let me guess, the third sentence that Childe wants to ask, but 'the ancients can't speak, and they can't be caught'?"

These two people are in the same gear, and every sentence is poked at Song Shijin's sore spot, but it is all what Master Confucius said, even if Song Shijin has a stomach, he has no way to fight back.

Bu An saw Song Manqiu's natural expression and smiled freely, as if he saw the boy in front of the Song Guogong Mansion in Hangzhou again.

He shook his head, and said in his heart that he really wanted to drop the bookbag, and he was really not the opponent of this Song girl - in fact, his third so-called question was "Do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself", ironically Song Shijin himself could not kill the enemy and serve the country, but spared no effort to encourage others to die.

But obviously, Miss Song's sentence "can't speak, can't be grasped" can better set off her cousin's "bold temperament of just talking but not doing" from the opposite side.

The laughter came into the room from outside the guest house, and Song Shijin's left hand holding the scabbard trembled slightly, and his face turned red: it didn't seem to be ashamed, but more like a kind of sadness that he couldn't help himself.