The incense cart came slowly, and when it arrived in front of the Xiaoyao Building, Dark Incense turned over and dismounted. The little guy waiting behind the shop hurriedly ran over, bowed down, and took the reins of the horse. didn't bother to talk to them, Dark Fragrance stood in front of the car, bent down and said, "Xiaoyaolou has arrived, please get out of the car!" ”

Mencius, Qian Shen and the shopkeeper also said in unison: "Respectfully ask Gege to get off!" ”

Hongcui jumped out of the car with a flash, then lifted the curtain, and Gege slowly got out of the car holding her hand. Everyone only saw rich peony embroidered shoes, lotus lotus gold embroidered skirt, and finally a white gold-rimmed hibiscus shirt.

After getting out of the car, Gege bowed slightly, and said lightly to the three people who saluted: "Get up, I'm tired of you!" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Qing Gege is here, the small shop is shining, this is Gege's great honor and favor for the small shop, the small shop is too late to be happy, what kind of fatigue to talk about?" ”

Mencius took a step forward and said, "Gege's golden body is here, Zixue is deeply honored, please sit upstairs!" With that, keep to the right and lead Gege upstairs, and Qian Shen followed closely behind.

The group went up to the second floor, and there was no one in the Nuo Hall, only a few guys stood on the left and right, and when they saw Gege, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out. Mencius and the shopkeeper only let Gege go to the private room in the east wing. Gege said: "It's also a bit ostentatious, so that others can talk about me?" ”

The shopkeeper opened his mouth to grab the head of the conversation, but was pulled down by Mencius and said, "What did Gege say?" It's all the ideas of Zixue, the people of Pingyang are simple and honest, and Gege is not too late to praise them except for a big corrupt official, where can they gossip? ”

Gege knew that it would be useless to say anything more, so he didn't say much. The room has reached the private room. This is the best room in Xiaoyao Building. The room was tastefully furnished. There is a picture of a beautiful woman hanging on the wall, and when you look closely, you can see that it is the "Picture of Mrs. Xiangjun Xiang" by Wen Zhengming, a great calligrapher and painter of the Ming Dynasty. Gege knew that Wen Zhengming's calligraphy and painting were difficult to buy. How can the small restaurant have his authentic works, I am afraid that it is a copy version by later generations, but at first glance, it can be regarded as a masterpiece.

There is a platform in the middle of the room, which is surrounded by bamboo, rich bamboo, and backgammon plants, and a guzheng is placed in the center. I'm afraid this is just a place for singers to play. The shopkeeper said, "There is a girl in the small shop, who plays the kite very well. I wonder if Gege wants to hear it? ”

Gege had already sat down, and said softly: "Excuse me!" ”

The shopkeeper bowed and replied yes, and then stood still and did not leave. Qian Shen looked a little annoyed. He instructed, "Bring up the dishes we have set one by one, and then you can go down." ”

The store then retreated and left. After a while, the dishes came up one by one. Red-green, black-purple. The color is very good-looking.

Mencius said: "Qing Gege is used to eating Jingshi delicacies, and he must not take these in his eyes, but these dishes are all Pingyang specialties, or Gege has never tasted them, and please eat more." ”

Gege bowed his head slightly and said yes. The shopkeeper came up again, holding a wine tray with two flasks on it. The shopkeeper places the flask on the table and opens the flask. Immediately, I smelled a crisp aroma of wine.

The shopkeeper said, "This is the treasure of the small town store - 25 years of bamboo leaf green aging. In that year, Exiang went to Shanxi to check. After passing through the store, the small ones are not willing to take out and drink, and today I can pay tribute to Qing Gege. ”

Gege hadn't said anything yet, Hongcui was already salivating on the side, if it weren't for the presence of outsiders, I'm afraid that I would have to grab it and drink half a pot first.

A guy burst in, sweating profusely and stumbling, and didn't know how to kneel down and reply.

The shopkeeper scolded, "Have you been hit by a ghost?" With such a slip-up, what's the urgent thing out there? ”

The guy knelt on the ground, pointed to the door, and stammered back: "Go back to the east, no, if you go back to Gege, the new prefect outside has arrived!" I'm going to come in and find Qing Gege! The little ones don't dare to stop it, the new prefect will arrive soon! ”

Everyone was surprised, this new prefect arrived too quickly, right? The day before yesterday, Gege wrote an excerpt about Gao Wenhan's matter and reported it to the emperor, but before the holy decree was issued, why did the new prefect arrive?

There was no time to hesitate, only to hear the sound of footsteps, and a person lifted the curtain and entered. Hongcui cried out in a lost voice: "It's you? ”

It turned out that the person who came in was Luo Qingsong. He looked around at everyone first, and only stopped when he saw Gege, and said with a sneer: "Sister, my prefect is quite competent, right?" It's better to come early than to come by chance, knowing that my sister has good wine to drink here, and my brother and I have traveled thousands of miles to beg for wine. He caught a glimpse of the bamboo leaf green on the table, stepped forward to smell it, and praised it: "Good wine, good wine!" I haven't drunk such a good wine for half a year, or the first year of junior high school, I moved out a small can of Hongmao wine from my house during the Kangxi period, I drank most of it, only drunk for a day and a night. ”

When the people heard his tone, they couldn't help but be suspicious. Although Mencius had been to Jingshi and lived in Jinxiulan for a few days, most of them were only in the front yard and had never seen Luo Qingsong's face. At this time, I couldn't help asking, "Dare to ask Your Excellency's surname?" ”

Luo Qingsong sniffed, twisted his body to sit next to Gege and said, "What is expensive or not, I am Luo Qingsong!" A small general in the Beijing Division, his name is not enough. ”

The shopkeeper was surprised: "Could it be that the master is the head of the Zhou Tian faction?" ”

Luo Qingsong stretched out his chopsticks, put a pair of chopsticks into the grid plate like no one else, and smiled, and said indifferently: "Exactly." ”

The shopkeeper knew that there were many disciples of the Zhou Tian faction, and most of them were merchant protectors, so he respected Luo Qingsong very much, and said with his hands clenched into his fists: "Disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

Gege opened his mouth and introduced Mencius and Qian Shen and said, "This is Luo Qingsong, the general of the Jingshi patrol. ”

Mencius and Qian Shen clasped hands and said: "Pingyang scholar Mencius and Qian Shen have seen General Luo!" Luo Qingsong also shook his hands as a greeting. After that, Luo Qingsong only looked at Gege and smiled: "My sister doesn't call me when she comes to Pingyang to play, it's so boring to call me at home." ”

Gege said lightly: "Brother Luo, how can he come and go more freely than me when he is on official business?" "Just say one sentence and say no more.

Luo Qingsong was anti-guest, and said with a smile: "Don't see outside, let's let go of eating and drinking." But I can say it, my sister can't drink too much, and if you don't know what to do, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people. ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, and the store was even more retreating. After only half an hour, it dispersed.

When I returned to the Yuelai Inn, I realized that Luo Qingsong also lived upstairs, next door to Gege's room. Because Gege was about to leave Pingyang tomorrow, he told everyone to rest as soon as possible. A good wine was stirred up by him, although Hongcui was depressed, there was nothing she could do, so she could only scold her mother secretly in her heart.

Who knew that the next morning, Gege was woken up by the sound of the holy decree. It turned out that the emperor's decree came. Hongcui hadn't woken up yet, and she couldn't take care of herself, so she waited for Gege to change her clothes first, and hurriedly came down from upstairs to receive the order.

The eunuch who announced the decree stood in the shop, waited for Gege to kneel, and read in the voice of the male duck: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: Gao Wenhan, the prefect of Pingyang, is an official of the imperial court, and he has the heavy responsibility of a government. The selection of scholars by the imperial court is a major event in the country, and the selection of the fittest is related to the justice of the court law, and it is also responsible for the rise and fall of a country. I have always praised Gao Wenhan very well, and I don't want to do such a corrupt and illegal thing and live up to my expectations! There is no need to charge Beijing, and I don't want to listen to his defense, so I will be killed, and Ai Ruoqing will be killed! The new prefect is replaced by the current governor. Chin this! ”

Gege fell to the ground and thanked him for his feet. At this time, the father-in-law who announced the decree smiled and said, "How are Qing Gege having these days?" The emperor was worried about Qing Gege, and only asked the servants to go back to tell Qing Gege about the situation. The slave saw that Qing Gege had been a little less clear in the past few days, and I was afraid that Shanxi's diet was not very suitable for Qing Gege's appetite. ”

Gege took the holy decree with both hands and said politely: "Thank you for the emperor's concern, Ruoqing has been doing well these days, and I annoy my father-in-law to go back and tell the emperor." After Gao Wenhan is disposed of, Ruoqing will return to Beijing immediately, and he will be able to reach Beijing within a few days. ”

The father-in-law shook his head and said, "Qing Gege doesn't have to go back to Beijing!" ”

Gege was surprised and asked, "What did my father-in-law say about this?" Could it be that the emperor has other arrangements? ”

The father-in-law nodded and said: "The emperor does have another will for Qing Gege, and let the servants sue Qing Gege, the battle situation in Jinchuan is unfavorable, and Qing Gege is ordered to deal with the matter of Pingyang, and he will go to Sichuan on the same day. ”

Big and small Jinchuan is unfavorable? Gege thought in his heart, the big and small Jinchuan is located in Sichuan Province, which was originally a Tibetan gathering place. During the Yongzheng period, the Yongzheng Emperor named the great Jinchuan Shaluoben as the Jinchuan Tusi. His power grew day by day, and from time to time he sent troops to harass other Tusi. The imperial court repeatedly ordered a reprimand, but he only turned a deaf ear. Qianlong ordered the governor of Sichuan to return to the army and admonish. Not wanting to be reprimanded turned into being reprimanded, and the officers and soldiers were beaten by Sha Luoben. Qianlong was furious, so he changed the tune to Zhang Guangsi who came from Yunnan and besieged Sharoben. Zhang Guangsi was a leader among the Han people, and he put down the rebellion in Yunnan in the first year of Qianlong, adding a strong touch to Qianlong's achievements in the early years. After that, Zhang Guangsi was reused by Qianlong, and he became famous in the court and power.

Before in Beijing, Zhang Shishen illegally expanded the courtyard, and the emperor didn't do anything to him, didn't it look at the face of his father Zhang Guangsi? Although Zhang Guangsi is stubborn and self-serving, he still has a set of ways to lead troops to fight. How can you now lose again and again? The emperor really couldn't do it, so he sent Ortai, the secretary of the military department, to personally send troops, Zhang Guangsi was guilty of meritorious service, and no matter what, he had to mention the head of Sha Luoben to the Beijing Division.

After pondering blindly, he heard his father-in-law ask, "Does Qing Gege still have anything to say?" ”

Gege sobered up from his contemplation at this time, and said with a smile: "Ruoqing was thinking about Sichuan, and she couldn't help but be distracted, and she forgot her father-in-law. If you have nothing to say, please tell the emperor that if you have no words, you will go to Sichuan within a day or two. My father-in-law travels long distances, so it is better to rest at the post station for a day. "Let's just give Hongcui a look. Hongcui knew it, took out the silver from her arms, put it in her father-in-law's hand, and said in a low voice: "Buy wine for your father-in-law." ”

Although the father-in-law didn't even dare to say anything, he quickly put the silver into his arms and immediately said goodbye and left. (To be continued......)