Chapter 12: The People of the Capital
Mr. Huang wanted to go out of the city to play, but as soon as he arrived at the gate of Dangzhou City, there was a sound of horses' hooves behind him, followed by a group of people riding horses galloping past, followed by a luxurious carriage, raising a burst of dust, and Mr. Huang frowned.
Bah~
Bah~
Seeing the carriage go away, the people outside the city gate were full of anger, but they did not dare to speak, and could only spit on the place where the carriage was far away.
Master Huang was suspicious, which family would provoke such a disgusting person, and walked to a fruit stall.
When the fruit stall owner saw a guest coming, he hurriedly greeted, "Guest officer, the best fruit is absolutely fresh and the price is fair, you can choose whatever you want!" ”
Master Huang held a duck pear in his hand and asked the stall owner, "Stallholder, which carriage was it just now, and it was so unpopular?" ”
Hearing this, the stall owner looked around cautiously, looked at Mr. Huang and the two again, and asked, "Isn't the guest officer a local?" ”
"People from the capital, who are new to the state, what's the matter, can't you say this?" Master Huang was even more puzzled.
The stall owner thought about it, looked at Master Huang, and advised, "It's better not to inquire about the guest officer." ”
Master Huang's brows furrowed, what else could he say in broad daylight?
He glanced at Changde, and Changde understood, took out a piece of silver, and shook it in front of the stall owner, causing the stall owner's eyes to glow, and he reached out to grab the silver.
Seeing the stall owner like this, Changde took back the silver.
"Well, tell me, and the money will be yours."
The stall owner looked at the silver in Changde's hand, thought about it, and said to Master Huang: "Guest officer, please wait a moment." With that, he cleaned up his stall.
"Yo, Lao Li closed the stall so quickly!" The stall owner next to him teased.
"Hehe, how can it be so fast, forget that there is still boiling water at home!" The stall owner should be in harmony.
After cleaning up the stall, the stall owner respectfully said to Master Huang: "It's inconvenient to talk here, please come with me!" ”
Pushing the cart to the bottom of a big tree, the stall owner told Master Huang again, "Guest officer, this matter is very important to me, don't say that I told you after you know." ”
Seeing Master Huang nodding, the stall owner slowly explained the reason,
"The group of people who just left the city belong to the Governor's Mansion of Dangnan, and in the carriage should be Chen Peng, the son of the Governor's Mansion,"
"I heard in the capital that the son of Governor Chen's family in Nanfu is a rare talent, why ......" Old Man Huang's eyebrows wrinkled, and the Chen Peng in the stall owner's mouth was very different from the Chen Peng he had heard.
"Where is a talent, it is clearly a tiger, leopard, wolf and jackal, and the guest officer should not listen to people's nonsense," the stall owner interrupted Master Huang's words and explained, "Don't look at Chen Peng's appearance of a decent man and a gentleman, in fact, he is not as good as a beast.
In the vicinity of Dangzhou City, we have a private saying, which is called 'Rather fight the jackals in the mountains, and Chen Peng in the city',
On weekdays, Chen Peng relied on his father to be the governor of Nanfu, and he was overbearing and oppressed the people.
Not only that, but he is also a pervert, looking for flowers and willows all day long, and when he sees a good-looking woman on the street, he wants to marry a concubine at home, and the woman's family refuses to rob people, so hurtful things happen from time to time, and it is not uncommon to kill people.
Many women did not endure the humiliation, either throwing themselves into the well or wiping their necks with hanging beams, but they were all pressed down by the Dangzhou Yamen, and now where can you see any women on the streets of Dangzhou, all of them dare not come out at home, this time there is such a big movement, I don't know which family is going to suffer. ”
The stall owner's face was full of anger, and then his face was full of worry, because Chen Peng was going in the direction of his home.
Master Huang knew it in his heart, no wonder what he saw on the streets of Dangzhou were either elderly women and children or childish girls.
"Why does this have anything to do with the Dangzhou Yamen again?" Master Huang was confused.
"Three years ago, in order to tie up the governor's mansion, Zhizhou even dedicated his daughter to Chen Peng as a concubine, but Chen Peng didn't marry, and the bride ran away that day, which once became a joke in Dangnanfu."
When the stall owner talked about this, he was extremely relieved, and the smile on his face was about to overflow.
"Who is the governor of this state, and has the bride ever been chased back?"
"When the state order is called Ge Chixiang, he is also a rampant animal, and the bride's luck is very good, and she has not been recovered." When the stall owner thought of Ge Chixiang, he gritted his teeth with hatred.
"Does the court care about this?" Master Huang was puzzled, he felt that Xiao Guo's official supervision system was actually quite perfect.
The stall owner said indignantly: "Tube, there are many officials sent from above to supervise, but the inspector is here, and he will go back after receiving some gifts, just like the Qin Cha who came to investigate the murder of the owner of Baishengtang, according to me, the world is as black as a crow, and there is no good thing in the court officials." ”
"Bold!" Hearing the stall owner say that the court was not, Changde blurted out, startling the stall owner.
"No problem." After speaking, he turned around and motioned to Changde to take out the silver.
"Thank you to the stall owner for solving your doubts, this Yali pear is also quite sweet, and this ingot of silver is yours." gave the silver to the stall owner, and Master Huang left with Changde.
Master Huang did not continue to play, but turned around and returned to Dangzhou City.
"Chi Xiang...... Chixiang ...... It's a festive name," Mr. Huang muttered, and asked,
"Changde, have you heard of Ge Chixiang?"
"Master, the person who married Miss Zhou Ruo eighteen years ago was Ge Chixiang, and you once sighed that flowers were inserted in cow dung." Changde reminded Master Huang.
"Oh, it's him!" Master Huang lowered his head and pondered, remembering his surprised appearance at the beginning, and sighed with some emotion, "I think he was an unknown poor scholar at the beginning, but I didn't expect that now he has become a state governor." ”
"yes, no one could have imagined that he would get this far." Changde echoed behind his back.
Master Huang sighed, "Yes! At the beginning, I thought it was a pity for Miss Zhou Ruo to marry him, but now it seems that she still has a unique vision! ”
"The lord might as well go to the Zhizhou Mansion to pay a visit, I think the lord and Miss Zhou Ruo have not met for more than 20 years." Changde suggested.
Master Huang touched his chin, "It's not good." ”
Moments later,
"What do you guys do?" Zhizhou Mansion, Mending asked the two of them, he had never seen these two people in Dangzhou, so naturally he would not be very enthusiastic.
"Please report that an old friend has come to visit Mrs. Governor." Changde opened his mouth and said to Mending.
"Ma'am? Where did the lord come from," the doorman was puzzled, and suddenly felt that the two of them were here to make trouble, and scolded at Master Huang viciously, "There is no lady in the mansion, and the Zhizhou Mansion is not a place where you can make trouble, hurry up!" ”
Master Huang's face turned black, and he said to Changde, "Let's go!" ”
Then he threw his sleeves away with a black face.
"Humph! Dare to come to the Zhizhou Mansion to make trouble, be careful that the master pulls you to prison! ”