Before Gu Xining returned to the capital, there were already forty-five officials who gathered in front of the palace gate and knelt down to petition to kill Gu Xining.

"Xiao Yan is an honest official and treats the people well, Gu Xining Jin Liangwei actually said that he would be arrested, and if he didn't kill Gu Xining, I am afraid that he would lose the hearts of the people in the world! Kill Gu Xining and give an explanation to the people of the world! ”

"Kill Gu Xining and let Xiao Yan go!"

"Holy! Kill Gu Xining and give an explanation to the decent officials in the world! ”

"Kill Gu Xining, and give the world justice!"

The sound of the officials' shouts rose higher and higher, but the palace door remained closed.

Zhao Agui and Zhao Qian were a little anxious, "Your Majesty, so many adults gathered at the palace gate to petition, this is the first time, won't you say a word, Your Majesty?" ”

"Hehe, it's really the emperor who is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry! What are you afraid of, let them shout if they love to shout, and let them kneel if they love to kneel! Let's just watch the show! ”

"However, if any minister faints or dies here again, I am afraid that it will damage the emperor's reputation!"

The emperor smiled, "It's good to be dead, what a reputation, they made money, exploited the people, and finally I came to take the blame!" Now it's just a matter of bringing someone back, and they dare to be so rampant! If I go out and ignore them, then they should call for you eunuchs to be killed! ”

Zhao Agui's face changed greatly, "I didn't offend these adults, this, how could they kill me?" ”

"I don't understand! If the emperor makes a mistake, it is the people around the emperor who have deceived the emperor, well, that is, you eunuchs have done all the bad things! You must know that those who revise history books are all readers, and no one will speak to the eunuchs! The emperor continued to play with the two jade beads the size of pigeon's eggs in his hand, threw them up and caught them.

Zhao Qian's eyes rose and fell with the rise and fall of the jade beads, and he was worried, for fear that the emperor would not be able to catch it and listen to the sound of the jade break.

The emperor put away the jade beads and handed them to Zhao Qian, "Okay, it's just two beads, I will solve the fatigue, that is, I will play in front of you, if that group of readers knows, they will definitely write a lot in the future!" ”

Zhao Qian carefully took the jade beads and put them into the brocade box, "Your Majesty, aren't all the civil and military forces of this Manchu Dynasty afraid of Your Majesty?" When Your Majesty talks about it, it seems that Your Majesty is afraid of them! ”

"What they are afraid of is that I am decisive in killing, and what they are afraid of is that I have the sharp knife of Jin Liangwei in my hand. But what I'm afraid of is that I have too few knives in my hand, and if I am not there one day, will the new monarch who succeed him lose his sword and obediently become a puppet of the courtiers! ”

"It's so difficult for the emperor, it's really difficult in this world!"

The emperor got up and looked at the door, "It's too noisy outside, let's go, let's go to Fang Lin Yuan to relax!" ”

Zhao Agui pointed to the door of the palace, "Your Majesty, the movement outside the door is getting bigger and bigger!" ”

"Ignore them, and tell them to go down, and no one will bring them food or water! Violators will be killed! ”

The emperor was also determined to see what these ministers were going to do, so he simply consumed them.

Of course, the emperor was also very anxious in his heart, this Gu Xining has always done things without leakage, how could he do it like this time.

Gu Xining, Gu Xining, you are simply nonsense, this time it happened to fall into the calculations of the courtiers, and the emperor had to break with the courtiers in order to protect Gu Xining.

But now the showdown is not the time, it will inevitably affect the King of Jin and his entourage to inspect the Caohe transshipment, and the prince will be coerced by the courtiers and will also be involved.

This scares the snake's movement

It's too big, so big that it's out of control.

After Xiao Yan was taken away, Bianzhou City soon acted as if nothing had happened, and the Taishou of Bianzhou City sent fast horses along the post station to send fast horses to the capital along the post station about the killing of more than 100 soldiers and officials of the Yamen.

The market was trading as usual, and the old man at the street stall continued to sell his black noodles.

He Manzi, the chief of Caogong, rushed to the transfer with 300 people to make the yamen clean up the mess, and the valuable items inside had been moved clean, and even the gate was unloaded and moved.

He Manzi stood in front of the bloodstained archway and commanded everyone, "Li Laoqi, there are still pieces here!" Wang Er, there are still things in the woods, so quickly take someone to scrape the soil. It's going to be smoked with incense for seven days, by the way, Liu Rui, go and ask someone to do things! This time, you have to do seven days and seven nights of rituals, and you go to the account room to pay 500,000 yuan first! ”

He Manzi is a fat middle-aged man, holding a puff fan in his hand at any time, and his clothes are actually almost the same as these people's husbands, the only difference is that he has a palm-sized bronze medal hanging from his waist.

"Manager He, who is so powerful, this transfer envoy Yamen's soldiers are the most powerful in Bianzhou City, and they were killed in broad daylight!"

"Don't inquire if you shouldn't! It's a long life, isn't it? Do more and talk less! These things are not something we can mix! ”

"He Ye, if there is a delay in the past few days, the unloading of the new grain ship will be in trouble, and the transfer will make the yamen empty, where else will we transport grain?"

He Manzi touched his head, "Store in the granary first, and then transfer it when the order of the imperial court comes!" We can't do this! ”

"But in this way, the coachman and porter will be stopped, and these tens of thousands of people are waiting for dinner?"

"Can a living person suffocate to death? If you can't transport food, everyone will go outside the city to help, anyway, it's a matter of effort, why don't you do it? Don't run far! ”

"He Ye, no, we are used to transporting grain, and suddenly we stopped doing it, and we went to do coolies, I'm afraid there are few people who can afford it!"

He Manzi snorted and glared, "Cheap bones!" Do you think you're from a big man? Just a few days after a full meal? Don't want to work hard? That is, there is no war now, and there has been no disaster for several years in a row! If it's a bad year, it's good to have something to do! Complain less and work more! If you really don't want to go out of the city, follow me to the Bianhe River to find some way! There's a lot of good stuff in this river! ”

"He Ye, I heard that you picked up treasures in this river back then, is it true?"

"That is, some bottles and cans, at that time, I thought I could take them home and load things, but later someone pointed out that it was a good thing, so I sold them for money. Not to mention, people are poor and short-sighted, they don't know the goods, and they sell at a loss! ”

He Manzi coughed a few more times: "Everyone! Ladies and gentlemen! Keep working, this day, it's all about you! By the way, the brothers who had done dirty work and got bloodied went to live in the empty warehouse of the dock at night! Don't go home these days! I'll invite the big guy to drink in the evening! Good work! ”

When these hundreds of people heard that there was wine to drink at night, they all came to their senses, and they were more energetic in scraping the soil and cutting down branches, and even more courageous in picking up stumps.

He Manzi shook a fan and led five people to the direction of the rice shop in the city, and the merchants along the road all came out to say hello, "Mr. He, take care of it!" ”

"Manager He, it's been a long time, come in and sit!"

He Manzi also spoke politely, and hugged his fists one by one to return the salute, "Thank you, recently."

There are many things, and I will definitely come to cheer another day! ”

Especially the cloth shop owner is very attentive, "Manager He, I have the best sparrow tongue tea here, you must appreciate it!" ”

He Manzi waved his hand, "Don't worry, this year's winter clothes are all bought from you, but you have to stuff more reeds in the jacket, so that my brothers and I can be warm!" No matter how bad it is, you have to stuff it with dry straw, and don't fill it with leaves and sawdust! I take care of your business, you have to talk about your conscience, don't you? ”

The cloth shop owner's face was flushed, "Mr. He's lesson is very good, I will send someone to pick reed velvet, well, I will definitely let you and your brothers wear warm and warm!" ”

Walking past the cloth shop, the guys asked He Manzi, "Big brother, the owner of this cloth shop is a profiteer, and last year's winter jacket was stuffed with some sawdust leaves, which almost froze us to death." Why are you still ordering clothes at his house this year? ”

"Alas, you, the owner of this cloth shop is a profiteer, and I annoy him, but he is a relative of the Taishou family, I don't want to give this face, and I will send people to the dock to check the household for three days, then it will be troublesome, and we will not be able to do this errand! People have to bow their heads under the eaves, brothers, we are kneeling and eating this bowl of rice! If you are not careful, you will not be careful, that will not work! ”

"Boss, you are so rich, you still live a hard life with us every day, and the brothers don't understand, why are you suffering?"

He Manzi touched his stomach, "What are you eating, isn't it filling your stomach?" What to wear is also to keep warm and avoid the cold, isn't it? As long as he doesn't go hungry, it doesn't matter where he lives? In this life, in fact, nothing is your own! For me, I am happy to follow you every day, it really makes me clothed and fed, and I will suffocate to death! ”

"Boss, you are a full man who doesn't know how hungry you are, if you can't get used to living in that big house and big mansion, you let me live there!"

"That's right, the boss is reluctant to spend money, let's help you spend it!"

"Boss, you, you don't want us to be happy, can the rich and the poor think the same? We just want to save enough money to buy land and cattle as soon as possible, so that our children and grandchildren will not be left without land to cultivate in the future! ”

He Manzi looked at the noodle stall in front of him, "Okay, everyone, fill your stomach first, the noodles here are good, eat noodles first!" ”

Six people sat down in front of the old man's noodle stall, "Old man, come to six pots of noodles, it's still the old rule, one hundred and twenty yuan!" ”

"Okay! Wait! I, old man, thank you for taking care of you! ”

"Uncle, you are the one who cooks noodles for us and takes care of us, you, don't think that we take care of your business! You cook noodles, we eat noodles and pay for it! ”

"After eating noodles, let's go and see those empty warehouses, there are more people to be sent on this dock!" Recently, Bianzhou has not been peaceful, and all kinds of people have come too much. There are many that we can't afford to mess with! There can't be more problems with this warehouse! ”

"Boss, you haven't said anything, and you haven't let us inquire, but the lord of this yamen can't be defeated by the guards, can we be opponents? I'm afraid we'll be hurt if we stay in the warehouse."

"Don't talk nonsense, if you run away brother, I'll settle accounts with you! Hurry up and eat noodles, don't think about it, we are not qualified enough for people to kill! If someone really touches the pier, remember, jump into the river to save your life! ”

"Boss, we don't guard this warehouse?"

He Manzi picked up the chopsticks and knocked on the table, "You all said it yourself, even the protectors are not opponents, what else are we fighting?" Don't give your life in vain."