Chapter 91
On the twenty-ninth day of the sixteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Jingshi.
Ma Yi, the supervisor of Qintian, stood in front of the newly built noon gate, trying to raise his eyelids to look at the tall city gate. This is the silver that was exchanged for the lives of 10,000 victims, and thousands of people in the Ministry of Engineering hurried for a week to build it, and even the glutinous rice juice of the noodles was not dried up. Ma Yi wanted to laugh but couldn't, ten thousand lives, just to win the emperor's favor, he rushed out such a meaningless city gate.
"Finally, I will ask you again, why is there an earthquake in the month of this year?" The celebrant and eunuch Wang Shi said to him without yin or yang.
"The court spends extravagantly, the government is greedy for ink, and the people are not living well, so that they ......"
With a "snap", a stick slammed down on his leg, Ma Yi knelt heavily on the ground, and he clearly heard the crisp cracking sound of his kneecap; Then another stick hit him on the back, forcing him to lie on his stomach, and finally two sticks caught him in the neck.
"Who is it that taught you these words?" Wang Shi approached Ma Yi and asked in a low voice.
Ma Yi opened his mouth with difficulty, spat out a mouthful of blood, and still said unyieldingly: "I am an official of the Ming Dynasty...... Do your part...... Not required...... I don't need to be taught......"
The pity and admiration in the corners of Wang Shi's eyes flashed.
"The Staff!"
The winter of the sixteenth year of Wanli was indeed strange. It hadn't snowed for months, and there was another big earthquake in between, which made everyone panic when they would come again.
"All sides are guilty, sin is in me, from today on, I have decided to fast and pray for snow. Thank God! Under the pressure of the ministers, Wanli made this extremely reluctant decision. However, in his spare time of fasting and praying for snow, he could still find some other fun, so he recruited the wolves into the inner palace again.
"This thief, God, it hasn't snowed for a few months, and it's still cold, and it's even an earthquake!" Several eunuchs dragged a small cart containing ever-bright candles, and placed them one lamp stand after another.
"Give me a little bit of a voice! Don't want a head?! Wang Shi stopped the voices of these people sharply, so everyone lowered their heads in fear. This Wang Shi is the godson of the eunuch Wang An, who is usually very domineering, except for his old ancestor, no one pays attention to him, and he is known as his godfather among the lower-level eunuchs. Therefore no one dared to resent his rebellion.
Just when the atmosphere was very oppressive, small snowflakes suddenly began to float in the sky, and slowly began to fall bigger and bigger......
"Snow! It's snowing......" A little eunuch accidentally spotted the snowflakes and shouted in surprise, "Snow!" Snow! It's finally snowing! God opened his eyes...... "Everyone suddenly became excited, it was snowing, and the emperor's prayer finally moved Cang!"
"Shut up! Shut up! Who dare shout?! Wang Shi slapped the hands of several people grabbing the snow, "If anyone dares to shout again, they will be killed immediately" So everyone obediently closed their mouths and looked at the snowflakes falling bigger and bigger in the sky.
"It's all here for me to see, I'm going to report auspiciousness to my ancestors now!" Wang Shi suppressed his excitement and went straight to the palace to be the palace, not the celebrant and eunuch.
He ran to the palace out of breath and shouted loudly outside: "Long live the snow!" This is a great auspicious time! You've finally been moved, oh my God! A wolf pack immediately walked out of it and whispered at him, "Get out of here!" Don't shout here! The emperor himself can see it! It's not your turn to be here on Twitter! ”
Wang Shi was not a fool, he knew that these people could not be provoked by himself by looking at Xom on his mobile phone, so he could only run to the celebrant in a gloomy manner.
Wang An, the eunuch of Bingbi, and Li Lianxiong, the eunuch of the palm print, were walking out of the house, and when they raised their eyes, they saw the heavy snow, and laughed with satisfaction: "The old man is indeed a fairy!" If you are not a god, how can you ask God? What a blessing! ”
"Yes! It's just that this auspicious rui has long been reported to the emperor by your godson! What a good son he is! Li Lianxiong looked at Wang An with a sarcastic smile.
At this moment, Wang Shi staggered over again and shouted loudly: "Old Ancestor! It's snowing! It's snowing! This is a great auspicious time......" The words fell, and he saw a group of people standing at the door of the celebrant and looking at him coldly.
Wang Shi knew what he had done in an instant, his whole body was cold, and he knelt on the ground stupidly.
Wang An didn't even look at him: "Go!" Let's go and give the emperor an auspicious report."
Wang An, the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, looked at his favorite godson, and his heart was full of hatred that iron could not become steel, the emperor's meaning was just a court staff, but this Wang Shi actually beat Ma Yi to death! made the officials wanton in the past two days, asking the celebrant to dispose of this eunuch who is as ruthless as Liu Jin, Wang An withstood the huge pressure, and even did not hesitate to intercede with Wanli, for the sake of his own service for so many years, let him go.
Wanli looked at Wang An, who was kneeling on the ground and pitiful, and was silent for a long time. Wang An didn't dare to raise his head, but just sobbed softly, not daring to have the slightest excuse.
"You just said well, these clothes are old and comfortable to wear, and people are old and worry-free! That Wang Shi actually killed Ma Yi's staff at the noon gate, which has already caused public outrage! He can't stay! Yourself, look at it! After Wanli left such a sentence, he threw up his sleeves and left the hall. The big stone in Wang An's heart finally fell to the ground, Wang Shi's fate was saved, no matter where he was assigned, this was already his greatest creation!
Zhu Yidao will lie comfortably in the newly built yamen of the Beijing Shiyou Wanli said, the death penalty is forgiven, the living crime is inescapable, the court staff twenty everyone is their own people, looking at the wolves' vicious eyes to eat people, the fans of the celebrant did not dare to be ruthless, but they beat the twenty canes lightly. But just these twenty rods are about to kill Zhu Yidao. When was he beaten since he was a child? When have you ever been spanked twenty times with a stick with a thick mouth? But in the end, it can be regarded as a long insight, and it turns out that there are so many rules for spanking. Jiang Guangtou quietly told him that this was already very merciful, so his ass was just blood-red; If it were those officials who cursed at every turn, he would have been beaten to death with twenty rods! It's like Wang Shi of the celebrant who killed Ma Yi!
Lao Zhu didn't understand, what did Ma Yi do and was beaten to death? Hearing this, Jiang Guangtou hurriedly pulled him aside: "You don't know yet? In the past two days, those scolding gods have begun to move their mouths again, saying that this Jingshi earthquake is a punishment from heaven to the emperor, saying that the emperor does not go to court, does not temple, does not criticize, does not speak, and violates heavenly morality; Especially this Ma Yi, he actually said that the reason for the earthquake in Jingshi was because the imperial court was extravagant and the officials were greedy for ink! This pole overturned a boatload of people, I heard that the cabinet and the celebrant were relieved by the decision of the imperial court's staff, who knew that Wang Shi of the celebrant was so bold and beat him to death without authorization! This is a hornet's nest! You don't want to think about it, the group of eunuchs who are the celebrant eunuchs dare to take the initiative to kill the court officials! To say that without the acquiescence of the eunuch and the eunuch with the palm print, how dare he, a small executive eunuch, have such courage? ! Well, as soon as the incident came out, the court began to smoke again......"
So that's it! Zhu Yidao was a little depressed, this earthquake has been happening for so many days, why bother to talk about it again? These Ziyan officials are also full of food and have nothing to do, and with this kung fu, it is better to discuss how to quickly transport the money and grain to Jingshi. I really can't understand what they think!
Wang Shi was executed by the celebrant and the family law, and he lay on the ground weakly, looking at Wang An, who had no expression in front of him, and couldn't hold back the grievances in his heart anymore: "Ancestor! ……”
Wang An also regretted that such a good key cultivation arm was completely ruined by Li Lianxiong! What kind of enmity do I have with you, Wang An, don't you just want to cover the sky with one hand in the celebrant supervisor? You don't want to think about it, how can you allow one hand to cover the sky with so many people under this celebrant and superintendent? Today you forced Wang Shi to kill Ma Yi, are you going to force me to hang myself tomorrow?! Li Lianxiong, since you are such a person who leaves no way back, then don't blame me for being ruthless!
"Get up!" Wang Anxin helped Wang Shi up painfully, "I know your grievances, it was Li Lianxiong, the eunuch of the palm print, who asked you to kill Ma Yi?" Did he tell you that I agreed to this? Alas, stupid son, you don't want to think about it, how could I, Wang An, agree with such an opinion of self-destructing arms?! This grievance, you have to swallow it in your stomach forever and rot in your stomach! Slowly helped Wang Shi to the couch and lay on his stomach, personally smeared him with gold sore medicine, and continued, "Actually, this is also a good thing, military attachés often say, 'Put it to death and then live', you must be a man with your tail between your legs in the future!" Opportunities are created by oneself, not given by others! ”
"Ancestor...... In fact, my son knows that you are for my good. But...... That Li Lianxiong's power is so great, every cheap life in my country was given by my ancestors, it doesn't matter if he dies; Ancestor, you can't do without helpers! Seeing this celebrant ...... From now on, how many people are Li Lianxiong's ...... Son...... The son is really worried about the ancestors! Wang Shi's tears flowed again. He couldn't help but be sad, when he was a child, it was Wang An who picked him up from the street, and he was almost starving to death at that time.
It was Wang An who let him enter the palace and made him a eunuch, although he was already a half-crippled person, Wang An never looked down on him. On the contrary, no matter what he does, I try my best to help him and educate him. Although this celebrant called Wang An his ancestor and thought he was his godson, Wang Shi regarded Wang An as his father from the bottom of his heart!