Seeing the cavalry of the brigade coming straight here, the onlookers avoided it one after another, and everyone saw a ragged Taoist priest in the middle of the road, who had lost a shoe, and was dancing an unknown dance, while knocking on the bangzi with his hand, and singing loudly:

"Sitting on the head of the ghost, eggplant flowers are growing everywhere"

"The gourd is tired, and the eggplant flowers are also spitting"

"The ghosts sing eggplant flowers, and the children and grandchildren are full of eagles and dogs."

"The ghost sits on the head, and the eggplant flowers are red all over the ground."

"Zhao Rao and Cao Jie communicate privately, the eggplant flower committee is connected with ghosts, and Mrs. Zu is worthy of her father-in-law."

Li Jing's face was very ugly, and Ma Xianglin couldn't help but ask Li Jing: "Zhengyi, what is this crazy Taoist singing, I can't understand a word, why are so many people around, you have the talent to explain"

"It's a proverb, and it would be strange if you could understand it."

"Good brother, tell me about it" Ma Xianglin became energetic when he heard this, and said with his arm around Li Jing's shoulder.

"The ghost sits on the head, and the word Wei and the ghost word together are the word Wei, which means that there is a person surnamed Wei who will be the first in command, and the power is monstrous. In the north, the guest is pronounced as "come and", and the guest and eggplant have the same sound. Eggplant flowers are everywhere, which means that a person with the surname Ke will have power all over the world, and many people will vote for him. ”

"Then what is going on, Zhao Rao and Cao Jie are privately connected, the eggplant committee is connected with ghosts, and Mrs. Zu is married to her father-in-law. What does it mean, and who are the people surnamed Wei and those surnamed Ke?" Ma Xianglin asked curiously. People are curious, especially when it comes to such prophecies.

Li Jing was just about to speak, when suddenly his arm was grabbed by a hand, and the strength of the hand was so strong that it seemed to be caught by steel. Li Jing let out a low sigh of pain, turned his head and saw that it was Qin Liangyu's anxious face, looked at Li Jing and said, "Zhengyi is cautious." ”

Ma Xianglin looked at his mother blankly, he didn't know what mistake Li Jing had made, his mother had always loved Li Jing more, and even he was a little jealous, how could he make such a heavy hand.

Qin Liangyu's face was frosty, his eyebrows were full of painful expressions, he glared at Ma Xianglin angrily, and said word by word: "You unfilial son, kneel for me until dawn tonight." ”

Li Jing was shocked, and suddenly remembered Aunt Qin's husband, Shi Zhu's consolation envoy Ma Qiancheng died in prison because he offended the eunuch. hurriedly said: "Aunt Qin, it's not about Brother Lin'er, it's me Meng Lang, I can't talk but my brain, if you want to punish me, punish me."

Qin Liangyu looked left and right to make sure that no one heard it, and said in a low voice: "Zhengyi, after dinner in the evening, come to Aunt Qin, I have something to ask you, don't tell others that you have been to me."

"Okay, Aunt Qin, I'll go over after dark"

At this time, a team of vigorous officials of the Shuntian Mansion came with iron ropes and water and fire sticks. A headhunter pointed at the Taoist priest in tattered clothes and scolded, "You madman, what nonsense are you talking about all day long." If you dare to block the street again, see if the gentlemen don't arrest you and eat in jail."

The Taoist priest didn't know whether he was really crazy or fakely crazy, and when he saw the public coming to fight, he didn't know how to twist it, so he squeezed into the crowd and disappeared in a few moments. The people around did not look lively, and dispersed.

The three families also parted ways at the crossroads and went to their respective places.

Li Jing's family arrived at the big house purchased by the Li family in the early years, settled down, and had dinner with his grandfather and parents, second uncle, second aunt, and two sisters. This time in Beijing, it is estimated that the emperor will reactivate the Li family, the old lady is in good spirits, and Li Jing went to chat, and Li Jing chatted with his grandfather for a while.

I went to my parents again to say goodbye, and when I came out of my parents, it was already dark. Let the four maids and not white feathers, rest early and don't have to wait for themselves. Then he changed into black clothes, went out, and saw a middle-aged man on the other side of the street gesturing to himself, Li Jing knew that this was the senior brother's person, sent to contact him, Li Jing's senior brothers also secretly took this fleet to Tianjin, and then changed to Malaysia to Beijing, but it was a little later than Li Jing.

Li Jing explained to him, and when he went back, he told the senior brother that he would meet under the drum tower tomorrow afternoon. Then a few flew vertically, climbed over the wall, and went up to the ridge. Unfold the Wudang Yanchuan light skill cloud ladder, like parkour, jumping between the rooftop courtyard walls, avoiding the soldiers patrolling the streets after the curfew. If you get caught, you can't beat the board.

The Ming Dynasty curfew was renamed "Night Curfew". The regulations are clearer, and the dusk drum is sounded at three o'clock, and travel is prohibited; The morning bell rang at three o'clock on the fifth watch before the ban on traffic.

The selection of the local government office in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty is related to the use of the former site of the Yuan Dynasty and the local administrative division of the capital.

In the Ming Dynasty, the city wall of Beijing was covered with bricks, nine gates were opened, and urn cities and stone bridges were added; It is about 6,700 meters wide from east to west and 5,350 meters long from north to south. Jiajing added the southern suburbs of Luocheng, opened seven gates, and a total of 13 gates in the inner and outer cities. The local administrative division of the capital is divided into five cities: eastern, southern, western, northern, and central, and each city has its own fang, with a total of 36 squares. The Terracotta Division in charge of the security of the inner city has one for each city, which is collectively known as the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

The Shuntian Government Department is still located in the former site of the former Yuan Dadu Road Governor's Office in the northwest of Lingchun Fang at the intersection of Jiaokou, and has jurisdiction over Daxing and Wanping counties.

Daxing County Bureau, in the southeast of the intersection of the intersection of the north and south of the city of Jiaozhong Fang (now Daxing Hutong, Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Dongcheng Branch).

To the north of the intersection is the North Terracotta Division.

Qin Liangyu's military department is between the Shuntian Mansion Office and the Northern Soldiers and Horses Division, and this generation is an important official office, and the inspection is strict, so Li Jing must not be careless.

Li Jing hid in the shadow of the alley, carefully calculated the time of the patrol, and was just about to run out of the alley, when he saw a team of horsemen holding flags and a eunuch in his fifties galloping past the mouth of the alley. On the banner is written Admiral Dongchang, the celebrant is a pen eunuch.

In the Ming Dynasty, the celebrant set up "one eunuch with palm print, eight eunuchs with the pen and the hall, or four or five eunuchs...... A member of the celebrant and the superintendent, with the rank above the supervisor, resides in the yamen and is in charge of each treasury. The old man who chooses the supervisor is the one who is diligent and sensitive, and holds the key. There are four or six or seven members in charge of the company, and they are the ones who are in charge. And the inner study hall also belongs to it. There are also four or six or seven members in charge of the factory, and they live in the factory.

In the tenth year of Jiajing (1531), the number of craftsmen in the inner government was cleaned up once, and 15,167 old, weak, disabled, and famous people were removed, and 12,255 were actually retained, and the quota was written. Among them, 1,583 are celebrants. It is known as the first department of the 12th Internal Prison. The celebrant exercised part of the rights of the prime minister of the Inner Dynasty and used a red pen to approve the recital on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and was called the Inner Minister. The right can compete with the Cabinet Chamber. The cabinet must go through the celebrant to communicate with the emperor.

Li Jing looked at the ghost he had just heard during the day, sitting on his head, and galloped in front of him, this person had gray hair, slightly fat, a horizontal face, and an obscene appearance, if he didn't wear this python robe, he really looked like a scoundrel in the market.