Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Wave Rises Again

Nearly in the evening, Gao Gong, who had been busy with a day of official business, returned home in a small sedan chair, and was about to fall asleep when he was sleepy in the swaying sedan chair, but at this moment there was a loud noise outside to wake him up, and the noise that followed was also filled with his ears, and the sedan chair stopped slowly walking a few steps.

"What's going on up ahead!" Opened the sedan curtain and took a look, and found that the nearby pedestrians were rushing forward, crowded with people, and the wide roads in the capital were crowded.

There was no need to instruct, the little guy who had been following the sedan chair raised his feet and ran forward to check, he went fast, and he didn't come back slowly, but his original questioning look became full of panic: "Master, the city wall in front has collapsed!" ”

Gao Gong was shocked, and he couldn't help but get out of the sedan chair and rush forward, at this time, when the people finished their day's work and returned home, the city wall collapsed and was very likely to press the pedestrians.

Under the guidance of the little guy, squeezed through the crowd to the front, the dust stirred up in front of him has not yet dispersed, only to see that the city wall that should have been connected has opened a big opening, and the large square bricks scattered on the ground are messy, as if it is the ruins and broken walls after the war, this is not counted, the city walls on both sides of the mouth are also crooked and tilted, and they may collapse at any time.

"Brother, brother is here to save you!" Suddenly, a voice sounded, and I saw a man with a strong body and clothes full of patches rushing forward as if he was crazy, and began to clean up the large square bricks piled up into a small hill with his bare hands.

"Rice bucket, don't you go and help save people!" Gao Gong saw that the little guy around him was still stunned, and couldn't help but reprimand angrily, the little guy hurriedly responded, and quickly stepped forward to help, with him taking the lead, the crowd of onlookers also stepped forward to help.

"Get out of the way, the official is here!" Just as everyone was working together to find the person who was crushed by the collapsed city wall, a sudden sound of bullishness came from behind.

Gao Gong, who was originally full of anger, looked back, but it was seven or eight men dressed in the costumes of the Fifty Soldiers and Horses who walked over, only to see them waving the water and fire sticks in their hands to drive away the pedestrians in front of them while moving forward, and their expressions were arrogant.

Seeing such a situation, Gao Gong, who was already angry because of the collapse of the city wall and pressed the pedestrians, was even more furious, and the tiger glared and shouted: "A few killing materials, shouting five and six to do anything, don't come and save people quickly!" ”

These fifty percent of the soldiers of the Soldiers and Horses Division are the city managers of the capital. Although he is a humble position, he is also a well-known figure on the street, and ordinary people are not afraid of three points when they see it, how can they be reprimanded so in front of the public.

Ignoring the chaotic situation in front of him, a military man looked at Gao Gong with a bullish face, looked up and down and said with a smile: "Yo, this is really evil today, not to mention the collapse of the city wall, and a nosy Chen Biting Jin popped up, I said you bad old man, who are you grandfather, you dare to speak out!" ”

"You ......" Gao Gong's face turned blue and white, and he had been an official for decades. Although he has experienced several ups and downs, no one dares to talk to him like this when he is down, and he can't imagine that today he will be a grandfather by a nobody, teaching him how to not be able to afford it.

Seeing Gao Gong's index finger stopped in front of him trembling, the soldier laughed proudly, but unfortunately he was so happy and sad that he only heard an angry scolding on his side, and he fell to the other side with a pain in his waist, and he didn't see who the person who attacked him was at all.

"Day, grandma's ......" The soldier who fell to the ground scolded angrily, picked up the water and fire sticks that fell beside him, and got up to teach the person who attacked him a lesson, but after seeing the other party's clothes clearly, he held back the second half of the sentence.

The person who came was the famous Erdan brother, who had just left the command of the yamen, Shen Chongming rushed to the small courtyard, but the Erdan brother routinely went to the new house to check the progress of the decoration, and several ladies asked about it every day.

Who would have thought that he was about to arrive at the new house, and saw from a distance that there was a sea of people in front of him, and Brother Erdan was a very lively person, so he immediately turned over and dismounted and ran forward to check what was happening.

This thing is so new, not only did the city wall collapse, but even a small fifty percent soldier dared to bully his own adult's mentor, Master Gao, who really ate the bear's heart and leopard gall.

didn't have time to think about it, Brother Erdan hurriedly used his strength to squeeze forward, and without waiting for the soldier to go wild again, he raised his foot and taught him a lesson.

A character like Brother Erdan, of course, disdains to be honest with an ordinary soldier, and after giving the order, he turned to Gao Gong and saluted: "Humble Ma Erdan, I've seen the elder Ge!" ”

The two have indeed met, the last time Shen Chongming went to Tongzhou to meet Gao Gong, Brother Erdan was by his side, and Gao Gong also had a rough impression of him.

Nodding, Gao Gong didn't ask why he appeared here, and directly ordered: "Hurry up and save people!" ”

There are many people and great strength, and when the brigade of fifty percent of the soldiers and horses arrived when they heard the news, five corpses had been dug up.

Each large square brick weighs more than 100 catties, and an ordinary piece can be stoned to death if it falls, and now there are hundreds of square bricks falling from this section of the city wall that has collapsed, and the five people who are crushed below have a way to live.

"Cao Liang, the commander of Dongcheng, the commander of the Fifty Soldiers and Horses, see Lord Gao!" Cao Liang is just a six-grade petty official, don't talk to Gao Gong in normal times, even if they meet together, they can only look at it from a distance, and now they can salute face-to-face, Cao Liang is really excited.

But at this time, Gao Gong looked at the five miserable corpses and was angry, where would he give him a good face, and snorted coldly and walked away, leaving Cao Liang stupidly there waiting to clean up the mess.

"What? A section of the eastern city wall has collapsed,! Jia Renyi, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, just had dinner and listened to the housekeeper to report the news, and couldn't help but be shocked when he heard it, this year's city wall repair is his own responsibility, and now there is such a thing, once the court investigates it, he will not be able to eat and go around.

"Yes, master, now this matter has spread all over Dongcheng, and the villain's wife and brother heard about it and immediately came to report it, and I heard that five people were crushed to death?" The housekeeper said with a sad face.

The housekeeper's wife and brother surnamed Wang, is the foreman who contracted the repair of this section of the city wall, the brother-in-law is usually idle and does not do business, and the days are also tight, often have to rely on their own help to survive, they can't stand the pillow wind, taking advantage of this time the lord is in charge of repairing the city wall for him to find a little errand, is responsible for repairing this section of the city wall in the east city.

This kid's head is also bright, and it didn't take long for him to embezzle a sum of money to repair the city wall and send it to the mansion, and the lord was also very satisfied.

I once thought that such a thing would happen in less than half a month after the city wall was repaired, and once the court investigated it, not only would the person who handled it go to prison to ask for the crime, but I was afraid that his own master would be implicated.

"Alas! How could such a thing happen? Jia Renyi frowned, and he didn't care for a while.

He was originally the secretary of the Taifu Temple. Although it is also the leader of the yamen from the third grade, but I can't bear that Taichang Temple is just a dispensable Qingshui Yamen, and it is difficult to feed a large family with just a little bit of meager money, if it is not for the relationship to open a few small shops in the city, I am afraid that the family will not be able to open the pot The evil superintendent will hug you.

Years ago, he used all his savings to show his loyalty to Gong Feng, and only then did he reshuffle the officialdom of Xu Jie's resignation and reshuffle the cards by half a rank to become the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, and it was also a coincidence, the city wall that had not been repaired for many years was ready to be repaired soon after he took office, and the household department tightened his belt and paid more than 200,000 taels of repair costs for this matter, and it was himself who was responsible for this matter.

has lived for most of his life, Jia Renyi is also pitiful, he has never seen so much silver, he is not a stereotypical person, now the wind of greed for ink is prevalent in the officialdom, he used to just suffer from not having a chance, otherwise he would have reached out a long time ago.

With a huge sum of more than 200,000 taels, Jia Renyi believes that as long as the account is flat, no one will find out about it if he earns 128,000 taels in his pocket, and with this silver, he can continue to honor Gonggong Feng, if he is lucky, it is not a big problem to sit on the throne of Shangshu before quitting the officialdom.

As the merchants who wanted to undertake the repair of the city wall flocked to him, all kinds of gifts were placed in front of Lord Jia, the most of which was white silver.

Anyway, it's just a few sections of the city wall, in line with the principle of letting someone repair it is not repaired, after a total of a few people who give the most gifts into the list, of course, since the name is Renyi, Lord Jia is definitely not the kind of person who takes it and doesn't do anything, all those who give themselves gifts but can't get errands are recommended to other places by themselves, and what repairs to various yamen and the like are also a lot of money.

Just such a thing, Master Jia really realized the benefits of power, and the idea of continuing to climb up became more and more ingrained.

Of course, handing over one of the sections of the city wall to the housekeeper's wife and brother for repair, not for the sake of silver, but for the sake of affection that Lord Jia values more.

Saying that Lord Jia is benevolent and righteous, it is really benevolent and righteous, you must know that the reason why the family has been able to maintain the level of brocade clothes and jade food over the years is that this loyal housekeeper has been running up and down, which is not only hard work, but also a credit, although Lord Jia has never said it, but has always been worried about it in the bottom of his heart, so the housekeeper has just emerged this sign, and Lord Jia agreed.

Fortunately, Foreman Wang was also good, and after receiving the silver from the Ministry of Works, he immediately quietly sent 1,000 taels to the house.

One thousand taels is not a small amount, but compared to the silver that Foreman Wang received from the Ministry of Works, it is not much, Lord Jia believes that just such a little silver is impossible to affect the quality of the entire repair project, so he is very relieved to enter the pocket, and he also thinks that if there is a good thing in the future, he will definitely give it to the wife and brother of this housekeeper, so that he can not only take care of the housekeeper's feelings, but also get some benefits, which can be described as a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

Knowing that it had only been completed for a long time, such a big thing had happened to the city wall that had been built and repaired by Foreman Wang, and Lord Jia didn't know what to say for a while in front of the housekeeper.

The housekeeper also knows that now that this is happening, it must be his brother-in-law who has done those tricks in it, this killing material, it doesn't matter if he harms himself, if this matter implicates the master, implicates the Jia family, what should he do, this is just a few days later, there is no good life.

"Master, it's all small and bad, I actually introduced such a killing material to you, and I ask the master to punish you!" The housekeeper took retreat as advance, and in order to prevent Lord Jia from blaming him in this matter, he took the initiative to take responsibility.

Seeing him like this, Lord Jia couldn't say anything? waved his hand and sighed: "That's it, it's not a big deal, if someone investigates it, I will naturally find a way!" ”

Although Master Jia was indeed a little frightened when he heard the news at the beginning, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not a big deal, he was now Gonggong Feng's person, and Gonggong Feng was now powerful, and I believe that no one should offend his old man's brows because of this matter, and when the time comes, it will be a big deal to hand over the housekeeper's wife and brother to bear a crime, and this matter will be over.