It was still hot in the late summer evening, so Ma Du and the old loach poured a bottle of cold beer and walked along the cement road in Zhuangzi. The old loach opened his clothes, paced and shook the pu fan in his hand from time to time, and when he saw a familiar person, he accosted someone and asked about the growth of this year's autumn grain.

He also said very generously that if this year's harvest is not good, it will be okay to pay the rent next year, and he will not look at who is still living on the rent in the field.

"Three donkeys, who is this? Looking at the eyes, is it your relative? ”

Seeing the three donkeys hurriedly approaching with a young man, the old loach asked casually.

"Grandpa, old lady!" The three donkeys bowed their hands, and then patted the man next to him and said, "This is my son!" ”

"When I am blind, this person is as old as you, why is it your son."

Ma Du said with a smile: "This is a servant bought by three donkeys, and the court does not allow ordinary people to raise domestic slaves, so someone changes the law to accept sons." ”

"You kid, you're still raising a house slave!"

"Oh, there's no way to do it, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and there has to be a reliable manpower. The little one has to go to Qinhuai River to negotiate business with people, or the old lady will go with him, and I promise to find you the most popular and handsome girl! ”

"You fucking see me live hard, can I keep this old bone from tossing them? Hurry up! The old loach pointed at the back of the three donkeys with his finger, "This kid is getting worse and worse, go back to his father and ask him to clean him up." Hey? What do you sniff on? ”

Madu replied: "I smell a strong smell of melon, and I don't know where it came from." ”

"It was planted by Lao Liang's family in front of him, and it is best to plant beans in summer on dry land, but he wants to plant melons, and he really forgot his roots."

"Second grandfather, you are wrong, although the beans are full, but the melons are easy to sell for money, Lao Liang is a lively person." Ma Du forgot to glance at the field, and saw that under the large leaves there were yellow or green melons, full of aroma and very attractive.

"It's very greedy, let the housekeeper at home buy some from Lao Liang tomorrow!"

"If you want to eat, you have to wait until tomorrow, let's just go pick a few!"

The old loach stuffed the pu fan into Ma Du's hand and went to the ground, and Ma Du persuaded: "How bad it is for the second grandfather to let people see." ”

"Just take him a few melons, and give him money when I see him!" The old loach picked up a few melons from the geography and covered them with his clothes and walked outside, when suddenly he fell to the ground.

Ma Du was startled and hurriedly got off the ground and held the old loach, "You didn't hurt if you fell." ”

The old loach took a big melon from under him, "It was it that tripped, the little gelatin's head is still big, bring it to the little gelatin, he loves to eat melon the most." ”

"If you break your bones and tendons for a few melons, it's not worth it! Hurry up! Ma Du was about to pull the old loach, but he lay back on the ground with his chest covered, his face turned pale, his breathing became short, and cold sweat quickly seeped out of his body.

Ma Du was frightened, and kept rubbing his chest to the old loach, "What's wrong with you!" Where is it uncomfortable! ”

"Chest pain, gasping for breath......" The old loach spoke intermittently, even if Ma Du was proficient in medical skills, he didn't know what emergency he had for a while, this was not like a heart attack, and the old loach had never had such an illness.

"It's okay, it's okay, you're just out of breath, and you'll be relieved after lying down for a while!" Ma Du slowly put the old man flat on the ground, expecting that the old loach would soon recover as he said, but the old loach's condition deteriorated rapidly in a short period of time, and the wheezing became heavier and heavier, but it was not a symptom of asthma.

The old loach probably knew that he couldn't do it anymore, "What are you crying about, listen to me lively, don't use any pomp and circumstance when I die, I'm just an ordinary old man, and I've been content with the blessings I have enjoyed for more than ten years, and I have nothing to worry about." ”

"Second grandfather, don't talk, grandson will go find someone to carry you home."

"Lord Yama has already sent someone to arrest me, just standing on the side, it's too late to say anything more." The old loach's eyes widened, and he looked behind Ma Du in a daze, and stood there as if he was black and white, "I'm dead, don't use any pomp, I'm just an ordinary old man."

Cover me with the fur coat and bury me with the funeral, so I will be buried on the mountain, and I will always watch the house. Well, remember to take care of my grandmother for five or six more. ”

Ma Du wiped his eyes and said: "You take care of your old lover by yourself, your grandson can't take care of it, I'll go find someone when you're done!" ”

"It's too late! By the way, I still have two bank bills in the quilt, so don't burn them. The old loach suddenly raised his hand slowly, his eyes full of affection but no regrets, "Bring ...... I...... Let's go! ”

As soon as the words fell, his hands fell heavily, his eyes were closed tightly, his chest was no longer undulating, Ma Du sat on the ground with a depressed buttocks, looked around the void with hazy eyes, and shouted: "Second grandfather, let's go!" ”

Lao Zhu added a piece of stuffed tofu and chewed it twice in his mouth, then scolded: "The cook in this imperial dining room has not been able to learn the queen's craft for more than ten years, it is really useless, Yuansheng remembers to deduct his monthly money." ”

"The slave has written it down! In fact, the chef in this imperial dining room is not bad, but he can't make the taste that Niangniang makes, so he has to go to the middle palace at noon tomorrow to eat. ”

Lao Zhu waved his hand, "Forget it, the queen is still very busy with the affairs of the East Palace, so I won't go to make trouble for her!" He casually took the wine glass next to him, "This wine must be out of gas if it doesn't foam, and I'll change another bottle." ”

Yuan Sheng took another bottle of beer out and opened the lid to pour it again for Lao Zhu, "It's good if this bubbles up, do you want to put some ice cubes for Your Majesty." ”

"I have been having some diarrhea lately, I can't see the cold, and the cold one hurts my spleen and stomach, by the way, don't forget to return the bottle of gas, I don't buy the broken things." Lao Zhu said and added another broad bean, put it in his mouth, and chewed it with a clatter.

"Your Majesty, this beer was not purchased in the palace, it was offered by Uncle Guo, and a lot was sent in the harem."

"It's strange that he will give it away for nothing, this is a bait when he sees that the palace has not bought a lot in the past two years, and you will fall for him!"

A little eunuch stepped in quickly, whispered a few words to Yuan Sheng and withdrew, Yuan Sheng put away his smile and said, "Your Majesty, King Zhou sent someone to send a letter saying that the old lady in the uncle's mansion has passed away. ”

"Oh? So suddenly, the old man has always been in good health, how can he just leave. ”

"People are over seventy years old, that old lady is over seventy, she has enjoyed it with Hou Ye for so many years, and she has not suffered any illness when she said that she would go, she is a blessed person, which is enviable."

"If you let Xuanzhong hear this, he will beat someone! Send a decree to the fifth child, let him go to mourn on my behalf, and then let the inner library allocate some utensils to reward him for the funeral. Lao Zhu took a sip of the wine glass and drank it dry, "That's right, people are rare after seventy years, the old man is a blessed one, I am already six out of fifty, and I don't know how many years I can work for Daming." ”

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and he has a long life."

Lao Zhu sneered disdainfully, "The emperor has few long-lived people, and the way to die is a lot more tricky than ordinary people, and I am the most unlucky one - working to death!" ”

"The children and grandchildren of the Ming royal family will be grateful for the emperor's hard work today!"

"Don't you mention that my children and grandchildren are still more comfortable in my heart, since I told me that my children and grandchildren will be too many to count, and one day I will eat down the Ming Dynasty, and I will even go to the harem!" Lao Zhu put the little rice in the bowl into his mouth, "Let's go, go and approve the folds." ”

As soon as Lao Zhu arrived in the front hall, Yang Shuping came in, and handed over a stack of thick materials to Lao Zhu, "Your Majesty has already made some eyebrows about the matter of Weichen checking, and you can arrest people just by waiting for Your Majesty's will." ”

Lao Zhu rubbed his forehead and leaned on the back of the chair, "You say, I don't want to see it." ”

"After inspecting the treasury of thousands of households in various places, it was found that the four treasurys established in Huzhou, Zhenjiang, Zhongdu, and Changsha had a similar situation in Hongdu, and the granary was full on the surface, but in fact it was already empty."

"Isn't it available anywhere else?"

"There are no other places, and Wei Chen speculates that because these places produce little grain, and there is not much left to allocate military food to the border areas, they will set their sights on the treasury of the heavy grain-producing areas."

"Huh...... It's all right under my nose! Lao Zhu shook his head in disbelief. Have you found out who did it? ”

"According to the confession from Hongdu, the target is Guo Huan, the servant of the household department, after the incident in Hongdu, Weichen has been observing his movements, and found that he has secretly corresponded with many court officials, and the household department also has signs of burning account books, as long as the house is raided and arrested, a large amount of evidence will be found."

Lao Zhu gritted his teeth and said: "Then what are you still doing in a daze, don't you hurry up and arrest people, didn't I tell you a long time ago that you can't let go of one!" ”

"There are a lot of officials involved, and it is related to the safety of the imperial court, so I ask Your Majesty for instructions again!" Yang Shuping pulled out a booklet from the stack of materials, "The people involved are all on it, please read it Your Majesty!" ”

Lao Zhu dipped his fingers in the foam and turned the first page, only glanced at it, his eyes opened wide, and he said angrily: "The big men of the household department have been wiped out!" ”

He couldn't wait to turn the second page, "The same is true of the ministry?" Is the military department too? Criminal Department! Ministry of Rites! Hehe...... There is also the Metropolitan Procuratorate! ”

Lao Zhu closed the booklet and didn't dare to look at it again, the familiar names made his scalp tingle, and he said with a straight face: "Yang Shuping, you shouldn't have copied the names of the court officials without finding out anything." ”

Yang Shuping kowtowed and said: "Weichen will never dare to fool Your Majesty, none of these people have been wronged, and the heavy punishment will only implicate more, I am afraid that half of the court will be wiped out, and the place will not be spared." ”

"Hahaha......" Lao Zhu stood up with a laugh, his eyes red like a demon beast, "My good courtiers, you are really my good courtiers!" ”