"Come and see! Let's see! Don't miss it when you pass by, as long as one or two silver, as long as one or two silver, each piece is one or two, all of them are one or two, all of them are genuine, they are all genuine! The imperial court is willing to donate, the Marquis of Wuqing breaks his family to serve the country, all items are treated at a cheap price, all at a loss, and all at the price of jumping off the building! All the loss price, all jump the price! One tael of silver, you can't buy a loss, one tael of silver, you can't buy fooled, all of them only need one tael of silver......"

On the street in front of the Marquis of Wuqing's mansion, the people of the Marquis of Wuqing's mansion occupied the entire street, and a guy put all kinds of rags on the street, such as broken chair cushions, vases with a large crack, paperweights with a corner missing, and bald brushes, legendary books (novels) whose names were lost after being eaten by insects......

The people of the Marquis of Wuqing said that these things were randomly divided into subcategories, and there was a sign erected in front of one pile, which was written in large letters, all unified two, and the other pile said all two and two...... And so on until 1,000 taels, filling the entire street.

Niu Juming was walking by the side of this street, attracted by the clamor of the sale. Niu Juming was born in the imperial examination, but since he was promoted twenty years ago, he has not been able to make any further progress in the imperial examination. The fame of people can already be called a master in Dazhao, and theoretically he can also be an official, and he may even become a big official. For example, Haigang Peak of this dynasty was born as a person, but he has always achieved the position of governor of Tianfu. It's just that if you want to be an official, you have to queue up for a long time, and if you don't pay for money, you may not be able to get your turn if you wait for a lifetime. If you want to get on the wheel, you have to make money, but you just use the money and get an official, but there are only some petty officials who are hard, have a low level, and have no oil and water, but are prone to problems. It's not easy to recoup your investment. After Niu Juming was promoted, he participated in the imperial examination several times, but the result was that he fell to Sun Mountain every time, and saw those who are said to be the stars in the sky. It's better to collect your mind as soon as possible, spend some money, and find a poor official like a teaching, which can be regarded as a mixed official, and barely be regarded as a glorious ancestor.

It's just that this way is not easy to find, Niu Juming went to the capital, found a fellow villager who is now in charge of the ministry, and handed over the post, but there are many people looking for the director, Niu Juming naturally failed to be received at that time, but people saw that he was a fellow countryman, so he still gave a face, let him wait for two more days, and when he was free, he would meet him.

Niu Juming temporarily stayed in the Jingshi. At this time, Heng Zhi was fine, so he walked around in the Beijing Division, which can be regarded as a long insight. But I don't want to hear such a shout.

Niu Juming had nothing to do, so he walked over, but saw a person who looked like a servant, standing next to a pile of things, shouting at the top of his voice: "Xiong Shanhuo, damn Xiong Shanhuo, he recruited the traitor Zhang Bingzhong, it cost the court millions, it cost the court millions, and now Zhang Bingzhong has rebelled again, and now Zhang Bingzhong has rebelled again, millions of the court have been lost, and millions of the court have been lost!" Marquis Wu Qing ruined his family to relieve difficulties, and all the things in his house were sold cheaply, and all of them were sold cheaply! The original price was ten taels of silver, twenty taels of silver, and now all of them are one tael, and they are all unified into two! Bear Mountain Fire, you're not human! The court worked hard to get some money, and you took it to the traitor! Xiong Shanhuo, you pay us back our hard-earned money! ”

Niu Juming couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and thought, "This Marquis Wu Qingqing is so daring, he dares to say this kind of thing." ”

While thinking, Niu Juming lowered his head and looked at the things that the Marquis of Wuqing's Mansion had taken out for sale. It should not be too exaggerated to say that the original price of these things was "ten taels of silver, twenty taels of silver", but it should have been the original price ten years ago, or even twenty years ago. Now these things are broken and unfitting. Where can such a thing be worth a silver tael?

"Marquis Wu Qing, this is not to 'destroy the family and relieve difficulties' at all, but to deliberately embarrass the imperial court, right?" Niu Juming thought like this and continued to walk forward, but saw that the things in front of him were gradually becoming more valuable, but in terms of price, it was actually not low, obviously not wanting to really sell it. But I heard someone say to a servant: "Just such a broken pen holder, you want to pay five taels of silver, this is too expensive, right?" It's new, and it's not at this price. ”

The servant said disdainfully: "This cylinder was originally used by the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva when he was a child, how can it be compared to ordinary things?" Not to mention five taels of silver, it is fifty taels, what about five hundred taels? The poor ghost goes, don't disturb the uncle to sell things. ”

The "Nine Lotus Bodhisattva" is the Empress Dowager Li. It has been almost thirty years since the death of the Empress Dowager Li, Niu Juming glanced at the pen holder, although it is old, but it is only ten years at most, how can it be that the Empress Dowager Li has not used it when she was married? The servant was clearly just talking nonsense.

While thinking, I walked forward again, but I saw that there were some really valuable things in front of me, such as a one-person high vase or something, and the shape was elegant, and the fetal glaze color was also extraordinary. The servant who sold this thing shouted: "Take a look, take a look, these are all treasures rewarded by the Empress Dowager Cisheng back then, it is extraordinary, and now they are all sold cheaply, five hundred taels a piece, five hundred taels a piece!" ”

If you want to talk about this thing, five hundred taels is really not expensive. But this is not something that ordinary people can afford, if it is a person who can really afford it, who doesn't know the routine here, and this is something given by the Queen Mother, where can you really buy it casually?

Thinking like this, Niu Juming took a few steps further, and then walked to the gate of the Marquis of Wuqing's Mansion, and also saw the most valuable thing in this fire sale of jumping off the building and vomiting blood - "Building the Marquis of Wuqing's Mansion".

Yes, it was the Marquis of Wuqing's mansion, which was sold at a price of 10,000 taels of silver. To be honest, this price is not very high, but for the same reason, this mansion was "made", which means that it was built according to the holy decree. And this is not the holy decree of Emperor Chongde today, but the holy decree of Emperor Chongde's grandfather. This holy decree clearly says that this mansion is for the Marquis of Wu Qing, how dare ordinary people buy it?

Niu Juming turned around, shook his head, and thought: "I don't want the Jokhang Dynasty, it has fallen to such a point...... I just feel that the thought of spending money to run an official is half cold.

……

On this day, Emperor Chongde went to Chengqian Palace to play chess with Concubine Tian.

Concubine Tian is a well-known talented woman in the palace, and she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially her piano skills, and she is an authentic musician, which is far inferior to her. Coupled with the fact that she is beautiful and beautiful, among the several concubines of Emperor Chongde, she is almost the most favored one. Now Emperor Chongde finally had a moment of relaxation, and he came to the Chengqian Palace.

Emperor Chongde first asked Concubine Tian to play a song on the piano for him, and then proposed to play a game of chess with Concubine Tian.

Tian Fei's level of Go is very good, although it has not reached the level of national players, but she can also talk and laugh with those national players. When playing chess with Emperor Chongde, she was able to control the situation steadily, making the chess game fierce and tense, but she couldn't hold each other, until the end, there was a win or loss of one or two sons. In terms of this control alone, her chess strength really doesn't know how high it is higher than that of Emperor Chongde.

However, today's chess game is very wrong, only fifty or sixty hands, Concubine Tian killed Emperor Chongde by abandoning a dragon with more than ten sons, of course, for this reason Concubine Tian also abandoned seven or eight sons, so just look at the number of sons, although the emperor's situation is poor, but he can continue to play. It's just that Concubine Tian relied on the abandoned son to roll in another piece of the emperor's solitary son, forming a situation of relying on the thick momentum and chasing the emperor all over the game. Not to mention whether the emperor can live out of this lonely chess, that is, he can live, and he was attacked by Concubine Tian, and he was cheap all the way, and this number of children is completely unreadable, and I am afraid that it is normal to lose twenty or thirty pieces.

Emperor Chongde stretched out his hand into the chess basket, fiddling with the chess pieces inside, his eyes were firmly fixed on the chessboard, and he naturally felt the disadvantage of the chess game in front of him. I just thought about it, but I couldn't think of a way to break the game.

At this time, he heard footsteps outside, and a eunuch approached and whispered: "The emperor, the queen and Concubine Yuan are also here." ”

The emperor's eyes were fixed on the chess game, but he did not look back, but waved his hand slightly. In his mind, he already somewhat connected this chess game with the current situation. At the beginning of this game of chess, his situation seemed to be good, chasing and killing Concubine Tian's dragon all the way, and he could eat all the dragons, and he won the game in one fell swoop, but he didn't want to, a move was not rigorous, and Concubine Tian found a flaw. This is similar to the situation in the world since he ascended the throne.

"Could it be, is this game of chess really about to collapse?" Emperor Chongde couldn't help but think.

At this time, Empress Zhou and Concubine Yuan both came in. Concubine Tian was about to stand up and salute the queen. When the queen saw that the emperor was bowing her head in contemplation, she waved her hand at her, signaling not to be polite and not to disturb the emperor's train of thought. Concubine Tian just owed herself and didn't stand up.

Empress Zhou took Concubine Yuan to sit down on both sides of the chessboard, and also lowered her head to look at the chess game. The chess skills of the two of them are far from Concubine Tian, but they can also play Go. The two lowered their heads and just glanced at the chessboard, and knew that the emperor's situation was already very bad. The lone piece had stretched for half of the board, but it still had only one eye. But Concubine Tian made a lot of money by besieging this big dragon. Concubine Yuan roughly counted, and Concubine Tian was afraid that she was already twenty sons ahead of the emperor. In today's situation, it is not easy for Concubine Tian to release water to the emperor - if you want to release water, you have to release it naturally, and you can't fill in one of your own eyes.

Empress Zhou and Concubine Yuan glanced at each other, and they both saw the doubts in each other's eyes: "How can such a smart person as Concubine Tian play chess like this?" ”