Chapter 705: Lonely Palm

Guangdong has a long history of political envoys, here in the Western Han Dynasty for the palace of the Nanyue king, Sui for the Guangzhou Thorn History Bureau, Tang for the Lingnan East Qing Navy Jiedu Embassy, the Southern Han Dynasty for the palace, Song for the Guangnan East Road through a little pacification of the embassy, Yuan for the Guangdong Provincial Marshal's Palace, the beginning of the Ming Dynasty for the Guangdong Xingzhongshu Province, to the Hongwu nine years, this is changed to the current Guangdong Chengxuan political envoy Division. On the same foundation, there are many architectural traces of previous dynasties, which is extremely rare.

There are three memorial arches outside the Yamen of the Political Division, the south is called "Chengxuan", the east is called "Fengle", and the west is called "Taihe". Entering the main gate of the yamen from the eight-character wall, there are five public halls with the platform and the nine-eaves beam frame of the cylinder tile on the top of the hanging mountain. On the public hall hangs a plaque written by Wang Guangyang, the governor of Hongwu years, which is exactly the word "Xuande", but now it has the name of next year's Xuande year, so the yamen has long been preparing to change a plaque. In addition to the public hall, there are three rooms and two buildings in the water hall, five rooms in the back hall, one corridor, three rooms in the instrument gate, three rooms in the three doors, forty-six rooms in the east and west divisions, and so on.

Like other yamen, this place is also the front office and the back office. There are three public offices within the three gates, and now the right political envoy Xiang Shaoyuan has occupied one, Xu Tao has taken up one, and the largest one is left to Zhang Yue. Now that the whole family has moved in, it is natural that they have to clean up. As soon as Zhang Yue entered the door at this time, he smelled a good fragrance, and then he saw that Cui's mother was holding a small bottle of things and pouring them on Jingguan and Sansan. The two little ones were struggling to the death, and their faces were extremely aggrieved.

"What's going on?"

"Our eldest master is back!" Du Xuan, who was sorting out the box, turned his head to see Zhang Yue, and immediately stood up and said with a smile, "You are so majestic, so evil, just now those people came to help clean up, all of them looked scared, as if we would eat them!" Even better when I heard the news that you were back, the group of people were all as pale as dirt and crept clean! Just now, Cui's mother went out for a spin, but I heard about your new nickname, and now it has been changed to Zhang Killing! ”

"Whose head is Daddy going to kill?"

Seeing that his son broke free from Cui's mother's hands, he ran to the side and pulled the hem of his clothes, but he asked such a sentence that made people cry and laugh, Zhang Yue couldn't help but flick his head angrily, and then sighed helplessly: "No matter what the year, there are people who want money and shame, and they want money and don't want to die, where are they afraid of killing their heads?" You don't know, I went to Huaiyuanyi today, and I happened to meet someone who abducted and sold a woman from a good family, and planned to sell it to Fanren. ”

Zhang Yue came to the original story of today, and the banter on Du Juan's face suddenly disappeared, and even Cui's mother couldn't help but fold her palms and recite a word of Buddha. Seeing that the masters didn't speak, she couldn't help but mutter: "It's really a sin, they are all children born and raised by their own families, and selling them to other people's families to do work is already forced to make a living, who would be willing to sell overseas?" I have heard relatives say that Lingnan, Fujian and other places have always abducted and sold the most children, and if it is said in this way, Guangdong is also Lingnan, I am afraid that the child was really abducted. ”

"Cui's mother is right, and I think most of this is true. I was a newcomer, and although I took Xu Daya into custody, I also had to beware of exchanging information with her and falsifying her to confuse the past. There is a way that a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake of the ground, this Hades is better, but the little ghost is difficult. I have no foundation in Guangdong, and after all, I have to rely on those subordinate officials of the political secretary to deal with all my affairs, and if they unite, I can't blindly force them. So today, although I said that Thunderball brought people back, I handed them over to the Institute of Justice. It is important to know that each has its own duties, although the prison is also the duty of the political envoy, but when you first arrive, you will skip the institute of inquiry, and it will be even more difficult to speak alone in the future. ”

After saying this, Zhang Yue sat down next to Du Juan, and hooked his hand to call Jingguan over, but he smoked a few ancient poems for his son to recite. Seeing that he memorized it skillfully, he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and at this time, Cui's mother smiled playfully: "Young grandma taught him to recite these when he has nothing to do, and now he has almost memorized all the three hundred Tang poems, and he has recognized a lot of words." In the months when I stayed in the capital, there were three young ladies who often came to teach with books, and Jingguan couldn't do it even if he wanted to be lazy! ”

Knowing that his sister was such a stubborn temper, Zhang Yue couldn't help but laugh, and immediately stopped competing, and pulled his daughter over again, teasing her to babble and talk for fun. At this time, Qiu Zhen and Amber entered the house together, and after the ceremony, Qiu Zhen wiped the sweat beads on his forehead with a handkerchief, and couldn't help complaining: "It is said that Guangzhou is the hottest, I didn't believe it before, but now I finally realize it." I can't stay in this room at all, as long as I move slightly, I will sweat, and our clothes are too thick. ”

Seeing Jing Guan stepped forward and pulled the hem of her dress and said hello with a smile, she immediately squatted down, took a closer look, sniffed her nose again, and then opened her eyes wide and asked: "What is rubbed on Jing Guan's body, it smells very strange, it seems to be different from the flower dew we used to use, not jasmine, not osmanthus roses." ”

"It's honeysuckle, I heard that licorice is added to it, and the main ingredient is rose dew." As she spoke, Du Juan instructed Cui's mother to open the small box next to her and gave Qiu Zhen and Amber a bottle each, "Before, those officials and relatives in the yamen ordered to come together, and in addition to local specialties, they sent a lot of various flower dews. It is not as humid and stuffy as the capital, and there are more mosquitoes, so these flower dews are not only for deodorization, but also for the effect of removing sweat and insects. I have collected more than a dozen bottles here, thinking that Jingguan and Sansan are already so hot that they have prickly heat, so I will use them first, and you can also use them to give it a try. ”

Autumn marks and amber hurriedly thanked them, and Zhang Yue also curiously took a porcelain bottle, opened the lid and smelled it, it was indeed the kind of smell that he had just smelled. I have to say that although the women of later generations say that there are many bottles and cans, they are far inferior to these pure natural things today, the flower dew is steamed by themselves, the rouge gouache is made by their own flower juice, as for those perfumes, almost every family has a unique recipe, and his mother Sun and his wife Du Juan also have some experience in this.

The love of beauty is originally a woman's nature.

"We used tin to make retorts, add flowers and fragrant bones to steam flower dew, but here we use copper pots and pots, and set up a trough next to it, with a helmet-shaped tin lid on top, and cold water on the lid, and a one-inch high shelf at the bottom of the pot to place those honeysuckle licorice and petals, etc., and then put it on the stove to steam the dew. There is no water at the bottom, but there is still water at the top, but you can still take the flower dew, which is called the dry steaming method......"

Seeing that Cui's mother was talking the truth, obviously learning from others, Qiu Zhen stood there next to Du Juan, her face was extremely focused, but Amber didn't pay attention to this, but sat on the small pestle and hugged Sansan to play, Zhang Yue couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and simply stood up quietly. When he reached Amber's side, he patted him lightly on the shoulder, and then left the house first. It wasn't long before Amber opened the curtain and followed.

"Now that we have arrived in Guangzhou, if you want, you can go to Hainan at any time. It's not like the capital, there are so many things that need to be taken care of, so you might as well go out with Lao Peng Lingxi on weekdays, and you can also inquire about the news. ”

Amber didn't ask Zhang Yue if he would accompany him then, after all, the Qiu family was already in the past, and now that he was living in Hainan, it was very likely that the magistrate would send someone to keep an eye on him. If Zhang Yue goes with her, something will happen at that time, and the situation will probably slide into another abyss. Therefore, she was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help asking, "Brother Peng and Sister Lingxi know about it?" ”

"I told the lobby uncle." Zhang Yue remembered the long talk when he left Beijing to see Zhang Fu, so he nodded, "Although your grandfather said that the Northern Expedition was defeated, after all, he was the first in the ranks when he was martyred, and many of the generals in the Jingnan army received the favor. At the beginning of the lobby, Uncle sent a letter to Amber, and it was also your grandfather and the king of Dongping who were unhappy, saying that the two generations of the Zhang family's father and son had high merit, and they should not be rewarded because of their personal relatives, so they were able to seal the new city in Yongle for three years. If he hadn't won the marquis, he might not have been able to levy a surrender from the king of Dongping. Therefore, he has always been grateful in his heart. I also knew before that he and many nobles had sent a lot of things to the Qiu family over the years, but they were all handed over by local officials, and they didn't dare to have too many contacts. After learning about you, he said that he would let Lao Peng accompany you when the time came. ”

Seeing that Amber was silent, he continued: "Lingxi can also be more convenient with you, she is stable and capable, even if she encounters anything, she can cover up the past. If I, the political envoy, can get out of the way, or find an excuse, I can accompany you when the time comes, and everything depends on the situation. ”

Although Zhang Yue promised, and Amber knew that he would do what he said, he did it to such an extent, and even made it clear to the British Gong Zhang Fu's dismissal, which undoubtedly saved her from any trouble that might happen in the future. With the power of the British duke, the traces that may have been left at the beginning must be swept away.

However, she just wanted to go back to her hometown and take a look, and after that glance, she had nothing to do with that Qiu Zi again. Grandfather Qiu Fu supported the Han King Zhu Gaoxu back then, and with this alone, the current emperor will not be angry with the Qiu family again, this is already the best ending, she doesn't want to involve her own affairs in the family that has fallen to the end.

After a long time, Amber bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, young master." ”

"What do you say thank you, by the way......" Zhang Yue suddenly remembered the blue-clothed girl Jiuniang who refused to say her surname today, and asked after a little hesitation, "Was the Qiu family moved to Chengmai County, Qiongzhou Prefecture?" ”

Amber didn't know why Zhang Yue suddenly asked this, and was stunned for a moment before nodding and saying, "That's right." ”

"It shouldn't be such a coincidence...... Zhang Yue thought about it thoughtfully, and finally felt that this matter should have nothing to do with it, so he changed his words and said, "The Duoli people in Qiongzhou Prefecture, although the imperial court has used the strategy of managing Li with the capital, Chengmai County seems to be one of the prefectures and counties where Li people live, and I will ask people to find a proper Li guide in a few days, and then the road will be easier." You also pack up and are ready to go. Well, it's still like this, it's inconvenient to travel by land, so it's better to wait until the Guangzhou City Ship Division opens the sea, and you take a boat. ”

Except for Jiaoluan, Guangzhou's political secretary has always been in the middle of the thirteen political divisions in the world, and the summer tax and autumn grain paid every year are in the middle position. Due to the strict sea ban during the Hongwu period, Guangzhou, which had flourished during the Tang and Song dynasties, was depressed a lot, and it was not until the Yongle Emperor reopened the city that it recovered. Although the political secretary and the city department have nothing to do with each other, the transaction of people and goods has also brought them a lot of financial resources, so for such a left-handed political envoy who fell from the sky, everyone naturally has to sum up.

In the study of the Xu family's official house in the back hall of the political secretary, most of the subordinate officials of the entire yamen gathered at this time. Since it is a medium-sized province, the political department has one on the left and one on the left and one on the left and two on the left and right, and there are also the experience department, the research and grinding office, the reasoning office, and the prison department...... There are all kinds of subordinate officials plus miscellaneous duties, to say the least, there are twenty or thirty people. Due to the limited number of official residences, most of them lived outside the yamen. At this time, because of the need to hide people's eyes, the doors and windows of the house were tightly closed, and because the south was not good for ice storage, although the room was stuffy and unbearable, everyone had to have a big fan, and the sound of clattering was endless.

"Lord Xu, although this time the person who was imprisoned is only a small character, but if that Xu Daya bites something terrible, won't we suffer in vain? This killer star is a dismount, when we are all persimmons that are easy to pinch, I can see that he will give him some color, otherwise he is afraid that it will become even worse. ”

"I think you'd better save trouble, like you said, it's just a small role, what to do so nervously, according to his intentions, kill when you should kill, why make a fuss? People are the emperor's cronies, and if they have really killed people, as long as they don't really provoke us, it's better to respond to all changes with the same. It is a taboo to sell your own people to Fanbang, so why help that person who is hungry for profit! ”

"Brother Liu, are you referring to Sang and scolding Huai?"

"Brother Liu said that everyone knows who they are. It doesn't matter if you accept filial gifts from Fan, and it doesn't matter if you care about favors for them, but you can quietly sell your own people to Fanbang, and most of you here, including me, won't do it! Since it's just one person, it can't affect others, so why should we care about such a small thing! ”

Seeing that the people who were discussing the matter were sneering and fighting, Xu Tao only felt that his head was big for a while. It's just that although he has a high official rank, his qualifications can't suppress everyone, so he can only stand up and play a round, and it took a while for everyone to quiet down. At this time, he put on a confident expression.

"Whether the woman was abducted or not, let's not talk about it. This matter is under the control of reason, if he is a political envoy who wantonly fights, and we don't agree to it, even if the holy family is good, he will not be able to survive. He came to be the political envoy of Guangdong to return to Beijing to save his qualifications, not to kill on a large scale. As long as everyone doesn't do anything out of the ordinary during this period, he won't be able to find an excuse. Come to think of it, he came back to the outside with someone to help, but this time he was alone! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but be in good spirits, and they nodded in unison after glancing at each other. Zhang Yue has the commander of Liu Zhong in Shandong, and he has Jingying to accompany him when he goes to Jiangnan and to Xuanfu Xinghe, and Liu Zhong is also accompanying him to pacify Shandong last time, this time he is a genuine person, and the commander of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division made Li Long guard Xining in the past, and has nothing to do with the Zhang family, without the support of relatives and friends, what else do they have to be afraid of?