Chapter 900: The Wind and the Moon

Among the so many hot civil and military generals' mansions in the capital, the Wugong Hutong Du Mansion has always been a cold one, but at this moment, in this alley that only people who live here in the past will pass through, from the alley to the door of Du's house, there are at least one or twenty people. Among them, there are not only the people of the Nancheng Terracotta Division, but also the officers of the Shuntian Mansion, and the soap of Wanping County, all in all, the officials who are in charge of this place are all sincerely afraid of the Du Mansion, how can their subordinates be absent?

Unlike the soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, they also have a proper salary, but the soap officials of Shuntianfu and Wanping County are serious errand servants, and they have to pay for their own meals out of their own pockets. Therefore, although the Hongwu period set the rule that officials should be executed if they embezzle thousands of times, these bitter little people still inevitably scrape the ground in various things. For example, collecting some money from the vendors in the market, telling the complainants about the grievances, or running errands for the officials who are active. Standing in the alley blowing the wind, one of the old servants handed a gourd to another.

"Is it three cups of pouring in the white hat alley in the west?"

"That's right, take a sip to warm up, this year's thief is strange, it's March and it's still so cold!"

The officer who took the gourd took a sip, and then glanced into the house: "Hey, if you want to say that those adults don't look at us in front of us on weekdays, they have been waiting here for so long, and none of them dare to move the nest, and sure enough, it was the official who crushed people to death." Having said that, I heard that Lord Du has a very strange temper, if he knew about this, would he be furious and order a thorough investigation? If that's the case, then the limit stick will have to suffer! ”

The old errand at the beginning took the gourd back angrily, and when he saw that the rest of his companions also had probes to probe their brains, he laughed and said, "If you really think of Master Du as those black-hearted seeds, then you are wrong." Lord Du's temper is strange, but it is in the official face, but anyone who does not like the road will not interact, but if it is replaced by a private ...... In the past, there were several children in the neighbors of Du Mansion who raised children who were studying at home, and at that time, I didn't know which one sent the bullshit articles to Du Mansion, but it was said that Master Du sent them directly to the master of the small academy, commented on them and sent them back, which made people ashamed for a while. Earlier, after the two young ladies got married, Mrs. Du also asked people to send happy eggs to the neighbors nearby, even the descendants of the Du family were also kind and never played tricks. ”

Hearing this, several of the officers gathered together and asked questions. The old errand said that he had lived in an alley with the Du family before, and had eaten the happy eggs of the eldest lady of the Du family, which attracted a lot of envious exclamations for a while. This is not counting, the old officer said and said, he talked about Du Zhen's suggestion in the book, and now the proportion of officials can be changed, and I don't know if they will ask for a subsidy for these people, which immediately aroused everyone's discussion. At last, an errand officer about his age sighed.

"How can it be so easy, I have also heard about it, the eldest man of our Shuntianfu is also incorruptible, and he is very happy for a while, after all, he can have a few more stones and rice per month, and he will be active at hand, but the eldest lord also sighed, saying that it is for this, and the court does not know how many saliva lawsuits have been fought." Seeing that everyone listened carefully, he explained a few words, but after all, it was not that the people in the court could not get the gist, so he diverted the topic and said, "Today's disturbance is by no means unusual for me, everyone should be vigilant, and it is very likely that they will have to stay here to take care of it at that time." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a shouting at the mouth of the alley. A few errand officers looked back and saw that it was a rider roaring and galloping over, and they were stunned and wanted to step forward to stop them, but who knew that the person actually flashed past them like a gallop, and stopped in front of the gate of the west corner of Dufu. Seeing him jump off his horse, he rushed straight in, and the people who stayed in front of the door only stopped him a little and let him pass, and the officers couldn't help but be startled and hurried forward.

"The old men are all inside, why don't you stop him?"

"Stop? That's Zhang Shilang of the Ministry of War, the son-in-law of Lord Du and Mrs. Du, who dares to stop him? ”

As soon as he heard that it was Zhang Yue, a few errand officers suddenly realized, and at this time, someone saw a few horsemen galloping in at the mouth of the alley, and hurriedly returned to their original positions, and someone muttered in a low voice: "Master Du is really good eyesight, he received such a student in his early years, and later the student became a son-in-law." No wonder for several years in a row, Master Du didn't compete for the examiner, how many students can catch up with Zhang Shilang? ”

"That's because Lord Du doesn't want to fight for this. Not to mention a few subjects, I heard that the examiner of the next year's examination was also decided, it was Yang Hanlin, and I heard that there was also a recommendation from Bachelor Du...... Such a person who is glorious and windy is difficult to find in the world. ”

A group of errands were talking about Du Zhen outside, and Zhang Yue hurriedly rushed into Du's mansion, but he was sweating profusely because he was in a hurry. Yue Shan, who led the way, said that a magistrate of Shuntian Mansion, the commander of Wanping County, and the commander of the soldiers and horses of Nancheng were all waiting in the hall, but he waved his hand and said that he would pay attention to it, and he came straight to Qiu's upper room. As soon as he entered the door, he smelled the fragrance of bone-setting medicinal wine, and his face suddenly changed greatly.

"Mother-in-law!"

There was no one in the main hall, until he called, there was a sound in the east room, and immediately after, the curtain was raised high, but it was a strange little girl who was timid. Zhang Yue didn't care about looking at her, he rushed in three or two steps, and saw that Qiu Shi was sitting on the bed, and Xiao Wu was rubbing her arm vigorously, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Why are you here? It's not a big deal, it's just that I fell down and bumped twice! Qiu Shi hurriedly asked another girl next to him to beckon Zhang Yue to sit down, and then explained with a smile, "It's really no big deal, it's just that I met a group of people on the road, and I didn't get into a few quarrels, because the coachman Liu Er also spoke a little too much, so I ......."

"Mother, you're too good!" Xiao Wu, who had been rubbing the bruises on Qiu's arm with medicinal wine, finally couldn't help it, and interrupted Qiu's words angrily, then turned his head and glared at Zhang Yue and said, "Brother-in-law, you have to ask clearly, what's going on, those people must be coming at us!" Say what the reason for daddy's planting, don't think about a good result, if I hadn't brought a silver needle to pierce two people straight to their feet, I'm afraid that my mother wouldn't have these flesh wounds! At the feet of the dignified Son of Heaven, this kind of thing happened, and what kind of Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division was in Wanping County, Shuntian Prefecture, and they couldn't escape the blame! ”

"Okay, okay, Xiao Wu, it's not a small person, and you say this kind of child's words again." Qiu Shi complained to Xiao Wu, and seeing Zhang Yue's frowns, she beckoned Zhang Yue to sit over, and then said, "Your father-in-law is on duty today, and after you go back, bring a sentence and ask him not to rush to leave, I'm fine here, don't delay important government affairs." You also go and inform the yamen in Shuntianfu, how to deal with it on weekdays, how to deal with it now, don't just because it's me, desperately urge the people below. ”

Hearing Qiu Shi say this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, glanced at Xiao Wucai and said: "Mother-in-law, a pusher of Shuntian Mansion, Wanping Zhixian, and the commander of the soldiers and horses in Nancheng, it is said that they have been waiting in the main hall for a while. ”

Qiu Shi was stunned when he heard this, and then his face immediately sank, and he looked at Xiao Wu with rare stern eyes: "What's going on, why don't you tell me when someone comes?" ”

"Mother, you are still injured, what are you doing in a hurry to see them, there is such a big mistake, what is the ...... for them to dry?"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Wu stopped weakly and lowered his head again. Seeing her like this, Qiu was really angry again, and Zhang Yue hurriedly comforted: "Mother-in-law, let's take care of it with peace of mind first, and I will take care of the things outside." Xiao Wu, is my mother-in-law's injury really just a flesh wound, not a wound to the muscles and bones? ”

Xiao Wu quietly turned his head and wiped his eyes, then lowered his head and said, "It's just a flesh wound, I've seen it all." It's all my fault, I went out with my mother, but my mother was injured, and even her back was bruised, but I didn't have anything to do......"

Qiu Shi was going to warn Xiao Wu again, but when he heard her say this, he suddenly sighed, and took her in his arms, and then said softly: "My mother is old, it doesn't matter where she touches, you are young, what happened to you if you have an injury and a problem?" Since you know medical skills, just treat your mother well, what kind of stupid thing are you talking about......"

Seeing Xiao Wu snuggling in Qiu's arms and shedding tears, and seeing Qiu nodded lightly at himself, Zhang Yue quietly withdrew from the room, and when he got outside, his originally soft face suddenly darkened. Although it is not right for Xiao Wu to be angry and angry with others, if the three major yamen really didn't catch anyone, it was him, and he had to find that bad luck to the end!

The name of the main hall of Du Mansion is called Mingxin Hall, the reason why we don't use those words like benevolence, righteousness, morality, Furui auspicious, etc., is that Du Zhen feels that these two words are the true meaning of being a man, so he personally inscribed the three words of this Mingxin Hall hanging high in the center, but anyone who steps into this place can see these three words for the first time. Although it was not a cursive script of dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, nor was it an elegant and handsome calligraphy, but the three square characters were placed there, and people who saw it couldn't help but think of the cold Du scholar.

The same is true at this moment, whether it is the Yan Tui official of Shuntian Mansion, or the Xu County Order of Wanping County, or the Zhou Commander of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses, the three of them sit according to the civil and military divisions, although the tea and snacks of the subordinates are still thoughtful, but they just have a feeling of sitting on pins and needles, and they dare not get up and leave.

I don't know how long I waited, but there was a sudden noise outside, which had always been quiet, and immediately after, the thick curtain of pine color was beaten high. But when they saw the man who walked in, they were all startled.

"Master Zhang!"

Zhang Yue walked over to the three of them with a slight bow, but instead of sitting down in the middle seat, he just stood there and asked, "I don't want to listen to those roundabout explanations, what is going on today?" ”

Nancheng Terracotta Division commands the six products, Shuntianfu pushes officials from the six products, and Wanping Zhixian is seven products. Although the three of them were at least one round older than Zhang Yue, the difference in official rank was too great, so when they heard the questioning at this time, the three of them were all pale and looked at each other, and the commander Zhou had to stand up.

"Lord Zhang, today the King of Jin was escorted to the capital, and I don't want a few royal slaves to follow. Maybe I heard a rumor that the emperor was going to kill the king of Jin for the crime of treason, and it was Lord Du's suggestion, so he collided with Mrs. Du. The person has been imprisoned in Shuntianfu, you might as well ask Yan Tuiguan. ”

The ball was kicked to Shuntian Mansion at once, and then I thought that Wanping Zhixian took the official to escort people to Shuntian Mansion before, and said a big phone call again, I originally felt that people were smart, and Yan Tuiguan couldn't help but be full of evil fire, but he had to echo Commander Zhou's words, 1510 reported Shuntian Mansion Ya to prison and so on after tactfully, and finally whispered: "This person is already in prison, but he has not tortured the source of the rumors, after the official returns, he will definitely report to Lord Yin to investigate thoroughly......"

After Yan Tuiguan finished speaking, Xu Zhixian couldn't blindly pretend to be deaf and dumb, and he had to report everything he knew. In the end, the three of them stopped nervously, waiting for Zhang Yue to speak.

"Those people are the slaves of the royal palace, and it is a little inappropriate for the Shuntian Mansion to inquire about this matter, and after this matter is played, the criminal department and Dali Temple will take over."

Originally, Zhang Yue didn't know where things came from, but now that he understood at this time, he wouldn't take this simply as a collision or revenge. The likes of domestic slaves are just at the behest of others, and it is possible to do anything radical in despair, and the person who carries the black pot is also ready-made, and the king of Heng and Jin is doomed, and it doesn't hurt to bear another charge. It's just that if the King of Jin is really dealt with fiercely, will it be a deterrent to the vassal king, or is it another kind of provocation?

And when Zhang Yue said this, the three magistrates were all relieved. After all, Zhang Yue didn't ask the teacher to ask for the guilt, but took such a big burden from them lightly and skillfully. Commander Zhou of the Nancheng Terracotta Division was busy saying that he would leave people to guard the Du Mansion, and the Yan Tui official of Xu Zhi County was also busy saying that he would send more people to inspect, but Zhang Yue said no, and immediately sent the people to the door of the main hall.

"Although the New Year has passed, there have been many events in Beijing recently, and the three of you yamen have the responsibility of maintaining law and order in Beijing, so you will have more snacks, otherwise if this kind of thing happens again, Hugh said that the emperor is angry, that is, people everywhere, etc., you are not easy to appease."

Although Zhang Yue didn't point it out, the three of them didn't know that if such a big event happened to other families, it would never be able to smooth things out by sitting on a cold bench here for a while, so they all nodded and agreed, and proposed to go back to see Mrs. Du again, but Zhang Yue politely declined.

"You all know the temper of my father-in-law, you don't need these clichés, as for the tonic doctor and the like, you don't have to bother, the Du family doesn't lack anything, you just take care of your own duties."