Jingshi, heavy rain.

The rain was so heavy that the water on the street had reached the calves before a meal was reached. The small vendors could not operate, so they closed their stalls and walked back, and the pedestrians were in a hurry, eager to enter the destination in one step.

Outside the gate of Fan's Mansion, Hu Er was hurriedly directing his subordinates to set up a rainproof mat shelter, where pedestrians could rest. He is not good at commanding, shouting and shouting, most of the time he is adding to the chaos, but fortunately, the servants don't really pay attention, and each of them is busy with his own work. On the black plaque, the two gold lacquer characters of Fanfu are particularly clear and eye-catching, just like this newly rising courtyard, full of vitality.

A group of archers in robes walked briskly from the street entrance, and the officer leading the team commanded his subordinates to come forward to help, and snatched the work. The officer kept complimenting Hu Er, and ran with him to the eaves of the porch to hide lazily, and the latter handed over all the work to the soldiers with peace of mind.

Diagonally across the street, in an inconspicuous corner, a figure wearing a hat and a cloak had stayed for a long time, his eyes locked on the plaque of Fan's mansion. If an old Jianghu like Feng Si is here, he will find that these eyes are full of bitter hatred and intimidating.

A carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley, and a tall and healthy woman got out of the carriage first, and then the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and first a maid with clear eyebrows jumped down, and then set up a footstool and lifted a graceful woman from the carriage. The big red embroidered shoes stepped on the water, splashing the Luo skirt. A few loud cries of babies rang out, and through the showers of rain, they reached everyone's eardrums.

The maid complained: "The weather in the north is really strange, and the rain is too heavy. ”

"The weather is only 30 percent, and the manpower is only 7 percent. If he was Jing Zhaoyin, the first thing he would do was to work thanklessly to repair culverts and ditches, not seeking good political performance, just for the sake of not storing water in the city. Jiangning is such a low-lying place, and now it rains heavily and there is very little water, and Jingshi can't cure it? It's just that this kind of thing that the ex spends money and effortlessly does cheaply, and generally no one is willing to do it, only he is stupid and willing to do that errand, baby, right? ”

The baby responds with a cry.

The woman said as she walked: "You should laugh as soon as you see your grandmother, this little bastard is really hateful, he knows how to cry in the arms of his mother, and when he gets into the arms of Aunt Hu's ugly woman, he giggles, I don't know whose son it is!" Let's go, go in and meet the old lady, the old lady and this child are the most connected, we have to let them see each other a few more times......"

The two walked as they talked, neither of them paying attention to the man in the corner. The man could tell that the woman's official language had a strong southern accent. And even under the wrapping of the robe, it is difficult to hide the graceful figure of the woman, and from the side of the face, it can be seen that she is a beautiful lady.

"Shangyuan Song, the sister of the wealthy Song Guofu in Yangzhou, the head of the Shangyuan Chamber of Commerce, and the head of the silk line. He is suspected of having a personal affair with Fan Jin, and there is no real evidence......"

The record he had seen in the Imperial Horse Prison flashed in his mind, and he could be sure that this woman was the Song family mentioned in the intelligence. Even a son was born, and there is no evidence? What do you eat all this waste in the East Factory? If you can't even do such a trivial thing, what's the use of raising them?

Fan Jin and Miss Zhang have been married for a while, and there is no news of Zhang's pregnancy, and in private, this man has cursed countless times, hoping that the Fan family will cut off children and grandchildren. After entering the palace, he learned the secret methods of cursing people and vicious spells from many little eunuchs, and tried them one by one, as long as he could achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his yang longevity and yin skills. But now it seems that those spells are meaningless, although Fan Jin has nothing to do with his wife, he still has a son with the woman outside.

Son...... I used to have sons too, and there were two. But now, they're all gone.

Thinking of his son who starved to death and was forced to sell, thinking that now that he had castrated himself into the palace, there would be no descendants left in the Hong family, Hong Da'an, who had changed his name to Zhang Whale, only felt that his heart was like a knife. Originally, his life situation was far smoother than Fan Jin, even if he couldn't marry a famous lady like Miss Zhang, at least he should have no worries about food and clothing, and he should be filial to his wife. But now it has ended up with the end of the Sun family, all of which ...... It's all Fan Jin's fault.

The hatred of the two families made his psychology more and more unbalanced. The better Fan Jin lived, the more torture it was for him. The daughter of a famous family does not care about the family and marries him, bringing him a bright future and a large amount of wealth...... How unfair God is, obviously he has the same background as himself, why can he enjoy those, he can only rely on being a eunuch to barely gain a foothold in this good place!

Jealousy and psychological disparity have made his thoughts extreme, and the rational defense line constructed by the way of the sages has long since collapsed, replaced by boundless evil thoughts and evil thoughts. Just as he was gritting his teeth, at the head of the Fan Mansion, a familiar figure stabbed him through again like a sharp blade.

Jade slave? His own wife Jade Slave?

For this low-born woman, Hong Da'an actually doesn't have much affection, and marrying her is just a physical need, plus an urgent task for the Hong family to inherit the lineage. Even if this woman bowed down in front of him and was as warm as water to him, Hong Da'an still couldn't forget her humble background. On the surface, he is empty and wronged, and he is quite alienated and even disgusted in his heart.

But there is not much left of what once belonged to him, and this woman is one of the few that belongs to him, and as long as it is his, it must not be lost. It was because after Jin Yunu's disappearance, he desperately searched not out of love, but out of possession. Now that he has been castrated, the relationship between men and women cannot be talked about, and he has not found anyone for so long, Hong Da'an has been prepared in his heart. If he found Jin Yunu's body, or found that she had fallen into a clear building, or was sold into a poor countryside to be a peasant wife, he would be indifferent, and at most kill her with his own hands to save himself embarrassment. But now she actually appeared in the house of the number one enemy in her life, and she was very familiar with the Song family in splendid clothes, which made him absolutely unacceptable.

He had already imagined in his mind that Fan Jin had put Jin Yunu at the mercy of a certain gesture and laughed at himself for being a turtle, if there was no such intimacy, how could she be dressed so well? Slut! Slut who cuckolds himself!

His teeth clenched together, his fists slammed against the wall behind him, his hands dripping with blood, but he didn't feel it. There was only one word left in his mind: kill! He wants everyone in the Fan family to die, including Fan Jin and Jin Yunu, everyone has to die, so that he can show the hatred in his heart!

At this time, the Song family had already walked into the courtyard with Jin Yunu, and asked in a low voice, "Your husband hasn't been found yet?" ”

"I didn't ...... There's no news from Jinyiwei's side yet. ”

"I'm still the same, this person is eighty percent gone, right? Don't think about it if you're still young, you have to take a step when it's time to go. The Fan family treats you well, your husband has such a big feud with the Fan family, if I were Fan Jin, I would have stripped you naked as a wife. As a result, the old lady still let you eat and live at home, and you live so well, isn......'t the way we women repay people?"

"Mrs. Song, don't say it...... I...... I am Da'an's wife, life is his person, death is his ghost, and I will never do anything to be sorry for him. I work as a housekeeper in the Fan family, and I also repay my kindness. ”

"Come on, whatever you want. Anyway, think about it yourself, you say that you are a housekeeper now, does anyone in the world believe it? …… Don't cry, baby, let's see Grandma go with your Aunt Hu......"

Shamao Hutong, Zhang Juzheng Fuzhong.

The sound of the eaves of the rain is anxious, looking at the rain outside the window, Zhang Juzheng frowned, "The drainage in the capital is not good, and if the rain is so heavy, the water will not be discharged, and something will happen." After a while, I have to let the Five Cities Terracotta Division go out to dredge it, and it is best to mark the culvert and ditch, so as not to fall into it and drown without knowing the details. I said before thinking about it that the drainage of the Jingshi was to be repaired, and no one had moved for so long, so there would be trouble now. Shuanglin, how is it in the palace? Long live is young, and likes to watch eunuchs perform martial arts, so he can't let too much water accumulate in the palace, so as not to damage the dragon's body. There are also King Lu Chitose and the two princesses, who also have to take care of them. ”

Feng Bao shook his head and said, "Taiyue, you are the commander of a country, so you don't have to worry about some small things." Don't learn from Zhuge Liang as a man, you have to ask about every detail, even those who are beaten with iron can't bear it. Although you have a very good Langzhong at home now, when the external force is always exhausted, you still have to be able to maintain it yourself. ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled, "Shuanglin is reasonable, but what I said can't be regarded as a trivial matter. If the people of the first good land are all detached from the government, how can this world be peaceful? It is our duty to be an official to do our best to satisfy the people, and only when the people are satisfied and everyone lives their lives with peace of mind, can the country be stable. This is the greatest merit of being a minister. ”

"When I hear it, it's a tone of retreat." Feng Bao also smiled, and then sighed. "This time I retreated to Xuanda, why didn't you let people come to me to ask for a few eight lines? Although I have never been in the military in my life, who is not allowed to sell me some face to the eunuchs who are guarding the border gates? With their care, I won't suffer a loss when I retreat, and my niece won't work too hard. I know your concerns, but it doesn't matter how many fights there are between children. If I say something from my heart, I not only don't blame him, but I want to thank him. Bunning is spoiled by me, and he will cause trouble wherever he goes. If it weren't for the retreat to clean him up a few times, let him know that there are still people in the world who dare to rectify him, I am afraid that he would have caused me a big disaster a long time ago, and even I would have to eat his burden. I can't say this to him, but you can give an account to you, who is Tarzan, and let me think about it and don't take it to heart, I don't blame him. The words that should have been given to the border pass were also delivered, promising that Zheng Luo would not embarrass him. ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly, "Shuanglin, I really hope that someone will be embarrassed and think about it now." He is young and proud, everything goes well, Qingqing is obedient to him, no matter what he does, he will only help him and will not dissuade him, I am just afraid that he will lose his normal heart and cause some trouble. On that day in Shangyuan, whether he did well or not, I could mend the seams for him. Once the border pass is lost, it will be an earth-shattering event, and it will be difficult for me to protect him. ”

Feng Baodao: "You are frightened by Yang Sizhi's bastard, and you are worried that you will be called the second Yang Sizhi." You just have to rest assured about this, you and I know how to think about it, and we won't be as messy as Yang Sizhi. ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "Before Yang Sizhi left Beijing, I never thought that he would be so messy. The abuse of torture and abuse of the gentry actually forced the people of Yangzhou to change. The salt tax in Yangzhou is very important, and I sent him there just to be optimistic about this tax. He was good, thinking that it was a credit to be able to collect more taxes, but now that he is making such a fuss, this year's salt tax in Yangzhou may not be able to collect even 30%. If it weren't for the patch in the southeast before retreating, plus the fact that the senior member Lin could send a sum of money over, Taicang would be in a hurry again. ”

The news of the Yangzhou civil uprising was sent to the cabinet a few days ago, and the responsibility for this matter still lies with Yang Sizhi. After taking office, he first refused all social exchanges and did not give anyone face, and then immediately went to the Wenhe Defense Battalion, mobilized the army as a sharp weapon to collect taxes, and then checked the account books of previous years to urge the salt tax arrears. In one day, more than 20 salt merchants and gentry were arrested and set up outside the door, and they were allowed to leave only after paying a full fine, and they were ordered to strictly investigate the sale of illicit salt, and they would be beheaded for every pound of illicit salt. In addition, he rectified the maladministration in Yangzhou and prepared to block all the openings in the salt business.

Yangzhou was originally a rich land, and the people were weak, but this kind of perverse behavior made Yangzhou people desperate, and there was only one way out of desperate fighting. The angry stove households attacked and destroyed the patrol court, and Yang Sizhi fled to Jiangning in embarrassment under the protection of the soldiers, and at the same time pleaded guilty.

If such a thing happens in Yangzhou, this year's salt tax cannot be counted on. Zhang Juzheng implemented the new law, and the first thing to pay attention to was the money bag of the imperial court, because of the problems caused by his protégés, which was tantamount to a slap in the face to Zhang Juzheng. The court is calm on the surface, but the actual undercurrent is turbulent, and Feng Baoyu passed through the house, which was ordered by the Empress Dowager Li to make Zhang Juzheng feel at ease.

"Cisheng is absolutely assured of Taiyue, and he will not really blame Taiyue for questioning the new law just because of a Yang Sizhi. Zhuge Wuhou's ability has also misused Ma Tan, not to mention that Yang Sizhi is just a little confused, and it is not like this. How he falls, Taiyue has the final say, if someone takes the opportunity to make trouble, Cisheng will never be spared! ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "The saint is generous, but I can't be lazy and wrong because of this." Yang Sizhi is not confused

It's ridiculous! His hair is still handed over. ”

"What? Taiyue didn't ease his cheeks? ”

"I relieved his cheeks, who relieved the cheeks of those gentry and scholars who were tortured in Yangzhou? Yang Sizhi must do it, and it must be done again, otherwise it is not enough to save the hearts of the people, and the situation in Yangzhou can only deteriorate. When the Song family enters Beijing, I will let Aguli meet with her, hoping that she can help the imperial court stabilize the situation in Yangzhou. It's just that I want to completely solve the matter in Yangzhou...... I'm afraid I still have to retreat. I knew that Yang Si knew that it was ridiculous, so I didn't let me go to the border, and now I can't transfer it back, it's really a bit of a headache. ”

"In case of trouble, think about the good general, the ancient and the modern. Taiyue doesn't have to blame himself, he may be able to make a great contribution in Xuanda, and when the time comes, there will be no one in the court to make irresponsible remarks. ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "I would rather him have no fault than make meritorious contributions." Yangzhou's incident has already made a hole in the court's money bag, and if he makes another thing in Xuanda, the situation will not be easy to clean up. ”