Chapter 49: The Market (II)

The patrol captain just listened with a smile, and at the same time ordered his brothers to take the little thief to the yamen to wait for treatment. Immediately, he found another opportunity, secretly turned his body, and saluted in the direction where Lu Luzeng and Mr. Su were.

Neither Mr. Su nor Lu Luzeng wanted to be too conspicuous, so they smiled and waved their hands, and then quickly closed the window, blocking all eyes from the outside.

Some of the people were careful and knew that there might be some big people sitting on the second floor of Taibai Ju. He quickly lowered his voice, turned around and hurried away. But most of the neighbors didn't notice the direction of the patrol leader's eyes, and thought that the second military salute was also saluting them, so they hurriedly shouted loudly and returned the salute to the patrol leader, "Kill it, sir." You catch thieves and prevent theft every day, how dare we accept your courtesy. Killed, really killed! ”

"What's there to kill. Am I not also a child who grew up in this Yangzhou city? "The patrol captain is very eloquent, and he doesn't clarify the misunderstanding, he just smiles and talks to the big guy." Besides, not all of our salaries are collected from the people. How can I take your money and not do something serious? ”

He used to be the seed of the first batch of grassroots officers to be trained in Jiangwutang, but because he lost an arm in the battle to defend Yangzhou, he had to quit the army and was transferred to the Yangzhou City Safety Management Office, which was specially created by Zhu Chongjiu to accommodate disabled soldiers, as the head of the patrol team. Therefore, the eloquence and insight are far from being comparable to the old yamen officers, and in just a few words, they have established a tall image of the entire patrol.

But the common people are used to being bullied by the officials and helpers in the past. Suddenly, he heard someone say that his money was given by himself, and he was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, "Sir, you are really good at talking!" Your money is given by the chief manager, but the grass people don't dare to be greedy?! ”

"Erlu, the people's fat and the people's ointment. This sentence was not the first to be uttered by our chief manager! The patrol leader smiled and shook his head, adding with a classic quote.

The neighbors seemed to understand it, but they knew that the patrol captain really wanted to get close to everyone, and they were inexplicably moved, and the words of praise poured out like a river, "The chief is really good at talking!" In the end, it was the cronies brought out by the chief manager himself. There is no shelf at all! ”

"Of course, don't look at whose soldiers it is!"

"In the end, it is under the account of the Buddha, that is, benevolence and righteousness!"

"That's, that's, Lord Qingtian, and the one under his command is Zhanzhao. changed to the command of Taishi Pang, and all the people who brought out were the turtle kings! [1] The crowd continued to throw praise at the patrol's head without hesitation.

The praise passed through the window and soon reached the ears of Mr. Su and Lu Luzeng. When the two of them heard this, of course they felt beautiful in their hearts, and the old bones on their bodies seemed to be a little younger. As the saying goes, "water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat", his own lord is so popular with the people, in this world, if he can't sit, who else can sit?

Just as I was listening happily, there were a few angry complaints in the next seat on the other side, not loud, but very sharp and piercing, "This group of cheap bones with no eyesight, what kind of sycophants are shooting at a street patrol!" It's not too annoying! ”

"A group of peddlers walking the streets and alleys, where have you seen the real Buddha? If you know someone who patrols the street, don't you feel that there is green smoke on your ancestral grave? ”

"I really don't have the eyesight, didn't you look at the man patrolling the street and salute our old Bodhisattva?"

"They thought they were saluting them! Hehe, I really don't know how thick the sky is! ”

"Hmm!" The more Lu Luzeng and Mr. Su listened, the more annoyed they felt, and they couldn't help frowning.

The person who was close to the private room didn't know that the partition wall had ears, and still said arrogantly, "Old Bodhisattva, don't be annoyed. Let's just let the guy close the window! ”

"Close the window and tell the guy to hurry up and get another pot of ice. How does this Taibaiju do business? On such a hot day, there was only an ice basin for it! ”

"Forget it!" A lazy old woman's voice sounded, interrupting everyone's complaints, "We're almost done, we should disperse!" Don't be embarrassed to be the shopkeeper, it's not easy to do a little business! ”

"Ancestor, you are so considerate!" Another female voice followed suit, and her words were full of flattery, "It's their blessing to be able to condescend to make you here, it's too late for them to burn incense, and they care about sending two more ice basins?!" Liu Er's family, hurry up and urge. Let them have a few more, and when the sweat on the ancestors' bodies falls, they will arrange the carriage! ”

"Yes, Ancestor, you wait. Slave, I'll give you an ice bowl! The woman of Liu Er's family agreed loudly and trotted down the stairs.

Although Huaiyang is open to the people, there are still very few women who come out to set up a banquet in the restaurant. Lu Luzeng and Mr. Su listened to each other's thoughts, and they both looked at each other, expecting to get an answer from each other's eyes. However, to the disappointment of the two, in each other's memories, they couldn't find a woman with a noble status who could sit in the clouds and look down on everyone like the "old ancestor" next door!

"I guess it's the mother of which general, the mother is more expensive than the son!" Mr. Su felt unhappy in his heart, and pouted to explain to Lu Luzeng. "As a son, he goes out all the year round, and the elders in the family inevitably lack the charter!"

"It's hard to get a civil official!" Lu Lu Zeng sighed, and the embarrassment on his face was no less than that of Mr. Su. As the head of the bureau, his duty is to supervise hundreds of officials and eliminate mediocre and greedy people. And if there are officials' family members who bully others, the bureaucracy will not be able to get rid of it no matter what.

It was at this moment that the "old ancestor" next door slowly opened his mouth again. There was undisguised smugness in his voice, "You guys, don't put gold paper on my face." If there is anything, let's say it clearly. Don't make such a big move in the future, let outsiders see it, it will not have a good impact on Rokuro. ”

"Ancestors are considerate!"

"Ancestor, you have really become a Buddha. No matter how much we toss, we can't escape your eyes! ”

"Old Ancestor"

Immediately after, there was another series of tidal sycophants. The female guests at the banquet were one after another, vying to flatter the "ancestors".

"Hurry up, don't say it, I'll be fine!" The woman known as the "Old Ancestor" gently patted the table, and the king's anger was full of anger.

"Then the slave will be bold!" A woman grinned. "Who let the slave maid be your family's maid, although the sixth master took care of him and settled in Yangzhou, but the kindness of the master's family did not dare to forget."

"Sister Sun, you're not repaying your kindness, you're relying on your ancestors!" Several other women laughed and teased.

The woman who was called Sister Sun did not argue, and continued with a smile: "It's just Lai, who doesn't know that the ancestor is a bodhisattva, and he is the most considerate of us subordinates!" Ancestor, you know the uncompetitive third son of my family, he brought it to you to kowtow back then. No, he's sixteen in the blink of an eye. He is very clever and diligent."

When the old ancestor heard this, he immediately interrupted in a low voice, "Caiyun, I don't dare to make decisions for Liulang in this matter!" It's not that I said you, when the child is older, he will either be sent to the Baigongfang or sent to the county school, so that he can have a stable meal after he comes out. Sending it directly to the yamen is the most unproductive. The first is that there is no good position, and second, Rokuro's fame was also earned with one leg back then. Don't dare to be found by someone casually, and you will have nowhere to go for the rest of your life! ”

"How dare you, how dare you. Ancestor, look at what you said, even if the slave maid eats the leopard's gall, she doesn't dare to harm the sixth master! When the woman surnamed Sun heard this, she immediately shouted in a low voice, "My family's uncompetitive junior is determined to learn from the sixth master, and he wants to put pen to paper." As a result, when he applied for the martial arts hall, he was brushed off in the first round because his body was not strong enough. I'm a mother, and I can't bear to let him be a big soldier, so I want to ask the ancestor to tell the sixth master, can it, can it?"

Her voice grew lower, and slowly became inaudible. The voice of the "Old Ancestor" was raised, with full pride, "Hey! What a big deal I should be, it turned out that I wanted to take the martial arts exam! Go home and wait for the letter, no need for Rokuro, I'll call the shots for you about this old sister! ”

"Thank you Ancestor, thank you Ancestor!" The woman surnamed Sun was surprised and delighted, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing heavily.

The other women stepped forward to congratulate one after another, and then said one after another: "Ancestor, that kid in my family, I want to find a shop under the Huaiyang firm to be a partner, do you think he is the material?" ”

"Ancestor, the servant family's uncompetitive will soon finish school. I don't know where to go. Who doesn't want to be close to their children. If he is selected to go to Suizhou to lead the countryside to reclaim the famine, how can the servant live? ”

"Old Ancestor"

"Old Ancestor"

One by one, one by one, they are all things that rely on people's favors to take a relationship. It's not too big to say that it's big, but it really ruined the reputation of the Huaiyang Governor's Office.

The "old ancestor" was a warm-hearted person, and he was so drunk that he agreed to most of the commissions. As if his son was Zhu Chongjiu himself, anything could be decided in a word.

"This fat-brained woman!" Mr. Su couldn't listen anymore, grabbed the golden cane leaning against the wall, and slammed it on the floor, "Man, come up and settle the bill!" ”

"Hey, it's coming!" The big guy who had been standing at the top of the stairs and waiting carefully heard this, and quickly extended his voice in response.

The noise next door abruptly stopped, and after a while, a string of shredded footsteps sounded on the stairs. Before the big guy sent the bill into Mr. Su's private room, the women left in a hurry. Before going out, he didn't forget to look around carefully, and found out which high-ranking official's carriage stopped in front of Taibai Ju.

Mr. Su and Lu Lu had come on foot, and of course they would not be discovered by the women. But the two of them recognized the identity of the so-called "ancestor" from the conversation just now and the backs of a group of women who were getting into the car downstairs.

"Who should I be, it turned out to be Han Yanzheng's wife, no wonder she is so arrogant!" Mr. Su struck the ground heavily with a gold-filled cane, hating that iron could not be made of steel.

Han Laoliu, the ambassador of Huaiyang Yanzheng, was one of the children of the squires who joined Wu Liangmou from the north bank of the Yellow River to join the army. In the battle of Huai'an, he led the team to sneak into the city from the drainage canal and made an immortal feat. However, because his left leg was injured and infected, he had to find a big eater to cut off half of it, so he could no longer lead the army to fight. On the hospital bed, he was handpicked by Zhu Chongjiu and Zhu Bi, and sat in the fattest position in the entire Huaiyang, in charge of all salt trading and taxes. (Note 2) As early as the beginning of this person's tenure, Mr. Su was afraid that he would be young and informed, so he once warned him in person to cherish the weight given by the chief manager. Otherwise, the higher you stand, the harder you may fall in the future. This person's friend Wu Liangmou, Liu Kui also quietly greeted him, asking him to be optimistic about himself and the people around him, and everyone will be the founding honors together in the future, don't be greedy for small profits in front of you. Obviously, Han Lao Liu took all these words as a deaf ear, at least, he had not restrained his family at all!

Lu Lu once supervised the imperial history in Mengyuan and experienced a lot of things. After learning who the "old ancestor" was, he was calmer than Mr. Su. After thinking about it, he lowered his voice to remind, "This matter should not be rushed. Let the Internal Affairs Department first check how deep Ambassador Han himself has been trapped, and then see if there is a relationship between Commander Wu Du and Commander Liu. People have three relatives and six reasons, and it is inevitable that there will be good and bad! ”

"The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill!" Mr. Su grimaced his face and gritted his teeth. He understood what Lu Luzeng meant, and at present, within the Huai'an Army, in addition to the Xuzhou faction where he is located, the second major force is the Shanyang faction headed by Wu Liangmou. Even if the Internal Affairs Department caught conclusive evidence that Han Jianhong, the ambassador of Yanzheng, was bending the law for personal gain, he had to be cut off from several other generals as much as possible. Otherwise, it will inevitably affect the internal stability of the Huai'an Army.

"Let's see how deep Han Lao Liu fell into it first!" Lu Lu thought about it for a moment and continued to persuade in a low voice. "Sometimes what his family is doing, he may not be aware of himself. In addition, the entrance exams of the lecture hall and other schools, and the way out for students from all over the world after graduation, must also be kept an eye on. Let's plug the loopholes first, and naturally there will be fewer people who will go through the doorway! Otherwise, a lot of things are inevitable! ”

"When the meeting is held tomorrow, Su will mention the official document issued by the chief manager!" Mr. Su smiled and did not hesitate to take it all. As the "watchdog" beside Zhu Chongjiu, he couldn't watch the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion, which he personally participated in, be gnawed by moths little by little, and then quickly went to ruin like the Mengyuan court. Even if he offended a few commanders with heavy troops for this, and even lost his life for this, he did not hesitate to do so.

"The old man leads the officials up and down, and he will also fully support Su Gong!" When Lu Lu was planning for his grandson-in-law, his determination and motivation were no less than Mr. Su's. "It's better to do it now than at least in the future. Even if it will rot sooner or later, it must be more than ten years later than Meng Yuan's side! ”

Note 1: The Bao Gong case was born in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. But the story of Bao Gong and the prototype of Zhanzhao and others have already appeared in the Yuan Dynasty script.

Note 2: For Han Laoliu's deeds, see Chapter 146 of this book, Martial Arts.

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