Chapter 19: Death Register
The Li sisters and the old housekeeper didn't have the heart to accompany Anya, they already regarded Anya as an enemy, obviously the prefect Lu promised to send a house, but now it's okay, there is nothing.
If it weren't for the lack of means of livelihood and the lack of silver, these three people would not have followed Anya at all.
So during the day, the five of them walked around the street in two groups.
Although many people are far away when they see Anya's appearance, Mo Xiaofei does not dislike it, Anya's beauty will recover in two days, and she is only a fist away from Anya, Mo Xiaofei doesn't know how to come up with an idea in his heart, and he always feels that Anya next to him is his own woman at this time.
I wish she could recover her appearance as soon as possible, stand with herself, and make others envious and jealous.
I can be like this in my heart, but Mo Xiaofei's hand didn't dare to stretch out to support Anya's small waist, Mo Xiaofei suddenly found that as if he was in love, he didn't know what topic to talk about.
Passing by a very large pharmacy, Mo Xiaofei stopped, "Sister An, you wait for me for a while, I'll go in and have a look." β
Mo Xiaofei has been thinking about a question, what is the level of medical skills in the Qing Dynasty, acupuncture and moxibustion, is it possible that these doctors don't understand.
I asked five professional questions in a row, and the doctor at the pharmacy gave three answers, two of which I didn't know.
Mo Xiaofei finally figured it out, the medical level of this dynasty is still very low, needless to say Western medicine, they don't know how to open the stomach and perform surgery at all, and even the knowledge of Chinese medicine is only scratching the surface, no wonder they don't even understand acupuncture.
Now Mo Xiaofei is relieved, because most of the things he understands are unique in this world, so he can play a greater role.
"Sister An, let's go, go to the opposite side to buy some clothes."
Across the street was a shop for women's clothes, and Anya smiled, "Hehe, Xiaofei, you are going to buy some for your daughter-in-law to take back to Wuxian." β
Why does it sound so sour, where did I come from as a daughter-in-law, Mo Xiaofei said, "No, in fact, Sister An, I am not married yet, and I don't have a good woman, I want to buy some for Sister An, Master Li has passed away, and Sister An has also become a free body, she is already young and beautiful, why dress so old, change clothes, and be ten years younger." β
A touch of red flew over Anya's face, although her heart was on her dead husband's body, but what Mo Xiaofei had done recently could not move her, looking at Mo Xiaofei's handsome face, Anya's heart beat faster, and she didn't know how Lu Dao felt about the man in front of her.
Is it gratitude, is it the righteousness of confidants, is it sister and brother friendship, or is it a man and a woman......
Anya said gracefully, "Xiaofei, I think forget it, I don't plan to get married again, it doesn't matter if I'm old or young, I'm used to wearing these mature clothes all the time." β
Mo Xiaofei became bolder, and took Anya's slender jade hand, "How can it, women, who doesn't love beauty, who doesn't want to be young and beautiful, I hope my Sister An will always be beautiful, let's go." β
"Alas, ...... Dumbo"
couldn't twist it, and in desperation, Anya could only follow Mo Xiaofei into the clothing store.
Colorful, colorful, light clothes and green clothes come into view, although Anya has one in thirty, but the girlish feelings in her heart gushed out, looking carefully one by one, as if only a beautiful butterfly is about to fly up to the tip of her head, whitewashed hair, dancing beside herself.
I tried on five sets of clothes, and I rolled my legs with my sleeves and rotated and danced lightly, like a fairy from Guanghan walking among the clouds, extremely elegant, fragrant and beautiful, but soon Anya stopped dancing and looked at Mo Xiaofei solemnly, "Xiaofei, my lord passed away not long ago, and now I am afraid that it is very inappropriate for me to wear these clothes, I ......, I should change into plain clothes." β
People are dead, do you still want to change the living people, Mo Xiaofei is unhappy with these traditional thoughts, even if the living people do more things, the dead will not see or hear, and they will not come back to life.
But morality is like this, Anya is like this, Mo Xiaofei can't force it.
Mo Xiaofei said, "Okay, Sister An's plain clothes for three months, let's wear these clothes in the future, boss, wrap up the five sets of clothes you have tried and buy them all." β
"This ......, Xiaofei, if there aren't so many, I'll choose one set."
Anya is no longer the prefect's wife, and she has no money, and every penny she needs for her future life will have to be used on the blade.
Mo Xiaofei took out the silver ticket, "Sister An, these are the ones I gave you, don't be polite to me, let's go, let's take our things and go back to the inn." β
The moon is in the sky, the warm breeze is smoky, and the summer night is even hotter and hotter than the day.
One room in the inn.
Anya poured wine for Mo Xiaofei, raised her glass and said, "It is really Sister An's blessing to be able to marry Xiaofei this time, after going through so many things, Sister An will not say anything about hypocrisy, everything is in the wine, Sister An is willing to do anything for Xiaofei to repay her kindness." β
Mo Xiaofei drank heavily and said, "Sister An, I really don't need you to do anything, you and I are already sisters and brothers, so why be polite." By the way, I just thought of something, maybe Sister An's livelihood will be worry-free in the future. β
Lu Renyi should soon order someone to go to Wuxian County to find the Shao family opera troupe, and after Mrs. Lu listened to the opera for a month, the Shao family opera troupe could leave freely, and if Anya could be with the troupe, she could also take care of it.
Mo Xiaofei told this idea, Anya only needed to stay at the inn and wait, and he would tell Foreman Shao to meet Anya here.
Anya was very happy when she heard this, she likes to sing some opera on weekdays, if she can follow Foreman Shao to the north and south, it would be a beautiful thing, "Xiaofei, if you can, it's naturally good, but what about the two younger sisters and the old housekeeper." β
Mo Xiaofei was deeply touched by Anya's simplicity and kindness, thinking of others in everything, if everyone is like this, why is this world not peaceful.
Mo Xiaofei said, "Sister An, you know the conduct of these three people, if they are willing to do chores in the opera troupe and stay, if they are unwilling, they will find their own way out, and give them dozens of taels of silver." Sister An, I know what you think in your heart, but I still say that you are living for yourself, not for others, you can do everything with peace of mind, and you don't need to be too demanding. β
Anya nodded, the more she talked to Mo Xiaofei, the more relaxed her heart became, and the heavy burden in the past seemed to be much lighter, and said, "Well, I understand, I am waiting for Foreman Shao in this inn." Dumbo, I have something for you. β
After Anya inspected the door, she took out something from a small bag, which was wrapped in a brocade handkerchief and shaped like a book.
"Sister An, what is this?"
Mo Xiaofei believes that this is by no means a thick stack of silver tickets, and it is difficult to become some kind of martial arts secret.
Anya slowly unfolded Jinpa, a book appeared, Mo Xiaofei looked at the cover, there was not a word, there was no domineering name for any martial arts, even if there was no word in the book, but the cover should still have words.
Anya's expression was a little serious, and said, "In the eleventh year of Shangde, that is, last year, the Huaibei Mansion Summer Resort incident, the officials involved behind the scenes are all on this list, and the master is afraid of accidents after resigning, so he handed it over to me, and now I keep it, it's nothing, you are an official, this roster may be of some help to you......"
Anya was stunned and continued, "It may also bring you death, so be sure to keep it carefully and use it with caution." β
"Huaibei Mansion Summer Resort Incident? Sister An, I haven't entered the officialdom last year, so I don't know, what happened at that time? β
Mo Xiaofei has realized the importance of this matter, and it is likely that the death of Governor Li is directly related to this matter.
Chengzhou Prefecture belongs to Luonan Province, the entire Qing Dynasty cuts the north and south with the water of the Yellow River, there are seven provinces in the north and south, and the entire Qing Dynasty consists of fourteen provinces and one capital.
Luonan Province is one of the seven provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and Huaibei Province is in the north, adjacent to Haojing, and is a royal summer resort.
In the summer of last year, a major event happened in Huaibei Mansion, when the imperial concubine Shen Yanyun came to the summer resort, she encountered a mutiny in Huaibei Mansion, and a large number of officers and soldiers entered the summer resort to take Shen Yanyun's life.
However, the matter was revealed, and Shen Yanyun received the news in advance that when the officers and soldiers arrived at the villa, Shen Yanyun was already on the way back to Haojing.
Emperor Shangde Long Yan was furious, and a number of officials in Huaibei Mansion were beheaded, and then brought out the then military squire Qi Wu, and the Qi family was tragically destroyed, and Lin Huantian, the head of the household department who pleaded for Qi Wu at that time, was also killed by Shen Yanyun later.
Mo Xiaofei is a little turbulent, isn't this big enough, the military department is equivalent to the deputy minister of national defense who holds a certain amount of military power, and the household department is the deputy prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Taxation and other economic fields.
The imperial power and political struggle are too cruel, if you accept this booklet, you will inevitably be involved in it, how can you be in this position if you are a low-minded person and a humble official.
After Mo Xiaofei listened, he said, "Sister An, since Governor Li has this roster in his hand, he is the person who prays for Lang and Lin Shangshu." β
"My lord is Lin Shangshu's protΓ©gΓ©, and according to the lord before his death, this roster was kept by the praying servant Lang Tuolin Shangshu, but the people who kept this roster were all ...... one by one."
Before she finished speaking, Anya seemed to be a little sad, and she didn't know whether Lu Dao was worried about state affairs or sorry for Governor Li.
Mo Xiaofei's eyes widened, this is not what the book of life is!
In whose hands is finished, now Anya keeps herself, how is this good.
Mo Xiaofei said, "I think, why don't we burn this roster, so as not to harm people again." β
"Never!"
Anya knew that if the roster was to be destroyed, why should it be kept until now, the stakes were high.
Anya told Mo Xiaofei that although this roster seems to be hot, it has a deep meaning.
There were more than 100 officials involved in this incident, but now they are all hidden, some may continue to plan against Shen Yanyun in secret, and some are turning against the traitors.
As long as this book comes out, the people in the book will definitely be obedient, and to a certain extent, it is also a Shang Fang sword.
Mo Xiaofei understood what Anya meant, and nodded, "If it is in my hands, then the officials in this roster will be deployed by me, and if some people have fallen into corrupt officials, this roster will make him bow down." β
For example, if Lu Renyi was on this roster, and he didn't say anything, Mo Xiaofei thought to himself, no one would guess that he was a canonical historian, and he accepted this roster by himself.