Chapter Seventy-Four: Misfortune (I)
To the south of Chengxian Street is the intersection of the new pontoon bridge and the east-west Hongwu Street Pearl Bridge, which is also a lively place in the north city. At this moment, there was a car parked on the side of the intersection, although it was just a flat-headed carriage with no markings and black oil carriages, but there were more than ten or twenty big men scattered around, and one by one the wealthy men guarding the road were full of posture, but they turned a blind eye to ordinary passers-by, but those who exuded the atmosphere of official errands would be stopped from time to time.
In the face of this abnormal situation, several groups of people before and after were initially annoyed, but the man who stopped them over there flashed his waist card and handed over his words, and immediately nodded and bowed his waist from the end of the errand from the leader. Although they still rushed to the Guozijian as usual, what kind of style they came up with to maintain it when they got to the ground, it was naturally only known to them in their own stomachs.
In the dim carriage, Fu Jin, who was dressed in red, frequently opened the curtains and looked out, seeing that Xu Li, the Duke of Wei, had always sat still, she finally couldn't help it, and turned her head as soon as she dropped the curtains. However, looking at Xu Li, who was there with the old god, she finally took a deep breath, biting her lip and not making a sound.
Xu Li glanced at Fu Jin in surprise, and then continued to sit there with his head down, closing his eyes and recuperating, but he remembered all the movements in Beijing and Nanjing in the past month. First of all, his grandson Xu Pengju, who was studying in the North Prison, had a mistake, and then there were those clear streams that were frequently connected in series, and it was said that there were some folds handed over to the capital, and then Zhang Mao of the South Prison actually had a hot brain, and he actually planned to punish Fu Rong's only heir! The matter has come to this, Xu Pengju is obviously a target in the capital, it is not easy for him to stay out of the Wei Mansion, and Wang Shikun is actually in the southern prison at this time!
Moreover, this matter is so big today!
Slander is slander, but Xu Li still hasn't changed his immovable posture. It wasn't until someone outside knocked lightly on the car door, and then called the master respectfully, that he asked majestically, "Have you inquired clearly?" ”
"Returning to my lord, here's how it happened......" After explaining the ins and outs of the matter, the man outside said softly, "Master, the situation on the south prison side is a little bad now. I don't know if someone instigated it or what, no matter what Master Zhang said, there were people who coaxed him, and there were hundreds of onlookers, and the number of people was still increasing. Coupled with thousands of prison students, if you don't get it right, you will be in big trouble. Although the Beicheng Terracotta Division did not dare to disobey the master's orders, the senior official in the past of the Guozijian was stern, and he probably couldn't stand it for long. ”
In addition to the people of the Wei State Mansion scattered around here, there are also many people who are guarding the fourth archway and Chengxian Street, so when he heard this at this time, Xu Li frowned, and asked after a while: "Have you inquired clearly, are those who are intentionally causing trouble, or are they really for these reasons, just taking the opportunity to make trouble?" ”
There was silence for a moment outside, and then he lowered his voice and said cautiously: "Back to the master's words, as far as Xiao knows, things are vivid, and there are even notes left behind, etc., which should be true, but ......"
"Just what?"
"It's just that this matter should have something to do with the little uncle. It's the ones that my uncle took people to......"
Although the voice of the last two sentences was extremely low, Xu Li still heard it clearly. While being greatly annoyed, he couldn't help but think of Xu Xun who was walking with Wang Shikun. It was he himself who asked his brother-in-law to communicate with him a lot, and as a result, according to the report from the servant before, Wang Shikun only heard Xu Xun say a word and immediately got into the car to accompany him, if this meeting was also done by Xu Xun and Wang Shikun together, then he really underestimated the young man before!
Xu Li listened to the report outside, and Fu Jin naturally heard it word for word. With a slight raised brow, she remembered that Xu Xun had a big bag at the second door of the house before, and she was able to make such a big deal at this time, and while she was relieved, she was vaguely curious about such a person. Therefore, seeing that Xu Li was still hesitating, she took it to heart as soon as her eyes rolled.
"Uncle Xu." opened his mouth and called, seeing Xu Li open his eyes and look over, Fu Jinsuo's surname Yingying bowed down, "The little girl asked Meng Lang this time, Uncle Xu was willing to come forward to help, and the little girl was grateful." Now that the situation on the Guozijian side is chaotic, if Uncle Xu doesn't come forward again, Master Zhang can't suppress it, and he won't say anything, as a garrison in Nanjing, you may not be able to get away with responsibility. On the contrary, if you can suppress the situation in three or two sentences, no matter what rumors there are afterwards, your Nanjing garrison will win the hearts of the people than those scholars, and have more prestige than those scholars, and everyone in Nanjing will know it! ”
Since he was ordered to garrison Nanjing, Xu Li attached great importance to the so-called garrison seat, and even because of the dispute with Huairou Bo Shijian, he once went to the court, but the court issued an edict in the order of the title, which made him satisfied. Others don't know about this matter, but Fu Jin once heard Fu Rong mention it as if jokingly. Sending such a high hat up at this time, she immediately saw Xu Li's face showing a deep look, and she had to say while the iron was hot: "Moreover, Uncle Xu is coming forward now, not for my eldest brother's private affairs, but for the incompetence of the South Supervisor, you rushed to the news and presided over the overall situation!" ”
"Good girl! Is this a run on me? ”
This time Fu Jin came to the door to ask for help, first he kept saying that he was a prince, but now he has become Uncle Xu, not to mention both soft and hard, and at this time he has raised the banner of righteousness, even if he originally had the intention of selling the Fu family, he can't help but have a good impression of this impulsive and reckless girl who seems to have a surname.
"Well, if this thing continues to make trouble, these pretentious old adults will be disgraced!" Xu Li smiled faintly, and then instructed the outside, "Pass the order, collect the people, and immediately go to the south prison of the fourth archway!" Send a few more people to give me the finishing touches a little more beautifully. I don't want to show the slightest flaw, but don't leave the tail for people to scratch! ”
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I think that when the Nanjing Guozijian was first built, due to the strict supervision rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, and the imperial examination that had been stopped for more than ten years at that time, many people were directly promoted from the Guozijian to the Sixth Department and the Taoist officials, so the north-south road next to the Guozijian even got the name of Chengxian Street. However, now that it has been more than 100 years since the founding of the country, Guozijian has long since faded from its former mysterious aura. If it weren't for the appointment of these famous scholars during the Hongzhi period, there would be almost only one name left for the prisoners. However, just when Zhang Mao was finally able to clean up and down, the situation at this time was like a slap in the face.
At this time, there was still chaos at the entrance of the South Prison. After the first showy girls and bustards, there were three or two hawkers who shouted that it was the silver taels that the Guozi Supervisor was in arrears for the purchase of vegetables and vegetables, followed by someone shouting that the prisoners who had climbed over the wall had trampled on their own vegetable garden...... All in all, it seems that one stone stirs up a thousand waves, even though Zhang Mao used to be the one who admonished Zheng Zheng in front of the emperor, but Xiucai couldn't tell the reason when he met Bing, his face has changed color countless times, and he was born because there have always been people making waves in the crowd, and he once served as a magistrate in Fujian, and he was a little uncontrollable because of his outstanding political achievements.
The most terrible thing is that he, the country's priest, is full of powerless scholars, and he can't send those prisoners under his command to calm down the crowd that is constantly stirring at the moment! For a while, he almost hated those errand servants who did not work hard, and his mind was thinking over and over again what harsh words should be used to impeach today's events when he wrote the book.
However, before Zhang Mao could come up with a reason, he suddenly heard a loud gong sound from a distance. Compared with the chaotic beating of gongs and drums by those troublemakers before, the sound of gongs at the moment is neat and deafening. As the sound of the gong approached, the onlookers unconsciously made way of a passage, only to see seven or eight people surrounded by one of them, an old man fifty miles away wearing a plain satin unicorn and white ze pattern robe, who else was it not Xu Li, the Duke of Wei? When he walked up the stairs to the pale scholars, he didn't look at the faces of these people at all, and turned around and glanced at the black crowd.
Because the noisy and noisy people in the crowd saw Xu Li coming, they all took the opportunity to sneak away, Xu Li went there for a stop, and the scene that was noisy like a vegetable market just now disappeared immediately, and was replaced by a quiet silence. Although he couldn't see the faces of these scholars behind him, Xu Li couldn't help but nod with satisfaction at this time, but then his face sank.
"The southern prison is an important place in Wenhan, what do you want to do when you encircle this place?"