Chapter 653: Another Turning Point
Sure enough, in just a moment, the old bustard brought a few women who were ringing and ding, and offered flattery to the good son: "Can you be satisfied with these young people?" He also rushed at one of the Nunu mouths, "There are also new people who have joined the Jiaofang Division, and a political envoy from Huguang is said to be unfavorable to cooperate with Yang Ge's old thief, not to mention the beheading and raiding the family, and the female relatives in the family are all filled with the Jiaofang Division." There are a few people who have not been out of the cabinet who have been training, and they have also been called out today, and they have also taught the son to taste the daughter of the waiter......"
Li Xin had heard someone call that Pianpian Jiazi to open up Xinjiang, and now the old bustard also called him Mao Gongzi, so he thought he was one of the four sons of the Fushe, right? It's just that it's better to be famous than to meet, and it's better to meet than to see it, I saw that at this moment, Mao Gongzi had a pair of half-alcoholic eyes staring straight at the faces of several women, and then moved down, stopping at his bulging chest but couldn't move anymore.
Pianpian Jia Gongzi is risking the frontier, but at this time he is quite annoyed in his heart, and he only hates himself for not explaining, but the old bustard deliberately stammers but will be wrong. This kind of good family style and the woman who grew up in the wind and dust for a long time is another flavor, but it's a pity that a few flowers are going to be inserted into the shit. Although he is romantic, he still has to be face-saving, originally these women were recruited by Huang Zongxi's old friends, if he robbed people, wouldn't he teach his fellow disciples to laugh in the future?
Thinking of this, he waved his hand impatiently at the old bustard, "Satisfied, satisfied." You took it and saw if a few of Brother Taichong's old friends were satisfied. He pointed to Li Xin and Lu Jiu, who were sitting out of place in the crowd, and signaled that the bustard and the others were the main ones. Only Mi Yan's simple Confucian shirt with a collar is not very conspicuous in the crowd, but if you look closely at the cotton Confucian shirt, there is no trace of jade, but everywhere it is full of poor and sour appearance.
Therefore, three people sitting in one place actually made a sentence pop up in people's minds, as the so-called "things gather by like, people by groups!" "The old bustard has been in the dust for more than ten years, what a shrewd person, he can see at a glance the earthy smell of these three people and their bodies, and the dark face and rough hands also betray their identity. However, Mao Gongzi said that these three people were old friends of Huang Zongxi, so there was another plan.
The so-called old friends, that is, the poor acquaintances who have not yet appeared, have changed to the present day, if the status is almost the same, it is not happy to know each other. But if it's a world of difference, it's time to fight the autumn wind, Huang Gongzi was reluctant to bring it because of the bad relationship in the old days.
With this in mind, the old bustard went to look for Huang Zongxi in the crowd, but saw that he was talking diligently next to the earthen leopard with a dark face and wearing a linen robe.
Seeing that such an old bustard also has a plan, he is ready to send back these few official ladies who have not appeared for a long time, and change a few ordinary goods. Before he turned around, he was stopped by Huang Zongxi from behind. In this way, it is not possible to advance and retreat, so I have to step forward to salute.
Huang Zongxi has always hated such snobs, and he didn't pay attention to her humility, but smiled at Li Xin: "Town...... Thirteenth brother, the wind and the moon are originally an elegant thing, so you can follow the customs......"
Lu Jiu and Mi Yan each chose one person, Li Xin was depressed when he didn't meet someone today, and he had no intention of doing this, but at a glance, he saw a woman who was shrunk behind her with slightly red eyes, and her expression was also incompatible with her many sisters, as if she had just cried, and she felt compassion. The old bustard also noticed the woman's unusual expression at this time, so he came to her with small steps, twisted his hand imperceptibly, and whispered a few words of warning in a casual voice.
These actions fell in Li Xin's eyes meticulously, but the old bustard's voice was extremely low, but he couldn't hear what she said. Seeing that the old bustard had the intention of sending her away, he waved his hand to stop and motioned for this beautiful woman with a calm expression to sit beside him. The woman stepped over, as if casting a grateful glance at Li Xin, and then looked like a stranger again.
Intuition told Li Xin that this was a woman with a story, but she didn't know where to start for a while.
At this moment, I heard a half-drunk gentleman sigh loudly: "In the world, there are thieves raging inside, and there are Tartars eyeing the tigers, we can't share the worries of the country, but we can only drink wine here, how sad......"
Immediately, someone rose up and chimed in.
"Brother Zilu said well, are we willing? is really a traitor in the DPRK and China, even if he has the heart to serve the country, but the bright moon only shines on the ditch! ”
"I heard that Zhang Ximing's time is running out, and he has been diagnosed, and there is no doubt that he is poisoned!"
"Zhang Ximing ran for the restoration of the society but ended up like this, how can it make people feel cold? If this matter is not thoroughly investigated, it is really a shame that the resumption of the society is the same door. ”
"What about digging deeper? Wu Changshi stammered with Zhou Ge Lao, who could help him? ”
Li Xin lowered his head and drank lightly, but he listened attentively to their passionate conversation, and when he only heard Wu Changshi's name, his heart couldn't help but move. This name is really familiar, and it is this person who is modeled after Lan Yu's rebellion case and participates in his own rebellion, but I don't know how this person actually became bad with the people in the Restoration Society?
Sun Ji once mentioned that Wu Changshi was also a sycophant and powerful man in general, wandering between the eunuchs and Donglin, but he was not as unlucky as Ruan Dacheng, and he was targeted by the public because of improper handling, so that it is difficult to recover now. And Wu Changshi is now taking refuge in Zhou Yanru, it is because his back is against the big tree to enjoy the shade, if anyone wants to bring him down, it is equivalent to arguing with Zhou Yanru.
However, as far as Li Xin knows, Zhou Yanru's comeback is once again a phase, and it is inseparable from the vigorous operation of the people in the Restoration Society, so what is the contradiction between Wu Changshi and the Restoration Society? And who is Zhang Ximing in their mouths, I can feel from their words that this person's status among the Jiangnan scholars should be very important.
While Li Xin was thinking wildly, the scholars present had already changed the topic, and they talked about criticizing the evils of the times for a long time. Some questioned Yang Sichang's disadvantage in suppressing thieves, and bluntly said that the emperor should have deposed him a long time ago and used people who really knew the soldiers, such as Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting. Some people unceremoniously scolded Yang Sichang for being a person who sold his reputation and deceived his superiors and subordinates, which was really a traitor to the country.
At this time, there was another humane: "Now I am disgusted that Lu and Sun are inseparable from Yang, and if this thief is not removed, it will be difficult for these two to come back." The imperial court only had to transfer the marquis of Zhenyu, and Li Zicheng's generation could only flee from the wind! ”
Hearing them mention Li Xin, Lu Jiu and Mi Yandang listened with their ears pricked up, but some people teased the man again: "Brother Taichong said too much, his head is as big as a bucket, his eyes are like copper bells, and don't say it, have you ever seen someone who can make the river flow backwards with a single kick?" In my opinion, the so-called Zhenyu Marquis may not be a person who sells his reputation and reputation, and he may have military achievements, but he will never be as rumored, he can resist 100,000 iron horsemen alone with a division of 10,000 people! ”
This remark is like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, and it is said that this person is grandstanding. "This is a mistake, if there is no such real military exploits, how can he be promoted to the marquis of Zhenzhen today? You have wasted 20 years, have you ever taken a step towards Nanzhili? If you have never seen the world, don't believe it. ”
"None of us have ever seen the marquis of that town, so naturally we have our own opinions. It's not the first time that people are unknown, aren't Wen Tiren, Yang Sichang, Zhang Sizhi and other traitors also living in the Taiwan Pavilion for many years? ”
For a while, there were different opinions, some saying good and some bad. Instead, Mi Yan and Lu Jiu on the side sometimes nodded when they listened, and sometimes the atmosphere was colorful.
Li Xin smiled indifferently, these people are just a group of people who talk on paper, and the good and bad in their mouths have no meaning to him. At this time, I heard the woman named Xiaoya next to me sigh softly. Except for exchanging names before, the two had no communication, unlike Lu Jiu who took the beauty in his arms and touched and kissed, which caused frequent screams, and in exchange for many side glances. Li Xin was slightly curious about the sigh of this woman named Xiaoya at this moment, so he asked, "Why are you sighing?" ”
The woman's expression, which had been relaxed because of the sigh, was nervous again, and she hurriedly apologized to Li Xin. In a gesture, Li Xin inadvertently caught a glimpse of a bruise on the snow-white forearm that was as tender as mutton fat from between his looming sleeves. He immediately understood that it was the result of corporal punishment taught by the old bustard.
Li Xin only told him not to be nervous, but to talk and eat as usual, and not to be restrained. Maybe Li Xin's attitude was too friendly, the woman sighed again, and then Chu Chu said: "If the Marquis of Zhenyu can lead the troops in Henan to teach Li Zicheng a lesson, my father will not suffer an accident, I ......"
This seemingly self-talking remark aroused Li Xin's curiosity, how could his father not suffer an accident in Henan? Li Xin suddenly remembered that the old bustard had told Mao Xiang that there was a political envoy in Huguang who lost his head because of the disadvantage of suppressing thieves, and the female relatives of the family were also filled into the teaching department, and he thought that the woman who came here was the family of the political envoy.
Li Xin was also a burst of sympathy, in the Ming Dynasty, it was common for men to fill the army and women to fill the Jiaofang Division. There are many jokes in the time, and it is not uncommon for the daughter of the old family to sleep in Shangshu. For example, Hu Zongxian, a famous minister of the Jiajing Dynasty who resisted the Japanese, was implicated in the fall of Yan Song, and once he was convicted, his wives and daughters were all filled into the Jiaofang Division and were bullied and ravaged.
Li Xin looked at the poor woman in front of him, since his father was guilty of affecting his family, he didn't know if he was guilty. But no matter what, the children of her family are also innocent, thinking that she is a beautiful lady, she has been reduced to a prostitute in the teaching department, pleasing men with her appearance, and how miserable her life experience is. It's no wonder that she has been depressed, falling from an official goddaughter to hell on earth, such an identity gap, especially what ordinary people can bear?
Suddenly, he sat next to Li Xin alone, but as far as his eyes could see, it was the woman who was almost in tears.