Chapter 42: The Strange Affair of the Underworld (4)
The book continued from the above, saying that after Sun Yiheng arranged for a guy to inquire about the news according to the address left by the guest who wanted to donate three underworld officials in one go, he put the matter aside for the time being, and happily went into the theater garden to listen to the play.
Although Xiucai, who studied in a college, went to the opera garden to listen to the opera when he should have studied hard, it was a bit of a waste of his studies, but Sun Yiheng did have a reason to treat himself.
Just because this guest is extraordinarily generous, just donating to the underworld official, the longevity shop has already earned the benefits of fifty or sixty taels of silver, and if you add the profits of the coffin burial in the future, it is also a piece of cake to earn another sixty taels.
Without further ado, it is said that after Sun Yiheng was addicted to drama in the theater, he left the whole thing behind.
Three or four days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was Sun Yiheng's turn to come to the longevity material shop to check the accounts.
However, as soon as Sun Yiheng entered the shop, he saw that the guy he had sent out to inquire about the news a few days ago was bowing with the other guys, and he was squeezing his eyebrows and winking at himself.
Sun Yiheng felt strange in his heart, and said hello to the steward at the counter, saying that he got up in a hurry in the morning and had not eaten this morning; In addition, I walked in a hurry on the road, and now I suddenly feel a little hungry, so I went out to eat something first and returned later.
After saying that, Sun Yiheng nodded to the steward, then turned around and went out.
It is said that after Sun Yiheng went out, he walked aimlessly on the street for half a cup of tea, and suddenly heard the guy who had been sent out to inquire about the news behind him raise his voice and greeted: "The owner is slow, the villain is here, and there is something important to return." ”
Seeing that the person he was waiting for had finally arrived, Sun Yiheng was overjoyed, and then turned around and scolded with a smile: "Sun Fu, you are used to bluffing, why don't you talk about it in the shop if you have something important?"
If you let me catch you fooling you for a while, I will definitely ask Lao Xu to deduct your stupid monthly money...... What is the origin of the donor, and what has happened to his family lately? ”
Unexpectedly, the subordinate named Sun Fu did not answer Sun Yiheng's question, but gently pulled Sun Yiheng and motioned him to follow him to a small poplar tree on the side of the street and stand still.
Seeing that Sun Fu was secluded and unoccupied, he put his mouth in Sun Yiheng's ear and whispered: "Shaodong, it's terrible, there is a goblin in the guest's house!" ”
Listening to Sun Fu, that day he quietly went to check according to the address left by the guest, and found that the family was originally a well-known family in a neighboring county, and the house stretched back and forth, I am afraid that there were not more than a dozen people.
However, what is strange is that in such a splendid mansion, the front of the main gate is very deserted, there are no cars and horses, not even the doorman standing at the door to greet and see off, the double open vermilion lacquer door is tightly closed, it is really indescribably weird.
Seeing this, Sun Fu's heart moved, and then he turned around and left, and found a nearby inn to rest.
About the fourth watch, Sun Fu got up and changed into a shabby short coat that was often worn by servants, and came to the back door of the mansion where the guest was on a mission to wait patiently.
After two more bags of cigarettes, to the west, there were four coolies dressed as servants who had to push over a cart carrying a dozen or so large wooden barrels that kept emitting stench, which turned out to be a cart that went out of the city to pour 'night incense' (toilets).
I saw the cart stop at the back door of the mansion, and then two coolies stepped forward and slammed on the door.
After a while, the back door "creaked" open, and the two coolies pushed the door in, and after a short time, they each walked out with a large wooden barrel as high as a man and a half.
After the two coolies poured incense put the large wooden barrel they had just brought on the cart and tied it tightly, the four of them pushed the cart again and set off.
At this moment, Sun Fu, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed forward, stretched out his hand to block the cart from going, and then handed each of the four coolies who poured incense a piece of loose silver.
It turned out that the coolie who went out of the city to pour night incense had to get up and collect the toilet door to door just after the fourth watch every day, and then rushed out of the city to dump and wash the toilet on the car when the city gate of the fifth watch was first opened, and he had to be busy until noon before he could rush back to the city to rest.
Not to mention that this kind of work is tiring and dirty, the monthly money given by the official is still small, and most people are reluctant to touch the bag, and only those who have no food and clothing or have been punished for their crimes are willing to do the errand.
Therefore, these incense-pouring coolies are the most open-mouthed, and there are all kinds of private and hidden things that they dare not say.
"Anyway, the villain has only one cheap life left, what is there to care about? Sir, if you blame us for such a trivial matter as gossiping, you will come down and play the board, but when you see it, you can't find people who suffer every day and fall into the city! ”
Since the officials and masters are so deaf and dumb that they can't see, these incense-pouring coolies are even more unscrupulous when they talk about the small words of others.
As long as the person who comes hands over the money, then ask and answer, and say everything; In addition, they go from house to house every day, and they know a lot about the privacy of each family.
"If you want us to come in and bring out this dirty and smelly toilet for Brother Xiaoyi, I'm sorry for Brother Xiaoyi, you can tell us a few pretty things that you can exchange for a few wine money.
In this way, even if we accept your affection from Brother Xiaoyi, not only will the toilet not use your Brother Xiaoyi's hand, but we will never confide in you about Brother Xiaoyi.
If Brother Xiaoyi keeps your mouth shut, don't blame us for not being emotional, annoying brother, you carry this toilet to the car yourself! ”
Not only that, but if there are any more unsightly things in the toilet bowl that this family carries out, such as the stillbirth of an underage in the shape of a baby quietly knocked down by the abortion pill of the maid of the back house, an extra sum of money will be given to seal the mouths of these coolies, so that they will not tell everyone about such ugly things that are not repaired.
Obviously, though, it doesn't have much effect.
It is said that the four incense-pouring coolies saw that Sun Fu was generous, and they surrounded him when they landed, and you said a strange thing to me.
It turned out that the family who came to Sun's longevity shop to donate to the underworld was surnamed Liu, and the ancestors had also produced a few small officials, so they also accumulated some family business and added hundreds of acres of land near their hometown.
Later, the patriarch of the previous generation of this family was ruthless, and donated a large amount of silver from his family to his family to donate a grain table (the grain official below the prefect who is mainly responsible for storing grain, and there is a big fat shortage).
Who knew that this grain station had just been donated, and it caught up with the 43 Su Incident in Gansu, and the Qianlong Lord sent a large army to suppress it, and all the large and small grain stations in the rear of the army had to be accompanied by the army.
Seeing that this was an opportunity, Master Liu made up his mind to gamble, ordered someone to throw away all the land at home, and then exchanged all the silver and grass for military grain and grass and the public food that should be in the middle of the difference to escort the royal army.
As soon as the long-lived lord was happy, he immediately rewarded Master Liu with the opportunity to play a prelude. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Master Liu played the matter of how he raised food and grass correctly.
When the Lord Long Live learned that he Liu Liangtai was actually selling his property to raise grain for military purposes, he immediately asked the officials to arrange a shift and promote him to the official of Liu Liangtai.
He Liu Liangtai was chosen in the heart of the emperor, and then naturally had a bright future, and this official became bigger and bigger, and finally became a well-known local family.
Who knew that just when the Liu family was mighty, suddenly a short and thin old man dressed in a green shirt and wearing a small hat with a four-edged melon skin inlaid with crystal came to visit him Master Liu, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he claimed to collect debts!