Chapter 148: Touched
Although she is not the heir of the Liu family, she is the sister of the heir of the Liu family. Moreover, she was sold into the Meng family as a maid since she was a child. She was only seven years old at the time.
Brother, you can imagine what a seven-year-old girl from other people's families is doing, but what she is doing! A seven-year-old girl can endure for so many years for the sake of the inheritance of her ancestors, what a firm will to endure it!
Brother Shi, other old men don't want to say much, think about it, compare others, do you think you are qualified to question the old man here?
Ouyang Shu was speechless, this Hidden Dragon Pavilion was indeed an amazing organization, and it could actually make a seven-year-old girl have such a powerful power of faith. He was a seven-foot man who had just turned twenty, so naturally he was not qualified to complain about anything.
Although Ouyang Shu's thinking is not very different from that of people in this era. He doesn't care much about what kind of ancestral inheritance or anything like that, and what he pursues is just freedom. However, with so many role models in front of him, if Ouyang Shu was stunned, not only would he be despised, but his family would not give him an old face anymore. It's Fan Hu's second daughter who knows what happened, maybe she will choose to leave her.
And none of these are something that Ouyang Shu can bear. Therefore, now, Ouyang Shu had no choice but to tie himself to this chariot called Qianlong Pavilion.
Seeing Ouyang Shu's face gradually becoming more and more cheerful, Xu Jiang knew that he had finally figured it out, and couldn't help but feel a little relieved, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother, since this matter is successful today, the things that our Qianlong Pavilion has planned for a hundred years may have eyebrows in the future, and the last wish of the ancestors may be fulfilled in the hands of you and me!"
Ouyang Shu said in confusion: Why did Xu Gong say this, Tang felt that the matter was very important, if he wanted to succeed, although he did not say that it was far away, it was still full of thorns.
Xu Jiang laughed and said: "Fei Ye! Fei Ye! Xian nephew, think about it, if there is news in the belly of the Chong Zhen mage
Ouyang Shu was shocked, and suddenly struck a spirit. This is no joke, if the queen is pregnant with her own child
No, it can't be such a coincidence, right? He was a little scared and a little excited, and Ouyang Shu was so shocked by Xu Jiang's words that he couldn't speak.
Xu Jiang said with a smile: Whether it will be or not, it depends on the will of God. If God has mercy on me and wants to help me wait, then some coincidental things will naturally come up. If Providence doesn't want to help, I'll have nothing to lose in this matter anyway, will we?
Ouyang Shu nodded. But I thought in my heart: It shouldn't be such a coincidence. Even if it happened that Empress Meng was really pregnant, it was hard to say whether it was a man or a woman! If it was a woman, at least for Qianlong Pavilion, Fan Hongde immediately made a decision, and in order not to implicate the innocent, he immediately said to Bao'er and Mrs. Zheng: You stay in the house, no matter what you give birth to, don't go out!
Mrs. Zheng looked at Fan Hongde's back as he walked out firmly, and suddenly seemed to have touched something, and two lines of tears suddenly flowed from her eyes.
At Bao'er's age, many things are no longer confused. Moreover, Bao'er is a very smart child, and her judgment of the things around her is much better than that of ordinary children of the same age. But in the face of the situation in front of him, he was a little confused: Mother, is this uncle a bad person? Bao'er looks at him with kind eyebrows and good intentions, and he looks like a good person! How can anyone from the government come to arrest him?
Mrs. Zheng shook her head, gently touched Bao'er's head, and muttered: That's not the official mansion, that's the Imperial City Division!
The Imperial City Division is an official office with the nature of espionage, called the Wude Division in the early Song Dynasty, in charge of the palace door in and out, guarding the palace, opening and closing the palace gate, etc., and the division of reconnaissance, can go directly to the emperor. This last sentence is the most important, this department is the department of reconnaissance, that is, the eyes and ears of the emperor, and almost all of the emperor's private affairs are handled by the imperial city department. For example, the Yaohua Palace, where the female officials who were degraded from the harem were imprisoned, was guarded by the Imperial City Division. The functions of this yamen are roughly equivalent to the brocade guards of the Ming Dynasty, but they are responsible for a wider range of things, and they also involve the guards of the palace.
The chief official of the Imperial City Division is called Goudang, because the Imperial City Division is filled by the inner attendant or the inner attendant, and the Imperial City Division is somewhat similar to the East Factory of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that there are seven members of the Imperial City Division, and no one can hold the power alone, which makes them unable to fully form a unified voice, and also makes the Imperial City Division's control over the government greatly weakened. In addition, the political atmosphere of the Song Dynasty was relatively open, and although the things that framed Zhongliang were also alive, they couldn't be done too much, so the Imperial City Division was not as notorious as Jinyiwei.
But since this department is responsible for this kind of task that is not very visible, it is naturally the most notorious among the yamen of the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, Mrs. Zheng even said it separately from the government. In her eyes, this yamen is too evil, and it is no longer comparable to ordinary officials.
Bao'er could only recognize the uniform of the official government, how could he tell what the yamen was, let alone what the Imperial City Division did, and he didn't know why his mother would separate the Imperial City Division from the official government. He was about to ask, when his mother said again: Also, Bao'er, you have to remember one thing, the government comes to arrest you, not necessarily a bad person. Sometimes, the better the person, the more they will be arrested by the government.
Bao'er was even more ignorant, and said in confusion: The government also grasps people? According to what my mother said, aren't all the government bad people? Then why do my mother still have children to study poetry and books so that they can become officials in the future?
Mrs. Zheng had tears in her eyes, gently took Bao'er into her arms, and said: Of course, not all bad people in the official mansion, aren't your father and Fan Erxiang all good people? When bad people control an office, the government is bad, and when good people control an office, the government is good. Therefore, your grandfather and I told you to study hard, and in the future, you will be admitted to the sergeant and become an official, and create a good official house, understand?
Bao'er nodded solemnly and said, "The child understands." Mother, why are you crying?
Mrs. Zheng rubbed her eyes and said: Where can I cry, as a mother and an adult, how can I cry?
Bao'er looked at Mrs. Zheng suspiciously and stopped talking.
As soon as Fan Hongde walked out of the door, four people immediately rushed over, all of whom were wearing bright Imperial City Division uniforms. In fact, in the Great Song Dynasty, as long as you wear the uniform of the Imperial City Division, you can walk sideways, whether it is eating, staying in a hotel or even visiting the Qinglou, as long as you don't want to pay the bill, people don't dare to think about you at all. Because, unless it is necessary to hide their identity, the people of the Imperial City Division like to wear their uniforms. After all, it's nice to be in awe.
For that person deliberately gently tugged on his uniform, and then slowly walked over to Fan Hongde and said: Fan Daguan, I didn't expect you to be really blessed with a great life, and it is really impressive to be able to escape from the rolling Bianhe River!
Fan Hongde snorted coldly and did not answer.
The man's face suddenly felt dull, and he also snorted, and said: It seems that Fan Daguan has not yet adapted to his new identity, you are already a prisoner, and you are no longer the son of the dignified Fan family. And we are the judges of life, not only your life is in our hands, but even how you go to Huangquan, whether you have to endure more or less pain along the way is also in our hands, do you dare to be so rude to my brother?
By this time, Fan Hongde had no hope for his life and death, and his heart was unusually calm, he knew that no matter what, these people would not let him go, they just wanted to play tricks on themselves before taking their lives. If you kneel down to them at this time and beg for mercy, you can only satisfy the perverted pleasure in their hearts, and it will not solve any problems. Besides, Fan Hongde's heart is also cold now, and he has seen a lot of life and death, but he has no intention of bending his knees to survive.