Hearing Yin Jishan's words, Liu Tongxun and Liu Yong retreated to the east wall, and knelt down as soon as he lifted the corner of his robe. Jin couldn't come back to his senses for a while, and looked at the Minister of Military Aircraft and Governor who suddenly changed his face with wide eyes, and after a long time, he lowered his head and retreated and knelt on the ground. His face turned pale. Gao Heng burst out in his heart, and the words "East Window Incident" flashed through his mind like lightning and fire, and the blood all over his body seemed to be suddenly stirred by ice water, becoming cold to the bone marrow, so woody that he didn't know how to itch, and his face like a dead man was as gray as ash. It took a long time to kneel down towards Yin Jishan on the mechanical ground like a marionette, take off his big hat, and forget to put it on the ground. For a moment, the room became dead silent, and only the sound of the rain outside the flower hall could be heard.

"Slave Gao Heng," after a long time, Gao Heng came to his senses, shook his hands like malaria, put down his hat, and said in a trembling voice: "Listen to the holy oracle!" ”

Yin Jishan's face was expressionless, unfolded the edict drafted by Ji Yun, and read it dryly. When he heard the words "greedy and debaucherous", Gao Heng trembled with excitement, but he became a little sober, lying his head motionless, as if he was savoring the weight of these words, and seemed to be thinking about how to counteract. Liu Yong was the first time he had seen the holy decree deal with the minister, and when he thought of Gao Hengping's free and easy and graceful and uninhibited description, he suddenly turned into a frost-beaten grass-like wilt, and his heart was cold, and he lowered his head and sighed.

"The slave is guilty, obey the order and obey the court's fate - thanks!" Gao Heng bowed down deeply and kowtowed.

"What else do you have to say?"

"Since the emperor is in Nanjing, begging the lord to play, the slave wants to face the saint and ask for guilt......"

Yin Jishan's eyelids drooped slightly, his face was wooden, and he said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I can play it for me." However, the emperor is currently in Nanjing, and there is no end to the line, and Liu Tongxun and I cannot be promoted at any time if I do not follow the order. After waiting for the Mid-Autumn Festival, the master can meet and do business. You can go back to the post and stand by - this is a secret order, I will not announce it for the time being, and the post station will still provide you with the same salary. ”

"That Gao Heng has a good sense of adulthood......

After announcing the decree, Yin Jishan returned to normal, with a sincere smile on his face, he held Gao Heng with both hands, and ordered someone to "pick up the tall man and put it on the table-" and said with a smile: "It's a shame that you have been in the sea for so many years - and sent troops to let go of horses to suppress bandits!" Don't be so depressed, what a! Come on, come on, sit down and talk......" pressed Gao Heng and sat on the chair. Gao Hengwu was like a wooden man, sitting in a trance and half-dim in his heart, and just said, "I want to see ...... Master...... I want to see my master......" Liu Tongxun and the others also got up to comfort them. Jin deeply regretted that he didn't care about the wind, and only persuaded him warmly: "Jun's grace is unbearable, and Jun's relatives are still here." The emperor is like heaven and benevolence, and no one can match it in ancient times. The first thing you should do is to be grateful for kindness, and not to be resentful. In my opinion, you still obey the order and go back to Beijing-" He suddenly felt that he had said the wrong thing again, what "the prince is still here"--gave him the idea to go back to Beijing and hit the wooden clock in the harem? Jin Tengdi blushed, didn't dare to say any more, and stood sneeringly, wanting to slap himself in his heart.

"We weren't ordered to ask you what to say." Liu Tongxun also felt that Jin was outrageous, but he didn't suspect anything else. He has seen Gao Heng's embarrassment a lot, and he is neither surprised nor regretful. But he is also the Minister of Military Aircraft, so he has to speak, because he said: "What Kim said is true." Thanksgiving Dade is the first one, and now there is no investigation, you have to think about it behind closed doors. 'Greedy and debauchery' four-word test language, I didn't wronged you at all! I advise you to say a word, drill and stab the wooden clock and go to the door, not only can you not do these things, you don't even have to think about them. I am afraid that I will think clearly about my sins and write them down in folds, and we can accompany them. The common feelings of righteous and private friends, where I speak, I naturally speak with reason. The emperor must still have a will. ”

Everyone, you and I persuaded you, Gao Heng's heart was hot and hot, and he was confused and didn't know what to do. Yin Jishan still wants to stay, where does Gao Heng still have this mood? Even he didn't know what to mumble a few words, he didn't want an umbrella, and staggered out of the governor's yamen in the autumn rain.

The four people in the flower hall were still surprised by Gao Heng. Because there is only "greed and fornication" in the holy decree, Gao Heng's "debauchery" is self-explanatory, but "greed" is not clueless for a while. The incident was "public opinion of the local gentry", and he didn't even know who the person who made the incident was, and it was even more like falling into a fog if he wanted to speculate, so he had to sit relatively silently. Liu Yongguan was humble, and originally only planned to bring his ears to listen to his father's arrangement, but he pondered for a long time and said: "Two adults, father, I will send someone to keep an eye on Lord Gao—he has too many friends and too wide, and frustrated people are quick to talk[1]

, easy to poke into trouble. After that, he didn't wait for his father to speak, so he hurried out, went to the next ear room to explain a few words, and then turned back and sat down.

"Yan Qinggong, this is really your family's thousand-mile horse!" Yin Jishan smiled and said to Liu Tongxun: "This is not an ordinary capable official, he is only good at judging and scrutinizing." This is the words of knowledge and experience, and the words of understanding people's feelings, are more thoughtful than us! Jin also said: "Yes, I think it's more capable than Yan Qinggong!" Liu Tongxun was also very satisfied with his son, but said: "This is all a little bit of little care, how can you afford to treat the praise of the two adults!" - Animal, listen, there's another phrase 'smug and unhappy'! The more you love the uncles and uncles, the more you have to walk on thin ice, knowing the lack and then making progress, listen? Liu Yong hurriedly got up and replied, "Yes!" ”

Liu Tongxun waved his hand and motioned for his son to sit down, and said, "I'll continue with the topic just now." On the eighth day of the first month, the emperor drove into the city, and on the sixth day of the first month, he must ask the emperor to leave the Pilu Courtyard. When you enter the city, you must be greeted by all the people, and you should look at the face of heaven. The emperor's identity in Nanjing is understood, and it is no longer appropriate to serve the people. Yuan Chang said that the control of Nanjing is called the Huazi Gang, and after the fifteenth year, Yi Ying will be taken, as well as various wharves and prostitutes, and it is easy to cause panic among the citizens before the festival. This is true, but this is an auspicious day for the whole world to celebrate and rejoice together. By prostitutes and beggars, wharf ruffians, hooligans, and disaster victims all over the streets, they are all over the streets, and they have lost the original intention of the emperor's southern governor Sui Wanzhong. Therefore, on the third day of junior high school, that is, tomorrow, after their victory in the chess competition, I will press this Gai Yinghao, and order Nanjing to obey the edict of Yin Jin Ergong Constitution. All the workshops and shops that distribute 'One Branch' mooncakes will be closed by August 13 at the latest. This is a matter of national celebration, and there is no room for anger! ”

Yin Jishan nodded while listening, and said, "I forgive them for not being able to make big waves." Yanqing's idea is very good, he will capture the thief and the king quietly, and he can spend this Mid-Autumn Festival peacefully and happily. Jin also said: "I agree with it too." We have convened a meeting of observer envoys from Jiangnan and Zhejiang provinces. No notice, the owners of Liangjiang are not allowed to seize tenants in the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, and they are not allowed to increase rent, and the tenants will not make trouble. What if I run away? ”

"Yi Ying's pseudonym Bian Heyu is already firmly in my hands." Liu Yong said, "Huang Tianba has already connected with Wu Blind, not only the official and military protection and surveillance, but also the Qing Gang Santang Gang, the Cao Gang and the Yan Gang, are all staring at her. I don't dare to guarantee that she will be captured alive, she will escape, and I will die thanks to the emperor! Liu Tongxun said coldly: "Don't talk big! Now Yi Ying and the emperor are close at hand. She donated 100,000 silver, and the emperor also had to meet the gentry who donated silver, and she was also included. Something went wrong and you want to die? Liu Yong hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Yes!" The son must be more cautious and careful, it is difficult to ensure that Yan Ruyun's old love continues, and even he will be imprisoned. Huang Tianba's two apprentices are now following Yi Ying, in addition to mastering the movements, I have instructed them to slaughter her as a last resort! ”

Yin Jishan laughed and said, "It's all about the world brother!" It's a last resort – but it's best not to hunt it before the holidays. Bian Heyu's first family donated 100,000 yuan in silver, and she has already announced the Liangjiang commendation, her henchmen are all over the Liangjiang, and there are her people in all the dock markets, and now she is arresting and killing people, and she can't explain it for a while, and it will also scare off other rich gentry who donate silver to welcome the driver - wait until the emperor receives you, and you will not be too late to do it. Liu Yong smiled and bowed, but he didn't say much, and there was still only one "yes".

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Gao Heng's three souls were incomplete, and he went out of the yamen of the Governor's Office like a wandering soul at night, and the autumn rain and cool breeze were excited, and his consciousness was a little more sober. The sedan chair driver came up to help him get into the sedan chair, and said with a smile: "Master, this thief's cold wind, and this rain, I am trembling in my bones when I wear a robe." Why didn't you take an umbrella and come out with your official hat in your arms? Gao Heng was stunned for a moment, and then he thought that it was Yin Jishan who was stuffed into his arms when he left the flower hall. With a long sigh, he sat in the sedan chair, opened the sedan window and said, "Go to Hubei Village - next door to the east of Cao's Widow Airport." ”

The mule driver shouted, and the pannier moved. The autumn rain breaks the soul of the weather, there are almost no pedestrians in the streets and alleys, the warm sedan chair wrapped in the felt wrapped with elephant eyes, and they fall together leisurely, only listening to the monotonous sound of the mule's hooves stepping on the muddy water, and the drizzle is like a sieve hitting the tarpaulin covered by the felt canopy, as if someone keeps sprinkling sand. Gao Heng caressed the hat, as if he didn't know it, the white pulp Ning silk was densely embedded with crimson pinching edges, and the cinnabar-like red silk was scattered around the top of the flowering coral. The knob under the top of the coral can be pulled off with a slight twist, and the red tassel is removed, which is very similar to Lin Chong's felt hat in "Fengxue Mountain Temple". On weekdays, go to court, meet guests, sit in the government to do business and see people, wear it every day, feel too ordinary, inconspicuous, not as comfortable as the ordinary melon skin satin hat felt hat six-in-one hat to wear, or even do not wear a hat, do not wear this brocade chicken supplement clothes, neck long braid robe cloth shoes are more chic and elegant.

But at this moment, I suddenly feel that it is very delicate and durable, like a white jade plate inlaid with a red halo, the flowering coral also looks so exquisite, and the silk tassel is like gilded and hung with amber pulp with a metallic luster. For the first time, he found that the silk tassel was so soft and handy...... It seems that the Xuande furnace at home, burning incense every day and using it, looks not unusual, not expensive, I don't know which slave stole it, but it suddenly became a treasure in my heart. searched all over the pawnshops, antique shops, and ghost markets in Nine Cities, and searched for them in one go, from housekeepers to servants, and chased them out to be safe.

No matter how good this hat looks at now, it's no longer my own...... What is the leak? The salt tax was deducted from the confiscated private salt silver when the accounts were re-established during the "rectification", and the amount was only 3440,000 taels, and the old account books were burned. He has this right, even the gods can't find out. "The official sells private salt", in fact, the official and private salt in the official store collect the accounts at both ends, and the lower heads and the salt merchants hook up and pay homage from the inside. Three million, not only covered the deficit in previous years, but also left more than 1.2 million. This is a gentleman's deal, there is no account at all, and it is empty to check a fart! …… So something happened to the sale of copper? …… It has been explained clearly to the imperial court, but Qian Du wanted to be a Qing official when he was an official in the Yunnan copper mine, and he didn't make a profit, and he left the copper political department to know that the poor made the fat fart and oil, and he wanted to get back the losses he had suffered in the household department, and he refused to stop after confessing to the clear, and the Anhui Tongling envoy partnered with the thief, and the Tongling envoy partnered with himself to pour private salt, even Tongling observed the imperial history, Tongling County Order, and a group of people made salt and copper and resold timber and ginseng. … The more Gao Heng thought about it, the bigger his head became, the more he felt that it was Qian Du's incident that implicated him. But Qianlong's will is too vague, and the word "prostitution" has long been decided, who is not "promiscuous" now? "Greed", how to say? Others send it, ask for it yourself, and the pit is abducted and deceived and hit the wooden bell and said that the lawsuit is "greedy", where to teach people to start to confess? In the meantime, he really understood Qianlong's unpredictable power, and he really knew how difficult it was to get off the thief ship......

The sedan chair stopped, and in the drizzle, Gao Heng got off the sedan chair wearing the fake hat and sent the sedan chair man, and saw Xue Bai Niang with two girls laughing happily and coming out from behind the shadow wall. Clapping his hands and laughing: "My eyelids are jumping, and I just think that my master will not have lunch there." Tell the girl to open her head, and sure enough, the master will come back! "The two girls were bought by Qian Du's widow Cao in the outer house, they are fifteen or sixteen years old, and they are also very beautiful, and they have not seen the owner of the house, Gao Heng, timidly followed Xue Bai and squatted on him for two thousand blessings.

"Hmm." Gao Heng's expression was in a trance, and his gloomy eyes glanced at the brand-new Sanjin compound inside and outside the Qingtang Washhouse, and said, "Give me hot wine, and eat whatever you want." So saying, he went inside. The mother-in-law didn't know his state of mind at the moment, and happily followed, and said: "This side is better than Yangzhou!" Although Slender West Lake is beautiful, it is difficult to compare with Xuanwu Lake. You see, opposite the Jiming Temple, look at the past in the rain, the clouds and mist are half covered, it is really like the fairy mountain pavilion painted on the painting that people say, go out on both sides of the willows, the flat lake reflects the mountain, and the fishing boat floats on the small water...... Where to find this place? - Ye walks this way, and over there, the moon cave gate is the water pavilion garden. Mrs. Cao's sister-in-law is waiting for you in the house! ”

Cao Shi was arranging wine and cloth dishes in the main hall of the second courtyard, and when he heard them enter the courtyard, he greeted them with a smile on his face, rubbed his hands and squatted on his knees to say goodbye, and he was as happy as if an ingots had fallen from the sky and picked them up, and said: "Oh! Good my master! Our Qian Ye said that you will come in half of July, and I will also pick up a few opera sisters to prepare for you to sing and catch the wind. Where did you know that Sister Xue stumbled in Yangzhou? Come in quickly, the fog stars and rain are through the clothes, and the weather is the easiest to catch a cold......" said one end, and let Gao Heng inside. Although she is over forty years old, the habitual family from the Kaixing Academy will make up every year, her hair is black and shiny, the light can be recognized, the knife cuts the sideburns and the black crows, and the white face is faintly flushed and greasy because of good maintenance, not looking closely, even the fish scale lines at the corners of the eyes are not very clear, the eyebrows are beautiful, and the smile is lovely, she is still Chu Chu Tingting's young woman's appearance.

Gao Heng secretly had a kick with her, but at the moment he had no emotion. He calmed down, cheered up, and followed the two women into the house, while thinking about asking Qian Du about the current situation, and wondering whether he should give them the bad news, he sat at the table and poured wine from the girl. Raise your glass and smile: "- Today there is wine and today is drunk, don't ask tomorrow whether it is right or wrong - come, touch, dry!" He swallowed it in one gulp, lit the bottom of the cup, sandwiched a basket of vegetables for Cao Shi and Xue Bai, ate it himself, and asked with a smile: "How many looms are there now?" I heard that there are two more machine shops? ”

"Isn't that a blessing from the master? The reputation is said to be 'a thousand machine Cao', but in fact, there are less than 600 machines for weaving silk. "Widow Cao was born as a bustard, why can't she see her eyebrows high and her eyes low? Seeing Gao Heng's uneasy expression, he didn't rush to ask, he set the wine jug with his soft hand, and only persuaded him attentively: "This is to congratulate you and Miss Xue on their housewarming, Master Gao, you did it, and the sister of the Xue family will accompany you...... Ning silk interest is large, in addition to the tribute silk, more than half of it is shipped to Portugal and France, we Chinese people, Vietnam is located in Java, or homespun cloth, city cloth. It is better to say that I have merged with other people's shops, but it is better to say that others have joined my shares. First, my silk is woven evenly, and it is dyed in a special dyeing workshop in Yangzhou Mansion, and no one can compare the color and material, which is easy to sell; Second, when they came to start the workshop, there were many sick workers, and they were all crowded together, and a plague spread was terrible, and the people who smashed the machine screamed and roared in the workshop, poisoning and setting fire to harm the owners. You go two miles to the east, where there is now a white field, and it turns out to be a machine workshop. The owner of the Fangjia Machine Workshop died thirteen people, and burned more than 20 workers to death, that pitiful, the stone man was sad and cried when he saw it......"

Xue Bai listened to her with wide eyes, and couldn't help asking, "And under your name, won't there be such a thing?" ”

"Sister, you don't understand, there is knowledge here." Cao Shi gave them a drink and a toast, and sighed: "Treat the workers in my heart, just like treating the girls in the courtyard, coaxing and dozen, and the little ones can't be saved; There are more people, and these are the same for the workers, and when they are sick and die, funeral medicine follows, and there are fewer bad things; There must be someone in the government, this is what I just said 'TOEFL', otherwise, the child labor died, the rheumatism of the silk reeling was paralyzed, and a lawsuit was filed in the yamen - it was really happy to sentence you to lose the lawsuit, he didn't, he didn't say the long or the short, he took someone to wait for trial, caught a lot of 'people falsely' and went to the yamo every day to ask, and the money was filled in with thousands of arguments! Then there is the gang of the dock steward, who are well along, they protect you, and there are no ruffians to harass you; It's not good, they themselves are ruffians, they go into the workshop to molest the female workers, and destroy the machine - I occupy these three, the workshop is stable, and others cast it in my name just to be clean. But the machine shop is bigger, there are more things, there are more expenses, and the hardships in it are also indescribable...... "She persuaded the two to eat wine, and kept talking about the vegetables, and talked at length, from buying mulberry leaves, warming silkworms, sleeping into cocoons, to reeling silk and weaving silk for sale, how to move money and silver, how to collect people's hearts, and it is really a busy work all year round," ...... The girl said that the scenery here is good, and I have never taken a boat to the lake for a day! If you want to talk about leisure and leisure, it is really better to open a hospital, coax the girl to pick up the guests, the girl receives the guests smoothly and receives them well, and the snow-white thighs pull the silver money and flow in in a hurry...... "She also ate a few cups herself, and her mouth was not covered, revealing her true colors."

Gao Heng was filled with love by their left and right cups, and he was full of sorrow, so he only asked for wine to pour it. At this moment, he also forgot about the east, west, north and south, and said with a bitter smile: "It's really like this, if you don't skim your thighs in front of Qian Du, you can become a famous rich woman 'Widow Cao' in Stone City?" "You're a real man!" Widow Cao's fingertips touched the corner of Gao Heng's forehead, "Miss Xue is right in front of you!" Gao Heng smiled: "As long as Qian Du is not in front of him, he will not be jealous!" His heart suddenly moved, and he thought of his current situation, because he asked, "Where is Qian Du now?" I haven't seen him for a long time. ”

"I went to Wuchang, and I sent a letter yesterday, asking for three hundred satins, bleached and plain - saying that there is a foreign devil to buy." Widow Cao glanced at him, "Doesn't Master Gao know?" He helped Le Zhongcheng dispatch Jinchuan money and grain. ”

Gao Heng really didn't know, frowning and thinking hard about the date of Qianlongge's edict, thinking that he didn't read it. Because he asked again: "Qian Du still has a house in the east of the Forbidden City, he came to Nanjing to do business and receive people there, have you been there recently?" ”

"I was there just now. Both of his sons lived there. Widow Cao remembered that her own son didn't dare to recognize her, and when she met her, she called herself a "Cao family", her heart was sour, and she almost burst into tears. The two young masters are still young, and the rest are wives and nurses, and even the mice are mothers. ”

Gao Heng stroked his head, stopped his cup, and sighed: "I'm not an outsider, I'll tell you the truth!" Hurry up and take your two babies to you, or foster them at a relative's house - just in case something big happens! "After saying that, he was just in a daze.

The two women panicked when they said this, and Widow Cao asked tightly: "What's the matter, why don't you give me a clear word!" Xue Bai's face was so pale that there was no blood, and he shook Gao Heng and said, "Master Gao!" You were just stunned, and you went to Yin Zhitai for a good time, and when you came back, it was as if you had lost your soul - I could see it as soon as I entered the door. Tell us that we can come up with an idea together......"

"Even I don't know what's going on." Gao Heng drank two sips of tea, swallowed bitterly, and told Yin Jishan about the decree and what he had been thinking all the way, and when he saw the two women bluffed, he said with a smile: "I also announced that I will strip other people's official positions, don't be scared of this kind of bear cunt - train people in the will, which is not a bloody dog?" After that, it's okay, it's okay! The emperor is now in Nanjing, maybe it was his private visit to make some shadows, maybe it was Liu Tongxun and a pair of bastards who smashed my black bricks, Lao Tzu didn't open his mouth and it was difficult for the gods to start, so he brought up one, put down a bunch, and asked them to investigate! The thief official in Dali Temple of the Criminal Department, how many people don't eat black? They have the handle in my hands, too! Aunt Cao, listen to me, settle your son, send someone to see Qiandu, and hurry up to close the tent - don't write letters! I can't check my accounts, and in the end I can't be clear and confused! ”

"What about me?" Xue Bai didn't expect to be beaten like this as soon as she came to Nanjing, dizzy and flustered, shaking her hands, boasting from Gao Heng, she also knew that things were unpredictable, so she couldn't help asking: "What should I do?" ”

Gao Heng's slightly puffy eye bubbles were lifted, and he said with a wry smile: "There are still some silver tickets in the luggage horse tie, dozens of taels of gold, which is enough for you." I am a viscount, and the title is still there, and I can't enter the class room. If you really can't hide it, it's overturned, don't go back to Yangzhou, just live here without showing mountains and water......"

"I, I'm good...... Bitter ......"

"You didn't suffer anything." Gao Heng looked indifferently at the stormy courtyard outside the door, and said: "It has nothing to do with me, otherwise, you have to deliver food to me at the Prison God Temple in the beekeeping road-even if you go to Nanjing to make money and trade......"

"Master! Why do you look at me like that? Although I am lowly, I really want to talk to you, I am not that kind of person......"

Gao Heng didn't say a word.

Cao Shi wept and wept, and sighed for a long time: "Don't say these frustrating words...... We are cheap, and we are afraid that we are worth more than those nobles! She suddenly remembered Gao Heng's sister, and said hurriedly: "Now that things are so far, others can't count on them, can't the concubine Niangniang stand by and watch?" And those good friends of the master, Fu Xiangye and Gui Xiangye, when they can be used, can't they even talk about righteousness? ”

"You don't understand. This is not a small family of relatives, uncles and aunts will see each other. Gao Heng took a long breath, trying his best to find out which of his friends was "righteous", but he couldn't even think of any of them for a while, and said: "Even if I see her, I am not much better than you." In front of the gates of the palaces in the Forbidden City, the ancestors and the ancestors of the ancestors all set up iron plates and decreed: 'The concubine who interferes in politics will not be forgiven!' —Bai taught her to be in a hurry! This kind of thing can only be borrowed from her strength, not her strength-" He suddenly remembered that when he was leaving Beijing, he went to see Tang'er, and Tang'er said that he wanted to send the queen a piece of Hui embroidered 10,000-character Xuanji to suppress the disaster. He has always believed that Tang'er is not ruthless to himself, but he is just touched by Qianlong's self-esteem, and it is inconvenient to have a personal relationship with him. said: "Cao family, remember last time you said that there is a piece of 10,000-character Xuanjihui embroidery in the Treasure Pavilion, which is frighteningly expensive, have you made a move?" ”

Widow Cao was stunned for a moment and said, "Why did the prince ask about this?" Not really! In the first half of the month, the owner of the Treasure Pavilion came to ask, saying that he was willing to drop the price, and sold it for six thousand silver. I said you keep it for me, and there are only a dozen pieces of Hui embroidery all over the world, and you regret selling it cheaply. Treasure Pavilion Treasure Pavilion is 'Treasure Treasure'......" Gao Heng asked, "What is his original price?" Widow Cao said, "Six thousand eight hundred." ”

"Six thousand eight is six thousand eight." Gao Heng stood up, "I'll buy it for me today and tomorrow, I have an envoy." When he went to the door, he looked out for a while, and said, "Xue Bai fetched me a jacket robe, the color is a little plain." I'll go to the post house to make a fuss, and the guests who should worship will visit and see the situation. Xue Bai was busy sending someone to pass the sedan chair, change his clothes for him, and let him carry a decanting stone to send him out to play the sedan chair.

There were only two women left in the room, facing the table full of leftovers, there was nothing to say for a while, and when they sat down in the sound of the rain, Xue Bai looked at Widow Cao, and Widow Cao also looked over, and their eyes were paired, all of them were a wry smile.

"The two of us are the same fate." After a long time, Widow Cao said: "There is a way to sympathize with the same disease, and I want to say a few words to you." If I say it wrong, I don't say it. ”

"Well, just say it." Xue Bai nodded thoughtfully and said, "I'm very confused in my heart, and I want to hear what the old man has to say." ”

Cao Shi sighed and said: "In this place of Nanjing, the official road is the world of the Nanjing prefect, the world of Yin Zhitai, and the underworld is controlled by Gaiye. You and I are both teaching, and we both have ideas for industries, but in fact, we are stepping on two boats. ”

"This could not be more true. But Gai Yinghao and Yi Zhu'er are not the same thing, Gai Yinghao probably wants to set up his own door and doesn't listen to orders, otherwise, Yi Zhu'er won't come this time. ”

"Where does Gai Yinghao want to stand on his own!" Widow Cao bit her lip with her fine white teeth and said, "He is Gan Fengchi's eldest apprentice, and after Gan Fengchi's death, he will take over the helm of Nanjing Jianghu Dao." Originally, he wanted to take refuge with Li Zhitai, who was sick, and Li Zhengtai also recognized him when he was alive. As soon as Li Wei died, he cut off the way to join the imperial court. Huang Tianba came, and he wanted to compete with Huang Tianba again, it seemed that he was afraid of taking the plate, but in fact, ......" She paused, as if she didn't know what to say.

Xue Bai didn't understand what she meant at first, thinking about it, he suddenly opened his mouth in horror, and shivered in shock: "Amitayus Buddha...... Heavenly Ancestor Bodhisattva! He wants to take the change of master to join the emperor! "It was as if there was a scorching thunder in the sky, and her beautiful face was distorted in shock," ...... It's too sinister...... I saw him soldering iron in front of Tang He's gods, and wearing three knives on his legs to swear loyalty...... Loyal to the Master! ”

"You only learned about the sinister rivers and lakes today?" Widow Cao sneered, "It's the same as those cunt sellers in his mother's officialdom!" Tell you, the master and apprentice of the Fakong monk of the Pilu Courtyard were all born as Kangxi's guards in the early years, and he was lonely, and he also helped Wei Junmen in the early years to catch the fake Zhu third prince Yang Qilong who wanted to rebel in the Pilu Courtyard - a fire burned down the Pilu Courtyard, who helped him rebuild the temple? In fact, it is the two great army gates of Wei Dongting and Wu Dan who are dead! Just in case the owner had a spell, Gai Yinghao placed her in the Pilu Courtyard - do you understand? One by one, leading Yi Zhu'er to take the bait, and Yi Zhu'er is still in the dark - the martial arts competition, just to compete with Huang Tianba for this first merit and sell it for a big price in the court! Xue Bai heard like a lonely guest on the road in the middle of the night who had met a ghost, and the hairs on his body exploded and stood on end, and he shrank and trembled, just muttering to himself: "What should I do...... What to do...... Do you want to go to Pilu Courtyard to report and report ......" Cao said: "There is a net of heaven and earth, just wait for the blind finch to throw it in vain!" ”

A gust of autumn wind wrapped in rain sprinkled down sharply, brushed for a while, and gradually eased down.

"Qian Du and I are just dewy and affectionate. Uncle Gao Guo is the same as you. Widow Cao stroked the wine jug, her voice full of sadness, "Men are not things, but women can't live without men." That's where we get stuck. Unlike you, Qian Du and I have two sons......" Her eyes were sour, tears poured out, and she choked up: "Otherwise, if we change our family property and throw away our hammers, no one in the world will find us!" ”

Xue Bai saw that she was sad, thinking about her own situation, Yangzhou couldn't go back, Nanjing had no relatives, and she was also uncomfortable in her heart, crying: "I don't want to be like that." The change of hands treats me very kindly, I have a good look, and Uncle Guo also treats me with a lot of affection - but in this situation, I can't deal with it. ”

"The bees go into their arms to solve them, and the poisonous snake eats the arm and the strong man breaks his wrist - Qian Du told me this." Cao said: "You have no relatives or friends in Nanjing, and I have no contact with Yi Zhu'er for a long time, so she sent you and me to face each other[2]

Heaven forbid! If you don't get off the thief ship at this time, you will be a fool! ——Pack up the soft money, get ready, and when the time comes, you will leave, lift your feet and float lightly, and go to a place where even the emperor can't control it! ”

"Where is there such a place?"

"It's not that you don't have it, it's that you don't dare to think about it. Drifting across the ocean, to the address, Java...... I have my semicolon in those countries, I have been there, and the business is doing very well! Although I have never been to France, there are many acquaintances in trading, they don't talk about the ethics and morality of the three outlines and five constants, and they don't have the set of three from the four virtues, they are prostitutes, as long as they are Peugeot, they can sing, and they are more popular than the prince! As long as you have money, you can make money, even if you are not cheap, you just can't have no money, no matter how noble a person is, if you have no money, you will be like a pig. As long as you have money, you are a human being, like you, with a physique like you, wrapped up in makeup, that is, the Duke and Earl have seen it, and they will definitely beat Qian'er to say goodbye, kiss your hand in public, kiss your forehead and face......"

"Yikes! The embarrassed ......" Xue Bai listened fascinated, but couldn't help it, and said with a red face: "Kissing men in public?" Don't the women there have husbands? I can't think of what that looks like......"

Widow Cao snorted and said: "We are a country of etiquette, everyone is a gentleman on the surface, dignified and upright, when you see a woman's money, you say you don't love it, you don't know what it's like behind your back?" - That is the etiquette of others, for example, if a man steals from someone's wife, everyone steals it, and it is not considered stealing; Women are all powderheads, and there is nothing ashamed of fans when they see fans - I can't tell you clearly, but I will naturally understand when I go - we don't talk about this gossip, do you think my idea will work? ”

......" will work. Xue Bai Niangzi twisted her toes to the ground, and replied: "But we have to wait and see how his lawsuit is decided." This will not be a dead end, Tottenham Spur said to go, one is reluctant to go to his homeland, and the other can't go out. ”

"I've got a lot more to do. Of course, you can't just leave right away. Widow Cao breathed a sigh of relief when she agreed, "Master Gao and Master Qian are fine, who wants to leave their homeland?" From now on, you will not contact the owner, and you will not see anyone, so keep you safe! I'll buy a boat, put on my stuff, and say I'll go in the wind......" and got up and went out.

Xue Bai chased after her and asked, "Aunt Cao, where is this going to be?" ”

"Go and ask Master Gao for a change of embroidery!" Widow Cao raised her voice in the rain in the courtyard and stomped away.

[1]

Frustrated and quick talk: It refers to when people are depressed and frustrated, they often try to vent their headaches to others.

[2]

Incision: Jianghu code whispers.