On the fourth day after the Shengqilou competition, Yi Ying received an all-red invitation named by Yin Jishan at the bottom of Taoye Ferry, inviting "Mr. Bian and Yu" to rush to the Confucian Temple at the beginning of the Shen Dynasty, "Chat about preparing water and wine, and wait for the meeting", and attached to the invitation is also the ranking record of the invited gentlemen and celebrities. Yi Ying looked at the list, and the first list was the name of "Rongyang Zhixiu Former Minister of Military Aircraft, Minister of Upper Study, Minister of Guards, and Auxiliary Minister of the Crown Prince Taibao Zhang Tingyu", which was specially molded with embossed gilding. The rest of the grandson Xiong Xiaoru and Gao Shiqi's son Gao Ying, the local celebrities are headed by Hu Zhiwei, Yuan Mei is not listed second as an official, there are three or four below, and Yi Ying is also unknown. When she looked at her name, she was ranked fourth in the list of gentlemen, and she couldn't help but laugh secretly: this is about the number of seats in the number of donations.

Holding two densely written "ranking records", a smile flashed across the corners of Yi Ying's mouth: Things in officialdom are really interesting, and I don't know how much effort it takes to make a list. The upper and lower positions are in order; Shimono's is still not messy, a bit like selling antiques, and there is no confusion in terms of age and texture to talk about fame...... Gently folded and thrown on the coffee table, Yi Ying stood up, seemed to have nothing to do, walked slowly on the ground paved with terrazzo green bricks for a few steps, looked out of the window, thinking about his thoughts.

Outside the window is the famous Taoye Ferry, the inlet can only be three zhang wide, meandering to the southeast, and the Qinhuai River intersects. The river flows very slowly, as if it is a river port of the Qinhuai River, the distance is as clear as a mirror, the clear bottom is seen closely, the Qinhuai Song Building on the opposite bank is inserted like a forest, and the courtyard is almost continuous. There are bridges and pavilions connected between the restaurants and restaurants, and the branches below are narrow alleys, and the stone steps go down the steps straight into the clear stream. Although the name of this place is "Peach Leaf Crossing", in fact, there is not a peach tree on the bank, but the willow river stretches on the bank, and it is graceful like smoke. Nanjing's ground temperature is hot, in August, the distant view of the bush trees is still a blue sadness, do not pay attention to look closely, can not see the yellow ochre of the old leaves in the sandwich......

"Master Bian is in a trance...... Yi Ying was in a daze, heard someone talking next to her, and when she looked back, she didn't know when Tang He had already come in, holding a large plate with flowers and clouds in her hand, with pomegranates, grapes, lucky oranges and a few plum blossom molded small moon cakes, as well as a bag of strange beans, while placing them on the table, she said, "This place in Nanjing is really strange, it rained a few days ago, and it was so cold that it was bone-chilling." As soon as the day warms up, I can't leave the fan in my hand...... When you taste this strange bean, it seems to have a new look, and it is not the same as what we used to eat! "In February and August, the weather is unpredictable, not only in Nanjing, but also in the whole world." Yi Ying smiled and took a strange bean and tasted it casually, "It's that what you said tastes different from before, it's interesting-did you go to the Confucius Temple and get in touch with Cao Bustard?" And what about Xue Dog? ”

Tang He didn't hear the sound of Yi Ying's words, and said: "I'm about to go back to my master—not only Confucius Temple, but also Xuanwu North Village." I didn't see Cao Bustard, and I didn't see the shadow of Xue Gou. Cao's machine shop only kept Mr. Accounts and a few guys, all said that they had never heard of the name Xue Bai, and the Cao widow said in two days that she would go to Yangzhou to buy goods and go by boat. Han Mei and I are also wondering! ”

Yi Ying said in her heart: Cao Bustard's avoidance of herself is still reasonable, how dare Xue Bai not come to contact?! After a little thought, he asked, "Is her machine still weaving?" Tang He nodded and said, "Turn on the machine!" We were afraid that she would escape and fight against the water, so we went into the workshop to see it, and there was nothing unusual. The bookkeeper said that there was a batch of big deals in Yangzhou, which were overseas smuggled goods brought by Taiwanese surnamed Lin, and the profits were six times greater, and the shopkeeper went. Most it will take half a month, and at least ten days to rush back. He said a bunch of names, a French sengking clock pocket watch, and a British loom, and we didn't ask in detail. Yi Ying was confused, frowning and staring at the fruit plate, as if she was asking and muttering: "No...... Xue Bai should have news! Could it be that he was entangled by Gao Heng and couldn't get out? ”

"Uncle Gao Guo also inquired about it," Tang He said, "The people at the post house said that Mr. Gao's luggage was in the post house, and no one had ever lived there. I heard that he lived in the governor's yamen. We went to the yamen again to inquire, and there had just been a change of guard, and an acquaintance was nowhere to be seen. I had to come back. ”

Just as he was at a loss for a clue, Qiao Song pushed the door in and said, "Mo Tianpai and Si Dinglao came with Gai Yinghao, and the master didn't see them?" "Let's just say I just went out," Yi Ying said a little upset, and then changed her mind, "Let's go, go meet them in the living room!" ”

So Yi Ying was in front, and the three of them went downstairs by stairs and stepped through the dark room of the corridor. Hanmei was staying downstairs, and when she saw them coming, she lifted the false wall, and a painted brick wall was turned over, and she had entered the suite at the bottom of the building, Yi Ying smiled and raised the curtain, and said with a smile: "Brother Gai, it's difficult for you to set up such a hidden place for me." The scenery is good, and it is prosperous with seclusion. Thank you so much! It's better than Piruin......"

"The owner is well!" The three of them were all sitting firmly under the south window of the living room, and they had already stood up to greet each other. Gai Yinghao smiled and said, "If the Pilu Courtyard is open and suitable, it is much better than here. It's just that there is a famous spot in Jinling, and the tourists are too mixed. Who does the master of 'Longe' know? He paused for a moment and said, "I just found out that he is the cousin of Banzai today, Prince Yi Hongxiao!" ”

The muscles at the corner of Yi Ying's mouth twitched, and a chill swept through her heart: In "Ten Thousand Laws Return to Tibet", the words "The law cannot be used to control the people, the technique cannot be applied to your sect, and the spiritual motive is skillful in ignorance, then it is suitable for self-destruction" The words flashed through his heart like lightning. Hongxiao has lost power since the fourth year of Qianlong, and the method of applying "Yin Cold Cave Wind" in the temple is actually ineffective, and he has not been able to figure out the reason, thinking that he is lightly moving "ignorance". But it turned out that the other party was "Guizong", protected by Houlu! The prince is still like this, what if Qianlong himself? After thinking about it, he nodded and said: "Longge is indeed extraordinary, he is the bearing of a dragon son and a phoenix grandson - the young man who followed him, the one who secretly helped Huang Tianba in the Shengqi Building, he is very powerful in qigong!" What is your name? ”

"That's the Duanmu family in Shandong." Gai Yinghao said with a smile, "I heard that in the Duanmumen junior characters, he is not a first-class character!" It was the previous Li Wei Li Zhengtai who saved his life and fulfilled his marriage with Miss Lu, Prince Yi invited him, and looked at Li Wei's face, so he entered the palace as a guard martial arts teacher. followed the prince to the emperor's southern tour. He tried his best to brag for Duanmu, and he didn't look at Yi Ying's face, and said in a changed tone: "I came to see Yi Zhu'er because I wanted to do something." Gao Heng - Uncle Gao Guo has an accident, a master in the yamen leaked a letter, and there is a decree to dismiss him and investigate! Yangzhou prefect Pei or something, and a person surnamed Jin also ate and hung up, and they have all taken off the top lock to be investigated! ”

Qiao Song and Tang He were both taken aback, and even Han Mei in the inner room next door was shocked. Tang He blurted out and asked, "What about Xue Bai?" It's the Yangzhou lady that Yi Zhu'er said-" Before she finished speaking, Yi Ying stopped with her gaze and asked, "Do you know why you took Gao Heng?" Who did it? In addition to Pei Xingren and Jin Wenkui, who else is involved? Gai Yinghao asked Xue Bai with a belly of thought, in order to destroy the Yangzhou White Lotus Sect bandits, and was diverted by Yi Ying. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and according to Liu Yong's instructions, he didn't dare to ask a word, and said: "That master is drunk, and he scolds Jin in a nonsense manner, and he also scolds Yin Jishan when he sweeps it, saying that he will collect silver from Yingjia, and even the masters will not let go." said: 'Qian Du and Gao Heng's family foundation is not enough? He also said: "Dezhou Pi Zhongchen is a dog, crazy, biting a large piece of ......" and said that there was a man named Dou He Nai, who gave the emperor a secret fold - if he interrogated him about other things, he would fall asleep, and I didn't dare to ask directly. ”

Yi Ying looked at Gai Yinghao for a long time before saying, "It's right that you don't ask." Gao Heng had an accident, it was only a matter of time or time, and I was not surprised that he was asked. But this person used to make salt and copper, and had a lot of business dealings with our subordinates, so we also had to prevent him from climbing and biting the heads of his brothers, and he got big. You should report it. "After all, he still uses his eyes to judge the heroes. She has been fighting in the rivers and lakes all her life, and she knows that people's hearts are as dangerous as the evil of turmoil. Compared with Nanjing and Yangzhou, Gai is not his own descendant and believer, and if he leaves the general church, the believers in the past are dead and gone, and it is difficult to rely on those who remain. In case this Gai Yinghao secretly apostates and rebels against the water, and uses opportunities to make contributions to himself, the consequences will really be unimaginably miserable. Before going to the banquet to be received by Yin Jishan, she couldn't help but think about the situation and observe this surnamed Gai carefully. When Mo Tianpai and Si Dinglao first saw her, they had also experienced her kind of gaze, and their intuition was ten times more difficult than being punished, so they couldn't help but worry about Gai Yinghao.

"Master Yi, I advise you with a word."

Gai Yinghao was not as hard as ordinary people stared at by her, endured for a while, and said with a smile: "You better go back to Yangzhou!" This plot in Nanjing is not good. ”

"Stone Town is entrenched, what's not good?" Yi Ying asked.

"'The king of Jinling is gloomy', and he is also talking about Nanjing." Gai Yinghao's gaze did not retreat, and he said with a smile: "When you took the road south in Shandong, I killed people in Baoding during the day, and I have long heard of your name. You are a heroine, and Gai is also a hero! But there is a fate to everything. I think we're just a bit of a sympathetic relationship. You are the leader of the great religion, the dragon; I'm just a worm, a snake on the ground. It's not someone who has been with you for many years, it's hard to win your trust. He is gentle and modest, speaks slowly and logically, but every sentence is straightforward and has no concealment, "So while I haven't sold you yet, I will personally send you back to Yangzhou." What do you think? ”

"When did I say I didn't believe you?" Yi Ying stared at him and said coldly, "Do you dare to have some heart barriers?" ”

Gai Yinghao smiled bitterly and said, "Is it just a heart barrier? It's scary! With all due respect, if you are staring at people like this, you are not guilty, even if there is no ghost in your heart, you will be stared at ghosts, and you must also have a weak heart, suspecting that you are an apostate and traitor! ”

Yi Ying laughed when she heard this, and said, "People who are not weak in their hearts will also doubt themselves? This is the first time I've heard that! Mo Tianpai said: "Brother Gai is still bold and outspoken!" Dinglao and I met the owner for the first time, and we were also hairy! Si Dinglao said: "I'm wondering in my heart, Brother Gai has seen the owner change hands several times, why do you still look at people like a thief?" Tang He and Qiao Song also stood next to him and laughed.

"There are two more things to change hands." Gai Yinghao smiled and said, "It was originally scheduled to be the Flower Gang and the prostitutes on August 15 to make a fuss, but now it seems that it is not appropriate to make any more trouble." The new prefect Han Kejing said that during the emperor's stay in Nanjing, all prostitutes could only cruise around Mochou Lake. can't cross the Qinhuai River, and if the court violates the order, he will close the court and take people. The Huazi Gang also received a constitutional plaque, and all the displaced people from other places gathered in the east of Xuanwu Lake at the foot of Niutou Mountain in the suburbs. There is a porridge shed, there is a broken temple and a hermitage to stay, the city is clean and the street is welcome, and a person named Huazi is not allowed to enter the city. Changing hands, several moon cake workshops have come to say, Yuan Zicai sent someone to buy moon cakes with printed plum blossom molds - look at it together, the wind is not good, it seems to smell something for Liu Tongxun, you have to be careful. I think the government is wary! ”

The disappearance of Xue Bai Cao's family and the arrest of Gao Heng have made Yi Ying uneasy, and this string of bad news, when viewed together, is almost-for-tat with the "early loss of peace" plan that he had planned to stop, and the more he thought about it, the more difficult he felt that he could not deal with it. Thinking about Huang Tianba's coming to Nanjing, what is the idea of this eagle dog? The competition is invincible and undefeated, and it does not take the plate of the hero. Nanjing is full of strangers, and it is difficult to even rely on someone who believes in it to discuss! She suddenly felt that she was so weak, or even surrounded by a powerful and invisible force. Caught in a heavy net, it is difficult to use any hands and feet...... Sitting on the chair, he pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Gai, according to what you say, I'm afraid that the imperial court is already very vigilant and vigilant against us. Liu Tongxun is a fierce rival, Han Mei went out to read the notice, all owners are not allowed to seize tenants and increase rent in the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, and the villagers who go to the city for sightseeing and festivals are also under the control of the rules - he is on guard everywhere, and it will be stupid for us to move again - all the original plans will be cancelled. We also had a safe birth on August 15, and after the Double Ninth Festival, you accompanied me to Yangzhou for a walk. It's not for you to be 'escorted', I'm there to prepare a generous gift for you, and to take you to meet a few new friends. ”

"Yes!" Gai Yinghao heard a word of promise, then got up and said goodbye, "Master Yi made a decision immediately, and it is really a blessing for tens of thousands of brothers and sisters to do so." I know your situation, and what you said is more straightforward, and it also means that you don't doubt yourself and don't see outside. Lu Yao knows that the horsepower has seen the hearts of the people for a long time, Gai Yinghao is not talented, and he is also a big husband - what Xuanwu King Kong, black and white impermanence in Nanjing, you can see whoever you want, and what instructions they listen to. Even I, Gai, swore not to frown when I went to the soup for the sake of the Guardian of the Sect! - If there is no other instruction, the subordinate is going, and the instructions of the change of master must be passed down quickly. ”

After Gai Yinghao resigned, when Yi Ying looked at it, it was already dark outside. Si Dinglao said: "It's almost dinner time, do you want to send the vegetarian food set by the Yangqing Zhai Pavilion next door?" ”

"Brother Mo, you, and Han Mei go eat! I'm going out for a walk. Yi Ying stood up, "With Tang He Qiaosong and me, I will be able to nest in this small building every day, and I can't stand it." ”

After that, the three of them went out of Guangliang Gate, but they saw that the smoke of a household on the street in the north was curling, and the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion in the south was tuning the strings and trying to test the strings, and the throat sound of rehearsals and exercises rose one after another, the west wind swept the river and the waves flickered, the old willow trees were still in style, and thousands of soft and silky branches swayed with the wind. Yi Ying stung in a small building, and when she came out of the abbot's place, she suddenly felt refreshed, and all kinds of suffocation, depression, sorrow, and frustration were swept away. Qiao Song and Tang He seemed to be in a much better mood, and while walking, they gently shook their arms to activate their muscles and bones, Qiao Song said: "This Brother Gai is so straightforward, he looks like a showman - Xiantouhu - in India, I look at him is also a simple man, but he can't compare to Brother Gai!" ”

"Really?" Yi Ying seemed to be smiling, folding a wicker branch and pinching it in her hand, and said, "I see it this way too." But you should know that he is a talented man who was admitted to the sub-list in the provincial examination. Reader, his heart is like a hook and his mouth is straight like a pen, I'm afraid I can't believe him a little. Tang He smiled: "I don't think this person is hiding a traitor!" Master, you have been bitten by a snake for ten years, and you are afraid of the well rope! Yi Ying chewed a piece of wicker in her mouth, tasted the bitter taste, and said: "--Tonight, we moved to Wuyi Lane, and we won't be able to go to Taoyedu!" ”

Qiao Song and Tang He glanced at each other, why is this Yi Ying so suspicious? It's good, it's just such a rumor? I just thought about it but didn't say anything, just walked silently.

"You think I'm a snake shadow, don't you? I said there that if you leave after Chung Yeung Festival, it's all fake. Yi Ying sighed: "Although he looks straightforward, he also leaves some suspicious places. Xue Gou came to Nanjing, we asked as soon as we arrived, and he should have been concerned about today's mention, but he never asked me about it. When we arrived in Nanjing, we lived, and he didn't agree to any of the places he chose, and today he still said that he could see anyone he wanted, and he would listen to any instructions, but he avoided saying anything about his place of residence. As for me judging him...... He was indeed blunt, but I vaguely felt that he was a bit offensive and defensive. The big deceit seems to be straightforward and treacherous, if you are loyal, it is to win the chess building competition, and thinking carefully is also a bit like acting - you must guard against benevolence and injustice, and you don't believe in being straight and straight. We were too tightly controlled by him...... Got it? ”

In this way, the reason is also to cut the muscles and bones. In fact, Qiao Tang and the others also felt that they were a little involuntary in Nanjing, and they were restricted and teased everywhere, but they just "felt", so a detailed analysis, and Yi Ying said it, which was even more appropriate and true than what they thought. Tang He thought that if Gai Yinghao apostatized and rebelled, it would really be ten times more dangerous than Liu Tongxun and Huang Tianba, and he couldn't help but shudder in his heart...... Qiao Song said: "I was originally at peace in my heart, but when you said that, I was also scared!" I think that if it was really what the master said, something should have happened a long time ago......" As he spoke, he frowned, and Tang He said, "If he thinks that we are already in the urn...... That one, and that one, do you want to catch them all? So it's better to be careful. Since there is nothing to do on August 15, take a boat ride as soon as possible, and we will be able to do it when we return to Yangzhou! ”

"It's business as usual, and don't make a little noise." Yi Ying had already made up her mind and said, "All those words are our own people's speculation and speculation, and they cannot be regarded as evidence. That is, it is true, we came to Ning at the invitation of Yin Jishan, and now we are arresting, and others who are ready to donate money to welcome us will be frightened and shrink their hands. Yin Jishan is not so stupid! On the list of gentlemen, I also saw Gai Yinghao. The boat is prepared in advance, the feast is over, the deacons are farewell, and they board the ship and leave. The etiquette and affection are all in place, and no one can find fault with it - go now, it's okay, Yin Jishan has to be suspicious in his heart - look at that bridge pile, this is a serious scenic spot in Taoyedu, I don't know which foolish official during the Kangxi period, said, 'Such a narrow river, still have to ferry?' A bridge was built here. Li Zhengtai came to Nanjing and ordered the demolition of the ......"

The two were listening to her talk about leaving Nanjing safely, when they suddenly changed the topic, and they were stunned to see that they had already left the cold streets and alleys of Taoyedu. Gradually, the dark streets are on the night market, the pavilions on the other side of the Qinhuai River are brilliantly lit, the water of the Qinhuai River is swaying, the candles of the painting boat reflect the colorful slow oars swaying slowly and slowly, the fairy music is ethereal on the boat of the tourists, the wonderful dance posture in the clear sound of the singer is about to be seen, the old city God's Temple near the city is full of lights, and there are tourists who come and go sightseeing everywhere, and it is very inappropriate to talk about confidential matters here. Qiao Songyin asked: "What's wrong with repairing the Taoyedu Bridge?" The master didn't understand this, and the slave didn't understand. ”

"I don't quite understand. Listen to the old gentlemen, anyway, it's the meaning of the scenery. Yi Ying said. Because he saw a few people looking around a list, he paced over, but saw that it was a notice issued by Yuan Mei from Jiangning County, two red watermelon lamps were shining, and the western afterglow was not finished, and the handwriting was clearly reflected:

Our emperor takes leniency as the government, and the world is only benevolence, filial piety, courtesy and righteousness. The rent is exempt from taxation in the old year, and the Huangsuo children are deeply benevolent and generous, although the mountains and fields and the fishermen of the lakes and seas are all touched by the virtue of the prosperous world. Mo Bu Shengping, the dancing crane is bustling, and abides by the law. Ben Jinsi has committed crimes and been released over the years, and every time he has self-abandonment, he has been repeatedly pardoned and repeated, and finally he has no way to extricate himself, and he is punished for the penalty, and the feelings are hateful and there is room for mercy. It is contrary to the virtue of God's good life, and bears the emperor's benevolence to nurture the world's best intentions. The special notice to Zhiru is that starting from this day, those who have been imprisoned for crimes and have been released after the penalty are released, and they will go to the Jiangning County Ya to receive a side of the Si Guo card. Those who have followed the law for three years, have not violated the law of the country, and respect the people who have been transformed are good people who make up for evil, and the first protection of the townships shall not be regarded as the people of the people. With sincerity. Jinshi and the first reward prefect title Jiangning County Commander Yuan Mei Linying.

There was an old gentleman next to him, but Tang He couldn't understand it, and was about to ask Yi Ying, when a countryman next to him asked an old gentleman in a robe next to him, "What kind of yellow play is this?" Is it a no-donation notice? The old gentleman was very old-fashioned, and took the trouble to explain it word by word, but the man still couldn't understand it, and a flamboyant idle man next to him smiled: "It's like saying - don't be surprised - your sister stole the man and taught someone to take it." As long as you don't steal within three years, you're a good person! The man said angrily: "Your mother only stole the man—I am like that!" He stamped his feet and walked away, causing everyone to laugh. Qiao Song's face flushed, took a sip, and continued with Yi Ying.

The night market is full of stalls. Antiques, calligraphy and painting, Song paper and Song ink, Jade Buddha, Guanyin, nasal congestion, cigarette bottles, old furniture, lake pens, Duan inkstone, guqin, Go and what zodiac jade carvings, branded flower screens, Nanjing's unique rain flower stone and a variety of dazzling, there are everything, a bit similar to Beijing's ghost market. But the ghost market is early in the morning, and it's night. The streets are full of tourists wandering around, everywhere there are lights and shadows flickering, sandwiching the soup cakes, roast chicken, salted water duck duck duck high and low and elastic hawkers are confused, it is very lively. Just as he was looking at it, suddenly someone in front of him was talking loudly, and when he turned his face to look, it turned out that a fat man wearing a wide gray poplin robe was bargaining with an antique seller about the truth or falsehood.

"The antique shops around the Confucius Temple in the old city God's Temple, who doesn't know my second nephew?" The fat man smiled and said, "You've seen more than a hundred of your Xinling Junhu talismans!" But this pile of rain flowers is true. This Qin brick, as well as this Han tile, looks like it, it is also very suspicious, a Qin brick costs fifty taels, and the Han tile costs one hundred and twenty taels - you think that you have to make a phlegm when you think about silver! ”

Yi Ying and a few people came over, the black and thin spirit of selling antiques, seeing the onlookers, came to the excitement, stood up and held the Qin brick, spat and said: "Your old man is out of sight this time!" Flick the bricks with your fingers, "Listen to the sound, race over the stone chime!" Look at the color, the porcelain is swarthy and black—it's like jade, it's like iron! Pick up the brick that was originally sitting on the ground, and the two bricks touched the ground, the Qin brick was intact, but the new brick was shattered and fell to the ground. "It's the real deal! - Look at this Hanwa again! He picked up the Han tile with one hand, "This tile, after the Wei and Jin dynasties, has this trick, is the mud pattern so delicate?" This layer of soil rust in the tile tube, this texture; Which one can be faked now? He flipped his hands, "-Look, look! The 'Weiyang' cast on the brick, and the 'but not' on the tile! What font size is this! To tell the truth, it is not an ordinary family that sells bricks and tiles, and it was also a high-quality goods with thousands of taels of silver. Don't expose people's shortcomings, he lost his family and waited for the pot to be cooked, no matter how expensive or low, he asked me to take action. It's the first time I've seen such a neat Hanwa, an old antique seller. You are always a layman, and if you want to meet a scholar, you will make a move at ten times the price - one must understand, and the other must be a rich family, which is also a matter of fate, isn't it? ”

"You're such a good dog skin plaster!" Ma Erzi took the Qin brick, knocked it in his ear, and said: "This brick is genuine, that tile is too suspicious, I haven't seen the Han tile file with a yellow background - twenty-five taels to buy your brick, how about it?" ”

A brick bargained to twenty-five taels, which was the food and clothing of a medium-sized peasant family for a year, and Yi Ying was stunned, but they heard the antique seller say: "You are knowledgeable, and you can't make the price for fifty taels." ”

"Thirty!"

"No, fifty."

"Forty taels!"

"Fifty don't let you!"

"In this way, I will give seventy taels." Ma Erzi smiled, "Even give me that fake tile." No matter how much it is, it's not worth it, and I don't have that spare money! ”

The antique seller sighed and said with a smile: "I really ran into the opponent today, this tile is really picked up from the Han ruins, and the other Han tiles are all vermilion background files, and I have never seen this yellow background, so the people who came to buy it said it was fake." With this kind of purchase, you have caught me wronged - but what temple has not bent the ghosts? Take two hundred and two pieces. No matter how little, we can't buy and sell benevolence! Ma Erzi said: "You coax me, I'll use it to coax people again, aren't people in the world just coaxing and coaxing?" A hundred is a hundred! As he spoke, he took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and handed it to the antique seller. Yi Ying and the others were about to leave, when they saw the "Mr. Nian" who was familiar with the Pilu Courtyard pacing over, followed by Longge. Looking closely, Duanmu Liangyong and the ghostly iron-headed Jiao also followed, and said with a smile: "Mr. Long, Mr. Nian!" You're also here for a night market? ”

"Isn't this Mr. Bian?" Ji Yun was also stunned when he saw that he met Yi Ying here, and when he came back to his senses, he was busy with the round, but he first talked to Ma Er's nephew, "Old Ma, have you bought antiques for gifts again?" The old man will introduce to you - this is Lord Longe Belle, and this is Mr. Bian Heyu. Don't say that you are a rich man, Mr. Bian donated 100,000 silver for a wedding, and he is specially invited to Nanjing for sightseeing! - Mr. Bian, why haven't you lived in the temple these days? Yi Ying smiled and bowed to Qianlong, "It turned out to be a golden branch and jade leaf, Bian is disrespectful!" - A relative has a business, and he dragged him away, and he didn't even have time to say goodbye, and the master forgave him - also came out for a walk? ”

Ma Erzi had never seen Qianlong, and the three people met, Ji Yun reported that he was "old", and he had never heard of the name of "Longge", so he was ignorant for a while. But he is actually extremely smart by nature, and immediately acted on the spot, and said with a smile: "This is really the corner of the earth, and I met the old man here again!" It's really fate to meet Long Ye and Bian Ye - have you eaten? I'm in for a treat, and I don't dare to report it back[1]

！ Ji Yun shook his head and said, "We have already eaten, come out and take a walk." Feel free to do so, and it will inevitably bother you in the future - what are you buying these bricks for? Which filthy official are you going to stab? Yi Ying also smiled when she heard it. Ma Erzi said: "Now that the emperor has clarified the rule of officials, dozens of corrupt officials in Jiangnan have taken off their cards when they take office, who dares to touch the limelight?" I'm preparing the limelight to send Lao Zhao to the Internal Affairs Office, a hundred taels of silver, hehe...... Let's be an imperial businessman, if we don't tie up with the Internal Affairs Office, we can pick out the bones in the tribute eggs we send! Ji Yun didn't want Qianlong to talk to Yi Ying in this place at all, so he smiled and said, "That's good, that's good, everyone, please!" ”

"Since 'the corners of the earth and the end of the world are invincible', meeting here is fate." Qianlong smiled beside him, "Why don't you take a walk together?" - Old horse, I'll take a look at this tile. While saying that he moved to the west, everyone had to follow, Duanmu turned his face and glanced at it darkly, in the dim and chaotic crowd, Wu Blind, ***, and Huang Tianba were all mixed in, he didn't say anything, not far and not close.

Yi Ying also looked back, and saw that black and white impermanence also followed, and saw that Gai Yinghao was also in the crowd, and couldn't help but smile, but heard Qianlong say: "Hanwa is so intact, I've never seen it - Mr. Ma, how about I exchange a piece of Hanyu for yours?" ”

"You're joking, aren't you?" Ma Erzi said: "Even the bricks I gave to the master - this tile is fake, Han tile is red cinnabar plastering bottom, fake do not understand, on the yellow paint, but this Qin brick, used to make an inkstone or something, there are words at the bottom, carved on the top of a toad jumping pond pattern, with a rosewood base, immediately worth a hundred times!" Yi Ying said: "Mr. Ma is knowledgeable!" Using bricks as inkstones is just an ancient idea, so that it can seep ink, but in fact, it is useless. Ma Erzi said: "You are talking about Han tomb bricks." Qin bricks do not bleed ink. This is actually a mud inkstone soaked in water and mud for thousands of years, which is particularly interesting than the end inkstone, and can be used to study the ink block, and can remove the pine oil in the ink, and the words written can enter the wood for three points, and the end inkstone will not be. ”

As soon as Qianlong heard that it was a fake Hanwa, he handed it to Ji Yun. smiled: "You are very funny. Have you read a book? How can you be a royal merchant again? Ma Erzi said with a smile: "My father forced me to read the "Four Books", but I couldn't memorize it, and writing eight strands of text can suffocate people to death!" I like to read some Song words and Yuan songs, and I seem to never forget it. At the age of eighteen, the children's examination is still the end of the year. Dad pressed me into the courtyard and I don't know how many bamboo strips I made. Once I was really anxious, I said that the third grandfather was a jinshi, and he accepted money to dismiss the official, and the second uncle tried to raise people, and was elected as a county commander, and climbed a prefect, and the prefect was corrupt, and he had a share in the old man's family. To be an official is to have a hard root, and there are people in the court who are good officials, do we have them? Being an official has to have a hard face, our imperial businessman is a false face, being a good official has to lose money, it is a loss of capital, being a corrupt official has no root and face, it is an unlucky official - Shinong Industry and Commerce, what is the shame of businessmen in the four people? I heard of a book that says, 'Whoever sees through escapes into the merchant gate; Obsessed, you lost your life in vain', did you force me to die? ”

"Those who see through it escape into the empty door, not the 'business door'." Yi Ying pursed her lips and smiled: "Mr. Ma is so interesting. Ji Yun said, "This is reading miscellaneous books and entering the devil's path." There are virtuous and foolish officials, big and small, loyal and treacherous, can they be wiped out with one stroke? It is still better to use ingenuity in the right place than to be a merchant of money strings. ”

"I don't dare to dismiss what the old gentleman said, and so did my father. Our prefecture and county discipline and teaching[2]

They all scolded me for being 'not a thing'. Ma Erzi said, "With the title of 'not a thing', I was forced to write a current essay, and I wrote a broken question, and the two old men were so angry that they blew their beards and glared, and they didn't care about me anymore." Qianlong smiled and asked, "How did you write it?" Ma Erzi licked his lips and said:

But the superior wisdom and the lower foolishness are unswerving. This is 'north and south', not east and west. Stubborn, rotten wood is difficult to carve, even if the teachings are not things, and the teachings are not things!

Qianlong Ji Yun tasted it for a while, and suddenly burst into laughter. Yi Ying also smiled and bent over, and said, "Okay...... Good! Doctrine is not a thing, teaching is not a thing, everyone is not a thing! He sighed again: "I really don't know what Emperor Lao Tzu thinks, he prefers to use the current text to toss the readers." We had an old boy there, who got a white beard in the exam, but after all, he didn't even get a showman, so he was annoyed and wrote a message, saying: 'Scholars are the most bad, and the writing is as bad as mud. The country was originally a plan to seek talents, but who knew that it had become a deception plan. Three sentences to inherit the topic, two sentences to break the topic, and shake the tail and shake the head, which is the senior brother of the Holy Gate. Do you know what kind of article the three links and four histories are? Which dynasty was the emperor of Hanzu Tangzong? Put a sermon on the desk, and buy a new sharp weapon in the store. I can read it with high shoulders and low backs, and the corners of my mouth are embarrassed. What does it taste like when bagasse is chewed and chewed? lived up to the time, and fell into a coma in my life. Teach him to deceive high-ranking officials, and it is also the bad luck of the people's court! Although he laughed at himself and explained himself, after all, what he said was also the truth. Ji Yun thought about how hard he studied the sermon ink scroll back then, figuring out the exam questions and the intention of the examiner, but now he doesn't need it at all, he can't help but laugh and say, "The old gentleman's 'Taoism' is also really 'Taoism' out of the true 'feelings'." Shiwen is not easy to use, and what Kangxi Ye has abolished is still restored. There's no other way to replace it! ”

A few people talked and laughed, and the golden breeze was refreshing in the clear autumn moonlit night. Qianlong had forgotten that the Yi Ying in front of him was a "traitor" who repeatedly pulled flags and set off cannons to openly rebel, and unconsciously stepped back to the remnant of the Taoyedu Bridge. Looking at the lights and candles on the other side of the Qinhuai River and the stars in the sky, the crescent moon in the sky was like a hook, and from time to time it was shaken into a piece of broken silver by the swinging song boat, several people seemed to suddenly realize something and fell silent. Only Ma Erzi didn't know the reason, and he still laughed arrogantly, "The second uncle donated the alternate, and wrote the bamboo branch words, saying, 'The sea is deep and not free, how easy is it to talk about rice and rice.'" The dust of the desert hostel is masked, and the prostrate yaya participates in the rain. Seamless can drill lonely customers are annoyed, and there are difficulties all over the boss. When the leaders of the official hall meet, they look up to the marquis of ten thousand households! You think it's impossible to eat your old feet? How many people are still complacent - 'I eat the meat of the old man for the New Year!' Last time, I saw a guerrilla and said, 'The gold platform has rewarded me with a slap!' It's hard to describe that pride and it's hard to describe! Ji Yun smiled and was about to speak, but when he saw Qianlong and Yi Ying standing side by side on the embankment and groaning, he didn't answer, and Ma Er's nephew stopped talking. This place is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and the sound of oars and water shadows and lanterns are all over the place, and the song of the prostitute is faintly heard:

Peach Leaf Compound Peach Leaf ...... There is no need to cross the river. But there is no suffering, and I will meet you......

"What a gold fan of the Six Dynasties, the charm is unbelievable! ......" Qianlong sighed and said, "Qiantang tide, Qin Huaiyue, evoking the ancient feelings, making people linger and unforgettable......"

Yi Ying stared at the sky and water shadows in a daze, the breeze between the stars and the moonlight, and she didn't know where her heart was or what she was, she nodded and said in a low voice: "What Mr. Long said is true." This is indeed an endless experience of ancient and modern feelings. Qin Huai Xing, Nanjing Xing. Hong Chengchou occupied Nanjing, and the first thing was to restore the old Qinhuai system; Li Zhengtai was greatly repaired, and Yin Zhengtai was expanded again. A song fan dance sleeves, wrapped around the head of 100,000 gold. This is a paradise for the rich. There is no water flowing in this river, but incense and powder, and silver, and the tears of men, and the sorrow of the ......."

Qianlong savored her words, smiled for a long time, and said, "Haven't you squandered here?" It's a place where talented and beautiful people meet, and it's – you're right – a paradise for the rich. However, court officials are not allowed to come here, one is the ban, and the other is to be rich. A year's incorruptible silver is not enough for a spring supper. ”

…… Yi Ying was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled.

"What, I'm not right?" Qianlong asked.

Yi Ying said: "It's not wrong. I'm listening, like the official documents of the government and so on. ”

"How?"

"For example, if you are an official and I have money, I ask you to squander it here, and I can use the few taels of silver you pay to support you?"

"Hmm."

"I have a life lawsuit, and the debt book dispute depends on you to cut it off. Your word is the law of kings. Isn't it a matter of course to spend some money for you? ”

"I see."

Yi Ying smiled: "You may not be able to appreciate it." That's just an analogy. Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver. What about the platform? What about Fu, Domain, and Division? What about the production table? - This is a clean official, what is the situation of a corrupt official? Ah, Mr. Long, the richest person is still an official, not a businessman, not the master of silk and jade medicinal materials in the lacquer mill, dyeing mill, machine workshop. Qianlong said: "I'm afraid this is not true. The Qing Governor's Mansion does not have 100,000 snowflakes of silver, what you are talking about is the matter of the fire consumption before the public. You already know that I'm Baylor. I don't have that much money. Mr. Bian, you are still the ones who have the money. For example, you donate 100,000 yuan at a time to welcome the car. The prince and the prince are not as good as you. ”

Yi Ying just laughed when she heard this.

"What are you laughing at? Am I not? ”

"I'm laughing at you, you're talking about the matter in the hands of Yongzhengye. Lord Qianlong is now changing again," Yi Ying said with a smile: "The county master of Xiaoqi is as big as the superintendent, and the money and grain, the law department, and the civil affairs cover the sky with one hand." Remove the top, he is a prince of one party, an 'emperor' of one party, with such a big power in his hands, it is not easy to get money? ”

Qianlong suddenly thought of Gao Heng. Secretly smiled helplessly and said, "I know...... Litigation, disaster relief, and construction...... There's a lot of fraud in it. "You're talking about a corrupt official," Yi Ying said quietly, "I haven't seen a Qing official really live by raising honest silver." In addition to supporting the family and taking care of relatives and friends, it is more important to perfunctory bosses. The boss is annoyed with you, you can't be a 'clean official'! Qianlong was stunned for a moment and said: "How can a Qing official make money, how can he still be called a 'Qing official'?" It's weird! ”

"The money, grain, and fire consumption of the main items will be returned to the public, and the external items will not be returned to the public. The city built bridges, roads, embankments, and river defenses, and levied silver to consume fire. It is a positive donation, and there is also a good word. Ninety percent of silver is said to be seventy percent, and foot lines are said to be seventy percent five or six - much more than fire consumes silver! Yi Ying suddenly smiled, "You are the prince of Baylor, how much can you know about the next things?" There are many ways to make money! The top forced the lower head to be a corrupt official, and the corrupt official forced the people to die, or forced a rebellion in a hurry - that's it. ”

Qianlong suddenly felt a burst of resentment in his heart: since his father became an elder brother, he has been working diligently for decades, and it is not easy to straighten out the money and food. I thought it was just an official who reported disasters indiscriminately, and accepted stolen money when sentencing cases, but I didn't think that the officialdom was a ghost, a mechanical fraud, and a lot of unbelievable tricks, scraping the ground as usual, and making money from the oil pot as usual! His face had turned pale and gloomy in the dark, his pupils flickering with a dim light in the water-colored moon shadow, and his hands were clasped tightly with his fingers crossed...... I don't know how long later, he gritted his teeth and chuckled, and said:

"Emperor Qianlong doesn't love money!"

[1]

It means that Ji Yun invited Ma Er's nephew to eat old foot skin dumplings.

[2]

"Discipline and teaching": In the Qing Dynasty, officials who were stationed in the prefecture and county and were specifically responsible for the examination of scholars and children.