Although Duoyun said calmly, but in this situation, the calmer it is, the more words and sentences seem like knives and swords, and they are aggressive. Her awe-inspiring look even stopped ***. Seeing that she was about to stab, Qianlong stood up and waved his hand and said, "Don't!" - Don't do that...... If you have something to say slowly, Rong Zhen pondered ......" For a while, his heart was in a mess, and he considered the words and said: "Your death will be of no benefit to your whole clan...... I can only urge me to make up my mind, and the Tibetans in Jinchuan are in a catastrophe...... You put away the knife, you can think about it in the long run......" Duoyun snorted in his nose and said: "These people under you are very shameless, if I put away the knife, they will pounce like wolves!" I'd rather die by my own sword than be humiliated! ”

"Stand down!" Qianlong said to Wei Changsheng, who was frightened, and then turned to Duoyun and said, "I won't collect your weapons—you all heard it!" ”

"Wow!" All the guards agreed.

Qianlong looked at the knife in her hand, smiled disdainfully, and said, "This knife can only be used to cut pears." - I shot dozens of tigers and killed bears, countless jackals and the like, and never asked the guards to help me - you are a weak woman, I will not kill you. But you have coerced the Lord of the Ten Thousand Vehicles with a sword, and you have already committed a serious sin. If you have anything to say, just say it! "Of course I have something to say!" Duoyun laughed miserably, "From Jinchuan to Beijing, and from Beijing to Nanjing, I kidnapped General Zhaohui's wife and escaped from Liu Yong's prison, if I had escaped for my life, I would have returned to Jinchuan a long time ago." I stayed in the Central Plains to see you, and I have something to say to you, but I can't enter your palace, and you refuse to meet me. In order to meet you, I have almost spent all of the gold in Jinchuan's inventory, and all the places you may go to have my chartered 'scenery', even if we are not here, we will definitely meet! Qianlong couldn't help frowning when he heard this, gasped and looked at the clouds that stood up resolutely, and said: "See the rules that you see, and you don't see the truth." Sa Luoben first harbored the right Ban Luo, and then resisted the conscription and suppression of the heavenly soldiers twice, committing the crime of extermination! I have the virtue of a good life in heaven, in fact, I have already given you a way to live, and I have already had a purpose, so that he can be bound and surrendered, so that the whole clan can be saved from the catastrophe. Salopun actually disobeyed the order - in such a situation, I am the honor of the Celestial Empire, except for Salopun's face to bind and plead, what good is it for others to see? ”

"Bogda Khan, I came to tell you that the people of Jinchuan do not betray your rule." Duoyun was as stubborn as a stubborn stone, and said coldly, "It is precisely because of Gu Quan Bogda Khan's dignity that Qingfu Neqin and Zhang Guangsi did not die under our sword. But the Emperor wants us to wag our tails like dogs and beg for mercy on you! This is absolutely impossible! We fight with your army just to defend our dignity! Qianlong smiled coldly and said, "It's not like you say that. This is the rule laid down by Confucius: a guilty courtier binds himself up and begs for forgiveness from his father. It's not something a dog can do! Isn't it a shame for you people from Jinchuan to make a pilgrimage to Lhasa and kneel down at every step? Duoyun immediately replied, "Every step is pious, with reverence and pride—" She paused suddenly, looked at the clear sky, and muttered to herself, "If it is for fear of your own death, in order to live like a dog...... If we surrender to others, not only the lamas, the great living Buddhas, but also the Tibetans in Tibet and Qinghai will look down on us, and even we ourselves will look down on ourselves! As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes. Her chest rose and fell violently, she looked around in despair, glanced at Qianlong again, slowly lowered her head, trembled with her left hand and unbuttoned the buttons on her robe one by one, took them off, revealing a crimson Tibetan robe inside, and shouted to the sky: "I...... Say not to convince Bogda Khan...... Salopon, I've told him all you have to say. And he's going to kill us all—" The white blade in her hand flashed into the air, thrust into her chest and into the hilt! Everyone exclaimed, and the blood on Duoyun's chest was gushing like a spring, and his body shook, like a small tree that had been cut off......

No one expected her to raise a knife to cut herself when she said it, and she said that she would die, without hesitation and cowardice, and she was stunned for a while! Qianlong's face was as white as paper, and his hands were covered with cold sweat and took a step forward. Sauron had already jumped up and lifted the clouds in one lunge step, but it was inconvenient to undress, and he did not dare to draw the knife, so he tried his pulse and snorted wildly. Qianlong asked in a tight voice: "How?" How? Sauron said, "My heart is not beating yet...... No thorn center ......"

"Send it back to the palace......" Qianlong's voice trembled, he felt that his head was also a little dizzy, and he calmed down a little after holding ***, and said, "Spread Ye Tianshi to show her injuries." But there is a breath, you must save her! ”

came full of excitement, and no one expected such an ending. Until they returned to the palace and entered the palace, Qianlong, Liu Tongxun, Yue Zhongqi and other courtiers were still as heavy as lead, and they did not say a word. Ji Yun also got the news, and hurried to ask for peace, and the palace was a little lively. Liu Tongxun knelt down overwhelmed, kowtowed, and just said: "This is the responsibility of the minister, there was an accident, and the minister did not have a good life to verify...... Shocked the Holy Driver...... Minister......"

"Get up, it's not your responsibility, and don't reprimand Liu Yong again." Qianlong's palpitations have not disappeared, but his mind has completely calmed down, "This is not public security, it is a military and political matter...... I felt uneasy, not because I encountered this cloud, but because I thought of many government affairs, and I didn't necessarily cook them so properly......" Fan Shijie only retreated in a cold sweat at this time, his underwear was wet and cold, he loosened his waist, and said in shock: "This woman is really amazing!" The minister will never forget this scene for the rest of his life! Yue Zhongqi said: "I just feel familiar, I didn't expect it to be her!" She is forty years younger, and she looks so young, she can't imagine that Chinese is so authentic. Jin said: "Such a shocking drive is not punishable!" The Lord is merciful, and he will save her! ”

Ji Yun kowtowed to say goodbye, and when he saw Qianlong raise his hand and shout, he silently retreated to the side. He just flipped through the book "Rong Zhai Essays", Qianlong's mind was troubled and confused, much more refreshing than everyone else, at first glance, he couldn't find a word for a while, and he didn't dare to guess nonsense, so he had to pick up the painless and itchy words and say: "In the opinion of the minister, this woman is a martyr!" From her husband's ambition, thousands of miles of knocking, unyielding, the heart of the white can be to the sky! In a corner of the barbarian, there are still such people who sacrifice their lives to become benevolent, which is also because the Lord educates the world with virtue, is deeply benevolent, and is in the land of eating wool and trampling the soil...... "Everyone felt that they were digressing from the topic when they heard what he said, but he was in charge of education and the Ministry of Rites, and he was also in charge of the ministry of rites, and he should have words in his position, but there was nothing to find fault with." For a while, the eunuch Bu Xin came in and said: "Master, Ye Tianshi has come to see it, although Sha's injury is very serious, and the knife is less than three points away from his heart, it is okay for his life, but the blood is flowing a lot, and he must be recuperated to recover......

When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief for no reason. Qianlong nodded and sighed, "That's good." Spread the message to Ye Tianshi, so that she can recuperate, blood tonic drugs, what is easy to use, and she must recover. "Yes!" Bu Xin hurriedly bowed and said, "The slave and maid will pass on the decree - it's just that Sha Shi refuses to take medicine, closes his eyes and grits his teeth, and wants to find a short-term ......" He said, watching Qianlong wait for the will.

Qianlong stood up with a gloomy face, did not speak, slowly paced around the hall, swallowed back what he wanted to say several times, looked very conflicted, for a long time, as if he had fixed his heart, and said: "You send a decree to her." Bogda Khan appreciates her as a heroine! The matter of Jinchuan must be carefully considered by me, and I can't be forced to make any will, right? First...... Take care of your body, and I still have to meet her...... If you want to die, why rush to this time? Bu Xin repeated Qianlong's will word for word and retreated.

Several courtiers couldn't help but look at each other: Jinchuan is now full of 100,000 troops, Fu Heng is sitting in Chengdu, rectifying the green camp and the Sichuan army, the morale is high, and the land of Jinchuan is surrounded by three roads, which can be said to be a must-win. Qianlong wanted to quit the army in order to appreciate this woman as a "heroine"? Otherwise, what would he have to "consider"? It's a bit bizarre...... Thinking about it, I feel that the heart of heaven is profound, and it cannot be unpredictable. For a while, it was so quiet that the horn of the hall rang and the sound of the bell rustling could be heard clearly.

"I don't discuss politics today, but I just lead to a huge amount of government affairs." I don't know how long it took, Qianlong smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Yue Zhongqi came all the way and stayed to accompany me to eat. Kneel down and be in peace! ”

Everyone withdrew, and the empty hall seemed even more empty. The shadow of the sun was half tilted to the west, and a bright pillar of light poured in, making the surroundings even darker. Bu Li, Bu Zhi, Bu Xin, and several eunuchs were busy setting up the table and setting up the imperial meal. Qianlong instructed: "Yue Zhongqi rarely eats green vegetables outside the plug, be delicate, don't be fat and greasy." Yue Zhongqi thanked him and said with a smile: "Slaves have been sending troops to release horses since childhood, and those who lead troops cannot pay attention to eating and drinking. The master can do whatever he wants, the old slave accompanies him, and the master is satisfied when he enters the incense. ”

"Hmm." Qianlong nodded, motioned for Yue Zhongqi to sit down, breathed a deep sigh of relief, and said, "Yue Dongmei, I want to talk about military affairs when I leave you for dinner." If you're hungry, just use the snacks on the coffee table first. Well...... I was thinking that the real rebellion was in the northwest, not Jinchuan. Although Duoyun is rude to make such a fuss, her words also have their merits......"

Yue Zhongqi sat up straight, his heavy thick eyebrows frowned, and he said with a bow: "Please master Mingxun!" ”

"I've thought a lot, but I haven't fully figured it out." Qianlong said abruptly, "Fu Heng is expected to win this battle. Salo sent his wife to see me, and she did not see me until she died. It can be seen that he has no confidence in fighting this battle. After defeating him, he refused to surrender, so he could only flee or commit suicide with his clan - for the crime of a class roll, slaughtering more than 70,000 people in Jinchuan, I have something I can't bear in my heart......"

Qianlong first occupied a point where the word "benevolence" was placed, Yue Zhongqi was moved when he heard it, but he didn't dare to echo it, and said solemnly: "It seems that the lord of this layer doesn't have to worry too much, Sha Luoben first harbored the traitor Ban Luo, and resisted the heavenly soldiers twice, which is the unforgivable evil of the ten rebellions, that is, the whole clan is annihilated, and it is also to blame!" Why should it hurt my lord to be virtuous? ”

"What you say is reason, and what I say is love." Qianlong nodded and said, "But the combination of the words "reasonableness is providence!" **and** has been played twice, asking for pardon for the sin of Salopon, Jinchuan is still a place where Tibetan and Miao people live together, ninety percent of Tibetans and one of them are Miao people, once annihilated, Yunnan, Guizhou and Miao people needless to say, the whole of Tibet will be shaken, and it will affect Qinghai! Yue Zhongqi's body trembled, leaned forward and listened quietly with his hands on his knees. Qianlong looked outside the hall and muttered: "If there is no rebellion in Huojizhan, Tibet is not stable, and it is okay to cook." Now that the north and south of Xinjiang are full of wolf smoke, we put our troops in Sichuan to deal with a sharopun who is struggling for peace, is it worth it? ”

It's really a far-sighted insight. Yue Zhongqi and Yin Jishan said vaguely in private, the situation in the northwest is worrying, but Qianlong is determined to use troops in Jinchuan, and his will is like iron that cannot be shaken, who dares to touch his "dragon scales"? Now that he said it himself, Yue Zhongqi couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart, and said steadily: "Amur Sana is a repeated villain, unreliable. Please pay attention, master! ”

"General Tianshan said that Yin Jishan also has a performance, and this person is unreliable." Qianlong thought too deeply, and his eyes turned green, "But if he can't rely on it, he must rely on it, because he can at least resist Huo Jizhan and can't go east." I thought that if he could last for a year, the matter of Jinchuan would be over. Fu Heng, Hai Lancha, and Zhao Hui freed up their hands, and even Ah Gui could go out to deal with the chaos in the northwest. If Amur Sana is loyal to the king, he will naturally be rewarded, and if he has a different heart, he will be captured together—he can at least give me some time. The court does not send troops, just a few good words have a great effect, why not? Only then did Yue Zhongqi see that Emperor Qianlong's mind was unfathomable, and he was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground, sighed and said: "The lord's holy thoughts are lofty, and the minions can't reach it!" He lowered his head and thought for a moment, and asked, "What is the Lord's plan for Jinchuan?" Qianlong pursed his lips for a while before he said, "Jin Chuan, you can let Fu Heng practice and train the army." If you hit 'just right', you might as well accept it when you see it - summoning you to come, in fact, this is the messenger. ”

Yue Zhongqi couldn't help but be stunned, and said in amazement: "Lord, you want to use a slave to attack the ear cliff?" ”

"Yes and no, it's a cultural attack, not a martial attack." Seeing that the imperial meal had been prepared, Qianlong stood up with a smile, "Duoyun is here, you are also here, you and Serepun Saroben have a very close friendship, is this the will of heaven...... Come, dine with me, I'm already hungry. He laughed and walked towards the dining table with Yue Zhongqi.

At the military aircraft not far west of the main hall, several retired courtiers did not leave. Several people were still shocked, and they were also talking about the "accident". But Jue Duoyun got out of the cage and refused to escape, Qianlong met by chance when Yaxing visited the spring, the two were opposite each other, Qianlong not only did not add to the crime, but also tried his best to rescue, all kinds of coincidences are not providence? Qianlong's mind is also ambiguous and difficult to guess. Liu Tongxun felt that Duoyun was shocked and guilty, but he felt sorry for himself and was "stupid and incompetent", and regretted that Duoyun did not pay attention to arrest after he was released from prison. Fan Shijie said that he was envious of Qianlong's bearing, and he was not surprised in the depths of his temper, and he was innocent. Jin said strangely, "The master commends the martyrs, for the world's style, the Sha Luo Ben clan's trouble, maybe the lenient handling of the Jinchuan rebellion is unknown...... Fan Shijie only shook his head again and again, and said directly, "Amazing!" Women don't want to die, it's incredible, and we are not her opponents combined, no wonder Bao Xi can mess with Zhou, and Wu Zhou can usurp Tang ...... "No matter if it's nonsense." Ji Yun was a military plane on duty, and he looked at the inventory of money and grain reported from various places, and all the folded pieces that were required to be exempted from disaster relief, the case files of human life and prisons, the chapter on dereliction of duty and bribery of officials participating in the performance, and the suggestions on water conservancy and land were picked out and abridged separately, and he listened to them without stopping and laughed at them. Listening to Liu Tongxun, he was still complaining to himself, "Why don't I know, let Huang Tianba and them check the people of Yangzhou Famous Places and Residences first, and make a booklet to review it as soon as possible?" Ji Yun put down the pen, put his left hand on his right wrist and smiled: "What nonsense are you talking about?" The flag man of the teahouse has insight! Yan Qinggong, you also complain about yourself. That cloud has money in his hands, and he rents land and gardens, so what's the use of making a booklet? She just wants to see her master, and she doesn't have the heart to do evil and rebellion, and when it comes to sin, it's just a 'rude and disrespectful'. The master saved her, and also because her strong temperament is desirable, maybe there is another deep meaning, the heart of heaven is unpredictable, and everyone is blind! ”

"What is the meaning of the Lord?" Fan Shijie asked with a smile, "I originally understood, but you are confused." ”

Ji Yun didn't want to talk about this, but Fan Shijie smiled evilly, as if he thought of Qianlong's "other", and he couldn't help but explain, because he moved down from the chair, moved his hands and feet to refill the tea for everyone, and sighed: "The west is tight, the southwest is deadlocked, and the lord is so embarrassed!" The battle in front, the demolition and filth in the rear, the Lord is so embarrassed! I think that seeing the clouds today may be a godsend, and the words 'calmly consider' can be said to mean infinitely......"

He is the Minister of Military Aircraft, and he has already said that he has already said that he should stop talking. It's just that I'm so busy these days, no one is bored to talk, it's all friends who don't have to worry about it, and they say it when they're happy: "The battle of Jinchuan is to fight for this breath, to be ashamed of both defeats, to have this face, take the opportunity to train the troops, and use martial arts to cheer up the decadent wind." If the northwest is eroded, half of China will be chaotic. Which is more important, the master's heart is clear...... The overall situation is critical, the small situation is also critical, and in order to protect Fu Liuye, I look at the master, and I deliberately treat Sha Luo to ......"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, they didn't come to discuss politics, they chatted as they wanted, first, they were afraid that Qianlong would be called in after dinner, and second, they were all excited and uneasy, comforting each other and calming their hearts, Ji Yun was so solemn that even Liu Tongxun listened to it and looked at him suspiciously. Fan Shijie said: "How come? I don't know how much it cost if I don't know it! The imperial court has moved out the gold and silver mountains and rice and flour mountains, why bother with it today? Jin asked, "How does this matter have anything to do with Fu?" Where does the word 'preservation' come from? ”

"Look at this book." Ji Yunmo profoundly handed a copy of "Rong Zhai Essays" to Jin, "The master read this paragraph, and as soon as the book was put down, he went out with a calm face, and when he went out, he met Duoyun, and it was like this again, do you think there is any action?" The three of them approached the book, but they turned to the sixteenth volume of "Rong Zhai Essays", and there were claw marks on Ji Yun's nails, but it was a very short paragraph:

It is not good to take the Shu generals

Since the passage of Bashu to China, those who have seized the territory and arbitrarily have only passed it on again and again. And those who raise troops from the east, although many of them can be carried, the generals will be disadvantaged, and they will be degraded to death. Han Fa Gongsun Shu, the generals Cen Peng and Lai She, suffered the disaster of assassins, and Wu Han was almost inevitable; Wei Fa Liu Chan, generals Deng Ai and Zhong Hui were all punished by the clan; Tang Zhuang Zong attacked Wang Yan, recruited the King of Wei to succeed, and the generals Guo Chongtao and Kang Yanxiao died. The dynasty attacked Meng Chang, and the generals Wang Quanbin and Cui Yanjin were deposed without reward, and they were reinstated officials for ten years.

There is no reason in the whole article, it is all a mountain of ironclad historical facts, since the Han Dynasty, the most two generations of Sichuan have been over, and the meritorious generals of Sichuan have all committed Huagai unlucky - Sichuan is such a treasure place! Lenovo Zhang Xianzhong, who was entrenched in Sichuan when the Qing soldiers entered the customs, Wu Sangui and Aobai who captured Sichuan, and Zhao Liangdong, who led the troops into Sichuan to quell the rebellion of the three feudatories, are close to the two phases and one general, except for Zhao Liangdong's demotion and reluctance to survive, and Aobai is imprisoned for life, one by one there is not even a corpse...... Only then did everyone understand what Ji Yun meant by "preserving the six masters". This is not only luck and fate, but also a "Emperor Junze" in it, and everyone doesn't even dare to think deeply, and they are terrified one by one.

Ji Yun suddenly woke up in this silence, and his heart trembled: What kind of phlegm did you commit today? Thinking of the story of Cao Cao and Yang Xiu, his back was suddenly like a thorn, and he panicked from the twelve, and lit a cigarette after a few fires, and took a few sharp breaths before he barely calmed his mind. His statement is just a coincidence, and his deviant words are not enough to teach me, and I use nonsense to show off academics, which is even more ignorant! A few words of laughter led everyone to change the topic, "Yan Qinggong, the case of Xian Yu Gong has been killed." Xian Yu wrote a suicide note to his family before he died, I don't know who copied it out, it said that Fu Heng was unfair, appointed private individuals to exclude dissidents, and used soldiers to treat soldiers with rewards and punishments. A copy of the prince was forwarded from Beijing, and it was the original copy. But the fifth master is now reprimanded and can't see the emperor. The parts that say this are not the originals, they are all quotations. There is also a copy of Jin Hui's presentation of the case, which is the beginning and end of the case, and these are all connected to Zhuo Suosama's father and daughter. The emperor asked me to cook, because he was afraid that your spirit and body would not be able to support it. But you should know, I've sorted it out, you have time to take a look-" He pointed to the stack of papers on the case, "It's all over there, and Gao Heng's case." The forty-eight civil officials who Fu Liuye turned over pleaded guilty and pleaded guilty, and I also ask you to consider it. They are all officials below the fourth grade, and there is no need to ask for orders, sixty military attachés, Fu Liuye is eighty military sticks per person, and it is a big mistake to stay in the army. Civil officials cannot impose punishments, but they can refer to this case of punishment, and it is up to you to decide, and the petition will be issued. ”

"Sugmaqin has a letter from me, but it is a good word for Fu Heng, and I have also read the letter you forwarded to Buda." Liu Tongxun said with a smile, "In a city, one night, one thing, and it is handled by the public and the right way, it makes the right and wrong unclear, the public says that the axiom and the mother says the mother, and some things seem to be talking nonsense there with your eyes closed!" Buda's letter said vividly, how Fu Heng took a fancy to Shama, from which door to take the lead, in which room to tease and play, and from which door to quietly send out the 'Golden House Hidden Jiao', as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes, and at the end he said lightly, 'I have heard of it, and I will talk about it for reference'! The villain made a rumor, it came without a trace, it went without a trace, its progress was gradual, its entry was also deep, and the thought was chilling. Surrender the Imperial Tour, right? He's a private letter again, and you say it's terrible! Jin Dao: "Meng Tian, Yue Fei, and Yuan Chonghuan all suffered this loss. Shi Lang captured Taiwan, he didn't dare to mention his own merits, picked up good words and praised Li Guangdi in the folds, and gave up the 'meritorious person' to Li Guangdi, and was willing to be a 'meritorious dog', so he was not afraid of this kind of rumor? "That's it! Fu Heng didn't go out to lead the troops and stayed with his master, who would dare to say half a 'no' word to him? Fan Shijie was outspoken and unabashed: "Isn't it the same for you Lao Yanqing?" The son has made great contributions, and he does not dare to be promoted to his official! Liu Yong is my son, do you want to be promoted? ”

Liu Tongxun talked with everyone for a while, his mood was much better, he slowly started the fire and smoked, and said, "Knowing the son is like his father, how do you know him!" Read a few books to be complacent as a teacher, and pretend to be deep when your eyes are empty! If you talk about qualifications, you can only get it with wit, and you will not be able to become a big weapon without being frustrated! I'm not all suspicious of melons and plums, this son has been through experience, and after I die, I may be able to give my master a little more breath......" As he spoke, the smoke entered his throat and he coughed bitterly. Ji Yun said: "Ye Tianshi asked you to quit smoking, why do you have to learn from me?" Jin smiled: "Ye Tianshi can't quit opium himself, and he still has to persuade others to quit smoking?" Ji Yun said: "I also said so, Ye Tianshi said that he smoked opium to find a medicine that could quit opium, and Mandala said a lot of what medicine, and I can't remember the pharmacology." This person is really a heavenly doctor, and he dares to try arsenic! He said that he wants you to quit smoking and live the Six Classics with your heart, which is categorically good! Liu Tongxun said: "Life and death are fateful, I smoke and do things and my heart is peaceful, I don't do it!" "That's it!" Fan Shijie also started smoking and said with a smile, "After learning Ji Gong, I'd rather quit drinking than quit smoking!" There is an old man in the north village of Niutou Mountain in Nanjing who lived to be one hundred and five years old and could still go up the mountain to cut wood. I went to visit him, I wanted to ask my master how to live a long life, and he said: 'I don't have any tricks, it's just smoking, I smoked it when I was five years old, I smoked it for a hundred years, and now I don't have dazzled eyes, ears and ears, and my heart is not confused and I can speak neatly!' I said, 'There's always a truth in it, right?' He pointed to the eaves and said, 'You see it's bacon, and it's not bad in half a year!' If it's fresh meat, you dare to try it! ’”

Everyone burst into laughter. When Bu Yi came in, the first two Sula eunuchs carried the food box, and everyone knew that Qianlong would give him food, and he would definitely call in after the meal, so they all smiled and calmly got up to listen to the order.

Besides, Fukangan, Liu Yong and Huang Fuyang and a group of three people have already left Jiangnan Province and entered the realm of Shandong. According to Fukangan, you still have to pretend to beg for food, Liu Yong didn't say much, but Huang Fuyang said: "It's not a small one, it's the most difficult thing to call Huazi, you can't change your face if you change your clothes, and you can't change your heart if you change your face." There are also three, six, nine, etc. in the Hanako Gang, with different identities, and it takes three years to learn the code cut to get started! The person has a pitiful face in front of him, and he is full of cynicism behind him, 'begging for food for three years, and the emperor will not change', it is not innocent for a while. As far as you and Liu Ye are walking, the noble popularity brought by nature can be seen through by ordinary people at a glance! The best place to inquire about things is the teahouse, the theater, the garden, the shop, and the hall, and the children can't enter these prefectures. It's better to pretend to be a tea and horse merchant, you are the owner, young master, Liu Ye is the first in the bookkeeper, and I am a servant. The identity of not being up or down, anyone can deal with it, so you can 'watch the wind', right? Listening to these words, it is reasonable and well-founded, and Fukangan will follow. Huang Fuyang is familiar with the road, and he bought five or six baskets of tea bricks in the tea shop in Yangzhou City - the cheapest, the mainlanders are not used to drinking, and outsiders can't leave - only spent more than seven taels of silver, which has to be carried by a mule driver, and he is afraid that the mule driver will be inconvenient for a long time, but he has a way, and he actually went to the livestock market to buy three mules, and picked a nickname "human sperm" from the three generations of disciples of the Huang family to play the muleman. Liu Yong's sauce-colored lake silk robe and black satin horse coat, Fukangan green satin melon skin hat, and Baolanning silk robe and stone blue vest set are like the boss of the tea merchant who retired and sent the young son out to experience business.

But this road is really too calm, Jiangnan Province in the spring back to the ground warm, go to a workshop loom rolling, change a Qianmo mulberry field heel connection, a new green rice seedling planting, Biye Jimu no wasteland, the village in the alley Lu peace, the old cane children playing, the real spring flowers and the green field reflect each other, the pastoral song is the same - the real and the ministers offered to please An Excerpt He said in the table Fu said "Shengping song and dance, Huang Tong Bai Su Xi and happy" is almost close. Along Yangzhou to the north, over Gaoyou Lake, across Hongze Lake, are also lotus arrows at the beginning of the fishing song to answer each other, the shore Zhiting Lan brocade scale swimming, everywhere quiet and quiet, the land and land politics are harmonious. Seeing that there were ships cruising on the water, Fukangan originally wanted to take a look at the river governor's yamen located on the Qingjiang River on the shore of Hongze Lake, and by the way, he checked the situation of the naval commander's yamen's armament. Just "watched" the scenery all the way back to Beijing, but he was unwilling. Liu Yong was strictly ordered by his father, "Don't do much, listen to Fukangan's dispatch", and Huang Fuyang also obeyed the teacher's order, "Send this 'master' back safely, don't cause trouble, and don't mix with the rivers and lakes", and he refused to say more. But the human sperm ignored their thoughts, and when they saw Fukangan lazy, they complained, "Just go back like this, it's like sending me back to Beijing to see my mother and ask for peace, there is something to fart!" It's really strange, when I came, I went to Henan, went to Jiangnan in Anhui, and there were a few robberies and unfair disaster relief, why is it so quiet here? The human sperm smiled: "Master, if you go like this, you will be fine for the rest of your life." Long live the Lord is about to drive back in Jiangnan, let's not take the canal is the official road, in fact, at this time, the thief does not do the case, even when the official makes money, it is not at this time - this is the post road, and it is the royal road, there is a trace of the seam here that is wiped plain, that is, the words of the master, there is a 'fart' thing! If you want to see the real bones, there is Yimeng Mountain in front of you, and you can see it again after leaving the Royal Daoist! ”

"That's it!" Fukangan patted his head and smiled, "Liu Chongru doesn't wake up." Suddenly, he remembered that it was Liu Yong who was "the master", and changed his face and said earnestly, "Let's go around like this, in fact, the errand is messed up." I don't have to find something to be happy, it's really good to find a poor place to walk the ravine road, and I can go back to make the emperor happy, what do you say? ”

"Where can we go to Zaozhuang and go into the calf?" Liu Yong also felt tasteless, "Cai Qi's case has not been solved, this is all whitewashed peace...... I estimate that the surname Cai is lurking in the mountain. As long as we can figure out where he is, we won't go in vain. ”

Therefore, after crossing the Yellow River from Luoma Lake to the north, they no longer went in the direction of Weishan Lake, and left Hanzhuang on the official road to Fengcheng, preparing to rest overnight in Zaozhuang and then make plans. Ten miles down from the post road, the road changed. At first, it was still dry, the bottom was paved with sloppy stones, and I don't know how many hundred years the chariot rolled and the horse treaded, and the whole road was hidden in the "ditch", and the mule was barely shoulder to shoulder with the "ditch" edge. The uneven and winding road is a bit like a dry riverbed that crisscrosses each other on the flat ground, and the floating soil on the road will spread to the neck of the foot as soon as it goes down, and it sinks to the west in the second half of the day, out of the "ditch", and the front is open. But here seems to have been ruptured, the Yellow River rushed, a piece of muddy cement beach intermittently continuous, whether looking east or west, there is no end to the reeds, the barren grass of the past year, the white grass of this spring, the scenery suddenly becomes bleak and cold, even the villages scattered under the pale yellow and low dark sky, far away are as gloomy and lonely as a dead grave. The cold wind swept through, and the weak early corn and millet sorghum on the fields near and far shivered with all their might. The wheat fields also do not grow well, some places are as dense as embankment grass, some places are sparse, some places are simply scarred heads, and there is an empty loess in the east and west, which is very ugly. Fukangan stood at the intersection, unable to tell whether it was sad or joyful, his lips tightened and he gritted his teeth and said nothing. Liu Yong was silent. The whirring cold wind swept by, lifting the corners of their braided robes, and the hot sweaty and slightly damp middle clothes immediately became cold.

"Two masters, this Huangtan Road is five miles away, and there are ten miles of trunk road to Zaozhuang." The human sperm is still a fourteen or fifteen-year-old half-pile baby, frozen and snotty, while taking off his shoes, he said with a smile, "Let's start early today, I'll get a few big basins of hot water for my grandfather and uncle, and take a good bath." Although the mountain road is dangerous, it is easy to walk on the stone road. Liu Yong ignored him, looked at the crops on the barren fields and asked Huang Fuyang: "How much can an acre of land be?" Fukangan only said: "Don't take off your shoes, the water is very cold." - You and I come by a mule. ”

Huang Fuyang said with a smile: "This is all river silt, the fattest." However, planting crops also requires good seeds, plows, palladium, oxen, shovels, hoes, sickles, and a set of manure, and the bottom fertilizer is less than fast fertilizer. At this glance, you know that it is Guantian, which is sown, and you don't need to use it, you can collect a handful. Like the wheat, a good mu can harvest 120 or 30 catties, and the bad one can burn firewood...... At this time, the children are not answered, the gentlemen listen, the dogs in the village are too hungry to bark, the men go out to escape the famine, the village is full of old men, wives and women, and the babies, and then go away The gentlemen will see it refreshing! Liu Yong couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Guantian has a decree not to sell." If you don't sell it, you sell the officials to make money, and the court suffers. Where did Shandong's 1.2 million spring silver go? The victims can't go to Jiangnan and Huguang, and Zhili Henan is also a poor place. The human sperm smiled: "What you said couldn't be more true!" In fact, what happens if you sell your official land? The big family bought it, but the tenant didn't farm and couldn't pay the rent, and the land was still barren! Zaozhuang produces coal, it's pretty good here, and you will know what it means to be poor when you enter the mountain! There are also people who wear a pair of pants in the family...... "After all, he didn't dare to ride the mule with Fukangan, so he fanned his trouser leg and got off the dirt road, walking as he went, "This road is not difficult to walk, there is sand underneath, and there is no foot at all." ”

"a bear!" Fukangan put out a foul word, sat on the tea pack, and said viciously, "The bad is bad in the hands of this group of bastard officials, and the court has fed so much silver to the dogs!" He slammed the mule's buttocks, and the mule rushed into the mud with a startled start. Liu Huang and the others were busy and kept up.

Less than half an hour, there are more and more trees beside the road, outside the willow elm acacia and neem tree, the suburbs along the road into Zhuang Erli are full of jujube trees, but they are not tall, and the eaves of the bungalow of one color are high. The spring machine of willow occurs early, it is already a new green moist dyed goose yellow tender tip, and the rest of the arbors are also spitting weak buds, but the jujube forest is still a gray patch, the terrain is low, and it is like a purple haze and dark clouds under the oblique light of the sunset. Liu Yong had been to Fengcheng, and saw that the "Zhuangzi" stretched for five miles from east to west, and the depth of the north and south was still unknown, so he squinted at the pergola with his hand, and said in surprise: "This is the Fengcheng management?" I think it's bigger than the county seat! ”

"It's more than three times bigger!" Huang Fuyang was also surprised when he saw Fukangan, and said busily, "There are less than 6,000 people in Fengcheng County, and more than 20,000 people live here!" The old wealthy gentleman of Fengcheng moved here in the sixth year of Qianlong, and the rich masters all lived in Zaozhuang. The money and grain donations and coal and salt taxes are all from Zaozhuang, and the county magistrate cannot move the yamen, and there are 360 days a year, but there are 300 days in Zaozhuang to live in the camp. In fact, there is a second yamen here, which is even more circumferential than the big yamen! ”

As soon as they spoke, the four of them had already entered the village. At this time, the sunset hangs on the treetops of the long forest, the smoke of cooking fills the high houses and low houses, the streets and alleys are confused and vertical and horizontal villages, a few people drill around, but see that the shops are adjacent to the pavilions and bamboo eaves and thatched huts are mixed together. Butcher shops, rich powder shops, jewelry shops, ready-to-wear shops, jade shops, seafood shops, fresh fish shops, tea shops, embroidery shops, soup shops, coffin shops, flower and fruit shops, four treasure houses, ironware, bamboo and wood furniture, and so on are arranged in an orderly manner in the twisted and narrow streets. The crowd of people in the endless stream of coal trucks on the street was also unbearable, such as beggars dressed in jewels, beggars dressed like quails, children playing hide and seek, old men sitting in teahouses listening to books, groups of coal miners who were black and black, only a pair of white eyes and a mouthful of white teeth, some were smiling and drinking porridge by the small stalls, munching on pancakes and scallion rolls and sauce, and some were crowded in the small black shops and shouting five and six. Gambling, eating, drinking, shouting and singing, flirting with prostitutes, sandwiched between the alley vendors, singing high and low, and singing like a very elastic song:

"Texas old braised soup grilled chicken! Texas old braised soup grilled chicken! ”

"Fried buns! Wonton—"

"Yangzhou Shijia pig's head meat, crispy and fragrant!"

"Hey hi - fried dough sticks and soy milk, delicious and affordable......"

"Rock sugar gourd! Rock sugar gourd! Eliminate accumulation and eliminate food, cheap mouthful! ”

…… So many kinds of miasma. Liu Yong and Fukangan were dazzled, dizzy when they listened, and followed the human sperm and Huang Fuyang with tea packs to squeeze around, as if they had entered the gossip ecstasy array, there was no sun in the dimness, and they had long been unable to distinguish between east and west, north and south. After drilling in the alley for a long time, suddenly the eyes were bright, and the street suddenly became open, and the four to the most positive cross streets extended straight out of it, which was more than three zhang wide, and were all bluestone paved roads. As soon as the sky was dark, all kinds of lights and candles were lit in rows. Sheep's horn lamps, watermelon lamps, angry wind lamps, melon skin lamps, marquee lamps, and even sandalwood palace lamps are dotted in front of the shops. The lights and shadows are like pearls, and the shadows are about to go back and forth, and the alleys are lively, but there is no coal car, coal wheelbarrow, car, car, sedan car, cool and warm soft sedan car, or angry horse like a dragon or servants like a cloud, shouting and drinking all over the street. As far as you can see, this is a place where people go for trade. Fukangan was sighing secretly, several patrol officials came over, told the mule to stop, one with two locks of rat beard, looked up and down at Fukangan and Liu Yong who were covered in dust with his eyes like a thief, and asked as soon as he said and moved the throat of his neck: "Coal packers are not allowed to enter the street!" Don't see the sign hanging at the corner of the street? ”

"Gentlemen!" Huang Fuyang saw that Liu Yong Fukang was stunned, and hurriedly greeted him, and said with a grin, "We are from Beijing Fumao, doing tea and horse business, and we just came from Yangzhou." The panniers were full of tea...... Passing by your treasure land, stay overnight and leave...... Hee-hee...... This is the tea introduction of Yangzhou Mansion - please have tested it. ”

The rat beard checked the tea certificate on the street light, threw the license back to Huang Fuyang, took the tea basket with his hand, patted his ears to listen, and said, "What kind of tea is so heavy?" There's copper in the entrainment, right? Disassemble and inspect! When several of the officials heard this, they untied the ropes. The human sperm was not in a hurry, took out a string of money from his waist and handed it to the head of the officer, and said with a smile: "They are all tea bricks, and they are used for changing horses outside the mouth, and they can't hide from your old eyes!" Look at the damp and muddy underground. The tea bricks did not dare to get damp, and they could not be sold with mud...... This means to honor you and you to have a cup of tea, if you don't worry, stay in front of us, you check carefully, just move two pieces to make tea and drink, our boss is not distressed......"

"You know." The mouse's beard tossed the string of money very skillfully and flipped it one by one, and smiled at the officials, "It's a tea brick." Let's go ahead! "That's it.

Fukangan Liu Yong looked at each other with a wry smile, followed Huang Fuyang's sperm all the way to find the store, and even asked a few big inns on the top of Zhu Lou Xie, and they all said that they were "full", and they would find a medium-sized shop called "Qingrong" at the end of North Street. This store is also a building, the upstairs guest room, the downstairs hotel, people in and out of the candle shadow brilliant, seven or eight eight immortal tables are separated by screens, singing, fighting, noisy, a buzzing sound. Liu Yong Fukang treated people's sperm and placed mules and tea packs, and the four of them followed Xiao Er to the upstairs to live in the house. rented three rooms, all of which were wood-plank sandwich houses, Liu Fu and the two of them each lived in one, and Huang Fuyang's master and apprentice lived in the middle, which could be heard as soon as he said hello. Xiao Er was busy fetching water for them, washing their faces and feet. Fukangan washed a few pots of black water and yellow soup to restore his original appearance, and while washing, he chatted with Xiao Er, combed his braids and cleaned up, and then went downstairs to eat. The four of them wrapped a screen room in the northwest corner, waiting for the food to be served. Liu Yong listened to the laughter and laughter in the hall, and said to Fukangan with a smile: "This is the store opened by our own family!" This little two said interestingly, saying that they are from Pei County, a family two thousand years ago, and Han Gaozu is the ancestor! Fukangan also smiled and asked, "Fang Cai Xiaoer asked me if I would take a bath?" I said wash. Isn't it weird to ask me if I want pancreas? Here the bath and hair washing should be separated, and the pancreas for bathing is still needed? ”

"My lord......" Huang Fuyang and the human sperm couldn't help but smile, and when they were about to explain, they came up with a large plate of steaming wine and food, and they didn't explain anymore. The human sperm smiled: "I will understand it later!" Saying that, he raised a glass to Liu Yong, and Fukangan also stretched out his chopsticks to pick up vegetables. I heard that someone in the private room next door was drunk, and someone pinched his voice and said in a strange Shandong accent during the laughter: "Okay!" This cup of self-punishment! Let's make another joke, if you don't laugh, you will be punished! Another person smiled and said: "It's wrong, it doesn't matter, you just drink it!" ”

I heard the drunkard say, "Just tell the wrong story." Our country, brothers—uh! …… In the summer, I slept in the yard. The brother and sister-in-law are next to the grinding plate, and the younger brother and sister-in-law are sleeping on the grinding plate, all doing this, this, and that. Suddenly it started raining, and my brother said, 'Brother, it's raining, let's ...... Belch! Let's go back...... 'My brother said, 'Zhongbei! The two brothers straightened their waists, and without drawing them out, they brought them into the house. The black light blinded the fire, and the younger brother tripped and fell, and the elder brother tripped over them again, and the four of them got up and then took it again. Who knew that the brother took his sister-in-law, and the brother took his brother and daughter-in-law to sleep all night......" He squeaked with wine and served another glass. Someone next to him asked, "What happened later?" "It didn't give a damn meaning to me afterwards." The drunk man said, "When I got up early the next day, the two girls woke up and went back to the room, and they met head-on. The younger brother and daughter-in-law were embarrassed and said, 'Sister-in-law, they are wrong...... sister-in-law said, I didn't hear Liu Datou say at the table, 'It doesn't matter if the end is wrong, you just drink'......"

The private room next door immediately burst into laughter. Liu Yong and Fukang An were reserved, Huang Fuyang was used to hearing it but didn't care, and the little ghost-headed sperm squirted out a sip of wine and laughter. The next door was also laughing and laughing, and the one named Liu Datou coughed and said: "This is similar to our Ge Taizun's family, no matter who it is, it is ...... to be angry" Fukangan and Liu Yong were thoughtful, and when they listened carefully, someone in the south was drunk again, and they sang in a tone and voice:

In the first watch, Hu Xiucai, you open the old lady's door.

Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up, the old lady is not the material......

In the second watch, Hu Xiucai, you come up to the old lady.

Come up, come up, come up, the old lady is not the material......

In the third watch, Hu Xiucai, you untie the old lady's arms.

Untie it, untie it, untie it, the old lady is not that material......

In the fourth watch, Hu Xiucai, you break the old lady's legs.

Break it open, break it, break it, the old lady is not the material......

In the fifth watch, Hu Xiucai, you arch the guy in.

Come in, come in, come in, the old lady is not the material......

During the singing, the room was full of applause and laughter. Liu Yong and Fukangan only felt that the filth was unbearable, and they were not used to this kind of occasion, so they took a few bites and said "full". Just when he was about to get up, the curtain between the screen doors was lifted, and two women came in, the older one was about thirty-five or sixteen, and the younger one was seventeen or eighteen years old. ”