The gamblers and spectators dispersed. It was already the time of the shift, three or four candles with the thickness of wine glasses were shining brightly, and there were more than two thousand taels of silver on the table, which were dazzlingly shining, and there were more than a dozen dragon head big silver tickets, which were lost and won back, and they were also neatly stacked on the table in front of Hongyang. There is so much money in a small teahouse, the scene looks a little weird, and He Shen saw that in addition to Wang Bao'er, there were two big men standing still, and Liu Quan was also standing in the corner and not leaving, because he smiled and said: "Liu Quan, how can I really want your life!" Tonight, if you want to win, it's easy to win. You are good at gambling and don't know the sinister nature of the casino, I have already washed my hands, one to give our master a copy, and the other also wants you to quit gambling with gambling, which is a bodhisattva heart. Fifth master, reward him with two hundred taels, tell him to go! With that, he looked at the two behind Hongyang.

"This one is called Liang Fuyun, and this one is Dong Fuguang." Hongyang smiled, "It's Huang Tianba's protégé, the two plasters that the old man Liu Tongxun put on my buttocks." It's so glued that you can't peel it off! Bao'er, take 200 silver to reward this Liu Quan, although he is a ruffian, he is a ruffian and a hero is interesting. Reward him! Wang Bao'er took the silver and said with a smile: "You are so fucking lucky, you lost two hundred taels!" ”

Liu Quan refused to accept the silver, looked at this and that, and knelt on the ground with a "plop" and said to He Shen: "Heye!" The husband is quick and hard to chase! You don't want my life, I give you this bone, I follow you in the water and fire, and the ends of the earth follow you - you are my master! He Shen looked at this baby in embarrassment, and then smiled for a while: "Even I myself am unseemly, pointing to a poor woman who is dying here." What's in it for you and me? Even when I go to Beijing, I am also a tasteless and unranked official, what can I do to support you? Liu Quan just kowtowed. Hongyang smiled: "It's good that he has this ambition." Although you are not good at the moment, what will happen in the future is unpredictable. I also have a fate with you about this, and I want to be an official and make a mistake, and I can do a lot of what I said. ”

"Then thank Fifth Master for helping!" He Shen was busy calling Hongyang, got up and said, "Fifth Master, where do you live?" We need to get out of here. The tea merchant and Fang Jiaji's set is going to catch your big head. You don't understand the casino doorway, they have lost all their waists, and there is absolutely no reason to stop. Hongyang said: "This is - he dares to rob it?" Liang Fuyun said: "What the master said is true." Let's go back to the Fenghua store. This amount of silver is too eye-catching, and surely they will not give up. ”

Fenghua Old Store is the largest inn in Santang Town, not far from this small teahouse. The six people rushed back without half a meal, Hongtian took out his pocket watch and looked at it, the word needle was just past ten o'clock, and said with a smile: "It's the Hai Zhengshi card." Lose fast tonight and win fast, happy! He Shen talks to us upstairs! He Shen Liu Quan agreed to follow, and went straight into Hongday's bedroom. Liang Fuying and Dong Fuguang only listened to the greetings in the next room.

"Kowako, how did you get it?" As soon as Hongtian sat down, he asked, "Why do you want a few or few, why can't I shake a four-red pattern?" "Master, you are the grandson of the dragon and the phoenix, the body of golden branches and jade leaves, how can you gamble with the little ruffians in the three townships under this child?" He Shen smiled and bowed, and helped Wang Bao'er make tea for Hongday, held it to Hongday, and said busily, "The slave has to persuade the master first, this kind of thing can't be done anymore." Losing the silver is still a trivial matter, the number one Tianhuang noble is called a little ghost, how can he afford to lose this person? You are the prince of Heshuo! ”

Liu Quan was stunned. Tonight, he only heard Fang Jiaji say at first, "There is a big guy, get him a few", first placed a small bet to lose to Hongday, which made Hongday rise, and a few people played tricks on him to win money. Fang Cai also felt that Hongday's demeanor was good, not like a businessman, but he didn't expect that he was actually a "prince" - Sensei said that Santang Town is Lanzhou Mansion, and I am afraid that there is no big official! knew that this was the case, so why bother to follow Heshen? He looked at Wang Bao'er, who was beaming, and swallowed his saliva without saying a word.

"Master, come and see this dice!" He Shen took out a dice, lit it up in front of the three of them and put it in the tile inkstone, tried to knock it twice with an iron paperweight, and smashed it with a little more force, and the dice were already cracked. He Shen pointed and said, "Don't you know the trick inside, can you not lose to this thief?" He flicked his fingers as he spoke.

The three of them took a closer look, the dice had been evenly broken into eight grains, and the square little ivory bones were scattered in the inkstone, Wang Bao'er exclaimed: "Master! It's a damn poisonous dice, and it's wrapped in mercury! Hongtian picked it with his fingers, and sure enough, there was a bead of mercury the size of a grain of millet, and there was a sneaky light shining under the lamp.

"Not only mercury, but also a piece of iron, embedded on the other side of the red four." He Shen said coldly: "The surname Fang wears that big board finger, do you think it's Moyu?" That's a magnet! He was like a teacher giving a lecture to a primary school student, pinching a dice bone, "Shaking it in the plate with his fingers like this, when the time comes, the six fours are also stable!" Everyone had already heard the eyes blazing, and their faces were full of understanding. He Shen pointed to a recess in the dice bone, squinted and smiled: "When the eight small bone dice are exchanged, there is a hole here, called 'Treasure Cave'." Want to know how I won? This hole is too small, and the carvers often dig a piece on it before they can cut it down, so that six small holes come out of the upper and lower squares. Mercury is flowing, and when it is placed on the table, it flows into the small hole, and when the fingers are pressed, the heat in the hand can force the mercury back into the big hole - the real player is to play with mercury. Mercury is much heavier than iron, and when I do my hands and feet on it, his fingers are not good. Later, they were distraught and lost dizzily, and even the tea merchants were messing around, how could they not lose? Here I can only talk about the Tao in the master. To really explain the reasoning and apply it upside down, I'm afraid I have to write a book to make it ......"

At this point, everyone's hearts are like mirrors. Liu Quan couldn't help but sigh: "Ten years before I saw Heye, I won't lose 100,000 families!" Hongyang said: "I see! If you don't say it, I won't understand if I compensate the palace! "What is this dice playing with mercury scramble! The game is played to the extreme, and the trick is renovated and transformed into a kaleidoscope......" He Shen's eyes became a little melancholy, "I just know a scratch of the surface." My uncle, turn the dice to touch the finch card to be a few is a few, what card is missing! Usually the dice fall on the plate, and you can hear which point has landed when you close your eyes...... But he lost a large part of the estate. The strongest of the strong are more of the strong, and the casino has no winner for a long time...... Liu Quan, I have already sworn that I will never gamble again. You and I can't have evil thoughts anymore. The prince is our backer, and he is a good student to become an official, and that is the camp with a solid foundation! ”

"Good boy, I really can't underestimate you." Hongyang smiled, "Reason to Liu Quan, even your fifth master has listened to it, there are bones and flesh, okay!" Wang Bao'er has to have this clever mind, I would have let him out to be an official a long time ago, there is a sense of proportion here, and you have to pay attention to the heat - do you understand? He suddenly turned his face and asked Wang Bao'er. Wang Bao'er said: "What's so difficult about this? Ye also underestimated the minions! The slave has been with the master for many years, and there are only two officials, waiting for the constitution to be like coaxing the aunt's wife, and serving the emperor like treating the old lady, both to follow the reason and to pay attention to make him happy - if you provoke the old man, you want to smoke the strip, and you are annoyed that the aunt doesn't ask you to go to bed. You are Qu Yuan, how about letting you go out to drink the northwest wind? That's exactly what it means—" He stared, thought for a long time, and came up with a sentence: "The snow hugs Lan Guan and does not move forward, drawing his sword and looking around!" When a sentence came out, Hongtian immediately laughed, and pointed at Wang Bao'er with his finger and said: "You are nondescript, you can speak smoothly, and good Tang poems have called you a donkey to be rubbed." Hahaha......" Wang Bao'er said with a smile: "The slave fell in love with the fifth master, and he was waiting for your life - follow you as a fox and a fake tiger, which one will see me disrespectful?" Being an official is nothing more than to make a fortune and to be used by others. I don't think I'm any different from an official. He was so angry and funny that even Liang Fuyun and Dong Fuguang next door covered their mouths and laughed.

After gossiping for a while, He Shen had to know that this prince had come to Gansu because Wang Jiawang had done something bad. Speaking of "holy bowing and hard work", the queen was seriously ill during this trip to Jiangnan, and there was the Hezhuo Rebellion, and the officials repeatedly provoked the emperor's anger. There are too few capable people around the emperor, and the imperial court must focus on finding talents...... The lawsuit from Ji Yun's family forced people to die, and sighed that it was not easy to be an official. also said that Fukangan captured Cai Qi in Zaozhuang, and he Shen talked to him and asked carefully, and he felt stunned: leaving a few days late with Fukangan, not only did he avoid this disaster, but he could also make meritorious contributions......

Hongtian saw that he was stupid, because he asked, "What are you thinking in a daze?" ”

"Oh...... The slave is distracted...... "He Shen said, "Speaking of Fourth Master Fu, I also saw it in Jiangnan this time." Originally, in the early years, I was also familiar with Uncle Fu in Zongxue. The slave was unlucky and did not make a change, so he wanted to follow the fourth master to arrest Cai Qi, and he was selected to be a county master, which was a steady ...... "Because he spent all the money at the Guazhou Duyi Station, he came to Gansu all the way, and he was seriously ill and was treated by the Wu family. "Now that I see the fifth master, it's time for the slave to operate. If he received the favor and did not repay the non-husband, he begged the fifth master to reward him with some silver, first, to return to Beijing to entangle, and secondly, to settle the mother and daughter of the Wu family from hunger and cold. The slave must repay her great kindness when she returns to Beijing to ask for a loan! ”

Hongtian nodded and sighed from time to time when he heard it, and at the end, he squinted his eyes and said: "It's also your fate that you should have this catastrophe, and the nobles in the middle will save you - Guazhouyi, if you don't save the son of the Jin family, you may not have such a good reward." Wang Bao'er said with a smile: "According to the master, is that poor woman still a 'noble'?" "Of course!" Hongyang Zhengse said, "For example, He Shen donated silver to buy charcoal to save the Jin family, He Shen is the noble person of the Jin family, and when he meets me in poverty, I am a noble person - do you think that the nobles in King Wen's Book of Changes are the same thing as these officials in the world?" In this way, you can take a lot of silver here at will, and take it to repay her kindness, that is, the blessing she deserves in her fate. You also win the money, and you should use it to a serious role. You are very attached to me, so you simply follow me all the way to Suzhou. I'll give you a guarantee when you come back! Liu Quan looked at the silver wrapped in stacks on the table, and thought that this is a big family business, and he said that if you reward people, you will reward people? This prince has such a big hand! He swallowed, his eyes widening with a foolish look.

"That'...... The slave was presumptuous, and Xie Ye's reward was ......" He Shen skillfully gave Hongtian a thousand children, but did not move the silver, and only smiled: "I'm afraid that there are one hundred and forty or fifty catties?" Back to the Nine Palaces Niangniang Temple...... Why bother? Wouldn't it be the same to invite the sister-in-law of the Wu family? Hongtian stumbled and smiled: "You have bones." I can't take much from you, who knows that you are a thief and a thief! Okay, since you have the love of repaying your mother, why can't I be Ji Bu Yinuo? He Shen smiled and went. Hongtian felt hungry, and was about to ask Wang Bao'er to get a snack for supper, when he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps on the stairs, and the dust on the roof trembled, and Fang Jiaji's sharp voice was sandwiched between it: "It's upstairs!" This is a nest of thieves, just take it from everyone! Hongtian was still in a daze, and Liu Quan hurriedly said: "Master! Hide the silver! It must be that the Fang family colluded with the people of the yamen to catch the stolen goods! He recognized Hongyang's identity, but he was very loyal, regardless of the silver on the table and put it under the bed as soon as he took it in his arms. Wang Bao'er scolded: "My grandmother's, who fucking ate leopard gall and is impatient!" As soon as he pulled the door and rushed out, he saw several big men in Tsing Yi rushing up the stairs, he was about to scold with his hands on his waist, Fang Jiaji designated and shouted: "He is also inside!" Early in the morning, a man flew over, didn't ask about the indiscriminate, and slapped Wang Bao'er with a dazzle, fainted for a while, and before he fell to the ground, he was lifted up and asked: "You dog, where is your master?" What about the silver? ”

Wang Bao'er struggled and took off the man's palm. His face turned blood-red—half beaten and half angry. He is the most stubborn by nature, the famous "iron donkey" in Jinghua, and the most useful in front of Hongday, only following Hongday to bully people, where has he ever lost this kind of person? He didn't say a word, shook his hand and dodged away, and a head hammer pierced the big man's chin, and the big man slammed at the top of the stairs, knocking his teeth up and down and biting his tongue with blood, and screaming "Mom" and falling down on his back, knocking down three or four people who were crowded on the stairs, and the lion balls stacked down the stairs. Immediately, the whole building was filled with filthy scolding, and all the customers of Fenghua Old Store were alarmed.

Liang Fuyun and Huang Fuguang had already heard that the movement was wrong, his duty was to guard Hongday, Wang Baoer came to the staircase, they had rushed out of the room and straight into Hongday's bedroom, Liang Fuyun held a mace in both hands, and Huang Fuguang was a pair of judges' pens to protect Hongday's side. Hongtian was also busy at first, opening the back window to escape, and seeing if the building was high, he didn't dare to go down. Liu Quan said: "I'm afraid! This is the government, not the robbery - if you say you are innocent, they will leave. Hongday pointed to the sweat on his forehead and smiled: "Who is afraid of grandma?" I don't think it's hot and breathable in the house—Fumitsu went to call their head of the government in. No, Wang Bao'er will suffer! Liang Fuyun said: "Fuguang protects the master, or I will go." He took out a slap-sized piece from his waist, lit up and went out.

For a while, I heard him shouting outside: "What a mess! Is it going to be the other way around? We are from the Arrest Department of the Criminal Department, this is the waist card - our Lord Wang sent a message, asking you to come out and speak! ”

For a moment, I heard a chatter outside, and there seemed to be a low scolding and scolding, and the creaking of the floor slabs gradually approached. Liang Fuyun came in, Wang Bao'er wiped the blood stains on his nose and then came in and pretended to stand at the door, followed by a middle-aged man with a white face, a green silk robe and a black satin horse coat, and a thin and long braid dragged behind his head, and carefully entered the house. He seemed to be a little frightened, blinked uncertainly and looked at Hongyang with small eyes, then at Liang and Huang who were standing on both sides like fierce gods, and then glanced at Liu Quan, who was standing proudly on the side, shook his head to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Humble Mo Huaigu sees Lord Wang, dare to ask Taifu and Guanque?" ”

"Mo Huaigu! Dare us to play "A Handful of Snow" here? Hong Tian swallowed a smile, but did not answer Mo Huaigu's question, but asked, "Are you the history of this town?" What is the reason for bringing someone to fetch me in the middle of the night? ”

Mo Huaigu had already experienced Liang Fuyun's waist license, Liang Fuyun was the title of Liupinjing, but he stood in front of this "Lord Wang" like a follower, looking like a door god, and he couldn't penetrate the depth of the water, so he didn't dare to ask again, and replied cautiously: "I don't dare to Meng Lang, it's just that the chief here has reported to the town that there are horse dealers in the Fenghua Inn who gather in the town to gamble suspiciously." Now that there is a military situation in the northwest, Leer has issued a constitutional order that all mainland businessmen who are engaged in the tea and horse business must re-register and verify the citation of evidence, so as to prevent the spies of Zhun Geer and Zhuo Bu from spying on the military situation. Mrs. Gao of Lanzhou County is in the town, and the messenger does not dare to be sloppy. Since it is a misunderstanding, please forgive me for the collision, and I will retire from my humble position......"

No matter what, these words still sound pleasant, and most of the anger in Hongday's stomach has disappeared, and he asked with a straight face: "Is it the surname Fang who first sued me for gambling?" "Yes." Mo Huai Gu said, "The owner of the local Maorong Inn, called Fang Jiaqi, is a businessman, so he is the ...... of the first chief" "Let me tell you, he is not a good thing!" Hongtian interrupted him and said, "His brother is the number one gambler in the casino, and if he loses the bet, he goes to smash the field, can it be regarded as 'duty'?" Fuck - bastard! You pick him up for me! ”

"Yes! It's ......" Mo Huaigu was frightened by this sudden scolding, and agreed repeatedly, "The Fang family is the tyrant here, the villain Diao Min!" Naturally, this will take care of him! As he spoke, he was about to withdraw. Hongyang waved his hand and stopped: "What are you busy with?" I still have something to ask you. What kind of crops are planted in the field here, and how much income can be produced in an acre of land? ”

It was already strange for him to call himself "master", and when Hu Laba asked about the crops of the land, Mo Huaigu suddenly fell into the fog of five miles, and opened his mouth to say "ah" a few times before coming back to his senses:

"Back to the 'master', this is the suburbs of Lanzhou, and there is dung in the city, all of which are irrigated by canals...... One mu of corn can harvest about 400 catties, sorghum can be about 300 catties, millet can also be harvested more than 200 catties, there are also spring wheat, can harvest 200 catties, as well as oats, black beans, mung beans...... They are all scattered seeds on the wasteland, and they are all collected by a handful, ranging from hundreds to dozens of catties...... There are still a few acres of rice ......"

"Don't talk about that." Hong changed the subject again, "Since it is such a good harvest place, how can I hear that people often starve to death?" ”

Only then did Mo Huaigu understand that this adult was going to ask about the hungry people, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Master must have misheard." Our Gansu region is poor, the bitter cold is barren, and it is common for people to starve to death. Gannan was better last year, Gandong and Ganbei are still eating locusts this time, and the food can't go up if it's a little warmer in the spring, and then the plague spreads, and the dead are behind! However, Santang relied on the provincial treasury, and Gandong's relief grain came from here, and the people of Gansu were starving to death before they starved here! ”

"Don't ask about it. Do you have a lot of people here who donate food to the prisons? Hongtian asked again. Mo Huaigu, who had just "understood", was suddenly confused again. Hongli saw his white eyes, ignorant of it, smiled and asked: "I'm asking, for example, in your Lanzhou County, how many people donated food to the prisoners last year?" ”

"Yes—six or seven."

"Six or seven—isn't it? At least sixty or seventy, right? ”

Mo Huaigu clapped his hands and smiled: "What the master said is a joke!" Forty stone grains are worth more than 200 taels of silver here, who has spare money to exchange for that empty shell fame? Don't say 'last year', if you dig out the bones of the prisoners who died in Lanzhou City, there must be no sixty or seventy of them! ”

"H-huh?" Hongtian nodded thoughtfully, took tea and said, "You-go!" As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw that He Shen had come back somehow, and when Mo Huaigu went out, he put down the cup with a smile and said, "Have you come back to get the silver?" It's ridiculous that Liu Quan, when he heard people shouting upstairs, he stuffed it under the bed. If someone really wants to hit it, can't you find it if you stuff it under the bed? Then he asked, "What about the Wu family?" You didn't bring her? ”

"We've been here for a while. The master was talking above, and she was a little stage frightened and didn't dare to see people. The guest rooms below were full, and I settled them in the backyard house to rest. He Shen sent Mo Huaigu out, listening to the sound of him going downstairs, he seemed a little uncertain, and said hesitantly, "I think tonight is a bit like a dream, everything is fake!" Fang Cai told the sister-in-law of the Wu family that she was a local, and she was also surprised how the Fang family was so rich, winning or losing thousands of taels in one night, which was a terrifying number here...... Besides, it's too easy to win. I came here to catch gambling to get it, but I retired with a waist card...... This ......"

Hongtian gradually listened to his heart, frowned and muttered for a long time, then turned his face and asked Liu Quan: "You gamble on weekdays, how many wins and losses do you win or lose in one night?" Have you ever made such a big bet? Liu Quan patted his head and said: "Ten years ago, it was in Lanzhou City Jinfeng Lou and Ma Zihuang Wushao to gamble, all red-eyed, the more the bet is bigger, one hundred taels of small bets, two hundred taels of Zhuang, four hundred taels of money!" I was defeated from that night. Otherwise, half of the street of the archway in the west of the city is mine......" The bright light in his eyes gradually faded, "This Santang is a small place, and no one makes such a big bet." Fang Jia...... There will be no such wealth. To be honest, they said that the master brought tens of thousands of silver to buy horses and pulled me to gamble. I made up my mind that I would either die in the casino tonight, or I would turn over the family business and not think about anything else. ”

Liang Fuyun was already suspicious in his heart. He didn't speak tonight, because he had been persuaded a lot along the way, and he had already provoked the dislike of this prince, and as soon as he entered Gansu Hongday, he counted him down: "You watch the play, you take care of the shopping, you get up, you take care of the tip, you are fucking bigger than the emperor?" As long as Lao Tzu doesn't go to the kiln and gets bayberry sores, as long as no one kills Lao Tzu, you fucking shut up for me! What kind of bird Huang Tianba, and what Liu Tongxun Liu Yong, carrying their brand is useless! They're all my minions, do you understand? "He was bloody. He really didn't dare to provoke Hongtian's serious annoyance. Huang Jiayu is famous all over the world, because he got up and dart, and the black and white on the green forest rivers and lakes have a deep relationship, if in the Central Plains, it is like a fish in water, but this is outside the border of Gansu, the jargon on the rivers and lakes is "the way of life", and he does not dare to be strong. There are these two layers, so I am extra careful, just watch the momentum and pay attention to it secretly. He is an old Jianghu, and there are many sinister things in the world, and Huang Tianba has also planted a big somersault with Huang Tianba, and at the moment he is alone with a sea of blood, and he is walking on thin ice, thinking about the confusing personnel tonight, and he feels that He Shen is suspicious and reasonable, because he said: "Fifth master, this is not the foot of the Son of Heaven, Leer is with more than 10,000 soldiers, he is a prince of Gansu, and he is a party of Wang Wangwang." Gui Zhongtang sent someone to say that he was in the city five days ago, and he never contacted us again. Let's be careful. According to me, stay here with my uncle to watch the wind, and we don't leave the house, but we go out of the town to find another place to live and watch the scenery. ”

"How?" Hongtian was stunned, his face was already discolored, "He dares to rebel?" Yue Zhongqi's 70,000 green battalion soldiers are in northern Shaanxi, and his three relatives and nine clans are all in Beijing! What's more, the green battalion here is under the dual control of the Governor's Yamen Military Department, and it may not be subject to his command! Liang Fuyun was accustomed to his reprimand, and had never seen him look so serious, so he swallowed timidly, and said with a smile: "What the master said is that there is no such thing as a rebellion." The extortion platform is a case linked to corruption, not a conspiracy. Moreover, Gui Zhongtang is in the city, and the soldiers here are all brought by Gui Zhongtang in Zhangjiakou...... I mean this is under the roof of the people, the case investigated and handled implicates officials of all sizes in the province, and the lord also said yesterday that 'there are no clean officials in Gansu, they are all traitors of his mother', but there is a heavenly reason, how can this big case be concealed until now? Although he didn't dare to rebel, maybe he himself or his subordinates would make a plan to set a trap, and he would blacken our masters silently, even if he didn't want to die, he humiliated his face and caused an incident to wash their case. These tricks of fooling the gods and ghosts cannot be guarded against! ”

Seeing that Hongyang was still hesitating, He Shen said with a smile: "Don't forget, you are a micro-service visitor, pretending to be a horse seller, and you say that you are 'Lord Wang', at this level, the magistrate will detain you with a 'suspicious identity' and detain you, can you pursue it?" This gambling money is the proof, rectify you, make a mess, can you still go to Narell in a high-sounding manner? Last year, Tang Wangzu, the secretary of Guangdong, went to investigate the Gaoyao County life lawsuit and accepted bribes, ate flowers and wine in Gaoyao Pearl Tower and **, and let the county hold the flail on the spot for three days, but the case was not investigated, and he was demoted to three levels - the master probably knows about this, right? ”

"Alright, alright! Alarmist! Isn't it okay to listen to you? Hongtian said and got up, "Just follow Lao Liang's, you stay in this store, let's go!" ”

Hongday's group of four people "went out for a walk" and went for a walk. He Shen went back to the back store. Gansu is high and cold, although it is already the spring weather, the spring breeze is expected to pass by, and there is still a burst of coldness on the body. At this moment, it has been nearly three watches, and the building in the courtyard of the back store is simple, only a bright and dark horn wind lamp is hung on the second door of the corner passage. The dark blue sky bends like a vast cauldron, the dense and uncertain stars are faintly shining and flickering, and the thick poplar trees in the courtyard, the trunks of which are pale blue and straight into the sky, blurry and melted in the dark night, and the branches and leaves are not very clear...... Today's events until now, He Shen still feels a little trance, from the Nine Palaces Niangniang Temple suddenly returned to the officialdom, and climbed up to the only brother of the Son of Heaven and the prince Hongday, all of them are like a dream, and he can't help but sigh at the unpredictable opportunities of life between the ups and downs. After wandering in the courtyard for a while, and thinking that if there was nothing to do tonight, tomorrow Hongtian would definitely scold him for "making a fuss about the bow and snake shadow", and couldn't help but go back to the room with a deep breath, and did not light the lamp, and lay on the bed looking at the ceiling in a kimono.

The Wu mother and daughter next door didn't seem to be sleeping. This shop is the old board house when Fenghua Store started home in the early days, the middle is nailed with wooden board skin, neither sound insulation and wind leakage, it can be heard clearly in the dead of night, as if it is a pity to change the new residence, covering the big quilt in the store is too hot to sleep, faintly hear the sound of washing water, draining, and Shen suddenly remembered Fang Er's words to tease Wu's, "Recognize a godsister in the open, and raise a little man in secret", I couldn't help but feel hot and moved in my heart, and I stood up with one arm on the bed, and when I looked at the partition skin, it was really Wu who was taking a bath. She only exposed half of her upper body, her back to the wall and her hands rubbed her shoulders, and her black hair fell like a waterfall under the dark oil lamp and was stained on her snow-white back, but her lower body was tightly blocked by the bed, and Shen couldn't help but stay, she met every day, but she didn't pay attention to her posture so slender and plump! He propped himself up, and gently cut the dry mud on the crust with his little finger to a larger seam, and the carpenter watched greedily with one eye closed as if he were hanging a thread, patiently waiting for Wu to stand up and wipe his body. It wasn't until his left arm was numb that Wu got up and sat on the edge of the bed with half a leaning body and wiped it carefully. He Shen's eyes emitted a thief's bright light, and she didn't move the partition wall to enjoy the spring light, and her bony eyes swept from her shoulders to her chest and abdomen as if they were not enough, and her thighs and calves couldn't be busy. Helplessly, the light was too dim, and some of the places that were anxious to see were not clear, so I had to look hard at Wu's double steamed bun-like breasts, and the belly skin thighs that were as white as soft wattles...... His breathing became a little heavy. Wu seemed to be a little aware of something, and when he saw Pian turn over, he wrapped the quilt for her, and said, "Don't make trouble, sleep!" Ming'er asked you and Uncle to buy you new clothes, ah! He turned around and blew out the lights. He Shen lay down relaxedly, and his left arm was completely numb to the point of not knowing why.

He Shen was originally a little sleepy, thinking about the situation, but he woke up with blazing eyes, and his lust was steaming for a while, and his feelings were extremely unbearable, and he was about to get up and knock on the door to make the light. Listening to Wu's thin snoring, he thought that this woman was his benefactor, one was not reluctant, and the favor was gone, and the good person became a bastard, and he was embarrassed to meet him...... Such a period of heat and cold, a period of dreams and a period of waking up, he is at the age when his love is both vigorous and vigorous, and he has to say goodbye to his fingers, and he tosses it several times before he stops...... I heard the rooster crowing in the distance, and fell asleep with Shen Fangjian......

A chopping wood-like explosion startled He Shen with a spirit, sat up with both hands and saw that it was not yet dawn, the door of the house was open, and several big men were already standing in front of the bed, some of them uncovered the quilt and some dragged their luggage, and asked: "Where did the surnamed Wang run last night?" He Shen was only ignorant for a while, and then he knew that last night's words had come true, and got up in his clothes and replied: "What are you doing?" The world is clear, do you want to rob? Before the words fell, the door on the other side of the Wu family on the partition wall was also smashed open, and the pitiful "wow" screamed loudly, and several people were pulling and scolding Wu next door, and someone shouted: "Drag her over, this is a pair of thieves and men!" At one moment, I saw several figures pulling and pushing Wu in. Someone lit a light. He Shen just stepped on his pants, his belt had been removed by someone's hand, and when he looked at it, Fang Jiaqi and Fang Jiaji were there, He Shen settled down, pulled up his trousers and asked: "Fang shopkeeper, you are a businessman, you enter a private house at night and rob and beat, have you lived enough?" ”

"I'm the Captain here!" Fang Jiaqi said in a vicious voice, with irritability in his tone, "You escaped from the gambling last night, and I came to collect the stolen goods and let you bluff back." He escaped, you still dare to take ** to rape in this ride! Before he finished speaking, Wu took a sip on his face: "Your mother, your sister is **!" We have gone out of the store to live in this hotel, and we live in our own houses, so why do we spray blood? Fang Jiaqi smiled evilly: "You guys have already built it at night in the Jiugong Niangniang Temple!" Last night you took a shower and he peeked, and after reading it, he slept before coming over. I'm calling it a twin, and everyone here is witnessing. You can't get rid of it! ”

He Shen's face turned red when he said it, and he immediately understood that they had already monitored himself and the Wu family, and he was in a panic in his heart, although he was not "caught" by them, it was the truth that he lived together in the broken temple in front of him, and it was logical to plant the blame at this moment, and there were so many "human witnesses", how to deal with this? In any case, at this moment, I can't argue directly with this nasty billet, and I was about to open my mouth to see the official, Wu said: "You don't give me this set!" He Ye is a noble person in distress, not a flat-headed commoner, how do you want to practice? Be careful to save yourself. Who doesn't know that Fang Jiaqi is the gambling ruffian leader in Santang Town! Shameless, if you don't peek, how do you know I'm taking a shower? And the master, meet the officials with them! I'm a widow, you're a single, don't say we're innocent, what's their turn to catch the adulterer? He Shen was stunned by what she said, and then he remembered that in the Qing Dynasty, only the husband and direct blood relatives can catch adulterers, and he is brave and brave, and he has the support of Hongyang, what are you afraid of? He stomped his foot and said, "Go!" The pants were about to fall off, and he hurriedly lifted them with his hands to tighten them, and when he looked at everyone, he had already taken out the silver, and he sneered in his nose and was speechless.

The town office is only half a mile away from the Fenghua Inn, and after leaving the store to the east, turn a bend to the east and then to the north, and a straight middle street is about two arrows away. He Shen was muttering all the way, worried that the Fang brothers would shout on the street and attract a large group of idlers who were watching the excitement to "watch the adultery". Even if the case is turned over in the future, it will take a lot of effort to scrub the ash on the face. Fortunately, it was not yet dawn, and the shops were closed. Except for the tofu shop, vegetable vendors, and restaurants lit by stoves in the morning market, the streets are so quiet that there is not a single idle person, and the Fang brothers may be weak-hearted, or they may be ordered not to make a noise, and they are silent when they are held. After entering the public office, He Shen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and according to Fang Jiaqi's instructions, "stand under the tree and listen to the greeting". When I looked at Wu, I saw her standing at the door of the West Chamber with Xiao Lian in tow, her face was full of calmness, and she didn't have the slightest look of frustration and timidity. At that time, the dawn was faintly shining, and the green silk was fluffy, and the face of the green clothes that had been washed clean was particularly beautiful. He Shen didn't expect that such a makeup comb could also dress up a woman like this, thinking of last night, he couldn't help but move again, because he saw that Mercy was dressed thinly, so he said: "You should wear more jackets for Mercy." March in Gansu is colder than February in Beijing—"

"Don't speak!" Zhending, who was standing next to him, immediately cut him off, "Master, this is going to be promoted to the court to judge you!" ”

He Shen smiled and stopped, looked at this yamen, only then did he see that it was a temple changed, the main gate of the south was sealed, a new Guangliang door was opened from the east side of the street, the main hall hung with a black plaque on a white background of "Council Hall", there was a plaque on the plaque but it was original in the temple, it was written "General Wei Da Temple", it was barely visible, and a couplet on the pillar of the house was new, but it was clear in the morning light:

If you get an official, you will not be honored, if you lose an official, you will not be humiliated, and if you have an official, you will be useless, and the people will all rely on one official

Eat the people's food, wear the people's clothes, dare to say that the people can deceive an official, and they are also the people.

The ink book is very dignified and spiritual. is a good "official is also a common person", He Shen couldn't help but smile again, but saw two pairs of officials in the council hall each holding a bamboo board and putting their dignity under the corridor. Someone shouted: "The master has ascended to the hall - bring Heshen!" He was still stunned, and someone behind him grabbed him and shouted: "Your mother! Didn't you hear you? He Shen stumbled before he steadied his steps, and slowly climbed the steps into the hall.

At that time, the sky had just brightened, the outside was bright and the inside was dark, and it took a while for He Shen's eyes to get used to it, and then he saw that there were also four officials standing next to him, all of them were wearing white-washed indigo coarse cloth robes, some were patched, some were oil-stained and dirty, and they were holding ropes and sticks, like a group of people who called Huazi poor and happy. The main hall "public case" is the original god case in the temple, the surname is about Lanzhou Zhixian, the big man Bai Jingguo face is sitting behind the public case, not wearing a public uniform, only wearing a six-in-one black satin melon skin hat, embedded in the middle of a piece of white marble, but also a dignified. Fang Jiaqi stood at the head of the east of the public case, looking at Kochi County with a smile on his waist. There was a master sitting on the west side, who looked familiar, and only after carefully recognizing it did he remember that it was the tea merchant in the casino - so far, He Shen has understood that last night's inference was correct, and the bureau was indeed set up to rectify Hongday! He sighed to himself and stood still in the hall. Seeing that he was so calm, Gao Xianling felt discouraged for a while, looked at the master with an inquiring gaze, saw him nodding, slapped the iron ruler on the case, and asked in a hoarse voice: "You-what's your name?" ”

"Niu Hulu and Shen." He Shen suddenly made up his mind in an instant: Mo Huaigu was gone, and he might be hiding from right and wrong. This high county commander is still a county commander in his forties, and he is by no means a red and purple character under Leerjin, but as the first county in the provincial capital, he can't do this lack without the word "harmony". However, the master seems to have some origins, colluding to trap the prince, and the other party may not have the courage - a few thoughts flashed in a row, and it was clear that he should open the skylight and say something bright, and he was the first to speak in a hurry, because he said unhurriedly: "Manchuria is a red flag person, and he lives in the donkey meat alley in Xizhimen, Beijing." His father, Chang Bao, was the deputy commander of Fujian, and he followed the Minister of Military Aircraft, A Gui, on an errand in the Military Aircraft Department. ”

The more Gao Xian Ling listened, the more his brows wrinkled, because the terrain of the feudal treasury near Santang was low and the treasury was leaking, he was ordered by the prefect to recruit mercenaries to fill in the pond and repair the wall. He glanced at Ruan Qingchen dissatisfied, moved his body and asked:

"What are you doing in the military aircraft department?"

"Protect Agui Zhongtang."

"What are you doing in Lanzhou?"

"On Gui Zhongtang's orders, I'll wait for him here."

"Gui Zhongtang is coming to Lanzhou?"

"Lord Hui, the middle hall has come!"

Gao Xianling was stunned, the corners of his mouth moved, and he wanted to ask: Where do you live? I felt that it was very unseemly, and I knew in my heart that I had waded into troubled waters with Master Ruan. He is an official in the provincial capital, and he has been trained to slip without leaving his hands, and the officials in the city have long had rumors, and the imperial court wants to send someone to investigate the matter of donating grain to the prison warehouse, and this weight is known to be significant, but Leer and Wang Jiawang are friends who wear a pair of pants, and now they are the soil emperor who can't be provoked, and this crack is difficult to drill! Yin slowed down and said, "You are on an errand with Gui Zhongtang, do you have any certificates?" Since he is on an errand in the military aircraft department, he should understand the law, go to the countryside and towns to gamble and promiscuously, and are he not afraid of the king's law? As soon as Ruan Qingchen heard it, he knew that this slippery county order was going to slowly grind and interrogate Heshen, but he was anxious to find out the whereabouts of the "Lord Wang", and he tied up a rope to show the public, and he didn't believe that Ah Gui would come to Lanzhou in person - this was agreed upon by several masters of the Governor's Yamen and Leer: no matter who came to make a secret visit, no matter if 3721 poured a plate of first, pulled it to Lanzhou to show the public on the street, and revised the book to make an impeachment of Qincha, which suddenly muddied the water and turned it into an entangled pen and ink lawsuit. It's just that the most taboo hesitation, the most afraid of slowness, pay attention to the four words "caught off guard". Last night, because he asked Shiler, he missed the hour, and he didn't stabilize Hongtian by sending Mo Huaigu to go, where can Gao Wenjin be allowed to rub it off again at this moment? Listening to He Shen explain in detail how he got sick, how he got Wu's conditioning and care, and talked about it like a family routine, he was anxious for a while, and slapped the table next to him and shouted: "Who believes you are talking nonsense? There is no investigation and no trust, you are a civilian, why don't you kneel when you see your parents? ”

"My survey certificate was ruined by this Fang Jiaqi, and he is the owner of the store where I live, don't you register? You ask him! He Shen sneered and pointed at Fang Jiaqi, "If my survey is in hand, I'm afraid you will have to kneel for me!" ”

"Why? Just rely on you to carry tea and pour water at the military aircraft as an attendant?! ”

"I am the son of a meritorious hero, and I have the rank of a third-class lieutenant. Dare I ask what title you are? ”

The hall froze suddenly. Even Wu stood in the courtyard and listened to it clearly, thinking secretly, no wonder this young man's demeanor is steady and clever, and his daring is really great! Ruan Qingchen was also surprised, and a chill appeared on his back. The third-class lieutenant is not a position, but this body is said to be a county order, even if he sees the governor, there is no reason to kneel. He Shen glared angrily, he was already cowardly in his heart, but he had to send the arrow on the string, and at this moment he could only grit his teeth and push down: "Your title is still empty and unfounded!" You have solid evidence for the absurd ** female gambling and trouble! Come, don't punish you for not recruiting, press me down, beat! ”

"Slow!" Ruan Qingchen asked, Gao Wenjin was happy to watch the style, saw that he was going to make a move, hurriedly pressed his hand, and said with a smile: "I listen to his Chinese chapter is not small, ask to understand and then deal with it." Go to someone to see if Mo Huaigu has woken up, and call him over. Spread the Wu Zhang family in! ”

At one moment, I saw someone come in with Wu. She was a little timid in this face, glanced at He Shen who was standing upright, knelt down with her coat in her hands, and kowtowed upward: "The folk woman Wu Zhang's knock to see the master of the blue sky...... "Look at the group of officials with pity, open her teeth and claws, her face is hideous, and she hides in Wu's arms and says: "Mom-I'm afraid of ......"

"Stand back." Gao Wenjin waved his hand and ordered the officer, and there was no question in his voice, but he asked in a somewhat homely tone, "Wu Zhang, I heard that your accent is local, how old is this year?" ”

"Thirty-one."

"Hmm, how many years have you been begging?"

"Less than a year."

"It turned out that it was also the villager who was flooded by the Zuli River. Someone accused you of adultery with this outsider. Tell me, what's going on in the temple and in the shop? ”

Wu kowtowed, pointed at He Shen and said: "This uncle is from Beijing, he is a Zhicheng person, he is only seventeen years old this year, one year younger than my nephew." He came to the temple because the people in Fang Jiaqi's shop threw him in, and at first he was so sick that he was unconscious, and the begging people who originally lived in the temple were afraid of contracting the disease and hid. I think he is a person in distress, no one takes care of him, only a death, where is not to accumulate virtue and do good......" because of the oral hand, compared with the situation before and after the detailed explanation, "It was gambling money last night, and I also saw that the uncle and a few of them partnered against Lord Wang, and I was angry before entering...... Everything the folk woman said is the truth, and she asks the adult to hang the mirror high and make decisions for the people! "She didn't go through the court to question the case, and her actions and words were a bit like the criminal in the play. Mo Huaigu has also come in. He was pretending to be drunk and hiding in the east ear room to eavesdrop, and the things here were clear in his heart, but at the moment he was still standing on the side and pretending to be stupid and stunned, and suddenly heard Ruan Qingchen say: "How can there be any Lord Wang?" I am in the governor's yamen, and there is no adult surnamed Wang in the criminal department, where is he! And Shen you say! Gao Wenjin asked Mo Huaigu: "What this woman said is the truth?" Mo Huaigu nodded hurriedly and said, "It seems to be the truth." She is a widow, and adultery is dealt with by the clan, and the clan is washed away, but in fact, no one can help her, and she doesn't need to tell lies. At this point, the hall was already in chaos, everyone said their own things, and even the temporary officials had no rules, and they whispered and talked about each other.

"That's all for today's case." Gao Wenjin smiled secretly in his heart, his face was serious, he stood up with one hand on the table, and said with a purring as if he was about to yawn, "Mo Huaigu, repairing the treasury is a big deal, the imperial court is going to send someone to check it, you hurry up and recruit migrant workers for me!" ”

"Wow! - Please show the grandfather, what should He Shen and the others do? ”

Gao Wenjin licked his lips and said, "You have to figure out your identity first, and if you figure it out, the case will be closed." Let them live in the public office, no nuisance, no restraint, no reprimand, according to the post station provisions, I asked the commander of Shile to ask the military aircraft department, and I will talk about it later. Ruan Qingchen listened, this is the guest of honor and Shen, he was so dizzy and cold with anger, but he couldn't help this treacherous and cunning county order, and pointed at Mo Huaigu with anger on the side and said: "You can find that fake king for me today!" ”

"If you find out, you will immediately bring it to me for trial." Gao Wenjin finally stretched his waist and yawned comfortably, "I had insomnia last night, so uncomfortable." Mo Huaigu, get me some jujube kernel powder and make tea to drink...... Lao Ruan, what's the hurry! If you run away, the monk can't run away from the temple, it's not true, it's not true, it's not fake. Let's go, I'll kill two rounds in the house! ”