Shangqingguan is about half a mile outside Jiebei Town, and it is only two miles away from Xuanwu Lake. It was a temple encircled by the barracks of the sailors during the earlier Kangxi period. Later, Jinghai Hou Shilang led the naval division to attack Taiwan and transferred the army, and the barracks fell into disrepair and decay. But the temple remained. Looking south from here, it is a dark and heavy town, the sound of the waves of Xuanwu Lake can be heard clearly when the wind blows, and then to the south is the stone city of the land of gold powder of the Six Dynasties, and to the north is the Yangtze River.

This Bu Xuan is Xiao Yao Qin, who was expelled from the Red Yang Sect (a tributary of the White Lotus Sect) in Shanxi Tuo Peak. He has traveled to 17 provinces in the north and south of the river, traveled all over the white mountains and black waters, the ends of the earth, and finally chose this treasure land of feng shui. Why he chose this place as his Tianli Sect headquarters, he himself can't say, but he feels that the north is too close to Beijing, and Liangguang and Fujian are too far away from Beijing. There are many rich people here, there are more poor people, and there is a slight famine, and the victims of the disaster from the neighboring provinces pour into Jiangsu and Jinling like a tidal wave, and it is extremely convenient to preach. He is extremely talented, several years of intensive study of "Wanshen Guizhi", "Qimen Dunjia", "Daozang", "Huang Ting" and other books, Taoism has been far beyond Jia Shifang of Longhu Mountain, but he does not show his edge, only with the face of "ordinary heart, ordinary person" to help the world save people, spread the principles of heaven, and accept disciples. Even if he occasionally performs the Fa, only three or five apprentices can see it, and it is strictly forbidden to show off it among the people. Therefore, from the governor Yin Jishan to the residents of the alleys, they only know that he is called "Bu Xu", understands fate, knows the style, can heal, and is a man of the way who does good deeds to help the poor.

Yi Ying and his party had dealings with the head of Piaogao Avenue earlier: they naturally knew that Yao Qin was a teacher and set up his own door. But Yao Qin at that time was just a messenger in front of him, and he couldn't recall his appearance anyway. This time the army was defeated and voted, and Cao Bustard led the way, wanting to "please meet Yao Qin Daoyou back then". Cao Bustard only met Qian Du because of the collusion and contact.

At this moment, Buxu returned to the view, the apprentices were still doing evening classes, Zhong Qi was stirring cymbals and drums, and hundreds of disciples and grandchildren were sitting cross-legged and chanting. Bu Xuan saw that dozens of believers were still kneeling in front of the statue of Sanqing; Knowing that he was asking for medicine, he took a look at Sanqing, took down a stack of small paper bags from the god shelf, and personally distributed them to everyone one by one, saying: "Everyone who comes today is destined, this is given by God yesterday, just take it back and take it - Wang Xiaoqi'er, carry your father tomorrow night, and I will take a look in person." Everyone took the medicine and kowtowed, and they dispersed. Buxu also instructed the Taoist priests: "Go back to your room and meditate, keep Gengshen, there is dew in the sky tonight, it is the coming of Sanqing to give elixir, everyone use a plate to pray!" ”

For a while, the Taoists dispersed, and the huge Sanqing Treasure Hall immediately seemed empty and silent. Buxu meditates on the futon, silently understands the Yuan Shen Zhou Tian, understands the mind with the heart, understands the God with the mind, and searches for the inner Dan with his eyes. He knew that Yi Ying and five or six others had already entered the hall, but he didn't realize it.

"Brother Buxudao." Yi Ying said after a long time: "Poor Yi Ying is the head!" Hu Yinzhong, who was standing next to him, was also dressed in Taoist costumes, and when he saw that Buxu was silent, he said: "Buxu Dao Chief, this is our Ziyun Temple Abbot Dao Chief Yi Ying." I came to see you last night, I already said that today I asked the Cao family to introduce me, I want to meet Yao Qin Great Immortal Master, please ask the Taoist to take you. ”

Bu Xuan slowly opened his eyes, glanced at the Lei Jian and the other four sisters behind Yi Ying, and sighed: "Don't mistake me for Qing Xiu, and I won't mistake your business." I really don't know what you said about Daoist Yao Qin. The path of cultivation is based on purity, and Jindan Avenue is not in the Ding Furnace. Brother Dao, you are a person of temperament, not a disciple of my Dao Sect. Yi Ying, alas...... I have heard of the name for a long time, I am a person who can understand the gods, and I blindly roll in the red dust, how can I return to justice as soon as possible? Yi Ying has been using the Yuan Shen to try to communicate with Bu Xu, but the power of the mind is issued, repeatedly disturbed, Bu Xuan does not refuse, it is no different from ordinary people, it is difficult to sense, so he thought that he was the Quanzhen Daoist, smiled and sat down and said: "Quanzhen is based on the cultivation of life, just for his own immortality, what is the benefit to the world?" Bu Xuan just shook his head and said, "I'm not the Quanzhen Daomen. No matter what kind of Taoism, if you rely on magic, you will eventually enter the side door. I am the door of nature, with the encounter and peace, there is nothing to seek, take water to the righteousness of the course, follow the heavenly reason and human feelings, with this good fate to help the world, forever and the red dust has nothing to do. ”

"What is the Way of Nature?" Yi Ying asked.

"Nature is the way of heaven."

"What is the way of heaven?"

"The way of heaven is the virtue of water, and you can't go out of the embankment by following the river." Bu Xuan said: "The way of heaven is also the virtue of fire. The water follows the canal, the fire is stored in the gold tripod and does not make it overflow, the water and fire are both good, and then the road is completed. Then he groaned in his mouth:

The deed on the scriptures and songs is true, and the fire is not written in the text.

To know the secret of the formula, you must carefully discuss it with the gods......

The jade furnace is misty and cloudy, and the golden tripod is covered with long purple mushroom.

The divine water is always irrigated, and the armor is left to make the fire dragon fly!

Yin then said: "Brothers, although you have subtle spells, when Nai is lucky, you are running around and begging for hardships, and you have achieved nothing in your career, not to mention Yao Qin, even if Sanqing is in the next life, he is powerless to help you." It's better to return to my natural door, and spread compassion with a leather face, which can wipe out the former arrogance. Ever heard of it? ——True Hammer, True Ding Furnace, Nothing, Nothing. Fire is enough, Mo hurt Dan, heaven and earth spirit, creation saving! ”

Yi Ying didn't squeak when she heard it, and after a while, she smiled and said: "The mouth is not as strong as the hand, and the hand is not as strong as the heart." Hello, a sharp mouth! If you can't spell, what kind of true Taoist is you? I also give medicine to save people, never use my hands to give people away, pious heart through the nine mysteries, patients naturally get medicine - isn't it fragrant ash cinnabar? Look at that incense ding, I will fall when I point at it. When the layman sees this, do you believe or me? Look at that moth, as soon as I think of it, I can extinguish the candle, and it is probably true. Bu Xuan is just Weiwei, and said: "The Dao heart is full of compassion. The ordinary mind is the path mind. With the left way, the Han has Zhang Jiao, the Tang has Huangchao, and the Ming has Xu Hongru, although it has a temporary effect, there is no one who has done things since ancient times. You cursed the sea lantern in front of the Sanqing case, and cursed the little Taoist priest to death, and the little Taoist priest also didn't believe it. Yi Ying thought about it, and it was difficult to convince this greasy person without revealing her methods, so she sneered: "Brother Dao is too exaggerated. Look at that tripod, whether it should be folded or not, I call it folding, and it has to be folded! ”

"Amitayus Buddha, this is easier said than done!"

"Easy!" Yi Ying smiled contemptuously as if there was frost on her face, and pointed her calloused finger at Na Ding. I only heard the sound of "clattering", as if it was about to explode, and shook it slightly, but it stood firmly. Qiao Song stepped forward to check it and shook his head at Yi Ying. Yi Ying practiced the Five Thunder Fa hard, not to mention a tripod, even a stone pillar collapsed and shattered with a wave of his hand, and he never missed a hand in countless tests, but it was ineffective at this time, and he couldn't help but change color on his face. He turned his face to look at Bu Xu, still sitting with his eyes closed, without any traces of hard work, just reciting words, reciting the "Tao Te Ching": "Tao, Tao, very Tao; Name, name, very name......" Yi Ying carefully checked, there were no other masters in the hall to help, and concluded that this little Taoist priest was obstructing, so he said: "What a 'natural' door!" He pushed his hands towards Buxu and asked, "Did Yao Qin see it or not?" Suddenly, the wind in the temple was blowing, and the curtain of the divine tent was blown away, and all the lights were extinguished, that is, the wind was still hovering in the temple, and the strength was getting stronger and stronger. But Buxu still seems to be fine, and the chanting voice is boring and monotonous: "...... Blind to it, the name is Yi; If you don't hear it, your name is Xi; I can't fight, and the name is ...... It is said to be formless, the image of nothing, and it is said to be in a trance...... "It is also strange, with this thick chanting sound, it is the wind that is getting weaker and weaker, and finally stops, and the candles that have been blown out are actually gradually brightened from darkness one by one.

Bu Xuan stopped chanting and said, "The layman's magic power is very deep, and he admires the poor way. However, this kind of skill comes from the law, which is contrary to the way of Lao Tzu. Acting against reason, although it is powerful, after all, it is just self-destruction and self-harm. You have desecrated the three Qings, get out of here quickly. Don't bother anymore! Hu Yinzhong pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "Master, this is clearly a demon way!" What 'nature', I slashed him with a knife, and the knife 'nature' cut him to death! He shouted, and threw himself on.

"India and China must not be reckless!" Yi Ying only knew at this time that this Taoist priest's kung fu was unfathomable, so she stopped Hu Yinzhong, beat Bu Xu, and said: "Since you refuse to teach, you have no chance to be poor - let's go!" ”

"Slow."

Bu Xuan stopped everyone, but he muttered for a moment, and said: "Jinling is a dangerous place for you, and your hometown is not to be relied on, go east!" I still advise you to retreat to nature, so that you can have a good death. Don't you hear the good and the stingy? But if you want to go, you won't stay, and it's also a disaster. I will give you a word, 28 Xing, 28 death, beware of 28 Yan on the house - there will be a fulfillment at that time! After saying that, he recited the scriptures, Yi Ying and others came out of the temple, and they could still hear it from afar, and they still recited the "Tao Te Ching": "The Tao often does nothing, but does nothing." If the prince can keep it, all things will be self-transformed. I want to do it, and I will make it a nameless simplicity. ……”

Yi Ying and several others stood still outside the starlit temple, and Lei Jian and the others were staring at Yi Ying, waiting for her decision. Yi Ying sighed deeply and said, "Today I know that there is a sky outside the sky!" This step is right, Nanjing is indeed not a good place for us. We are in Wuchang, Shanghai, Qingjiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and there are no incense halls, which place to go to? Tang He said: "He has such a big spell, but he persuades others to be ordinary people, it can be seen that this step is duplicitous!" He told us to go east, and we turned to the west, and what was it? Wuchang is connected to Liangguang, Shaanxi, and Sichuan, and is also connected to this side, which I think is easier to do than the east. The east side is too rich......" Yi Ying shook her head with a smile and said, "It's because the transportation is too convenient." We can't go, in Sichuan alone, there are tens of thousands of green battalion soldiers, and we can't parry. Although this step is not with us, it does not seem to be my enemy. He was right. Now that I'm checking so closely, if I pull my feet and leave, maybe it'll be over from now on, so I'm still a little reluctant in my heart. ”

"Yesterday, at the request of the third elder of the Tianfu Ya, Liu Deyang also came, and at night he ate wine and ate with Yan Ruyun and Huang Tianba until the fourth watch." Han Mei said, "Yan Ruyun was drunk, crying and laughing, shouting the name of the sect leader and running around the courtyard. He also said that he would rather die himself than harm you. Huang Tianba asked his apprentices to tie him up and poured some horse urine for him to 'sober up',...... The third child also said that Wu Blind went to Yangzhou and ordered the underworld figures, the Qing Gang, and the Yancao Second Gang to deal with us. It seems that it will not be easy to find a foothold in the east. According to me, taking advantage of Liu Tongxun's single-minded search in the south of the Yangtze River, we also returned to the Central Plains, took it by surprise, occupied the mountain as the king, and then made a big noise. ”

Yi Ying said after a while: "We can't afford to toss." There are many obstacles to the south, and there are also to the north. Or to the east, we recruited refugees, opened a weaving workshop and embroidered the workshop to hide. What is happening now is not to create a 'momentum' at all, but to exist on its own. Safely withstand this catastrophe, and it is the best policy to stand by and move! She paused, and her tone changed from soothing to tough, "The weak move is steater than ours, he can do it, why can't I?" As soon as the morning dawned, we took a boat to the east, but the territory of Nanjing could not be lost. I'll see that Lei Jian and Qiao Song will stay, and I will naturally send someone to contact me in the east. Lei Jian glanced at the blurred figure in Hu Yin, snorted and said: "Sect Master, there are a few incense halls here, all of them are men, they were originally under the control of Yan Ruyun, but now we have to tighten the plates, and beware of Yan Ruyun destroying our stall...... I'm afraid I'm not up to the task. It's better to ask Brother Hu to stay, it's more convenient than me. ”

"Okay." Yi Ying said after a while, "Then please ask Brother Hu to preside over here, and Lei Jianxiang will help." Since she rescued Hu Yinzhong in Shandong, she vaguely felt that there was something between Hu Yinzhong and Lei Jian, but it was really "what" and vague. She was originally entangled in Yan Ruyun, and Hu Yinzhong seemed to be faintly involved, but now Yan Ruyun has turned against her, and she feels even more uninterested in the affairs of men and women...... Breathing silently from the bottom of her heart, Yi Ying earnestly instructed: "I leave a secret mark everywhere I go." You are good here, I know of course; If you can't stay, don't hold on, go to me. Be careful with others, don't accept new people easily, even old friends, and re-examine them, and if you find out that you are indeed secretly collaborating with the enemy, kill them - but don't make your brothers suspicious of each other and put everyone at risk. After stabilizing for a while, Liu Tongxun saw that he had no way to start, so he naturally slackened. He went to the sea to catch the paperwork and confessed to the top, and our life was better. ”

…… As soon as the second day dawned, Yi Ying and more than 30 others went east from Yanziji to buy boats. Lei Jian, dressed in men's clothes, stood on the dock with Hu Yinzhong, watching a flat boat drift down the river, changing to only the size of a sesame seed, and becoming chaotic...... The two left the dock.

"The wind is blowing." Hu Yinzhong looked at the willow trees on the shore and said seriously: "Your melon skin hat has to be pressed down, you refuse to shave your head, you can't get close to people in men's clothes, and when you get closer, anyone can see that you are a woman." Lei Jian carefully covered his sideburns back, coiled his braid around his neck, pressed his hat again, smiled, and said, "The wind is blowing...... It's another situation – you know what it's called? This is called 'Shi Youfeng'......" Hu Yinzhong said with a smile: "You can't coax me." The head wind is called Shi Youfeng, this smooth boat, how do you think of this name? ”

Lei Jian's slender hand gently stroked the willow swaying in the wind, and walked along the embankment with Hu Yinzhong. suddenly turned his face and smiled charmingly, but he didn't answer Hu Yinzhong's question, but asked rhetorically: "Brother Hu, who do you think is reasonable between my master and Bu Xu?" ”

"The truth in the world can't be explained, and which kind of truth sounds like the head is the way. I'm a bastard and never think about these things. ”

"Really?"

"Hmm."

"But the truth is not right, sometimes you have to kill yourself, and you can't do it."

"I don't care about that, just two words."

"Don't you think that the sect leader has something else to do with you besides righteousness?"

Hu Yinzhong looked up and thought about it, and said: "That's Yan Ruyun's self-made jealousy, which makes everyone feel awkward." The sect leader is upright to me, and I respect the sect leader as a sister. My mother taught me since I was a child, I can't think too much about women, this one is serious, all evils are not invaded, I turned three mountains, all defeated, I'm fine. Those brothers who are greedy for flowers and flowers, none of them have a good end. A look of disappointment flashed across Lei Jian's face, and he kicked a piece of embankment soil into the river with his foot, and sighed.

"You're right—isn't your mother going to tell you about your daughter-in-law? Oh...... I understand, you have a good relationship with yourself, and then you broke up, are you sad? ”

"Our family is neither poor nor rich, we grow and feed ourselves. Later, he was defeated by the plague. I have an aunt and cousin who got along very well when she was a child, but when her family fails, she can't say anything. Later, I went down the underworld, and I couldn't say anything more. ”

"You didn't see her again?"

"Yes." Hu Yinzhong's face seemed to be sad and joyful, "Zhao Shouyi of our village forcibly occupied our land, set fire to my house, I killed him and hugged the calf and fell into the grass, and the calf was broken by Yue Jun, I escaped alone to her house, she gave me pancakes, corn grits nest, and some salted mustard gnocchi, and clothes. At that time, her husband was dead, and she had three children, and she was no longer looking good. She was so frightened that she sifted the chaff, but she still helped me, and of course I couldn't drag her down, so I gave her a hand and left...... I owe her, but I can't pay it back! ”

Lei Jian lowered his head and sighed, returning to his normal state: "Let's talk about our business." How to settle down, what kind of façade to set up outside, and who to contact? This Taoist outfit is too eye-catching—you're in charge, and you have a proposition. "I'm in charge, and no one knows me, so you're here." Hu Yinzhong said, "I also see that the Taoist priest can't pretend, we don't have a Taoist temple, we go around all day, something must happen." ”

"Good! If you are willing to listen to me, I said that you can think about it, and we will discuss it. Lei Jianshen condensed, showing a calm and capable manner that did not match her age, "We have the money, we can open a crude medicine shop." Cao Bustard's side has to get in touch with each other, and they have to pull up this step to lose and prosper with them. For their own sake, they have to protect us, and that is what they do. I think we have to figure out that this time we are defeated in Jiangbei, and we can't close our eyes and deceive ourselves. The incense hall here and the temple there are more unreliable than outsiders! We clean up from the beginning, one is one, two is two, and we must not rely on those hall masters and pilgrims - even Yan Zhuyun has fallen, let alone others! ”

"So, isn't it against the sect master's order?"

"Now you're the Master! will be subject to the king's order outside. ”

Hu Yinzhong stared at this resolute "Messenger of the Gods" as if he didn't know him, and asked, "What will the sect leader do in the future?" "She?" Lei Jian smiled bitterly and said, "She can't take care of herself now!" If we have a situation, it will be too late for her to reward in the future, we will not be able to stand up, and it will be useless to talk about it in the future. Although Hu Yinzhong is honest, his mind is ordinary, and after thinking about it again, he can't come up with a better opinion, so he said: "Listen to you, I will be the guy of this crude medicine shop, and you will be the proprietor!" Lei Jian suddenly "poofed" and couldn't contain himself, bent over his back and laughed non-stop. Hu Yinzhong was laughed inexplicably and said, "Am I wrong again? That's how you laugh! ”

"I'm laughing at you for being a fool—" She put her finger on Hu Yinzhong's forehead, "Fool! When a guy wants to understand the properties of medicine, he must look at the color of the medicine, understand the price, and be able to keep accounts when he dispenses the medicine, and he will look at the child, will you succeed? You'll come in with a white knife and go out with a red knife! ”

"So-what do you say I'm doing?"

"Of course you're the boss!"

"This ......" "This, what?" Lei Jianjiao said angrily: "Taoist priests can fake and sing, but husbands and wives can't?" ”

It turned out to be a fake. Hu Yinzhong smiled solemnly, walked forward again, and said, "I see that you are different from the front and back of the sect leader. You seem to be happy to leave the sect master? Thunder Sword lowered his long eyelashes. She is Yi Ying's number one confidant disciple, Yi Ying is not stingy with others, does not hide treachery, and does not deliberately keep two hands like other masters in teaching the essence of the Fa, but she is like a strict mother and daughter to the four sisters, and rarely caresses her, which is a little less family affection. Lei Jian felt that Yi Ying was stubborn and self-serving, never consulted with others when she encountered problems, although there were praises for the success, but she rarely admitted her mistakes when she failed, and there was a gap in her heart, even Qiao Song, Han Mei, Tang He and others did not dare to discuss it in private, and did not dare to mention it in person-but she couldn't say these words to Hu Yinzhong, who was straight and fast-talking, and after pondering for a while, Lei Jian said: "I am in awe with the sect leader; It's a pleasure to be with you. You see so many men in the church, who have I laughed with? Hu Yinzhong couldn't taste it when he heard it, and he couldn't answer.

Qian Du originally only planned to stay in Nanjing for three or four days. When he got into contact with Cao Bustard, he had the idea of not thinking about it. Looking at the coinage bureau, checking the treasury, and checking the coinage mold are all false business, and said that he would wait for Li Shiyao's copper ship to arrive before leaving, and he would also assist the coinage department to inspect the copper. He said that living in the governor's yamen "caused trouble" to Yin Jishan, so he simply moved out of the post house, and went to the library every day to order a dragonfly like water, and then went to Fengcai Building to fool around. That Cao Bustard is a leader who steals men, he has been playing for many years, and he never wants Qian Du's money, and he does his best to serve the chicks in this Fengyue kiln, and some kiln sisters prostitute with him day and night, making Qian Du dry and thin, in a trance, and his mind is all on the secret drama diagram and the room in the room, which is even more fascinated than Gao Heng, a veteran on the Fengyue field. On this day, Fengcailou and Cao Bustard slept until three poles on the sun, and they still couldn't hug each other with red stripes, until the girl outside called through the window: "Master Qian, eat morning tea." Fang lazily yawned. Cao Bustard twisted her arms around him like candy, and whispered: "Fang is still praising the hero, and this time it will be like soft mud again." Can you still fight...... Well? Who is the loser? ”

"No, it's defeated." Qian Du sat up and put on his clothes and said, "I can't resist." You are a good wave, people say that women are like wolves at thirty and tigers at forty, and after fifty they sit on the ground and suck the soil, which is really true! ”

The two of them spent a while before getting up, dressing and putting on makeup, eating morning tea, and talking without a match. Cao Bustard said: "I have a body." I am worried that the child will not have a father in the future. Qian Du turned to comfort her again, saying that he would "take it out and be good, and make a house so that your mother and son can enjoy pure happiness." Just as she was chattering, a girl came up and said, "Master Qian, there is a master from the Governor's Yamen, saying that there is an important letter for you, you can go downstairs and see you." Qian Du snorted, walked downstairs in four directions, Cao Bustard ordered someone to clean up the table, called Shi Cheng in, and asked while straightening his sideburns: "Has the ejiao you bought arrived?" Tell them to boil, I will use it. ”

"Yes, Mom!" Shi Cheng bowed down and asked with a grin: "The first few times were abortions, how can you protect the fetus this time?" ”

"I'm going to keep the baby this time." Cao Bustard's face was a little melancholy, and her eyes were somewhat confused, "No, not me, Sai Jinlian also has him, but I also have to protect ...... This is a fatwa - besides, I should be tired of being a bustard, and I want to eat a decent bowl of rice until I am old. Shi Cheng sighed and said: "Our 'fatwa' is too much, except for Shangqingguan, there is also 'Yizhihua', and they don't look at each other - there is also the Qinghong Gang - anyone can bully us, this work is really not done by people." Cao Bustard sneered: "Don't listen to people and laugh at the poor and don't laugh at prostitutes? The old lady is not easy to bully, good is good, bad I dismissed this building, I have earned enough money for this kind of money, find a secluded place to hide, who can find me? Remember, whether it's Yi Ying's people or someone from another sect who comes to find you, you just have to entertain and complain, just say that you can't do anything without money. If I can take out another 30,000 or 20,000 silver from them, I will give it to all of us, and we will all fly away! Listening to Qian Du's footsteps going upstairs, Cao Bustard told Shi Cheng to step back, got up to greet him with a smile, and asked, "Master Qian, what do they have to believe?" ”

"The emperor asked Fu Xiang to write a letter to me, asking me to go to Rehe immediately to see the driver and report on my work." Qian Du sat down dejectedly, with panic and melancholy in his eyes, and said in a heavy voice, "It seems that it can't be delayed anymore, and I can't afford to bear the crime of violating the will!" ”

Cao Bustard bowed her head and was silent when she heard this, and for a long time, she sobbed and cried, and took out a flower-sprinkled silk to wipe her tears. Qian Du reluctantly smiled: "Why do you bother." I was back in a few months. If you want, come with me to Yunnan and scatter the stalls here. You don't want to go, I went to Beijing this time to see Zhang Zhongtang and Fu Liuye and talk to them, and if they say a word, I can be transferred to Jinling to be Nanjing Dao. I can't bear you! As he spoke, he stroked Cao's shoulder, Cao's face turned away again, and he said as if crying: "I'm not angry with you, I'm sighing for my life...... I went into this fire pit when I was six years old, and you don't know what this place is. The old bustard fed me, and beat me, scolded me, and asked me to pick up customers; I became an old bustard, and I also beat and scolded my head. If you don't pick up customers, can you stand in this business? When I was sixteen years old, I paid attention to it, and I wanted to find a good family to start a good ...... But how many of them are good in this courtyard? He who has a conscience has no money to redeem me, and who has money has no conscience, who dares to rely on him? It's easy to become a bustard by yourself, and you can be independent, but people are old, and they don't dare to think about marrying someone from a good conscience. To be honest, I became a 'mother' here at the age of 24, and I never asked a man to touch my body again. Looking left and right, it's you Qian Ye...... You are a reliable person, you are an ordinary person, but you are smart and capable, and you treat people kindly...... But it's an official again! Now that I am committed to you, I am really willing to do anything, but I am afraid that you will throw me in the future. Now that I have your blood and bones, a man of forty, what do you want me to do? Qian Ye ......" Her tears rolled down like beads, and she threw herself into her arms and said, "You have to call the shots for me!" And that golden lotus...... There is also a ...... You see with your own eyes that we don't take customers these days, and don't we get a son for you? You are a man, give us a word, it's too late to have an abortion now......" Before the words were finished, the woman named Sai Jinlian had already barged in, without saying a word, and sat down to cry.

"So, don't cry, my heart will be messed up when I cry." Qian Du was already upset, and was even more disturbed by this coquettish cry, thought for a while, and made up his mind, "I'll go to see Dorji this time, and first exchange 10,000 silver from the domain." Although I am in charge of Tongshan, I am not Deng Tong, and the money is all the emperor's. Over the years, I have saved less than 20,000 silver when I was a master, so I will take care of you first. The two of you followed me to the good side, and the rest of the people were not left, all of them were sent back, sold this building, and bought a house to live in Nanjing. When I come back from Beijing, I will take you back to my hometown to worship the ancestral hall, and the Eight Classics are from my Qian family. Is this possible? As he spoke, he took out a 2,000 taels of Zhuang ticket and handed it to Cao Bustard, and said with a smile: "Yunyun, who went ahead, gave 1,500 taels, and these 2,000 are reserved for you to put some lineups." I have 5,000 taels a year, and I am a clean official, that's all. If you are good, you must have a heart to live. If you still spend as much as you used to, I won't be able to feed you. Cao Bustard and the two pushed for a long time, only receiving five hundred taels, and Qian Du naturally sighed and left Fengcai Building in a hurry.

Qian Du rushed to the governor's yamen, immediately contacted Yin Jishan's master of money and grain, and went to the yamen of the feudal division to hand over the envoy to Dorji, and mentioned the loan by the way. Qian Duman thought that this was a trivial matter, and it would be enough to mention it, but unexpectedly, Dorji frowned, sighed and said: "The friendship between the two of us, don't say 10,000, I dare to have more." But the chief of the Yuan gave me a warrant, no matter what the officials were in Ning, the movement of the treasury silver had to be approved by Fan Shijie, including himself. I wrote a note that the library also wants to dismiss, and no one in the province here dares to fight with the chief for this sloppy eye. It's not easy to do! Qian Du smiled: "It's not easy to say about Lao Fan?" I'll go to him. ”

"You don't know Lao Fan yet." Dorji smiled: "That's Yin Jishan's lock." You see that he is unkempt and giggles, and he is not ambiguous at all when he does serious things. He was the first to be the Yin of Shuntianfu, and even the first emperor had withstood it, and he was appreciated by Prince Lao Yi, and he was an iron-headed man. Don't mess with him, it's boring, last time Uncle Gao Guo wanted to borrow 3,000, saying that Beijing had already cashed it out, and he could repay it in half a month. Guess what Fan Shijie said? - 'Redeem it and use it again!' This money is all oil boiled out of the bones of the common people, and you will pay off your romantic debts? 'Touched Gao Heng's red face. Why do you ask for ten thousand pieces of silver, and when he hears this amount, he is annoyed and lends it to you? Qian Du's face was as red as a red cloth, and he said: "I have a relative who wants to donate officials, and I have been kind in the past, so I can't refuse." He paused, suddenly had an idea, and said: "That's it, don't borrow public funds, I will borrow 10,000 yuan from Desheng Qianzhuang, and ask Lao Dao to be a guarantor." How is it? Dorji said: "This makes." However, I am also the one who is about to leave office, there is a letter from the inner court, Fu Liuye wants to transfer me to Yue Dongmei's old military gate as a deputy general, I can only ensure that Qian Zhuang can find you, otherwise Qian Zhuang will not agree. ”

"They're afraid I'll run away! If you run away, the monk can't run to the temple. Qian Du got up with a smile, took the tea and drank it all, "People say that Mongolians are honest and don't hide their hearts, I think you are very shrewd!" Dorji also smiled and got up to see him off. Qian Du had just walked out of the Yamen Yimen Gate of the Domain, and was hesitating whether to see Yin Jishan, when suddenly a group of four people carried the official sedan chair and stopped next to the stone lion. An official came out with a hunched waist, only to see him wearing a blue bright glass top, wearing a peacock patch suit, snow-white horseshoe sleeves turned outward, a white face with black beans embedded in it like two small eyes, two locks of tadpole beard, and walking like a breeze and light and fast. Qian Du's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "Isn't this Shi Yao?!" ”

Li Shiyao was stunned, saw that it was Qian Du, and his eyes lit up, and said, "Lao Heng! Why are you still in Nanjing? The newspaper has come out, and you are asked to go to Beijing to report on your work and be appointed separately! Qian Du said: "How can there be another appointment?" I met the emperor and went back to Yunnan. Li Shuyao said with a smile: "'Appointment again' is what I said. I have more news than you, you are going to be a waiter in the Criminal Department, and you will stir spoons in a pot with Liu Tongxun. "Criminal Department!" Qian Du was dumbfounded, "Didn't the letter released in the past go to the household department!" Li Shuyao grinned and said: "The Criminal Department is the Yamen of the Law Department, and in terms of identity, it is slightly stronger than the 'God of Wealth' Department." ”

Qian Du breathed a sigh of silence. Li Shuyao is right, the national political pivot of the Criminal Department, in terms of reputation and status, is noble and strict, and it is indeed better than the household department. But he has always been a financial manager, and the household department still gets the money to manage and use the money. Guarding a copper mine, the position is naturally inferior to that of the waiter, but he often transfers copper and transports money, like Cao Bustard's idea, as long as he is vague and vague, the boss will make up for it without saying a word. After thinking about it for a while, Qian Du frowned and sighed: "Why did you ask me to go to the Criminal Department?" It's incredible......"

"This is called the heart of heaven!" Li Shuyao said: "When my majesty left, the emperor talked to me for more than half an hour, and he said that he had heard about politics with the Holy Ancestor, and he had managed with Sejong, and he had seen countless courtiers, some of whom looked very good, but they were useless; Some are old and powerless, and there is no one to replace them, so they have to do things on their own; Some emperors tried every possible way to promote, or made mistakes, or made mistakes and were deposed, or they were worried, or they were sick, but they could not get their wish. So looking down at the emperor to deal with things seems to be freewheeling, in fact, he is just as disgusting. It's the same last resort. You're probably going to have to use the Criminal Department as a last resort. Qian Du's mind is not on this. Thinking that Li Shuyao was a person who had the courage to take responsibility, he smiled and said: "I also have something to do, and I saw you, just right!" Then the general said to Dorji, and then to Li Shiyao, "-It seems that if I go, you will be the envoy of the copper administration." 15,000 yuan will be removed from the money shipped, and I will supply the division when I go back. Do you think it will happen? In this way, I don't have to look at the faces of these officials in Nanjing. After that, he looked at Li Shiyao, and didn't want Li Shiyao to say without even thinking about it: "This is a big thing, it's worth seeing their faces!" Their boat is not unloaded, you write a note to leave here, I write a note and you go to withdraw the money! He grabbed Qian Du and entered the gatehouse of the governor's yamen, and asked for pen and paper to write notes.

Qian Du didn't even eat lunch, he was busy going to the dock to withdraw money, and he used a car to transport it to the money village to exchange silver, and exchanged it for one tael at the official price of two thousand wen, but at that time the market price of silver was cheap and expensive, and one thousand two hundred wen was exchanged for one tael, in addition to 10,000 silver, Qian Du actually dropped three thousand yuan out of thin air, and everything immediately seemed to be rich and surplus. Qian Du was happy, and he regretted it faintly: no wonder everyone in the Tong Political Department rushed to run away from the foreign envoys, it turned out to be so fat, and he knew that he had made up his mind so early, why was he overstretched today? - All arrangements were stopped, and Fang went to Yin Jishan to resign. Yin Jishan was still very attentive, said a car of congratulations on his promotion, left food and wine, and sent it out of the Yimen, repeatedly asked him to cherish it, and said: "Ming'er doesn't send it in person, ask Lao Fan to pay tribute on their behalf." Qian Du went back to the post house and ordered to pack and load the ship, and he didn't arrive at Fengcai Building until midnight.