Ah Gui almost trotted in all the way, until he entered the East Warm Pavilion of the Heart Palace, knelt down on his knees, panted uncontrollably, and said while kowtowing: "Master...... I want to die a minion...... How are you in good shape? Zhaohui Hailancha was also really worried about his master, and they said......" As they spoke, their voices were already choked.

"Get up and talk slowly. Wang Lian, helped Gui Zhongtang to sit down ......" Qianlong saw that he was so in love with the master, and his heart was also hot, but he smiled, "I calculate the mileage of the road, you should have arrived in Beijing yesterday anyway." Are you afraid that the road is not easy to walk? Looking up and down, Ah Gui saw that he was wearing a thick and heavy old sheepskin robe, and there were two big oily gloves next to the sword hook hanging from his belt, which were also sheepskin, and his dark face was blown by the wind and sand outside the plug, and it looked very rough, so he couldn't help nodding and sighing: "It's hard for you to have this trip, it's really hard!" Don't you even have some oil to rub your face? His lips were cracked and scabbed...... It's hot in this house, so take off your old sheepskin robes. ”

Ah Gui has been staring at Qianlong with good eyes, pursed his lips and carefully sipped tea, and said with a smile: "When I arrived at the master, my body was hot, and my heart was even hotter, and I was already hot to the end." The slave hasn't taken a bath for two or three months, and it's embarrassing to take off his clothes and sweat. The master said that he didn't dare to rub oil, and he didn't dare to do it, tens of thousands of horses under him, how could I bring my oily noodles? Last time, Lemin sent a grain officer to Liangzhou to wait for the handover, dressed like a powder, wanted to eat vegetables and take a bath, and had oil on his head! A few soldiers under Hailancha took advantage of him to go out of the camp alone, pressed him into the sand nest and beat him up, and said while beating, 'Please eat sand chicken with a little white face!' He came to me and cried, saying, 'The sand is blind, and I don't know who struck it.'" I was very suspicious that it was the living ghost of Hailancha, so I called him and asked, but he still didn't admit it, saying, 'I am the emperor's right-hand man, and I can't be busy with serious things, how can I care about this animal?' ’”

Qianlong laughed when he heard this, and said, "Good, good! Hailancha brings a good hill eight masters! A Gui said: "That's how to lead the troops, by the way, fate, he is willing to be cannon fodder to block arrows and guns for you, he thinks you are not authentic, no matter how big the official power is, it is useless." A staff general of the Taihu Lake Water Division, when he was taking a bath, several subordinates surrounded him, saying, "Help the adults sober up", and asked him what month and day he risked his ×× work, and secretly wore small shoes for whom, and how much empty money he ate after eating military salaries and planting bribes on the heads of others? He naturally refused to admit it, those people were all very good in water, so he put his boss upside down in the water, and only let go of it before he was about to suffocate to death, and then let go and ask again, in the end, he asked about his innocence, and this group of subordinates went to the water...... "Qianlong frowned and asked: "He is a general, isn't there a personal soldier Goshha to follow?" Death by man? A Gui said: "This person is greedy and harsh, everyone hates him so much, seeing that someone is playing with him, he is happy to hide away from the water fight and play loudly and pretend to be deaf, and wait until he 'confesses' This is the only time he comes, and he pretends to be okay even talking and laughing, and it will be over." At that time, it was also Hailancha who was on the admiral of the sailor, saying that this 'custom' was not good, and looking for a few people was not, so he transferred the general to guard the warehouse, and the people below did not say that he was 'guilty', and sent the local town guard. Stripped of military power and finished the matter - Hailancha and Zhaohui are both sensible people, and they are not confused in major matters. Qianlong smiled and said, "I know." used Zhaohui to Jinchuan, sent his enemies to the army to relieve his hatred, I heard that he was slapped and fell on his horse, and said in public that he was spared - this is virtue, the general, to directly report grievances and reward meritorious deeds, this is the only way to bring the soldiers! ”

The two monarchs and ministers did not mention government affairs when they reunited after a long absence, just gossiping, warm family affection like family, and said that Yin Jishan and Fu Heng passed away one after another, although Yu Minzhong Ji Yun was powerful, it seemed that he could not take charge of government affairs, Qianlong Youran remembered the bad things in the middle palace, and couldn't help but quietly, and said: "Ji Yun has always been in charge of revising the "Siku Quanshu" in the Military Aircraft Department, and like Yu Minzhong, his prestige is not enough to coordinate the overall situation. Liu Yong and Shen came in, and their prestige could not convince the public. It's ridiculous to say, but I'm actually doing the business of the Minister of War and Aircraft now! It's good that you're back. Fu Heng is gone, you have to take on the responsibility of the chief military minister, and my shoulders can be relaxed. ”

"The slave will go to Fu Heng's Mansion when he exits later." Ah Gui felt about hot, put it down with his hand, and said contemplatively, "Fu Heng's biggest strength in life is that he is not pampered, he is sincere and not arrogant, and he does not dare to slack off a little in his life. This is virtue, and its wisdom is secondary, so the emperor relies on trust, and the people below are obedient. The slave is from the army, compared to Fu Heng, he has his frankness and meticulousness, and he has enough material for the slave to run around the military aircraft, and he does not dare to take the responsibility of this 'chief', and Fu Heng did not have the name of the chief military aircraft in the past. According to the minions, the Military Aircraft Department is the emperor's office for handling the affairs of the world, and it seems that there is no need for a foreman. Tianyan is close at hand, there are six departments to handle small things, and major matters can be coordinated at any time, and there are only three or five people, all of whom are directly responsible for the emperor, and the work is more flexible and fast, the emperor pays attention to the fact that the military aircraft department and the former Ming cabinet are different. ”

He said frankly and sincerely, and between his pitches, he seemed to be another Fu Heng, groaning while talking, looking at Qianlong quietly, not long after parting, but it already seemed that the city was deep. Qianlong then nodded and smiled: "Then it's up to you, although you can not be divided into subordinates, but you are an old man in Manchuria, and Liu Yong is still immature, Yu Minzhong and Ji Yun are not successful, if there is something to brainstorm at the military aircraft department, who will gather?" I still want you to come! He thought as he spoke, and said, "Fu Heng is seriously ill, and there is some discussion outside. Saying that someone died in politics and the personnel of the Military Aircraft Department changed horses, did you hear this? What do you think about this? ”

"The minions have heard it. There are also people who say that slaves are Fu Heng's team, as well as Ji Yun and Li Shiyao's gossip. Ah Gui said honestly, "Fu Heng has been in power for a long time, so it is not surprising that there are these discussions. On the day the queen phoenix died, some people said that Fu Heng was going to lose power. The minions thought that this was the vulgar and boring opinion of the people in the market, and whoever said this in front of the minions would reprimand him! Because Fu Heng really has no affairs of forming a party for personal gain, he does not use personal prejudices when he balances people and matters. Although I, Ji Yun, and Li Shiyao have a good personal relationship, cultivation, discovery, promotion and appointment are not recommended by Fu Heng, and even Fu Heng is promoted by the emperor's dictatorship. Saying this, Ya is to spend the moon of Tianxin with the brightness of fireflies, to put it mildly, I underestimated Fu Heng and underestimated the emperor - how can the emperor be controlled by people and ministers? So when he heard this, the slave was not worried, but felt ridiculous and pitiful. This is obviously a recital that has already been thought out of, said thoroughly and powerfully, and said with a little hesitation: "A generation of post-generation chasing predecessors, Fu Heng has adhered to the heavy weapon for 20 years, and suddenly left, and the personnel has been changed so that government affairs can be implemented smoothly, not only should, but also must be done, it seems that there is no need to care about any discussions, the emperor's purpose has never changed, Fu Heng is alive, and the promotion and dethronement of the emperor is also a common thing in the affairs of the imperial court, how can there be an immutable reason?" ”

Qianlong smiled when he heard this, and said: "I think about everything, it can be seen that I am still studying!" There are a few new recruits in the Military Aircraft Department, and what they are afraid of is that the old and the new are not compatible. 'Will be discordant, the harm of the country', this is the words of Lian Po in "Will Be Peaceful", right? He Shen was your personal soldier in his early years, and he was not even considered Goshha, and now he is on an equal footing with you...... Well, this and this ......" He felt that it was difficult to speak, so he stopped. Ah Gui smiled, he didn't have a bad feeling for He Shen in his mind, but he only felt that he was a good material for waiting for people, and he was so pervasive and clever that he was dazzling. But Heshen climbed the dragon and the phoenix by himself under his nose, and slashed the generals to seize the relationship and Tengda, in such a complicated and changing central cardinal personnel like no one, it is impossible to have no outstanding, he also felt that he couldn't think through this person at the moment, because he said: "He Shen and I have a very short time, and it is his own ability that the master appreciates, so he has to rise to the top." The slave and He Shen have no grievances, they are colleagues, they must work together, and they will never be strong because of their subordinates in the past, and they dare not judge today's right and wrong because of their former colleagues. "Very well, so I can rest assured." Qianlong smiled with satisfaction, "You should pay more attention to military and government affairs, and the financial affairs are Heshen, and Liu Yong and Yu Minzhong are in charge of public security and official governance." Along the way, the imperial edicts have been sent to you, I don't have to worry, once the ice is thawed on Zhaohui's side, we must march immediately, and there can be no accidents on Fukangan's side, the first crackdown is unfavorable, and it will be ten times more difficult to suppress it again - Jinchuan is an example. You probably haven't eaten yet? I wanted to give food, but you can't get in here in me, so kneel down, you don't have to work today, hand over the sign early tomorrow, see the Queen Mother first, and accompany me to send the Queen Mother to Zhengyang Gate. ”

"Yes, the minion obeys!" A Gui said solemnly, "Shijiazhuang to Gaobeidian area has a blizzard, crushed thousands of houses, the slaves have been placed there for two days, have to quickly transport coal, firewood, rice and noodles over, the slaves have ordered the Luoyang Green Camp, overnight by car to transport the abandoned military tents, here also to ask for a decree, the remaining materials for the construction of the Old Summer Palace, the remaining bricks and short wood, etc., are cheaply sold to the households, and sold to the victims here...... Your Majesty, the snow is falling two feet there, and the scene is really miserable! It was all a family covering a broken wet quilt, huddled in the temple to eat a frozen nest and drink cold water, crying all the way, and the servants ordered several county offices, Confucian temples, and academies to vacate these official buildings. The snow melts and the weather warms and the epidemic spreads, which is even more unbelievable...... The governors and servants of the provinces north of the Yangtze River must also write letters to take care of them, and if there is such a thing, they will also handle it accordingly. The queen mother, the queen and the saint all have to go to Zhengyangmen, and the servants have to accompany Li Shiyao to walk around the city to see if there are any omissions in Guan Fang'an. It's not too late to rest after this while, but fortunately, the slave is a fierce sleeper, and he will be refreshed as soon as he sleeps well......" After speaking, he got up, bowed and left the temple.

Out of Yongxiang into the Heavenly Street, Ah Gui looked at the sky, only to see the gray clouds that were not thick or thin, and could not see the sun or the shadow of the sun, and took out the pocket watch to see that it was a quarter past noon. There is already a large group of officials standing in the Longzong Gate, there are six departments and three divisions, some know, some are just familiar, Ah Gui knows that he has returned to Beijing to welcome him, and a few people are looking at themselves with their feet and laughing, it is the "old fritter string portal" before leaving Beijing, relying on the early years and A Gui is a "poor friend", for his own shortcomings, for his son to seek promotion, green-headed flies like no skin and no face to entangle all day long, he just returned to Beijing, the front foot came in and the back foot came, Ah Gui couldn't help but laugh and angry, He stood still at the door of the military aircraft department, arched his hands and said: "Brothers, my brother has just met the driver, and he has not entered the water and rice when he returns to Beijing!" There are still many errands to be taken care of, so this is considered a meeting. Brothers don't dare to be the same, I want to ask for your forgiveness, there are urgent matters from other provinces, please wait here, and the rest of the brothers will return except for the military situation and disaster relief government affairs, and please go back. I'm just a courtier who runs an errand for the emperor, I'm not afraid of trouble, let's talk about it later, how about it? With a smile on his face, the group of people laughed and scattered like birds and beasts. Ah Gui entered the computer room at this time, but saw that Yu Minzhong, Ji Yun and Li Shiyao were all there, sitting cross-legged on the kang and looking at him and smiling, because he asked, "Brother Ji went to the Sixth Master Mansion and came back?" You are just sitting like a bodhisattva, what kind of bird are you laughing at? ”

"We laughed at the flock of birds, crows, night owls, sparrows, bustards, eagles, pulsatillas, and all that." Ji Yun said with a smile, "I also laugh at you for being a wheat straw stack, and any bird falls." Saying that, the three of them all got off the kang to hold their hands to salute, Yu Minzhong and A Gui were not very familiar with each other, so they bowed and smiled: "If you don't come back the previous journey, the emperor has been busy taking care of the backlog of cases in person these days." We all hope that you will come back soon, so that you can have a backbone...... Are you okay on the way? Li Shiyao also said: "Busy! If you are busy and play Tai Chi to disturb you, the military attachés are more ambiguous than the civilian officials when they ask for money and make money! In the middle of the night last night, Fan Shiyi brought his nephew to see me, asked me to talk to Yu Zhongtang, say hello to the military department, and send his nephew to the Fengtai camp - how many turns has this been? said with a red face, he relied on the old man and scolded me for lacking virtue and smoking. said that I was bored, so my children and grandchildren were not prosperous. I'll do it haha, saying that we both have two sons, and your grandson is mostly your son's strength, but not your strength! The three of them laughed when they heard it.

After laughing for a while, Ah Gui changed his solemn appearance, told him about the situation summoned by Qianlong, and said: "There are two major events, Zhaohui Hailancha and Fukangan; There are two emergencies, Gyeonggi Lantern Festival public security and Zhili relief for disaster victims. I will take Li Gaotao out now, walk around the inner city, and ask the two of you to send an edict to the southern provinces according to the emperor's will, stabilize the officialdom and stabilize the place, beware of bandits, and I will write letters from the northern provinces, because I have seen and heard all the way, and the situation in each province is different, and the arrangements are also different. How's that? Ji Yun smiled: "I don't have anything urgent, I'll go with you." I'm in charge of the Fu family's funeral, and you can take a look when you come back. Ah Gui was silent for a moment and said, "Okay." Let's ride a horse—faster. ”

So the three of them went out of Xihua Gate, Ah Gui's servants were still waiting outside the door, Ah Gui ordered, "All the people go back to the post station, I and Lord Ji and Lord Li ride horses to patrol the city, and I will go back to the post station at night." Come back late, don't wait for me when it's over. ”

"Wow!"

A group of dozens of generals agreed to bow to Qian'er, the spur saber hit a mountain, untied the bridle, watched the three of them ride steadily, and they all rode separately, and saluted Ah Gui on the horse, and the flag officer said "Go!" In the sound of horses' hooves, everyone went away. Ji Yun couldn't help but admire: "Tiger Ben is a fierce warrior, good!" Ah Gui raised his whip on the horse and pointed south, and said with a smile: "Looking at the lights in Zhengyangmen, the most important place to go is the outer city." Let's go out from Xuanwumen - go! As soon as the legs were clamped, the horse neighed and rushed out, and Li Shiyao and Ji Yun hurriedly followed suit.

It wasn't until he left the Xuanwu Gate that Ah Gui slowed down his horse steps. Here is already the outer city of Beijing, along Guang'an Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Zhengyang Gate, Chongwen Gate to Guangqu Gate is a loess avenue, all the outer city temporarily set up the grass stalls, broken houses and rotten mat sheds have already been demolished clean, with white ash bounded out of countless lattices, is Li Shiyao Qu to draw out the lamp shed ground, are inserted with wooden signs written "×× firm" of the land occupation sign, Zhengyangmen Guandi Temple in front of a large empty field has more than a dozen acres of square circle without grid, obviously used to step on stilts and dance dragon lanterns to play a hundred plays for the royal viewing. Li Shiyao pointed out with his letter behind him, where is the fireworks area, where is the horse road, which area has an accident in the fire fighting and public security, which road is taken by Shuntianfu, where is the command of the Yamen of the Nine Gates, and those who come to the city to perform and watch the lanterns from the township enter from Zuo'anmen and exit from You'anmen...... Together with the people who were squeezed down and injured, how to control the flow of people, treat the injured and medical supplies, how to prevent fire from the houses in the chaotic streets outside Qipan Street and Chongwen Gate, and how to close them...... I didn't stop talking all the way. Ji Yun was listening, and he wanted to find fault with it, but as soon as he came up with it, Li Shiyao had already said it, so he simply didn't want to, and thought secretly: "This person is really a character!" ”

"I'll say three." Ah Gui listened very seriously, and didn't say a word just pondering, until he arrived at the door of Dongbian, took a piece of beef jerky from the horse's hand, chewed and pointed while saying, "Fireworks, fireworks, rockets, two kicks, etc., are not allowed to be set off in the outer city, and firecrackers are not allowed between Xuanwumen and Chongwenmen. This is one; The second is that there should be two sentinel garrisons standing guard in the east and west of the gate, and they can't all use plain clothes, but they must have clear flags and armor to bring out some prestige - what is the use of sticking to the door god during the New Year? Can it ward off evil spirits and scare ghosts? The soldiers of the infantry army commanding the yamen were stationed in the Yongding Gate, and the old officials of the Shuntian Mansion were called to take them, and if something happened quickly, it was done quickly, and there were few accidental injuries and accidental arrests - I led the troops in Xidakou, and those soldiers called him a good hand at killing people, and gave him a rope, and he was stunned that he couldn't tie people up! The officials are experts in these things. Thirdly, there are no toilets. At least 100,000 people must be squeezed into this outer city, including men, women, and children, so it can't be convenient anywhere, right? There are six on the north side of the horse road and six on the south side - at least twelve are enough, the men's toilet is slightly blocked by reed mats, the women's toilet has to be tighter, and there must be a digger to pull out the dung at any time......" Before he finished speaking, Li Shiyao patted the back of his head and smiled: "I really forgot about this matter!" It's a shame that you want to come - there is no toilet in Zhengyangmen! There are many women in the palace, and the women's toilet has to be bigger! Ji Yun said with a smile: "Ah Gui can really squeeze oil out of the stone!" I thought about Li Shiyao carefully, nothing else, twelve thatched toilets are difficult for you to think! Ah Gui listened to his river accent, said "toilet" as "hairpin", and joked with a smile: "It's easy, it's the same as living, which family doesn't have a 'hairpin'?" There are in the palace and the Old Summer Palace, so there is also a 'Jinling Twelve Hairpins' in "Dream of Red Mansions"! All three of them immediately burst into laughter.

Laughing, the three of them rode out of the east gate. This is really the outer city of Beijing, according to the inner city wall of the Qing Dynasty in Beijing, it is divided into nine regular arrow tower city gates, in addition to Zhengyang Xuanwu Chongwen, from the east gate out of the straight north, a turn is Chaoyang, Dongzhi, Ding'an, Desheng, Xizhi, Fucheng six gates. The inner city is surrounded by the imperial city, and the imperial city is surrounded by the Forbidden City. The outer city is already a suburban place, only to see the moat that is as flat as a mirror, there are children frolicking on the ice from far and near, there are those who drag the ice skate, there are those who set off firecrackers and ice flowers, and the wrestling cockfighters play the top and pull the wind gourd...... It is very bustling and lively, there are not many pedestrians on the straight loess official road outside the brown-green heavy willow embankment, and most of the people seem to be villagers who gather and go home, and there are also small couples who drive donkeys back to the door in the middle. About every fifty zhang far and near have set up the street color square, are pine and cypress branches on the paper flowers, hanging all kinds of small lights, some of the color fang chirps tricks, there are also arranging flowers, the past pedestrians stop to stay in the line is also a lot, see these three people are a court dress to the gown to beat the horse gallop through, there is not even an entourage behind them, people are staring at them strangely, some children are chasing after the shout: "Look! Three old madmen......" came from behind them, making the three of them laugh incessantly.

It wasn't until he passed the Fucheng Gate that Ah Gui got off his horse and said with a smile: "It took an hour and a half to go around the outer city." Let's rest, the stone bench by the sea is clean, and we sit. I'm hungry...... Walking from Zhuo County in the morning, I was thinking about seeing the driver, thinking that the emperor would give me food, but I didn't expect to go up. How many miles have you walked, and how long have you not eaten? Come on, you two 'old madmen' eat some beef jerky too......" and as he sat down and bit at the meat. Ji Yun and Li Shiyao all came to sit with him, Ji Yunwu couldn't stop laughing to himself, and said: "Pedestrians are forbidden to build the Old Summer Palace in the west of the city, and on the side of Chaoyang Gate, there must be a group of children around to watch the three old madmen eat beef!" ”

"I'm still not planning well! I want to go to Fu Liuye's Mansion, and I have to go through the inner city again, go out from Dongbian Gate to settle down at Chaoyang Gate, and save thirty miles of distance - if I transfer troops to fight, the soldiers must smack me! Ah Gui was full for a while, and licked his chapped lips with satisfaction and smiled. Looking at the tall and gray battlements of Fuchengmen, he calmed down and said, "There is nothing to say about the layout outside the city. Guangqu Gate to Chaoyang Gate, Guang'an Gate to Fucheng Gate to set up a few more fireworks sheds for backup, there are fewer fireworks in the outer city, put them outside, and do not put more fireworks. In addition, there should be two reed mat headlamp sheds outside the east and west doors, which are considered to be set up by the government. When the time comes, there will be more artillery battles, and the people who want to enter the city can see it, and it will be even more lively. He looked at Li Shiyao and said undoubtedly: "It's going to be hard for your yamen." ”

The east of the city is the only way for the people to enter the outer city, and the west of the city is the forbidden garden, and there are fireworks and firecrackers, who to see? Ji Yun and Li Shiyao both felt that Ah Gui was a bit extraneous - thousands of households in the outer city presented colorful offerings, and Wang Yang, who had been arranged as a lamp, was not enough for people to see? And these two places are in the middle of nowhere, the wall is blocked, and they can't be seen at all on the Zhengyang Gate, what's the use? But this is a matter of few dollars, and it does not take two hours for the shackler to go up and stop. Now that Gui has been exported, who will stop him? Indu smiled and nodded and said yes.

Ah Gui didn't know what the two were thinking, and he smiled, but his heart was not as relaxed as his face. Although he is far away in the Western Regions, because he is in charge of the Qin Mission, there is a Beijing division to deliver letters every day, and the major events under the imperial palace are reported by the old officials at any time, and he can see more clearly when he stands far away, Ji Yun and Li Shuyao have been plotted by others, even if they are not offended, it can be said that it is almost imminent to be dismissed from the military aircraft department. He was tempted in front of Qianlong, and the personnel were "promoted and deposed", Qianlong replied in favor of praise, and the military aircraft sent an envoy to "forget" Ji Yun...... All kinds of clues seem to confirm the information he has obtained. These two people can be regarded as his close friends, but with his position in the center at the moment, he doesn't know the depth of this muddy water, how dare he fornicate with him? Seeing that the two of them were still happy, saying that they were the "backbone of the heart", they felt that it was not a taste, and said in their hearts: "...... I can't help but be a little more detailed! I'm a martial artist, and I've forced myself to read a few books over the years, and I've become a half-talented man. You Ji Yun is rich in five cars, and you praise me! Today's things are very different from the early years of Qianlong, the so-called "I Ching" "poor will change, change will be through, general will be long", "long" after the "long"? I think it's 'poor' - the wheels of the water wheel turn around again. In Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's "Autumn Wind Speech", "take a boat to the Fen River, and the drums are singing and singing", followed by "joy and sorrow"! Read it, think about it, rather than be shocking? He was a "reminder", but Ji and Li both thought of the country's chaos, and both praised Ah Gui's analysis of the "Book of Changes" as "thorough and novel", "it is the words of benevolence and wisdom", "to work the 'long'" and other words, Ah Gui saw that they didn't understand, so he stopped talking, and got up with a smile and said: "Remove the robe and coat, go into Fuchengmen and eat something." When I went to Fu Gong's Mansion, they were doing funeral affairs, so they had to endure their hunger. Wearing this outfit into a restaurant to eat, a group of people outside the street look at the 'old madman' What do they have to say? We are now in the west of the city, to the east of the city to mourn, at night I also go back to the west of the city station, a thoughtless, back and forth to work in vain, all the wronged road! The three of them laughed and laughed, except for the outer garments, which were stuffed into the gowns, and they did not ride any more, but led the horses into the inner city.

At this time, Chenguang said that the evening was not until the evening, and when the meal was not served, Ah Gui originally thought that the Fucheng Gate must be very deserted, and there was a big accident when he entered the city gate, along the outer city root south to Xibianmen, north to Xizhimen everywhere, to Xibianmen, which was originally very wide on both sides of the street were vegetable gardens, and they were also bustling with people, and they all set up banquet sheds in the street, selling antiques, playing dog skin plasters, carrying sugar gourds and shouting loudly, and the frying and cooking of the rice stalls were full of hot fragrance on the street. The shouting and drinking, the crowd was so lively that it was ten ten. Li Shiyao walked eastward on the side, saw the two of them surprised, and said with a smile: "These are all vendors who rushed in from the Yulan Lantern District in the outer city, and there are many idlers in the New Year, so it will be lively......" Hearing the incision of the mouse medicine sold over there, a large group of people gathered around to listen: "A pack of medicine has four flavors, half salty and half sweet." Half spicy and half sour, Zhao Kuangyin gave the name Broken Gut Dan! Someone asked, "Is this in charge?" The medicine seller said: "It was the third watch in the middle of the night, and I didn't bother to find a doctor." When did the mouse die? The rooster crows three times and it's almost dawn! Bao Yao'er kept saying "The mouse has taken my medicine, and the time to discipline it is coming." I don't poop or pee, and the blood is bubbling from the seven holes. The tanuki in the house can sleep! The medicine seller in his hand kept saying: "Mouse mouth, race steel gun, bite clothes through the suitcase." hit the lampstand and smashed the pot, which one is not worth more than three hangings? Dropped the basin and smashed the bowl, which one is not worth the two of them...... "He is also so good-mouthed, whenever someone opens his mouth to ask, it is a string of words like a lotus flower, and the words are smooth and not sticky." Li Shiyao saw that there was a dining shed behind the medicine stall, although it was also temporarily erected, surrounded by felt, and it was warmer to see that it was warmer, there were lights inside, and there were not many guests, so he smiled and said: "Let's go into this house!" Don't listen to this babbling! When the three of them entered the store, the medicine seller was still smiling and said, "...... This master said that I am oily, and then I will say a rare thing, in the middle of the night I heard a squeak, stealing oil rats and running on the quilt, and my wife turned over and made a cold hammer, interrupting the man's stick! When the three of them entered the store, they still heard him boasting: "The twelve genera are the first in line, and it is the champion of the beasts." Back then, the five rats were in Tokyo, thanks to Song Renzong. After buying my rat medicine, Da Song can enjoy the ...... of peace."

The three of them laughed when they heard this, and they sat down on one side, and the shopkeeper was so busy that he didn't touch the ground and waited. The three of them are all busy people, and they only temporarily take a dip on their stomachs here, as long as they have a few plates of side dishes and a plate of steamed buns, Li Shiyao and A Gui each have a bowl of somen noodles, Ji Yun is not a vegetarian, it is a bowl of steamed slivers and meat, and they each eat with their heads bored. But a few guests at the next table against the wall gradually heard the words: it seemed that a few people changed their posts and worshiped the Jinlan brothers to eat and drink here. A Gui Ji Yun ignored it, Li Shiyao heard them call their brothers and sisters cordial and lively, and couldn't help but take a few more looks, but it was Fang Lingcheng, Wu Xingqin, Cao Xibao, Hui Tongji, Ma Xiangzu and a few of them, who pulled Ji Yun's clothes without saying a word, and whispered: "Didn't you ask the representative to write a letter to ask my brother to allow the marriage?" The one sitting at the head of the table over there is called Cao Xibao. The person sitting on the side is called Ma Xiangzu, the one who regards Zhao Gao and Qin Hui as a loyal minister - that is called Fang Lingcheng, the one who asked Cao Xibao to catch the knife and write on his behalf...... "Seeing Ah Gui coming over to listen, Li Shiyao told him about the encounter with these people in the return shop, and when he heard the argument of loyalty and treachery, Ah Gui laughed and trembled. said: "It's really a place in life where we don't meet...... Thanks to your good memory! ”

The discussion of several of their big people, a few small people here did not notice it at all. Half an hour ago, they drank sake and burned incense to the sky, and the oath was loud: "From hereby to Jinlan siblings, wash your heart and be sensitive." Gou can be a green cloud, his heart is in the temple and society, he does not forget to make friends with dust and mud, and strives to benefit the people. Even if you don't sell your ambitions, you should also be clean and self-conscious, and you should be far from fame and fortune. Advance and retreat, but should be righteous. The emperor and queen of heaven learn from the truth, and the bright windows and dark rooms do not deceive the heart. ”…… are still immersed in a frank feeling of worrying about the country and the people. The other diners in the store, and the hustle and bustle of "rat medicine" outside the store, are just a chaotic and mundane disturbance for them. At this moment, Cao Xibao sat upright according to the case, Wu Xingqin held the cup and groaned, Ma Xiangzu listened quietly, Fang Lingcheng was soothing and upright, and was listening to Hui Tongji's words, and what he said was Li Shiyao: "I still have this idea, I would rather use a gentleman than a talent, rather than a villain's talent." Any gentleman may not be talented, but a villain is talented. Master Li's name is 'Shi Yao', and his trade name is 'Gao Tao', look at his behavior, is that what happened? He paused, raised his glass, and said, "My brother-in-law sent a letter from Guangzhou, and people said that he was one or two dollars of silver a day for a single meal. 'Eat a little chicken in the morning, listen to a little song during the day, and cuddle a little girl at night', feast a Western foreigner, and a few hundred taels of silver will be gone silently - just like this Lantern Festival, how many people did the Beijing division drive away and send away? How many people migrated from the inner city to the outer city? It's called 'not caring for the people'! Look at this sea of lights, fireworks stories, fire trees and silver flowers, a moment of excitement, after an empty time, how much silver will it cost? One is so extravagant, and the other is that the poor have no overnight food, and it really hurts to think about it. ”

He mentioned Li Shiyao at the beginning, and criticized the "villain" with his name, but Li Shiyao had already changed when he heard the words. Ah Gui was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hang his face, so he leaned into his ear and teased: "Lao Li, the reputation is very bad!" After hearing this, Li Shiyao had become a wry smile. Ji Yun also put his mind at ease and said with a smile: "This is spirit, you have to ask someone to speak." But he heard Wu Xingqin at the next table say proudly: "Isn't that all the people of the world anointed with blood?" The people's donations are squandered like this! Liu Yong Liu is known as 'Qingtian', and He Shen went to Shandong, building bank halls, brothels, and theater gardens everywhere! In comparison, Li Gaotao is good - don't ask about things now! He shook his head. That Ma Xiangzu said: "I don't know what Liu Yong thinks, no matter what you say, I still think he is a good person." I have been to Jinan Dezhou, it is really too shabby, such a good view of the spring city, not worse than Hangzhou, full of broken shacks, full of secret prostitutes soliciting customers, the provincial capital of Qincha Guan, there must be a decent civilization and Huahua. It is Beijing, the best district in the country, the emperor rules the world with filial piety, and he wants to observe the lamp market with the Virgin. This is a major event of filial piety, this is that and that - the city of Beijing where all countries are crowned with the rising sun! I don't think it's too much. He made jokes because he didn't understand history, and he was not very important on weekdays, and he hesitated to speak, looking at everyone's faces left and right, looking cautious, and said: "What do you say? ”

"Xiangzu, don't cower like this, now that we are brothers, who can underestimate you?" Cao Xibao said with a smile, "We are in Beijing, don't go to judge the rights and wrongs of Shandong." As far as Beijing Li Shiyao did this, I have the same knowledge as Xiangzu, I think it is a matter of course! Filial piety is a layer, and the emperor's sorrow and happiness are the same as those of the people, this is the 'Tao'. Mencius said: 'Neither is he who is for the people and does not rejoice with the people.' ''Those who are happy with the people are also happy with the people, and those who are worried about the people are also worried about their worries. Happy to the world, worried about the world, and then there is no king. 'The edicts from outside are all about disaster relief in various places, which is called worrying about the people; It is what Xiangzu said, a typical place of the Jingshi civilization of the Celestial Dynasty, where all the people are celebrating the Lantern Festival, and the emperor worships the Holy Mother to watch the lantern market, which is the joy of the people. If the money that should be spent is not spent, it is called 'stinginess' in the small family, and it is also called 'loss of morality' in the court of the world. We are not in the company, and we don't understand many economic ways. The so-called 'not in his position, not in his own position', does not mean a satirical 'dog takes a mouse', but also 'not in his position, does not know its taste', which is difficult to be appropriate in any case. We seem to have a lot of ambition here, and some of them may laugh at our frogs at the bottom of the well! Come on, eat and drink, at the moment, the matter of Lu Mo in our conference hall seems to be closer to ......" Fang Lingcheng smiled and said: "What Brother Xibao said is that our 'politics' is to enter the arena and win the champion. We don't need to take the mouse, so we go to the door to sell medicine. The wind and clouds here will be incomprehensible, and the examination room will become a blunt autumn breeze with a rub, so I have to go to see the 'Boundless Falling Wood Xiao Xiaoxia'! ”

The words made everyone at the table on both sides laugh. The three of them here have also eaten enough, Ah Gui has paid the bill, Ji Yun and Li Shiyao have come out of the store, and the sky has come up.

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Qianlong didn't want to see the queen, after all, he still couldn't hide. The three ministers were patrolling the city outside, and Qin Meimei from Cining Palace came over to pass the Empress Dowager's decree: "Tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, go and see what the emperor does, be busy, take care of the big things, don't see the courtiers outside." The peach that came in from Fengtai Hua'er Gonggong specially asked Wang to make a meal for him and asked him to come to me, and I watched him come in person. Qianlong was reading Wang Xi's law, and when he heard his mother's words, he hurriedly dropped the post and got up and promised: "Yes - you go back to Lafayette to talk, I will go over - who is in Cining Palace?" Qin Meimei smiled and said: "The queen's mother, Niu Gui's master, He Zhuo's noble master, Wei Jia's noble master, Jin Jia's noble master, Chen master'er, Wang master'er...... They're all there! Prince Fu Jin of Lao Zhuang, Mrs. Shibeile is also there, as well as the five elder brothers, Qi Qi, Hao Xuan, Hao Xuan, and Hao Xuan, who make lantern riddles. The emperor didn't come over, they didn't dare to move around and talk, they were all waiting there! After that, seeing that Qianlong was speechless, he bowed and withdrew. Qianlong was lazy to get off the kang, and the lord took off his robe and Chaozhu, put on a sauce-colored Ning silk Xuanhu robe, loosely tied the Wolong belt, looked at the palace wall outside the window and turned dark, and thought in his heart, first, he couldn't turn his face with Nala's family, which made his mother unhappy, and second, the relationship between husband and wife had come to an end, and he couldn't make Yongxi Dunmu, so he had to leave room for "less contact", and third, someone asked Wang Bashi about the reason for the offense of several eunuchs, and he also had to have an explanation, and he also had to prevent Bu Yi from being untrue and keep it to the point of reconciliation. I have never felt such a grievance in my heart, but I just want to ignore it for the time being...... He let out a sigh of depression and said, "Let's go......"

So Wang Lian took the lead, went straight to Cining Palace, and after the glass corridor of the back palace, he heard the laughter of the Queen Mother, Qianlong stood and listened, it turned out to be Hao Ying telling jokes inside:

"Let's talk about the truth again - it was the Fengtai camp that year that year, and the military drills were fighting. Three bird-stricken, each trying three shots. The gun can't be fired, and the Queen Mother Lafayette knows that Bilita is human, and dragging it out is a stinky beating! Qianlong knew that he stepped in with one foot, and immediately swept his mother's interest, so he waited outside the curtain at the head of the door, and sure enough, he heard the queen mother say: "Bilita I know, the first emperor had to use the general, and he was the commander of the nine gates - you go on." "Yes," said with a smile: "Three bird handmen, let's call him Zhang San, Li Siwang Er Mazi." Zhang Sansan's three shots were smoothly beaten. Li Si came on the field, holding the bird gun in one hand, and lighting the cannon twist with the fire medium in the other, who knew that the cannon twist was short and thick, so on fire, sneer-boom! ——Before it had time to hit the target, it sounded, the black smoke was sprayed with a full stomach, the eyebrows and beard were burned, and the face was blackened like a stove prince, and he jumped into the sea to take a bath after a long time...... It was Wang Ermazi's turn, but the medicine twist was thin and long, burning in the gun, and he couldn't see it, Wang Ermazi was sore and sleepy at the target, and the gun was just like a dumb man. He was in a hurry, put down the gun like this, looked into the gun's eye, and suddenly there was a "bang", and there was a thunderclap on the ground, and the bird gun sounded! Broke a king and two pockmarks like a blood gourd, and died on the spot.

Besides, Li Siniao went off the rails, someone had already reported that he had arrived home, Li Si's wife ran in a panic, and saw a man falling to the ground, unable to distinguish his head and face with black smoke and blood, thinking that it was his husband who threw himself down and hugged him and cried. Wang Ermazi's wife came to see the excitement, and persuaded on the side, 'If people die, blow the lamp and pull out the wax, no matter how sad the sister-in-law is, he will not survive.' The dead die by themselves, and the living must live. It's not that I'm mean, when he was alive, he stuffed a little silver into Wang Siniu'er in Qiaodong, and you didn't get angry in the New Year......

"Just as he was persuading, Li Si came back from taking a bath, and when he saw his wife hugging others crying, he asked: 'What's the fuck going on?' When the two of them saw that Li Si was alive, they were stunned. For a while, people said, 'It was Wang Er Mazi who died', and his wife recognized that it was really his own man! Li Si's wife got up, and Wang Ermazi's wife changed it, and she cried so much that she choked and fainted. Li Si's wife persuaded beside her: 'When people die, blow the lamp and pull out the wax. If you are a brother or sister, you will die by yourself, and you will live if you live! I'll also say something mean, didn't he pay back Ge Qiaoer's girl with a little money? ’”

He seemed to be talking and describing it with analogy, and he said it vividly, and the Queen Mother and a group of women laughed. Qianlong was about to go in, when he heard the Queen Mother say: "This joke makes the dead happy, it's a sin." While your Ama didn't come, I will punish you for saying another one. When he comes, you can't let go. Qianlong thought about it and smiled on his face. stepped into the hall with one foot, smiled at his mother, and said, "Mother, my son can't afford it, but I can't make my mother happy?" A group of people waited for him to come in, and suddenly knelt down at the table on the underground wall of the kang, only the queen mother did not move, and the Nala clan leaned down to the kang to squat and salute. The Queen Mother said: "It's not that I'm unhappy, I have to talk about the rules in front of you, the etiquette is restrained, and I have to talk about proportionality, I am a person who has always been a person, I love to listen to common sayings and jokes, although those elegant articles are good, I don't understand!" Qianlong smiled and agreed. He untied the jade pendant from his waist and put it on the table, and said to his sons: "Who will do this filial piety?" Just tell vulgar stories and jokes, amused Lafayette, this will reward him! ”

"My son wants to win this lottery." The sons glanced at each other for a while, and the eighth elder brother got up and said with a smile, "Tell me a story about a stupid son-in-law and mother-in-law!" ”

As soon as the words came out, even Qianlong laughed with the crowd. The Queen Mother said: "I love to listen to these people the most - you boldly say, with me, you Ama will not detain you!" "Yes." Xuan Xuan smiled and said, "There is a person, who is not enough. The old mother-in-law celebrated her birthday, and the two of them went back, and the daughter-in-law was afraid that he would be embarrassed, so she told her before going out, "This time I will go back and show them to take a look." Tell you, the knocker on our door is bronze, and when you enter the door, you stare at it, knock it with your hand, and say, 'Oh, it's bronze,' and the incense burner in the hall is also bronze, and you have to recognize and knock, and say, 'Well, this incense burner is also bronze!' 'There is a painting in the hall of our house, and when we see it, we say, 'This is an ancient painting of the Tang Dynasty'...... And then there's eating—don't gobble it up at the table, I'll knock the chopsticks on the plate in the kitchen and you'll take a bite of the food. There is also a toast with the guests, to say 'wine is less than a thousand glasses of confidants', don't say 'don't speculate more than half a sentence'...... The stupid son-in-law promised to remember them one by one.

Such a refreshing explanation, the two of them rode back to the door on a donkey. The old father-in-law's family is a gentleman's family, and there are naturally many old relatives and friends on this day, all of whom know that he has a stupid son-in-law. I saw that he was shaking his square steps unhurriedly-" Yi Xuan learned like that, frowned, nodded to the surroundings in a gesture, looked up and down at the "door", and knocked with his fingers, "Well, this auxiliary knocker is bronze!" ”

When all the guests heard this, they were all stunned: this is not like a fool! Speak in a generous manner, polite, and very good!

"Then he went into the main room to pay his respects, the daughter-in-law was by his side, and his manners were beautiful, he walked to the incense burner again, stretched out his hand and knocked on it, and listened to it and said: 'Uncle Yue, this incense burner is also bronze, well, good!' With such a single-handed show, no one dares to underestimate this fool.

Then he went to the table. He was a petite, so he naturally sat at the first table with the villagers, and his aunt and grandmother returned to the door and went to the kitchen to help the sisters-in-law as usual. The daughter-in-law picked vegetables and washed the dishes, paying attention to her husband in her eyes, and after a while, she used chopsticks to 'dang' - knocking on the plate, and the stupid son-in-law sat on his head, well-dressed and precariously seated, and when he heard the sound, he filled his mouth with a mouthful of vegetables and chewed it full. ”

Xuan Xuan said, his face was serious, his hand stretched out to compare a dish, "eating" into his mouth, grinding his mouth to "chew" and "swallow", which made the Queen Mother lean back and laugh uncontrollably, pointing at Hao Xuan and saying: "This child is clever, I only heard that he is a kind of reader, and his poems are well written, and he said that Gu Ji'er also loves people so much!" Hao Xuan hurriedly collected the department, smiled and poured a small glass of wine, held it to his grandmother with both hands, and poured another cup for Qianlong, and said: "Grandmother Ama smiled, this is the son's filial piety and piety, please use a little bit of Lafayette Emperor Amma's face." "I also want to pay tribute to the queen, Nala said with a smile: "The emperor uses it, and there will be mine, you just have to laugh, and the emperor Lafayette is happy." When Qianlong heard this, he really felt that he was impeccable, and he was full of suspicion about the queen, so he only nodded and smiled at the queen, and raised his glass to drink.

"There was no fault at the banquet, and the stupid son-in-law passed another level." Xuan Xuan continued, "People are talking to each other in private: Who said that people's sons-in-law are stupid? Elegant and dignified, a talented man!

"Then the old mother-in-law came down to persuade him to drink, and the stupid son-in-law got up to help Zhang Luo - 'Come on, come on, I'm happy today, and the wine is a thousand glasses less than a confidant—please do this cup!' People got up one after another to pay respects, and they all came to greet them, saying, 'Let the virtuous son-in-law know the knowledge, and the future is limitless', 'Take the dragon to Tengda', 'Insight to know the east bed' and so on. Who would have thought that something was wrong at this time. Xuan smiled and paused.