It was really Ye Yongan who came. There was also a person behind him, stomping his feet in the doorway, beating the snowflakes on his body, and complaining, all in a Beijing accent: "Third master, how many docks I have walked through, this time it is planted in the hands of you little toad!" What's going on? I'm going to flee with you! Ye Yongan, who was walking in front, said: "Third Master Xiao, can you save some things?" Sorry, it's all fate! If there is no accident in the red orchard, you will come with me when you carry you in a sedan chair? It's all about the surname Tang, he wants to take people hard, this will-" He paused suddenly. The mouth was so open that the boss couldn't close it, and froze at the door of the east chamber: he saw the human sperm standing in front of the stove in the house, staring at him with a sneer!

"This is really a narrow road!" The human sperm looked at Ye Yongan with gloomy eyes, and his tone was slow and flat, "You are really capable!" You lost your belongings in a gamble, your sister paid your debts for you, and you sold your sister's children to make a fortune! Two thousand taels of silver, isn't that a good amount? And your nephew? How many boys are there? You dare to bite back and say that we are thieves! ”

Ye Yongan watched in horror as the human sperm approached him, his pupils shrank to almost the size of a pea, reflecting the light of the thief, the muscles in his cheeks twitched, and his legs trembled and retreated. Suddenly, his knees were weak and he fell to his knees in the snow, rounded his arms, opened the bow left and right, slapped himself one by one, and said without a word: "My lord, spare your life!" Spare your life! I'm not human! I'm not human! I'm an animal! I'm a livestock......" The third master Xiao at the door was stunned and frightened at first, but at this moment he woke up and shouted: "Not good!" "Turn around and run, the human sperm is pushed by Xu Shun through the two feet, he didn't escape this empty palm, one stumbled on the threshold, and fell straight out and ate a! Wu Zi rolled in the snow and struggled, and the human sperm swung around and rushed out to stop the waist and lift it back. That Ye Yongan had already knelt in front of Hui'er and kowtowed and begged for mercy: "If you don't think about it, you don't think about it, you and your mother and mother...... The uncle was confused and blinded, and he followed the gangster into the water, and he couldn't help himself...... The master in the house is a nobleman, as long as you are willing to ask for a favor for your uncle, the uncle of the first master of high school will pass......" His head was banging on the ground, and he cried with tears and said: "Hui'er Hui'er...... Uncle wasn't a bad guy in his early years...... When you were a child, you rode on your uncle's neck to watch the temple fair, and bought you a small wooden comb and a red-headed rope...... Uncle is smoking opium, and he is forced to take this path step by step...... Woo...... Spare your unsuccessful uncle......"

Xiaohui stood still at first, but when she heard it, she burst into tears. The human sperm shouted beside him: "Kneel well! Kneel down for Lao Tzu! Stay for a while, our master will wake up and send you out! Only then did I take a serious look at the person surnamed Xiao, who was originally a bald man, with no hair on his head and a jujube core, and he was bright under the lamp. The human sperm scolded with a smile: "Which temple are you a thief monk who also ran out to be a human trafficker!" The surname Xiao was frightened, his face was blue and he looked like an idiot, and he knelt in the snow just to silence. Hui'er cried, and when she saw him in a blink of an eye, she pursed her lips, stopped laughing, took a sip and was about to speak, when she heard Yan Yan turn over on the bed, and hurried over a few steps and asked, "Master, is it cold?" ”

"I ...... The heat is up. "Help me up and sit down, pour me water,......" He shook his hand to lift the quilts, but only one corner of the quilt was opened. Hui'er hurriedly helped him sit up, Huang Laoqi came over with water, and said: "I also have this disease, I must want to drink cold, that one is used for a while, and it is even more uncomfortable when it is cold next time, it is a good ...... to drink more warm water" Yan Yan sucked a large bowl of warm water in Xiaohui's hand, and untied his vest, opened his robe and sat against the wall, although it was still hot, Xiao Hui was no longer suitable to take it off, but his spirit had improved. After panting for a while, he said: "I have listened to what Fang Cai said, and it must be because I understand my identity that I have this matter." Xiaohui, your uncle is really not a thing, you say, if you want him to die or let him live? ”

Xiao Hui glanced at Ye Yongan hatefully, sighed, lowered her head and thought for a while, and asked, "What about my mother?" Ye Yongan's face was as pale as earth, he looked at her with a smile, and when he heard the question, he hurriedly kowtowed: "Your father, your mother, and your brother are all here, it's all right!" Just now, Lord Liu passed the word and called over, and we saw that the limelight was wrong...... ...... escaped"

"Lord Liu?" Yan Yan asked, "Is it Liu Yong?" ”

"Back to ...... Back to the old man...... The little one doesn't know Lord Liu's official secrets. I only know that it was Lord Liu who came to pick up the Qin mission from Texas......"

"Who else is with you?"

"The little one doesn't know...... Here Ma Taizun and Mrs. Liu have passed it on. It seems that it is a big official from Beijing......"

There is no need to ask again, it must be Liu Yong and they welcomed Cangzhou. Not only did Yan Yan breathe a sigh of relief, but the heart of the human sperm hanging high also fell. The human sperm said: "The master is sick this time, so there is no need to bother to ask this mongrel." Such a thing will only harm people if it is alive, it is better to kill it with one slap and save trouble! Frightened, Ye Yongan asked Xiao Hui again and again. Xiao Hui squatted down to Yan Yan with a red face, and said: "Speaking of my 'uncle', so unreasonable, unreasonable, unethical, and unlawful, it is not a pity to kill him a hundred times, I really hate him in my heart - even if it is not an uncle, it is a neighbor in my hometown, is there such a death hand for him to throw people into the fire pit?" I'm your niece......" said with tears in his eyes, hiding his face and sighing, "But come back." He's still my uncle after all...... My father sold the house to pay off his debts, and my mother said that she didn't look at the sky and the earth, so she saw that my grandmother was old, and she was filial piety for her...... He also has two cousins of mine, both of whom are still young. Kill him, his family won't be able to live ......" A few words were spoken, and Ye Yongan Tianliang found out, and suddenly fell to the ground and screamed, tears flowed for a long time, and said: "Xiao Hui'er...... Don't talk about it...... Your uncle is not human...... You don't care about me pleading...... Tell me to kill me with a knife......"

"If you say that, I can still give you a chance to live." Seeing her nephew like this, Yan Yan's heart was also hot and sour, and she immediately suppressed it, and said, "I'm afraid that your words are not like your heart, in order to survive, half of the sky may come down, and if you turn around to make a fortune, you will not recognize your six relatives!" ”

"Don't worry, you are so generous, should I not change it to become a person? You have a lot of adults, and if you spare me, you will spare my family, and you will definitely be the prince of Wandai......"

"You fart! Do you know who I am? I am the first fifteenth elder brother of the emperor, and I will seal the throne now! Fool me with your false flattery. If you change it, it's just a matter of one sentence, if you don't change it, I will kill you one day! ”

Saying this, everyone in the room was taken aback, and Xiao Sanye and Ye Yongan, who were kneeling, also secretly glanced at each other: they always thought that Yan Yan was just a young man who ran a business, and he didn't know the world and made his debut to meddle in things, and he also used his head to scare people, and only then did he realize that he was actually the son of "today"! Xiao Hui originally thought that he was the son of an official eunuch in another province, and he went to his relatives from Beijing, Yan Yan's demeanor was serene and steady, gentle and elegant, young boys and girls had their own natural warm fate, and they had a good impression of him, and even Liang Ming was the prince, and she couldn't help but tremble, she stole a glance at Yan Yan, and saw Yan Yan looking at herself, she hurriedly lowered her head, and felt inexplicably confused in her heart, and faintly felt that the distance between the two became very far away all of a sudden. She couldn't tell what it was like, she pursed her lips, rubbed the corners of her clothes, and kept her toes on the ground. But he heard Yan Yan ask Xiao Sanye again: "What's your name?" ”

"Ah...... I'm ......" Xiao Sanye was flustered for a while, kowtowed again and again, and said, "The little one is from Xizhimen, Beijing, doing some grocery business, and it was here that Master Tang pulled me out, saying that he could earn four or five hundred silver on a trip to Guangli." I found out in a daze that they were human trafficking! The small ones are good people, they also put some debts, and they are still serving in the Xuannu Temple, but they are really careless in making friends and getting on their thief ship...... Rajah...... I just ask you to raise your noble hand and spare me this time......" He ran outside the door, and his face was already drenched with snow, and he didn't know whether it was snow or tears, and his bald head was like a green onion pen, and he looked as funny and funny as he looked, and he wanted to have more nests and more nests. The human sperm was about to laugh on the side, but he couldn't help it, and shouted: "You let out a big fart, and the prince's question hasn't been replied to yet!" Do you want us to call you 'Third Master'? Xiao Sanye hurriedly added: "The little one is called Xiao Zhiguo." People call me Xiao San Leper behind their backs......"

Yan Yan heard him talk about the "Xuannu Temple", it seemed to be familiar, but at the moment he still had a headache, he couldn't think about it for a while, and his body was so hot and dry that he was upset, because he said: "Tie him up and kneel under the eaves outside......" He was already weak, and said to Huang Laoqi: "If you are tired, you can go and meet Liu ...... Lord Liu...... My Cinchona ...... The Cinchona ......" said that he was already in a semi-coma, and he was lying on his back with his eyes closed, but he couldn't hear what he was saying...... Hui'er shouted again and again and asked, "Master, what is the name of Cinchona?" He didn't answer, and the sperm said: "It's our master's medicine for malaria, and it's in the Qian family's shop—Uncle will know it as soon as he goes to Lord Liu—hurry!" Huang Laohan agreed and walked quickly. Hui'er and her godmother kept their hands and feet, pouring warm water on Yanyan, covering his head with a warm towel to keep him cold, and kept waiting. I could hear the rooster crowing in the distance faintly through the snow, and it was already dawn.

…… When Yan woke up again, he was no longer in Huang Laoqi's house, and he heard the sound of broken footsteps dimly, as if he was stepping on the floor, feeling that he was sleeping upstairs in the air, and he was so dizzy that he didn't want to open his eyes, and he heard someone ask in a whisper: "Is the heat on the fifteenth master gone?" ”

"It's not clear." Xiao Hui's voice replied in a low voice, "But I slept well in the second half of the night and stopped talking nonsense." I was fed salt white soup twice, and I was half-asleep when I drank it. ”

"Be careful, I'll be in the vestibule downstairs, just look for me if you want anything."

"Yes."

"I went. Well...... The window on the south side is too bright, so in case the fifteenth master wakes up dazzling, I will ask someone to send a curtain cloth, and you can hang it. This floor slab is not good for seams, you walk back and forth a little lighter, wait for the master to be a little quieter, and change the house for him. ”

"Yes......"

Then he heard the sound of rustling clothes, and the person seemed to be leaving, Yan Yan opened his eyes and said, "Is He Shen here?" ”

"It's a minion, a minion and Shen." He Shen had already arrived at the staircase, tiptoeing down with the railing in one hand and the corner of his robe in the other, when he heard Yan Yan calling himself, he hurriedly turned around and walked back lightly, and came to Yan Yan's bed, and asked, "Is the master awake?" What does this mean? Still having a headache? ”

"You sit ......"

"Xie 15 Ye ......"

Yan Yan looked at Zhou Zai at this time, and sure enough, it was upstairs, the red pine plank floor, the three rooms were opened, the two rosewood screens were separated from the east and west, and there were three large basins of red copper charcoal from the south window, and the red Yin Yin purple slight flames even burned the edge of the basin almost transparently, probably afraid of too much charcoal [1]

There are three windows open around the south window, and you can see a vast snow outside through the window bar, still throwing cotton and snowing, and the wind blowing into the house is instantly warm. The furnishings in the room are not very luxurious, except for a sandalwood table, a few coffee tables and chairs, there is nothing long, maybe the east room is the place where Hui'er and the waiters rest, and a purple corduroy curtain is provoked in the middle to separate, which is the only extravagance - the whole room is both spacious and not obviously empty, and the setting is affordable and unconventional, Yan Yan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and saw Wang Xiaowu standing at the staircase with two small servants waiting, and ordered: "Put a pot of water on the charcoal fire and boil." It's too dry in the house. Only then did he say to He Shen: "It's been a long time, but you still saw it when you were in Luan Yiwei." It's been over a year, right? ”

"Yes." He Shen smiled and bowed in the chair and replied, "The envoys from Chongwenmen are too miscellaneous, and it is inconvenient to go to the mansion to greet the master, so the number of times to see the master will be less." Do you think it's okay? Seeing Hui'er standing aside with her hands down, she smiled and said, "Please pour a cup of tea for Lord He." He Shen smiled: "I asked her to come over to wait for the master, she has reached the sky in one step here, why does the master still say the word 'trouble'?" ”

Yan Yan smiled and said, "She is not my girl, she is a friend in distress, and she can't call and drink - what about Liu Yong?" And Qian Feng, are they all here? How do you know about yesterday? As she spoke, Hui'er poured tea, one cup for He Shen, and one cup for Yan Yan, and asked, "Fifteen...... Master, you look good this time, can you use a little tea? Yan Yan smiled and nodded, struggling to sit up, Hui'er hurriedly put down the tea, pulled his shoulders to help him up, and hugged a quilt for him to lean on, held the tea and blew the foam, but there was no place to put it, Yan Yan didn't answer, couldn't help blushing, and stood by the bed with a cup in a sneer. He Shen lowered his head and pretended not to see it, took a sip of tea carefully, and then asked Yan Yan and said: "This is the largest mansion in Huanghua Town, and the local Qian Shan family has vacated it for the time being. Lord Liu Shi'an, Qian Feng, and Wang Erlie were all in the front yard, one was a thief, and the other was to write an excerpt to the emperor to report to the fifteenth master. It was on December 13 that we received a roll order from the Governor of Zhili. Calculate the mileage, it was time to Cangzhou yesterday. It has been closed for nearly a year, and there are still more than 4,000 hungry people in Texas, and there are those who spread the Red Yang Sect, thinking about waiting for the fifteenth master to arrive and ask for instructions on how to settle down before going to Jinan. The day before yesterday, I arrived in Cangzhou, and when I got on the boat, I realized that my lord had disembarked halfway. The security in this area is not good, and he has already placed a sign to maintain Cangzhou Mansion in Huanghua Town, where did he think that he himself would be a thief? - This is the fate of the master to have such a catastrophe, only a few hours away from something happened here! The lord was in distress and was auspicious, dusty and wiped, and then returned to peace, which is also the lord's destiny to create the sky. ”

Such a sentence is concise and to the point, and he is not slow to say the truth, and there are a few words that seem to be "comforting" to the welcome, and he also said that the score is extremely appropriate, Yan Yanyuan is a little disgusted with this person, and he can't help but have a good impression, so he nodded and smiled, and said: "There was nothing to do, it was something I found out of myself, but this is the so-called 'all kinds of demons born in the heart' in the Buddhist scriptures." It's also strange, I've never been reckless, but somehow I stepped forward - this kind of thing is waiting for you to take care of it, where would you get to run away like this? He Shen smiled: "This is the benevolence of the master, with this thought can reach the sky, in the face of the thief shooting, it is also the master's decision to kill." If it is handed over to the minions to take care of, I am afraid that I will not be able to see the true face of Cangzhou Mansion here. Although the lord has endured hardships and punished the evil for the people, he has to go deep into the people, and he has been tempered by nothing, and the gains are still greater than the losses. "This is what Mencius meant when he said that the heavens will descend on the Si people." Yan Yanwan smiled, "I don't dare to be it!" He Shen also smiled and said: "Brother is in charge of the affairs of the department, and he is in charge of the errand affairs." The emperor is looking forward to you! ”

As he was talking, he heard the sound of footsteps on the stairs, and He Shen stood up and said, "It's Liu Zhongtang, Qian Guanguan, and Master Wang, they're here!" Then he saw Liu Yong in front, Qian and Wang Yuguan came up later, greeted Shen two steps, and said with a smile: "The fifteenth master is irrelevant, we have been sitting and talking for a long time!" Liu Yong looked at Yan Yan's complexion and said with a smile: "The master is so reckless, but he scared the minister half to death!" Sure enough, it looks good, but it's still pale. Saying that, he led the way and went to Qian'er.

"Hurry up, please get up!" Yan Yan raised his hand on the bed and said, "Master Wang and I are teachers and students, so we don't have to do this ceremony." Goko-chan, give a few adults a seat! Then he asked Wang Erlie, "They didn't suffer when they got you, did they?" Wang Erlie said: "Lord Liu, they came when they were ugly, and they didn't suffer any losses. The most hateful thing is that Gao Yucheng in Cangzhou has already searched our seal and survey in the Qian store, and he actually dares to hide our luggage and belongings, and strive to search for you! He wants to kill people! The county magistrate Wei Pengju asked him what was written on the copy found in the Qian store, and he also said, "I haven't read it" - this is also a thief! He added: "The fifteenth master suddenly fell ill, and now I am afraid when I think about it." As an official accompanying the Qincha, Er Lie was careless and negligent, causing such a big disaster, and he was ashamed to think about it. None of them can be scholars, please punish the fifteenth master heavily! Yan Yan said: "It's my own opinion, why should Master Wang worry?" Don't say that...... Although I usually have a bad illness, I have never been in a coma. I fainted in the field the night before yesterday, which is really puzzling - I was still dizzy when I was lying with my eyes closed, thinking that I was still spinning when I opened my eyes? Really woke up, this time he was talking, but he got better, but isn't it evil? Liu Yong said: "I just asked the doctor, and they said that you are not suffering from malaria, but a symptom of small typhoid fever, and the cold and heat are uncertain, and it is typhoid fever that has stimulated the root of the malaria of the master, so malaria also has an attack." You can rest assured that you will raise it for a few days, and you will be fine. ”

Yan Yan nodded silently, and when he looked at Liu Yong, he arched his back and shrugged his shoulders, his face was tired, and his eye circles were a little dark, and he became more and more embarrassed. Although he and the princes did not make friends with ministers, after tea and dinner on weekdays, they occasionally talked about Liu Yong, who was a good person who was loyal and diligent, virtuous and measured, and felt that He Shen was good, and Liu Yong's calm temperament was more about his spleen and stomach, because he said: "I can't talk about serious things today, so I will rest and recuperate according to you first." Although I am also a chaper, I am actually still young and do not know how to do government affairs, I am just a study errand and an errand to observe the situation. One is the Cathay Pacific case, which is the special mission of adults, and the rest of the sects and bandits are rampant, settling down and stealing households, appeasement of public security, and relief for disaster victims, which seem to be different, but in fact, everything is related, and it is not a trivial matter, you are the one who presides, and Master Wang and I are just picking up the missing and giving you counselor advice. Lord Liu, although we don't see each other much on weekdays, Ling Xian Liu Xiangguo is my master, who taught me to write with my hand, so he is a kind brother, don't be polite in every way, just do things boldly, I can only help you, and there will be no constraints. "What Liu Yong is most afraid of is that there is another Qincha, and it is a nobleman of the imperial family, the elder brother "masters" are young and good, and they can neither be managed nor provoked by "restraint", listening to Yan Yan's eloquent words as if they were good friends, a piece of sincerity overflowed with words, and there was a burst of warmth in his heart, but he refused to bring it out in his face. Because Yan Yan mentioned his father Liu Tongxun, he bowed in the chair before sitting down again, and said: "Liu Yong doesn't dare to be courteous, of course you have to ask the fifteenth master if you have something." As far as the fifteenth master just said, 'it seems to be different, but in fact, everything is related' is the wise saying that Dong Wei knows. Fifteenth master, you are too tired today, first rest in peace, after the case here is completed, we will cut the candle and have a long talk, okay? ”

Yan Yan couldn't help but smile, his "hole in the hole" insight, originally from Qianlong's earnest instructions before His Majesty's resignation, Qianlong also said, "I didn't send you to believe Liu Yong, it doesn't matter if you can't help, don't help." The eunuchs of the former Ming Dynasty misled the country, so they did not believe in the upright courtiers, and sent their henchmen and eunuchs to supervise the army, fight one battle and lose another, ask the foreign ministers to do things, and send people to monitor them, and do one thing and one bad thing. The rest of the words were all leaked word for word, and they were fried and sold to Liu Yong, and Liu Yong boasted, and swallowed back the words that he wanted to say, "This is a holy oracle". Because he was about to leave, he stopped again and said, "Let's sit down and go again." Master Wang turned around and put another fold on what we had encountered, along with our original excerpt of asking for peace. Don't exaggerate, don't exaggerate, write as you are. It's not a shame, so there's no need to shy away from it. With a dense fold, it has become a drama when it is passed outside, which is not good. ”

"Yes, that's well thought out." Wang Erlie said, "I'll go downstairs and write it in a while, and you can read it and send it again." He Shen said: "We also wrote excerpts here, is the fifteenth master too much?" Yan Yan said: "Don't." What are you going to do, what are you going to do? But it's best to use a secret fold as well, so as not to have something shocking - Lord Liu, according to the law, what crime should this human trafficker be guilty of? ”

Xiaohui's hand trembled, and the water in the cup splashed a little, and she realized that the tea was cold, so she hurriedly went to the charcoal basin to rebrew it. Listen to Liu Yong say: "This kind of case is handled by the Criminal Department every year sixty or seventy cases, and compared with the cases, most of them are diverted to Heilongjiang reclamation. ”

"Then it's still a match." "Don't make an exception for me. It's true that I'm the emperor's brother, they don't know this identity when they commit crimes, you make an exception here, and in the future, you will kill more people. ”

Liu Yong frowned and thought for a moment, and said, "Those who should be killed must be killed." This leader is called Yin Shuqing, who is the master of the prefect's yamen, who abducts and traffics in human beings with bandits, colludes with someone Gao, and has a false accusation, which is too bad. And it is to sell people to foreigners, which will hurt the national body, and there is no way to set an example if you don't kill them. There is also a person named Si Xiaozu, who has several witnesses, contacts human trafficking, and colludes with the Thirteen Banks in Guangzhou to sell opium. The case has not yet been cleared, and I will go back and forth to the fifteenth master after the decision is settled, and after the discussion is completed, I will play the emperor. Don't worry about this, there are rules and regulations. ”

"Such a case, to alarm Huang Ama?" Yan Yan asked.

"Yes, because it involves foreigners. There are also thirteen lines in Guangzhou. Liu Yong said with a smile, "Li Gaotao left Guangdong, please resume the Thirteen Lines, it has only been a few months, and the Thirteen Lines have the business of buying and selling people, what kind of business is this?" I would like to ask for a thorough investigation. ”

Yan Yan snorted. He originally wanted to find a way out for Ye Yongan, but Liu Yong's words were impeccable and upright, but he felt that it was difficult to speak. Qianlong is very important to distinguish between Huayi, Guangzhou people enter Catholicism, and when they enter the church, they will be arrested and killed, not to mention selling Chinese girls to them for lewd pleasure! If you play it, you can't escape the word "death". But this time, he not only broke his promise in front of Hui'er, but also felt disgraced in his face. He Shen saw him groaning, and after a little thought, he knew why, and said with a smile: "We understand what the fifteenth master means, Hengzhi doesn't want to show off, and he doesn't want to kill too many people, so we can take care of it." As soon as I woke up, I said something, I was too tired, I had a good sleep after lunch, and we came over to say hello in the evening. With that, the three of them got up at the same time to say goodbye, and Wang Erlie also went downstairs to draft the recital.

There was a moment of silence upstairs. Yan Yan was dizzy for more than a day, and when he woke up, he said these long words, and he felt very tired, so he was half-leaned on the bed, and his two eyes flickered and flickered to stare at the ceiling, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Hui'er gave him cinchona, and brought a small bowl of boiled rock sugar white fungus soup, stirred it gently with a spoon, and said, "Ten ...... Fifth Master. She was not used to this title, so she tried to scream, but seeing that Yan Yan didn't care, she was a little more natural, "Fifteenth Master, this is also sent by the adult, I just tasted it, it's really good." It is said to be the most effective way to clear away heat and poison. You can drink a little, sleep peacefully, and be afraid. ”

"Oh, okay - still 'unbelievable'?" Yan Yan smiled and said, "In that case, you can drink it." I don't want to drink. I've been thinking about Heshen, it's too shrewd, it's too thoughtful, it's not a big deal. Hui'er smiled: "I'm not blessed to suffer this, and I didn't lose my life." It turns out that you are looking at the ceiling with your eyes wide open, and you are critical of others in your heart - being a great official with adults, and being humble and considerate to others, why do you look down on others? Yan Yan smiled and said: "I mean he is not a member of the community, and he specializes in inviting good people." For example, this bowl of white fungus soup, no matter how good it is, it can't replace the whole grains. The material for benches and chairs, even if it is sandalwood, can it be used as beams and columns? It is common to be modest and thoughtful and considerate, you look at the eunuchs in the palace, which one is not humble, thoughtful and considerate? According to what you said, it's all good? ”

"Eunuch—eunuch?"

"Yes, it is also called the eunuch temple, the eunuch, and the eunuch."

"I don't understand it even more."

"Ahh Have you seen the play? ”

"Yes." When it came to watching the play, Hui'er's eyes flashed with joy, "The society in Guandi Temple sings big operas, "Picking up the Jade Bracelet", "Suolin Bag", "Cabinet Edge", "Hitting the Golden Branch"——"

"By the way, in "Gold Striking Technique", the princess ordered people to hang red lights on the door, blocking the horses and not returning to the house, and the one who hung the palace lamp was the eunuch."

"Oh-I remember!" Hui'er clapped her hands and laughed, "That's called husband!" It's a special errand in the palace - those are also Zhou Zhouzheng's people, what's so bad? ”

She is so naïve, Lingxiu is full of chaos and stupidity, Yan Yan has never seen such a girl, and the children are often laughing and whispering, but she feels that her mind is open, and her spirit is also refreshing, because she said with a smile: "They are not considerate, they are all wasters." ”

"Wasted?" Hui'er's eyes widened, "Are they all lame, deaf, or—blind?" It's like this in the play! ”

"They are all castrated people, so they are also called eunuchs."

"What do you mean by pickles?"

"Have you ever heard of a steer or a steer?"

"No, what the fifteenth master said is really strange, what is 'castration'?"

Yan Yan was out of options, thinking that he couldn't explain it after all, he said with a smile: "You will know when you grow up and see a lot - speaking of this, I feel that my spirit is gone, and I am a little hungry - little Wuzi, ask them to get some food." Xiao Wuzi, who was standing at the top of the stairs, kept laughing when he heard their conversation, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What do you want to eat?" Xiao Hui took advantage of their words, added charcoal to a few charcoal basins, fanned the flames, and saw that Yan Yan couldn't think of what to eat, and said with a smile: "The fifteenth master has just seen a good illness, and he must not use meat, it is a soft rice with a little vegetarian." According to me, vinegar, sesame oil, green onions, ginger, and minced garlic are mixed with salt, and a small bowl of Beijing silk noodles is sparsely underground, mixed and eaten while the soup is hot. Xiao Wuzi said: "In this case, you cook and cook it for the master yourself, but I am afraid that the master will eat more deliciously!" ”

"Cheng, what's so hard about this?" Hui'er didn't hear anything in Xiao Wuzi's words at all, "Ready-made noodles with boiling water, in a blink of an eye, you have to - fifteenth master, if you want to eat, you will be cured." Amitabha, I'd rather get better sooner! So saying, he walked down the stairs. Xiao Wuzi saw that Yan Yan moved his body to get out of bed, so he hurriedly came over to put on socks and shoes for him, and while tying his belt, he said: "According to the knowledge of the slave, although this woman is from a humble background, her appearance is thoughtful, and her heart and eyes are good, so it is better to call her master." Although there are slaves and eunuchs, they are all rough-handed, and there is a girl who gets up and sits down in front of him. ”

Yan Yan looked at the heavy snow outside the building, stood up with Xiao Wuzi's shoulder, and wanted to look at the scenery under the porch outside, his stomach was empty and his legs trembled, so he had to sit at the table, and then said: "You are right." But first you have to help her settle down at home, you go to meet Master Liu in private, and exonerate his uncle's sin - this is what I promised her family, and I can't break my word. You have to be a good student, don't press others according to my situation. She is willing to talk to me, as I said, you can't use her as a maid, you have to buy two more girls to serve her, and the rest of the things will go back to Beijing - you understand? As he spoke, he heard someone coming up from downstairs, and he stopped. For a while, I saw Hui'er with a bowl of hot soup noodles, about the bowl was hot, so hot that she frowned, and walked quickly to put the bowl on the table before she breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Yan Yan with her thumb and smiled.

Yan Yan also smiled, picked up the bowl and tasted a mouthful of soup, and immediately the hot and sour fresh teeth and cheeks were shining, and the stomach was full of warmth, and he couldn't help but praise: "Good!" A bowl of noodles is also made with color, flavor and flavor! When I was sick in the palace, the imperial doctor said 'there is a fire', so he made an empty house and locked it up, just drank water and didn't eat anything, and let you cry through your tears, but he always ignored you, which is called 'defeating the fire'. Headache and brain fever are blindly hungry, so hungry that your chest is pressed against the back of your back, and you are given a bowl of porridge - compared to this, it is really heaven and earth. After eating the bowl of noodles, he was already sweating profusely, and wiped his face with a towel and said: "Okay, this is the rice for future illness!" But he refused to ask for more.

"Yes, yes." Hui'er put away the dishes and chopsticks, twisted a towel for him and handed it over, and said coquettishly, "If the illness is not good this time, just say 'get sick again', and there is no taboo!" - What you said about 'defeating the fire' is really funny, it is the eunuchs who urge you to rule you, you won't sue the lord to cure them? Yan Yan said: "Long live the family law of the ancestors that has been passed down from generation to generation, who do you sue?" - You can drink that bowl of white fungus soup warmly, it's a pity to throw it away in vain. ”

"Didn't you say it was eunuch soup?" Hui'er said, "I don't drink that eunuch soup!" So saying, he took the empty bowl and went downstairs. Yan Yan was stunned for a long time before she realized what she meant, and she and Xiao Wuzi glanced at each other and smiled. Xiao Wuzi said: "The slave went to see Lord Liu, does the master have anything to say?" ”

Yan Yan waved his hand and said, "It's gone, let's go." ”

After three or four consecutive days of rest and recuperation, Yan Yan's health has improved, and he has to discuss leaving for Texas. There are two Qincha living in this small Huanghua town, one of them is still the "prince", the lock took the "Gao Taizun" of Cangzhou, and the three masters and seven traffickers in the county are all in the ice and snow outside the Guandi Temple. Several local gentlemen contacted the landlord of the mansion of the wealthy family and jointly asked for an interview. In addition to "admiring the demeanor, glorious mulberry and mulberry", those who call for grinding steles and stone Jisheng, donating money to help Rongxing, asking for exemption from donations, begging for Shen Xue directly, and even the women and martyrs of the festival ask for a good place, and all kinds of trivial declarations and prayers have been sent in, the snow on the ground inside and outside the Qian family compound has been stepped on magnetically slippery, and the gifts sent under the corridor of the middle courtyard are as large as horses of silk satin, chariot sedan chairs, as small as dim sum fruit buns, and silver one by one, all of which are guarded by special people, and the corridors are all full of stacks. It looks like a department store trading house that is about to be shipped. At first, Na Yan just took a bag of tea, and when he got it like this, he couldn't help but be busy, and while ordering someone to invite Liu Yong, and asking Wang Erlie to go upstairs to discuss.

"Only then did I know that it is difficult to be a Qing official, and it is difficult to go to the sky." Yan Yan smiled when he saw Wang Erlie, motioned for Wang Erlie to sit down, and said with a smile, "There is also a troupe that sends the troupe, I will call it back." These things must not be private, but how to cook, please ask the master to discuss. ”

Wang Erlie looked very good, his snow-white horseshoe sleeves were flipped, he used the bowl lid to pluck the tea foam, and said with a smile: "First, it will be handed over and handed over to the household department to be sold to the imperial merchant and put it into the warehouse; The second is to hand it over to the local authorities, so that they can make a list for us, and they will take care of the rest, which is convenient. ”

"I don't know? Now for the New Year, the New Year's goods will be sent to them to share the spoils on the spot, so I won't raise this dirty and murderous talent! Handed over to the magistrate, I think it is also the saying of 'meat buns beat dogs'. Yan Yan said, "You say it's easy, but what about it?" Wang Erlie said: "It's not difficult, it's a little troublesome." He groaned, "I looked at it, it's worth about twenty or thirty thousand." Food, heavy and can't be moved, can be sold on the spot, like those pigs, sheep, chickens and fish, the elderly over 60 years old each share a catty. Add a pound of wine for the New Year. The money sold to buy rice, there is no last year's extreme poverty, and there are those who can't return to their hometowns after begging for food and heavy snow, and adults and children share it with 30 catties and 20 catties! Before he finished speaking, Yan Yan's face lit up when he heard it, and he praised it: "Good! ”

Wang Erlie continued: "There are also fine and soft gold and silver items, the statistical price is confirmed, please keep someone to supervise it, and repair the Confucian Temple in the county." The prefectural and county teachings instructed these officials to be in dire straits, and to give them a hundred pieces of silver to live a fat year. This matter cannot be touched by the officials of the prefecture and county yamen, and once it is handed over to them, it will be regarded as water splashing on the beach. Yan Yan nodded again and again, contemplated for a moment, and said, "This is really a meritorious act!" But...... He also issued a notice with Liu Yong, writing all the measures into it, explaining that this is the kindness of the imperial court, adhering to the emperor's intention of loving the people with leniency, caring for the old and the poor, so that widows and widows can live in peace. Isn't that good? After speaking, he added: "I can't monopolize it." While listening, Wang Erlie had already figured out the original intention of this elder brother's "Xun Gong", and pulled Liu Yong, which made it decent, with a high standard of "imperial grace", so that there would be no suspicion of grandstanding, and having such a scheming at a young age is really impressive. Thinking about it, after Yan Yan finished speaking, he asked, "Do you want to play the Emperor Ming?" ”

"Don't." "It's a small thing, and it's a lot of chatter. I'm afraid that people don't know about it for a good thing, and it seems that the family is angry. ”

Wang Erlie's face turned red and he felt speechless. Although he washes the horses for the East Palace, in fact, how the brothers are cultivated in the palace, the wisdom of the ancestors' family law, and the subtle erection battles between the brothers and the concubines, they have experienced a defensive skill, and it is by no means something that outsiders can peek at. Yan Yan knew that no matter how he handled it and how humble he was, Liu Yong would never dare to really come to "share the merits", and still had to honestly play Qianlong to explain the reason, but Wang Erlie couldn't appreciate this layer anyway.

"Master Wang, what are you thinking?" Seeing that Wang Erlie was stunned, Yan Yan asked with a smile.

"I'm thinking about ......" Wang Erlie came back to his senses with anticipation, "I'm thinking about my junior high school talent, and I won the first place in the government entrance examination." came out of the examination room, Sa Huan'er ran errands and went home, and hurriedly reported the good news to the old lady. With such a comparison, the fifteenth master's mind and ambition can be seen, I ...... Maybe it's too small. ”

"Not really." A trace of shame flashed in Yan Yan's heart, and Wen Yan said, "You are filial piety, and you want to make your parents smile, not this comparison." He smiled and continued, "I am also filial piety, I don't ask Amma for favors, and I do things steadfastly." You know, the heavenly family has no selfish affairs, this is to take care of the housework for the emperor. If you sweep the floor at home and pour a glass of water for your parents, you have to go to your parents to show off, then you are really stingy! ”

This is a very considerate of people's words, all the use of Gezhi Kung Fu, the gentleman loves people with virtue, subtle to the smallest detail, Wang Erlie but felt a hot and warm air in his chest arched up, and was about to be grateful, Hui'er came up from downstairs, holding a bunch of freshly washed clothes, and said to the little girl: "Go to the landlord of the Qian family to borrow an iron - the fifteenth master, under Lord Liu, they are here, Uncle Ren asked me to ask the master, I will see them this time." ”

"I said, I haven't seen you for half a day, so I went to do the laundry!" When Yan Yan saw Hui'er, her eyes flashed with joy, "Look at you, your hands are frozen red, the sides of your gown are wet, and there are water beads on your hair!" These rough jobs, they will do them when they are told to go out, and they will need you to do it! As he spoke, he got up and said to Wang Erlie: "Master Wang, please first, I'll change my clothes and go down to talk." The two little eunuchs hurried over to change his clothes. Bu Zhong opened the package and handed over the crown, pearls, clothes, and boots...... Wrap them up one by one. In an instant, Yan Yan has changed as if he was a person - a golden python robe with five claws and nine pythons embroidered with embroidery, a four-group dragon gown with a stone blue background, a four-line dragon and a dragon belt with a four-line dragon around his waist, and a Hanyu pendant, but it is a bright gold thread knotted with a knot, a sable Ruitan in the golden satin, embroidered with four five-clawed golden dragons, with two hanging belts on the left and right, also golden, the top of the golden dragon two-layer green fox crown, strangled by Zhu Wei, the brim of the hat is embedded with rubies, ten hazelnut-sized east pearls are dazzling and shining, and a Buddha bead-like beeswax is hanging between the necks - With such a makeup, it is really full of treasure in one move, and he stands quietly in the Abyss Pavilion. Hui'er has been born since her mother's womb, how many times have you seen such characters' clothes? I was already stunned, and I forgot to sew the needle when I pinched the needle in one hand and pinched the thread in the other. Yan Yan didn't speak, smiled at her and went downstairs.

The downstairs is already full of people, the screens on both sides of the main court have been removed, the eight eunuchs bow their hands, stand on the east side of the pillar, along the wall to the door to the outside of the building under the dripping eaves, standing are the guards of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment following the attendants, Goshha, pro-soldiers and horses, there are a few chairs next to a table of eight immortals on the stairs, but they are all empty, and a sign of silent avoidance stands quietly on both sides of the table of eight immortals. When Yan Yan looked, Wang Erlie stood at the head of the east, Liu Yong at the head of the west, followed by He Shen and Qian Feng, there were several officials standing behind Qian Feng on the side, seeing that the clothes were Taoist county orders, Hu Liguan didn't even dare to raise his head, and Yan Yan knew that the officials on the salt and cao affairs had also arrived. The human sperm bent over the waist and the shrimp seemed to be standing next to Liu Yong and whispering something, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Yan Yan coming down, but he hurriedly retreated behind Wang Erlie. He Shen shouted: "The prince has arrived!" Liu Yong hunched his back, half-tilted his face as if thinking about something, and was awakened by this voice, and "snapped" twice and hit the horseshoe sleeves and knelt down first:

"Minister-Liu Yong respectfully invites St. Ann!"

Dozens of people below listened to this sound, like puppets that had been pulled together, and like donkey skins that had been pulled on the shadow puppet rod, beating their sleeves, lifting the corners of their robes, kneeling, and shouting together, "Greetings, Holy Ann!" It was so loud that even Hui'er upstairs couldn't help but peek down.

"St. Ann!" Yan Yan stood on the south side of the staircase and accepted the salute calmly, and waved his hand to answer on behalf of the sky. Then he picked up Liu Yong with a smile and said, "Shi'an Gong, I owe you for taking care of it!" Then he said to the people, "Everyone, please get up!" He glanced at everyone and got up, his face had become gloomy, and he raised his hand and said, "Shi'an, Zhizhai, Master Qian, Master Wang, please sit down." He turned his face and asked, "Which is the Texas salt transport envoy?" ”

A Humpty Dumpty rolled out from behind the crowd like a ball, with a toad face with a double chin, kneeling on all fours, kowtowing to the flesh on his body trembling, and stammering with a trill: "Slave, slave, slave...... Gui Qing ...... Give, give, give to the fifteenth master...... Please excuse yourself! ”

"Are you guilty? What sin? ”

"Soup, soup, soup Huancheng yes yes yes...... Slave Yamen, master...... He, he, he...... He hooked and hooked...... Collusion with bandits, bandits, bandits, bandits, bandits, bandits, plots, plots, plots to kill the fifteenth master! This, this, this, this one, that's it...... Just, just ...... That's it, slave, slave, slave...... The sin of the slave! Return, return, return, return...... And ......"

He crooked his neck, his mouth was struggling, his face was purple and swollen, and everyone shrugged their noses and frowned for him, but the more anxious and scared he was, the more the attacks were endless. It was the first time I saw this character, at first I thought he was rude, and he was already annoyed when he was playing with himself, but then he realized that it was a mouth disease, and he couldn't help but be angry and funny, and said coldly: "Forget it, I'm still inexplicable when it comes to getting dark." If you don't talk about your sins, how can you sit in the hall and run errands with your good eloquence? Wang Xiaowu! ”

"The minions are here!"

"Take off his top!"

"Wow!"

In the silence of the crow, Wang Xiaowu strode towards Gui Qing'a. Gui Qing's five fingers trembled, and he unscrewed the lapis lazuli on his hat and wore a button. He suddenly became stunned, breathed a sigh of relief, and his mouth grinned, and there were already two lines of hot tears.

"Get out of the way!"

Yan Yan rebuked him, and then said: "Neglecting subordinates and conniving at the staff to do evil outside, I will naturally give you a small punishment, and I will not pick your top." Tang Huancheng offered a reward for taking people in Lujiadian, and got 3,000 for each of the three of us, and 5,000 for Wang Xiaowu, who reported the news, and 14,000 taels of silver as soon as he made a move! You salt administration secretary is so big-handed! ”

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Coal poison is poisoned by carbon gas.