"Kneel down." Qianlong raised his hand and said, "Ji Yun and Li Shiyao went to the Hanlin Academy to announce the decree to Yu Minzhong, and Ah Gui went back to Fu Heng's mansion to visit, inform Fu Heng of my will, and also meet Hailan Cha Zhaohui." Shandong Guotai's case was investigated by Liu Yong on the spot - you prepare, and the snow stops and goes on the road. ”

The four of them had already bowed down, and the other three had already stood up, only Liu Yong nodded and said, "The minister's order!" Since ancient times, the king's life has not been delayed. The minister made a little preparation, and tomorrow when the minister looked at the bow and set off in the snow. The emperor should instruct when the minister will hand over the sign to listen to the training? ”

"This has already been discussed with Ah Gui. You are the Zhengqincha, and since He Shen has entered the military plane and walked, he is the deputy Qincha. Qianlong said, "There is also Qian Feng, the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, you can meet this person, who has good courage, talent, and equipment, and is a rare Confucian with good qualifications - he is the one who first participated in Cathay." You don't have to be busy for a while, three days, three days later. Ah--just wait for the order at the military plane, I went to the Queen Mother Lafayette to say goodbye, and called in to talk back. ”

"Yes......"

When the four of them bowed down and walked out of the hall, Qianlong paced to the entrance of the palace, and when he looked at the snow outside, he was still flying and falling one after another, and a cold wind drum curtain penetrated, which suddenly made Qianlong tremble, and after a dull and lengthy discussion, the wood was dull and drowsy. He never yawned in front of the minister, only some eunuchs were in front of him at this moment, and he couldn't help but yawn a little presumptuously, and suddenly felt a great boost in spirit, and asked through the curtain: "How thick is the snow!" Do you mean to stop? Wang Lian stood at the door, and said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, this snow is falling!" Don't look at the dawn, it's snowy, and it's overcast. It's just that the first snow, while getting down, is covered less than two inches. If the master wants to go out, don't wear deerskin oil boots, the snow on the top and the snow on the bottom of the snow thief slippery, so the soap boots are put on the Ula grass and wood tooth shoes, and it is best to pass the Cining Palace dryly! Wang Bayan said behind Qianlong: "What does the master ask you to answer, don't you understand the rules?" Hurry up and prepare the car! ”

"No need, I'm trying to walk in the snow - he's kind!" Qianlong scolded with a smile, "You sometimes chew his wife's tongue better than him." I don't need you to follow me, it's just Wang Lian waiting for me to go through Cining Palace. The king was ashamed and said, "Slaves also do things according to the will of their masters." "Busy Zhang Luo to Qianlong cloak and wear a cloak and pedal grass shoes, and ordered the little eunuch to report to the Queen Mother, here Qianlong and Wang Lian out of the heart palace Chonghua Gate, from Yongjuan to the south, to Cining Palace.

Out of the palace, Qianlong knew that Wang Lian's words were not redundant. The snow in the Heart Cultivation Hall is not allowed to be swept, but the snow in Yongxiang is swirled down, the floating snow on the ground is swept away, and the cold wind penetrates the alley and the snow condenses into a thin layer of ice. The people who cleared the snow in the alleys were all low-level little Sula eunuchs sent by the palaces, and they were still among the children, doing their work while having fun, and from time to time someone would fall on a horse and sit on a pier, causing a burst of laughter. Qianlong was a simple servant in casual clothes, and no one recognized him in the wind and snow, just talking and laughing, using wooden shovels, push boards, brooms, and snowdrifts to gather snowmen, snowmen, snowhorses, snow dogs, and the like. Seeing that Wang Lian was about to shout at everyone, Qianlong stopped him with a smile: "As soon as you shout, they will be bored if they are gods and ghosts - I hunted with the Holy Grandfather in the snow when I was a child, and the children in Rehe Tunzi are like this!" Wang Lian asked puzzledly: "Then why don't we sweep the snow in the Heart Cultivation Palace?" Wouldn't it be interesting to ask some children to sweep in the yard and watch through the window? ”

"You don't understand. It's just natural, and if you pretend to be like a play, it's not interesting. ”

"Master, the play is also good-looking!" Wang Lianbian walked with Qianlong, and said with a smile, "The slave is a pig's brain, and I don't know how to call it natural." Last year, I went to the Prince's Mansion to deliver a message. The fifth master is watching the play, "High Pet Pick Pulley", hey! Gao Zhong leaned on the flag on all sides and turned over, Ji Zhongtang Liu Zhongtang and a large group of officials were full of color, Prince Lao Zhuang seemed to be drunk, with a big beard, humming words and following the comparison under the stage. Twisted so much, twisted so much, twisted the waist and turned the tendons - everyone laughed happily! He even said that he would make fun of Qianlong with an analogy. I didn't want to slip under my feet, and I stumbled on the ice, grinning in pain, wanting to laugh and cry, and there was a burst of rattling laughter in the distance. Hurriedly gritted his teeth and endured the pain to get up, and slapped himself in the face with a "snap", "If you are not blessed with color, it is easy to go on an errand with your master, and you will be in the world!" Qianlong walked forward with a smile and said, "You don't know what 'nature' is, this is called nature." You're stumbling and amusing me, and you're disgusted. ”

As he spoke, he unconsciously arrived at the empty field in front of the gate of Cining Palace. Cining Palace probably knew that Qianlong was coming, and the chief eunuch Qin Meimei took more than a dozen people to greet him, shrunk his head and shrugged his shoulders one by one, and waited with his hands and feet. This palace is an exclusive courtyard, an empty field in front of the door, a white expanse of open land, and the majestic momentum of the heavy snow falling in the sky, Qianlong is stepping up the steps and stopped, looked at the sky, and said to Wang Lian: "Wang Lian, don't go in." Go find a way to get two donkeys. ”

"Two fish?" Wang Lian was so cold that he sniffed, he didn't come back to his senses for a while, and he didn't hear Qianlong's words clearly, he only looked at Qianlong in surprise and said, "Ahhh There are fish in the kitchen, and the master wants carp or silver carp—" "I want two donkeys!" Qianlong scolded with a smile, "You are not only a pig's brain, but also a pig's ear!" I asked the Queen Mother to go out of the palace for a walk, one to ride, the other to Liu Yong, you follow. It was rumored that Liu Yong changed into civilian clothes - go! Wang Lian then understood, and said with a smile: "The master's messenger can stump the slaves, there are a hundred horses, and there are no donkeys in the palace - there is, there are donkeys in Donghuamen who carry charcoal to the palace, and the slaves will lead them!" "Let's just hit a thousand children and run away.

"Wait!" Qianlong stopped him, "Don't tell the guards and Wang Bashame them, carefully uncover your skin!" "The eunuchs in the palace and the officials outside have the same temperament, and they can't wait to wait for the envoy with the emperor alone, Wang Lian got this jade decree Lunyin is like a joy to descend from the sky, kicking his legs and jumping happily and running. On the door, Qin Meimei saw that Qianlong was coming, and they ran over in a hurry, and they opened an umbrella and the snow fell, ** and entered the Cining Gate - from here they entered the central axis to the north Cining Palace, the Big Buddha Hall, and the West Three are locked on weekdays, and they are turned north from the cloister to the north into another courtyard, which is the palace in the palace, and then north through the Shoukang Palace to the apse is a window sealing verandah. The warm heat was blowing, full of female officials and maids with wonderful sideburns and makeup, and they didn't even need to wear cotton clothes, and when they saw Qianlong coming in, they stiffened and retreated to the sides to make way. Qianlong walked slowly, and he had heard the words of the warblers and the old women talking and laughing with the old queen mother, he already had a smile on his face, walked in a few steps, and said with a smile: "Mother is happy!" "But I saw that it was the concubine of Ding'an, and the ten Belle Fujin sat on the kang, and on the chair under the kang sat the queen Nala's, and next to the side stood the concubine Wei Jia's, Niu Hulu's, Chen's, Wang's, Jinjia's and a group of promised, always there, Jingqi Mama, it turned out that several smart girls who served the queen of Fucha had entered Zanshan, Caiyun, Moju and others, some of them smeared cards under the kang and opened the rope to catch up with Go, and some of them hugged the white-haired queen mother next to the silver and pinched their legs, laughing and laughing, a piece of harmony and laughter and noisy, seeing Qianlong come in, Except for the Queen Mother, she knelt on the spot. The queen also slowly got up and greeted with a smile.

"Galeries Lafayette!" Qianlong smiled and said, "My son is afraid of heavy snow outside, Lafayette is going out to see the luck again, it's not fun to catch a cold, the concubine and the tenth aunt also came, a harmonious and joyful class, I should really come over early to enjoy this family fun - it's good, it's warm and everyone is in one place, you can see the snow through the window, and you can't be lonely......" said that he was going to hit Qian'er, and Caiyun Caihui and several big girls were busy coming over to help him up. The Queen Mother saw that the concubine and Mrs. Shibeile were going to trick her into going down to the kang to salute Qianlong, and said with a smile: "This is not a serious banquet, and it will be boring to make a false ceremony - the emperor sits!" There are good old jokes outside to tell us, you still do your serious business - how you all should play and how to play, so easy-going I will see and use. ”

When she said this, everyone had to agree, and Zhang Zuozhi still returned to his place to "play", but Qianlong was present, and no matter how he behaved, he didn't cough quietly, and no one dared to laugh recklessly. The concubine and Mrs. Baylor also sat with a solemn face and couldn't find anything to gossip, Qianlong smiled: "It seems that the Queen Mother is like Jia's mother in "Dream of Red Mansions", I am a Jia Zheng." As soon as I came, I became a cat and mouse, my mother was relieved, I just sat down and left, and Liu Yong was waiting for me at the military plane. I'm afraid that the house will collapse and smash people on this snowy day, so we have to go out for a walk together. ”

"Dare to love yes!" The Queen Mother smiled with a wrinkled face, "They told me that "Dream of Red Mansions" is a banned book, did the emperor read it originally?" "I heard that the original list of banned books issued by the Jiangnan School Bookstore was "Dream of Red Mansions". Qianlong said with a smile: "The reputation of this book is so great that even the eighth elder brother says that he is a 'red fan'." I asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to look for it, and there is no place to go against it, it is written about Mingzhu's family affairs, and it is a book of talents. The opening of the four libraries of the whole book and the prohibition of the words of obstruction are for the purpose of correcting academics and benefiting the hearts of the people of the world. Some people slandered the ancestors and ancestors, rebelled, vainly discriminated between Huayi, and instigated the people's rebellion. Last time, a prefect, the father died, and the word 'imperial examination' was engraved on the tombstone, and it was also reported that he was going to be beaten and killed, I said have you read "Lisao"? 'Emperor I said Boyong', then he still claims to be 'I', even Qu Yuan is a chaotic minister and thief? - It's much better now. Everyone laughed when they heard this, Qianlong was cheered, and then joked: "There was a funny thing last time." The eunuch in the fasting palace was called Gao Yuncong, and someone accused him of eating and gambling at night, he said that there was wine and reading, but there was no gambling, and he argued with the people of the Shen Criminal Division. I have been from there, and I am surprised: there is such an elegant eunuch? called him to ask him whose poems he read, and he said that he liked Wang Shizhen's "Yongxue" the most. Tell him to recite it to me. He said, 'I don't have a good memory, the first sentence is what is the dust, the second sentence is what is the soul, the third sentence is forgotten, and the fourth sentence is ruthless, ruthless, ruthless, ruthless, ruthless......, ruthless

The house laughed loudly, and the "playing" people at the bottom all bowed their backs and bent over to beat their chests, and the Queen Mother laughed and coughed again and again, shaking with the teacup, and the water was spilled out. The girls laughed while beating the queen mother's back, wiping the table and wiping the water, only Ding'an Concubine Shibeile was an old widow who had cultivated to the fire, and sat on the top of Qianlong to accompany the queen mother, not daring to be presumptuous, just a while, the queen mother laughed slowly, and said, "The memory is really not good, and I can't remember a single sentence of four poems." He also said that he was his favorite'! As he spoke, he laughed, and everyone laughed. Queen Nala smiled and wiped the water stains on the gown for the queen mother, and said: "It's rare that the emperor is in high interest today, and the queen mother likes it, that is, the emperor's filial piety has arrived." I'm also having a fun time—there was a man who didn't know how to read, who hadn't been in the city, and who hadn't seen a poster. When he entered the city on this day, his father said, 'Don't talk nonsense when you go to the city, don't ask people, and save people from laughing'. When he went into the city and got to the gate of the city, he saw a group of people reading the notice, and they also went in and looked dumbfounded, but he didn't understand what was going on, so he asked a man next to him, 'What is that?' ’”

The man next to him couldn't read either, he was holding a baked cake in his hand and pretending to be eating, and he couldn't reply to someone's questions. With a wooden face, he said, 'Burnt the cake.' ’”

"'I know it's baked cakes. I asked what was on it. ’”

"'Sesame.' ”

"'I said what those black ideas are?' ”

"'It's a burnt sesame seed'......"

Before she finished her joke, everyone had already laughed, Qianlong laughed and fell, and said: "The dumb asks the deaf person to interrupt, what a good question and easy answer!" For a while, the hall was full of giggling and talking, and the solemn and sluggish atmosphere when I first came in had disappeared.

"You just said Liu Yong, is it Liu Tongxun's son?" The Queen Mother smiled for a while, and her face was even more remarkably red, and she asked Qianlong, "Listen to what you said last time, didn't you put the platform?" Qianlong laughed and said: "Huang Eniang, that was a few years ago, Liu Yong's official has long been much bigger than Daotai, and now he is actually used as a minister of military aircraft, so he will be sent on a business trip." "Amitabha!" The Queen Mother praised the reward, "His father is a loyal minister, and it is his turn to come out and contribute to the court!" You're still young, aren't you? The queen, a courtier like this, will give your son an envoy in the future. The queen who took the lead treated Liu Tongxun kindly. My ladies and sons also met and received, and he was even more dedicated when the master and servant were divided, right? ”

There was no smile on Nala's face, and she had another general feeling in her heart at this time. Among Qianlong's more than 30 concubines, if you talk about appearance, she was the most outstanding, Qianlong turned over the brand, she accounted for a small half, but it was only difficult for the heirs, the first child gave birth to a princess, and died before the name was taken, and the second child was a son and was not saved. The third child gave birth to a brother named Haoqi, and it was finally established, but it seemed to be a "medicine jar" to give birth, let the ginseng tonic medicine be eaten as a meal, it is still a cold today and a cold tomorrow, so thin that a handful of dry firewood, the wind blows and shakes to fall, the health is not good, and the study homework will naturally not be successful. Five or six out of ten people sitting on the red bench in Yuqing Palace are him, although Yu Minzhong is inconvenient to hit his handboard, the color is not good when he comes out and goes in, and even the queen has no light on her face. Since the death of Prince Duanhui, Qianlong spoke privately, perhaps it was related to the feng shui of the ancestors, and none of the concubines of the Empress of the Qing Dynasty ascended the throne in the future, that is, the prince was selected in the future, and there was no hope for the description of Haoqi. Even if Liu Yong is a "veteran minister who protects the country", he is not his own son. Therefore, these words could only arouse a wisp of sourness in her heart, and she reluctantly smiled: "What Lafayette said is true!" Qianlong couldn't think of her state of mind at the moment, and said with a smile: "Lafayette has a long-term vision, Liu Yong is calm and capable, and his appearance is like his father, and his words are better than Ji Yun!" The Queen Mother knew at first sight that Master Yu was also going to enter the military plane, as well as He Shen and Li Shiyao. Liu Yong and Shen went on a business trip together, and when they came back, I arranged for them to come in and greet the Queen Mother - this is easy to do! ”

"How is this person Heshen? My ears heard his name come out of the callus. The Queen Mother said, "It seems that the Chongwen Gate tax is closed?" "He Shen is light on money, good at righteousness, gratifying, capable, and a good person." Qianlong thought about it and said, "I don't read much, but I have an excellent memory. In recent years, he has also learned a lot about reading. He has a good reputation at the bottom, and he is normal at the top, so it would be good to have a few years of experience in military aircraft. The Queen Mother thought for a while with a dry brow, and said, "He often comes in to settle accounts in the account room of Cining Palace." I've seen it through the window, it seems to be too clever, with a soft and charming idea, and it's the kind of person in our old tunzi 'Nengdouer'. Ah Gui, these minions who are doing things above are all good, and you have to be careful when choosing the people in front of you, don't let a mouse spoil a pot of soup. She paused, and then added, "I shouldn't have asked about these things." Just be loyal and don't fool you. I'm just asking for nothing. Qianlong said with a smile: "My mother never interferes in politics, and this is not politics, this is a good saying." Rest assured, of course I'll have to look them up. Tell the mother that the son is not a fool. If I don't have real political achievements, I can talk wildly, just being well-behaved and able to speak is very useful, then I won't be Qin II? The Chongwenmen tariff has been deserted for more than 100 years, and the silver collected is nowhere to be seen, sometimes taxes are collected and sometimes they are not collected, and there are no rules. After the rectification of Heshen, the monthly customs duties of the imperial court were exempted, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs received one or two million per year. Speaking of the deficit outside, our royal family is the same, in order to fill the shortfall, they all deduct from the clothes and diet of the eunuchs and palace ladies in each palace. This year, you see that it is different, and the food in the room is good. You don't have to eat the black-hearted cook's glutinous rice shabu-shabu water. The eunuchs changed their heads, and the silver on the heads of the palace maids also rose. Lafayette wants to build a copper pillar warm pavilion in Guanyin Hall, how many years have not done it, and it will be said. And the blonde pagoda I cast for you for your 80th birthday, and the gold is almost complete. Where does the money come from the treasury, nor from the people? This is the credit of Heshen, that is, the poor Beijing officials also said that Heshen is good, the tariffs are sorted out, and there is more money in the regulations every year, can it be applauded? He Shen is good because he fought the autumn wind from the officials and did not hurt the people. That's why I use him. ”

Qianlong made analogies left and right, and explained in simple terms the benefits of Chongwenmen's tariff and the silver system, how to open up sources and reduce expenditures, how to reduce household expenses, and the benefits of the court and officials to the people. The Queen Mother smiled: "Kankan'er understands, casting the Golden Hair Tower is your filial piety." I saw that the gold skin on the chain in the palace had been removed, and I felt uneasy, and the strange ones were replaced with new locks, and it turned out that you had added a living god of wealth to your military plane. Everyone laughed. When the Queen Mother saw that he was going, she said: "The sky is overcast, the wind is light and the snowflakes are light, this snow is falling, you don't run as much as you can, it is right to ask the state and county officials to cook." Qianlong got up with a smile and said to the queen: "Dinner is on your side." Prepare some warm. Don't eat over a warm fire in the kitchen. ”

"Yes." The queen got up and said with a smile, "Zheng Er's son is also good at making food now, and he is better than his old man." I sent him a message to wait, and the pheasants, pigeons, venison, and so many fresh cucumbers and eggplants they brought in were kept! Qianlong smiled, said no more, bowed to his mother again, turned around, but saw the fifteenth elder brother Yiyan, the fifth elder brother Haoqi, the eighth elder brother Yingxuan, and the eleventh elder brother Yingxuan slipping from behind the screen, and met him head-on, so he stopped. The four elder brothers were originally smiling, but when they saw him, even the smile on their faces froze. Yan Yan hit the first one, and then Qi Qi and Huang Xuan knelt down like puppets, and said in a jagged trembling voice: "Say hello to Huang Ama!" ”

"Got out of school so early?" Qianlong's face was already frosty, and he stared at his sons and asked, "Who is lecturing today?" ”

He actually loves his sons very much, but the family law of the ancestors of the Qing royal family has only one word: "strict". Lao Tzu trained his son, and his son was afraid that Lao Tzu was an ancestral rule, so he was annoyed and beaten and punished, not like a relative, but like a rival, and the son was even more apprehensive when he saw the emperor than the foreign ministers. Several elder brothers lowered their heads when they heard that he was not good at asking. Only Yan Yan replied with a hard smile: "Master Yu wants to hand over the errand, today he went back to the country to the prison, today he is talking about Master Qian Feng, the sons each wrote an article, a poem by Yongxue, Master Qian talked about "The Mean" for half an hour, the Chinese homework is over, and the time is up to disperse." Amma looked at the morning, and the snow outside was dazzling. It's also scattered at this time on weekdays. The son did not dare to lie. Qianlong sighed and took out his pocket watch to look, and sure enough, the time had passed. Glancing at his sons with a straight face, he said, "You look in the mirror yourself, like a golden and noble imperial brother?" The sound of walking footsteps is light! Xuan Xuan removed the water red line purse from your waist for me, are you a woman? Look at your boots, inside the silk, the ground is full of water, these boots are treading water and mud to play? Qi Qi, you are really out of breath, the braids are still tied with a red rope knot, are you lost in the play book? He looked at Yan Yan critically, Yan Yan was wearing a half-used sauce-colored Jiang silk robe, with a beige Wolong belt, and a small patch on the corner of Baturu's vest was very carefully embellished, which could not be seen at all, and it was really beyond reproach. Seeing that Qianlong was speechless, the Queen Mother smiled and beckoned on the kang: "Good grandchildren come over and keep good things for you!" Emperor, you go, you go. "The whole room has just come back to color. Qianlong Fang turned around and withdrew with a smile to his mother, Yan Yan was the son of the noble concubine Wei Jia, and he kept pinching a handful of sweat and watching from the side, so that his breath was silent.

When Qianlong left Cining's harem, he saw that Wang Lian was already waiting in Xiamen in his arms, because he saw him holding a few robes and gowns in his arms, and he snorted and stomped his feet in the court, and asked, "What are you holding in your arms?" Wang Lian hugged his clothes and saluted, so he smiled and said, "The master has to change his line." When the people who went out recognized the slave, they died. There is Ji Zhongtang's change of casual clothes in the military aircraft department, and the servant brought it for you, and look at the size - the gray market cloth old sheepskin robe, the little lambskin black silk buckle shoulders, and the wind is strong and warm, just ......heavier" He said, while taking Qianlong into the gatehouse, several eunuchs were busy helping him change, Qianlong looked up and down with satisfaction, and smiled: "You know things, you will wait-you are not allowed to say it, who chews the tongue forty bamboo strips!" Several eunuchs guarding the door hurriedly agreed, and Qianlong had already taken his feet and left. Wang Lian took Qianlong, did not go out of Xihua Gate, still from Yongxiang to the north, bypassing the Imperial Garden, from Shunzhen Gate straight out of Shenwu Gate, sure enough, Liu Yong was waiting in the white vast snow north of Jinshui Bridge, and the two black charcoal-like old donkeys were waiting impatiently, and screamed with a jet "Stuffy Inferior - Stuffy Inferior - Stuffy Inferior - " screaming. Qianlong only smiled and waved his hand to signal Liu Yong to ride together. Wang Lian saw that Qianlong was not used to riding a donkey, so he tightened the reins and dragged him away, and asked, "Master, where are we going to play?" ”

"Take it to the reed pit, the west depression, the rotten noodle alley, and the donkey meat alley." Liu Yong saw Qianlong looking at himself, and said busily: "There are a lot of people from other places who come to Beijing to run a single gang, all of them are billet walls and grass houses, and they live in poor people - and then there are red orchards, Baiyun Temple, and it is a good scenery, and it is very convenient to go back from Xihuamen." ”

Qianlong didn't pay attention to Liu Yong's words, he was fascinated by the snow scene in front of him. Looking out from here, the coal mountain in the north has been covered by heavy snow, and a few wisps of holly and old bamboo have drawn a few jade-like blue marks on the snow peak, like a huge piece of beautiful jade directly in the sky, and the boundary between the mountains and the sky is not very clear. On the left of the Jinshui River, several places in the west of the coal mountain Haizi sealed the ice and covered the snow, Tan Tan swinging and vast and misty immersed in the universe of thousands of flowers soaring, the willow trees by the sea are hanging with snow, thousands of wisps swaying, sometimes the wind is sweeping, the light snow dust and snow powder like dust and like white smoke flow in the pool surface and the laneway. The dwellings, the pavilions of the wine shops, the same courtyards, and even the bluestone strips that are as boring as benches have become crystal bright and exquisite. He squinted, his pupils flashed with a childlike surprise, and like a poor man who suddenly broke into a cave full of treasures, he didn't know which one to look at from afar, and it took a long time to come to his senses and say, "Okay, well, you can go wherever you say!" He pointed to Haizi in the northwest of the Forbidden City and asked, "What are those people doing, and there are still people dragging ice skaters to play." Is this ice thick? Don't break and fall into the water, it's a terrible weather. ”

"Ahh Dare to love people? Wang Lian smiled: "It's the guards on duty in the palace who skate, and ordinary people can still play here?" The emperor forgot that there was a guard who couldn't ski and skate that year, and you punished him to go to Mukden! That group of people is dragging wood, the palace repairs the remaining wood, while the ice is good to transport out, I heard that the household department was transferred to the Gongyuan to repair to the public court - you say this ice, rest assured, just take the cart is no problem. ”

Talking has been to the outer city, the north Jade Emperor Temple to the west of the market, stepping on a chastity archway, suddenly entered the downtown area, but see not long a street, is actually people and cars bustling, all shops are open, because the outside is bright, the house looks black, the tea shop ticket friends singing, through the cloth bag to talk about cattle and sheep brokers bargaining, holding posters to sell calligraphy and painting, fortune telling, the restaurant guys call customers to report the sound of food abacus play sparsely, the smell of burnt onion meat and steaming smoke along the low eaves to the outside, Outside, there are two lines selling fruits, soup cakes, fried soup pots, and vendors, all with big oilcloth umbrellas open, opening their mouths to steam, shouting and singing one after another:

"Hey—the duck soup pot tastes great! Drink a bowl on a cold day, it will make you feel comfortable and sweaty-"

"Toon dumplings! Fengtai authentic goods, one bite you fresh for three days! ”

"Ghee is crispy and delicious, and it's not expensive—"

"Rock sugar gourd two articles and a string of ......"

Qianlong suddenly arrived here from the pure glass world, looked at the people who were burrowing in the snow with arched backs and shrunken heads all over the street, and turned his face to Liu Yong in confusion and said, "Let's get off the donkey—why is it so lively here?" Liu Yong was also ignorant, and was busy helping Qianlong get off the donkey, Wang Lian put grass and wooden shoes on Qianlong, and said with a smile: "The collection of the Jade Emperor Temple - regardless of the seasonal weather - the weather is cold early this year." Ming'er is the day when my aunt and grandmother return to Ning, sending things back and forth, and they can't be empty-handed. If there is no knife in the sky, this episode cannot be dispersed! While saying that, the three of them walked in a hurry, and Qianlong asked Liu Yong because he heard someone shouting that "half empty is not expensive": "What do you mean?" Liu Yong said with a smile: "'Half-empty' is deflated peanuts, the seller buys ten catties and eight catties from the remaining hands of the dealer, and sells them along the street on the back of the scorched cloth bag. While speaking, I heard someone in the Lubei tea garden "snap" and slapped the sound wood and said: "It is said that Lord Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River, and it was Liu Yong and Lord Liu who protected him!" ”

The three of them were taken aback, and immediately stood still, after a while, they thought that it was a storyteller, Qianlong Liu Yong couldn't help but look at each other, and listened to the storyteller: "There is a copper crane in the palace, because you can't accompany the king, and your heart is useless!" The rank must know that all things have spirits, psychic things are the same as people, and the civil and military officials are all bent on the emperor, and the emperor is happy to be promoted to make a fortune, isn't it? It is the beast spine on the roof, the beast head on the palace gate, and the king of the stone tablet are the same! The Holy Son of Heaven went out on patrol, it was the wind and the dust and rain master sprinkled the road, and he could follow such a slap! What an honor that is! This bronze crane can't go because it is on duty to guard the temple, can it not feel uncomfortable? The three of them listened to him bite and bite each word, and they were stunned when they blinked, but they heard about the book's hair: "This is also a heart and dedication to service, thinking: The master will protect Liu Yong alone, this is mysterious, it can't be!" I have to go too! That night, I guarded Gengshen, and while the deeper people were silent on the quiet street, this copper crane 'day' - rushed into the sky like this, and went to Jiangnan to escort it! ”

"Lord Qianlong is in Yangzhou to privately visit Uncle Gao Guo's robbery of the people's daughter to occupy the property, and at night he and Lord Liu came out to look up at the sky, and suddenly heard the sound of cranes in the sky, and looked up at it, okay! I don't have a will, you beast dare to leave the palace without permission! At the moment, the dragon's heart was furious and took the carved treasure bow, his right hand was like holding a baby, his left hand was like Tuo Taishan, the bow was like a full moon arrow, and he was like a meteor. The brass crane can't dodge in the sky! Here—right here, in the middle! ”

The three of them were outside the store, presumably the storyteller was comparing and describing, and I didn't know where "here" was, and I heard a burst of laughter, thinking that it was not a good place, and I couldn't help laughing, and the storyteller said: "Just like that, it quickly came back quietly - it can be seen that everything in the world has a fate, you can't push it off, it's not yours or not, then the copper crane is not a good heart?" It's a thought! Liu Yong is also in the "book" because of his big name, and he has been worried that this stinky mouth will say something taboo, and he can't afford to attract right and wrong, so he felt a little relieved, but Wang Lian smiled and said: "This is a book hat, a bit like singing and dancing to add officials, the next is the book, the master wants to listen, let's go in and pick up a seat." Sure enough, with a flick of the ring ruler inside, it has been "the book is back to business, and the last time I talked about the first exploration of the brocade rat Bai Yutang and the ...... of Chongxiao Tower" is a joke from "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness". Qianlong said: "Qi Dongye's barnyard official novels are good, drama and lyrics, it is good to be beneficial to the hearts of the people in the world, this is to persuade people to keep to themselves and follow good self-love, Wang Lian should have change, go in and reward him a little." Wang Lian touched his waist and went in with a smile.

The two people stood on the street and waited, seeing each other's heads and faces covered with snow, they couldn't help but smile, Qianlong was about to speak, and suddenly heard the faint sound of the gong in the distance gradually approaching, because the snow was soundproof, the gong sound was dull like a layer of cloth, and slowly heard it clearly, it was the local story: "The local residents listened" - "Boom - " Chongwenmen Tax Director Yamen - "Boom - " came to announce to us the sound of De - "Boom - "Whoever has widowers, widows, orphans, and no dependents, and all those who have elderly people in the family who are over sixty years old, Anyone who has fled from other places to live in the local area, and anyone who is disabled and lonely - "Boom-Boom-" Each person has a New Year's money and food - go to the Land Temple to receive it with the household registration in the book! "Boom-boom-" and adults set up a porridge shed, and open the shed to serve meals during the unitary time - "Boom-Boom-" Anyone who enters Beijing from other places will try to raise people, and those who have no nationality to enter Beijing without food and clothing - to provide food! "Boom...... Boom ...... From shouting and beating gongs in the west, to the east and to the north, and then turning to the south, all the way shouting farther and farther.

The crowd on the street immediately blew up the nest, first a group of beggars who didn't know where the cat was hiding from Nuan'er, carrying rag bags, knocking on rotten bowls, happily shouting from the end of the Jade Emperor Temple, "It's time to eat-" whistling by, and a group of tattered little screamers, some wearing sacks, some wearing flowered cotton jackets, roaring from the cracks of the street to the west, and then the teahouse also made a commotion, wearing a broken felt hat, a group of "tea customers" wearing old cotton jackets crowded and shouted and rushed out, It turned out that the idlers who were stamping their feet under the eaves also joined the flow of people and went westward - this is the local poor people, and their footsteps are a little calmer, talking and laughing while going away, but in an instant this set has been left cold, only a small half of the people are left, sparsely scattered into a lively atmosphere, and the hawkers are still selling in the confusion of snowflakes, because there are few people, they are no longer so spiritual, and they seem a little lazy and powerless. In the distance, a grass donkey barked, Qianlong's two donkeys immediately cheered up, pricked up their ears and snorted and twisted the rope and twisted the rope to be restless, Wang Lian whipped a few whips, and was dragged by the stubborn donkey almost a horse, panting and said: "Master, let's go to the west and go down the valley, there is still a way to go!" Qianlong's eyes flashed, he groaned for a while, and asked, "I'm going to come out, haven't you told anyone?" "How dare a minion?" Wang Lian wiped the snow and sweat on his forehead and said with a smile: "Just these two donkeys, the slave went to borrow them, and it was also said that the fifth master wanted to make them." No one knew that he was going out. ”

"I see." Qianlong thought about it all of a sudden, and said with a smile, "He Shen said that he wanted to give relief, but he didn't expect to do it as soon as he said it, so quickly-go, look!" Liu Yongyuan also suspected that He Shen was playing tricks on the ghost to sell a good child in front of Qianlong, thinking that no matter how late the time was, so far he couldn't help but admire He Shen's light wealth and generosity, it seems that he is not completely grandstanding. replied: "This is the business of Shuntianfu, they should have done it a long time ago." I asked Guo Yingnian when I turned around to see if he was ashamed! As soon as he spoke, he turned his face and lost his smile, and whispered: "Master, don't you see that Heshen?" Qianlong was stunned for a moment, and sure enough, He Shen walked slowly from the west, and was already very close, wearing a black gong tweed horse coat and an old sheepskin robe, wearing a half-old six-in-one hat on his head, and two rabbit fur ear sleeves shrugging, as if thinking about something, pacing with his head down. Qianlong didn't want to meet him at this time, so he looked left and right, moved to an antique shop on the street, and looked at the utensils on the shelves with his eyes open. The boss is a thin man in his forties, holding a hand stove to warm up and waiting for guests, when he saw the three of them coming, he hurriedly got up to greet him: "The old guest is here!" You're rich – and it's a tongjia at a glance! Want something? Before Qianlong could answer, a cup of hot tea had already been handed over, followed by a copper hand stove: "You are warm and warm." The shelves are unsatisfactory, and there are hard and pretty goods in them. Yue Wang Sword, Shang Ding, Xuande Furnace, Ru Porcelain Mandarin Duck Plate - except for Jiang Taigong's fishing hook and Zhuo Wenjun's wine jug, you can call the goods out of the authentic if you want! ”

Qianlong couldn't help but smile, looking at the frame of the goods, it was really full of antiques. Calligraphy and painting, porcelain, copper tripod, ancient money, ancient jade, Duan inkstone, Han brick, tile, Xue Taojian, Song Mo, guqin, tobacco bottle, etc...... Placed in a staggered and elegant manner, Qianlong pointed to a painting on the left wall and said: "This "Eight Horses of Taizong" is Dong Xiangguang's calligraphy and painting? Take it and take a look! The boss smiled and replied, "Look at what I said, there is water in my eyes!" Dong Xiangguang's calligraphy and painting, you have traveled all over Beijing, you may not find such a picture! ”

"Do you have Dong Xiangguang's calligraphy and paintings?" He Shen, who was walking to the door of the store, suddenly stopped, stepped into the store, and saw that Qianlong and the three of them didn't pay attention, just looked at the painting carefully. Qianlong was secretly amused and didn't speak. Na He Shen frowned, almost put his face on the counter to weigh it, and after a long time, he straightened up in disappointment and said, "It's another fucking fake, but it's just a master's forgery." When he was about to turn around and leave the store, he saw Qianlong with his eyes, he was shocked, his eyes widened, and he pointed and said: "You are not - you are ......" Liu Yong was so surprised when he saw him, for fear that he would shout out in a loud voice, and hurriedly said: "This is the fourth master of Long!" Why don't you recognize it? I'm Liu Chongru! He Shen "understood" in a blink of an eye, smiled stupidly and said: "Look at my eyes, this is my master, how dare you not recognize it?" I've got to say hello to you! ”

He was about to salute as he spoke, and Qianlong smiled: "Get up, the ground is wet at the door, come and see the paintings." How can you tell the real thing from the fake, I don't know if you still have this hand. The boss said: "This old guest is gone, don't believe him." Liu Yong smiled: "This is with adults, don't talk nonsense." Qianlong said: "I have some Dong Xiangguang calligraphy and painting there, this paper-colored ink hook painting is framed and looked at carefully, it looks like a real one!" ”

"Master Long, come and see." He Shen had completely stabilized his mind, and pointed and said, "Now the forgery is not copied from the painting. Find a piece of Song paper, for example, this is a table, two layers of glass, the real thing is placed at the bottom, and the next layer is a mirror, which reflects the sunlight on the tabletop, and the painting at the bottom is reflected on the Song paper, and the thin charcoal strip is used to draw on it, and then imitate the coloring, this kind of painting is exactly the same as the real thing anyway. It's just a seal - you see, when it comes to the seal, it's exposed, and the charcoal strip can't imitate the agility and spirit of the seal. It's too real like the current addition, it's too empty and can't come out of the charm, so I have to be virtual, according to the gourd and the pseudo-person's own brushwork. I said that he was a master, but the seal was imitated well, and if he was not careful, he was really called blind! I couldn't help but laugh. Qianlong Liu Yong heard what he said vividly, approached and carefully identified, and sure enough, he couldn't help but feel refreshed when he saw the seal strokes. The boss listened to the swelling of his head, and said dejectedly: "I bought two thousand taels of goods, and the day before yesterday, someone didn't sell them until three thousand five, and I thought it was the treasure of the town store!" He Shen smiled: "I won't expose it, if someone buys it, two thousand taels will be sold quickly." ”

The boss was exposed by He Shen, and seemed to be a little flustered, so he was busy pouring tea for He Shen, and said: "There is a true god in the temple today, you can also take a look at other goods, and I have a long experience." ”

"Anything else-" He Shen rolled his eyes and examined the shelves, "Those ancient coins are genuine, this Ru porcelain bowl-" He knocked on the tea bowl in his hand and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the goods in your store will not be worth the price of this bowl!" That statue of Ashena Buddha is also genuine - you take that old emblem bamboo carving and look at it. ”

At this time, everyone had already served Heshen, only to see the boss trembling, the primary school student handed over the paper to the master of the house and held the old bamboo root carving pen holder, and Shen took it over and pointed out with a smile: "Master, come and see, this bamboo carving will be sold for 1,500 taels, but it is actually only worth 50 taels." Go to the outer room of Xuanwu Gate and saw the head of the bamboo scaffolding back, and ask the connoisseur to carve it like this. Soak it in the dung pit for half a year, and it comes out red and old, which brings the ancient meaning, smoked with mugwort leaves, brushed with a bristle brush, and filled with tea leaves, buried in fragrant ash, and put on the shelf for sale! Boss, let me tell you, hundreds of years of things, and so good-looking, this play and that play, and look and touch, this bamboo carving is not hung on the pulp, it is fake! - You find an expert to beat tung oil, and then apply varnish a few times, one is the body is heavy, the other is the pulp on the top, it feels like amber, it is easy to sell fake! The boss nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said again and again: "Yes...... Yes..."

Qianlong laughed out of the store, and said while going down the steps: "I didn't expect you to be so good at appreciation." I'll take a look at it when I look back! He Shen said: "The real connoisseur is not in the antique shop, and the pawnshop who pulls out a master is better than them, and the pawnshop man is about to leave, and an antique will end him - there is a man named Liu Quan in my house, who is a 'night pot tin'." I learned this bit of eyesight from him. Qianlong smiled and asked: "What does 'night pot tin' mean?" He Shen said: "Among the seventy-two lines in the world, the pawnshop is the biggest, because only people ask him, and he doesn't ask people for everything." The pawnshop guy is unemployed, and he still has God first and me second, and he can't wait. That's why it's called 'night pot tin'. It's like a night-breaking pot, although tin is a useful thing, the tin that has been made as a night-time pot is shameful and smelly, so what use can it be? It's this line of work, and if you change it, it's unbearable. Everyone understood this explanation, and even Liu Yong thought that it was the same thing, and laughed.

He Shen saw the downtown area, and said, "Master, I have already lowered the price of that calligraphy and painting." Ming'er bought it with someone else. That's the real thing. Said and laughed, "You didn't pay attention, there is still a stamp in the upper left corner of Jingkong, it is true, but it has been a long time and it is not clear, the seller is a knowledgeable person, and he made a new stamp according to other paintings and stamped it, and the genuine product is counterfeited, and it becomes fake." From the Holy Grandfather to you, all collect Dong Xiangguang's calligraphy and paintings, and it is not easy to see one, I know that the master loves it, so I will find out its terrible fault. and he rejoiced in giving him two thousand taels. Now I will save at least 3,000 taels of silver for my master!" Liu Yong said in a daze: "So you bargained with him?" 梼杌 casting Zhang is a ghost for a fantasy, which sentence is your truth? You're a reader! ”

"Of course, I'll be honest with my master." He Shen said with a smile, "Chongru, not necessarily looking left for a 'poetry cloud', right looking forward to a 'Zi Yue', everything is respectful and solemn everywhere is like a gentleman to a big guest, and the gentleman is righteous, and the villain is profitable, this kind of experience is also useful." Qianlong said: "Niu Pu Ma Bo defeated the drum skin and old window paper can be used in medicine, and Shen Lianda can be described as meticulous. He Shen knew that he was too good at showing off his skills in small affairs today, so he thought about it and slowly turned back, because he laughed at himself: "I know that I am a little Yi'er, this is all a trick of the branch and leaf school." In the past few years, I have been taught by my master, and I have memorized all the "Four Books", and I have read Ji Gong's "Luanyang Miscellaneous Records", and you have also read your "Shi'an Collection". When I turned around, I brought the window textbook and asked Chongru to change it for me. Qianlong said: "What's the harm of knowing more things? It is better to understand the world and human feelings, and have the avenue as the foundation, and it is better to be an official. Liu Chongru is also true, he did not deceive the king and betray his friends, nor did he deviate from the scriptures, what do you accuse him of? Liu Yong smiled: "I'm not accusing, this is also business economics." I wonder how he knows so much. ”

Talking about gossip, he has already left the North Jade Emperor Temple City. He Shen was inconvenient to drive with him, and he was just about to resign, when a person ran fast in the white snow in the distance, like a wandering black dot approaching, He Shen's eyes were extremely keen, and he saw the tax collector of the customs yamen from a distance, and shouted: "Isn't that Geshu?" What's the matter with being in such a hurry? ”

"Hui and Ye ......" Ge Shu had already run to the front as he spoke, he was so tired that he rolled his eyes, and opened his mouth so much that he couldn't breathe, "Let's go to the porridge shed...... Heshun Tianfu ...... The people of Suncheonfu...... Fucking ...... It's time to fight! ”