Liu Mingyi flicked his sleeves, rushed back angrily, passed an alley, and was pulled over, Zhang Gouzi and Lu Feng stood at the door and were about to enter, their eyes and everywhere, Liu Mingyi was missing in a blink of an eye, the two glanced at each other, and hurriedly pasted the corner of the wall lightly, hidden at the mouth of the alley, stretched out their ears and obeyed.

Pulling Liu Mingyi over, it was Lang An Zaihai, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, and behind him were the rest of the dozen or so captive officers, everyone looked distressed one by one, and bowed their hands to see the salute, Zhao Yu, the head of the Ministry of Rites, pointed at Liu Mingyi first, and was surprised: "Lord Liu, your beard?" An Zaihai was closest to Liu Mingyi, and he hurriedly reached out to touch Liu Mingyi's red and swollen chin, and Liu Mingyi, who touched it, screamed in pain, and hurriedly dodged back: "Don't move!" The old man is killed! ”

"Lord Liu, what's wrong with you? Your beard? More than a dozen people squeezed forward and asked with concern, Liu Mingyi closed his eyes sadly and angrily, and said in a low voice: "It's burned!" Before the fire rose, the beard burned ••••••! More than a dozen people were silent all of a sudden, and they lit a fire and burned their beards! What a humiliation! Liu Mingyi was in pain for a while, turned his head to look at everyone, his eyes stopped at An Zaihai, who was covered with white flour all over his body, and pointed to him and asked, "Are you here?" What is this •••••• on this body? What kind of system? ”

"Noodles." An Zaihai hung his head and said, "Last night, the mother-in-law next door lent me a scoop of noodles, and I want to eat a bowl of noodles." ”

"You've eaten? An Daren is young and capable! Zhao Yuxian was over fifty years old, and looked at An Zaihai, who was in his early thirties, with envy and said: "Learn quickly, Xiaguan was busy from last night to this morning, and the fire hasn't risen yet, and until now, I haven't even drunk hot water." ”

"Where's the food? Didn't you see that this side is all on the clothes? Last night it was dark, there was no light, I slept indiscriminately, and this morning I •••••• those things, going to the toilet, the toilet •••••• that, alas! I didn't even have time to wash my face, I saw that the time was almost over, I put on a caftan and left, and I saw this caftan •••••• like this when I got out of the yard! An Zaihai's face is full of gloom, although he is not a rich and noble family, he can grow up from childhood to adulthood, and he has also grown up with a girl's mother-in-law, since he was captured, he has traveled all the way west to this Kaiping Mansion, although he has suffered a lot, but he has never been like this! Tea and rice are always sent over, now if you want to drink well water, you have to go to fetch water first, the bucket is put into the well, floating on the surface of the well, he sweats in a hurry, the bucket is still floating on the surface of the well•••••• An Zaihai is sad from the heart, covering his face with his sleeves, and the tears can't stop, An Zaihai's sadness hooks everyone with sadness, this suffering, everyone is experiencing, Liu Mingyi sighed angrily and annoyed, raised his hand and pounded the stone wall on the side of the alley, and said sadly: "You and I are both official eunuchs from the two lists, When have you ever done such a job? This is to sweep away our Sven! Humiliate me Liang Guoshizi! Everyone looked at Liu Mingyi silently, and after a while, Zhao Yuxian whispered: "Lord Liu, there is no Liang Guo." Liu Mingyi's lips trembled for a moment, and old tears were in his eyes.

"Lord Liu•••••• stay in the green mountains." Zhao Yuxian whispered and persuaded with insufficient confidence, Liu Mingyi put his head against the wall in pain, hit it twice, and was pulled away from the stone wall by everyone, and persuaded in a loud voice: "My lord, take care of your body, state affairs are the most important." Liu Mingyi wiped his tears and turned his head to look at everyone: "But one death!" Who can not die? Why die?! ”

"But you can't die!" Zhang Gouzi waved his hand and turned out of the corner, Liu Mingyi and the others looked at Zhang Gouzi who was waving his hand and looking anxious, and Lu Feng, who was shaking a folding fan behind him and looking at everyone with disdain.

"You can't die! Our fifth master said, if anyone dares to wipe his neck privately, the person on the paper will not be left, and all of them will be killed! But you can't die, our fifth master also said, who wants to wipe their neck, think about it first, they are not afraid of death, what else is there to be afraid of? After thinking about this, it is better to settle down and die, alas! Then come to me first and say a word, I have given our fifth master, and our fifth master can arrange a way to die. ”

"Like a wind or something." Lu Feng shook the folding fan and interjected slowly, and Zhang Gouzi smiled with a smile on his face: "That's also done, reverse the romance!" Our fifth master has a flavored medicine, and if you eat it, you can have a wind immediately, and you can die as much as you want, you see, what our fifth master said, this thing is done, and it is more reasonable! Do you think so? Zhang Gouzi looked at Liu Mingyi, who was staring at him and hated to bite him, and then said: "Okay, okay, it's not too early at this time, a few people, hurry up and go to Dongshi to have a look, find some work, and earn today's meal money, right?" A few people not only know how to read but also write, they are all powerful, it must be easy to make money, hurry up, don't just talk here, and, our fifth master said, if you really have no place to earn food, come to our house, you're welcome! Our fifth master said that we have to find an errand for you, so that you have something to eat, our fifth master is the most kind, okay, everyone hurry up and earn money, earning money to eat is a big deal! Zhang Gouzi was so verbose that he looked like an old lady, Liu Mingyi trembled his fingers and designated Zhang Gouzi, Zhang Gouzi squinted his eyes, looked at him with a smile on his face, and didn't wait for him to speak, and preemptively said: "Mr. Liu, I see that your chin hurts badly, very badly, I'll go find some badger oil for you?" ”

Liu Mingyi slammed his snort on the ground, turned around suddenly, and did not distinguish between east and west, north and south, and strode forward angrily, Zhao Yuxian hesitated, and followed Liu Mingyi with a long shirt to chase after him, An Zaihai sighed, hung his head, shook his flour-stained sleeves weakly, and walked towards Dongshi, and the rest of the dozen or so people looked at each other, sighed, hung their heads, and scattered. Zhang Gouzi watched everyone walk away and dispersed, took a 'puff' on the ground, caged his hands, and went back leisurely.

Nanning took Li Xiaoqi to the study outside the palace, watched her enter the east wing, turned around and entered the main house, made a report, lifted the curtain and went in, Su Zicheng was sitting upright behind the wide and surprisingly bookcase and wrote something, Nanning Changyi greeted the salute and reported respectfully: "Back to the master, there is no other movement, or sign in in the morning and evening." ”

Su Zicheng said 'um', finished writing the last few words, put down the pen in his hand, leaned back on the back of the chair, and couldn't understand what medicine Li Xiaoqi was selling in this gourd for a while, thought for a moment, looked at Nanning and asked, "How are these people?" Do you have any thoughts? ”

"Hui Ye, I can't see it if I don't move, it's not very good, it's all trivial things such as making a fire and fetching water, Liu Mingyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, burned his beard on fire last night, and his chin burned a blister; Lang An, the servant of the ministry, dropped the bucket into the well while fetching water from the sea, got a bowl of raw flour from a neighbor, and didn't know what he wanted to do, so the bowl of noodles was all thrown on his clothes; Zhao Yu, the manager of the Ministry of Rites, put the toilet in the courtyard first, and was scolded by the mother-in-law next door; Qian Qian, the manager of the criminal department, got the help of his neighbors, and made a fire, did not put water in the pot, and burned the pot, and besides, except for Yu Yuanshan, the head of the household department, the rest of the people did not know the rules of pouring the toilet at dawn, and the toilets were still in the house at this time, and Zhang Gouzi prepared the pots and pans and bedding for them, but the toilet did not give the toilet lid, there were bowls without chopsticks, and there were bedding without pillows. ”

Su Zicheng was a little stunned when he heard this, and looked directly at Nanning, who pulled the corners of his mouth and muttered in a low voice: "If there is a master, there must be a servant." Su Zicheng thought for a moment, rubbed his eyebrows, looked at Nanning and asked, "What are you doing with a fire?" Nanning immediately understood, and hurriedly bowed down and explained: "Master, the market is poor, and you can't afford charcoal, so you burn firewood for two meals a day, and you need to make a fire to cook." ”

"What about the tea?"

"Back to the master, those who are particular about it prepare a warm house, and those who are poorer will drink well water." Nanning glanced up at Su Zicheng, lowered his head, and then said: "The people in the market, the fifth watch should get up and empty and wash the toilet, according to the rules of our Kaiping Mansion, the night incense car should rush out of the city from the west gate before dawn, only this trip a day, a street or several yards share a well, if you want to wash clothes and vegetables, go to the well, there is a sewer by the well, if you want to draft water, you also have to pick up water from the well, let's open the well of the Ping Mansion is deep, the well is generally set up with a reel, hang the bucket on the hook of the rope head and hang down to draw water, this bucket is wooden, Naturally, it floats on the water, and it is necessary to shake the rope to fill the bucket with water, and there is a particular attention here, and if it is not used, it is easy to shake the bucket into the well, and it is more difficult to make a fire and cook on it. Nanning explained a lot in one breath, Su Zicheng frowned slightly, and gradually understood, now these people, even if they want to drink a sip of water, they have to find the bucket first, go out of the yard, and go to the well to fetch water and come back, this bucket is put in the well, is the bucket in the well or the water in the bucket is still in the two, fetch the water and bring it back, make a fire to boil the water, Su Zicheng exhaled lightly, twisted his eyebrows and thought about it, turned his head to look at Nanning and asked: "Those poor students who are waiting for the exam, the same is true for daily tea and rice?" How can there be any effort to read? ”

"Hui Ye, those students are in a slightly better situation, fifty yuan a day, soup and refreshments, pulp laundry, they can find someone to send them on their behalf, if they are extremely poor, one is to borrow to live in the monastery, and the other is to each study, two meals a day, tea or something, are all supplied, but it doesn't have to be so." Nanning replied carefully, Su Zicheng exhaled, leaned back in the chair, guessing Li Xiaoyi's intentions, vaguely understood, but didn't quite understand, three meals without success, the pain of doing everything personally, where could he understand the adjournment?

In the outermost room of the East Chamber, Li Xiaoqi sat cross-legged on the couch, looking intently at the fold in her hand, she now helps Su Zicheng deal with those half-public and half-private, half-light and half-dark affairs, and is optimistic about a copy, so she takes a thin piece of bamboo paper, approves it crookedly, and puts it aside in the fold, a good word takes a lot of effort, this is no way, she can use the soft brush to write the words neatly, it is not easy.

Li Xiaoqi was concentrating on looking at the excerpts, only to hear the footsteps on the verandah gradually approaching, the footsteps seemed to stop at the main entrance, and the little servant's respectful report sounded: "Master, please see the second master of Shui." ”