Chapter 100: Beginnings
Chapter 100
Outside the Donghua Gate of the Imperial City, a majestic house adjacent to the South Dining Room is brightly lit, and here is the famous Yamen of the East Detective Factory.
In the hall, Fan Heng, who was five short and fat-faced, was sitting behind the desk with a black face, and there were seven or eight murderous guards standing beside him.
"Overseer, you want to make the decision for us, you are not there, I don't know how arrogant the turtle grandchildren are in Ludao, I will wait for the wire to take the prisoner, the front and rear feet of the Jinyi Guard's gang of dogs will arrive, and they insist on robbing people with us; The subordinates naturally did not follow, and they were in a stalemate, and a newly promoted deputy thousand households named Song Nan in Zhengnanfang were drinking in the room, and after they came out, they ordered people to beat us indiscriminately, we had few people, and the brothers suffered a big loss, and the subordinates raised the name of the overseer to come out, but the guy ignored it at all; You see, the bridge of my nose was almost broken......"
It was Tian Gui who spoke, and at the moment his unkempt face was covered with blood, and his face with a blue nose and swollen face looked as scary as a ghost under the light.
Fan Heng slapped the table and said, "What you said is the truth?" Did they really do it first? β
Tian Gui kowtowed like pounding garlic and shouted, "How many heads do your subordinates have?" Dare to talk nonsense with your old man? Zhengnanfang's gang of grandsons have been against us everywhere recently, and the dark Tsubaki who was planted by the subordinates were coerced and coerced by them, and they often bumped into each other when they took people, not to mention, many of the dark Tsubaki no longer dared to report the news, and the subordinates had already reported the punishment of thousands of households, presumably the overseer also knew the way, and the subordinates felt that this was their deliberate doing, just to oppose us. β
Fan Heng turned his head to look at a dark and thin man and said, "Liu Qianhu, is there such a thing?" β
The man hurriedly said: "There is indeed this matter, the lowly position should have informed the lord, but the lowly position has not collected all the evidence, and rashly told the overseer to block the overseer for no reason, I wanted to figure out the reason and then report to the overseer, so that the overseer could speak in front of the emperor with reasonable evidence, and taught Mu Bin to refute it." β
Fan Heng nodded and said: "Your consideration is right, Zhengnanfang Jinyi Wei Qianhu is a thorn, this Song Nan's name has been heard several times, a jumping clown still thinks he has a lot of ability, this time I want to see how Mu Bin explains, I want him to personally hand over Song Nan to me, but I want to see if he is an iron body." β
Tian Gui kowtowed and said: "Thank you Lord for being in charge, that kid is hateful, beating people is his head, and my nose is what he beats." β
Fan Heng frowned and said, "Okay, okay, a teenager can't beat him, do you still have the face to say?" Cheng Tianjie eats, drinks and has fun, and his skills are still inferior to those on the street, which is really a waste; Immediately write a confession of the situation, and follow the governor to his Jinyi Guard's yamen early tomorrow morning to meet Mu Bin, I have to ask if he Mu Bin connived at his subordinates to be so lawless. β
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In the British Mansion in the south square, Zhang Lun was respectfully standing in the study holding a teapot and standing next to an old man, the old man's hair was white, and he was splashing ink on a white paper hanging his wrist like flying, and in an instant, a pair of pen and ink hearty big characters jumped on the paper.
The old man looked at it with satisfaction, wiped his hands with a soft silk scarf, sat down on the chair, and Zhang Lun hurriedly went up to pour tea in the old man's purple clay pot.
"Lun'er, how is this pair of words?" The old man took a sip of tea and asked lightly.
Zhang Lun said respectfully: "Grandpa's handwriting is getting better and better, the pen is like a knife and a gun, and the paper is full of spirit." β
The old man smiled and said: "You are also good at sycophant kung fu, the word grandpa is to entertain yourself, but you can't get to the hall of elegance, grandpa is used to holding knives and guns with both hands, and it is really not comfortable holding a pen, but what you said is a pertinent comment on ink like knives and guns, grandpa does use this pole as a knife and gun." β
Zhang Lun said with a smile: "Our family doesn't learn to write and sell words, what does it matter if the writing is good or not, grandpa's words, and those well-educated people in the cabinet dare not listen to it." β
The old man waved his hand and said: "Naive, these words are said in the house, now is not a good time for us, the inner court and the outer court are divided into courts, Wang Yue Fan Heng and others are all celebrities in front of the emperor, cabinet Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Liu Jian, which one is not the favorite of the emperor, but our family of honorable relatives is gradually fading in the eyes of the emperor; I chatted with Mr. Xu that day, and his words also revealed this meaning. β
Zhang Lun smiled and said: "Grandpa, the emperor is still interested in the old nobles, aren't the key military positions of the twelve regiments and battalions in the Beijing Division and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies still in the hands of the nobles?" If the emperor doesn't trust us nobles, how can he let the military power fall into our hands. β
The old man stroked his beard and nodded: "That's natural, the emperor still has great trust in our ancestors in his heart who followed the great grandfather to lay down the Ming Dynasty, once the country is in trouble, we are still the mainstay, we are not reliable, do we rely on those eunuchs in the inner court?" Or do you want the three powerless bachelors of the cabinet to go to war on the battlefield? Isn't that a joke? β
Zhang Lun smiled: "What Grandpa said is very true. β
The old man paused and said: "That being said, at present, we are still living in peace and well, just like this painting written by grandpa, what we have to do now is to hold the military power and keep the light and obscurity." This 'Taoguang Yanghui' grandfather will give it to you, you have become a lot of old people this year, and in the future, we will have to hold the door of the British government, grandpa is old, and it will depend on you in the future. β
Zhang Lun hurriedly bowed down and said, "What did Grandpa say about this?" Grandpa's health is more than that of a teenager, and with a grandfather in one day, the grandson is carefree in his heart, and he always feels very down-to-earth. β
The old man smiled: "Let's just say that your kung fu on your mouth has grown a lot recently, and people can't be dissatisfied with old age, in the past, a grandpa Mazha could stand for two hours without moving, but now he owes half an hour, and he is not allowed to flamboyate his flamboyant tongue." β
Zhang Lun smiled and nodded, reached out and put the teapot on the table, dried the ink on the words, and rolled it up with a yellow ribbon and put it aside.
The old man drank two sips of tea and waved his hand and said: "You go, I'll come to the house to enjoy leisure, you can't always accompany me, your sister has been making trouble recently, pass my word to tell her, if she is not allowed to be naughty, she will learn some female popularity, and meet the right grandfather to marry her to marry the right family, and she is not allowed to fool around outside." β
Zhang Lun nodded in agreement, and the old man picked up a book on the desk and flipped through it, but saw Zhang Lun standing still, turned his head and said in surprise: "Why don't you leave?" Is there something wrong? β
Zhang Lun said with a smile: "There is indeed something to ask grandpa to show me." β
The old man said, "Is there anything you can't solve by yourself?" Now you are also a person with a bit of face. β
Zhang Lun said what happened this afternoon, and the more he listened, the more angry he became, and he scolded: "Bastard, what I said to you just now has become a northwest wind, what is Taoguang Yanghui?" What is your turn to mix in the matter between Dongchang and Jinyi Wei Yamen? It's not like this to take care of things, and the emperor can't mediate the disputes between the factory and the guard, what are you talking about? What a bastard. β
Zhang Lun whispered: "Grandpa, don't be angry, your grandson doesn't want to cause trouble, it's just that your grandson thinks that this matter is related to your grandson, after all, Song Nan is holding grievances for your grandson, how can your grandson do nothing?" Isn't it taught that grandchildren have no regard for morality? β
The old man said angrily: "Are you confused or am I confused?" Then Song Nan is obviously using your name to make trouble with Dongchang, I can see it, but you don't know? Why are you so confused? This surnamed Song has hateful intentions, so he doesn't have to pay attention to him at all. β
Zhang Lun said: "Yes, yes, but Song Nan is not as unbearable as his grandfather said, and afterwards he promised his grandson that he would never involve his grandson in the slightest; You also know that Song Nan helped his grandson a lot in the errand of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and if he hadn't planned it, his grandson would not have thought of so many means anyway, let alone be praised by the emperor himself. Didn't you say that the emperor recently intended to let his grandson lead the magic machine camp? That's not because the last incident made a good impression on the emperor; Sun Er felt that Song Nan had helped Sun Er so much, this time he was in trouble, and it was a personal favor to mediate and help him; You often say that handing over relationships, weaving connections, and grandchildren are also done according to your teachings, this Song Nan is not simple to me, maybe he will become a character in the future. β
The old man frowned and said, "You are so optimistic about him?" Just because of all the tricks he got on the street? β
Zhang Lun said: "It's not all, my grandson saw that he acted boldly and chicly, although he was a low-level official, his demeanor and bearing were a little atmospheric, even if he is not a person, let's help him, isn't it also a return of favor?" Grandchildren don't want to owe favors. β
The old man slapped the table and said, "Childish, how big should this favor be?" Doesn't the rash intervention in mediation make the Inner Court accuse our government of many things? β
Zhang Lun thought for a while and said: "That's it, grandpa, you don't know about this matter, I'll go and see it tomorrow, if I can control it on my face, I can't help it, I can only blame Song Nan for his hard life." β
The old man frowned and thought for a while: "No, since you come forward, you will participate in the affairs on behalf of our government, if the matter cannot be done, you will end up in a commotion, and you will be ridiculed and shameless." βγ
Zhang Lun said: "What should I do then?" I have already promised Song Nan to allow him to report tomorrow that he will do it with Dongchang because of my anger. β
The old man stretched out his hand to grab the book on the table and raised his hand to smash it, Zhang Lun didn't dare to avoid shrugging his shoulders, but he didn't see the book smashing for a long time, but he heard the old man sigh and said: "You, you're still too naΓ―ve, grandpa I'm afraid he won't live for a few years, grandpa is alive and everything is easy to say, grandpa is gone, and some of you will suffer." That's it, today's incident, the dogs in Dongchang are also disrespectful to you, no matter what, they scold you which onion is insulting my British government, and Fan Heng's people are becoming more and more disagreeable, take this opportunity to knock and beat, otherwise I will be easy to bully when I am the British government. β
Zhang Lunxi said: "Grandpa, you agree." β
The old man said: "I don't agree, you will mediate tomorrow, if Fan Heng does not give face, he will come to tell me, I will go to see him; But I'm not for that Song Nan, I'm here to maintain the face of my country's government, a person like Song Nan who was born in Jinyiwei, I am afraid that there are other intentions to make friends with you, you don't want to be emotional, remember grandpa's words, grandpa is the experience of decades of ups and downs. β
Zhang Lun hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "It's too much trouble to teach grandpa, but grandchildren are ignorant." β
The old man waved his hand and said: "Get up, you can be regarded as satisfying to me, compared to those gentlemen in the Dingguo Mansion, you have already made me feel relieved, go ahead." β
Zhang Lun kowtowed, got up and picked up the scroll on the table, and slowly exited the door; The old man sat alone on the big chair, sighed slightly, and looked at the candle flame.
Zhang Lun came to the courtyard and walked along the gravel path to his residence, and a black shadow jumped out from behind the pillars, bluffing Zhang Lun.
"Oh, my good girl, can you stop being so weird and scary?" Zhang Lun held his forehead and shouted to hit the sky.
The county lord was dressed in a long skirt, but she looked charming and cute, hugged Zhang Lun's arm and said softly: "Brother, does grandpa agree?" β
Zhang Lun said: "What, you seem to be very enthusiastic, don't you hate Song Nan very much?" β
The lord said: "What's the matter, he is also making trouble for his brother, you can't watch him go to prison, besides, he promised me that if I can help him pass this level, he will invite me to eat and have fun in the capital for three days." β
Zhang Lun frowned and said, "He begged you to help him?" β
Lord Cheng shook his head and said, "That's not it, I pestered him to talk, he was in a hurry to leave, so I praised Haikou to help him." β
Zhang Lun sighed and said in his heart: "If Song Nan begged his sister to do something, it would really have other intentions, but fortunately this is not the case." β
The lord of the county said to the study Nunu, "What is Grandpa doing?" β
Zhang Lun said: "Grandpa is not very happy, sitting in front of the lamp." β
Lord Cheng grinned and said, "I'll help grandpa beat his back and make grandpa happy for you, Song Nan, you have to say that I helped intercede." β
Zhang Lun shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Sister, when will you grow up, what should you do if you are still so naughty when you get married in the future." β
The lord of the county sneered and said, "Cut, who wants to marry." After that, he threw Zhang Lun a roll of his eyes, flew to the study like a butterfly, and shouted from afar: "Grandpa, my son has come to see you, rub your waist and talk for you." β
Zhang Lun's scalp was numb, and the old man in the study also had a bitter face, so it was easy to come to the outer mansion to clean up for a while, and when this girl came, this night would be ruined.