When Guo Saisa and his party came out, they looked at Bao Yuanqian, who stopped and stared at the corridor, and even called three times and ignored them.

Guo Xijiu walked to his side and pestled him with a cane, and Bao Yuanqian was shocked by the pestle before he came back to his senses and apologized.

"What are you looking at? shouted at the old man to cut it off. @ "Guo Saisa frowned and didn't have a good airway.

Bao Yuanqian scratched his head in embarrassment, just now he was pondering the departing person, but he didn't notice that someone was calling him behind him, so he casually responded to two sentences and went out of the palace with Guo Xijiu and his party.

They returned the same way, and returned to Guozijian in more than half an hour. At this time, it was the end of the Shen period, and the entrance of the Guozijian was full of colorful sedan chairs and carriages, like all kinds of sports cars parked at the gate of colleges and universities in later generations.

Bao Yuanqian jumped out of the carriage and happened to meet Xue Wujian out of the prison gate. Xue Wujian came to his face, and when he saw Bao Yuanqian, he stepped forward and said, "Si Ye, the prisoners are no different today. ”.

Bao Yuanqian was in a hurry to pack up his things and get off work, so he nodded with a light smile and wanted to go straight inside.

"Si Ye and so on." Xue Wujian turned around and called Bao Yuanqian.

"What?"

Xue Wujian frowned lightly, stared at Bao Yuanqian and said, "I take the liberty of asking, Si Ye is a Mengren?" ”

She saw that day that Bao Yuanqian's punch was only for deterrence, and it would not really fall on Zhang Jing's face. Since she was a child, she had the impression that these people were bloodthirsty and rude, and there were not many people who could give grace and power, let alone write poems and lyrics.

"I was born in Daming Suzhou, not Mongolian." Bao Yuanqian hurriedly turned around and said, then turned around and entered.

Xue Wujian first suddenly frowned and wondered, as if he hadn't said this answer. He didn't understand what he meant, she wanted to ask Si Ye about these pale blue eyes, which seemed to be the beard with a high nose and deep eyes. It's just that Si Ye is a Han face, but a pair of eyes are surprisingly raw, so there is this question.

When she saw that the people were gone, she shook her head helplessly and got into the carriage, and the coachman whipped his horse away.

Bao Yuanqian returned to the Chaoji Courtyard and met Jiang Wei, who had also just returned to the mansion. He thought about the strange man in Wenyuan Pavilion today, so he told him about it in one fell swoop.

Jiang Wei has never entered the palace, so naturally he doesn't know who that person is.

It's just that he saw that Bao Yuan was full of sorrow, so he quipped: "What did he say to you?" ”

"He just said I was funny."

Jiang Wei smiled, "Congratulations, congratulations." ”

"What's the joy of?"

Jiang Wei said: "According to the gossip of my colleagues, when the saint killed Qi Huang Fanglian, he also said again and again that it was interesting. These four people are all extremely popular ministers, and General Bao should be on the rise, just around the corner. ”

"Go, go, which pot is not opened." Bao Yuanqian waved his hand, he naturally knew where Jiang Wei was listening to the gossip of his colleagues, and it was clear that he was suspicious and deliberately made such a remark to make fun of himself, he was in a much better mood since he lived with Xiaolan.

But he was happy, but Bao Yuanqian listened to Jiang Wei's unintentional words, but muttered, although it was a joke, it wouldn't be as unlucky as this, right?

He first called him Your Excellency, and then called him Brother Tai, and persuaded him to study more classics. Isn't this the neck sent to the guillotine, looking for death?

Jiang bowed to the gold mountain and entered his own courtyard.

Bao Yuanqian pushed the door in alone, looking at the empty courtyard of Erjin and no one to clean it, he looked a little depressed when he had no time to do these things on weekdays.

"It's time to pay for two servants." Bao Yuan said to himself, he thought that many envoys from various countries had come to Yingtian recently, and they stopped at the same hall. These people were nimble-minded and not only sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, but also brought a lot of slaves to be sold to the Ming Dynasty officials as servants, wanting to make a lot of extra money.

When the time comes, go there and see if you can make two foreign slaves at a low price, and you can't understand what you're saying anyway, so as not to have ears on the wall.

.......

The second day was the day of rest, and Bao Yuanqian wanted to find Jiang Wei when he had nothing to do. It's just that Jiang Wei accompanied Xiaolan out of Longjiangmen to play, and he was not bored with a "light bulb".

He strolled down the street and was about to rent one or two servants to clean the courtyard, when he walked to the Champion Realm and met Ying Hao.

Ying Hao, like him, does not wear official clothes on rest days. The two of them were just dressed in smart brocade and wore a pair of soapy official boots.

"Brother Bao."

"Brother Ying."

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The two have been on business for many days, and they naturally greeted each other when they met for the first time. The two chatted as they walked, both talking about the latest situation. It turned out that Ying Hao had just taken office these days, and he had been working outside every day before he sat in the hall for a day or two. @·error-free start~~

They are Jinyi Guards, responsible for the detection of many streets and alleys, and sometimes even go to the Taihu Lake to search for water thieves, in short, it is really much more difficult than themselves.

"It's all caused by this White Lotus, it's really pervasive." Ying Hao sighed lightly, "Since the Jing disaster, people have been panicking. The White Lotus Sect took the opportunity to recruit disciples, and they went deep into the country alleys to hide deeply, and we took great pains to do so. ”

"White Lotus Sect?" Bao Yuanqian knew that this organization had lasted for thousands of years and had repeatedly revolted, but he didn't expect that Yongle would become a disaster in the early years.

Ying Hao nodded and whispered: "This White Lotus Sect is more than that, they not only bewitch the people, but even among the gentry, there are many believers. Sometimes we follow the trail and before people arrive, the White Lotus disciples scatter as birds and beasts. What does this mean, it is obvious that someone leaked the movements of the Suppression Division! ”

Bao Yuanqian knew very well how important these gentry were to the governance of the grassroots level, and that most of the gentry came from bureaucratic families and had inextricable ties with officials in the DPRK. The White Lotus Sect has won over the gentry, and many officials in the court, big and small, are naturally also followers of the White Lotus Sect.

These bureaucratic landlords bully men and women, and they are full of evil. This ordinary immortal Buddha temple can't save them, and most of them go off the rails to believe in some evil sects such as the White Lotus Sect. And the White Lotus Sect, which is a kind of sect called a sect, is actually an organization that does what it likes, and it is exaggerated and deceived by the paper and water, but it has been tried and tested repeatedly.

"By the way, Brother Ying, you Jinyiwei are well-informed, can you find someone for me?" Bao Yuanqian said suddenly.

"Who?"

"Jingqing, it should be a doctor of imperial history."

"Jingqing?" Ying Hao pondered and said: "There are hundreds of official books in the Zhenfu Division, and I have seen it a few times, but I don't remember that there is such a person as Jingqing. ”

"No one?" Bao Yuanqian gasped and wondered.

"If I remember correctly, there was no such person among the Imperial Doctors. Unless it's a new promotion in recent days,,Anyway... There should be everything in the book of the Pacification Division. ”

Bao Yuanqian thought in his heart, this Jingqing was the imperial historian in the Jianwen period, and he was even more in his position after the martyrdom, so it is impossible not to have his name... If it weren't for Ying Hao's mistake, it was really no such person.

Where did the Jingqing stabbing case recorded in the history books come from? He originally wanted to take advantage of the prophets of the future generations and use Jingqing as a stepping stone, but he was told that there was no such person... It's weird.

"Zuo Siye?"

Just when he was depressed, others called out to Bao Yuanqian to interrupt his thinking. Bao Yuanqian turned around and looked, only to see that it was the right secretary of Guozijian, Yu Yanzhao.

Yu Yanzhao was holding a three- or four-year-old child at this time, this child was holding a string of sugar gourds with both hands, and his mouth was red, and his meaty face was quite cute.

"Right Siye, what a coincidence."

The three of them exchanged pleasantries, and Bao Yuanqian looked at the child and said, "This is?" ”

When Yu Yanzhao saw Bao Yuanqian mention it, he smiled with joy on his face: "This is a dog, Yu Qian." Two days ago, I took him from his hometown in Qiantang to Yingtian, and I haven't seen him for more than a year. ”

"Yu .. Yu Qian, Yu Shaobao?! Bao Yuanqian's face changed, and he asked with surprise, "What is he talking about?" ”

Bao Yuanqian was worried that it was the same name, so he asked about the word. He looked at this lovely child, and never imagined that it would be Yu Qian, who would be famous in the future!

Yu Yanzhao didn't expect Bao Yuanqian's big reaction, and said suspiciously: "Xiao'er is only four years old, and he hasn't written yet, why don't you take one for Xiao'er?" ”

Bao Yuanqian waved his hand again and again, "Where do I have the ability to give Yu Shaobao a word, it will torment me." ”

Yu Yanzhao said "oh", "Zuo Siye also said that he can't write, and this word Shaobao is excellent." The first phase of it promised him to be a very good minister in the future, and the second is to protect the less, so as not to die young, wonderful! ”

Bao Yuanqian was dumbfounded, he just subconsciously honored Yu Shaobao, but he didn't think that he would be quoted by Yu Yanzhao by mistake, it was really out of the ordinary!

In this era, the infant mortality rate is extremely high, and it is ingenious for the word "less insurance" to be explained by Yu Yanzhao. Yu Yanzhao said a few polite words and said goodbye to the two with joy.

Ying Hao asked, "Is there anything strange about this child, why do you look like this?" ”

Bao Yuanqian exclaimed.

"If nothing else, this kid can give Da Ming another two hundred years..."

Ying Hao hurriedly covered his mouth and said, "You have to be cautious in your words and deeds, Jinyiwei is not just a well-dressed fake trick." In the streets and alleys of this day, those inconspicuous coarse-clothed and short-brown coolies may be the eyeliner of the Suppression Division. ”

Bao Yuanqian knew that he was speechless, so he said: "In today's leisure, why don't we go down the river and go to Zhenjiang to find Brother Gao?" lest they speak so carefully. ”

Ying Hao agreed when he had nothing to do, and the two of them found the Rujiangmen Wharf, where there were many boatmen shouting and drinking, trying their best to attract the attention of the boaters on the shore and increase their income.

Bao Yuanqian stopped at the dock, and before the river breeze arrived, the enthusiastic boatmen around him poured up, he was no stranger, and the last time he took a boat tour to Qinhuai, it was also like this.

He seems to have returned to the scene of the train station in the later generations, and a bunch of uncles and aunts holding accommodation signs surrounded you with water, which is suffocating.

Although these boatmen are rough men, they are sophisticated in human feelings. Seeing that the two of them were dressed in brocade and stepped on official boots, they naturally had extraordinary identities. If you take this job, you may be able to get some more money.

So they rushed to surround him, and just as he was dazzled, a slender figure more than half a man tall and wearing a hat burrowed into the room. The man was thin and a few drills stood in front of the two of them, and his hat was lifted with a simple and innocent face.

"Guest, are you on a boat?"

This face was only fifteen or sixteen years old, much smaller than that kid from Butong. Due to the perennial exposure to the river, there are some spots on the face. However, his facial features were extremely exquisite, and he looked at Bao Yuanqian with a pleading look with a pair of big watery eyes.

She was born handsome, like a beautiful embryo. Although he was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, Bao Yuanqian could also tell at a glance that this was a boat lady.

This boat lady is not uncommon in Yingtian, and it is mostly seen in poor families, either because the parents are sick and cannot collapse, or the parents are no longer alive, and they make a living by supporting the boat.

"Get out of here!" A man saw that someone was robbing business, and he was a weak child, so he overturned her to the ground and smashed her buttocks.

He didn't dare to push other men, didn't he dare to push children?

Bao Yuanqian frowned when he saw this, he also started as a pawn of Suzhou Weiyi, and he didn't know how many losses and grievances his boss had suffered on weekdays, so he naturally couldn't see the bully. @*~~

He stepped forward and helped the little boat lady up, pointed to the dock and said, "Let's go to Zhenjiang Mansion, and you will lead the way." ”

The boat lady was overjoyed, nodded hurriedly, and drilled out.

The boatmen looked at each other, and Bao Yuanqian didn't bother to take care of them, so he took Ying Hao straight to the edge of the dock.

The little boat lady jumped on the boat, and Bao Yuanqian saw that the boat could only accommodate four or five people, which was not big. The boat looked quite old, the canopy was patched with seams and holes, and the boat lady stood at the bow of the boat to support the boat, greeting the two distinguished guests.

The two of them jumped into the boat, and the boat shook in an instant, and the draft became much deeper.

Bao Yuanqian got on the boat and saw a child lying in the canopy, he was a few years younger than the boat lady, but eleven or twelve years old. His face was not good, he looked a little weak, and he coughed from time to time under a torn blanket.

There was a small red clay stove beside him, on which medicinal herbs were being fried, and a strong smell of Chinese medicine came to his face, which made the two of them frown a little.

The boat lady was clever, and when she saw that the guest was a little uncomfortable, she said cowardly: "This is my brother, he is infected with the wind and cold and is taking medicine, if the two guests think he is an eyesore, I will let him wait on the shore." ”

She was afraid that the guests would turn around and leave, so she hurriedly explained.

"Ashore? Where is your home? Bao Yuanqian listened to her tone, as if he was homeless.

The boat lady sighed lightly, "This boat is our livelihood and our home..."

Bao Yuan sat down and said, "Let's start the boat." ”

Seeing that the guests didn't mind, the little boat lady smiled and pushed off the pier and down the river with a penny.

The river breeze rose suddenly, and the blowing boat swayed.

The boat lady supported the boat in the bow of the boat, and looked back from time to time and said happily: "The guest officer doesn't know, it is my brother who has taken the medicine because of you, otherwise I really don't know what to do with this medicine." ”

Bao Yuanqian didn't ask her because he knew that their sister and brother were miserable and didn't want to poke people's wounds.

Now that the little boat lady said it herself, he had no scruples.

accosted: "I heard that Daming has opened a nursing home, why don't you go to the nursing home to survive if you are so poor?" ”

The boat lady said with a gloomy expression: "You don't know, although the almshouse is good, it also needs people who are registered in the household. My brother and I are both children who have been displaced from the 100,000 mountains, and we are not qualified to go to the almshouse. ”

Bao Yuanqian looked at her lonely back, and said in her heart that if she was all registered in the household, how could she need to go to the nursing home? On the contrary, these black households who have not seen the light, and the poor boat girls who are in need of help can't go if they want to. I'm afraid that eighty percent of the places in the nursing home have been eaten by people with doors.

"I heard that the government has funded a lot of boatmen to build new boats, how can your boats be so dilapidated?" Ying Hao wondered.

"Daddy, the boatman who adopted us, passed away last month, and I bought a neat coffin to bury Daddy with the rest of the money." The boat lady rowed: "Daddy also fled and dragged back the stranded boat by the river a few years ago. When he was alive, the three of us made the boat our home. Now that Daddy has passed away, our sister and brother are naturally not qualified to get a new ship, so we can only use it like this. ”

"I see." The two couldn't help but have a better impression of the boat lady, and they didn't forget to let their adoptive father be buried with dignity when life was so difficult.

Bao Yuanqian looked at the little boy lying in the canopy of the boat, the boy was coughing incessantly in the cold, and he probed his pulse.

He has been practicing Yi Bone Cutting for a long time, and he can know the strength of the muscles and veins of the weak and strong body. But after a while, Bao Yuanqian shook his head and withdrew his hand.

Xindao This is a perennial boat as home, the river wind into the body for a long time, if there is no long-term herbal recuperation, it is difficult to recover.

I was originally from the border army, and the past five years have been hard enough. I didn't expect to compare with this sister and brother who took the boat as their home, and I didn't know how lucky I was.

In the past, the sentence "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road." It's really incisive now. _o_m The Son of Heaven is stationed, and the capital of the empire is still like this, and I don't know how many orphans in the world are still under their care. Thinking about the carriage where Xue Wujian traveled, and then looking at this boat lady, it was not a little worse.

"How much does it cost to go to Zhenjiang Mansion?"

The boat lady saved up her sweat in the cold wind, "Back to the guest official, two hundred treasure money." ”

Bao Yuanqian took out a consistent treasure note in his arms, and the little boat lady felt that it was wrong when she started it, and when she took it in front of her, it turned out to be a treasure note with a denomination of 1,000 Wen.

It was the first time she saw such a large denomination of treasure banknotes, and she immediately handed the treasure money to Bao Yuanqian, and said, "Guest... Guest officer, the fare is 200 Wen, which... That's just too much. ”

"Accept it, your brother is sick to the bone marrow, and it won't be long before he eats some herbs and frying some herbs."

The little boat lady shook her innocent head rattle and said: "Daddy often taught us in the world that every penny for every effort is worth a penny, and if you don't work hard, you will be repaid by the Bodhisattva." This is 200 texts to Zhenjiang Mansion, and one more article cannot be used. These 200 wen are enough for my brother to eat herbs for a while, and then I will support the boat to make a living, and it will not be a problem. ”

Bao Yuanqian said with a smile: "This is the boat fare that I bought out of you five times, and I don't just take the boat once." After a while, you will wait for us at the dock in Zhenjiang, and we will turn back to Yingtian before the time of application. ”

He changed his words, and the little boat lady was much more acceptable. She folded the treasure money neatly, carefully put it in the boat box, and seemed to think of something when she was about to support the boat, so she said to Bao Yuanqian: "Guest officer... That, if you return to Yingtian from Zhenjiang Mansion, you will go upstream, and the boat fare will be 400 Wen... These five times..."

Bao Yuanqian and the others were a little embarrassed by her "rigorous and meticulous" appearance. Ying Hao smiled lightly: "If you hold the boat, you can afford to pay for this adult." ”

"Thank you, thank you!" The boat lady bent down again and again and said humbly, and continued to support the boat.

"What's your name?"

"Huh? Me? The little boat lady pointed to herself.

"If it's not you, who else could it be?"

"Qing'er.".