Chapter 226: Rats Crossing the Street
Fame has always been two-sided.
Good reputation, bad reputation.
During this period of time, Ren Hengtai, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites who was splashed with dirty water and was infamous all over, almost never had a moment to close his eyes and sleep peacefully.
Because the servants in the family are in the name of Renfu, as long as they go out, they will be pointed at, and the people with a strong sense of justice will directly throw everything they have in their hands on the servants of Renfu.
So much so that now, the entire Zuo Shilang Mansion of the Ministry of Rites is like a dead city, and no one dares to walk out of the mansion.
In the house, it was even more deathly silent, and the people didn't even dare to make a sound when they passed by the lord and the ladies.
The parents died early, and they were bullied by the elders of the same clan alone, and they were taken in by Ren Hengtai in the house to see that they were raised by their own daughters, and they had to hang themselves three times in the past few days to wash away their innocence and that of their uncles.
The nephew who was so gambling and lustful was also beaten severely by the elders of the clan, and after the people shouted for Ren Hengtai in front of the Hongwu Gate, he was directly thrown to Ren Hengtai's house by the elders of the Ren family, and knelt directly until he fainted.
The nephew and daughter-in-law who were already in labor had already reached the belly, and they washed their faces with tears all day long, and in front of Ren Hengtai's wife, almost all the infamy was taken on themselves.
Today, Ren Hengtai, with a yellow face, a pair of dark circles under his eyes, and a messy hair, was sitting in front of his study door in a daze, looking up at the blue sky.
Now there is such a thing in Ying Tiancheng.
Ren Hengtai, who originally wanted to sit on the seat of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, had nothing to ask for, and even felt that after the anger and anger of the people in the city subsided, he should really write a recital and present it to the emperor to beg for the bones to return to his hometown.
"Sir!"
"Sir!"
"Something is wrong, sir!"
When Ren Hengtai was thinking about how he should write this piece of beggar bones.
There was a noise of servants outside the courtyard.
This made Ren Hengtai suddenly unhappy and frowned.
Naomi, the old servant who had been by his side for many years, almost crawled in front of him, and kept waving a piece of paper in his hand.
"What is so urgent, what is the system."
Ren Hengtai habitually scolded the old servant, but his eyes were attracted by the paper that kept appearing in front of him.
Running all the way from the backyard here, the old servant, who was already sweating profusely, panting, swallowing saliva, reaching out and wiping it on his face, panting and sending the paper to Ren Hengtai.
"Sir, sir. Things are reversed! The master doesn't have to resign and return to his hometown! ”
No need to resign?
Ren Hengtai raised his eyebrows, hurriedly stood up, and then bent down to pick up the paper in the old servant's hand.
While Ren Hengtai was reading the words, the old servant was ecstatic and said: "The old slave only found out this morning when he secretly went out to buy vegetables for his family. ”
"Everyone not only shouted for you, but also informed the people in the city of our family's affairs and my lord's good deeds."
"Now, many people in the city have begun to slap themselves, claiming that they regret not being so tongue-in-cheek to you, master!"
At this time, Ren Hengtai listened to the old servant's words while walking on the paper.
It didn't take much effort to read the words full of paper into my heart.
"Okay!"
"Wow!"
"The old man wants to see now how those guys who use indiscriminate methods should deal with themselves!"
……
"You say, is the news on this paper yesterday true?"
"What is really fake, this can still be fake."
"Those old guys who are half-buried in the ground can really do such a thing?"
"Why can't you?"
"But we found a literate man last night, and he told me the contents of this word by word. As far as the family outside Tianfu City is concerned, the old man looks good on weekdays, and often opens a porridge shop to help the surroundings. Unexpectedly, I actually bought a little girl who was only ten years old in the countryside in the disaster year to warm her feet in the winter. ”
"Humph! What is the point of warming your feet, I can't say where you will warm your feet after you warm them! ”
"What a sin, what a damn!"
In Yingtian City, one of the teahouses, like all other places where people can chat, is staging a new gossip scandal.
In Zhang's tea shop, more than 20 people gathered at a table to discuss the gossip that suddenly came out last night.
"It's just damn it, it's really a superficial thing behind the scenes."
"Hey...... Speaking of which, we really wronged Ren Shilang, if it weren't for his neighbors and villagers, we wouldn't know that Ren Shilang had done so many good things with the conscience of heaven and earth. ”
"Ren Shilang is a noble person, let's not talk about this, he is a waiter, naturally the measure is large, we scolded his family yesterday, it's a big deal to go back and send two catties of meat to his house to apologize."
"This is as it should be, when the time comes, call us to apologize together."
"Damn, it's these people, it's really damn it, beasts are not as good as things!"
"Yes, yes, yes! It's these eggless dogs! ”
For a while, the teahouse cursed one after another, looking like they were the same enemy.
They really hate those who let themselves lose two catties of meat for nothing.
"You say, our family outside the Heavenly City knows about it. But there are other families up there, which family are they, it's really a loss of conscience. ”
Someone suddenly asked curiously, shaking his head and looking at the good people around.
When someone who knows the inside story pulls away the crowd in front of him, he pushes his butt at the table and squeezes the person sitting on the stool away.
Make a good posture and sit down peacefully.
While everyone was curiously waiting for an explanation, the man raised his eyebrows: "I'm thirsty." ”
"Quick! What about man! Serve tea, serve good tea! ”
The guy, who didn't know where he was squeezed for a long time, immediately shouted from outside the crowd, and in a few moments, the best tea was served.
The man took a full sip of the tea that he was reluctant to drink in the past, and wiped his mouth with satisfaction.
"You don't know how to look at it, you still have to follow the clues to see it."
"You see, this is said above, the ancestor of the family occupies a full three daughters-in-law, and even wants those grandchildren to marry a lot of wives and go home for him to enjoy. Isn't this the Zhao family in Raozhou Mansion, Jiangxi? ”
"And this, forcing the tenants in the countryside to leave and take him into his home, just to breastfeed his son, who is already in his fifties and still stupid. I also took in a boy and a girl because of my whereabouts, but at the age of thirteen, I was poisoned. This is the Shi family of Guangbaoqing Mansion in that lake. ”
"And there is also this one that says that his old wife died, and he married a new wife, and he couldn't do it himself, but he let his personal servant make peace with the new wife in front of him. This is the Huang family in Chizhou Mansion. ”
"And this ......"
As the man came, the entire tea shop continued to hear bursts of gasp.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the teahouse, accompanied by a shout.
"Those old things who have lost their conscience are on Lion Rock!"
"Let's go and see if those people who have lost their conscience have a face!"
With a bang, the whole teahouse was lively, and everyone rushed out of the teahouse.
The man's is still to be chased for the tea money.
The shopkeeper got up from behind the counter, looked at the crowds outside, and slapped the counter: "What money!" Close the shop and go to Lion Rock with us! ”
……
Looking down from the sky above Yingtian City, the flow of people in the entire city presented this strange movement at this moment.
All the streets and alleys, people are rushing towards the west in unison.
And under the small Lion Rock, there is already a lot of people.
The narrow mountaineering road was already crowded with people trying to rush to the top of the mountain.
On the top of the small hill, there is a mansion and elegant house, and the gate is closed at this time. Outside the gate, the information was found earlier, and the people who had rushed over were already spitting fragrant mouths, and after throwing the vegetables they had just bought this morning into the courtyard, they threw everything that could be picked up on the ground into the courtyard.
The whole courtyard was silent, except for the thudding sound of objects being thrown in.
As more and more Yingtian people with a sense of justice and mission rushed up the mountain, the entire Lion Rock soon reached the point of overcrowding.
Ying Tianfu and Shangyuan County officials, who were belated, just glanced at the people who were like ants covering the entire mountain, and several leading officials almost fainted.
"Quick! Summoned the officers and soldiers from Xicheng to come over! ”
"Let people go to the Department of Communication and the Department of Pedestrians to report the news, and let the court come forward!"
At the last moment, Ying Tianfu, who was still the most responsible, shouted loudly, and then rolled his eyes and fell backwards into the arms of one of the most robust and quick-eyed officers.
The servants of Ying Tianfu and Shangyuan County, one by one, looked at the unconscious adults in their arms, glanced at the people in front of them with fear, trembled with fear, and hurriedly dragged the adults to a remote place.
Some people went to the camp in Xicheng to look for officers and soldiers, and some people ran to Dongcheng to ventilate and report to the imperial court that they knew the situation on Lion Rock at this moment.
……
The events on Lion Rock soon spread throughout Yingtian City.
News also came to the palace from outside the palace.
In the side hall of the Middle Pole Palace, more than a dozen princes who have been out of the Ming Dynasty over the years, except for Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, who is still continuing the task of carrying the pot in Zhejiang Province at the moment, gathered neatly around the old man and talked about the shortcomings of the family.
In the apse, there are also princesses of various families leading the little girls in the palace and younger men, talking about the strengths of the men of each family, of course, they are only picking up the good ones.
In the side hall, Zhu Yunxi was playing Go with Zhu Gaochi at this time.
The cousins on the side who were a little more polite watched the battle silently around the two, but they kept raising their brows and looking at Zhu Yunxi with incomprehensible eyes.
All of them are regretting that the grandson of the uncle's family turned out to be a stinky chess basket.
Peng!
A black spot landed on the plate, smashing the whole plate of black and white.
Zhu Yunxi's face darkened: "Let's let you go back!" ”
Zhu Gaochi pinched a white child and smiled silently: "It's another time......"
Zhu Yunxi said indignantly: "I'm a grandson!" ”
Immediately, a cousin who couldn't be named for a while on the side spoke: "This is what Brother Xi said in advance, regardless of the chessboard." ”
Zhu Yunxi was helpless, and searched on himself for a long time, before he found the last gold leaf and slapped it on Zhu Gaochi's hand: "There is no money, which of you loves it!" ”
On the side, one person immediately began to shout that he wanted to let the boss of the fourth uncle's family end.
At this time, the grandson dog of the side hall had already rushed in, standing at the door of the side hall and forgetting to take a look at the overcrowded side hall.
Seeing that he couldn't insert himself into the emperor's old man's side.
Sun Gou'er looked at the men of the old Zhu family present, so he had to stomp his feet and shout: "Your Majesty, the people on the Lion Rock are gathered, who are they going to denounce!" ”