Chapter 110: The Fifty-Eighth Year of Qianlong Summer Solstice
When the county lord came to Jingdezhen, he turned his back on his horse. An Nineteen was summoned to him when he woke up with a hangover, Zhao An looked him up and down for a while, and sneered: "It's the first time I've seen a eunuch wearing brocade with Hetian jade, have you crossed the line?" β
An Nineteen came in a hurry, didn't care about dressing, secretly shouted badly, and was ready to be reprimanded, but Liang Peiqiu said for him on the grounds of "drinking and feasting on the summer solstice festival, and wearing the wrong clothes after getting drunk", and fooled the little county lord.
Zhao'an is not stupid, he knows that it is not easy for Liang Peiqiu to be a lower official, so he said: "Don't wear the wrong one in the future, your gorgeous clothes are very unruly." β
"Slaves know their mistakes."
Zhao'an waved his hand and beat it appropriately: "You were ordered to supervise the making of porcelain, and the size is also an official errand, so you must abide by your duty and don't embarrass the official." β
"The minions obey."
"Then get up, don't kneel."
The county lord traveled, the ceremony was immense, accompanied by An 19 and Liang Peiqiu, the whole town walked for a day, and everyone knew that the Celestial Empire came to a county lord. I didn't want to be stopped early the next morning.
It was none other than the former Xiashan Lane merchant who was mired in labor disputes.
Two kiln factories, three billet households, a total of five families, told Liang Peiqiu, who was in charge of negotiation, thoroughly. There were many of them, and they took advantage of the gap of the county lord to go out, and rushed directly to the front, scaring Zhao'an out of his soul. The guards didn't have time to draw their swords and retreat, when they saw Zhao'an being grabbed by a woman's hand, tears pouring out.
An 19th scolded Diao people and raised knives to threaten.
The leader is not afraid, and scolds him and Liang Peiqiu together. Zhao'an listened to it for a long time, and after drinking two bowls of soothing tea, he called the five families to him.
An Nineteen wanted to speak several times, but was interrupted by Zhao'an.
When Liang Peiqiu heard the news, the five families had already said a lot of bad things. Zhao'an asked them to retreat first, and also sent An Nineteen out, leaving Liang Peiqiu alone in the hall.
"Now there is no one else, you can tell me anything you want to say."
Liang Peiqiu saw that Zhao'an's face was full of anger, and he hurriedly made a sincere and frightened look: "The grass people were ordered to deal with the demolition of the old site and the construction of a new one, and gave compensation according to the local market price standard. β
"Whose orders are you? Who sets the market price standard? Can there be official documents for the demolition of the old site? β
Seeing him hesitate, Zhao'an said, "The five families took out the deed of ownership, which is not counting the operating costs, and according to the price you gave, it is also very unsatisfactory." β
Not to mention the forced demolition of the old site, but also to give a part of the loss. Those five families are doing a good job, and there is no fault at all, how can they tear down other people's houses indiscriminately?
Zhao'an saw that he was getting married, and he would also learn to take care of some general affairs in the past few years, mainly to manage his real estate, land and shops, but he didn't have to learn too deeply, and the minions under the material didn't dare to be bold, only her mother was a person who said the same, and she also hoped that she could have a clear mind, don't fool people casually, because she didn't learn much, but she saw a lot.
She could see the problem at a glance.
"If you can't get the official documents, it is illegal and forcibly demolished, you can be guilty of Liang Shaodong's house!"
Liang Peiqiu hurriedly bowed his head and confessed: "The grass people know their mistakes. β
"What's wrong with you?"
"The grass people fill their pockets and forcibly demolish the residential sites."
"Really?" Zhao An snorted coldly and raised his voice, "An Nineteen, you come out!" β
As he spoke, An Nineteen was escorted in by Zhao'an's guards. When Zhao'an saw it, he was immediately angry: "You really hid behind and didn't go far, I grew so big, and I have never seen a slave dare to disobey my orders, if this is in the palace, you have been beaten to death with a stick!" β
"Slaves, slaves are afraid that Liang Shaodong's family doesn't understand the rules and collides with the county master."
"You're so daring! Dare to fool me? β
"The minions don't dare."
Zhao'an said: "I don't talk nonsense with you, now there are two ways, one is that I will arrest the owner of the hall and torture him to see who he gave the silver taels to, and how many silver taels he gave." Another way is that I will directly ask the guards to search the house of the two of you to see who is filling their pockets. β
An Nineteen was pressed to the ground, and he might as well be a straw bag raised in the deep boudoir and still understand these doorways, trembling all over, and kept crying out for injustice.
Zhao'an's face flushed: "Did I let you speak?" β
"Slaves, slaves are guilty."
"You have indeed committed a great crime, and the first one is to be disrespectful to the lord of this county!"
An Jiu also saw that Zhao An was angry, changing the law to correct him, he was not right to speak, it was not right not to speak, it was wrong left and right.
"These two methods, no matter which one of them, as long as I find out, I will immediately send it to the official office. I now give you one last chance to take the initiative to bear the responsibility and be punished lightly. β
An Jiuyi heard the official office, secretly happy in his heart, glanced at Liang Peiqiu, and signaled him to think quickly.
Liang Peiqiu sighed in her heart.
It's still naΓ―ve.
When he went back last night, Xu Zhong also heard the news of the nobleman's drive, and rushed to negotiate with him overnight, wanting to expose An Shijiu's heinous evil deeds by the nobleman's hand and push him off the horse.
Over the years, An 19 relied on the Emperor Shangao to deceive the superiors and subordinates, and lost all his conscience, and finally a noble person came to Jingdezhen in person, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and cannot be missed.
To be honest, Liang Peiqiu had thought about it from the moment Zhao'an sent him down the mountain, otherwise he wouldn't have said something like that. He was not unaware, and he was willing to risk the crime of killing his head to lure the county lord in order to borrow her hand.
Although Zhao'an has a noble status, he is not a person in the court and knows little about state affairs. If An Nineteen is just an ordinary eunuch, she can send it away at will, but An Nineteen is not an ordinary eunuch, but a eunuch who came to assist in pottery affairs in the name of the Holy Father, and he has the emperor's order and cannot be easily disposed of.
If Zhao'an can't beat him to death on the spot, then once Zhao'an leaves, he will die.
Now seeing that Zhao'an does not leave the official mansion in every sentence, and has to discuss the law with An'an Nineteen, he suddenly feels ridiculous. The woman who is raised in the boudoir has such a means, right? How did she know what kind of jackal was in front of him?
As long as he stabilizes her first, he has a way to escape justice. Liang Peiqiu was glad that he didn't act rashly just now, and told Zhao'an and Pan what he thought, otherwise he might have died at this time.
What is an opportunity? The good opportunity is not to repeat the mistake of the big dragon tank, once you shoot, you must die without a place to be buried.
After thinking about it, he still stepped forward to ask for guilt and took all the blame on himself. Zhao An saw that his eyebrows were awe-inspiring and he was upright, how could he be so evil? Seeing An at nineteen o'clock, he was even more angry.
The five families said that Liang Shaodong's family had always acted in accordance with Lord An. Is this really the work of Liang Shaodong's family? Ann adults don't know about it? β
"The minions really don't know."
"Really? Do you dare to meet the owner with me? β
"County master, you must not call the slave lord and torture the slave."
"I see that you, a minion, have never put yourself in the right place. Someone will teach me the rules of being a slave. β
"Yes!"
Zhao'an was surrounded by royal guards, and he couldn't get used to seeing a eunuch who violated Yang Fengyin and Yin, and deliberately vented his evil anger for the county lord, so he "educated" An Nineteen without mercy.
After a few breaths, An Nineteen took off his skin and was beaten to death.
Zhao An asked, "Can Lord An tell the truth now?" β
"The slave is wronged."
"Hard mouth, hit again."
So An XIX was dragged to the courtyard.
Zhao'an deliberately humiliated and opened the door to show him to the public.
An Nineteen's eagle dogs huddled together, not daring to move. An Shijiu tried his best to hold his breath, gritted his teeth and forbearance, and said in his heart that it was good to endure the past, and he didn't have to compete with a yellow-haired girl, but who expected that the guard would toss and untie his clothes, wanting to expose his naked body to the public.
By the time the other party's intentions were detected, the outer garment had been untied.
He hurriedly said loudly: "Don't stain the eyes of the county lord!" β
When the guard heard this, it made sense, stopped his movements, and threw the blame at him: "If you don't untie your coat, who knows if you have bad intentions." β
An Nineteen rolled his eyes, could it be that he still dared to assassinate the county lord? He hated it in his heart! However, he didn't have a chance to speak, and a stinky cloth from nowhere blocked his mouth.
He screamed in pain.
Zhao'an felt a little happier when he saw him suffering, and turned to look for Liang Peiqiu to invite credit, but saw that his eyes were burning and he was staring at one place. She then looked over, it was An Nineteen's untied coat, and there was a lot of silver and green scattered inside.
Sandwiched only in it, there is a strand of silk.
Liang Peiqiu's eyes immediately turned red.
It was the silk he lost, the silk that Brother Liu made for him with his own hands, how could his birthday gift be there in An Nineteen? How...... How could it be in the hands of An Nineteen! Countless times, he hated his carelessness for losing this only birthday gift, but he didn't know ...... but in the hands of the enemy.
Why did An Nineteen carry that strand of silk with him?
Does he know it's his?
Liang Peiqiu clenched his fists tightly, and the blood all over his body rushed to one place. He forcibly endured and bowed his head so that no one could notice that something was wrong with him. Only Zhao'an had been looking at him for a long time, and naturally noticed the wisp of silk.
She raised her hand to stop and stepped forward to pick up the silk.
"Is this yours?"
An Nineteen was forcibly lifted his chin in the dizziness of labor pain, a touch of green drifted in his sight, and he nodded slowly. Zhao'an said: "It's very good-looking, can you give it to me?" β
An Shijiu came to his senses and immediately looked at Liang Peiqiu, and saw that he always lowered his head to avoid suspicion, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"If the county lord likes it, take it."
"Did you do it yourself?" Zhao An didn't give him a chance to speak, and then said, "How can you be so skillful, someone else must have done it for you, right?" Where is that man? Could you please do a few for me as well? β
An Nineteen is really a headache now. It hurts all over my body, and beads of sweat fall down my head
Zhao An tilted his head and asked him, "What?" Aren't you happy? β
"The minions don't dare, this ......"
"That's it, what do I have to worry about with a minion, you can step down."
An XIX was carried down.
The door was closed again, the hall was silent, and the spectators were gone. Zhao'an walked up to Liang Peiqiu, picked up his crutches, and helped him up. Liang Peiqiu didn't dare to work with nobles to fight, raised his hand to block it, and then retreated to the side to thank him.
Zhao'an looked at him for a long time, and finally handed the silk silk over: "Is this yours?" β
"It's the grass people's."
"Who sent you?"
Liang Peiqiu pursed her chapped lips: "An old man." β
"The deceased?"
"He's been gone for more than three years."
"Where did you go?"
Liang Peiqiu's lips were bitter: "You can't reach the place when you are born, and you can only arrive after death." β
Zhao Anxin tightened down and understood something.
"You must miss her, don't you? Your eyes were straight when you looked at the silk just now. Zhao An spread out his palm, put the silk silk on it, and said solemnly, "This is given to me by An Nineteen, if he wants to ask, you will say that I reward you, and he will not dare to take it again." β
In fact, this night, she heard some stories about him.
She didn't believe him in the story.
Compared with the story, she believed in him who was holding the silk silk in front of her and trembling all over.
"Mr. Liang, I can only stay in the town for three days, the three days that I said belong to me, you can do whatever you want, you can say anything, and I will do my best to help you."
"County Lord, Grass People......"
"You don't have to say more, I grew up in the royal family since I was a child, and I have seen no less than you. An Nineteen is not a good eunuch, I can see that the silver taels he swallowed, I must let him spit it out, it only takes a little time, you wait. Zhao'an said that when she returned to Beijing, she would ask her father to handle the matter.
Liang Peiqiu was overjoyed: "Thank you for the county lord's help." β
Before Zhao'an left, Liang Peiqiu wrote a letter and quietly stuffed it to her, which was full of An Nineteen's crimes. She felt heavy, expecting that it would not be easy for him, thinking that she would definitely see him again when she had the opportunity in the future. She thought about it well, and when the Guanyin porcelain was burned, let him personally send it to the capital, and then she would try her best to plan for him and give him a bright future.
She thought about everything, but she didn't expect that she would not see Liang Peiqiu again.
After she left, Liang Peiqiu racked his brains to recall the lost time of Si Qi, about shortly after his birthday, Siliu died violently, and he went to the office of the Three Kilns and Nine Societies in anger to question Xu Zhiliu, and it seemed that he had never seen Si Qian again. He once inquired about the whereabouts of the silk silk with the sprinkler in the office, and the little girl said that he had not seen it, so he thought it was lost somewhere else.
But if you think about it, it can't be so coincidental.
It must be there that An Nineteen has the possibility of picking it up. Could it be that when he had a dispute with Brother Liu that day, An Nineteen was also there?
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he didn't even notice when Xu Zhong arrived.
Xu Zhong didn't know the private agreement between Liang Peiqiu and Zhao'an, and regretted that he couldn't rub An Nineteen's sharp spirit in front of Zhao'an, and it was still difficult to think about it, and he came quietly in the middle of the night, wanting to instigate Liang Peiqiu to go out of the city overnight and go to the mountain temple to find Zhao'an to try again, but when he saw the silk silk in Liang Peiqiu's hand, his footsteps stopped suddenly, and he shouted: "Whose thing is this?" β
Liang Peiqiu was taken aback, saw that it was him, and bowed down and said, "Uncle Xu, why are you here?" β
"I ask you whose thing it is?"
"It's Brother Liu's birthday gift to me, what's wrong?"
Xu Zhong put up his beard: "Impossible!" β
Liang Peiqiu's birthday is in front, Xu Zhiliu's death is in the back, it stands to reason that the things have been in Liang Peiqiu's hands at that time, how can it appear on the night when Xu Zhiliu was martyred in the kiln? That night, when he received the news, he rushed to the kiln factory as soon as possible, and saw a group of potters crying around the kiln mouth, and there was a touch of bright green at the foot of the year.
He thought it was the clothes that Xu Zhiliu had dropped before throwing himself into the fire, but he didn't take it to heart, and then buried them with his clothed mound.
Only that color is very unique, unlike what he usually uses, and he always keeps it in mind.
Now that the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and Xu Zhong glanced at Liang Peiqiu with gloomy eyes. Liang Peiqiu immediately thought of something, immediately rushed to the door, and called Shi Nian loudly. When he was busy entering, he saw that Xu Zhong was also there, and immediately closed the door.
Liang Peiqiu handed over the silk silk: "Take a closer look, the night Brother Liu left, have you seen this?" β
Seeing the solemn expressions of the two of them, he did not doubt him, and after carefully recalling for a while, he nodded and said: "This kind of emerald green silk thread seems ordinary, but it is actually extremely difficult to fade, and the price is quite expensive. When the big proprietor picked up a small strand of silk thread that night, I thought it was ......"
"Why?" Xu Zhong hurriedly asked.
Shi Nian looked at Liang Peiqiu and said: "At that time, your relationship was stiff, I thought you quarreled with your son and returned the silk to him." β
"I didn't." Liang Peiqiu's expression froze layer by layer, "I lost it." β
Xu Zhong was taken aback: "Then what?" β
"In the hands of An Nineteen."
There was a dead silence in the room.
After a long while, Xu Zhongxian couldn't support it, held his forehead and staggered again and again, and sat down on the couch: "You mean, An Nineteen appeared in the Hutian kiln that night?" β
Liang Peiqiu paced by the window.
A cold moon hung upside down in the sky, and he was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Xia Ying's death, isn't it really strange?" β
"Peiqiu, be cautious!"
"Am I not cautious enough!"
If they weren't too cautious, how could they lose sight of Mount Tai? Think about it, with Xu Zhiliu's heart, how can he kill himself? It was his words that really hurt him, how could he abandon his seriously ill mother and young brother? What's more, the Hutian kiln is his life's work, how can he say that he will lose it?
A few years ago, after being burned by fire, he began to investigate the ghosts inside the Koda kiln. The inner ghost is a long-term follower who is running for Xu Zhiliu outside, named Zhang Lei. With Xu Zhiliu, a young man who first arrived at a distant relative's house, grew up day by day, and every corner that his uncle had never seen had Zhang Lei's gaze. or bullying, or neglect, or loneliness, or unwillingness, every face of the young man flows in Zhang Lei's heart.
Xu Zhiliu treats Zhang Lei as respectfully and respectfully as he treats Xu Zhong. Some things that are inconvenient to deal with at the time have been handed over to Zhang Lei, and there is no comparison between CITIC and CITIC.
But who knows, it is precisely this person who eats inside and out, secretly releasing cold arrows.
When Liang Peiqiu found Zhang Lei, Zhang Lei acted faster and hanged himself. Now that I think about it, when An Nineteen mixed into the Hutian kiln, he should have been under his cover.
If so, if so.
"I will definitely find out, if Brother Liu really dies, I ......" The silver light in his eyes burst out, mixed with indescribable pain, flashing cracks on the spring and summer bowls.
When he saw his figure shaking, he hurriedly stepped forward and saw a cluster of blood flowers growing on the plantain by the window.
Bloody, like poppies in the night.