The cinnabar was also as red as blood, gently rippling in the purple gold bowl on the desk of the first assistant Yan Song, and gently rippling in the purple gold bowl on the desk of the second assistant Xu Jie. Two "pivot pens", each stretched into their respective desk purple gold bowl dipped in cinnabar, both of them will be pen in the inkstone slowly probe, a pair of eighty-year-old people wearing glasses, a pair of sixty-year-old people wearing glasses, looking at the front of a variety of fibers mixed with leaves mashed secret green paper, looking at the bright red prose that has been written more than half, pondering the following words.

Green paper, red characters, first-class pavilion body. Let him be in chaos in the world, but the two prime ministers are writing green words for the emperor in the cabinet room of Xiyuan at this time!

According to historical records, Emperor Jiajing practiced Taoism and cultivated Xuan for decades, and Chang Ming scholars Yan Song and Xu Jie wrote green words and burned sacrifices to the heavens. The green words written by the two are "deep and sacred", and the people of the time call the two "prime ministers of green words". As everyone knows, how many military affairs, a few gentlemen's intentions, are deeply buried in these seemingly absurd words!

"Old." Yan Song finished writing the last word, put down the pen, took off his glasses again, and slowly stood up on the edge of the desk.

Xu Jie still had two sentences unfinished, so he had to put down his pen at this time, and as he stood up, he also took off his glasses, and looked at Yan Song from the other side: "Elder Ge finished writing?" ”

Yan Song gently slapped his waist: "One hundred and sixty-nine words have been written for an hour, and it is not okay to be old if you don't accept the old." ”

Xu Jie: "If the elder said so, I should really tell the old man." It's also one hundred and sixty-nine words, and I still have two sentences that I haven't thought about. ”

"Less Lake." Yan Song looked at the figure of Xu Jie, who was standing behind the side case, and shouted very warmly, "You are waiting for me." With your talent and energy, don't say 169 words in an hour, 1,690 words have already been written. ”

"Elder Ge." Xu Jie wanted to explain.

"You're kind." Yan Song interrupted him and continued, "It's like I have been serving the emperor for twenty years, and I have survived to eighty, and I still can't say goodbye. A person who stays up for a day is not tired, and after ten days, it is not difficult to be careful for a year, but it is difficult to be careful for a lifetime. I've been my deputy for many years, so it's hard for you to let me go everywhere. ”

"Under one man, above ten thousand; The Ming monarch is in power, the powerful ministers are full of dynasties, and the pavilion is the most difficult. Xu Jie's words were very sincere, whether they came from the heart or not, at least it didn't sound like a lie to Yan Song.

Yan Song was a little moved, no matter what, the words that I thought of last night were now the time to say them. Although he couldn't really see the expression on Xu Jie's face standing behind the side bookcase, he still looked at Xu Jie's face: "Shaohu, Qingzi will not be submitted to the emperor until the next day, and you will also wave a few words to do it, please move the chair over, I have a few words to discuss with you." ”

"Yes." Although Xu Jie was also in his early sixties, his body was still very tough at this time, and he gently picked up the Huanghuali Taishi chair, and steadily walked to the side of Yan Song's case and put it down.

"Sit, please sit down and talk." Yan Song stretched out his hand and sat down first.

Xu Jieli didn't waste it, but he still bowed his waist before sitting down.

"Take the liberty to ask, Shaohu, you have to answer me sincerely." Sitting closer, Yan Song looked at Xu Jie, who was full of humility.

Xu Jie: "The elder of the pavilion asks that his subordinates will not have a word of lie." ”

"Okay." Yan Song praised it, then still stared at his face and asked, "Who do you say is the closest person in this world?" ”

Xu Jie didn't dare to answer rashly, and after thinking about it, he replied: "Of course, father and son are the closest." ”

A trace of bitterness appeared on Yan Song's face, and then he shook his head lightly: "Not necessarily." ”

Xu Jie was more cautious, and asked lightly, "Pavilion Elder, please advise." ”

Yan Song: "The Book of Songs" cloud 'mourns my parents, and gives birth to me'. It stands to reason that in life, the grace that is difficult to repay is the kindness of parents. But how many sons think so? Nine out of ten sons thought that it was right for their parents to be good to him, so it became a matter of course. Shaohu, you and I are both people with children and grandchildren, you should also feel that the relationship between father and son is only father to son, how many times have you seen son to father? ”

These words were not only heart-wrenching, but their spleen and lungs were sore, and Xu Jie's old man's sympathy suddenly came to his heart, but he quickly suppressed it. After all, the person in front of him is Yan Song, in addition to the current emperor's 20-year reign, when the situation is turbulent, he also knows that he is not his confidant, why do you say this at this time? And these words are obviously pointed at Yan Shifan everywhere, what is the mystery in this?

Xu Jie didn't dare to answer, but just looked at him and listened to him quietly.

Yan Song was also looking at him, thinking that he would continue to say something about himself, but Xu Jiemo was like a child, listening attentively, knowing that he was going to change the topic.

"You can't answer, let's talk about another thing." Yan Song still had a warm face, "Why do you say that the emperor asked us to write today to highlight the word 'zhen'?" ”

Xu Jie: "There are four virtues in the sky, 'Henry Zhenyuan', which is also the meaning of the title." ”

"Shaohu." Yan Song sighed, "The old man is so confident, why do you have such doubts." You really don't know that the emperor asked us to highlight the holy meaning of the word 'chastity'? ”

Xu Jie's ignorance is not reasonable, and he is still wise and foolish at this time: "The chaste one, the festival is also." The will should be to remind you that I want to keep the evening feast. ”

Yan Song's face was no longer warm, but it was replaced by solemnity, staring at Xu Jie's eyes: "How to keep the evening festival?" ”

Xu Jie's face also became solemn: "Please give me advice." ”

Yan Song no longer went around in circles: "Use your own people well and hold on to the crisis!" ”

Xu Jie: "Please make it clear." ”

Yan Song: "Then I'll make it clear." Hu Zongxian is my student, and his character is Ruzhen; Zhao Zhenji is your student, and his name also has a Zhen character. The emperor is telling you that the overall situation of the southeast wants you and me to make good use of Hu Ruzhen and Zhao Zhenji! Does Xu Ge think so? ”

Xu Jie couldn't help but express his position: "The emperor is sage, the old man is wise, there should be this meaning." ”

Yan Song: "That's why I just asked you who is closest in this world." Sometimes the closest person is not father and son, but master and apprentice! The son takes the kindness of his parents for granted, and the disciple regards the kindness of his master as a repayment. Shaohu, for the emperor, for the sake of my Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, this time Zhejiang's change from rice to mulberry must be implemented, and it must be implemented well. Yan Shifan: They have made things out of control, I can only rely on Hu Ruzhen to maintain it, and you have to rely on Zhao Zhenji to maintain it. In order not to force the people of Zhejiang to rebel, Yingtian must immediately lend grain to Zhejiang. You have to tell Zhao Zhenji to lend the grain to Hu Zongxian as soon as possible! ”

"Don't worry!" Xu Jie impassionedly continued, "I will write a letter when I go back today, ordering the military department to send it to Zhao Zhenji urgently for six hundred miles, and ask him to borrow food!" ”

Yan Song stood up again with his hands on the edge of the case.

Xu Jie followed and stood up.

Yan Song stretched out his hand and held Xu Jie's hand: "I am eighty years old, and the position of the first assistant of the cabinet will not be passed on to Yan Shifan, only you can sit." ”

Over there is the Beijing cabinet duty room, and here is the Suzhou Yingtian official post.

"Don't move."

Hu Zongxian leaned back on the chair, his wrist was being held down by a few fingers, and suddenly saw Tan Lun walking in quickly, and just wanted to sit up, he was stopped by Na Langzhong, so he had to slowly lean back again.

Tan Lun also stood at the door, not daring to move, let alone speak, quietly looking at Lang Zhong who was diagnosing the pulse.

Na Langzhong was in his early forties, with a long beard hanging down his chest, so black that he was bright, and his eyes were slightly open, showing two eyes. He is a generation of famous doctor Li Shizhen.

The veins of this hand were cut, Li Shizhen: "That hand." ”

Hu Zongxian looked at Li Shizhen: "Sir, can you let me listen to him a few words first?" ”

Li Shizhen looked at Hu Zongxian, and then at Tan Lun, who was standing on the side smiling, and sighed lightly: "Your illness can't be cured." Go ahead. ”

Hu Zongxian looked at Tan Lun solemnly.

Tan Lun: "What the ministry said to Gao Hanwen at the post station worked. As soon as Gao Hanwen arrived, he vetoed Zheng Michang's proposal. ”

"That's to be expected." Hu Zongxian's face did not show relief, "Is Zhao Zhenji willing to borrow grain?" ”

Tan Lun pondered for a moment: "Complaining." The face is full of Zhang Luo, and it took two days to get us less than ten boatloads of food. ”

Hu Zongxian's face became more solemn: "If there is no food for a few more days, Gao Hanwen will not be able to carry it if he wants to...... went to Zhao Zhenji and said, I don't want his food either. Tell him to come to me at once. ”

Tan Lun: "I'll go now." He walked out.

Hu Zongxian sighed, leaned back in his chair, and looked out of the door in a daze.

Li Shizhen: "Call me from so far away, you can't see your illness?" ”

Hu Zongxian remembered it at this time, smiled bitterly apologetically, and put his hand on the pillow in front of him: "It's rude." Please follow up with the pulse. ”

Li Shizhen looked at his hand, and then at Hu Zongxian, but he didn't diagnose the pulse.

Hu Zongxian was puzzled, and also looked at Li Shizhen.

Li Shizhen: "Wrong, it's that hand." ”

As if deliberately not letting Li Shizhen finish diagnosing his pulse, as soon as he got his hand, Zhao Zhenji, the governor of Yingtian, walked in behind Tan Lun, and Hu Zongxian hurriedly bowed to greet him.

Zhao Zhenji's eyes were apologetic, but they were sleek from the inside. He smiled and said to Hu Zongxian: "If you don't send Zili to find me, I should also come to see you." Ministry, let's talk about borrowing food again, we have to look at the disease, right? If it weren't for you, Imperial Physician Li wouldn't have come so far. Let Imperial Physician Li write the prescription first, and then we will discuss it, shall we? ”

Hu Zongxian closed his eyes.

Zhao Zhenji turned to Li Shizhen, who was sitting in front of the case: "Please ask Imperial Doctor Li to prescribe a prescription." ”

Li Shizhen sat there and didn't move: "I'm not a doctor anymore." ”

Zhao Zhenji was stunned for a moment, and smiled: "I said it wrong." There are a thousand imperial doctors, but Li Shizhen has only one in my Ming Dynasty. ”

Although Li Shizhen still had a straight face, he was also happy to accept his praise, and his tone was better: "Do you really want me to prescribe a prescription?" ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Look at what you said, Hu Butang is a pillar of my Ming Dynasty, and saving him is a great merit." ”

Li Shizhen: "Then I prescribed a prescription, will you pick up the medicine according to the prescription?" ”

Zhao Zhenji: "What flies in the sky and swims in the water, as long as it is not a dragon liver and phoenix gall, I will send someone to pick it up." ”

Li Shizhen: "There are not so many famous halls. I have this medicine everywhere. ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Then sir, let's go and pick it up immediately." ”

"That's what you promised." After saying this, Li Shizhen spread out the prescription paper on the desk, picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, probed on the inkstone, and wrote solemnly.

At this moment, Hu Zongxian, who was lying on the chair, coughed again.

Zhao Zhenji and Tan Lun, who had been standing next to him, walked over almost at the same time.

Tan Lun picked up the water on the coffee table beside him: "Ministry, drink some water." ”

Hu Zongxian was still coughing and shook his hand.

"I'm done, let's get ready to pick up the medicine." Li Shizhen put down the pen in front of the desk, picked up the prescription and blew it.

Zhao Zhenji hurriedly walked over.

Li Shizhen: "No hurry. Let Master Tan read this prescription first. ”

Zhao Zhenji stopped there, and Tan Lun hurriedly walked over.

Li Shizhen looked at Tan Lun: "Follow the prescription and read it aloud." ”

Tan Lun nodded, took the prescription from Li Shizhen's hand, and only then did he take a look, and his eyes lit up.

Li Shizhen: "Read it." ”

Zhao Zhenji looked at Tan Lun, Hu Zongxian no longer coughed, and lay there quietly, obviously waiting to listen to Tan Lun's prescription.

Tan Lun coughed lightly and read: "Cause: One official residence, one province in charge, upper and lower constraints, worry and fear!" ”

Zhao Zhenji was stunned.

Hu Zongxian also opened his eyes.

Tan Lun raised his voice, and then read: "Prescription: 100 ships of rice, shipped to Zhejiang on the same day, and taken outside!" ”

Hu Zongxian's eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Shizhen, and his gratitude immediately overflowed from his face.

Tan Lun handed the prescription to Zhao Zhenji in due course. Zhao Zhenji took the prescription but was stunned, slowly looked at Li Shizhen, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Li, this joke is too big." ”

Li Shizhen was very serious: "Li has practiced medicine for half his life, whether it is in the Tai Hospital, in the market or in the countryside, to the emperor and the people, he only knows how to treat diseases and save people, and never jokes." For what, for the sake of saving one person, there is one merit, and for saving ten people, there is ten merit. Lord Zhao, you can save hundreds of thousands of people in a single thought, this merit is as great as the sky, how can it be regarded as a joke? ”

"Help me up." Hu Zongxian sat up with the armrest of the recliner on his back.

Tan Lun hurriedly went over and stood up with him, and Hu Zongxian waved at Li Shizhen.

Li Shizhen hurriedly stood up at this time, and leaned to the side to show that he didn't dare to accept it.

Hu Zongxian looked at Li Shizhen: "Hu has a reluctant request. ”

Li Shizhen: "Hu Butang, please speak." ”

Hu Zongxian: "After Chun'an and Jiande were flooded, not only was there a shortage of food, but I am afraid there was also an epidemic of plague. Teaching the people to collect medicine to avoid plague is also a big deal. Can the gentleman give in? ”

Li Shizhen immediately responded: "When are you leaving?" ”

Hu Zongxian: "Whether I can borrow grain or not, I have to leave today." ”

Li Shizhen: "I'll go with you." ”

Hu Zongxian: "Hu thanked me first." "Say it again.

"Alright, alright." Li Shizhen stopped him and looked at Zhao Zhenji again, "Zhao Zhongcheng, have you picked the medicine you promised me?" ”

Zhao Zhenji took the prescription and smiled bitterly at Li Shizhen, and then looked at Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongxian stopped looking at him at this time.

Zhao Zhenji: "Ministry, I have something I want to say to the ministry again. Can I move and let me talk to you slowly? ”

Hu Zongxian looked at him again.

Li Shizhen picked up the medicine box: "I'd better move." He walked towards the door.

Zhao Zhenji: "Imperial Doctor Li ......"

Li Shizhen: "I said, don't call me a doctor again." After saying this, he walked out.

Hu Zongxian hurriedly said to Tan Lun: "Zili, go and accompany Mr. Li." ”

Tan Lun hurriedly followed.

There were only two people left in the house. Hu Zongxian was still lying on the chair, and Zhao Zhenji sat beside him and squeezed his arm.

"Ruzhen, I won't hide it from you, and I can't hide it from you." Zhao Zhenji said, "One hundred ships, two hundred ships of grain should be available every day, but they can't be lent to Zhejiang." You also know in your heart that it's not that I won't lend it to you, and the court won't allow me to lend it to you. Also, you finally managed to hide, why bother to trap yourself in at this time. ”

"Even you think I'm hiding?" Hu Zongxian sat up straight, "It was not my intention to give the emperor a resignation. ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Yes. If you do that in Zhejiang, whoever is in charge of the cabinet will force you to resign. ”

This is the theory of condemnation. Hu Zongxian looked at Zhao Zhenji.

Zhao Zhenji: "I didn't mean to tease you in the slightest. Officialdom has always been nothing more than the word advance and retreat. You and I have been friends for 20 years, and I will give you the bottom when I get out. Someone in the court greeted me and told me not to lend you food. ”

"Who?" Hu Zongxian's eyes flashed.

Zhao Zhenji: "Don't ask." ”

Hu Zongxian went straight forward: "Is it the old Xiaoge or the old Xu Ge?" ”

Zhao Zhenji groaned, and after a while, he said, "You really don't understand, or are you stunned to pull me into the water?" ”

Hu Zongxian: "I don't want you to go into the water, as long as you say hello to me on the shore." ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Then I'll tell you, people on both sides don't want me to lend you grain." ”

Hu Zongxian was silent, and only after a long time did he say to himself: "I can think of it if you don't say it." You said, I, Hu Zongxian, finally haven't lost your close friend. ”

Zhao Zhenji was also a little emotional by his words, and said very earnestly: "If you come, you will be safe." When you come to Yingtian to borrow grain, you know it from above, and you also know it from Zhejiang. If you don't borrow food, your heart will arrive, and that's it. Isn't this sick? Just stay in Yingtian. I'll give you a sooth, tell you a doctor, and stay in Suzhou. ”

Hu Zongxian: "What about Zhejiang? Just let it mess up? ”

Zhao Zhenji was a little anxious: "The matter has been seen clearly. If Zhejiang doesn't die, this matter can't be over. Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as dogs, and saints are unkind and use the people as dogs. 10,000 dead is a number, and 100,000 million dead is also a number. You and I can't stop it. ”

Hu Zongxian's gaze sharpened again, looking at Zhao Zhenji like two knives.

Zhao Zhenji was a little uneasy, or more precisely, he regretted that he had lost his words, and immediately said: "Ruzhen, if you don't listen, just because I didn't tell you anything today." Yes, I didn't say anything today. ”

Hu Zongxian: "I, Hu Zongxian, am not a person who betrays my friends. What I'm going to talk to you about now is grain. I am still the governor of Zhejiang, and I borrowed it from you in my capacity as Zhejiang, and transferred it from you as the governor. You have to give, and you have to give if you don't. ”

"Hu Butang!" Zhao Zhenji no longer called him, "Although you are in charge of the two provinces, you don't have a cabinet message, and Yingtian has no obligation to transfer grain to Zhejiang." ”

Hu Zongxian: "What about the transfer of military rations?" ”

Zhao Zhenji was stunned: "Want to fight?" ”

Hu Zongxian: "Let me tell you, if Zhejiang is in chaos, the Japanese will immediately take action!" Qi Jiguang already had a military report there, and the ships of the Japanese were gathering along the coast of Zhejiang. Do you always think that I am retreating, I can hide from changing rice to mulberry, and I can also hide from the military affairs of resisting the Japanese! ”

Zhao Zhenji groaned: "If it's military rations, of course I have to adjust it." But the military rations are not so much. ”

Hu Zongxian's tone was a little indignant: "The Zhao Zhenji who talked to me about Yangming Xinxue back then went there!" In the name of transferring military rations, I will transfer more food, and the disaster relief will be to stabilize the rear, and it is not your responsibility, what are you afraid of? ”

Zhao Zhenji groaned again: "Okay, I'll do my best." But there is one thing I have to say, if you can ignore the matter of changing rice to mulberry, don't worry about it anymore. Give yourself a way out. ”

Hu Zongxian's voice also deepened: "As long as I am still the governor of Zhejiang, there is no way out." ”

The sun went down, and on the Hangzhou Caoyun Wharf, the white sails rose, and with the raised white sails, lanterns also rose on the mast. On the lantern, several eye-catching characters of "Weaving Bureau" are clearly reflected.

The boats were full of food bales.

The boat covers the river, and the mast lights reflect the shore.

The stairs on the pier were lined with officers and men with guns and knives and firearms. Standing next to the two large sedan chairs were Zheng Michang and He Maocai.

"Always. When it's time to die, you don't see anyone! He Maocai was anxious as soon as he spoke, "The boat is waiting to leave, are you Boss Shen still coming?" ”

The steward of Shen Yishi's workshop smiled: "I found it, and I will come immediately." ”

He Maocai: "Really! ”

Zheng Michang was also impatient: "Send someone to find it separately!" ”

Immediately, a few people responded and ran away.

Zheng Michang turned to He Maocai: "I can't wait here." I have to go to the prefect's yamen immediately. ”

He Maocai: "Shen Yishi is still nowhere to be seen, what are you doing in the prefect's yamen?" ”

Zheng Michang: "After all, Gao Hanwen is a person sent by Xiaoge, and we have to appease him if he is like this." You also have to write to Xiao Ge Lao at once, and tell him that there is a bad situation, and we have to buy the land immediately. ”

He Maocai thought for a while: "It's appropriate for you to write the letter, right?" ”

Zheng Michang: "You write a draft, can I come back and copy it?" ”

He Maocai: "Okay. ”

The moon was round, shining on Shen Yishi's secluded courtyard in vain.

As soon as he approached the courtyard gate, the steward was shocked and stunned.

In the courtyard, Shen Yishi was holding a guqin and throwing it down with his hair scattered.

- There are already a few guqins piled up in the middle of the courtyard and the one on the big bed!

Shen Yishi lifted an oil drum beside him again and sprinkled oil on the pile of guqins.

After sprinkling the oil, Shen Yishi threw the bucket to the side of the courtyard wall, took out the flint and wiped the velvet, and threw it on the pile of guqin.

With a sound of "Peng", the fire was bright, and the pile of pianos burned!

Shen Yishi stood by the fire, the firelight reflected his face red, but the light reflected in his two eyes was cold.

Seeing this, the steward quietly took two steps back. But when he saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, the steward was frightened and looked to the left side of his side.

There is a large copper water tank on the wall of the outer courtyard. The steward quietly moved in the direction of the tank.

"Come here." Shen Yishi had already discovered him, but his eyes were still staring at the fire.

The steward stopped and walked over with bated breath.

Shen Yishi was still staring at the fire: "What's the matter?" ”

The steward: "Hui, master's words, the grain ships are loaded, the governor yamen and the yamen of the temple send people to look for the lord everywhere, waiting for the lord to carry grain to Chun'an and Jiande." ”

Shen Yishi didn't seem to hear what he said at all: "Go ahead." ”

The steward: "May I ask my lord, if the people from the governor's yamen come to urge again, how will the villain reply?" ”

Shen Yishi still stared at the fire: "Just say I'm dead." ”

The steward was stunned and whispered: "The villain doesn't dare to ......"

"Get out!" Shen Yishi finally got angry.

The steward hurriedly withdrew, retreating outside the courtyard gate but not daring to leave, looking at the fire from afar, and at the big water tank in the outer courtyard.

At this time, Shen Yishi picked up a drum and drum stand that had been placed beside him and walked towards the piano room.

Seeing Shen Yishi enter the piano room, the steward hurriedly approached the water tank, picked up the bucket next to the water tank, and pulled out a bucket of water from the water tank, and then turned back to the courtyard gate, guarding the fire from a distance.

A drum beat came from inside the piano room.

Drums can make such sounds!

Two drumsticks, one in the center of the drum and one on the edge of the drum head, are struck alternately. The drumstick in the center struck slowly, one by one, making a low sound; The drumstick on the edge rained down and made a high-pitched sound.

- The deep voice is like the call of a male, and the high-pitched voice is like a response of a female!

The red smug on the big bed in the piano room was taken away, and the piano table and piano were gone, and all that was left was a big bed.

Yun Niang, who was sitting on the big bed, did not react at this time, and her eyes were still looking at the direction of the door in a daze.

Both drumsticks hit the center of the drum face, faster and heavier, with an angry roar!

Yun Niang still sat there quietly, her eyes still looking at the direction of the door in a daze.

Shen Yishi's face, which was still full of blood just now, slowly turned white, and sweat flowed down from his forehead to his cheeks from his scattered hairline.

The drumsticks moved from the center of the drum to the edge of the drum surface, striking softly, as if in pursuit of the whisper of the moon that had been deserted in the middle of the night.

Yun Niang's eyes moved, and she slowly looked at the drum, but after a while, her eyes moved to the direction of the door.

The drumming grew weaker and weaker, giving off a desolation that was fading away.

Eventually, everything fell silent.

Shen Yishi was still holding a drumstick in his hand, but his eyes were looking up: "You go." ”

Yun Niang seemed to move, but she was still sitting there.

Shen Yishi: "You have paid off everything you owe me." Let's go. ”

Yun Niang slowly sat up straight, slowly got off the bed, and slowly walked towards the door.

Shen Yishi was still in that position, facing the big bed, holding a drumstick, standing there.

Yun Niang stopped, turned around, slowly lifted her skirt, knelt down in front of Shen Yishi, bowed, then stood up, opened the latch, and walked out.

Two tears flowed from the corners of Shen Yishi's eyes.

A lantern with the words "Weaving Bureau" floated around a four-person sedan chair.

"It's coming!" The steward of Shen Yishi's workshop greeted loudly, "Our Master Shen has arrived, ready to sail!" ”

The officers and men standing on the wharf and beside the grain ships immediately moved and ran to each grain ship in their own formations.

The big sedan car stopped, and the steward hurriedly ran over and lifted the sedan curtain, and two lanterns shone on Shen Yishi and came out of the sedan curtain.

The steward was suddenly startled - the boss who had always been clothed and clothed was wearing a silk shirt with cicada wings and a ribbon embroidered with gold flowers on his head, standing there, the river breeze blowing, and he was fluttering!

There was also an extra gold-sprinkled fan in his hand, and at this time he opened the fan, put it away again, and walked straight to the dock stairs.

The steward's attendant immediately surrounded him and followed.

After going down the stairs, Shen Yishi changed his habit of being at ease with his encounters in the past, and gently lifted the hem of his robe.

How does the steward know? Immediately he bent down at his side and helped hold the back of his robe so that it would not blow against the stone steps.

The two lanterns in front were shining in front, and the two lanterns in the back also followed, shining on both sides in front of Shen Yishi.

The entourage was a little shocked, the boss combed his hair brightly today, and his face was powdered, just like a son of a family!

In a panic, the group led forward and back, and led Shen Yishi to the big boat in the middle of the dock.

"Be careful, sir." The steward beckoned.

Shen Yishi still strode as before, boarded the wide springboard, and boarded the big boat.

The gangplanks were stowed away, and the boats were untied.

Shen Yishi stood on the bow of the big boat, looked at the river and suddenly said, "You, immediately go to Qiantang Courtyard and call the four girls." ”

The steward was stunned behind him: "Now? ”

Shen Yishi: "Take a grasshopper boat and catch up with the fleet in an hour." ”

"Yes." The steward hurried to the side of the boat, but the gangplank was put away, and he jumped to the shore with a good hand.

"Plop", the person still fell into the shallow water. The steward was drenched and ran to the dock stairs regardless of it.

If you are not in such a place, you don't know what it means to be as bright as day!

The mountains are like blue snails, and the water is like jade belts. The mighty sails are full of wind, and in the heart of the Xin'an River, the ship is moving, the water is moving, and the mountains are also moving.

In less than an hour, the grasshopper boat of the four girls in Qiantang Courtyard caught up with Shen Yishi's big boat. At the same time, there was also a canopy boat that approached Shen Yishi's big boat with the grasshopper boat.

The steward immediately walked over and shouted to the boatmen on the awning, "Throw the cable up!" ”

A boatman on the canopy clipper immediately threw a cable from the bow of the boat, and the boatman at the stern of the big boat caught the cable, wrapped it around the anchor, and then pulled the cable with his feet on the anchor, and the clipper approached the big boat.

The man on the canopy boat handed over several buckets of live fish.

The steward said to the shipwright: "Follow me and go to the bow of the ship." ”

Several buckets of live fish were placed on both sides of the bow, and the steward whispered behind Shen Yishi: "Master, the released koi fish have been bought." ”

Shen Yishi's eyes looked at the bucket, and the red koi fish were squeezing and swimming in the bucket, one beating the tail, and several beating in unison, which was unbearable.

Shen Yishi bent down and went to fish.

"Sleeves, sir." The steward shouted.

Shen Yishi didn't hear it, fished out a red carp, his sleeves were already wet, squatted to the side of the boat, stretched his hands to the surface of the water as much as possible, and released the fish.

The moon shines on the river, sparkling. The fish struck in the water, jumped out of the water, and fell into the water again, and then the water swam away.

Shen Yishi squatted on the side of the boat and watched, with a stunned smile on his face.

As the fish disappeared into the deep water, the smile on Shen Yishi's face also disappeared, and he slowly stood up, no longer looking at the koi fish that were still squeezing and jumping in a few buckets, but looked at the hazy mountains in the distance upstream.

The steward asked timidly behind him, "Master, are these fish still released?" ”

Shen Yishi was still looking at the mountains in the distance: "Call those ** out and let them go." ”

"Understood." The steward went to the door of the cabin and called in, "Girls, the master told you to come out and let you live." ”

Bright red and emerald green, the four pink ones are rouge, the green ones are eyebrows, and the geisha with heavy makeup floated out of the cabin with their skirts, although they knew that Master Shen snubbed them, but laughter was their rule, and with a gurgling sound, the four of them all hugged to the bucket of the ship's board.

"Great official!"

"Master Shen!"

"Allah has been released, Nong has come and come and see!"

"Let yours go." Shen Yishi's clothes fluttered and still stood on the bow of the boat, "Do more merits, and be a good person in the next life." ”

The four geisha glanced at each other.

The geisha at the head also wanted to please: "This is the merit of the great official, and it is better for the Alaa sisters to follow the big official than to be a good person." ”

"Cheap!" A word burst out of Shen Yishi's mouth, "Lift the bucket and put it on me immediately!" ”

The four geisha did not dare to answer any more, and each pouted, and the two of them had a bucket, and with great effort to carry the bucket to the side of the boat, they were already panting, and could no longer lift the bucket to the side of the ship, so they had to put the bucket down again and look at the steward who was standing aside.

The geisha at the head asked the steward for help: "Brother steward, do Sister Allah a favor." ”

"Don't help." Shen Yishi's back, "If you don't want to be a good person, just ask the four of them to jump into the water." Qiantang Courtyard, I will take the money to compensate. ”

The faces of the four geisha turned white with fright, and they were all stunned.

The steward: "Don't fall soon!" ”

"Pour! Allah poured! ”

Shen Yishi said that the four of them had strength, and the two of them had a bucket, and immediately lifted the bucket full of water and fish to the upper edge of the ship.

Two of them flipped the bucket with all their might, and the fish and water in the bucket were poured into the river.

The other two were less strong and less courageous, and in one fell swoop into the river with the fish and water.

"Plop!" With a bang, the bucket that was smashed down on the river surface splashed a large wave.

The four geisha were all startled, and hurriedly looked at Shen Yishi, who was still standing on the bow of the boat.

Shen Yishi: "Tell them all to come over." This was addressed to the steward.

"Yes. The lord told you all to come over. The steward hurriedly greeted the four geisha who were still stunned.

The four geisha timidly walked up behind Shen Yishi and stood with bated breath.

Shen Yishi still didn't look back: "I read a few lines of poetry from an ancient person in the vernacular, and whoever wants to answer the sentence in which poem of which ancient person this is, I will redeem her." ”

The four geisha were stunned again, glanced at each other, their eyes lit up, and then they became nervous, all looking at Shen Yishi's back.

Shen Yishi stood on the bow of the boat, his tone turned clear, and he chanted loudly:

Float over the head of the summer water and go west,

Looking back, I can't see the gate wall of the old capital.

It is difficult for the people of Wye to tell me the sorrow of my heart,

It's a long way to go, and I don't know where to go.

Take advantage of the storm to send me between the rivers,

The water is vast, the world is first-class!

The chanting was quickly blown away by the river wind, and all that remained was the sound of the wind and the sound of the waves at the bottom of the bow.

The four geisha looked at each other, two of them were blank, and two of them were really thinking.

"If you know, answer the lord quickly." The steward was in a hurry and urged.

"I know. This is Qu Yuan's poem! The geisha in the lead exclaimed excitedly.

"Which of Qu Yuan's poems?" Shen Yishi turned around and looked at the geisha with a sparkle in his eyes.

The geisha hesitated and replied, "Is it "Lisao"? ”

Shen Yishi's eyes darkened again, and he shook his head: "It's a pity, you will never be good in this life." It's hard for you to guess that it's Qu Yuan's poem, and reward her with a hundred taels of silver. After speaking, he turned around again, and looked at the bright moon in the sky above the distant mountain.

The moon fell on the courtyard wall of the backyard of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau in Hangzhou, and the sky suddenly brightened.

The four eunuchs, the same four eunuchs who forced Gao Hanwen to write in the piano room, came over from outside the second courtyard in a line. The fat eunuch walked in front with a red gold basin with hot water in his hand. A eunuch walked behind him with a silver footbasin that also contained hot water. The other two eunuchs were holding a water-absorbing silk linen face towel, and the other was holding a Songjiang fine cotton footkerchief.

When I looked closely, I found that the hand holding the basin was trembling slightly, and the water was rippling all around the basin; The hand holding the footbasin was also trembling slightly, and the water in the footbasin was rippling all around; The hands in the back, holding the face towel and footbandana, were also shaking. The four eunuchs all looked scared to death.

When he finally walked to the door, the four eunuchs looked at the eunuch at the door pitifully, the kind of eyes that wanted to beg for news from his face.

The eunuch at the door was the eunuch who accompanied Yang Jinshui closely, and he was still covered in dust at this time, and his face did not show any news to tell them, so he only shook his head lightly, and then gently pushed the door open.

The four eunuchs were even more bottomless, and they all stood outside the door in a daze, not daring to go in.

The eunuch at the door was a little anxious, staring at the lower palate of his eyes.

The four eunuchs trembled and walked in.

Yang Jinshui, who was sitting on the chair in the middle of the bedroom, was covered with dust, obviously just returned, so he was still covered with dust, his eyes were rolled, looking up, his face was as cold as iron.

The four eunuchs stood in a horizontal row, struggling to control the disobedient hands and feet. But my hands were still shaking, and my feet were still shaking.

"Who knows I'm back?" Yang Jinshui's eyes looked at the accompanying eunuch at the door and asked coldly.

The four eunuchs shuddered.

The accompanying eunuch at the door hurriedly came in: "Godfather, we came in from the back door, and there are only two or three people who know." ”

Yang Jinshui: "Say hello, if anyone shows up and says that I have returned from Beijing, I will be killed immediately." ”

Accompanying eunuch: "Yes! He replied and walked out quickly.

After some explanation, Yang Jinshui's eyes rolled upwards again.

The four eunuchs trembled again.

"It's hot." Yang Jinshui suddenly said softly.

The four eunuchs immediately seemed to hear Guanyin Bodhisattva speak, and immediately hugged him, put the basin on the basin, put the footbasin on the footbasin, rushed to get his hat and take off his shoes.

The thin eunuch carried the two corners of the face towel in the basin, twisted it gently, and handed it to the fat eunuch, who took the towel and shook it, spread it in his palm, and went to wipe Yang Jinshui's forehead.

"Dirty." Another word burst out of Yang Jinshui's mouth.

The fat eunuch's hand immediately froze there.

The eunuch under his feet, who was about to pick up Yang Jinshui's feet and put them in the footbasin, also had his hands frozen there.

As soon as the four pairs of eyes touched, they immediately became sharply grasped, and they all quickly understood.

The fat eunuch slowly put the face towel back into the basin and took out the silver ticket from his bosom first.

The other three eunuchs all took out their silver tickets from their bosoms.

Four people knelt side by side.

Fat eunuch: "Good dogs don't eat outside food." The silver tickets given by Boss Shen were accepted by the sons just to be a piece of evidence, waiting for the godfather to come back. ”

"Eating outside is poisonous." Yang Jinshui's eyes only looked at them at this time, and he began to scan the past from the first silver ticket: "It's really rich." One reward is four thousand taels. ”

The four eunuchs immediately followed the wind of words and expressed their attitudes:

"Isn't there just a few stinky money? Just want to buy us? ”

"I don't want to think about who earns his money."

"Annoyed my godfather and kicked him......"

"Eat." Yang Jinshui was impatient.

The four eunuchs stopped talking and looked at each other.

The youngest eunuch was the first to realize this sentence: "Dry, godfather rewarded us with silver......"

Hearing it clearly, the three eunuchs immediately stuffed the silver tickets in their hands into their mouths and chewed them, and the little eunuch also hurriedly stuffed the silver tickets into his mouth and chewed them.

The silver stamps of the Ming Dynasty were printed on paper mixed with hemp, which was tough and easy to circulate, and it was already very difficult to chew, and it was even more uncomfortable when swallowed. The four eunuchs swallowed one by one and their eyes bulged out.

"Clean?" Yang Jinshui asked.

"It's clean...... the four of them still have the silver paper in their throats, and they have to rush to answer, not to mention the discomfort, they are not fluent in answering.

"Is it really clean?" Yang Jinshui stared and asked again.

The four eunuchs were stunned again, not daring to look at each other, and each rolled his eyes to find out.

This time it was the fat eunuch who first realized: "If you go back to your godfather, as long as you are still in your stomach, you will not be clean." ”

The dwarf eunuch immediately answered: "Pull it, pull it out to be clean......

"I finally got it." Yang Jinshui's tone calmed down, "Call a few people to help you." A dozen spankings on the ass are easy to come out. ”

"Godfather, spare your life!" The four eunuchs howled.

"Howl!" Yang Jinshui was furious.

The four of them immediately stopped.

Yang Jinshui: "Did that Gao Hanwen get touched by Yun Niang?" ”

"God is on top!" The fat eunuch immediately answered, "I haven't touched my hands." ”

Yang Jinshui's face looked better: "Who came up with this idea?" ”

Fat eunuch: "If you go back to your godfather, it should be discussed by Boss Shen, Lord Zheng, and Lord He." ”

Yang Jinshui: "Whose idea was it to hang the lanterns of the Weaving Bureau on the grain ship to buy fields?" ”

The four eunuchs were stunned for a moment.

Yang Jinshui: "Say! ”

Or the fat eunuch: "Whose idea is really unknown, the sons really don't know." However, when the lanterns were hung on the grain ship, Lord Zheng and Lord He were present. ”

Thin eunuch: "When Boss Shen travels, the lantern in front of the sedan chair is also the lantern of the Weaving Bureau. ”

Yang Jinshui's face turned blue, and his eyes rolled up again: "Okay, okay...... Dirty water began to pour on the emperor's face...... Good, good. ”

The four eunuchs were so frightened that their faces froze.

The eunuch who accompanied him greeted him outside and came back: "Back to Godfather, I said hello." ”

Yang Jinshui: "These four people were dragged to the courtyard, and each of them was rewarded with 20 pieces." ”

The four of them seemed to have come to their senses, but they had not completely come to their senses, kneeling there in a daze, looking at Yang Jinshui.

The eunuch who accompanied him: "Enough grace." Don't thank you for the reward? ”

Only then did the four of them come to their senses and kowtow together: "Thank you, godfather!" Thank you, godfather! ”

The accompanying eunuch asked Yang Jinshui again: "Godfather, you can't mobilize the people now, just let them play the mandarin duck board, right?" ”

Yang Jinshui: "It's too cheap for these minions." ”

This is agreed, and the accompanying eunuchs immediately turned to the four eunuchs: "Open heaven's grace, hit the mandarin duck board, why don't you go quickly?" ”

"Thank you, godfather! Brother Xie. The four of them kowtowed again, and then they got up and withdrew like amnesty.

The accompanying eunuch wrenched out a face towel from the red gold basin, walked to Yang Jinshui, wiped his face gently, and said in a low voice: "I just heard it, Zheng Michang and He Maocai have leveled Gao Hanwen, and now they are asking the Chun'an Zhixian people recommended by King Yu to kill the disaster. While killing people, he bought land under the brand of the Weaving Bureau. ”

Yang Jinshui opened his eyes and said to the accompanying eunuch: "I can't drag it out." You go immediately, take the survey of the military department, and use the official letter of the Weaving Bureau to inform the post station to send it directly to the palace for 800 miles, and I have a letter to the ancestors. ”

Accompanying eunuch: "Yes." ”

- The slice hit the buttocks very crisply, but the beaten person did not make a cry - two wide spring stools, one left and one right, were placed in the courtyard, the fat eunuch was lying on the left stool, and the high eunuch was lying on the right stool, both of them had a stick in their mouths, and their pants had faded to the ankles, revealing two white buttocks.

The little eunuch took the slices and slapped the fat eunuch's ass on the left.

The short eunuch took the slice and slapped the high eunuch's ass on the right.

Because they were fighting each other in turn, the fat eunuch and the high eunuch had already beaten the little eunuch and the short eunuch first, so the little eunuch and the short eunuch were already holding on to the pain at this time, supporting their waist with one hand, and beating others with the other, and their strength was naturally not strong.

The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty are all over the world, but the rules are set by the palace, and there are nine styles and seventy-two methods for beating, the heaviest is the spine of the court staff, the hand is poisonous, and a few rods go down to take their lives. The lightest is to slap the buttocks, just like a parent scolding a child, so that you know the pain. The so-called shooting is relative to pumping. One piece goes down and drags it back, and one piece goes down and raises the shot in time. If it is pumped, the buttocks will be swollen and black in less than half an hour, and you will have to lie on your stomach for half a month, and you will not be able to get out of bed. If it is a shoot, after half an hour, although the buttocks are swollen but not bruised, at most there is some bruising, and I will walk normally in three days. The most merciful beating of the seventy-two laws is the "mandarin duck board". Because you hit me, I will beat you again, the mandarin ducks beat the ducks, the ducks beat the mandarin ducks, show mercy to each other, they will be sparing their hearts, the thunder is loud, but the rain is small, so the eunuchs in the palace have such a nickname. This is also the reason why the four eunuchs were blamed for returning their gratitude this time.

If you play slowly, you will have a longer interval in between, and it will be less painful. The slices were still being slapped up and down, and Yun Niang slowly walked over from the outer courtyard door. In the weaving bureau for four years, Yun Niang was also accustomed to being beaten by Yang Jinshui, but it was the first time that she intended to let her watch the eunuch spank with her own eyes. Yun Niang knew that the thunderstorm was coming eventually, so she was very calm, and she didn't look at either side, but walked slowly towards the bedroom door.

Yang Jinshui was still sitting on the chair, but his feet were already soaked in the footbasin, and he smiled when he saw Yun Niang come in.

Yun Niang stood there and smiled calmly. Yang Jinshui was a little surprised, and his smile stopped, looking at her.

Yun Niang slowly squatted down and washed his feet.

"Don't pay for it." Yang Jinshui's feet stepped on the footbasin like a pillar, "The hand that plays the piano, Jin Gui, don't be rough." ”

Yun Niang stood up again and sat down beside him in a daze.

Yang Jinshui looked at her, rubbing his two feet alternately: "Shen Yishi, Gao Hanwen." Rich, talented, and elegant. With them, there is no shame on me. ”

Yun Niang looked at the ground with her eyes and sat in a daze.

Yang Jinshui lifted his wet feet and stepped on the edge of the footbasin: "These two feet like me, stepping on the footbasin steadily, it's okay." But if you are unstable in two boats, you will fall. Tell me the truth, these two people, who are you willing to go with? ”

Yun Niang slowly raised her gaze and looked at Yang Jinshui.

Yang Jinshui's eyes were filled with kindness: "You and I, fake." Besides, I've been in Hangzhou for a year at most, and I can't bring you to the palace. After all these years of serving me, it's time to give you a name. Just be my daughter. ”

Yun Niang was slightly shocked.

Yang Jinshui: "Come, wipe my godfather's feet." ”

Yun Niang stood up again, walked over, took a footbandana, and wiped Yang Jinshui's feet.

Yang Jinshui: "You haven't replied to my question." Which is better, Shen Yishi or Gao Hanwen? ”

Yun Niang's hand stopped there again, and the people stopped there.

Yang Jinshui looked down and saw a drop of water splashing on the water surface of the foot basin, and another drop of water splashing.

It turned out that tears were dripping from Yun Niang's cheeks.

"Is it reluctant to do both?" Yang Jinshui's face was gloomy.

Yun Niang was still stunned and didn't move.

"Then I'll pick it for you." Yang Jinshui stepped his dried feet into the water again and stood up, "There is no end to Shen Yishi!" ”

As soon as the feet were strained, the water in the basin gushed out.