Late at night, Huangtang.

Although this is the office of the governor, it already belongs to the back house of the state government, and there is a private door guard of the back house.

Yang Pu, a thief of chickens and dogs who received it halfway, became the gatekeeper of the back house. He followed Zhu Ming's instructions, as long as no one entered the residential area of the back house, he would turn a blind eye and ignore it.

Even, Yang Pu deliberately snored so that the infiltrator could do things with confidence.

"How did you get in? Go and watch the wind! ”

"I'm sleeping soundly, I've been snoring, I'll come and help you."

"This piece of paper is for you, you must use a bamboo pen, and it is not easy to transcribe and draw lines with a brush."

"What is this? Why can't I understand it? ”

"I heard that Zhizhou's father is a well-known Taoist priest, and he also became a fellow scholar of the Taoist Academy, wearing a purple Taoist robe. Zhizhou's family history must also be able to portray the talisman. ”

"What did he do in the state office?"

"How do I know? It could be the art of disgust. ”

"Disgusted ...... Tired of winning...... We're going to be fine, right? ”

"No, no, copy it down."

“……”

The two scribes finished copying the charts, carefully put them in their bosoms, blew out the candles, and tiptoed away.

When the door is closed, a hemp rope is used as a mechanism to automatically latch the latch from the inside.

The next day, Li Xiaozhong, the head of the Li family in Puzhou, stared at several charts and was confused: "For several days in a row, Zhizhou has been painting these things? ”

The scribe said: "The father of Zhizhou is a purple-clothed Taoist, and he will definitely draw talismans. In the next guess, these may be disgusted, or they may be evil charms. Place this talisman in the Yellow Hall to suppress evil spirits. ”

"Nonsense!"

Li Xiaozhong pointed to the chart annotation and said: "In these places, there are words such as thieves, thieves, the alliance of the Yuanyuan, and the change of Xining, how can it be a talisman to suppress evil spirits?" ”

"A talisman that could also be used to suppress thieves." The scribe guessed.

Li Xiaozhong waved his hand and said, "Get some reward money, let's go back to the state government first." ”

The scribe bowed and stepped back: "Retire below." ”

When the scribe went to receive the reward, Li Xiaozhong called his son and the housekeeper again.

The housekeeper only glanced at it, and then said: "Ah Lang, don't doubt it, this is a simple number, from the "Zhu's Sutra". The dog was studying arithmetic, and I felt strange, so I also learned "Zhu's Arithmetic". These tables should be viewed from left to right. Where simple numbers are involved, they must be read from left to right. ”

The housekeeper lifted the pen and translated everything into Chinese characters and numbers.

Li Xiaozhong took his son to study for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "If there is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, Puzhou will be a thief swarm again." Look! ”

"The child is here!" Li Qing replied.

Li Xiaozhong said: "In the manors in the countryside, the armor guards are trained diligently. The courtyard wall of our house should be heightened and thickened, and a few more courtyards should be raised, and all kinds of weapons should be prepared. ”

Li Qinggu said: "Father is making a big fuss. ”

"What do you know?" Li Xiaozhong said, "In the past 100 years, the Li family in Puzhou has never been robbed, that is because the ancestors accumulated virtue and broke a great good reputation, so even the thieves were respected." Now it's not going to work, If there are thieves in Juancheng County, once the thieves become bigger, the first person to be robbed is my family! ”

Li Qinggu could only say: "The child just does it." ”

Li Xiaozhong looked at those charts repeatedly, and every time he looked at them and thought about them, he could have new insights.

In particular, Zhu Ming annotated the key data with major national and local events, and under the combination of the two, many phenomena can be peeled back to find out the causes.

After understanding it for a long time, Li Xiaozhong couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Zhu Ming has a lot of money, if he was born fifty years early, he will be a generation of famous ministers." It's a pity, it's a pity, it's not the right time. In this world, even the people of my Li family can't be virtuous ministers, and they can only cling to the traitorous party. If you can choose, who wants to tarnish the reputation of your ancestors? ”

Li Qinggu said: "Father, I heard that over there in Leize, the county official is checking the land of the Qian and Sun families. The surname Zhu, will he also be Fang Tian on Juancheng's side? ”

Li Xiaozhong sneered: "The magistrate of Juancheng has changed, and Cai Xiang sent someone to fight against him." Without the cooperation of the county, how can he be in the county? ”

"That's right." Li Qinggu felt that it made sense.

……

Huang Guinian's wife is not surnamed Feng, and she has no ability to forget.

His family was really poor, his ancestral home was Fengcheng, Jiangxi, and he migrated to Luling, Jiangxi. Yellow Turtle Year was born in Luling, and migrated to Yongfu (Yongtai County) in Fujian Province with his father when he was a child.

didn't buy any property in Fujian, and my father died. Relying on the family's only savings, his mother had to do odd jobs, and he and his younger brother were brought up with hard work, and they were even so poor that they gave up the imperial examination to work to support the family.

Fortunately, when he met Bole, Li Chaojing, the governor of Yongfu County, not only funded Huang Guinian to continue studying, but also married his daughter to him as his wife.

This prospective father-in-law was also unlucky, he studied hard for more than ten years, and before he could become a big official, he died of illness in the county lieutenant. is also considered a clean official, his wife and daughter returned to their hometown with the coffin for burial, and they have spent most of the family's money. Due to the distance was too far, the fiancée did not see the Year of the Yellow Turtle again, and only sent a letter every year.

has been wasting the years, the Yellow Turtle is 23 years old, and the Li daughter is 21 years old, both of them have been dragged into older unmarried young people.

The title of the Yellow Turtle Annuity List was caught by his son-in-law, and his fellow villagers persuaded him to marry another rich girl, anyway, he only had a marriage contract and was not married.

Huang Guinian sternly refused, spent a year saving money, and finally took his fiancée to his side.

"This is the clumsy Jing Li family, take the word Mujun." Yellow Turtle Year introduced.

The name of the boudoir is not said, but the name is taken after marriage.

Zhu Ming also introduced Zheng Yuanyi, whose identity was ambiguous, and he did not say that he was a wife or a concubine.

The four of them sat in the pavilion and drank tea, and Zhu Ming didn't carry much black tea, and they were almost finished.

The Year of the Yellow Turtle also brought a little child, and Zhu Ming beckoned to his side: "What's your name?" ”

"The kid's name is Huang Heng." The little kid is very smart.

Zhu Ming smiled and asked, "How old are you?" ”

"I'm seven years old." Huang Heng said.

Zhu Ming asked again: "How many words do you recognize?" ”

Huang Heng looked proud, held his head high and said, "I learn fast and know a lot of words." ”

"Hahahaha!"

The adults were amused to laugh, and the children's childish words were always so cute.

Zhu Ming was faintly disappointed, why didn't Lao Huang have a daughter named Huang Rong?

There were several plates of snacks on the stone table, including steamed cakes, fried beans, etc., and everyone chatted about eating snacks with black tea.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Tian Ruyong finally came with his family. His wife's surname is Zhong and she has a son and two daughters.

The four little children got together, and the son of the Tian family was thirteen years old, and naturally became the king of children. But he felt that he had grown up, and thought that children were too naïve, and after playing for a while, he returned to adults.

Zhong also brought gifts: "This is rouge purchased from Hangzhou, and I don't know what spices are added." ”

Zheng Yuanyi opened it and smelled it, and said with a smile: "It's so fragrant!" ”

Li Mujun also got a copy, and after sniffing it carefully, he said: "It seems to be the fragrance of gardenias, but it is mixed with something else." ”

"If the two sisters like it, I'll let someone come over from Hangzhou." Zhong's is not bad for money, and her husband is a corrupt official.

Li Mujun felt a little shabby, although she also brought gifts, but only two boxes of pastries made by herself.

Zhong is very flattering, and after taking out the gift, he praised Zheng Yuanyi's good skin and asked her what cosmetics she usually uses. Then he praised the beautiful scenery in the backyard of the state government, saying that Zheng Yuanyi was so blessed that he could live in such a corridor at a young age.

made a sycophant and slapped Zheng Yuanyi into the clouds.

Li Mujun is much more stupid, and he will not flatter people, laugh with him throughout the whole process, and occasionally interject a sentence.

After chatting about the Langyuan, Zhong said: "Now the official family is going to the Tao and asking the gods to go to the Taoist temple. In the eastern suburbs of Puzhou City, there is a Huang Tingguan, who is a disciple of Wang Shenxian. I heard that it is very effective there, whether it is seeking an official or a child, you only need to insist on burning incense for three years to achieve it. ”

"Which king immortal?" Zhu Ming asked suddenly.

Tian Ruyong said: "Wang Laozhi, who used to live in the South Park of Cai Jing's house, was too arrogant, which made Cai Jing dislike, so he returned to his hometown after illness. His home is in Linpu County, and last year he was given a Taoist temple, and Puzhou also allocated 1,000 guan. This guy is too little, and the court allocated another 3,000 guan, and then asked Puzhou to add another 1,000. This guy is not enough, and he asked the gentry and businessmen of the state and county to donate money, and barely scraped together more than 6,000 yuan. ”

Zhu Ming asked, "Is there a remnant of the people?" ”

Huang Guinian couldn't help but say: "There are countless remnants of the people, but the government has nothing to do. Because it was the official family who ordered the cultivation of the Taoist temple, and also allocated the nearby land to him as a temple field. ”

"Forced expropriation of land?" Zhu Ming asked.

"Even the people on the land have been assigned to Wang Laozhi as customers," Huang Guinian said indignantly, "According to Taishou, the proportion of customers will increase again this year." Only to Wang Laozhi's customers, there are more than 200 households. ”

This faint king!

Tian Ruyong complained: "Wang Laozhi is arrogant in Tokyo, and even Cai Jingjing can't bear it." After returning to his hometown, he became more aggressive and had no respect for local officials. This year's Spring Society, invited him to Puzhou to worship the gods, this guy actually occupied the main position, and the Zhizhou at that time was so angry that his face turned blue. ”

Huang Guinian also said: "Now in the four counties of Puzhou, all the abbots of Taoist temples have been replaced by disciples of Wang Laozhi. Even if there is no change, the abbot will worship Wang Laozhi as a teacher. Even Buddhist temples have become Taoist temples, and monks have grown their hair to become Taoist priests. With the support of Wang Laozhi, the Taoist temple encroached on a large number of people's land. The government did not dare to manage it, and the people did not dare to speak. ”

Zhu Ming's face was gloomy and said, "The Li family is not moving, and the Taoist priest can't move?" Just from the eastern suburbs of the state city ......"

"Huang Tingguan." Chung reminded.

Zhu Ming said: "Let's start with Huang Tingguan, the Taoist priests who broke the law are all arrested, and the occupied land is returned!" ”

Tian Ruyong hurriedly dissuaded: "Taishou, our enemy is the Cai Party, the Li family, the first family in Puzhou." Why bother? The official catechumen has a lot of indulgence in Taoist priests. If these Taoist priests in Puzhou are moved, Wang Laozhi will be impeached, and I am afraid that the officials will not like it. ”

"Smack!"

Zhu Ming slapped on the stone table: "I don't care if he is a Taoist priest in the Li family, as long as he kills the people, he will be punished together." What if Wang Laozhi went to the official family to complain? If he sinned, he was caught. Don't worry, you just have to do it, I'll take care of it! ”

Tian Ru stopped talking and completely regarded Zhu Ming as a stunned youth.

Huang Guinian was in awe, and arched his hand: "Taishou is dedicated to the people, and I admire it so much!" ”

(End of chapter)