Shangjing,

Outside the city gates,

At the end of the ugly time,

Shangjing has been prosperous since ancient times, the city gate has not yet been opened, the sky is still dark, the queue to enter the city has been discharged for several miles, there are vendors pushing carts full of vegetables and fruits, and there are also pawns who enter the city with rock sugar gourds to sell, which is different from usual.

There were many more carriages in front of the queue, and if you look closely, the appearance of the carriage is simple, but the people sitting inside are all extraordinary, not like ordinary rich and noble merchants, but more like high-ranking officials in the yamen.

A few feet from the city gate,

In front of a tea stall,

I don't know when, there is a white-faced scholar on the stall is holding a piece of startling wood sitting in the direction of facing the city gate, chattering endlessly, while talking, the feather fan opens and closes, witty words, quite funny, not long after, it is surrounded by people who come and go to rest, even the carriage in front of it also quietly opened the curtain, and listened attentively.

"Guest, your tea ......"

The owner of the tea stall was busy pouring tea for the customers who were seated, and it was strange to say that before dawn, the scholar came running over and said that he wanted to borrow his place to tell a book.

I thought that I would only occupy a seat on the left and right, maybe I could pull some business, and I was happy to see it, so I agreed, no, after a while, I have sold a lot of tea, more than the usual three or five days.

"In other words, that day, the dog thief Luo Congee was outside the palace gate, wearing a golden and black python robe, holding a narrow embroidered spring knife, his eyes were wide open, and he killed from the palace gate to the outside of the palace wall.

"More than a hundred times more brutal than those vicious thieves in the rivers and lakes......"

Bai Xiaosheng subdivided the scene outside the palace that day, for ordinary people, there is not much fun on weekdays, listen to a few more words at this time, and when you brag and fart in the future, you will also talk a little more, which is naturally excellent, not to mention that it is still the most notorious thief Luo nowadays.

When the song was finished, the entire tea stall was already surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.

"Guest officer, here ...... come"

The owner of the tea stall looked at more and more guests who were busy with their feet not touching the ground, but they were smiling, as for what he said, he was a little scared at first, afraid of being implicated, but he didn't see anyone to stop him for a long time, so he put his heart in his stomach.

After all, this kind of storyteller has always been the most well-informed, and he thought he had heard some rumors, so he took advantage of this stall to earn some money to moisten his throat.

"I said that it takes a lot of effort to kill so many pigs, not to mention that the dog thief still kills people, and it took a lot of time to think about it, and he didn't blink an eye......"

"Won't his eyes dry?"

The people who had good things to do asked aloud.

"This little student didn't know, so he drove Ming'er Xiaosheng to personally go to the Zhao Prison in the East Factory to ask the dog thief...... Moyo has an eye disease, which is not ......"

Bai Xiaosheng was not angry when he heard this, but joked, and his words were full of contempt and ridicule for the thief.

Unconsciously the people present also laughed and cursed, and their fear of the thief weakened a lot unconsciously.

"Xiao Sheng still remembers that the heads of the people who rolled down that day, undulating in the moat outside the imperial city, like dumplings boiled in boiling water, killing people's heads and bleeding like rivers......"

Bai Xiaosheng continued to spit and said: "But those students are not afraid, they have never frowned in the face of the thief's butcher's knife, and they are much better than those heroes who went to the execution ground, all of them are righteous deaths!" ”

"Bang ......"

"Say,"

"Don't be afraid of broken bones, stay innocent in the world!"

Bai Xiaosheng said and suddenly slapped the wooden road.

"Good!"

When the words fell, a crowd of people applauded, cheering for those students, and many people who had read the book in the audience clapped their hands, seeing that they actually brought themselves in, and Bai Xiaosheng just watched quietly, and many details were hidden between the words.

The reason is also very simple, that is, to dilute the fear of Luo Congee in the hearts of the people, raise the image of those students, and let the people have the meaning of being in the scene and hating the same enemy.

As for these poems, I heard them in Luo Congee's mouth, but I didn't expect them to be used here, the effect is so good, the only thing is that they are a little bad for them.

"After the palace gate is finished, I am watching the thief lead the troops to the national prison without reluctance......"

The corner of Bai Xiaosheng's eyes fell on the carriages in front of him outside the city gate, and he squinted slightly, thinking that it was an official who had entered Beijing early to wait for the court meeting, and then he didn't stop, and continued, his tone became more and more high-pitched, and these words were only in the ears of those people, so they were not a waste of words.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, make room for our master."

Just as Bai Xiaosheng continued to talk for a long time to rest and drink water, several evil servants pushed through the crowd and walked in, followed by an official in regular clothes.

When a cup of tea is drunk,

More than a dozen officials have sat down in front of the tea stall,

Listen with interest.

In the bottom of their hearts, they were more curious, you must know that a few days ago, those academy students marched a hundred and ten miles away to criticize the dog thief Luo Congee, and he insisted on leading people to kill him and cut off hundreds of heads.

Now, this person is actually telling the ugly story of the thief in public outside the gate of Shangjing, but there is still no Jinyi guard who comes here to take people, which involves the situation in Shangjing, which can be described as intriguing.

"Besides, after the dog thief entered the national prison......"

"That Guozi Priest Wine Xie Wenbo ......"

Bai Xiaosheng continued.

"Bang ......"

Just when the former was spitting and flying, a teacup in the corner of the tea stall was suddenly overturned, and I saw a middle-aged man in a gorgeous costume, clenching his fists tightly, and he didn't know that the hot tea fell into his hands.

"Master, do you want to ......?"

A house slave next to him came over and lowered his voice.

"No, let him keep talking......"

The man shook his head after forcibly settling his mind.

"In other words, at that time, in order to protect the students behind him, Lord Jiu Xie brazenly stood in front of everyone, and in the face of the sword soldiers dropped by the thief, he did not retreat half a step......"

"Bang ......"

Just when Bai Xiaosheng said this,

A lump of gold fell on the wooden table in front of him.

"Xiaosheng, thank you for the guest reward!"

"Guest officer, I'm so angry!"

Bai Xiaosheng put the gold in his sleeve without a trace, revealing the smiling face of an ordinary storyteller, and then looked in the direction where the gold ingot was thrown, only to see a middle-aged man walking towards him, his steps staggering a little.

"Is he dead?"

Xie Wenxue walked up to Bai Xiaosheng and asked, his lips were slightly pale as he spoke, he had just rushed back from Qinghe County, and he had already heard about the death of those academy students along the way, as for the Guozijian for the time being, there was no news about it, and now he suddenly heard how to be indifferent.

"This guest officer, don't be impatient."

"Although the thank you sacrificial wine is full of wind and bones, and is not afraid of life and death, but the thief is not good at stubble in the end, and the thank you sacrificial wine finally died in the hands of the thief."

"Say,"

"Since ancient times, no one has died, leaving Dan to take care of his sweat!"

Bai Xiaosheng once again slapped the shocking wooden road.

The fall of a poem caused those officials to be amazed, and those who didn't know it applauded Xie Wenbo, and inexplicably felt disgusted with the thief.

"Bang ......"

Xie Wenxue only felt that there was a roar in his ears, he had thought that his brother would have the possibility of failure, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, and it only took a few days to put it together, and the dog thief Luo Congee had already entered the Guozi Prison.

He's dead?

Do you want to leave Shangjing?

Xie Wenxue's mind suddenly remembered what his brother said when they were separated.

Now that all the properties of his Xie family in Qinghe County have been sold, even the business road accumulated over hundreds of years has also been disposed of at a discount and half away, which is millions of taels, enough for himself and his family to live for more than ten lifetimes.

"In other words, after the Guozi supervisor came out, the whole dynasty was shaken, and His Majesty couldn't stand the thief's behavior, only to see that outside the noon gate, hundreds of Dongchang fans detained the thief on the ground and ......sent it to the Donghua Gate."

Bai Xiaosheng ignored Xie Wenxue, who was still at war between heaven and man, but talked about the follow-up things to himself.

"East Factory?"

Xie Wenxue suddenly woke up when he heard a familiar word, and hurriedly interrupted.

"East Factory!"

"It's the newly opened yamen a few days ago."

Bai Xiaosheng explained with a smile.

"You mean that dog thief Luo porridge,"

"Has you been sent to Dongchang for detention?"

Xie Wen's tone suddenly became agitated when he heard this, as if he had grasped the last straw.

Naturally, he had heard of Dongchang, and more than once, but the fact that the thief was imprisoned happened just yesterday, and people from other places naturally had no way of knowing.

"Naturally, if this guest officer doesn't believe it, after the city gate is opened, you can enter the city and inquire everywhere, I think it has spread now."

Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile.

"At this time, there is still some time before the city gate is opened, so you can tell me more about the situation in the city!"

Xie Wenxue dragged Bai Xiaosheng's hand and asked, in a hurry, he had no previous calmness, after all, if Luo Congee was still powerful, although he was unwilling, he could only leave his hometown as discussed before.

But the homeland is hard to leave, and it is not a last resort,

Who wants to leave so easily?

……

"So, the thief has lost his position?"

After listening to Bai Xiaosheng's words,

Although Xie Wenxue did not have full faith, he was also a lot more relieved.

"According to Xiaosheng, I'm afraid it's very difficult for the dog thief to come out this time, without the commander, Jinyiwei is gone......"

"Still relying on his glory earlier yesterday, he has also become a prisoner of others' ranks at this time......"

Bai Xiaochang sighed.

"In your opinion, what about the East Factory?"

Xie Wenxue looked at Bai Xiaosheng, who had a good temperament, and asked the gods, just thinking that this kind of storyteller has been mixed in the major restaurants all the year round, and the news is much better than ordinary people, and he has no interest entanglement with himself, so he should listen to the opinions of others.

"Xiaosheng didn't dare to criticize the popular yamen, he could only say one thing, Jinyiwei is like fire, Dongchang is like water, the fire is too big, so naturally it has to be poured with water."

"As for the relationship between the two......"

Bai Xiaosheng smiled and said without saying a word.

"In this way, the thief fell into the hands of Dongchang, isn't it a catastrophe?"

There was an official who had entered Beijing beside him, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Forever?"

"Not necessarily!"

"After all, before people die, everything is possible, and who can say for sure what is going on in the world?"

"As far as we storytellers are concerned, we can only close the coffin."

Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile,

It's just that the last four words bite extremely hard.

"Okay, what a coffin!"

After listening to it for a long time, Xie Wenwen muttered to himself,

When I looked up, it was already a sudden enlightenment.

"Crunch, crunch......"

At this time, it was already the end of the day, a light rose between the heavens and the earth, and the heavy city gate slowly opened when the hour came, and the procession entering the city gradually flowed.

Seeing this, many officials present also silently left a little bit of broken silver, and then got up to leave, after all, they had to prepare for the court meeting in advance when they entered Beijing, but when they left, everyone looked thoughtful.

For those officials who can only go to the court to face the saints, even the people who died at the hands of the dog thief are already figures who are too far away, and they have never thought of targeting or overthrowing the dog thief.

It's just that I didn't expect that the dog thief who is in the limelight now is also in prison, and I am secretly thinking in my heart that this big departure from the court may be about to change, and it may not be an opportunity for myself and others, it is best to take advantage of the situation.

"Let's go, let's go into the city."

Xie Wenxue sat alone in front of the tea stall for a long time, and in his ears, the white-faced scholar continued to talk about the important things that came in.

Looking at the open city gate, he got up and said, only to leave a silver ticket under the tea bowl when he left.

"Guest, your silver ......"

Just as Xie Wenxue had just taken a few steps, the old man who had packed up the tea bowl hurriedly reminded him, after all, the face value on the silver ticket was enough to buy more than a dozen such tea stalls, and the amount was too large, so he thought he had lost it, so he didn't dare to take it.

"My lord is in a good mood today, and I appreciate you."

Xie Wenxue didn't pay attention to it, but the house slave who was with him replied when he saw his master's brows stretched.

"Don't rush home,"

"Let's go to the city first and take a few more turns."

"I still want to hear more about the news of the East Factory."

After getting into the carriage, Xie Wenxue said to the henchmen who were driving, maybe he had become a loner when he left Beijing this time, but he had never been short of this silver.

It is said that money can make the devil grind,

I don't know if this money can buy those little ghosts in the East Factory to push and grind, push a bowl of meat porridge for themselves, and taste the taste of this thief's porridge.

……

E,

City

Jiang Fu,

This place is the residence of Jiang Ziming, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, the leader of the dignified and second-grade yamen, and it is also a famous family in the entire Shangjing City, but the owner of the mansion is noble, and it is the duty of the capital inspection, and the officials are afraid, so the outside of the mansion has always been cold.

What's more, there are not many officials who are qualified to enter the palace to meet them, that is, the officials of the third and fourth grades of the DPRK and the Central Committee who hold real power and participate in the Japanese and Japanese dynasties have to report in advance if they want to enter, and as for whether they see or not, they have to say separately.

At this point,

Outside Jiang's mansion, there were many cars and horses, and if you looked closely, there were no less than three or four hundred people, many of whom were ordinary petty officials in Gyeonggi, and belonged to the kind of sesame mung bean-sized officials that the ordinary imperial historians under Jiang Ziming's Metropolitan Procuratorate disdained to impeach.

"Have you all arrived?"

The old butler of the housekeeper stood at the door and asked the porter beside him.

"Steward Chen, the small ones have counted, the officials who entered Beijing today have basically arrived, there are more than 300 people, and the rest have not yet entered Beijing, but the small ones have already prepared the invitations, and sent people to guard the gates of each city, they will definitely not miss it."

"Well, that's good."

The butler nodded in satisfaction.

"Steward Chen, you are laughing, they are all selling the face of the master, and the small ones are just inviting people in the name of Jiang Mansion."

The porter said humbly.

"That's right, but they are all petty officials, in the past, our lord didn't disdain to take the kind of eyes right, and today he can personally write an invitation, and inviting them to come can be regarded as giving a lot of face."

Steward Chen did not shy away from saying.

Some officials who were closer heard it, just laughed with a smile, and said that the prime minister's door was a seven-rank official, although the owner of the mansion was not as good as the prime minister, and the Dali Dynasty had abolished the official position of prime minister, but the reason was the same.

"It's almost the time counted, and everyone has arrived."

"Let them all enter the house, remember, let them move lightly, don't disturb the lady and young lady who are still in the mourning hall......"

Steward Chen stood at the door and waited for about two quarters of an hour, then glanced at the sky that had completely darkened, and waved his hand.

……

The door of the house opens,

Hundreds of people slowly entered,

The location of the banquet is the main hall, which is enough to see that Jiang Ziming attaches great importance to himself and others, if it is placed in ordinary times, it must be a great honor, and he was invited to the banquet of the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and he can blow it for a long time when he returns to the local area, but at this time he is indeed extremely worried, and the atmosphere inside the mansion is also extremely dignified.

Nothing else, the white lanterns hanging everywhere alone were enough to dilute all the atmosphere of the banquet, not to mention the cries of the ladies from time to time in the mourning hall not far away.

After entering the city and receiving the invitation, everyone naturally knew the news of the death of the only son of Jiang Yushi's family, which added a bit of depression to this banquet.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat."

The housekeeper of the Jiang Mansion said.

Seeing this, everyone also sat down uneasily.

"Master Jiang, here!"

After everyone sat down, Jiang Ziming, who was dressed in black, also walked in and sat on the main seat.

"The news of the death of the old man's beloved son, I think you also know......"

After Jiang Ziming sat down, he got straight to the point,

"Please also Lord Jiang, mourn!"

Although everyone didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, they could only persuade them stubbornly.

"Bang ......"

"Condolences?"

"The old man has a total of nine daughters and one son in his life, and the only son died yesterday, how can he mourn?"

Jiang Ziming asked rhetorically.

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, and they didn't dare to say more.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes, the old man has a son in his old age, although he is strict with himself, but he does love the dog in every way, to say a word of heart, if he can change his life, the old man is willing to die for him in the hands of his thief......"

While speaking, Jiang Ziming faintly left turbid tears in the corners of his eyes, and his eyes were also full of bloodshot when he looked closely, and he didn't sleep all night.

"It's sad, the old man, as the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, can't even save his son's surname......"

"Hatefully, the murderer is still alive in that prison, and has not yet been convicted and put to death......"

Jiang Ziming said sadly.

"Lord Jiang, if you have something to say, if there is anything that can be used to rank and fall into the ranks, you will definitely die ...... death."

An official who wanted to cling to him spoke.

"In this way, the old man said bluntly, what the thief did, I think you also know, and now, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty already hate the thief to the core."

"Although the thief has been imprisoned, it will take a lot of time for the Dongchang to investigate...... The old man really doesn't want to wait! ”

"The old man wants to see the thief beheaded with his own eyes!"

"Take the head of that dog thief and sacrifice the old man's beloved son!"

Jiang Ziming said coldly.

"Master Jiang is asking me to wait......"

Nor are those who are stupid here,

After listening to it, I understood what Jiang Ziming meant.

"Naturally, we will ask Your Majesty for advice the day after tomorrow!"

"There is a way that everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, if we ask for the decree together, Your Majesty can't ignore it......"

Jiang Ziming put down the wine glass in his hand and said loudly.

"This, this ......"

"Where is this, where is Your Majesty?"

Someone trembled and said,

Hearing the sound, the wine glass is unstable.

"The old man knows that he will definitely blame His Majesty!"

"But you have to know, what kind of situation is my departure now, and what kind of character is Your Majesty?"

"He's not the dog thief, can he still be punished?"

"Of course, if you have to keep out of the matter, the old man will remind you in advance, the dog thief is not the old man alone, if you look on coldly today, you can't complain that those adults who have also lost their beloved sons will take care of them."

Jiang Ziming's eyes were gloomy.

"This, this ......"

Everyone listened to this almost overt threatening speech, and they also stammered when they spoke, but it was the truth, if they really did it, I am afraid that the road of officialdom would come to an end.

"The old man's move, in addition to personal enmity, is also to be able to exchange a bright future for the Dali court......

Jiang Ziming continued:

"Please rest assured!"

"After this is done,"

"The old man will ask His Majesty to resign and quench the holy anger!"

"The old man thanked you in advance!"

Speaking of which,

Jiang Ziming raised his glass and drank it all.

……

(End of chapter)