Chapter 31: Our Lady's Heart Strikes
[The people who raised money first were members of Concubine Zhang Shu's mother's family. Zhu Xiangxiang explained.
[Let your own people lead the rest? 007 suddenly realized.
No wonder those people were the most calm and the first to raise donations.
[Well, I'm afraid that it was Mrs. Li today, which made Concubine Zhang Shufei panic, she was afraid that she would not be able to complete the task assigned by the emperor, and the emperor would be angry with her, so she came up with this solution. 】
007 praise: [Zhang Shufei is quite smart. 】
Zhu Xiang's eyes were solemn: [But... That's not enough. 】
[What's not enough?] 】
[See for yourself, think for yourself.] 】
I wish Xiang Xiang Xiang is completely training 007.
The super-intelligent system only has people's feelings but does not understand people's hearts, and the biggest difference between it and the stupid and sweet idiot is that there is an additional universal database.
The Xiaobai system that doesn't understand people's hearts is really easy to control, but this is not the system that Zhu Xiangxiang wants.
After the dark blue-clothed eunuch repeatedly confirmed that no one was missed, he quickly bent down and ran back to the Huxin Pavilion, and after a while, he came out again, opened the "donation box" in front of everyone, and counted the silver loudly.
After counting back and forth three times, the final amount of silver collected was fixed at 300,000 taels of silver.
It is a far cry from the amount of silver set by the emperor.
The dark blue eunuch's gaze slowly swept over everyone, and asked in a loud voice, "Is there any lady who is willing to donate more?" ”
Crowd: "......."
The scene was silent.
The eunuch waited for a while, asked again, and when he saw that no one came out, he raised his arm and waved. In the distance, another eunuch came over with a booklet.
The dark blue-clothed eunuch didn't say much, and in the puzzled eyes of everyone, he opened the booklet and read it aloud: "Zhang Fulin, the imperial history of the left capital, donate three hundred taels of silver." The mighty general Qi Zhengfeng donated five hundred taels of silver. Li Qing, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, donated two hundred taels of silver...."
The official positions of each family with their names and donation numbers were made public in front of everyone one by one, and those who donated more smiled indifferently, and those who donated less turned pale, and those who were timid even ran up on the spot and donated some more.
By the time the list was finished, the amount of silver collected had increased to three hundred and fifty thousand silver.
The eunuch raised his voice again to confirm whether the record was correct, and seeing that no one refuted, the eunuch hurriedly carried the booklet into the Huxin Pavilion.
The figures in the pavilion surrounded by curtains, the sun rose outside the pavilion, the ladies were so hot that they sweated, and the handkerchiefs in their hands kept wiping the fragrant sweat coming out of their foreheads and noses.
Many of them even turned a little pale, but even in the crowded heat, no one left, and everyone stood motionless and let the sun scorch.
How long did the booklet enter the Lake Center Pavilion, and everyone stood and waited for a long time.
Not long, a boulder by the lotus pond pushed over, seven or eight craftsmen with files, carving knives and other tools into the scene, watching the play and seeing Zhu Xiangxiang here, I understood what Zhang Shufei's back hand was.
[Host, does Concubine Zhang Shufei plan to tell the world about today's fundraising? 】
007 looked at the thing that suddenly appeared in the lotus pond, and it overlapped with the heroine's operation method in a palace fight novel he read.
[It's obvious.] It's stupid, though. 】
Even if the price of goods in Li is extremely high, ordinary people only chew a few dozen taels of silver a year.
The minimum amount of donations raised by the people present was one hundred taels, which was equivalent to the food and clothing of an ordinary person for several years, and one hundred taels of silver was naturally nothing to a rich family, but it was a huge amount of money that ordinary people could not earn in a lifetime.
At the same time, the people at the bottom are not much literate and less knowledgeable due to the environment, and now the silver donated by the wives of various officials is almost the same.
Zhang Shufei's trick is to make a good name for the officials for free?
The money is not in hand, the good names of the officials are in place first, can the emperor agree?
[Host, do we want to help Concubine Zhang Shu? 】
[What are you doing for her?] 】
Zhu Xiangxiang stood still.
[Her Family ......]
She's stupid. It is enough to use it, and there is no need for cooperation. 】
[But ......]
[You do the task, I do the task? Listen to yours or listen to mine? Zhu Xiangxiang said strongly, [Okay, I came today to eat, drink and have fun, and I don't care about anything. 】
007: [But now the plot has changed.] 】
[Change is change, I help her points will increase?] Will the rewards be great? Or will there be any benefit? 】
After three rhetorical questions in a row, 007 was stunned for a while and didn't react.
I wish Xiang Xiang to ignore it and continue to watch the play.
All the items carved by the lotus pond were quickly prepared.
The dark blue-clothed eunuch raised his voice and shouted: "Today, all the wives, ladies and young masters of the official family gathered together to contribute money and efforts to the great drought in the north, and the lady concubine was extremely moved. Therefore, all the skilled craftsmen in the palace were specially summoned to carve the merit monument, and the number and name of the silver donated by the ladies today will be carved one by one, and then the merit monument will be put into the people of the world to observe! ”
The ladies smiled happily when they heard this, and they knelt down to thank Concubine Zhang Shu's kindness, and the dark blue-clothed eunuch couldn't help but change his face slightly when he saw this, and his eyes subconsciously looked at the Huxin Pavilion, and he couldn't help but have some drums in his heart.
This is different from what Zhang Shufei said.
Thinking of Concubine Zhang Shu's instructions, the eunuch had to shout loudly: "Once the merit monument is carved, it cannot be changed, do the ladies present still want to raise silver again?" ”
Everyone: "..."
The ladies knelt upright, bowed their heads, and did not waver, and the dark blue eunuchs were stunned for a moment, at a loss.
"Bang!"
The sound of the porcelain cup falling to the ground suddenly sounded in the pavilion in the center of the lake surrounded by a curtain, and the people present did not dare to move, and lowered their heads even more.
After a while, the two eunuchs in the Huxin Pavilion dragged out a little palace maid in palace clothes, and the little palace maid cried miserably, but no one interceded for her.
Apparently, the ghost of the dead appeared.
"Your Highness the Princess."
The voice is as warm as jade.
Zhu Xiangxiang was looking energetic, Qi Xin suddenly spoke, she was reluctant to give up the good show, turned her head to look at him, but saw that his eyebrows were slightly frowned, and there was a little worry in his eyes.
This expression... This voice... No, no, quite not.
Don't...
[Isn't it?] 007! The male protagonist you chose, is the Virgin having a heart attack? 】
What is there to do in the octagonal pavilion that is worth Qi Xin calling her?
After thinking about it, only the little palace maid who was dragged away just now could arouse his worries.
[Impossible, absolutely impossible! 】
007 would never believe that the male protagonist he chose could do such a stupid thing.
[Huh? I thought you were going to stand with your kind male protagonist. ] I wish the sound of yin and yang 007 in and out of the words.
[It's different.] 】
007 already knows when to be kind and when to be cruel these days.
Zhu Xiangxiang said again: [Okay, don't dwell on these things that are not there, Qi Xin's words are not finished, let's not speculate wildly. 】
007 secretly complained: ... Obviously you guessed first.
It's a pity that it doesn't dare to say it, but only in its heart.
"Your veil." Qi Xin took out two butterfly handkerchiefs from his arms.
The handkerchief is very familiar, but Zhu Xiangxiang doesn't want to think about whose thing it is.
The little branch on the side whispered: "Isn't this the veil that Princess Fang Cai put on the faces of those two palace maids?" ”
I wish Xiangxiang a modern person does not have the habit of using a handkerchief, usually Xiaozhi and Xiaotang casually stuff the handkerchief on her body, and she is too lazy to take it out if it is not in the way, where will she pay attention to the style of the handkerchief.
As soon as Xiao Zhi said, Zhu Xiangxiang's brain suddenly returned to his brain, and he remembered it online, with a strange expression: "How can Brother Qi take the deceased's things?" ”
Weren't the ancient people the most afraid of bad luck? He still dares to carry it with him, is he really not afraid?
Qi Xin said: "The girl's handkerchief can't be given out at will. The faces of the two palace maids who had fallen into the water before, the minister found two other good handkerchiefs to cover them, and the princess didn't need to worry about it. ”
If she worries about a fart, she doesn't worry too much!
She is a respectful Qi Xin is a man, she is a corpse that a modern soul is a little awe-inspiring, and he is not a little afraid.
Not to mention the clothes on his chest, he handed it to her openly, and he didn't say that he was afraid of considering the harm of a girl's family, anyway, he took it out so straightforwardly and without scruples.
"You're not afraid?"
The words were held back and held in my stomach, and Zhu Xiangxiang finally asked.
Qi Xin was stunned: "... Unafraid. ”
Then he seemed to have just reacted to something, and silently grabbed the handkerchief into his palm without leaking, so that others would not see a little.
Hesitantly: "If the princess doesn't want it, will the minister deal with it for the princess?" ”
"Yes, you can just find a place to burn it."
Now that the handkerchief is placed on the face of the lady of the fallen water, the handkerchief is theirs, and there is no better way to win the hearts of the dead than to burn it.
Qi Xin said: "... Can you not burn it? ”
Zhu Xiang said, "Huh? Why? ”
If it doesn't burn, he plans to go to the cemetery to find the graves of the palace ladies in person and send handkerchiefs to their coffins?
Indeed, it is true that the deceased is more respectful in the coffin, but at this time, the palace maid doesn't know where to bury it, how should he put it?
Qi Xin said: "There is another way, which can be better disposed of."
Cremation and burial have always been prevalent in the Li Kingdom, and there is no other way to bury burial goods in the memory of the original owner, but Qi Xin said seriously, and Zhu Xiangxiang couldn't help but have some doubts: What better way? Could it be that there is another special custom in the Li Kingdom for treating the burial goods of the dead?
A place, a custom, an alternate era, may really exist, she is an outsider, it is better to listen to Qi Xin, the original aborigine, obediently.
After only a few seconds of hesitation, Zhu Xiangxiang nodded in agreement: "Then it will be dealt with according to your method." ”
Qi Xin's expression was inexplicable, but after he seemed to have gotten Zhu Xiangxiang's consent, his face became a little warmer. He put the handkerchief back in his bosom with great care, as if he were dealing with some rare treasure.
Zhu Xiangxiang was stunned for a moment, and said: [007, Qi Xin, the male protagonist of "Dear General", his special habit is to love the funeral objects of the dead? 】