Chapter 198: Turmoil Rises

The street in front of the Yamen of Shandong Metropolitan Division originally had a magnificent name, Taiping Street, but since the founding of the Ming Dynasty built the Yamen of the Command Department here, the street in the mouths of the people has gradually changed its name. Nowadays, if you ask someone on Qingzhou Street to ask Taiping Street, maybe nine out of ten don't know, but if you ask Dusi Street, everyone knows it. Therefore, after entering the city, Du Juan didn't spend much effort to find the land smoothly, and then ordered Yue Shan, who was accompanying him, to deliver the post.

After Meng Xian met Zhang Yue that day, he received an urgent letter from King Zhao in the capital, and immediately left the matter of seeking medical treatment for his wife to his children. Meng Min had no choice but to send his mother over in person, and pleaded in front of Shi Quan. Therefore, although Imperial Physician Shi was more and more annoyed, after all, he still saw that Meng Min's filial piety prescribed a prescription for Mrs. Wu's pulse, but he had to remind that Mrs. Wu's physical deficiency was too great, and now it was just a symptom but not a cure.

Even so, seeing that Mrs. Wu was a little energetic, Meng Min still missed Zhang Yue in her heart. At this time, sitting on the kang in the hall, she took the post handed over by the red sleeves, opened it and looked up and asked, "How many people are outside?" ”

"The door said that there was only one black oil car, except for one driver, there were only four attendants, and at most there was a girl in the car. Miss, although we came on the same road with the Du family, we didn't have any friendship before, how did people know that my wife was sick, and why did they come to visit? That Miss Du is also from a famous family in Jiangnan, how could Lord Du let her go out like this, this is not in accordance with the rules! Don't be a drunkard, don't drink or drink, what other ideas, right? ”

Meng Min frowned, and then reprimanded: "You don't guess blindly. Since Master Du is his mentor, it makes sense to do things. Since Sister Du said that she was here to visit her mother, we can't lose our courtesy. You go and ask Mother Zhang and Mother Zhao to take a few daughters-in-law out to greet them, it will be cloudy and it will snow. It's not convenient for her to come to the inn for the first time, and you have to ask someone to clean up a few rooms and come out. I'll take someone to the second gate first, and you will meet me there. ”

Although Red Sleeves was unhappy, he didn't dare to disobey after all, so he had to go out and ask the two elderly mothers to go out to welcome guests, and then to order someone to clean up the house. After this busyness, she just turned around and rushed to the second gate, only to find that there were snow beads floating in the sky again. I couldn't help but stomp my foot angrily and cursed angrily.

"It doesn't snow in the morning and it doesn't snow in the evening, but it's not over at this time!"

Meng Min on the second side of the gate has already followed Du Juan, and he hasn't seen him for a few months, and both of them have lost a few points. Du Juan wears an autumn-colored placket with large sleeves and silk jackets, and a jade-colored Hangzhou silk skirt underneath, covered with a rose and purple embroidered daffodil half-sleeved cape. Meng Min wore a silver-red thick and narrow jacket and a cloak of crepe, and a silver rat cloak on the outside. The two exchanged a few words and walked inside. Everyone else followed from afar. After the red sleeves arrived, he had the heart to listen to what the two of them had to say beside the young lady, and Meng Min glared, so he had to take a few steps back.

Du Juan went to Shandong this time, leaving Xiao Wu to take care of Daoyan in Qingshou Temple. I only brought the girl Chunying with me. Chunying grew up in the Du family since she was a child, and her temperament is very different from that of Xiao Wu, and she is a genuine stuffy gourd. The red sleeves knocked on the side but couldn't ask anything, so in the end they had to give up. Sulking as he walked.

Although he had just arrived, since he had come to visit Mrs. Wu, he had a conversation in Meng Min's house, and Du Juan followed Meng Min to Mrs. Wu's main bedroom. In the few days they got along on the boat, Du Juan knew that this noble lady from everyone was the most polite, and she always sat upright in front of people, and she was the most meticulous. Her cheeks were completely sunken, and she couldn't sit up to meet the guests, so she suddenly felt sour in her heart, and hurriedly comforted her.

They are already sick like this, and Mrs. Wu has nothing else to worry about now, but is bent on thinking about her daughter who has always been raised by her. Although she has a son, she is dead, and the status of her son's son-in-law will not change. Just fight for it. No one will dare to despise him in the future, but Meng Min is different. Although her husband is in love with her. But if she is gone, how can her husband, who is only in his early forties, not continue the strings? When the stepmother enters the door, how can she tolerate Meng Min, the eldest daughter of the concubine?

At this moment, she held Meng Min's hand tightly, but said to Du Juan: "The road on this snowy day must be difficult to walk, thank you Miss Du for coming to see me." Min'erdi's sisters are just ordinary, and they don't have a close friend in their boudoir, so they are always with me on weekdays. Since you are here, stay in this house for a few more days and relieve her. Min'er, you take someone down first, I have a few words I want to say to Miss Du. ”

Meng Min didn't expect Mrs. Wu to suddenly say this, she wanted to oppose but couldn't resist her mother's resoluteness, so she had to take the girl in the house to wait outside. Although the charcoal fire burning in the outhouse was extremely warm, her hands were cold and cold, and her heart was also cold. There was even a moment when she impulsively wanted to go to Fuqing Temple to give it a try, as long as the Buddha Mother really had the ability to save her mother. However, the slightest thought came and went faster, and the thought of the rest of the family was all she could do was clench her veil tightly.

I don't know how long it took, she suddenly heard a noise next to her, and seeing Du Juan raise the curtain with a worried face, she quickly stood up and greeted her, and had the heart to ask what Mrs. Wu said, but the words were choked on her lips.

"Aunt just didn't worry about you, and ordered some trivial words." Although Du Juan could guess Meng Mindi's thoughts, there were some things that were really hard to say. So, she had to step forward and hold Meng Min's hand, because she said with a smile, "It is said that Ji people have their own natural appearance, and my aunt's illness may be because the current season is not good, and I will invite a few good doctors to take a look after the winter, and I will bring it over." In addition to visiting my aunt, I have another important matter to ask for your help. ”

Du Zhen couldn't send anyone else, so he had to send Du Juan to Qingzhou in person, and others also sent messengers to Qingzhou in an endless stream. Zhang Qian, who was sitting in the Qingzhou Mansion, received a letter from the court and the emperor one after another, and several great eunuchs who had been friends with him in the inner court also sent letters, so he naturally knew the situation in the capital.

But the more Liao Ruo knew about it, the more uneasy he became. Yongle Emperor Zhu Di's yin disease and wind paralysis have not been a day or two, and he used to only think that his body was strong and not tight, but who knew that this time he would have reached the point of ignoring state affairs. When he thought that the prince was in Nanjing, and Shandong was complicated, he paced back and forth in the room. The pace is fast and fast.

"Jinyi Wei Mu Zhen asks to see you!"

"Let him in!"

Zhang Qian, who was distraught, didn't expect any good news from Jinyiwei so soon, but since Mu Ning came to see him at this time, it was always a good thing. However, after the other party came in to salute, the first sentence of the split made him stunned.

"Gonggong Zhang, just now came from Le'an, Tiance Escort Commander Wang Bin suddenly led people out and arrested dozens of people from the north bank of Zishui. Now Lord Xiao Zhang is still in the Han Palace. So I'm here to report it. Mu Ning reported with a calm face, and then said, "In addition, I also learned that the blizzards in Shouguang Zhucheng and other places have caused disasters, countless houses have collapsed, and many people have died of cold and hunger. ”

If the guards of the palace of other places are dispatched, it will be fine, but the three guards of the King of Han plus the Tiance guard. There are four guards in total, and even if they are cut in half, the remaining half of them are not trivial. There is a precedent of appeasement, Zhang Qian actually thought for the first time that the King of Han casually used soldiers to be a rebellion, until he saw Mu Ning's calm face. That's when I felt like I was overthinking. If it is a rebellion, this Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi Zhenfu will be so leisurely? When Mu Ning said that the heavy snow had become a disaster, he frowned slightly.

"There are already precedents in the forefront, in case of a catastrophe. The Chief Secretary of the Government will give relief first, and then report to the imperial court, this matter will naturally be deployed by the Secretary of the Government, and Lord Du will not even be able to handle this little thing. As for me only taking care of the assassination of the King of Han, this civil affairs is not under my control......"

"Father-in-law Zhang, this Jinan Mansion is three hundred and twenty miles away from Qingzhou Mansion, and now the snow is heavy again, and it will take two days to go back and forth, to say the least. The Qingzhou Mansion now has only one general judgment. There are vacancies in the prefects and governors, and I have heard that there is a mountain of official business, and I am afraid that no one will think of giving relief to the victims. There is no need for Jinyiwei to worry about this matter, but now according to the judge, it is useless, which means that no one cares about the affairs of Qingzhou Mansion and the criminal name! If there are more displaced people, there will be more demagogu......ery."

That's when it happened. A loud voice suddenly came from outside: "Grandpa Zhang." Shouguang County reported urgently, and the people in the county made trouble. Three grain stores were robbed, and the people also smashed the wall in front of the county government! ”

This is coming, Zhang Qian couldn't help but glance at Mu Ning, whose face was sinking like water, and thought to himself that what was going on here. At this moment, he couldn't help but complain in his heart about the procrastination of the officials and the incompetence of the cabinet. Even if it is the middle of winter, how long has Shandong been vacant according to the judges, not to mention the inspectors, the next place is also empty according to the judges, this Qingzhou Mansion is better, and there is no chief official yet. The former Qingzhou prefect was transferred so quickly, why is it so difficult to transfer a new one?

He is just a royal eunuch, although he has been overseas to receive foreign kings, but where does he know what civil affairs, where does he know what almsgiving, he is just sent down to handle cases! If King Han's case has no result, and then he tosses out the people's rebellion, then how will he explain when he goes back?

Although he was angry, Zhang Qian was a person who had stayed in the deep palace for more than ten years after all, and soon ordered: "Send someone to report to the Yamen of the Capital Division, and ask Liu Dushuai to send someone to suppress it!" ”

When there was no sound outside, he immediately asked Mu Ning: "Mu Zhenfu, if the Han Wangfu dispatches the Tiance Guard without authorization, it will naturally be a big deal, but that is what your Jinyi Guard reported to the authorities." Although King Han is impulsive and irritable, the previous lesson is still there, and he must not do anything inseparable. But you, there is no clue about the assassination of King Han? ”

Although Zhang Yue never called Jinyiwei once, let alone mentioned the investigation of the case, Mu Ning was so eary and clear, he had long known that Zhang Qian had thrown the hot potato to Zhang Yue, and he was a little unhappy in his heart. Despite this, he still said quietly: "I have already found out that King Shouguang once paid a lot of money to buy off the sergeants in the Tiance guard, and the cumulative amount of silver spent was no less than four thousand taels. He is the second son of the King of Han, and it is really unreasonable to use such means in a righteous and bright way. ”