22. The meaning of Tongzhi (II)

Xiao Er painted a voice and painted a voice to speak, the listeners looked very different, a few scolded, and some people couldn't bear it, Xiao Er turned around, and saw a few people sitting in the middle of the seat, a young man with long eyebrows and sideburns, not angry and self-assured, autumn water-like eyes swept over himself, Xiao Er felt that he was cold, and hurriedly whispered, no longer daring to play treasure and sell anything.

There was a young man sitting beside him, and behind him stood a maid and a manservant, and the noble boy did not speak, but fiddled with the bowl with his white hands, and listened to the gossip outside.

"Su Shun is indeed an abominable person. Honestly, but what a talent! ”

At this time and now, if someone says this, it is a great disapproval of the world. Immediately, some people looked at each other angrily.

This person's surname is Fang, is a cabinet secretary, although he is wearing civilian clothes at this time, but the shopkeeper of Fuxiang Teahouse, is aware of him, seeing that there is a conflict between the guests and the guests, and the inconvenience of being the host is inconvenient, so he hurriedly came up to interrupt.

"Master Fang!" He looked at him and said, "You please come in, I bought a painting without money in Liulichang, and said that it was among the 'Eight Monsters of Yangzhou', I don't know the painting, please come to the law." ”

"Okay, wait a minute." The old man did not back down from the people who looked at him angrily, and chanted loudly: "'The people of the country are all killed, and I mean to pity the talents', knowing people and talking about the world, you can't judge heroes by success or failure." ”

"I want to ask for advice!" Someone blushed and raised the bar with him, "Su Shun is ruined, isn't it self-inflicted?" ”

"Yes, Su Shun's disgrace is precisely his own fault, but he should not think that he has nothing to gain because he is discredited."

"Ahh Is this person desirable? Preferable where? ”

"Is his courage undesirable? Is it not advisable to think about the big picture in everything? ”

"How so?"

"Nature is well-founded! Oh, I'm sorry, I have to ask first, do you have any friends here? ”

Around the shopkeeper, a group of flag men who used to come to the four places were not there, so they replied strangely: "No! ”

"No, I'm going to tell the truth!" Old Man Fang looked a little excited. "Su Shun always said that the flag people are confused and can't understand, and they will only ask for money. Isn't it selflessness that they don't protect their own shortcomings? ”

This is a fact that cannot be denied, and no one can refute it, so it has to remain silent.

"Su Shun wants to cut the food and salary of the Eight Banners, but the support in front of the household department only needs to be dispatched. Give by all means. Isn't that for the sake of the big picture? ”

This time there was a reaction, "Not bad! Someone said. The gun in front of him has no gun, and the 'gun' of the uncle in the capital can swallow clouds and spit out fog, which does not reduce their salaries, but it is really a bit too much to say. ”

"That's it."

Before I finished a sentence, I only heard the commotion of people outside, the sound of cars, and the faint sound of "coming, coming". Everyone couldn't wait to listen to Master Fang's comments anymore, and rushed out. The junior apprentices of the Fuxiang Teahouse immediately moved many stools out, and behind the crowd at the door, they squeezed down and set them up steadily, so that those guests could stand on it and watch.

There is a car coming. Two black-clothed back-end cars, opened the way by the palace guards, from north to south, crossed the intersection, and drove into the northern half of the alley.

"It's not a prison cart, it doesn't have a roof. Probably the warden arrived. Master Fang said.

A group of people can't get enough. Fu came in again and continued to drink tea and gossip, speaking of the previous words, Master Fang seemed to have a conversation again, and continued to talk, "Over the years, only Su Shun has supported the household, Hong Yang in the south is troubled, and foreigners in the north are disturbed again." I know, if it weren't for Su Shun, this would have been turned up a long time ago! ”

A sneer sounded at the door, everyone was at the door, even the noble man looked at the other end, only to see a man wearing a uniform with a red top coming in at the door, with a fierce expression, staring at the old man Fang with displeasure, "I've been listening to it outside for a while, full of firewood!" ”

The shopkeeper was so surprised that he stepped forward to call thousands, "Fourth Master Chang, I haven't seen you for many days, where did you go to make a fortune?" Another acquaintance asked, "Fourth Master, where are you from?" I've heard that you've killed several foreigners, and now that you have an official status, it's rare to come to this small place! ”

For a while, the teahouse was greeted one after another, and Chang Si made a circle, "The position is fine, since the queen mother inspired Zaixia, I am thinking about it, this good meat must always contribute to the country, right?" Isn't this just going to the east to prepare to kill a few foreign devils for a good time? I found a good opportunity, but I killed a few foreign devils," Chang Si said lightly, but everyone could hear the smugness, "Now that I have an official body, it's not, the military department asked me where I was going to be on an errand, so I thought about doing a big job, and spent some expenses to let me go to the camp of Master Wu as an errand boy." ”

"That Martial Arts?" A tea guest interjected.

"Of course it's Lord Wuyun Diwu! Jianrui Camp is a big man! A few Eight Banner Gentlemen who followed Chang Si in, one of them had a green face on his head and said proudly, "Master Wu who protects the country, but the first one in our banner people is proud!" ”

The tea guest suddenly realized, stood up and hurriedly bowed his hand to Chang Si, "Fourth master, don't blame those who don't know, Master Wu is really a great hero to protect the country, if it weren't for him, we would still be so comfortable drinking tea here and setting up the ancients?" Please go on, I invited you for today's tea, little brother. ”

Chang Siye bowed his hand to express his gratitude, and continued, "Now I just returned to Beijing with the queen mother's frame, and I have been in the palace for a few days, and I have to be free today, and I came out in shifts to see my old lady, and I didn't expect to be blocked by people watching the excitement on the road, so I came in to drink a cup of tea and rest," Chang Si snorted coldly and glared at that old man Fang with displeasure, "You said that you are a bastard, this is true, but it is the old yellow calendar!" ”

"I'm naturally not a talent, but this is a handsome man in our family," Chang Si said with pride, "But it's a talent who is a banner person, right?" So that's a bastard! The Queen Mother used to be inlaid with a blue flag, speaking of which is with me, a minion, that is also a heroine among women, who dares to say that the Queen Mother is timid and has small skills, I am often the first to give him a big ear scraper! I saw it on the day of the ranks," everyone nodded, "The Queen Mother said, 'Foreigners will not retreat for a day,' her old man will never leave Beijing!" ”

"There is also the Eight Banners Guardian Barracks of the Monk King, I heard that there are also a lot of talents, and there are naturally a lot of scum." Chang Si said that the saliva splashed everywhere, and he told the story he heard in Wu Yundi's camp, but the people around him didn't care, and they all surrounded him, and the young man in the elegant seat smiled at the noble son, and the noble son smiled indifferently and knocked on the melon seeds. Just keep listening.

"Although I have an errand now, I am not short of those few taels of silver. But I'm not blind, the flag people can't open shops, can't work, how to support their families, this Ding Yin is life-saving money! Chang Si continued to speak at length, "Su Shun is right to deduct this Ding Yin, but it shouldn't be like this, his own brother, the iron hat prince." A year alone is 10,000 taels, how many banner people can this support? Why don't you get rid of his Ding Yin? ”

Master Fang also had something to say, "Hey, I'm just sorry for him, he's sinned." actually dared to assassinate the Queen Mother, no matter how much credit he had, he couldn't be underestimated! ”

This is very true, although I heard that Su Shun's little old man refused to admit his guilt. It's really not an old man, it's really not a seed," Chang Si has seen the world now, and his actions are not as extreme as before, he arched his hand towards Master Fang and invited Master Fang to sit down and talk in detail. The few gentlemen who followed Chang Si were a little displeased, but they had to let it out, and the tea guests dodged away one after another, and they still had to continue talking.

The noble boy listened to the words of his stomach, and slowly knocked on the table with the back of his fingers, frowning and thinking about it, and after half a sound. He said to the young boy sitting diagonally across from him, "Brother, you said this is Sushun, should you die?" ”

The young man smiled and said, "Isn't this the big ......" The noble boy glared, and the young man quickly changed his words, "Isn't it a word from the eldest brother?" ”

"Flim tongue," the noble man scolded with a smile, and then fell into deep thought, and after a while, he turned to the servant behind him, "You go and invite that master." ”

The handsome manservant agreed, and walked towards Chang Si's table, the noble prince looked at his servant and said a few words to the old man Fang, Master Fang came, and then got up and hugged his fist at Chang Si to plead guilty, and followed the manservant over.

Master Fang arched his hand towards the two people sitting in the position, the noble prince nodded, stretched out his hand to invite Master Fang to sit down, but the other young man rolled his eyes and ignored it, just holding a bowl and drinking tea without saying a word, the maid behind the noble prince held a short sword in her hand, wary of the local master, and then lazy down again, looking around.

The noble prince said with a stinging voice: "This old man, please take a seat," Master Fang sat down, "Don't you dare to ask this young man Taifu?" ”

"The contemptible person's surname is Ye, Master Fang can call me Xiao Ye," Ye Gongzi didn't say his name, and nodded towards Master Fang, "Listen to what Master Fang meant just now, shouldn't Su Shun die?" ”

"Zaiyuan Duanhua, especially Su Shun, since they are trusted by Emperor Daxing, they naturally have their strengths and merits, could it be that the first emperor Bintian, before a hundred days are over, these three people will become worthless, heinous? Isn't that incredible! If you say that these three people are bad guys and shouldn't be reused at all, then it's the same as, hehe. "Master Fang's subtext is to accuse the first emperor of ignorance, but he didn't say it explicitly, the young man was only slightly surprised, staring at Master Fang without speaking, Master Fang saw that these two people were not polite, so he took care of the left and right, "Shang Ying died, Qin Ba II, An Shi went into the wilderness, and the Song family died, I am just afraid that there will be no one so bold in the future." ”

The noble prince was frightened, staring at Master Fang, who was so uncomfortable that he stood up and was about to leave, "Master Fang is in the cabinet?" ”

"Exactly," that Master Fang was a little angry, but he was still very polite, such a character, such a posture, I don't know if it was the son of the prince's family, and he couldn't easily offend.

"I look at Master Fang, you are a royal history, and it is still very good to suggest political affairs." The noble boy nodded, and said this casually, but the old man didn't think it was wrong, laughed, bowed, and turned to leave.

"Brother Gui, go and ask the shopkeeper for pen and ink," the noble boy closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said.

"This," the young man known as Brother Gui was dumbfounded, "what do you mean?" It's not going to let him go, is it? ”

"Go quickly," the noble son's tone was soft, but there was a firm meaning, the young man did not dare to disobey, personally went to the shopkeeper to ask for pen and ink, the shopkeeper's eyes were very vicious, seeing that the person who was the main person was unspeakably expensive, he hurriedly took the pen and ink with his own hands, to serve the grinding ink, and the young man waved his hand impatiently and drank back, the young man personally grinded the ink, the older son picked up the pen, wrote a few lines of words concentratingly, and took out a brocade ribbon from his arms, took out a small seal, stamped it at the place of payment, dried the ink, and handed it to the young man," You send it to the vegetable market. ”

The young man was a little unhappy, "You are too kind, such a person, and you have to indulge him, thinking that he treats you like that, I am not happy in my heart." ”

"Okay, that Master Fang is right, this kind of capital punishment does hurt the virtue of the first emperor, and my current status also depends on the first emperor," the noble prince stood up and walked out with a fan, "Okay, since you are not happy, it is better to be like this," whispered a few words in the young man's ear, "Doesn't this also make you show off, but also scare a few of them?" ”

On that day, there was still half an hour to be executed, Sushun Duanhua Zaiyuan and the three people, after Gui Xiang rushed to announce the pardon, Duanhua Zaiyuan and the two wept bitterly, but Su Shun did not say a word.

Edict: Duanhua Zaiyuan was assigned to Shengjing to be banned, and Su Shun was assigned to Qinzhou, Guangxi, and he would not return in case of amnesty. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )

PS: The dust has settled, and now it's time to show your strength!