The 50th time rewarding loyal servants and warning Nian Gengyao, killing traitor slaves and punishing Gao
Yinzhen and Nian Gengyao came out one after another, only to realize that the snow was falling heavily, and the ground was already covered more than three inches deep. Goose feathers were still falling from the sky like lint. Gao Fuler took several long-term snowfalls with his family.
Then he was waiting in the corridor without saying a word, holding a lamp and walking towards the small Buddhist hall with Yinzhen surrounded. Nian Gengyao had Yinzhen having an attack for a while, and now he asked to follow him again, and he had calmed down.
The first time I came to the capital was to ask for pay, and there were private rumors everywhere in the capital that Long Live had already decided that the Eighth Master would succeed him. I happened to meet Yinzhen to invite him, but after sitting for a while, I didn't expect that the master would be so jealous! I saw Yinzhen's deerskin boots.
The snow squeaked under his feet, with a leisurely attitude as if no one else was around. Nian Gengyao couldn't help but sigh inwardly: Why do you have such a master, who has to be so picky! He also thought that he had been under the sect for many years, but he didn't listen.
He said "Grandma Zheng". Since she was a family member, why did she ask herself to follow? Just as they were thinking wildly, Gao Fu'er and the others stopped and said, "Here we are, master and Nian Junmen, please come in. The slaves are waiting outside.
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"He is just like you at home. Don't call him Junmen." Yinzhen took off his oil coat, stamped his feet in the doorway, raised his chin and said, "Gengyao, come in with me." After that, he turned around and entered the courtyard.
There were maids and women everywhere on the corridor in the yard and in front of the hall. A few melon lanterns were hung under the eaves, illuminating the snowy ground brightly. A few of the nuns who were waiting in front of them were wiping away their tears and saying to each other: "I'm fine this afternoon.
Just leave as soon as you say it! Man, where do you really start?"
"Really! When Mr. Wen went out to buy rice paper, grandma gave me an embroidery needle and thread and asked me to trace it?"
"What a good man..."
"Are you afraid that you might have run into something evil?"
"Tsk tsk... Amitabha!"
Everyone was talking to each other, and when they saw Yinzhen and Nian Gengyao coming in, they all stopped talking. The girls and women who were waiting on them all turned pale with fright, and they bowed and huddled under the window to let them go.
They pass.
"Where is Wen 74?" Yinzhen stopped again at the door and asked.
"My servant is here!" Wen Qishi was crying in the main room. When he heard the greeting, he hurriedly came out and kowtowed.
Yinzhen sighed and asked, "Should I ask you to go out later this afternoon? What did she say?" Wen Seventy-four said: "Grandma wanted to paint, but she had finished using the rice paper, so she asked me to go out and buy some.
"Ling. I went to Liulichang, and when I came back the next night, she was still in good spirits. Who knew..." Yinzhen asked, "What did she ask when you came back?"
"She said she was very bored and asked a lot of questions." Wen Qishi said, "I asked if the market was busy outside, what good flowers were in the Dalangmiao flower market... She also asked me if I saw any acquaintances, and what news was there outside?
He said he was thinking about Master Thirteen, but I wonder if he has been released now?"
Yinzhen listened, but couldn't figure it out. He thought for a while and said, "What did you say?" Wen Qishi said: "I said it was snowing. I couldn't run for heaven's sake. I only ate at Dalang Temple.
Bowl of tofu nao. The seller of tofu nao said that the Fourteenth Master led troops to conquer the West, and the beans were sent out in carts for the soldiers to eat. The price of tofu nao also increased..." Yinzhen couldn't help but feel a little excited after listening to it.
Shen: Zheng Chunhua managed to survive because she hoped that Yin Reng could be released to lead the army. Xu was ruined by these words!
"Fourth Master," Wen Qisi looked at his face and said, "This is the first time this servant has entered the house and left. He talks a lot when he comes back. Maybe he said something wrong and offended Miss Zheng's taboo?" Yinzhen originally thought it was.
Someone in the house was causing trouble. He breathed a sigh of relief now. Seeing Wen Qifeng's confused and distressed look, he comforted him and said, "What's wrong with these words? Don't worry, don't break your body from crying..." Wen Qifeng said.
Seventy-Four covered his face and choked sadly: "The Thirteenth Master came in and asked me to do this, but I couldn't do it well..." He almost let out a cry again.
Yinzhen nodded to him, turned around and asked, "Who saw her last."
"I..." A girl glanced at Yinzhen timidly, "After dinner, grandma called me in and said that it was getting cold and she needed to change clothes tomorrow. I picked out several clothes for her, but they all didn't look good. Then I chose
That's all. I saw that she looked bad, so I asked her to go to bed early and then I came out." Nian Gengyao said, "This is really strange. What was she doing when you went in?" Then
The girl said: "I didn't do anything. I was sitting by the stove. I saw a pile of paper ashes, as if something had been burned. Before I asked, she said they looked like old shoes, and they took up a lot of space..." The girl said
Before he finished speaking, Yinzhen had already entered the house, and Nian Gengyao followed him in with a quick step.
Zheng Chunhua was lying quietly in the middle of the house with his head facing outward. A long-bright lamp was lit in front of his head, and the large fluorescent green light danced faintly. The brazier in the room had long been moved out, the door was wide open, and the breeze blew through the ground.
Paper ashes were flying. Yinzhen stepped forward and took off the masking paper, looked at it, covered it again, clasped his hands together and recited the "Rebirth Mantra" silently for a while, and then said: "There is no end to the road in this world, why are you like this?" He said with a look of confusion.
Looking around with an expression on his face, he saw a paperweight pressed down on the shrine case in the corner of the room, and ordered Nian Gengyao: "Bring it here and let me see."
"It's a poem!" Nian Gengyao carefully lifted it up, looked at it, and hurriedly handed it over, "I gave it to the Fourth Master and the Second Master by name!" Yinzhen's hand shook slightly, and when he took it and looked at it, it turned out that it was indeed the poem above.
Two poems:
To Yuqing’s old master:
Every night I dream and wake up, but I hate that the water has passed away and it has been wasted.
When the dead wood withers and my heart is dead, dare I blame the west wind for blowing the female rose?
Also to the layman of the Yuanming Dynasty (Yin Zhen):
There is no regret even if love leads to demonic obstacles. The Han palace is empty and I drink the tears of Diao Chan.
I sent a diligent message to the book swordsman, and my daughter-in-law, Mo Xiao, frowned in the air.
The final work of Zheng, a native of Ji Ling Tian Ya
Yinzhen looked up at the sky, his face becoming more and more frighteningly pale - there was no need to investigate this matter anymore. It was absolutely true that Zheng Chunhua committed suicide in despair because Yinzhen could not come back. She did not expect any happiness in her life.
Xiang, I only hope that Yinzhen, this "dead tree", can flourish again. Since it has withered, there is no need for her, the "female rose" wrapped around the tree, to be shy in this world. Yinzhen originally had no love or hatred for Zheng Chunhua.
Just looking at Yinxiang's thoughtfulness towards her, he even felt a sense of relief from her death. But when he saw Zheng Chunhua's suicide note, he hoped that he could make a difference with his book and sword, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of confidant.
Hot and sour waves suddenly rose in his heart, and Yinzhen couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He put the paper in front of the lamp and burned it. He watched it burn into a piece of white ash before gently throwing it away. Nian Gengyao saw that he was just lost in thought.
Feeling disappointed, he asked, "What was written?"
"It's nothing." Yinzhen had no expression on his face. He walked to the door and ordered, "Nian Gengyao, you can go back. Tomorrow afternoon, go to the Ministry of Revenue to pick me up and take me back to the house. - Gao Fuler, your name is Cai Yinghe Study Room
The waiters go to Fengwan Pavilion - don't disturb Mr. Wu!"
The next day, Nian Gengyao got up early in the morning and rushed to the household department in the snow. He waited for greetings in Shi Shilun's study - he was on call. No matter how picky the fourth master was, he could not find anything wrong with him. Who was it?
Zhi waited until noon and didn't even see the shadow of Yinzhen. He went around to the custody room to take a look. You Mingtang and Shi Shilun were busy meeting foreign officials, and they didn't know whether to ask or not. Just as he was hesitating, he saw Cai Yingtai.
Xue came in, only nodded to Nian Gengyao, entered the custody room and said: "Master Shi, Master You, the fourth master just came down from Changchun Garden and was very tired of playing. He was sleepy again last night and said that he had wronged the two masters.
Let's first draw up the votes for what we agreed on yesterday, and the fourth master will come over in the evening..." After saying this, he smiled at Nian Gengyao and said, "Nian Gengyao, the master is outside, please!"
"Didn't Gao Fuler run away from things outside?" Nian Gengyao asked as he walked, "Why are you and the Fourth Master today?" Cai Ying smiled with an unknown meaning and said: "Gao Fuler has no conscience and betrayed his master. Yesterday,
I exposed my claws in the evening and ran away..." Seeing someone coming, Cai Ying stopped and didn't say any more.
Nian Gengyao didn't dare to ask any more questions. When he walked out of the door of the Hubu Yamen, he saw Yinzhen's official sedan with a goose-yellow roof waiting there, so he got on his horse and followed him. When he arrived at Prince Yong's Mansion, Yinzhen got off the sedan and looked up at the sky.
Just as the situation was in chaos, he took a long breath and said coldly: "Nian Lianggong, my master will show you a good show today!" Nian Gengyao turned over and dismounted, and asked with concern: "Fourth Master's eyes are a bit dark.
It's dark, I didn't sleep well at night, what happened?" Yinzhen said nothing, just nodded and stepped into the house.
Nian Gengyao followed up and was surprised when he saw the formation in the courtyard. Amidst the heavy snowfall, in front of the east and west corridors of the huge courtyard in front of Wanfu Hall, rows of black crows were standing, filled with senior officials from the mansion, all of them looking pale.
There were more than two hundred people hunched over and bowed, but they coughed without hearing anything. When they saw Yinzhen coming in, Hongshi and Hongli brothers hurriedly walked out from under the dripping eaves of the main room, one on the left and the other on the right, helping Yinzhen.
, arrived at the door of the main hall and stood still. Everyone below them knelt down in the snow and shouted in unison like thunder: "Bless me, Chitose!"
With a sneer on his face, Yinzhen didn't scream. He just nodded to Nian Gengyao, walked down the steps slowly, stood in the snow, and after a while he said: "I have been on many errands in the past few years, and I can't take care of my family affairs."
.As long as my life is under your control, it will be fine after all."
"Hey" Yinzhen paused for a moment and then said, "Being a human being is nothing more than loyalty and filial piety. I work seriously for the emperor, which is loyalty; what about you? You are my slaves. If you take care of the housework well, you can be said to be loyal. The emperor talks about merit and deeds.
Please reward me and make me a prince. I won’t treat you badly either—come on!” Several bodyguards came out and responded:
"The slave is here!"
"How much annual silver will the Black Mountain Villa send this year?"
"My word," an old accountant replied, "twenty-four thousand one hundred and eighteen taels."
"I want a small change to celebrate the New Year." Yinzhen smiled nonchalantly. "Bring all the 20,000 here!"
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The old man agreed, hurried back to the accounting room, took out a book and folded it. At that moment, some twenty waiters came out carrying ten large iron boxes, and laboriously placed them in front of the hall. They clicked on the message and opened them all.
, the bright silver immediately gave off a dazzling light in the snow light.
"Silver is a good thing." Yinzhen glanced at the box and smiled disdainfully, "With it, your parents can support you, your wife and children can live in peace, and your children and nephews can have food and clothing. But the fourth master will not begrudge it. You can accept it with peace of mind and take it back.
Have a good year!”
There was a burst of excited admiration from the crowd. Some people were in a daze, some snickered, and some stared with greedy faces, but no one dared to speak. The old master put on his spectacles and said: "This silver coin
There are three grades: upper, middle and lower. One hundred and sixty taels for the top grade, 12 people; one hundred and seventy taels for the middle grade; 43 taels for the bottom grade, each got seventy taels. This booklet is from the study room, Huang Yongzhen, Liao Degui,
Yin Suozhu and Ma Fangcheng took turns to record it, and after the master reviewed it and decided, this must be explained to all the brothers face to face." After saying that, they announced their names and rewarded them. Everyone received them in turn, and returned to their seats with a smile on their face, holding the heavy white silver.
Still kneeling.
"There are forty-three slaves who got a little less." Yinzhen sat under the eaves and watched the distribution, and flicked his robe and said: "There is no need to be upset and complain. Think about the three words of loyalty, diligence, and prudence, why others can
You get one hundred and sixty, and I only get seventy taels? Then next year you can get one hundred, one hundred and sixty! As you can see, some people in the study only get seventy taels, which shows that justice cannot be escaped. Cai Ying has temporarily
When he enters the position of housekeeper, his reward is one thousand taels - equivalent to five second-grade imperial officials! After the New Year, I will recommend him to be the county magistrate! You have all seen that there is Nian Gengyao here, whose identity is the same as yours
Same, now he is the admiral of Shaanxi!"
Everyone's eyes widened, wondering why the master said these words, but they all alerted themselves and listened.
"Some people may ask, why should I reward Cai Ying so much?" Yinzhen suddenly raised his voice, "Let me tell you, Cai Ying got rid of the thief in my family! This thief is my trusted housekeeper Gao Fuler! - Bring him out!"
People's hearts suddenly shrank, and when they looked up, four servants from the stick room escorted Gao Fu'er out of the east wing, pushing and shoving him. In front of the hall, a servant kicked Gao Fu'er's hind leg, and Gao Fu'er was stunned.
He knelt down with a "plop". Hongshi glanced at his brother in panic, but Hongli looked at Ermen with a smile and said nothing, but his face was a little pale. Nian Gengyao stood behind Yinzhen, but he was calm and composed
, looked at the gloomy-faced Gao Fuler with cold eyes as if nothing happened.
"Have you ever heard of the Zhongshan Wolf?" Yinzhen said with a smile, gritting his fine white teeth, "Mr. Dongguo saved a wolf that was driven into despair. After the wolf was saved, it opened its teeth and claws to eat Mr. Dongguo - this wolf name
My name is Gao Fu'er. He was a scoundrel from Shandong. He beat someone to death when he was drunk. I took pity on his old mother, so I excused him for accidental injury and promoted him to the housekeeper step by step. He could have studied under Gengyao and Dai Duo, and given up his slave status to work for me.
Under the sect, I went out to be an official. Instead of taking a bright road, for the sake of a house with eight thousand taels and a hooker, I colluded with outsiders, secretly monitored me, and eavesdropped on my words! This is especially unforgivable.
He dared to trap my banner slave Dai Fuzong and tell others about my visit to the Thirteenth Master! Dai Fuzong has been taken away now, and his life and death are unknown! - Cai Ying, am I right about him?" Cai Ying said hurriedly:
"The master is aware of it, he has already recruited it!" Yinzhen said with a smile: "I haven't noticed such a ungrateful bastard for many years, so it can't be called 'insightful'. Gao Fuler, tell me, have I wronged you?"
Gao Fu'er was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he didn't care about the snow on his head and face. He just kowtowed as if he was pounding garlic: "...there are slaves who covet money and fool around with gold hairpins. They force..."
"Forced?" Yinzhen giggled and stood up, "You dare to sell a golden branch like me for eight thousand taels of silver! You have no conscience! Come on!"
"Here we are!" Several guards at the sticky pole responded as they took a step forward.
"Pile up the snow!"
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No one knew what this ruthless prince was going to do. But his words were irrefutable. More than a dozen people came up with brooms, shovels, and snow pushers, and in a moment, a large snowdrift was piled up in the yard.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense and as quiet as a deserted temple. People in the whole courtyard stared at Yinzhen intently, but when they heard the whistle blowing through the eaves and heard a shrill scream, Yinzhen came down with his hands behind his back and circled the snowdrift.
After a while, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's such a clean snow, what a pity - Gao Fuler, do you have anything else to say?"
Gao Fu'er had already guessed Yinzhen's intention, and was so scared that he collapsed on the ground. Hearing Yinzhen's question, he hurriedly took a few steps, laid his head on the ground, and wailed hoarsely: "Fourth Master... Master... What a thousand years old, what a good Buddha... I just want to ask for it."
Chaosheng... My mother is eighty years old and she still doesn't know me... Master! I'm not old yet... I have strength... I can still..." He held his hands behind his back, his head on the ground, and his voice was shrill and hoarse like a ghost's howl.
, everyone in the hospital was so frightened that their calf muscles twisted.
"It's rare that you still remember your mother, Amitabha!" Yinzhen looked up at the sky, "Don't worry about this! I never neglect good deeds. Your mother is taken care of by Cai Ying!" After saying this, he pursed his lips and turned around.
Face, he ordered without any doubt: "Fill in this evil slave!"
Several people roared, and four burly men came over. They threw Gao Fuler into the snowdrift like an eagle and a chicken, and his upper body was immediately buried without a trace.
"Fill the snow." Yinzhen slowly returned to the eaves, sat on the chair, and said lightly: "Pound it hard until it is solid, then pour water on it to freeze it solid!"
The servants obeyed the orders without hesitation, adding snow in a flurry without any shame, and without using anything. A dozen people lined up and stood on it, kicking hard, adding a layer of snow, splashing water, and adding more snow.
Step on it again... Poor Gao Fuler's legs were outside, twisting and struggling in vain... The girls hid in the east and west compartments, watching through the glass, and some of them fainted from fright.
Nian Gengyao claimed to be a "hard-hearted general", but seeing Yinzhen using this method to kill people was just a novelty. When he looked at Yinzhen, he saw Yinzhen sitting calmly with his feet crossed, staring at the snowdrift like a normal person.
It is the season when dripping water turns into ice. As soon as the water is poured on it, the snow becomes lumpy in an instant. People step on it, making a "chirping" sound... Suddenly, the two legs shake painfully, and the hamstrings stretch and straighten. Nian Geng
Yao suddenly felt an unprecedented terror pass through his heart, and shuddered in horror.
"It's good for you to meet each other." Seeing the pale faces of his two sons, Yinzhen sneered, "If you don't know the sorrow of death, you won't know the joy of life. If I don't do this, people will treat me like this. Who can pity me?" After that,
, shouted sternly at the people in the courtyard: "There are three more people who are part of Gao Fuler's group, please stand up for me!"
The slaves were kneeling until their legs were numb. They had money in their arms and rabbits in their hearts. They were tormented by their master as if they were having nightmares. Hearing this sudden sound, they couldn't help but look at each other and look around suspiciously, but no one dared to
come out.
"I didn't hear what I said clearly - I always only give orders once." Yinzhen glanced at everyone with a sinister look, "Butcher put down his butcher knife at the Nirvana meeting, and he became a Buddha immediately. I will count one, two, and three. If you come out, not only will you not
Damage, and the reward for sincerity and bravery! One, two, three!"
As soon as he finished speaking, three people actually crawled out from the crowd, each reported his name, kowtowed and said: "Slaves Li Peifu, Yuan Zhaoxin, Deng Qiyun... it is inappropriate to follow Gao Fu'er..."
"Okay!" Yinzhen waved his hand and said, "You don't need to say anything anymore, this matter is over. Go back to the accounting room, and each person will receive ten taels of silver for sincerity and bravery!" He smiled easily, raised his hand and called out again.
Said: "Serve the Lord with your heart and celebrate the New Year with peace of mind. Gao Fu'er, I will give him a lighter sentence this time and reward him with his whole body. Well! If anyone dares to secretly form a clique and betray his gratitude, the first person will be rewarded with a reward of three thousand silver, and there will be no distinction between the principal and the accomplices.
, I fried him with oil in one piece! Did you hear that?"
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"Let's disperse." Yinzhen said: "Cai Ying, put Gao Fu'er into begging clothes, send him to Zuojiazhuang for burial, and burn him while watching. Just say that you picked up the frozen corpse." He said, and gave him a blow.
Yawning, he said to Nian Gengyao: "Follow me to the study." (To be continued)
