Night.
The back house of the Yamen of the Jinling prefect is brilliantly lit.
Although there has been a saying since ancient times that officials do not repair the government, in the thirteen or fourteen years since Emperor Chongkang ascended the throne, he never took the initiative to allocate a penny to the local government to repair the government.
But Jiangnan is too rich, so many volunteer businessmen and squires will take the initiative to donate a sum of silver every few years to help the governor's county repair the office and residence.
Especially in the back house, before each new official takes office, he will always try his best to add and replace some furnishings.
In this way, the back houses of these officials are like a Jiangnan garden, beautiful, comfortable and pleasant.
The back house of the prefect's yamen, in the back garden.
In a pavilion, on the delicate and small pear blossom case, there are several dishes of Jiangnan side dishes.
A pot of sake is warmed in a copper plate, and several mutton fat jade cups are scattered.
Although it has passed the fifteenth year, the moon is still shining in the night sky.
Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling, was enjoying the moon and drinking with several wives and concubines, but the atmosphere in the pavilion was not pleasant.
Because even after drinking and admiring the moon, the mountain lines between Jia Yucun's eyebrows have never stretched Mrs.
Jiaoxing is only in her early twenties, so she is naturally a continuation.
She was originally the maid of Xiangling's mother-in-law, because she had been taken care of by Zhen Shiyin when Jia Yucun was in the village, in addition to giving silver and clothes, she also invited her to Zhen's family for a banquet, so she met Jiaoxing.
Later, Zhen Shiyin was sad and lost because Xiangling was abducted, and Jia Yucun reunited with Jiaoxing, so he asked for a concubine from the Feng family.
After Jia Yucun's original wife died of illness, he straightened Jiao Xing into the main wife.
Jiao Xing has changed from a maid to a prefect's wife, how can she not be satisfied For the rest of her life, she only wanted to take care of Jia Yucun, and seeing him so depressed and uneasy in the past few days really made her feel distressed.
Today, regardless of the sourness in her heart, she brought all the concubines in Jia Yu Village who were more beautiful than her, just to please Jia Yu Village.
But It doesn't seem to have much effect.
Jiao Xing sobbed with self-blame, and Jia Yucun came back to his senses and asked what happened After Jiao Xing explained the reason, Jia Yucun was helpless and a little moved in his heart, and sighed: "My worries have nothing to do with you and others, with you as my wife, I am already very satisfied."
Jiao Xing wept and said: "But our sisters really don't want to see the lord sorrowful, people say that the king is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord is sorrowful, and we also feel useless." ” Jia Yucun's heart warmed when he heard this, and he said warmly: "It has nothing to do with you" and hesitated before confiding in his heart.
Jiao Xing and the others were shocked inexplicably, originally in their opinion, the prefect of Tianfu was already a great person, and it was always others who were slapping them, but they didn't expect that Jia Yucun would take such pains to slap others, and he didn't even think about stammering tea and dinner Jiao Xing was about to collapse her faith, and after the sisters looked at each other, Jiao Xing hesitated and said: "The master is now a fourth-grade high-ranking official, and he is still so young, even if he boils slowly, he will be able to slaughter the prime minister in the future, so why surrender his identity" Jia Yucun was displeased when he heard this: "In the woman's opinion, do you know what officialdom does not have a backing foot, it is difficult to even protect yourself."
Jiao Xing said stupidly: "But the old man is so valuable, and he is so talented, he still needs to tie up a half-grown child."
Jia Yucun sighed deeply, there was already drunkenness in his eyes, and he shook his head and said: "Talent has a fart use, the country has been established for more than a hundred years, and the noble and the low have long been clearly distinguished."
No matter how talented I am, I have no background, and I don't do anything well, I, Jia Yucun, boast of being a masterpiece, if I can be reincarnated into a high-ranking family, even if I am the first assistant of the cabinet."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a rush of footsteps coming, Jiao Xing and the others frowned and looked, and saw that it was a daughter-in-law in charge who was coming, and without waiting to be scolded, she spoke first: "Master, Mrs., let me pass the word in front, saying that Steward Chen, who was sent to the capital by the master, has returned, and said that he has brought good news and wants to see the master immediately." ” Jia Yucun, who was originally straight to express his chest and was interrupted, was angry, but he was surprised when he heard this He poured all his wealth into it, just to find another way.
Originally, I was going to give up, and when I didn't want to be exhausted, I ushered in a turning point Even the relatives couldn't take care of it, and shouted one after another: "Hurry up, please, hurry up."
The bright moon hangs high, and the ancient city is silent.
The land south of the Yangtze River is different from Guanzhong Shenjing, and there is no curfew.
But after a while, there were no pedestrians left in the dimly lit streets.
Only the guards of the City Defense Division patrolled the city in various neighborhoods in Jinling City.
Remind the people to beware of thieves and candles In the era when there were no clocks and watches, it was an ancient but humble profession.
Most of the elderly who are lonely and widowed will do it.
Only such an old man has the patience and leisure to patrol all over the ancient city night after night.
"Bell" "Bell" The sound of the gong sounded at three o'clock, and on Gubai Street in Xicheng, two stiff husbands walked slowly along the old street and knocked.
Only a dim lantern illuminates the way, and it seems more and more silent under the moonlit night.
However, at this moment, the two old men suddenly paused together, and a little surprise appeared in the old man's eyes.
They looked at each other, and when they were sure of the confusion in each other's eyes, their faces changed, and they staggered around together, looking at the end of the deep street behind The streets were empty, and nothing could be seen, but the expressions of the two old men became more and more solemn.
Because the noisy sound of horses' hooves became more and more obvious, the sound became louder and louder, and even the bluestone on the ground seemed to be shaken.
The two old watchmen were hesitating whether to do something about it, when after a while, they saw a group of ghostly cavalry appear at the corner of the street.
The dark clothes seemed to be able to blend them into the night, and the aura was even more terrifying Seeing the horses coming from the shop like a flood, the two old men didn't even look at it, and hid under the gatehouse of the high gate on the side of the street in a panic, and they didn't dare to breathe.
However, just when they thought that the black torrent would soon pass, they saw that the two horsemen at the head suddenly reined in their horses, and many horsemen behind them also reined in their horses, and the team actually stopped, so that the two old men were in the middle of the procession, trembling and leaning there.
Fortunately, no one looked at them After a long time, there was no movement, and the old man also reacted, and there was no harm to them, so he quietly looked out with courage, just in time to see the leader of the horse turn over and dismount, walk to the gate of the tall Jinling prefect's yamen, and then draw the back waist with both hands, and a slender scimitar appeared on each of the horsemen.
The man thrust his scimitar into the crack in the door, hooked it up with force, and with a "clang", the sound of the latch hitting the ground sounded.
There was a sound of doubt coming from inside the door, as if he was wondering why the latch had fallen However, at this moment, I saw the leader of the horseman raise his leg and kick suddenly, and kicked in the middle of the gate.
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There was a loud bang, and both doors were kicked open at the same time.
The double-swordsman rushed in first, followed by a black torrent that rolled in Seeing this scene, the two old husbands only felt that their hearts were about to stop, and their legs were so weak that they couldn't support their old bodies, and they slowly sat down on the ground.
Oh my God In the back garden of the prefect's yamen, in the middle of the pavilion, Jia Yucun looked at Steward Chen who was kneeling on the ground with ecstaty, and even forgot to call out.
His face turned red, and even his eyes were faintly red, and he said excitedly: "The old Chitose of the King of Zhongshun really said so."
Steward Chen raised his head and smiled: "Master, the old prince really said that.
He let the adults only take care of the good life and be the official, and now Jiangnan is at a critical time to implement the new law, and the adults can get credit for sitting in this position.
As long as the adults are loyal to the court and have filial piety, after the new law is implemented, the adults will be able to enter the center as officials."
When Jia Yucun heard this, he trembled faintly with excitement, he couldn't sit still anymore, and after standing up and pacing back and forth a few times, he didn't pay attention to the congratulations of Jiao Xing and other wives and concubines, suddenly paused, suddenly looked back at Steward Chen, and asked, "Did the old prince ever ask about the Jia family?"
Steward Chen hurriedly said: "The slave was about to talk to the master about this, and the old prince said that let the master continue to keep in touch with the Jia family, especially with Jia Zheng, which is a bit useful to the old prince."
When Jia Yucun heard this, he frowned slightly and said, "What's the use?"
Steward Chen shook his head and said, "The old prince didn't say it, but he said that when he used it, he would inform the master." ” Jia Yucun nodded and said, "Then have you ever said no, someone is worried about me, the prefect of the Ying Tianfu?"
Steward Chen smiled happily: "The slave also said, the old prince said that the master only needs to be an official with peace of mind, how can a good official with filial piety like the old man be squeezed down" Jia Yucun was both happy and distressed when he heard this, and said: "It is filial piety, the family funds accumulated by this official over the years have been sent out, who has filial piety than me."
Steward Chen seemed to be really a confidant, and persuaded: "Master, the slave heard that I was born to be useful, and I will come back when my daughter is gone."
As long as there are big officials to do it, there will be silver in the future."
Jia Yucun was in a good mood, and scolded with a smile: "You dog, I still need you to talk a lot, master" Jiao Xing and the others on the side were really happy when they saw Jia Yucun, and they all smiled and congratulated: "I wish the old man to wait for all generations" "The old man is on the rise, and he is the prime minister" Jiao Xing was different, and said softly: "The master gave away all his savings, he is doing a serious business, and now the master is not rich in his pocket, and the master has also given me a lot over the years. ” When the other concubines heard this, whether they wanted it or not, they all echoed it.
At this moment, Jia Yucun really felt like a winner in life, although he politely rejected the kindness of his virtuous wife and concubine, he still raised his head and laughed.
And just when he was full of ambition, he suddenly heard a wolf crying ghost howl from in front of him, which was the cry of the maids and women when they were extremely frightened: "Ahh "What people" "Help" Hearing such movements, everyone in the pavilion in the back garden changed their faces.
Jia Yucun didn't know what he had thought of, and his face was particularly ugly.
But in his eyes, there was more not fear, but incomprehension.
What the hell did he do wrong :