Changle Floating Life

Ye Jianqing took Pei Zhaoye to wander around Jinling City during the day, and went back to the villa to rest at night.Pei Zhaoye still occupies his bedroom, but Ye Jianqing lives in the water pavilion "Duyue Hall" on Xiaojing Lake.This water pavilion was originally divided into two floors, the lower part was for reading and writing, and the upper part was used for collecting books, and a sleeping couch was arranged.

This day, the two of them only strolled around for half a day, when they met the patter of spring rain, their interest diminished, and both of them were preoccupied, so they went back home directly.Pei Zhaoye went with him to Duyue Hall to borrow a few books and saw that the water pavilion was extremely simple, with only a few plain chairs and two futons. Thinking of the ivory stool and gold silk birdcage in his bedroom, he opened his mouth and asked. : "You study here, don't you feel a bit dull? There is a lot of water vapor on the lake, and it is inconvenient to store books. Isn't it very cold in winter?"

Ye Jianqing sat down on the futon, a guqin was placed in front of him, and he said in a rambling voice: "It used to be full of flowers here, but after Mr. Gu came, he said that he could only study if he was willing to be poor, so the decorations were changed. You I don’t know, the outer pillars are made of brass, and the middle is empty. Put red-hot charcoal on it, and the weather will not be cold even when it snows. It’s cold in spring, and the charcoal fire is still on. Grandma loved it when she was young. Crossing the moon and snow scene."

Pei Zhaoye thought to himself that a room is like a spring, and even the inner courtyard of the palace would never have thought of such a way.He randomly picked out a book of poems from the bookshelf, walked across to Ye Jianqing, and saw that the futon was half-new, with a concave spot, and guessed that this was probably Mr. Gu's place.

The two listened to the sound of the rain hitting the lotus leaves, one read the idle book, and the other plucked the idle qin, helping the qin to sing the strings to send Qingshang, short songs could not be long.

When the sky was getting dark, there was a little girl calling out from below.The two of them came down from the pavilion together, and saw the boy carrying in a small red clay stove and a special iron pot holder, and the girl behind was holding the wine and vegetables.The smoke and rain outside the pavilion are hazy, the rain beats the duckweed, and the wind blows the catkins, which has a special charm.

Seeing him warming the wine on the stove, Pei Zhaoye sighed inaudibly, and said, "It's good that my fief is also in the south."

Ye Jianqing interjected: "Is my cousin sealed in Yunzhou? It's a bit far away from Jiangnan. Why don't you let Huang Auntie ask His Majesty and come to Jinling instead. It won't be very good for us to play like this every day. ?"

Pei Zhaoye smiled without saying a word.

That night he suffered from insomnia for the first time, and when it was almost dawn, when he was tossing and turning, he heard the sound of pecking at the window, so he got up and opened the door.A guard accompanying him flashed in from outside the door, and handed him a small bamboo tube.He walked to the outside table, lit the candle, poked the bamboo tube with a hairpin, and poured out a note.

The note was densely filled with words, it was Zuo Fengmian's handwriting.He glanced briefly, his heart sank, and he said to the guard: "Pack up your things, I will bid farewell to the princess at dawn."

At dawn, I opened the door and saw that the rain had stopped, but the ground was full of yellow flowers, haggard and withered, and I couldn't bear to look at it.

As soon as they heard that he was about to leave, everyone in Princess Zhenguo's mansion tried their best to persuade him to stay.Especially Ye Jianqing, who had been with him for four or five days and just got acquainted with him for a while, and now they separated, with a full face of reluctance.After lunch, Ye Jianqing sent him to the fast boat back to Xuzhou.The boat went upstream, and Pei Zhaoye entered the cabin just now when he couldn't see the blue shirt at the bow.

In the evening when the boat arrived at Xuzhou Wharf, Zuo Fengmian sent another awning boat to pick him up.Instead of going to the post house, but along Xuzhou's zigzag waterway, passing through layers of willows along the corridors and banks, to an old house in a deep alley.There are two red lanterns on the gatehouse near the water, with the words "Red Leaf Waterside Pavilion" written on it, which is the property that Duan Wang's mansion has secretly set up long ago.

After a few days of not seeing each other, Zuo Fengmian's clearness actually subsides, and there are two black balls under his eyes.Pei Zhaoye felt distressed when he saw it, and rubbed his temples with his hands, and heard him say in a hurry: "After you left, I interrogated them for three consecutive days, and both of them gritted their teeth tightly. Many severe punishments were also used. , but didn’t force him to ask anything. Tomorrow is Ning Caishen’s first seven. Li Zhiwei said that if Zhao Nanxing is not allowed to go back for the funeral, there may be a civil uprising. In the past few days, there is no one in charge of the Ning family’s property, and the north-south goods shops and silk shops all over the country don’t know. How many shopkeepers fled with their clothes packed, and the bank ran into another storm. The governor of Yangzhou has sent someone to investigate the matter. I am afraid that Yuan Huaike and Yin Buhai have secretly filed a deal, impeaching me for mishandling and disturbing the peace of the place."

Pei Zhaoye listened to him silently, and after a while, he said, "This is not a difficult task, you can always get over it. What makes you difficult should be something else."

Zuo Fengmian sighed, and frowned beautifully.In his opinion, these praises and reputations are really irrelevant, but what matters is that they have come up with a good strategy to draw salary from the bottom.

About two or three days ago, the governor of Yangzhou captured a group of people who specialized in robbing houses. After some torture, several people confessed their evil deeds over the years.

These people used to be salt lords and had dealings with Ning Caishen, and they each had grievances. They said that they also watched the excitement on the long street that day.Seeing the mile-long dowry team at Ning's family, he sneaked in quietly and took a lot of gold and silver.Later, when he was seen by his subordinates, he had to kill and set fire to cover it up.

"The governor of Yangzhou asked someone to show me the confession, and he almost threw the paper in my face."

Pei Zhaoye asked, "How true do you think it is?"

Zuo Fengmian said: "It's just nonsense. How could it be such a coincidence. Anyway, these river pirates are doing a lot of evil, they have a lot of debts, they don't worry about lice, they just need to buy off their relatives with a lot of money, and add another death penalty. A few items are nothing. The name of the litigator in this case is Wu Xiaocun, who is a villain who has taken over the lawsuit in Xuzhou and committed all kinds of crimes. I heard that someone offered him 1000 taels of silver to come out."

Xuzhou is a prosperous city, full of people of all kinds, of all kinds, and there are a lot of hooligans and gangsters.It's not expensive to exchange 1000 taels for the life of the governor's son.What's more, this person used other people's money to eliminate disasters, and his confession was really impeccable.Even Zuo Fengmian couldn't fault him.

Pei Zhaoye thought for a while, took out a ball of paper from his sleeve, and handed it to Zuo Fengmian. The latter opened it and looked at it. He was a little confused, and said: "I want to cherish spring every year, and I don't regret it when it goes away. These two sentences Well written."

Pei Zhaoye leaned over and pointed to the first two words for him, and said, "Did you forget that Ning Caishen's residence is called Xichuntang? Look, but these two words have similar handwriting."

Zuo Fengmian looked at it several times before pondering: "There is a seven-point image, but it's dark and hot at night, so I don't remember it very clearly. If I ask a few people from the Ning Mansion to see it, I will definitely recognize it. Your note looks like Newly written, where did it come from?"

Pei Zhaoye said indifferently: "Ye Jianqing, Marquis of Anning, also has the word Qing in her name."

Zuo Fengmian thought about it back and forth, and was so startled that his three spirits were floating and his seven souls were flying, and said: "It turns out that your Majesty told us to go south because it was this tiger's idea." Indeed, with Yuan Huaike, Yin Buhai, For a character like Li Zhiwei, why should the prince play a role?The emperor couldn't get used to it, so he just found an excuse in political affairs, and just demoted the official.

Pei Zhaoye said expressionlessly: "Little tigers are not difficult to fight, but tigresses are not easy. The old thief is so deceitful! This trick may have come from the Princess Mansion." He already thought that on the day he arrived in Jinling, Pei Yongzhen originally stayed at Huiliu Villa, Suddenly, something happened back to the Princess Mansion, and Jiang Xilie came and went suspiciously.The Princess Mansion has used Ye Jianqing to drag her along these few days, so there was a good show planned behind the scenes.

Zuo Fengmian regained his strength, his heart beat faster at the thought of participating in such a confidential event, and said, "I just don't understand, isn't the Zhenguo Princess House the most important contributor to your Majesty's success?"

When it comes to the events of the early years of Taiping, Pei Zhaoye remembers them.Emperor Zhongzong Shaokang had no son, and the court had different opinions on who should succeed him.Princess Pei Yongzhen of Zhenguo directly overthrew the lord of the harem, Empress Bai of Zhongzong Xuanyi, and almost hand in hand sent Pei Zhaoye's father, today's Emperor Taiping, to the throne.It can be said that they have made great contributions to their family, and there is no reward.Pei Yongzhen knew the way to keep a low profile and complete blessings. In the second year after Emperor Taiping ascended the throne, he returned to the fiefdom of Jinling, and never left the fiefdom again.It's only fourteen or five years, why is it so incompatible?

Pei Zhaoye said: "I don't care about the situation. It is always Pei Yongzhen who is old and disrespectful. He still harbors evil intentions. If he is not punished as soon as possible, the law of the country will not be enforced. You can't see the state government's chewing and wrapping expenses. The government will pay more. Zhu, a little blood among the people. She has controlled the salt industry and grain in the five states in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, and it is not a day's cold to freeze three feet."

"I predict that Li Zhiwei's cunning officials will never give up if they don't see Zhao Nanxing tomorrow." Zuo Fengmian stood up and said, "Since that's the case, we must plan carefully tonight. How can a beautiful day be wasted."

Pei Zhaoye nodded and said, "You go, Wu Xiaocun gave me the other end."

Zuo Fengmian was turning around to leave when he suddenly stopped, looked at Pei Zhaoye, and said softly, "Why are you unhappy? What happened in the Princess Mansion?" He grew up beside Pei Zhaoye, Although she knew that he had another person in mind, but she had been recommending Xi Yan for three to five years, so she knew every detail of his emotions and every change in his body.

Pei Zhaoye still showed no expression, but said dryly, "Go."

He already understood why in the past few days in Jinling, the young master always seemed a little preoccupied when he was having fun, with tears on his face.When he was young, because he didn't see love and his father, he had a period of frivolous youth, among thousands of flowers, and he wanted to taste everything new.When you get older, you will know that the first is the best, and the most precious thing in the world is unobtainable and has passed away.

Besides, in Zhizhou Mansion's prison, Zhao Nanxing and Yuan Shangqiu were locked together, seven or eight jailers stared at each other and took turns to guard them.Yuan Shangqiu had been beaten with a crooked nose and swollen face, his body was covered with blood, and his hands were hanging.Zhao Nanxing also looked normal, but because of the sentence "I can't punish a doctor", Zuo Fengmian really didn't torture him afterwards, and his body was still clean and intact at this time.

Yuan Shangqiu opened a pair of walnut-sized purple eyes, looked at the person opposite, and said with a smile: "I just remembered the scene when we met for the first time."

Zhao Nanxing tried his best to raise his head, and said weakly: "You are indeed a nosy ancestor, and you bumped into Tai Sui who has no head. Every time Nan Xing thinks about the past, he often wants to die."

Yuan Shangqiu seemed to be very happy. He laughed loudly. After laughing, he lowered his voice and said, "Tomorrow is the first seven days. You must get out of prison, so that the younger brother can have a chance to save you. The one named Zuo will come for trial later. You Just put the whole thing on me. Anyway, I’m a cockfighting lackey, and I’ll ask Liu Pinghua’s dandy, if you kill someone, you don’t have to pay for it, just like peeling off tiles on the eaves.”

Zhao Nanxing sighed lightly and ignored him.

Why can't he see that Zuo Fengmian's intention is to get him to bite that friend.The death of his father-in-law, Zhao Nanxing was also somewhat suspicious of that friend, but after several days of interrogation, after careful consideration, he knew that he had absolutely nothing to do with that friend.There is no truth or falsehood in the so-called life lawsuit, it only depends on whether the plaintiff is willing to let it go.Zuo Fengmian didn't care about indiscrimination, and put him, the plaintiff, in jail, needless to say he had ulterior motives.

At this time, slight footsteps came from outside the prison, and the two of them looked at each other and stopped talking.After a while, Zuo Fengmian walked briskly into the cell, and sat on the grand master's chair.Instead of forcing a confession for interrogation as soon as he came here as usual, he sat motionless, resting his mouth with one hand, and stroking the blue-white jade pendant around his waist with the other. Jade is also pure and flawless.

Yuan Shangqiu couldn't help but said: "You let Mr. Zhao go, he is the one who suffers, and he has to go to the funeral tomorrow. This life lawsuit falls on me alone."

Zuo Fengmian was stunned for a moment, and looked up at him, but Zhao Nanxing on the opposite side hurriedly said: "Young Master Yuan, this kind of thing is not just admitted. Mr. Zuo is the master of Qingtian, if someone framed and slandered him, he would not be able to escape of the Dharma."

Yuan Shangqiu gave a "bah" and shouted in a mess: "What is the master of Qingtian, I'm fucking him. If I'm afraid of him, I'll be raised by a toad."

Zuo Fengmian burst out laughing when he saw that he had the look of a rascal and a villain.Pointing to Yuan Shangqiu, he said, "Drag him to a cell farther away."

When Yuan Shangqiu was dragged out, he kept greeting the eighteen generations of Zuo Fengmian's ancestors.

Zhao Nanxing sneered and said: "Master Zuo, it will be dawn in a few hours, you should put me down, have a free time to take a bath, change your clothes, and sing this big show with you."

Zuo Fengmian fixed his eyes on him, and said in a warm voice, "How do you know that I will let you out?"

Zhao Nan's eyes were as bright as stars, and he said meaningfully: "Master Zuo will not torture me these few days, just to avoid procrastination and cowardice tomorrow. Your lord wants to take advantage of the funeral and catch them all in one go, doesn't he?" ?” It’s ridiculous that Yuan Shangqiu thought it was his words that worked.If there were ten Yuan Shangqiu, they would all die in the hands of Zuo Fengmian if they were fighting each other.

Zuo Fengmian's eyes lit up, and Huaiju said: "I knew you were a smart man. You are a young man in Wujiang, who is a young man with a light bow and short feather. poems?"

Zhao Nanxing lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Zuo Fengmian continued to speak softly: "I have read your articles, and they are well prepared. The poems are also well-done, with the air of a knight-errant. You come from a famous family and are talented. , why should you abandon Confucianism and go into business? Once people in the world are interested in profit, they will have no sense of shame, will not fear the law, and even become a leader of chaos. Don’t you understand these principles?”

Zhao Nanxing suddenly grinned and said, "Your Excellency is a Tanhualang, with a very noble spirit, so naturally he doesn't look down on profit-seeking people. But in Nan Xing's eyes, scholars come and go in and out of the public house, Tsing Yi bends their knees, fighting for power and profit, and some Even wanting to undress and take off her shoes is shameless, just like a prostitute in the city."

"You!" He pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, Zuo Fengmian raised his eyebrows, and was about to get angry, suddenly smiled gently, and said: "You yourself said, there is not much time left, can't we have a good conversation?"

The words of the two wise men were too straightforward, with sharp malice and hurt.

Zhao Nanxing licked the corner of his mouth and said, "Lord Zuo, my friend may not show up tomorrow. If I don't confess him, he will try to save me. If I confess him, the trees will fall and the monkeys will be scattered, and I will be bored. And you don’t have any physical evidence in your hands, and it’s hard to make a solid case just because I open my eyes and tell nonsense. At that time, if you fail to fight the tiger, it won’t count if you get bitten back.”

He hit the nail on the head and hit the nail on the head!Pei Zhaoye and Zuo Fengmian have so little evidence, isn't it?

Zuo Fengmian smiled and said: "You really know a lot. Do you know the whereabouts of the twelve yellow books?"

There is Hongqiao in the west of Xuzhou City. Its water name is Xiaoqinhuai. It is the place where Yue girls and Wu Ji live together.Wu Xiaocun finished the night with flowers and wine, paid the bill, and didn't stay overnight, so he borrowed a lantern from the madam, and headed home without hesitation.

He used to be the secretary of the prefect of Xuzhou, and also worked as a prison officer. A few years ago, because he missed his official duties by eating flower wine, he was kicked out of the government office by the elder, and he has been relying on helping others and giving advice.Now the young master who saved the governor, not only received a thousand taels of silver, but also got the favor of the governor, and promised a vacancy in the water transportation yamen.

He hummed a ditty all the way, and when he reached a river embankment, suddenly a person came out from behind the willow tree and shouted, "Wu Xiaocun!"

He subconsciously replied, "Who?"

He was suddenly kicked hard on the knee, and he rushed to the street on the spot. The lantern fell to the ground and caught fire.Three or four shadows surrounded him, Wu Xiaocun suddenly sobered up, hugged his head and said, "Hero, spare your life! Take all the money."

Those people kicked him a few times and didn't make things difficult for him, so they pushed him into a painting boat under the river embankment.The cabin was brightly lit, and a suave young man was sitting in front of the water-polished nanmu table, pointing to the spring stool in front of him, and said: "Mr. Wu, please sit down."

The boat sailed along the water, surrounded by three or four big men, Wu Xiaoxue sat on the stool anxiously.I just heard the romantic young man say, "How much did Mr. Wu get for buying the life of Mr. Yuan?"

Wu Xiaocun suddenly became alert, looked at him with small eyes, and said nothing.

The young master pursed his lips and smiled, and directed his servants to bring over a jade basin, which was filled with gold ingots. It looked like three to five thousand taels, and it was gold!

"Mr. Wu still pays attention to the transportation expenses?"

"What do you mean?"

Brother Young Master held a folding fan in his hand, and said in a leisurely manner, "As long as the master answers a few questions for me, the gold can be taken by the master."

Wu Xiaocun swallowed, and said, "What's the problem?"

"How did Yuan Huaike find you?"

"There is a Master Jiang in his house, who came to my house a few days ago."

"How did Master Jiang know about you?"

Wu Xiaocun rolled his eyes and said, "Maybe I am famous and someone recommended me."

The young master smiled and said, "Your confession was impeccable, but there is a prison official who is familiar with the book office in Zhizhou Prefecture, who stole the confession and showed it to you, so the details are correct?"

Wu Xiaocun said with emotion: "Forgive me for not revealing the cooking skills."

The young master laughed longer and longer, and said: "You can help Mr. Yuan pay for his life, so you are also a capable person. If I pay ten times the price, are you willing to help me solve the case?"

Wu Xiaocun's scalp was numb, and he instinctively boarded the thief's boat, and said tremblingly: "Thank you for being considerate, I'm afraid the villain has a weak appetite and can't eat your bowl of rice."

The young man looked up and laughed loudly, and walked out of the cabin while laughing.

Immediately Wu Xiaocun was carried out of the cabin by two men, one on the left and one on the right.At some point, the boat stopped under the eaves of a river house facing the water. Two red lanterns were hung at the door, with the words "Red Leaf Water Pavilion" written on it.

Someone on the steps smiled and said, "Mr. Wu, please, the pen and paper are ready for you."

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