Bright Spring

The officials requisitioned a lot of private houses, and fortunately the guards brought military tents, and a group of people managed to settle down in this small village with nothing.

Qianrui and Du's mother lived in their own home.Just as Huang Gou arranged for many eunuchs and sergeants to take turns guarding outside, the mother and daughter lived in a dilapidated house, and there were several young maids waiting for them.

After nightfall, under the oil lamp, the bedroom was covered with black-brown grime, sooty, the dirt that dust turned into in the humid air.There are even strips of black lacquered things hanging from the roof, which are called "sun dust" locally, which is after the remaining spider plant ash.Qian Rui had accidentally overheard the maid's whispering complaints.

Mother Du said all kinds of useless things, saying that Qianrui's clothes were made of silk, which was very expensive and would be ruined, so she asked her to change into the old linen clothes in the closet before going to sleep.

Qianrui took the initiative to ask her mother (mother) how she has lived these years.Sure enough, Mom said that after Dad became a murderer, not only did she lack food and clothing, but she was often bullied;

No wonder Muma is acting so numb now!Mom is not confused, how can a person survive in such an environment without being numb?

Everything is like a dream.

Qianrui remembered what Zhu Gaoxu said: To live a better life, one usually depends on one's own ability; to live a successful life as a master, one must have good luck.

The Du family's dream turned upside down, so why not?The reason the family became like this is purely because Qianrui's father is not doing his job properly; but when Qianrui returned to his hometown, it was not determined by her ability to have the ostentation she has today.

In her sleep, Qianrui really had a dream.

She dreamed that she was washing clothes by the pond, as if she was not very old, because she often washed clothes by the pond before she was sold.Then she accidentally fell into the water!She was flustered and frightened, and desperately wanted to run to the surface of the water, but somehow, a big rock was tied to her body!

Qianrui felt her body sinking continuously, the pond was so deep for some reason, and she couldn't get to the bottom no matter what.She felt that it was cold and dark under the water. She was suffocated for a while, flustered and frightened to the extreme, and desperately pulled the rope tied with stones on her body.

At this moment, what Qianrui hates the most is the heavy stone on her body. If she is not dragged down by the stone, she can save herself!

Finally untying the rope, Qianrui kicked off the rock without hesitation, and then swam up.Although she was still in the water, she felt relaxed at this moment, and a pleasant feeling came to her heart early...

Early the next morning, after Qian Rui woke up, she remembered the dream from last night.She couldn't recall some details, and things in the dream quickly became blurred, but the feeling at the time was very clear.

The maids of honor waited on the mother and daughter, who were sparsely dressed.Qian Rui sat there in a daze, thinking of that dream, she was quite moved.

She suddenly felt that her heart was very cruel!

Many times she acts weak and kind, but she can do something.Back then when Zhu Gaoxu came to pick her up, she left her messy home and her poor mother, and left without hesitation;

This time she discovered that her father was wrongly sentenced to death; she also knew very well in her heart that it was indeed a wrong.But she didn't hate the county magistrate at all, and she didn't feel sad... Qian Rui couldn't feel sad for her father who sold her twice.

Of course, the way she behaved outside was heartbroken, after all, so many people had to see her filial piety.However, none of her tears were shed for her father, all because of poor mother.

Last night the eunuch Huang Gou sent people to prepare filial piety clothes, and in the morning Qianrui put on sackcloth and filial piety, and took a large group of people to the mountains to pay homage to her late father.

Kneeling down in front of a simple mound full of weeds, she couldn't feel sad, so she could only try to think about her mother's difficult life, and her mother's trembling hand holding a bowl of white rice last night, and she suddenly felt sad.Kneeling in front of the grave and crying like a tearful man.

"Wow..." Suddenly there was a loud cry.Qian Rui glanced sideways, and it turned out to be the magistrate in the green robe.The magistrate cried harder than her, bowing his head and stomping his feet, and crying loudly at the same time!

The rest of the officials also sighed sadly nearby, and some even pretended to gently wipe their dry eyes with their robe sleeves.

Of course the saddest person is Zhixian, he looks like his own father died.But Qianrui felt that his sadness was real, after all, his official career seemed to be over!

Qian Rui knew that she was wrong to think so, but she couldn't lie to herself: not only did she not hate the magistrate, but now she felt sympathy for him.

Because of a moment of sympathy, Qianrui suddenly thought: If she opened her mouth to help the county magistrate, and asked the officials of the procuratorate to only investigate the jailer who tortured and extorted a confession, would she be able to help the county magistrate?

By doing so, Du Qianrui will definitely gain a good reputation in Shilin, Jiangxi; the officials will be tolerant, and of course they will speak well of Du Qianrui!But Du Qianrui thought about it, and shook his head slightly, thinking that he had better be cautious in his words and deeds, so as not to be caught as an excuse for meddling in politics.

After offering sacrifices to her late father, she stood up, her face choked with tears, and said: "Officials, don't punish the people involved in the case severely because of me. Bing should follow the "Law of the Great Ming Dynasty" and deal with the matter fairly according to the laws of the court. But my late father was wronged, I am his daughter, I know what he is like, so I will definitely not kill him."

An official hurriedly bowed and said: "Mrs. Du is sensible and understands the general situation, and the lower officials are most admired." All the officials hurriedly echoed.

Du Qianrui said again: "There is an imperial decree from the Holy Spirit, asking us to return to Beijing for an audience as soon as possible; I dare not delay, so I will leave today. This trip has interrupted the official affairs of the yamen because of my selfishness. After I return to Beijing, I will apologize to the Holy One."

According to the official of the Procuratorate, he hurriedly said: "Madam, just rest assured, the officials will investigate this matter strictly, give Madam an explanation, and return the Du family to a clean slate. Madam is frugal and loves the people on this trip, and the next official will write a memorial to praise Madam for her understanding, reason, and integrity." Filial piety is in the deeds of the townships."

After hearing this, Du Qianrui said softly, "Everyone has worked hard, and I will speak kindly in front of the Holy Majesty."

She then said to Mu Ma who was standing blankly next to her: "Mum Ma came to Beijing with me to let my younger brother fulfill his filial piety. Let my younger brother take care of my father's grave. We can't delay this time."

She actually said it to the people around her, and it was also for the sake of filial piety.Because Qianrui knows her mother's mother, she also resents her father a lot, and doesn't necessarily care about repairing the grave.

When everyone returned to the village from the mountains, the eunuch Huang Gou reported: "Some people claim to be relatives of Madam and want to see Madam."

Du Qianrui frowned slightly, remembering what her mother said last night, "everyone pokes her back", she said calmly: "We have to rush to Beijing, and the warship is already waiting at the Poyang Lake case; we can't delay now .You send them away."

The yellow dog cupped his fists and said, "Your servant obeys."

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During the recent period, groups of people from several places are on their way to the capital.In addition to the Shen family and Xu family in Yunnan, the chief envoy of Sichuan also had a large number of people traveling eastward.

Mu Sheng and Wei Da immediately set off for Beijing after receiving the imperial decree to send the horse to Sichuan; Sichuan military affairs were handed over to Li Rang, the commander of the capital.But now there is no urgent military affairs in Sichuan; the puppet government troops in the north and east have been ordered one after another, and it is impossible to attack Sichuan again.

Mu's family, together with Wei Da and others, led the guards and dispatched many official ships in the Sichuan Chief Envoy;

At this time, their fleet had just arrived at the boundary of Jingzhou Prefecture.

During the "Battle of Criminology", Jingzhou had tens of thousands of troops, both land and water.However, after Zhang Fu led the main force of the navy to surrender, Jingzhou's naval warships were also wiped out; some warships fled eastward, and some surrendered to the crusade army.

However, the Lu division stationed in Jingzhou Prefecture was ignored at first; it was not until Zhu Gaoxu's enthronement edict was sent to Jingzhou Prefecture that they accepted the new emperor's edict.

The fleet of men and horses from Sichuan passed through Jingzhou, and Wei Da took a team of men and horses ashore, saying that he was going to Jingzhou City to do something.Mu Sheng persuaded him a few words, but Wei Da didn't listen and went into the city anyway.

The emperor had already changed, and the magistrate's yamen and the garrison in Jingzhou City showed no hostility. After they got the official document, a group of people came to welcome Wei Da.Everyone knows that Wei Da is one of the three guard commanders of the Han Palace, so they dare not neglect him!

The magistrate said that he had prepared a reception banquet to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

But Wei Da was not interested in this, and asked to find out the location of a general named Li Jiaming, so he took people to the camp office and met this man who was originally a general of the Han Dynasty Army.

Li Jiaming was the general of the Han Dynasty Army who opened the city gate for a reward of [-] coins when the puppet imperial army attacked Kuizhou!The other brothers of the Li family were all on the side of the puppet government army. Li Jiaming made meritorious service and received money and then joined the Jingzhou army.

Wei Da didn't know this person before, and he didn't say much when we met, Wei Da just said coldly: "It's really cheap to buy a key city and a state prince for two hundred guan."

Li Jiaming already understood what was going on, and was so frightened that he knelt down to beg for mercy.

Wei Da sneered again: "But you can't please, you can get an official job without doing anything, but you don't want it, you have to rush to die yourself! Then you can't blame me!"

Wei Da pulled out his waist knife and stabbed Li Jiaming in public | died in full view!

"Those who surrendered to the officials and soldiers of the puppet dynasty are all fine. But this traitor of the Condemnation Army must die! His brother was also arrested and escorted back to Beijing, where he will be dealt with by the Governor's Mansion of the Condemnation Army!" Wei Da Explain to the magistrate.

The prefect had no choice but to bow and agree.

Chapter 6 and Seven

In February, except for the civil and military places that were too far away from the capital, congratulatory forms from all over the country had been sent to the Secretary of General Affairs and Zhu Gaoxu.Behind the chair in Dongnuange, the map of Ming Dynasty hanging on the wall has a new purpose; Zhu Gaoxu drew circles on it with a Chinese ink brush according to the area of ​​He Biao.

The map was already filled with dense red circles.At first glance, it looks like a painting full of red flowers, a little rough, but very beautiful; it is in line with the scene full of spring colors at this time.

Zhu Gaoxu has already made some personnel adjustments within a short period of time after assuming the throne.In addition to the deployment of the court and military, he also ordered Cao Fu to be the eunuch of the Shangshan Supervisor; Hou Xian and Wang Jinghong were the young supervisors of the Lijian (the position of the eunuch of the Silijian was reserved for Wang Gui).