Sheng Shian

Shen pretended to admire and said: "Mr. Chen is smart, and I can't hide anything from you. You all know that I was transferred from the capital to Chongming. If you say that you have no intention of going back, who will believe it?"

"Look." Shen Shi quietly pointed to Liu Changze and said, "He is my former confidant, and he came here specially to inform me that there will be imperial envoys coming to visit in a few days. , the total is only more than 100 taels of silver, if it is found out and divided equally, how much is left..."

Zhang Lichang has been a coward for a long time, and when he heard that Qian was still moving, he said, "Master Shen, don't worry, we will never spread the word about this matter!"

Shen Shi cupped his hands and said: "The head of the village is righteous! Chongming has more than a dozen villages, big and small, and I have more than enough energy, so I can only ask the three most respected village heads in Chongming to help me and cover up for my younger brother a few times. "

This high hat is also worn, and there are good reasons. Everyone is entangled for profit, and that is a grasshopper on a rope.

Chen Lichang listened to his heart's content, took the money bag, patted Shen Shi heavily on the shoulder and said: "Take people's money and help them eliminate disasters, Master Shen, we will do it."

Hearing that he was well-calculated and that he was definitely not someone in the pool, Li Chang flattered him, "I will be rich and honored in the future, and I hope Master Shen remembers his brothers."

The three village chiefs were thinking about things, and they didn't have any mood to soak up. They got up and put on their clothes. Shen bowed and said: "The kindness of dripping water should be repaid by the spring. You all help today, and Shen will remember it in his heart!"

"Then wait for Master Shen to make his way to the top." Everyone greeted and left.

The bamboo house was empty, and before Shen Shi got up to change his clothes, he saw Liu Changze, who had always had nothing to do with himself, stood up and walked out with his clothes in the wind.He stopped when passing by Shen Shi.

I saw that his lapel was soaked loosely in the pool, revealing a section of fragrant shoulders, with the red marks that Chen Lichang had just photographed on it, and a clear spring filled in the hollow of his collarbone...

The tip of Liu Changze's tongue pressed against his palate.

He turned his head and let out a snort, and said forcefully: "Divide forces, sow discord, you are really a good student of the Grand Tutor."

Then, he pushed open the bamboo door.

Shen Shi: "..."

What's the matter with the Grand Tutor, why is Liu Changze acting weird.

Shen Shi was wearing his belt, and suddenly remembered the last hug he had with Liu Changze before he died, what he said - you will always be my most proud student.

"Could it be that you're jealous..." Shen Shi muttered narcissistically, "I'm so talented, so it's my fault..."

The chiefs of the villages in Chongming wantonly occupied the salt mines, the officials and bandits colluded, and there was a nest of snakes and rats. It is nonsense to arrest such a few people as the government officials, and they can only divide their interest groups first.

Chen, Zhang, and Kong are the three most rampant villages. If they stop, the other small villages will be in panic all day long, and they will be the first to lose their positions.

Shen pinched his fingers and thought about it. It had been three days before he ran over kindly and said, "Master, just now the head of the Wu family also came and asked when the master is free. He set up a table and waited for the master to come."

Shen Shi polished Hui Mo and asked, "How do you answer?"

"I still say that the master is caught in the wind and cold, so it is inconvenient to meet guests." Sheng Yi said anxiously: "Master, half of the seven-day appointment has passed, and you still stay in the mansion and do not go out. If this is not possible, is it true that the Marquis is right?" It's going to kill you..."

Shen was indifferent, he picked up a bamboo pen and sketched on the paper: "How is the situation outside?"

"What else can I do, come to the government office with a different face, and think that no one knows them. Why did the master say that after you chatted with Chen, Zhang, and Kong Sanli that day, they suddenly cracked down, I'll go Ask what the crackdown is, but everyone keeps silent..." Sheng Yi frowned.

Shen Shi still buried his head on the paper and asked: "Is there any village that hasn't come to explore the wind?"

"Basically they all came. There were two small villages that didn't come, and they sent people outside to investigate." The more Sheng Yi thought about it, the more worried he became. After being together for a few months, he liked Shen Shiye quite a bit, so he rushed to grab Shen Shiye's pen and said. : "Master, stop writing, it's really too late!"

Shen Shi raised the pen high, and a drop of ink landed on his face. He wiped it away casually with his hand, and said strategically, "Don't make trouble, let me finish the last stroke... this matter will be settled." gone."

"Cheating ghosts! The master says that every time, but in the end he is drawing circles..." Sheng Yi snatched the paper, took a closer look, and opened his eyes wide: "A reward?! 100 taels!!! Master, are you corrupt!!!"

"What nonsense, it's all saved from the trial in the warehouse." Shen Shi took it amusedly, put down the last stroke, and stamped it with the official seal.He also took out a box of small circles from under his feet, with simple landscape paintings inside: "Take it and post it, I will write a few more copies, and you can send them to each village. The bigger the noise, the better!"

Good intentions waited for so many days and finally there was a movement, the pace was as fast as lightning, Xu Xiancheng took the policeman Zhang to the warehouse with the evidence, as if seeing a light orange-pink glow, Xu Xiancheng rubbed his eyes : "Am I old and dizzy?"

Zhang quickly mumbled, "I seem to have seen double images too..."

Kindly turned around and grabbed Inspector Zhang quickly, carried him to the gate of the yamen, kicked his ass, and forced him to yell loudly: "The magistrate has ordered, come and see! One hundred taels of silver, everyone has a share , come and see!"

There were a few people on the road waiting for the opportunity to spy on the Chongming Mansion, and within a moment, a circle of people surrounded them, and there was a notice posted on the notice board:

The Chongming mining tyrant has done evil, oppressed the people, and is lawless!Now, for the determination of the Biaofu government to eradicate the cancer, a huge reward is offered!From now on, anyone who catches a mine bully and sends it to the government will be rewarded with a landscape ticket. Three days later, the ranking will be based on the number of votes:

No.1200 taels of silver

No.2100 taels of silver

No.350 taels of silver

Kindly recited it with internal strength, Kong Gu echoed it, took out the landscape ticket in his hand, and patted the box: "Don't miss this opportunity! Time will never come again!"

Most of the people in Chongming are farmers who speak their local dialect. Since they are afraid that everyone will not be able to understand them, they push the policeman to say in their local dialect: "Big guy, go catch the mine tyrant, and if you catch one, you will be given a landscape ticket! Get it to the government office at noon three days later." , the person with the most votes will get 200 taels of silver, and so on!"

Others may not understand, but everyone understands the 200 taels of silver. The discussion was loud, and someone in the crowd shouted: "What if someone makes a counterfeit ticket!"

"Shenzhi County is the champion of the new discipline handpicked by the emperor. Let me see who has the ability to imitate his landscape painting!" Sneaking coldly, he stretched out a jade finger, tapped the tree next to the notice board, and See, the gloomy old tree suddenly withered its leaves, leaving only withered leaves.

He shouted again: "There are counterfeit tickets, such a tree!"

Seeing the green leaves in that place, everyone shuddered, and then became very passionate, that is to say, everyone could get the hundred taels of silver! ! !So they formed cliques, their fighting spirit was high, and an anti-triad craze was set off!

Seeing this situation, the other small villages thought that the three headmen had already passed through Shen Zhi County, got the news in advance, and started to take action, and they all resented and refused to communicate with them.

The three village chiefs couldn't argue with each other, knowing that it was a calculation by Shen, but they were reluctant to part with the 50 taels of silver that they would get in two days, and the huge amount of money offered as a reward.For a while, internal and external troubles and disputes arose. The protective umbrella of the bullies in the past has become a gun to take their heads straight!

Shen Shi's Hui ink was almost finished, and he turned the last bit with distress. This ink was obtained by him from the Imperial Academy. Can a scholar be called stealing when doing things!

With peace of mind, he dipped his ink and drew a Huashan sunrise.

Lord Liu Hou passed by, smelled the fragrance of ink, turned and went into the study, but Shen Shi was obsessed with painting, so he didn't notice him.

He had never seen Mount Hua, so he sketched it at random based on the description of Xu Xiake's travel notes in his mind. When he reached the "shape like a tortoise and a crane", he hesitated to turn the end of the pen with two fingers, and the ink splashed out.

Shen Shi looked along the dots of ink, and saw a person with red eyes and bulging veins on his forehead, Shen Shi asked with some doubts, "Master Liu is looking for an official?"

Liu Changze said with a trembling voice, "You used Hui ink."

Shen Shi couldn't help turning his pen around again, and said proudly: "That must be done. Observe the mountains and rivers up and down, and taste the humanities left and right. Using Hui ink is the integrity of a literati!"

Liu Changze stared at the ink marks on his face from a distance, as if looking at someone through him.

Tai Tu likes to turn pens, only he knows.

Because turning the pen will accidentally splatter the ink everywhere, the Taifu pays great attention to his image as a teacher, and always restrains himself. When he can't help it, he will tap the inkstone with the end of the pen twice, only two times, too much is not enough ya habit.

He often rejoices in this little secret, but now it is no longer his secret.

He remembers first discovering it when he was 12 years old, hiding by a paper window and digging a hole.He saw Taifu twirling a brush that was not stained with ink, his five fingers dancing back and forth like butterflies, and the brush was wrapped around his hand as if it were alive, and he would not let it go.

He envied that pen very much, not knowing why.

He was too close, and his shadow was cast on the window, and was caught by the Tai Tuo.

Taifu put away the brush in a panic, changed to a purple bamboo brush with ink on it and said, "Is it Nagasawa? It's cold outside, come in."

He's not cold, but he wants to come in.

The pear blossoms in April fell from the branches and fell gently on his hands, white and soft. He put the flowers on his fingertips and moved them up and down. The flowers did not stick to him, but fell to the ground.

He narrowed his eyes and rolled his feet up.

When the Taifu saw him, he coughed lightly to cover it up, a faint blush appeared on his long-term white to transparent cheeks.

He said in a strange way: "What kind of ink does the Taifu use, it is so fragrant."

The Taifu's focus was shifted, and he returned to his usual inviolable posture. He said, "It's Hui ink, can Nagasawa write Hui characters?"

He would, so he shook his head and said, "No."

Taifu laughed softly, asked him to come behind the desk, took his hand and wrote the word "Hui", saying: "Look at this word, look at the mountains and rivers up and down, and appreciate humanities left and right. Using Hui ink is the integrity of a literati!"

He said, "Remember."

Remember the Tai Tuo's hands, dry with a hint of coolness.

......

Liu Changze suddenly pressed Shen Shi's hand.

It was so hot it was about to burn him.

His eyelashes trembled slightly, and with a steady hand, he pressed hard on the end of the pen, and there was a "click", and the tip and tip of the pen fell on the desk, blackening the painting.

He said in a deep voice, "Don't change your pen again in the future."