Drunk Qingqiu

Suzhou Salt Transport Envoy Si Yun Tongfu, East Kuayuan.

Hongmei is wearing a plain dress that is old and not old, with a simple jasper hairpin on her hair.The palm-sized face was slightly pale, and his watery eyes were full of melancholy, and he was taking care of Yuntong Li En's clothes with his own hands.

The political situation in Jiangnan has been turbulent these past few days, and Li En is deeply disturbed.Unexpectedly, in the end, a lot of officials were dismissed, and even the governor of Jiangsu who helped him come to Suzhou was suspended. However, because he was newly appointed, he had to deal with money these days, so he was not pushed out.

Li En put his hanging heart back into his stomach, and then he became interested to take care of other things. He reached out to hold Hongmei Bainen's little hand, and said with a smile: "I'm busy these days, so I don't spend much time with you. I'll take you to the silver building later." Go buy some jewelry, and make two more clothes when you have time. Look at this pitiful appearance, others are stingy and treated you harshly."

Hongmei raised her eyes to look at him faintly, and said in a soft voice: "Master, please save some time, otherwise the grandma will beat the concubine again. The grandma said long ago that when the master first came to work, There are many places to spend money, so let us not be picky. The monthly payment has also been reduced, and the daily meals are only two or three vegetarian dishes." After speaking, his eyes turned to the dining table beside him.

Li En naturally knew that his family would not be short of money to reach this level of land, and it was obvious that Mrs. Liu was secretly embarrassing her beloved Hongmei.

His face darkened, he touched Hongmei's face distressedly, and said, "I'll have someone talk to Mrs. Liu in a while, and tomorrow, let's return your monthly money and supplies to the original ones. Let's go, Grandpa." Let me take you out for a walk today."

At that moment, Hongmei changed her clothes, and with a smile on her face, she followed Li En out of the house with a smile on her face.

Another concubine of Li En's had already come here to report the news to Mrs. Liu, the main house. Mrs. Liu gritted her teeth resentfully, and spat: "Hmph, a bitch who can't stand on the stage really thinks of himself as the owner of the Suofu The eldest lady is not successful. There are not ten people sent out from Suofu each year, but there are eight, who dare to push their noses on their faces—"

"Grandma's words are very true. That little hoof can't do anything else, but he is used to coaxing the master. He has no shame at all. He really thinks that there is no family law in this house!" The concubine secretly glanced at Mrs. Liu. With a wink, he was happy to add fuel to the side.

Liu's complexion changed, and a stern look flashed in his eyes.After the little concubine twisted her waist and left, the girl in the room brought hot tea and said in a low voice: "Grandma, don't listen to Aunt Qin, our Liu family is no better than before."

"Hmph, if my father hadn't been dismissed, how could I have tolerated that bitch's tricks in front of me!" Mrs. Liu slapped the table and said sharply.At the end, she coughed, and the girl hurriedly walked behind her and beat her lightly.

"Men don't like the new and hate the old. There is no good thing. Li En's fortune was obtained by my father after begging the governor of Jiangsu, Mr. Yan. Unexpectedly, he brought a concubine in after a few days. My father was just dismissed. He just put on a face for me, thinking that there is no one in our Liu family!"

The girl looked at Mrs. Liu, hesitated to speak.

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After hearing the report from his subordinates, Yinzhen nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Since Brother Nine is in a hurry, we can only divide into two groups. Lin Yu, you take the people away first, and secretly escort Xiaojiu to Beijing."

"Yes." Lin Yu had changed into ordinary people's clothes, and disappeared outside the door in a flash.

Yinzhen's trip to the south of the Yangtze River is completely different from the last time. When he went to the south of the Yangtze River, he couldn't worry for a moment because of the disaster-stricken people waiting for him. When he came back, he received an urgent letter.

The cicadas sing in July, high and low, tirelessly.He Yuzhu looked at the almost untouched food on the table, and put the tea in his hand on the table by the window.Seeing that Yinzhen had her eyes closed, she persuaded her, "Master, why don't you go to bed? You haven't rested for two days because of things in Beijing. No matter how anxious you are, please put your health first."

Yinzhen sat in front of the window, the wind blowing in was full of heat, but he didn't seem to notice it.After hearing He Yuzhu's words, Yinzhen said in a low voice: "Heavy? Compared with dozens of lives, what is heavy... It's all my fault, this is my crime!" Later, he was talking to himself.

He Yuzhu knelt on the ground with a plop when he heard the words, his voice was choked with sobs: "Master, it was a natural disaster when the caravan headed to the border of Oros encountered a plague, so what did you do? It's absolutely not your fault. Even if you really want to count these things, you saved the slave's life, and Mr. Su Yangsu, Guan Lin cares, the Yang family and Xiaohu who are on the boat now, and even millions of victims in the south of the Yangtze River...you have saved and helped Aren't there far more people than those people?"

Yinzhen raised his eyes and saw He Yuzhu kneeling at his feet, looked at his eyes full of anxiety, and said, "Get up first, I saved you, where did you start?"

He Yuzhu refused to get up, but just raised his head, choked up and said: "Master, when the slave just entered the palace, he would be praised by the chief eunuch. Those big eunuchs ran over me and picked a wrong place to beat the slave. At that time, I was young, Those [-] big boards killed the slave. You passed by to save the slave. You also reprimanded a few eunuchs and asked people to give the slave medicine. This may be a trivial matter for the master, but it is always remembered by the slave. Yu Xin, never forget it. One year later, when you came to choose a personal eunuch, the servant was so excited that he didn’t dare to visit you. Hearing you ask who is willing to serve, the servant dared to come out.”

Yinzhen couldn't help smiling wryly, this person was probably saved by the former Ninth Brother, but he didn't expect that he, who wanted to change the fate of the Baye Party, had to rely on the good relationship left by the former Ninth Brother to relieve his heart.

However, He Yuzhu recalled when he first entered the palace, he came to rescue his ninth brother, with a golden crown and embroidered clothes, elegant and elegant, really the first noble person he had ever seen.Even Yinzhen's companions and eunuchs and maids surrounded by her were full of arrogance and extravagance.He didn't feel any pain at the moment, he was dumbfounded, and after Yinzhen threw him a few golden nudes, the same group of people walked away talking and laughing, only then did he remember that he hadn't thanked him.

At that time, the only thought was that it would be such a blessing to be able to work beside this little master.Unexpectedly, one year later, not only did her wish come true, but she also became the first person around Yinzhen who was able to use her.

Yinzhen sighed, and after reading the accounts for a long time, he only felt that his body was getting heavy, his head hurt and his eyes were swollen.What He Yuzhu said was right, if he fell down now, there would be no one to clean up the mess in Beijing, so he asked someone to clean up the table and rested.

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Jiahui took people to tidy up the nine elder brother's house. Even though something happened to the caravan just now, she still felt happy and at ease when Yinzhen returned to Beijing.When Yinzhen entered the second gate, he saw Jiahui leading a group of people to meet him.Hongjia Douding tilted his head and looked at it for a while, hesitated for a moment, then got down from the nurse's arms, gave a demonstrative glance at Xiaohu behind Yinzhen, ran over and raised his short arms, and ordered: "Ah Ma, hug."

Yinzhen's tense face relaxed a little, and Hongjia also looked familiar to start acting like a baby, whimpering like a small animal while asking her Ama to kiss her.When Yinzhen was holding his son, he didn't have the image of a strict father at all.After Yinzhen had finished coaxing Hongjia, she smiled and said to Jiahui: "It's under the sun, take care of the heat, and come into the house."

Jiahui smiled, glanced at Yang Shi who followed Yinzhen back to the capital, waved the crowd to disperse, turned around and went back to the house with Yinzhen.Yinzhen asked about the affairs of the family, and told about the situation of Yang Shi and Xiaohu, and asked Jiahui to take care of the arrangements.Finally, I asked Jiahui not to be too busy.

Jiahui pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Master, I'm so tired, there are Chuyun and Ding Lan in the left and right houses to help, and there are Yuzhu Yuxiu. I just take care of trivial matters on weekdays, and take Hongjia to Erniang to say hello That's all. The tenth younger siblings always envy the eighth sister-in-law and me—" Jiahui suddenly thought that what the tenth younger siblings envied was that there were no concubines in her house. It was inappropriate to say this in front of Yinzhen, so she changed her mouth: "My lord is always Running around, the journey was hard. The day before yesterday, the eighth uncle and the tenth uncle sent people to say hello to them when the master came back."

Yinzhen nodded and said, "I'll take a bath and freshen up first, and go to the palace to pay my respects to Er Niang, and see my starling and tenth younger brother later." When I came back from a business trip, I should have greeted Kangxi first, but at the end of May, Kangxi had already brought The princes toured outside the Great Wall, saving him a step.

The empress dowager went north with the holy car, and Kangxi naturally passed on the fifth elder brother who grew up with the empress dowager as a follower.Although Concubine Yi is now the main concubine in the harem, she is very favored in front of Kangxi and the Empress Dowager, but her two sons are not in front of her, so she is still lonely.Seeing Yinzhen, Concubine Yi was naturally beaming and kept him for dinner.Ordering people to set out the dishes, Concubine Yi cheered up and called Xiuyun to bring wine.

Because Yinzhen had something on his mind, he still had to see Yinhu and Yinyu at night, although he didn't dare to show it on his face, he didn't dare to drink too much, so he just stayed by the side.Concubine Yi drank a few cups, asked about Yinzhen's body, and talked about trivial matters in Guo Luoluo's residence.Qingyu is now an imperial guard, Wenyu is in the Imperial College, and so on.When it comes to Hongjia, he is full of praise.

Speaking of this, Concubine Yi looked at Yinzhen serving soup for her, and said seriously: "Xiao Jiu, after all, there are fewer people in your house. It's better to have Hongjia in front, but if Jiahui has nothing to do in the future, your emperor Ah Ma will point someone at your house." Concubine Yi knew what Yinzhen was thinking, although she was not picky about that gentle daughter-in-law, she was also secretly worried about Yinzhen's weak heirs, so she couldn't help pointing a few words.

Yinzhen frowned, then smiled and said, "Emiang, it's not Jiahui's problem, it's the son's problem. Originally, I thought that having too many children would be too noisy, so I never let Jiahui get pregnant again." This is true, Yinzhen doesn't want to have any more My child, the number of times I go to Jiahui's house has decreased, and I have passed the safe period.One is that Jiahui is still too young after all, and the other is that it is uncertain what will happen in the future, but Hongjia is enough for my son.

Concubine Yi shook her head and sighed: "What are you thinking, no need for us to worry about you."

Yinzhen pleaded guilty, but refused to change his words.Concubine Yi thought that she would have time to persuade Yinzhen in the future, so she didn't mention it anymore.

Waiting for Yinzhen to accompany her to talk for half a day, she hurried out of the palace before the key was dropped at the palace gate.Xiao Xi, who was in front of Brother Ten, came over to say hello, saying that his master and Ba Ye were waiting in Baiwei.

Arriving at Baiweiju Yajian, Yinzhen was also a little excited when she saw Yinhu and Yinyu who hadn't seen each other for two months.Yinhu has not changed, she still likes to wear white clothes, the smile on her face is much gentler when she sees Yinhu, and Yinhu seems to be taller and stronger again.

"Ninth brother, you are back." Yinyu got up and pulled Yintang into the table, and said: "The case in Jiangnan is almost over. Myna has established a lot of connections for you in Beijing. After all, Yan Chengyou is from Prince Kang Chuntai. Chun Tai has a stubborn temper again. Fortunately, there is a starling, Prince Kang, not only did he not blame the ninth brother in the end, but also became close to the starling."

Yinhu was stunned, but he didn't expect that his unconscious actions would also push Yinhu to form a clique in the capital, and the eyes he looked at Yinhu couldn't help but become more complicated.But where is the blame, Yinhu obviously just wanted to help him.

Yinhu saw Yinhu's expression, smiled lightly, and said gently: "Xiao Jiu, I heard that something happened to your business, do you want us to help?"

Yinyu didn't care about Xie Yinhu, thought of the caravan, smiled, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yes, when the people under me were escorting things to Kulun, they encountered a plague on the way, and they all died. The rest is just arranging family and business affairs, but no one can help with this." Speaking of this, Yinzhen felt depressed, and since he had nothing else to do at night, he reached out for the wine glass and drank it.

Yinyu frowned, while Yinhu raised his eyebrows, looked at Yintang's face, and said: "For business matters, although neither of us can help you, you can give us some ideas if you talk to us. You often walk by the river without getting your shoes wet. I'm afraid you're used to smooth sailing in business, so you won't be able to bear this setback."

Yinzhen's face has always been pale, but after drinking a few glasses of wine today, it turned red, almost more beautiful than peach blossoms.Hearing Yinhu's words, the raised phoenix eyes flashed, and he said: "Brother, brother, I am not a person who can't help things, so why should I be afraid of such setbacks. Money is a trivial matter, but it is about human life, and I am so worried about it." It's hard."

Yinyu snatched Yintang's cup, handed the hot tea that Xiaoxi handed over to him, and said, "Ninth brother, you are a bodhisattva, so you are the one who created this plague? The servant of your family , It is their duty and blessing to die because of you. There is no reason why the tired master feels uneasy, besides, what is the use of you being miserable now, can those people still live?"

Yinhu listened to the general idea, and also knew Yintang's heart disease, thought for a while, and said: "Old Ten is right, no matter how uncomfortable you are now, it won't help. What you can do now is to treat their family members kindly. If each household gives more money, they must be happy." After a pause, he continued: "The Buddha said that karma is retribution, everyone has a destiny, and this matter cannot be blamed on you alone. If you are really sorry, the starling is willing to represent you. If you fast for a year, if there is a theory of karma, if God punishes the ninth brother, the eighth brother will also be willing to bear it for you."

Yinzhen listened to the two talking in a daze, knowing that they were trying their best to explain themselves.But the two of them didn't know that they just valued life too much, they were like this, and others were like that, not because they were afraid of karma.

His heart was still very moved, and he said: "Brother, tenth brother, don't worry about me, I know this." But Yinhu's words reminded him of the words of the eminent monk who went to Qianfo Temple with Yinzhen that day: "The little benefactor's face is dull, and he is entangled in killing and evil. It is not a blessing, and I am afraid that his blessing will be short and his life will be short."

Could it be that the monk learned from what he said?

Yinhu smiled, and didn't stop persuading him, he stretched out his hand to help Yinhu and said, "Ninth brother just came back, he must be tired. Now that he's drunk again, let's go back and rest early." Go to the sedan chair outside Baiweiju, and send Yinzhen back to Jiu Age's mansion.

On the second day, Nine Brothers Mansion, study room.

You Yifan knelt in front of Yinzhen, lowered his head, and said for a long while, "Jiu Ye, it's because the slave didn't do his job well that he caused such a disaster—"

Yinzhen stroked his forehead and waved his hand, "Stop talking, haven't you asked me for everything. It's none of your business."

You Yifan's eyes became hot, others didn't understand, but he knew it better.This time, none of the more than a hundred people in the caravan was alive, and the large number of goods they brought to the Eros caravan were worth nearly 30 taels.This is to cover the payment for the goods shipped back from Eros last time. This money is not a small amount, and it cannot be delayed.

"Yifan, go to a big bank in the capital and find a way to borrow 30 taels of silver back." Yinzhen's haggard appearance made You Yifan secretly anxious.

He asked cautiously: "Jiu Ye, we made up our own shop, why can't we get these?"

"When I went to Jiangnan, I brought 50 taels, and I left some of it for Guan Lin, and Su Yang took the rest to Guangzhou to find some suitable business. I think, when people get there, Su Yang will probably be left. There's no money left." Yinzhen said, with helplessness in his eyes.Since he was a child, it was the first time that he was so short of money.