Tong Jia anecdote

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After Han Luming took office, after the house was settled, a warm sedan chair was sent to take his mother over from Tong Jiu.This is Tong Jiu's first visit. Although the house is not as big as his own, it is enough for them to live in.

"Your eldest brother has gone to the Yamen for business. I'll send the housekeeper to call him back. You can sit with me for a while." Grandma Han said gently.

"Is the aunt still used to living here?" Tong Jiu was at Grandma Han's place, drinking tea and waiting for Han Luming to come back.

"It's nothing I'm not used to, but this house is facing the street, so it's not as quiet and quiet as your garden."

Soon, Han Luming came back, and Tong Jiu got up and went with him to the study, and gave him the invitation from Yi Wangfu.

Tong Jiu drank the tea ceremony, "You are new to the officialdom in the capital, but it is useless to find a backer in such a hurry. I have a better way, which can not only make you burn the fire of the new official's appointment, but also can Let you win the appreciation of Prince Yi, but I don't know if you have the courage."

"I would like to hear the details." Han Luming also knew that it was too insignificant for him to have a relationship with Prince Yi just because of this invitation.

"Prince Yi's nephew, Yongxi Baylor, is currently openly selling his official position. This kind of thing is done by the public, and it is called donating an official. Why do you do it privately—" Tong Jiu smiled, and said, "Even if he is a Baylor, he is in your jurisdiction under the emperor's feet. If you do these deeds here, you can take him."

"You mean, let me catch Prince Yi's nephew?" Han Luming looked at Tong Jiu in surprise. Did she want to help herself or harm herself?Shaking his head, he said, "In this way, wouldn't it be a quarrel with Prince Yi's mansion?"

Tong Jiu waved his hand and said, "Whether you can tie the knot or not depends on what you do in the end. Don't worry, as long as Yiwang's mansion doesn't go to the court to impeach you. No one will stand up and talk nonsense about this matter. Think about it, Does he dare to read this book in Prince Yi's Mansion?"

In the capital, the closer one is to the clan, the more cautious one must be, Han Luming knows this.So I was a little moved, and asked, "How did you know that he was selling his official title?"

"Oh, our Huizhengsheng has a minister who came to borrow money recently, just to take care of him. Just in the past few days, you sent someone to watch. As soon as I put the money here, Yongxi will definitely go." Tong Jiu lowered his voice and said, "When the time comes, you can rush in with a few people and arrest him. But don't say why you arrested him."

"I know that." Han Luming asked, "And then?"

"Then you throw him in jail, lock him up for a day or two, and then find a reason to let him go." Tong Jiu said with a smirk, "Just say that he doesn't pay for meals, and molested the restaurant proprietress. "

Han Luming, who was in a cold sweat just now, also laughed when he heard what she said.

Tong Jiu tapped the invitation card on the table, and said seriously, "Then you will see how they treat you when you go to the Yiwang Mansion for a banquet."

Seeing that he was still indecisive, Tong Jiu said, "Don't worry, this matter is a step back. If you arrest him, Yi Wangfu will really use this book to join you. Then we also have real evidence, you As a censor who enforces the law impartially, what is your fault? At that time, if you really want something, I will ask Prince Xie to come forward to protect you."

Han Luming felt that what Tong Jiu said was feasible, so he nodded.But after thinking about it again, it's not right, and he said puzzledly, "What's your plan for helping me like this?"

"Let's put it this way, if you arrest them, the money to buy the official will be confiscated. When the time comes, if he hasn't paid me the money, he will have to give me the house." Tong Jiu crossed Erlang's legs and said, "In the long run, If you can appreciate it, you will be a first-rank official in the future, or something like a border official. Not only will the Han family feel proud, but my business will also benefit from it."

Feeling that he had said almost everything he should say, Tong Jiu got up and said goodbye, "Well, I pointed out the way for you, it depends on whether you can go or not."

"Okay, let me think about it better." Han Luming got up and saw him off.

"Brother, some opportunities are fleeting." Tong Jiu put on a big cloak, and North Korean Luming nodded, saying, "Also, as you know, Yongxi is Jilan's nephew. It's up to you to do this matter." Whether to do it, to succeed or not to succeed, is not my idea."

"Don't worry." Han Luming sent her out and assured her, "I know how powerful this is."

Tong Jiu got off the horse when he got to the gate of his house, and heard the noise on the horse, someone shouted, "You let me in, I want to see our boss."

"Where is the lunatic who is begging for food? You can see Master Jiu as soon as you want, get out!" A few people from the concierge went out and shouted at the man, but the man struggled not to leave, and got into a tussle with several servants.

"Stop!" Tong Jiu led the horse and walked over, looked at the beggar, and said, "You want to see me?"

"Boss!" The man looked at Tong Jiu for a moment, knelt on the ground and cried aggrievedly, "I'm not a beggar, let alone a lunatic, I'm Li Changyi, a guy from Dazhengchang in Baoding Prefecture, and I'm here to sue. "

"Get up, talk to me if you have something to say." Tong Jiu looked at his tattered and dirty body, his face was blue from the cold, and he was crying and making noise at the gate of the mansion, which was ugly.He told the boy on the door, "Go and find him a padded jacket, and get him some food." Then he led him into the porter's room.

At this time, potatoes were being roasted on the concierge's stove, and the room was filled with the aroma of roasted potatoes.When it was almost noon, Tong Jiu smelled the aroma and felt a little hungry, so she went to the stove and picked up a baked potato that was blackened, and poured it back and forth in her hands until it was so hot.

Hearing the loud spitting sound beside him, he turned his head to see that Li Changyi's eyes were straightened when he looked at Tuduo.Tong Jiu waved his hand and said with a smile, "Eat when you're hungry." After speaking, she pulled up a broken chair and sat by the stove to peel potatoes.

"Boss, last year when you went north to Baotou and passed by our Baoding, it was the horse I led for you." Li Changyi was so hungry that he ate the potatoes voraciously and said, "I really am My buddy of Dazhengchang Baoding, how about I recite the store rules for you."

"Okay, okay, I believe it." Tong Jiu saw that he was choked and scalded by the potatoes, and he had to recite the shop rules, bit a potato, and asked, "Since you are a buddy of Baoding, why don't you come here?" Working on the cabinet, why did you come to the capital?"

"I'm here to sue." Speaking of business, Li Changyi put down the potatoes in his hand and said, "I want to sue Yang Heixin, our number one shopkeeper."

"Who?" Tong Jiu thought for a while, and said, "You're talking about Yang Hexin, right?"

"Yes, that's him." Li Changyi said, "My brother and I entered the number as an apprentice together. After I was released as an apprentice, I was assigned to the grain and oil cabinet, and my brother was assigned to the silk cabinet. Then Yang Heixin stole the silk from the cabinet several times. Visiting the brothel, but falsely accusing my younger brother of stealing it."

As he spoke, his eyes turned red and he said, "Accordingly, if the guy who was framed before recognized him, he would be cleared of his account, but my brother was so angry that not only did he not recognize him, but also when did he steal him, one by one in front of everyone. He said it face-to-face. He became so angry that he ordered my brother Haotong to be beaten up and locked up."

"Three days later, both of us were cleared. My brother didn't know why he was injured, and he coughed up blood on the road. We were desperate at the time, knowing that Yangzhengtang was also our business, so we went to seek medical advice. The treasurer Lu of Yangzhengtang in Baoding Prefecture is a good man and took us in. However, within five days, my brother died." Speaking of this, Li Changyi burst into tears.

At first, Tong Jiu only thought it was the boy who was angry with the shopkeeper or the master, and came to complain. He never thought that, as he said, he was killed.

Throwing away the potato in his hand, he stood up from the chair, helped Li Changyi who was squatting on the ground crying, and asked in disbelief, "Is what you said true?"

"Boss, everything I said is true. My brother Zhang Lin is only seventeen this year, and he hasn't had any headaches since he was a child. He obviously died because of being beaten by them." Li Changyi knelt on the ground.

He kowtowed and cried, "At that time, I wanted to sue the yamen. But shopkeeper Lu said that because the shopkeeper said that the guy stole, the government would not face us. He said that as long as he came to the capital to find you, he would be able to ask for an explanation. Son."

"You stand up, shopkeeper Lu is right. I will definitely give you an explanation on this matter!" Tong Jiu pulled him up and promised with a frown.

Li Changyi wiped away his tears, and said, "When I arrived, shopkeeper Lu paid me the travel expenses and wrote a letter. But as soon as I left Baoding Mansion, I met a group of robbers who robbed me of the travel expenses and the letter." gone."

"It made you suffer." Tong Jiu patted him on the shoulder and said, "You stay at the mansion first, and wait for me to arrange the staff. After a day or two, you will return to Baoding with me."

"Boss, Yang Heixin, being the shopkeeper, has spoiled our business in Dazhengchang, mixed old rice into the grain, borrowed money from the cupboard, and raised two concubines." Li Changyi said, "On the cupboard. Not to mention that all the men have become slaves of his family, but also deducted our wages, everyone is outraged and dare not speak out."

"It turned against him!" Tong Jiu said angrily.

"Jiu Ye, it's time for lunch, Madam sent someone to invite you." A servant came in to announce.Tong Jiu called Shi Yousan, the chief steward of the Han Mansion, to treat Li Changyi nicely on his behalf, and then went to the back.

When he entered, Ji Lan was sitting at the dining table reading the letter, his brows were tightly furrowed.Hearing that Tong Jiu came in, he raised his eyes to look at her, and waved at her. After Tong Jiu walked over, Ji Lan touched her mouth and chin, and said, "What is this rubbing against?"

"Ah?" Tong Jiu also wiped it with his hands, but his hands were even darker, so he wiped his face instead, and said, "Oh, I just ate a baked potato at the concierge."

"Say something good about you." Seeing her naive look, Ji Lan made a smile, annoyed, and called Hong Xiao to wait on her to wash her hands and face.

When something like this happened in the class, Tong Jiu felt so full of heartache, he had no appetite and reluctantly ate some, and left the table.

After lunch, Ji Lan took the letter she had just read to Tong Jiu, and Tong Jiu glanced at the signature, it was written by Manager Lu of Yangzhengtang Baoding.The letter probably basically agrees with what Li Changyi said.After seeing it, Tong Jiu sighed, sat cross-legged on the kang, and remained silent.

Ji Lan tugged at her braid behind her back, seeing that she was still silent, she leaned over and pressed her shoulders, looked over at her, and asked, "I'm going to take a nap, are you going to sleep?"

"Yeah." Tong Jiu tilted her head, touched Ji Lan's forehead lightly, and loosened her clothes.

Ji Lan said, "You don't have to worry about this kind of thing. Didn't you already figured out a way to let Yangzhengtang, Huizhengsheng, and Dazhengchang in various places supervise each other? Now, let shopkeeper Lu lead the accountant Go check them, and it’s not too late for you to go there later.”

"Okay, when we wake up, let's repair the book and send it to Shopkeeper Lu, and send someone to deliver it quickly." Tong Jiu threw away the jacket in his hand, and said, "This knife will start from his Baoding Dazhengchang."