Daoist Lin sister [Red House]

As mentioned above, by coincidence, one of Lin Ruhai's official boots flew obliquely in front of Zhizhou Tu Guangwen, right between him and Lin Ruhai.

Official boots, mud.

Just when Tu Guangwen was thinking hard whether to pick it up or not, a middle-aged man wearing a magistrate's official robe suddenly jumped out from behind him, a middle-aged man with fat brains and greasy hair.

Because the man was running too fast just now, the skirt of his official robe was opened wide, revealing a corner of the crimson belly pocket in his underwear.

The man didn't notice it, and without thinking about it, he knelt down on his knees, picked up Lin Ruhai's official boots and robe with both hands, and wiped them lightly.Just like that, afraid that it would not be clean, he took out the towel in his arms, wiped the inside of the boots carefully, put it to his mouth and blew the dust, sniffed hard with his nose, and put it on his face. It is very comfortable, smells good in every way, and enjoys all kinds of expressions...

Lin Ruhai was so disgusted that he vomited out the last night's meal.

Even the scribe who Lin Ruhai picked up halfway couldn't help showing disdain when he saw this man.

However, this man remained calm and composed, holding up Lin Ruhai's official boots with both hands, and said solemnly: "My lord imperial envoy, your official boots have been wiped clean by me. I apologize, please allow me to put them on for you personally." superior."

But Lin Ruhai didn't even look at him, and only said to Tu Guangwen, "You are Tu Guangwen, the governor of Ping'an Prefecture."

Tu Guangwen bowed and replied, "It's the next official."

"Do you know why this imperial envoy came here?" Lin Ruhai asked again.

"The imperial envoy was ordered by my emperor to come to check the details of the snow disaster in Ping'an Prefecture and provide relief." Tu Guangwen replied honestly.

"Oh, you know quite well." Lin Ruhai rolled his eyes, as if he saw the fat magistrate kneeling on the ground at this moment, raised his foot lightly, pointed at the man with his toes, and asked Tu Guangwen, "Who is he?" But who is it?"

Tu Guangwen hurriedly replied: "It is the magistrate of Pinganzhou City, Qu Guangshi."

When Qu Guangshi heard Lin Ruhai asked his name, he thought he was flattering him, so he hurriedly took two steps, holding his official boots, and wanted to put them on for Lin Ruhai himself.

Unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai turned around suddenly, and said sharply, "Don't be that Qu Guangshi, do you have any objections to this imperial envoy? How dare you come to meet him in such a dirty official uniform? Are you disrespectful to this imperial envoy or are you daring to disrespect this imperial envoy?" Is my emperor disrespectful?"

Refractor was so frightened by Lin Ruhai's sudden change of face that his thighs softened and he sat down on the muddy ground.

Behind him, Tu Guangwen and other officials, big and small, were also stunned. No one expected that Lin Ruhai would make such a statement!

Obviously, it was Lin Ruhai who kicked off his official boots and insisted on giving Tu Guangwen a blow.

In order to please the two superiors, Qu Guangshi took the initiative to save Tu Guangwen from the siege, willing himself to be humble, and personally wiped Lin Ruhai's boots with his official robe.How could he turn around, and the imperial envoy would deny his relatives and beat him up?

That Qu Guangshi didn't know whether he was pretending or genuinely frightened, lost his sense of control, when he heard Lin Ruhai's accusation, he didn't bother to argue, and hurriedly took off his official robe in public, hung it on his arm, turned around and charged at him. The county official said: "Then who, hurry, go to the government office and get a clean official uniform for me."

The magistrate who was pointed by his finger looked at him with a strange expression, not only saying nothing, but also motionless.

This Qu Guangshi is the magistrate of Ping'an City, the son-in-law of General Ke Zhuoke in the yamen where Daiyu and others are staying, and he is usually used to displaying official authority.Seeing that the little county magistrate dared not to take his words seriously, his brows were erected, his triangular eyes stared up, his face was slapped, and he was about to curse.

It was Tu Guangwen who spoke in support of the county magistrate, "Prefect Qu, hide your inner clothes."

Tu Guangwen was Qu Guangshi's immediate boss, and the two of them had many private transactions that were not visible. Even the most favored concubine in Tu Guangwen's backyard was a gift from Qu Guangshi.Hearing this, Qu Guangshi hurriedly looked down, only to realize that he had undressed in such a hurry just now that he hadn't noticed to untie the belt of his inner garment.

The crimson bellyband of Xiao Taohong, the concubine in the mansion, that he was wearing next to his body, shining brightly in front of all his colleagues with his fat body!

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Qu Guangshi was also a Jinshi at any rate, how could he stand up for such a big draw under the watchful eyes of everyone?He suddenly covered his face with his official uniform, as if running fast.

Before hiding his face and retreating, Qu Guangshi did not forget to give Lin Ruhai's official boots to the clerk standing beside him.

The clerk held his official boots and looked left and right, not knowing what to do for a while.

Lin Ruhai hooked his fingers at him.

The clerk rushed forward to help Lin Ruhai put on his boots, but Lin Ruhai waved his hand and refused.

"This—" the scribe asked in a low voice.If you don't want him to wear it, is it possible——

The scribe turned to look at Tu Guangwen.

Sure enough, Tu Guangwen had already raised the corner of his mouth, and was about to step forward with a bow.

Lin Ruhai suddenly took the boot, put it on his right foot lightly, and stepped down from the sedan chair.

Tu Guangwen, who was hunched over as if to put on Lin Ruhai's boots: ...

"Oh, it's a big day today! Tuzhizhou, I'm an imperial envoy to provide disaster relief. Now that I've arrived in Ping'an Prefecture, the first thing to do is to inspect the disaster situation. Let Tuzhizhou lead the way!" Lin Ruhai exaggeratedly raised his hand. Cover the sun with your hands.

The rest of the officials of Ping'an Prefecture looked at the sun with only a ray above their heads and Lin Ruhai's beautiful white skin, the corners of their eyes twitched at the same time - it really is the jade-faced five evil officials!

But no one dared to speak nonsense.

Qu Guangshi learned from the past first, and Tu Guangwen was humiliated for no reason. As the saying goes, it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain.The imperial envoy had the words "I am a corrupt official" in big letters on his forehead, and this group of snakes and rats were on the contrary.

Tu Guangwen was not as easy to deceive as his group of incompetent men.

Tu Guangwen had heard of Lin Ruhai's name a long time ago, and knew that he was the confidant of the Holy One.In the past, Lin Ruhai had been a patrolling censor for so long.The boundaries of Jinling have been turned upside down several times, but he, the big "corrupt official" on the fattest job, is unshakable and has nothing to do.

Later, it was still intact and returned to Beijing by order.First, he married the current Princess Gaoyang with great fanfare, and later, double happiness came to his family, and he was promoted several ranks to become the servant of the official department; Meng Yongyu, the eldest son of Yumian, the little prince, has become Lin Ruhai's future son-in-law.

How could such a person be as vulgar, arrogant, and arrogant as he is now?

Tu Guangwen had his own calculations, no matter how much Lin Ruhai humiliated him, he just remained calm, and hurriedly replied: "Please come with the imperial envoy." Then, he led the way in front of him and took Lin Ruhai to inspect the city of Ping'anzhou .

It is different from when Daiyu and others first entered the city, there was a soldier every three steps at the gate of the city, and the guards were heavily guarded.Now that the city gate of Ping'an Prefecture is wide open, passers-by in ragged clothes pass by from time to time.At the foot of the city wall, there are still many beggars lying or standing with broken bowls and basins.

When Lin Ruhai passed by these people, he leaned down to talk to them in order to express his closeness to the people.Ask carefully where they are from?But because of the snowstorm, it ended up in such a field?

The beggars and refugees also responded freely, talking about how fierce the blizzard was, and how many farmers they had eaten when the locusts came. It was so dark and dense like clouds, scaring the children in the village to cry all night, and so on.The sound was vivid, Lin Ruhai felt as if he saw it with his own eyes after listening to it.

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai's complexion was heavy, and he squeezed out two tears from his eyes with difficulty. He held a white-haired old man who looked like seven or eighty years old. Your Majesty knows all about your sufferings, and takes them all into his heart. He even specially sent this imperial envoy to deliver food and cotton clothes to you to help you survive natural disasters. Don’t worry, the court will definitely not let you die from cold and hunger. die!"

As Lin Ruhai said, he stood up and waved his hand, very heroically.

The beggars and disaster victims who hadn't eaten for many days suddenly straightened up and clapped their hands, shouting Long live Long En!

For a moment, the scene at the gate of the city was so moving that all the officials of Ping'an Prefecture could not help but burst into tears, and secretly wiped their faces with their sleeves.

Tu Guangwen took the lead, wishing he could compose a poem on the spot, thanking the great grace of the saints, and thanking Lin Ruhai for his timely relief.

But, in fact, Lin Ruhai hasn't even entered the gate of Ping'an Prefecture City yet.

The clerk, who had been squeezed to the base of the wall by officials big and small, lowered his head desperately and clenched his fists to force himself not to laugh.

His name is Ma Bian, and he was originally a shabby household in a small county on the outskirts of Beijing.Because he was used to making the county magistrate happy, he changed from an idle, idle, and sneaky gangster in the county to a clerk in the yamen.

It also caught up with Lin Ruhai's order to provide disaster relief, passing by their county seat, and for a while there was a lack of a knife and pen officer by his side, so the county magistrate gave it to Lin Ruhai.Unfortunately, Lin Ruhai also accepted him.

This horse is originally because he is the leader of the sycophant, the elite among the dog legs, the leader who opened his eyes and told lies, and the general with a wolf's heart! Now, after seeing the big world, I know all kinds of things he used to do, but he is so small that he is not worth it. carry.

From Lin Ruhai to Tu Guangwen to the officials in Ping'an Prefecture, they all taught Ma Bian a lesson.

However, in fact, Ma Bian was still wrong.

When Lin Ruhai leaned over to talk to those beggars and refugees, he sniffed them quietly, and they didn't have any bad smell on them.They also specifically picked out an old man who was the oldest, the dirtiest looking, and could not live for a few days for questioning.

Unexpectedly, this old man is not only deaf and deaf, but also calm and answering questions fluently.

Lin Ruhai reached out to shake his hand.The hand is warm and smooth, not to mention the hand of a 80-40-year-old man, even a farmer who is in his prime but needs to work in the fields all day long. His palm will never be so smooth!

It can be seen that the group of people at the gate of the city are by no means disaster-stricken people or victims of disasters wandering and begging.

Lin Ruhai knew it in his mind, so it would be convenient for him to sing a big show!

Only Tu Guangwen fully believed that his confidant, Refractor under the tree, was a man of real ability, and entrusted him with all the pretense and deception.He was even more self-confident, and would never bow his head to say a word to these lowly people, so he really thought that everything was perfect, and he had already deceived Lin Ruhai.

If, if Tu Guangwen was willing to lower his head and talk to these "actors" prepared by Refractor, with just one word, he would surely find that these actors were too full of air in their speech, their bodies were too clean, and their smell was too good A little bit, the skin is too smooth...

There are some, only some, but they are already full of loopholes.

It's a pity that he didn't bow his head; it's a pity that he didn't realize it.

Lin Ruhai followed Tu Guangwen into the city again.

At this time, the scene in the city was also different from when Daiyu came.

Although it is still empty, there are many collapsed houses on the road facing the street.Restaurants and inns have been turned into charitable halls and porridge shops, and some soldiers are giving out rice porridge in thin soup mixed with sand.

There were also victims wrapped in torn cotton wool struggling to crawl on the ground. Looking carefully, those people were really swollen and had frostbite everywhere.

The most frightening thing was that a middle-aged man crawled out of an alley in the distance.Both legs of the man were severed, and he supported the remnant body with both hands, and crawled towards Lin Ruhai. His eyes were bloodshot and his lips were wide open, but he could only make a strange sound of "ummmahahahah".

When Lin Ruhai saw it, his heart was quite shaken.Knowing that many of the disaster victims in front of me are [-]% to [-]% fake, but even if this middle-aged man is not a disaster victim, he must have something else to tell him.

Lin Ruhai deliberately pretended to be very concerned, and Yaoyao waved at the man with the broken leg: "That man, you, do you have something to say to the imperial envoy?"

Tu Guangwen and the others who were leading Lin Ruhai to the porridge shop suddenly changed their faces when they heard that she wanted to see the middle-aged man.

Tu Guangwen even put away the smile on his face, uncharacteristically, turned his head and glared fiercely at Qu Guangshi, who had changed into a brand new official uniform and reappeared at some time, his lips moved, as if he had some orders.

Lin Ruhai saw it, but changed his words on purpose: "Come here quickly, this imperial envoy listens to you!"

Let a middle-aged man who has a broken leg and seems to be still dumb come over quickly, Fang is willing to listen to him.

As soon as Lin Ruhai said this, the officials of Pingan Prefecture, headed by Tu Guangwen, all showed slick smiles by coincidence.

Tu Guangwen waved to the man playfully and said: "Come here, come here quickly, the imperial envoy said, let you come forward and speak." But he refused to move a step under his feet.

The man with the broken leg, at first heard Lin Ruhai asking him if he "had something to say", thought that God had eyes, and finally sent a conscientious official to save the people of Ping'an Prefecture.Overjoyed, he ignored the pain in the broken leg, rubbed his flesh on the ground, and just crawled towards Lin Ruhai.

However, right away, he heard Lin Ruhai's words, "Come here quickly, the imperial envoy will listen to you."In a word, he was sent to the eighteenth floor of hell again!

Even so, the man still didn't give up, he gritted his teeth and moved forward until he caught a glimpse of the cruel smiles on the faces of Tu Guangwen and Refractor, and saw Tu Guangwen waving the sleeves of the red official robe...

The man with the broken leg lowered his body suddenly, and his head and upper body hit the snow hard together, making a "dong" sound.

Crouching on the ground, motionless.

"Pfft!" However, an unknown county magistrate couldn't help laughing when he saw this.The rest of the people couldn't help laughing, but they still cared about Lin Ruhai's presence and didn't know his attitude, so they didn't dare to reveal it easily.

"Huh!" Sure enough, Lin Ruhai also changed his face with anger, and said with a flick of his robe sleeves, "What a troublesome person who doesn't know what to do! This imperial envoy wants to talk to him regardless of his status, but he dares to put on airs and not come over! Wu Lying there pretending to be dead, but what does it look like?"

After Lin Ruhai finished speaking, it seemed that he was still dissatisfied, and he spat on the ground fiercely, so angry that he didn't even look at the porridge shop, strode past the man with the broken leg, and walked away.

Behind him, Tu Guangwen and Qu Guangshi looked at each other, with cruel smiles in their eyes, and walked past the man with a smile.

When Qu Guangshi passed by, he leaned down and said to the man: "Ni Gangwu, you should die of that heart as soon as possible! Don't say that the imperial envoy you have been looking forward to day and night is a corrupt official who is more corrupt than us. , even if he is really Master Qingtian and Bao Zheng is reincarnated, we have the ability to let him come and not go!"

After finishing speaking, he winked at the two black-clothed thugs standing at the end of the corner with daggers in their hands, signaling them to leave.

"Hmph, Ni Gangwu, it's your fate! The imperial envoy saw your face, but never listened to your words. I'm kind enough to save you for a few more days!" Qu Guangshi kicked Ni Gangwu who was lying on the ground. Satisfied, he went after Lin Ruhai.

"Dog officer, dog officer, my God—" Ni Gangwu buried his face in the snow and cursed indistinctly.

But he didn't know that not far away, at the entrance of another alley, a person watched him for a long time.

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Besides, at this time Daiyu and the others are still living in the home of Refractor.

However, Daiyu and Mrs. Ke were sitting together, while Yang Yi and Yongyu were drinking flowers and wine with Qu Guangshi's eldest son outside.

It turned out that that day, after Bihe told Daiyu and others to leave quickly and not stay for a long time, Daiyu and others rejected her kindness.

He also said that since he came, he did not plan to leave again.

Daiyu asked Bihe even more: "If you dare to ask sister Bihe, what's the reason for driving people away without even drinking tea?"

Seeing that Daiyu and the others didn't take her words seriously, Bihe stomped her feet anxiously, and said indiscriminately: "This Ping'an Prefecture is a den of dragons and tigers. They cannibalize people without spitting out their bones. You are young and tall So good, and so rich! Are you not afraid, are you not afraid of being concealed and killed?"

Daiyu laughed, "But I'm really not afraid! Besides, this is obviously the imperial government's yamen, the majestic government office of Ping'an Prefecture, why did Sister Bihe call it Senluo Hell?" Daiyu still had the heart to joke.

Seeing that these people would never take it seriously if they didn't tell the truth, Bi He gritted her teeth and said, "This is Senluo Hell! Then what kind of parental official is Quguangshi? He is clearly more terrifying than wolves, tigers and leopards! I think you must be on the way here. You’ve all heard that there was a snowstorm in Ping’an Prefecture, and many people died, right?”

Daiyu nodded, and Yongyu even moved the bench, pulling Yang Yi to sit down and listen together.

"Actually, there was no snow disaster. In other words, the heavy snow disaster was not the cause of the death of the people in Ping'an Prefecture." Bi He reluctantly said with tears in his eyes.

"Then why?" Daiyu asked cruelly.

"It's all for the gold mine!" Bi He said with clenched fists.

"Gold mine?" Daiyu, Yongyu and Yang Yi exclaimed at the same time, looked at each other hastily, and covered their mouths together.Zicuckoo and Asparagus immediately retreated to the window and door respectively, paying attention to see if anyone was eavesdropping.

"Yes, it's a gold mine." Bihe raised her head as if she had made great determination, looked at Daiyu, and continued word by word, "Last twelfth lunar month, when it snowed, there was a place in the southwestern mountains of Pingan Prefecture. The old house collapsed due to the unbearable snow pressure. When the people in the mountain village were clearing up the abandoned houses, they accidentally discovered something golden under the old house. The mountain people were greedy for money, so they dug all night. Unexpectedly, they dug more and more , A gold mine was discovered under the old house that had been unoccupied for a long time! How could such a big news be hidden? The next day, the county magistrate sent soldiers to surround the entire mountain village. Within half a month , the entire village has been wiped out. This gold mine has also become the private property of officials big and small in Pingan Prefecture."

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Bi He spoke for a long time, but no one in the room answered.

Needle drop is audible.

"So, so it's all for the gold mine." In the end, Daiyu was the first to speak.

"But, what about such a big event, how—" Yongyu was puzzled, and couldn't help but speak out.But seeing Bihe's miserable expression, he couldn't finish his sentence after all.

"How does a little maid in the back house of my family know about such a big event?" Bi He spoke out for Yongyu.

Yongyu nodded frankly.

No wonder Yongyu was suspicious.

What is a "gold mine"?That is something that can be eaten and drank by as many people as possible for a few lifetimes.Even the prime minister of the dynasty, with one person under ten thousand, if you exchange a gold mine with him, maybe he will immediately take off his official uniform!Not to mention those wolfish and ambitious people, with a gold mine, half of the country is in their hands.Recruit troops and buy horses, and the throne is at your fingertips.

How can we not make people go crazy?

Such a piece of sweet pastry, such a big piece of pie, falls on you, will you not hide it stubbornly, but will you be willing to let others snatch it?

What's more, it's a crime to conceive Bi.

Bihe also knew that Yongyu's doubts were justified, and despite the tears streaming down his face, he choked up and said, "My family has been with the girl for many years, and I don't want to get married. Finally, I met Brother Wu... Brother Wu said, wait for him to build the house at home. Well, come to propose marriage to the girl, marry me and go home. I wait for him, who knows, who knows... But the damned Qu Guangshi told me that the mountain village where brother Wu lived was caused by an avalanche due to a heavy snowstorm, and the whole village was destroyed. I buried it, but I couldn’t see the dead body. I didn’t believe it, I didn’t believe it anyway, so I went to the village to look for it myself. But there was nothing, nothing, nothing. I finally gave up and gave Wu Ge Li A cloak mound."

When Bihe said this, she almost broke down in tears.

Daiyu couldn't bear to watch, hugged her and wiped her tears.

Unexpectedly, Bi He suddenly said with resentment: "But, who would have thought that that day when Mrs. Chong was busy, the dog officer was too busy to deal with it, and the subordinates were also negligent in guarding him, so he let Brother Wu escape from that private prison?" Come out. Poor brother Wu's legs have been smashed, only a few pieces of flesh are barely connected..."

Bihe wanted to continue, but Daiyu couldn't bear to listen any longer, and interrupted her: "Sister Bihe, stop talking, stop talking! We believe in you, believe in you!"

No need for Bihe to go on, everyone can guess that her brother Wu is an innocent villager in the small mountain village where the gold mine was discovered.Brother Wu never died from an avalanche that never existed, but was imprisoned in a private prison by the prefect Qu Guangshi and tortured day and night.Finally, taking advantage of the locust plague, the guards were negligent and escaped. With their last breath, they came to see the only person he loved in this life.

No!Tolerate!Pawn!smell!

As determined as Yong Yu, he couldn't help but have red eyes!

But Bihe still wants to say it!She held back her grief, and finally said, "My Brother Wu, my name is Ni Gangwu."

The author has something to say: Well, this chapter is a bit, tragic?

The little angel said that he saw Di Renjie, but in fact I wanted to write a record of official appearances (to put gold on my face).

In the original text of the Red Chamber, Ping Anzhou is a place name that appears quite a lot, but such a place does not exist at all.And its name sounds ironic.

So I want to write a story like this, if the little angels don't like it, they can skip it.Quietly, the plot in Ping Anzhou is coming to an end soon!

Next, after dealing with the affairs of Ping'an Prefecture, Daiyu will feel better and go to Nanyang!