Ajiu

Chapter 95

Let's talk about the draft, it's really deceitful.Whenever the court drafts for the emperor and princes, those shameless eunuchs will harass the people arbitrarily, and take away the little girl they like.Those who love their girls are often panicked when they hear that the imperial court is going to choose a talent show. They would rather just drag a man they don't know on the street into the house, marry their own daughter first, and then say that no matter who they marry, it's better than entering the palace.After entering the palace, it is true that they will never see each other again in this life, and they will not even know whether they are dead or alive.

Did anyone get out after entering the palace?Yes, Concubine Jin was born as a court lady.He and Emperor Chunfeng were lucky enough to have Nine Princes, and the palace maid became a concubine.But there are too few such examples, and the possibility is too low. Ordinary people would not have such extravagant hopes.For more families, after their daughters were forcibly taken away, they disappeared without news.

The draft is a disaster for ordinary people.

After receiving the letter from the Tenth Prince, Ajiu's depressed mood slightly improved.Junior brother, you have to do what you say, if you break your promise, how many daughters will be forced to leave home, and it will be difficult to see their parents and relatives again.

Junior brother, can you really do it?
"If you don't draft, there will be no beauties in your palace." Ajiu wrote casually.

"How could it be?" The Tenth Prince's reply only consisted of these two short words.

Because of the draft, Ajiu didn't even go to school.It's not that she was lazy and wanted to skip class, but that most of the students were flustered and asked for leave.Ordinarily, He Ning Boudoir School is an aristocratic school, and the students are either rich or expensive, so they are not included in the draft.The drafts of this dynasty are often aimed at the daughters of common people, or the daughters of low-ranking officials.The draft is just a great opportunity for eunuchs to bully ordinary people.But the eunuchs are always messing around and unreasonable, and they are the best at disturbing the people. They are a very scary type of people.If a young girl passes by the market in a sedan chair, one day she may meet a eunuch and make trouble, forget it, stay at home and be safe.

Ajiu, the daughter of the acting magistrate of Gusu, also obediently stayed in the back house of the government office, neither going to school nor going out.

Half a month later, the draft turmoil finally passed.Second Master Pei returned home exhausted, asked his children about their homework in a gentle voice, and sent them back to their room to rest.After the children left, Erye Pei told his wife, "A total of [-] girls were selected, all of whom were around the age of Ji. Those who were selected, each family would give ten taels of silver as a betrothal."

Lin Youhui's expression was gloomy, "A daughter who has worked so hard to bring up, ten taels of dowry..." There are people who sell their daughters in the world, but most people still love their children. A little girl like a flower is forcibly taken away by the royal family for only ten taels of silver. Yes, how embarrassing.

"I hope that among these young girls, someone can give birth to an extraordinary grandson for the prince." Second Master Pei smiled wryly, "Otherwise, in a few years, there will still be troubles."

The prince has a son, but I heard that one of the two emperor's grandsons has no biological mother, and the other has mediocre qualifications. The prince is very dissatisfied.The prince wanted to accept an intelligent girl and give him a beautiful child.

"Yeah, give birth quickly, otherwise, I don't know how many other people will suffer." Lin Youhui agreed very much.

After sighing, Second Master Pei washed up roughly and fell asleep.Lin Youhui looked at his sleeping face, thinking about his daily hardships, he felt very distressed.

After the weather calmed down, Ah Jiu got into the carriage again, ready to go to school. "Finally I can go out and get some air." Ajiu sat in her comfortable carriage, with a slight smile on her lips.

She was in her cardamom age, and she suddenly grew taller, her childishness faded away, and she showed the beauty of a girl. "Pingping is more than thirteen, and cardamom is at the beginning of February", which is her age.

When the car reached a street corner, it was stopped. "Miss Nine, there is an arrogant big eunuch in front, followed by a few pug-like little eunuchs." The coachman frowned slightly, and calmly told Ah Jiu the situation.

Ah Jiu pondered for a moment, "Get out of the car, say hello to them, and ask their intentions." The coachman agreed, jumped out of the car neatly, and went to negotiate with the eunuchs.

Ajiu felt a little strange.The eunuchs in Gusu City supervised the production of silk fabrics and gold bricks for the royal family. Before my grandfather came to Gusu, they often disturbed the people, but since my grandfather became the prefect of Gusu, they have been very honest.What happened today, actually stopped his carriage in the street.

The coachman came back soon, with a hint of anger on his face, "Miss Nine, these sons of bitches, actually said that they want to draft for His Royal Highness!" Grandma, isn't the draft over? satisfy? !
The coachman was talking when he was surrounded by several young eunuchs and hurriedly pulled him away.The car curtain was lifted, and a thin man's face appeared in front of Ah Jiu's eyes. This man's sharp mouth and monkey cheeks made people very annoying at first glance.

Chu He and Zai He sat in the car with Ajiu, but they were girls, so they could tell their identities at a glance.The two of them sat beside Ajiu, one on the left and the other on the right, like two green leaves setting off the red flower in the middle.

Inside the car is a cardamom girl with a fresh and beautiful face, which makes people forget the vulgarity. Outside the car is a eunuch with a wicked face and a wretched face. The two form a sharp contrast.

The eunuch's eyes lit up, and he grinned, "There is nowhere to find it, and it's easy to get it! Your Highness wants to find a stunning woman, and this is not a stunning woman! Girl, come down and follow me, your blessing coming!"

The quarrels of the coachman and the young eunuchs kept coming, and Ah Jiu frowned slightly as she heard them.Chu He and Zai He sat up vigilantly, looking at the eunuch with wary eyes.What kind of person is this, with eyes like mung beans, so ugly?Lifting the curtain of the official lady's car without a word, you are courting death.

"Miss Nine, do you want to fight or not?" Chu He asked Ah Jiu in a low voice.

When the concierge grandpa showed his peerless magic skills, Chu He and He He were all there, envious.Afterwards, the concierge taught Ajiu how to practice kung fu. Ajiu was very playful and refused to endure hardships. Chuhe Zaihe was born as a girl, and she was not afraid of hardships or tiredness, so she learned a few tricks.Their skills, if they are really against the masters, are of course not worth mentioning, but they are still somewhat sure against a few dead eunuchs.

Ajiu signaled them to stand still, and Chu He understood again, and sat down quietly.

"Did you see the character Pei on the carriage?" Ajiu quietly looked at the eunuch with a smirk on his face, and asked coldly.

The carriage is painted with simple black paint, but there is a seal character Pei printed on it.With this logo, Ajiu can travel freely in Gusu City, and has never met anyone who is bold enough to provoke her.

The eunuch laughed loudly, "No matter who you are, you are not as big as the royal family, and you are also a courtier of the royal family! Little girl stop talking nonsense, just follow me obediently, listen carefully, I am sent by the crown prince, don't you To listen to me is to deceive the emperor and to resist the order!"

The chief eunuch was complacent, and Ajiu smiled contemptuously.Who are you scaring? Do you think that everyone is like you, coming out of a poor family, physically disabled, mentally disturbed, ignorant, courageous, and spineless. When you hear the word "royal", you are scared to the ground?How about bullying the emperor and resisting the edict, bah, what do you say?

Ajiu said slowly: "Since you were sent by His Royal Highness, you must be his confidant."

Seeing that Ajiu remained motionless, the chief eunuch felt very impatient.He wanted to make a move, but on second thought, His Highness Baobuqi fell in love with such a beauty at first sight. If she cried twice in front of His Highness, would he still be alive?With concerns in his heart, he spoke more politely, and said with a smile, "Miss is very knowledgeable, that's exactly what she is." Satisfied, he admitted that he was the prince's confidant.

Ajiu stared at him, and suddenly asked: "Is the dragon body still healthy now, His Majesty the Emperor?"

The eunuch replied subconsciously: "Your Majesty's dragon body is of course healthy." Who dares to say that the emperor is not in good health and is free.

Ajiu sneered, "It turns out that His Majesty's dragon body is still in good health. It's really gratifying. May I ask this servant, your Majesty is still here, does the prince's confidant dare to rob the official girl in broad daylight?"

He hadn't sat in that chair yet, wanted to do whatever he wanted, a little early.

The eunuch didn't expect a delicate and weak girl of thirteen or fourteen to say such harsh words, so he hesitated for a while.Let's grab it by force, I'm really afraid of ruining the prince's reputation and offending the prince, but there is a stunning beauty in front of him, how can he let it go lightly.He hesitated for a while, but his eagerness for meritorious deeds prevailed, and he waved his hand, "Take it away!" Anyway, this stunning little beauty just brought a coachman and two little maids with her, so it was easy to handle.

Ajiu nodded, Chu He then untied the silk sash around his waist as a soft whip, and lashed towards the eunuch mercilessly.Ajiu asked Chu He to explain a few words, Chu He understood, jumped off the carriage, and while waving a soft whip to beat people, shouted loudly: "These are liars, liars pretending to be His Royal Highness's confidants! The draft is obviously over, they But pretending to be a eunuch to rob people! Please some kind-hearted person to go to the government office to report the case, and catch all these scammers!"

"What's the use of going to the government office to report the case?" This is the intersection, and there are many pedestrians coming and going. A handsome middle-aged Confucian scholar stood up with righteous indignation, "These young people, we will work together and work together. We can take it down!" He was with a few literati, and those literati didn't know whether they were born with passion, or they had no choice but to be provoked, so they all rolled up their sleeves and went to battle in person, "Catch liars, catch villains! "If someone took the lead, someone dared to follow. People on the street beat up one after another, and eunuchs, big and small, were beaten with black noses and swollen faces.

Ajiu raised the car curtain, watching with gusto.People from the south of the Yangtze River are gentle and gentle, and they are also bloody!Those who have already been selected in the draft are on fire, and these few winks are still making trouble, looking for death.

The chief eunuch struggled all the time, saying harsh words, "His Royal Highness will definitely bring you to justice!" "The East Palace will not let you offenders!" Without mercy, the eunuch was finally beaten and shut up.

The big eunuch and the small eunuch were all restrained, and the servants of the government office also rushed over. Seeing that the surrounding people were filled with righteous indignation, they tied up all of them tightly in their heads.

If it can be said that it was a spontaneous action of the people before, this bundle is almost an official statement of attitude.Because these beaten eunuchs and eunuchs, regardless of whether they committed crimes or not, were indeed dressed in court clothes.Dare to tie them up, not ordinary courage.

Pedestrians enthusiastically followed behind the yamen servants, escorting the "liars" back to the yamen.Ajiu is not going to school anymore, so she takes Chuhe and rehe, and orders the coachman to hurry back. "Mother, I got into trouble." Ah Jiu returned home, trotted all the way to see Lin Youhui, and told what happened today.

Lin Youhui pulled her daughter up and down to look her up and down. Seeing that she was fine, she sneered and said, "A dead eunuch who doesn't have eyes, also wants to show off his power in Gusu City! Don't say that the draft has already been selected, and if it hasn't, it could be the daughter of my Pei family. , the granddaughter of the Lin family, they can also take it away casually?!"

It is common for eunuchs to run amok.Most of these people don't even know how to read, but because they are close to the royal family and rely on the power of the royal family, they dare to do any bad things.However, if you want to take away the daughter of a prefect of a city as an ordinary civilian girl, this is not a bad thing, it is lawless.

Lin Youhui flushed with anger, and went to the government office to find Second Master Pei himself, "I'm here to sue!" Second Master Pei had already heard the report from the yamen servants, and comforted his wife in a gentle voice, "It's just that I met a liar, my lady. , Severely punish the liar."

Second Master Pei personally escorted these eunuchs to Nanjing to ask to see the prince. "My little girl was stopped by these people on her way to school, claiming to be His Highness's confidant, and she was going to be a beauty pageant for His Highness. My little girl reported her family name, but this person seems unknown, and she wanted to rob..." Second Master Pei met the prince and told the story I said it in detail.

The prince was in his early thirties, in his prime, handsome and handsome, with piercing eyes.Hearing what Second Master Pei said, he smiled and comforted him, and ordered someone to investigate, "Are these Gu's servants? Gu has never seen them before."

The chief eunuch was tightly tied up and his mouth was gagged, and he was not allowed to speak.He knew that his errands were messed up, and there would be no good fruit to eat when he came back, but he didn't expect that his life would be lost.Hearing the prince's words, he knew something was wrong, and fainted in a panic.

After the servants in the East Palace checked, they reported, "These people are not from the mansion." The crown prince smiled, "So they are really liars." Order Pei Erye to severely punish these people, there is no need to be soft-hearted.

At the insistence of the prince, these people who pretended to be servants of the East Palace were beheaded for public display.The head was hung on the top of the city and exhibited for several days.After these people were executed, the eunuchs stationed in Gusu City were terrified and shut their doors behind closed doors.

The people of Gusu burst into tears, "Which one is there, the Great Prefect or the Little Prefect, we are all lucky." How many officials dare to attack eunuchs in the whole world?It all happened to the people of Gusu.

Even the garrison eunuch couldn't shrink back, Second Master Pei's official duties became more and more smooth.

In the spring of Tianqing's 18th year, Erye Pei's family boarded a boat and set off for Beijing.The code on his official title has been removed, and his rank has also been raised. He is not yet 40 years old, and he is already a third-rank official.According to Ajiu's praise, it is really "the sound of a young phoenix is ​​clearer than that of an old phoenix".

Getting closer to the capital, Second Master Pei stood on the deck, full of thoughts.

Ah Jiu walked over lightly, stood with him, and looked at the scenery.

(End of this chapter)