The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 204

Su Peisheng immediately passed the things to Zhang's mansion quietly, and asked them to bring them to Mrs. Zhang's second wife.

Gu Huaixiu didn't expect that there would be something from Si Ye at this time. She was not yet confinement, and when she saw the box, she thought it was an ordinary thing, but when she opened it, it turned out is a letter.

She was startled when she saw the blood on the corner over there.

Qing Dai said: "It is said that it will be given to the second master."

After hearing this, Gu Huaishu stretched out his hand, with fingers like peeling onion roots, he gently turned the envelope over, and there were a few words written on it: Cc to the great scholar of Suo'etu, respect and respect.

There was nothing in the envelope, it was empty, and the superstition inside was handed over to Kangxi by Prince Fuquan, who supported the eighth elder brother Yinhu, as early as the year Suo'etu was killed, and became the most important thing to kill the prince's biggest backer, Suo'etu. evidence.

And this letter was exchanged by Zhang Tingzan with his life.

Now that Gu Huaishu was staring at the empty envelope, his fingers trembled slightly, and he slowly put the envelope back into the box.

What is contained in this box is not just envelopes, but a human life, and the box is full of murderous intent.

Slowly leaning back on the couch, Gu Huaishu was silent for a while, lowered his eyes, and said: "Leave it to the second master."

Then Qingdai took the box again, and asked someone to pass it to Ade while holding it, and Ade passed it to Zhang Tingyu.

What else is Zhang Tingyu unclear about?
Everything is in line with the speculation back then.

Zhang Tingyu sat in the study, looked at the box in front of him, and also looked at a letter inside. Zhang Ruoai was sitting in front of him. Looking at his father's face at this time, he seemed a little frightened, so he got up and stood.

"Father……"

Zhang Tingyu only looked at the blood on the corner of the envelope, remembering that night that the Zhang family would never wake up.

The eldest brother's vest was full of blood, and the barbed arrowheads pierced into his body, and even the flesh was pulled out, but it was hopeless.

Zhang Tingzan was like a drowning man, trying to grab a life-saving straw, but in the end...

How can straw save lives?
Zhang Tingyu reached out to touch the envelope in the box, but stopped.

The mountains and the rain are coming and the wind is filling the building...

"Ruo Ai, come here and kowtow."

Zhang Tingyu clasped his hands and fingers together, his voice was so low that he couldn't hear it.

Zhang Ruoai was stunned for a moment, only put down the book in her hand, and knocked her head three times on the box.

He didn't understand why he kowtowed to a box, but when he stood up, he saw the blood on the corner of the envelope.

Many, many years later, when Zhang Ruoai thought of his father's expression at this moment, he also felt that his memory was blurred. He could only feel his father sitting behind the desk with his hands crossed, his head half down, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

But not long after, a big, big thing happened.

The casket was sent by Yinzhen, and no one would say anything about what happened back then, as if it never happened.

Even, the prince visited Zhang Tingzan's mourning hall in a dignified manner.

Just imagine that he and Suo Etu killed Zhang Tingzan, but still dared to come to Zhang Tingzan's tomb, but I don't know if Zhang Tingzan would have laughed three times if he knew about it?

Now that the box is delivered, it's probably going to be windy.

Zhang Tingyu thought about going to talk to Gu Huaixiu at night, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only sit by her bed: "Brother Ai can already recite the four books backwards today, and I always look at my younger brothers and sisters. I think they won't be like me. Same……"

Knowing that the box was put away during the day, Gu Huaishu felt Zhang Tingyu was in a daze, so he just shook his hand and said with a smile, "Don't think so much..."

Even so, when she recalled the scene that day, she still felt shocking.

"The monthly tour of Gyeonggi, the visit of the Great Wall in May, and the appointment of examiners for the provincial examinations... Li Guangdi is not young anymore, and now he is sick and wants to beg for a rest, but the emperor refuses to let him, so it is not enough. Don't worry about me. But now I have helped Li Guangdi with many things, and the South Study Room is already like the Imperial Academy..."

Kangxi's most trusted minister of the Han Dynasty at present is Li Guangdi, a senior scholar. All the Hanlin followers in the South Study Room, and even other senior scholars, follow Li Guangdi's lead.

Li Guangdi failed to beg for a rest many times, which means that Kangxi has not yet found a replacement person, or that the replacement person has not been fully trusted by him.

After Zhang Yingqixiu left, almost everything in the South Study Room fell on Li Guangdi. For many years, Li Guangdi supported himself alone. Fortunately, Zhang Tingyu came up soon, but Zhang Tingyu has not yet reached the level of his father. .

time issue.

The emperor's trust, after all, was bought with time.

Zhang Tingyu exhaled slowly, and said again: "The business is busy now, the emperor is old, the bank is short of money, and he will not go on the southern tour. Turn around and pay attention to the news from the south..."

These are all arrangements for the future, Zhang Tingyu said one by one, Gu Huaishu listened to them one by one, "I see you have a happy life every day."

I am busy every day, like a spinning top that cannot stop.

Zhang Tingyu came over and stretched out his arms to hug her, then raised his fingers to pinch her earlobe, and kissed her: "If you want to live a safe life, you have to endure it."

Gu Huaixiu stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his waist, and the blue hair slid down like a waterfall, he said: "Take care... Even if that one is abolished, you may not be able to take it lightly. Dead ashes will rekindle, not to mention ...Even if he threw his own son to death with his own hands, the emperor didn't abolish him. If something trivial happens this year and instead abolishes him, one is that he can't bear it, and the other is..."

Squinting his eyes slightly, he pinched her waist, only to feel that he couldn't hold her tightly again, so he chuckled.

"You've thought about it thoroughly, but you'll have to look at it later. It's late today, so go to sleep."

Zhang Tingyu said softly, then helped her to lie down, tucked her quilt up again, and stood by the bed for a long time before going to blow out the lamp.

After going out, Ade stood outside with a lantern, saw Zhang Tingyu coming out, and said: "You..."

Zhang Tingyu stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the lantern."

He lived in Zhang's house for 30 to [-] years. He had his parents and brothers earlier, but now only Zhang Tingyu's house is left.

The owner of the mansion also changed from Zhang Ying to Zhang Tingyu.

He walked down the dark path with a lantern in his hand, and returned to the place where Erfang used to live. When he opened the door, the room was empty. Under the dim light of the lantern, a silent coldness and icy flicker.

Zhang Tingyu closed the door slowly again, he stood on the steps, the remaining snow on the steps had not disappeared, the coldness mixed with the wind made him feel the chill on his face.

Zhang Tingyu, who was holding a lantern, remembered his elder brother standing here many years ago and told him that he knew the road well, so there was no need to light a lantern.

Zhang Tingyu looked up at the sky like this, it was very cloudy, the moon was buried in the clouds and could not come out.

The next day, Zhang Tingyu repaired a book and sent it to the Zhang family's mansion in Tongcheng.

After more than two months, replies from Zhang Ying and his younger brothers also arrived.

According to the letter, Qiao and Peng are both pregnant, but the mother is old, and she starts to sleep unsteadily at night. Recently, when it was time to collect tea in Tongcheng, Zhang Ying also went out to pick tea and make local tea from her hometown. Send him some.

But Zhang Ying didn't say a word about the things mentioned in Zhang Tingyu's letter.

In fact, Zhang Ying had already replied very early.

Gentleman is moderate, Ting Yu my son, ten years is not too late.

Ten years is not too late...

Zhang Tingyu just smiled after reading the reply, and went to spend the hundred days on New Year's Eve and the first month.

Zhang Ruoai has also grown taller now, and she is clamoring to hug her younger brother and sister. New Year's Eve is heavier and the first month is lighter, so Zhang Tingyu just let him hug the first month.

There were also many guests who came on the day of Hundred Days, and there were quite a few posing inside and out. Gu Huaishou's confinement period was getting more and more lazy, and he was dizzy just looking at the gift list every day.

Now besides my own gift, I also have to worry about when to send another’s gift, and what to give, and go back and forth a lot.

After finally being busy with the things here for a hundred days, and going outing in March and April, Gu Huaixiu didn't go out. Occasionally, when Sun Lianqiao came, she would only say a few words to others.

It's an eventful time, so I'm too lazy to go out.

The Eighth Master's party is becoming more and more powerful and powerful, and the university scholar Ma Qi is helping the Eighth Master, as much as he can, and now the prince will be overwhelmed by the Eighth Master.

On the side of the Baye Party and the Crown Prince, the contradictions became more and more acute. Zhang Tingyu stood still in the South Study Room and the Imperial Academy.

In early May, Dai Mingshi sent someone to the capital to send a greeting letter. In 45, he missed the leader of the examination. Seeing that 48 years were coming, it was time for him to show his ambitions.

After Zhang Tingyu read the letter here, he sent him a reply and asked someone to send it back.

Gu Huaishu was doing things in the south, but he felt that Shen Yang's mind was scary enough.

It hasn't been long, and it has completely established itself in both the official and private sectors.

Almost every big salt merchant is a big salt lord behind his back, even Gu Huaishu knows this, but Shen Chao is climbing too fast.

On the surface, all the clean business in his hands has been handed over, Li Wei is in charge of some, and Zhong Heng is also taking care of some, but I heard that Shen Chao's son is getting better now, and he doesn't need to eat Wenwan walnuts walnuts too.

The reason is that buying walnuts back then probably cost no less than [-] yuan, right?
Doctor Zhou was also the one who dared to prescribe medicine.

Sitting in the room and working out the ledger, Gu Huaixiu changed into a water-green shirt covered with a thin green gauze. The whole person looked slender and thin, fingering the abacus. There were more than 3000 taels, 2000 taels more than last month.

These must be huge sums of money in the eyes of ordinary people, even Zhang's family can't spend them all, but to Shen Chao, it may be like a glass of water to the sea.

Shen Chao's business income is also very scary. The monthly inflow and outflow of money is calculated at the beginning of [-], and the amount of money from both government and private parties in a year must be at least a million.

Compared with Zhang Tingyu's ice charcoal silver that was less than 2 taels a year, Shen Chong's money came much faster.

After finishing today's account, Gu Huaishu said, "Do you know when Sun Lianqiao will come?"

Qing Dai said: "It is said that I will come tomorrow."

Using a red pen to write down the expenses, Gu Huaishu shook the abacus that had been set aside all afternoon, restored it to its original state, put it on the table, and closed the account book again, saying: "Now the second master is going outside the Great Wall with the emperor. , I have already arrived in Rehe. Jingzhong..."

The fourth elder brother was left in Beijing to assist in government affairs.

Gu Huaixiu curled his lips and smiled, it's better for Gu Huaixiu to collect this net.

What she likes is not getting her hands dirty, but killing people with a knife.

"Prepare the sedan chair and go to Qi Yunzhai."

She only brought an account book with her, and she wasn't ready to hand it over to Yinzhen yet.

As soon as he sat in the backyard, Gu Huaishu began to drink tea on the ground, because he was out to talk about things, Zhang Ruoai was studying at home, and she was still young on New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, so she didn't bring it out.

The fourth master was busy today, and he was in a state of desperation. He had just quarreled with the ministers who were left behind by Lao Ba to control him. He walked like a prairie fire. As soon as he came out, he saw Gao Wuyong wandering outside, kicking He kicked it over: "It's a hot day, what are you doing dangling in front of Grandpa?!"

Gao Wuyong was really wronged, but the master over there was getting more and more airy, and when he sat down in Qiyunzhai, he said that he came to send money to the fourth master.

Recently, Yinzhen is really the most hated person by every high-ranking official and prince in the capital. He helps the household department collect debts every day, and writes "money, money, money" all over his head all day long, and the money is on the line.

Due to the huge deficit in the treasury, the princes and ministers borrowed money and refused to repay it, and they could not make up for it for a long time, and the eighth master took the lead in not paying back the money, Yinzhen turned into a ghost in an instant.

If there was an unpopular prince selected in the palace today, Yinzhen would definitely be number one.

He was upset, and hated those who didn't pay back the money, and now he was angry when he saw people, wishing he could scrape two taels of silver from everyone he saw.

Gao Wuyong only saw Su Peisheng winking at him, which meant that the master was very angry today, so he quickly lowered his voice, and quickly got to the point: "Mrs.

When she heard the first half of the sentence, Yinzhen still wanted to say that she would sit in Qiyun Zhai every time she saw her master. Is she the master, or is the master the master?

You can hear the second half of the sentence, Yinzhen quickly shut up, "Send money?"

Zhang Tingyu never borrowed money from Ku Yin, could it be that the subordinates missed it?

Suspicious in his heart, thinking about being rich, Yinzhen said directly: "Let's go."

Got it.

Gao Wuyong got up?With the big sun set in front of him, he left the palace and went to Qiyunzhai.

Gu Huaishu had just instructed Qi Yunzhai to make two bowls of chilled watermelon juice and drink it to relieve the heat. Seeing Yinzhen coming in sweating profusely, he quickly put the bowl away, got up and saluted: "To the four Please be good to me, Lord."

"What's the matter with my father?"

Yinzhen's temper has come up again, and he has always been like this.

He saw that there was still a bowl of blood-red ice juice on the table, and asked, "For the master?"

Gu Huaishu opened his mouth to speak, but Fourth Master stared, as if he knew what she was going to say, and shouted: "Shut up!"

Holding her breath, Gu Huaishu almost couldn't catch her breath, she really wanted to say "no"!
Drink, drink, drink to death!
Gu Huaishu held his breath in his heart, and without waiting for Yinzhen to excuse him, he got up by himself, with a look of disobedience.

Yinzhen drank the watermelon juice, and his eyes lit up. Qi Yunzhai's buddies still make this stuff?

"You are in a hurry to find the master, but you want to pay back the money to your family Zhang Tingyu?"

"...What is this all about!" Gu Huaishu never expected that Yinzhen would say such a thing, and was almost so angry that he poured watermelon juice on him, bear with it! "Are you chasing debts in the imperial court and going crazy?"

"That's not as good as the prince can go crazy."

After finishing speaking, Yinzhen shut up.

He also put down the bowl containing the watermelon juice, and looked up at Gu Huaishu.

I just said that I slipped my mouth...

Yinzhen said: "The news came yesterday that the old eighteen who was patrolling outside the Great Wall was ill. The crown prince didn't care about the old eighteen's illness at all, and was reprimanded by Huang Ama."

"...You are well informed."

Gu Huaixiu didn't dare to show her teeth and claws at this moment, she stood with her head down, considering the meaning of Yinzhen's words.

Yinzhen still liked how obedient and obedient she was like his white-haired puppy, so he raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you have any ideas?"

"Don't dare."

It’s not that I don’t dare, it’s not that I don’t.

How could Yinzhen not hear it?

He brought watermelon juice to drink, and suddenly saw Gao Wuyong running in from outside, so he stopped here and asked Gao Wuyong: "You are not reliable today, what are you doing in a hurry!"

"The slave returned to the master, the news came from Rehe, the eighteenth prince died, and the prince was locked up."

Gao Wuyong immediately slapped Yinzhen, put one hand on the ground, and replied neatly.

Yinzhen's complexion changed slightly, but finally he slightly pinched the string of Buddhist beads in his hand, and said, "Do you know when Huang Ama will return to Luan?"

"It is still in preparation, and the specific time has not been known."

Prince locked up?
Locked up, what are the meanings?

Yinzhen is not sure either.

Nian Gengyao came here after returning to Beijing to report on his work. He saw Gao Wuyong just now and knew that the fourth elder brother was talking about things here.

Yinzhen glanced at it, then asked Nian Gengyao to wait outside the curtain, and then looked at Gu Huaishu: "What can you do with me?"

Gu Huaishu put down the account book: "You stay here and take a look, the slave will send you money. There are too many people in your place at the moment, and the slave will resign... But... as your dog, the slave will give you money." In a word, it would be great if you were as quiet as the prayer beads on your wrist."

After finishing speaking, her loyal dog, which Yinzhen had raised for more than ten years, lifted the curtain and went out.

Nian Gengyao stood outside with a long body, and seeing that it was Gu Huaishu who came out, he couldn't help squinting.

However, Gu Huaixiu still remembered that when he first met Nian Gengyao, she was just a brat, after all, she was old enough.

The servant who has been with the fourth master for a long time naturally does not need to stop to meet this servant who has only followed the fourth master, so Gu Huaishu took the maid and left.

Nian Gengyao frowned, feeling that this woman was acting more and more surly, how could she compare to her own sister Chen Yu?

But fourth master was looking for him inside, so he didn't think too much about it, and followed him in.

Not long after returning to the mansion, the emperor Luan drove back in September, and while he was still on the way, he issued an imperial decree, abolishing the position of the crown prince and heir, and ordering him to temporarily ground his feet.

As soon as the emperor issued this edict, the entire capital exploded, shaking the government and the public!

However, Gu Huaishu received a letter from Zhang Tingyu declaring his safety, and the event is tentatively scheduled.

She sat down on the chair all at once, feeling a little dazed.

It's time for reckoning...

(End of this chapter)