The government experience is also known as the "Fu Jingting Department". Generally, it is an official of the seventh rank, and occasionally there are some officials who are not in the ranks. They do have a certain say in the government office. However, when Ye Xiaotian asked Li Jiaoyu for help, Li Jiaoyu didn't mention his son-in-law at all. Obviously, Li Jiaoyu's energy is actually very limited.
He has his own social relations to take care of, and his father-in-law's school needs help, and it is no longer possible to take care of others, otherwise Li Jiaoyu would not be stingy in recommending him. That's why Ye Xiaotian feels regretful when he accidentally finds out that Li Jing's wife is having an affair with someone else.
If it would be great if Li Jing could switch identities with the white-robed man, wouldn't it be that Ye Xiaotian had a big handle at that time? At that time, Ye Xiaotian threatened him with this secret, and he was afraid that Li Jing would not leave others behind, even if it was His father-in-law, is he trying his best to speak for Ye Xiaotian
It's a pity that Li Jing is not the one who cheated, but the one wearing the green hat. How could Ye Xiaotian tell him? Could it be that he ran to tell him: "Brother Li, Mrs. Zun has committed adultery with someone else, please let me be sad!" Did Li experience help him fight for money
I'm afraid no one is willing to accept this kind of favor, and besides, Li Jiaoyu has been kind to him, if he exposes such a scandal, it will embarrass Li Jiaoyu.
Ye Xiaotian rushed to Dabei Temple full of regrets, found the Zhike monk, and proposed to rent a courtyard here, which would only take about ten days. Fluttering, Bao Xiang solemnly refused: "Amitabha, I am afraid that it is not appropriate for the main donor to live in the temple. The monks have jumped out of the three realms and are not in the five elements. Although this temple is built in the city, it is also deep into the scriptures, breaking the world of mortals. , out of the secular world, clean and free from hindrances..."
Ye Xiaotian took out two ingots of silver and put them into his other hand, the monk immediately changed his words and said: "But my Buddha is merciful, and I will come again with my vows, fly on the side of mercy, and open the door of convenience, how can I not grant it to you?" It’s convenient for the benefactor, please come with me!”
Ye Xiaotian and his party were housed in a quiet and elegant monk's house, with an independent courtyard, red walls and black tiles, and a spacious courtyard. After Ye Xiaotian moved in, he asked someone to boil hot water to take a bath, then changed into a light soft robe and went for a walk in the courtyard.
While taking a walk, Ye Xiaotian thought to himself: Li Jiaoyu can't borrow enough resources, and when he meets the magistrate tomorrow, he can only see tricks, but judging from what Li Jiaoyu learned, the amount of the relief money this time is probably going to be more expensive. It is much lower than expected. What should we do if the donation is too small, improperly allocated, and causes public resentment
Ye Xiaotian thought about it, but still couldn't figure it out. After walking around in the courtyard for a few times, he felt more and more depressed, so he stepped out of the gate and went to the front hall. As soon as Ye Xiaotian left, two guards came out immediately. Follow the waiter closely.
This Dabei Temple is very famous in Tongren City, and the incense is also very popular, especially at this time during the New Year's Eve, there are a lot of believers who come to the temple to offer incense. Ye Xiaotian doesn't have any belief in Buddhism, let alone he is a venerable who serves the Gu God, and he has no reason to offer incense to the Buddha in front of his subordinates, so he just wanders around for sightseeing.
There is a huge copper tripod on the stone steps in front of the Daxiong Palace. In the tripod, pillars of high incense are burning, and the smoke is lingering. The incense is mostly inferior tobacco, and the smell is a bit choking. Ye Xiaotian couldn't help coughing before he got close After a few clicks, he waved his sleeves and rolled away a cloud of smoke that floated in front of him, and was about to turn around and leave when he caught a glimpse of a person out of the corner of his eye.
Ye Xiaotian had already turned around, but hurriedly stopped and turned back, looked intently, his eyes suddenly lit up, when he turned around, he saw a person among the pilgrims, he thought his eyes were dazzled, but now he took a closer look, as expected, it was today in Qingping The man in white robe I saw at the intersection of the street.
The white-robed man was walking up the steps, smiling, and beside him was a pretty woman of about twenty, dressed in a double embroidered satin gown of Mulan and blue, with a long skirt of vine green and silk, and wearing a The silver hairpin is exquisitely dotted with emerald green and inlaid with beads, and has an oval face that is rosy in white, quite charming.
Behind the little woman was a little girl, wearing a blue satin jacket and skirt, she looked very neat. The woman and the white-robed man were two feet apart, they seemed to be traveling together, or they just walked into the monastery together, making it hard to tell them apart.
At this time, the smoke from the copper tripod incense burner drifted past with the wind, and the white-robed man immediately raised his hand and waved his sleeve at the cigarette. He didn't brush away much, but he wiped away the smoke in front of the pretty woman.
Seeing this, Ye Xiaotian's heart couldn't help but move. Seeing them walking into the Daxiong Palace, he hurriedly followed them. Tathagata Buddha sits upright in the main hall, and many pilgrims pay homage to him. The pretty woman went to pick up a letter incense from the case, Ye Xiaotian stood in the corner of the side room and stared, and saw the man in white go up to pick up incense, took the opportunity to touch the woman's tender little hand, In exchange for her coquettish and charming eyes.
Ye Xiaotian immediately became certain in his heart that these two people must have come from the same road, and they are definitely not husband and wife. If they are husband and wife, they are used to getting along day and night, so why take advantage of it at this time. The two of them lit the incense on the candle, bowed three times and inserted it into the incense burner, then stepped back a few steps, and knelt down on the futon.
The pretty woman worshiped with a very pious expression, but the white-robed man was different. His futon was one body behind the woman. When the little woman worshiped, the white-robed man knelt behind, taking the opportunity of prostration, to stretch out quietly She went out and secretly squeezed her red satin shoes, the little woman trembled, she quickly shrank her legs, and hid the embroidered shoes under her skirt.
Ye Xiaotian watched with cold eyes, almost astonished. What a couple of dogs and men! In "Jin Ping Mei" written by Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, the scene where the senior official Ximen picks on Pan Jinlian must be based on his experience. How familiar this scene is.
In Ye Xiaotian's eyes, the white-robed man seemed to have turned into a high-ranking official from Ximen at this time, and the handsome little woman who was paying respects to the Buddha but blushing even her ears was obviously the little lady of the Pan family, so who is the Wuhan University? Woolen cloth? Before Ye Xiaotian's eyes slowly appeared the old face of Li Jing: fleshy cheeks, mouth as wide as a clam...
The little woman bowed a few times, put her hands together and prayed chanting words, then got up and stuffed sesame oil money into the merit box, the white-robed man hurriedly stood up and followed. The little woman seemed to be annoyed by his flirting just now, and taking advantage of the time when the monk thanked her, she lightly lifted the skirt of her skirt with her little hand, and the toe of her shoe stepped on the boot of the white-robed man, slowly rolling, The expression was very playful, and the white-robed man put the money into the merit box with a smile, as if he didn't notice it at all.
"This man is really awesome!"
Ye Xiaotian could see clearly from the side, and he admired the man in white robe. He was still dating Li Jiaoyu's daughter this morning, and changed another woman in the afternoon. Looking at the style of this woman's hair bun, she is clearly a woman, even the high officials of Ximen are not so powerful.
Seeing that the two of them left the hall after worshiping the Buddha and offering incense, Ye Xiaotian didn't follow, but called a guard, and whispered: "Go, watch this couple carefully, if they separate, just keep an eye on the man, and wait for the opportunity to check. Know his identity!"
The guard obeyed the order and left, Ye Xiaotian wandered around for a while, and then returned to the house he rented. After more than half an hour, the guard came back sullenly, bowed his head and said to Ye Xiaotian: "Your Honor, this subordinate chased you away."
Ye Xiaotian originally thought that this person might also be an official of Tongren Mansion, and he might be useful, but just after the Chinese New Year, there was a backlog of official duties in the yamen, and it was a busy time, so this person was so leisurely, but it might not be It's an official, maybe it's a son of an official family who has nothing to do, so he does this.
Therefore, after hearing the guard's reply, he said without hesitation: "If you lose it, then lose it. We are not familiar with the place of birth in Tongren Mansion, so it is not easy to find him."
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Early the next morning, Ye Xiaotian changed into a moon-white brocade robe, put his hair up in a bun, inserted a suet jade hairpin, put on a pair of blue satin black leather boots, and left the temple.
Although his attire is expensive, it doesn't look ostentatious. After several years of experience, Ye Xiaotian is now a little less childish than when he left the capital, and a little more calm. With his handsome appearance, calm momentum, and decent clothes, he has cultivated a bit of official dignity. .
Today is the day to meet with the magistrate, and it is also during the New Year's Eve, so it is necessary to wear a bright and decent attire. Ye Xiaotian rushed to the magistrate's yamen with a famous stab and posted it in. After a while, someone came to lure him into the magistrate's yamen.
This magistrate's yamen is the original chieftain's mansion of Tixi Chief's lawsuit, which is in the shape of Hui, which is quite different from ordinary official residences. Ye Xiaotian was led to the second entrance courtyard, stepped across a patio, and entered a spacious hall with a width of three rooms and a depth of five rooms.
Mo Daojun travels early, and there are even early pedestrians. As soon as Ye Xiaotian entered the living room, he found that there were already many guests sitting there, some familiar people were whispering to each other, the hall was buzzing, and when they saw Ye Xiaotian coming in, everyone stopped their voices and looked at him one after another.
Ye Xiaotian saw that some of these people were wearing ordinary clothes, some were wearing official robes, and some were dressed in indigenous clothes. They were varied and different, but what was certain was that these people were local officials from all over the place, and they came to Tongren Mansion to fight for the relief funds. These are all competitors!
Ye Xiaotian was thinking in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he bowed to everyone, saw an empty seat, and walked over to sit down. The hall was silent for a while, then the buzzing sound reappeared, and everyone started whispering again. There was a person sitting on Ye Xiaotian's left, wearing a navy blue indigenous robe, with a cloth handkerchief around his head, and a short knife hanging from his waist, as if he came from some village. Master Toast.
Seeing Ye Xiaotian sitting down beside him, the man cupped his fists towards Ye Xiaotian and asked: "This little brother has a very strange face, so he didn't dare to ask his name."
Ye Xiaotian clasped his hands and said, "Little brother Huxian county magistrate Ye Xiaotian, who is this brother?"
"Oh!" The master chieftain withdrew his smile, turned his head lightly, and ignored him. Ye Xiaotian still arched his hands in front of his chest, thinking inexplicably: "What's wrong with this person, I don't know him, so it's impossible to offend him?"
At this time, I heard a person on the opposite side say to the master chieftain next to him: "Brother Hong Dong, I heard that your Dawan Shansi plans to ask the magistrate for an extra 10% in addition to last year's quota this time." payment?"
Dawan Shansi
It was only then that Ye Xiaotian suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the chieftain was hostile to him. It turned out that he belonged to Dawan Shansi.
Hong Dong, who was dressed in a navy blue robe, said strangely: "Yes! The money allocated by the imperial court is very limited every year. I, Dawan Shansi, also want to share the worries of the magistrate, and don't want to compete with my colleagues. However, the tiger closed the door a few years ago. Something went wrong, and the tax in our county was greatly reduced, so I had to reach out to the magistrate."
The old man in the gray cotton robe on the opposite side said "Oh" and said: "I have heard about your Dawanshansi. You just reduced the tax a little last year. Our Wuluosi is different. We are located in a remote place. , can neither rely on the sky nor the earth, so I have to ask for relief every year."
The man sitting on the left of him immediately said when he heard this: "Your Wuluosi is bordered by the capital of Sizhou after all, and you have some commercial tax revenue. Ling, I, the chieftain, can only eat fragrant pork once every two days now."
"Forget it, Tashi Toast, do you feel embarrassed after eating one meal of meat every two days? Our Yimei Dongsi suffered a drought last year, and there was no harvest. That is really embarrassing. Look at me, I have an audience with the magistrate today. My lord, you should dress decently to show respect, but look at my robe, it is my best robe, and it has been patched six times."
"Agachier, don't you just let it go? Are you ashamed to cry poorly in front of me, Shiye Dongsi? Our company lives in the deep mountains, and we don't even grow crops. We eat grass and trees, and meat from birds and beasts. Occasionally, I can get some treasures and sell some money, poor! My cottage is now changed to two meals a day."
All of a sudden, all the local magistrates, local chiefs, and chieftains joined the ranks of the poor. The more they talked, the more miserable they were. It was true that those who heard it were sad, and those who heard it were crying. If they didn't know their identities, they would just listen to them. I thought it was a group of beggars setting up a dragon gate array in the ruined temple.
Ye Xiaotian listened to what they said, and then looked at his brocade robe and jade belt, and his red shoes lightly fur, he felt deeply ashamed. When he came to Tongren, he was racking his brains to ask for relief, but after hearing the miserable appearance of these earth emperors, he wished to spend all his money to help them.
At this time, there was a long laugh outside the hall, and someone said loudly: "My lords, every year today, you all come to the magistrate's yamen to cry for poverty. If things go on like this, I think this day can be designated as the "Crying for the Poor Festival" in Tongren Mansion." ,Hahaha… "
With hearty laughter, a slender man in his thirties came in casually. He was wearing a black gauze cap, an indigo crew-neck shirt, a plain silver belt around his waist, and a pair of embroidered patterns on his chest patch. Purple mandarin duck. Ye Xiaotian was stunned: "Oh! Isn't this the 'Ximen Senior Official'?"