When the plaster-faced young man came to Wu Zhe and the others, saying that he was sending a plaque and couplets, there was already a lot of laughter in front of the lady's pavilion.
"Hahaha, they turned out to be plaques brought in by donkey carts!"
"I said what are they waiting for? So they are waiting for a plaque?"
"You are so poor, how dare you open a shop opposite Lady's Pavilion?"
"Donkey cart, it's really a donkey cart to send a plaque!"
The crowd, headed by Miss Huang, laughed sarcastically.
"And the person who gave the plaque, one is a half-dead old man, and the other is a half-grown man with plaster on his face, how can he compare with our lady's pavilion?"
"It can be seen from this that the business of Everlasting Regret Pavilion is like this!"
After seeing that the couplet in the Pavilion of Everlasting Regret had been hung up, and Huang Shunv and the others watched from a distance, the laughter died down.
At the gate of the Pavilion of Everlasting Regret, spectators finally began to gather around.
Those who are literate and hyphenated read the couplet shaking their heads: "Look back and smile at Bai Meisheng, and the six palaces are colorless. The natural beauty is hard to abandon, and the king will never go to court early."
Some literati with ink in their bellies were taken aback when they heard it: "Good sentence. How come it looks like a broken sentence in a poem, and the couplet is written in the way of poetry?"
"Could it be that this Pavilion of Everlasting Regret actually has some background?"
Among the people who came to Concubine Lady's Pavilion to congratulate, quite a few could read and write, and there was a lot of discussion at the moment.
"The font and calligraphy are good, with decades of attainments, but I don't know which calligraphy is it."
"Don't worry, the couplet has not been signed. Once the plaque comes out, you will know that it is from the He family."
"Don't you think it's disrespectful to mention the king at the end of this couplet?"
"That's not what we're thinking about."
Lady Huang frowned.
The Huang family has been wealthy for several generations, and Lady Huang is naturally well-trained in pen and ink, knowing that this couplet has a lot of culture.
For the first time since morning, she felt pressure at this time.
When the sound of firecrackers sounded, the plaque was lit up.
Someone already gave a thumbs up:
"The writing on this plaque is so majestic! Is it written by the same person as the couplet?"
"The Pavilion of Everlasting Regret! It really is the Pavilion of Everlasting Regret! Do you really dare to name it?"
"Look at the signature! Layman Wenyin?"
"Layman Wenyin? Who is it?"
"I've never heard of it, who is that?"
A group of people who know how to read and write are looking at each other, and I look at you, but they don't know who this layman is.
Huang Shunv asked left and right: "Have you heard of this calligraphy master?"
"No, no." Everyone shook their heads.
"I guess it's some literati who is hiding in the neighborhood?"
"Maybe it's a trick of mystery. I can't find any great poets to start writing, so I can only find an ordinary literati to fill in!"
"It's possible! It's possible!" Many people nodded.
The beggars didn't understand. Hearing these people's discussion, they couldn't help but start singing the Lotus Falling again.
"The Pavilion of Everlasting Regret is so mysterious, and the huge plaque hangs high. The layman Wen Yin is bragging, and the unknown is empty-handed!..."
These beggars were all beaten up by Hu Yunjiao just now. Holding grudges at the moment, they discussed a few words, and then sang loudly to the rhythm of bones breaking bowls.
Huang Shunv, her entourage and others burst into laughter again.
At this time Wu Zhe had already walked in with the plaster-faced young man, Hu Yun's delicate orifices were filled with smoke, and he picked up the broom to beat him, but Hu Yunshang hurriedly stopped him.
Hu Yunjiao yelled angrily: "Brother! They bully people too much! Even if the colleagues across the street are enemies, they are behind. How can they bully people like this?!"
Zong Zhilian persuaded from the side: "No matter how rude they are, you can't chase them to their shop with a broom to beat them."
Hu Yunjiao quit: "Then let them call?"
Hu Yunshang said slowly: "Stop screaming when you're tired."
Zong Zhilian gave another burst of persuasion. Hu Yunjiao saw that the two of them held her back and couldn't use it, so she could only angrily gesture to the opposite side with a gesture of contempt for you.
The beggars on the opposite side watched the actions here, knowing that it was not easy for them to come and beat people, so they shouted even more happily.
Just at this time, more than a dozen fast horses came from a distance.
A dozen or so official inspectors on horseback shouted and waved their whips, crackling in the air: "Get out of the way! Keep out of the way!"
Patrollers are city yamen servants, and have a higher status than catchers.
"It's the Qidu inspection!" Someone recognized the inspection signs of these batches and shouted in a low voice.
The excitement that had just resumed on the streets of Dongdajie was disrupted again, and the passing people hurriedly avoided.
"Master Zhong Xun is here!" Huang Shunv was overjoyed, and hurriedly greeted the guys.
Zhong Xunguan, who is not confused at the age of forty, serves as the inspector of Qidu.
The general official who is in charge of setting up stalls in the streets and alleys of Qidu, and is responsible for arresting lawbreakers on the streets.
If Wu Zhe was present, he would definitely exclaim: This is simply the combination of the director of industry and commerce and the director of urban management into one official.
Although Zhong Xunzhang's official rank is far inferior to that of a general, he has great responsibilities and real power, and he is also a well-known figure in Qidu.
"Inspector Zhong is here? That's great!" All the guys in the Fairy Pavilion were beaming with joy.
When General Qi left just now, he put down a word, that is, to call Zhong Xun to come. Everyone who was with Miss Huang at that time heard it.
At this moment, Zhong Zhong patrolled the door, so he was naturally called to fight competitors for the Fairy Pavilion!
Although Lady's Pavilion completely suppressed Changhen Pavilion in terms of momentum, who wouldn't like the icing on the cake
Not to mention the inspector with great authority, even a few inspectors under the inspector, it is easy to clean up the Changhen Pavilion with no background.
Before Zhong's patrolling horses arrived, several patrolmen had already driven the nearby onlookers to a large open space.
Even the donkey cart to deliver the plaques was pulled aside.
"What a majestic official! It's only a little bit worse than the General Qi just now." An employee from the Fairy Pavilion commented in a low voice.
The guy next to him said, "Qidu patrol is very fierce! Even if the stall is smashed in the street, the stall owner dare not say a word!"
Zhong Xunzhan galloped his horse to the lady's pavilion and reined in.
Miss Huang led the crowd to greet Zhong Xunguan with a smile on her face: "Master Zhong's arrival has made our pavilion flourish."
Hearing these words of welcome, Zhong Xunzhan hummed and jumped off the horse.
A patrol officer hurriedly stepped forward to take the reins and whips of the horse, and followed closely beside his immediate superior.
He is not tall, dressed in a gorgeous blue and white official robe, with a beard hanging down his chin, his small eyes like a mouse glanced at Miss Huang, and then looked at the lady's pavilion: "A good daughter of the Huang family, who can be with Wei Wei?" The female general and Ms. Lin jointly opened the makeup powder shop, which is not bad."
The inspector is half civilized and half military, so although he rides a horse, he wears official robes.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhong, for your praise, the little girl is sincere and frightened, how about boldly inviting your lord into the cabinet to appreciate it?" Huang Shunv hurried inside to invite her.
"It's easy to talk about." Zhong Xunzhan walked in pretendingly.
Many ordinary women in the lady's building hurriedly avoided. People in this era are afraid of officials when they see officials.
Zhong Xunzhan casually walked from the first floor to the third floor, and soon returned to the street and said loudly: "Your makeup powder store is okay, I will go to the opposite side to have a look later."
Huang Shunv and others were overjoyed, the drama is coming! As expected, Master Zhong had been informed by General Qi!
When Tiger Wing General Qi Zhenwei left here, he actually sent someone to notify the patrol yamen with a post.
For the inspectors who are very familiar with the streets, Zhong Xunzhan recruited the inspectors from East Street to know the details of the two makeup buildings.
In particular, Changhen Pavilion was opened by the brothers and sisters of the Hu family, and the owner was a disabled girl who was replaced by Lin Chaoying as Qianxing's wife. They also knew it well.
Although Qidu's inspection yamen is not affiliated with the military, it will naturally sell the face of General Huyi. What's more, there is Wei Ling, the female Xuanwu general, and the face of the Wei family, Huang family, and Lin family joining forces.
Comparing the two, Zhong Xunguan chose to do what General Huyi wanted without hesitation: punish Changhen Pavilion!
This kind of thing is done too much. In the eyes of the inspectors patrolling the yamen, it is not easy to find a reason to clean up a shop that is not deep enough
It's a pity that they don't know about Mo Shiren's face-saving, otherwise they will definitely have to weigh it...
"Eternal Regret Pavilion? It really has such a strange name." Zhong Xunzhan squinted his mouse eyes, stood obliquely and looked up.
When Hu Yunshang and Zong Zhilian at the gate of the Pavilion of Everlasting Regret saw Zhong Xunguan and his subordinates approaching, they felt a little uncomfortable.
Hu Yunshang reminded his younger sister: "Yunjiao, wait a minute, in case there is any trouble, don't be impulsive."
"What?" Hu Yunjiao was dissatisfied: "How do you say that I will cause trouble?"
Zong Zhilian said directly: "You'd better take care of Xiao Ruoyao inside. I guess she needs help to treat that dog."
"That dog has the smell of musculoskeletal ulceration, is it still alive?" Hu Yunjiao was taken aback for a moment, hearing that there seemed to be no movement inside, she couldn't help being a little curious.
"Then go and have a look." Zong Zhilian sent Hu Yunjiao in.
"No! I don't think this patrol is a good person, I have to stay here!" Hu Yunjiao said stubbornly.
Zong Zhilian and Hu Yunshang tried a few more words of persuasion, but it was still ineffective.
At this time, Zhong Xunzhang walked up with his official boots, while reading the couplet: "Looking back, smiling at Bai Meisheng... from then on, the king will not go to court early!"
Although the King of Qi is not the emperor, there are still early morning dynasties.
When he read the end of the second couplet, he had already stepped in front of the door of the Pavilion of Everlasting Regret.
Under the steps, Huang Shunv and the others pressed forward with arrogance as if they were pressing down on the formation.
Hundreds of people gathered in front of the gate of the Pavilion of Everlasting Regret to watch the excitement.
Zong Zhilian and Hu Yunshang, who were already in front of him, suddenly opened their eyes, and stared at Zong Zhilian and Hu Yunshang, who were already in front of them, and shouted loudly: "How bold! How dare a small shop Such a ridiculous joke!"
Apparently he wanted to blame Changhen Pavilion by making excuses.
Hu Yunjiao said urgently: "Don't talk nonsense! It's just couplets, what are you making fun of?!"
Hu Yunshang also quickly defended: "This is just the way of writing couplets, it's nothing!"
Zong Zhilian frowned slightly, watching coldly.
"Changhen Pavilion slandered the king of Qi with a lintel on the street! The crime is clear and indisputable! Come here!" Zhong Xun inspected his neck and greeted his subordinates: "Take off the [Eternal Regret Pavilion] sign for me—! !!"
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Baa language: The second chapter will be updated soon tonight! (To be continued.)