The city of Nanjing really turned upside down.
The next day, before dawn, Xie Yilu went out to the city to see it. Before leaving the Taiping Gate, he ran into Qu Feng's soft sedan chair. In Qu Feng's own words, "Cut down a tree, why is there such a big commotion!"
There is an endless stream of people along the way, those who come to sign pledges, watch the excitement, and take the opportunity to do business. From the city gate to the pear forest, there are people who build pancakes and sell water. The excitement is no different from that in the city. .
The sedan chair was hard to lift, so Qu Feng simply got down and walked with Xie Yilu, the road was surrounded by fences drawn by the weaving bureau, and a few steps away was a fireman with a knife, Xie Yilu didn't tell Qu Feng what happened last night, Looking at the current situation, the common people can overthrow the weaving bureau by themselves without sending troops from the Ministry of War.
The burly Jurchen Yishiha was still the one who held the stage last time, and the dark-skinned Annan eunuchs were in charge of signing on both sides. Xie Yilu saw Ruan Tian at a glance, with a knife and sheath in his arms, looking ready to fight . This person is very interesting, his likes and dislikes are written on his face, when he saw Xie Yilu, he immediately glared at him viciously, he is a straight-hearted person.
The first ones who signed the pledge were all ordinary people with no money, no one, and no power. Xie Yilu and Qu Feng watched from the crowd, they wept and stamped their fingerprints on the documents, and then dawdled, somewhat cowardly, The money blackmailed by the eunuch took out from his pocket and carefully placed it on the paperwork.
"Next!" The signing eunuch shouted at the top of his voice, and these people who were innocently deprived of their property were pushed and shoved off the high platform like animals.
"Too much deceit." Xie Yilu wanted to argue, but was stopped by Qu Feng's wrist. Zhang Cai.
"Come back to me!" Ruan Tian yelled suddenly on the high platform, Xie Yilu and Qu Feng looked back, it turned out that Yi Shiha jumped off the platform and was rushing here against the flow of people.
Almost at the same time, a person rushed past Xie Yilu, "swish", and stood in front of Zhang Cai. Because he was so close, Xie Yilu recognized that it was the Annan kid who forced him with a knife last time. He remembered His knife looks outrageous.
Zhang Cai did not move forward, and confronted him in silence, vigilantly. Both of them were children, but they both had grown-up faces. Xie Yilu tilted his head and asked Qu Feng: "Aren't these two from Liao Jixiang?" people?"
"That's right," Qu Feng couldn't figure it out, "The weaving bureau is not like Zheng Mian. It usually doesn't show the mountains and dews, so you can't see through it."
"Aliu, go away!" Yi Shiha rushed over, the common people were like a helpless wave, being pushed back and forth by this big man, he was like a strong wind, a violent wave, blowing to him in the blink of an eye, holding Zhang tightly Cai's hand: "Why are you here!"
Zhang Cai was only as tall as his shoulder, and leaned close, as if she wanted to throw herself into his arms: "I'll come and see you."
"Go back quickly," Yi Shiha didn't let go of his hand, "This place is messy, let your brother know..."
"I'm not afraid that he will know," Zhang Cai stood on tiptoe, looking over Yishiha's shoulder to look at Aliu, "I'm afraid that you will suffer a disadvantage if you follow these Annan barbarians."
Very quickly, Aliu put the saber on his back with his backhand. He was about to draw the saber. Yishiha immediately turned around and covered his hand holding the saber with his big hand. Aliu tried to draw the saber, but he couldn't. Ruan Tian on the bed, at this time Ruan Tian had already squatted down, looked at this side as if watching a play, and slowly shook her head.
Aliu let go, Yishiha also let go, the long knife slid down Aliu's immature but powerful back, dangled around his waist, and stopped moving.
Yi Shiha led Zhang Cai back, Xie Yilu, Qu Feng, and the little people around them all retreated consciously, Zhang Cai turned his head and stared at the high platform, and suddenly asked: "Those who signed the pledge, why did they pay the money?" ?”
Also Shiha did not make a sound.
"Yi Shiha," Zhang Cai got angry for some reason, "Why did they pay for it!"
"Ah Cai..." Yi Shiha showed embarrassment, and Zhang Cai shook off his hand: "If the Dugong knows..." He paused, probably because he knew that there were some things that could not be said here, Xie Yilu keenly Grasping his words, didn't Liao Jixiang know about the eunuch's extortion of money? Wasn't he the one who ordered the tree to be cut down
Zhang Cai refused to leave, turned around and squeezed forward, Yi Shiha chased after him, protecting him like a baby, such a big man was completely dominated by this weak child.
It is true that every eunuch who signed the pledge was collecting money. Those ordinary people were obviously angry and depressed. One of them was in his sixties or seventies. His face and hands were full of wrinkles. Shiny, tattered clothes with only one shoe on one foot, about to throw money on the table.
Zhang Cai and him were separated by two lines, shoved those people away, and rushed over. The people hit were shouting and cursing. The old man's money had already been sold. Pat it back to the old man's hand.
"Go." He gently pushed the old man.
The signing eunuch stood up abruptly: "Brother Cai!"
Zhang Cai rolled his eyes and stared at him sharply: "Do you have a place to speak here?"
Yi Shiha tugged at his slender waist from behind, and Ruan Tian walked over leisurely with the knife in her arms, "Zhang Cai, I'm the duke who cut down the tree. Why are you Koreans joining in the fun?"
Zhang Cai stared at him bitterly, obviously furious, but because of his childish face, he looked like he was about to cry. He took out two silver leaves from his loincloth, and threw them on the table with a "boom": "That's enough!" not enough!"
Ruan Tian looked at him with a frown, somewhat embarrassed, smiled suddenly, and then ordered Yi Shiha: "Dharma Protector Vajra, why don't you invite your living Bodhisattva away!"
Yishiha stretched out his hand, Zhang Cai shook his arms in resistance: "I can walk by myself!"
He took two steps, stopped again, and looked back at Ruan Tian on the high platform: "If you do this, something will happen!"
Ruan Tian didn't seem to be listening, and walked to the other side of the stage with square steps.
Yi Shiha chased after Zhang Cai to persuade him, Zhang Cai pushed him away again and again, Xie Yilu saw the child rushing forward with his left hand tightly clutching the saber at his waist, suddenly, a stone flew out from nowhere and brought him The sound hit him on the forehead, and he didn't make a sound, and collapsed on the ground as if his muscles and bones were broken.
Yishiha rushed forward like crazy, turned the person over tremblingly, and saw that the left temple was broken, and the blood flowed all over the place. Ruan Tian saw it from a high place, pulled out the knife, and threw the scabbard at her feet : "Damn who did it! Find it out for me!"
His people moved one after another, and those with knives drew their knives. Looking at the direction of the stone, it was thrown from the two rows of people who were knocked away by Zhang Cai just now. Aliu went straight to the gangsters, seeing that the eunuch was going to use force , the common people also picked up the guy, and the scene suddenly became chaotic, Xie Yilu chased Aliu and squeezed forward, Qu Feng watched him go up, and rushed into the whirlpool.
Jintang held up his sleeves, brushing thick ink and large brushes over the white Xuan, and the little eunuch who was grinding ink next to him slapped his hands and praised: "Grandpa's good calligraphy, lively and square, good calligraphy!"
Jin Tang put down the pen, and it was very popular: "The Xuedu Gong came to two strokes of "Dabao Zhen", it was really a pleasure!"
He flipped his hands to make a move, when a fireman rushed in from the door, swallowed and said, "Grandpa, go and see, brother Cai's head was broken!"
Jintang's face turned pale, and for a moment she seemed to be in a panic, she let go of the sleeves, and the large satin sleeves fell into the ink pool, staining the sleeves black.
Supported by the little eunuchs on both sides, he staggered to the outside of Zhang Caimen, pushed the door open, Yishiha stood up from the bed, Jintang saw him, his face froze immediately, standing at the door, he stretched out his hand, palm facing superior.
The little fireman stepped into the room, took out the feather duster from the bottle, and held it respectfully in his hand. He held the duster upside down, rushed over and pumped it dozens of times, and threw the duster on the ground when he was exhausted. He yelled: "Get out!"
Yishiha kept his head down, muttering, "The north of the city is in chaos."
Jintang's cheeks moved: "Understood."
Yi Shiha turned his head and went out, Jintang kicked the feather duster away, and shouted angrily: "The Jurchens are not allowed to enter this house from now on!"
"Brother..." Zhang Cai woke up and called him softly.
Jintang hurried over, holding his little hand, not daring to look up at his injury, the rag on the temporary wrap, the dried blood, almost made him cry, "Don't go, don't go, just Do not listen!"
Zhang Cai didn't speak, just scratched the palm of his hand with her little hand, Jintang's heart softened.
"I'm just going to have a look," Zhang Cai pouted, like a spoiled child, "I'm afraid they will bully him."
Jintang was helpless: "He is so big, no one can bully him."
"He is nice to me, and they will make things difficult for him."
Jintang was angry: "What are you, you know what it means to be with you!"
Zhang Cai pursed her lips and really cried: "Even if I think about him, he also thinks about my kindness."
Jin Tang rubbed his hair and wiped his tears, Zhang Cai half-buried her face in the quilt: "It hurts, brother."
Jintang sighed: "Think about Gansu, it won't hurt anymore."
Zhang Cai closed his eyes and nodded, yes, think about Gansu, the sky-high yellow sand, pools of blood, fallen horses, burning and bursting corpses... Jintang knew that he remembered those things, and tightened his hand: "Cai, Yishiha followed the Annan people, he was not with us."
Zhang Cai complained to him: "It's not that he wants to follow the Annan people, it's that you don't want him."
"He is a Jurchen, how can I want him?"
"Then how could Ruan Tian want him," Zhang Cai said in a low voice, "They all said... that Ruan Tian had a wider heart than you."
What Jin Tang hated the most was that Ruan Tian was better than him, and her delicate face turned cold instantly: "Yi Shiha doesn't read and can't read, how can I look down on him?" His voice became cold, and the others also became cold, annoyed Turning his back, "Following those Annan people who fight and kill, that's his temper!"
Zhang Cai gently tugged on his clothes, but Jin Tang ignored him, so Zhang Cai said, "Brother, they Annan people always want to overwhelm us, I know it's hard for you..."
Jintang looked at him gently again, and patted his hand comfortingly: "Remember, when the time comes, don't set yourself up for others, no matter how deadly you are."
Zhang Cai lowered her eyes, and said after a while, "Yi Shiha won't."
Jintang sneered, "Silly boy!"
He got up to leave, but was stopped by Zhang Cai: "Brother, Ruan Tian and the others asked the common people for money."
Jintang was not surprised at all, nodded and said she understood, and inadvertently glanced at the cloth wrapped around Zhang Cai's head, it was the hem of a man's inner robe, the fabric was poor, not something eunuchs would use: "Who wrapped your head for you?"
"I don't know," Zhang Cai said sleepily, "Yi Shiha said he was an official."
"Official?" Jintang didn't believe it.
"A small official," Zhang Cai said, "I have seen Yi Shiha before. He is new to Nanjing, so I don't know his name."
Jintang tucked in the quilt for him, like a gentle mother: "Be good, go to sleep."
Xie Yilu injured his hand, and half of his left arm could not move. Today, the common people moved for real. They used hoes and rakes, but the weaving bureau still arrested people. Once they were locked up, the common people stopped, but Xie Yilu knew that it was just The tranquility before the shower, there may be big waves waiting behind it.
He arrived at Lingfu Temple in the evening. At first glance, the stone lantern seemed to be empty. He took out a small bamboo fan with a narrow face and a thin handle. There is no broken paper plum blossom on one side, and on the other side, there are four words in willow body sprinkled with gold: You are a boat.
"You Zuo... Zhouji?" Xie Yilu read it in surprise. This is different from the past. It is not a leisurely and leisurely singing and playing with the moon. It's difficult, but I am a boat on the lake of his heart, which can carry him across Xiaoyaojin and happy township.
Want to see him! Xie Yilu never thought of a person who would think of such torture, wishing to see him now, a sentence lingered in his mind as if burning, he couldn't find the pen and ink to write, he wanted to ask, the dream has been known for a long time, the world of mortals Can you imagine