Chapter forty-ninth
Chunfeng Tower is the first-class gold-selling cave in Shenjing.
Guests who come here will pretend to understand regardless of whether they have any knowledge or not.
No matter how popular the temper is on weekdays, you have to pretend to be elegant in front of a pretty young lady.
Captain Lu was shockingly powerful when he whipped the prisoner. At this time, he spoke to the girl, and was light and soft.
Zhou Yi was helping Miss Rourou to read palmistry and read Taoist scriptures. For twenty or thirty years, he had surpassed most ordinary masters of appearance, and he was naturally very good at speaking.
"This line is a bit flat... no, it's small, it's short, I drink more milk on weekdays..."
suddenly.
A loud bang overshadowed the laughter of guests, and the spring breeze suddenly became quiet in the building.
Zhou Yi followed the sound and saw four middle-aged men in the lobby on the first floor lifting the table where they were drinking.
The madam hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to apologize: "Masters, Miss Su Su has been dancing for half a night, change someone..."
"The uncle is here to see her!"
One of them said, "Mr. Chen is here today. Don't even think he can't jump, he has to jump even if his legs are broken!"
Someone said, "A mere slutty woman, why do you think you are precious if you praise me for being the first one?"
The madam's face changed slightly, and she heard that her accent should be from Shenjing, so it was difficult to provoke.
One of them is naturally that there are many powerful people in Shenjing, and they may be the son of the Hou Mansion. The other is that the people of Shenjing must know that Chunfeng Tower has a deep background and that even if you dare to be so arrogant, you must rely on it.
The gorgeously dressed guest next to him seemed to be admired by Miss Su Su, and he couldn't stand the arrogant people.
"Miss Su Su is already tired, and she is not forcing a weak woman..."
Before he finished speaking, a figure flashed by, pressing the guest's arm and pulling out a dagger from his waist.
ah!
With a scream, the dagger penetrated the guest's palm and nailed it to the table.
The last man who was still sitting safely took out the sign from his arms and threw it into the madam's arms.
"Continue singing!"
"Embroidered Uniform Guard!"
The madam saw the sign clearly, and it said "Chen Yang, a hundred households of Jinyiwei" and was so scared that she kept trembling.
After a moment.
The sound of silk and bamboo sounded again, and Miss Su Su took the stage to dance again, twisting her waist harder than she had just now.
Chen Yang glanced at the injured guest and his voice was quite kind: "Where is the one?"
"Daizhou."
The guest's palms were still bleeding, but he did not dare to make any sound. He looked at his friends who asked for help, but did not dare to speak at all.
“A good place to produce salt!”
Chen Yang smiled and said, "I heard that there was a pirate over there and secretly colluding with many salt merchants. Are you among them?"
"No, absolutely not."
The guest pulled out his palm vigorously, cut the dagger in half, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Sir, please spare me, we are in-laws with Minister Lu of the Ministry of Revenue..."
Chen Yang's expression remained unchanged and he was still drinking slowly.
The guest gritted his teeth: "Sir, we are willing to take 30% of the money to deliver to the mansion."
"70%!"
Chen Yang said slowly: "I won't have to give it to someone with the surname Lu in the future. In a few days, he will no longer be an official."
The guest was shocked and did not care about the blood flowing all over the floor, kowtowed and agreed.
This matter is over.
The madam dared to send someone to carry the injured away, clean the ground, and arrange for the best girl in the building to serve.
After this storm, the cheerful atmosphere of Chunfeng Tower has been reduced a lot, and some cautious guests left quietly to avoid provoking the minions of the court.
Second floor private room.
Zhou Yi was quite surprised when he saw the incident and was quite surprised by the power of the Jinyiwei.
"Mr. Lu, why is the Jinyiwei so powerful?"
The Jinyiwei was built by Taizu of Fengyang Kingdom. At first, the emperor recruited all the nobles and even the royal family branches.
These people are definitely loyal. At that time, the nobles went to the battlefield and fought with each sword and shot, so their strength was naturally not bad.
At that time, the Jinyiwei supervising officials had independent arrests and criminal prisons. The Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple had no right to interfere, which was extremely powerful.
Now more than three hundred years have passed, the Jinyiwei has been weakened for several days, and the power of arrest and supervision has been withdrawn. The power is no longer as powerful as that of the past. Only the concubines who have settled among the nobles or are not valued can go to this yamen with a bad reputation but actually have no power to make a living.
"Xiao Zhou, there are two things that Shen Jing does not mess with now."
Captain Lu said: "One is to not provoke the Jinyiwei. He is now close to the nobles and restored the power of supervising officials. His power is in full swing. The second is to not provoke the Zhang family. The current queen is the legitimate daughter of Duke Wen Zhong, and the crown prince is his grandson!"
Zhou Yi said in confusion: "I have not been here for a long time, and I heard many people say that Your Majesty is kind?"
"Old Zhou only taught you your skills, but did not teach you the world."
Feng Qiao was drunk and said, "Your Majesty's kindness is a useless to all officials, nobles, royal families, and civilians!"
The colleague said: "Now the Jinyiwei is expanding rapidly, and the imperial prison is recruiting people to serve in the office. Lao Feng can try it."
"Ahem! Don't talk nonsense, what's wrong with the Heavenly Prison!"
Captain Lu was afraid that Zhou Yi would have a different idea. After all, the Jinyiwei was so majestic that he was more promising than Tianlao's idleness, so he quickly changed the topic.
"What's the point of going to the Jinyiwei? Catching thieves is a fatal job. It's better to just go and curry favor with the Zhang family."
The colleague nodded and said, "Mr. Lu is right. The Zhang family is really powerful. In the next few decades, half of the national dynasty will be, and at least one hundred years of wealth!"
"Mr. Liu can be promoted to level 15 in ten years, but when Zhang Xiang was in a low position, he would help him in time to join the Zhang family."
"The icing on the cake now must be at least a senior official of the state prefecture, otherwise the door will not be able to enter!"
"It's reasonable!"
"If I go back ten years, I will definitely be able to take over the Zhang family."
“…”
Zhou Yi listened to his colleagues chatting, but instead was not optimistic about the future of the Zhang family.
No matter how good the relationship is, who can divide half of the family property? What's more, in such a huge country, no matter how great the credit or kindness of family affection is eroded.
After four dynasties, Zhou Yi has heard more and seen more and had some insights.
Sometimes, rebelling or not rebelling is not something you can control. The general trend is coming to an end. Only by striking a sword can you have hope of survival.
"What does some bird matter have to do with me? How can I be more interesting to see a girl!"
Zhou Yi whispered to the Rourou girl.
"The palm lines are not accurate. I still have the secret technique to look at the career lines. Let's go upstairs to have an in-depth exchange."
...
The next day.
Refreshing.
Zhou Yi carried a wooden barrel and delivered the meal with a familiar way.
With a light shake of his hand, the porridge was left with only soup and no rice grains.
"The eating skills are not unfamiliar yet!"
Prison No. 6.
The newly imprisoned prisoner was not wearing prison uniforms, but actually wearing an official robe.
Dark green, embroidered heron.
Zhou Yi took the spoon to the end and filled it with thick porridge: "Sir, I'm having a meal."
After delivering the meal.
Zhou Yi looked at the prison guards touching the cards and chatted about the origin of the prisoners, and he became famous.
After Emperor Jinglong ascended the throne, he was the first imperial examination, and the top scholar who passed the three-year reign was Yu Su.
"Xiao Zhou, this person must serve him well."
Captain Lu touched the bad card and threw it away and refused to call the bet: "This morning, Captain Ma told me that the eunuch came to the palace last night and told him not to neglect the editor. It is likely that his Majesty would signal it."
Zhou Yi said in surprise: "How can Your Majesty's favorite disciple be locked in the Heavenly Prison?"
"We don't know, maybe we are saying something wrong."
There were many officials who were sentenced for their words and words in the Heavenly Prison. A scholar wrote poems before, but he didn't know how to be the taboo of the respected one, so he actually brought the original name of Zhongzong.
After hearing this, the Jinyiwei found out that the scholar had no evidence of rebellion and threw him into the Heavenly Prison.
Chapter completed!