Chapter 124 The Second Concubine of Rain Temple (Repair)
A highly pragmatic servant said proudly: "My young master is..."
Gao pragmatic stretched out his hand to pull him and interrupted: "The student is a Henan imperial examination candidate. He came to Beijing to participate in next spring. He just entered Shenjing. Unfortunately, it was cloudy and rainy, so he had to come to Baosha to find a shelter from the rain...
Your Majesty, are you here to undertake the construction?"
The tall man with a white beard and a white face softened slightly when he heard that Gao Pragmatic claimed to be a civil servant. He breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It turns out that he is still a filial and honest man. We... I am not the one who built the building here, but we have something to do with it."
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Gao pragmatically nodded and asked: "In that case, you are considered half the master. I wonder if you can let the students and others enter the main hall to take shelter from the rain?"
Hearing this, the fair-faced man looked at the servants beside Gao Jingshi. They were all fierce and stern, and they were not easy to get along with at first glance. He couldn't help but hesitate, subconsciously glanced behind him, frowned and said: "If you are the only one,
Maybe it's okay to be accommodating, but you have so many followers, it's a bit difficult to handle."
Gao Pingshi's heart moved and he asked: "Are there any female members of your family here?"
The white-faced man was taken aback and said hurriedly: "No, no, they are the female relatives of my humble boss." As soon as he said this, he immediately became nervous again: "How did you know there were female relatives?"
Of course, his nervousness is normal. Gao Pragmatic is not surprising at all. After all, the force of his own profession seems to be too exaggerated. Although he is a tall man, you can tell by the look in his eyes that he is definitely not Liu Wei at the beginning.
If someone like him has any evil intentions, how can he resist?
"You don't have to worry too much." Gao pragmatically smiled, pointed in the direction of the temple gate, and said: "There are two small sedans at the door. I guess they are not for you, right?"
In fact, there is another doubtful point here, that is, only two small sedan chairs were seen outside, and there was also this white-faced man at the Main Hall. If the two female relatives were riding in the sedan chair, then where were the bearers?
But Gao Pragmatic didn't bother to ask these trivial matters, he just found a place to take shelter from the rain.
Of course the white-faced man knew that if Gao Jingshi and the others insisted on going in to take shelter from the rain, he would definitely not be able to stop them by himself, but he opened his mouth to let them in, but he really didn't dare, so he couldn't help but become more hesitant.
Seeing him mumbling and refusing to speak, Gao Pingshi couldn't help but frown a little. He said to himself that the palace is so spacious. Even if you have two female relatives, wouldn't it be better if one of us occupies the east hall and the other occupies the west hall? This is the main hall.
There is a huge statue of a god in the middle, surrounded by divine pillars, carved railings and painted buildings. Even if they were bathing and changing clothes opposite, I couldn't see them.
The situation was a bit tense when a clear female voice came from the main hall: "Since he is a filial and honest person, Ah Fu, let him come in and rest in the west hall. However, the servants cannot come in. If you want to take shelter from the rain, there is a side hall at the back.
, although it has not yet been completed, the roof has been put up so that they can go there for safety."
Gao pragmatic frowned slightly when he heard this. Although the woman's voice sounded quite young, her words were full of undoubted meaning. Could it be that she came from a family of officials?
But this is not right. According to the custom of the Ming Dynasty, everything is low-grade, only good academics are good. Even if the other party is a woman from an official family, I am a young scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam. Logically speaking, I should be someone who can receive some attention.
Why did the other party directly drive his servants to the unrenovated side hall? Could it be that the heavy rain washed away the Dragon King Temple, and the other party was the family member of a certain prince or marquis?
The white-faced man was relieved after receiving the order from the woman in the palace, and said quickly: "Mr. Xiaolian, my... miss has given me instructions. You can always go to the side hall to rest. Please go to the west."
Just when Gao Pangshi was hesitating, the female voice inside said again: "Well, Xiaolian, this is the foot of the emperor, the most virtuous place. Are you still afraid that my sister will be unfavorable to you?"
Oh, that's not the case. I was just bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years. I have become accustomed to being careful in the past few years.
Gao Jingshi coughed slightly and was about to speak when he saw Gao Jue running over in a hurry. He called out while he was still at the bottom of the steps: "Young Master, there are some bearers in the wing at the gate, saying... Huh?"
Gao Jue walked so fast that he had already climbed up the steps when he spoke. When he saw the saber on the white-faced man's waist, he stared at him carefully, smiled slightly, tilted his head and said pragmatically to Gao: "Young Master, this man is a
eunuch."
Eunuchs are eunuchs, just put it a little nicer.
Gao Pragmatic was stunned when he heard this, and said that this man looked to be in his early thirties, why was he still fair-faced and without a beard? Men in the Ming Dynasty generally had the habit of growing beards, usually after the crowning ceremony, but occasionally earlier or slightly
postponed.
But Gao Jue told Gao Jingshi that this man was an eunuch. The point was not to despise him, but to serve as a reminder.
Not just anyone can use eunuchs!
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, only the royal family and the royal family can use eunuchs, and the eunuchs of the royal family are theoretically given by the emperor, and the palace itself cannot use them casually.
Of course, many of the prohibitions are ineffective even today in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, due to the custom of self-imposed palaces in the Ming Dynasty, many people were unable to enter the imperial palace or the palace of the vassal prince after they left the palace, and ended up living outside, so some of them would also be
Honorable and honorable, the official’s family will keep it. [Wufeng’s note: Regarding the issue of the custom of self-imposed palace in the Ming Dynasty, it is a little complicated, so I won’t go into details here. Interested readers can search for articles such as "The Custom of Self-imposed Palace in Ming Dynasty Society", but these are professional
Academic papers may be charged.]
But even so, ordinary people would never dare to hire eunuchs who were living in exile among the people. Unless they were high-ranking nobles or big bureaucrats, they would never dare to hire eunuchs. Otherwise, if they were discovered, the emperor would pursue them and the charges would be serious.
Since this woman in the Great Hall dares to employ an eunuch in her family, she must be anything but ordinary.
However, Gao Pragmatic didn't care much about this discovery. Since the other party was from a well-established family, even if he rested alone in the main hall, his safety would be guaranteed.
So he told Gao Jue his request, and then entered the main hall.
Gao Jue frowned slightly, glanced at the tall eunuch, turned around and ordered: "Leave four people to guard the main hall, and the rest will go to the side hall to rest. I will go to the side hall to take a look first, and will be back soon."
The two main characteristics of the guard servants are that they are provided with ample money, and the second is that they are strict in discipline. They completely adhere to the practices of the Qi family army. Therefore, the servants have a lot of time to eat and drink, and there is no need to get wet. They all take the initiative to ask for help.
Stay - Gao is pragmatic and has always been generous. Maybe if you stay here for a long time, you can get some rewards, and you won't lose money.
Gao Jue selected four people with satisfaction, and then confessed: "Those who have traveled a hundred miles must cheer up for me before returning home. Do you know that something will happen if you enter Nancheng?" The four people agreed one after another.
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The arrangement of the servants is left to Gao Jue, and Gao Pragmatic usually doesn't care about it. He is not a commander who pays attention to "loving his soldiers as his sons". His usual thinking is sticks and carrots, so he doesn't care about Gao Jue's arrangements.