Around the first watch of the weather, the city of Guangzhou was already completely silent. Since the "Kun Army" entered the city, the originally relaxed night ban has been tightened again. The Australian government offices have posted notices all over the city to provide for people's peace of mind.
Except for those with road signs, no one is allowed to walk on the streets at night.
As soon as the sun went down, the detective team, led by several "police officers", patrolled everywhere and urged the "street watchers" to close the street gates. Residents and shops on both sides of the main streets also received orders from Paijia. After nightfall,
A lantern was hung outside the door. The light was dim and swaying under the eaves. Under the dim light, one could see large printed notices of peace and security posted on the walls at each street entrance.
At the main road intersections in the city, gallows were erected that Guangzhou citizens had never seen before. Several corpses were hung on them, swaying slowly in the weak light of lanterns. Paper signs were hung around their necks, with ink pens hanging on them.
He was accused of being a "robber", "theft", etc. The prisoners who were caught were hung up without spending the night.
For the citizens of Guangzhou, the past few days have been uneasy. However, since entering the city, Fubo's army has been very disciplined and has not committed any crimes, which has left a deep impression on them. The market has generally recovered on the second day after the city was broken.
Already.
However, following the traditional concept of going out less and showing less during the war-torn season, every household turned off the lights and went to bed. In this silent night, the lights in the deep courtyard of a house in the west of the city were still on.
Bamboo curtains were used to hang the windows and doors tightly, only a little dim light was exposed, but the hall was brightly lit. On the rosewood couch in the room, a middle-aged man was leaning. He looked very rich, because he was
In the inner house, he dressed very casually, wearing a Western cloth robe, a mesh gauze on his head, and a pair of Chenqiao straw sandals edged with purple damask. He leaned on a large Nanjing satin pillow, holding the Xiang Fei's Bamboo Han Jade Mouth in his hand.
He smoked the cigarette silently, and the blue-white smoke was misty. Just like his thoughts, he was swaying and didn't know where to go.
One of the two maids stood behind him, and the other knelt in front of him, gently beating his legs and massaging his shoulders. However, this did not seem to make him feel comfortable. There were various exquisite items on the Japanese lacquer table in front of him.
The "mouth fruit". But it didn't seem to be moving at all. The Hangzhou Mingqian tea that cost several taels of silver to buy just one tael was completely cold in the tea cup.
A man dressed as a master was sitting diagonally across from him, looking at him with some fear. This was the first time that his boss was "helpless".
On the table between them, there was a notice. The ink-colored paper of the notice was still new. It could be seen that it had been posted not long ago. The secular Song font on it indicated where it came from: Australians who had recently entered the city.
"Master, it's late at night, tomorrow..." The master probably felt that too much time had passed, and couldn't help but break the silence in the room.
The middle-aged man called "Master" is Mo Rongxin, the director of Wenlan Academy.
The notice was sent by Shi Tidi, the accountant of his college. Although Shi Tidi was the accountant of Wenlan College, he was actually Mo Rongxin's personal friend. Mo Rongxin did not go to the college on weekdays, and all the college's property revenue
All expenditures are handled by the Master Historian. Naturally, besides Master Mo, he is the most concerned about the income and expenditure of Wenlan Academy's property - not only does he receive a salary of 120 taels of silver per year, but also various expenses.
, the rebate can amount to five or six hundred taels a year. This is a lot of money!
Today, more than a dozen shopkeepers on Chengxuan Street who had rented the Wenlan Academy facade came to him with this notice: The Australians have posted notices everywhere, giving them twelve hours to demolish the shacks on Chengxuan Street.
It is said that it is a shack, but what these companies built is no longer a "shack". It is almost a "house". Not to mention that it cost a lot of money to build it. After it was demolished, the store space was much smaller, and the business was
Not to mention the inconvenience, many of the money-making items and goods had to be found elsewhere. The shopkeepers had no idea and came to the landlord one after another to ask for a solution.
Naturally, there was nothing that Shi Tidi could do. If he had a problem in the past, he could take his employer's film and go to the county or government office to find a clerk or a master to "talk" with him, and spend a little money to solve the problem.
Now that he had changed his official position, even the routine he was familiar with was gone. He didn't even know where the yamen door opened. In a panic, he had no choice but to come to Mo Rongxin to find a solution.
"What can we do? There's nothing we can do!" Mo Rongxin puffed out a puff of smoke and put the smoke aside. He turned sideways to get up. The girl beside him quickly held his arm and used all her strength to help him stand up.
Mo Rongxin took a big sip of herbal tea and sighed: "Now the Australians have just entered the city, and Mr. Liu is a new official. What are you trying to stop them from doing? That's courting death! Go tell them that you want to hang yourself.
They will go alone tomorrow. I won’t come to support them!”
Shi Tidi laughed twice and said: "The master is right. However, there are many shops in the academy on Chengxuan Street. If the shacks are demolished, the loss will be considerable. If there is a way to turn things around, let's deal with it.
They are willing to spend some money."
"They are willing, but I am still unwilling." Mo Rongxin said, "Now the thieves are worried that no one will jump out to intervene, and they can't kill people to establish their authority. Whoever wants to have such a face can do it!"
Shi Tidi was not willing to let go of the opportunity to get benefits, and continued to persuade: "Master, should I discuss this matter with Master Gao of Guandi Temple?"
This is Morong's most powerful "killer trump card". When he encountered several major crises, he always relied on the people of Guandi Temple to come forward to resolve them. Although he had the ugly name of "a beggar's relative" for this, the benefits were
It's not small.
"It's easy for you to think!" Mo Rongxin said, "The thieves are not fools. As soon as the Guandi Temple people come out, they will immediately think that we are causing trouble. They can't deal with the Guandi Temple people. Isn't it easy to deal with us?"
"So..." Shi Tidi was a little disappointed - seeing that he couldn't get this "thank you money".
"Go tell the shopkeepers: Stop looking for new ways and just demolish it by yourself. At least you can recover some of your capital. Tomorrow, if those gang of shady government officials do it, there won't even be a brick left. It's getting late.
Yes, you can rest here one night and go early tomorrow morning. Go ahead."
Seeing that his employer had issued an order to expel guests, Shi Tidi had no choice but to stand up and excuse himself. Mo Rongxin suddenly thought of something and asked, "How are you doing in the academy lately?"
"These days, the Tiankun thieves have entered the city, and the mountain chief and students have not come to the academy. The students living in the academy are still quiet."
"Go and watch the cook, you know what you are eating and getting. The food in the academy is almost like pig food. From tomorrow on, the food will be meaty every day - not just some bones."
If the chicken rack is boiled, it will be regarded as meat, and the chicken, duck and fish must be whole! The rice must be taken care of! Do you understand?!"
"Yes, yes." Shi Tidi was startled. He was also involved in the deprivation of food.
"Don't let a small thing make a big mistake. How can those sour people be easy to deal with? If you mess around like this, they will already be full of complaints." Mo Rongxin calmly shook his fan and decided to "click" him today.
Ichiban said, "Now that an Australian has become the emperor, I have to prevent them from taking the opportunity to cause trouble. When the time comes, I won't know anything..."
Shi Tidi hurriedly said: "The students know. We will make arrangements when we get back tomorrow."
In another courtyard in the same mansion, Mo Rongxin's fifth daughter-in-law, Gao Huichun, is sitting alone in her room embroidering. She is a young woman in her twenties and has been married to the Mo family for five years. Tonight's dinner
Before, the girl came over to report that the fifth master had something to do tonight and was resting outside in the study, and was not allowed to wait for him to go to bed. Although she had no expression at the time, she felt very unhappy in her heart. She knew that her husband was resting in a girl's room again.
Each of the rich and powerful officials had several wives. Even the beggar leader among the beggars commanded by her father also had several wives. Her father not only had more than a dozen women around him, but he also often went to the flower boats to find them.
Having fun all night long.
When she got engaged to the Mo family, although she was happy that she could marry into a "scholarly family", she felt a little unhappy when she heard that her future husband already had a maid.
At the beginning of their marriage, they were still loving. However, as time passed, especially after she never gave birth to a child, her husband's love gradually weakened, and the days he spent resting in her room became fewer and fewer. If not
For her father's sake, the father-in-law was afraid that the couple would have a falling out, which would be detrimental to their relationship, so he forced his son to spend the night in her room every few days. It would be good if he could come to her room for about two or three days a month.
If she didn't come back tonight, she immediately understood: He had gone to spend the night with the maid he had recently hooked up with for some reason.
In this so-called "scholarly family", the father-in-law Mo Rongxin himself is a greedy and lustful person. He always keeps four or five maids who are thirteen years old for his pleasure; several sons are not inferior to their father, and all of them are
There were a group of wives and concubines, and they went to the palace and went on flower boats... Although her husband was the fifth son of a concubine and had no status in the family, he still had several maids in the house.
As the wife of the wife, she was unwilling to reveal her "little secret" about this matter in front of the maid, but she couldn't get rid of the pain in her heart. She thought: "It's so hard to be a woman."
, something like this has already happened before a person gets older!" Even talking to the maids and listening to the blind girl singing did not alleviate the pain in her heart.
It was already waking up outside. She put down her embroidery work and listened to the desolate banging sound outside. Thinking of her own experiences and all the experiences she had experienced in this big family in the past five years, it was so full of flavors that she could not help but feel sore in her eyes, almost falling down.
Tears come.
But she didn't dare to sigh, and even swallowed her sobs, lest she be heard by the people nearby and the maids, which would cause more trouble. (~^~)