Chapter 15 Fortune and Misfortune(1/2)
After the affairs of the Beiping Mansion were over, all the owners of the Eighteen Villages had left, but Qin Qiong had not left. It was not because he was greedy for the comfort here, but because there were still more than a month before Huang Gang concluded the case, in case the Jinan Mansion hadn't pursued him yet.
Back to Huang Gang, if he goes back, I'm afraid this case will definitely fall on him.
But as the saying goes, what is supposed to come will eventually come, how can it be so simple to block or avoid? Qin Qiong had just rested this day, and suddenly dreamed that his door was surrounded by officials from Jinan Prefecture. Fortunately, Luo Shixin remembered it before leaving.
After the previous warning, the officials were blocked from the door. However, Qin's mother thought that Qin Qiong had committed another trouble, so she became seriously ill in bed. Jia and Qin Huaiyu were nervous beside the bed to no avail, and kept talking.
Looking forward to Qin Qiong's early return. Dreaming of this, Qin Qiong suddenly woke up. At dawn, he hurriedly said goodbye to Luo Yi and hurried back to Jinan Mansion.
After returning to Jinan Mansion, seven days later, Qin Qiong had just arrived outside his home. Before he entered, he saw Fan Hu getting close to Luo Shixintao outside the door: "Hey! I said Shixin, you always know me, right? You
Why don't you let me in?"
"You go out, my sister-in-law said, my mother's illness is all caused by you officials, officials are not allowed to enter the house!" Luo Shixin is a strong man, Fan Hu couldn't resist his push, and was pushed out of the old house.
Fortunately, Luo Shixin knew Fan Hu, so he didn't push Zhang Gongjin as hard as he did.
"Shit, Shit, Shit! I'm just here to ask if your brother is back. Please be gentle!" "No, no, go quickly!"
Fan Hu had no choice but to leave, but as soon as he turned around, he saw Qin Qiong leading the horse back, so he hurried over to help Qin Qiong lead the horse. As soon as he took over, Luo Shixin snatched it away, so he had to ask Qin Qiong first: "Qin Qiong"
Brother! Why did you come back today?"
"I was delayed for a while, what happened?" Qin Qiong had already guessed in his mind, but still pretended not to know and asked. When he asked, Fan Hu just poured beans out of a bamboo tube and told him that it was indeed Jinan Mansion.
Due to half a month of investigation on the Imperial Gang matter to no avail, after being recommended by the county magistrate where Qin Qiong was originally located, Tang Bi sent someone to ask Qin Qiong to take over the case. However, Qin Qiong had already gone to Beiping Prefecture, so the officials of Jinan Prefecture had to wait for three days.
As a result, Qin's mother came to Qin's house to bother her every five days. As a result, Qin's mother was worried that something had happened to Qin Qiong, and she became ill with worry.
"Fan Hu, you go back to the government office first! After I visit my mother, I will go to the government office to take orders." After hearing what Qin Qiong said, Fan Hu left. When Luo Shixin saw Qin Qiong coming back, he happily held his horse and followed Qin Qiong.
They walked into the house together. After entering the house, Qin Qiong first greeted Mrs. Jia, and then comforted Qin Huaiyu, before going to the bed to confess to Qin's mother. When Qin's mother saw her son coming back, her illness was mostly cured instantly, and Qin Qiong was healed again.
After briefly describing the Peiping Mansion and his party, Qin Qiong finally reassured Qin's mother. After this incident, Qin Qiong went to Jinan Mansion to take up a post, so naturally he had to take over the imperial duties.
But even though this matter was taken over, how to deal with it was a problem. Qin Qiong thought about it and decided to go to Runan Village first. If he could discuss a countermeasure with You Junda, it would be great. However, when he arrived at Runan Village,
Qin Qiong saw white silk paper flowers hanging high on the door of Runan Village. There was also an elegiac couplet written in black and white on both sides of the door. The right couplet said: I will be grateful for the rest of my life; the left couplet said: The love of the calf is separated from each other. The door
The top comment read: Happy Birthday. Could it be that someone in the village passed away? Qin Qiong clicked on the door a few times in confusion, but no one came to open the door.
At this time, in Runan Villa, Zhu Neng was asking You Junda for instructions: "Master, Master Qin is here, do you want to invite him in?"
"Please! Of course you have to!" Although You Junda said please, his tone was clear that the boss was unwilling. Zhu Neng knew why You Junda had such an attitude, so he didn't say much, and just went to open the door for Qin Qiong first.
You Junda only left the back hall after arranging all the necessary matters.
You Junda felt dissatisfied. Originally, according to his plan, Qin Qiong would come to visit up to ten days after robbing Huang Gang. By then, he had already arranged a funeral, saying that he was in mourning and had no time to rob Huang Gang. However,
When he was about to organize the funeral, he received a letter from Wang Junke, saying that it was Luo Cheng's wedding and invited all the heads of the Eighteen Villages to attend the banquet. This caused him great harm! Luo Cheng's wedding
As Luo Cheng's cousin, Qin Qiong has no reason not to go. But if Qin Qiong goes to Beiping Mansion, what will he do for the funeral? Is it possible that he really has to hold a funeral at home for a month and wait for Qin Qiong to come back? Of course he knows better
He must not go to Beiping Mansion, otherwise when Qin Qiong asked him, he would not be able to explain it. As a result, he was so hesitant. When he remembered Luo Cheng's marriage and wanted Qi Guoyuan to bring a gift, Qi Guoyuan had already stood up and left! But even if
In this case, You Junda didn't blame anyone. What's even more annoying is that he originally thought that Qin Qiong would come back in half a month at most, but it turned out that it was already a month and a half before Qin Qiong came. He has done almost two in Runan Village
It is estimated that everyone in Runan County knows about Yue's funeral! But now that Qin Qiong is here, he can only go to greet her. As for how to deal with Qin Qiong, he has also thought of a countermeasure.
"Brother Qin! My mother passed away and I didn't go out to greet her. Please forgive me." You Junda looked sad. With the help of his servants, he slowly walked towards Qin Qiong. Everyone behind him also stood up as a sign of respect for Qin Qiong.
Saluted.
When Qin Qiong stepped into the second door of Runan Village, she saw You Junda wearing plain clothes and black shoes, with a hemp rope tied around his waist, and a haggard face. He also had some doubts in his heart whether You Junda had made a fake thing and attracted evil stars, and really killed his family. But
After taking a closer look behind You Junda, he found that except for You Junda, who had a sad look on his face, everyone else in the courtyard was more trembling and looking at each other, as if they were worried about something.
"Master You is so polite. May I ask who passed away in the house? Have you notified all the brothers to come to express condolences?" Qin Qiong stepped forward to support You Junda, and they walked into the mourning hall together.
"I'm sorry, Brother Qin, I'm thinking of you. The person who passed away was my godmother. Brother Qin should know that both of my parents died when I was young. When I was a child, my godmother gave me three meals a day. When I met my godmother again half a year ago, I
Knowing that she was an unfilial parent, I took her to the village to support her, but it was a pity that my godmother had no luck in her life! She passed away only half a year ago! And my godmother usually likes to be quiet, so she doesn't dare to bother my brothers to trek!" You said.
Junda looked sad as he spoke. At the end, two lines of tears flowed from his eyes, which made Qin Qiong a little moved. Qin Qiong's original idea of pushing open the coffin lid to expose You Junda was stopped, just in case.
You Junda really had a family member die, wouldn't it be a taboo, so he asked again: "May I ask how long it has been since your father's death, and why he has not been buried for so long?"
Ah! Cheng Yaojin, who was in the cellar at this time, suddenly sneezed, which made him wonder what happened to him today. Why did he still sneeze on such a hot day? Today was fine, but suddenly someone came to report,
Qin Qiong, whom they had been wary of these days, finally arrived. You Junda was worried that his outspoken words would cause trouble, and he was also afraid that the people in the village would not be able to see him, so he asked him to hide in the cellar. However, due to the sudden incident, the people in the village
No one had made any preparations. In this summer, there was no difference between a cellar and a steamer. At this time, Cheng Yaojin had already taken off his clothes due to the heat and shouted to the top: "Hey! Things are ready for the top.
No? Let me out quickly, you want to kill me!" However, no one responded to him, and he was so angry that he said to himself: "You damn You Junda, you have been crying for my mother for three months, and you are crying again.
Lock me here until I get out and see if I don’t beat you!”
"To be honest with Brother Qin, I originally planned to be buried after the first seven days, but my godmother told me before she died that it must be a hundred days before the burial, so I haven't been buried yet. It has been eighty days now, and it will be in twenty days.
You can bury it!" You Junda said again in the front hall. Qin Qiong thought: You can really make it up! I have only heard of the saying that a newborn baby has a hundred days, how can a dead person want to live longer?
The saying that it takes a hundred days to bury? If you bury it after a hundred days, the corpse will probably stink in this hot weather! But when he saw that You Junda didn't look guilty at all, he couldn't tell it directly, so he asked again:
"According to this, it must be that the incident where Huang Gang of Dengzhou Prefecture was robbed in Changyelin more than a month ago was not the fault of Master You. So, does Master You know who robbed Huang Gang?"
"Imperial outline? What imperial outline?" You Junda said with a puzzled face: "Brother Qin, filial piety is the first priority. After the death of the godmother, there is a hundred days of filial piety. How dare I do anything during the filial piety period! As for the matter,
Who did the Imperial Gang matter? During this period, Brother Zhuangnai was strictly banned from my home and I never inquired about this matter."
"Oh! That's it! Since Master You is still in the period of filial piety, Brother Yu doesn't want to disturb you anymore, so I'll take my leave!" Qin Qiong stood up, took two steps and then turned back and said: "Master You, your Majesty has passed away, Brother Yu and You
We have some friendship with the owner of the village. I wonder if I can allow my brother to see the remains of your parents in the mourning hall?" Qin Qiong said, putting one hand on the coffin. While looking at the coffin, he glanced at the people in the mourning hall from the corner of his eyes. He saw these people one by one.
They all stretched their hands behind their waists. It seemed that as soon as he opened the coffin, these people would come up and kill him immediately!
Qin Qiong thought in his heart that You Junda was worthy of being the leader of the party, and he was really meticulous in his work. Although March Xiaoqi's words sounded far-fetched, as long as he dared to expose it on the spot, everyone in the mourning hall would immediately come up to capture him. And since he was empty-handed
Entering the door, the two maces were still on the horses, so how could they withstand the siege of so many people? Qin Qiong recognized the situation and immediately pretended not to see it. Instead, she looked up at You Junda and continued to ask for his consent.
"Brother Qin, isn't this good? My godmother's coffin has been sealed. If you open the coffin now, wouldn't you be making me unfilial?" You Junda's answer was exactly what Qin Qiong wanted, so Qin Qiong took advantage of the situation and said: "In that case, Brother Fool!
This is not to embarrass Mr. You, it’s just that you and I have known each other for a while, and since I’m here, I should kowtow to you.”
You Junda saw that Qin Qiong's demeanor didn't seem to be fake, so he agreed. Qin Qiong actually walked to the front of the hall, kowtowed to the coffin three times before getting up and leaving. As soon as Qin Qiong left, You Junda finally let go of his tense heart.
He immediately dismissed everyone, removed the incense table, and changed into their own clothes. As soon as they finished, the servants were cleaning the mourning hall. Zhu Neng also brought a cup of tea to You Junda. However, as soon as You Junda took a sip, there was a guard at the door.
Someone came to report that Qin Qiong was back again!
You Junda was so shocked that he almost spat out a mouthful of tea, and quickly called his subordinates back. After he hurriedly put on his mourning clothes, he hurried to see Qin Qiong at the door to buy more time for everyone to prepare. But he
When he walked out of the second door, he saw Qin Qiong holding an incense stick and a paper horse in front of him, and hanging on his waist were the two famous weapons - tile-faced gold maces. You Junda had doubts, but he still went up to ask.
Said: "Hey? Brother Qin, why are you back again?"
Qin Qiong looked at You Junda's face. The original paleness was gone, and his face was more red. He was completely different from the previous posture. Qin Qiong pretended not to know and replied: "I just passed by the funeral shop on the street and felt lonely.
Is it disrespectful to kowtow, so I bought some incense paper horses and brought some incense paper to the maternity hall. I wonder if the incense table in the maternity hall has been removed?"
"Brother Qin, what are you talking about? My mother still has twenty days left to celebrate the Hundred Days Festival. How can the incense case be removed? Brother Qin, please!" When You Junda said this, he felt a little unsure. When he was cleaning up the mourning hall, the incense case had been removed.
It is true that it was removed, but when he came out this time, he had not come yet to arrange this. He was busy wearing mourning clothes. It is hard to say whether the people inside had set up the incense table.
Sure enough, as soon as the two entered the second door, they saw a lot of people in the mourning hall, but the incense table in front of the hall was missing. You Junda was so anxious that he quickly shouted: "Zhu Neng! Who told you to remove the old lady's incense table?"
Dropped it? Bring it back quickly!"
"No need!" At this time, Qin Qiong grabbed You Junda's hem and lifted it up, mocking: "Master You, the mourning period is very important, why are you pretending to be filial piety!" It turned out that You Junda was in a hurry to stop Qin Qiong, so he didn't even think about it.
He didn't have time to change his clothes, so he hurriedly put on his mourning clothes and went out. The red clothes and pants were dimly visible in the walking room, and Qin Qiong had already noticed him.
You Junda knew that the situation was defeated, so he pulled away from Qin Qiong's hand, and his filial piety clothes were torn to pieces. He shouted "Do it!" and everyone in the courtyard immediately stepped forward to surround Qin Qiong.
"What? You Junda, do you still want to kill me?" Qin Qiong asked this question not without reason. He has some friendship with Shan Xiongxin, the owner of Erxian Village in Luzhou, and Shan Xiongxin is the general manager of Eighteen Villages.
Village leader, if You Junda touches him today, Shan Xiongxin will never let him go.
"Brother Qin is joking." You Junda said with a smile: "How dare I kill you! I just want to force Brother Qin to stay in my village for a few more days. Once the Huang Gang incident is over, what do you want?
If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you wish!"
"So it's true that you robbed the emperor? Do you know that if I fail to deliver, all the officials in Jinan Mansion will be held accountable! Your life is life, but the lives of all the officials in Jinan Mansion are not lives, right?"
"Haha!" You Junda sneered twice and asked: "Brother Qin, since we are talking about this, I also want to ask you, you have traveled a lot on both sides of the Yellow River, do you think now besides Dengzhou Prefecture and Peiping?
Mansion, is there any place in the world where people can live and settle down? Let’s talk about Guanyun Village where Wang Bodang is. In the past, Luoyang was still the capital, but since the capital was moved to Luoyang, the taxes of the people there have doubled.
Most of them have not been pocketed by the government; and let’s talk about Tianshui Village far away from Qi State. A few days ago, I sent someone to ask him to help me bring a gift to Luo Cheng, but you know what the people who came back said? Because it is close to the canal, and the court has explicitly ordered the canal.
There must be no obstruction to the view on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, but the local government actually sent troops to drive away the people. Now it's better, the people actually have to rely on us, the kings of the mountains, for support. It's a joke! Such a court, such a government, don't
Even if one person from Jinan Prefecture is implicated, even if there are a few more, I, You Junda, will never feel sorry for you! I would like to advise you, Brother Qin! You should take off your official skin as soon as possible to save yourself from being poked in the back by the common people in the future.
Scold! I don’t think you can go back when this Huang Gang incident is over. You might as well take over our Eighteenth Village. We will definitely be happy to respect you as brother! If you agree, tomorrow, no! I can let people go now.
Jinan Mansion has brought my aunt, sister-in-law and son here, and we are here to marry Jinlan. I am willing to give up my position as the owner of Runan Village to you! What do you think?"
"Shut up!" Qin Qiong shouted sternly to stop You Junda. Although he also knew that the imperial court had been immoral over the years, he had never had the idea of rebellion. His uncles Luo Yi and Qiu Rui were now important officials of the imperial court. If he rebelled,
Could it be that it was an insult to the lintel? But the people in the Eighteen Villages were eager for justice and justice, and he knew it very well. Otherwise, how could he have been on good terms with these people over the years. "Although there are many unethical policies in the imperial court,
There are also loyal and loyal people who are ministers of others. How can they openly rebel just because the monarch makes a mistake? No one can make mistakes without being a sage. The sages certainly have their faults, but if one day they can wake up and put an end to the war, the Sui Dynasty will be restored again.
Prosperity is not impossible! You Junda, I am here today only for Huang Gang. For the sake of our past friendship, as long as you hand over Huang Gang today, I will not arrest you and bring you to justice. Huang Gang is recovered, Jinan Prefecture
To be continued...