Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 506
A highly pragmatic servant said proudly: "My son is..."

Gao Wushi stretched out his hand to pull him, and interrupted: "The student is from Henan's current imperial examination. He will come to Beijing to participate in the next spring exam. He has just entered Shenjing. Unfortunately, it is cloudy and rainy, so we have to come to Baosha to find a place to shelter from the rain... Your Majesty, was it built here?"

The tall, white-faced and beardless man heard Gao Wushi claiming to be a Juren, his face softened a little, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "So he is still a Xiaolian, we... are not the ones who undertook the construction of this temple, but it has something to do with it. "

Gao Wushi nodded, and asked: "Since that's the case, your honorable master can be regarded as half the master. I wonder if it is possible to let the students and others enter this Great Hall of Great Heroes to shelter from the rain?"

Hearing the words, the white-faced man looked at the servants beside Gao Yushi, all of them were fierce and stern, and they were not easy to get along with at first glance, so he couldn't help hesitating, he subconsciously glanced behind him, frowned and said: "If there is only one of you, Maybe it's good to be flexible, but with so many followers, it's a bit difficult."

Gao Wushi's heart moved, and he asked, "Is there any female family members in the respected family here?"

The white-faced man was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "No, it's the female family member of my master." As soon as he said this, he immediately became nervous: "How do you know there is a female family member?"

Of course, his nervousness is normal, and it is not surprising that he is pragmatic, after all, the force in his profession seems to be too exaggerated.Although he was a tall man, he could tell from the expression in his eyes that he was definitely not the kind of unworthy person like Liu Ting back then. If he had any malicious intentions, how could he resist?
"Don't worry too much, Your Excellency." Gao Wushi smiled, pointed towards the gate of the temple, and said, "There are two small sedan chairs at the gate, so it must not be your Excellency's ride?"

In fact, there is still a doubt here, that is, there are only two small sedan chairs outside, and there is this white-faced man on the side of the Daxiong Palace. If there are two female relatives in the sedan chair, where did the bearers go?

But Gao Wushi didn't bother to ask these trivial matters, he just found a place to shelter from the rain.

Of course the white-faced man knew that if Gao Yushi and the others insisted on going in to shelter from the rain, he would not be able to stop them by himself, but he asked to let them in, but he really didn't dare, so he couldn't help hesitating even more.

Gao Wushi saw that he was muttering and he was reluctant to speak for a long time, so he couldn't help frowning a little, thinking that the palace is so spacious, even if you have two female relatives, wouldn't it be fine for one family to occupy the east hall and one family to occupy the west hall?There is a huge statue in the middle of the Daxiong Palace, surrounded by divine pillars, carved columns and painted buildings. Even if they are bathing and changing clothes on the opposite side, I can't see them.

The situation was getting a bit froze, and a crisp female voice came from the hall: "Since he is Xiaolian, Ah Fu, he is allowed to come in and rest in the west hall. But those servants are not allowed in. If you want to shelter from the rain, there is a side hall behind you." , although it has not yet been built, a roof has been erected, so they can go there to take shelter."

Gao Wushi frowned slightly when he heard this. Although the woman's voice sounded quite young, her words were full of unquestionable meanings. Could it be that she was born in a family of officials?

But this is not right, according to the atmosphere of Ming Dynasty, everything is low-grade, only high-level studies, even if the other party is a woman from a family of officials, as a young student who went to Beijing to catch the exam, it stands to reason that he should be able to receive some care. Why did the other party directly drive his servants to the unrepaired side hall?Could it be that the heavy rain washed over the Dragon King Temple, and the other party was a family member of a certain Duke or Lord Hou?
The white-faced man breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the order from the woman in the hall, and said quickly: "Master Xiaolian, my family... miss ordered, you can always go to the side hall to rest, please go to the west."

Gao Wushi was hesitating a little, and the female voice inside said again: "Then Xiaolian, this is the place where the Son of Heaven is at the foot of the emperor, the most benevolent place, are you still afraid that my sister will harm you?"

Oh, that's not the case, I was just bitten by a snake once, I was afraid of well ropes for ten years, and I got used to being careful in the past few years.

Gao Wushi coughed lightly and was about to speak when he saw Gao Yu rushing over and shouted at the bottom of the steps: "Master, there are some bearers in the side room at the gate, saying... Huh?"

Gao Yu walked very fast, and he had already climbed the steps when he was talking. When he saw the saber on the white-faced man's waist, he fixed his gaze, sized him up carefully, smiled slightly, turned his head to Gao Yushi and said: "Master, this person is a eunuch."

An eunuch is an eunuch, just to put it a little nicer.

Hearing this, Gao Yushi was stunned, and said that this man looked to be in his early thirties, so why was he still gray-faced? Ming men have a common habit of growing beards, usually after crowning ceremony, but sometimes earlier or slightly later. Postponed.

But Gao Yu told Gao Wushi that this person is an eunuch, the key is not to despise him, but a reminder.

Not just anyone can use eunuchs!

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, only the royal family and the royal family can use eunuchs, and the eunuchs of the royal family are theoretically bestowed by the emperor, and the palace itself cannot be used casually.

Of course, the law of the Ming Dynasty has been practiced to this day, and many prohibitions are not very effective.In fact, due to the ethos of the Ming Dynasty, many people could not enter the palace or the palace of the vassal princes after they left the palace, and they could only live outside, so some of them would be adopted by nobles and officials. [Wufeng’s Note: Regarding the issue of self-government customs in the Ming Dynasty, it is a bit complicated, so I won’t say much here. Interested readers can search for articles such as "Ming Dynasty Society Self-Palace Customs", but these professional academic papers may be charged. ]
But even so, eunuchs living among the people are definitely not ordinary people who dare to accept eunuchs. If they are not big nobles or big bureaucrats, they will never dare to accept eunuchs.

Since the woman in the Daxiong Palace dared to accept eunuchs in her family, she must be by no means ordinary.

However, Gao Wushi didn't care much about this discovery. Since the other party was someone with status and status, even if he rested alone in the hall, his safety would be guaranteed.

So he told Gao Yu what the other party's request was, and then entered the hall.

Gao Jue frowned slightly, glanced at the tall eunuch, turned around and said: "Leave four people to guard the main hall, and the rest go to the side hall to rest. I will go to the side hall to have a look first, and I will be right back."

The two major characteristics of the guards, one is sufficient money, and the other is strict discipline, which is completely adhering to the practice of the Qi family army, so the family members have more time to eat and drink, and it doesn't matter if they get a little rain. Stay—Gao Yushi has always been generous, maybe he can get some rewards if he stays here for a long time, and he won't lose money.

Gao Yu selected four people with satisfaction, and confessed: "Half-ninety people who travel hundreds of miles, cheer me up before returning home, don't all enter Nancheng and have an accident, you know?" The four agreed one after another. .

The arrangements of the servants are at Gao Yu's disposal, and Gao Yu generally doesn't care about them. He is not a general who pays attention to "loving soldiers like sons". He entered the West Hall by himself.

(End of this chapter)