Da Suining

Chapter 89 Burning People
When Xiang Suining returned to the mansion, it was past the unitary hour.

Ever since the emperor favored Xiang Suining, Xiang Yan felt uneasy, and when Xiang Suining was not in the mansion, she felt like a cat scratching her heart.

As soon as Xiang Suining stepped on the blue bricks at the gate of the mansion, Xiang Yan leaned against the door and said, "What are you doing out again? You don't want to hook up with the Second Prince Guo."

"It's not our second girl who hooked up with him, it was he who wanted to hook up with our second girl, but unfortunately our second girl didn't agree." Mingzhu pouted her lips and replied, not to mention Xiang Suining, it was Mingzhu's humble maid , and didn't like Guo Cheng's perverted look at all, Xiang Yan always carried a gun with a stick, and Mingzhu even made peace on Xiang Sui's behalf.

There is no rule for a servant to talk to a girl like this.

Xiang Yan pinched Ming Zhu's mouth: "You dare to frame the Second Prince's innocence, you will die."

"Even if I report it to the emperor, I still say the same thing. It was obviously the second prince Guo who pestered our second girl first."

Xiang Yan blushed.

Maybe it's because she hasn't slept well recently, her eyelids are swollen, she looks bright, but her expression is a bit gloomy.

The avenue is facing the sky, each side walks.

Xiang Suining went to the backyard, and she followed her again: "Father said, he will talk to the emperor about me and the second prince as soon as possible."

"very good."

"I'll ask you again, do you really not want to marry Guo Kai?"

"Do not want to."

"Not at all?"

"Not at all."

Xiangyan was very happy when she heard this, and immediately raised two fingers: "If I dare to have evil thoughts about the second prince, I will be punished by heaven. Read to me, and I want you to swear."

Xiang Suining sneered, Xiangyan swore she was addicted.

Recently, batches of disaster victims have entered Qingcheng, looking like flowers, with rags and sticks, and the nine admirals have to carry them out every day and throw them far away, and the dozens of hired carriages are gradually disappearing. Not enough.

Qingcheng is at the foot of the emperor, and there are many victims, which is not conducive to the defense of Qingcheng, and it is not good-looking, so in theory, the victims should be sent back to the prefectures and counties. , no one wanted to leave, so every day this group of soldiers would drag and drag them out.In the past, the Dongcheng Gate was only closed after Haishi, but now it is only after Youshi, so it has to be closed quickly. It is dark and the sight is not good, and the disaster victims are afraid that they will rush in during the dark.

Hard blocking is not the solution, throwing it back will come back, the emperor asked the ministers to find a way, think about it, or throw it farther, or say which state or county came from, and get their bosses and officials up.

He couldn't satisfy the emperor, so he told Xiang Daying to find a way. Xiang Daying walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and Xiang Yan came.

"Father, have you told the emperor?" Xiang Yan cried.

"The people's livelihood is so difficult, you only care about your own business." Xiang Daying pushed her away: "Father still has some business to do here, so let's talk about your business after the busy business is over. The emperor has not been in the mood recently."

"What is the emperor busy with?"

What the emperor is busy with is Xiang Yan who can worry about it.

Xiang Daying also only said, "Eunuch Chang is sick, and he hasn't been to the palace to serve these few days. He is an old man who serves the emperor. Without him to serve, the hot and cold tea, and the cakes are not in season. The emperor will inevitably be unhappy. "

"A father-in-law is still sick? It's so delicate." Xiangyan pulled the handkerchief and muttered: "When the emperor gets his way, dad will definitely remember to talk about the matter between me and the second prince."

"Got it, got it." Xiang Daying finally drove her away.

It was later that Xiang Suining found out that Eunuch Chang was ill. He said that he was suffering from asthma. When serving the emperor, there was always a mouthful of phlegm in his throat. He always had abnormal noises in his throat, and it sounded uncomfortable. The emperor allowed him to go back to the mansion to rest for a few days, take some medicine and wait for him.

These words were said by the servants around Eunuch Chang.

Talking to Eunuch Chang while eating cold cakes that day, he didn't have such a problem.The voice is clear and official, and it doesn't look sick at all.

Could it be that Eunuch Chang's servant lied?
It's just that I can no longer confront Eunuch Chang.

Eunuch Chang is dead.

Knowing the news of Eunuch Chang's death, Xiang Suining was looking at the curtains in Liuyunfang.

The curtain hat, also known as Mili, is a favorite for women in Qingcheng to wear when traveling.

In summer, it can shade the sun, in autumn, it can block the wind, and in all seasons, wearing a veiled hat can avoid a little, and you don't have to worry about unrelated people pointing fingers.

Liuyunfang's valance is a new style, the white gauze is knee-length, delicate and elegant, the end of the white gauze is embroidered with waterfowl and flowers, you can also customize it according to your own preferences, and it's only fifty renminbi.

A young eunuch came to Liuyunfang by order. He looked less than 20 years old, thin, with sad eyes and wounds on his hands.He was wearing the clothes worn by ordinary eunuchs in the palace, and there were some bran and old blood stains on the sleeves.

He put two ingots of silver on the cabinet of Liuyunfang, and asked the shopkeeper of Liuyunfang to come out and speak.

Tong Siyue's mother, Mrs. Su, went out to buy embroidery thread but did not return. Tong Siyue's father, Tong Zheng, came in just in time. Maybe he couldn't see clearly against the light. Go up: "Isn't this Baxi father-in-law? It's rare that Baxi father-in-law comes to our shop, please sit down, come and serve tea."

Baxi, the name sounds familiar.

Yes, no wonder his sleeves were stained with bran and old blood. He was the little eunuch who fed the crows in the palace. I saw him arched up and climbed up the wooden pole to feed the crows from a distance. No wonder he was so thin , When he climbed the wooden pole, he was very good at it.

The little eunuchs sometimes went out of the palace at the orders of their masters, and Xiang Suining only acted as Baxi's master and asked him to come to Liuyunfang to buy clothes and jewelry, but what he said next made Xiang Suining almost cry.

Tong Zheng personally handed the tea to Baxi, but Baxi didn't drink it.

"Eunuch Baxi, there are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings. Who can expect this? Eunuch Chang has served the emperor for many years, and he is very fond of the emperor. As long as he is not around, the emperor will feel uncomfortable. This is not the morning of yesterday." Because the direction of the memorial was placed in the wrong direction, the emperor even got angry, saying that as long as the little eunuch had Eunuch Chang's attention, he would be much more relieved. Who would have thought that Eunuch Chang would recover from his illness? I hired two imperial physicians to treat the old man, and the medicines are good enough, Ganoderma lucidum and pilose antler are also spared, but in the end I can’t get what I want, and I can’t keep him.”

Xiang Suining held onto the corner of the cabinet to stop, the veil in her hand almost fell to the ground, she closed her eyes and calmed down, and put the veil back.

Baxi's eye circles were already red, and her voice was a little hoarse: "It's because my master is unlucky. There are such a big house in the city, and there are little servants ordering it. It's not because he can't afford the medicine, so he went. It's all because he is used to being alone. Sleeping, never let people close to wait on him at night, I heard from his slaves that when he heard his father-in-law was panting through the door, he hurried to call the doctor, but it was too late, when he heard that his father-in-law had gone, the emperor sat up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep anymore. No, I also rewarded two ingots of silver, and asked me to go to a better clothes shop to make a new dress for my father-in-law."

Two ingots of official silver are on the cabinet at this moment.

What Liuyunfang does is the trading of living people, coffins, shrouds and other things are in a row in the back alley two streets away.

Baxi used silver to make shrouds, which was a taboo.

The woman on the cabinet held a bamboo ruler and reminded: "How can we make shrouds here? Let the ladies know, who will patronize our business?"

Tong Zheng waved his hand: "Do it. Do the best for Eunuch Chang."

Baxi got up, and bowed deeply to Tong Zheng: "Eunuch Chang can't wait to lie there, please finish it within three days, and please make it looser so that Eunuch can wear it more comfortably."

"Don't worry, don't worry, the store must follow the best standards."

In this way, Baxi was relieved, walked out of Liuyunfang, and deliberately turned to look at the oily wood signboard of Liuyunfang.

In his life, Eunuch Chang deeply regretted that he became a eunuch because of his poor family. After his death, naturally he could no longer wear eunuch uniforms. Consider it a little filial piety for him.

Tong Zheng has found the two ingots of official silver on the cabinet.

Tong Siyue is careful and kind, and he had a relationship with Chang Gonggong once. That day, he invited Xiang Suining to eat cold cakes, looking like a kind old man.

A person who is good to Xiang Suining should be a good person.

Tong Siyue said to Tong Zheng: "Father, we cannot accept these two ingots of silver."

"Yes, it is also an honor to make clothes for the father-in-law who has gone. It is the father-in-law Baxi who has taken a fancy to us. Return the money to him."

Tong Siyue handed over the silver to Xiang Suining.

Xiang Suining chased him out personally, and stopped Baxi's father-in-law at a butcher selling beef.

Baxi looked at Xiang Suining, with a loose bun, wearing a light pink pearl flower, a long skirt that reached the floor, and small marigolds embroidered on the corner of the skirt.Other than that, there are no other decorations around the body, which is very fresh.

"Are you a girl from the Xiang family?"

"you know me?"

"I don't know you, I just heard it from my father-in-law." Baxi bit her lip, and wiped her eyes with the bran-stained sleeve.

He served in the palace with Eunuch Chang. He was young when he entered the palace, and he was always bullied by others, such as putting centipedes in his clothes, causing him to scratch and be punished by the master when he was serving the master, or putting centipedes in his boots Pour some gum, and you won't be able to take off your shoes after standing at noon.

Seeing that he was thin and naughty, Eunuch Chang jokingly asked him to call him daddy. Baxi was very disgusted, thinking that it was fine if he was a rootless person, why would there be an extra rootless dad? This is not bullying.

He was dissatisfied, and secretly teased Eunuch Chang a few times, such as tearing holes in his oil umbrella to make him soak in the rain, or smearing some yam juice on his toilet paper to make his butt itch.

After a few tosses, Eunuch Chang knew that Baxi did it, and in front of all the eunuchs, he only said that he would punish him. When it was dark, he locked him in his room and beat him with a thick stick, saying it was a beating. After all, he was reluctant, but just put a pillow in Baxi's clothes, raised the stick high and put it down gently, and told Baxi to scream louder, so every time he beat Baxi, Chang Gonggong was tired. She was sweating all over, and Baxi seemed to be fine.

In this way, there is a relationship, and Baxi no longer teases Eunuch Chang. There are other eunuchs who are jealous of Eunuch Chang's favor, and secretly put needles under Eunuch Chang's bed. Baxi risked being silenced. The danger is to find out that person, just to keep Eunuch Chang, Eunuch Chang was very moved, and said to him, "I won't really die if I prick the villain with a needle. Why do you say it to offend others?"

Baxi also said stiffly, "I'm afraid no one will beat me if you die."

The two have walked together for these years, not grandparents, but better than grandparents.

Baxi was very sad when Eunuch Chang died, but fortunately the emperor was merciful, not only let the Ministry of Rites take care of Eunuch Chang's funeral, but also promoted Baxi to serve him as a tea eunuch, which was much better than feeding crows.

"I have no father or mother, and I have been cleansed since I was a child." Baxi lowered her eyes: "It's useless for me to ask for money."

"Only with money can you live a better life. Eunuch Chang's spirit in heaven must also hope that you can live well." Xiang Suining still gave him the money.

"Are you familiar with Eunuch Chang?" Baxi asked.

Xiang Suining touched his sleeve and took out a jade pendant.

Baxi took the jade pendant, put it in the palm of his hand and mosuo, and then stuck the jade pendant to his face: "This is the jade pendant of the father-in-law. It was worn by the father-in-law before."

"Yes."

"Eunuch gave you the jade pendant, he must have regarded you as his own." Baxi returned the jade pendant to Prime Minister Suining: "Three days later, the Ministry of Rites will set up a mourning hall for Eunuch Chang, and a mourning hall will be built in Eunuch Chang's mansion. See the father-in-law for the last time, and when the spirit is set, the father-in-law will be carried away and burned."

"Burn?" Xiang Suining was taken aback.

When people in Qingcheng die, most of them will be carried to be buried, that is, buried in the ground. Qingcheng people pay attention to burial.Carrying it to burn is generally not allowed by others.

Baxi explained: "It is the emperor's intention to carry it to burn. Since the founding of the country, the eunuchs serving in the palace have died, and they have to be buried in the eunuch graves. I heard from the emperor that I don't want my father-in-law to be with a group of eunuchs after his death." , and it’s not easy to bury him elsewhere, so after burning it, the altar was placed in the original mansion, and he was allowed to live in the mansion.”

Xiang Suining was thoughtful.

Everything is too fast.

It was as if Eunuch Chang was still in front of him yesterday, watching her eat cold cake with a smile.In the blink of an eye, Eunuch Chang was already lying there unable to move.

"Why is Eunuch gone?" Xiang Suining wanted to get some news from Baxi, he probably knew about Eunuch Chang.

"Elder-in-law." Baxi rubbed his eyes: "I heard from the imperial doctor that my father-in-law was obsessed with phlegm. The phlegm was stuck in his throat and he was suffocated to death. My father-in-law lived in the palace all his life and lived in a beautiful manner." , was killed by a mouthful of phlegm, it is said that when the father-in-law died, his face turned purple."

It's almost impossible not to listen to it anymore.

Baxi gave the money to Xiang Suining: "Please return it to Liuyunfang, thank you for the friendship of Liuyunfang, but my father-in-law is alive, and I am not happy to take advantage of others."

Baxi wiped her tears and went back to the palace.

It's cloudy.

Dark cloud tops.

The glazed tiles of the imperial palace in the distance also lost their color, and the protruding corners of the eaves hung sharply like black hooks.

The nearby high and low eaves are also dark.

The wind blows through the feet, blowing the corners of the skirt to bloom in layers like platycodon flowers.The blowing made all kinds of curtains at the door of the shop sway in the wind and make a whirring sound.

It's about to rain, and people walking on the street hold their heads.

(End of this chapter)