A highly pragmatic servant said proudly: "My young master is..."
Gao pragmatic stretched out his hand to pull him, and interrupted: "The student is from the imperial examination in Henan Province. He came to Beijing to participate in next spring. He just entered Shenjing. Unfortunately, it was cloudy and it was going to rain, so he had to come to Baosha to find a shelter from the rain." But is it being built here?”
The tall man with a white face and no beard softened slightly when he heard that Gao Pragmatic claimed to be a judge. He breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It turns out that he is still a filial and honest man. I am not the one who built the building here, but it has something to do with it."
Gao pragmatically nodded and asked: "In that case, you are considered half a 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 extremely tough and had cold expressions. They were not easy to get along with at first glance. He couldn't help but hesitate a little. He subconsciously glanced behind him and frowned: "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 shocked and said hurriedly: "No, no, it's the female dependents of my boss." As soon as he said this, he immediately became nervous: "How did you know there were female dependents?"
His nervousness is of course a normal manifestation, and it is not surprising that he is pragmatic. After all, the force in his profession seems to be too exaggerated. Although he is a tall man, you can tell by the expression in his eyes that he is definitely not the kind of delinquent person that Liu Wei was back then. If he has any malicious 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 yours, right?"
In fact, there is still a doubt here, that is, only two small sedans 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, then where were the bearers?
But Gao Pragmatic didn't bother to ask about these trivial matters. He was just looking for a place to take shelter from the rain. 6 eight 6 eight 6 read 6 books,
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 and more hesitant.
Seeing him murmuring 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 dependents, wouldn't it be good for one of us to occupy the east hall and the other to occupy the west hall? There is a huge statue of a god in the middle of the main hall, surrounded by sacred pillars, carved railings and painted buildings. I couldn't see them even if they were bathing and changing clothes opposite.
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. But the servants can't come in. If you want to take shelter from the rain, there is a side hall at the back. , although it has not been built yet, the roof has been put up so that they can go there to take shelter.”
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 customs of the Ming Dynasty, everything is low-grade, only high-grade. 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? The other party also directly drove his servants to the side hall that had not been repaired? Could it be that the heavy rain washed away the Dragon King Temple, and the other party was the family member of a certain father-in-law or marquis?
The white-faced man was relieved after receiving the instructions from the woman in the palace, and said quickly: "Master Xiaolian, my lady has given instructions. You can always go to the side hall to rest. Please come to the west."
Gao Pangshi was hesitating, and the female voice inside said again: "Well Xiaolian, this is the foot of the emperor, a good place. Are you still afraid that my sister will be bad for 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 lightly 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. What do you say?"
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, his eyes narrowed and he looked at him carefully. He 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? Mingren men generally have the habit of growing beards, usually after the crowning ceremony, but occasionally they are done earlier or slightly later. .
But Gao Jue told Gao Jingshi that this man was an eunuch. The point was not to despise him, but 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 accept them casually.
Of course, to this day, many prohibitions are no longer effective. 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 leaving the imperial palace, and ended up living outside the palace. Therefore, some of them would also be adopted by the families of nobles and officials. Wufeng's note: Regarding the issue of the custom of self-constitution in the Ming Dynasty, it is a little complicated. I won't go into details here. Interested readers can search for articles on the custom of self-constitution in the society of the Ming Dynasty. However, these 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, the emperor would be held accountable after the discovery, and the charges would not be small.
Since the woman in this great palace dares to employ an eunuch in her family, she must be anything but ordinary.
However, Gao Pragmatic didn't care much about this fact. 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 what the other party wanted, and then entered the 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 discipline is strict. They completely adhere to the practices of the Qi Jiajun. 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. Liu Gao has always been pragmatic and generous. Maybe if you stay here for a long time, you can get some rewards, so 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. .
The arrangement of the servants is left to Gao Jue, and Gao Jue 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. He entered the west hall by himself. 11
