Full belly building.
Chen Ning hosted a banquet for Fei Ju, the Marquis of Pingliang, and Wu Yun, the Minister of Punishment. During the banquet, the table was full of wine and meat.
Fei Ju looked at the food and wine on the table, swallowed twice, and held back a breath: "Chen Ning, what do you mean? The superiors are asking us to live frugally and not to be extravagant and wasteful. If this matter spreads, what will happen? Aren’t you harming me?”
Chen Ning smiled heartily: "You are fighting on the battlefield, wearing many wounds, and you are the founder of the Ming Dynasty. How much is eating a few pieces of meat and drinking a few jars of wine a waste? Besides, who here dares to gossip? Don't worry, if the news gets out, , Your Majesty is not punishing me, so what does it have to do with you?"
Fei Ju nodded repeatedly, thinking that this was also the case. He reached out happily to grab the wine jar, poured a bowl of wine, and glanced at Wu Yun and Chen Ning: "Tell me, if Jin invites me here, it must not be for dinner, right?"
Chen Ning smiled flatteringly: "It would be somewhat hypocritical to say it's just for food. There are no outsiders here, so I'll just say it."
Fei Ju nodded slightly, this Chen Ning was quite straightforward.
Chen Ning saw that Fei Ju's wine bowl was empty and stood up to fill it up: "A few days ago, Prime Minister Hu met Gu Zhengchen in the palace."
Fei Ju's hand that picked up the wine bowl shook slightly, and the wine rippled in the bowl.
Chen Ning moved his eyes away from Fei Ju's hand and said slowly: "To be honest with Marquis Pingliang, Hu Xiang is extremely unhappy with this person. He commented that the city is very deep and his plans are very big."
"oh?"
Fei Ju drawled a long note.
Seeing that Fei Ju was concerned, Chen Ning leaned over and whispered: "Then Gu Zhengchen caused me to be reprimanded by His Majesty, and he has long wanted to get rid of him. But if Yushitai takes action now, His Majesty will definitely guess that it was me who instigated it, and will not deal with him. .”
Fei Ju took a sip of wine and said, "You want me to step in and deal with him? Haha, Chen Ning, do you know that for an outsider like him, the superior asked me to personally break Fei Qiang's legs! This shows that this outsider treats him How important it is, besides, Gu Zhengchen has accepted Mu Chun and Mu Sheng as his disciples, is tied to Mu Ying, and has guards around him, how can he do anything?"
Chen Ning sat down and said: "This is Jinling. Who dares to do such a thing as a knight using force to break the ban? Once found out, it will be a decapitation job. To solve Gu Zhengchen, there is no need to kill him. He only needs the Marquis of Pingliang to find one or two Those who are absolutely reliable and willing to sacrifice their lives can be handed over to Wu Shangshu and things can be done."
"really?"
Fei Ju looked at Wu Yun.
Wu Yun nodded seriously: "As long as your people can withstand the torture without speaking, they can drag Gu Zhengchen into hell. Even if it doesn't work, he will still need to live in the dungeon for several months. As long as people are in the dungeon, they are alive. Whether it's death or not, it's not up to us, haha."
Fei Ju smiled.
As long as Gu Zhengchen is taken to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, he will be crushed to death without even saying that he will be crushed to death.
There are many ways to kill people in the dungeon. Although if someone dies unexpectedly, his colleagues in the Ministry of Punishment will be implicated, but the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment will at most be fined a salary, and if the situation is more serious, he will be demoted. But as long as Hu Weiyong is around, being demoted is nothing. As for the salary, haha, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, who would rely entirely on his salary to make a living...
"In that case, I will send you a man, but it will take some time."
Fei Ju agreed.
"no problem."
Chen Ning and Wu Yun looked at each other and smiled.
The wine is flowing.
Chen Ning came to Fei Ju's side and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty has issued an order to order Wei Guogong Xu Da to return to Jinling. Prime Minister Hu was interested and wanted to have a banquet with Wei Guogong when he came back, but he was afraid that he would be abrupt by sending an invitation directly. Wei Guogong refused, so he sent a special messenger Let me ask the Marquis of Pingliang, if you can build a bridge in the middle so that Prime Minister Hu and Duke Wei can sit in the same room?"
Fei Ju shook his head and said simply: "Xiang Hu is a civil servant. What's the point of rushing to see the general? Besides, everyone knows that Wei Guogong is not a womanizer, not greedy for food and drink, and not greedy for money. Once he returns to Jinling, , except for entering the palace according to orders, he must stay behind closed doors and refuse visitors, how can he be so easy to invite."
Chen Ning knew that things were difficult to handle, and Xu Da was a troublemaker because of his inexperience.
But Hu Weiyong could not bypass Xu Da. Although Hu Weiyong was the only one in the Zhongshu Province who "had sole control of power", Xu Da was also the Prime Minister of Zhongshu, or the Prime Minister of the Left, and was more noble and powerful than Hu Weiyong's Prime Minister of the Right!
It's just that Xu Da has been commanding troops outside, so the Prime Minister Zuo is in name only. But who can guarantee that Xu Da will one day go to Zhongshu Province on a whim, sit down in court, and review the memorial...
The first level of officialdom suppresses people to death, and when the time comes, Hu Weiyong can only stare, smile and obey.
But trying to lure Xu Da into the water is probably an extremely difficult thing to do. Even Fei Ju doesn't want to get involved, so you can imagine how difficult it is to get in touch with Xu Da.
Fei Ju left after eating and drinking.
Returning to Pingliang Hou Mansion, Fei Ju chose a guard named Wang Erlu and gave him a mission.
Wang Erlu began to indulge, going to brothels to find the best girls, and going to restaurants to eat the best dishes.
This is the last indulgence in exchange for one's life.
Mu Mansion Villa.
Mu Chun and Mu Sheng were learning how to make bacon and sausages. Gu Zhengchen held the pig intestines in one hand and picked up the marinated pork with the other hand and stuffed it into the pig intestines. From time to time, he would pick up a needle and prick it twice to expel the air. .
There are many customs in the twelfth lunar month of the Ming Dynasty. Not only must bacon be made, but also cured wine, cured water, and cured vinegar. The wax water here refers to the snow water in the twelfth lunar month.
According to the experience of the Ming Dynasty people, using wax water to make wine will improve the quality over time. Moreover, wax water is cold in nature, so soaking grain seeds in this water has the effects of drought resistance and insect infestation.
You need to see whether God will provide you with cured water, but others need to be made by yourself.
Although Gu Cheng and Sun Shiba came back, and the family also "kept" a few servants and maids from the Mu Mansion, Gu Zhengchen still liked to do it by himself, and taught Mu Ying and Mu Sheng by the way.
In the twelfth lunar month, the smell of bacon seems to be everywhere in Jinling City, and at night, no matter which lane you walk through, you can hear the sound of pounding rice.
Rice is pounded on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, which counts for one year.
Although many people in the city can buy rice directly, the inertia of customs and the desire to not be hungry in the coming year still allow this custom to continue.
Arrive at Laba in a blink of an eye.
Gu Zhengchen went to Tianjie Temple with Liang Jiajun as promised.
Perhaps because the twelfth lunar month is approaching New Year's Day, Jinling City has become especially lively, with merchants and vendors everywhere, and shop signs swaying in the cold wind, meeting the enthusiasm of people.
Liang Jiajun became more talkative than when he first came to Jinling, but Gu Zhengchen could feel that Liang Jiajun had more respect for him. Even if he deliberately concealed it, this awe had already penetrated deeply into his consciousness.
Tianjie Temple is already crowded with people.
The Ming Dynasty people's enthusiasm for Buddhism is unstoppable. This enthusiasm is related to the recognition and guidance of the royal family. After all, Lao Zhu was a monk in Huangjue Temple. There is no need to verify whether he is a young novice or a great monk. After all, he When begging for food, he wears a cassock and holds a broken bowl filled with "blessings" from the Buddha.
Liang Jiajun looked at the crowded temple gate and said to Gu Zhengchen, "It's not easy to ask for a bowl of eight-treasure porridge."
Gu Zhengchen hid his hands in his sleeves and let out a breath of air: "Isn't it just the monks teaching Dharma and giving porridge, but why so many people come?"
Liang Jiajun rolled his eyes at Gu Zhengchen: "The lecturer is not an ordinary person, but the elder of Tianjie Temple - Master Ruqi."
