Zheng Haizhu rushed to the county seat and just jumped out of the mule cart when suddenly a dark shadow flashed before his eyes, followed by a "pop" sound, and his cheek came into contact with a large ball of soft vegetable leaves.
"The one who got the acne rash came from her Zhuangzi!"
"Yes, those refugees from the north she brought!"
"Go back, go back!"
Curses rang out one after another all around, all in Chongming's local dialect.
Yangxian Cheng hurriedly walked out of the yamen with his robe in hand. He showed off his authority as a second master, glared, and shouted at the officers to drive away the onlookers. Then he pointed at the man who threw the vegetable peelings and said: "If you dare to be rude to Mrs. Chi Ming, you will be punished." If you kill him, return it! Take off his pants and give him ten sticks first!"
Zheng Haizhu hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over, saying "forget it" several times.
He then handed over his hands to the people who were watching and said loudly: "The people with the acne are from my Zhengjiazhuang, but it has been a hundred days since they settled in Chongming. If they are infected with the acne, it must have been spread by people here in Nanzhili. And the disease I have been in the county town for the past half month, and no one has been found to have acne in my village. Otherwise, wouldn’t the first and second masters seal my village?”
The turbulent public opinion was like a tide. After it calmed down a little, some talented people squeezed in to watch the excitement. With sharp eyes, they pointed at the man who took the lead in attacking Zheng Haizhu and said: "Hey, Chen Er, you also cursed the emperor when you were drinking the day before yesterday. Madam, she said that the outsiders in her village will tease the young lady and lure away your beautiful little cousin."
When everyone heard this, they immediately changed their interest and began to laugh at the young man named Chen Er. They ridiculed him for his reed-stick-like body. He must have a weak foundation. No wonder the young and strong cousin wanted to be beaten by the tall and powerful Liao people. Hooked up and gone.
Zheng Haizhu didn't want to listen anymore, so he was led into the county government office by Yang County Prime Minister.
Yue Zhixian's doughy smiling face stood before his eyes, but Zheng Haizhu's face sank and he said unceremoniously: "Your Majesty, after I arrived in Chongming, which one thing did I feel sorry for the county for? You guys have finished with me. My man, he picked up my firearms. After picking up my firearms, he came back to pick up my people. He also used them as mules! The local farmer has not left the island to do corvee work. My people, do you want to send him away? Have you ever worked outside the island?”
When Yue Yunhong heard this, he understood that the tigress had guessed that the little carpenter had been away from the island for half a month.
The county magistrate was not a vegetarian, so he sneered: "Then I also have something to ask my wife. Didn't your Zhuangzi invite a doctor from Songjiang to vaccinate against pox a while ago? That day, Yang County Cheng mentioned it to the young carpenter, and he said He has already had acne. Now it seems that the little carpenter is not honest. There is an epidemic of acne in Songjiang. If he had not said that he could avoid the epidemic, how could the county let him go to buy tools? "
Hearing this, Zheng Haizhu was sullen and thoughtful, and asked: "County Lord, is Carpenter Dong going to Songjiang on his own?"
At this moment, Yue Yunhong didn't bother to hide anything, and said bluntly: "Yes, the northern dealer who recycled cotton cloth left with the chairs he made, and came back this time to ask for more styles. The little carpenter said something. If it’s not enough, I have to go to Songjiang to buy this and that.”
Yang Xian Cheng, who was on the side, also took over the conversation and changed the topic for his superior: "Mrs. Zheng, buying two pieces of furniture for merchants from outside the island is also something that should be considered carefully. Mr. Yue and I are not just looking at you. A young carpenter really has two brushes, and he can lead apprentices after he works a lot. There are many trees in Chongming, and it is close to Wusong Pier. Looking back, like Su Xiuhu silk, makes the name of the woodwork known, and guests come like clouds. You Zhuangzi also has it Isn’t it money input?”
Zheng Haizhu waved his hand: "Acne is a disease that can kill people. I don't have the heart to think about money right now."
Yue Yunhong leaned back on the Taishi's chair and said calmly: "It's good that Madam knows how serious acne is. Therefore, we have no choice but to lock up Madam's powerful female generals together. Who would have thought that, after only ten days of separation, then The woman seemed to be lovesick, and she took her baby to have a tryst with the little carpenter! Lao Yang, please take your wife to have a look."
…
Aya was sitting on the half-broken doorstep, coaxing her daughter Xiao Doubao to sleep when suddenly there was a noise outside the hut.
She stood up quickly.
A good-looking man came out of the dilapidated house behind him and said in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"
Aya ignored him and walked straight to the entrance of the courtyard.
Outside the courtyard gate, on both sides of the fire that was always burning mugwort, guards covered with cotton scarves appeared, and they shouted more than her: "Don't come out!"
"That's my boss! I told her..."
Before Aya could say anything, Zheng Haizhu had already strode over.
Yangxian Cheng hurriedly rushed to the front to stop her, and said kindly: "Madam, if you go forward, you will have to be locked up inside. This is the Anjiyuan built by the Chongming gentry. All patients with acne, leprosy and other epidemic diseases are here." We must be imprisoned here, and life and death are determined by God. There was no pox epidemic in Chongming last year. On the first day of this year, the county people and common people are all watching. Madam also saw the scene in front of the yamen. If you force your way in now, wouldn't it mean that the population will be even worse? Reality?"
Zheng Haizhu looked at the two guards who looked like servants of the Jin gentry. They looked at her with disdain and looked at her with fierce expressions. When they faced Yang Xian Cheng, they just made a cursory bow.
In many counties in Jiangnan during the Ming Dynasty, it was not uncommon for the county magistrates to look at the faces of the well-established Jin gentry.
Zheng Haizhu approached Yang County Cheng and discussed in a low voice: "Look at my housekeeper, she has pockmarks on her face. She had acne when she was a child. Her baby has just been vaccinated against acne. How about letting her mother and daughter go back to Zhuangzi first?"
Yang Xiancheng flatly refused: "No. The merchant who came to order the furniture also had acne. He only talked to the carpenter all afternoon about how to make the furniture, and he was still locked up? They were fine if they got it, but they took it out The disease and acne will be passed on to others."
"Madam," Aya said loudly through the smoke of mugwort, "Aya thanked Madam for caring about her. Hemp ropes are specially cut at fine points. God plays tricks on the poor. If Aya and the baby are not in good health, they will never live up to expectations. Don’t bury me and my wife from Chongming to Songjiang. I beg you, madam, to send our ashes back to your hometown in Shandong for burial.”
"No, no, no," Yang Xian Cheng felt embarrassed and waved his hand to Aya, "Didn't your wife say that you had acne?"
Zheng Haizhu pointed angrily at the pig food-like porridge in the wooden barrel next to the hut and said, "Are you going to feed them this every day? They will starve to death even if they don't get sick."
But he was already thinking about what Aya had just said.
The sentence "The hemp rope is specially cut at the thinnest part" is one of the incisions used by Wu Bond to train intelligence personnel, which shows that the words behind it have a profound meaning.
Aya has never set foot in Songjiang. Thinking of her mission, does "from Chongming to Songjiang" refer to the young carpenter Ah Shan?
It is impossible for Aya to have any feelings for the Dengzhou Liu Baihu who made Aya pregnant with the child, and there is no such thing as "hometown in Shandong". There is a guild hall, where is the guild hall in Dengzhou Jindaozhai Private Harbor?
Hometown in Shandong? Shandong Chamber of Commerce in Songjiang?
Zheng Haizhu stared at Aya, but Aya showed his face again, seeming to comfort Zheng Haizhu in turn: "Mr. Yang is right, Aya will survive it. Madam, please be careful when sailing the Wannian Ship, there is a pox in Songjiang this time Madam, Mrs. Gu, please don’t go back."
"Be careful when sailing a thousand-year-old ship" is also an incision, which means that the following words should be understood in reverse.
Aya wants me to go back to Songjiang to check?
Zheng Haizhu realized that Aya should have discovered that Ah Shan had been to the Shandong Chamber of Commerce in Songjiang, but there was no other conclusive discovery or evidence, so he was just passing on a confusing clue to himself. Otherwise, since she had the opportunity to see him, she would not use code words.
Aya turned around and walked back to the yard. In front of Yang Xian Cheng, Zheng Haizhu took out two silver coins and handed them to the guard: "Please give it to me and add some meat buns."
Yangxian Cheng said coquettishly: "Yes, that skilled little master inside, when he survives this disaster, let him make some good furniture for your master."
…
"Water, water."
On the wooden bed, Yue Tuan, who was suffering from high fever, groaned.
Aya gently put down the little bean bag of her sleeping daughter, went out to scoop out some water, soaked it with a handkerchief, and applied it on Yue Tuo's chapped lips, then twisted it gently, and poured drop by drop into Yue Tuo's open lips. In the mouth.
Tong Fengnian crossed his arms, leaned against the door, and said coldly: "Little widow, you are quite good at serving men."
This traitor was teasing, but he was actually very upset in his heart.
Tong Fengnian didn't expect that Master Yue Tuo managed to go to Songjiang and meet his old Tong family members, but he came back infected with acne.
Yue Tuan was Sibeile's right-hand man and Huang Taiji's favorite. If he failed in the Ming Dynasty, even if the Tong family got what Sibeile wanted, a lot of credit would be lost.
And the little widow from Zhengjiazhuang in front of me is so damn evil. Why did the little widow come to find her the day after the master came back from Songjiang, saying she felt sorry for him because he had to work hard and couldn't eat hot meals.
Looking at the master's surprised and happy eyes, could it be that he really likes her?
In the afternoon of that day, Master Yue Tuo began to wilt and then developed a high fever. It happened that the doctor from the county was passing by. When he heard that the master had just gone to Songjiang, he immediately insisted that it was acne. At night, Nanmanzi from Chongming dragged them away. Come to this shabby house.
After dawn, the master really started to break out.
Aya ignored the man behind her.
She still had no way of knowing Tong Fengnian's true identity, but she felt that although he was handsome, his expression was a bit gloomy, and he did not look like an ordinary businessman who would be friendly and make money.
She didn't know that the little carpenter Ashan who fed her water was actually Nurhachi's grandson, but when he had a high fever, she went through his trousers and found half a piece of paper from the Shandong Guild Hall stained with shortbread crumbs, which she felt was strange.
Which snack shop uses such good paper to wrap food?
In the past few days, Tong Fengnian always behaved like a slut, watching Aya's behavior in front of Yue Tuo. When he saw nothing unusual, he went to the courtyard to drink the clean water boiled by the little widow.
As soon as he turned around and took a step forward, he heard Yue Tuo suddenly shouting at the top of his lungs: "Mother, I must work hard!"
This is the Jurchen saying, "Mom, I'm here to see you."
Tong Fengnian suddenly stopped walking.
