Chapter 101: The King of Thieves Kowtow to the City Gate

Chi Zhongrong led a group of more than forty strong guards, followed Yu En and Huang Biao, and came to Ganzhou on the day of the Xiaonian of La Yue. When they arrived in Ganzhou, Yu En and Huang Biao rushed to the Inspector Yamen to restore their lives, and Wei Shou greeted Chi Zhongrong at the city gate. Chi Zhongrong arranged for the guards to be stationed in the barracks of the elementary school outside the south gate of the town, brought four of his own entourage, carried the gifts prepared for Wang Yangming - mushrooms, bayberry persimmon cakes, white fruits, tea, etc., entered the south gate of the town, and followed Nanmen Street to the patrol gate inside the Xijin Gate. Wei Shou introduced the scenery along the street: "Chief Chi is so lucky, you look at the two lines of one street, the lights are colorful, there are singing and tricks there, which has not been seen for many years." This year, the bandits in Nan'an have been wiped out, and you have also returned to the imperial court. Wang Dutang was happy and specially ordered that the New Year should be lively and lively, sweeping away the obscurity of previous years. Chief Chi, have you been to Ganzhou before? ”

Chi Zhongrong looked at the novelty and bustle around him strictly, cautiously, and greedily, and when he heard Wei Shou ask if he had ever come, he casually continued: "Come here!" But, ah..." "I used to be a city that changed my appearance, sneaked in, and entered like a thief, but now it is different, I am a guest of Lord Titoku. Thinking of this, Chi Zhongrong couldn't help but take a deep breath and looked up at the winter sun, which was very bright and warm. In the city, the sun is too bright, and now you can also enjoy broad daylight in the city.

Wei Shou looked at Chi Zhongrong and listened to him continue. Chi Zhongrong continued: "In the past, the sun was not bright or warm now. ”

Wei Shou smiled and said, "Is it? This official also has this feeling, in previous years, there was not so much red and green, red and red, lively and festive, this lively energy made people feel warm. ”

Chi Zhongrong heard this, laughed heartily, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, yes!" You are right, Lord Wei, in the end, Lord Guan! In his mouth, Chi Zhongrong thought in his heart, he returned to the imperial court? Obey a dick! It's just that Wang Yangming's cunning means and troops are too fierce, and the brothers who used to run amok together - Zhan Smith, Xie Wang Ye, Gong Wang Ye, and Gao Kuaima, went to Yan Wang Ye one by one, they were a little afraid, came to explore the truth, just temporarily wronged themselves. The iron-clad Yamen flowing official, this Wang Yangming won battles in a row, and he did not rise to Beijing in three or two days? The muddy head is its own iron. Hum! You Wang Yangming in the barrel gang fake surrender really annihilated, my golden dragon overlord is not a pig heart and liver like Lan Tianfeng, people under the eaves, I temporarily bowed my head, in the cottage, before the arrival I arranged it, strictly defended. If you do not have thousands of brothers in your hands, no one will be rare in your hurry. Today, there are 39 heavy soldiers in the mountains, and there are 40 of my masters in the school field outside the city, and there are soldiers in my hands who are not panicked. Not panicking? When these five of me go to see Wang Yangming, will it be a moth to the fire? As soon as he thought of this, Chi Zhongrong was shocked in his heart, and his feet began to float again.

Standing in front of the three tall archways of the Inspector Yamen, Chi Zhongrong compared it with the walled house and tulou of his cottage, and his body couldn't help but shrink down. Wei Shou pointed to the outermost archway and introduced: "Chief Chi, this is newly built, and it was only repaired after the governor of the Wang Capital Hall changed to supervise military affairs, you can see the four big characters 'to supervise military affairs'." ”

Chi Zhongrong looked at it, and although he couldn't read, when he heard "mention", he couldn't help but think of the human head hanging on the large wooden pole outside the city gate in Yijin City. Chi Zhongrong regretted in his heart, did he come to the wrong place? Shouldn't come?

Chi Zhongrong entered the lobby with Wei Shou and listened to Wei Shou's introduction: "Return to the royal capital hall, humble position to pick up the chief Chi Zhongrong, and meet the royal capital hall!" ”

In winter, the house is a little gloomy and cold. Chi Zhongrong felt that his body was a little tight, and after listening to Wei Shou's introduction, his knees involuntarily softened. Chi Zhongrong, who was kneeling, peeked at Wang Yangming, his gaze was docked with Wang Yangming, and he always felt that he could scare the fierce and evil gaze of the crying child, like an ice glass sword, melted under Wang Yangming's soft and sensitive light.

I only listened to Wang Yangming say softly: "Chief Chi is here?!" ”

Chi Zhongrong kowtowed and said, "Caomin Chi Zhongrong greets Master Du!" ”

Wang Yangming said with a smile: "Chief Chi used to be a grass curse, but now he has returned to the imperial court, and he is a righteous official. How many days have you been walking on the road? ”

Chi Zhongrong sat on his calf and replied, "Eight or nine days." ”

Wang Yangming asked, "How many brothers did you bring with you?" Food and accommodation arranged? ”

Wei Shou replied, "Back in the royal capital, Chief Chi brought more than forty of his men, and Chief Chi insisted on arranging for them to live in the small school outside the city. ”

Wang Yangming raised his voice a little and said, "How can this work?" Four or five hundred miles to arrive, arrived in Ganzhou, did not enter the city, was it afraid of trouble from the government or did not believe this court? ”

Chi Zhongrong said: "Master Du, the little people in the mountains don't know the number of gifts, and they are afraid of causing you trouble. ”

Wang Yangming said: "Since you have returned to the imperial court, you must practice the court's etiquette. If you understand the number of gifts, you won't get in trouble. Chi Yiguan, for example, when you sit on your calf when you reply, it is not a good gift. In the future, you will often have to deal with the official government, and in front of the people of Hutou, you will represent the image of the official government, and the number of etiquettes still needs to be learned. So be it, all your men will go into the city. Is the place cleaned properly? ”

Wei Shou replied, "Back to the royal capital hall, the Xiangfu Palace is spacious and bright, and it has been cleaned. ”

Wang Yangming said to Chi Zhongrong: "All your subordinates have moved into the Xiangfu Palace to learn etiquette. The government will buy each of you a new set of outfits and spend a few days in the city. You're just in time for a busy year. Long journey, hard work, go down and rest. ”

Chi Zhongrong had been thinking about Lu Ke in Panlong Village in his heart, and he said tentatively: "Wang Dutang, the grass people have something to say to the capital master, the evil thief Lu Ke, the traitor of the Panlong Village, has always been worried about attacking the Hutou cottage, and I heard that he falsely accused the grass people in front of the capital master. Master Du, the grass people are wronged, and I beg the old man to make the decisions of the grass people. ”

Chi Zhongrong observed Wang Yangming's expression attentively.

Wang Yangming said with a smile: "Chi Yiguan, if you can come, it means that Lu Ke is an evil person and has sued the black." You go back and order the people to cut down the mountains and open the way, and this court will send troops to Longchuan to eliminate the rebels of Panlongzhai, catch Lu Ke's fellow party, and open a knife and behead them together. ”

Chi Zhongrong said anxiously: "No, no, you don't need to send troops from Master Du, the grass people themselves can destroy the Panlong Village." ”

Wang Yangming said: "How can this work? According to the law of the imperial court, traitors must be annihilated by the army and the army, and you must not take revenge on your own. Go down and rest! Push the crisis and arrange for the Chi Yiguan to catch the wind and wash the dust! Wash the dust for the brethren who come from the head! Treat these distinguished guests well for our hospital! ”

After leaving the Inspector's Yamen, Wei Shou asked Chi Zhongrong: "Chi Yiguan, Wang Dutang asked this official to treat you well, in addition to good food and drink, what else do you want to play and watch?" This official is good to arrange. ”

General Chi Zhongrong asked suspiciously, "Lord Wei, so, can the subordinate ask for conditions?" ”

Wei Shou said with a smile: "Of course, you are now a distinguished guest of the Wang Du Hall. ”

Chi Zhongrong smiled mysteriously and said, "Xiaguan wants to see the prison first. ”

Wei Shou smiled heartily and asked, "Are you trying to see your nemesis Lu Ke?" ”

Chi Zhongrong smiled slyly and said, "Well, look at the prisoners who suffer in prison, people don't want to do evil." ”

Wei Shou said with a smile: "Officer Chi Yi, you have this heart, and this official will arrange for you to go to prison now." Walk. Wei Shou led Chi Zhongrong to the Ganzhou Prison in front of the Ganzhou capital not far away. Chi Zhongrong's four relatives were left outside the prison gate. Wei Shou led Chi Zhongrong directly to the prison of the death row prisoner, walked to the door of Lu Ke's cell, he waved his head at Chi Zhongrong, snorted gently, and then he quickly continued to walk forward. Chi Zhongrong slowed down and looked carefully, it was Lu Ke, the person was being handcuffed by the big wooden yoke, so Chi Zhongrong smiled proudly, and hummed the words of the tea-picking play "Four Sisters Against Love" in a low voice: "Eat wine, go on the road, three steps and do two steps, hehe, two copper coins on the body, all the way to be happy, all the way to be happy." Chi Zhongrong quickly moved forward to keep up with Wei Shou. Walking behind Wei Shou, Chi Zhongrong's steps were easier than before, and his height also looked taller than just now.

After seeing Lu Ke in prison, Chi Zhongrong felt more at ease, and the next day he sent a subordinate back to the cottage to report a letter, so that the cottage could lift its war guard and prepare for the New Year.

Chi Zhongrong and his guards were placed in the Xiangfu Palace, and each was issued a brand new set of blue robes and a pair of black leather boots. The scribe of the Inspector Yamen Ceremonial Room led the Ganzhou Mansion to learn a teaching, and in the courtyard of the Xiangfu Palace, he gave these rough mountain people a collective training in etiquette.

At noon the next day, Yu En came forward, accompanied by Wei Shou, Huang Biao, and Lei Ji, and picked up the wind for Chi Zhongrong at the "Xiangpiao Four Provinces" pub located in Yanguan Lane. During the serving process, Yu En asked, "Chief Chi, what places did you visit in the morning?" ”

Wei Shou reminded: "Qiyu Yu waved, Wang Dutang called Chief Chi a righteous official. ”

Yu En smiled and exclaimed, "Oh, Chi Yiguan! ”

Chi Zhongrong threw up his hands and said with a smile: "Don't you dare!" Back to Lord Yu, I went to Walang Street in the morning to see the tricks, listen to the tea-picking play, and listen to the blind man say that Wusong fights the tiger. Later, I looked at Gumi Jiao and finally saw the Gan River. ”

Yu En asked: "Chi Yiguan, tricks, tea-picking tricks, you all have these things, right?" ”

Chi Zhongrong smiled and said, "Yes! Our little girls sing tea-picking plays, hehe, to be honest, it's no worse than in Ganzhou City. There are happy households in the official government, and there are opera teams in the heads. Hey! ”

Yu En felt that a dignified fourth-grade martial general, today he actually wanted to drink at the same table with a bandit, and he was quite humiliated. In order to belittle Chi Zhongrong, Yu En deliberately said: "Chi Yiguan, do you also sing tea-picking plays, this official sees, while the musicians and musicians have not yet come, you will help everyone." ”

Chi Zhongrong hugged his fist and said with a flamboyant smile: "That chief sings two sentences of 'Wang Po Scolds Chicken'? Seeing Yu En nodding, Chi Zhongrong cleared his throat and sang: "The blacksmith stole my chicken, and the iron star jumped into the eye socket; The mason stole my chicken and smashed all ten fingers; The monk stole my chicken and died and became a big bald donkey; Mr. Teaching stole my chicken, and the students I taught were naughty; The reader stole my chicken, and I couldn't get the test to show talent and was in a hurry; The official stole my chicken and ran into the imperial squat prison..." Chi Zhongrong was originally a grass curtain, but now he is dressed up in a feminine manner. Yu En smiled disdainfully. Wei Shou and Huang Biao are from a reader, knowing the folk play, scolding people is too vicious, throwing a chicken, actually scolding the world's seventy-two professions over and over again, singing on this occasion, what a system! Wei Shou and Huang Biao looked at each other, Wei Shou coughed loudly, and took advantage of the gap between Chi Zhongrong's ventilation and asked: "Speaking of Wusong fighting tigers, you have tigers in Hutou Mountain, right?" ”

Chi Zhongrong's singing head was cut off by Wei Shou, and he couldn't help but be stunned, so he followed the topic of Wei Shou: "Ahhh! Tiger? There are tigers! There are tigers! Listening to the blind man say that Wusong beats the tiger, it scares the listener to squeak, hehe, haha! Root...... Chief Ben has killed a tiger," Finding that Yu En was a little surprised, Chi Zhongrong became more and more confident, and stood up and said, "Fight the tiger, Wu Song is a hero of wine and boldness, Chief Ben is a bold artist, say afraid?" I don't care about being afraid, I'm just like that," Chi Zhongrong drew with his teeth dancing, "Three times five divided by two, just... Only...... The tiger died. Chi Zhongrong, who was on a whim, got carried away, and when he talked about Xingtou, he found that Yu En's face sank, and Wei Shou frowned, only then did he realize that this was not the Juyi Hall of Huntou's own, and he couldn't be unscrupulous, and the story of fighting tigers had to be told a tiger's head. Chi Zhongrong's presumptuousness made Wei Shou fall into deep thought: Chi Zhongrong was a tiger demon in this battle, Wu Song had to rely on wine to strengthen the hero's guts, wine can strengthen the courage, and almost killed the tiger hero, and later Wu Song went to Cross Slope and drank wine with Meng Khan medicine... Wei Shou is rolling in his heart: Chi Zhongrong, Chi Zhongrong's guard, Meng Khan medicine, wine. Wei Shou glanced at Chi Zhongrong secretly and praised: "There is good wine in Ganzhou, let Chi Yiguan drink it well today." Wei Shou said, pointing to the two ten-pound wine altars on the table next to him, "This is Zhanggong old wine, aged for ten years." Chi Yiguan is a good mouthful. ”

As he spoke, the dishes were served, eight dishes and two soups: glutinous rice chicken, raw fried duck, rice stewed goose, small stir-fried fish, fried Dongpo, steamed sausages with bamboo tubes, stuffed tofu, rice flour pumpkin, egg and mushroom soup, rice wine rice balls.

When Chi Zhongrong was singing just now, a father and daughter outside were waiting timidly outside the door of the room. Just as he was about to open the banquet, Yu Enchao gestured to Wei Shou to leave the door. Wei Shou beckoned. The father and daughter entered the room and kowtowed three heads to the table. Wei Shou pointed to the two stools against the wall, the old man took his seat, adjusted the erhu, and the woman stood firmly in the T-step and began to sing. Singing the lotus flower drop "Second Sister Wang Sifu", the girl sang: "Hey! Singing is hey, the autumn breeze in August, everyone shouts cool..."

Chi Zhongrong just poured three glasses of wine, listening to the sound pleasant, turned his head and saw that the girl who was singing was dressed in purple, and her head was wrapped in a green turban, Chu Chu was moving; Look at the elderly man, with an erhu resting on his leg, wearing brown clothes, and a green turban wrapped around his head. Chi Zhongrong felt that the little girl sang "Second Sister Wang Sifu" at a young age, which was a little strange, but the little girl was weird and likable.