Aggrieved Fish Sprite: 175|The poor have no foothold
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The old boatman bowed his head and knocked the cigarette pot bag twice on the upper of his shoe.
Even if he heard such a shocking fraud, he did not respond.
——The flat-headed people, who don’t know a single big character, how can they worry so much for the country and the people? And speaking of it, life in the Chu Dynasty is better, so let’s forget it in the Qi Dynasty.
As for the affairs of the court, the confidantes are bothering themselves. If the grandfathers are involved in such fraud cases, they will naturally become a force that is difficult to shake. If you say a few words that are not painful or itchy, what can you do?
Moreover, in their hearts, there is no official who is not greedy for ink.
They mostly come into contact with the low-level officials, who have had enough hardship, and feel that only one of the ten officials has a conscience.
The fraud case is an exciting thing for the reading crowd, and the coolies lack interest. Just because they don’t know how to take scientific examinations, the boys at home won’t go, and listen to the excitement at best and sigh.
The old boatman glanced at the people in the cabin. He couldn’t see the origin of these people even more.
The young boy acting as a coachman was so angry that he couldn’t sit still, but the other two people only frowned slightly, saying that they were happy, angry, and invisible. The emotions in their eyes were obviously not the same.
Meng Qi tilted his head slightly, opened his lips, and said to Mo Li with a sound transmission: “It is human nature to conceal things that are unfavorable to oneself. Mr. Jin Shui just said that this is a ugly thing. He is ashamed. Mention, why puncture?”
The black carp’s eyes were dull, and then he nodded slightly.
——The fraud is real, and it’s also real to be coerced into taking the test by imposter.
——There is no way, desperately struggling to ask for help, thinking about how to escape day and night, this is a lie.
Mr. Jinshui’s painful remarks can only be confused in front of Lu Min, who is not deeply involved in the world.
If it’s really like what Mr. Jin Shui said, he is the only one who can take the test on his behalf, that is a cash cow. How can there be no reason to not be taken seriously? Plus knowing the inside story, wouldn’t those people strictly supervise him?
They came to ask for the needle that day, but they saw it very clearly. The places where Mr. Jinshui lives are mostly rented houses. The winding alleys are as complicated as a maze. Without the face, there is no such thing as surveillance.
Even if there are people who are monitoring, the two peerless masters can’t find it. If you have this kind of ability, you can find someone to take the test, and you can directly sneak into the Beijing Gongyuan and change the paper without knowing it!
Moli sighed secretly.
The scholar’s expression changed, he looked at it one by one, and when he noticed that his words were not true, Mo Li began to think about what was going on.
The work of observing words and colors, Moli is not as profound as Meng Qi. After all, as a doctor, he only needs to speculate about the concealed condition, and not to fight with the patient. Therefore, he frowned for a long time and couldn’t help it.
“He is dressed in shabby clothes, from a poor family, and seems to have a straightforward temperament. After he came out of Beijing, he was even more nervous and frightened when he encountered problems. He didn’t seem to be in a hurry with those who cheated on scientific examinations.”
“Didn’t he say that? Because of the death of his father and grandfather, he cherished a grudge against the court and he did not want to be an official.”
“You mean–” Mo Li was surprised at first, then returned to his senses and understood Meng Qi’s implication.
Mr. Jinshui was forced to come to the door and threatened to take the test. He was dissatisfied that it was true that he wanted to get rid of these people, but he tried his best to ask for help and hoped that the examiner would discover and even expose this big case. .
He Sheng knows the dangers of cheating in the examination hall, but out of resentment towards the new dynasty, he doesn’t really want to expose it, and the risk of exposing it is too great. He simply goes with the crowd and only asks for his own safety, even In the beginning, I would be happy to collect money to take the test.
This idea is undoubtedly ridiculous.
The people behind the cheating in the imperial hall are not to “retaliate” Qi Chao.
They want to control and use the chess pieces in their hands, pull more people into the water, and weave a big web like a spider. Anyone who wants to destroy this web will be swallowed.
Mo Li sighed even more when he saw He Sheng’s uneasy and panic expression.
As Meng Qi said, people always have unspeakable concealment, and there are also wrong things that are ashamed to tell. As long as there is no harm, how can we investigate it carefully? Sitting and watching the tragedy happen, this person will suffer a lot of torture in his heart.
There, Lu Yan couldn’t wait to ask: “What do you know, how many scholars died because they didn’t resist, or accidentally exposed, etc.?”
Mr. Jinshui trembled when he heard the words, feeling more guilty, and trembling: “We rarely see the above, but there are exceptions. Someone tried to expose the truth, but the complaint was blocked before the court. After we got off, the family disappeared. The neighbors said that they had moved to their home in the country, but… that day, we were all called to one place and saw bloody, ten or so human ears… …”
Lu Yan almost came up with a case, but there is no table in the cabin, and a car, two horses and five people are already a bit crowded, there is no place for him to toss.
“It is so arrogant and arrogant, it looks like the court law is nothing!”
Of course, Lu Yan is angry. The emperor now is his big emperor brother, corrupting the government. Isn’t that smashing the big emperor’s property and causing him trouble?
“Who are you?”
Mr. Jin Shui looked at Lu Min with a complicated expression. This person’s tone sounded like he had a great identity. Is he the son of a senior official of the Qi Dynasty, or is he Jin Yiwei who came to investigate this matter?
“Me?” Lu Yan returned to his senses, now he is nothing, and it is impossible to report to Brother Dahuang.
Lu Yan suddenly looked like a deflated ball, and waved his hands listlessly, “I’m just an insignificant passer-by. I can only shout a few when I see irregularities. Hey! The roots of the lower-level officials are the ruin. .”
The old boatman snorted and said disapprovingly: “The world is like this. Even if the court catches all of these people, what should be bad is still bad and can’t be made up. The difference here is that the people can live on. There are two situations where there is no way to survive.”
“Lao Zhang said that, and took people to escape by boat. It seems that there is no way to survive on the dock?” Meng Qi asked casually.
The old boatman’s face turned dark, and he quietly smoked the bag.
Mouse He stretched his head in the hatch and interjected: “The guest officer is wrong. The boats go to and from Taijing Wharf, and the goods come in and out frequently. How can the coolies have no food to eat?”
“Only by ability, I naturally have food to eat, I am afraid that simple things will become complicated, and the gangs are mixed. In order to seize the site, three days of fighting, in order to show good to the little officials in charge of the docks, I hope that they will support their own side and send filial piety on time. Where does this money come from? Isn’t it drawn from the hard-earned money of you guys, isn’t that right?”
Meng Qi knows all these secrets well, and he can report a bunch of them without asking more questions.
The old boatman made a move.
He Mouse’s face changed, and he rushed in in three steps and two steps, still holding the oars in his hand, and guarding against the old boatman, he asked in a bad tone: “Who are you? How can you know These?”
Meng Qi spread his hand and said lightly: “Is this any secret?”
“Of course, this is…” He Mouse suddenly stopped.
“What’s in your Green Snake Gang?” Meng Qi asked back, couldn’t help laughing, “It’s not the first time such a thing has happened in the ages, so how can it be a secret? If you don’t believe me, I can talk more about it.”
The old boatman stared at him, and the mouse was extremely nervous.
Naturally, the dragon veins are not omniscient. Even Meng Qi must speculate and think based on what he sees and personally experienced. After a moment of hesitation, he opens his mouth and says: “It’s okay to grab the site and give money to the clerk. Forget it, you gritted your teeth and passed it. You have to hug each other to have a meal. It’s a pity that the world has changed and people’s minds are unpredictable.”
He Mouse’s eyes widened, and Lu Yan looked even more admired, not understanding how Meng Qi could see through.
Mo Limu had a face, he couldn’t pierce Meng Qi, so he had to remain silent.
Mr. Jinshui was on the outside, but he figured out something wrong. People and things in this world, as long as there are accidents, can put the words that the world has changed and people’s hearts are unpredictable!
In fact, Meng Qi is not blindly bluffing.
This wharf outside the capital city has a long history. During the prosperous period of the Chu Dynasty, caravans came from all over the world. Naturally, the previous wharf was not enough, so it was specially renovated and repaired. In the last years of the Chen Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and many people’s homes were destroyed. Even those with registered permanent residence in Taijing had no land to live on. The caravans supported many inns and restaurants, as well as the coolies on the wharf.
He Mouse and the old boatman are both in Beijing dialect. If they are not from Beijing, they have spent many years at the pier.
He didn’t even say that the old boatman must have seen the prosperous and prosperous pier and ferry, and then gradually declined.
According to the age of the old boatman, when he was in his prime, it coincided with the prosperity of the Chu Dynasty. A group of people who had no land and could not find a shop to work in came to the pier to eat together. At that time, there were few conflicts that might be robbed. If the caravan could make money, they would not be stingy in hiring people. There was a constant flow of boats. There was only a lack of people. There was no reason why they could not eat food. But now?
Meng Qi suppressed the smile on his face and asked, “How much do you want to pay for the lead money? It’s because you encounter foreign businessmen who don’t know how to do it. The more you blackmail, the more money you can get. Some, otherwise it’s just a trip for nothing? I don’t think the money will be low, it will not be twenty wen at a time?”
Twenty articles is the money Mr. Jinshui gave to He Mouse. They have been fighting for the price for a long time.
Meng Qi guessed it casually. Seeing He Mouse’s expression, Meng Qi himself felt a coincidence.
“It’s really twenty wen? My husband said ten wen before. It seems that the people who took your money are getting more and more appetite.” Meng Qi was thoughtful, and the “earned” money that led the way was naturally more than Punting across the river and unloading come fast and much easier.
Could it be that the mouse is unhappy in his heart, unwilling to take this money and be exploited by this?
——No, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water to draft water, as the old boatman said, as long as the life can go on, who wants to change? Making a living is the most important thing, even if you know what you are doing is not authentic.
Mo Li tentatively asked, “Brother Meng, is it within their gang…”
“The doctor is a little bit the same as what I have seen.”
Meng Qi didn’t wait for Moli’s response, and said directly: “It seems that it is not only the officials who are greedy, but also your gang leaders.”
He mouse can’t hold the oars anymore. Looking at Meng Qi is like looking at ghosts.
The Green Snake Gang is about to rot. Except for the gang leader, those elder rudder master hall masters are all over Lingluo, and they cover them with coarse cloth when they go out. Although they are still old faces, they have become unrecognizable by old boatmen.
In the beginning, they gathered into gangs because of self-protection. Over the years, they fought for territory. Now they have finally become real local snakes. Not to mention sharing the joys and sorrows, they have directly become two types of people with the gang.
One party continues to beg for life on the dock against the wind and rain, while the other party buys a field to buy a house, wears sable fur and drinks wine, cultivates tricks, is drunk and dreams all day, and constantly squeezes his men to pay more.
The people in the gang envy the latter’s life from the bottom of their hearts, and they want to climb up and become them. Every time they drink, they brag about what they see from the main hall of the rudder, hoping to be able to lie at home with their arms around the woman in the future. Wait for the money to come in.
Not only is there more tolls on the wharf, but also money for tea and boat cleaning.
The so-called washing of the boat is to scoop up the water and pour it in. If you don’t pay for tea, you will not move the goods. The toll fee is to directly order the larger ferry to change its position. No one will not get on the boat. It is simply a goose plucking. .
Forget it, I’m still greedy, and the price keeps going up.
He Mouse is not a good person. Although he has to turn in the bulk of his money, he does make some money. Seeing these miscellaneous side money is getting more and more expensive, He Mouse is completely panicked.
When this goes on, the Green Snake Gang will be over. He can’t enjoy the money he has suffered, but the disaster will catch up.
Fortunately, he was not the only one with a brain in the Green Snake Gang. Finally, Old Yang decided to find a chance and everyone slipped away together. Originally, some people disagreed, but within a few days, there were rumors of the prince seizing power and killing the emperor in Taijing, and the city gates were sealed off for several days.
What else is there to say, run now?
He was holding the oars, annoyed in his heart. He was good at first, but why did he have an extra Master Cha? He also brought a group of people with mysterious identities who could see through his brother at a glance?
“Slap.”
The old boatman gave the mouse a thump.
——I blame this guy for being greedy for money. He wanted to take the opportunity to earn a “leadership money” on the way to the pier, and then he was arrested by Master Cha and others on errands and went to cheat other scholars.