Chapter 559: Results and Processes |
Chen Ji a single moment hadn't stopped leaving.
He body upon that piece of primary red official clothing. Even fold marks universally not yet reaching stroking flat. Simply straightly directly piercing passing Zhengyang Gate cavern. Toward Plum Blossom Ferry directions rapidly stepping and departing.
Outer City long streets upon's walking people profusely, profusely side eyeing. Wearing official clothing coming to Outer City's Hall Officials isn't lacking. But this generally un-riding carriage horses, uniquely self galloping swiftly's sparingly seen.
Chen Ji's broad sleeves at footsteps interval floating rising's red waves. At marketplaces center exceptionally manifestly catching eyes.
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However Chen Ji only then just walked entering Eight Great Hutongs. Precisely catching sight of Lord Qi solitary bodily a single person established at the alley mouths: "Baron of Wuxiang County... no. Ought to call Viscount Wuxiang already."
Lord Qi still as before wearing old cloth shirts. Feet upon wearing simply, simply listlessly, listlessly's (very simple) thousand layers bottom cloth shoes. The Alleys both side's small servants and females universally quietly, quietly hitting opening windows. Stealthily, stealthily looking at the two people.
Chen Ji slow doubting (hesitated) a single instant. Farthest finally still as before welcoming ascending frontwards cupping his hands said: "Lord Qi."
Lord Qi backing his hands shaking shaking his head: "A single handful of messy old bone skeleton's cheap life. Un-bearing rising (doesn't deserve) Viscount Chen performing Propriety (saluting). Toward after universally economize it right."
Chen Ji hadn't debated explaining: "Lord Qi desiring to scold simply scold."
Lord Qi lifting his eyes looking toward Chen Ji: "Old decaying today came. Merely desiring to ask Viscount Chen several pieces of matters. Asking finishing simply walking."
Chen Ji submerged groaning (muttered) two breaths: "Lord Qi please ask."
Lord Qi straightly viewing holding Chen Ji's both eyes: "Marketplace transmitting hearing. Han Tong suffering Viscount Chen and the Eunuch Faction jointly linking hands locally caught. Daring to ask this matter is it or isn't it belonging solidly (true)?"
Chen Ji dotted his head (nodded): "Belonging solidly (True)."
Lord Qi seeming as if hadn't considered arriving at he would immediately acknowledge admitting: "That facing day Viscount Chen establishing oaths's time. Simply fundamentally determining primary intents (made up his mind) about to capture taking Han Tong already?"
Chen Ji acknowledged admitting saying: "Yes."
Lord Qi's sounds gradually submerged: "Viscount Chen holding the inverse still counted as sincerely solidly (honest). But Viscount Chen still remembers or un-remembers that facing day's oath words?"
Chen Ji in a light voice said: "Remember. The Jianghu winds and rains commonly shouldering. Heavens and earth right or wrong identically severing. If violating this oath. Eternally falling un-spaced Earth Prisons (Avici Hell)."
Lord Qi gravely solemnly said: "If falling into this prison. From initially entering time. Arriving at hundreds and thousands of Kalpas. A single day a single night. Ten thousand dying ten thousand living. Seeking a single intent interval temporally residing un-obtaining. Excluding unless karma exhaustingly. Only then obtaining receiving living. Using this linking (continuously)."
"Knowing's."
Lord Qi silently suppressing allowed longly: "Since Viscount Chen willingly receiving shouldering knotting fruits (results). Old decaying also lacks words capable of speaking. Merely this The Jianghu. Again lacks your name already. Un-stopping The Jianghu. Three Imperial Camps toward after also won't possess Viscount Chen's front paths (future prospects). You and my Dao un-identical mutually not acting as plotting (we walk different paths)."
"Good."
Lord Qi faintly smiled. Cupping his hands said: "Then simply wishing Viscount Chen front paths identically like brocade, roc paths ten thousand lis (a bright future). After meeting possesses periods (we will meet again)."
Chen Ji cupped his hands said: "After meeting possesses periods."
Lord Qi speaking finishing simply walking. Merely leaving descending both sides green buildings (brothels) inside's Whisper Privately sounds.
Chen Ji deeply deeply inhaling a mouthful of air. Continuing rushing heading to Plum Blossom Ferry.
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Before Plum Blossom Pavilion. Precisely possessing form, form, color, color's (all kinds of) salt merchants advancing, advancing, exiting, exiting. First floor main hall inside twelve named account room sirs (accountants) taking Abacuses dialing causing pi-pa echoing sounds.
A single named salt merchant standing at the counters front. Throat doors vastly bright: "Langfang Salt Certificate. Four taels three mace's. Coming five hundred jins."
"Good lei". The shop assistant lifting holding bamboo poles. From the wall upon plucking descending a single piece of attaching holding red paper's water plaque (bulletin board). The red paper upon writing holding Langfang two named grand words. Beneath faces still possessing several named small words 'four taels three mace, three hundred jins'.
The shop assistant turning his head looking for a single glance at the wall upon hanging's water plaque. Anew again looking toward the counters outside's salt merchant: "Guest official. Four taels three mace's merely remaining descending three hundred jins. But four taels four mace's still possessing two thousand jins."
The salt merchant frowning his eyebrows: "We and our peers far paths and coming. How your Plum Blossom Ferry also learning people sitting at ground rising prices (gouging prices)?"
The shop assistant joyfully happily explaining analyzing saying: "Guest official mistakenly met (misunderstood) already. These uniquely all are other bystander guest officials old masters at my Plum Blossom Ferry sending selling's Salt Certificates. My Plum Blossom Ferry merely extracting a single middle person's money. Where daring our selves determining prices."
The salt merchant biting biting teeth: "Then simply four taels three mace's anew coming two hundred jins."
Simply at this time. Chen Ji a single step crossing entering the main hall. Full hall noisily clamorous seemingly identically suffered a single blade severing breaking.
All existing gazes universally nailing upon his body upon's piercing eyes' primary red colors. That chest front gold threads embroidering turning into's Qilin Rank Patch faintly, obscurely issuing exiting light.
The salt merchants shielding holding their breathing and exhaling. Possessing people quietly, quietly toward side upon shifting a single half step. Bowing bodies low whispering: "Excellency ten thousand peaceful..."
Chen Ji seeming identically un-heard. Straightly directly toward the stair stairs walking to go.
The building upon. Brother Pao precisely laying over at desk after flipping Account Books. Er Dao squatting at a single side. Slowly, orderly, smoothly, rationally (methodically) toward copper Tobacco Pipe inside pressing holding smoke silk (tobacco).
Hearing catching sight of footsteps sounds. Brother Pao lifting his head: "Eastern household (Boss). How this single two-hour period came already?"
Chen Ji opening doors seeing mountains (straight to the point): "Seven days's after. Accounts upon capable of moving's manifesting silver possesses how much?"
Brother Pao outside intents said: "This similarly anxious?"
Chen Ji solidly determinably said: "Exorbitantly ordinarily anxious (extremely urgent)."
Brother Pao considering and searching for a moment: "Leaving or un-leaving withdrawing paths?"
Chen Ji shaking his head: "Un-leaving withdrawing paths."
Brother Pao smilingly said: "Then uniquely simply much already. I this simply (check the accounts). Sun dropping front giving you a solid number."
Chen Ji slightly, slightly loosening a single mouthful of air. Again turning his head looking toward Er Dao: "Laboring bothering Er Dao immediately establishing walking a single passing Chen Estate Ginkgo Garden. Carrying Xiaoman, the Little Monk passing coming. The faster the better."
Er Dao tossing dropping the Tobacco Pipe rising his body simply walking.
The building upon only remaining Chen Ji and Brother Pao two people. Brother Pao check counting the accounts. Chen Ji then arriving at the building outside leaning on railings location. Silently, silently looking at farly positioned's Zhengyang Gate city tower.
Brother Pao looking for a single glance at Chen Ji's back shadow. Anew again lowering down his head check counting the accounts. Mouth inside yet floodingly un-passing hearts' (casually) speaking holding: "Eastern household. This single time wanting silver this similarly severe. A single tiny bit of withdrawing path universally un-leaving. Devaluing definitely (undoubtedly) rescuing exiting the Commandery Princess only diverging most after a single step. How still as before is a single pair of worriedly hearts wildly wildly's (worried) models and appearances?"
Chen Ji hadn't answered Brother Pao's questions. Inversely asking saying: "Brother Pao. You speak. A single piece of matter is passing paths (process) even more heavily vital (important). Or else is knotting fruits (results) even more heavily vital?"
Brother Pao dashingly smilingly said: "This uniquely not good speaking. Eastern household. If you still un-know the knotting fruits. Knotting fruits simply heavily vital... But if you un-at care (don't care about) knotting fruits. Passing paths simply heavily vital."
Chen Ji 'en' a single sound.
Brother Pao looking toward Chen Ji: "Eastern household knowing knotting fruits already or?"
Chen Ji slightly minutely possessing somewhat sobbing panting (sighing lamentingly): "Knowing already. Merely the knotting fruits won't necessarily be that similarly good."
Brother Pao ha-ha grandly smiling: "Eastern household. This world upon where possesses that similarly much good and bad. About to me speaking. Only necessitate you un-after repenting (regretting). That simply universally are good knotting fruits."
Precisely at this time. A single named Stick Bearer deng-deng-deng ascending the stairs thoroughly transmitting (reporting): "Eastern household. Coming a single troop of people and horses. Speaking is the Chen Family's Chen Xu. They about to retrieve departing the Chen Family salt shops' public accounts upon's silver, Account Books, Salt Certificates. He still says. You also un-necessitate heading down to meet him already. Toward after the Chen Family salt shops receiving returning to the public house. Not laboring you grasping heart."
Chen Ji knowing this simply is with the Secret Spy Division jointly linking hands's after tying fruits (consequences). He toward the Stick Bearer ordering instructing said: "Let the account room sir with them intersecting severing (handing over) clearly, clearly, neatly, neatly (clearly). Do not optionally appropriately mistakenly messing it up already."
The Stick Bearer responded descending (complied): "Yes."
Waiting until the Stick Bearer departing opening to go. Brother Pao looking toward Chen Ji: "The Chen Family I'm afraid is carrying hearts (worrying) you shifting using the Chen Family salt shops' silver? Temporarily let them retrieve walking right. Simply is lacking dropping the salt shops' silver. Our Plum Blossom Ferry's silver money also sufficiently enough already... Eastern household reaching the bottom needing how much silver. Using coming to do what?"
Chen Ji answering responding said: "From Imperial Music Bureau buying a named person."
Brother Pao attempting exploring said: "Commandery Princess Baili?"
Chen Ji dotted his head (nodded).
Brother Pao reverting remembering said: "I hearing speaking passing Imperial Music Bureau's price yards. If is ordinary sin prisoners's after. Comprehending Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting's restricting tentatively (about) several hundred taels of silver. Face appearances beautifully good's ascending a thousand taels. Yearly ages the smaller the more worth money. If is Officials noble houses females. Several thousand taels arriving at several ten-thousand taels not identically measuring. Officials the grander the more worth money. Previously Five Wards Military and Police Department that positioned Excellency Wang's intimate relatives. Suffered Hongnong Yang Clan and Runan Yuan Family lifting arriving at nine ten-thousands of taels. Farthest finally not knowing suffering what directions identically sagely Deities using ten ten-thousands of taels of silver buying departing to go."
Brother Pao lifting his head looking toward Chen Ji: "If is Commandery Princess Baili's words. Merely high un-low. Un-preparing a single named several ten ten-thousands of taels of silver is un-protecting dangerously (not safe). Not passing (However) Eastern household set down your heart. Only necessitate separately encountering a single root of tendon's (stubborn) people intentionally using broken badness. Our Plum Blossom Ferry's accounts upon's silver absolutely fully sufficiently enough already."
Words still hadn't finished saying. Plum Blossom Pavilion outside transmitted coming boisterously clamorous sounds: "Taking this Plum Blossom Ferry giving me sealing it dropping!"
Chen Ji frowning holding eyebrow heads arriving at the building outside leaning on railings location heading downwardly looking to go. Ten-plus named people bodily wearing Official Robes forcefully rushing entering Plum Blossom Ferry inside.
He recognizing obtaining acting first a single person. The other party is Chief Surveillance Bureau Right Assistant Censor-in-Chief Zhou Biao. Today pure morning at Meridian Gate outside awaiting holding. Hadn't suffered summoning entering the palace.
Zhou Biao body behind then is ten-plus named Regional Investigating Censors. Hongnong Yang Clan that positioned Yang Zhong also at inside it.
At the Censors body behind. Still possessing Five Wards Military and Police Department Vice Commander Lin Yanchu. Leading holding ascending a hundred named stepping pawns (infantry). Seeing Stick Bearers simply catching. A single named universally hadn't released passing.
A single time Plum Blossom Ferry inside singing females startlingly shouting sequentially linking. Stick Bearers people looking upwardly horses flipping (chaos).
Chen Ji descending the stairs. In a submerged voice asking saying: "You multiple positioned peers this is doing what?"
Zhou Biao wearing holding a single body of grand red Official Robe. Chest front embroidering holding Primary Fourth Rank's cloud wild goose rank patch. In a cold voice said: "My Chief Surveillance Bureau retrieving receiving threads reporting (information). Plum Blossom Ferry possessing people privately selling Salt Certificates to accumulate wealth. We and our peers receiving Left Censor-in-Chief Qi Xianzhun Excellency Qi's edicts. Fronting coming thoroughly investigating."
Zhou Biao sounds vastly bright. A single word a single sentence smashing at the lonely quiet's main hall inside. His body behind's Regional Investigating Censors singly, singly face colors solemnly gracefully. Eye spirits deadly, deadly locking at Chen Ji's body upon.
Chen Ji standing at the stair mouths. Looking at full ground's wolf (messy disarray). Desks and Account Books suffered coarsely fiercely lifting overturning. Abacus beads rolling for a single ground. The account room sirs suffered the City Defense Division soldiers twisting holding arms pressing at wall corners.
Chen Ji frowning eyebrows asking saying: "Uniquely possessing carriage invitation (warrant)?"
Zhou Biao summoning and summoning his hands: "Take giving to Viscount Chen."
Yang Zhong holding holding a single piece of paper and writing (document) ascending frontwards. Upon writing: "All existing Law Bureaus reporting separately investigating matters, interrogating records, determining prisoners' identically items' officials. Chief Surveillance Bureau reporting separately Right Censor-in-Chief and Regional Investigating Censors people peers. Proceeding Outer City arresting investigating Plum Blossom Ferry privately selling Salt Certificates case. Chief Surveillance Bureau."
Carriage invitations are imperial court signing issuing's a single type of public text. Frequently from Ministry of Justice, Court of Judicial Review, Chief Surveillance Bureau these Three Law Bureaus signing issuing. Using to make executing arresting, handling determining identically relying on proofs (warrants).
The other party possessing preparing and coming. Ironed dropping their hearts (resolved) about to investigatingly seal Plum Blossom Ferry.
(End of this chapter)