Chapter 66 Compassion
Seeing that the Spring Festival is approaching, the capital cannot go back and the errands have not been completed. The old eunuch is desperate and probably came to the river bank to seek death.
I just argued with Yan Ding beside Li Meng, which was the inn's clerk. I thought to myself that the old eunuch could see if he could give the money from the shop before jumping into the river.
The person in front of him was a eunuch, that is, eunuchs (in fact, eunuchs are the names of eunuchs with high status). These eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty did not leave any good impressions in history. Moreover, as Li Meng, who came from the modern era, when he heard people talk about eunuchs, he always felt that they had connections with spy agencies such as Jinyiwei and Dongchang. The eunuchs gave people the impression that they were perverted and gloomy. It would be better for such people to keep a distance.
The old eunuch looked at Li Meng with a step back, shook his head and ignored it. He turned around and knelt on the river bank again, but this time he stopped crying. Li Meng looked at the old eunuch in front of him and thought it would be better to cause less trouble. He walked silently towards the way he came, and the salt guards were also following.
I don’t know why, but Li Meng, who was walking back, found that he always felt that the old eunuch’s old face he had just met overlapped with his modern parents. This was also one of Li Meng’s biggest heart problems. He was alone in time and space that he struggled hundreds of years ago. He didn’t know what kind of sadness would be like after hundreds of years. Can the elderly bear such a big blow?
Li Meng, who was striding forward, suddenly stopped and turned around suddenly, almost collided with the salt dicks following behind. Li Meng shook his hand a little annoyed and said:
"Don't ask more questions, keep up."
The guards' salt dings were a little confused, but what they were taught was to obey the orders of their superiors. Li Meng's orders were everything, so they immediately followed.
I could no longer hear the old eunuch's crying. Li Meng's steps accelerated a little faster. He walked quickly here, and suddenly heard a thud on the other side. He fell into the water. Li Meng suddenly became anxious and shouted sternly:
"Hurry up, save me someone!!"
When the salt diners heard the order, they ran away. Many of these salt diners were children who grew up by the sea. They were good in water and were still able to resist them even though the weather was cold. This was also timely when they came back. The old eunuch had just jumped down, and he rushed to the river at a fast speed, and he also jumped down with a thump.
The water flows in the canal smoothly, and people almost jumped back and forth. The old eunuch was quickly caught. The weather was cold and wet, and it was easy to get into trouble outside. The group of people carried the old eunuch toward the place with lights. Since the guys could find this place to ask for money just now, the inn must not be too far away.
The old eunuch was quite clear-headed and was taken back to the inn where he lived. After all the treatment, he quickly recovered. He just suffocated because of the water cooling. He returned to the warm environment and recovered quickly.
Everyone was worried that the old eunuch would seek death after waking up, but fortunately the eunuch did not act like a woman. After drinking ginger soup, he just sighed and went to bed.
Li Meng left a few guardians and led the others back to his residence. On the other side of the residence, Manager Meng of Wenru Store was going to have a drink to thank him to him tonight.
The shopkeeper of a business bank has a huge income, but he may not have earned 5,000 taels of silver for twenty years. This time, he had so much money in his account. The shopkeeper Meng was already preparing to go home to take care of his old age. Of course, he also understood that the so-called Shaanxi Lao Qingyan incident has various taboos. I believe that the merchants and Li Meng in Jining City hoped that he would not appear in Jining City.
Tomorrow, Manager Meng will meet his hometown in Zoucheng. Tonight, the old man was naturally very excited. He persuaded him to invite Li Meng to a banquet in the evening.
Li Meng left the day after tomorrow and was free, so he just agreed to the banquet. The banquet was a private banquet. Manager Meng ordered a table of exquisite and delicious dishes in a nearby restaurant and had a drink with Li Meng. Li Meng is from modern times. Manager Meng has been a businessman for many years and has been well-informed. Although there are only two people, the conversation is still very enjoyable.
Just taking this opportunity, Li Meng took out what he had just encountered and asked, how could the eunuchs in the capital get so tragic? In the Ming Dynasty, weren’t these eunuchs the most arrogant people?
"If someone is riding in a certain eunuch, then this eunuch can be praised. If he is an ordinary person without any quality, he is the kind of person who advocates Youle House outside, and even the people look down on him. The literati in the government usually hate the so-called eunuch party, and some of them are still unlucky. This real eunuch cannot get a good result."
Manager Meng really knew the key points. Li Meng laughed and simply told him what happened today. Manager Meng listened carefully. When he heard that Li Meng rescued people and kept them to protect them, he was relieved unconsciously.
When doing this business with Li Meng, Zhangguin Meng was introduced by an acquaintance of the same clan, so he knew Li Meng very well. The generous rewards of silver and money were indeed coveted, but he also knew about Li Meng's deeds back then. Zhangguin Meng was always vaguely worried that after the matter was completed, he would be killed and silenced.
At this time, I saw that Li Meng had this kind-hearted and righteous thought, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief for myself. The situation of the old eunuch was common and said:
"The person Mr. Li met today was probably extremely unsatisfied in the palace. He tried his best to ask for an errand to leave the palace, and the military guards could not get it. That is, he just went out to buy it. He bought it once, or had some extra money to please Shangguan, or did a wonderful job, so that the superiors could appreciate it. It was always a means of promotion. However, the errand to buy green salt was obviously a labourer, throw it out as a scapegoat. Lord, if you hadn't sold those 'green salt' a few days ago, this eunuch would have gone there."
Hearing that Manager Meng kept saying "eunuch" and obviously had no good impression of the eunuch. Li Meng picked up the wine glass and touched the other party, and whispered to himself:
"But no matter what, he is also a poor old man who has no support."
"Mr. Li, what did you say?"
Chapter completed!