Chapter 294 Wait, wait for the sun to set; wait, wait for the world to change
It is widely rumored that the Ming Dynasty comes from Mingjiao. In fact, this is nonsense. It prohibits folk associations and kills evil spirits. In fact, it is the Central Plains. It's all in the same vein, just to maintain a stable management method. In fact, we really have to trace the root cause. It was the Yellow Turban Army that made too much trouble, and the Central Plains Dynasty was extremely strict in the management of religion.
What does the word Ming in Ming Dynasty come from? Is it Prince Xiao Ming who was raped in front of Jiang? Or is it the Mingjiao of Zoroastrianism, or the fire virtue of the Five Elements Theory?
In fact, it is very simple. It comes from the "Book of Changes": Great Qianyuan, the beginning of all things, and the unification of heaven. The clouds are moving and the rain is flowing, and the goods are flowing. From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, six people came into being, riding on six dragons to control the sky.
The implication is that the more than 100 years of Hu Yuan's rule is over, the light has come, Ming is the sun and the moon, and the cycle of movement is as long as the heaven and the earth. I also hope that the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty can last as long as the sun and the moon, becoming the sun and the moon. The same naturally exists in part of the world.
This is the origin of the name of the Ming Dynasty.
Xu Jie did not dare to get involved with the Heyi Zhong because he knew how powerful it was. He had not completely lost his administrative power in the court, and the imperial power of the Ming Emperor could still touch every corner of the Ming Dynasty. , participating in such forbidden things is a way to die.
Luo Bingliang took Tiqi to live in the gateless Xu Mansion. He said that he would give Xu Jie two days to clean up, just two days. For a prominent family like Xu Jie, it would be difficult for the whole family to move. Going to Gyeonggi is a big deal. Dismissing the slaves, taking all the money with you, and selling the land. Ten days and a half month is extremely fast. Half a year or a year is considered normal. It is never easy for a big family to move.
Luo Bingliang gave these two days just to let Xu Jie and his family pack their luggage. The rest was left to Xu Jie's second son to deal with in Songjiang, and he would just have to arrive in Gyeonggi within the year.
"Second order, no one is allowed to remove their armor, keep their weapons within reach, and are not allowed to eat water or food in the house. Be careful in everything." Luo Bingliang said very seriously to the thousands of households.
"Get the order!" Several thousand households began to give orders. It was obvious that Luo Bingliang had prepared the worst.
The two days are neither long nor short. If you want to do something, two days are just enough. Luo Bingliang is also waiting for Xu Jie to make a move. He doesn't think Xu Jie will just surrender. , there are many ways Luo Bingliang can think of.
The first method is to hire people to cry bitterly in front of the door, express their reluctance, and prevent Xu Jie from moving to the capital. As the emperor's minion, Luo Bingliang can fight against powerful forces, but he cannot attack the people. , taking advantage of the people's self-respect has not been a rare tactic since ancient times.
The second option is to join forces with other Zheshe households in Songjiang to rescue their Xu family. This is nothing more than a cold-blooded rhetoric. The Xu family’s today is your family’s tomorrow. The Zheshe households in Jiangnan are colluding together to form a joint force. They rushed to each other to resist the imperial power and punishment.
The third method is to collude with the pirates and attack Tiqi from both inside and outside. Tiqi’s sword is a sharp weapon that forces Xu Jie to make an immediate decision. As long as the pirates attack and Tiqi is attacked, the Xu family will You can gain valuable time, and Xu Jie can do many, many things in this time.
The fourth way is to simply poison or drug them, tear them apart directly, and kill the heads and make the rivers of blood flow. Going to enrich the capital is a dead end, and you have to risk everything to the death. If you can win, then just set sail. Going to sea, could the Ming Emperor still find the Xu family in the vast sea?
The fifth kind of road was hijacked by the Cao Gang, a mountain bandit, and the escorting navy soldiers turned a blind eye and reported it to the court. The Xu family was in trouble during their migration and was wiped out.
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Luo Bingliang made countless plans, but did not wait for any movement. Everything was calm and calm. Xu Jie was really packing his bags. In the early morning of the third day, Xu Jie took his family and started their journey. Go north.
Nothing happened, which made Luo Bingliang a little strange.
Xu Jie had countless ideas in the past two days. After much deliberation, he chose to compromise and left quietly without making any move.
The reason that makes Xu Jie so honest is that Xu Jie completely understood one thing. Zhang Juzheng was his student, so when Zhang Juzheng was there, the court must not kill him, but Zhang Juzheng is now Ding You , then Xu Jie, if he makes a little movement, he will die without a burial place.
This is one of the reasons why Xu Jie is so honest. He can save his life by not doing anything. Doing anything can easily lead to the thunder of the court. Zhang Juzheng has every reason not to speak. He is in Ding You, both ears. Don't hear what's going on outside the window.
The fundamental reason for Xu Jie's compromise was that he found that the little emperor was young, but he played this card very well.
This card played by Zhang Juzheng and Ding You allowed the little emperor to play vigorously. The Taoist master could not beat Xu Jie, but he was too lazy to fight. The Taoist master in the last years of Jiajing had long since lost his ambition. He just made do, dealt with, and fooled It's almost done.
Xu Jie's decision was extremely painful. He actually wanted to do something, but he just didn't dare. Xu Jie is such a person. He has been plotting. He is not a very radical person. Facing Yan Song, As the leader of Qingliu, Xu Jie has been singing on the same stage for more than ten years.
In a feudal monarchy country, under an order where the system is designed around imperial power, it is very easy for the emperor to really embarrass a minister or a specific person.
Xu Jie fully demonstrates the weakness and compromise of scholars summarized by Zhu Yijun.
Luo Bingliang sent the Xu family to the inn, watched the Xu family leave, then straightened up his military appearance, and went to the next family. Those who deserved to be persuaded by Tishuai personally were all Nanya's top luxury households. .
Luo Bingliang’s second target is Wang Xijue’s Wang family.
Wang Xijue committed suicide, Wang Xiangu was involved in He Yi Zhong's affairs and disappeared, and Su Quan was captured by the emperor and sent to the Jiejuyuan. Now Luo Bingliang led the Tiqi to the Wang family in Taicang to force the Wang family to leave their hometown. , heading to Gyeonggi.
Nanyuan, Wang Xijue spent ten years building the first famous garden in the south of the Yangtze River.
When Luo Bingliang and Tiqi arrived in Taicang, it was already the end of the first month, and it was almost February.
Fireworks fall in Yangzhou in March, and the wind is still strong in Taicang in February, but the wind carries warmth, and the willow trees beside the road begin to sprout. Between the streets, countless people carry hoes on their backs to start the new year. of hard work.
The plan for the year begins with spring. As the spring breeze returns, the hard-working people of the Ming Dynasty begin to sow the seeds of hope and pray to the God of Spring, Jumang, for good weather and good weather.
After staying at the inn, Luo Bingliang took a closer look at the recent major cases in the capital. His sense of smell was very keen. Wang Xijue's legitimate son was named Wang Heng, and Wang Xijue's eldest son was named Su Quan.
According to Su Quan’s confession, Wang Xijue knew nothing about Su Quan, a foreign concubine. But judging from the name, Wang Xijue obviously knew a lot about this child. When weighing the balance, Quan came first and Heng came last. , Wang Xijue knew very well about Su Quan, an outsider, from the very beginning, so did Wang Xijue also know about the Heyi people that Wang Xiangu and Su Quan had created? Even Wang Xijue was behind it?
This is a tough nut to crack.
Xu Jie may have something to do with the Heyi Zhong, and the Taicang Wang family is the driving force behind the Heyi Zhong.
Luo Bingliang's intuition was very keen, and he sensed the smell of conspiracy, because soon, the Tiqi began to encounter ghosts, either ghosts flashed in front of the dry toilet door, or strange things appeared in the room The sound, or the sudden coldness felt.
Luo Bingliang led this group of Tiqi. Most of them were people who were selected from the Night Guard to enter Fusi in Nanzhen. These people broke out from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Some of them had eaten snow in the Mobei grassland, and some I have eaten snakes alive in the deep mountains and forests. They themselves are more terrifying than evil spirits.
If there are really evil spirits, they must walk around them. If they take a look, they will be scared to death.
A Piao floated past the door of the dry toilet, and was pressed down by the Tiqi on the spot. All kinds of noise-making guys were caught by these Tiqi who were good at sniffing out information. They even found a tunnel in a dry well and used smoke to drive out six priests who were united.
For the priests, the means they relied on for survival was easily resolved by the Tiqi.
"Pretend to be a ghost!" Luo Bingliang looked at the arrested criminals, sneered, and took them all into custody. Luo Bingliang knew clearly that this was just the beginning.
When the sky was just getting dark, Luo Bingliang, who was sleeping against the wall, slowly opened his eyes, because the footsteps of the sentry in charge were approaching, and someone was approaching, even if the other party was extra cautious. , but was still discovered by the Tiqi.
Soon the Tiqi realized the identity of the other party, a pirate.
A fierce battle broke out without warning at dawn, and the cry of killing filled the world. The pirates who came to attack had no idea what kind of monsters they encountered. These They are all gods of murder in the world. These people are strong-willed, otherwise they will not be able to withstand the wind and snow outside the Great Wall. These people kill like hemp. On the grassland, they need to kill every enemy they encounter. These people are agile and brave, harvesting while moving. human life.
The six hundred Tiqi were soon awakened, and the war... to be precise, the massacre began.
The Tiqimen work together carefully to harvest the lives of their enemies without mercy. This is a ruthless killing machine. They will kill all enemies at the point of His Majesty's sword.
Luo Bingliang and his Tiqi did not clean the battlefield, did not stop, and headed towards Nanyuan. They just sent fast horses to Songjiang Town to ask the Ming Dynasty Navy for help.
As the Commander-in-Chief of Nanya Ti and as a minister, it has been difficult for Luo Bingliang to understand why His Majesty has to deal with the unity so carefully. In his eyes, as long as His Majesty gives the order, he does not even need the Nanya Navy to take action. The six hundred men in hand are enough to completely eliminate the opponent.
The Heyi Clan seems to have a large number of people, with hundreds of thousands of believers, but among these believers, how many die-hard people want to live and die with the Heyi Clan and Wang Xiangu?
Your Majesty may give the order, but the rest will be left to the ministers to worry about.
Luo Bingliang has been waiting, waiting for His Majesty's order, waiting for Your Majesty to let him defeat the enemy head-on. After receiving the order to act cheaply, Luo Bingliang started his own attack.
The influence of He Yi Zhong is very far-reaching. For example, during the Tianqi period, Wuwei Laomu was even related to the nine thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian in the palace, the White Lotus Sect throughout the Qing Dynasty, and the Cao Gang entrenched on the canal. Wait, we can't say that they are disciples of He Yi Zhong, but they are definitely inextricably related.
Such a huge sect was vulnerable when Luo Bingliang launched an attack.
It’s just a bunch of rabble.
It only took an hour for Luo Bingliang to completely defeat the Heyi Zhong. The Nanyuan, the home of the Heyi Zhong, was a manor that even Wang Chonggu would blame for being too luxurious. It was in a mess.
Wang Xiangu and her disciples were all arrested, and Wang Shizhen happened to be in Nanyuan and was arrested together.
"Last year we were still colleagues. It's very sad to meet like this this year." Luo Bingliang looked at Wang Shizhen who was being held in shackles and shackled him, and beat the dirt off his Confucian robe. When Wang Shizhen ran away, he tripped and fell on his robe. Somersaulted and was arrested in a very dishonorable and degrading manner.
The long robe that cannot be taken off is the reason why Wang Shizhen cannot escape. The Confucian robe is really not suitable for escaping.
"Let me go! I didn't do anything, why are you arresting me!" Wang Shizhen wanted to struggle, but the shackles were too heavy and the shackles were too heavy. Wang Shizhen, a scholar who had no power to tie a chicken, simply couldn't When it comes to the ability to break free, Wang Xiangu doesn't have any magical skills, at least when facing the evil stars like Ti Qi.
Luo Bingliang thought for a while and asked Tiqi to pull Wang Xiangu out, and said: "Wang Shizhen, why are you so stubborn? Have you seen the true face of this person? She said that she was pregnant with Qin's child, you Do you believe it?”
“Let her go! Let go of you!” Wang Shizhen’s pleading just now turned into disbelief. Wang Xiangu was indeed lying to him, not at all. The child, whose belly is gradually stretched out, has a beautifully made lining inside, and is not a child at all.
Wang Shizhen was born as a Jinshi after all, and he immediately understood that Wang Xiangu was not pregnant. She said she was pregnant just to tie him up. As for giving birth in the next month, how would it end?
In fact, it is simple. The most indispensable thing for Heyizhong is children.
Luo Bingliang looked at Wang Shizhen and didn’t know what to say. He was so old and he was a dignified governor after all, but he was deceived by these people. He could only say that the authorities were too smart. , but it cost your life.
As a colleague of Zhang Juzheng, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had to give the Xishan Patriarch some slack when dealing with Wang Shizhen’s various behaviors. For example, Wang Shizhen got involved in the Nanya Demon Book Case, and His Majesty’s treatment was just to punish him. He was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown to live in leisure, but Wang Shizhen still did not repent. This was his own fault. He had to come into contact with evil spirits and could not complain about the unkindness of the court when the ax and ax came upon him. "Detain him." Luo Bingliang waved his hand and stopped chatting with Wang Shizhen. He still had important matters to deal with, and believers gathered outside the door.
These believers may not all be the core members of the Heyi Church, but it is very difficult to deal with it. If they are not handled well, it will lead to civil unrest. It is a great credit to have caused civil unrest. When it comes to the court, Luo Bingliang will be criticized verbally and writtenly, even His Majesty Forgive me, Luo Bingliang didn't end up well either. The Tax Inspection Institute in Nanya had just taken shape and turned into a pile of chicken feathers.
Gatherings of believers must be handled with caution.
"What should we do? There are more and more believers." Qianhu also realized that something was wrong and said slightly anxiously.
"Easy to handle." Luo Bingliang said confidently.
"Easy to handle?"
Luo Bingliang said with a smile: "Hold an immortality conference for Wang Xiangu, so that her dignity can soar. This will sort out the worries of the believers."
"Huh?" Qianhu's eyes suddenly widened. There was indeed something in his Tishuai's idea.
Luo Bingliang said cheerfully: "Repaying the other person with his own way is the best method."
The Central Plains has an effective way to eliminate evil spirits, that is, on the spot Exposed, a meeting to ascend to immortality, when Wang Xiangu ascended, she chose to expose it on the spot, and Wang Xiangu's believers naturally dispersed.
The sect is all about mystery. Once the truth is glimpsed, it cannot be maintained.
"What if Wang Xiangu doesn't cooperate?" Qianhu said still worried.
Luo Bingliang said with great certainty: "Go to the Taicang prostitutes and find someone who is similar in stature to Wang Xiangu. Three-legged toads are hard to find, but why don't you catch a lot of two-legged people? There was no plan to let Wang Xiangu play the role herself. Wang Xiangu is the criminal and must be escorted to Beijing immediately. "
"Tishuai is brilliant!" Qianhu said, otherwise Luo Bingliang would be Tishuai with those eyes. A spin of the bead is an idea!
Wang Xiangu, Wang Shizhen, and the twenty-seven criminals were not immediately escorted to Beijing. Luo Bingliang did not go anywhere else, so he stayed in Nanyuan and began to interrogate Wang Xiangu. He wanted to You know, the list of powerful people behind Heyizhong is Haoyouzhijia.
Wang Xiangu is going to die, these powerful people are going to die, Guaman is involved, this is Jin Yiwei's special skill.
Wang Xiangu still didn’t want to confess, and Luo Bingliang didn’t use torture. After all, he went to Beiya for more than a thousand miles. After being tortured, he was escorted to Beijing. If he died on the road, wouldn’t he, the Tishuai, arrest people in vain? ?
Luo Bingliang did not want to be punished, but it did not mean that he had nothing to do. Luo Bingliang briefly talked about what he had seen in the Jiecuyuan, especially the fact that Wang Jinglong was cut into thousands of pieces and used as teaching materials, which has been regarded as a strange story.
"Whether you say it or not, you will end up in the Jiecuyuan. I am talking nonsense to you now because I want you to hand someone over to me. I will be in trouble with you. You don't want to be alone on the road to hell." Well, it’s just a matter of death, isn’t it?” Luo Bingliang advised Wang Xiangu to confess and tell the person behind her.
Wang Xiangu looked hesitant. The Nanya Tiqi were all transferred from Beiya by Luo Bingliang. Most of them were from Ye Bushou. They were considered guest soldiers in Nanya, so it was extremely difficult to infiltrate. I will explain it here. , will not be silenced by powerful right-wingers.
"I say!" Wang Xiangu finally decided to speak out. Even if she dies, these people will not be easy off!
If you want to die, let's all die together!
According to Wang Xiangu's confession, Tiqi successfully learned about the account book that Wang Xiangu had hidden. Luo Bingliang found the account book and discovered something interesting.
"You learn very quickly. You have learned all the six books and one account of the imperial court." Luo Bingliang flipped through the account book. There are six books and one account. You can't make any false claims. You can make entries and exits. That's right, there are dozens of Zheshe households involved, and these Zheshe households are all on the list of people to be relocated this time.
Nanya’s return of land to the land has seriously damaged the interests of these households. The demands of these households are that I want the land and the profits from the sea. The main thing is that I want them all.
What is more interesting is that the six-book account promoted by the imperial court is also used by these Zheshe households, and the accounts they make are extremely beautiful. Apparently Heyi Zhong also has an accountant who learns arithmetic. It's not a loss, even if you don't pass the exam, you can still become a bookkeeper and be popular and drink spicy food.
Luo Bingliang still remembers Zhang Siwei’s embarrassment. At that time, he was still in the capital. At that time, Zhang Siwei was bullied by his shopkeeper and misappropriated a lot of money. Obviously, it was not just Zhang Siwei who was in embarrassment. , the important figures of Ming Dynasty also had this pain point, and six volumes and one account accurately solved this problem.
But now, this six-volume account has become a reminder for Zheshe households.
The way of heaven is reincarnation, let’s see who will be spared.
Soon Ledger and Wang Xiangu were escorted to Beijing.
On February day, the spring breeze is like scissors, cutting out catkins that are flying.
On the 23rd, Zhu Yijun specially took Wang Yaozhuo to the Yicheng Prefecture. Wang Yaozhuo was now the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, and was no longer the unidentified palace maid before. Everyone knew that the queen mother of the two palaces was interested in the king. Yaozhuo, it doesn’t count when the emperor doesn’t speak. After all, Zhu Yijun is now in charge of the Ming Dynasty.
"Counting the days, Xu Jie should arrive at Xishan tomorrow." Zhu Yijun leaned on the Taishi chair and chatted with Zhang Juzheng very casually.
Zhang Juzheng looked at the emperor's laziness and couldn't help but hold his forehead. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty couldn't help but say that he was a man of integrity, his appearance was dignified, and his words scared the courtiers to the point where they dared not speak out. He was clearly a freeloader!
When Zheshe households moved to Beijing, they would be arranged near the Yicheng Bofu in Xishan. The person in charge of the construction of the tripod was Wang Chonggu, the Minister of Punishment of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Cifu did a good job in building the tripod. In order to get a reasonable harvest For money, Wang Chonggu was very concerned about the construction of the move to the west of Beijing.
Wang Chonggu built it according to a city surrounded by ten miles. This city has a high wall three feet high. There are big wolves and dogs everywhere in the city. There will definitely be no snitches or anything like that. The main thing is safety. Jiangnan Zheshe households will definitely feel at home when they come here and pay the money to move in honestly.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to pay, they will be sent to Liaodong to fend for themselves, and the screening will be done all the time.
"We are still a little disappointed that Xu Jie did not participate in the Heyi Zhong incident." Zhu Yijun was a little disappointed with Xu Jie, wasn't he audacious? You don't even dare to come into contact with evil spirits, and you still dare to call yourself bold? !
Zhu Yijun had no reasonable reason to kill Xu Jie, which made Zhu Yijun extremely disappointed.
"Xu Jie guessed His Majesty's thoughts, so he didn't dare to act arbitrarily. He is old and has been retired for ten years." Zhang Juzheng shook his head and continued to plow the land. He was planting sweet potatoes, which are a good thing for the people. Various new policies emerged one after another, but these cheap Confucians failed to notice that the emperor had insisted on one thing from beginning to end, which was to marry Nongsang.
Sweet potatoes have bloomed everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court’s promotion of sweet potatoes was also included in the examination three years after Wanli. The sweet potato is a famine-saving creature. The meaning of its existence is that it can be grown in desolate places. This It's one of the emperor's trump cards to do whatever he wants.
This was the case in the Ming Dynasty. As long as the people did not rise up in chaos, the powerful rightists could not rise up in chaos.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty actually had two foundations, one was agriculture and mulberry, and the other was Zhenwu. All the new policies were based on this premise.
This is the root.
“The humble Confucians in the court oppose the New Deal and have no rules. How can they oppose the New Deal by acting like this?” Zhang Juzheng inserted the potato seedlings diagonally into the field and watered them with a ladle. A ladle of water.
"If you, sir, want to oppose the New Deal, what should you do?" Zhu Yijun turned over and stared at Zhang Juzheng with bright eyes. He wanted to know what Zhang Juzheng would do if Zhang Juzheng was his enemy.
"It's actually simple." Zhang Juzheng stopped for a moment and said hesitantly.
“Simple?” Zhu Yijun frowned.
"Well, it's simple." Zhang Juzheng hesitated. He didn't want to teach the emperor these bad things. After all, he was a teacher. It was hard to talk about these dirty things, but His Majesty was the king of the Ming Dynasty and had to face it. He thought about these filthiness before he said: "These things they did are all useless. If you want to oppose the New Deal, you must comply with it."
"Twice as much?" Zhu Yijun asked doubtfully.
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "No, it's just compliance, not superficial compliance. Even this method does not always work."
"His Majesty is not a soft-hearted person. I heard that the priests captured by Wang Cifu will have more than 300 heads." After landing, Luo Rufang also committed suicide. "
If your Majesty really kills people, this method can indeed be effective for a short time, but the result will be beheading by the emperor.
The county halls of Renhe County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, were all dismissed from office in December of the fifth year of Wanli. When these people were in Qingzhang, Zhejiang, they actually colluded with the local Jin gentry in a den of snakes and rats, and carried out an investigation on the number of acres of land in Qingzhang. The false report is not a concealment, but a report of 10.2 million acres.
Is it possible that the county hall in Renhe County can clear 12 million acres of land per capita in three years?
The entire Hangzhou has a total of 3.19 million acres of farmland, and only 1.6 million acres are cultivated. How can Renhe County produce 12 million acres!
The county magistrate was also impeached and executed. The emperor convicted him of treason and would be executed together with the priests.
When the emperor really kills people, twice as many means may not be effective.
"Then what do you mean by following the imperial decree?" Zhu Yijun asked doubtfully, since it is not a domineering method like Beizhi, then what does Zhang Juzheng mean?
"In fact, it is simple, just wait, wait for the minister to die, wait for your Majesty's ambition to be gone, wait for the general trend. The New Deal has the trend of the New Deal, and the opposition to the New Deal also has the new trend of the world. The New Deal is to save the nation and survive. In five years of peace, People have gradually forgotten the difficulties of the past. In a few years, some people will say, why should we implement the New Deal? This is all good, the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and the people are safe, and the ministers will become sycophants. " Zhang Juzheng said it very simply.
Actually, it’s just four words, follow the trend.
When the New Deal was implemented, the national money was empty, and expenditures could only be made for three months. The emperor's mausoleum was still in arrears of 110,000 taels, so we had to change. If we were poor, we would change, and if we changed, we would be fluent. After we had mastered it, we could not understand why we had to fulfill it. With the New Deal, people will forget why they set out as they walk.
Wait, wait for the sun to set.
"People are like this. When they have it, they don't think it's precious, but after losing it, they regret it." Zhang Juzheng hummed a little tune and said with a very relaxed expression.
Wait, wait for the world to change.
This is the only way for a powerful and right-wing family to survive. The current open-fire opposition is not a good response. It can only be said that the continuous failure of administrative power in recent years has made these Zheshehu became a little confused and began to despise the imperial court.
"Aren't you worried, sir?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously, since he will lose it eventually, why should he work hard?
Zhang Juzheng said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, at least I have left something behind."
Please give me a monthly ticket, ow! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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