第五章 下车伊始
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小蛮心思却是极敏感的,从顾悟尘的眼间便知道林缚搭在自己的肩膀不是要跟自己亲昵,只是要跟别人暗示自己的身份,她心里陡然从欢喜变成凄冷,莫名的悲伤起来,肩膀微微一塌,从林缚手里躲开,在暮色里,她明如美玉的小脸有着难以掩饰的黯然。
林缚看了心里怜惜,这时候却又不便就去安慰她。
等着渡口前的驿丞听官船上人说这边穿便袍走路过来的中年人才是按察副使顾大人,忙折过来请安,车马抬轿一齐备全,请顾悟尘及家人先去驿馆扫尘休息,行李箱笼之类,派个人盯着驿卒以及驿馆里的杂役去做便行。
这时候,柳月儿也拿着自己的行囊上岸来,小蛮跟周普、陈恩泽在这边等候了小半天,早就从周普嘴里知道这段时间来上林里发生的事情以及他们在往江宁途中的事情,她振作着将黯然的神色收敛起来,露出明媚的笑容过去帮柳月儿拿包裹:“你就是肖家姐姐?”
柳月儿一时没有认出小蛮是个女孩子,见俊俏少年子上前来帮自己拿东西,吓了一跳,待要让开,林缚笑道:“柳姑娘不要惊怕,小蛮是我妹妹,让她帮你拿东西无妨的……”柳月儿这才知道少年子是女孩子所扮,心时不明白都说林举人双亲早逝,无亲无故,怎么又跑了个妹妹出来?
暮色渐深,去江宁城还要乘过三十里的朝天湖水路,肯定赶不及在城门关闭之前抵达,夜里也只能先借住在驿馆。不用驿卒帮忙,他们有四匹好马,将不多的行囊都驼上,林缚屈蹲下来,让小蛮踩着自己的膝盖侧坐上马去,他亲自给小蛮牵着马,边走边说些离别十多天的趣事。
顾君薰跟她娘坐在马车里,微微将的车窗帘子掀开一条缝看着暮色里林缚给小蛮牵着马,心想林公子对这女孩子真好,又想起在茶酒店给林缚无意间给抓中胸口的一幕,心里微叹:难道林公子都不知道抓住自己这里吗?自己也要忘掉这件事吗?
江宁之富庶,从朝天驿的馆舍便能窥一二,林缚他们越过一道缓坡,站在稍高处远望过去,朝天驿馆舍鳞次栉比,在暮色里一时数不清有多少进院落,在更远处还有一处建筑群,那是江宁守备镇军在北岸的一座营城。
为官赴任讲究个良辰吉时,顾悟尘也不例外,眼见一脚就到江宁城,他还要在朝天湖北岸的驿馆里盘亘几日,等到选择的吉日再进江宁城正式赴任。在这期间,江东按察使司那些将成为他下属的一些官员会循例过江来拜访,自然也会奉上不菲的仪金。
顾悟尘也不是脱俗之人,他脱不了俗。他堂堂朝廷正四品大员,正俸米两百五十石,折银年奉一百两。虽说一百两银可供四五个小康家庭支度一年,但是跟随顾悟尘到江宁的就有随扈三人、丫鬟、婆子四人以及杨朴的妻女,到江宁后虽说有官家宅子可住,但是门子、杂役总还要再请四五人,仅这些人的月银支度下来,一年一百两银子就远远不够了。顾嗣明、顾天桥两个族侄跟他到江宁来,供其吃喝住宿外,也要给些月银开销。要维持与正四品大员相当的生活水准,府中饮食物用也节省不得,就是一笔更庞大的开支。另外,还要招些幕僚当助手署理公务,这些钱都要自己解囊,顾悟尘他自己的年俸如何够用?
这个年代,若是只收受下属与同僚的仪金,这个官员要算是清廉的,就像一千年以后的后世官员只逢年过节收礼一样清廉。
顾悟尘脱不了俗,所以要在驿馆吐来不急着进城,先接受那些即将成为他下属官员的拜贺。再说他进城后就要先去拜见他在江宁的上司包括江东按察使、江宁刑部尚书及左右侍郎以及江宁兵部尚书兼守备将军及江宁都察院都御史等人以及江宁城里住着的那几个国公勋爵;为他儿子顾嗣元的前程,他还要主动去拜访江宁国子监的主官。也许这些事情都在驿馆里先筹划妥当,先去拜见谁后去拜见谁,都有一次的规矩。虽说他顾悟尘日后还是江宁城中的大鳄之一,但规矩就是规矩,谁也不能坏了。
林缚倒是知道这些官场陋习,想着不用给顾悟尘当幕僚、明天清晨就可以告别先进江宁,不用去理会这些官场陋习,心里也觉得甚为轻松。
林缚却是没有想到那些即将成为顾悟尘下属的官员的迫切心情,他随顾家人走近驿馆,就看见馆舍前高高挑起的两串气死风灯下站些一些人看着这边,看起来像是等着迎接顾悟尘,他们看到顾悟尘的车马抵达驿馆,都一起迎了上来。午后在石梁河相遇、武锋镖行护送船队上的那个锦衣青年跟江宁庆丰行商号的大财东杜荣郝然也在迎接人群之中。
看见杜荣竟然出现在这里,林缚吓了一跳,他忙抄着小蛮的腰将她从马背上抱下来。
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