The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 297
In the third year of Song Zhenghe (1113 A.D.), on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the entire city of Tokyo was very lively.It's exactly: Lantern Festival scenery, thousands of lanterns lined up in Aoshan; night moon towers, phoenix chariots descending on Qiongdao in three mountains.There are three spring willows on Jinming Pond, and four seasons flowers beside Xiaoyuan City.The land where fish and dragons change for a hundred thousand miles, where four hundred military states converge.Li Shu sings Fengren's songs, and Jiao'e sings Taiping Ci together.There are beauties and ladies in incense cars, princes and grandchildren who swing the golden whip.Pearls are lined up on Tianjie, and Luoqi is full of alleys.Misty and auspicious clouds envelop the purple pavilion, and a harmonious and auspicious atmosphere covers the tower.

If there is one place that is the busiest in Tokyo at the moment, it must be the Royal Street in front of Xuande Building.I saw a large terrace in the center of the royal street, on which there were all kinds of entertainers, performing various programs such as sumo wrestling, cuju, and Baixi. applause.

On the Xuande Building facing the balcony, it is a different scene. The Emperor Daojun sits on the high platform, surrounded by a group of servants and concubines. It is said that the emperor should be smiling when he is enjoying the time with the people. , but Zhao Ji was a little absent-minded.Seeing this situation, Liang Shicheng, who was waiting on the sidelines, couldn't help but asked with concern, "Guys, are you feeling unwell?"

Zhao Ji replied, "It's the same scene every year, I find it very boring."

Liang Shicheng rolled his eyes slightly, and taking advantage of the opportunity of serving the wine, he suggested in a low voice, "I heard that Li Xingshou has learned a new song recently, why don't you go with the official's house to taste it?"

Zhao Ji paused when he heard the words, and when he thought of Li Shishi's beautiful face, his heart became hot.But he still had some reason, looked around, and refused cruelly, "No, today is the Lantern Festival, if people know that I went to the Loulou, it may cause criticism, it is better to go another day."

Liang Shicheng wasn't discouraged either. While pouring wine, he came up with an idea, "In this case, the officials might as well go to the city for a private visit, so as to see the prosperity of our Great Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Ji picked up the wine glass and drank it down, and said with a smile, "That's a good idea, order someone to call the third brother and fifth sister, and go out of the palace with me to enjoy the lanterns." Liang Shicheng sang a promise and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, Zhao Ji said again, "Let the Wulang Cai Yan of Cai Xianggong's family come to accompany him."

Liang Shicheng stopped, and suddenly remembered a rumor that the officials were going to betroth Emperor Maode to the five sons of the Cai family. Now it seems that it is true.

A moment later, Zhao Ji brought his son Zhao Kai, daughter Zhao Fujin, Liang Shicheng and Gao Qiu, and under the protection of a group of guards, they met Cai Kuang outside the palace gate in casual clothes. The group turned to the street and mixed with the common people. With the flow of people away to the distance.

Zhao Ji is a person who is not good at being an emperor, but is proficient in eating, drinking and having fun. This time he went out of the palace in a low-clothes, and he was accompanied by either his beloved sons and daughters, or his close vassals, so he was very excited.Stopping and stopping along the way, or guessing lantern riddles, or watching juggling, or playing Cuju, it is simply a joy to leave.It wasn't until an hour later that he saw that his daughter Zhao Fujin was a little tired, so he paused and asked Gao Qiu who was behind him, "Gao Qing's family, where are we now? Is there a place to rest?"

Gao Qiu hurriedly came to the front, bowed and replied, "If we go back to the official's house, we will have Zhouqiao in front of us. After crossing the Zhouqiao, not far to the east is the Daxiangguo Temple. We will rest there and not mention it."

Zhao Ji nodded lightly, "Okay, I've been walking all the way, and I'm a little hungry, so I just went to Daxiangguo Temple to have some vegetarian food and wine." After finishing speaking, he took the lead and strode forward.

Daxiangguo Temple is located in the southeast of Kaifeng Fuli City, Tokyo, bordering Bianhe River on the south and Zhouqiao on the west. It has been a royal temple since the Five Dynasties, and it has become a custom for emperors to visit the temple during the Shangyuan Festival.As for normal times, the emperor visited the Daxiangguo Temple, held prayer ceremonies for floods and droughts, and went to the temple to thank him after the suburban sacrifices and other big ceremonies.The monarch's birthday celebration, commemoration of death and other activities, envoys from the Liao Kingdom offered incense and worship, and banquets given to ministers and ministers were often held in the Xiangguo Temple.In the first year of Dao Dynasty, Song Taizong allocated huge sums of money to rebuild the monastery, and personally bestowed a gold plaque with an imperial brush. After that, Emperor Renzong also bestowed imperial plaques many times.

Because of the above reasons, Daxiangguo Temple has become a famous bustling place in Tokyo, and it is also an activity center where common people, officials and people come and go frequently.

When they arrived at Daxiangguo Temple, Zhao Ji and his entourage came to the wing room in the temple to entertain literati and refined scholars. After eating vegetarian tea, Cai Yan gave Zhao Fujin winks and wanted to go for a walk alone with his future wife.Zhao Fujin was sixteen years old, the age when his love affair first started, he hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't stand the temptation, so he confessed to Zhao Ji, saying that he wanted to have some fun.

Zhao Ji loves this daughter very much, and is also happy to see that she has developed a relationship with her future husband-in-law, so she immediately waved her hand and agreed to her request.

So, with a blushing face, Zhao Fujin walked slowly towards the temple accompanied by Cai Yan.Cai Kuan wanted to whisper something to his sweetheart, so he walked through several brightly lit halls, and deliberately took Zhao Fujin to a remote place.Not long after, he came to an empty corridor and signaled the six guards to go away. Cai Wei was about to express his love to Zhao Fujin. He had just finished speaking when he heard a loud noise from the room behind him. , which was accompanied by the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, obviously someone was in the room.

Cai Kuang was taken aback, Zhao Fujin's face paled even more, they didn't know what happened.Fortunately, the guards not far away have come looking for the sound. When Cai Wei thought of being disturbed, and then saw the shocked Di Ji, he suddenly became angry, pointed at the door, and told the guards, "Let me go in and have a look, yes?" Which lunatic is making trouble here at night!"

The two guards got the order and immediately knocked open the door, and then everyone saw an incredible scene.In the small room, rubble was scattered all over the floor. Following the rubble upwards, a large hole was seen in the roof above. From the moonlight hanging down from the hole, one could clearly see a figure crouching in the rubble. .

Seeing this, a guard immediately heaved a sigh of relief, and replied with a smile, "I want to report to Emperor Ji, Mr. Cai, it should be a gangster who took advantage of the Lantern Festival to steal from the Daxiangguo Temple, but he is not good at learning. fell down."

Cai Kuo nodded, and was about to order someone to be sent to the official, but Zhao Fujin stopped him, "No, look at that man's clothes, how could he be a thief?"

Reminded by Zhao Fujin, several people refocused their attention on the man on the ground, and they saw that the man was wearing a brocade robe, with a jade belt wrapped around his waist, and a golden crown was falling not far from his head.From this attire, it can be seen that the man is either rich or noble, he might be a prince.

In order not to be rude in front of Di Ji, Cai Kuang suppressed his unhappiness, and ordered to the left and right, "Help up the people on the ground, and see which young master it is?"

The two guards responded, walked up to the man in a few steps, and were about to squat down and turn him over, but the man got up first, and saw that he was tall and long, with loose hair, and some facial features on his face. Black and gray, people can't see the specific appearance, only roughly can see that the age does not seem to be very old.

A guard clasped his fists and asked, "I don't know who the young master is, why did he fall from the roof?"

The man ignored it at first, and just lowered his head to grope around. After a while, he heard him say, "Where is this?"

The guard was a little dazed and didn't know how to answer, so he heard Cai Kuan reply from behind, "This is the Daxiangguo Temple, shouldn't you report your name first?"

"Great Xiangguo Temple..." The man murmured to himself first, then lowered his head and stood there in silence.Seeing this, Cai Kuang's suppressed anger burst out again, and he shouted, "No matter which family you come from, since Emperor Maode Ji is here, I will not tolerate your rudeness!"

The man raised his head abruptly, with a strange light in his eyes, but what he said shocked everyone present, and he asked unhurriedly, "Emperor Ji Maode, so the current emperor is Zhao Ji? "

"Bold!"

"presumptuous!"

As soon as the guards heard this man's rebellious words, they immediately pulled out the knives at their waists, guarded Zhao Fujin and Cai Yu behind them, and waited for an order to capture the thief.The two people who were guarded by them reacted differently. Zhao Fujin's face flushed red, and his sizable chest kept rising and falling, obviously overwhelmed by the popularity in front of him.Cai Kuang, on the other hand, acted like he was filled with righteous indignation, gloating inadvertently in his eyes, and even stood in front of Zhao Fujin in order to express himself, cursing, "Where did you come from? Then he called the official's name directly, he really borrowed the courage from the sky, and he still won't take it with me!"

The two guards at the front listened to Cai Wei's order, and immediately rushed forward, one left and one right, trying to restrain the man's shoulders and capture him alive to claim credit.Who would have thought that they would move in faster and retreat even faster, as if they had bumped into something, and spit blood from their mouths and flew back backwards.

When the two fell to the ground, everyone took a closer look and gasped, why do you think?It turned out that there were bowl-sized pits in the chests of the two of them, as if they were hit by a heavy hammer, but the man obviously didn't have a weapon in his hand, so the result was obvious, it was hammered out by the man with his fists.Thinking about this clearly, the remaining four guards only felt their hearts tremble, as if they were facing a giant humanoid beast, and they didn't dare to act rashly for fear of attracting a thunderous blow from that person.

Although they thought well, they forgot the feelings of the two nobles behind them. When had they seen such a terrifying scene?Cai Wei could still pretend to be calm, but Zhao Fujin couldn't, and only heard him let out a high-pitched scream.

The four guards tensed up, and screamed inwardly. As expected, Di Ji had just let out an exclamation, and the man moved like a cheetah, and the figure was swaying, and came in front of them. But they were all easily dodged, and then knocked to the ground in the blink of an eye.Fortunately, the man seemed to have kept his hands this time, and they only lost their hands and feet, and there was no danger of their lives.

However, after the man knocked down the four guards, he walked leisurely in front of Cai Kuo and the two, and shouted at Zhao Fujin who was still screaming, "Shut up, if you dare to make any noise, I will strip your clothes off!"

As if being strangled by the neck, Zhao Fujin quickly suppressed his voice and covered his mouth and nose with his hands.The man nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze to Cai Wei, and asked aloud, "I'll ask you an answer, and if you hide half a word, I'll take your head off!"

Cai Wei replied tremblingly, "A strong man... just ask, I will definitely, know, and talk about everything, and I can't say enough."

The man seemed unaware of Cai Wei's nervousness, and asked himself, "Where is this place, and what year is it now?"

"This is, it is Tokyo Da, Da Xiangguo Temple, this year is, it is the third year of Zhenghe."

Hearing Cai Wei's words, the man thought for a moment, then asked, "Is there any famous hero in Jianghu?"

Cai Wei was a little dumbfounded, he is a noble son, how could he know the names of those gangsters in the Jianghu, but he didn't dare to say it clearly, so he had to rack his brains to think about it, and finally before that person got impatient, he thought of someone in a flash, "Returning to the hero, I heard that Chai Jin, a descendant of the Chai family in the former dynasty, is quite famous in the Jianghu. He is called Xiao Xuanfeng."

(End of this chapter)