first minister

Chapter 329 Opportunity
Time goes back two hours ago.

In the east city of Zhongjing City, there is a newly built Taoist temple.

The Taoist temple is called Qianyuan Temple, and there are only three people in the temple.

The master of the temple, Taiyi Zhenren, plus two disciples, Qingfeng Mingyue.

But just such an ordinary Taoist temple, after half a month of operation, has become a bustling place, with an endless stream of people coming to inquire, including many princes and nobles.

All because of the master's miraculous Taoism and the reputation he accumulated during the public trial of Mr. Qian's case.

It's the same today. Master Taiyi is sitting high behind the curtain in the room, with the breeze accompanying him. Mingyue is maintaining order outside. There are already many waiting people sitting in the corridor at the door.

People walked into the temple one by one, sat down on futons through bead curtains, and told Master Taiyi about their troubles.

They were respectful and respectful to the miraculous Taoist in front of them, and they were also afraid of the illusory will of God.

The Taoist priest with the immortal style held a fly whisk and spoke softly. After receiving waves of gratitude and huge amounts of money, he sent away one guest after another.

"Next person!"

There was a soft cry in the breeze, and a man wearing a bamboo hat walked in accompanied by guards.

Qingfeng is not surprised either. After all, Xunxian Wenqing is a bit inappropriate for some noble people, especially literary masters. Therefore, there are many people hiding their faces here on weekdays.

The two came to the room, Qingfeng stood aside and watched the man take off his bamboo hat.

"Ah!"

He covered his mouth tightly and looked at the young man sitting on the futon in shock.

Master Taiyi stood up in shock and looked at the person in front of him with an uncertain expression.

He looks like an outsider, but in fact he has a heart that longs for fame and wealth. He knows a lot about the affairs of the court. He really can't imagine that this person in front of him will actually appear in Zhongjing City, and he dares to Arrive in front of him swaggeringly.

Xia Jingyun smiled faintly, stretched out his hand and pressed it gently as if he were a guest, indicating the other party to sit down, and said softly: "You have two choices now."

"First, report it to the official, or directly have someone report me. You have a [-]% chance of getting a large reward from the court."

"Why is it [-]%? Because when you appeared in front of the dignitaries in Zhongjing City that day, I recommended you. It depends on how the court and the prince will choose. If he chooses to kill by mistake rather than let go, then It’s a pity.”

Xia Jingyun smiled slightly, "Although you have a [-]% chance of getting a big reward, you still have to worry about whether you can get out of this Taoist temple, and whether I have any backup plan to prevent you from dying on the street after you get the big reward." , you may also want to weigh it yourself."

Taoist priest Youfang, whose pseudonym was Taiyi Zhenren, smiled quickly and was about to speak when he was held down by Xia Jingyun again.

"The second way is to still cooperate with me. You have seen my methods with your own eyes, and you have also witnessed my abilities."

Xia Jingyun smiled and said: "The most important thing is that my promises will always be fulfilled."

"Now, you choose!"

The wandering Taoist priest did not hesitate, or he had already finished hesitating when Xia Jingyun just spoke. He immediately stood up, leaned towards Xia Jingyun, knelt down on his knees, and lay on the ground, "Young master said this, the villain is frightened." ! The villain is willing to be the servant of the young master and do all the hard work for the young master!"

Qingfeng also quickly knelt down.

Xia Jingyun walked over and personally helped the wandering Taoist priest up. He smiled slightly and said, "You have a great talent and will be of great use. How can you do it by just doing the work of a dog and a horse?"

The wandering Taoist priest was flattered and humbly said: "I will serve you, no matter how big or small it is!"

"I didn't just say it casually. There is a huge event that I want you to take care of right now."

"I have met Your Majesty, Taiyi!"

The big sleeves are fluttering, the fly whisk is gently swaying, and there is a Ziwu hairpin on the head, indifferently coming out of the dust.

He has an immortal spirit, neither humble nor arrogant. He also has a calm demeanor before the earthly emperors.

Dongfang Ming looked at the Taoist in front of him, and his thoughts couldn't help but go back to that day that changed his destiny.

If it hadn't been for the appearance of this Taoist who finally exposed Qin Sichao's crimes, perhaps he would have been deposed and killed, and all his dreams would have been cut off that day.

It is even less possible for him to have his current supreme status.

However, he could remember that this Taoist appeared together with Xia Jingyun that day, and they cooperated tacitly. Is there any connection between them?
Memories and doubts intertwined. Thinking of this, his expression was calm and a bit cold, "You said you have auspicious gifts?"

Master Taiyi took out a box from his sleeve and said, "Today morning, a crane came from the Yuxu Palace in Kunlun Mountain, the gate of Pindao Master. It was carrying a box and a letter. It was written by Pindao Master, saying that at dawn a few days ago, Yuxu On the plaque of the Xu Palace, a Ganoderma lucidum actually grew. It grew like this overnight. Master has said that when a wise king appears, Ganoderma lucidum grows. Therefore, I specially ordered Junior Brother He to bring this thing to His Majesty. Show respect."

Dong Liang looked at Dongfang Ming and saw that he nodded slightly, then stepped forward to take out the box, turned around and handed it over.

Dongfang Ming did not reach out to take it, but just looked at him calmly.

Dong Liang looked at His Majesty in bewilderment, and immediately felt blessed. He opened it himself, and handed it over after confirming that there was no problem.

Dongfang Ming took it and looked at the box in his hand. As expected, there was a small Ganoderma lucidum inside.

This thing is not uncommon for a person like him, but this meaning is rare, especially when people are still criticizing his succession.

Thoughts passed through his mind, but he didn't make a decision for the moment. He could only admire the delay with admiration, "This thing is really magical. It looks like auspicious clouds. Looking at it seems to have the effect of calming the mind and calming the mind."

Taiyi Zhenren said: "This thing has light for night vision, it is very slippery to hold, it will not burn when burned, and it can be carried to avoid soldiers. It cannot be born without a Tao, and it cannot be done without a wise king."

Dongfang Ming looked at the small Ganoderma lucidum in the exquisite box in his hand, "When did you say this thing came into being?"

Master Taiyi said: "Dingmao day, dawn."

Dong Liang had been humiliated before, but now he finally regained some of the consciousness that a great eunuch around the emperor should have, and exclaimed: "Isn't that the time when Your Majesty will succeed to the throne?"

"Blessings and Immeasurable Heavenly Lord!" Taiyi Zhenren made a bow, "When the Ming Lord comes out, the way of heaven will respond!"

Dong Liang took advantage of the situation and knelt down and shouted, "The emperor respects the ancestors of heaven. If there is anyone who is unworthy of virtue, heaven will warn you. If a wise king comes out, the heaven will bring good luck. Congratulations to your majesty, slave!"

Dongfang Ming laughed, and the laughter echoed happily in the side hall.

"Fifty reward, five hundred silver, a pair of jade bis, and the title [Dingzhen Guanmiao Master]!"

Hearing this, Master Taiyi also laughed happily in his heart.

Seeing the immortal Taoist respectfully thanking him for the reward, Dongfang Ming, who was in a good mood, smiled and joked: "Does the Taoist also like power?"

Taiyi Zhenren said respectfully: "Your Majesty has sole authority over the world and rules over all the people. He is the supreme king of the world and the emperor of the world. His position is comparable to that of the emperor of heaven. I am also a man of the world. I have been rewarded by your father. How can I be disrespectful and thank you?"

The supreme being in the world, the emperor of the world.
Dongfang Ming chewed on these four words and laughed loudly, "Well said!"

"Have you heard? Someone is offering auspiciousness today!"

"Silence! The nursery rhymes are still being circulated in the city!"

In a yamen, when leaving the yamen, three men walked out together. As soon as someone opened his mouth, someone else immediately reminded him.

The remaining person rolled his eyes and said, "If you have nothing to do today, why not go to Goulan and listen to music."

"Okay, okay, let's go together!"

The sudden destruction of Fenghe Pavilion was just a small disturbance to the huge brothel industry in Zhongjing. Liuyun Tianxiang Pavilion is still flourishing, and Wanfang Tower is also full of people coming in and out.

The three of them were just ordinary officials, so naturally they couldn't afford to go to places like Liuyuntianxiang Pavilion, so they randomly found a brothel, found a private room, listened to the singing downstairs, and started drinking together.

"Now it seems that there is no chance for this situation to repeat, right?" "Today's His Majesty's angry rebuke, Mr. Xiao's admission of mistakes and concessions, and the return of all ministers, I think the situation in the capital is probably completely stable."

"Yes, the auspicious offerings have begun today. Everyone in the court should have accepted the new court."

"It is estimated that His Majesty and the Central Committee will soon have their hands free to suppress the rebellion."

"Hey, speaking of it, Concubine De and Prince Jiaodong are still missing. Isn't this a big hidden danger?"

"Difficult! The fame of Concubine De and the Prince of Jiaodong both come from the late emperor. Now that the late emperor has passed away, the Prince of Jiaodong is just one of several princes. Your Majesty has great righteousness internally and power externally. How can Concubine De turn the tables? !”

"Speaking of which, isn't there another champion who won three prizes in a row?"

"whispering sound!"

Several sneers rang out.

"You don't really think that he, a mere fourth-grade civil servant, can do anything at a time like this, do you?"

"You can't say that. It is said that there is no trace of him now. He is probably not even a fourth-grade civil servant!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The roar of laughter grew louder.
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Not far from this brothel, there was a mansion.

It was the mansion that Concubine De purchased for Xia Jingyun. Feng Xiuyun helped purchase various furnishings and decorations, but they were never used.

This time, everyone was searching for the whereabouts of Concubine De and the people from the Marquis Jiang'an Mansion. This area had also been searched intensively, but nothing was found, so they had to send people to watch the entrances and exits.

But no one knew that as early as the decoration, Xia Jingyun, who was deeply influenced by the plot of palace fighting and believed in the cunning rabbit's three caves, asked Lu Yi to quietly buy a yard connected to the backyard of the house, and then built a Secret passages.

In the secret passage at this moment, there was a table set up, with Concubine De in the middle, Xia Jingyun and Feng Xiuyun on the left, Su Yuanshang on the right, Chen Fugui and Lu Yi and other guards guarding the entrances and exits on both sides of the secret passage.

Su Yuanshang's eyebrows twisted into the Chinese character "Chuan" and he said worriedly: "Gao Yang's move yesterday was very clever, and the prince's reaction was not beyond our expectations. Seeing the storm in the city, people were panicked, but I didn't expect that Xiao Fengshan was really powerful, and he could do it easily It broke our situation.”

Feng Xiuyun tried to involve herself in such a topic and said: "The key is that he was able to use this method to win the favor of the prince regardless of personal honor and disgrace. This relationship, this kind of trust and dedication, let us It’s very difficult.”

Su Yuanshang couldn't help but glance at De Fei and Xia Jingyun. Just like the siblings in front of him, if they trust each other inside and outside, and have moral power and ability advantages, it would be really difficult for others to deal with them. ah!
Concubine De encouraged everyone in a soft voice: "The talk of regicide has no evidence at all. This nursery rhyme is just planting a seed of doubt in people's hearts, allowing more people to try to find out the inside story. It’s not to accept it ignorantly. We have achieved our goal. What we lack now is actually momentum."

"Sister, what you said is right to the point."

Xia Jingyun smiled and said, "We can't make a comeback based on such a nursery rhyme. We use this nursery rhyme to remind the world of what we want, and to lay the groundwork and leave reasons for the real counterattack in the future. When the situation reverses, There are people who are willing to turn around and help us.”

Su Yuanshang couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought about the news he received today: "But it's not easy to turn this momentum around!"

Xia Jingyun chuckled and said: "You may think that the cooperation between the prince and Xiao Fengshan is just like the full trust between my sister and I, but you have overlooked one thing. There are some things that my sister and I can do. They But the two of them couldn’t do it.”

Having said this, Xia Jingyun paused subconsciously, and then immediately continued: "Because the prince is now the emperor, the imperial power is unique and exclusive to me. There is no close trust and cooperation between the ministers and the imperial power. Either the ministers overwhelm the emperor, or the ministers overwhelm the emperor." The imperial power overwhelms the ministers. If Xiao Fengshan wants to handle the relationship with the prince in the current way, there will definitely be problems. We can make a fuss about this, well, in fact, I have already started to make a fuss. "

Concubine De lowered her head silently, then raised her head after a moment, "According to your previous analysis, the British prince is willing to help the prince because he wants to take the opportunity to become a powerful minister. Can we think of a way between him, the prince and Xiao Fengshan?"

Xia Jingyun nodded, "It's natural. If we don't break this alliance, it will be difficult for us to achieve the goal of quick victory. But now the prince has just made Prince Linjiang the crown prince, and both sides intend to temporarily downplay this conflict. We lack one Opportunity.”

Looking at the somewhat sad expressions on everyone's face, Xia Jingyun showed his signature confident and relaxed smile, "I have already sent people to look for it. We have a solution. What's more, counting the days, Yanyan and Ali should soon enter the territory of Yunmeng State. ”

There is a courtyard in Dongcheng. The courtyard is not small, but the neighbors rarely interact with it.

Because the owner of this courtyard is a palace eunuch.

Although the number of eunuchs in the Great Xia Dynasty was not as large as that of the previous dynasty, there were still tens of thousands of them. Naturally, it was impossible for all of these people to live in the palace, except for those on duty and the dozens of eunuchs at the top. , they all live outside the palace city on weekdays.

Those who have money buy a yard and a house, while those who have no money rent a house, or even share it with a group of people, dreaming of climbing up.

Jiang Lin is a rich eunuch.

It has been nearly 30 years since I entered the palace. At first, I worked hard to gain seniority. Later, I became friends with an adopted son of Eunuch Gao, and then I quickly climbed up and accumulated a lot of money.

However, because this relationship is relatively secretive, Eunuch Gao's misfortune did not implicate him.

Because of the ban, he was on duty in the palace for three days, and yesterday he was on duty for one day, and he returned to the mansion today.

Lying on the couch, letting the beautiful maids I bought hold my legs and feed me fruits, I couldn't help but feel that the struggle was worth it.

After a while, the butler brought a tray of invitations.

Jiang Lin then slowly sat up, motioned to the maids to continue rubbing his legs and pressing his feet, and he flipped through these posts.

He has not climbed to the top of the chamberlain yet, and due to the scholarly reputation, no officials will come to him. Those who ask for a meeting or greetings are only businessmen or rangers.

But he enjoyed this feeling very much. It was better to be asked to see him than to be ignored.

He flipped through the envelopes, suddenly paused, and his pupils shrank quietly.

He pretended to glance around casually and saw that everyone was busy with their own things and didn't pay much attention to him, so he turned over as if nothing had happened.

"They are all these shabby things. I have been frightened in the palace for several days, and when I came out to see these, it is bad luck! Burn them for our family! Bring a brazier and burn them in front of our family!"

Looking at Jiang Lin who was suddenly angry, although the housekeeper was confused, he also knew that eunuchs were all people with twisted minds, so just go along and do as he was told.

After the invitations were burned, Jiang Lin stood up and ordered: "Go to Jiyuan Building and buy a table of banquets for our family! Our family has been starving these days!"

Not long after, several boys from Jiyuan Building came with large food boxes and placed a table with a dazzling array of food in the room.

After freshening up, Jiang Lin followed the steps of the big shot, walked over slowly, looked at the people standing in a row, casually clicked on one, and then waved his hand impatiently, "I've seen too many people these days, so I want to be quiet." , just you are waiting in front of me, everyone else can go down!"

When everyone retreated and the door was closed, Jiang Lin's expression suddenly changed, "Jin Zhong, if you want to die, don't hold me back!"

Jin Zhong, disguised as a waiter in a restaurant, didn't care what Jiang Lin said. If the other party was unwilling to help, he wouldn't act according to the plan he provided. He smiled slightly and said, "I'm here to give you a fortune." .”

"fart!"

"Now that the crown prince has ascended the throne, what benefits have you gained? No, right? Dong Liang is very narrow-minded and cannot do such grand things. But if the prince of Jiaodong County comes back and ascends the throne, needless to say these benefits?"

Jiang Lin growled: "Then you have to take it with your life!"

"I dare to risk my life, how can you still be afraid?" Jin Zhong said with a smile: "Besides, don't forget, Concubine De has Mr. Xia there, and you know his abilities. And he is the whole Among the powerful people in Zhongjing City, we are the cripples who take a serious look at us. Once things are done, will we be spared the benefits?"

Jiang Lin was silent for a moment, "What can I do?"

Jin Zhong said: "We want to know what happened in the palace, no matter how big or small."

Jiang Lin glared at him angrily, and Jin Zhong smiled coyly, "Of course, you choose the bigger one."

Jiang Lin pretended to drink and eat food while whispering to Jin Zhong.

At the end of the sentence, he suddenly said: "There is one more thing, I don't know if it will be useful."

"what?"

"It is said that His Majesty stayed at Zhaoyang Palace last night."

Jin Zhong's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately showed a deep joy.

　The past two days have been a bit slow. How to gather the foreshadowing of all parties and how to connect and combine the plot in a more reasonable way is very brain-consuming. In addition, there are too many things on the weekend and it is even later. This is the chapter today.

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