Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 114 The Emperor’s Blood Letter

Tianchuan City at night was the most prosperous and shining star in the entire Song Dynasty.

Jinjie Jade Road is brightly lit, with cars flowing like water and horses like dragons. The shops on both sides of the street are crowded with people and the flow is endless. It is a prosperous scene.

The capital is the residence of the emperor. A wide avenue runs through the city gate. There are tall buildings on both sides of the street. This is the Zhuque Avenue of the capital. Go to the end of Zhuque Avenue, then go left and drive onto Qinglong Road. See the dimly lit, brilliant, dream-like palace.

The year before last, there was a severe drought in the north, and the land was red for thousands of miles.

Last year, there were floods in the south, resulting in no harvests in many areas. Food prices rose, and rebellion broke out in the north, which intensified. There was a prophecy that it was the emperor's lack of virtue that caused God to blame him, and he had just punished him like this.

Put all the blame on the emperor.

But few people know that Emperor Xuanhe Chu Nan succeeded to the throne at the age of 14. Because he was young when he succeeded to the throne, he respected Xiang Guo as his father-in-law, and made Xiang Guo's eldest granddaughter a noble concubine. All state affairs were controlled by Xiang Guo.

Now that Chu Nan has been crowned, he has not yet taken charge.

There is even a joke in Tianchuan that the emperor's will cannot leave Tianchuan City without the Prime Minister's nod.

The Hall of Supreme Harmony, the palace where the emperor rested.

Smiling softly, the sound of reciting poems and composing Fu faintly floated out from the window.

When you get closer, you can still hear the sounds of warblers and swallows coming from the palace.

"Your Majesty, come and arrest me."

"Hehe, Your Majesty, my concubine is here."

"How dare you, Concubine Jing, tease me. If you are caught by me, I will have to teach you a lesson."

"Then come quickly, Your Majesty."

"Hey, got you."

Chu Nan hugged the person in front of him.

The sounds of warblers and swallows all around suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Chu Nan took off the yellow cloth that blindfolded his eyes, looked up at the person he was holding, and quickly let go, with an unhappy look on his face: "Why is the abbot here? No one was informed."

After saying that, Chu Nan smiled, straightened up and straightened his clothes.

Liang Mu wanted to scold him, but with many concubines around him, he couldn't help suppressing the anger in his heart and respectfully said: "Your Majesty, it's not good, Nanyang has fallen."

Chu Nan's expression changed, but he quickly returned to his original state and said, "It would be good if the state leader told the prime minister about this matter, and he will solve it."

"The prime minister is the prime minister, and the emperor is the emperor. This world belongs to you, your majesty, not to Xu Guozhong. Your majesty, you have to cheer up." Liang Mu said somewhat ironically.

"Presumptuous." Chu Nan shouted coldly, and then said: "I pretend that I didn't hear these words. The king, don't say it again. If there is a next time, I will not be lenient."

"Come on, hide it, let's continue."

Chu Nan covered his eyes with yellow cloth and wanted to continue the unfinished game.

"Your Majesty." Liang Mu said longly, then glanced at the concubines and maids in the palace, and finally couldn't help but shouted: "Get out."

"Abbott." Chu Nan's voice rose a little higher. He picked up the yellow cloth in his hand and threw it on Liang Mu's face. He then shouted coldly: "Has the abbot even forgotten the superiority and inferiority of the emperor? I am Emperor, you are a minister, do you still need to teach me how to behave?"

"Your Majesty." Liang Mu was so angry that his whole body was trembling slightly.

The concubines and maids next to him were so angry that they didn't dare to take a breath.

"I'm tired, please go down and rest early." Chu Nan rubbed his brows and said.

Liang Mu sighed helplessly, and when he was about to retreat, a voice sounded from behind: "The brocade cloth on the ground was embroidered by the queen herself, and was given to the father-in-law."

Liang Mu picked up the yellow cloth on the ground with a dejected look and left the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

After leaving the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Liang Mu was stopped by a eunuch, followed by two young eunuchs who wanted to search him.

"How presumptuous." Liang Mu shouted coldly and said, "I am the head of the dynasty, and I am a Situ. What are your identities? You dare to search my body? Who gave you the courage to do so?"

"Master Situ, this is what the Prime Minister meant. I hope you won't put me in trouble."

"Why, you are afraid of the Prime Minister, but you are not afraid of me?" "Don't dare."

"Come, I, Situ, will let you search." Liang Mu opened his arms and asked the eunuch to search.

The eunuch motioned to the two young eunuchs behind him.

Two young eunuchs came forward and groped for Liang Mu for a while. Finally, they only found a piece of yellow cloth embroidered with peonies and handed it to the eunuch.

"Master Situ, what is this?" The eunuch checked and found nothing unusual.

"This is embroidered by the Queen. Your Majesty appreciates it. You want it too."

"Don't dare."

"Who dared you to touch me?"

Liang Mu slapped the eunuch on the face, took the yellow cloth from his hand, and said: "You bastard, I will teach you a lesson this time. If you are dissatisfied, let Xu Guozhong come to me."

After all, walk away.

The eunuch looked at Liang Mu's leaving figure with a flash of resentment in his eyes.

……

Liang Mu returned to his house. After washing and taking off his clothes to go to sleep, he suddenly remembered something. He took the yellow cloth that His Majesty had given him and examined it carefully, but found nothing unusual.

Just when he thought he was overthinking, he suddenly felt a petal of a peony flower that was slightly bulging.

He mobilized his innate spiritual energy, pulled out the thread, and found a bloody silk book inside.

After Liang Mu read the contents on the silk book, his face was shocked. He put the silk book away and walked out of the house: "Here comes, prepare your horse."

……

The disadvantage of the village is that the information is too limited.

There is also a newspaper in this world, called Di Bao, which is a news article specially used by the court to convey documents and political information about the government's affairs.

It records the recent events in the Song Dynasty.

Unfortunately, only county magistrates can read the Di Bao, and ordinary people cannot access it.

Chen Mo didn't know what was going on in the court. He was leading the villagers to build a blacksmith shop and prepare to forge iron for armor.

Yesterday afternoon Zhang He came back with his caravan. Although he did not buy any armor, he did buy one thousand kilograms of pig iron.

The iron production volume in the Song Dynasty was extremely high, so the price was very low. However, the control was strict, and ordinary people could only buy a small amount of pig iron.

After this period of time, the village took in refugees and also recruited some masters and apprentices who knew how to blacksmith.

In addition to pig iron, Zhang He also brought back two taels of sugar.

This made Chen Mo a little ecstatic.

After all, the power of black gunpowder made by local methods is somewhat unsatisfactory without adding some sugar.

Nowadays, the goods that can be sold in grocery stores are somewhat dazzling.

Not only chicken and duck are for sale, but also oil, sauce, and vinegar.

The money Chen Mo sent out was received back again.

During the lunch break, Hu Qiang came back, but he brought back good news and bad news.

The good news is that the Tianshi Army accepted Chen Mo's "surrender."

The bad news is that the Tianshi Army quickly issued the first order to Chen Mo, asking him to lead the army to attack Pingting County.

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