The devil is coming

Chapter 496
Wen Sutong's mansion is not big, but it is decorated in a Jiangnan style. After all, he comes from an official family of the Qian Kingdom. In terms of taste and style, there is really nothing to say.
Uncle Zheng and the blind man came to visit. Wen Sutong opened the front door and came to greet him personally with a cane.
Subsequently,
Uncle Zheng went to the study alone to take a rest;
Firstly, because the duel in the imperial study room in the morning had consumed too much energy, and secondly, he wanted to leave the opportunity to speak to their son-in-law. At most, he could show up and say a few polite words when he was about to leave at the end.
Perhaps because of the armor on his body, his body naturally switched to some of the functions it had on the battlefield, making it easier to fall asleep.
Uncle Zheng really fell asleep.
And when Uncle Zheng was sleeping,
A red-robed eunuch led the eunuch to the Huxin Pavilion and opened the iron door.
"Commoner Ji Chengyue accepted the order."
The third prince, dressed in white, looked at the scene in front of him in astonishment. He had already prepared that there was no hope of leaving here in this life. He really did not expect that the imperial edict would come at this time.
"My dearest minister, the common people bow to me, long live my emperor, long live him."
The red-robed eunuch smiled slightly and read out the decree:
"The emperor's edict is carried out by heaven, and the common people Ji Chengyue..."
Purpose can be roughly divided into two meanings.
One meaning is to admonish him for the mistakes he made in the first place. Of course, it is impossible to clearly state in the imperial edict what Ji Chengyue did in the first place. The other is nothing more than laziness and disobedience;
The second meaning is that His Majesty thinks that you have a good attitude in Huxinting in the past few years, so you can leave here. It is impossible to restore your status as a prince, but you are allowed to enter the clan mansion.
In other words, your status as a royal family will be restored, but you will not be given any treatment.
But he is a prince after all, and this court has concluded that if he catches up with the amnesty in the future, he will at least be able to inherit a title. In short, the most difficult hurdle is over.
"My son, thank you Lord for your kindness."
Ji Chengyue knelt on the ground and raised his hands.
The eunuch in red robe put the imperial edict in his hand and helped him up. The third prince's face was already filled with tears.
"Your Highness, I will help you go back. Your Majesty wants you to continue to live in the prince's residence. The palace doctor is also ready to diagnose your condition."
"Thank you, father-in-law, thank you...father."
After being imprisoned in Huxinting for several years, the damage to the body was obvious, and the root cause of the disease could easily be found. After being released, he would need to follow the instructions of the imperial doctor to take good care of himself.
The red-robed eunuch looked at the third prince in front of him with a warm feeling.
After all, this third prince is now a member of the same family as himself.
Once this man gets rid of that root, over time, he will naturally develop a feminine aura;
Besides, the third prince originally loved reading poetry and books, and his temperament was inherently literary.
The red-robed eunuch immediately dismissed all these miscellaneous thoughts from his mind. What on earth was he thinking about?
inside the carriage,
The red-robed eunuch personally brought a cup of tea to Ji Chengyue.
Ji Chengyue took the tea with both hands and begged:
"Father-in-law, I left some books, calligraphy and paintings there. I was in a hurry before and didn't take care of them. Please help me, father-in-law..."
"Look at what you said, Your Highness, you just give the order. The Zajia family can't afford your 'please', Your Highness. The Zajia family will send someone to get it later."
"Thank you father-in-law."
"Your Highness is being polite."
Horse-drawn carriages travel through the streets.
Ji Chengyue smelled the aroma of sesame cakes and inhaled subconsciously.
The red-robed eunuch has been serving people since he was a child. Although he has now climbed to a high position in the palace, he has never left behind his housekeeping skills. He immediately ordered a young eunuch outside to buy two sesame cakes.
Ji Chengyue held the hot pancakes just out of the oven and devoured them hungrily.
"Your Highness, please eat slowly, eat slowly, be careful not to choke."
In fact, although the food at Huxinting mainly consists of simple meals, it is not bad compared to ordinary people's lives. However, the food needs to be inspected when it is delivered, and it really falls to Ji Chengyue to treat it. When it was in front of me, it was basically cold;
It's okay in summer, but in winter, you can only heat your rice on a small stove that makes tea.
He's not greedy for this sesame seed cake.
But I am greedy for the hot smell of fireworks.
In other words,
What he craves is the taste of freedom.
After eating the two sesame cakes, Ji Chengyue breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the cold tea, drank it all in one gulp, and kept the tea foam in his mouth to continue chewing.
This is a habit he has developed in the Huxin Pavilion in the past few years.
immediately,
Ji Chengyue looked at the red-robed eunuch and said:
"Father, when can I go and thank my father?"
"His Majesty did not order this."
"I see."
Ji Chengyue had nothing to be dissatisfied with.
.........
"I said, Lao Wu, you are leaving now, what are you still busy with here?"
The fourth prince sat on the table next to him and watched the fifth prince drawing drawings there.
"Fourth brother, don't you see? My brother and I are drawing blueprints. Some of the water conservancy methods recorded in ancient books and collected by my brother himself are not of any use. I just want one to confirm each other."
"Heh, I know you're drawing blueprints, but you river worker, you probably won't be able to fix it."
"Oh? Is there any news about Fourth Brother?"
"No talent, I still have a few acquaintances at the Ministry of War."
The fourth prince’s maternal clan is the Sanshi Deng family. Although the Deng family was defeated in the first Battle of Wangjiang, there are still some legacy left behind. Furthermore, he himself is a prince, so when looking into some information, it is not possible at all. Calculation is difficult.
"what's up?"
"It seems that military matters were discussed in the imperial study today."
"What's this?"
"The talk from the Ministry of War seems to be picking up at tomorrow's court meeting."
"Wind?"
"Maybe there's going to be a war."
"Now, fight?"
"Yes, the battle that leads to the court meeting is not like the eldest brother's petty fight with that boy from Qianguo in Nanwang City."
"How to fight? Fourth brother, it's not like you don't know what's going on in Dayan's treasury right now, otherwise we two brothers wouldn't still be living here."
According to established rules, the prince's treasury and internal treasury will provide a "settlement fee" to purchase a house. At the same time, the prince's monthly salary will also be greatly increased to provide for his family.
When you live in the prince's mansion, theoretically there is a big pot of food, meals are provided, and there are also several eunuchs and maids to serve you, and their monthly salary is almost as low as that of Xiao Qi in the palace.
In fact, it's not just that. In the past two years, the old man in the family has left, and the discounts waiting for Chengjue's descendants have been put on hold.
If you accept the title one year later, the court will be able to save a year's money and food. They are going through the process to determine your identity, judge your character, and see whether you are qualified to receive the title, and how much lower you need to be when accepting the title. .
Do you dare to make trouble?
can.
If it's more serious, your character will be judged to be unqualified and your family's title will be taken away directly. If it's more serious, you will be demoted two more ranks to give you a long memory.
The princes of Dayan, taking the fourth prince and the fifth prince as an example, what they are competing for now is the prince's political treatment, but when they open the palace, they will have to be equal to the prince's living treatment.
This treatment must continue until a brother among them ascends the throne, and their relationship with the Supreme changes from prince to royal brother. Then according to tradition, they will ask themselves to be demoted.
Leaving aside their salary for errands in the court, it is actually only 200 taels of silver a year. But as princes, they can get 1 taels of silver a year plus grain and [-] shi. This does not include the four festivals. Welfare and filial piety are rewards in the palace.
The annual money and food for other titles are definitely not as much as the prince's, but there are still a lot of nobles who can't stand up to Dayan, so when all of them are added up, the scale is huge.
Uncle Zheng, now an earl, has 2000 taels of silver per year and [-] shi of grain. When the court delivers money and grain to Xue Customs, additional details will be given for this amount.
all in all,
The fourth and fifth princes alone can save the court 2 taels of silver and [-] shi in food expenses every year just by living in the prince's residence.
Ji Laoliu's reputation among the clan and the nobles in the past two years has been very bad. The reason is that the imperial court is in financial difficulties, so he did not hesitate to attack the clan and the nobles.
Not only did they get stuck in the rated money and food, but they also used the bank notes from the commercial bank to exchange their money and food, allowing them to use the bank notes to pick up goods of equal value from the commercial bank.
In fact, the business of ticket numbers has been around for a long time, and it has been popular in Jiangnan, Qianguo for a long time. However, it is basically used for convenience when doing business. The popularity among the people is not high. Ji Laoliu does not dare to do it on a large scale. The purpose of using this is to provide subsidies to the nobles of the clan. If the same bill is collected on the street, it will be discounted at [-]%. This is blatant exploitation of the nobles and the clan!
Unfortunately,
Emperor Yan is now too powerful. In addition, the residual power of a horse stepping on the family still exists. If it were any other emperor, the clan and nobles would have gone to the palace gate to cry.
They dare not face this person;
This can be regarded as a side reflection of Dayan's financial constraints, because as long as conditions permit, the clan and nobles must be well maintained. Even if some of them have become rice bugs, they still have to be raised. After all, their ancestors For Dayan, I have risked my life for your Ji family and shed my blood to earn the blessings of my descendants.
Once this aspect is not handled well, who will be willing to continue to work for your Ji family in the future?
You guys, what you want is for a prince to be your wife and son for generations, right?
The fourth prince smiled and said,
Road:
"I estimate that a fight is really possible."
“How can we fight if we don’t have money or food?”
"Can a living person be choked to death by urinating? If we really need to fight, there will always be a way to start a fight. So, you, a river worker, probably don't need to fix it."
There's going to be a war,
Wherever there is extra money, food and people's power, send it to the river workers.
The fifth prince shook his head and said: "Before Father gives the decree, I still have to do what I should do."
"Okay, be good."
At this time,
There was a noise outside.
The eunuch accompanying the fifth prince ran over and reported:
"Master, Fourth Master, His Highness the Third is back."
The fourth prince and the fifth prince immediately looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.
To be honest,
They have long been mentally prepared to never see the third child again in this life, because no matter how they look at it, it is unlikely that the third child will come out of the Huxin Pavilion.
The fourth prince murmured: "I heard that Zheng Fan went to the Huxin Pavilion to see the third child yesterday. So, this is an explanation and the old feud is settled?"
The fifth prince shook his head and said: "I don't think the third brother will really let go of the past."
"Oh, you've never been locked up there."
"I really don't mind if you can provide me with wood if you are locked up there."
"You are crazy."
The fourth prince jumped down from the table and straightened his clothes.
The fifth prince took off the clothes he wore as a carpenter and put on a new one.
No matter what, the third brother is back, and as younger brothers, they naturally have to pay their respects.
When he was about to go out, the fourth prince suddenly remembered something and said, "If I remember correctly, the second half of the month should be Concubine Ming's birthday, right?"
Concubine Ming has a reputation as a virtuous person, but she has a plain temperament and is knowledgeable and reasonable.
The third prince was fond of poetry and books in his early days, and was somewhat influenced by his mother and concubine.
Hearing this, the fifth prince said, "You mean, my father stayed at Concubine Ming's place last night?"
The fourth prince immediately kicked the fifth prince.
scolded:
"Can I know this?"
If I can receive reports every day about where my father stayed last night, then what on earth do I want to do?
The fifth prince shrugged and said, "I thought you knew."
"Don't hurt me."
"Hey, I'm just asking casually, but I think that if Concubine Ming knew that Zheng Fan had visited the third brother, she would have taken advantage of the situation to plead with the father. The father might have agreed to let the third brother go because Concubine Ming's birthday was coming soon. Out."
"Alas, our father's heart is still soft." The fourth prince said with emotion.
"Fourth brother, are you talking nonsense because you have a fever?"
The fourth prince glanced at the fifth prince and said:
"You started the fire first."
……
As soon as the third prince moved into the prince's residence, the fourth prince and the fifth prince came to visit.
"Brother, please give my regards to brother."
"Brother, please give my regards to brother."
"Brothers, please get up, please get up."
Next, there was a ceremony of respect between brothers and sisters, and everyone sat around to chat.
However, because the imperial doctor came, the fourth and fifth princes took their leave.
After coming out, the fourth prince stretched his body and said: "The third child used to act like a scholar and didn't look at us seriously. Now it seems that after being imprisoned for two years, he has become more down-to-earth."
"Yes." Lao Wu agreed.
"It's a pity. I think the third child has no chance of revenge."
"Do you think Third Brother still wants revenge?"
"Haha." The fourth prince laughed twice, "I don't believe he doesn't hate it anymore, because he will hate it every night. But Zheng Fan is already an uncle of Pingye. The prince leads the horse and the prince drives it. Alas, why? Compare?"
"I'm going to my sixth brother's house later to give the children some toys I made myself."
"You are very attentive. Are you going to see Zheng Fan?"
"That's right. After all, Zheng Fan will have to leave the capital the day after tomorrow. If my father doesn't issue a new decree, I still have to go to Jin with him."
"Aren't you afraid that others will regard you as a member of the Sixth Master?"
The fifth prince smiled "hehe",
Road:
"Fourth brother."
"Ok?"
"The third brother is out."
"what happened?"
"No matter how bad it is, can it be worse than Third Brother?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about."
"Brother, let me put it another way. For someone like Zheng Fan, who dethroned the prince but could still be crowned a nobleman, what was the basis for it? It was ability.
No matter if it’s our father, second brother or sixth brother,
As long as they sit in that position,
What kind of bloodline, brothers, heirs,
They are not as important as people who can do things.
Therefore, even if there is no human or material support this time, my brother, Wangjiang, must and will definitely go. I will try my best to avoid being treated as a waste.
Fourth brother, do you understand this? "
"understood."
"That's good."
"You're calling me a loser."
"..." Lao Wu.
...
After waking up at noon, Uncle Zheng went to the living room of the Wen family.
then,
Uncle Zheng realized that it was a huge mistake not to take the blind man to see the Queen Mother of Jin before.
at this time,
The blind man and Wen Sutong sat face to face, both holding tea in their hands.
"You look like you're in great spirits."
"You've lost weight, probably because you have too many things and are too busy. Please pay attention."
The two of them were chatting about their daily life.
But the speaking speed is very slow,
It often takes a long time to pick up the next sentence.
Uncle Zheng knew that the blind man was using "spiritual chains" to communicate with Wen Sutong.
It is normal for there to be people from the Secret Service in the Jin Palace;
In Wen Sutong's family, there are definitely no shortage of people from the Secret Service.
Uncle Zheng could not find a secret room to have some private words with the Queen Mother of Jin, because as long as he did so, Emperor Yan's anger would come immediately.
Emperor Yan's ambition was to unify all the Xia, how could he sit back and watch his own generals invade the queen mother of a country?
This also made Uncle Zheng's trip to Prince Jin's Mansion too dull and far from what he expected.
Ugh,
If there is a blind man here,
It's much more convenient, and you can also talk privately.
At last,
Uncle Zheng sat down and drank half a cup of tea again. He chatted with Wen Sutong about Xue Customs and the climate of Yanjing City. As soon as the tea cooled, he stood up and left.
Back at the Sixth Prince's residence, everyone had dinner.
Gou Moli asked Zheng Fan if he could take him to the Secret Service Prison, but Uncle Zheng hesitated.
It is clear to the outside world,
The Savage King was defeated and captured, and was sent to Yanjing City.
There are rumors that the Savage King has been executed, and there are also rumors that he has been imprisoned in the Secret Service Prison.
Of course, Uncle Zheng knew that the real Savage King was in front of him, and the one imprisoned in Yanjing City at this time was an impostor.
The impostor is named Alai, a man who looks exactly like the Savage King and is willing to become the shadow of the Savage King.
If Gou Moli asked him to take him to the back garden to meet the princess,
Then Uncle Zheng will definitely kick him over.
But ask yourself this,
Uncle Zheng was a little embarrassed.
can only say;
"I asked Ji Laoliu's people to send a message to Wei Zhonghe for me, saying that in order to clearly deal with the situation in the snowfield, I wanted to see the Savage King.
Can I see the details?
It still depends on what Wei Zhonghe means. "
Gou Moli knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Zheng Fan.
tonight,
Ji Laoliu didn't come back until late at night. When he came back, he didn't come to see Zheng Fan. Instead, he went back to his house and rested.
the next morning,
Uncle Zheng had just woken up. After washing up, he walked to the small courtyard and was about to have a morning cigarette.
But I saw on the bench in the yard,
Ji Laoliu was sitting there,
He held a hookah in his hand.
Nowadays, Ganren likes Wu Shi Powder, which is much more effective than tobacco.
As for tobacco, most of it is used as a medicinal material. There are some people who smoke tobacco, but it has not become a habit.
What can I say, in this world, the older the people are and the more unhealthy they are, the more they smoke because they think tobacco smoke can get rid of diseases.
The hookah in Ji Laoliu's hand is exquisitely shaped and is simply a work of art. There is also a chalcedony bergamot snuff bottle hanging on his waist, which is also an extremely valuable item.
Dayan's treasury is nervous, but it does not affect Ji Laoliu's life. As long as political conditions permit, he, like Uncle Zheng, still likes to enjoy himself.
The most important thing is that he does not rely on the money from the imperial treasury to enjoy his enjoyment. In fact, according to Ji Laoliu, as a businessman in Dayan, in terms of meticulousness and rigor in paying taxes, the business firm under his Ji Laoliu is undoubtedly the best. First.
Uncle Zheng walked up to Ji Laoliu, took out the hookah in his hand, and said:
"Don't touch this thing, it's not good for your health."
said,
Uncle Zheng lit his cigarette with a fire stick and took a puff.
"What about yourself?" Ji Laoliu rolled his eyes at Uncle Zheng.
"I am a sixth-grade warrior and in good health."
"Co-author, Zheng Fan, is practicing martial arts just to make up for this shortfall?"
"Haha, aren't you going to court today?"
"I'm asking for leave. I asked for leave with my father. You will leave Beijing tomorrow. I will take you around."
"So grand?"
"It's necessary. God knows when I will see you next time."
"Row."
"The carriage is already waiting to take you to Kuanmin Alley for breakfast. The food there is the most authentic."
"it is good."
Eunuch Zhang was still driving.
Kuanmin Alley is an old street in Yanjing City. It is not big but very popular.
For breakfast, we had small wontons.
Ji Laoliu ate two bowls, Uncle Zheng ate three bowls, and Eunuch Zhang ate four bowls.
Afterwards, the two of them stopped riding in the carriage and started strolling around.
We went to Yinlang Temple. Like Yinlang County, it was first famous for the Prime Minister of Yan. However, this temple in the capital has become a calligraphy and painting antique market.
Ji Laoliu introduced the antique market to Zheng Fan while walking side by side with Zheng Fan.
"In the capital city, many people like to visit Yinlang Temple, always trying to pick up something missing, but what can I say? Buying something is never as good as selling it. It's difficult to find something missing here.
There is no way that gold, silver, and jade would be placed here. Only fools would sell that.
For things like this kind of ancient calligraphy and painting and inkstone and vase kilns, firstly, most of them are fake. Secondly, even if they are real, if you like them and buy them to collect and play without thinking about changing hands, then it doesn’t matter. You just want to pick up the pieces and resell them. You also have to see if there is someone who is as knowledgeable as you, and that person who is knowledgeable is wealthy.
And for this thing, if the time comes, you won't be able to get any food in exchange for it if you go to Mihang. The guys at Mihang won't appreciate this. "
Even so, Ji Laoliu bought an inkstone, a painting and a variegated jade pendant for Uncle Zheng.
"The inkstone is real, the material is good, and it's worth it. The painting is fake, but the person who copied it is also old. If you buy it for one tael of silver, you can't sell it for a hundred taels, but you can sell it for ten taels of silver. It's easy. This jade pendant , it has not been raised yet, but it is actually the finest Huairou jade. If you wear it on a person and raise it for three generations, by the time your grandson reaches adulthood, its texture will become extremely clear and smooth, making it valuable.
If the price of rice at that time was the same as now, it would be worth 500 taels of silver. "
Uncle Zheng held a cloth bag and put the things in it. Eunuch Zhang smiled and took it over to help keep it.
"You are really starving. You have no money to eat, so you come here to wander around. After a few flips, you have everything."
As the saying goes, a craftsman will never die of hunger in a lean year, this is the truth.
Ji Laoliu shook his head and said: "These are just trails. To put it bluntly, these things are very common in my eyes."
Born in the royal family, her mother's family is the Min family. What ordinary people see as precious antiques and valuables are no different from the chopping boards in her kitchen in Ji Laoliu's eyes.
"Then how come you were so poor that you had no money to eat?"
Ji Laoliu casually took out a broken piece of silver and threw it into the gong of a monkey charmer in front of the ancestral hall street.
The monkey immediately stood up happily, kowtowed to Ji Laoliu, and then did a somersault.
"You see, just like this monkey, it may not like to do somersaults and kowtow, but it has to do it because people like to see it do this."
"Ha ha."
"Including this time, you have only been to Yanjing City twice, and you have only met my father twice. In your eyes, what kind of person is my father?"
"I don't know what to say."
"You should be afraid of my father."
"I don't like the word fear."
"Okay, then change it to... fear?"
"I don't like this topic."
"Do you think it's dangerous to talk about this on the streets of Beijing?"
"That's it."
"Father, I'm very kind to you."
"Ah."
"But you still went to Litian City."
"Yes."
"Emperor, this is how it makes you grateful, but also makes you fearful."
"inappropriate."
"I know it's inappropriate. It applies to others, but it doesn't apply to you. You are more willing than all of us. What I admire most about you is that you seem to use your own life as your whole life. It was regarded as a social drama performed at Yinlang Temple during the New Year and festivals."
"This is appropriate."
"I can't be as free and easy as you."
"You still need to make progress."
"When you have children, you won't be so free and easy."
"Is it time to have a baby again?"
"What do you want for lunch?"
"I haven't digested my breakfast yet."
"Then let's go drink tea. The teahouses in the capital are also famous."
"It's boring."
"I've been telling stories about you in the teahouse for a while."
"I'm thirsty."
Drink tea in a teahouse,
Drink until noon.
When they felt hungry and couldn't suppress their hunger with melon seeds and peanuts, Uncle Zheng and Ji Laoliu came out.
"How is it?" Ji Laoliu asked.
“After hearing my story, I felt empowered.”
In the storyteller's story, Uncle Zheng is a third-grade warrior who fights against the eighteen Taibao of Chu Kingdom!
No one knows whether there are eighteen eunuchs in Chu State, probably even the princess herself doesn’t know;
of course,
Uncle Zheng didn't know that he was already a third-grade peak warrior.
Coming out of the teahouse,
Uncle Zheng felt that his steps were a little sloppy,
The chicken soup was filled a little too much and was about to overflow.
"What do you want to eat for lunch, except roast duck?"
"I still want to eat roast duck."
“Quandelou roast duck doesn’t taste good now.”
"I never thought it tasted good."
"Row."
Lunch at Quande Building.
Ji Laoliu ordered a roast duck and a pot of wine.
He divided the wine with Zheng Fan, and gave Eunuch Zhang the roast duck to eat alone.
They bought a few more dishes from the vendors at the entrance of Quande Building.
"There is a rule in Yanjing City. If a store can make one sign, it can only make this sign. At the same time, outsiders are not allowed to set up stalls. If you want to add another dish, just ask them to bring it in. The store is not allowed to rush.
After all, even this store was bought with the capital of being a street vendor. Maybe when his son or grandson takes over, the eagle will turn into a chicken again and have to run back to set up a stall. This is called It is convenient for others and it is convenient for yourself. If you can eat until you are seventy percent full, you have to leave some food for others to drink soup. "
"Why are you telling me this, to teach me that I look ugly?" Uncle Zheng asked.
"I am a businessman. I have told you this many times. Since you are a businessman, you will inevitably like to be friendly and make money. Sometimes, I feel that some of your practices are too much."
Uncle Zheng shook his head and said, "I just want to be happy."
"Just wanting to be happy for yourself is actually a kind of selfishness."
"Selfish, isn't it good?"
"Yeah, pretty good."
"No, it's enough for a person to be happy and happy in this life."
"Haha, you say this as if you have lived a lifetime and experienced many things."
"Perhaps so."
"Sometimes, I feel helpless. In fact, I am more narrow-minded than my second brother, and I don't like to do things to perfection, but my second brother is actually really narrow-minded.
The reason why my eldest brother is on my side is because he likes this in me.
But the problem is,
Now outsiders, especially the clan nobles, the household department and some small local families, think that I am a cruel official, but the prince is the kind king. "
"A crow doesn't know he's black."
"what do you mean?"
"It's just that the positions are different, and the methods are different. If you are in the position of the prince, you will also become kind-hearted. In fact, I have always felt that people are all the same;
If you can live a comfortable life, who would want to face the loess and turn your back to the sky for the rest of your life?
If you can have a group of wives and concubines, why not be free and unrestrained?
It's just that the locations are different, so I can't choose as much as I want.
People are still the same people. "
"Oh yes."
"So, you're being hypocritical."
"After all, you've been wandering around in front of me every day these past few days, and I've been led astray by you."
"Go one."
"Dry."
Have a glass of wine,
Ji Chengjue poured wine and said:
"My third brother came out from Huxin Pavilion."
"Is it possible that the afternoon plan is to visit your third brother?"
"It would be too cruel not to rub salt into the wound."
"How to talk? I helped him come out."
"Then I ask him to come to your door tonight with a gift to thank you?"
"I am a person who likes to do good things and doesn't like to keep my name."
"What are you going to do in the afternoon?"
"You are the tour guide."
"Tour guide? That's an apt word. The scenery in the back garden is excellent, and all the scenery inside is the Jiangnan garden scenery of the Qian Kingdom."
"No matter how beautiful the scenery is, if you have a tiger, you won't be able to appreciate it."
"I heard that my father punished her to copy the Heart Sutra at home."
"Your Majesty is wise. I think the Four Books, Five Classics and various ancient classics can be read several times, which is very beneficial to cultivating one's sentiments."
"Go horse racing outside the city? I've been practicing equestrian skills a lot in the past two years."
"You can't outrun me."
"Not really."
"I'm riding Pixiu."
"..." Ji Laoliu.
in the afternoon,
I didn't go to horse racing or the back garden, but went to a Yingchun restaurant and drank flower wine all afternoon.
Ji Laoliu ordered nine girls,
He and Zheng Fan were alone, three dancing and the other two singing.
But the people who played there were all naive, and at most they were looking for fun, but no one actually went into the back room to borrow a fragrant couch.
at dusk,
The two of them came out a little drunk.
Ji Laoliu reached out and patted Uncle Zheng on the shoulder and asked:
"how?"
"Next time, don't come to a place like this. If word spreads, it will bring bad reputation to us."
"Burned by your fame? If they know that you are the famous Hirano, they will definitely recommend themselves to you."
"If they knew you were a prince, they would be even crazier."
"I'm going to see my third brother. Look at it today. It's already so late. If I don't go, I'm afraid it won't be late."
"You go, I won't go."
At this time,
Next to Eunuch Zhang's carriage, stood a man dressed in black.
"See uncle."
The man showed his spy agency badge.
Ji Chengjue rubbed his eyes and said:
"What's the matter?"
"I beg Eunuch Wei to let me go see the Savage King."
"Oh, okay, it seems that Eunuch Wei is willing to do this. Then you can go, I will take a carriage to the prince's residence."
"I am a guest, so I will definitely use the carriage."
"This is my carriage."
"I'm a guest."
At last,
as a last resort,
The two people, who both valued security very much and were extremely afraid of death, took a carriage together and returned to the Sixth Prince's Mansion.
Uncle Zheng got out of the car,
The Sixth Prince took his own carriage to the prince's residence, while Uncle Zheng took the blind man, Gou Moli and the Sword Master with him, got into the carriage driven by Little Eunuch Zhang, and went to the Secret Service's capital prison.
The "Savage King" was imprisoned in the deepest part of the prison.
Someone from the Secret Service brought a chair for Uncle Zheng to sit on, and Uncle Zheng sat down.
Sword Master, Gou Moli and the blind man stood beside Uncle Zheng.
in the cage,
Alai slowly opened his eyes,
His eyes swept over Zheng Fan, and also over the three people behind him.
then,
He bowed his head,
Laughed,
Laugh louder and louder.
He laughed for a long time,
Laugh until you cough, continue laughing after coughing, then continue coughing;
He kept laughing until he ran out of energy and his throat became hoarse, but he still held the chain with both hands and continued to open his mouth at Zheng Fan.
"The stars are immortal and the saints will live forever!"
"The stars are immortal and the saints will live forever!"
Until the last time I left,
Uncle Zheng sat in the chair without saying a word.
Just like in Prince Jin's Mansion and Wen Sutong's Mansion, there are not many places in the capital where you can speak normally.
In the cells next to the Savage King's cage, God knows whether they are prisoners or not.
Subsequently,
Uncle Zheng left the cell with his people.
outside,
A red-robed eunuch was waiting there.
"My slave, please pay your respects to Uncle Hirano."
This person should be the leader of the Secret Intelligence Department and a subordinate of Wei Zhonghe.
"Uncle, you don't seem to have said anything?"
Zheng Fan smiled and said,
He reached out and patted the red-robed eunuch on the shoulder, and then hugged him.
Road:
"Looking at the defeated generals in the past, this feeling is comfortable enough. Saying a word is a waste. Father-in-law, do you think this is true?"
"That's the reason. It's indeed the reason."
Before leaving, Uncle Zheng took out a small handful of golden melon seeds and stuffed them into the father-in-law's hands.
"Uncle, you can't do this. You can't do it. How dare you ask for your gold?"
"I, I'd like to trouble my father-in-law to report to Eunuch Wei later that I said a lot to the Savage King. I'm afraid that if Eunuch Wei knows that I came here to see the Savage King just to make himself happy, he will It’s a joke that Uncle Ben has no future.”
"Hehehe, it makes, it makes."
immediately,
Uncle Zheng got into the carriage driven by little Eunuch Zhang and left.
inside the carriage,
Gou Moli felt a little melancholy.
Uncle Zheng closed his eyes slightly.
Gou Moli stretched out three fingers.
road;
"The wild men of the snow field will send out [-] young men to attack the city for Dayan."
.........
Although he drank twice during the day, Uncle Zheng could not fall asleep early at night.
I will leave Beijing tomorrow, but I am not reluctant to leave, just a little lonely.
He doesn't have the pride of Huang Chao who waits until autumn comes on September [-]th to kill all the flowers after they bloom.
some,
It's just a faint thought, as if you know that the next time you come back, things will be different.
This kind of thought has been lingering in my mind.
The blind man didn't rest either. Instead, he sat by the bed and silently reflected on what he had seen and heard in the past few days. Among all the demon kings, the blind man was the most enthusiastic about rebellion.
Because other demon kings have their own hobbies, and the blind man's hobby is rebellion.
The Savage King didn't rest either. He huddled in the corner, the embroidered shoe had been thrown aside. He covered the left side of his face, laughing sometimes and crying again.
He Chunlai and Chen Daole were sitting across from each other drinking tea. The tea was bitter, but in their hearts, it was actually even more bitter.
This is Yanjing, the heart of Dayan. They come here, but they dare not do anything.
In the prince's residence,
It was extremely lively.
The third prince left the Huxin Pavilion and the brothers drank together.
Even Xiao Qi was sent out by his mother and concubine, but while his brothers were drinking, he sat by the side and drank ice.
The prince didn't come, but he brought two jars of good wine.
Ji Laoliu was not a cultivator after all, and his ability to drink was not as good as Uncle Zheng's. In addition, he had already drunk twice during the day, and he was already drunk. He pointed at the two jars of wine sent by the prince.
cursed:
"This heartless thing is still a brother. He is nothing but a brother. He won't even meet him once!
Over there with the clan,
Over there, Mr. Xungui,
They all say that I, Ji Laoliu, am a scoundrel, that I am cold-blooded, that I am stingy, that I am a cruel official, hahahahaha, they all say that he is a kind prince, how can he be so kind!
Cold-blooded,
shameless,
Show no mercy! "
At last,
Drunk Ji Laoliu was transported back by Eunuch Zhang's carriage.
It is said that
When he was drunk, he continued to scold the prince as harshly as he wanted.
……
the next morning,
Uncle Zheng picked up the princess who was leaving the palace at the gate of the palace. When the princess came out, she was accompanied by a princess carriage. The Ji family was very generous and sent 20 eunuchs, [-] maids, and more than [-] boxes of various gifts.
Uncle Zheng left the gifts and accompanying eunuchs and maids at the Sixth Prince's house and asked him to look at the arrangements and laugh. How long would it take for him to return to Snow Customs with this large group of people and things?
Going back this time,
Not even a carriage,
All the guards rode out and galloped as soon as they left the capital.
The princess sat in Zheng Fan's arms, and Pixiu carried the two of them without any problem.
"Ms. sir, why are you in such a hurry to go home?"
Uncle Zheng replied loudly:
"Hit your house."
.........
In May of the third year of Yongping,
On Concubine Ming's birthday, the emperor praised Concubine Ming for her virtuous ability and knowledge of etiquette, named her a noble concubine, and held a grand banquet;
During the banquet, musicians from Chu region were invited to play "Yangchun Ancient Song" to add to the entertainment;
In the middle of the song, the musician drew his knife blade at the bottom of the piano and wanted to stab you;
The prince sacrificed his life to save Jia Yue, but was fatally wounded by a knife;
The emperor was furious.
----
good night.
(End of this chapter)