Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen Three Birds With One Stone
In the afternoon, a group of Imperial Guards came suddenly near Chongxiao Nunnery in the west of the city. First, they sealed off Chongxiao Nunnery and drove away all the peddlers and wandering idlers nearby. He entered Chongxiao nunnery in a proper manner.
The nunnery master here is Princess Yongqing, a nobleman of the royal family, who dares to neglect her, some etiquette is still necessary.So as soon as the general entered the temple, he asked the soldiers to stop, went to see the nunnery master Dingru, and after getting her permission, he kindly began to evacuate the pilgrims.
More than half an hour later, a long guard of honor came to Chongxiao nunnery. When they saw the yellow umbrella cover from a distance, only people on the street knew that it was the current saint who came to Chongxiao nunnery.Not only the official Zhao's family came, but also the Empress Song, the crown prince, and Zhao Defang who had just been crowned king of Qi.
Zhao Defang was conferred the title of King Qi, and was sent back to the palace by the imperial court with a royal ceremonial guard. After noon, the court meeting was over, and he entered the palace again to thank the emperor.Accompanied by the crown prince, the emperor and King Qi chatted about family affairs. Of course, King Qi's mother should also be invited out to show the harmony of the royal family.
When Empress Song arrived, talking about the growth of the emperor's son, the late emperor's heroic spirit also felt comforted, and the mother and son couldn't help crying.Immediately afterwards, I couldn't help but thank the officials again, and I talked about Princess Yongqing.Princess Yongqing is not included in the conferment this time, and she cannot directly enter the court, and she has already become a monk. It is a pity that she is the only one not present at the royal family reunion.
King Qi Zhao Defang proposed to go to Chongxiao Nunnery with his mother, not only to see his sister, but also to burn incense and tell the late emperor about being named king.Chongxiao Temple is a royal temple specially set up by Princess Yongqing for the late emperor Qi Fu, and the temple is dedicated to enshrining the late emperor's spiritual tablet.As soon as Zhao Defang said it, Prince Yuanzuo immediately agreed, and proposed that he also go to worship the late emperor.
Zhao Defang's request was reasonable, and it was a time when the family was harmonious. Of course, Zhao Guangyi didn't want to go against their wishes, so he readily agreed and offered to go with them.After ordering Sona's third brother, Zhao Guangmei, to return to Beijing, although Zhao Guangyi did not order the Secretary of the Imperial City to inquire about the reaction of the people, he also knew that the people would inevitably have many words that were not good for him. Now, first make Defang king, and then go to worship The first emperor also had considerations for improving his image.
In the Chongxiao Nunnery, Princess Yongqing led all the nuns in the nunnery to welcome the saint, and Zhao Guangyi led his family to worship the late emperor.Zhao Guangyi came here only once when it was just designated as a royal temple. At this time, he came out together after worshiping the late emperor, and then walked around in the nunnery. Seeing that this place is more prosperous than before, Zhao Guangyi nodded frequently.
Yongqing and Zhao Defang walked side by side, seeing Defang pressing his belly with his hands from time to time, Yongqing couldn't help feeling a little nervous, so he quietly asked: "What's the matter, what's wrong with your body? What did you eat in the palace?"
Zhao Defang whispered: "No, the seal is too heavy, and the belt is tight, so I'm afraid it will show signs."
Zhao Guangyi turned around and said with a smile: "You brothers and sisters, what are you talking about?"
Yongqing did not change his face, and said calmly: "King Qi is a little anxious, so I will take him away for a while."
Zhao Defang is a man, and there are all nuns in this nunnery, so naturally no one is more suitable than his sister, Zhao Guangyi nodded, and Yongqing led Zhao Defang away.When he got to a secluded place, he untied the belt of his robe. It turned out that Zhao Defang had carried the seal of the book on his body. He was wearing a solemn robe, because the jade belt was tied around his waist, and the robe was tightly bound. When Yongqing saw it, he said: "Give it to me first, put it on my body, and give it to you later."
She has a slender figure and wears a loose black robe, and the monk's robe does not have a belt, so it is not a problem to wear a seal around her waist. The two siblings dressed up and went back to the back nunnery to accompany the official's house again. After a while, he was led to sit down with him in the living room of Hou'an.Everyone sat down, Princess Yongqing put her hands together and said: "Your younger brother has already been conferred the title of king, this is the grace of the official family, even though Yongqing has become a monk, the only thing he can't let go of is this little brother, the official family Treating him like a loving father, Yongqing is relieved, Yongqing once again thanked the officials on behalf of the emperor."
"Hey, one family doesn't talk about two families, Yongqing, you're heresy if you say that."
Zhao Guangyi said with a smile, a young nun appeared at the door of the living room, holding a tea tray in her hand.There were guards, eunuchs, and maids standing at the door. At this time, two maids stopped her. They searched up and down, but they didn't find any weapons, so they let her in.
The nun walked in slowly, walked to the table, gently put down the tea tray, raised the pot to pour tea, Zhao Guangyi raised his head and glanced at the nun, seeing the nun's picturesque eyebrows, almond eyes and peach cheeks, he felt a little surprised.Although there are all women in this nunnery, most of them are good-looking, and there are very few pretty ones. Although there is no shortage of women in this world, there are too few beautiful women who have to go out of their homes.
But Zhao Guangyi is the son of heaven after all, and this is a Buddhist nunnery. Although he thinks the nun is beautiful, he can't look at it more, so he only takes a glance and then closes his eyes. felt.
Eye!The nun's eyes seemed to meet each other.How could I have met a nun?
Seeing that a cup of tea was filled, Zhao Guangyi couldn't help laughing, but then a figure appeared in his mind. It was in Luoyang. It was a winter. Waist, walk slowly.When she turned around, that stunning face, stunning eyes, stunning sword...
Zhao Guangyi Qu Ran raised his head, and just saw that the nun who was still drooping her brows just now, who looked like Guanyin of Still Water, had her almond-shaped eyes wide open, and a murderous look shot out from her pupils.Still with those amazing eyes, with a move of two ghosts knocking on the door, they slashed at his chest...
"Do it! Be careful!" Under the Jinliang Bridge, Zhou Xiwazi and Zhe Ziyu gave orders to the three sitting at the same table in deep voices.Zhe Ziyu was dressed in black, sitting in the corner of the tea shed, with people coming and going, but few people paid attention to this corner.Zhu Yun and the dog sitting on the left and right nodded together, got up and left, before leaving the tea shed, the dog put a bamboo hat on his head, the veil hung down, covering his face, and went straight to the imperial court. street.Zhu Yun didn't go very far, when she came out of an uninhabited alley, she turned into a ragged little beggar, and hurried away with a dog-beating stick in her arms. Zhang Shisan, who was sitting across from him, walked out of the tea shed slowly, chewing a piece of grass in his mouth, stood under the shadow of the tea shed, and gently wiped his throat. Among the bustling crowd on the street, some people suddenly moved at the same time. , driving, carrying burdens, strolling, more than a dozen people went their separate ways, a peddler pushing a wheelbarrow selling jujube suddenly pushed away the customers who were negotiating prices, pushed up the cart and walked away, the jujube peddler Wu The fat man wondered: "Yeah? When did the sellers become so awesome, I just cut you two pennies, hey, add another penny to you, can you sell it for four pennies?" After more than a year of preparation and countless drills, once the action is started, it is very fast and efficient. The progress in various places is fast and smooth, and the news can be quickly fed back to the small tea shed in Xiwazi, Zhou.Although she has never left there, but with this tea shop as the center, together with all the passages, it forms a huge spider web, and she is the spider queen at the center of this web.If there is a slight disturbance in any place, it can be transmitted here at the fastest speed. If there is a situation that has never appeared in the preview, she can make corrections at the fastest speed to ensure that this ring road is unimpeded. Guanlingdu is named Du, but there is no river next to it, and it is unknown when the name was passed down.This is a fork in the road ten miles southeast of Nanxun Gate. There are two rows of houses on the left and right of the intersection. On the left are soap servants from the Inspection Department, and on the right are small officials sent by the Tax Collectors Department to collect taxes.There are not many people, because there are not many people passing this intersection, but it is necessary to set up a company, because from here you can bypass the Bianhe Pass and directly pick up and deliver goods to the ship. Because there is nothing to do, the inspectors and tax collectors usually only keep a few people guarding, and the others often leave the station and are not here.At this time, three cars came from a distance. The cars were not expensive, but they were very strong at first glance. The wheels were more than half the height of a person. This kind of car was fast and could run far. With four horses harnessed, not many people could afford a horse-drawn cart, and even fewer had four horses in one cart. The tax collector who was lazily basking in the sun suddenly became refreshed. In addition to being convenient for smuggling and tax evasion, this intersection is actually not easy to walk, and it is not a major traffic intersection. Since tax collectors and inspections have been set up, people who want to evade taxes do not go here. Only people from nearby villages who go to the city go here. , There is not much oil and water. Looking at the situation now, it is possible to make a lot of extra money. If there are private goods banned by the imperial court on this car, it will be even more profitable. "Hehe, luckily the boss let me be on duty again today, and I can't get away even if I want to. I'm lucky, even the city walls can't stop me." Lao Zhang, the tax collector, straightened his hat and greeted him excitedly. His luck was really good, and he became popular as soon as he met him. Lao Zhang stared with eyes like dead fish, staring in astonishment at these mobs who killed officials and rebelled without saying a word, and slowly fell down.More than a dozen strong and strong men jumped out of the car, holding sharp knives, and rushed into the two rows of houses on the left and right separately. After a short scream, everything became quiet. The corpses across the intersection were dragged away, the blood on the ground was buried in dust, and three light carts with four horses were parked outside the gate fence. It looks like it's ready to whip and set off at any time. A few soap collectors with knives walked out of the inspection department, and a few red hat tax collectors walked out of the tax department, standing there and starting to perform official duties, they were a hundred times more dedicated than the officials who guarded here...
West of Bianliang City, Wansheng Gate. Camels and ox carts were full of goods. Hu merchants from the Western Regions were still wearing sheepskin jackets in midsummer, yelling and driving, ready to check their seals and go out of the city. Missing the boss of Hu merchants, a big man with a beard and leopard eyes suddenly suffered from abdominal pain. One fell off the horse and rolled all over the ground, which startled the officers and soldiers guarding the gate.Fortunately, walking back from Wanshengmen, there is Jingkanger Pharmacy not far away. A few idlers collected the reward and led the Hu merchant's hands to download the big man to the pharmacy for diagnosis and treatment. Without a person in charge, no one to take care of the goods, and no one to pay the city gate tax, the huge team was stranded at the gate of the city.Cars, goods, and camels crowded the gates of the city, and the people passing by, smelling the strong fishy smell on their bodies, held their breath and passed by quickly, pinching their noses.The soldiers guarding the city were also very impatient. Fortunately, the ventilation in the city gate was quick, so it was not too impatient. With so many cars, camels, and goods, if there is an emergency, all you need to do is to swarm forward, and the city gate will be blocked, making it impossible to close the city gate again. However, Bianliang has been at peace for a long time, and it is not a big enemy Linjing, who would have thought of this? Similar situations are happening everywhere, waterways, landways, avenues, small roads, various means of transportation, various traffic intersections, and every place is arranged. If everything goes well, news will be sent to the tea shop in Xiwazi, Zhou in time. Among the news sent back from all places, what Zhe Ziyu cared most about was of course the situation at Chongxiao Temple. "What! The emperor also went to Chongxiao Nunnery?" Hearing the news, Zhe Ziyu frowned slightly: "Why would the emperor also go? Once the emperor goes, the guards are strict, and they have to accompany the emperor all the time. At least they can’t all leave the emperor’s sight, so how can we get out?” Zhe Ziyu tapped on the table lightly with his fingers, his expression became serious: "I'm afraid things have changed..." Zhang Shisan got up and said: "Fifth Young Master, let me go and watch over there personally, otherwise, in case Miss Ding..." Zhe Ziyu shook his head lightly: "No, as long as they have an excuse to leave, they can come out of the hole with just a cup of tea. We can only wait and see what happens, and don't startle the snake." Another message came. The boat waiting there found two boats that were about to go on a long journey, and found that two people from the river inspection department boarded the boat for inspection, but they never appeared again and never disembarked. Immediately afterwards, news was sent from the south that people who were waiting near Guanlingdu found that the situation of the Guanlingdu inspection department was different. The number of inspectors and tax collectors on guard was more than double than usual, and every face was unfamiliar.Over the past year or so, they have already figured out the situation on all the pre-planned routes, how many people there are in Guanlingdu, what are their names, what they look like, what kind of temperament they are, and how many people are usually on duty. .After realizing the difference, the car didn't stop, pretended to pass the customs, dropped a few pennies of tax money, and drove away.Out of the sight of those people, the people in the car immediately returned from the forest. After touching the inspection department's room, they found several corpses lying across the room, and all the people in the original inspection department were killed.Of course, he did not forget to report back about the three light four-horse chariots ready to go outside Guanlingdu. Zhang Shisan also frowned: "It's strange, it's really strange. After more than a year of preparation, we know exactly what the usual situation is at each intersection we preview. There are not so many inexplicable things in each preview. Things happened, why is it so evil today? It seems that someone picked today to oppose us. There are such and such situations in many places that have never been encountered at all. This Guanlingdu is even more weird, killing officials and pretending to be? Do they still want to be there? Can’t collect taxes for a long time?” "How is it possible?" Zhe Ziyu became a little dazed. "not good!" As soon as she thought about it, she suddenly thought of the most unlikely but only reasonable explanation, she couldn't help standing up suddenly, and said with a sneer: "What a princess Yongqing! Even this girl was teased, she is not afraid of playing with fire and setting herself on fire!" Zhang Shisan asked blankly, "What?" Zhe Ziyu got up in a hurry, and said: "Hurry up, immediately tell Zhu Yun and Xiaoyi to abandon their original plan and rush to wait for orders near the Guyan Forest next to Chongxiao Nunnery. I will go find Yuluo right away!" out. Although Zhang Shisan didn't know what to do, but seeing Zhe Ziyu's cold face, he knew the seriousness of the situation, so he didn't dare to say anything more, so he quickly agreed, and then left in a hurry...
"Do it! Be careful!" Under the Jinliang Bridge, Zhou Xiwazi and Zhe Ziyu gave orders to the three sitting at the same table in deep voices.Zhe Ziyu was dressed in black, sitting in the corner of the tea shed, with people coming and going, but few people paid attention to this corner.Zhu Yun and the dog sitting on the left and right nodded together, got up and left, before leaving the tea shed, the dog put a bamboo hat on his head, the veil hung down, covering his face, and went straight to the imperial court. street.Zhu Yun didn't go very far, when she came out of an uninhabited alley, she turned into a ragged little beggar, and hurried away with a dog-beating stick in her arms. Zhang Shisan, who was sitting across from him, walked out of the tea shed slowly, chewing a piece of grass in his mouth, stood under the shadow of the tea shed, and gently wiped his throat. Among the bustling crowd on the street, some people suddenly moved at the same time. , driving, carrying burdens, strolling, more than a dozen people went their separate ways, a peddler pushing a wheelbarrow selling jujube suddenly pushed away the customers who were negotiating prices, pushed up the cart and walked away, the jujube peddler Wu The fat man wondered: "Yeah? When did the sellers become so awesome, I just cut you two pennies, hey, add another penny to you, can you sell it for four pennies?" After more than a year of preparation and countless drills, once the action is started, it is very fast and efficient. The progress in various places is fast and smooth, and the news can be quickly fed back to the small tea shed in Xiwazi, Zhou.Although she has never left there, but with this tea shop as the center, together with all the passages, it forms a huge spider web, and she is the spider queen at the center of this web.If there is a slight disturbance in any place, it can be transmitted here at the fastest speed. If there is a situation that has never appeared in the preview, she can make corrections at the fastest speed to ensure that this ring road is unimpeded. Guanlingdu is named Du, but there is no river next to it, and it is unknown when the name was passed down.This is a fork in the road ten miles southeast of Nanxun Gate. There are two rows of houses on the left and right of the intersection. On the left are soap servants from the Inspection Department, and on the right are small officials sent by the Tax Collectors Department to collect taxes.There are not many people, because there are not many people passing this intersection, but it is necessary to set up a company, because from here you can bypass the Bianhe Pass and directly pick up and deliver goods to the ship. Because there is nothing to do, the inspectors and tax collectors usually only keep a few people guarding, and the others often leave the station and are not here.At this time, three cars came from a distance. The cars were not expensive, but they were very strong at first glance. The wheels were more than half the height of a person. This kind of car was fast and could run far. With four horses harnessed, not many people could afford a horse-drawn cart, and even fewer had four horses in one cart. The tax collector who was lazily basking in the sun suddenly became refreshed. In addition to being convenient for smuggling and tax evasion, this intersection is actually not easy to walk, and it is not a major traffic intersection. Since tax collectors and inspections have been set up, people who want to evade taxes do not go here. Only people from nearby villages who go to the city go here. , There is not much oil and water. Looking at the situation now, it is possible to make a lot of extra money. If there are private goods banned by the imperial court on this car, it will be even more profitable. "Hehe, luckily the boss let me be on duty again today, and I can't get away even if I want to. I'm lucky, even the city walls can't stop me." Lao Zhang, the tax collector, straightened his hat and greeted him excitedly. His luck was really good, and he became popular as soon as he met him. Lao Zhang stared with eyes like dead fish, staring in astonishment at these mobs who killed officials and rebelled without saying a word, and slowly fell down.More than a dozen strong and strong men jumped out of the car, holding sharp knives, and rushed into the two rows of houses on the left and right separately. After a short scream, everything became quiet. The corpses across the intersection were dragged away, the blood on the ground was buried in dust, and three light carts with four horses were parked outside the gate fence. It looks like it's ready to whip and set off at any time. A few soap collectors with knives walked out of the inspection department, and a few red hat tax collectors walked out of the tax department, standing there and starting to perform official duties, they were a hundred times more dedicated than the officials who guarded here...
West of Bianliang City, Wansheng Gate. Camels and ox carts were full of goods. Hu merchants from the Western Regions were still wearing sheepskin jackets in midsummer, yelling and driving, ready to check their seals and go out of the city. Missing the boss of Hu merchants, a big man with a beard and leopard eyes suddenly suffered from abdominal pain. One fell off the horse and rolled all over the ground, which startled the officers and soldiers guarding the gate.Fortunately, walking back from Wanshengmen, there is Jingkanger Pharmacy not far away. A few idlers collected the reward and led the Hu merchant's hands to download the big man to the pharmacy for diagnosis and treatment. Without a person in charge, no one to take care of the goods, and no one to pay the city gate tax, the huge team was stranded at the gate of the city.Cars, goods, and camels crowded the gates of the city, and the people passing by, smelling the strong fishy smell on their bodies, held their breath and passed by quickly, pinching their noses.The soldiers guarding the city were also very impatient. Fortunately, the ventilation in the city gate was quick, so it was not too impatient. With so many cars, camels, and goods, if there is an emergency, all you need to do is to swarm forward, and the city gate will be blocked, making it impossible to close the city gate again. However, Bianliang has been at peace for a long time, and it is not a big enemy Linjing, who would have thought of this? Similar situations are happening everywhere, waterways, landways, avenues, small roads, various means of transportation, various traffic intersections, and every place is arranged. If everything goes well, news will be sent to the tea shop in Xiwazi, Zhou in time. Among the news sent back from all places, what Zhe Ziyu cared most about was of course the situation at Chongxiao Temple. "What! The emperor also went to Chongxiao Nunnery?" Hearing the news, Zhe Ziyu frowned slightly: "Why would the emperor also go? Once the emperor goes, the guards are strict, and they have to accompany the emperor all the time. At least they can’t all leave the emperor’s sight, so how can we get out?” Zhe Ziyu tapped on the table lightly with his fingers, his expression became serious: "I'm afraid things have changed..." Zhang Shisan got up and said: "Fifth Young Master, let me go and watch over there personally, otherwise, in case Miss Ding..." Zhe Ziyu shook his head lightly: "No, as long as they have an excuse to leave, they can come out of the hole with just a cup of tea. We can only wait and see what happens, and don't startle the snake." Another message came. The boat waiting there found two boats that were about to go on a long journey, and found that two people from the river inspection department boarded the boat for inspection, but they never appeared again and never disembarked. Immediately afterwards, news was sent from the south that people who were waiting near Guanlingdu found that the situation of the Guanlingdu inspection department was different. The number of inspectors and tax collectors on guard was more than double than usual, and every face was unfamiliar.Over the past year or so, they have already figured out the situation on all the pre-planned routes, how many people there are in Guanlingdu, what are their names, what they look like, what kind of temperament they are, and how many people are usually on duty. .After realizing the difference, the car didn't stop, pretended to pass the customs, dropped a few pennies of tax money, and drove away.Out of the sight of those people, the people in the car immediately returned from the forest. After touching the inspection department's room, they found several corpses lying across the room, and all the people in the original inspection department were killed.Of course, he did not forget to report back about the three light four-horse chariots ready to go outside Guanlingdu. Zhang Shisan also frowned: "It's strange, it's really strange. After more than a year of preparation, we know exactly what the usual situation is at each intersection we preview. There are not so many inexplicable things in each preview. Things happened, why is it so evil today? It seems that someone picked today to oppose us. There are such and such situations in many places that have never been encountered at all. This Guanlingdu is even more weird, killing officials and pretending to be? Do they still want to be there? Can’t collect taxes for a long time?” "How is it possible?" Zhe Ziyu became a little dazed. "not good!" As soon as she thought about it, she suddenly thought of the most unlikely but only reasonable explanation, she couldn't help standing up suddenly, and said with a sneer: "What a princess Yongqing! Even this girl was teased, she is not afraid of playing with fire and setting herself on fire!" Zhang Shisan asked blankly, "What?" Zhe Ziyu got up in a hurry, and said: "Hurry up, immediately tell Zhu Yun and Xiaoyi to abandon their original plan and rush to wait for orders near the Guyan Forest next to Chongxiao Nunnery. I will go find Yuluo right away!" out. Although Zhang Shisan didn't know what to do, but seeing Zhe Ziyu's cold face, he knew the seriousness of the situation, so he didn't dare to say anything more, so he quickly agreed, and then left in a hurry...