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Chapter 34 Chapter Thirty-Four "A Tryst"

Seeing that he couldn't move, Yongqing couldn't help feeling anxious, but she also knew that Yang Hao was a foreign minister, so she couldn't get close to her easily. She had an idea, thought it out, and seemed to want to stand up, but she acted like her legs were numb and unable to stand. Yang Hao saw the opportunity and strode forward to support her. Princess Yongqing immediately said in a low voice One sentence: "Waiting for an opportunity to have a moment with me!" With just one sentence, Wang Jien put on a hemp belt and stalked over like a white cat. Yang Hao stopped his hands and said with a sad face: "Princess, please take care of your jade body."

Wang Jien said softly, "If the princess is not feeling well, please take a rest." Princess Yongqing shook her head, and said in a low voice: "My princess, I'm going to the West Side Hall." After saying that, she stepped back gently. The west end of the hall is a convenient place in the palace. The emperor's relatives, civil and military ministers guard the emperor's spirit, but they can't eat, drink, procrastinate or scatter. Anyone who is in a hurry will go to the place of reincarnation of grains in the west side hall. After hearing this, Wang Jien hurriedly took a step back, and Princess Yongqing walked towards the west side hall, never looking at Yang Hao again.

Yang Hao looked as usual, returned to his original position and knelt down, followed the chanting officer's call to pay homage, and secretly speculated in his heart: "The princess's whereabouts are so secretive, you want to meet me in private, what are you doing?" Yang Hao couldn't figure it out, until Princess Yongqing came back, he still couldn't figure out the reason.Although the emperor's family lives in Da Nei, the emperor's family has multiple households and strict rules. They are not ordinary people's three tile-roofed houses. They live in the east and west houses. If this house farts loudly, you can hear it clearly from the opposite house. The new daughter-in-law will have to fart all the way through the door.

Yang Hao knew the cause of Zhao Kuangyin's death, but he didn't think the queen, princess, and princes knew it too. Even if they knew it, they didn't find the reason behind him. In the eyes of the world, he was a member of Nanya, and Princess Yongqing Secretive, what the hell are you going to do? Princess Yongqing took the opportunity to glance at Yang Hao, but Yang Hao never looked at her again.Now in the palace, Zhao Guangyi paid the most attention to Yang Hao. How many pairs of eyes were staring at him secretly, how could he meet the princess.Princess Yongqing couldn't figure out his intentions, she was secretly anxious, but she didn't dare to give him any more hints.

After a while, Jiao Haitao came to the corner of the hall and gave a slight signal to Yang Hao. When Yang Hao saw it, he got up and walked over.Jiao Haitao whispered: "My lord, the shed builders have arrived." Yang Hao nodded, and then walked outside the hall.When he reached the entrance of the hall, Wang Ji'en jumped out from some corner, pretended to meet him, nodded and bowed his head, and said, "Oh, Da Honglu, where are you going?" Yang Hao nodded to him, and said indifferently: "The shed builders have arrived, I'm going to make arrangements." "Oh..., good, good, Wan'er..."

A small yellow gate stood out from the gate of the hall, Wang Ji'en said: "Wan'er, you are waiting for Dahonghe. There are so many things in the mourning hall that you cannot do without Dahonghe. If there is anything wrong, you can run errands and report it." Yang Hao smiled faintly, got up and left the hall. At that time, there was a shed for weddings and ceremonies, a shed for welcoming and seeing off, and a shed for celebrating the opening. This shed was often tied with ribbons and tied with evergreen pine, cypress branches and colorful flags on it. , It looks like a crossing archway. Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, you can watch lanterns. Qiqiao on Qixi Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival in August, and New Year’s Eve are full of colorful buildings in the city to celebrate. Therefore, the shed color industry in Bianliang City is very developed.

Yang Hao limped to meet the shelvers who had been selected into the palace, and Xiao Huangmen Wan'er followed closely.When I got outside, I saw a philistine businessman with a small nose and small eyes, leading a group of craftsmen in aprons and shorts, waiting there with all kinds of tools. Jiao Haitao stepped forward quickly and said, "My lord, this is shopkeeper Hou, the foreman of these shed builders. Shopkeeper Hou, this is Da Honglu, I haven't come to see you yet." The shopkeeper Hou hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said with a smile: "Da Honglu, these... are the best shed craftsmen in Tokyo, even if you build a three-door shed, with cars in the middle and two doors passing people, There is no need for an ax or a saw. The shed has a roof on the top and corners on both sides. It is all made of fir poles and cypress branches. The wooden poles are not sawed or nailed, and the shed is built on flat ground. No digging, no piles, all tied up with ropes, the archway is erected, the wind will not fall, and people will not scatter..."

He gesticulated and said, and a few outsiders could not easily detect the subtle movements, which were brought out in the gestures. Yang Hao glanced at it slightly, and said lightly: "What is there to brag about? In the palace, allow Are you carrying axes, saws, and chisels, sawing wood and planing pits all over the floor? It is precisely because of your skills that you are here. Shopkeeper Hou, you have already measured the length and thickness of the wooden poles you need. Get it done outside the palace, and then move in to set up a shed. This shed has to be built from the inner court, the Linggong, out of the Meridian Gate, until the end of the Royal Street. Time is very limited. How do you plan to build it? Let’s go, my lord Pointing to the place all the way, you tell me well, but you can't make any mistakes..."

As he spoke, he also made an unobtrusive movement, the corners of his eyes sank slightly, and he paused at the little yellow door who was listening with pricked ears. Shopkeeper Hou's eyes flickered slightly, he nodded and bowed and said: "Don't worry, Dahonglu, don't worry, Dahonglu. Although the little people are just earning a living, they are still diligent in doing things. White silk, white cloth, white silk, and white gauze are all used In the past, the huts were all made by the owner’s family, and the villains were running on a small budget, so they couldn’t afford to buy so many valuable things..."

"What's the fuss, the royal family will send you these things? Later, I will discuss with the empress and Wang Duzhi, and move from the inner court to the outside. It won't cost you a foot of cloth. Let's go." "Yes Yes." With a promise from the shopkeeper Hou, he waved his hand, and those shed painters carrying boxes and cages followed in a panic. One craftsman was carrying a pole, and there were boxes at the front and back. Then it hit the calf bone of Xiaohuangmen Waner. This time there was no sound at all, but that place was hard, but the pain was piercing. Wan'er screamed, hugged her calf and fell to the ground, twitching on the ground in pain.Shopkeeper Hou was shocked when he saw it, he rushed up and covered the craftsman with a slap in the face, and yelled, "You bastard, what kind of place is this, don't you be careful, you can't kill yourself?"

"okay!" Yang Hao shouted coldly: "This kind of place can also be noisy? Get out!" He glanced at the small yellow door lightly, and reprimanded: "Wan'er, you don't have eyes, and you just bump into it straight up? How do you usually do things? Okay, okay, go to the side to rest for a while, Come and listen after you have a rest." Wan'er was so painful that she was tearful and speechless, Yang Hao had already dragged his broken leg and fell to the ground. At the gate of the Palace of Imperial Rites, a few craftsmen were gesturing, talking and measuring, while Jiao Haitao was pointing at the side. After all, the etiquette in the palace is still different from that of local people in funerals. He is comparable to Yang Hao in terms of etiquette. A big stick understands. Yang Hao stood not far away, looked up at the craftsman apprentice who built a ladder to climb up the palace wall to measure, his lips moved slightly: "All ready?" Shopkeeper Hou standing behind still looked very wretched, but there was also a hint of shrewdness in his small eyes: "As soon as we get the order from the adults, we will start to prepare immediately. Whether the adults want to go by water or dry road, we will go first Xi, should we hide in the city first? We haven’t got the permission from the adults, so we can only make preparations and make sure nothing goes wrong.” He grinned, and said in a low voice: "No matter how bright the world is, there are gutters and ditches. Foxes and rats in the city dig doors and pry holes. No matter how powerful the government is, they can't put their hands into it." Yang Hao nodded slightly: "You guys prepare first, how to sneak away, I don't have a clue yet, I have to adapt to the situation and act according to circumstances, by the way, I am in the palace, there are eyeliners everywhere, but I want to see an inner palace An extremely important person in the movie, you... have the ability to bring her to see me?" Shopkeeper Hou frowned slightly: "My lord, I'm afraid it's not easy to meet people in the inner palace. We can't reach into this palace." Yang Hao smiled slightly and said: "It's up to people to do it, so it may not be impossible to think of a way. The inner court also needs to set up a shed. I will take you to the mourning hall in a while, first identify the person, and discuss the detailed plan."
The emperor was on a grand tour, and civil and military officials took turns entering the palace to cry and guard the spirit. Although Zhao Guangyi was extremely busy, he had to come three times a day to take the lead in crying for sacrifices. By the afternoon of the next day, the entire palace was exhausted.The weeping officials who came in were quite energetic, but people like Wang Jien couldn't take it anymore. Boxes of undyed white silk and satin were brought out from the harem. The craftsmen were busy, and all the sheds in the inner court had been built, and the sheds stood there solemnly. The prince Defang was still young and couldn't bear it any longer, so he was taken down to rest for a while, but the Empress and Princess Yongqing still stayed in front of the coffin, only rested for two hours and ate something. After Yang Hao was busy, he returned to the corner of the mourning hall and stood still. Princess Yongqing glanced at him quietly. Yang Hao pretended to cough and nodded heavily.Princess Yongqing had already received a hasty signal from him before, and when she saw him nodding, she stepped aside gently, and walked towards the west side hall with two personal servants. Wang Jien was monitoring the actions of the courtiers, especially Yang Hao's words and deeds, but he didn't care much about the young princess. He cared about whether the courtiers had any doubts or actions, but he didn't care about them. Thinking that the little princess in the deep palace would know the truth about the assassination of the late emperor, and that she wanted to contact the foreign ministers in a whimsical way, not to mention that she went to the west side hall for convenience not once or twice, so she didn't care. Princess Yongqing took two confidantes out of the mourning hall and headed towards the west side hall, when two craftsmen came towards them carrying a box.Princess Yongqing glanced back, and suddenly stepped forward to meet her. When the two sides passed each other, the lid of the box popped open suddenly. Princess Yongqing tilted her side and fell into the box. When the lid was closed, the two craftsmen continued to move forward steadily. The maid also seemed not aware of it, and continued to walk towards the side hall, the whole process was only in an instant, and the two servants who turned around the corner at this time were completely aware of it. The mourning shed has been set up outside the mourning hall. Yang Hao got the letter and limped out to command. Wang Jien yawned, buttoned his eyes, and gave Wan'er a wink. Wan'er nodded bitterly and limped. He followed Yang Hao out with a crutch. Seeing that there are all craftsmen outside the gate of the hall, dancing and dancing, Wan'er dare not get so close, she just stands in the porch, monitoring everyone who approaches Yang Hao. "The upper part should be higher, put more white silk, and the door should be wider, so as not to scratch the person who is going to carry the late emperor's coffin out." Yang Hao commanded hard, limping back and forth, but no one approached him. "Hey, put down that box and let me rest." Suddenly, Yang Hao saw two craftsmen carrying a box over, he hurriedly called out to them to put down the box, drove the man aside, and sat on it with a tired look.While watching the craftsmen building the shed, he would give some loud pointers from time to time.Wan'er was bored, so she leaned against the pillars and sat down on the stone steps. "You... you get out of the way!" Yang Hao suddenly felt that someone poked his butt with a finger, he couldn't help being startled, and quickly moved aside without any trace, only to see a small hole one foot square on the box cover, retracted a small hand, and then moved to the side. Come up with a pretty face. Yang Hao only lowered his head for a glance, then continued to look up at the front, stroked his lips with his hands, and asked in a low voice, "Princess, what is the important thing to do with Yang, and you still have to do it so secretly? " Princess Yongqing said angrily: "This princess naturally has reasons to be careful, but you... you seem to be more careful than this princess, this is... what is this trick?" How can Yang Hao say that he is the most concerned person in the entire court now, he said with a dry smile: "I also have my own difficulties, the princess, please speak quickly if you have something to say." Princess Yongqing calmed down her breath, and said in a deep voice: "Da Honglu is a commoner in Bazhou, at such an age, within two years, he has been ranked among the nine ministers, and he can be called the number one person in this dynasty. Salary, are you willing to be loyal to the emperor?" Yang Hao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this scene, but there was no second answer to this kind of question, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Princess, although I was born as a warrior, I haven't read many books. But I also know the righteousness of the monarch and ministers. The righteousness of the monarch is benevolence, the righteousness of the ministers is loyalty, the righteousness of the father is kindness, the righteousness of the sons is filial piety, the five constants of human relations, the loyalty of the monarch and the ministers come first, and the ministers are favored by the emperor. Will you be grateful for your kindness and loyalty to the imperial court?" Tears welled up in Princess Yongqing's eyes, and she said in a low voice: "Okay, then let me ask you, if someone is unfaithful and commits a king-killing crime, what should you do?" "It's inexplicable, how could the princess ask such a sentence, could it be..." Seeing that he was silent, Princess Yongqing's voice trembled: "You Dahonglu... what should you do?" Yang Hao lowered his head and said in a low voice: "I will do my best to maintain the court order." Yongqing followed closely: "What if that person... that person is now covering the sky with one hand, one word can make people live, and one word can make people die?" Yang Hao put his heart to one side, and said: "The emperor's kindness is so great, so there is Yang Hao today. I can't pay the emperor's favor even if I am smashed to pieces. In the present, if there are rebellious ministers and thieves who deceive the emperor and commit crimes, I should take it as my own responsibility." Repay yourself and die without regret.” "it is good!" Princess Yongqing responded, and the face exposed on the box was covered with tears: "Da Honglu, my father's sudden death was really the result of a traitor who has usurped the treasure of the country and is about to board the The Supreme Throne. Yongqing has no way out, and now he turns to Dahonghe for help, Dahonghe, can you fulfill your duty of loyalty and righteousness, and eradicate traitors for the country?" Yang Hao heard Qu Ran's discoloration, and quickly coughed twice to cover up: "This is a big matter, what evidence does the princess have, but you can't talk nonsense." "This princess is not talking nonsense." Yongqing choked up and said, "Da Honglu, do you still remember the parrot that this princess begged from your friend?" "Remember." "That parrot is used to learning tongues, and Da Honglu has seen it with his own eyes. Since that parrot was brought back to the palace by this princess, it has always liked to stay overnight in the dust of Father's palace. Last night, that parrot flew back to this princess. In the palace, imitating my father's tone, I shouted, "I am the Supreme, the second brother will kill me!" Who else can the second brother in the father's mouth besides my second uncle? The father's dragon body has always been healthy, but last night he suddenly fell ill for no reason. Wouldn't death correspond to this? If a parrot hadn't heard it, how could it say these words in the tone of the father?" Yang Hao changed his color and said, "Where is that parrot now?" Yongqing mourned: "That parrot...has been smothered to death by the quilt...but it's such an important matter, if it's not the truth, how dare this princess speak in vain, Da Honghe doesn't trust me, so why don't you ask for proof in person?" Yang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and murmured: "Good kill, good kill, if this parrot doesn't die, catastrophe is imminent." Princess Yongqing stared at him and asked: "Da Honglu, this princess has revealed the truth and handed over her wealth and life to you. What do you say now?" "this……" Yang Hao hesitated for a while, and Princess Yongqing said sternly: "If Dahonghe wants to be rich, he can go and report to the new emperor now, Yongqing's life, you just take it, and use my blood to stain your future red. " Yang Hao hurriedly said: "Where did the princess come from, but Yang Hao has the slightest support, how could he do such a thing?" Yong Qing happily said: "Then... I will ask Da Honglu to follow his words and deeds, and avenge my father Huang Xuezhao. Yong Qing will repay his virtue by making a grass ring." Yang Hao wandered around, tried to keep his face calm, and murmured: "Princess, I don't know how you want me to clear up the past emperor's injustice? Yang Hao didn't have a single soldier in his hands, so he wanted to assassinate the King of Jin? King Jin is all martial arts, and the minister Even if you have the heart to die, you may not be able to kill him." Princess Yongqing said excitedly: "Don't worry Da Honglu, how could this princess want you to assassinate the villain who usurped the throne and kill the king? Yongqing wants to ask you to report to my elder brother. My elder brother Wei Wang is now leading the army outside , if you know the truth, send your troops back to the capital, and crusade against the officials, and with the tiger in his hands, you will definitely be able to eradicate the national traitors!" After Yongqing finished speaking, he opened a pair of excited big eyes and looked at Yang Hao for a moment, but seeing Yang Hao staring at the front with a blank face, she was startled for a while, and then she woke up and said: "Da Honglu is trying to turn the tide, With this unworldly merit, when my elder brother eradicates the country's traitors and ascends the throne, he will naturally not treat you badly, so I will make him a prime minister... No, I will make you a county king. The king of the county is not an exaggeration, my lord..." Yang Hao said dumbly: "Princess, what does the princess mean to say that the minister should catch up with King Wei Qiansui's army and explain to him the truth about the late emperor's death, and then King Wei Qiansui will lead the army back to the division to eradicate traitors and restore orthodoxy?" "That's right." A pair of eyes exposed from the mouth of the box blinked innocently: "What's wrong?" Yang Hao took a long breath, and said: "My subject... as the Great Honghe, at the time when the former emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne, how can I leave Bianliang without anyone noticing?" Yongqing was stunned. Yang Hao asked again: "I have met King Wei Qiansui and told him that the emperor died, and the slayer was King Jin Qiansui, the younger brother of the official family. Will His Royal Highness King Wei believe that he is a minister?" Yongqing stammered and said: "This... this is easy to handle, Brother Huang can read my handwriting..." Yang Hao didn't answer her words, and asked again: "Although King Wei Qiansui believed in being a minister, but at that time King Jin Qiansui had already ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. King Wei had never led a soldier and had no prestige in the army. He If you want to lead the army back to the army and attack the new king, will the generals in the army and the hundred thousand forbidden troops definitely follow the king of Wei?" Yongqing was stunned again, and asked stammeringly: "Yang...Master Yang, then...then what do you think should happen?" Yang Hao shook his head and remained silent. It's a done deal, one is the king of Jin who followed Zhao Kuangyin to conquer the world and served as governor of Kaifeng for ten years. He is about to become emperor, and the eldest son of the emperor doesn't even have the status of the crown prince. The idiot knows who he will choose, and the blind knows that he has no possibility of turning the tables. He shook his head three times, Princess Yongqing's cheeks were as pale as paper, and she was a little further away from the box.However, Yang Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, and suddenly he remembered something, and his heart beat faster all of a sudden. He thought for a moment, then slowly said: "I...have a way to pass the news to King Wei Qiansui, but I am not sure whether King Wei can mobilize the three armies to attack the second minister." Excited, Princess Yongqing grasped his hand that was placed at the entrance of the cave: "That's it, that's it, tell me, what should I do?" Yang Hao withdrew his hand lightly, his eyes flickered, and said slowly: "I mean, you should act safely, and first find out the will of the three armies. If the three armies support you and are willing to follow the king of Wei to fight for rebellion, then you might as well fight it out. If the three armies refuse to serve the king of Wei, then... a gentleman will take revenge, ten years will not be too late, the incident will not be leaked, and the princess, the empress, and the king of Wei will not be killed. They can bear it temporarily and keep the green mountains. burn." Princess Yongqing hurriedly said: "My lord is naturally more thoughtful than Yongqing. Please teach me, what should Yongqing do?" Yang Hao said slowly: "Princess...you must agree to three things." Princess Yongqing said anxiously: "Say it, say it, talk about three things, even ten thousand things, I promise you." Yang Haodao: "Firstly, I want to ask the empress to draw up a call for rebellion. This letter is not just about the king of Wei, but a call for the army and people of the whole country to crusade against rebellion. The seal of the queen must be used as proof. , to win the trust of the world." "This makes the mother and father have a deep friendship, and she wished to go with father. She only endured the humiliation for the safety of my brothers and sisters. If the adults are willing to help, the mother will definitely agree." "Second thing, please ask the princess to write a letter from home, especially to the king of Wei, explaining the process of the death of the late emperor and your situation in Beijing. I will hand this letter to the king of Wei first, and ask him to make a decision. After all However, if the king of Wei sends his troops to fight against the rebels, it will be difficult to guarantee the safety of the empress and the princess in Beijing, and the eldest son of the emperor has to decide how to make a decision." Yongqing nodded solemnly: "That's no problem. The revenge of killing one's father is irreconcilable. What does Yongqing's personal safety matter? What's more, once the elder brother reports it, he will not easily kill us. , Big brother will definitely understand." Yang Hao nodded and said: "The third matter is about the minister, this matter will fall on the princess." "I?" Yongqing straightened his chest, moved his face closer to the hole, and said resolutely: "You say, no matter what, I will do it!"
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