53 Chapter 30—The Sin of Treason (3)
"Yuwen Shilang, our family is here. Liu Quan saw Yuwen Du coming from a distance and couldn't help beckoning to him.
"I'm tired of waiting with Jiang Zhongcheng. Yuwendu smiled humbly and arched his hand at the two.
"Yuwen Shilang has such a big face!" Jiang Fang sneered, "Everyone knows that the Yuwen family and the Ji family have always been good friends, and now the squire even dares to shirk the holy order, isn't it that he doesn't take the saint in his eyes because he can ascend to the position of the East Palace?"
"The position of the prince of the East Palace is related to the country, and if you and I are not a courtier, you can put your beak, and please be cautious. Yuwen Du smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and handed the little donkey to Dr. Nacha's hand, and said softly, "My horse is in charge of the shopkeeper and I will take care of it for a while, and I will come to look for it when the matter in hand is over." ”
"Don't worry, the villain will take good care of it. Dr. Tea accepted the reward and immediately smiled.
At one time, a group of people paid for tea and came out of the tea shop, and a team of forbidden soldiers in the distance wore dark blue narrow-sleeved robes and armor, because of the cold in winter, a layer of faint frost condensed on the armor, everyone looked up, and the leader approved the cloak of the big red orangutan felt, and the jade-faced red lips were Zhou Jian.
"Will Zhou Lang be on duty today?" Everyone walked towards Ji Mansion together, and they were greeted by a gust of wind that was better than a while, Jiang Fang trotted to Zhou Jian's side and smiled.
"Hmm. Zhou Jian responded, since that day in the Emperor Heaven Hall and the saint to speak, although he believes in the saint's control of the Emperor Heaven Palace, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, he knows that he has been tied to the Yuwen family on the chariot, and the battle for the storage position is the light depreciation of the official and the slaughter of the clan, and the quarrel and extermination of the clan, there is naturally no goodwill to Jiang Fang, not to mention that Jiang Fang often writes to the important ministers of the court in the imperial history platform, but also stares all his energy at the children of the family, and tears his head to the blood as soon as he is negligent, and the people of the time secretly call it "mad dog" , Zhou Jian's father is the founding father, his mother is the royal family, he has an uncle who was demoted to a concubine because of Jiang Fang, and his cousin was divorced and hanged himself, so he was naturally angry in his heart.
"It's going to be snowing heavily. Liu Quan put his hand in the sleeve cage and tilted his head to talk to Yuwendu, "I heard that the snowflakes in Yongzhou are as big as a seat in winter, and the west wind is cold, and those who come and go in and out of the customs are wearing cloaks and scarves, and there are many Hu people from the Western Regions who sell cattle and horses. ”
"Yongzhou is naturally snowy, but if the snowflakes are as big as the seat and the first to recommend Jinzhou, Jinzhou and the Northern Wei Dynasty border perennial snow, I was a teenager to study there once been, the trees are full of ice edges in winter, look at Ruoqiong Yao broken jade from afar. Yuwendu said with a smile, "As for Yongzhou, it is very dry in winter, and the snow beads will melt in just one night, and the mountains can be piled up; as for the Western Regions, most of them are high-nosed and deep-eyed merchants, and they also bring orchids, and the Hu Whirling Dance is extremely lively, but later Ziyan sent an envoy to Western Chu, and opened a mutual market with my Eastern Qin, and many Chu people also came, they are similar to those we were born in, but the clothes are completely different." ”
"Minister Liu, Xia Guan thought that we should hurry up, originally the mother summoned Yuwen Shilang and delayed a lot of time, if it was a thief...... cough, the Ji family fled when they heard the wind, but what is good?" Jiang Fang saw that the two of them were talking loudly, and Zhou Jian walked forward in a sullen manner, and his heart was blocked, but the "Ji thief" couldn't say anything about Zhou Jian's cold face.
"What Jiang Zhongcheng said is that it is not far from the left and right, and we should hurry up. Yuwen Du glanced at him with a smile, they really hoped that Ji Rin would follow the news and escape with the whole family, but they knew that this would not be the case with the Ji family's usual style.
For a while, the whole team fell silent, and only the boots of the forbidden army could be heard stepping on the stone road to make a "creaking" sound, and it took only a quarter of an hour to arrive at the Ji Mansion.
Ji Can's funeral was only a few days later, the front of Ji's mansion was deserted, the two stone lions that watched the house were still tied with white cloths, and the lanterns with black characters on a white background at the door were fluttering in the wind, and everyone who watched was sad in their hearts.
"Bang bang bang!" a lieutenant knocked on the door, "The angel is coming!"
"Is it the proclamation that the gentlemen have arrived?" After waiting for a while, an old man came out of the side door and said to everyone, "Please also ask the military masters to wait, and the little one will go to pass on the master." ”
"The sage's decree is so contemptuous, which shows that the Ji family has always been disobedient. Seeing this, Jiang Fang snorted coldly, causing the thick skin and flesh on his cheekbones to shake.
"Jiang Zhongcheng, Your Majesty's holy decree only ordered the forbidden army to surround the Ji Mansion, and they were not allowed to go out except for shopping, and they were not convicted; Zhou Jian frowned.
Fortunately, after waiting for a while, the middle door was wide open, and Ji Rin stood behind the door with many servants in a plain body.
"Ji Jialangjun, please take the order. Liu Quan couldn't help but sigh when he saw that he was alone, although there were many servants beside him, but he looked more and more alone.
"Please also ask the Prime Minister to issue a decree. Ji Rin knelt down as she spoke, and the snow began to fall in the sky again.
The snow came urgently, overwhelming, not long after the yard saw white, although Ji Rin knelt but his back was straight, the snow fell on him, hair, eyebrows, cold and biting, he originally wore very little filial piety, fortunately, it was okay to practice martial arts and blood full, but at this time, kneeling in this snow only felt the chill spread from under his knees, and he couldn't help but shiver, and his face turned blue after a while.
The decree was not long, but after a few breaths, Liu Quan's voice was loud, and the thin snow piled up on the cedar trees in the courtyard fell, making the atrium more and more empty.
"Your Majesty also trusts the innocence of the Ji family, and only the matter of Jinzhou is widely implicated, so I have no choice but to grieve you not to go out in the house for the time being. Liu Quan couldn't help but appease a few words after the decree was over, although he didn't have much contact with Ji Rin, but after meeting a few times, he felt that the other party was beautiful, looked clear, and had the appearance of a prince.
At this time, the snow is like flying flotsam, and please sit in the house for a while, and it is not too late to leave when the snow stops. Ji Rin accepted the order and smiled apologetically at a few people, "Only now that Rin is filial piety at home, he should eat and drink simply, and he must not neglect you." ”
Yuan Zhao was polite. Seeing his calm expression, Yuwen Du couldn't help but be amazed in his heart, thinking that if he was at his age, he might not be able to calm down like him.
"After announcing the decree, Prime Minister Liu naturally wants to return to the Forbidden Palace to restore his life, but Ji Da left us to eat tea, but he was trapped in an embarrassing place. Jiang Fang laughed strangely, "Jinzhou Horse Farm lost tens of thousands of horses, and this year's armament is tight, Ji Da didn't think about bowing his head and confessing his guilt as soon as possible, but he still had the heart to enjoy the snow and drink tea, just waiting for the case to come out, I don't know if Ji Da still had such thoughts at that time." ”
"Jiang Zhongcheng is too worried, Rin believes that the saint will be able to return the innocence of my Ji family. Ji Rin smiled when he heard this, "And now that the wind and snow are coming, the saint has always been kind to the courtiers, and the saint will not blame you for leaving you to drink tea and avoid the wind and snow, if you take a break for a while, the wind and snow will not stop, and there are also servants who prepare a car to send you back." ”
"In that case, it is better to be respectful than to obey. Liu Quan also knew that it was reasonable to hear it. Although Jiang Fang spoke ill words, he was not a fool after all, and now that he saw that Liu Quan, Yuwen Du and Zhou Jian were all staying, he naturally stopped.
"Everyone, please come with me. Seeing this, Ji Rin only smiled slightly, led a few people through the hand-copying verandah, and sat down in the small flower hall on the side.
There was a dragon burning in the flower hall, and a maid came up with some tea and snacks for a while.
"I heard that the internal minister is extremely good at chess, why don't you talk about a game?" Yuwendu smiled slightly, Liu Quan looked out the window and nodded as if it were flying snow.
"I heard that Jiang Zhongcheng's one-handed official book is extremely outstanding, and it happened that Rin received a rubbing copy of "Huashan Tablet", and asked Zhongcheng to take a look. Ji Rin was relieved to see that Yuwendu and Liu Quan were quite happy, and smiled gratefully at Yuwendu, and turned to Jiang Fangdao.
"Oh?" Jiang Fang was stunned for a moment, he was originally from a poor family, in his early years, he was off the list because of poor calligraphy, and then he was lucky enough to get the same jinshi in the spring, and then practiced calligraphy for ten years as an official, but in the end, the low background can be easily made up for the day after tomorrow, not to mention the rare books, that is, the rubbings are seen in a minority, but these nine surnames are spread a lot, and there is a little bit of intention in my heart for a while.
"Is it Guo Xiang's "Huashan Temple Tablet"?" Zhou Jian was stunned, "The sage has the 'Huayin Edition' of "Huashan Temple Tablet" in the palace, I don't know which rubbing book is in Ji Langjun's hand?"
"The collection at home is 'Linglong Mountain Pavilion'. Ji Rin smiled when he heard this, and led the two of them to watch from the sidelines.
"Sure enough, it's both square and round with a pen, and it's a cross wave!" Jiang Fang couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, "I've never seen such a good rubbing book in my many years as an official!" If Ji Langjun doesn't mind, can you lend it to me and take a look at it at home?"
“...... Even if Zhongcheng likes it, he can take it back to observe. Ji Rin knew that Jiang Fang's temperament was annoying, but he didn't expect the other party to be so greedy, he knew that he didn't know when he could get this excuse back, if it was put on weekdays, the other party would not dare to speak, and now it was just a stone.
"The sage also said that this 'Linglong Mountain Pavilion Book' is rare, and it is better to borrow me to present it to the sage after reading it. "Zhou Jian is not a fool, he stayed by the saint's side when he was a child, and he was used to seeing the harem concubines and concubines fighting for the wind and jealousy, those women no matter what their background were, there was no trace of fire between the words, but they were secretly full of bloody rain, Jiang Fang knew what the other party was thinking as soon as he heard it, and he got along all the way from Qingzhou to Chang'an, he admired Ji Rin's noble temperament, and he was quite guided by the other party along the way, so he naturally didn't want to let Jiang Fang take advantage of him at will, but he became more and more disgusted with him in his heart, and even had a little bad feeling for Lin Qing.
"Since the saints look at each other, please ask Zhou Lang to present them to the saints first. Jiang Fang's face flashed with a hint of annoyance when he heard this, but Zhou Jian's status was precious and he was trusted by the saint, so he could only swallow it no matter how dissatisfied he was, and he only secretly hated that the other party didn't know what to do, and if it fell into his hands one day, he would definitely make the other party look good.
"Lang Jun, I have prepared a few Lang Jun's ox carts. Everyone was still talking, Ke Lao trembled and walked through the middle hall and bowed to a few people.
"This snow can't stop for a while, so let's go back and return to the saint first. Liu Quan put down the chess pieces, he and Yuwen Du are equal in chess strength, although the two styles are very different, but it is difficult to distinguish the winner for a while, and now seeing that the Ji family has finished preparing the car, he naturally still wants to go back first, in the end, everything in the palace is complicated, and it is not appropriate to delay for too long.
"In this case, I will send you slowly. Ji Rin saw that they had already decided to stay, so he ordered the maid to send a paper umbrella, he personally opened it for Liu Quan, and sent a few people to the door, watched them get on the ox cart, and told the driver to be careful all the way and wait for the ox cart to go away before turning around and returning home.