Chapter Forty-Eight: The Capital

Qitai City, the capital of Zhaozhao State, has been built for thousands of years, and is famous for its prosperity among the capitals of the five countries. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Even during the reign of the Zhula Dynasty, due to the busy maritime trade, merchants from various countries came and went, and it became the second largest city after Chudu at that time.

By the time of the Five Kingdoms, the Wei dynasty of Middle-earth had become the territory of the Huangfu family, and although the name "Zhongdu" was retained, in the following decades, the influence of Zhongdu on this continent gradually declined. At present, it is ranked behind Yunzhou, the capital of Yanyun State, and Qitaicheng, the capital of Zhaozhao State.

Although the king of Qi is only a prince, he has always been favored by the first emperor and the current lord, that is, his elder brother, and there is no prince in Zhaozhao State so far, not even a son, the current lord has several brothers, but unfortunately none of them are siblings, so it is unceremonious to say that Zhaozhao is speculating which prince can become the emperor's younger brother, so it is inevitable that the king of Qi, who is quite favored, has always had an ambitious little Jiujiu in his heart.

This time, the king of Qi took his family to Qitai City, mainly to congratulate the queen mother on her birthday, because on this big day, all the princes who were sealed in various places will return to China to celebrate their birthday. At least in Lige's impression, in the past eight years, the Qi Wangfu has not had such a large-scale action to enter Beijing.

In Kyoto Qitai City, there is also the Mansion of King Qi, which occupies a large area, anyway, to look at the Mansion of King Qi with the small body of eight years old, it is really standing in front of the house, and there are vast houses on the left and right, and there is no end in sight. With the light of his cheap father King Qi, Lige can also be embellished in the tail of his inner family, and he followed into the palace of King Qi from the main gate.

Just like the Qi Wangfu in Yancheng, Lige was also arranged in a courtyard in the back garden this time, the yard is not small, and the scenery is not bad, but it is far away from the main courtyard of the palace. This is a two-entry courtyard, each into the same pattern, is the main house five rooms, three wing rooms each, and two ear rooms, the second into the main house behind a small garden. With such a large space, even if Princess Qi later stuffed a few maids in, she still lived very comfortably.

Mama Mu arranged the subordinates arranged by Princess Qi in the wing room of the first courtyard, and the main room was reserved for guests, and the three of them lived in the second courtyard, and there was a back door in the second courtyard, and they could still enter and exit from here.

The news of King Qi's family entering Beijing spread in the capital at once. They entered the city through the north gate, and after they entered the city and after entering the palace, there were several people of very ordinary appearance and clothing mixed in the crowd, and after watching and returning to their masters. Among them, two of them have infiltrated one after another, and it turned out to be the top ten green buildings in the capital - the Full Moon Tower.

Full Moon Building in Qitai City Green Building, the reputation is not the loudest, the total ranking is not in the top three, basically hanging on the sixth, seventh or eighth place, but it has its characteristics, the first feature is harmony, the girl of the Full Moon Building in the two aspects of selling her body and performing arts The choice is purely voluntary, and the top ten girls in terms of profitability have enough independent space, in terms of redemption, it is also very refreshing, as long as the money is settled, it will be released. Therefore, the full moon building avoids the drama of the girl looking for death and life, even if there are bodyguards, it is for protection, not for persecution.

The second feature is isolation, although it is also to the full moon building to spend time, but the design of the full moon building is not just an embroidery building, in fact, although it is located in a remote location, located in the southwest corner of the city, and even the low mountain ridge that is backed by it belongs to the full moon building, so this is originally a large area, suitable for spring outings of the rich and noble courtyard. In addition to the main entrance, there are eight side gates, a total of more than ten independent courtyards, and the guests' carriages can directly drive into the corresponding courtyards. Of course, entering from the main gate, there are two main courtyards and six wings, all of which are for guests with average spending power, and as for the independent courtyard in the depths, it is not a beautiful woman that ordinary people can afford.

The third feature is the high quality of beauties, although there are not many candidates who are shortlisted for the top ten oirans every year, but those who are familiar with the signature beauties of the Full Moon Building know that the habit of the Full Moon Building is to send two newcomers to participate in the election every year, and the candidates will never be repeated every year. It is a miracle in itself that a newcomer can be selected as one of the top ten oirans, not to mention, it must have a newcomer who can compete for the top ten every year, ensuring that the fame of the Full Moon Tower does not fall.

Doing things in a low-key manner, having a lot of beautiful women, and providing customers with an independent and private space, these three points alone are enough to make the Full Moon Tower gain a firm foothold in the capital. What's more, the Full Moon Building is in the Qinglou industry in the capital, and it is actually a time-honored brand. There is no way to know how long it has existed, but it is known that the earliest records that can be traced back are two hundred years ago, and it can even be said that it is the oldest Qinglou in the capital. Although it is not as good as the first and second Qinglou in the capital, it has obvious power support, but it can stand in the capital for hundreds of years, and the various forces crisscrossing it will inevitably leave traces in the Full Moon Tower.

The two returned to the Full Moon Tower to report one after another, but they also staggered the time and did not see each other. The location of their report was on the west side of the mountain behind the Full Moon Tower, where there was a viewing pavilion that was half-floating out of the cliff, which belonged to the courtyard where the owner of the Full Moon Tower lived. Outside the pavilion was a path that winded into the houses, and it was uninhabited, except for a man and a woman sitting in the pavilion. If you often deal with the Full Moon Tower, you can recognize it at a glance, and these two are not the helmsmen of the Full Moon Tower.

The female is Mr. Xi, the chief teacher of the Full Moon Building, Qin Yu, although she is in her thirties, she is still beautiful. The man's appearance is delicate, his expression is indifferent, and his identity is a mystery. At least Qin Yu, who has been in the Full Moon Tower for more than 20 years, only knows that his name is Liu He, and he usually calls him Mr. Liu, in addition, Qin Yu is not sure of his origin at all, only that he is the person behind the Full Moon Tower, no, or he is not the person behind him, but the steward sent by the person behind him to deal with affairs. Based on Qin Yu's years of experience, it can be judged that this person is not at all as ordinary as his appearance appears, and even occasionally captures the dangerous feeling of leaking.

Qin Yu actually felt quite uncomfortable every time she was with him, but her boss asked her to cooperate with this Liu He, so she could only cooperate cautiously every time. For example, recently she sent a number of spies to spy on the recent return of kings to Beijing. When the spies reported the news, Liu He was always present to listen, but he rarely asked questions, and even often turned his back to the spies, who seemed unwilling to let unnecessary people see his appearance.

Today's spies who are responsible for reporting are following the line of King Qi, and they have made reports one after another. Qin Yu saw that Liu He didn't look like he wanted to speak, so he asked his spies to go down first, and according to the spy news just recorded, he sorted out a few questions, and then presented them to Liu He, and then retired and returned to his room, after all, although the record just now was handed to Liu He, he still had to make a copy in time according to his memory, so as to facilitate the monthly report to the landlord.

Of course, no one, including Qin Yu, noticed that a little later, the carrier pigeon that took off from a certain mountain villa at the foot of Lingshan Mountain near the southwest gate of the Beijing suburbs carried what kind of news it carried and then turned to the north and flew away.

Lige, who lives in the back garden of King Qi's mansion, has been living a very comfortable life recently, firstly, there is no bear child like Song Heipang to hinder him, and secondly, it has become easier to sneak out of the back garden and go to the street. The king of Qi went out early and returned late, busy brushing his face in the palace and the capital, and Princess Qi also brought the younger generation in the palace into the palace, but I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, she left out the song. King Qi never cared about this, and no one in the palace asked; as for Lige, it was secretly relieved that it could reduce these people's attention to himself.

The Queen Mother's birthday is the fifth day of the ninth month, and the King of Qi entered Beijing in July, and they were busy for a while, and they entered August, and there was still a month before the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. After being busy for a while, Princess Qi finally had time to prepare for the trip to the royal temple to worship the Buddha.

The royal temple of Zhaozhao Kingdom, built in the middle of Lingshan Mountain, the temple name is "Dajue Temple", the monks in the temple gather, it is the most famous temple of Zhaozhao Kingdom. Although it is a royal temple, it is also open to the common people on weekdays, and only on certain days, only the royal clan is accepted. "Dajue Temple" is in the front mountain of Lingshan, but behind Lingshan, there is also a royal enshrinement of "Luomei Nunnery", which is specially set up for the monks and daughters of the royal clan, of course, ordinary women can come here to worship the Buddha. As these two were part of the royal estate, there was also a small royal army guarding the mountain.

Princess Qi had made a wish in Dajue Temple many years ago, and later got her wish, she was very devout to Dajue Temple, and on weekdays, even if she lived in Yancheng for a long time, she would send her henchmen to Dajue Temple every year to repay her wishes. This time I came to the capital rarely, so I discussed with Mama Qiu about going to Dajue Temple to burn incense.

Mama Qiu is naturally so busy that her feet don't touch the ground, but as the first confidant, she will still abide by her duty and remind her master, "The one in the back garden, do you want to take it to Dajue Temple as well?" Princess Qi instinctively frowned and wanted to shake her head. Mama Qiu is not a person who is well versed in Princess Qi's temperament, she said unhurriedly, "That one is not the blue eyes of the masters in the palace, and the prince also knows it, so it makes sense to enter the palace without her, but she is the flesh and blood of the prince after all" Speaking ......of this, Mama Qiu noticed that Princess Qi's face was a little blue. couldn't help but speed up the speed of speaking: "But this time I went to Dajue Temple, on the surface, the princess went to make a vow, and the prince accompanied me, but we knew that the prince was going to do his filial piety to the deceased concubine, and the mother of that one was quite popular with the princess de back then, and the prince would definitely take her with him." ”