Chapter 3: The Seventh Master
The guest room has been prepared for a long time, the fragrant food, and the young man has eaten and slept at night.
The dead officials have been buried in coffins, and the blood-stained courtyard has been cleaned. The post officer and the officials gathered outside the small courtyard, and they were even more incredible.
One of the closest post stations to the capital, someone actually killed the little official, and then did not run or hide, ate and slept in the post station, and lived in the best guest room in the whole post station.
"I have already informed the garrison that there will definitely be an official messenger coming over at dawn at the latest, and when the time comes, I will rush in and take people down." The post officer whispered, trying to embolden his men, but his voice trembled a little.
It's not that they want to stand here, but the young man inside is waiting for someone at any time, and he really doesn't dare to leave. Thinking about the little official who died, because he didn't arrange a guest room, he immediately became in a different place.
Committing murder with bare hands, looking at the outside, it shows that it is a child, is this really a human being?
The sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and there were quite a few people listening to the sound. The post officer was startled at first, and immediately said happily: "It must be the garrison who brought someone here, there is salvation, there is salvation......
The post officer hurriedly ran to the gate, and several small officials also hurriedly followed, and their legs were a little weak when they ran. I all felt like I was being saved, and at first I just thought it was an ordinary teenager. Until he made a move, the oppressive feeling of committing murder with his bare hands, especially the indifferent expression on his face, made people frightened.
"Bang, bang" was accompanied by a rude shout: "Open the door, open the door quickly." ”
The post officer and the small official hurriedly went to open the door, and after nightfall, the gate of the post station was about to close, and it was somewhat inconvenient to open. He took down the latch of the gate, and without waiting for the post officer to open the door, he asked the doorman to push the door open vigorously, and the post man and the clerk who opened the door were almost knocked to the ground.
The one who knocked on the door was the guard Zhang, dressed in official uniforms, wearing black yarn, with an anxious look. When he saw the post officer, he stepped forward and kicked it over, scolding in his mouth: "Something that doesn't have long eyes!" ”
The post officer was stunned for a moment, and then he saw clearly the figures on the horse team behind the garrison, the palace guards were dressed, and each person had a torch, and the dark post station was brightly lit. Just as he was kicked to the side, the horse team rushed straight into the courtyard, and if it weren't for the quick hiding of a few of the minions, they would have almost been trampled under the horse's hooves. A group of people entered the courtyard and dismounted to line up, and the team was very neat.
The guard officer stood at the door of the main room, knelt down and saluted, "The minister is late, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is on his way." ”
The room was still pitch black and no response was heard.
The guard officer knew his master's temper, and he didn't dare to get up or say more, but continued to kneel. On such a cold night, the cold sweat on the forehead was about to come down, and after the news came from the post station, I was somewhat relieved, no matter what, the person was found, and it was safe and sound. In front of the prince Feng Qi, their lives can be saved, but thinking of the temper of the one inside, maybe they will not be able to save their lives without waiting for the prince to punish them.
There was silence in the courtyard of the post station, and the two columns of people and horses, plus the chief of the guard kneeling in the middle, did not make a sound.
The garrison Master Zhang, who came with the guard officer, did not dare to enter the gate of the post station, but only dared to stand outside. He has the ability to ventilate the news, he should be happy, but at this moment, where is he happy. The post officer was already frightened when he saw such a scene, and crawled to the side of the garrison, and he had a good personal relationship with the garrison. The guards saw him crawling over, and almost kicked him away, for fear of being implicated.
The post officer didn't dare to ask out loud, and glanced straight at the guard.
Although the garrison was very annoyed by the post officer's eyes, after many years of intercourse, he still gave the post officer a "seven" gesture, and his face was full of irritability and anxiety.
The post officer was stunned for a moment, and then thought that he was about to scream out, and the guard quickly covered his mouth. The post officer didn't dare to scream, and the whole person trembled and collapsed directly on the ground.
It's a disaster, it's a disaster......
The post station was originally to deliver news and provide accommodation for officials, although it was impossible to say anything about the political situation of the court, the news was very well-informed, especially the news of the powerful in the capital. Post station, if you don't get it, there will be nobles to come and settle down, and if you don't have eyes and no beads to offend people, if you don't get it, your life will be gone.
Today, Emperor Yongchang has six sons in front of him, the so-called seventh master, is the only son of the sister of Emperor Yongchang Hanshan, after the death of the eldest princess, the emperor took pity on his young son and lost his mother to be raised in the palace. Emperor Yongchang loved this motherless nephew very much, and said, "This is my seventh son, called Xiaoqi, and put it by his side to raise."
It is common for uncles to love their nephews, especially the nephews who lost their mothers at an early age, Yuanfeng is not only no worse than the prince in various years in the palace, but almost no worse than the prince, and the prince Fengqi is also very fond of this motherless cousin.
In this way, Emperor Yongchang still felt that his nephew was not good enough, for fear that others would despise him. The concubine surnamed Yuan, the eldest princess of Hanshan, should be the uncle according to the ranking of the Yuan family, and the name has long been entered into the ancestral genealogy. Emperor Yongchang waved his pen and directly gave his surname to his nephew as his name, and the original name was eliminated.
Simple two words, Yuan Feng.
is not a prince, he has been living in the palace, and the palace thinks that the seventh master is called, and it is passed around, and the seventh master has become the special name of Yuanfeng. No matter where it is, when it comes to the Seventh Master, they all know that the Tao refers to Yuanfeng.
The sons of princesses of the Great Chu Dynasty also had knighthoods, but most of them were knighted for merit, and there was no such thing as knighthood because of their status. When it came to Yuanfeng, everyone knew that this routine was only afraid to be broken. has never been knighted, because he is too young, not to mention the marquis, princes and princes when he becomes an adult. is that Emperor Yongchang is not sealed, and after the crown prince Fengqi ascends the throne, the title of Yuanfeng is absolutely indispensable.
The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, breaking the silence of the post station, and the guard officer kneeling in the middle didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or to lift his heart again.
Soon, the brigade entered the post station, accompanied by three teams of guards, dressed no different from the guards who had just entered the door.
The first one is different, wearing a purple and gold crown, a dark blue coat, twenty-eight or nine years old, handsome eyebrows, and a tall figure. The expression on his face was not angry and self-assured, even if he was full of anxiety at this time, he still had a sense of self-confidence.
"Meet His Royal Highness the Prince." The guards knelt down en masse with the minions.
The guards and post officers outside the door had their eyes popping out, and they knelt down after a moment, and after kneeling, they collapsed directly on the ground. It is known that the seventh master of Lu Dao is the same character as the prince, but he never thought that for him, the prince would be able to travel in the middle of the night and go to the post station outside Beijing to find someone.
Feng Qi turned over and dismounted, ignoring everything in front of him, with a face full of anger, he went straight into the inner room, and the inner servant followed closely.
The waiter took out the flint and lit the candles in the room, Feng Qi walked straight to the bed, pulled up Yuan Feng, who was sleeping on the bed, and said angrily: "Old Seven!" ”
Yuan Feng, who was disturbed by his good dream, opened his eyes in a daze, and looked at the angry Feng Qi in front of him, his expression was not as fierce as in the afternoon, plus he was still in a daze, he had a bit of youthful innocence, and said, "Oh, it's the eldest brother......"
"You're still ...... Suddenly ran out of the palace, disappeared for the past few days, what have you done!! Did you kill those people on the side path? Feng Qiqi was furious, grabbed Yuan Feng's placket with his hand, and threw him out of the window like this.
Yuan Feng disappeared suddenly, and he personally led people to look for him, first in the capital and then in a neighboring county. It wasn't until the afternoon that a local official reported that the bandits in the vicinity had been killed and that their deaths seemed to have been torn apart. He immediately went to the scene, it was indeed Yuanfeng's usual method, but he didn't find Yuanfeng's people, which really frightened him, and almost mobilized all the people who could be mobilized, looking for it inch by inch, just lifting the ground.
Winter is not other seasons, injuries or camping, such weather is very fatal.
It wasn't until the garrison came to report the case, knowing that the Daoist people were in the post station, and Yuanfeng's guards came first, and he rushed over later. In the past few days, my heart seems to be frying in an oil pot, but when I entered the door, I saw Yuanfeng sleeping there, and at that moment I really wanted to slap my palm to death, so as to save myself from being angry with him sooner or later.
Yuan Feng innocently spread his hands and said, "I said before I left that I was going to hunt." ”
Feng Qi gasped when he heard this, let go of Yuan Feng, and said, "Hunting? What kind of hunting are you? Do you know that Lu Dao is a group of bandits, important criminals who have been pursued by the imperial court for a long time. ”
"That's what hunts like that." Yuan Feng said and yawned, he hadn't closed his eyes for three days and two nights, and as a result, he was disturbed as soon as he fell asleep. Zhilu Dao couldn't sleep, so he simply got up from the bed and said to the waiter behind Feng Qi: "Bring my clothes." ”
The chamberlain hurried to go, the prince's chamberlain has always been a part-time nanny of the seventh master, and all the things that the seventh master needs, greet the prince's chamberlain, there is everything.
Feng Qi was so angry that his blood was churning, and he was somewhat relieved to see that Yuanfeng was intact up and down. Suppressing the anger in his heart, it was useless to use hard for Yuan Feng, and it was useless to use soft most of the time, so he still softened his voice and said: "Although killing the bandits is a good thing to eliminate harm for the people, but the bandits are fierce, you don't even bring a guard officer, how can you rest assured." ”
The waiter came in with a clean coat and waited for Yuan Feng to get dressed, Yuan Feng yawned and said, "Hunting with a group of waste will spoil my interest." ”
Feng Qi frowned, and the guard officer, who didn't know where the master of the Dao was, said that the waste was polite, and it was appropriate to beat him to death with a stick. Nothing is done within the scope of responsibility, and there is really no need to stay. But he couldn't help but say: "With you, they are all good hands picked out of the brocade guard......"
"Not good enough." Yuan Feng said, looked at Feng Qi and said, "I said earlier, I will choose my guard." ”
Feng Qi raised his eyebrows and said, "Pick a murderer on death row?" Seventh, you are no longer a child, you will be fifteen years old next year, you can't let me save some heart! ”
As early as half a year ago, Yuan Feng proposed to him that he should select guard officers on death row in the Criminal Department, the more brutal the better, personally train and teach, and appoint him as a direct guard officer, and serve him closely.
Not to mention Feng Qi, Emperor Yongchang disagreed. Feng Qi chose a good hand in the brocade guard and called for half a year, this is the sixth time to lose Yuanfeng. Although I don't want to admit it, it has been proved many times that these people really can't keep up with Yuan Feng.
"I think death row inmates are more suitable for me after training." Yuan Feng said, paused and said, "At least they may know where I am, so they don't have to come out in the middle of the night to find someone, and the eldest brother can be more at ease." ”
Feng Qi: "......"
The chamberlain put on the big coat for Yuanfeng, and the brothers went out of the house with their front and back feet, and the carriage was waiting outside. When he was about to get into the car, Feng Qi suddenly said to the attendants beside him: "The bandits are troublesome, but the officials don't know what to do, what to do." ”
How dare the chamberlain respond, but he understands in his heart that it must be because the seventh master went out of Beijing to make trouble. Thinking about it, the officials can't even destroy the local bandits, and they have to go out with the emperor, this official is really unwanted.
Yuan Feng's footsteps also paused, and said to his guard: "Walking along the official road in the direction of Jiangcheng, there is a little girl of seven or eight years old, who followed her family on the road and went to Xie Lu to thank her." ”
Feng Qi was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Who?" ”
Yuan Feng said: "The killing was too easy, I forgot about the return trip, and after the killing, I found that I couldn't go to the village in front of the village, and I couldn't go to the store after the killing, thanks to her for taking me on a ride, and I promised to thank you at that time." ”
Feng Qi nodded when he heard this, turned to the waiter and said, "Pick a generous gift and thank you well." ”