Chapter 15 The Capital
Yuanxin rode on the horse and the two of them went to the capital unhurriedly, and it was past noon when they arrived in Beijing.
The prosperity of the capital is obviously beyond Menghan's expectations, after all, it is the national capital, where the most dense crowd of people, the most prominent nobles, the most magnificent mansions, the most exquisite food, the most diverse merchants. Just walked through two streets, Menghan repeated a sentence no less than ten times, "Wow, it turns out that the capital is so big and so lively." "The streets are bustling with people, all kinds of shops are enthusiastic at the door to solicit customers, and the roadside stalls are even more varied, with melons, fruits and vegetables, cloth and jewelry, spice tea sets, masks, folding fans, and all kinds of snacks. Menghan was holding roast chicken in her hand and eating chestnut cake in her mouth, but she still couldn't stop her mouth, "The capital of your big photos is too lively." ”
"There are so many lively places." Yuanxin said proudly.
"Yuanxin, look at the front, why are there so many people around, let's go and see." Meng Han put down the next sentence and immediately disappeared into the crowd. Yuanxin led the horse behind, holding the so-called various fun things that Menghan purchased all the way down, and secretly screamed that his head was big.
After watching the juggling of the entertainer for a while, Yuanxin took Menghan to the welcome building in front of him to eat and rest. Yingbin Building is one of the famous inns in Beijing, and the dishes here cover all kinds of food, and even snacks in some remote areas can be made. People from other places like to come here to taste the taste of their hometown, and people from the capital also taste foreign food here, which is very popular with guests.
Before you enter the door, you can see that the store is thriving, the first floor is already overcrowded, noisy, and the guys are busy greeting customers with tea and water.
Yuanxin said to Menghan, "I went to the backyard to tie the horse, you wait for me for a while." ”
"That's a lot of people. Are you sure you eat here? Menghan glanced inside, embarrassed.
"There is a private room." Yuanxin led the horse around to the backyard, "You wait for me." ”
Menghan went in and walked to the counter: "Shopkeeper, is there still a private room?" ”
The shopkeeper's face was full of smiles: "There is still the last room left." Take you to see it? ”
"Don't do it yet, I'll wait for someone." Menghan stomped in the store, and three people rushed in and grazed Menghan's shoulder, and Menghan stumbled and almost fell to the ground. The three of them paid no attention to it, and ran straight inward as if they were nothing.
"Hey, you don't have long eyes, didn't you see you hit this girl?" Meng Han rightly yelled at the three of them, and the three of them turned around to look at Meng Han.
"Yellow-haired girl, you have become an uncle, and the uncle hasn't settled accounts with you yet." One person said to Menghan viciously: "What's the matter, I'm not convinced." ”
The person in the middle was wearing a lilac Suzhou embroidered robe, and he seemed to have an extraordinary identity, so he was too lazy to bother with these little things, and commanded impatiently: "Lu Ding'an, apologize to the girl." ”
Although the person who was called Lu Ding'an looked displeased, he didn't seem to dare not disobey the order of the man in purple, and threw down a sentence of insincere apology: "Girl, forgive me." ”
Meng Han glanced at him with white eyes, snorted and didn't bother to pay attention to it.
Ding'an turned to the counter: "The shopkeeper, the Tianzi private room." ”
"A few masters, there is only one room left in the Tianzi private room, that girl asked just now, I don't know if I want it or not." The shopkeeper's face is embarrassed, the store is too popular, and sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, he may offend a dignitary.
Lu Ding'an had just made a feud with Menghan, where would he let her again, a piece of silver slapped on the counter with a bang, and his tone was resolute: "Take us there!" ”
The shopkeeper looked at the three of them as if they had a background, and he didn't dare to offend, "Yes, yes, the master will give the money first, and the house will be the master." Xiao Er, take a few masters up, Tianzi private room. ”
"Wait, that room is mine!" Menghan shouted again in the back, he has always been protected by Yuanxin, and he has also learned the temperament of not being afraid of heaven and earth.
The shopkeeper's Zhengse said to Menghan: "There is no owner of the house, and whoever pays first is whoever." ”
"I'll come first!" Menghan does not give up.
"It's your advanced store, but you don't want to make a reservation, do you?"
The man in purple ignored the theory between the shopkeeper and Menghan, as if he had nothing to do with him at all, and walked up the stairs, and the two people behind him followed. Meng Han ran a few steps and stopped in front of the man in purple, "I said that the room is mine, didn't you hear?" ”
The purple-clothed man looked unhappy, and before he could speak, Lu Ding'an behind him threatened: "You're tired of living, aren't you?" ”
"What's the matter, I want to kill people in broad daylight, this is the capital, is there a royal law, someone is coming, someone is going to kill me, someone is coming, help!" Meng Han shouted loudly, and everyone in the hall stopped moving, staring intently, as if waiting for a murder.
"You!" Lu Dingan didn't expect Menghan to come this way, he stepped forward and reached out to buckle Menghan's arm, and with a little force, Menghan screamed in pain. Lu Dingan sneered: "I thought you would dare to shout in front of your master no matter how capable you are." ”
Meng Han shouted: "You are a dignified man who actually bullied me as a weak woman, you are too unmeasured of you!" ”
The man in purple ignored the entanglement between the two and walked upstairs around them. At this time, a person came down from the upper floor, Xu was summoned by Menghan's shouting, and he arched his hand and said, "How can General Yingfeng get angry with a little woman?" I'm afraid that there will be ** copies when it is passed out. ”
It turned out that the man in purple was Yingfeng, and he said calmly, "Lord Yao, you also care about this matter?" ”
"As the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, guarding the palace is the first priority, and the stability of this capital can be regarded as manageable."
The corners of Yingfeng's mouth twitched: "If Lord Yao really has leisure, then take this woman back to the prison for interrogation." ”
"Interrogation what?" Yao Luo asked puzzled.
"Interrogate her why she made alarmist remarks in front of the public, framing General Ben for her life."
"I framed you? Look at me like this, where did I frame you? Menghan shouted.
Yingfeng no longer paid attention, "Ding'an, let's go." ”
Lu Dingan let go of Menghan's arm, and didn't forget to add viciously: "Pay attention to the master in the future!" ”
Meng Han waved his sore arm and cursed, "Damn bastard, it's better not to fall into the hands of this girl in the future!" Hum! If you put so much effort into it, you'll die if you tap it. ”
Yao Luo shook his head and chuckled: "Okay, everyone is gone, and they are still talking fast." Are you okay? ”
"Menghan." When Yuanxin entered the door and saw Yao Luo and Menghan together, he couldn't help but wonder, these two people shouldn't know each other.
"Yuanxin, you still know to come back." Meng Han complained aggrievedly: "I was bullied, and you didn't come to save me." ”
"Bullied? Who bullied you? Yao Luo? ”
Yao Luo shook his hand again and again, "I didn't bully your beauty." ”
"Who's that?" I don't know what to believe.
Yao Luo stretched out his hand and invited them to go upstairs, "Let's go, let's go to my room and talk." So many people are watching. ”
Tianzi private room. Yingfeng and Helan Jiarui sat down, and Lu Dingan went to guard the door.
Helan Jiarui said: "I heard that Chen Wanlu was killed. ”
Yingfeng sighed and nodded, "Yes, my people said that Yuan Chen brought his body back. ”
"Yuan Chen? Could it be him? He didn't come to the capital once for most of the year, how could it be such a coincidence that he encountered such a thing as soon as he came? ”
Yingfeng disagreed, "It shouldn't be, he has no reason to do this." He was far away in the southeast, and he had always been far away from court disputes. ”
Helan Jiarui reminded, "The situation between the DPRK and China rarely involves him, but how do you know that he has no intention of taking the throne of King Xiang?" ”
Yingfeng was even more sure of his inference, "If he intends to be King Xiang, it should be aimed at Cheng Zheng and not me." After thinking about it, only Cheng Zheng can make this move. ”
"Cheng Zheng is really difficult to deal with, now that he is promoted to marriage, it will be even more tricky for the king of Zhenxi to enter Beijing again." Saying that, Helan Jiarui sighed, "What is the situation in the south?" ”
"It's all in plan. Cheng Zheng just returned to Beijing, playing with me, and he was almost hot. "Yingfeng is very confident.
Helan Jiarui nodded with satisfaction, "That's good." Next, arrange some more manpower in the court and the harem, and it is not impossible for the second prince to make a comeback. ”
"That's nature. And Mingyue Xuan has recently reported a happy event, just waiting to give birth to the imperial grandson, whether male or female, is the reason why the second prince can be mentioned in the court, this is the opportunity we are looking for. ”
"That's very good. I have not yet obtained my father's permission to help you secretly, and if you can fight the battle well, my father will be able to say it. ”
Yingfeng thanked him, "Brother Lao Jiarui bothered." ”
Yuanxin and the three of them came to the private room where Yao Luo was, Menghan explained the cause and effect, and Yuanxin learned from Yao Luo that the person Menghan said was Yingfeng and his party, and it was Yingfeng's personal guard Lu Dingan who attacked Menghan.
"Who else is there?" Yuanxin asked.
"Helan Jiarui." Yao Luo replied.
Helan Jiarui is the son of the current Prime Minister He Lanhong, and now he is in an important position in the ministry, and he is also one of the young talents that the emperor is very optimistic about.
Yuanxin reminded Menghan softly: "I'm used to giving it to you, you really dare to mess with anyone, it's just in the field, this is the capital." ”
Meng Han pouted and complained: "What's wrong with the capital, aren't you very powerful, that person is more powerful than you?" ”
Yuanxin explained: "Yingfeng is one of the three major generals of the Yun Clan, and he is the general of the third rank of the emperor himself, do you say that it is powerful?" ”
"The three generals? Isn't that as powerful as your brother? Menghan couldn't help but be afraid.
Yao Luo reminded: "Cheng Zheng is now not just one of the three major generals, and the emperor has decreed that he will be named Duanhou. ”
Menghan seemed to have found another reason to be fearless, and asked, "Duanhou? Wow, is this a bigger position than a general? ”
Yuanxin explained, "There are also many grades of generals, and the position is a little higher than that of the third-rank generals. ”
Meng Han remembered Yuanxin's identity and couldn't believe it, "Don't you sue me, your official position is bigger than your brother?" ”
Yuanxin said modestly, "I have a false title, I have neither a position nor military power in the court, but the emperor's grace is a false name to receive some money every year." ”
Menghan was still immersed in the atmosphere of the relatively large position: "Don't we have to be afraid of that Yingfeng in the future?" ”
Yao Luo saw that Menghan looked like he had found a backer, and said, "The girl is really not a fuel-efficient lamp. ”
Yuanxin also persuaded with good words: "This is the capital, you better settle down." If it weren't for so many people today, you wouldn't know how you died. ”
Meng Han suddenly felt a burst of cold air attack, and touched his neck: "No, as a general, he is so careless about human life?" ”
"I won't dare in public, if there is no one around, don't say it's you, he will kill me together." Yuanxin deliberately said that Yan zhòng intimidated her.
Meng Han frowned and asked in a low voice, "How much hatred do you have?" ”
Yuanxin explained: "I have no enmity with him, he and my brother are mortal enemies, and the two have been fighting endlessly. At present, although my brother is a marquis, he is one step closer to King Xiang, and it is estimated that Yingfeng will not stop there. ”
Yao Luo said: "Speaking of Yingfeng, he can be regarded as a two-timer, the current three major generals, he is the only one who has no family background, and his father is just a leader in guarding the city, compared with your Cheng family and the Yuan family." It only took him five or six years to go from being a pawn in the army to now being an official and worshipping the three products, which is also rare. ”
Menghan sighed: "It turned out to be a counterattack." ”
"What? **Silk? Yao Luo was obviously not comfortable with the modern vocabulary in Menghan's mouth.
Yuanxin coughed lightly: "Menghan, she is from out of town, and she will always pop up a few hometown words from time to time, you don't have to be serious." ”
"Oh, I see, I say how do I feel that this girl is acting a little specially. After talking about it for so long, we haven't known each other for so long, in Xia Yao Luo, Yasheng Yuan Yao Zhiyao, Bazhen Yingluo Zhiluo, the current commander of the Imperial Forest Army. Yao Luo raised his glass and saluted each other as a courtesy.
Menghan also learned well, and raised his wine glass, "My name is Yao Menghan." Nu Zhaoyao, a daydreaming dream, the connotation of the connotation. As soon as these words came out, Menghan's true nature was exposed. Yao Luo couldn't help but burst out laughing, and half of the wine in the cup spilled.
"What are you laughing at?" Dream Han is unknown.
"Daydreaming dreams, oops, you laugh at me, dreaming dreams, hahaha, it's the first time I've seen someone introduce themselves like that, it's so funny." Yao Luo was on an errand in the palace, and he also had such a gaffe.
Meng Han rolled his eyes, "Why, you have to learn your literary crepe to be called normal." ”
Yuanxin helped Menghan to come true, "Yao Luo, you will have more contact with Menghan in the future, and you will naturally get used to her straightforward and straightforward personality." ”
"Yes, yes, it's rude in the next, don't blame the girl, you and I have the same surname, and it's fate to meet today, so I salute the girl for a cup." After Yao Luo finished speaking, the two drank full of wine. Yao Luo still felt funny, Meng Han rolled his eyes at him, "Is it that funny, will your laughter be too low?" ”
Yao Luo couldn't help but smile: "It seems that if you want to get in touch with the girl, you really need to get used to it." Look at the girl's temperament is also as lively as Yuanxin, when did Yuanxin return to Beijing, and brought back such a strange woman without a sound? ”
"I just entered Beijing, and I took Menghan around Yongsheng Street, but I didn't go back home."
Yao Luo reminded: "Yuanxin is still the same as before, but this Beijing is not as good as other places, you better be careful and don't cause any trouble." ”
Yuanxin pouted, "You and I are so disproportionate?" ”
"I naturally know about you, this beauty of yours is going to be brought back, I'm afraid that the chickens and dogs in your house will be restless."
Menghan stuck out his tongue: "No, I know how to be restrained." ”
Yuanxin disagreed: "It's just right that the chicken dog is restless, anyway, my brother is bored alone, isn't he." ”
Yao Luo said: "Cheng Zheng is not boring now, do you know who your brother is marrying?" ”
Yuanxin replied casually: "Who else can there be?" My brother's relationship with the eldest princess is well known. ”
Yao Luo whispered: "It's the second princess, the first Shan." ”
"Two, the second princess? Second princess isn't? Yuanxin was speechless in surprise, he couldn't believe it.
Yao Luo whispered gossip, "The second princess is back, Cheng Zheng personally picked her up from Jiangnan, and the second princess said that she wanted to marry Cheng Zheng when she first saw the emperor." ”
Yuanxin still couldn't understand: "Then, the emperor also agreed?" Second princess, how could she? ”
Yao Luo sighed in her words: "Can the emperor not agree, the second prince has been in the country for many years, and the emperor already feels indebted to her, how can the emperor refuse the first request she made?" It seems that the second princess should not know the relationship between the eldest princess and Cheng Zheng. ”
"Isn't the eldest princess going to be sad to die, and she can't say how sad she is?" Yuanxin was secretly worried about Yilin.
Yao Luo also sighed: "Indeed, now the palace is hiding it, I'm afraid it's just that the second princess doesn't know." Celestial princess, this is dumb, eating coptis is bitter, and I can't say it. ”