Chapter 109: The Bad Luck of the Three Princes' Mansion
Three days later, on Suzaku East Road, it was still the middle of the night and the moonlight, and the back door of the Three Princes' Mansion opened with a "squeak", which sounded a little scary in the quiet night.
"Hurry, hurry, carry to the mass grave." A man in charge looked cautiously for a moment, then said in a low voice. He was followed by a few small servants, who were carrying something, and it was rolled with a bamboo mat, and it was not really visible.
After about an hour, the steward and the servants returned empty-handed, apparently having finished their work. The back door of the Three Princes' Mansion squeaked shut again, as if nothing had happened.
Before entering the house, the steward still cautiously looked around, until he found that Yi Qiē was as usual, and then he took the lead in entering. He didn't notice that on the tall tree not far away, a man in brown was quietly watching them.
From the moment they appeared, the Brownman had been guarding them, and when they came back in a circle, they didn't notice it at all.
Early the next morning, the steward of the Third Prince's Mansion reported to Changshi Chu Bei: "My lord, the little one has already done the matter, please rest assured." "--Chu Bei is the chief of the palace of the three princes, and he is a five-rank official, and these stewards respectfully call him an adult.
Chu Bei nodded, instructed him not to let this matter out, and asked the steward to retreat.
It's just two insignificant little staff members who died, Chu Bei has nothing to worry about, and it's not that he hasn't died like this in the past. It's just that these two people died at an inopportune time, and now His Royal Highness is choosing a marriage, isn't this a bad luck?
"What a bad luck!" Chu Bei couldn't help but curse secretly, and then went to the main building.
He didn't know. This is really unlucky, the death of these two staff members is just the beginning.
Around the time of this day, two people came to the side door of the Three Princes' Mansion, they were two middle-aged men, dressed and looked good, but their feet were covered with dust, their sideburns were messy, and they were full of dusty atmosphere, so they should have come from other places.
The two middle-aged men obviously don't know each other, but they strangely have a lot in common. Like what. They were all accompanied by two servants. For example, they all have anxious expressions on their faces.
"My lord, I'm sorry for your trouble, it's Tang Xuan's father, a staff member in the house. Excuse me. He said that he was waiting for him outside the house. One of the middle-aged men in blue shirts approached the concierge of the Third Prince. That said,
The concierge of the prime minister of the metropolis is a seven-rank official, not to mention the concierge of the Three Princes' Mansion? So he posed very low, very low. It's just to make the porter more agreeable and pass it on behalf of you.
"Tang Xuan? It seems that there is such a person among the staff in the house, and I will ask someone to help you talk about it. The porter squinted and accepted the money, and his tone sounded good.
"Troublesome adults also help me to say it, it is Yu Hanyuan's father below." Seeing this, another man in Tsing Yi also took out a piece of silver and handed it to the porter.
These things, one is a communication, and the other is also a communication, and the porter accepted the money, and asked a small servant to call people.
During the waiting period, the two middle-aged men in the blue shirt and Tsing Yi had already exchanged their names, the blue shirt man Ziyun Tang You'an, and the green shirt guest said that Yu Jin, and also briefly introduced their own situation, and was surprised to find that each other's situation was similar.
It turned out that they were all from the Guannei Mansion, and Dumiao in the family was all working as a staff member in the Three Princes' Mansion, and they all received Dumiao's letter two days earlier, so they came to Jingzhao in a hurry.
Guannei Mansion is next to Jingzhao Mansion, and it is only a day or two for the fast horse, and these two people hurriedly put down their family affairs and came to Jingzhao.
When they spoke of the letters from home, both men looked unnatural and hesitated, and just as the porter called them, the conversation was stopped.
"Tang Xuan and Yu Hanyuan are busy with affairs today, so they don't have time to see you for the time being, so you can leave first." The porter said this, and did not take out the money he had taken from his sleeve.
"This ...... If there is an urgent matter at home, you only need to see him once, so please make it convenient for adults. When Tang Youan heard this, he seemed to remember something, and his tone and expression were very anxious.
Yu Jin next to him was no better, his brows furrowed tightly, and he took out another ingot of silver and wanted to stuff it into the porter.
"I said that I didn't have time today, so you will come back tomorrow!" The porter lowered his face and said in an impatient tone. He remembered what the little guy said just now, the steward of the house had already said that whenever someone looked for Tang Xuan and Yu Hanyuan, they would all be pushed.
The porter knew that the money could not be collected, and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart, and his tone sank.
Tang Youan and Yu Jin had no choice, so they had to go to the inn to live together, planning to come back to Suzaku East Road early tomorrow morning.
However, when they went again the next day, the answer they got was still the same as yesterday, when Tang Xuan and Yu Hanyuan were busy, and they didn't have time to meet them here at the side door.
No matter how Tang Youan and Yu Jin begged, and even took out a few ingots of silver, the porter's answer was still the same, and the silver was not received.
The porter of the trillion households is greedy, if they accept the silver, it means that it is easy to say, if they don't even accept the silver, it means that there is a problem here.
Tang Youan and Yu Jin had both been in Jingzhao, and they knew these gatekeeper rules, and they couldn't help but be more anxious when they saw this. They thought of the letter from their son, but they refused to leave.
In the end, it was the porter who said viciously: "Do you still want to see your son?" If you stay here, you won't see you for ten days and half a month! ”
Of course, they wanted to see their son, and after listening to the porter's cruel words, they moved their steps with difficulty and left.
At the same time, the steward of the Three Princes' Mansion was also reporting the matter to Chu Bei.
"My lord, Tang Xuan and Yu Hanyuan's father have been outside the mansion for two days in a row, and the slave is worried about whether something will go wrong." The steward said this, his tone a little worried.
Tang Xuan and Yu Hanyuan had just been thrown into the mass grave, and their father came to the door, and the time was so coincidental that the steward was uneasy, worried that there was no other calculation for this matter.
Chu Bei glanced at the steward, with disdain and indifference in his eyes, a slave is a slave, this little thing can't be done, what's so difficult about this? What kind of place is the third prince, can you still let two outsiders go wild?
Chu Bei withdrew his eyes. said casually: "When they come back tomorrow, they will say that those two people have withdrawn, and let people go to Jingzhao Mansion to prepare a paper, advance the time to September, and do a little more properly." If they don't give up, send someone to dispose of them and reunite them with father and son! ”
At this time, Chu Bei didn't take this matter into account at all. He has seen a lot of these things and done a lot, just kill those two people, such a simple thing. Where do you need to grind for two or three days!
His last words. The steward was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and immediately replied, "The slave takes the order." ”
It is also said that with the power of the Three Princes' Mansion. Let the two outsiders disappear unconsciously. It's a simple thing.
"Come back to me tomorrow when this is done. Mass graves there. Send someone to see if the wild dogs have torn the two carcasses naked, if not. Just deal with it. Order, so that everyone in the palace must not mention those two people again, especially the staff! Chu Bei thought about it and said a few more words.
Here I want to talk about the issue of the opening of the Dading prince's mansion and the construction of the curtain. Since the establishment of Emperor He, the prince can open the palace and build a curtain when he reaches the age of fifteen. The so-called opening of the palace and the establishment of the curtain means that each prince selects his own subordinates to handle the affairs of the prince's palace. This is the best way for each prince to establish his own personal team and accumulate private power.
It can be seen that Emperor Jianhe was a tolerant emperor, and Emperor Chongde followed the old system, and also let the princes leave the palace at the age of fifteen, and they were also allowed to open the palace and build a curtain, and the princes could also choose their own subordinates, but there was one point, these subordinates must report to the imperial court.
Originally, the subordinates of the prince's mansion were reported to the Ministry of Officials of Shangshu Province, but later the affairs of the Ministry of Officials, examinations and other affairs were complicated, so the matter was put in Jingzhao Mansion. Jingzhao Mansion doesn't care about the specific situation of these subordinates, but if they go or stay, they must make a note in Jingzhao Mansion.
Over the years, because of some inconvenient secrets of the Three Princes, the Three Princes' Mansion has recruited not a lot of staff, most of them are hopeless scholars, and they are all young and good-looking young people, they are actually different from the staff around the Three Princes, and not every one of the Three Princes' Mansions reports to Jingzhao Mansion.
It's just that Tang Xuan and Yu Hanyuan happen to be the two staff members who are on the register. Chu Bei said that going to Jingzhao Mansion to prepare the paper is the same thing.
That night, the steward made an appointment with the officials of Jingzhao Mansion who were familiar with him, removed the curtain books of these two people, and then instructed the porter to inform Tang Youan and Yu Jin of the situation, and as for the next things, he had already arranged them.
"It can't be quit! He sent me an urgent letter only two days earlier, asking me to come to the Three Princes' Mansion to see him, he couldn't have retired! Tang Youan's eyes were red, and he couldn't help but yell at the porter.
He hurried to Jingzhao, full of thoughts about seeing his son, but on the third day of anxiously waiting, he waited for the reply of his retirement.
The ominous premonition that he had since receiving the letter was deeply enveloped by Tang Youan at this moment, because he was making noise at the gate of the Third Prince's Mansion regardless of it, and he was not afraid that this was the residence of the nobles at all.
Yu Jin looked at this qi with cold eyes, Tang Youan's unwillingness and the porter's impatience made his heart sink to the bottom of the ice, but his face was very calm. After watching it for a while, he stepped forward and grabbed Tang Youan's arm, and said as if persuasively: "Cousin, maybe it is true that they have retired, but we don't know." Let's go first. ”
Tang Youan turned his head and looked at Yu Jin in astonishment, not understanding why he had moved. They had already said at the inn that they would see people today no matter what, why did Yu Jin say such a thing?
Tang Youan felt a pain in his arm, and Yu Jin was so hard that he almost crushed his arm. Tang Youan seemed to understand something, and tried to take a deep breath before saying: "What Brother Yu said is that maybe he has already withdrawn, I just don't know." ”
The porter looked at them and thought to himself that these two people were still acquainted, otherwise, the guards in the palace would have been prepared, and they would definitely not dare to come to the Three Princes' Mansion from now on.
At night, the steward of the Third Prince's Mansion hurriedly found Changshi Chu Bei, and said in shock: "My lord, those two people have been rescued, and the people in the mansion can't kill them!" ”
After Chu Bei heard this, his expression froze for a moment, and he was afraid for some reason. (To be continued......)
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