91. a kite bone

In the prime minister's house, the old lady listened to the report of the eyeliner and frowned.

"You said the food was not moved?"

Eyeliner replied, "Yes, it was presented in and brought out as it was." ”

The old lady sneered: "The little slut is very vigilant and difficult to deal with." ”

"She is kind on the surface, politely thanking her, but she is not close to anyone, and there are ......"

"What else?"

"According to the attendants, she seems to be sick these days, unable to eat or drink, and the maid cleaned up the house and found traces of vomiting."

The old lady's shoulders stiffened, and the bones of one hand holding the corner of the table were white, she gritted her teeth, and sighed for a while: "Got it, you go down." ”

The eyeliner retired, and the old lady dismissed the others in the house, leaving only one henchman, who was Zhou Tao's nurse.

The nurse was very eye-catching, and when she saw that there was no one around, she said: "I am so careful in eating, I have a bad appetite and pantothenic acid vomiting, and eighty percent of them are." ”

The old lady said hatefully: "I know that the old thing is not so simple, it turned out that the pearl fetus was secretly knotted and brought back to the house, what can I do if I give birth to a son, the position of the head of the house mother does not fall on her head!" ”

The nurse said: "But it is not a way to let her be born, it is a scourge after all." ”

The old lady groaned, looking embarrassed: "How can you say that you are also a master's person, it is difficult to explain ......"

"How did those aunts leave their children behind, have you forgotten? As long as it is done cleanly, she can't catch the handle and can't sue, and she can only blame herself for her bad life and can't keep the child. Madam, don't worry, everything is wrapped up in the old slave. ”

The woman in this room is planning a poisonous plan, and the woman in the house is still unaware of it, but is shuttling alone in the inner house, looking for the place where the study is located.

She quietly shook the contents of her sleeve and smiled slightly at the domestic servant she encountered.

Xu is everyone couldn't figure out the details of her, and when they saw that she had Zhou Tao's support, they didn't dare to provoke her, but when she found the study, she found that this was a separate courtyard, surrounded by walls, and there was a unique door to enter and exit, but there were guards with knives.

The breeze blew softly, and the bells rang in her ears, and she looked up through the wall to see the bells hanging in the four corners of the attic fluttering in the wind.

The words that Zhan Liantai had said came to mind.

"The study is the most difficult place to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are heavy guards outside the courtyard, if you can avoid them and enter the courtyard, you can only pass the first checkpoint."

"Heavy troops?" Qianqian wondered, "How many people?" ”

"I have accompanied Zhou Xiang in and out twice, and according to my observation, the guards here can be described as ten paces and one person, and these people are not ordinary family guards, but first-class masters selected from the barracks. So don't say that your expert friend who walks on the wall can't break in in front of everyone, even if a fly flies by, it will be discovered. ”

"They can't get in, and you're still letting me in? You want to kill me, uncle! ”

Zhan Liantai smiled upside down: "But you will lie to people, Xiao Yu'er." ”

Qianqian's eyes rolled and asked, "What about after you go in?" Got a second level? ”

"There is no one in the yard, only a three-story attic, the whole attic is exquisitely built, with mechanisms, and the eaves are full of copper bells, if someone wants to break the boat in, it will trigger the mechanism, so the only way to enter and exit the attic is through the door below, and there is a large fine iron lock on the door, and the key is personally controlled by Zhou Xiang."

Qianqian counted the guards from afar, there were eight, and this was still what she could see, and if you added the invisible places, there were at least twenty people around the entire attic.

She pinched the contents of her sleeve again and turned to leave.

Back in the house, she asked the maid to find bamboo strips, rice paper and cotton thread, and the maid asked her curiously what she wanted to do, she lowered her head and fiddled with the bamboo strips, made a butterfly shape, and said, "Kite." By the way, if you want to make paste, you can find some and give it to me. ”

When Ruan Qi, who was guarding near the Xiangfu, found a kite floating into the sky, and then slowly rose and floated out of the border wall of the Xiangfu, he decisively shot the kite string with a small □□. The kite fell crookedly, he quickly picked it up and tore off the paper, found a small piece of paper rolled into a roll on the kite skeleton, and wrapped it tightly around the bamboo strip with a thin cotton thread. Ruan Qi took the note and put it in his arms, then dismantled the kite and kicked it into the corner of the wall with his foot and set it on fire to ashes.

"Qianqian girl, the kite is broken."

The little girl flying the kite held the wheel in her hand, her face full of apprehension and grievance. Qianqian sat in the rocking chair, looked up at the sky, squinted her eyes by the sun, and then said indifferently: "Forget it, let's go back to the house." ”

In the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhan Liantai looked at the note handed over by Ruan Qi, turned around and lit a candlestick, and then brought the note close to the flame.

In two clicks, the flames engulfed the note, leaving only the ashes and shreds.

Ruan Qi hadn't read the content of the note, but he was very concerned about his next move: "My lord, is it done?" The Emperor is about to leave the palace, so we have to ......."

Zhan Liantai twisted the gray dust on his fingertips and shook his head: "The guards are too strict, she doesn't have a chance yet, you and I both know that this is the most difficult step." ”

Ruan Qi looked disappointed.

"We have one of the best helpers, though." Zhan Liantai slowly wiped his fingers with a handkerchief, lowered his eyebrows and smiled, "Go to the grinding place." ”

In the Zhaomo Institute, Miao Fan and Zhou Tao were still looking through the files. After so many days, they are well aware of the life and achievements of various officials in the DPRK and China, and gradually have their own measurements in their hearts.

It seems that the dynasty ruled by the Son of Heaven seems to have another force hidden underneath, quietly pushing things forward. Or rather, in fact, these powers come from only one person, who actually controls the dynasty.

And this person is by no means a young man who has not yet reached the weak crown.

No matter how big or small the affairs are, officials from all over the country report to the Beijing Division, and the official documents are first sent to the cabinet. The cabinet will only present it to the emperor after it is screened, that is, the emperor can only see what the cabinet gives him to see.

The head of the cabinet is none other than Zhou Xiang.

"Come and see this." Miao Fan pointed to a past incident on the file for Zhou Tao to see.

The more Zhou Tao watched in recent days, the more suspicious he became of Zhou Xiang, but even if he doubted, it was his father after all, and he was also very confused. He leaned over to take a look, only to see that it was recorded that there was a drought in the northwest of Kangding for three years, and the disaster was reported to the Beijing Division, and Zhou Yuan immediately ordered the Ministry of Engineering to go to the disaster area to dig wells to divert water, and transferred 200,000 quintals of grain from Jiangnan for disaster relief. Although this move seems to be good, the problem is that he first took the idea, and then told the saint, which is suspected of cutting first and then playing on behalf of the saint.

Zhou Taozhiwu: "This ...... Forced by this situation, my father was also worried about the disaster, so he was not thoughtful and did things inappropriately, but his intentions were good and should be...... Pardonable. ”

The file turned the page, and sure enough, the saint not only did not blame Zhou Xiang, but praised him for "worrying about the country and the people", and also rewarded him.

Zhou Tao said happily: "You see I'm not wrong!" It happened suddenly, where is there time to think about it in the long run, it is normal for my father to do this. ”

Although the dossier is written like this, Miao Fan seems to see the unwillingness, forbearance, dormancy, and compromise after this full paper of records...... and even waiting for the opportunity.

"Here you go." Miao Fan put down the file, beckoned Zhou Tao to approach, and then picked up the pen and wrote down two words.

- Janri.

He asked Zhou Tao, "Do you know what this is?" ”

Zhou Tao had been learning Sanskrit with him for a few days, and said, "Ajali ...... Should it mean monk in Sanskrit? ”

Miao Fan nodded, and wrote down four more words - King Ajata.

"When Ajata was born, the master prophesied that he would rebel in the future, and his father, King Bimpishara, threw him down the palace steps, but Ajata was fine, only injured his finger. When he grew up, Ajata was made the crown prince and befriended Devadatta, who intended to murder the Buddha. Devadatta instigated Ajata to usurp the throne, so Ajata imprisoned his parents and proclaimed himself king. His father, King Phibisara, committed suicide in the dungeon. However, King Ajata's conscience was unsettled, and his whole body was sore and rotten, and he finally repented deeply and converted to Buddhism. ”

Zhou Tao was stunned: "King Ajashi killed his father ......"

In fact, Miao Fan's original intention was not to encourage Zhou Tao to learn from King Aja, but to say that the desire to "replace it" is evil, but when Zhou Tao misunderstood the meaning of the allusion, Miao Fan was also stunned for a moment, and then said: "There is an allusion to the righteous annihilation of relatives in the left biography, and the patriotic doctor Shi Jie got rid of Shi Hou, the son of the usurper of the dynasty. It was wrong for King Ajashi to kill his father, but Shi Jie's killing of his son was considered right by the world. ”

Faced with such an obvious hint, Zhou Tao asked: "What the world thinks is right...... Which do you think is right and which is wrong, Master? ”

Miao Fan shook his head: "There is no right or wrong in my heart, only abandonment, gain and loss. Shi Jie abandoned his son and was praised by the world, but lost his own blood forever. Law, humanity, and life...... We have so many things that when you have to choose, you can only keep the one that matters most and discard the rest. Zhou Tao, there is no such thing as a fish and a bear's paw in the world. ”

Maybe one day, Zhou Tao will also face the same choice as Shi Jie.

Zhou Tao pursed his lips, and just opened his mouth to say something, when Zhan Liantai came, he quickly silenced.

When Miao Fan saw Zhan Liantai, he hurriedly got up and said, "Lord Zhan." ”

Zhan Liantai exchanged a few casual words with him, and then called Zhou Tao aside.

"Tao'er," Zhan Liantai patted Zhou Tao on the shoulder and said, "I have something to ask you to help with." ”

Zhou Tao was frightened and bowed down: "Sir, if you have something to order, the student will do his best." ”

"Don't be nervous, it's just a small thing. I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion a few days ago, and accidentally broke a vase when I was in the study. So I want to find the same one to pay for Xiangye, but I can't remember the appearance of the vase, it seems to have some flowers and plants......"

Zhou Tao thought for a while: "Is it the red jade pot spring bottle in the glaze?" Painting the three friends of the cold year? ”

"This is it." Zhan Liantai smiled slightly, "Tao'er, you draw the style of this bottle for me." ”

Zhou Tao didn't doubt him, so he hurriedly picked up his pen and painted, laughing while painting: "This is my father's favorite antique, he must have died of heartache if he broke it, but because it was broken by you, sir, he was embarrassed to get angry, and I would have been furious ha——"

Zhan Liantai also smiled: "Hearing you say this, I have to hurry up and find the same one to compensate Xiangye." ”

Zhou Tao said: "I'm afraid it's hard to find the same, that jade pot spring bottle is a unique product, at most you can find a similar one." ”

"It's okay, I'll give it a try."

Since Qianqian and Miao Fan moved away, Xiaohe felt that the house was empty.

"Sister Xiaohe," Ah Piao still doesn't go through the front door and loves to climb over the wall, he fell from the wall, took out a beaded flower from his arms, and held it to Xiaohe like a treasure, "Give it to you, do you like it or not?" ”

Xiaohe didn't look at it, pushed his hand away with lack of interest, and sighed: "Tan Gongzi and the girl are not here, I can't do anything, and I don't even eat deliciously." ”

Ah Piao learned from her cheeks, and she was also cowardly: "Me too, I don't even want to go to the casino, and I feel bored when I win." ”

Master Lu walked out with a teapot, and saw the two sitting in the courtyard sighing at the gate, stroking his beard and smiling: "Then go find them." ”

Xiaohe wrung her handkerchief: "I'm embarrassed to disturb the life of a young couple......

Knock Knock Knock –

While he was talking, someone knocked on the door, and Xiao He jumped up excitedly: "The girl is back!" ”

Standing outside the door were Zhan Liantai and Ruan Qi.

Xiaohe sank his face and blocked the door quite vigilantly: "What are you doing here?" The girl wasn't there. ”

Zhan Liantai said: "I'm not looking for her. ”

"Tan Gongzi is not here either."

"I'm not looking for him either."

Master Lu saw Xiaohe talking to someone at the door, so he walked up: "Who is the girl?" ”

As soon as Xiaohe turned around, Zhan Liantai looked at Master Lu through the gap, and Master Lu suddenly dropped the teapot.

"Uncle Lu, you're not hot, are you?!" Xiaohe hurriedly ran over, and Zhan Liantai and Ruan Qi walked in.

Master Lu looked at Zhan Liantai in astonishment, his feet seemed to have a thousand pounds, it was difficult to take a step, and his throat seemed to be sewn up, and he couldn't make a sound.

"The old man is reunited, the master is too excited." Zhan Liantai gave Ruan Qi a look, and Ruan Qi walked over and pressed Master Lu's shoulder. Master Lu was almost escorted into the house by him, and then fell down and sat down on the chair.

Xiaohe and Ah Piao looked at each other, wanting to follow the past to see what was going on, but they were blocked by Ruan Qi.

Master Lu stabilized his mind and waved at them: "We have something to discuss, you two go back." ”

Ruan Qi closed the door, and Zhan Liantai also sat down and faced Master Lu.

Master Lu stared at the face that had not changed much over the years, gritted his teeth and asked, "It's been so many years...... What are you coming to the door for? ”

Zhan Liantai was as gentle as ever: "Please ask the master to help me make a thing." ”

Ruan Qi handed over the drawing paper.

Master Lu turned his face away and refused to take over: "I won't help you anymore." ”

Zhan Liantai slowly pulled out the folding fan and said unhurriedly: "You refused before I said the price, why don't you listen to my bid first?" ”

Master Lu was very resolute: "No matter how much!" ”

"What if I say that the honorarium is not a silver tael, but a secret?" Zhan Liantai covered his lips with a fan, with a smile in his eyes, "Master Lu, who is known as the 'Luban Ghost Hand' by the people of the rivers and lakes, can imitate objects with fake objects, but no one knows, he is even more first-class at forging handwriting, the evidence of the imperial history case back then, how did those so-called handwritten letters come about, I think you know better than anyone else." ”

"You have adopted Qianqian for so many years, just out of guilt, if she knows that you have the grace to raise her, you are actually one of the culprits in the Yushi case......" He stopped and raised his eyes to look at Master Lu.

Master Lu patted the handrail and stood up, and said excitedly: "If I had known that you were going to do such a sin, I would never be-"

"It's too late to regret it." Zhan Liantai interrupted him, "It was just a deal, and you also received benefits, who coerced you?" ”

Master Lu sat down on the chair with a look of shame, and finally covered his face with his hands in pain.

"Don't worry, I'll take this secret to the grave." Zhan Liantai personally stuffed the drawing paper into Master Lu's hand, "The condition is that you help me make such a thing, and I want it tonight." ”