It's another year of Chung Yeung Day.

In the Yangzhou calendar in September, chrysanthemums are like frost, the autumn wind is cold, and a cold wind swept in, and a large number of leaves were raised, swaying and sprinkling, so that the world and the earth were added a layer of twilight.

On such a sunny day, on the Liyang Wharf, more than a dozen swingers were organizing those slender men to pull the cargo ship ashore, densely squeezing the goods on the wharf, and there were hundreds of shirtless and sweaty strong men carrying them.

At this moment, a young man glanced into the river, and suddenly jumped up happily, "Boss, look, Son's boat is back!" ”

Childe's ship is back?

As soon as these words came out, the dock was boiling. Seeing that all the prodigals had stopped what they were doing, and one by one they could only grin at the boat, and a ranger on a horse said angrily: "What are you doing here? Still not ready to work? ”

Hearing his roar, the young man who was the first to call immediately shouted with a hippie smile: "What is Brother Xia doing when he is angry? Isn't this the son coming back, and everyone is happy? ”

As soon as the title of Childe came out, there was a burst of joy on the dock.

Since ancient times, the sons of the princes have been called sons, and in today's world, those who dare to call sons are the princes and grandsons, but the entire Yangzhou Jingzhou Shuzhou, so people along the Yangtze River know that in addition to those princes and grandsons, there is also a 'son'.

No one knows the name of this son, because he likes to wear white clothes, the world calls him 'the son in white.' And because the word white originally contained the meaning of the common people, the title of the man in white was called. did not commit the taboo of the real dragon sons and grandsons of the Yangzhou countries.

Thinking about this boy in white, he rose in the long river channel, and he is only a year and a half. But he has the power to reach the sky, not only can everything that happens in the world not escape his ears and eyes, but the wealth in his name is also countless, and more importantly, he also has people in the official mansion. For example, a while ago, there was a county guard of Poyang County who somehow looked at him unpleasantly and sent people to arrest him. As a result, people don't know what means to use. Not only was he not taken down, but he also became the guest of the Poyang County Guard.

This matter was suspenseful at the time, but some rumors that came out later showed that the man in white seemed to be the queen's person. Since His Majesty became seriously ill at the end of last year. The queen was a woman. However, the hen Si Chen fully took over the government, which was criticized by Confucianism all over the world. But in this Yangzhou and Jingzhou land, the queen's reputation is rising. The common people praised his virtue one after another, and behind this strangeness was the shadow of the man in white.

Looking at the people on the dock waving their hands and cheering in front of him, an old man shook his head helplessly, he strode outside a cabin, and said loudly: "Da Lang, we have arrived at the dock." ”

"Yes." A quiet, elegant, and clear voice came from the cabin, "Get ready." ”

"Yes." The old man smiled and said, "Dalang, those people on the dock are cheering when they see our ship." ”

The people in the cabin did not reply.

At this time, a tall and thin Confucian strode over, he walked outside the cabin door, and said in a loud voice: "Childe, I got the news just now that the queen mother sent someone to Yangzhou a while ago, saying that she came to see her son. ”

After a pause, the Confucian said again: "According to the news we have received, the queen mother wants to summon you to the palace and reuse it for you." ”

"Yes."

"What does that Childe mean?"

"Ignore it for now!"

The Confucian never thought that his son would give such an answer. He cried out, "Why? After asking, he felt rude again, and hurriedly made a gesture, and said loudly: "In the past year, Gongzi has tried his best to turn the tide several times, that is, the last time the epidemic in the southwest, if it wasn't for Gongzi's money and efforts to go around, it would have become a catastrophe long ago, and it would have been a big disaster, and it was the name of the queen's mother's 'hen Si Chen, disaster from heaven'." Childe has made such a great achievement, why don't you meet the queen? ”

In the cabin, Childe's voice was clear and peaceful, "Now is not the time!" ”

The Confucian student understood that his son-in-law must still have arrangements, and immediately responded loudly: "Yes." ”

At the same time, Luoyang Miyagi.

In Luoyang City these days, there is an abnormal tranquility. Along with this tranquility was the steady stream of carriages rushing to Miyagi.

At this moment, too, fifty or sixty carriages were walking quietly in the streets, and these carriages were all with their curtains wide open, revealing Confucian students sitting in front of them with serious expressions.

Not only in the carriage, but also on the streets, Confucian scholars with high crowns and broad belts walked through it with serious expressions, and wherever they passed, all the people of Luoyang, whether they were powerful people, retreated far away.

In this unusual silence, a carriage drove out of an alley.

The carriage was accompanied by several knights, and as soon as these people came out, a group of Confucian scholars came together, and involuntarily, they all brushed backwards.

But Rao was like this, and those Confucian scholars also seemed to see the signs on their carriages, and turned their heads to stare at them one by one. These powerless readers, at this time, have an indescribable awe-inspiring high shore in their eyes, and a kind of indomitable indomitable despite the thousands of people. Such a person has eyes like knives! Even with the preciousness of the people in the carriage, he couldn't help but avoid it anymore.

The knights too, they all brushed back to the side without saying a word, and it was not until the Confucian scholar walked over that one of the knights gritted his teeth and whispered, "We have all retreated here!" My lord! We're all back here! These Confucian scholars still look down on me aggressively, and almost regard us as treacherous evil! When did my Deng clan have to endure it to such an extent? ”

In the carriage, a man in his thirties said, "Okay, this is not the case today, what's the use of being angry?" After drinking everyone, he asked in a low voice, "Didn't Ah Qing say that he was going back?" What time does it arrive? ”

A knight rode his horse and saluted respectfully: "If you go back to your lordship, when Lang Jun returns, it will be today and tomorrow." The knight's voice was quite familiar, and it was Di Wu.

The man in the carriage sighed and muttered, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." His own sister this time. It's so hard......"

As soon as he said this, there was a little silence around. After a while, the man in the carriage shouted: "Let's go, it's not early, let's go into the palace." ”

"Yes."

At this time, inside and outside the palace gate, there was an endless stream of Confucian scholars with high crowns, and the flow of people composed of these Confucian scholars came like a tide, and several carriages of court officials mixed in these Confucian scholars were like boats in the blue waves. Wobbly and staggering. There is always a risk of disruption.

Whoever it was, though, was quiet, very quiet. Until this stream of people poured into the palace gate. I came to the majestic and distant Miyagi. Came to the outside of the Nangong Hall.

The fifth companion was by Deng Qiu's side. Mixed in with this cyan flow of Confucian people, he walked towards the council hall.

As soon as he entered the council hall, he saw the one sitting behind the curtain. Although she is a vague face, she is an unspeakably expensive woman.

That woman is Deng Sui, the queen of the dynasty, and Deng Jiulang's own sister!

After saluting the queen, a minister dressed in a Confucian robe took the lead in walking out of the queue and sang loudly: "Queen Mother, since May this year, Yuzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yizhou, a total of 35 counties and counties have been flooded, so floods all over the world are really only seen in the past ten years!" ”

As soon as the minister's voice fell, another minister in a Confucian robe also walked out of the queue and sang loudly: "Queen Mother, three months ago, there was a large-scale epidemic in Yizhou, which caused disaster in three counties and seven counties, and the number of deaths was uncountable!" ”

"Queen Mother, there is a landslide in Liangzhou!"

"Dare to ask the queen mother, if today, why are there so many disasters, is it that we are not virtuous? Is there no blessing for the common people? ”

"Zeguo is thousands of miles, millions of people are homeless, floods are everywhere, there is no harvest of grain particles, the epidemic falls from the sky, and there are countless victims, dare to ask the queen mother, since the establishment of my dynasty, in addition to this year, what other age has there been?"

These Confucian scholars were obviously united, and after asking aggressively one sentence after another, I saw them kneeling on the ground with brushes and brushes, shouting loudly at the top of their voices: "The disaster from heaven is a warning from the sky, and I implore the queen to urge Your Majesty to determine the prince early!" ”

As soon as the voices of the dozens of Confucian scholars in the council hall fell, almost suddenly, the Confucian students in Tsing Yi who were standing outside also knelt down in unison, and shouted in unison: "The disaster from heaven is a warning from the sky, and I implore the queen to urge Your Majesty to make the prince early!" ”

"The calamity from the sky is a warning from the sky, and I implore the queen to urge Your Majesty to determine the prince early!"

"The calamity from the sky is a warning from the sky, and I implore the queen to urge Your Majesty to determine the prince early!"

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shouted again and again, urged again and again, and sang in this magnificent palace city, which caused echoes to burst out, and attracted countless people inside and outside the palace to turn their heads to look!

Behind the curtain, a touch of anger slowly flashed on Queen Deng's graceful and luxurious face!

She held the green onion white jade hand on the side of the couch, and was clenching it tightly, clenching it at this time!

Since His Majesty's illness has become worse day by day, this voice of plea has been better than day by day.

But she couldn't argue with it!

Even if there is not even a prince in the current palace, even if she Deng Sui has been the queen for so many years, no one in the world can criticize her!

But the damn natural and man-made disasters, the frequent disasters, still completely negated her!

Looking at these Confucian students in Tsing Yi who knelt on the ground and stretched to the front of the white jade steps outside, Empress Deng thought with a pale face: Could it be that the heavens are really going to kill me?

All around, it's incredibly quiet.

There was only a black human head lying on the ground.

Only the kneeling on the ground, the green shirt fluttering in the wind!

Everyone was waiting for Empress Deng to give them an answer. Originally, there was no need to go through the queen for the establishment of the crown prince, but His Majesty was getting dizzy day by day, and even if he was occasionally sober, he was only willing to stay with his queen, and these ministers could not avoid it!

Their pleas could not reach the emperor.

Therefore, everyone is kneeling here, they have been planning for so long, persecuting for so long, and now, even "If today, why are there so many disasters, is it that we are not virtuous?" Is there no blessing for the common people? "Since the establishment of our dynasty, what other age has there been besides this year?" This extremely disrespectful persecution has also come out, and today, they want Empress Deng to give an answer no matter what!

It was very quiet all around, only the sound of breathing came dullly, and only when the wind blew through the eaves, the whimpering came unexpectedly!

Slowly, Empress Deng closed her eyes.

Just as her jade-white hands were slowly clenched and her cherry lips slowly opened, suddenly, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from outside.

The sound of the horse's hooves came suddenly, and as he galloped to the gate of the palace, a knight rolled down and shouted loudly towards the palace: "Queen Mother! Before the tenth month, in Yizhou Wanzi Peak, the sky fell a boulder, the boulder is about ten zhang high, weighing 10,000 catties, on the book 'Mingde with the sky' four words! Now the boulder has been sent to Luoyang by Yangzhou Liu Baiyi, dare to ask Niangniang, do you want to carry it into the palace? ”

Mingde is worthy of heaven, this is what the sage Zhou Gong said...... A boulder fell from the sky, and the words of Zhou Gong were written, is this praising Queen Deng for having the virtue of Zhou Gong?

In the midst of the buzz, Empress Deng steadied her voice and said slowly: "Quasi, carry the boulder into the palace!" ”

"Yes!"

The knight had just retreated, and in the blink of an eye, there was another hurried sound of horses' hooves.

In the blink of an eye, a knight rushed up to the council hall in sweat and shouted: "Queen Mother, Liangzhou is coming!" The country of Tianyun, which is about 17,000 miles away from our country, poured the people of a country, lasted 150 years, and came to our country thousands of miles away, saying that it is the reign of the Son of Heaven, and I am willing to be blessed by the sun and the moon! ”

With that, the knight strode from outside the hall with a golden book clearly engraved with the words of the state!

As the knight approached, all the ministers were much quieter, and they looked at the golden book intently, embarrassed and indescribably excited for a moment...... During the reign of the Son of Heaven, all nations came to the dynasty, and it has always been an honor for a country to reach its peak of cultural and martial arts! That day, Yunguo didn't come early or late, but he came to worship at this time, and among them, there was no reward from the sky to Queen Deng?

Just when the Confucian ministers in the first hall were becoming quieter and quieter, there was another rapid sound of horses' hooves, and in the blink of an eye, a knight rolled down from his horse and shouted loudly towards the palace: "Queen Mother! There is a white tiger descended in the mountains and forests of Yangzhou, obtained by a Yangzhou businessman, and has now arrived in Luoyang, dare to ask the queen mother, do you want to welcome the holy beast into the palace? ”

Holy Beast White Tiger?

This is also a great auspicious omen, if it is not a world of great prosperity, it is not a virtuous king, and such holy beasts will not appear in the world at all.

At this point, there is no sound in all directions!

At this point, the inside and outside of the hall are as quiet as ever!

Empress Deng stood up slowly, her eyes quietly swept over the group of Confucian scholars, and she smiled gracefully: "Gentlemen, now that the heavens have descended to virtue, within one day, my Han has won three auspicious signs...... Sure enough, the sky is endless! ”

After she said this very slowly, very slowly, slowly, and very gracefully, Empress Deng turned to the knight and said, "Accurately, bring the white tiger into the palace, and the boulder with the inscription is also ...... You ministers are here, just in time! ”

Although it was gentle, but the words that were hidden in the needle made many Confucian students bow their heads with ugly faces, Empress Deng flicked her sleeves and retreated to the back.

When she came to the side hall, a eunuch hurriedly followed. Empress Deng slowly turned her head and lightly opened her lips and said, "The matter of Tianyun Kingdom is the work of my younger brother, I have known this for a long time, and I have been waiting for it for a long time...... But what are the Yizhou boulders and Yangzhou white tigers, but where do they come from? How is it that you have not heard of it before today? ”

The eunuch stepped forward, approached her and whispered, "Queen Mother, those two were sent by a Yangzhou man named Liu Baiyi...... He did a good job, and it happened to be delivered today, and he slapped those Confucian students hard! ”

"Liu Baiyi?" While Empress Deng was pondering, another older eunuch stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Niangniang forgot? Three months ago, you sent someone to summon him to the palace? What kind of 'boy in white' is called by that person in Yangzhou, the real surname should be Liu. ”

After his reminder, Empress Deng completely remembered. In today's situation, the willow white clothes really relieved her of the big siege. At that moment, Empress Deng even smiled softly, "It turned out to be him, then I remember...... By the way, the last time he was summoned, he refused, saying that he did not want to enter Beijing. In this case, you can send another person to summon him and let him go to Luoyang to meet me. Then he said to the Liu Baiyi, I can make him a request. ”

"Yes!"

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This is more than 4,500 words, and if you owe everyone, count it as 2,000 words, and pay it back tomorrow. (To be continued......)