Chapter 603: The Secret Passage in the Temple
It was almost Xiao Jinxuan who revealed her identity through the wooden door, and Meng Liangjun in the courtyard over there couldn't wait to open the door.
But when Meng Liangjun leaned out with a happy face, he saw Xiao Jinxuan, who had always been wearing a skirt, was now wearing a coarse cloth dress.
Immediately, after she was stunned for a moment, she also realized that something was wrong, and after she hurriedly pulled Xiao Jinxuan into the inner courtyard, she quickly locked the wooden door again, and then asked with a surprised face:
"Jinxuan, what's wrong with you, why are you so down-and-out. You didn't marry King Rui as a concubine, and now the other party is the king of a country, you don't stay in the harem, why did you come to me dressed as a common person, could it be that something happened. ”
Meng Liangjun is infatuated with her brother Meng Mian, and since the other party and Xiao Jinwen got married, she has lived in the City God Temple for a long time under the difficult recovery of her emotional injury.
With the scriptures as his companion, he lived a life of seclusion.
And it is also because of this that Meng Liangjun's news is quite closed.
In the past few days, the city gate of Beijing has been under martial law, and the **** guards in the city have patrolled to arrest Xiao Jinxuan, which has made people panic, so naturally no pilgrims will come to the City God Temple to worship incense at this time.
Therefore, Zhou Xianrui has been dead for a few days, and the news of Emperor Wen's accession to the throne by Meng Liangjun, who has lived on Rabbit Ridge for a long time, has not even known.
So after Xiao Jinxuan avoided the situation in the Jingshi and why she came to Rabbit Ridge, she talked about it again.
Meng Liangjun, who was really frightened when she heard it, really didn't expect that Xiao Jinxuan had experienced so many changes after not seeing her for a year.
Therefore, when she learned that Xiao Jinxuan came to the City God Temple to escape arrest, Meng Liangjun was not afraid of being implicated for a while, after all, even if her personality is becoming more and more uncannibalistic, in her heart, the other party is still a close sister.
It's just that this City God Temple occupies a lot of land, but there is no place to hide people, and when the officers and soldiers search it, she is worried that Xiao Jinxuan will still be arrested.
As soon as she heard this, Xiao Jinxuan signaled that Meng Liangjun didn't need to worry, and looked at the kitchen used for cooking in the backyard of the temple.
"Liangjun, although you have lived here for a short time, I'm afraid you don't know. When I ordered Wen Xin to rebuild the City God Temple, I would be in a worrying situation in Beijing. So in order to leave a way back for himself, he ordered him to open a secret passage in this firewood kitchen. Unexpectedly, several years have passed, and the original precautions have really come in handy today. ”
This entire City God Temple was newly built by Xiao Jinxuan, Meng Liangjun naturally knew that now that there was a secret passage in this backyard, she couldn't help but be very happy.
"That's great, Jinxuan, you wait, I'll go pack some dry food for you and take it with you, and you will be delicious on the road then."
After Meng Liangjun finished speaking, he hurriedly ran to his inner room, almost Xiao Jinxuan's side, only to open the secret passage by the kitchen stove, and the other party also handed her the package he had made.
Then I saw Meng Liangjun looking at Xiao Zhouyi with curiosity, and then helped Xiao Jinxuan into the secret passage, and asked:
"This child looks so small, Jinxuan, it's still difficult for you to walk alone on this snowy day, or this child will take care of me." Could it be that this is the son born to you and King Rui, then he is not the royal bloodline? ”
Xiao Jinxuan, who had already carried Zhou Yi into the secret passage and instructed the child to crawl in quickly, saw that little Zhou Yi had crawled out of a distance, so she lowered her voice and turned her head and said:
"Liangjun, don't think about it, my marriage with King Rui was just an expedient measure, where will there be children. Have you forgotten that Chiling had a son back then, and I didn't take it with me to raise it, and that child was Yi'er. He is not of royal blood, but he holds the title of Prince of Emperor Qi. Therefore, Empress Dowager Chen, who also knows this secret, will not tolerate this child, so I must take him away. ”
Having said this, Xiao Jinxuan took out a letter from her cuff and cautiously took it out, and then handed it to Meng Liangjun.
"Liangjun is not in the capital now, but if the other party comes back, you must find a way to give this letter to him. After all, this time, it is unknown whether I will be able to meet him alive in this life. This is my last letter, it contains my instructions and instructions to the Emperor, you must remember to give it to the other party. ”
Seeing Xiao Jinxuan's farewell tone and expression, Meng Liangjun's tears fell, and she choked up and cried so much that it was difficult to speak, but she still nodded, signaling that she heard clearly.
And then Xiao Jinxuan took the other party's hand, although her expression was also reluctant, but after all, while her eyes were red, she didn't make any delay, and bent down to explore the depths of the secret passage.
With Xiao Jinxuan's financial resources back then, this secret passage is extremely broken in disguise, it is to confuse others.
In fact, inside, Wen Xin spent a lot of effort on this secret passage back then.
And this secret passage leads directly to the south side of the rabbit mountain behind the Chenghuang Temple, which is considered to be in the middle of the mountain, and a tunnel has been opened out, which is not a big deal.
Xiao Jinxuan fled into the secret passage, struggling to move forward in it, not to mention it, just talking about Meng Liangjun, after collecting the last letter, he hurriedly restored the entrance to the secret passage.
And when Meng Liangjun was so anxious that even his fingers were cut by the corners of the bricks, it could be regarded as after restoring the stove as before.
She was trying to use the dead branches of the fire to push the stove to better cover up.
The thin door of the kitchen was kicked open, and then more than a dozen forbidden soldiers swarmed in and broke in directly.
As soon as he saw this group of people, Meng Liangjun's heart tightened, and he knew that they were coming for Xiao Jinxuan.
However, she knew that this would not be messy, and if she showed the flaws of her panic, it would only cause the whereabouts of the good sisters to be exposed.
Especially when Xiao Jinxuan just entered the backyard, she had already explained it clearly to Meng Liangjun, and told Guo Yi that she was her own person, and she would cooperate with the other party in a while, and the rest did not have to worry.
Although Meng Liangjun has never met Guo Yi, don't forget that her father used to be an emperor and has been a famous family since he was a child.
Although she is now dressed in a cultivation uniform, her vision and bearing are not comparable to ordinary hermitage cultivators.
So after seeing the forbidden army come in, there was a person wearing a mask and wearing an inner service robe.
and another middle-aged man dressed as an elegant and gentleman, also walked in.
Meng Liangjun couldn't help but immediately distinguish that the older person must be Guo Yi.
And after the other party vaguely exchanged glances with her, Meng Liangjun felt more confident in her heart, and then she said in a deep tone:
"Who are you, this City God Temple is a place to worship the City God Emperor, and it is too rude for you to break in at will. I advocate Taoism in the Great Zhou, and you are angry with the gods and gods, so you don't hurry up to give the temple a blessing. ”
Since Meng Liangjun settled down here for retreat, he also became a temple blessing, tidying up the shrine every day and placing melons and fruits, which in her opinion can be regarded as a kind of practice.
And this will Guo Yi immediately pointed to his side after retracting his gaze at Meng Liangjun, which will be as Xiao Jinxuan expected, Ji Lingfeng, who hurried over, and then reprimanded fiercely:
"Mo Dugong obviously has besieged the courtyard and temple, and it was all a good thing for you to suddenly break in and ruin the official. Now Xiao Jinxuan will inevitably flee when she hears the news, and she won't trust me anymore. Let go of this crime that the court is going to commit, and I will see how you will explain it to the Queen Mother when you arrive. ”
Empress Chen was in power, Xiangping was in power, and Ji Lingfeng, as the driving force behind the scenes, naturally rose to the top.
Although the former head of the palace is still Yu An, Ji Lingfeng has been given the title of "Governor".
The entire forbidden army is not only under his control, but Ji Lingfeng also has the power to supervise the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, corruption, and violations of law and discipline.
Now he can be regarded as a complete turnover, and has become a hot figure inside and outside the government and the opposition.
And after listening to Guo Yi's words of asking the guilt first, the expression behind Ji Lingfeng's mask completely cooled.
"Lord Guo, you can't deceive the governor if you hide it from the Queen Mother, this time you went to Rabbit Ridge to shield Xiao Jinxuan from leaving Beijing. If you know each other, you should hand them over to me quickly, otherwise don't say that I'm not welcome. ”
At the beginning, Guo Yi wanted to meet the Empress Dowager Chen directly and expose Ji Lingfeng's identity.
But his idea was stopped by Xiao Jinxuan, after all, Xiangping now has a lot of power, and it is very possible to have a bag drop that is difficult to distinguish between true and false under the nose of Empress Chen.
Therefore, unless Guo Yi is completely trusted by Empress Chen, or has complete certainty, Mo Feng is Ji Lingfeng's business, and he must not poke it out easily.
Otherwise, if you don't get it right, you will be like Xiao Jinxuan last time, and she will miss a move, but she will trap herself in it.
Therefore, Guo Yi was not obsessed with exposing Ji Lingfeng, but calmly responded according to the method that Xiao Jinxuan taught him before leaving:
"Mo Dugong, I did have some personal relations with Concubine Xiao in the past. But your master, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, was still a sister to the Xiao family in the past. You can't conclude that I, Guo Yi, have a heart to protect because of this so-called friendship. The Xiao family did entrust someone to send a secret letter to my house, asking me not to attract attention to come to Rabbit Ridge to meet and discuss ways to fight back against the Queen Mother. But I, Guo Yi, is a court official, so how can I really agree. ”
Having said this, Guo Yi immediately put it on the place where the imperial city was located, and bowed respectfully with a respectful face, and then said righteously:
"So after I got the Queen Mother's consent, I transferred a pair of forbidden troops to accompany me. In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Shaw family, I also brought my wife and children with me. Calling his closest family members, he went to the temple to stabilize the Xiao family, and then arrested her by surprise. But at this moment, the governor came, and the battle frightened away the sin concubine Xiao. Now you dare to say that this official is not, and I will still play the crime of doing something unfavorable. ”
Today, everyone saw that Guo Yi was in the carriage with his wife and young son, and now Dani's mother and son are indeed in the City God Temple.
The reason for this is because yesterday evening, Dani, who was born in a farmer's household, spoke the dialect of her hometown and village, and took her son to mix up the Jingshi first.
In order to help Xiao Jinxuan play this hidden drama, she didn't dare to bring any subordinates to serve Dani on the side.
So she took her child and found an old woman who lived alone in the village where Rabbit Ridge had entered, and spent the night there.
After all, in Dani's heart, Xiao Jinxuan and Zhou Xianyu were the great benefactors who saved their town and helped them eradicate corrupt officials and bullies.
And she was able to marry Guo Yi because of Xiao Jinxuan's connection, so she was born in the countryside and was extremely simple.
She felt that as long as she could help Xiao Jinxuan, it would be worth it to suffer a little crime or even take a big risk.