57 A thousand voices in a hundred faces

The emperor and the queen rode around the horse farm for a long time, the queen was full of interest, the emperor decided to meet with Zhu Xuanzhi tomorrow, and he had to go to the queen's Jinghe Palace to deliver the message today, so he had to be patient to accompany him, and he would have to coax him to find an excuse to go to Jinghe Palace together, which was really troublesome.

"Your Majesty doesn't speak, what do you think?" The queen asked.

"It's nothing, the queen is having a good time?" The Emperor lowered his head and looked at the Empress in his arms.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for accompanying the concubine on horseback, the concubine is overjoyed!"

"Are you tired?"

"I've been riding for a long time, I'm a little tired, let's go." With that, the emperor turned over and dismounted.

After the emperor dismounted, he helped the queen to the ground, then settled the horses and went out of the imperial horse prison. On the way, the emperor asked, "How are the flowers blooming in Jinghe Palace in the middle of summer?" ”

Listening to the emperor's question, the queen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty still remembers the tweed raised by the concubines, and the flowers of Jinghe Palace are taken care of by the concubines and Xiaofang. ”

"I just said a few words casually, the queen actually remembers, it's really heartfelt,"

"What Your Majesty said is all will, how can the concubine not remember."

"Okay, then let's go to Jinghe Palace."

"Yes—"

When he came to Jinghe Palace, the emperor pretended to watch the flowers planted by the queen, and commented a few words casually by the way, and at the same time used the excuse of putting Yueji on the windowsill with the other two pots of flowers.

After everything was done, the queen had ordered someone to prepare dinner, and after the emperor used it, he stayed in Jinghe Palace that night. The next morning, after the court, he was lightly dressed and served, and only took Qin Cheng and a few royal forest troops with him, and left the palace. After leaving the palace, he first took a big turn in the downtown area, and then came to the vicinity of Mo Tong Xuan, and deliberately asked, "Is that Mo Tong Xuan?" ”

Qin Cheng replied: "Yes, that strange house is Mo Tongxuan. ”

The emperor was suddenly interested, and said, "Let's go, go up and have a look." ”

"Your Majesty...... No, Childe walks slowly. At this time, a royal forest soldier stopped the emperor and said, "Childe, I heard that there are many organs here, and that ink boy has a very strange temper, so I am afraid that it will be dangerous to enter so rashly." ”

"Danger? What is the danger in this bustling city, he opens the door to welcome guests, can he still drive me out? So saying, the Emperor stepped in.

"Hey, Childe!"

As soon as the emperor entered, he felt that this place was different from the downtown just now, and it was much quieter all of a sudden, and the atmosphere was slightly depressing. The emperor saw that there was a door in front of him, so he pushed the door in, and the royal forest soldier just now was about to step forward to dissuade him, but he didn't expect to step on a piece of the floor, touch the mechanism, and sprayed a stream of pepper water from a small hole in front of him, which happened to be sprayed in his glasses, and he screamed in pain for a while. The other one next to him had just stepped forward to help, but unexpectedly, a blur of eyes erupted from another small hole, and this unlucky Royal Forester was immediately fascinated.

The others were shocked by this sudden situation, and they all stood there and didn't dare to move, at this time, Qin Cheng said: "Everyone don't move, the organs here won't hurt people's lives, they will be fine for a while, let's protect the son!" ”

The emperor looked at the two people on the ground, sneered, walked out of the door just now, reached the staircase, and walked up the stairs. The others carefully protected the surroundings, but before they reached the fourth layer, the five or six people around them, except for Qin Cheng and another deputy general named Xiao Ke, the rest were either trapped by the net, or forced into the corner by the organ and couldn't move, and one didn't keep up and got lost, and turned around cautiously.

When they reached the fourth floor, they saw an old man who was not good-looking, looking at them with a smile, and the emperor said, "This is Mr. Motong, who has admired his name for a long time." ”

"Hehe, I've walked to the fourth floor, I'm a guest, please come in and have tea." Mo Tong said.

The Emperor said, "Sir, please! And he walked in. Qin Cheng and Xiao Ke were about to follow up, but they were stopped by Mo Tong, "I didn't invite you two to follow, just stand outside." ”

Xiao Ke was about to have a seizure, but the emperor said: "You just wait outside the door, I will call you if there is anything." ”

The second general had no choice but to say, "Yes! ”

After the emperor entered, he was led to a wall by Mo Tong, who opened the mechanism and invited the emperor inside, only to see Zhu Xuanzhi and another person inside. Zhu Xuanzhi got the news that night, and immediately sent someone to inform Mo Tong, and went to Mo Tong Xuan early the next morning, and came to talk and laugh with Mo Tong for a while, before hearing that the emperor was coming.

Seeing the emperor come in, Zhu Xuanzhi, that person and Mo Tong knelt down and kowtowed: "I've seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." ”

"Everyone, please get up, there is no need to be formal here." The emperor said as he leaned over and helped Zhu Xuanzhi up.

"Your Majesty, this is a thousand voices of silence, good at imitating all kinds of voices and pretending to be all kinds of characters, let's let him and Mr. Mo deal with the two people outside the door first, let's talk inside."

After the man named Shen Mian saw the salute, he didn't have anything else to say, he actually imitated Zhu Xuanzhi's voice and said: "Your Majesty, this is Shen Mian with a thousand voices, good at imitating all kinds of voices and pretending to be all kinds of characters, let him and Mr. Mo deal with the two people outside the door first, let's talk inside." The voice is the same as Zhu Xuanzhi's.

The Emperor was amazed and asked, "Can you imitate my voice?" ”

"Can you imitate my voice?" At this time, that Shen Mian actually learned the tone and voice of the emperor's speech.

"Good! Good! It's just amazing! After speaking, the emperor took off his outer clothes, gave them to Shen Mian, and said, "Then trouble the two of you to go out and deal with it first, they are separated by a door, there should be no problem." ”

Mo Tong and Shen Mian said yes and withdrew.

After the two went out, Zhu Xuanzhi invited the emperor to sit down, and after the two sat down, the emperor said: "I heard that Mr. was assassinated the day before yesterday, and I was very uneasy, how is Mr. ”

"Your Majesty is worried, it's just some little thieves sent by Yuwenxun, don't be afraid." Zhu Xuanzhi said.

"Guns and arrows, is this coming?" The emperor muttered to himself.

"Yuwenxun and Dugu Luo's generation are by no means vegetarians, otherwise they would not have fought with Yuwenshen for so many years." Zhu Xuanzhi pursed the corners of his mouth.

"Yu Wenshen's share of governing Jingzhou and persuading the court to destroy the Buddha is from the hands of Mr." Now that time is tight, the emperor will get straight to the point.

"Yes, some things must be done with the help of Yu Wenshen's hands now, and I haven't discussed it with Your Majesty before the performance, and I hope Your Majesty won't be surprised."

"The situation is special, and besides, Mr. is doing this for the country and the people, why do you need to discuss?"

"Before the court meeting, the gentleman asked the princess to bring a message to me, saying that he wanted to summon the fifth brother back, what did he mean? Could it be that Mr. wants him to take over Jingzhou? ”

"That's right, Your Majesty guessed it, and the minister asked Yuwen Shen to deal with the matter of Jingzhou, and told Yu Wenshen: If Yuwen Hu asked him to participate in this matter, then the candidate for the assassin of Jingzhou would definitely be decided by him, so Yu Wenshen readily agreed. However, Yuwen Wu may not let his son participate in this matter. Zhu Xuanzhi shook his head.

"Didn't Mr. say that after pulling out Yu Wenshen or Yu Wenxun's minions, send people with mediocre qualifications to the top? Does Mr. think that the fifth brother ...... "The emperor is puzzled."

"Qi Guogong is still young, but Wen Tao is martial, he has practiced everything, and he has been serving abroad or leading troops all the year round, and he has also received good experience, and the most important point is that Qi Guogong is the same as His Majesty, he knows forbearance, has a tough heart, and will definitely be His Majesty's right-hand man in the future."

"Then why did Mr. let him go to Jingzhou, a place where everyone is in the limelight?"

"First, Your Majesty needs to have your own people, Jingzhou is a place where talents are produced, Qi Guogong is His Majesty's own brother, let him go there to make more talents for His Majesty's use in the future, the worst plan is that in the future, if Your Majesty wants to summon foreign ministers to Chang'an Qinwang to hoe and rape, Qi Guogong is definitely the best candidate, and Jingzhou can provide Your Majesty with sufficient food, grass and soldiers. Second, as the minister said just now, Nurse Yuwen will not let her son wade into the troubled waters of Jingzhou. ”

Hearing Zhu Xuanzhi say the worst plan, the emperor pondered for a while before asking, "Why don't you let them go?" ”

Zhu Xuanzhi explained: "Why Jingzhou Buddhist Temple is so rampant, it is not because there are local officials to support them, and these local officials are inextricably linked with the dignitaries and nobles in the court, the royal relatives and relatives, take Yuwenxun as an example, he has a puppet in Jingzhou, or his cash cow, called Mao An, is the younger brother of Mao's wife Mao, who was in collusion with Wan Xiangxin before, Jingzhou is like the territory of the prince, so Yuwen Hucai sent Ruan Hong, recommended by Yuwen Shen, to balance, but unfortunately Ruan Hong is useless, It didn't take long for the whole family to get it down. Therefore, such a thorough investigation of each building layer by layer will cut off many people's financial routes and offend many people, and Jingzhou can no longer let his two sons mess up. So ......"

"Wouldn't the fifth brother be on the cusp?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Qi Guogong is a person who will judge the situation and know how to be flexible, besides, Qi Guogong is on the orders of His Majesty to thoroughly investigate the demon monks of the Buddhist temple, and he has won the will of God and the people, what are you afraid of offending a few corrupt officials and ministers, the so-called more help for the righteous, and little help for the unjust, will the people and those who are loyal and righteous not see it?"

"What Mr. said is very true, this statement is quite a national man, and I am very grateful."

"Your Majesty has won the award, and the minister is ashamed."

"Then how does Mr. plan to let Yuwen Hu send the fifth brother to Jingzhou to take up a post?"

"There is no need to deliberately arrange, any move will arouse Yuwen Hu's suspicion of His Majesty, because in Yuwen Hu's heart, except for Qi Guogong, there is no suitable candidate to go to Jingzhou, and he will resolutely not let his sons go, and the other people will either not be able to control the situation, or they are not qualified enough to convince the public, so it is most suitable for His Majesty and Yuwen Hu to go."

"Although the fifth brother has experienced a lot outside, he is still young after all, he has no prestige, and there is no one to assist, so I am really worried?" The Emperor was a little worried.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister still has some friends in Jingzhou, and the minister will send them a letter at that time, asking them to secretly come out to help the lord Qi Guogong on a good errand, is this feasible?"

"Sir's friends, most of them are Jingxiang celebrities, right? With them going out to help, I can rest assured. The Emperor seemed to stretch his eyebrows.