Chapter 3: Routines
"Your Majesty, it has now been ascertained that the sinner Li Xiaofei still has a family member in Yuzhang! Dali Temple, please ask Your Majesty whether to arrest it immediately! ”
Emperor Liu Jian of the Great Liang Dynasty yawned and waved his hand, "What are you looking for?" They rebelled? Or did you kill someone and set it on fire? ”
"This, neither, but"
"But what, I already knew, it's just an orphan and a widow, I have sent someone to find out back then, and it is not Li Xiaofei's son!"
In the Deyang Palace, the ministers are also yawning, and they have not been to the early dynasty for a long time, and the world has been peaceful for a long time, and most of the government affairs are handed over to the Prime Minister's Mansion to take care of.
Every day, the emperor only asked a few secret agents who came back to monitor the situation of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the General's Mansion, and the situation of the hundred officials.
Today's convening of the court meeting is not for Wang Ruoyun's mother and son, but for a few urgent reports.
Li Zhong, the eunuch on the right side of the emperor's throne, handed over five unopened urgent reports to the emperor.
Liu Jian opened the first urgent report of the right county of the South China Sea, and only fifteen words were written on it: "Hundreds of buildings and boats entered the city, killed its king, and the people had nothing to plunder!" ”
The second Quanzhou Taishou emergency report seven words "thousands of buildings and ships run to Yizhou"
The third is a painting sent by Qiantang Taishou, there are countless warships in the sea, and there is a person wearing a felt hat on the bow of the flagship, and he is wearing a strange armor on his body, and his face is Li Xiaofei.
The fourth is an urgent report from the Songjiang Estuary Sailor, which details that more than 100 ships have been stationed outside the Songjiang Estuary for three days, and the people on the boats have changed to small boats and landed on the shore, bought some clothes and vegetables, and then went north.
The fifth is the Liaodong Taishou emergency report, the building boat team shot a few big fish in the Liaodong sea area and then went south.
The emperor's face was solemn, and the ministers began to gather their eyes on the throne.
I haven't seen the emperor have such an expression for many years, and the emperor raised his head, "Li Zhong, you take it down and show it to the general first, and then pass it on to the prime minister, Shang Shuling, Imperial Doctor, Taiwei, Sikong and other ministers after reading it!" ”
The general Wang Fu read the five urgent reports in turn, lowered his head and wanted to speak, Prime Minister Xiao Xian looked at the emperor after reading it, the emperor made a gesture of calmness, and Xiao Xian passed the urgent report to Shang Shuling Xie Xiong and others.
After Sikong Yuan Xiuwen finished reading, the emperor spoke, "Five urgent reports arrived at the same time, not all of them are true, for example, this painting is too exaggerated, Li Xiaofei has been gone for more than ten years, how can it still be the appearance of ten years ago!" But there is definitely a fleet of ships on this hundreds of floors! What do you think you should do? ”
After the emperor finished speaking, he looked at Wang Fu at first glance, and Wang Fu bit his lip, "No matter who comes, the minister asks the emperor to send his ministers to lead the army to resist the enemy from the country!" ”
"General Wang is worthy of being the first general of this dynasty, but that fleet did not intrude on our army and people, and the intention is unknown, so there is no need to bother General Wang to go in person! The coastal counties strengthened their garrisons and repaired the city walls! What does Lord Xiao think about this? ”
The emperor looked at Xiao Xian again, and Wang Fu continued to lower his head and secretly rejoiced, if it was really that person, there would really be no way out for him to go to Songjiangkou again.
Xiao Xian immediately responded, "Although the fleet behaves strangely, it intends to release kindness to us everywhere. The king of Champa repeatedly sent sailors to plunder the merchant ships and fishermen of our Daliang, and the sailors of the South China Sea returned several times in vain. There are big fish in Liaodong that eat people and break boats, so they go to kill big fish. Chen Dou dared to guess that it was probably that person who came back with the fleet! ”
The courtiers all looked at Xiao Xian with wide eyes, and some couldn't help but say, "Li Xiaofei is back!" ”
Li Zhong's face turned pale and secretly made a silent gesture, the emperor's face twitched, and then he smiled: "Everyone, it doesn't matter, I just stripped him of his title back then, and he is still the captain of Daliang's sea patrol!" He's not a sinner, he's a servant of the Great Beam! ”
Wang Fu looked up at the emperor in surprise, recalled what he had done back then, and secretly scolded the emperor for being a treacherous and cunning.
The rest of the people looked at each other, and not long ago, there were scholars who were sentenced to be beheaded because the three words Li Xiaofei happened to appear in the book, and the emperor is today
The sky has changed its words, and it seems that it is really a companion like a tiger.
Sikong Yuan Xiuwen looked at the emperor, and the emperor knew that he wanted to speak, so he stretched out his hand and signaled, "Yuan Sikong has something to say, just say it, don't hesitate!" ”
"Your Majesty has a far-sighted plan, and now you can bring Li Xiaofei's family in Yuzhang City to the capital, and when Li Xiaofei comes back to see Your Majesty, the family will be reunited!"
Liu Jian nodded, "This is a good idea, in case someone is pretending, this matter will be bothered to take people with General Wang, who is most familiar with Li Xiaofei, to personally take people away!" Li Xiaofei's family must be brought to the capital safely, and there must be no mistakes! ”
Wang Fu chuckled in his heart, he said before that he was not Li Xiaofei's son, but now the emperor has a Li Xiaofei family member, and he has to escort him to the capital safely, and he dares to take this orphan and widow as a hostage.
"Xiao Xiangguo, your Xiao Mansion's business is also all over the world, so I bothered you to pass on my message, and I allowed Li Xiaofei to go ashore and return to China!"
Xiao Xian immediately received the order, and secretly cried out bitterly, the emperor did not invent the edict, but asked the Xiao family to spread the news everywhere, and when the emperor turned his face one day, all the pots should be carried by him.
"Shang Shuling Chen Yu, your uncle General Chen Jingyi has been in good health recently, and I intend to let him go to Songjiangkou to confirm for me!"
"Uncle Xie Your Majesty Longen, sent by His Majesty, my uncle will definitely go all out!"
Wang Fu knew that the reason why Chen Jingyi was sent was that Chen Jingyi's swordsmanship was above Li Xiaofei, and the so-called confirmation was just to deter Li Xiaofei.
"Father, the son asks to go to Songjiangkou to meet the teacher!"
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the entrance of the palace, and the crown prince Liu Fu'an came.
The emperor's eyes widened: "The prince is too pedantic!" You are the prince, he is a subordinate! How can you go to him? If you are extremely bored, I will send you to Guanzhong to supervise the transfer of Tuntian! ”
"Father, son"
"Needless to say! Where is Dasi Nong Deng Hua? I order you to assist the prince to go to Guanzhong to supervise the transfer of Tuntian from now on, if you don't recover the stolen money from the people I found out are greedy for ink, you don't come back! ”
The crown prince Liu Fu'an and the great Si Nong Deng Hua had to kneel down and thank the en, Xiao Xian and Wang Fu looked at the prince's back and shook their heads.
Haoyue Building, Xinping County, Xiao Gongzi was surrounded by Cai County Ling and others, and saw that there were four dishes on the main seat, which were green vegetables, tofu and radish vermicelli, Xiao Gongzi nodded, "Yes, I will do things!" ”
"Some coarse tea and light rice, wronged Xiao Gongzi, and asked Xiao Gongzi to use it slowly!"
As soon as Xiao Gongzi sat down, he frowned and waved his hand repeatedly, "No, Lord Cai, what you gave me is not green vegetables, tofu and radish vermicelli, hurry up and change it!" ”
Cai Xianling hurriedly came over, "Xiao Gongzi, this green vegetable is specially made with sea vegetables, this tofu is made of the most tender and fresh meat in the fish brain, this radish is carved with ginseng, and this vermicelli is made of shark fin!" Could it be that the cook's skills are too poor and not in line with the child's wishes? I will change the chef and do it again in the next moment! ”
Xiao Gongzi hurriedly waved his hand: "Forget it!" The green vegetable tofu radish vermicelli I am talking about is the green vegetable radish that grows in the field, the tofu ground on the stone mill, and the vermicelli sold on the street! You guys, you're thinking too much! Thinking too much! Lao Wang, bring the pickles and steamed buns from Liuxinju, and eat the steamed buns and dipping sauce today! ”
Cai Xianling and Master Cai were dumbfounded, completely unable to believe that the son of the prime minister of the dynasty only ate steamed buns.
After Xiao Gongzi finished eating, Cai County asked Nuo Nuo, "Dare to ask Gongzi, will Lord Xiangguo come to our Xinping County?" When the time comes, how to prepare the banquet honor guard, please also ask the son to make it clear! ”
"My father is a real child of a family, unlike me, the set prepared by Lord Cai earlier is very much in line with his old man's appetite! But when he's coming, I'm not sure. I'll be back tomorrow! I'm going to go to the kiln overnight tonight to see the porcelain you fired! ”
"Xiao Gongzi is tired of traveling and driving, so let's stay a few more days!"
"Excuse me, I still have to go to Jinling, you also have something to do, don't always revolve around me all day long!"
After dark,
Xiao Gongzi took Lao Wang into several large kilns where Qingbai porcelain was fired, and the kiln workers stopped their work when they saw Xiao Gongzi.
Xiao Gongzi coughed violently for a while, and Lao Wang patted him on the back, and it took a while to recover, "Everyone, hard work!" I have to work hard tonight, Xiao took a cursory look, and at least 20% of them are waste! ”
The potters' faces were solemn, and Xiao Gongzi picked up a celadon bottle in front of him and threw it on the ground, "Overseer, don't deduct everyone's wages, you can't have less meat, and you can't drink wine!" Brothers, Xiao Mou's requirements for this porcelain firing are a little harsh, but for the sake of our furnace fire will never be extinguished, do you know that these porcelains have drifted across the sea to places we don't know, as well as the Great Qin Kingdom, a resting country in the west of the Western Regions! ”
The potters just nodded silently, only knowing that they didn't want to sleep tonight, and every time Xiao Gongzi came, he must keep watch until dawn.
Zhanfei drove and continued to take his mother Wang Ruoyun to the east, and when they passed through Danyang, the Xiao family had already come to pick them up.
Wang Ruoyun beat and scolded again, and the Xiao family sent just some guys from the porcelain shop and silk shop, and they didn't dare to entangle, so they had to disperse.
At this time, except for their mother and son, the whole world knew that the emperor was going to take them to Luoyang.
After the general Wang Fu learned that their mother and son had gone east, he only led fifty cavalry to chase them overnight.
In Danyang City, Zhanfei also learned from some people that the emperor sent people to look for them, and Zhanfei went to ask Wang Ruoyun what to do next.
Wang Ruoyun touched Zhanfei's head, "You kid want to go to Luoyang!" ”
"No, mother, I'm just asking!"
"If you don't have anything else in mind, you won't ask!"
"Actually, my mother also heard people talking about it in the car, saying that your father was coming back, and the rumors were boiling! If you want to go to Luoyang, let's go! Let's wait for your father to come back in Luoyang! ”
Zhanfei looked at Wang Ruoyun, her mother was getting more and more sober, which was also great.
"May I ask if the two of you are the family members of Lord Li Xiaofei?"
While the mother and son were talking, a few people in red came, led by a person with clear eyebrows and a little long face, who reported that his family was called Feng Huaiyi, and took out a letter to Zhanfei.
"Lord Feng sent us to pick up the two of you to the capital! Please come with us! ”
Zhanfei and Wang Ruoyun looked at it vigilantly, and shook their heads: "You recognize the wrong person!" ”
Feng Huaiyi smiled, "This is up to you, if you don't go, you have to go!" Then he drew his sword and used it strongly.
Not to be outdone, Wang Ruoyun drew his sword and pointed at Feng Huaiyi: "You are not from the imperial court!" You're looking for death! ”
Feng Huaiyi didn't answer, he slashed with a knife, and the people in red also swarmed up.
Wang Ruoyun's swordsmanship was superb but he was entangled by Feng Huaiyi, but Zhanfei was caught by the man in red after a few flutters.
Seeing that his son was arrested, Wang Ruoyun also lost his sword, Feng Huaiyi was about to tie up Wang Ruoyun, and a team of white-clothed people rushed next to him and shot the red-clothed people with bows and crossbows, Feng Huaiyi had to leave Wang Ruoyun and run alone.
At the critical moment, someone came to help, Wang Ruoyun and Zhanfei thanked them for their kindness, and the leader of the man in white helped them up and told them a few words before leaving.
Wang Ruoyun saw that there was a restaurant in front of him, so he wanted to invite these dozen or so people in white to dinner.
The leader of the man in white had to hold off for a while, and when the group arrived at the restaurant, Wang Ruoyun ordered a table of first-class banquets to eat with everyone.
Zhanfei took out a silver needle to try the dishes, Wang Ruoyun waved his hand, "These are Engong, the wine and food are what we ordered, don't be too cautious!" ”
The leader of the man in white smiled, "Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, or give it a try, the heart of defense is indispensable!" ”
Zhanfei still tried the wine and food with a silver needle, but it was not poisonous.
Zhanfei looked embarrassed, "I'm sorry for everyone, I'm used to being cautious when I'm out of the house!" ”
The people in white all waved their hands and smiled, "Eat, eat!" ”
Seeing that Zhan Fei was shy, several people in white gave him vegetables, and Zhan Fei and Wang Ruoyun fell asleep while eating.