Chapter III. The sword asked Beiyan 300
When it comes to character and talent, Zhou Changfeng after Xin'an is by no means inferior to his imperial uncle Zhou Yuanqing; Considering his always cautious style of doing things, he will not let himself fall into a desperate situation at all. In other words, the hole cards of the Northwest Coalition Army are by no means simple today.
After several discussions, Zhou Yuanqing finally made a decision:
"Chang'an, I order you to hold the half-que monarch tiger talisman and go to Bashu Road immediately. Be extra careful Zhu Yuntao has something to do, after all, the son-killing feud between him and Shen Gui has not yet been settled, and it is very easy to confuse public affairs and private grievances. After leaving Beijing, it is up to you to decide whether you will make an unannounced visit to Weifu or drive a car. If you encounter any abnormal situation outside, you can also stop it immediately. Whether he wishes Yuntao to be loyal to the court or to help thieves stir up rebellion, you must take saving your life as your first priority. ”
"The retainers take the order."
Yes, the crisis hidden in the shadows, thinking too much before it surfaces. And the strong help of the Northwest Coalition Army, on the bright side, is only Zhu Yuntao's family in Bashu Dao, and most of the causes are because of a life lawsuit caused by Shen Gui. To put it mildly, even if Zhu Wenhan's life is expensive, can it really make Zhu Yuntao make up his mind and turn against him? As soon as this war starts, there will inevitably be corpses all over the field, and it will be the responsibility that the father and son of the Zhu family can bear?
The purpose of the four princes' trip was to find out Zhu Yuntao's intentions; the second is to look at the military heart of Bashu Road; And even if the two thieves have already hooked up and become traitors, if Zhou Changan can get away with it, then the collusion between the Northwest Coalition Army and Bashu Dao will inevitably give birth to some gaps.
Just who let Zhou Changan go, why did he let go, whether it was a fake alliance, stabbing in the back and other trust issues, it was enough for the two families to ponder for a while.
Since Zhou Changfeng dared to rebel, of course he relied on it. It's just that the real help of the Northwest Alliance Army is far from being as strong as those leaders of Northern Yan in the Zijin Palace can imagine. Even though Chiwu's eyeliner was almost all over the north and south of the river, they still missed a lot of important news that was fatal. Even the secret report they sent back to Yanjing City was just a lonely goose that someone deliberately let go.
At this time, the Xin'an Hou Mansion in Chang'an City, far away, was full of all kinds of idle people. And Zhou Changfeng and his family, including the entire Hou Mansion guard camp, have moved into the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City.
Weiyang Palace, which was originally the royal palace of Dayan in the former dynasty; However, after Northern Yan took power and moved the capital to Jizhou on the grounds of the depletion of the dragon veins, the original pickaxe capital became Chang'an City, and Yanyun City became Yanjing City. The king can move, but the palace certainly can't be moved; Therefore, when Yanjing City built a Zijin Palace, the original Sanqin Palace Group was downgraded to a super-large-scale palace.
Whether it is the imperial palace or the palace, according to the laws of Northern Yan, as the marquis of Zhou Changfeng, if you want to enter the palace, you need to ask for the permission of Emperor Tianyou. However, Zhou Yuanqing often gets secret music, saying that Zhou Changfeng occasionally goes to the palace to overtake it; But Zhou Changfeng is also his own nephew after all, and he has been awkward since his son King Qin to the present; If he feels uncomfortable and goes to the Sanqin Palace to hang out, it is really not worth the punishment he has to go online.
If it was Zhou Changfeng a few days ago, he would definitely not have the courage to move into the Weiyang Palace; Otherwise, once the news reaches Yanjing City, or Zhou Yuanqing wants to find his bad luck and just catch him for the big crime of trespassing into the palace, he can be justified in demoting him to a commoner, and then confined to death.
However, since he and the Great Golden Boy Buddha stepped out of the Xin'an Hou Mansion hand in hand, it is equivalent to openly announcing that he is standing on the opposite side of the Northern Yan Dynasty, and the identity of his family's anti-thieves is all confirmed, and there is no possibility of turning back. As the Marquis of Xin'an, Zhou Changfeng only needs to be cautious on weekdays, and seek more benefits for the soldiers under his command in private; But as the commander of the Northwest Alliance, the future Emperor of Great Qin, he must now embody a full kingly demeanor, at least he can't soften him Zhou Yuanqing in momentum.
If even he, the leader, didn't dare to climb to the heights, who would die for him among the soldiers under his command?
Therefore, although Zhou Changfeng was also 10,000 unhappy in his heart, he still lived in the empty Weiyang Palace. However, today's White Tiger Hall east of Weiyang Palace is contrary to the cold and gloomy in the past. Mrs. Wang, who had just purchased a queen's crown, is now directing the female officials and real and false eunuchs who have been hired at a high price to prepare for a banquet.
It is easy to hold high the anti-flag, but when the temporary imperial court team is really formed, all the Sanqin backbones have a big mess in front of them, and they also need to face up to and accept their new identity again. Although the queen's demeanor and accessories are not out of line, whether it is the tone of speech or gestures, there is still an indelible little family atmosphere.
In fact, in terms of Zhou Changfeng's family property, he should be rich enough to rival the country, and no matter how extravagant his life is, it is just a drop in the bucket. But after all, this Xin'an Marquis has hidden a cloud of anger that cannot be extinguished for decades, and he has great intentions in his heart, and he is used to treating himself with an attitude of lying down and tasting courage. Therefore, he has always been extremely strict in governing his family, and his daily life is extremely simple. Therefore, his wife Wang is also accustomed to living a simple life of coarse tea and light rice on weekdays.
Suddenly, one of the masters of a well-off family was put in the position of motherhood in the world and illuminating all the people, and anyone had to adapt to it for a period of time.
Now these female officials and maids in Weiyang Palace are still very familiar; After all, most of them are the old team members of the Xin'an Hou Mansion, and the leading female official is also Mrs. Wang's personal maid for many years, Wang Cuiyu.
Jade, a somewhat cheesy name, was originally the name of her maid when she was young. After she combed herself and did not marry, Mrs. Wang gave her maiden name to this hard-working woman worth eight taels or four dollars. Cuiyu and Mrs. Wang were born in the same year, and today, both master and servant are fifty and two years old.
The Hou Ye of Xin'an has a simple style, so the daily household money of the Hou Mansion is naturally not very rich. Cuiyu, as Mrs. Wang's personal girl, has long been accustomed to logistics management. Except for those who have status and have the status of the old man who comes to visit the house and needs the housekeeper to receive the man; The rest of the affairs in the house are all decided by Jade.
Even a veteran with nearly forty years of housekeeping experience, in the recent period of time, Granny Wang is still very busy, and even half of her hair is white!
First of all, the position of internal supervisor is really difficult to recruit! Granny Wang entrusted all the related households in Dongxifang City, and only then did she invite a few old-timers released from outside the Zijin Palace. After several searches, it can be regarded as reluctantly setting up a team of about 20 internal supervisors, thus avoiding the embarrassing situation of Hou Ye entering the Weiyang Palace but falling into an embarrassing situation where no one is available.
Now, the White Tiger Palace, which has always decided the affairs of soldiers, has opened a sumptuous banquet. There is a huge Weiyang Palace, relying on less than fifty internal officials, so naturally they can only barely support it, and they are all busy without touching the ground. As the Xin'an Hou Zhou Changfeng of his own family, he did not wear a robe and crown today, and he did not sit on the throne and call himself a lonely widow, but sat in the center of the White Tiger Hall.
Today's circumference wind doesn't look like an old man over sixty years old at all. He had already shaved his long beard under his chin, his gray hair was held high above his head, and his whole body was draped with a full waist hanging blade, looking more like a prime-aged military general in his early forties, with a heroic aura on his back and body.
Zhou Changfeng dressed up as a Confucian general in order to narrow the distance between himself and his subordinates and allies; And Mrs. Wang's wearing Feng Peixia is to show her husband's ambition to be kingly. The appearance of these two masters is enough to be called decent; But the people on both sides of the White Tiger Hall are all kinds of guys who look like and look like.
At the top of the Western Column, there is a bald monk who is half naked and wearing a red background and yellow robe. The man's eyes were dark with golden light, and his temples were high and bulging; When others breathed five times, he only breathed once, and the rhythm was not hurried or slow, and he was obviously a top master of the house. And this great monk is different from ordinary masters of the inner family; His muscles were extremely solid and hard, containing explosive power visible to the naked eye; The skin exposed to sight was also covered with large and small scars, and at first glance, it looked like an old soldier rolling over from the battlefield full of swords and guns!
This person is one of the two leaders of Western Xinjiang, the commander of the red-clothed army, and the big golden boy Buddha.
Sitting directly opposite the Big Golden Boy Buddha, the head of the east column is Shen Gui's old acquaintance - the Northern Yan National Teacher, the three masters of Di Ting, and the first disciple of the three generations of disciples of Xuanyue Dao Palace, Wuhe Zhenren Guan Beidou. There is no doubt that since Guan Beidou appears here, then he must be followed by "that" old black dog.
Looking down along the two columns, all of them are well-known characters on the rivers and lakes: there are golden-bodied Arhats of Nanquan Zen Buddhism, and Shennong Valley Lord of Yunnan Road; There are the great pharmacists of the Sanqin Local Medicine King Palace, as well as the sword-seeking elders of the Xiyue Taihua Sword Sect; There are ghost deacons of the Bashu Ghost Hand Gate, and water thieves of the Two Rivers Alliance, etc...... Roughly calculated, almost all the famous bull ghosts and snake gods who started sects on the rivers and lakes occupy a place in the White Tiger Palace; Moreover, the original three top sects of the rivers and lakes, except for the Zhuhai Sword Pond, which had almost destroyed the sect, were all present here.
According to common sense, Zhou Changfeng plans to raise troops and raise affairs, and the objects he will win over should be the civil and military officials from all over the country near the land of Sanqin, or a number of feudal officials who are friendly with him on weekdays and have heavy troops; But in today's White Tiger Hall, except for Guan Beidou, who eats steak and wears many hats, there is no serious person who has eaten King Lumi! Could it be that this week Changfeng has broken his brain by listening to books? Do you think that if you gather a group of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods on the rivers and lakes, you can compete with the regular army of the Northern Yan Imperial Court for the world?
Although literally, there is only one word difference between fighting and fighting; But the actual difference between the two is very different.