Chapter 565: Black Eats Black?
Chapter 565: Black Eats Black?
Although Zhu Di once built the Lingji Palace to worship the brothers Xu Zhizheng and Xu Zhige of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and even imitated the original Song Dynasty, sent the derogatory officials directly to promote this palace, and canonized the Zhengyi Sect in accordance with the consistent rules, but the most popular in the Beijing Master is still Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism, and a total of more than a dozen Dharma kings and Buddhas have been canonized. As a result, there are hundreds of monks in the Jingshi, and most of them live in Qingshou Temple, Chongguo Temple, Da Nengren Temple, and Dahuguo Security Temple.
Among them, although Qingshou Temple is the first temple in Beijing, it is still inferior to Xicheng Chongguo Temple in terms of the number of monks. This is the place where nobles live, and the homes of dignitaries and dignitaries are often invited. Several small temples in Dongcheng District are inhabited by some unknown monks, and the imperial court worships a lot of money, and the rich and lively Dongcheng is naturally very suitable for their taste. Because there are many monks, there are naturally more waiters, so these subordinates will inevitably fight on weekdays, so the magistrate has to turn a blind eye to this territory.
Although these monks are said to have a respected status, they have their own ranks after all, except for figures such as the Dharma King Buddha and the National Teacher, the second-class monks who live here will not have a Jinyi Wei to open a car from the official government, and ordinary waiters can only walk on a pair of feet. But in the name of saluting the court, although the rules for the monks to accept waiters are extremely strict, there is still an endless stream of people who worship the teacher every day. As a result, the rental of carriages and horses is booming, and by the way, it has also driven other businesses.
The Xiude Temple in the northeast corner of the capital is home to more than a dozen Huangjiao monks, and there are some people living around this Buddhist temple and opening various shops. Since there are many people, the surrounding residential alleys are extremely complicated, and it is difficult for outsiders to find their way to this place. Gradually, in addition to these carriages and horses, there are also many characters from the three religions and nine streams who live here. By virtue of the name of Xiude Temple, many people sent some offerings to the attendants accepted by the monks, and the government never came here to check, and it became a place where the lights went dark.
The Mingjing Hutong on the east side of Xiude Temple is inconspicuous, only about 400 steps from east to west, but it is densely packed with long rows of houses of various heights. Since most of the houses were built when Zhu Di was still the king of Yan, the mottled and painted courtyard gates, the tattered walls, and the roof tiles that have been repaired countless times all tell outsiders that they are inhabited by poor people who live extremely unsatisfactory lives.
However, if anyone entered these dilapidated houses, they would immediately be stunned by what they saw. As soon as you enter the courtyard outside, the smell of sour and dilapidated will be swept away immediately, and it will be replaced by the smell of copper rushing towards you. From casinos to private prostitution parlors to the southern courtyard, there are all kinds of places to indulge in indulgence, but the court rules are still strict, and most of the people who come and go here are simply rich people who want to have fun, but there are no court officials.
In the early afternoon, a casino at the west end of Mingjing Hutong happened to be doing brisk business. After all, there is a curfew at night, and the lazy people can't get up in the morning, so this is the time to have fun. The shouting of the dealer, the spinning of the dice, the clamming of pai gow, the grumbling of the gambler...... Countless chaotic voices gathered together, and even the people resting in a few rooms in the backyard were not at peace. When the first round ended, many people in front of them shouted in disappointment, and finally someone couldn't stand it anymore.
"Why do we want to stay in this kind of hellish place, can't we go home? Who would dare to go to the palace to search? ”
"You don't complain! It's not that you don't know, the palace is not as good as before, and I don't know how many people are staring, if we take this guy back, I'm afraid we will be caught a long time ago! A sturdy man interrupted his companion's complaint angrily, "King Shouguang is the same as our Chitose Lord, he is a righteous golden branch and jade leaf, the grandson of his relatives, but the emperor is angry and beats and closes, how can he be half tolerant?" It's King Zhao Chitose, and now this ban hasn't been completely lifted! ”
Sitting on the bench was the palace guard Kong Ye who had met with Cuimo and wanted to get people back. Because the king of Anyang had already ordered not to provoke the Meng family, he had to find two other stunning ones to go back to the errand, but as soon as King Shouguang fell, this credit became a sin. At this time, sullenly, he glanced at the guy who was tied up tightly and had a ball of rags in his mouth, and his face gradually softened. Knowing that Boss Jia beside him was more trustworthy than himself, he moved the stool and moved it over.
"Boss Jia, you make a deal with us, can this thing be done? Also, after all, the old Chitose was just unlucky before, will it be the one in the east...... Taken advantage of by that? ”
"If the emperor really thinks that the matter was done by the old Chitose, then the disposition will be so light? The one in the east is not enough to succeed and more than to lose, everyone in the world knows that what he wants is the East Palace storage position, and what he wants to learn is the current emperor, but since everyone can see it, this thing can't be done! If he wants to take advantage, you pick out my two eyeballs! ”
Hearing that Boss Najia swore like this, Kong Ye immediately believed eight points. It's just that if what you did this time is done, it will be a great achievement, but if you don't, the result will be worse than the first time. Therefore, he hesitated for a moment, and finally lowered his voice and asked, "However, the emperor canonized the emperor's grandson after all." Even if the emperor is disgusted with the East Palace, if it is like the great grandfather, wouldn't our busy work be in vain? ”
"Then the prince is the prince, and the grandson is the grandson!" Boss Jia snorted confidently, and then said earnestly, "The crown prince and the one in the east and the old Chitose are all the descendants of the former queen, but they are the difference between the elder and the younger. If this long one is really wasted, that small name will be bad! Besides, the faults in the East Palace can be singled out, so what is there to be afraid of? The plaything is demoralized and goes out of the palace to meet the courtiers privately, this is inconspicuous on weekdays, but it works at that juncture! ”
Speaking of this, the two of them glanced at each other, and they both laughed. And the man on the ground who was tied up and couldn't speak was secretly complaining, but he tried his best but couldn't even move, let alone resist. Thinking that as soon as he arrived in Kaiping, he crashed into someone's pocket, not only did he mess things up, but he even got himself in, and he even regretted his intestines. If he had known this, he should not have thought that this mission would be easy, and he should have prepared for the worst!
Knock Knock Knock –
Hearing this sudden knock on the door, the two people in the room suddenly became nervous, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the regular knock on the door. Boss Jia pouted, Kong Ye hurriedly stood up and stepped forward to open the door, almost the moment the door opened, an agile black shadow rushed in.
"It's so tight outside that it's easy for me to make sure there's no one behind me to make this trip. Although it seems safe here, after all, it is the foundation laid when the old Chitose was in Beijing, and it is easy for others to find out here, so they can't stay longer. I have the carriage ready, and I shall move it quickly, lest there be any stolen goods. ”
Boss Jia narrowed his eyes and looked at the little man in charge of liaison for a while, but asked bluntly: "Is it because of the emperor's teacher, so the East Palace is in a hurry?" ”
"Not only because of the emperor's teacher, but also because Yuan Fang of Jinyiwei came back, and he combed it from top to bottom, and our people got rid of a lot. This is not a good sign, and besides, the East Palace has already issued a strict order to investigate the matter of the first chicken song, I am afraid that it will only involve the golden branch and jade leaf at that time. That one is really good at bad things, if you want to kill people, you don't know how to send some good hands, three times five divided by two, you will be slaughtered cleanly, it's all waste at all! Although Lu Feng is still sick, he gradually began to take care of things, and the Dongchang side can't stand it anymore, and he can't cover you anymore these days. ”
"In other words, I'm afraid we're going to have to hide in Tibet these days?"
Boss Jia frowned, and when he saw the little man nodding, he suddenly chuckled in his heart. Although as long as the emperor comes back, everything will be fine if he hands over the things through Dongchang, and he doesn't even have to bear the responsibility, but the rumor at the beginning really shouldn't be spread.
With hatred in his heart, he glanced at the writhing captive on the ground, and couldn't help but spit on it. With such a burden, you have to hide in Tibet all day long, this is simply too stupid to be stupid! It's all that Mei Qing's bad idea, what he said was to let Donggong mess up after knowing the news, and expose more flaws, so that he could collect enough evidence to succeed in one fell swoop...... Phew, according to the current situation, they are the ones who are messing up! released the news that it was the Jinyi Guard who intercepted people and things, and in the end, everyone's eyes were focused on the Jinyi Guard, so that it would be easier for them to hide. That guy didn't think that once they provoked that fatal yamen, they would definitely be struggling.
Kong Ye has always only obeyed orders, and he is not as thorough as Boss Jia in the overall situation, so when he heard the tight wind outside, he couldn't help but be anxious, and he had to urge him to hurry up. However, how could Boss Jia, who had not yet made up his mind, easily abandon this always safe den to take risks, but he just sat there and groaned regardless of it. Just when the little man who came to report the news was waiting impatiently, there was a sudden commotion outside.
"What's going on?"
Huo Di stood up, but Boss Jia ignored Kong Ye, who was startled, and his face, which was quite calm just now, suddenly became extremely hideous. He took a few quick steps back and grabbed the guy on the ground, moving extremely quickly. And the little man also rushed to the door with an arrow, gently opened the door a slit, and pricked up his ears while looking closely. Suddenly, a child of twelve or thirteen years old trotted out into the courtyard from the entrance of the hall over there.
"Shuntianfu has come to check the casino!"
Hearing this, the three people standing in the room breathed a sigh of relief, but the man who was held by someone and couldn't speak or move was even more desperate. You must know that although Jingshi strictly prohibits casinos, there are not a hundred but eighty casinos in secret, where can it be banned. This Shuntianfu should be told to come to such a trip, and he still doesn't want to get out. Moreover, even if someone broke through the matter, would he dare to say that he was sending a letter to the East Palace? If this kind of thing is shouted, he will be finished!
"Even if it's Shuntian Mansion, it's hard to guarantee that it won't suffer from the pond fish, go!"
Since Boss Jia had spoken, Kong Ye was immediately relieved, hurriedly walked to the back wall, and removed the cabinet, but it turned out to be a trapdoor. This is the back road left when this place was designed, so the little man is in the front, Kong Ye is in the center, and Boss Jia, who is holding people, is responsible for breaking the back. The last one to go out came out, and then he pulled the message on the wall and locked the trap door, and then turned back and hurried after the two people in front of him.
It was a house of miscellaneous items, and it looked unremarkable, and the little man looked at the door for a moment, and then went out and got the carriage to pick it up. Despite this, Boss Jia, who was not at ease, still ordered Kong Ye to follow, and when the person left, he closed the door, then threw the person in his hand hard, and squatted down and pulled out a knife and put it on the person's neck.
"Don't worry, if I really encounter any critical moment, I will definitely kill you first!" Boss Jia smiled sympathetically, the blade leaned forward slightly, and when he saw the man glaring at him fiercely, he snorted again, "Anyway, the letter is no longer here, I will kill you then, as long as you make up a set of lies casually, it will be a miscellaneous capital crime at most, and it will be easy for the palace to fish me out at that time." You should also know that you are with Gonggong Liu, and there are many people who know you, even if you are dead, this corpse is also evidence. If you still want to turn the tables, you should be honest and don't look for death! ”
He didn't know how long he had waited, but there was finally a knock on the door outside, followed by Kong Ye's familiar call. With a sense of relief, he casually put the dagger into his boots, and then he picked up the person and walked to the door, cautiously looked through the crack in the door for a moment, and found that there were only Kong Ye and the little man, and in addition to a carriage and a coachman, he really put his heart at ease, so he stretched out his hand to open the door. However, as soon as the door was open, and as soon as he stepped out of the door, countless bricks suddenly fell from the roof.
Boss Jia, who reacted very quickly, almost subconsciously lifted the man in his hand as a shield, but at this time, a strong force suddenly penetrated his legs, and he fell to the ground unsteadily, and involuntarily let go. Seeing the two men jumping down from the roof quickly snatching the person in his hand and retreating to the side, he couldn't help but feel cold.
Rao still looked down at the two arrows on his calf, and then he raised his head again, and finally saw the coachman who had put down his crossbow. Although his leg was in sharp pain, what made him even more frustrated was that only three people were dispatched. He stared at the little man and Kong Ye who coaxed him out with a fire-breathing gaze, eager to swallow them.
These two guys who eat inside and crawl outside actually collude with outsiders...... Wait, who is the sacred, Jinyiwei or Dongchang, or is it simply the king of Han who eats black? Just then, he heard a cold voice.
"What about faith?"
Boss Jia's eyes lit up, and then he smiled fiercely: "How can such an important thing be in my hands!" ”
"Since it's not in your hands, then you can die!"
When Boss Jia realized the meaning of these words, the same sharp pain ran through his chest again. Seeing the little man and Kong Ye frightened and motionless, and his eyes were covered with blood, he couldn't help but feel a lot of hatred in his heart. Holding on to his last breath, he finally saw the face under the coachman's cloak, it was a young and delicate face, and it even looked a little feminine, as if he had seen it before, it seemed to be ......
However, the name that was about to come out ended up in his throat.