Chapter Ninety-Eight: How Unjust Is the Thief?

Overnight, the heavy snow that began at some point covered the huge city of Tokyo with a layer of silver.

Countless people from poor families shivered in this cold and cold day, and every year in winter, the price of firewood and charcoal in Tokyo was rising in a straight line, and there were many people who could not afford it; However, in the palace of the prince near the Inner Dynasty, pots of high-quality silver frost charcoal kept burning, until the huge small flower hall was as warm as spring. On the flower shelves on the side, delicate flowers are blooming.

This season is the day when the flowers are withering, but the rich man, when the day is getting colder, will move the flowers to the greenhouse to live and raise, and in this cold winter wax moon, it can still be called the rich and noble people to smell the fragrance of flowers.

And Wang Taiwei is a well-known Yaqing person in Tokyo, and in that hall, the rest is spring, summer, autumn and winter, and every day is accompanied by delicate flowers. There is a large flower room in the house, which is carefully guarded by the most skilled gardeners in Tokyo. He was the brother-in-law of Emperor Zhezong and the concubine of Emperor Shenzong. When he was in the palace with the current emperor, he had a close relationship, and he didn't know how much his family wealth was, and he never worried about expenses. In this cold winter, I don't know if the charcoal money burned on the Taiwei Mansion every day is hundreds or thousands.

However, although this horse king Jinqing was called 'Little Wang Du Taiwei', he was not really a captain, and he couldn't hold power as a horse. It's just that people have a close relationship with the current emperor, which is the root of his infinite scenery in Tokyo. I think that at the beginning, that Gao Yu had been his personal entourage.

At this moment, the king is holding a jade cup, and the slightly reddish fruit wine in the middle is fragrant, with fascination on his face, and his snort is slightly red, so he is drunk. If it weren't for the cold armor on the wooden table in the center of the flower hall, people would think that he was enjoying the snow, smelling the flowers, and drinking the wine, and people would be drunk.

But the fact is that this little Wang Duwei, who has never killed anyone in half his life and has never personally traveled to the northwest and Hebei, is obsessed with his eyes focusing on the armor in front of him.

It's strange to say, this horse master, who has never carried a knife and never thought of going into battle in person, loves swords and armor very much in his life. He once asked Xu Ning for 30,000 yuan to buy this Sai Tangyi, but Xu Ning was afraid that he would use it after a long time, so he was reluctant to sell it to him.

And now, this Yanling chain mail was sent to the door by Xu Ning's cousin. Why is Wang Jinqing unhappy?

Tang Long was still waiting outside the door at the moment, but he was white, and he didn't even have the qualifications to come to see the horse master. And even though he had endless anxiety and anger in his heart, he could only endure it. This time, he came for nothing else, only to get rid of his sin and be safe.

His cousin was in a hurry, and recently made a mistake in the palace and was imprisoned. It was said that Tang Long and the Xu family lady were in a hurry, especially that the Xu lady was pregnant, so she immediately fell ill in bed, and only Tang Long ran around, but it was useless. hit the wall again and again, and was properly done again and again, but the golden leopard was kneaded into a poor kitten.

It wasn't until yesterday that he got the letter from his cousin Xu Ning from someone, but it was that he was asked to take the Tang Qi to the palace of the prince, and he didn't need to say anything else, he bluntly said that he wanted to get rid of the crime and ask for peace for the rest of his life.

At this moment, Tang Long was still waiting at the gatehouse, Wu Qiang was calm, but in fact he was flustered. This Wang Taiwei is in the house, but his last hope is. If there is no way open here, Tang Long can only send his sister-in-law out of the city first, praying that his brother will not be poisoned in prison, even if he is assigned to the army, there will be a chance to rob and kill on the way.

It's half a ring again, and it's been half an hour. I saw a short and fat old man with a scarf and soap robe, a thin beard like a lock, and kind eyebrows walked into this gatehouse to drink tea. Tang Long also got up to salute, he has been hitting a wall again and again these days, but he knows the weight of the big family.

"You're Teacher Xu's cousin?" Lao Duguan glanced at Tang Long, frowned and said. That Xu Ningchang is a talent, although he is a martial artist, but he has his own five-point scholarly and elegant temperament, how can this cousin be so rude? The end is not on the countertop.

The old man has seen Xu Ning three or five times, and he has a good impression, and he also knows the reason why Xu Ning suffered this unwarranted disaster this time. said lightly: "Let's go back and wait for Ansheng." With that, he turned around and left without waiting for Tang Long to speak. And when Tang Long got this sentence, he was overjoyed in his heart, so he still took care of this old man? The fault is not that the person has already left, otherwise it will be rude and give birth to one or two incidents.

The old man was followed by a Tsing Yi with a box in his hand, which was clearly a follower from the Taiwei Mansion. But he handed over the offering box to Tang Longyi, put down the sentence This is a gift from Wang Taiwei, and turned to leave, and quickly followed the old man.

Tang Long didn't dare to open the offering box, so he first took out two taels of silver to greet the porter again, and asked the doorman to show a smiling face before leaving quickly.

The vast bluestone slabs are paved with pavement, green and shady, and two rows of locust trees are lined up in the alley, leading straight to the mouth of the alley. Here, it is full of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and there are no ordinary people's homes, but you can see large and small vehicles, high and low horses, constantly coming in and out. On the horse, there were all well-dressed figures, and although there were also people on foot, they all walked in a proper manner. If it is a person from other places, I am afraid that I will not dare to make a second entry into the alley.

In addition to the palace of Wang Taiwei, Tang Long saw that the little servant of the Xu family who came with him was hiding in the corner of the wall, and when he saw Tang Long coming, his face showed joy. Such an alley really made him panic.

"After many days of traveling, I finally worshiped the true God, and my cousin had nothing to do."

"In this way, the officials of our family will turn evil into good fortune?"

While the two were talking, they walked down a street. However, I saw that there were many cars and horses on the road, and the road was even more congested. The teahouses and wine shops on both sides, people in green clothes and black hats and soft armor battle skirts rushed in and out one after another. At the entrance of some shops, there are flags and umbrellas, and at the entrance of some shops, there are big gongs hanging on the wooden shelves, and some children in charge of the deacons wear red shirts and pheasant tail hats, but they are in groups of five, and in teams of seven, they are under the grooves of people's houses, throwing dice and throwing money and playing tricks. Along the east side of the street, all kinds of vehicles are parked one after another, and I am afraid that there will be no one or two hundred vehicles, occupying half of the street. In the intermittent part of the vehicle, there was an alley like the palace of the prince, and under the green and shady trees, the people in blue robes and black gauze hats all left their entourage, or rode horses or cars, and quietly came and went. At the mouth of the alley, there are two vermilion lacquered wooden shelves on the left and right, and two gold-lettered plaques are inserted on the shelves, a big book is quiet and quiet, and a big book avoids two words. Looking at the pedestrians on the street, there are really few people walking into that alley. Diagonally across the alley, there were several tea shops in a row, also doing resting business.

Tang Long knew who lived in the alley opposite, and it was the mansion of Cai Jing and Yuan Chang, the first traitor today.

"What kind of joy is this?"

The little servant of the Xu family went to report for a moment: "But it was Cai Shiyu, the eldest son of Taishi Cai, who was appointed by the official family as a scholar of the Xuanhe Palace, and was given a gold belt of the Wenfang Regiment, which was changed to the Huaikang Military Festival." ”

That Cai Shiyu is naturally not the name of Cai Jing's eldest son, Tang Long knew that the person's name is Cai You, it is said that he does not learn and has no skills, only because he was respectful to the official family when he was still in the palace in his early years, and was given the Jinshi background by today's officials. After that, he was promoted to the bachelor of Longtu Pavilion. The "Atlas of the Great City" was elaborated, the "Great Canon" was revised, and the Shangqing Baozhen Official, the Secretary of the Provincial Two Streets Recording Institute, and the Ritual Bureau were promoted.

There are more than 100 Taoist bureaucrats who have set the book to revise the canon, most of them are talented and erudite people from the History Museum, the Fuwen Museum, and the Jixian Academy, and only Cai You is ignorant of learning, and he is the leader of the minister's son, and many people are despised and not convinced. This kind of gossip has been spreading in Tokyo for a long time, but now that I look at it, there is a bird for it? Today's Zhao Guanjia can promote a birdman who plays football to the captain of the palace marshal's mansion, and it is just a sentence to promote this Cai You again and again.

Tang Long was speechless.

I just pity my cousin, who has done his duty and been friendly and harmonious with his colleagues all these years, but he was innocently framed and imprisoned, and he needs to spend family heirlooms to get out, how unfair is this thief?