Chapter 648: Tattooing is a punishment
A lot of things happened on the day of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which was enough to make the officials and people in Jinling City not worry about finding a topic for a whole month. However, the discussion in the streets and alleys only lasted until the morning of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, when it was overshadowed by another event that was not much to talk about.
Xiao Jingxian, the king of Jin, was actually ready to expel Pei Xu from the genealogy in public today, and even refused to admit that Pei Bao'er, who was his daughter, into the door! Note that it's Na Side, not a wife! That's the dignified Pei family, which is said to have been passed down for two hundred years, and now it is going to be accepted as a side room by a northern captive who came from the north and was crowned the king of Jin in a few months?
Therefore, since the news came out of Chaoyunlou last night, on the street in front of the Jin Wang's Mansion, where everyone was walking around, there were many people who pretended to pass by, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was just a person passing by in an hour, more than the people who passed by in the past ten days and half a month. When the guards in front of the door began to come out to clear the scene, these people who watched the excitement retreated to the street corner and continued to poke their heads out.
"Have you read the signs? Many of the guys who disappeared before were Beiyan secret spies, and now the charges and confessions are posted everywhere in the downtown area. I heard that there was a Pei Xiang yesterday...... cough, I can't change my mouth when I'm used to it, I heard that when Pei Xu was in Xuandao Hall yesterday, he personally admitted that he was a confidant and close friend with that Luo Zhongshu, and he fainted when he learned the truth, and he couldn't get out of bed now. β
"I'm afraid that after the news of the Jin King Nabian spreads today, he will be angry to death!"
"Even if the Pei family scandals are one after another, seeing that the family is about to fall, that Miss Pei in the Jin Palace's Mansion is just a concubine, but she just lives in someone's house and waits for the pole to make a side room for others, which is too shameless!"
"How much is the face worth? Now those girls in the Pei family who seem to be golden and noble, after a year, it may not be known whether they can catch up with others! Just two days after he came from Beiyan, the emperor canonized the person as the king of Jin, how can you be sure that the emperor will not give the Pei family another edict this time? β
"Okay, Miss Pei doesn't do it, she wants to make it small! Even if the scenery is now, as soon as the princess enters the door in the future...... Hehe. β
There were many idlers at the entrance of the street, but when they found that the guards who had cleared the street in front of the Jin Wang's Mansion had come to the street to pick up people, they were immediately unhappy.
After all, although the girls of the Pei family can't take their turn to be people of their class, no matter how noble Xiao Jingxian's status is in Beiyan, in their eyes, he is just a Beiyu, and Beiyu accepts a high-ranking concubine, which is also indirectly demeaning to the Wu people in the eyes of many people, plus there are several troublemakers bought by the Pei family, so they can't help but make noise.
However, the guards of the Jin Palace's methods are no worse than those of the official officials, and their eyes are sharp, as long as they find out whose clamor has a tendency to stir up trouble, they will be able to beat people up and make people speechless for a short time. So much so that several idlers who received the Pei family's money and hid in the crowd watching the excitement actually had a numb scalp and slipped away quietly.
When a few teenagers passed by on horseback, seeing such a scene, the first one couldn't help but ask, "What is this for?" Although the King of Jin is not a serious marriage today, the guards of the Jin Palace's Mansion beat people on the street on a good day, what is this like? β
Many of these guards recruited by Xiao Jingxian before were originally old people from his palace, and they had been secretly placed in Dawu for many years, and they had never seen their master An Sheng marry a woman in the palace since before, and now they haven't seen him marry a wife, but at least they are on the side, so today everyone spontaneously came out to clear the scene, eager to beat all those who talked nonsense to half of their bodies.
Therefore, when I heard that someone was questioning, someone immediately looked at it with a fierce look on his face. And then...... Then there is no then. People who can stay in the Jin Wangfu at least have a pair of bright moves, and they are not so good that they can't recognize an acquaintance who has been in their Jin Wangfu several times. At that moment, the fierce murderer turned into a smiling greeting in a blink of an eye, and respectfully saluted the visitor.
"The Ninth Prince is here so early?"
"It's not time yet, so I'm just going around to see the fun." Yue Qianqiu rode on the horse and smiled as he watched the face of the guard who spoke change sharply, and then he shrugged his shoulders with a look of annoyance.
"Of course we will all come to drink a glass of wine. But before that, I'm going to take the rest of the group to the Xuanlong Division and record some of the testimonies. After a few days, the officials of Litong Beiyan will be dealt with by the imperial court in accordance with the law, and the remaining civilians who have not caused much harm will directly tattoo the words Beiyan secret spy on their faces and be exiled to Beiyan, and they will never be allowed to return to Dawu. β
"Even if someone deliberately destroys the tattoo, since we know where the traitors tattooed it, even if it is burned and damaged, it will be difficult to fool people."
This kind of secret spy disposal method that has never been done before came out of Yue Qianqiu's mouth, not to mention that the guards were dumbfounded for a while, and even the idlers who watched the excitement quieted down for a moment. There are a lot of Beiyan people among those guards, but the loyalty is not so much the country as Xiao Jingxian, so I only feel that it is too narrow when I hear it. But idlers are different.
Ordinary people go to Beiyan as secret spies, at most it is the benefit of making a few dollars, if they are exiled to other places in Dawu, at least there is a possibility of returning home in this life - but if they are exiled to Beiyan, or tattoo on their faces, then they don't want to return to their hometown in this life. Moreover, what can these guys who don't have any great skills do in Beiyan? To put it mildly, once those four words are tattooed in the face, even if you have made a great contribution to Beiyan, you will be sad in the future......
Moreover, if Beiyan wants to recruit secret sentinels in the south in the future, he must contain this group of people well, otherwise who will do it for you in the future?
And after dropping this bombshell news in public, the smiling Yue Qianqiu said some very indecent things to those guards, and then beckoned the little monkey Qing Fengnian and Mu Ran and a few others, beat the horse and whipped away. He knew very well that the words that came out of his mouth would spread as quickly as possible through the crazy spread of those present.
In Jinling City, unless there is an emergency military situation, the horses cannot run at a gallop, so he and the others galloped out of this street, and immediately slowed down the horse, and trotted all the way, and when they finally arrived at the land of the Xuanlong Division, several people saw Yan Xu who was directing people to sign a plaque not far away, and they couldn't help laughing.
Yue Qianqiu, who was at the forefront, jumped off his horse and stepped forward quickly, and said with a smile: "Master, how did you do such a big thing as the official listing of the Xuanlong Division, how did you do it so quietly?" If you don't say anything, you should call a few more people to watch the ceremony! β
"This kind of place of the same nature as the Autumn Hunting Division, what you want is secret, if it is not for the unjust debtor, lest the people of the Autumn Hunting Division sway around in Jinling City like headless flies and harm other innocent people, I can't wait to find a random place in this Jinling City and treat it as the Xuanlong Division, and I don't even bother to hang this plaque!"
Yue Qianqiu didn't look back when he saw Yan Xu, he just cared about the commander adjusting the plaque up and down, left and right, and he laughed twice: "At that time, Xuandao Hall couldn't be too ostentatious, but this Xuanlong Division, the master can always say that the emperor will give a royal pen, right?" β
"What's the question? Do you believe it or not, as long as the emperor personally inscribes a plaque with the imperial pen, there will be countless people in the Xuanlong Division who look at this plaque all day long, so as not to be stolen or damaged by others? Hmph, I think that the plaque inscribed by Beiyan who didn't know which emperor was finally destroyed in the end, and now Beiyan Qiujiasi doesn't even dare to hang a plaque! Fortunately, they finally know that they can't move their nests, otherwise they will show weakness to our country, otherwise they will rely on such cowardly people...... Hum! β
Yue Qianqiu only felt that the bruises on his forehead were jumping, and he thought that if he didn't do this kind of business, it was really childish enough to just take care of his face. His joke with Yan Xu came to an end for the time being, and then he casually talked about his reaction after spreading the news of the disposal of secret spies at the street entrance in front of the Jin Wang's Mansion. Sure enough, Yan Xu was very satisfied with the effect of his words.
"Good boy, well done! In the past, I didn't have authority, in fact, I have wanted to do this for a long time, such as Luo Zhongshu, the court officials who should be killed, should be killed, and the punishment should be heavy, as for ordinary people, the disposition of exile is not enough to set an example, so just come to such a ruthless shot! By the way, there is also that Liu Guofeng...... Hey, I originally planned to give someone to the Tianqiao Pavilion Master to clean up the portal, but it turned out that the Pavilion Master was a wonderful person, just this morning, Liu Guofeng was abolished and sent me back. β
Yue Qianqiu had originally advocated the abolition of the terrifying-sounding lynchings of the various sects, but now when he heard that the Tianqiao Pavilion Master was so knowledgeable, he couldn't help but secretly praise, and immediately asked with a smile: "Does the master plan to put Liu Guofeng in Luo Zhongshu's class of people or put him in the category of ordinary people?" β
"Are you going to test me?" Yan Xu glared at the little apprentice angrily, and then sneered and said, "Although it is said that living makes people suffer, it is more relieving of hatred than killing people with a knife." But what kind of heart is Liu Guofeng? Replaced by an ordinary person, after being abolished martial arts, he only wanted to die, and it was impossible for him to come back alive, but he was forced to Jinling City. If this kind of person is exiled to Beiyan, there is a chance that I will be conjured up with a Bank of China or Zhao Xin, isn't it asking for my own hardship? β
Yue Qianqiu breathed a sigh of relief at this time, thinking that the master was not the young man who was the old prisoner back then, and this was quite accurate. However, before he could say a word, he was hit on the head. Although Yan Xu was very dissatisfied and was tested by his apprentice, at this time, the plaque of Xuanlong Division had been hung, and he greeted a few teenagers behind Yue Qianqiu.
"Come on, come on, all come to my Xuanlong Division to register. In the future, you people who come out of the Wuying Pavilion and don't want to join the army, and don't want to go back to the sect to accept apprentices or wander the world, come to me to do things, and keep the opportunities you have to make contributions! Ye Xiang owed Qianqiu that promise before, from money and food to official positions, and now the emperor has made up for me, cheapening him! β
The young men originally came for this purpose today, and after agreeing at this time, the little monkey said with a lot of words: "Sect Master Zhou, they were originally going to come, Miss Xiao took them to find a place suitable for the Red Moon Palace to open the mountain gate, Brother Yue Jiu originally wanted to follow, but was disgusted by the women's army......"
Before the little monkey finished speaking, Yue Qianqiu quickly took out a piece of candy from his bag and quickly stuffed it into his mouth. Seeing that people were so sweet that they narrowed their eyes, puffed out their cheeks and enjoyed the sweetness, and there was no time to say this anymore, he snorted at Yan Xu.
"It won't be long before there's an even younger up-and-comer in the head. This is called the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, and the front waves dying in the ...... Ahem, a new generation replaces the old! β
Yue Qianqiu almost said that he died on the beach in front of the waves, but fortunately, he changed his words very quickly, and finally didn't provoke Yan Xu like thunder, but just attracted an eye knife. When he followed Yan Xu into the Xuanlong Division, he saw the little monkey eating candy and smiled, and secretly thought that this was really a child - if it wasn't for the fact that he had just finished the New Year, he wouldn't have carried this kind of thing scattered to the children at home.
In the blink of an eye, he was called Uncle Nine more and more times at home, is this a reminder that he is old?
Although Zhou Jiyue and the others did not come, the so-called registration is just that Yan Xu, the Xuanlong general, needs to register a roster for the trainee lieutenants - even if he has all the information here, he can sign and press his fingerprints, and then receive his own things, but this is required by himself, and Yan Xu even selflessly forbids receiving it on his behalf. As a result, the young men could only accept their crown clothes.
This is the crown uniform of the nine-rank military attachΓ©, although the grade is low, it can be said in Yan Xu's words, because the batch of secret spies captured this time is basically not difficult, so the reward is naturally not very high, but the original teenagers are just trainee captains, and they will immediately become regular, and they will be dignified military attachΓ©s, and they are still overjoyed.
In addition, in the gold and silver tables, even if the court is generous to others, it is still enough to make the young people satisfied.
After all, the various sects were ruthlessly restrained by the chief arresting division before, and most of the disciples were bitter haha, although they had a monthly subsidy in the Wuying Pavilion, how could they have so much private property?
On a whim, the little monkey even shouted whether to change into new clothes and go to the Jin Palace's mansion to drink happy wine, but was immediately dispelled by Yue Qianqiu's idle words.
"Little monkey, have you thought about it, King Jin is a super prince, you are a captain of the ninth grade, when you get to the ground, you are considered a subordinate to kowtow to your boss to congratulate you, or is it just as a student of the Wuying Pavilion under the King of Jin to drink happy wine?"
Seeing that Mu Ran also immediately stopped unpacking and trying on new clothes, Yue Qianqiu looked at Yan Xu, who was smiling and looking at the excitement, and said: "Master, I don't think Jiyue and a few of their girls will go to the Jin Palace's Mansion to join in this fun, I can take the little monkey Brother Qing and a few of them over." Are you sure you really don't want to go to the Jin Palace? β
"Don't go!" Yan Xu waved his hand impatiently and said, "If Xiao Jingxian marries the princess, I still have to go, what is he just asking me to do?" You, the head of the Xuandao Hall, are just representatives, and you don't bother to go without looking at Ah Yuan and Ah Ning? By the way, if that dead little fat man slips by, you remember to grab him by the collar for me and drag him back. Beiyan has established a prince, and our Dawu is also about to be. At this critical moment, if he still runs around, see if I don't clean him up! β
Seeing that Yan Xu's tone was not like the cousin of the little fat man, but a little bit of a teacher's style, Yue Qianqiu couldn't help but laugh, and then pretended to bow his hand and said: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely bring the words!" β
But if the little fat man insists on watching the ceremony, can he only be rude? He's going to have to figure out how to do it......