There is such a big thing in the national capital, from the queen mother to the peddlers and pawns, no one does not talk about it. Su Ren, who had just come from Shuzhong, had successfully made a name for himself before entering the city.

Prime Minister Xu Chang stood in front of the Empress Dowager with a sweat, and Zhuang Qingzhai, who came with him, was not happy. Although Dou can't see with his eyes, he is still concerned about big things that are both inward and outward. That day, he was listening to music in Changle Palace, and suddenly the mountains shook, which really frightened the old lady. Hurriedly sent someone to inquire, only to know that the horizontal gate in the north of the city had collapsed.

Hengmen is the north gate of Chang'an, since the construction of Chang'an City, there is Hengmen, in the twelve gates of Chang'an City, it is the second gate in the north after the Luocheng Gate. Every summer and autumn, the royal family will go to Xianyang by the Weishui to escape the heat, and Hengmen is a must-pass place. Dou pursued the doctrine of Huang Lao, and naturally believed in the gods, demons and monsters mentioned by Lao Tzu. The sudden collapse of the horizontal gate did not see a good sign for Dou.

Staring at a pair of cloudy eyes, he asked in a cold voice, "Say it?" What the hell is going on? ”

Zhuang Qingzhai glanced at Xu Chang. Xu Chang is in his sixties, his beard is white, and his ochre clothes are very ill-fitting, if it weren't for the different places where he stood, he would look like those outbreaks of Shu County businessmen. Xu Chang didn't speak, and Zhuang Qingzhai couldn't make a sound. Zhuang Qingzhai is a few years younger than Xu Chang, with gray hair and three strands of long hair hanging down to his chest. He was calmer than Xuchang, standing motionless in a regular manner.

"What? The good end of the cross door collapsed all at once? No one knows why? Dou was furious and slapped his palm on the couch.

Xu Chang hesitated for a long time, and then said: "Empress Dowager, it is said that a businessman from Shu County did not know what means he used, causing the Hengmen to collapse, and Weichen has sent someone to arrest him, and there will be results soon." ”

"A businessman? Is he a monster? Stretch out your hand and point at my big man's north gate and it collapsed? "The Dou family was really angry, and he couldn't bear Xu Chang's confusion, if it weren't for Xu Chang's loyalty to him, he would have been driven out of the court a long time ago.

Zhuang Qingzhai hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager is angry, in fact, there is another way of saying this in the city. ”

"Say! What is the statement? ”

"Heavenly Punishment!"

"Ridiculous!" Xu Chang immediately spoke: "How can I be punished by heaven for the prosperity of the Han Dynasty?" A businessman said that heaven will punish heaven, and heaven will not punish it? What a joke! ”

"Zhuang Qingzhai, go on!" Dou interrupted Xu Chang's questioning.

Zhuang Qingzhai gave his hand again: "It is rumored by the people of Chang'an City that because this merchant has some grievances with the princess of the pavilion, a few days ago, the eldest son of Tangyi was kidnapped by the merchant, and the empress dowager sent troops to rescue him. ”

"Hmmm! I know that! Why is it related to this again? ”

"It is rumored by the people that the Pavilion Tao Chang Princess Mansion and the Tangyi Hou Mansion rely on the favor of the Empress Dowager and the favor of His Majesty, and the people in the Pavilion Tao Xingfeng are Lang, and the people in the court dare not speak out, and they are even more powerful and ruffians, bandits and mischief, even the people of Chang'an City are afraid of them, this time in order to save Chen Xu, it is even more used to use the naval building boat to knock over a number of civilian boats in the Wei River."

"Getting to the point!"

Zhuang Qingzhai hurriedly bowed: "It is rumored by the people that this heavenly punishment is a warning from heaven to the princess of the pavilion Tao!" ”

"Nonsense, a bunch of shafts!" Xu Chang's beard was shaking, I didn't know whether it was real anger or fake anger, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Dou's and said: "The Empress Dowager, this is a false rumor by the people, it is not enough to believe, it must be that the merchants of Shu County do not know what method to use, causing the collapse of the horizontal gate, and the minister asks the Empress Dowager to hand over this matter to the minister!" ”

"Queen Mother......" A heart-rending cry, accompanied by heavy footsteps, hurried up to the hall: "Queen Mother, you have to be the master of your son!" ”

A bloated woman fell to the ground with tears on her face. The woman is in her forties, and she looks like a middle-to-upper class, but she is older, and the heavy makeup she makes is very weird. Especially those eyes, with ferocity and viciousness. Xu Chang and Zhuang Qingzhai hurriedly saluted, but the woman didn't look at it, but just lay on the ground and cried.

Dou's brows furrowed: "What's the matter?" Get up and speak! ”

"Queen Mother, my family's beard is about to die!" Liu Yan climbed forward two steps and hugged Dou's legs: "Queen Mother, that Su Ren is too vicious, he actually cut off one of his arms, this is a rebellion, and Ling Chi should be arrested!" ”

Dou was about to open his mouth, but Zhuang Qingzhai hurriedly said: "Empress Dowager, how to deal with the punishment that day?" ”

Dou's words had already reached his lips and he swallowed hard. Things in the world are strange, and sometimes myths can happen to people. For example, Liu Bang killed a little snake with leukemia in Mangdang Mountain, and was immediately rumored to be the son of the Red Emperor and beheaded the son of the White Emperor. For another example, Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng saw a few words artificially carved on the stone in Shangjun, and died depressed on the way back to Beijing, and the Qin State really died in two generations.

The Dou clan doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but the collapse of the horizontal gate is obviously not something that one person or even an army can do, since he can't figure it out, it must be a god or a monster. Either way, it's best not to provoke as a human being.

Seeing that Dou didn't speak, Concubine Liu immediately cried: "Queen Mother, these demons have harmed my son and destroyed Chang'an City, and I can't stay, if I don't kill him, if he succeeds in the future, it will be very unfavorable to our Han!" ”

Dou closed his eyes, he had a headache. The Empress Dowager Dou Shi, formerly known as Dou Yifang, was the son of the family who was elected into the palace from ordinary families when Emperor Hui was the emperor, and was rewarded by Empress Lu to Emperor Wen Liu Heng, who was still the acting king. Because the Dou family was born in a slight cold background and had no power in the DPRK and China, Liu Hengyi, who had been pretending to be crazy and stupid, was a confidant, and was pampered, Mr. Liu Qi, and reborn Liu Qi.

Later, Liu Heng became the emperor on behalf of the king, and several children of Liu Heng's original wife Wang passed away one after another, so Liu Qi, the son of Dou Yifang, was appointed as the prince. The mother successfully became the queen with her son's expensive Dou Yifang. her husband Liu Heng died and became the queen mother; His son Liu Qi died and became the empress dowager. Dou has been in the palace all his life, he doesn't care much about politics, he has been poor since he was a child, and patience has become his code of conduct, as long as she doesn't touch her bottom line, she rarely points fingers.

It is precisely because the Dou family does not know much that he is quite sensitive to the affairs of fairies and ghosts. In her opinion, the collapse of the horizontal gate must be punished by heaven. She knows best about her daughter, and the Dou family has heard of Liu's dominance over the years, but she has always been forbearant and spoiled. It would not be strange if it was really a heavenly punishment, otherwise it would not be possible to explain it at all.

"Don't cry!" Dou shouted, and Liu Concubine immediately stopped crying.

"Imperial grandmother ......" was another cry. A little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, with tears on her face, disheveled, and her hair scattered rushed in. The palace maids and servants in the back hurriedly knelt down in large pieces.

Xu Chang and Zhuang Qingzhai hurriedly saluted: "Your Majesty, the ministers are polite!" ”

The person who came was none other than Chen Ajiao, the daughter of Liu Prostitution. That is, the protagonist of Kanaya Zangjiao. Back then, Liu Concubine wanted to marry her daughter to Liu Rong, the son of Li Ji, who was favored by Emperor Jing. But Li Ji is being favored, and Liu Rong is the prince, so he didn't take Liu Concubine in his eyes at all. In a fit of rage, Liu Concubine and Mrs. Wang (now the Queen Mother) joined forces to force Li Ji to death, so that Emperor Jing deposed Liu Rong and renamed Liu Che, the king of Jiaodong, as the crown prince.

At that time, Liu Che was Liu Che's aunt, and during the chat, she asked Liu Che: "Does Che'er want to ask for a daughter-in-law when she grows up?" Liu Che nodded. Liu Yan pointed to the palace maids on the left and right and asked Liu Che which one he wanted? Liu Che said no.

Liu Yan pointed to her daughter Chen Ajiao and asked, "Is Gillian good?" ”

Liu Che replied with a smile: "Okay! If she can marry Gillian as a wife, Che'er will definitely build a golden house for her to live in! Liu Yan laughed, and then she was completely relieved to cooperate with Wang Meiren.

This is the story of Kanaya Zangjiao. Liu Concubine won the bet, her daughter is really the queen now, and he also served as the emperor's mother-in-law from the emperor's aunt, which can be said to be closer to her influence in the court.

Chen Ajiao threw herself into Dou's arms and cried very sadly. Dou comforted him for a long time before he stopped crying. A daughter beside him, a granddaughter and a granddaughter-in-law, no matter how angry the Dou family is, it has already disappeared, and said to Zhuang Qingzhai: "You are the imperial doctor, this matter will be handed over to you, holding the prince of Tangyi hostage, and hurting people, this matter must be severely punished!" ”

"That cross-gate ......"

Dou Shi did not speak, and waved his hand to signal Zhuang Qingzhai and Xu Chang to retreat. The two hurriedly saluted and slowly exited the door. The palace was not a place to speak, and the two of them did not say a word, and followed the palace people who led the way to walk with their heads bowed. Turning the corner of the Changqiu Palace, two small palace people came to him. Maybe because I didn't see it, or because it was raining and the road was slippery, in short, a palace man bumped into Zhuang Qingzhai.

The leading palace people immediately scolded, and Zhuang Qingzhai waved his hand: "Forget it, it's nothing!" He rolled up his sleeves and walked on.

Out of the palace gate, Xu Chang and Zhuang Qingzhai said goodbye. As soon as he got into the carriage, Zhuang Qingzhai couldn't wait to unfold the silk cloth in his palm, the handwriting was very sloppy, and it should have been done in a hurry. The silk cloth is not big, and there are not many words, just one word, save! There is no payment, no year. Zhuang Qingzhai slowly put away the silk cloth, pinched it into a small ball, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it vigorously.

Walking along the road in front of the palace, there are more and more people on the streets, and no matter what happens, the people still have to live. As long as you don't die right away, you have to eat. There were also those idle guys who sat in the wine shop and talked about it, and there was a sentence or two that floated down, and it could be heard that it was about the collapse of the horizontal gate.

"This is the heavenly punishment, what the Shu man said is right, why are the people who died from the Guantao Princess's Mansion if it wasn't the heavenly punishment? None of his people are the same! ”

"I don't think so, if it is punished by heaven, it should not be bombarded with Hengmen and Dongwei Bridge, if it is to be bombarded, it will be bombarded with the ...... of Princess Tao's mansion!" Someone covered the guy's mouth, and the words behind it were indecipherable.

Zhuang Qingzhai shook his head and smiled bitterly, opened the curtain of the carriage, and said to the driver: "Don't go back first, go to the Daxing Order!" ”

"Whoa!" The coachman agreed, and the carriage turned in front of it and went into the alley to the east. As soon as the carriage passed, two figures emerged from the side of the street, one of them following again, and the other turning and running towards the way they came.