39. Flag Ceremony (D)
But at this time, Shen Huai suddenly grabbed Qian Wuye's sleeve, interrupted Qian Wuye's words, and said: "Fifth Master is clever, you have heard all this private matter of the lower official, and the fifth master is looking for the lower official to come today, it must not be as simple as revealing the bottom of the lower official." Speaking of this, he paused again, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Fifth master, let's discuss if you have something to discuss......www.biquge.info However, Xia Guan also has a question, how could the two handsome talents beside you disappear this time, did Mr. Three bring them into this scene, but there are other important tasks? As he spoke, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and his eyes were quite teasing.
Qian Wuye was in the advantage, but when he heard Shen Huai's "Mr. Three" exit, he suddenly felt a chill on his back.
It turns out that the true identity of this "Fifth Master Qian" is Mr. Shang San, the great butler of the Collapse Thunder Hall!
Since the death of Renault, the owner of the Crash Thunder Hall, although Mr. Shang San operated the original industry of the Crash Thunder Hall, he used the name of the Long Lake Firm as a shell to devour all the properties of the Crash Thunder Hall, and on the surface it became an enemy of the Crash Thunder Hall, and even the "Fifth Master Qian" provoked Mr. Shang San, who had never been seen before, in many public occasions, saying that he would put the Crash Thunder Hall to death. In this way, firstly, the power of the Collapse Thunder Hall has been preserved, and secondly, the relationship between the related industries and Shimen can also be cleared from the surface. It's just that this matter has always been confidential, and only a few people know about it, but unexpectedly, Shen Huai also knew about it. Under this competition, both sides were chess opponents, and they were silent for a while.
But at this time, suddenly the bells and drums of the central viewing platform rang out in unison, and a high-pitched voice sounded: "Tianfu is virtuous, Haiyu Xianning, His Majesty the Shenwu Wise Emperor is coming!" ”
When everyone heard this, they all hurriedly got up and bowed on the spot, and even the opera and dance music had stopped. After everyone kowtowed three times, they waited for Wei Huan, the eunuch of the ceremony, to say "flat" before getting up. Next is the Ministry of Rites officials reciting the sacrificial flag, the sacrificial text is stinky and long, from the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan all the way to the Quartet God of War, the gods and Buddhas in heaven and earth are counted one by one, and finally said that the northern seclusion is the demon star causing trouble, so the Son of Heaven must inherit the mandate of heaven to seek it. After reading the sacrificial text, everyone shouted long live, and knelt down in an uproar, and on the central viewing platform, Xiao Zhen, the son of heaven, stood silently under the umbrella crown, at this time he was already in a yellow robe, standing upright in the midst of these 10,000 people kneeling, with the king's anger, but also the lonely cold in the heights.
I saw that Xiao Zhen was not in a hurry to call everyone to get up, as if he deliberately wanted to see what everyone looked like when they knelt down, and after a while, he said slowly: "Calm down." The tone was slightly flat. Wei Huan, who was beside him, got the order and shouted: "Flat!" The crowd slowly stood up.
On the viewing platform here, Shen Huai and Mr. Shang San both got up slowly and sat down, but there was silence, and neither of them spoke.
Mr. Shang San just heard that his identity was broken, and the identities of Ah Bai and Li Wolf who came with him seemed to have been seen through by this Lord Shen, and he was thinking about countermeasures in his heart, he was good at running a business on weekdays, although he was shrewd and abnormal, but this kind of planning was not as good as Murong Yuan Shixin and others, Tianxing recited the text at this time, he had already relied on his old and spicy mood when he knelt down, and erased Fang Cai's embarrassment, and his face was still Gujing Wubo, he knew that Shen Huai just said "Mr. Three" lightly, if he refuted it, but it was inevitable that there was no silver here. He looked around and confirmed that the people on the viewing platform here were all trustworthy people from the Longhu business, and the other party also had a handle in his hands, and he was evenly matched at this time, so he didn't have to be afraid, so he said lightly: "Those two children are old masters and nephews, and they are active by nature, so they probably slipped out to play." ”
When Shen Huai heard this, he smiled and said: "It's a beast fight in a while, that's fun, Mr. Three is not happy to call them back, otherwise if they break in here at will, it will affect the reputation of the Longhu business, not to mention, the general is afraid that he will not be able to keep it at that time!" With that, he poured himself a glass of wine and drank it with his head tilted.
Mr. Shang San heard that he mentioned the word "general", and the implication was that he was testing Mr. Shang San's details, so he groaned slightly, coughed and said: "Lord Shen is too worried, it's just two ignorant children, and it has nothing to do with the reputation of Longhu Firm...... However, Lord Shen has been in charge of the household department for many years, if Wanshan Xing really has a grain store, and Fengyulou really has a matter of printing, I don't know if it will have an impact on Lord Shen's reputation? ”
Shen Huai didn't expect that after his identity was revealed, he was still calm and steady, and his mouth was still aggressive, and he was indeed a veteran in the business world, so he sighed slowly and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Mr. Three, in fact, "Fifth Master Qian" is your mask, and "Lord Shen" is not the mask of the younger brother, Lord Shen knows that Fifth Master Qian has made an appointment today, it must be for the money and food entanglement between Longhu and Wanshan, Lord Shen originally wanted to pass the test with a false snake and foolishness, but unexpectedly, the mask was taken off as soon as he came up, But today, since Mr. Three has unmasked his younger brother, the younger brother has no choice but to talk frankly with Mr. Three...... Mr. Three, if the younger brother says that he was actually born in the next generation at this moment, and the things he knows are all learned by the later generations, I wonder if Mr. Three will laugh at the little brother for being frivolous? ”
His last question was thoughtless, and it seemed that he deliberately opened the topic, but Mr. Shang San had heard a lot about the mystery of Shen Shilang's life experience, and when he suddenly heard him say this, although he felt incredible in his heart, he couldn't help but believe it. Mr. Shang San knew that Shen Huai would have a follow-up move, so he snorted coldly and waited for Shen Huai to continue.
Shen Huai said with a smile: "The little brother came to this world, it was really a coincidence, and even the little brother himself was quite at a loss. I can't help but believe Mr. Three. But also, it has been a thousand years since the Buddhist scriptures and the Taoist scriptures and the hundreds of schools of thought were written, but after a thousand years, how many people have become holy? People in the world will always choose whether to believe or not according to their own needs......"
Mr. Shang San suddenly interrupted: "I believe it! His voice was unusually calm, and he sounded very sure.
Shen Huai didn't seem to expect Mr. Shang San to say this, and couldn't help but turn his eyes to look at Mr. Shang San, who was already slightly drunk at this time, and it seemed that he was going to look a little more arbitrary. I saw him laugh and said: "Mr. Three, I, Shen Huai, have been talking to people about my life experience for 20 years, which can not be said to be honest, but unfortunately no one is willing to believe it, haha, you are the second to believe this nonsense...... And this first one is a little monk in Longquan Temple. He paused, and without waiting for Shang San to answer, he said to himself: "Mr. San, when I was a child, I heard about the storytelling of books, and what I liked to listen to the most was the continuous smoke and turmoil of the three hundred years after the Qi Dynasty......"
This sentence seems to be just a useless talk, but in the ears of Mr. Shang San, it is like a thunderbolt. Although he is not familiar with historical books, he is also quite familiar with the allusions of the previous dynasties. After thinking about it carefully, he never thought of a period in the world that could be said to be a "three-hundred-year turbulent era", and if this Shen Huai was really a coincidence and came from later generations, then the books he heard in his childhood were not what he said today?
Thinking about the "Empress Qi" mentioned in Shen Huai's words just now, isn't that the implication......
Mr. Shang San didn't dare to think down, beads of sweat were already faintly appearing on his forehead. Seeing Mr. Shang San's expression, Shen Huai knew that his words had already taken effect, so he sighed and continued, "...... At that time, what I loved most was the bright stars in this troubled world, and the bones of Zheng Zheng. The most disgusting thing is the nobles of the common people and the emperor who does not care about the people's livelihood. But one day I will be in this scene, but I gradually feel that this person in the past world also has his own hills and valleys, and the emperor of this past life is also a poor person! As he spoke, he bowed to the central viewing platform from afar, and said with a little wine: "If you don't see it with your own eyes, how can you know Your Majesty's bones." His words at this time are quite different from the "generation of heroes" in Fangcai, the light in his eyes is dim, it seems that the word "wind and bones" has different meanings behind it. I saw that his cup was on his lips, but he didn't drink it, as if the afterglow in his eyes was still looking at Xiao Suo's figure on the central viewing platform, and sighed and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, in the story of his later generations, the temple number is "Emperor Yang"!" ”
At this time, Mr. Shang San came back to his senses, he had just heard the "Empress Qi" and "Emperor Yang", and heard Shen Huai mention today, and suddenly understood in his heart that Shen Huai seemed to be hinting that after today's son, the world would be chaotic?
He was out of business a few days ago, and only after he returned did he learn that Ah Bai had passed three levels and five tests to become the new hall master of the Thunder Hall. Although he knew that Shi Xin and Murong Yuan were not confused people, and after a few days of getting along, he was gradually convinced by Ah Bai's temperament, but he still had doubts in his heart, and when he had to consult Shi Xin, Shi Xin only said: "The world will be chaotic, and I am also in my heart, just do what I need to do according to the mandate of heaven!" ”
At this time, when he heard Shen Huai's words, he thought of the "Mandate of Heaven" that Shi Xin seemed to be difficult to explain, and his heart suddenly seemed to have figured it out, so he asked: "Lord Shen is an official in the court, how can he send out the evil words of the troubled times of the country?" ”
When Shen Huai heard this, he knew that this Mr. Shang San was testing himself, and he was not in a hurry, so he said lightly: "Loyal words are not afraid of going against the ear, but they are afraid that if they fall into the wrong ear, they will be regarded as a fallacy!" "Let's laugh and drink.
Mr. Shang San also returned to his calm nature at this moment, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Then Wanshan Xing's grain is also a countermeasure taken for the troubled times?" ”
Shen Huai said slowly: "The situation is unpredictable, and Wanshanxing naturally has to have its own countermeasures." Now the Northern Expedition is inevitable, but once the Northern Expedition, there is the possibility of victory or defeat, and both victory and defeat, there are also two choices, to put it bluntly, now the DPRK is considered His Majesty to sit in the village, a total of four bets, everyone is actually just betting on their own, betting on this game and the gambling game of the world, betting on a future. After all, the future is unpredictable, so if you get that loyalty, everyone is just looking for a way to survive......"
Mr. Shang San now does not dare to underestimate this squire, he knows that this person must have a deep meaning when he mentions the pattern of the DPRK and China at this time, so he follows his words and thinks, he is good at measuring, and it will not take long to understand the meaning of Shen Huai's words, so he pinched his fingers and muttered: "Your Majesty is young and ambitious, looking forward to the revival of the Qi Dynasty, the achievement of building an immortal world, and he must be the one who wins and advances, so the Northern Expedition is inevitable, and the Son of Heaven will conquer in person, and he will inevitably think about victory and not defeat." The generals are brave, and many of them can make meritorious contributions in battle, so naturally there are many people who hope to win, but now they are strong and domineering, so there are many people who hesitate, so His Majesty used An Guogong to eliminate the intention of the generals to fight! Duke Wei is not very powerful and has a high position, and this expedition was originally made by him, which must be a great success......"
Shen Huai suddenly took over the conversation at this time and said, "...... Most of the royal children are victorious. Twenty years ago, the Zhaoming Party should be regarded as a victor in the middle. But now although the national strength of the DPRK and China is strong, but the wealth is not in the people, the Qi Dynasty has fallen for 400 years, and although the national strength is still strong, it is already an empty shell that cannot withstand the wind and waves. Therefore, the people who can see this in the court and the central government are naturally worried, although they still believe that they can win, but they do not want to work hard and cause the army to make a noise, so although they hope for victory, they are unwilling to use troops for many years, and I believe that General Zhuguo and Lord Shoufu agree with this......"
When Mr. Shang San heard the "General of Zhuguo", he knew that he was deliberately pointing out his identity as "Mr. Shang San", and he didn't care, and secretly reflected on what Shi Xin did, which was indeed as Shen Huai said, and he was really noncommittal about the Northern Expedition, so he was quite impressed by this "man of later generations". Knowing that Shen Huai also said the same "rebellious" words at this time, he was not afraid that he would poke these words out in the future, so he received: "...... But now the disadvantages of our dynasty are not obscure, most of the ministers of the Chinese court are anti-war, in fact, they are worried about defeat, they will lose their official posts, and the Illuminati Cult has become more and more active in recent years, the sect and our dynasty have a deep collusion, Dezong Chao After the peace, it is the manipulation of the Illuminati Cult, in the undercurrent, there are many people who want to subvert the government, so many parties are defeated, trying to cause trouble for a while, these should be people who think defeated......" said and glanced at Shen Huai out of the corner of his eye. He knew that Shen Huai had a lot of party relations in the DPRK and China on weekdays, and this sentence was said to squeeze him.
But Shen Huai didn't care, and took the opportunity to receive: "...... This is the same as the loss of the businessman, as long as the original is there, the benefits can be earned, so the younger brother only said that this defeat also has a retreat, and Wanshan Xing is the most timid, so it is the retreat of this defeat, Mr. Fang Caisan asked about the countermeasure, this is the countermeasure...... "said that the body was weak, it seemed that he had drunk too much, and with a plop, he was already lying on the case, and he was indeed drunk."
Mr. Shang San had already heard that this Shen Huai was famous for pouring three cups, but he didn't expect that at this time he said that he would pour it, and he had a question in his heart that had not yet been asked, he knew that this was very important, so he said: "Lord Shen, who is the one who is in defeat?" ”
But seeing that the corners of Shen Huai's mouth were salivating, and he seemed to be sleepy, Shang San saw this, and secretly scolded himself in his heart that he had really lost the backbone of the heart today, and his thoughts were taken so far, and when he was about to clear his thoughts, Shen Huaimeng, who overheard, said in general: "Alas, it's good to be drunk, it's good to be drunk, it's good to be drunk, it's good to be drunk, it's ......good to be drunk."
When Mr. Shang San heard this, he didn't feel in a trance, and he didn't know whether Shen Huai's shocking words were true or false.
At this time, he suddenly heard a drum in the square, and Wei Huan, the eunuch of the ceremonial ceremony, suddenly shouted: "A hundred beasts are marching!" ”
Only the sound of babbling can be heard, the six stone gates are slowly rising, for a time the tiger roars and the bear roars, the roar of the beasts faintly comes out, and there seems to be a slight trembling feeling on the ground in the middle, as if this stone carved colosseum is slowly recovering.
"Report!" A fast horse came to the dust, all the way into the city, but it was a four-hundred-mile rush of the horse.
The herald on horseback seemed to be badly wounded, and could only crouch on the horse's back, his shoulders covered with blood, and the cry of "Bao" was unusually weak despite all his strength. The blood droplets dripped all the way from Desheng Gate to Shenwu Gate with the fast horse, but they were quickly washed away by the heavy rain.
Under the Shenwu Gate, the fast horse was stopped by the guards, and according to the law of Great Qi, only the documents signed by the governor and above can be directly sent to the imperial city and reported directly to the emperor. However, at this time, the emperor was carrying out a flag sacrifice ceremony in the colosseum, and even if this document was urgent, it was absolutely impossible to send it to the emperor at this time.
But when he saw that the horse was dying, he seemed to say something similar to "in his arms", indicating that he seemed to have a document in his arms, and then he turned over and rolled down the horse. The guards couldn't deal with it, so they had to hand over the documents brought by the cavalry to the guard general Hu Yue, Hu Yue saw the matter of the document on the report, and in an instant his eyebrows and beard stood upside down, and he was shocked! He turned his mind around, and called the most courageous of his own soldiers, and asked him to hurry to the stagecoach on which he was riding, and bring the letter. In a four-hundred-mile expedited manner, this letter was sent to the Colosseum.
"Report!" The pro-soldier did not dare to slack off, took the paperwork, whipped the horse, and galloped all the way from the Shenwu Gate to the Colosseum with a clear voice, and the sound of the horse's hooves stepped on the bluestone road, kicking and galloping all the way.
Hu Yue turned his eyes to look at the dark clouds in the sky and the departing messengers, and the tiger's eyes, which were usually happy, were full of bloodshots.
Under the iron armor, the clothes were already blown through by the cool breeze.
On the main road south of the city, the heralds galloped by.
The smell of heavy rain was in the mud, and the sky was still overcast.
On the side of the road, on top of an inconspicuous ox cart hidden on the corner of the street, a pair of eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light.
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"Book of Qi": "On the twenty-third day of August in the eighth year of the Great Cause, Kou broke Jizhou, and the guard He Yu was captured and killed, and on the twenty-sixth day, the Liaocheng defender **** surrendered, Liaocheng was broken, and Kou went straight to the southeast. On the third day, to Shanhaiguan. ”
"Book of Qi": "The Emperor is young and smart, and long, good at hunting, likes to play, and often fights tigers with his body, regardless of his own body." ”
Schneier's "Examination of Oriental Company": "The predecessor of Oriental Company should have originated from Wanshanxing, the leading cotton textile industry in Yangzhou through the integration of shares and division of labor, if it were not for the continuous wars and famines in China that disrupted the stable resident system and administrative system in the south, the large-scale promotion of the company system should have been more than 200 years in advance. ”