Chapter 6: The Charcoal Seller
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Liu Ao's strange footwork finally stopped wrestling, and it was not very handy with swordsmanship. Recently, there has been a strange phenomenon, as long as I practice the set of exercises of the Mo family giant, it seems that I will awaken the blood of the old body.
How to say it, just like when Wu Niang let herself practice that strange set of exercises, she automatically carried out a cycle in her body. I thought that I had practiced that set of exercises for so long, and I didn't see any effect, but now it is reflected.
It's the same as the warm current all over the body, how comfortable it is. In such weather, I didn't feel cold in a jacket. With each step, the warm currents in the body will automatically flow there, and those warm currents in the body will flow in the body spontaneously like mercury. Zimu said, this is called true qi.
said that he has always had true qi in his body, but it was not stimulated, so the martial arts characters couldn't see it. Anyway, he has also practiced his true qi, so he is a martial arts master?
Zimu shook his head, "The true qi is stimulated and hidden in the body, it can only be said that you have entered the ground and become a master?" If you can release your true qi, let's talk about it.
Bai is happy, forget it, if you are not a master, you don't expect to become a master of the green forest, so you should exercise.
The heavy snow closed the door, but Li Shimin of the Wude Hall was not idle.
Now the changes in Datang have made him very satisfied, this year's sweet potato harvest, he has personally investigated, this winter's people, will not starve, such a cold and snowy day, at least boiled sweet potatoes to satisfy hunger.
He thinks further. Now that the country is abundant, it is time to welcome back the former Sui generals and Jingguan outside the Goguryeo Grand King's City. However, before that, it is necessary to slim down for your family.
Today's entire royal family is more bloated. Some branches are slightly, and now they have become rice worms one by one, and they are the Li family's rivers and mountains, and they have been born with Yulu, and the expenses of the royal family in the Tang Dynasty are almost equal to the officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Is this still worth it?
During the Chinese New Year this year, taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Shimin is ready to say his plans, first of all, the issue of fiefdom. Almost every descendant of the royal family has a fief to some extent, this is not good, now the direct line of the Li family is the prince, and there are more than 20 large and small. Too much!
The "Cutting Domain" will definitely bring a storm to the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin must bear this pain. In addition, next year's imperial examination, which is the first major reform since he ascended the throne, is to be recorded in the annals of history, and there is no room for error. The Museum of Literature has already begun to prepare for the program. What is the township test, county test, and government test......
An edict was issued from the Wude Palace......
The snow fell from morning to evening without the slightest sign of stopping. As if the heavens couldn't bear to see the vicissitudes of the world, they completely covered it with white holy snowflakes.
The next day it was fine. An ox cart, loaded with charcoal, came to the south of Chang'an, waiting for the city gate to open, so that it could enter the city early in the morning and sell it for a good price.
The gates of the city were opened, and people entered and went out of the city one after another.
Facing the two soap-suited sword-wearing guards, he took eight steps arrogantly, stretched out his hand and grabbed a basket of hot buns from the street, as if this bun shop was their home, the shopkeeper was about to scold, and he was silent when he saw that the waist card was silent. Just kidding, that was the guard of King Jiang's family.
Jiang Wangye, that was Li Yuan's twentieth son. Li Yuan's son was born with the title of king, which is something that cannot be helped.
Li Shimin mutinied in Xuanwumen, robbed his father of the throne, and has been satisfying Li Yuan in material resources and beauties, an old man who has lost his country, imprisoned in Taiji Palace, in addition to drinking and working hard to make a villain, what else can he do?
So over the years, Li Shimin has given Li Shimin a lot of younger brothers and sisters, adding up to forty or fifty. There are so many that there are some younger brothers and sisters that Li Shimin has never met a few times himself.
The two guards saw the old man's cart of charcoal. "Heh, didn't our brothers just come out to get some charcoal when we went out today. Well, someone sent a pillow to sleep. ”
The two came to the old man with a smile: "This car of charcoal is from our Jiang Palace, come with us." ”
When the old man heard that it was the prince's mansion, he knew that the big families were so virtuous, and he was also happy that he could sell the charcoal as soon as he came, so that he didn't have to suffer from cold and starvation.
The old man came with strength, drove the ox cart and followed the two messengers to the Jiangwang Mansion.
Jiang Wangfu is near Taiji Palace, and Li Yuan's child is Li Shimin's younger brother, with a noble status, even if he lives in Taiji Palace, it is not unavoidable, but there are too many younger brothers. Things are vaguely expensive, and if there are too many things, they will not be taken seriously. The later ones were all arranged in the annex outside the Taiji Palace.
Although it is also an imperial city, it is not as strict as Taiji Palace, and pedestrians can see it on the street.
The charcoal was left by Jiang Wangfu, and then the two guards came out and took out a zhang of red lings and a piece of silk, put it on the ox cart, and let the old man go.
The old man was also dumbfounded. Hongling and silk are good, but what I want is not this, a countryman, busy for a winter, just rely on this cart of charcoal to make a living, he is not willing to eat in the morning, his body is shivering, that is, the ox cart is borrowed from the owner's family.
The old man didn't follow, and he had to be ethical when he grabbed the guard, and was stomped to the ground by the guard.
Speaking of Liu Ao, he was taken to the Wude Hall by Leng Mian in the middle of the night. It turned out that last night, Li Shimin stayed awake all night, and when he encountered a problem, it was not appropriate to think about who to discuss, so he remembered Liu Ao, a courtier who seemed to be not in the court, and sent a cold face to take Liu Ao to the Wude Palace.
The cold noodles were also unlucky, and when they came to Liu's Mansion, they were almost beaten by Zimu and Bi Changchun. This is generally a common problem for martial arts people. You said that the city gate was also closed at night, and Leng Mian did not use Li Shimin's right to open the city gate, and went out of the city directly with light work. As soon as I entered Liu's Mansion, I didn't knock on the door, and I floated directly into Liu's Mansion, so it's strange not to misunderstand.
Fortunately, Leng Mian came to Liu's Mansion, Zimu has seen it, if it was a stranger, it is estimated that he will be captured.
Liu Ao was really unhappy, anyone who came out of the hot quilt was not happy, and when he entered the city, he was carried by the cold noodles and flew through the city gate, which was more difficult than Changchun's carriage at the city gate. Only wait for dawn outside the city gates.
Tossed until dawn, sleepy, and was allowed to come out. The Wude Hall is warm, but as soon as it comes out, it's not like that, it's cold!
Out of the palace, you always have to find a place to have breakfast first, ordinary place, with Liu Ao's current identity, I don't want to go, if you want to go to a high-end teahouse, you have to go to the four seasons building on the edge of the palace.
The four seasons are generally in and out of the royal relatives, or large and small officials, many officials go to the court, if they are not in a hurry to go home, they will go there to sit for a while.
Jiangwang's Mansion is located diagonally opposite the teahouse. Because Liu Ao had to wait for Bi Changchun to pick him up, he sat in a tea table by the window, eating snacks while looking at the street, and the scene just now happened to fall into his eyes.
Where is this, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how arrogant can this be to make such a move at the feet of the Son of Heaven? Early in the morning, there were few guests in the teahouse, so I asked the guy to come over, and when I asked, I found out that it was Jiangwangfu.
Coincidentally, the ox cart rented by the old man is Liu's, Liu's house breeds so many cattle, and the ox cart is basically rented at a low price, now after all, it is winter, and the livestock are idle.
At this time, Bi Changchun had already arrived downstairs, Liu Ao stood on the window and faced Bi Changchun: "Help the old man up and break the legs of the two guards." ”
After speaking, he didn't look at it, turned around and asked the guy for pen and ink, angry on his head, brushed and wrote a word, and under the sympathetic eyes of the guy, he checked out and walked out of the teahouse.
There were already a bunch of people downstairs, Bi Changchun had fallen to the ground in front of him, the old man stood behind Bi Changchun in horror, Bi Changchun knew the old man, but he didn't expect that he was usually lazy, and he was about the same age as himself, so powerful, those guards saw Bi Changchun coming over to meddle in things, and they also wanted to treat Bi Changchun like an old man, but no, as soon as his leg stretched out, he was broken by Bi Changchun's palm.
The screams of the guards were in front of King Jiang's mansion, and a group of guards came out of it. Outcome......
Bi Changchun didn't have a good impression of these nobles, and he didn't even treat the emperor very well, let alone these guards, he didn't care at all. In his opinion, breaking a leg is light, and he dares to bully Zhang Laohan.
Liu Ao knew that this time things would make a big fuss. However, there are also plans, originally, last night, Li Shimin wanted to knife these imperial relatives.
Now that he is in charge, he is not afraid of King Jiang's revenge. A prince who can't even tolerate Taiji Palace, Liu Ao doesn't think it's important in Li Shimin's eyes, although they are all princes, these younger brothers of Li Shimin are not as good as a king with a different surname.
But the prince is the prince, there are still troubles, Liu Ao did not go back, but asked Bi Changchun to take the old man to the Chang'an Mansion, those guards were scared, no one intercepted them for a while, Liu Ao directly turned into the palace again......
ps: It's a bit of a cardin, wait for me to think about it, this charcoal seller is too much, and the chessboard also knows that this stalk is not very suitable for cutting the domain, and I haven't found a good idea, so let's do it first. (To be continued.) )