Fuping Marquis Mansion, Zhang Fang put down Wang Shang's sincere thank you letter and smiled slightly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info this time, the reason why he was able to turn the tables in an almost impossible situation was all due to his intelligence network all over Chang'an. Zhang Fang listed Wang Feng's party as a first-level concern, and Gou Shen was one of them.

From the intelligence collection, Zhang Fang also knew that Gou Shen's brother-in-law Li Ge was idle and a frequent visitor to the Qingguan on Zhangtai Street, spending a lot of money, but he didn't have much means to make money, so he relied on his sister to get by. This kind of person, it's easy to take down.

Before Zhang Kuang went to the book, Zhang Fang got information that this Taizhong doctor had entered Gou's mansion at night and came out in the middle of the night. When he went, he was empty-handed, but when he returned, the two servants carried heavy boxes, and the cats in them were not asked.

Zhang Fang didn't know what the two were trading at first, until he found out that Zhang Kuang's book was related to Wang Shang, and immediately thought of what happened last night. Zhang Fang knew that Gou Shen Xinna's concubine was very pampered, and she didn't leave her for almost a moment, so she was very likely to know something. So he took the opportunity of going to the toilet to ask Shi Rong to send a letter and ask Wang Shang to secretly control Li Ge. and then lured his sister out in the name of Li Ge to see if he could pry the news out of the mouths of the two brothers and sisters.

The result was better than Zhang Fang expected, and not only did the Li brothers and sisters know, but their sister also witnessed the crucial process from behind the screen. If you want to ask why it is so coincidental - in fact, it is not a coincidence, but Li Gezhi's sister is very concerned about money, and watching the servant carry such a box of jewelry to give away, the flesh hurts in her heart. What makes her even more incomprehensible is that the other party is just a Taizhong doctor, and the male monarch is Guan Neihou and Shui Heng Du Wei. If you want to give it, it should be Zhang Kuang's gift, how can you give the other party a generous gift?

Li Ge's sister couldn't figure it out, so driven by curiosity, she hid behind the screen and eavesdropped...... Typical curiosity kills the cat, and directly sends his own male monarch to prison.

Wang Shang escaped again.

And Zhang Fang, who continued to help people block the gun, was finally aimed at the muzzle.

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At the end of the fourth year of Heping, Shanyang County reported auspiciousness, saying that "there are fire stones, and people are different". Liu Biao, who was being made sleepy by the solar eclipse, heard the great joy and issued an edict to change the yuan, which was the first year of Yangshuo. By this time, the wheel of history had turned to 24 BC.

This is destined to be the most ups and downs and foggy year in the history of the Han Dynasty.

In order to celebrate the change of the Yuan, the Son of Heaven Liu Biao decided to have a grand beast fighting competition after the lively banquet of the first palace of the year, the plough and the plough, the worship of the Emperor of Heaven and the ancestral temple.

Fighting beasts? Isn't that what the Romans liked? The people of the Han Dynasty are also good at this?

The answer is: Yes, there were also fighting beasts in the Han Dynasty. There are beasts fighting with beasts, and there are also fights between humans and beasts. There are two interesting examples recorded in the annals.

The first is the period of Emperor Yuan. In the first year of Jianzhao (38 BC), Emperor Yuan went to the tiger pen to watch the beasts fight, and the concubines were all present to accompany him. A bear suddenly jumped out of the circle and climbed the pole to go up to the temple. The attendants, nobles, and concubines of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, including Fu Zhaoyi, all fled in panic, and only Feng Zhaoyi kept standing in front of Emperor Yuan to block the bear.

Then the left and right attendants swarmed up and killed the bear.

Emperor Yuan asked Feng Zhaoyi in surprise: "People are frightened, why did they become bears before?" ”

Feng Yuan replied: "The beast stops when it wins people, and the concubine is afraid of the bear to sit on the throne, so she deserves it." ”

Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty was grateful and amazed, and respected Feng Zhaoyi very much. And Fu Zhaoyi and others, who fled at that time, were deeply ashamed, and finally became angry, and Fu Zhaoyi hated Feng Zhaoyi from then on. And decades later, he put this hatred into action and forced Feng Zhaoyi to death.

The second is the Jingdi period. At that time, the famous scholar Yuan Gu once argued with Huang Sheng in front of Emperor Jing about the issue of "Tang Wufei was ordained". The two sides argued fiercely, and seeing that no one could convince anyone, in order to maintain a good atmosphere of academic debate in the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing called a stop. When Empress Dowager Dou heard this, she summoned Yuan Gu and asked. The Queen Mother is good at "Lao Tzu", Yuan Gu said, "This is the family's words". When Empress Dowager Dou heard this, she threw Yuan Gu into the tiger pen and ordered him to fight the wild boar.

Fighting wild boars with bare hands, Yuan Gu doesn't have this ability. Fortunately, Emperor Jing ordered someone to secretly give him a sharp blade. Yuan Gu took a moment on the field, stabbed the wild boar with a straight blade, and hit him in the heart, and the wild boar was killed in his hand - a Confucian man who was both civil and military.

Empress Dowager Dou could not have imagined that this old Confucian was so fierce that she had to pardon his sins—well, this old man was nearly fifty years old at the time, and finally lived to be more than ninety years old. In the Han Dynasty, where the average life expectancy was only forty, this was definitely a staggering longevity, and it could be called a living immortal.

The above two examples are enough to show how the tiger circle existed in the Han Dynasty.

On the twentieth day of the first month, the winter snow melts. The Son of Heaven brought all the concubines and officials in Beijing with more than 1,000 stones, the royal chariot and the minister's chariot and horse, stretched for several miles, mighty, and went to the Jianzhang Tiger Circle to watch the beast competition.

In the southwest of Chang'an, only a few miles out of the straight city gate, there is a palace group with brilliant golden walls and heavy buildings. This is the sixth largest palace in addition to the five palaces such as Weiyang, Changle, Mingguang, Beigong, and Guigong: Jianzhang Palace.

Jianzhang Palace was built in the second year of Emperor Wu (103 years ago), which belongs to the nature of the garden. Entering the palace from Fengque, because the ridge is decorated with copper tiles, no matter how far and near you look at, the golden yellow is brilliant, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the golden wall is brilliant at all. The palace hall group is even more innumerable in one breath, what Chengguang Palace, Tianliang Palace, Qibao Palace, Drum Spring Palace, Qihua Palace, Mingluan Palace, Copper Pillar Palace, Hande Palace, Cool Breeze Terrace, Wind Shelter Terrace, Jingganlou...... I can't count it with both hands and feet. Of course, there is also a large royal man-made lake such as Taiye Pond, and at the northernmost end of the palace, there is also a god platform, on which there is a huge copper immortal dew plate. As for whether the inherited dew has immortal energy, I'm afraid only the warlock who took the alchemy for the Son of Heaven knows.

Zhang Fang has not come to Jianzhang Palace over the years, and every time he comes, he will accompany the Son of Heaven to the tiger circle in the southwest of Jianzhang Palace to watch the fighting beasts. In terms of the scene and the number of spectators, the scale is the largest this time.

Although the tiger circle is named after "tiger", in fact, there are not only tigers, but also bears, leopards, wild boars, bison and other large beasts. And what encircles these beasts is an iron cage.

Every time Zhang Fang stands in front of these iron cages, he always feels like visiting a zoo. The only difference is that the various animals in the zoo are listless and sick. The beasts in the tiger pen let out a terrifying roar, and from time to time people stood up, their forelimbs resting on the fence, and opened their bloody mouths, eager to choose people to eat.

Zhang Fang did not ride in the car, he sat on the imperial chariot of the Son of Heaven and served as the right side of the car. The right side of the car was originally the position of the Son of Heaven's guard, responsible for protecting the safety of the Son of Heaven. It's just that in Chang'an, there are three layers of guards inside and three layers outside, and the right side of this car is basically a decoration. Although the function of the guard is not there, it is a supreme honor, and all officials and men are proud of it.

This time, it is Zhang Fangzhuo standing here. Even the general Wang Feng and the prime minister Wang Shang were riding left and right, as if they were also escorting him.

In the cheers of the people, Zhang Fang stood in the wind, dressed in the snow. Looking up, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the male city is like a stand, the long street is straight, and the catkins are flying.

Zhang Fang stretched out his hand, and a piece of catkins was falling in the palm of his hand, closed, looking back, and facing a pair of Yingying autumn waves in Luan's driving - Ban Yuanjun.