Zhang Yuan saw that Qin Minping was angry, so he persuaded: "The Ming Dynasty, the two capitals and thirteen provinces, whether Heluo or Sichuan and Shaanxi, whether Han or Turen, are all descendants of Yan and Huang of the same clan and culture, and they all belong to Greater China. ”

Qin Minping laughed and said: "Zhang Gongzi always speaks so modestly and pleasantly, every time I see Zhang Gongzi, it is refreshing." ”

Qin Liangyu said: "Zhang Gongzi is now a Qinggui Hanlin, and he still calls Zhang Xiu a respect." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Brother Qin and I are friends of cloth, this kind of friendship is precious, after becoming an official, all kinds of interests are entangled, it is difficult to make such a pure friend, Brother Qin used to call me a virtuous brother, why is it now that I am divided." ”

Qin Minping was overjoyed, and said to Qin Liangyu: "Sister, Brother Zhang Xian is not the kind of rich and arrogant person, I think that back then, when we met in Pingshui, he ran for the affairs of our stone pillars and local people, and relieved us of the great trouble in our hearts. ”

Qin Liangyu said with a smile: "It is true that there is a sage like Zhang Xiu in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the blessing of my Shizhu natives." ”

Zhang Dai's coachman called in front of the hall: "Young Master, the car is waiting in front of the door." ”

Zhang Yuan sent his eldest brother Zhang Dai and Li Ko'er out, watched the carriage drive away, and sent Qin Liangyu and the five people back to the hall, Qin Minping said: "Brother Xian doesn't have to send it, the north wind is howling in this cold day, and the capital is really cold." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "I'm not so delicate, it's just more than five miles to go to the Huitong Hall, what is it, walk together, talk, it's rare to get together." ”

Zhang Yuan took Wang Da Hammer and Laifu, and Qin Liangyu and the five people out of Li Ge Old Hutong, through the Shichang Street of the Imperial City, across the West Chang'an Street and Dashi Yongfang, to the chessboard street outside the Daming Gate to walk and talk, the wind was extremely cold. Blowing the face is like a cut, and the cold fur wraps the body and doesn't feel warm-

At this time, it was about the time of Zhengyou, the sky had completely darkened, but there was no lantern lighting along the way, this area of the capital was the most prosperous place, and the scholars and workers gathered in Si, shoulder rubbing. The day is noisy. At this time, there is still more than half an hour before the curfew, and the shops on both sides are brightly lit, soliciting the last batch of customers. Restaurants and tea shops, people come and go, showing the busy scene before the curfew day after day.

Zhang Yuan didn't say how to invite Qin Liangyu to drink. only said to Qin Minping: "Brother Qin, there is no curfew in the city during the fifteen days from New Year's Day to Lantern Festival, and I will invite you to drink in this nearby restaurant at that time." ”

Qin Minping said: "Of course, I will invite the virtuous brother, by the way, Gonggong Zhong of Hangzhou has returned to Beijing, I don't know if I can meet him?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Gonggong Zhong is on an errand in the East Palace, and there is a house of Gonggong Zhong outside Bei'anmen and on the east bank of Shichahai, which is near the Fire Temple. Brother Qin can go to a post, just send some local products, don't attract people's eyes and ears, so as not to be jealous, that Yunnan silver mine tax supervisor Qiu Chengyun is now the palm seal of the seal supervisor, and he is embarrassed by Zhong Gonggong everywhere, which is very hateful. ”

The eunuch Qiu Chengyun was the enemy of the Shizhu Turen. If Ma Qiancheng hadn't been falsely imprisoned by Qiu Chengyun, he wouldn't have died of illness in his prime, and Ma Xianglin, a thirteen-year-old majestic boy, said hatefully: "If that gelding dog meets me, live—"

Before he finished his cruel words, he was sternly stopped by his mother Qin Liangyu. Qin Liangyu said apologetically: "Gonggong Zhong has suffered on behalf of my Shizhu native, I am really guilty." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I can't talk about it. Gonggong Zhong's position in the East Palace is becoming more and more stable, only a fool like Qiu Chengyun who has no eyes will provoke Gonggong Zhong, that kind of person will end sadly sooner or later, just look at it. ”

A group of people bypassed the chessboard street outside the Daming Gate, and saw that the square was very lively, playing a hundred plays with lanterns and playing, there were flying forks, middle flags, flower beds, double stones, poles, lion dances, as well as ropes, swallowing swords, stepping on stilts, the onlookers burst out from time to time bursts of cheers, Ma Xianglin wanted to go over to see a trick for a while, but listened to his mother Qin Liangyu admonished: "Don't go to join in the fun, there are many people, we are far away natives in Beijing everywhere to be cautious, don't cause trouble." ”

Ma Xianglin didn't dare to lean over to look, only turned his head to look a few times as he walked, looking reluctant, although his body was stronger than ordinary adult men, but after all, he was only a thirteen-year-old child, and these juggling tricks had a strong attraction to him.

Zhang Yuan said: "In the first month, it will be more lively, set up a juggling tent, a trick, and a scene next door, every day is not the same, and I will invite Ma Xian's nephew to watch." ”

Ma Xianglin was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Thank you Uncle Shi, thank you Uncle Shi." Saying that, peeking at my mother was not ashamed, so I was relieved to be happy.

After the east side of the thousand-step corridor, a few more steps is the East Gongsheng Gate, the Huitong Hall arrived, the Huitong Hall is large-scale, there are 400 people in charge of the daily food and lodging of the guests, the Huitong Pavilion not only has to receive envoys from all sides, but also all kinds of foreign trade are also held in the Huitong Pavilion, the Ming Huidian stipulates that these envoys staying in Beijing are not allowed to move freely, released once every five days, and are not allowed to enter and exit without permission at ordinary times, except for the envoys of two countries - Ryukyu and Korea, because these two vassal states are in the Ming Dynasty, the most loyal to the Ming Dynasty, of course, Subjects in the Ming system, such as Shizhu Tusi, are naturally not restricted from entering and leaving the hall.

Zhang Yuan sent Qin Liangyu and his entourage to the gate of the hall, said goodbye and went back, Qin Minping insisted on sending a ride, Qin Minping was the first time to come to the capital, he was not familiar with the place, Zhang Yuan was his only friend in Beijing, he was reluctant, Ma Xianglin, I really wanted to see the trick of swallowing the sword and spitting fire again, so the uncle and nephew sent Zhang Yuan's master and servant three people to the chessboard street, Zhang Yuan was about to ask Qin Minping not to send it again, when he suddenly heard a shout from a restaurant on the street: "God, someone died, how is this good!" Then there was a boiling clamor of strife.

The capital is so big, there are murder disputes every day, Zhang Yuan is not an official of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and he doesn't have a hobby of watching the excitement, but he heard Qin Minping "Huh": "It seems that there is a voice of the North Korean envoys, could it be that those North Korean envoys killed people in the restaurant!" ”

Before the words fell, I heard a shout in the restaurant: "The Korean barbarians have killed my Ming people!" The Korean barbarians have killed my Ming people—"

"Grab these North Korean barbarians, dare to commit murder at the feet of my great tomorrow, kill them, kill these North Korean barbarians!"

“……”

I also heard someone say loudly: "I, the ministers of the Korean state, abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, how dare we commit murder and hurt people, this person has come to dispute with us for some reason, no-"

This North Korean said that the official dialect of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty was a bit deliberate and unnatural, and he was interrupted before he finished speaking: "Everyone is dead, and the North Korean barbarians still dare to quibble." Can the North Koreans kill our Ming Han people at will? Could it be that the government connived at these North Koreans to commit wanton murder? Beat, first beat hard, and then send the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division to ask for guilt, and also see that my Ming people can't be bullied, the government will spare you, and my Ming people can't spare you! ”

Then there was the sound of screaming and scuffling.

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Now is not the time when the Manchu Qing Dynasty encountered the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Ming Dynasty is still the proud Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has provisions that if the foreign ministers commit crimes during their stay in Beijing." The light ones take the translator and the escort to ask the guilty. Heavy direct consultation with its envoys will not be tolerated just because it is a foreigner who committed the crime, nor will it be used to use the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses to search for it just because a foreigner has lost a saddle. Therefore, the North Korean envoys did not dare to commit murder in Daming, could it be that there was a dispute after drinking, and they missed and injured people? In any case, even if it is negligent and wounded, it is the guilt of the North Korean envoys. It should be handed over to the government to dispose of, but the person shouting on behalf of the people of the Ming Dynasty in the restaurant seems to have the intention of deliberately inciting hatred-"

Since Jiajing, Tang Gao, Shi Dao, Wu Ximeng and other Ming envoys who have been sent to North Korea have praised North Korea after returning to China, saying that "the Korean cultural relics ritual system is no different from China", so the Ming Dynasty and the opposition have a good impression of North Korea. Tens of thousands of people wept in Hongjiwon in Seoul, and North Korea's gratitude to the Ming Dynasty was sincere.

The Ming Dynasty has no ambitions for the territory of other countries, Zhu Yuanzhang believes that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is large enough, the people are enough, and the products are rich enough, there is no need to expand and plunder outward, as long as the two capitals and thirteen provinces are governed well, because Meng Yuan is a lesson from the past, Meng Yuan conquered dozens of countries by force, and the territory was 100,000 miles long. But it fell apart in less than a hundred years, Zhu Yuanzhang of course had to learn a lesson, which determined that the foreign policy of the Ming Dynasty was to establish morality and not to establish authority. The land is not enough to supply, and the people are not enough to command. If it doesn't think about it. If you come to disturb me, it will be ominous; He is not a problem for China, and it is ominous for me to raise troops and attack lightly. I am afraid that future generations will rely on China's prosperity and strength, be greedy for a moment of military exploits, raise troops for no reason, and kill and injure people's lives. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to open peace for future generations, and asked future generations to act in strict accordance with the rules he formulated, but he didn't know that this time and that time, the current Ming Dynasty has been stormy, many countries have not come to pay tribute, but North Korea is obedient and lax, it can be said that since Zhu Yuanzhang gave the name of North Korea to North Korea was conquered by the Houjin for more than 200 years, North Korea is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between the two countries has always been very good, I have not heard of any diplomatic disputes because of North Korea, but now the big voice in this restaurant is saying "North Korean barbarian", What is the matter with inciting the people to fight the "North Korean barbarians"?

In the darkness of the night, several people escaped from this "Weitai Restaurant" with their heads in their hands, two people who looked like civil officials were holding a man in a red robe in his forties, and there were two companions who chased with their arms and sticks.

A few men chased out of the restaurant shouted:

"Don't let the North Korean barbarians run away, the North Korean barbarians have killed people!"

"The Korean barbarians live in the same hall, and if the monks can't run the temple, they will definitely have to kill people to pay for their lives."

The man in the restaurant ran fast, and stopped the five red-robed men in his pocket, and the people of the Ming Dynasty who did not know the truth also gathered, and the two civil officials were afraid that the red-robed man would be injured, and said loudly: "We are the winter solstice envoy of the Korean State, this is Uncle Liu, the eldest brother of the princess of the king, we want to see the officials of your country's soldiers and horses, and if there is a dispute, then let the Ming government deal with it." ”

"What a dispute!" The man in the restaurant shouted: "It was you Korean barbarians who killed people, what kind of uncle, the uncle of the Korean barbarians dare to be domineering and domineering in Daming!" ”

Someone on the side said coldly: "The king of North Korea, Gwanghaejun, is not in the right position, and his courtiers are also a bunch of well-dressed beasts, and when they arrive in the Ming Dynasty, they have to be taught a hard lesson." ”

Another man swung his stick and struck him, shouting: "Carry the dead body out, carry the dead body out, carry it to the Huitong Hall, and the Korean barbarians will pay for their lives." ”

Hearing the words "Gwanghaejun is not in the right position", the red-robed man raised his head suddenly, looking for the person who spoke with an angry face, but there were a lot of onlookers, I don't know who said it, Zhang Yuan noticed the person who spoke, this person is very strange, where do ordinary people know the name of the king of Joseon, and what does he care about whether he is in the right position or not, and this middle-aged man who looks like a shopkeeper. He spoke in a loud voice, and he deliberately said it to those few North Korean envoys, which was obviously an insult and wanted to provoke these North Koreans.

Zhang Yuan said to Laifu: "Laifu, see that the green-robed man walking to the side of the street is not, follow him, see which store is the shopkeeper?" ”

The companion of the two Korean envoys was clearly a martial artist, and one of them snatched the stick with his bare hands. "Click" is awkward. Thrown on the ground, glaring angrily at a few men in the restaurant.

The man who had been robbed of the stick shouted: "The Korean barbarians are fierce, and they are so arrogant when they kill people." Are you cowardly to deceive the people of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone will hit them with stones-" Encourage the onlookers to do it.

Zhang Yuan, who was watching coldly, intuitively felt that this was a conspiracy, and it was time for him to come forward. "No one is allowed to do anything!" Let Wang Da Hammer push everyone away, walk up to the restaurant men, and ask, "What's going on, what happened to the murder?" ”

A man saw that Zhang Yuan was young, and there were two barbarians with green silk handkerchiefs behind him, and he expected that Zhang Yuan was also a foreign envoy, and the Huitong Pavilion had Fanbang ministers living all year round, and sneered: "Which Fanbang tribe are you, and you have the same hatred as the Korean barbarians." Get out of the way, or I'll fight with you!" ”

Wang Da Hammer had a hot temper, jumped up and slapped the man in the face, and scolded: "Looking for death, dare to be rude to my young master!" ”

The man was slapped to the ground by Wang Da Hammer, covering his face and screaming in pain, and the man on the side shouted: "The barbarians have beaten people." The barbarians beat people, did the Ming Dynasty have no bloody men, let the barbarians of Fanbang bully us Ming people on the street? ”

Ma Xiangqi also wanted to beat someone, but was pulled by his uncle Qin Minping and signaled to protect Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan said: "Hurry up and report to the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses." If there is a murder case, it should also be handed over to the government. ”

I heard someone shout, "Get out of the way, get out of the way." The corpse was brought over. ”

On both sides of the crowd, a door panel carried a dead body over, Zhang Yuan frowned, and thought: "It's really a human life, what the hell is going on?" ”

Laifu ran back and whispered to Zhang Yuan: "Young master, that person is the shopkeeper of this Weitai Restaurant, you see, let people carry the dead body over." ”

Zhang Yuan nodded, looked at the dead body on the door panel, and looked at the young man in this restaurant, straight and straight, it seemed that he was really dead-

At this time, someone in the crowd recognized Zhang Yuan, although Zhang Yuan had a mink hat and a cold fur, but the new branch champion Lang was still fresh in the memory of many people, and someone shouted: "This is Zhang Zhuangyuan, the youngest champion of the Ming Dynasty, what kind of barbarian, nonsense will lose his life." ”

The red-robed North Korean man raised his eyes to look at Zhang Yuan and whispered a few words to the civil official beside him, and the civil official came over to salute Zhang Yuan and said, "Jin Zhongqing, the secretary of the courtier in the lower North Korea, dare to ask Your Excellency is Zhang Zhuangyuan Zhang Hanlin?" "The clerk is the official who records the passage of the mission, and must be proficient in Chinese and Chinese, and his status in the mission is second only to that of the chief and deputy envoys.

Zhang Yuan arched his hand and said: "In the next Zhang Yuan, what happened to the envoy Jin?" ”

Kim Chung-cheong, the Korean clerk, had a happy face and was about to speak, when a general flag of Jinyiwei on duty led seven or eight lieutenants to arrive and shouted: "The idle people will disperse, and the idle people will disperse as soon as possible." ”

The sound of Mu Duo sounded, and a flag school of the Nancheng Terracotta Division led a team of patrol sergeants also rushed over, seeing that the people of the Jinyi Guard had arrived first, the people of the Soldiers and Horses Division were only the leaders of the Jinyi Guard, and the authority of the Jinyi Guard was comparable to the Soldiers and Horses.

The onlookers did not leave, but only spread out a large circle and continued to watch the excitement.

The chief banner of the brocade guard held the handle of the embroidered spring knife, his eyes were sharp, he glanced at the scene, looked at the dead body on the door panel, and said without any surprise: "Please report the name, place of origin, and official position of the person implicated in this murder?" ”

This inner city is full of officials, and before trying a murder case, it is necessary to find out the identity of the plaintiff and the defendant, so as not to accidentally offend the high-ranking officials and relatives.

A man in a restaurant stepped forward and said: "The villain Sun Erli is a buddy of Weitai Restaurant-" He pointed at the corpse of the door panel, "This is Du Ermao, a fellow villager of the villain, and also a buddy of Weitai Restaurant. ”

The clerk surnamed Jin stepped forward and waved to the general banner of Jinyiwei and said: "My lord, here is the winter solstice envoy of the Korean State, this is the envoy Liu, this is the deputy envoy Xu, I just drank in this restaurant, this restaurant guy suddenly went crazy and spit on the wine table, and wanted to tear our Lord Liu, and when he pushed him away, he scolded and went downstairs, and suddenly said that he was dead, and said that we killed him, this is really a great wrong, please Jinyiwei Lord Ming." ”

The man in the restaurant also shouted: "My lord, Du Ermao is very clever on weekdays, how can he be so disheartened and insulting the guests, this is completely unreasonable, and even if Du Ermao is young and ignorant, he will not be guilty of death, how can these North Korean guest officials beat people to death, please be the master of the small people." ”

This murder case is as simple as that, one side said that the person was killed by the other party, and the other party denied it, because the matter involved the North Korean envoys, this Jinyi Wei General Banner felt tricky, and ordered a school captain to report to Zhen Baihu, who was on duty in Daming Gate, and asked Zhen Baihu to deal with the matter.

Zhang Yuan has been observing the shopkeeper of Weitai Restaurant with cold eyes, this shopkeeper did not come forward, stood aside with the onlookers, and only let those few restaurant guys come forward to report the case, Zhang Yuan looked around again, and suddenly found that there were people on the second floor of Weitai Restaurant looking through the window, and the people in the surrounding shops and restaurants gathered to see the excitement, but the person in Weitai Restaurant was just watching from afar, of course, there are many calm people in this world, but Zhang Yuan just felt that this person was wrong-

The man seemed to be aware of the attention, and quickly disappeared from the window, but did not come out of the restaurant's door.

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5,000 words more, on the last day of this month, Xiaodao begged for a monthly pass.