Chapter 0111: Jinglong escapes from prison
In the main hall, a large group of eunuchs and palace maids were busy arranging, two tables were temporarily set up in the hall, spread with apricot yellow satin tablecloths, one table was placed on the table, and the other table was placed on the other table, and the next side was all the gifts that were ready to be sent to the mansion of the governor of the five armies.
Today, the emperor's wedding, Liu Jin a few things that can't be on the stage naturally have no chance to show up, Yang Ling can't find a few familiar adults, stand at ease in His Royal Highness, and wait for the Qintian Supervisor Zheng Mo Daowei to vividly announce that the auspicious time has come, Yang Ling saw that Emperor Zhengde was dressed neatly and made a grand appearance surrounded by internal officials, guards, and eunuchs, and walked into the main hall of the Qianqing Palace in the sound of music.
The civil and military officials, princes and ministers who were qualified to come to congratulate the Dao Xi bowed to the ground and shouted long live. The official of the Xuan system took the edict, stood on the east side of His Majesty, announced the edict loudly, appointed the main and deputy angels, and went to the mansion of Lord Xia to ask for the name.
Yang Ling has memorized these procedures, and there are Honglu officials of the Ministry of Rites next to him who can learn from them, and those who tend to advance and retreat also seem to look like them, and they have been given the holy decree, and the Honglu official of the Ministry of Rites is the envoy of the festival, and Yang Ling is the deputy envoy holding the edict of asking for the name, and the guard of honor and the drum head are opening the way, starting from the Qianqing Palace, opening the noon gate and going straight to the Xia Mansion.
Miao Kui led the imperial horse supervisor and the Han general's guard of honor behind him on the side, and stayed at the Xia Capital Governor's Mansion, Xia Daren knelt down to receive the angel, and handed over the "table" with his daughter's name, resume, and birth date to the angel, and set up a feast to entertain the envoys of the Son of Heaven, Miao Kui was able to sit at the same table with Yang Ling, as for the honor guard, drum music and guards, he could only squat in the courtyard holding the big sea bowl with vegetables and rice.
Yang Ling is not good at talking with unfamiliar officials, but although he is a deputy envoy, he is the most favored minister of the emperor today, and the emperor's internal officials and close servants are all good friends with him.
Yang Ling and the others have finished collecting and asking for names, and they have to go back to the palace to reply to the decree, so the drinks prepared by the Xia family are all Jiangnan rice wine with a low degree, with a glutinous sweetness in the fragrance, the weather is hot, this wine is very thirst-quenching, Yang Ling can't help but drink a few more glasses.
While the Honglu official was talking with the Xia Dudu, he summoned a servant of the Xia Mansion, asked where he was clean, got up and confessed to the adults at the same table, and turned around and walked towards the thatched house.
The servant diligently led him to the side courtyard, and pointed out the convenience of retreating, now the Xia family is decorated with magnificence, the flowers are splendid, and even the mouth of the thatched house is hung with big red silk, the thatched house of the Xia family is built like a flower pavilion, and a few cherry trees are planted at the door in order to cover it, and the red agate-like cherries are full of branches.
Yang Ling brushed away a branch that poked out, and was just about to leave after walking in to relieve his hands, Miao Kui also flashed in, Yang Ling remembered that Miao Kui was a eunuch, and he must have been a little embarrassed next to him when he released his hand, so he smiled and said: "Father-in-law Miao, the lower official will go back to the table first."
Miao Kui took a step back, blocked his way, and glanced out slightly, then he smiled and said: "Lord Yang, slow down, our family just wants to make friends with Lord Yang, and make it convenient for you and me."
Yang Ling's heart moved, and he said quietly: "What does Father-in-law Miao say?" I hope I can explain it to Yang."
Miao Kui smiled slightly and said: "Our family doesn't see the real Buddha and doesn't burn incense, but today's actions are really sincere, can't the factory supervisor still believe in our family?" ”
Yang Ling was secretly taken aback in his heart, the first thought was that there must be someone among the Eight Tigers who was in cahoots with Miao Kui, and the preparation for the construction of the inner factory was Emperor Zhengde's temporary intention yesterday, and there was no little eunuch in the palace at that time, even if the two factories and one guard were so good, it was impossible to penetrate to such a point, unless Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng, and Dai Yi had Miao Kui's henchmen.
Yang Ling was secretly surprised in his heart, but he said with a smile on his face: "Oh, it turns out that Father-in-law Miao is talking about this matter, hehehe, Yang doesn't dare to hide it, the emperor suddenly made such a will, and Yang is also at a loss, and after a few days, maybe the emperor's mind will fade, so I don't dare to publicize this eight-character thing, I don't know what Father-in-law Miao said."
Miao Kui's slender eyes narrowed slightly, and he smiled: "It hasn't been long since our family reopened the West Factory at the behest of the first emperor, and we have some experience in this matter." Speaking of which, in the future, you and I will have to do things for the emperor, if there is anything difficult for Lord Yang to prepare for the internal factory, just one sentence, our family will do our best to help. ”
Yang Ling smiled lightly: "More Cheng Miao father-in-law care, to say that the east factory has been open for some years, and the west factory also has a precedent in the front, even if Yang Ling is ordered to build a new internal factory, it is just a small door and a small household, and there is nothing to do on the table, so I dare not bother with my father-in-law."
Miao Kui didn't expect Yang Ling to agree, after listening to Yang Ling's words, Miao Kui smiled and said with a solemn expression: "Lord Yang, the outer court has no good impression of our factory guard, as for the interior of our factory guard, the East Factory Jinyi Wei is wearing a pair of open crotch pants, although the West Factory has the responsibility of supervising the East Factory and Jinyi Guard, but they have deep roots and strong strength, and our family has suffered a lot of dumb losses in the hands of Fan Ting and Zhang Xiu."
Our family has made this West Factory, and everyone looks at the infinite scenery, but every time they are worried about their burdens, they are afraid that something will fall into their hands, which is as good as the face? As soon as Lord Yang opened the inner factory, not only did he have the right to restrain them, but he also wanted to take the power of the celebrant to supervise and inspect the tax into his own hands, which was simply cutting off one of their big financial routes.
He smiled sadly and said, "The people who stand in the way of their wealth have always had only one way to die, isn't Lord Yang worried about capsizing in the gutter once he misses?" Jinyiwei's 180 tortures, cooking, intestine pumping, sawing, breaking vertebrae, pouring lead, and grooming, each of them is a torture that can make ghosts tremble when they hear it, and adults are tired of having a family, even if the saint is long, he can't stand Dongchang Jinyiwei's calculations, right?
Our family's west factory is based on the Imperial Horse Supervisor, if our family is not wrong, Lord Yang set up an inner factory, and will be organized by cronies in the Shenji camp, you and I are from the same army, and we have a great relationship with each other, so our family took the liberty to speak, I don't know what Lord Yang thinks? ”
Yang Ling suddenly realized when he heard this, and he quickly calculated in his heart: although he has a close relationship with Jinyiwei, once there is a conflict of interest, even if Zhang Xiu is willing to let him go, the entire power layer of Jinyiwei is categorically unwilling to give up, and the East Factory, and even the celebrant behind the East Factory, will never let go of himself if he is robbed of the power of the tax supervisor.
Miao Kui is so open and unfair, because he expected that the situation he would inevitably face had no choice at all. It seems that the West Factory has reopened, and some of the power of the East Factory and Jinyiwei has been divided, and it has been suppressed by the East Factory and Jinyiwei in the open, so Miao Kui can't wait to pull himself as an ally.
This is a rare opportunity for oneself, this matter is a combination of two benefits, two losses, if you are really pushed on that road, it is a choice that you have no choice. Yang Ling thought of this, and immediately decided: "Yang has given himself the holy decree, and he is also worried in his heart, if there is some help from Miao Gonggong, it is Yang's blessing, cooperate with each other, and Yang can't ask for it."
Miao Kui raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Okay, our family didn't see the wrong person, Lord Yang is really refreshing, so we will make up our minds."
Miao Kui raised his hand as he spoke, and swore by swearing by slapping Yang Ling lightly three times.
Miao Kui, the public of the West Factory, and Yang Ling, the supervisor of the Inner Factory, made a big plan for cooperation in the toilet of the queen's mother's house.
On the Taylon, a group of unkempt, ragged prisoners barefoot, dragging rattling thin iron shackles, under the command of the overseer, diligently pulled the rope. A row of fine logs was laid on the ground, and dozens of ropes were tied to a huge stone turtle, which was being hauled to the construction site.
But these prisoners can only be responsible for the ground works and the surrounding river cleaning, fruit tree planting and other work, they are absolutely not allowed to handle the key places, if these prisoners want to enter the underground palace to work, there is only one possibility, that is, they want to bury the emperor Lao'er.
At this time, the stone turtle transported to the construction site, above the tortoise shell is a stone tablet carved in one piece, the whole stone turtle is extremely heavy, the body leans forward and the ground almost becomes a thirty degree angle in the prisoner group, suddenly there is a prisoner The rope on the shoulder is broken, the person is caught off guard, and he falls to the ground, chokes on a mouthful of soil, and the lower jaw is suddenly drenched in blood.
Before he could scream in pain, he was whipped several times by the overseer, and his clothes were torn and torn, revealing the thin skin and white flesh on the back shoulders, and the flesh was bleeding from the pump, and he shuddered in pain, and turned his head to glare at the overseer fiercely.
This overseer is also a prisoner, but he has a good relationship with the foreman, so he got a light errand, he was originally a fierce and vicious character, and he was a ruffian who could move a knife at a glance, and when he saw that this good-faced prisoner dared to be unconvinced, he couldn't help but sneer: "Raised by a dog and wolf, dare to look at Lao Tzu?" As he spoke, the long whip whistled, and another whip "snapped", which whipped the prisoner with a stir, and blood was immediately dripping on his neck.
The beaten prisoner was the son of Wang Qiong, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and the foreman had already been instructed by Dai's father-in-law to take good care of this new prisoner.
Those prisoners originally liked to bully newcomers, and when they saw the foreman's actions, they were even more willing to buy it, and this scholar with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes and a good talent was called and drunk by them, and he was miserable.
But this gentleman, who looked like a fool of things, was as timid as a rabbit when he first came, but slowly became stronger and stronger, as if he had been reborn, and these prisoners who were originally born as coolies also complained of hard work, and he actually gritted his teeth and stood up.
The night before, a good manly prisoner took advantage of his exhaustion and sleep, and tried to pull off his pants to play with this scholar with fine skin and tender flesh, and when he woke up, he roared like a wild beast, pounced and bit the man's ear, and when he was finally pulled away, he actually tore off the man's ear and swallowed it in a big gulp, and the corners of his mouth were dripping with blood like a devil.
This shocked the prisoners, and ordinary prisoners no longer dared to bully this young man who seemed to be weak. When Wang Jinglong had just been released from the prison of the Criminal Department to Tailing, the post of the three major scholars of the cabinet arrived, and these three people were the internal minister Wang Yue did not dare not give some face, not to mention Dai Yi, so he had to dispel the idea of killing Wang Jinglong, but since he was a prisoner, let him suffer some hardship, and the three scholars had nothing to say.
Today's Wang Jinglong, no longer the image of a personable good boy, with a cloak and a stinking smell, no different from those prisoners, the overseer saw that he was whipped and was not afraid, staring at himself with a pair of blood-red eyes like beasts, and couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and the long whip in his hand was pulled down, and shouted angrily: "Do you want to die? Why don't you go to work quickly, when Lao Tzu doesn't dare to kill you? ”
At this time, two mule carts delivering vegetables swayed past the side, and the owner of the vegetable seller on the car saw that someone was beaten and couldn't help laughing: "Ouch, uncle, you can take it easy, this whip is a good game, but this whip is careless, don't hook away the small eyeballs."
The boss of this dish said wittily, and he opened his mouth to flatter that the overseer prisoner was the uncle, and the overseer felt that he had a lot of face, so he smiled and took his hand, and said proudly: "What are you afraid of, my whip can extinguish the candle two feet away, and it can also scrape your face, hahaha, go over."
Wang Jinglong looked at the vegetable vendor gratefully, his eyes suddenly stiffened, his eyes glowed with ecstasy, and he stared at the helper sitting next to the vegetable vendor for a moment.
The man was in his forties, with a mediocre face and an inconspicuous look, but Wang Jinglong recognized him at a glance as Wang Ping, the inner study manager who had followed his father for more than 30 years, Wang Ping was loyal to his father, and said that the Wang family had not fallen yet, even if the Wang family fell to the point of begging along the street, he would not abandon the old master, and now that his father had gone to Nanjing to take up his post, what did he do on the mausoleum as a vegetable farmer?
Wang Jinglong's heart couldn't help but pound, Wang Ping saw that the little young master was tortured to the point that he was almost insincere, and his tears were almost down, he hurriedly made a look, turned his head away, and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes while people were unprepared.
Wang Jinglong understood, obediently walked back to tie the rope and followed the overseer's call to pull the stone turtle hard, at this moment he was full of enthusiasm, and seemed to be full of inexhaustible strength: his father had not forgotten him, and his father was willing to risk killing his head for his own sake, and sent someone to save him from the city.
Wang Jinglong's reputation was cut and he could no longer become an official, even if the identity of this prisoner did not know which year the emperor would be happy to pardon him, all of it was thanks to Yutangchun, he hated Yutangchun and couldn't peel her skin and bones, and swallowed it in one bite to solve this boundless resentment.
Relying on this endless hatred, he endured all the torture and humiliation, his future was gone, his life was ruined, and the only goal in his heart was to torture Yutang Chun to death before he was willing, and now that he finally had a chance, how could Wang Jinglong not be ecstatic.
The stone turtles were dragged to the place, the prisoners were sent to the left side of the imperial tomb to plant fruit trees, and Wang Jinglong was arranged to carry two dung buckets to the land of grain reincarnation to carry the stinking excrement of the soldiers, soldiers and craftsmen. Wang Jinglong's shoulders had already been worn to the point of festering, and he had never had a chance to heal, and he seemed to want to drill his heart while carrying the pain of the flat burden.
He staggered past a bush with two loads of dung, and suddenly called in his ear: "Third son! After the words fell, the steward Wang Ping came out of the grass, glanced around sneakily, rushed over and hugged Wang Jinglong and said with tears streaming down his face: "Childe, why were you tortured like this?" ”
He saw that Wang Jinglong was unkempt, his ankles were bloodstained, and his body was whipped, and he couldn't help but cry sadly, Wang Jinglong hurriedly put down his burden and shouted sharply: "Now is not the time to cry, say quickly, did your father call you to save me?" ”
Wang Ping wiped his tears, nodded hurriedly, and said: "The lord knows that our family has offended several ministers of the mausoleum, and the prince will definitely die when he arrives here, so he has arranged everything before leaving, and asked the little one to rescue you."
Wang Jinglong said anxiously: "How is it possible? There are officers and soldiers guarding the perimeter of the imperial tomb, and you see how I look now, and I am wearing shackles, and I can't escape far, and I will be caught back."
Wang Ping hurriedly said: "Young master, don't worry, the master has a perfect plan", he looked up, kicked over the dung bucket, grabbed Wang Jinglong's hand and said: "Quick, come with the little one", said Wang Jinglong, and got into the grass.
Wang Qiong took great pains for his precious son, and before he left, he had arranged for his most loyal servant Wang Ping to stay in Beijing, and first found a steward in the Criminal Department who he promoted and recommended to help buy a group of outlaws to assist, and after inquiring about the people who delivered vegetables to the mausoleum, he ordered them to take down the vegetable shop, and then made a mule cart with a groove flap to hide people, ready to rescue his son.
It's just that there is only a corpse with a similar body in this plan, so it was delayed for so long, until yesterday, Wang Ping heard that a family's Xiucai had died, and his age and body were similar to Wang Jinglong, so he took advantage of the night to rob the tomb and take the body to catch up with the mausoleum.
After arriving at the construction site and unloading the vegetables, Wang Ping took advantage of the unpreparedness and people to take the corpse to a remote valley, tied iron shackles, changed into an imitation tattered prison uniform, smashed his cheeks to shreds, and then threw them into the valley, and then rushed back to rescue the young master.
Wang Ping took Wang Jinglong to the mule cart parked by the grass, and the people who had been paid for it were around the cart, as if they had just come back from freeing their hands, and looked around to observe the surrounding situation. Wang Ping hurriedly got into the car, lifted a wooden plank, revealing a groove that only allowed one person to lie down, and said hurriedly: "Young master, lie in quickly."
Wang Jinglong didn't care about talking, and hurriedly grabbed the car to lie down in the groove, Wang Ping covered the plank, and his nervous mood relaxed, and he collapsed in the car all of a sudden. The leader of the hired people was a man with a beard on his face, and when he saw that the matter had been done, he spit out the grass stalks in his mouth, jumped into the car and gently stomped on the plank and said, "Boss Niu, this is your brother?" Now that the matter is done, let's go back quickly, and leave the half of the silver."
Wang Ping said with a smile: "Boss Huang, don't worry, I have already asked someone to prepare the silver, as soon as my brother leaves Tailing and reaches a safe place, the remaining seven hundred taels of silver will be given with both hands immediately."
The bearded boss Huang smiled with satisfaction and greeted, "Brothers, get in the car and go."
Wang Jinglong was lying under the car, holding his breath, and his heart almost jumped out of his cavity. The car drove out of the Tailing construction site, and the officers and soldiers guarding the periphery saw that it was the two mule carts that delivered the vegetables every time, looked at the empty carts at random, and waved them away.
Wang Jinglong's body has been tense, as if he can jump up at any time, hearing the sound of the officer's order, Wang Jinglong collapsed in as if he had been pulled out of his muscles, and then he was shocked to realize that his whole body was soaked with a layer of cold sweat.
He lay under the car, gritted his teeth and swore with a cruel smile in his heart: "I'm back, Yutang Chun!" You wait, Wang Jinglong was killed so badly by you, I won't just hide my name and steal my life, I want you to die! You must die a miserable death! Hahahaha! ”
In front of the Yuhua Pavilion in the northwest of the palace, two little eunuchs opened the palace door. Yang Ling and Emperor Zhengde, who was dressed in civilian clothes, stood left and right, you look at me, I look at you, hesitated for a long time before stepping into the hall with a strange expression.
There are five Buddha statues enshrined in the hall, each Buddha statue has a person to be high, and it can be barely seen that the Buddha statue is a man and a woman hugging each other, but the appearance and posture are a little weird.
Four little eunuchs followed, holding a tray in their hands, Yang Ling took out three incense sticks from the plate, the little eunuch rushed over, lit the incense candle on the incense table in front of the main Buddha statue, Yang Ling lit the incense with a candle, waved his hand to extinguish the fire, and handed it to Zhengde.
Zhengde stepped forward to look at the five strange-shaped Buddha statues, and then raised his hand to make three offerings, inserted incense into the incense burner, and the four little eunuchs quietly withdrew from the palace gate and closed the palace gate.
Yang Ling coughed dryly and said: "Your Majesty, the great event of human relations, go to the temple, continue the incense, the emperor's wedding is imminent, you should know something about it, cough cough, please look here."
He walked to the first Buddha statue, squatted down to find the mechanism explained in the book of rites, shook it vigorously a few times, and then with a bang, the Buddha statue of the male and female body began to mechanically and stiffly make a mating action, Yang Ling pointed to the mating part awkwardly and said: "Your Majesty, look here, the sage also said that men and women eat and drink, and people's great desires are wilting, and when people become adults, they will marry wives and marry, and this husband and wife will do this kind of intercourse, just like this."
I don't know if the internal mechanism of the Buddha statue is old and in disrepair, or forgot to oil, and at the same time there is a weird and piercing creaking sound, and my teeth are sore when I listen to it, and then there are two Buddha statues with strange faces, which seem to be inhuman, it is really a bit terrifying.
Emperor Zhengde looked at the little face and said in surprise: "Yang Shiyu, you say that's it?" Will I and the Empress do the same? ”
Yang Ling looked at his frightened appearance, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: it seems that he had thought too simple in advance, how can he say it to make him interested? Could it be that he will give him a meat joke? Even if it's a meat joke, just this dubbing and dubbing will affect the mood."
Teacher Yang thought hard: "As long as he doesn't have timidity, I really can't understand that after taking this theory class, the emperor still has to have sex with the eight selected "Simen", "Si Accounting", and "Si Bed" palace maids, and those older palace maids to have sex with him, can he still not understand?" I'm a bastard as a teacher."
(To be continued)