Chapter 3 The South China Society
As the night deepened, the gates of the metropolis were closed, and the whole metropolis was very quiet, and the backyards of many shops were lit up.
The backyard of Wanchun Tea House in the Metropolitan City Wine Store is also lit up, this is the only shop that sells tea in the Metropolitan City, tea is already the daily drink of ordinary people in the south, but it has not yet been popularized in the north, and only a few large families enjoy it, so there are very few shops that sell tea in the capital, and there are only three relatively large shops in the whole capital, in addition to this Wanchun Tea House in the Metropolitan City, there are also two in Liren City.
Although the business of Wanchun Tea House is not very good, it covers a large area, covering an area of four acres, which is twice as large as the general store, Wanchun Tea House is divided into front hall and backyard, there are hundreds of rooms, the courtyard is heavy, and the structure is very complicated.
In a small courtyard in the middle, the same is also brightly lit, in the middle of a guest hall sat a few people, in the middle sat a female monk with hair cultivation, about forty years old, but the hair has been gray, wearing a white-washed monk's robe, from her eyebrows can also see the beauty and dignity of her youth, her surname is Shen, the common name is Shen Wuhua, born in the Jiangnan Wuxing Shen family, sixteen years ago she was the queen of the queen of Chen.
Concubine Zhang Lihua was favored, so that she lived in the deep palace, when the prince Chen Yin was deposed, Chen Houzhu re-established Zhang Lihua's eldest son Chen Shen as the prince, Shen Wuhua was desperate, in the palace dedicated to the Buddha, soon, the Sui army destroyed Chen, the Sui army invaded the palace, Shen Wuhua was rescued from the palace by his henchman Shi Hualien in a chaos, they fled to Hengshan, and used the Hengshan Palace to create the Nanhua Palace, calling themselves Nanhua monks. He adopted 300 homeless orphans of the Southern Dynasty and lived in Hengshan for 16 years.
Yesterday morning, she and her granddaughter had just entered Beijing, and this time she entered Beijing because she heard that her former husband Chen Shubao was dying, so she came to Beijing to see the deceased for the last time.
This Wanchun Tea House was opened by a named son she adopted, whose surname was Yuan, and he was the son of Yuan Xian, the former prince Zhan Shi. His name is Yuan Sizu, at this time, Yuan Sizu is sitting at the bottom, he is about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and his skin is dark. He is of medium stature, with a pair of eyes that are particularly bright, and he seems to be shrewd and capable, and this tea house is an asset to his name.
Sitting opposite him was a man in his thirties, who did not look very well, with a pale face and a sickly face. But tonight's spirit is not bad, this man's name is Cheng Nan, but Cheng Nan is just a pseudonym, his real identity is the former Chen Dynasty crown prince Chen Yin, after the fall of the Chen Dynasty, he was escorted to the capital as a prisoner of war, and lived in the capital for more than ten years.
In the first few years, the officials of the Sui Dynasty monitored him very much. His every move was monitored, but with the passage of time, people have gradually forgotten about the Chen Dynasty, and the surveillance of Chen Yin has become more and more lax, and in the seventeenth year of the emperor's reign, he has become an ordinary commoner, and no one pays attention to him anymore.
It's now the fourth year of Renshou. In the archives of the government, he should have died of illness in the twentieth year of the emperor's reign, but in fact he did not die, but assumed the pseudonym Cheng Nan and operated in the Jiangnan and capital areas.
Chen Yin has always been obsessed with his homeland. In the twelfth year of the emperor's reign, he founded a school called Nanhua School, which has the same name as the Nanhua Palace founded by his mother Shen Wuhua, specializing in teaching the etiquette of the Han people in the Southern Dynasty.
He used the exchange etiquette as a cover, contacted a lot of old ministers of the Chen Dynasty and the big families of the Chen Dynasty, gradually, they had a common goal, the seventeenth year of the emperor, when he was released from surveillance, they formally established the Nanhua Society, which means the Southern Chinese Society, to restore the Chen Dynasty as their own responsibility, Chen Yin as the leader, after several years of development, their power has gradually expanded, mainly to do business as a cover, in Hangzhou, Huzhou, Quanzhou, Mingzhou, Luoyang and Beijing, have their power, This Wanchun Tea House is actually their stronghold in the capital.
In that year, Shen Wuhua adopted 300 homeless orphans of the Southern Dynasty, and as these orphans grew up, most of them became the backbone members of the South China Society, so that Shen Wuhua became an important figure in the South China Society, plus Shen Wuhua was the former Empress of the Chen Dynasty, generous and kind, frugal, and very respected by the people of the Southern Dynasty, although Shen Wuhua herself did not join the South China Society, she became the spiritual leader of the South China Society.
Shen Wuhua knew about the affairs of the South China Society, she neither supported it, but also opposed it, but she was very appreciative of the South China Society's good deeds such as helping orphans and widows, saving children, opening pharmacies to help the world and saving the people, etc., and she also acquiesced to Nanhua's internal regard of her as a spiritual leader.
"Mother, this old gentleman, do you still know each other?"
Chen Yin was introducing Shen Wuhua to an old man who was about fifty years old and had an elegant appearance, Shen Wuhua looked at him for a long time, and suddenly said, "Aren't you Wang Fei, the son of Wang Shengbi?" โ
Wang Fei fell to his knees and burst into tears, "The queen mother, the old minister is Wang Fei!" โ
After Yang Liang surrendered, he escaped from Taiyuan City with his son, and was betrayed by acquaintances, his son was killed, and the pursuers searched for him everywhere, in a hurry, he killed a woodcutter, changed his clothes, and smashed the woodcutter's face, cheated to death and escaped, the pursuers mistakenly thought that he was dead, so he cut off the head of Mrs. Qiao, and sent him to Beijing to ask for merit.
Wang Yan has changed his name to Wang Mo and is hiding in Chen Yin's mansion, Chen Yin told Shen Wuhua what happened to him, Shen Wuhua sighed softly and said: "Since Wang Mo is dead, then you will be called Wang Mo in the future, I don't want you to die a second time." โ
Wang Mo nodded, he and Xiao Maha are also core members of the South China Society, the two of them planned to use Yang Liang's soldiers to recover the Chen Dynasty's plan failed, Xiao Maha was killed, Wang Mo could no longer make his face public, he could only become Chen Yin's military advisor and give him advice.
Shen Wuhua frowned, "Why don't you come back after the dust!" โ
"Auntie, I'm back early!"
As soon as Shen Wuhua's voice fell, the sweet voice of her granddaughter came from outside the door, and then, a slender figure, like a beautiful girl like a hibiscus out of the water, appeared at the door, this is Niuniu came back after shopping, in fact, she came back an hour ago, hiding in the room, carefully looking at the jewelry that Yang Yuanqing bought for her, trying on and buying new dresses, and wearing jewelry, everything made her happy, she wanted to show her aunt and grandmother.
When Chen Yin and the others saw Zhang Chuchen coming in, they knew that their ancestors and grandchildren had something to say, so they glanced at everyone. Everyone hurriedly got up and retreated.
Shen Wuhua is Niuniu's mother Shen Qiuniang's little aunt, shortly after Shen Qiuniang fled back to Jiangnan with Niuniu, Niuniu went to Hengshan to worship Shen Wuhua's personal Shi female Hualien monk as a teacher, Shen Wuhua herself does not know martial arts, but her personal Shi girl Hualien is extremely strong in martial arts, and rescued Shen Wuhua from the palace in the chaos, Shen Wuhua recognized her as a sister. The two lived together in Nanhua Palace, Hualien called himself a Hualien layman, and four years ago accepted Niuniu as a closed disciple and taught her a strong martial arts.
Hualien Monk herself is not a member of the South China Society, but the twelve apprentices she has accepted are all members of the South China Society. When she learned that almost all the members of the South China Society were descendants of the Chen Dynasty like her, in order to revive the Chen Dynasty in her homeland, she did not hesitate to join the South China Society a year ago, which was also the last word left to her by her father: "Daughters are also women." Repeat the old mountains and rivers'.
Shen Wuhua is not very in favor of Niuniu joining the South China Association, Shen Wuhua's parents have died, several brothers and sisters also died in the war, only Shen Qiuniang's only niece is left, and there is only one daughter Niuniu, so she also loves Niuniu very much, she hopes that Niuniu can marry a good family and spend her life peacefully.
She pulled Niu Niu to sit down. Seeing that she was holding a white fox fur in her hand, she smiled and said, "Where did this come from?" โ
Niuniu wrapped the white fox fur around her aunt and grandmother, and said with a smile: "Didn't I tell my aunt and grandmother?" I have a brother Yuanqing, I saw him today, this is how he honors you, aunt and grandmother, is it warm? โ
Shen Wuhua was born as a queen. She also had this kind of precious fur when she was young, and more importantly, she had practiced Buddhism for many years, and she looked down on this kind of things outside her body, but Niuniu's filial piety made her very happy. She smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be his filial piety to your mother, hasn't he been plugging in the side?" Where will I know? โ
"No! This is what he gave to his aunt and grandmother, and his gift to his mother is a pair of jasper bracelets, aunt and grandmother, do you want to meet him. โ
Shen Wuhua knew her granddaughter's thoughts well, she stroked Niuniu's hair lovingly, and nodded, "I really want to meet him." โ
The grandfather and grandson were talking in a low voice in the inner room, when a man in a black sรจ samurai robe walked into the room quickly, he was Niuniu's eldest brother Zhang Zhongjian.
Zhang Zhongjian is twenty-five years old this year, ten years older than Niu Niu, his master in addition to Hualien, seven years ago he worshipped a strong martial arts Kunlun slave as a teacher, traveled all over the world, when he returned to Nanhua Palace at the beginning of this year, his martial arts were so strong that everyone was amazed.
Zhang Zhongjian likes his little sister very much, although Niuniu is still his distant sister, but this does not prevent him from liking Niuniu, Niuniu just entered the capital yesterday, today he wanted to take Niuniu to buy something, but Niuniu went to Yang's mansion and met Yang Yuanqing again, which made him quite frustrated.
He took a deep look at Niuniu in the middle of the room, and found that she had changed into a new dress with a bright face, and his heart was a little gloomy.
"How is the situation of King Jin (the latest chapter of Wu Dong Qiankun 81zw)?" Chen Yin asked him impatiently.
Not only Chen Yin, but also several other people looked nervous at the same time, Zhang Zhongjian shook his head, and said regretfully: "King Jin is safe and sound, we didn't shoot him." โ
Chen Yin sat down disappointed, he could have succeeded last night, but there was a master in King Jin's car who saved him in time, he sighed and said to Wang Mo: "I estimate that this assassination of him failed, and it will be difficult to kill him again." โ
Wang Mo's expression was solemn, assassinating the King of Jin was Wang Mo's strategy, the purpose was to prevent the King of Jin from entering the East Palace, so that the King of Qi was the crown prince, and the King of Qi Yang Yong was so good, he seemed to be shrewd, but in fact he was mediocre, if Yang Yong ascended the throne as the emperor in the future, the world would inevitably be in chaos, and then the opportunity for Nanhua to rebuild the Chen Dynasty would come.
The world has been divided for hundreds of years, the change of dynasties is like a marquee, hundreds of years of time has made the people of the world form a mindset, the Sui Dynasty is only a temporary unification, and soon it will be divided again, and there will be dozens of dynasties in the north and south.
Including Chen Yin and others, hundreds of years of division between the north and the south, so that there is a deep estrangement and hatred between them and the people of the Northern Dynasties, the Hou Jing Rebellion that occurred a few decades ago, it was the beast-like Hu people of the Northern Dynasty, almost killed the men in Jiankang City, the women were eaten, and the scholars were slaughtered.
Only 50 years have passed since the Hou Jing Rebellion, and the hatred and fear of the Southern Dynasty scholars for the Northern Dynasty Hu people have been engraved into their bones, and the Southern Dynasty scholars also look down on the northern Han people, who have been mixed with the Hu and Han in the north for hundreds of years, and their blood has long ceased to be pure, and they have always believed that the real pure blood of the Han people is in the south, that is, the Chinese in the south.
That's why they chose the name of the South China Society, the South Chinese Society.
Wang Mo pondered for a moment, then asked, "Who was the master who saved King Jin last night?" โ
"He moved too fast, and he couldn't see his face clearly in the night."
Zhang Zhongjian thought for a while and said: "I heard that the King of Jin has recently had a very close relationship with a border officer named Yang Yuanqing, and this person is also the grandson of Yang Su, so it is estimated that he is him. โ
After saying that, he quickly glanced at Niu Niu in the room.
"Yang Su's grandson, could it be that Yang Su has supported King Jin?" Chen Yin asked with a frown.
"It shouldn't have anything to do with Yang Su."
Zhang Zhongjian is the chief worshipper of Yang Jin, the king of Qi, and he knows the inside story better, "Yang Su's concubine Sun Yang Rong is still doing things for the king of Qi, and it can also be explained that Yang Su supports the king of Qi, in fact, the affairs of the grandchildren have nothing to do with Yang Su, he is now in Luoyang, and he doesn't care about the dispute between Jin and Qi." โ
"I know a little bit about this Yang Yuanqing (the latest chapter of Wu Dong Qiankun 81zw)."
Next to Wang Mo said: "When Yang Liang raised troops, he also participated in the war against Yang Liang, and made great contributions in Youzhou and Daizhou, this person has a strange plan and is good at fighting, so the King of Jin will envelop him, but this person is not to worry, don't take it too seriously." โ
Chen Yin walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and he asked Wang Mo again: "Then in Mr. opinion, what should we do now?" โ
"Don't do anything now, although the assassination didn't make a big deal, it doesn't mean that they won't investigate, at this time, we can't make a big mistake because of a small loss, and we can't let the court find out about our existence, so we should stop all activities."
Chen Yin nodded, "Then according to Mr.'s words." โ
He said to Zhang Zhongjian again: "You go back to the Qi Palace, continue to investigate information from the King of Qi, and behave a little harder these days, so that he can trust you and treat you as his confidant." โ
"Yes! I understand. โ
Zhang Zhongjian bowed, slowly retreated, and when he retreated to the door, he took a deep look at the inner room, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
The room was empty, and Niu Niu and Shen Wuhua had already left.
Note: In history, Chen Houzhu died on October 20, the fourth year of Renshou, Shen Wuhua was extremely saddened by his death, Shen Wuhua has been living in the capital, until the end of the Sui Dynasty chaos fled to the south, monk as a nun, the legal name Guanyin, legend, she is the prototype of the later Chinese female xing (holy king txt download) Guanyin Bodhisattva.