Chapter 32: The Bloody Plot
In the end, Huo Guang only walked out of the Champion Hou Mansion with the old seven and eight people, because he was just walking around the city, so he didn't prepare horses and carriages. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Hair"
Because Jiadi Street is inhabited by powerful people in the current dynasty and there are only seven mansions, the entire Jiadi Street is often deserted, and there are almost no pedestrians.
Because when he first arrived in Chang'an, Huo Guang didn't know whose mansions were in addition to the Champion Hou Mansion, so he asked as he walked: "Do you know who the other seven mansions in this Jiadi are?" ”
"Back to the second master, the adjacent ones to the left and right of the Champion Hou Mansion are the Ruyin Hou Mansion and the Tangyi Hou Mansion, and the opposite one is the mansion of 'Xiu Chengjun'. The innermost part of the alley is the Pingyang Hou Mansion, in fact, the Pingyang Hou Mansion was originally two mansions, and later the eldest princess married the Pingyang Hou, His Majesty decreed that the Pingyang Hou Mansion and the eldest princess's mansion were combined into one. In the end, the house at the entrance of the alley was originally the eldest princess of Guantao, and later the eldest princess moved into the Tangyi Hou Mansion, and another courtyard was built here. "Lao Qi has also lived in Jiadi for many years, and he knows all about several mansions here.
Huo Guang said in his heart when he heard this: "Sure enough, it is worthy of being the first in the Northern Que, each of these families is a relative of the emperor, and each family is inextricably linked." ”
In fact, in addition to a few princess mansions here, there are only three mansions left: the Marquis of Ruyin, the Marquis of Pingyang, the Marquis of Tangyi, and the Marquis of Champion. However, in addition to the Champion Hou Mansion, the other three Hou Mansions can also be regarded as princess mansions. Because now Princess Pingyang lives in the Marquis of Ruyin, and the current Marquis of Pingyang, Cao Xiang, is married to the eldest princess of the dynasty. Speaking of which, this Princess Wei Chang (Dangli Princess) still has something to do with Huo Guang, because Dangli Princess was born to Wei Zifu, and he still has to call Huo Qu sick cousin, so Huo Guang should also call Princess Wei Chang a cousin according to his seniority. It is precisely because of this relationship that Huo Quzhi has a close personal relationship with Pingyang Hou.
As for the Tangyi Marquis Mansion, it is the eldest princess of the Jingdi period of the previous dynasty, and the husband of Princess Guantao. This Princess Guantao is the aunt of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and her daughter is Chen Ajiao, the first empress of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Although Queen Chen has been deposed, Princess Guantao has a special identity after all, and her status is still very high.
"Xiucheng-kun? Who is this? "The relationship between the princesses of the Hou Ye in the first place, Huo Guang, can be easily sorted out, but Huo Guang really doesn't know who this cultivator is. And Huo Guang felt that the title of this cultivator was the same as that of the feudal monarch in the Warring States Period, but there was no record of a feudal monarch in the history of the Western Han Dynasty that Huo Guang understood, and there was no such rank as a monarch in his title!
"This ...... Second master, this Xiu Chengjun's family name is Jin, she is actually the daughter of the Queen Mother! "Lao Qi seems to have some taboo about something.
"Surname Kim? The daughter of the Queen Mother? Could it be her? After Lao Qi said this, Huo Guang suddenly grasped a clue in his heart. And after thinking about it carefully, Huo Guang found that there was really such a number one person as Xiu Chengjun in the history of the Western Han Dynasty.
This matter also starts from the marriage customs of the Western Han Dynasty, which did not have so much red tape in later generations, especially for women to remarry and get pregnant before marriage. (Pingnan romance) and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's biological mother Wang Wan was actually married before entering the palace, that is, she married a person named Jin Wangsun, and gave birth to a daughter, and named the girl Jin Vulgar, I have to say that this name is indeed very vulgar. Later, Wang Wan became the queen, and even her son Liu Che became the emperor, and at this time some people said that they had found the daughter he had born with King Sun of Jin.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard that he suddenly had a sister, who still had no royal blood, but he was not unhappy at all, but he was still very close to this sister. However, because Jin Shu does not have royal blood, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty cannot make him a princess even if he is good to Jin Customs.
However, this question did not stump Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought left and right, and if a few people could not be crowned princesses, they would simply seal something else. At this time, he thought of a title like 'Jun', which rarely appeared in the court, and the reason why there was no such title as 'Jun' in the court was actually related to the feudal system of the kings in the Han Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, the rights of the feudal kings were very great, especially before the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, it was completely an independent small kingdom. Of course, the kingdom cannot be a marquis by itself, so it continued the practice of the Warring States period, giving these kingdom ministers fiefs and giving them the title of 'Jun'.
Naturally, such a kingdom title would not appear in the center of the Han Dynasty, and even in the records of the central court, it rarely appeared, so that many people in later generations ignored such a special title as the Han Dynasty. Since the monarch of the kingdom can be sealed, why can't the emperor of the Han Dynasty be sealed?
So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty rewarded the fief and named Jin Shi as 'Xiu Chengjun'.
Unconsciously, Huo Guang walked to the north of Weiyang Palace, looking at the tall and majestic Weiyang palace group, Huo Guang also sighed in his heart, I don't know when Emperor Wu of Han will use himself? Although Huo Guang has the title of a servant in and out of the forbidden palace, without the summons of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he is not stupid enough to enter the palace by himself.
"What's so fun about this Chang'an City?" Huo Guang looked at Weiyang Palace, and then glanced back at Jiadi, and only then did he remember the purpose of his coming out.
"Second master, there are a lot of taverns from the Western Regions on Hengmen Street, do you want to go there and have a look?" Lao Qi thought about it for a while, he knew that the children of the princes of Chang'an liked to go to Hengmen Street. Because there are more than 30 taverns opened by merchants from various countries in the Western Regions, which not only have delicious wine and food from various countries in the Western Regions, but also dancers and singers from the Western Regions, it is a good place for many noble children to gather and have fun.
"Taverns of the Western Regions? It's not bad, then let's go to Hengmen Street. When Huo Guang heard that there was such a place in Chang'an City, he was immediately very curious. You must know that now the territory of the Han Dynasty is only as far as Yumen Pass, or three years ago in the second year of Yuanjia, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up the two counties of Jiuquan and Dunhuang. At this time, the Western Regions was still ruled by thirty-six countries, large and small, and at this time, there were already merchants from these countries in Chang'an City, and it seemed that the Han Dynasty had the atmosphere of a great power in the Celestial Empire at this time.
Hengmen Street is the street extending from Hengmen in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, and next to it is the most prosperous West Market in Chang'an City, which is the trading market for daily necessities and luxury goods, and the whole area is also the most lively in Chang'an.
Beique Jiadi is not far from Hengmen Street, and it only takes more than ten minutes to walk Huo Guang to the most prosperous area of Chang'an City. Sure enough, you can smell the aroma of wine in the air from a distance, and the ears are even more boiling, and the distance is crowded, densely crowded with the entire street.
Huo Guang and the old seven and eight also squeezed into the flow of people, so Huo Guang really has never seen such a lively scene in his life, even if the temple fair in later generations may not have such a lively scene. Because Huo Guang is only forty years old, and his body has not fully grown taller, it is very smooth to squeeze around in the crowd, but the old seven and eight behind him are all big men, this person is not as fast as Huo Guang when he squeezes, although the two behind him tried to squeeze forward, but in the end they still lost Huo Guang.
When Huo Guang also found out that the old seven and eight were not around, he could no longer find any trace of the two. Huo Guang stood in place and looked at it for a while, estimating that the two of them were also looking for him. Huo Guang thought that he was unfamiliar with his life, so it was better to wait for the old seven and eight, so he stood by the street and watched the people coming and going in the street.
After waiting for a while, Huo Guang still didn't find the figure of the old seven and eight, but this time he heard bursts of melodious music coming from the house behind him, and these music were different from the sound of the palace bell chime, but orchestral music with a very Western style. Huo Guang estimated that there must be a Western Regions tavern behind him.
Looking at the people coming and going in the market, Huo Guang thought to himself that there was nothing to do anyway, and the old seven and eight would naturally find him, and besides, he had two big backers in Chang'an City, Wei Qing and Huo Quai, plus the two of them would have cronies all over the government and the opposition, who would dare to do anything to themselves? So Huo Guang didn't continue to wait on the side of the street, but turned around and entered the Hu Ren tavern behind him.
The so-called countries of the Western Regions are actually countries established on the land of Xinjiang in later generations. Although there were no Uygurs in the Western Han Dynasty, Huo Guang found that there was an obvious Xinjiang style in this Hu tavern.
Huo Guang glanced at the tavern and found that there were not many people in it, only a dozen or so people were scattered, sitting together and drinking in twos and threes. Finally, there was a small wooden stage in the tavern, and several dancers dressed in Western costumes were whirling and dancing to the music of the Western Regions.
Whether in ancient times or in later generations, there are two most famous things in the Western Regions, one is the grape wine of the Western Regions, and the other is the dancing of the dancers of the Western Regions. And these two things are also the characteristic signboards of the Western Regions Tavern on Hengmen Street, but because of the long distance and inconvenient transportation, the Western Regions grape wine is naturally very valuable, and there are not many Western Regions dancers who have traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an, and all those who can come to the Western Regions Tavern to have fun are also dignitaries.
"Son, please sit down, do you want to have a pot of Western Regions grape wine first?" Do you want to find a few Western Regions dancers to accompany your son? As soon as Huo Guang entered the store, a man dressed as a guy greeted him, but this guy was not from the Western Regions, but an authentic Han Chinese. Because Huo Guang is well-dressed, this guy is also a delicate person, and he can see at a glance that Huo Guang is noble.
"Uh...... I'll just take a look at it, and I'll have a jug of wine. "Huo Guang is not interested in dancing with wine at present, but he really wants to taste the wine from 2,000 years ago.
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll be right here!" The guy was a little disappointed, but it was nice to ask for a jug of wine. You must know that a pot of these Western Regions wines is worth a lot of money, and a pot of wine is almost enough for an average family to live for a month.
"Shopkeeper, let the little beauty Li Yan come out for me!" Just when Huo Guang found a small table and sat down, waiting for the guy to get the wine. Suddenly, a table of people not far from him slammed the table and stood up and shouted loudly.
"Li Yan? Why does this name sound familiar? Could it be that I can see some bloody plot when I just walk into a tavern? Huo Guang was also taken aback by this person's sudden roar, but the name Li Yan made Huo Guang feel a little familiar.
Huo Guang looked at the person who stood up, he was not young, he should be almost thirty years old, the whole person was magnificent, plus he was dressed very expensively, and there were four or five people who looked like followers sitting next to him. Huo Guang estimated that this is another bloody plot of a rich family and a young man in a hotel to tease a working girl!