Chapter 168: Back to Beijing, News
Ling Muyun and Lu Gaoxuan left swaggering away under Wu Yingxiong's "escort", with Wu Yingxiong by his side, none of the officers and soldiers in the post house dared to move, and could only watch the two of them leave the post house accompanied by Wu Yingxiong.
After sending Ling Muyun and Lu Gaoxuan away, Wu Yingxiong returned with a gloomy face, scolded and expelled the general in charge of the guards, and then called Yang Yizhi into the room, I don't know what to say, after Yang Yizhi came out of Wu Yingxiong's room, he went to the room to pack up briefly, and left the post house early the next morning, and went south along the way he came.
Yang Yizhi didn't know that when he left the post house and galloped away, Ling Muyun and Lu Gaoxuan, who had only fought with him last night, were in a restaurant near the post house, observing the movements of the post house from the window, and his movements fell in the eyes of the two.
Lu Gaoxuan glanced at the back of Yang Yizhi speeding away on the street, and turned to Ling Muyun and said, "Young Master, it seems that Wu Yingxiong is in line, this person is estimated to be sent back to get the forty-two chapters." ”
Ling Muyun smiled coldly: "With Lao Lu's Blood Rotten Bone Pill, he just can't do it if he wants to, like this, the second generation of officials is afraid of death, and for the sake of his own life, he will do anything." ”
"The second generation of officials?" Lu Gaoxuan was slightly stunned, but then guessed the meaning of this word, and said with a smile: "The word used by the young master is really appropriate, people like Wu Yingxiong and them who have been shaded by their parents and enjoy wealth and nobility, aren't they the second generation of officials!" ”
Ling Muyun smiled slightly, the term "second generation official" was not invented by him, but the resentment of hundreds of millions of people in later generations, and he only said it for the first time in this era. Of course, there was no need for him to explain this problem to Lu Gaoxuan, he just smiled and said nothing.
After making sure that Wu Yingxiong did what they wanted, Ling Muyun and the others didn't need to stay in this town any longer, so the two got up and went back to the inn, and together with Shuang'er, the three of them settled the store money, at least left the town and rushed to the capital.
The three of them traveled all the way, Xiaoxing stayed at night, and soon arrived in the capital. After entering Yanjing City, the three of them returned to the house outside the Xuanwu Gate to live. Ling Muyun first went to the headquarters of the Yanjing branch of the Black Dragon Gate, the post-80s Shaolin abbot, and briefly understood the situation in the hall after he left Beijing, and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he returned to the mansion outside the Xuanwu Gate, and sent a contact signal to Mao Dongzhu and others in the palace, waiting for Mao Dongzhu and others to respond.
Less than a day after the signal was sent, Deng Bingchun came to the door. As soon as they met, Ling Muyun found that Deng Bingchun's face was pale and he looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness, so he couldn't help but be curious and asked, "Deng Bingchun, what's wrong with you?" How did it look like he had just had a serious illness? ”
Deng Bingchun said: "The head of Qiqi, his subordinates were injured, and the injuries have not yet healed. ”
"You're hurt?" Ling Muyun was slightly startled and asked, "Who was injured?" ”
"The head of Qiqi, just some time ago, Senior Sister Mao noticed that the chief eunuch Hai Dafu in the palace seemed to be about to make a move, so she recruited her subordinates into the palace to prepare. As a result, Hai Dafu really wanted to do something to his junior sister, and the three of us joined forces to fight with him, but although Hai Dafu was killed, Senior Sister Mao, Senior Sister Liu and his subordinates were also injured by him. ”
Hai Dafu really did it to Mao Dongzhu, but speaking of which, this Hai Dafu is really good, his eyes are blind, and he can still hurt Mao Dongzhu who has already prepared, and he is worthy of being a character who can be called the old ghost of Ulanfeng. I just don't know if I was seen by Wei Xiaobao this time?
Ling Muyun's heart moved, and he said to Deng Bingchun: "What is the extent of your injuries, has fighting with that sea rich attracted the attention and suspicion of others?" ”
"Qi Qi is in charge, the injuries of the three of us are not unhindered, people who practice martial arts, injuries are also common, as long as you recuperate for a while, it will naturally be better, and no one saw it when we fought with Hai Dafu, and it did not attract the attention of others, but it is just that Senior Sister Mao's situation in the palace is not very good now."
"What's going on?" Ling Muyun was shocked in his heart, Mao Dongzhu was the key person in his acquisition of several other forty-two chapter scriptures, and there was no room for mistakes.
Deng Bingchun said: "The head of Qiqi, Senior Sister Mao, because she had borrowed the hands of the little emperor to collect forty-two chapters of the scriptures, and Hai Dafu died in Cining Palace, these two consecutive events aroused the suspicion of the old lady of Xiaozhuang, the empress dowager of the Qing Palace, and I heard that the old woman of Xiaozhuang seemed to be sending someone to secretly investigate her. ”
"Old lady Xiaozhuang?" Ling Muyun's eyes narrowed slightly, the previous time she taught the little emperor Kangxi to order to hunt him down with all his might, and Lu Gaoxuan and Shuang'er, she had already caused him a lot of trouble. Now that she has come to investigate Mao Dongzhu again, it has hindered the collection of forty-two chapters of scriptures, it seems that this old woman is looking for death!
"The Boss?" Deng Bingchun couldn't help but feel worried when he saw that Ling Muyun didn't speak for a while, he didn't know what Ling Muyun thought in his heart, and whether he blamed them for doing things ineffectively, so he couldn't help but ask softly.
Ling Muyun waved his hand: "It's okay, you arrange for me to enter the palace as soon as possible, and I will go to the palace to talk to Mao Dongzhu in person about this matter." ”
"Yes, my subordinates obey."
…… The next afternoon, Ling Muyun entered the palace under Mao Dongzhu's arrangement. This time, it was Ruidong, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, who led the way. It's just that the way to enter the palace this time has changed compared with the last time, and the last time Ruidong took him into the palace, he directly led him to swagger into the palace from outside the palace. But this time, he first took out a set of eunuch clothes for him to change into, and asked him to pretend to be a little eunuch, and then took him into the palace.
This gap between the front and the back represents more than just a dress, and it can be seen from this that Mao Dongzhu's situation in the palace has changed. Last time, Ruidong could be said to have been ordered by Mao Dongzhu, so he could naturally blatantly bring people to the palace. And this time, he didn't dare to say that Ling Muyun was the person the Queen Mother wanted to see, so he could only use his position to cover Ling Muyun's entry into the palace, obviously Mao Dongzhu also wanted to avoid suspicion.
Mao Dongzhu is the queen mother and has great authority in the harem, which can be seen from Ruidong, the deputy commander of the imperial guards, who is at his disposal. So who could force her to be so careful? Obviously, except for the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, no one has this ability.
Ling Muyun followed Ruidong to the door of Cining Palace, only to see a fat figure waiting at the door, it was Liu Yan. Seeing that it was Liu Yan, Na Ruidong hurriedly took two steps forward and bowed to Liu Yan and said, "Liu Gong'e, the person and slave that the Queen Mother wants to see have already brought." ”
Liu Yan nodded, and said lightly: "I know, you can go down first, if the Queen Mother still has instructions, she will send someone to find you." ”
"Yes, the minions are retired." Ruidong bowed respectfully, then turned to leave.
Seeing that Rui Dong was walking away, Liu Yan glanced around, and saw that there was no one in the way, so he hurriedly "pounced" and knelt on the ground, and respectfully bowed to Ling Muyun and said, "Subordinate Liu Yan see the head of the envoy." ”
Ling Muyun saw that this Liu Yan was also bloodless, although her body was fat, she could not hide her weakness. So he nodded and said, "Get up, you are also injured, so you don't have to be formal." ”
"Thank you, the envoy." Liu Yan, who was lying on the ground, hurriedly responded respectfully and stood up.
Ling Muyun said: "Okay, let's lead the way ahead, I'm a little dazzling here, if I have anything to say, I'll talk about it later." ”
"Yes." Liu Yan agreed, and took Ling Muyun to the palace.
Cining Palace is very quiet, a palace maid and eunuch can't see it, I think Mao Dongzhu knew that he was coming, and sent those palace maids and eunuchs out in advance, so as not to stay and obstruct the eyes.
Entered the dormitory of Cining Palace with Liu Yan, only to see Mao Dongzhu standing in the dormitory waiting, seeing Ling Muyun coming in, Mao Dongzhu suddenly bowed down: "Subordinate Mao Dongzhu, see the head of the house." ”
Ling Muyun nodded: "Get up." ”
"Thank you, the envoy." Mao Dongzhu stood up from the ground.
Ling Muyun turned his head to Liu Yan and ordered, "Liu Yan, you go outside and guard." ”
"Yes." Liu Yan agreed, bowed to Ling Muyun, and then walked out quickly and went outside to guard.
After Liu Yan left, Ling Muyun asked Mao Dongzhu, "I heard Deng Bingchun say that you are all injured, what's going on?" ”
"The head of Qiqi, that is, some time ago, Yue Hai Dafu suddenly broke into the subordinate Cining Palace, claiming that he was ordered by the dead ghost of Shunzhi to return to the palace to investigate the death of Concubine Dong E's mother and son, and found that I did it, so he came to take my surname. I couldn't resist it alone, but fortunately, Senior Brother Deng and Senior Sister Liu were there, and with the strength of the three of us, we finally killed Nahai Dafu. ”
Speaking of this, Mao Dongzhu seemed to remember something, and then said: "By the way, the head of the family, I learned from the mouth of the rich man that Emperor Shunzhi did not actually die, but went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk, and the forty-two chapters of Zhenghuangqi have not been visited by me, and must have been taken to Wutai Mountain by Shunzhi." ”
Ling Muyun said: "I already knew this, I went out of Beijing this time to go to Wutai Mountain to get the forty-two chapters of the Yellow Flag." ”
Mao Dongzhu was taken aback when she heard this, she couldn't imagine something that even she didn't know, Ling Muyun had already known it, and her heart became more and more in awe of her unfathomable and profound feelings. Then she seemed to think of something, and said to Ai Ai: "I wonder if the head of the sect has ever obtained the scripture this time?" ”
"I personally went out to fight, so naturally there is no reason not to succeed."
"That'...... That Shunzhi ...... What did you do with it? ”
Ling Muyun looked at Mao Dongzhu's appearance, his heart suddenly moved, and he didn't answer her words, but asked her: "Mao Dongzhu, I heard that you have a daughter in the palace and was named Princess Jianning, this Princess Jianning is the biological daughter of Shunzhi?" Or are you born of someone else? ”
(To be continued)