Chapter 342: Procession Ritual
According to the route agreed by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, the emperor's chariot came out of the palace gate and went straight on Suzaku Street, then turned left to Xuanwu Street, and then detoured back to the palace from the Scales Bridge, ending the day's journey.
Such a journey, although there is some distance, but because it is a road that has not been seen for a long time, there are always people on both sides to watch the excitement and participate in the victory.
Su Yutian sat in the carriage, and he was originally followed by Queen Yuan Wenjing, but because the queen was unwell, he had to be temporarily empty, but in the entourage behind him, he brought a Yuan Jiang'er.
There are many concubines in the palace, and some have been accompanying Su Yutian since he became the prince, and they have only been accepted during this time, but only Yuan Jiang'er can get the honor of accompanying him.
Su Yutian's personality has changed since he became a prince, and he has never liked too noisy environments, and he and Yuan Wenjing, who used to be the princess, both liked to be quiet when they were in the palace.
Now Yuan Wenjing has made an excuse alone, hiding in the palace and refusing to meet again, but leaving Su Yutian alone to come out to face the cow ghost snake god outside. Thinking of this, Su Yutian felt a pain in his heart.
Su Yutian turned his head in the gap between greeting the people on both sides of the road, and saw Yuan Jiang'er at a glance, who was rare to be able to keep to himself. From the first time they met, Su Yutian may not like Yuan Jiang'er's character much, the only thing he cares about is that there are many people in the world, only Yuan Jiang'er and Yuan Wenjing look the most similar.
Every time he saw Yuan Jiang'er's face, Su Yutian was angry with the other party's wishful thinking, and he was very reluctant to that face, so he simply went with her, but instead achieved the only special case in the palace.
And Yuan Jiang'er is now his concubine, but she is pretending to be another person in her heart. Because of what happened a few nights ago, Yuan Jiang'er has been very uneasy in her heart.
Knowing that today's situation was special and it was very lively outside, Yuan Jiang'er specially asked to come out to take a look, thinking that maybe he could see him in the crowd.
It's just that there is a vast sea of people here, how can her eyes see it. Even if she held her breath and concentrated, Yuan Jiang'er didn't see the person she wanted to see.
The two people who share the same bed here, all they are thinking about is another person, which really fully reflects what it means to share a bed and a pillow, but the thoughts here are entangled, but what the people behind think is a lot simpler.
Responsible for accompanying the emperor to protect the safety of the emperor, there was Pei Shuren, the captain of the forbidden army, and he was afraid that the personnel would not be transferred, so the emperor specially arranged a forbidden army leader with the same rights in the forbidden army, Lin Chong.
The two of them now only had to care about whether there were assassins hiding among these people, and they didn't have time to reverie the storm. And while they cooperate with each other, they are also competitors.
I hope that if there is really a desperate desire to come over and assassinate, the two of them will have to come forward first and show their faces in front of Su Yutian, then the future Feihuang Tengda and the emperor's favor will become their supreme glory.
However, in comparison, Pei Shuren was personally promoted by Su Yutian, and Lin Chong sat in the position of the head of the sect from the previous emperor's subordinates.
As for the further ones, it is Jing Zhao Yin Zhao Ming, who is in charge of the security of the capital. Zhao Ming has little effect, and his appearance here is mostly used as a refill.
His main need is to find out all kinds of civil murder cases that will cause panic in the capital, and to assist the six departments in arranging travel ceremonies. It seems like a very simple errand, but if something goes wrong in the future, Zhao Ming will have to be counted as a crime.
Under the coercion of such two parties, Zhao Ming was actually very nervous. However, looking at the current midsummer of Guotai Min'an's singing and dancing, there has never been any major incidents, so he also relaxed.
According to the usual practice, the accompanying car should be seated by the people of the royal family or the highest-ranking high-ranking officials. But because of the previous incident with the crown prince, many royal relatives in the court, as well as several princes who glorified the family with their titles, were implicated.
In addition, there are not many heirs in the generation of the emperor, and few people are qualified to sit in the car under this devastation. Su Yutian only asked to reserve a seat for a few important ministers in the court, and the rest of the burdens were simply canceled.
The car driver and his party suddenly looked a lot depressed, but such a thrifty appearance seems to be more popular with the people. When the people in the city saw the pavilions on both sides of the road, they couldn't help but cheer and shout.
In this regard, Su Yutian is very happy to hear about it. And the lady who followed the car and spontaneously came in her own carriage, one by one, wearing gold and silver to shine and compete for beauty, at this time she couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and took off the jewelry on her head one after another, so as not to embarrass her own adults.
Su Jingye looked around for a while as if he was watching a good show, and then he took a rough look at the pattern of today's group, and he couldn't help but smile faintly.
And he was sitting well in the car, but Zhao Ming suddenly came over, "Is the prince looking at where the princess is?" And wait patiently for a while, and when you get to the Scales Bridge, the princess will definitely be waiting for you there. ”
Su Jingye only felt funny for a while, he was just in a daze, but he would give Zhao Ming such a guess, it was not that his usual behavior was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Then he suddenly heard the words Scales Bridge, and he was silent for a while.
"How do you know she'll be waiting there, you've only met a few times, and you're already so familiar." Su Jingye laughed lightly, "Or did you take the initiative to tell you about the Yang and Liu families last time, so she took the opportunity to buy you?" ”
If he had known that Zhao Ming had such a little habit, he would have more information in his hands, and he would have taken out any of them, which would be enough for him to help him without being wordy next time he had something.
"Lord Wang, this is a joke, how can Xia Guan be such a person, Xia Guan has always befriended people only by virtue of his character and loyalty to His Majesty." When this kind of thing is said, I'm afraid Zhao Ming himself can't believe it.
"This is just the last time the princess came over, and she accidentally said something and asked the lower officials to hear it, and the lower officials paid attention to it, and thought that the prince had forgotten it." Zhao Ming smiled twice outside the car window, but in the blink of an eye, he saw Su Jingye's meaningful eyes.
"Lord Zhao's memory is really good, and his ears and eyes are also admirable, or Lord Zhao can afford the title of a know-it-all in the capital."
"The prince is polite, and the lower officials dare not be ashamed." Zhao Ming didn't hear anything special about Su Jingye's tone for a while, so he just waved his hand very modestly. "As the parents of the capital, the official should inquire so much in order to maintain the safety of the people."
"What Lord Zhao said is right, but where are the two murderers in Yang Zhongping's case that day, does Lord Zhao have eyebrows?" Su Jingye reminded with a smile, and saw that Zhao Ming was a little disappointed and withdrew all the expressions on his face.
"I'm ashamed to say that nothing has been learned about this until now." Zhao Ming pursed his mouth, his two hands hung down naturally at a loss, and they were buttoned together by the cover of his sleeves.
"The lower officials have used the beggars' connections and the eyeliner in the black market, but there is still no progress, these two people are too able to hide, if there is no information, the lower officials will suspect that they will not appear in the capital for the first time."
"Lord Zhao, calm down, do you think the two of them are likely to come out today?" Su Jingye rolled his eyes, and gradually confided his guess bit by bit.
"Lord Wang, what does this mean?" Zhao Ming was puzzled.
The cheers of the people on both sides of the road were wave after wave, and the ears of the noisy people hurt, but under the cover of these noisy sounds, there was no need to worry about the ears of the partition wall.
"If I am not mistaken, this case was actually known to His Majesty earlier, so why haven't you heard about the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites changing the list of performers on the stage?" Su Jingye thought about it for a while, and he also felt that there was something suspicious here.
"This list should be decided by Lord Shangshu of the two parts himself, so how can he just take it out and say it?" Zhao Ming almost brought him over, but then after thinking about it, he still felt that it was unlikely.
"It's just the others, this king and Lord Zhao don't know, so it's unreasonable." The thoughts in his mind were roughly formed, Su Jingye was in a hurry, if it weren't for the fact that he was thinking about both sides and there were so many people watching, he almost wanted to get angry directly at Zhao Ming.
"That's because the people above didn't know that the murderer we found out was someone from the Tiger Run troupe in the original plan. Lord Zhao, when you wrote the recital, it was rough and incomplete, so there was a loophole. ”
"The lower officials don't dare to take responsibility for this matter, the lower officials can write it clearly, but the order has changed, didn't the prince miss it?" Zhao Ming almost scared the seven souls when he heard this, if this mistake came out, Su Yutian would be so angry that he would directly pick up his own skin.
"Really? Maybe it's really the king's memory that went wrong? Su Jingye felt a long sigh after knowing it, and his expression was so exaggerated that Zhao Ming didn't even realize that he was pretending to misunderstand.
"Then the rest of this matter can be said." Su Jingye quietly hooked the corners of his mouth, and with that meaningful smile, Zhao Ming's scalp was numb.
"Generally, except for major reasons, the content of the list will not be changed casually. But it would be strange that nothing has changed since such a big incident came out. ”
"The only thing that can be explained is that the Tiger Run Theater Troupe falsely reported the number of people, falsely claimed that there were enough personnel, and fooled the Ministry of Works."