Prince Rong looked puzzled and asked, "How can this be?" There is a system for the imperial court's post station, and you happen to be a 200-mile post station here? ”

Yi Cheng said with a smile: "Out of our post station, even if it is out of the capital boundary, so our post station is called 'Beijing Boundary Station', fifty miles ahead, that post station was originally called Sanlibao, and now it is renamed 'Longmen Station', in order to fight with our Beijing Boundary Station." ”

Prince Rong turned his face to look at Wanying, who was still happily chewing on the shepherd's cabbage, and listened to Yicheng's gossip without saying a word. In order not to disturb Wanying's good appetite at this time, Prince Rong also chatted with Yicheng without a word.

"Longmen Station? That's an interesting name! Prince Rong said.

"Longmen Station, the gate of the dragon's dwelling, is called the Dragon Gate. They were originally called Sanlipu, and they didn't know where they were sacred, and they changed such a good name, since they changed their names, where did the local officials still remember our big post station? ”

Prince Rong said with a smile: "Compared with Longmen, the Jingjie is better than Longmen. ”

"Isn't it? Our original big post station, but it has become a small post station that no one patronizes, they are a small post station, stunned to overshadow us into a big post station, and now it is even more annoying, not to mention that the local officials do not come to us to stay here, even the urgent letter is directly changed to the Longmen Post to change horses, the prince said that the angry people are not angry? ”

Prince Rong couldn't believe that there were strict regulations on the imperial court's post system, 200 li expedited, 400 li expedited, 600 li expedited, 800 li expedited, and the places where horses rested were strictly regulated. This Beijing Jieyi is the last post station in Beijing and the first post station out of Beijing, which is clearly stipulated by the imperial court.

"The urgent documents exchanged by the imperial court are no longer changed here?" Prince Rong asked alertly.

Yi Cheng nodded, and said helplessly: "Lord Wang, look at the situation we are in now, even if there is a sudden letter of 800 miles urgent, the humble post will not be able to find a horse that travels 800 miles a day to replace it!" The poorer you are, the less patronized you are, and the poorer you are. Nowadays, our big post station is a business trip or a small official to live in a store or something. The local magistrates are hardly going to rest with us. ”

Prince Rong suddenly felt something strange circling in his mind, and continued to ask, "How long has this kind of thing lasted?" ”

Yi Cheng tilted his face, his eyes kept blinking, and finally nodded his head, and said decisively: "It's exactly twelve years since this year." ”

Twelve years? Prince Rong quickly linked this number to the mother and son who wanted to rebel, and it was a perfect fit.

"What's the origin of the station ahead?" Prince Rong asked.

"I can't say anything." Yi Cheng looked disdainful.

Prince Rong smiled and inspired: "There must be, Yi Cheng might as well say it directly." ”

Yi Cheng pouted and said: "It's not that the lowly position is too much in front of the prince, the lowly position really looks down on the people of Longmen Station, to put it bluntly, it is a group of ruffians and hooligans, and now it has become the largest post station in the suburbs of Beijing." ”

"Isn't the largest post station in the suburbs of Beijing your Jingjie Station?" Prince Rong continued to guide Yi Cheng to speak.

"Lord Wang, you don't know the situation, who still knows the Jingjie Station now, you look at our dilapidated lintel, you pass by the Longmen Station tomorrow You are looking at the glorious style there, if I want to be a lodging, of course I also want to be a better big store." Unless I really don't have any money, who will live in my shabby shop. ”

"Isn't this king coming?"

"Lord Wang, this is a coincidence, how many times can you go out a year? Even if you go out, the Changshi housekeeper in your house will definitely arrange Longmen Station, and he will definitely not come to my small place. ”

Prince Rong thought about it carefully, this is indeed the truth, if it weren't for Wanying's pregnancy, she needed to stop for fifty miles, and she might not be able to stay here.

But after thinking about it, he asked again: "Since Longmen Station is a big post station of the imperial court, why is it a group of hooligans and ruffians?" ”

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Yi Cheng said directly: "Lord Wang, it was okay more than ten years ago, because it was a small post station, and their little guys there often came to borrow things from us to pay things back." Sometimes the post man also comes, and they are all honest countrymen. Later, we changed to a new post and a small servant, and we borrowed from them from time to time when things were in short supply, and that face was really unforgettable! ”

"Twelve years ago, was it changed?"

"Exactly, I went to borrow eggs once that year, and I was severely abused by that postman."

Prince Rong said with great interest: "How did they all scold you? ”

Yi Cheng shook his head, grinned, and sighed: "That Yi Cheng is simply a hooligan, but no one can talk like that. He said I was 'pockmarked knocking on the door - the pit man came home.' I asked if we borrowed or repaid, this is a rule handed down, why did it fool you? ”

"What did the post say?" Prince Rong asked.

"He scolded and said, 'Now the eggs are twenty dollars a lot, you borrow me twenty, and you wait until the eggs are cheap to pay us back, he said that I treat them as wronged, and also said that I don't have chickens for twenty-one days, but I am a bad guy."

"And such a poster?"

"Don't believe it, Lord Wang, that Yicheng is this material."

"Is there any fluctuation in the price of these eggs?"

"This market is sometimes expensive and sometimes cheap, and it is not good to say. But since I borrowed it, I must be in a hurry. The rules on the post station, as long as it is borrowed from the neighboring post station, no matter the sky-high price, it must also be lent out. Guess what that Yicheng said about me? ”

Prince Rong shook his head.

"He said that I was reluctant to buy eggs in order to save money for myself, and I was embarrassed to borrow them from them."

"In the end, did I borrow the eggs or didn't I lend them to you?"

"Of course not! I said so many nice things that I almost got into a fight in the end. ”

Prince Rong thought in his heart that twelve years ago, it was when Concubine Dong'an began to have different intentions, and it was from that time that King Dong'an began to make friends with the so-called 'green forest heroes'.

"I was better, I didn't fight, and then I heard that they were fifty miles further on. The post house really fought with them, and it was also for trivial things. ”

Wanying finished drinking a bowl of porridge, and saw that Yicheng was still babbling endlessly. got up and went into the inner room. Seeing that Wanying was not by his side, Prince Rong asked Yicheng, "What documents have you passed from you now?" ”

Yi Cheng said with a smile: "The Ming Fa of the Imperial Court, the edict announcing the world, and some small officials please press the fold, two days ago, the court issued a 'holy bow against harmony' It is estimated that in a few days, please press the fold from all over the country, and fly to us like snowflakes." ”

"These are inconsequential paperwork."

Yi Cheng laughed at himself: "The important documents are now in transit at Longmen Station, and we have nothing to do with it for a long time." I just care about some trivial things, remember the last time a newly-started messenger, carrying the imperial court six hundred miles to rush to our place to change people and horses, fortunately from here to the capital is also two hundred miles, our general horse, make a little effort can also run two hundred miles, if it is from the capital, we can only let him go to the front and then change horses, change people. ”

Prince Rong nodded, but he didn't expect that the documents to and from the capital had already been pinched in the hands of the king of Dong'an and the concubine of Dong'an.

"Do you know that Longmen Station relied on the power of those people to make its fortune?"

Yi Cheng thought hard, and then said unconvinced: "It should be Dong'an Palace, right?" ”

Prince Rong Da'e asked in surprise, "How are you?"

Yi Cheng said truthfully: "Ever since I fell out with Longmen Yi, I have felt uncomfortable. It stands to reason that I am his boss and that he should be bound by me. Not only did they not listen to our dispatch, but they humiliated me. I will investigate them secretly. ”

"What are the results of your investigation?"

"We are the only way for them to get to the capital, just need to pay attention, it won't take more than a year to see their cats."

Prince Rong asked tentatively, "What do you see?" ”

Yi Cheng whispered: "If there is a messenger who is 400 miles in an emergency, someone will definitely go to the capital in an hour or two." ”

"What if it's six hundred miles expedited?" Prince Rong asked.

"Six hundred miles is about an hour away, and I will definitely go to the capital."

Sure enough, it was to deliver the news and report to the king of Dong'an County in Beijing.

"There are 800 miles of urgency, is it definitely going to the capital in half an hour."

"The prince is right. It was half an hour. ”

So it sees, it seems that the imperial court's eight hundred miles have not been sent to Zichen Hall in an expeditious manner, and I am afraid that it has already been delivered to the Dong'an Palace.

Thinking of this, Prince Rong suddenly felt that he had been too careless before, and he had never thought that his enemy was so treacherous and cunning. It's not just news sent into the capital from other places. I'm afraid that they are also well aware of the news transmitted from the capital.

Prince Rong thought of this, a little chill in his back, he was very glad for the wisdom of the Queen Mother, a while ago Prince Rong wanted to send a secret letter to He You'an, who was far away in Fujian, but was dissuaded by the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother said at the time, I'm afraid that your letter of 800 miles will be urgent, and it will be sent to Dong'an Wangfu before you go to Gyeonggi. Now it looks like it's all true.

"Today, your table of dishes is very good, and this gold will reward you." As he spoke, Prince Rong took out a gold ingot from his purse and handed it to Yicheng.

"Although the humble position is humble, it is also an errand for the court, and it is the glory of the humble duty to serve the prince. I dare not take this gold. ”

"You've been a post for a few years now, and how many rank officials are you now?"

Yi Cheng looked honest and said with a smile: "Yi Cheng's official position is the same as the grandson monkey Bi Ma Wen who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, he is a very small sesame official. He has been here for nearly 30 years, and he has been a post for 13 years. ”

"Good work."

"It's not hard, it's not hard, it's a blessing to be able to talk face-to-face with the prince in your life."

"You have done a good job, continue to do it, since you are here as a big post station of the imperial court, it is necessary for the imperial court to ask about the Longmen Yi Yue Dai Dai, this king will find someone to check this matter in a few days, if there is a fake public benefit, or something that violates the law and discipline, it will definitely uphold justice for you and return you justice."

"Does the prince really do it for us?"

"You said all this today, don't you want this king to help you out?"

Yi Cheng blushed and said with some embarrassment: "Lord Shengming, you have made a low position. But I still hope that the prince can seek justice for us in the capital realm. ”

"Don't worry, this king knows it."

Yi Cheng finished the little ninety-nine in his heart and went down satisfied.