In the second year of the emperor, the twelfth month of winter. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's been two months since the crossing team secretly lurked in Chang'an. The many spies of the Imperial Court didn't even catch a shadow of a few of them, as if these five big living people had evaporated out of thin air.

"Humph! A bunch of rubbish! I can't even catch a few little thieves, so what's the use of what I want from you?"

At this moment, in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion, King Lun was reprimanding his subordinates with an angry face.

A group of subordinate officials lowered their heads and obediently were trained, and they didn't even dare to come out.

It is also true that since the five powerful martial arts thieves broke into Chang'an City, they have not heard from them like cattle entering the sea, and they have searched for two months without finding a trace. Hell yes.

At this moment, a man standing on the far left stepped forward.

"My lord, it's not that the lowly people didn't do their best, but the thieves were too cunning. After the group of thieves entered Chang'an City, the lowly and others immediately posted notices everywhere and led people to patrol and arrest them, but there has been no news until now. I suspect that those thieves must be able to write some evil spells! Please also ask the adults to give a few more days of grace, and do their best to arrest the thief to relieve the worries of the adults! ”

"Humph!"

Wang Lun didn't continue to reprimand, he also knew that his subordinates had done their best in the past two months, and he really didn't blame them for not catching the thieves.

And they are all their own children and nephews, and they don't want to tear their faces. It's just that the top is urging tightly, and he has not been able to give a result, and he can only put pressure on the bottom.

"Then give you another five days of hard work, if you can't catch the thief again, when Your Majesty blames it, don't blame the official for turning his face and not recognizing people at that time!"

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Everyone responded in unison: "No!"

"It's okay, you guys go out." Lord Wang waved his hand, as if driving away a few annoying flies.

The crowd hurried out as if they had been pardoned, for fear of staying here for even a second longer.

"Huh! Wait a minute! Wang Li stayed. ”

The little official who had just stood up to say goodbye stayed behind.

He continued to bow his head respectfully and bend over, and said, "My lord, what are the orders for staying in the lowly position?"

Wang Lun pinched his beautiful hair, and said in the tone of the elders caring for the juniors: "Hehe, oak doesn't need to be polite. There are no outsiders here, so let's get along with uncles and nephews. ”

"Yes, uncle!"

Wang Lun nodded with satisfaction, he looked at the way this junior of the same clan who worked under him with respect for him, and he felt more and more pleasing to the eye.

He pulled Wang Li to his side and whispered in a voice as thin as a mosquito and a fly: "I keep you here, I have an important matter for you to do."

"Your Majesty has given me a secret decree, asking me to pay more attention to the movements of the National Teacher's Mansion recently, and any personnel exchanges must be recorded. I think about it, it's better to leave this matter to you, and I'm more relieved. ”

When Wang Li heard his uncle say this, he was immediately shocked and said, "Could it be that Your Majesty is suspicious of the National Master?"

When Wang Lun heard this, he immediately turned his face and scolded in a low voice: "Your Majesty naturally has his considerations for what he thinks, and we as courtiers only need to do what we are told!"

"Uncle taught me that the child knew that he was wrong." Wang Li also realized that what he had just said was very inappropriate, so he hurriedly admitted his mistake.

Wang Lun didn't delve into it, and continued to advise: "Our Wang family can have today, to be honest, it all depends on Your Majesty, so we must do a good job in what Your Majesty ordered!" Can't go out of any way! ”

"You are like this, I will go to a few clever and obedient people later, make a little dress up and keep an eye on the side of the National Teacher's Mansion, and then choose a few thoughtful ones, and find a way to send them into the mansion as slaves, so as to facilitate espionage news. But we must find someone who believes in it, otherwise we will scare Your Majesty's major affairs, and we will die! ”

Wang Li patiently listened to Wang Lun's advice, and agreed with a serious face: "The children that my uncle said have been recorded, and the children will go down to arrange manpower."

"Well, you can handle it yourself, step aside."

Wang Lun bowed his head and asked him to step back, and after his nephew left, he took off the disguise he had just made, and his face was full of fear and horror.

As Jing Zhaoyin of the Great New Dynasty, his information sources are much wider than those of ordinary Qian, and he also knows that the current situation has been turbulent recently, and the rebel armies in various places have swept the whole country like a whirlwind, especially the red-eyed thieves in Qingzhou and the green forest thieves in Jingzhou, attacking cities and seizing counties, with great momentum.

But no one in the court cared about this, everyone was greedy for pleasure, drunk and dreaming of death, and did not know what to do. His Majesty also relied on the assistance of the National Master to barely clean up this mess.

And now, His Majesty is beginning to doubt even the important ministers he relies on the most. But the centrifugal betrayal of monarchs and ministers has always been a sign of the death of the country!

Thinking of this, Wang Lun couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, the Wang family can have the current glory, but it is all Wang Mang's towering tree, if this big tree falls, the monkey under the tree will definitely not have any way to live.

But if this situation continues, the destruction of the country and the annihilation of the nation will only be an overnight moment. In the face of the general trend of the world, what can you do with your own weak strength? In the end, we can only take one step at a time.

Wang Lun was still looking down and thinking about the major affairs of his family and country, but at this moment, a very strange scene happened in front of the National Teacher's Mansion.

The National Teacher's Mansion is located next to an imperial road in the northwest corner of Chang'an. This neighborhood is full of the residences of the nobles of the current dynasty, which can be called the most luxurious area in the entire Chang'an except for the imperial palace.

The city of Chang'an in the new dynasty continued the tradition of the Han Dynasty, with a wide road divided into three lines, the middle of which was the imperial road, on which only pilgrims and some relatives of the emperor could walk, while the roads on both sides were reserved for officials and citizens.

Generally speaking, the residents living in Chang'an City are more concerned about these things, and they will not easily. Therefore, he did not dare to be presumptuous in front of some high-ranking mansions, but today there is one person who is very abnormal.

He dressed as a fortune teller, wore this soap-colored robe, carried a gossip on his back, and wrote on the sign in his hand, "Confucius is a peerless learner, measure good fortune and avoid evil." ”

It's just strange that fortune tellers are usually old men with long white hair and long hair. And this one was born with a fat face, a big waist and a round waist, and a face full of meat.

But such a bandit is now wearing a Taoist robe, dressed as a Taoist priest, giving people an extremely incongruous feeling.

He dragged his broken straw sandals and held a trick in his hand, wandering back and forth in front of the National Teacher's Mansion.

The old man who guarded the door had already discovered the abnormality of this Taoist priest, and he was always wandering in front of the door, so he must have some good intentions.

So, he scolded the down-and-out Taoist priest: "Where did the stinky fortune teller come from? Don't look at what kind of place this is? If you want to tell fortunes, go far away, and if you get in the way of the nobles, see how I clean you up. ”

And the Taoist priest listened to Lao Zhangtou's reprimand, but he didn't say anything, and continued to walk around in front of the door by himself, and even sat on the stone lion at the door.

This made the old man angry, and he copied a stick from the house, ready to drive away this Taoist priest who didn't know what to do.

As soon as he turned around, he heard the Taoist priest pretending to sigh alone, "Oops! Such a big family in Zhumen will be broken tomorrow, it is really impermanent, it's a pity, it's a pity! ”

He shook his head as he spoke, matching his dignity, giving people an indescribably weird feeling.

After he finished speaking, a pair of eyes stared at Lao Zhangtou, and said slowly: "Go in and tell your master, saying that there is a living person who wants to see him, and he can show you a way to live."

There is a way to be a seven-rank official in front of the prime minister, Lao Zhang Tou has been a porter in the National Teacher's Mansion for so many years, and he has also seen countless dignitaries and nobles, and his vision of people is naturally very accurate.

But at this moment, the person in front of him made him a little puzzled. If you want to look at the clothes, he is also a poor fortune teller, but looking at his appearance and the temperament revealed at that moment, it gives people a feeling of palpitations, as if he is watching a tiger roaring in the mountains and forests, full of domineering.

Lao Zhangtou didn't dare to make a claim, so he hurriedly closed the door and went in to tell the steward.

He didn't know that the moment he entered the door, the Taoist priest sitting on the stone lion did show an inexplicable smile.

The National Teacher's Mansion is in a quiet courtyard.

An old man dressed in gorgeous clothes was staring intently at the square box on the stone table, as if it contained a great secret.

Behind him stood a graceful and luxurious young woman with light makeup. When the young woman saw that the old man had not moved, she could not help asking:

"Daddy, why did you say that Your Majesty rewarded you with a Shu brocade? What's the point?"

The old man listened to his daughter's words, but did not answer directly. He stretched out his hand and slowly opened the square box, and inside was indeed a colorful Shu brocade.

He took the cloth in his hand, weighed it, and then gently stroked the royal gift of Shu brocade with his right hand, which was full of lines, as if caressing the skin of his beloved.

Suddenly, he smiled contemptuously and threw this Shu brocade directly into the box, completely devoid of the caution just now. The contempt on his face became even more obvious.

The old man turned around, frowned at his daughter and asked, "You have already been married, why are you still called Your Majesty?" It should be changed to be called father-in-law! ”

When the young woman heard the old man's slightly reprimanding words, she immediately pouted very aggrievedly and said, "Your Majesty doesn't like your husband again, he has never taken his son seriously, what is my daughter-in-law?"

"Be careful!" The old man scolded angrily, almost making the beautiful young woman cry out in fright.

may also feel that he is too strict, he saw the appearance of his daughter pear blossom with rain, and a trace of softness appeared in his heart.

Immediately, his tone softened: "Since you are already married, don't always run home, now that you are the crown princess, you must have the appearance of the crown princess." Otherwise, after the crown prince ascends to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, how can you suppress the harem and the world?"

When the young woman heard her father's words, she also knew that what she was doing was indeed inappropriate. She lowered her head and whispered: "Su'er knows that she is wrong, but it is really boring to stay in the prince's mansion every day, and I miss my father very much, so I want to go back to the mansion to see you more."

The old man heard his daughter's words with filial piety, and suddenly felt comforted by the old man, and he was about to tell his daughter a few words about the future, when suddenly, the steward outside the door said that there was something important to tell, so he had to wave his hand and ask a little impatiently: "What's the matter?"

"Tell the master, there is a traveling Taoist priest outside the door, and he said that he has something important to tell the master."

The housekeeper told the story and repeated the wild words that the Taoist priest had just said.

When the young woman heard the butler's recount, her eyes widened with rage, and she commanded her servant viciously:

"What a guts! How dare you chew the root of your tongue here. Someone, get him out of the way!" ”

"Wait!" The old man made a gesture to his daughter not to be impulsive.

He groaned a little, and then commanded the butler, "Go and invite him over, and I will see who he really is."