Chapter 269: National Focus (2)
As soon as the chariot stopped outside the door of the Wanxiang Building, the old bustard had already hurriedly greeted him, and joked in front of everyone: "Since Lord Dayun ransomed the Oiran of our Wanxiang Building, I haven't come again!" Counting this back and forth, there must be more than a year and a half, right? ”
Yunchen smiled slightly, and said calmly: "There were big ups and downs in the middle, I am afraid that my mother was implicated, so I didn't dare to come again." ”
The old bustard hurriedly hid his face and giggled: "Lord Yun loves to laugh, let's open the door of Wanxianglou to do business, who can refuse the God of Wealth?" She made a gesture as she spoke, and invited Yunchen and Chu Cong into the lobby.
Yunchen pointed at Chu Cong and said, "This is my distant cousin, who just came to Ningguo to join me, and specially asked him to come out to see and understand." ”
The old bustard looked at Chu Cong with an ambiguous look, and nodded again and again: "Lord Yun don't worry." Oh, and the box you used to use to be empty just so far! ”
Yunchen said "um", smiled and patted Chu Cong's shoulder: "You pick a few girls below, pick well, I'll go upstairs and wait for you first." ”
The old bustard also joked to Chu Cong: "Young Master Cousin chooses slowly, we have a lot of good girls recently!" ”
Chu Cong was teased by the two of them one after another, his face was already flushed, and he stammered and couldn't say a word.
Yunchen laughed twice when he saw this, turned around and walked to the box on the second floor, took two steps and instructed the turtle slave: "Go and bring in the box from my car." ”
When Yunchen said this, his coachman was quietly rummaging through the box. However, when he opened the first book, the coachman's eyes almost fell, and he couldn't help but curse: "Fuck! ”
After scolding, he still didn't give up, and continued to look at other books, scolding every time he opened one. Until he read all the twelve books, he couldn't help but scold his mother in his heart. At this time, the turtle slave happened to come and ask for the box, and the coachman immediately handed it to him.
The turtle slave didn't doubt him, went upstairs with the box, and went straight to Yunchen's box. At this time, Chu Cong was still downstairs to choose a girl, but the old bustard had already come upstairs, Yunchen pointed to the box and said to the old bustard: "This thing is for you." ”
The old bustard smiled back: "Your Highness said that it was funny, no one here reads." ”
Yunchen smiled helplessly: "You definitely need these books." ”
When the old bustard heard this, he curiously picked up a book and flipped through it, only glanced at it, and his face suddenly couldn't hold back, and he was ashamed enough: "This is the spring palace map!" ”
Yunchen smiled but said nothing.
The picture of this Spring Palace is so realistic that even a master like Lao Bustard, who is accustomed to seeing Fengyue, can't stand it: "Who did this?" ”
"I don't know yet," Yun Chenyun smiled back lightly, "It seems that someone is reminding me that my past reputation cannot be broken." ”
The old bustard also hid his face and smiled: "You used to run to Ruyi Fang every three or five days, and since 'that one' came twice, you have never come here again." In the eyes of outsiders, this really does not conform to your usual style. ”
Yunchen obviously didn't want to mention that person, so he only smiled and said, "I want to go to the house where Tassel used to live." ”
"This ......," the old bustard hesitated slightly, "that house has already housed other girls." ”
Yunchen pondered for a moment: "You want to let her out, I have something hidden in it." ”
The bustard didn't ask any more, but said yes and coaxed the girl out to run errands. Yunchen took the opportunity to enter the house, came to the inner room with a familiar way, and lifted the tassel curtain. He looked up at the roof, then jumped on the desk and jumped onto the beams.
Sure enough, there was also a box on the beam, which was the same as the one where the spring palace map was placed, and the chain head was exactly the same. Yunchen jumped to the ground with the box in his arms and returned to the box.
When the old bustard saw that he had brought back an identical box, he was extremely surprised and hurriedly asked, "Where did this box come from?" ”
Yunchen didn't answer, and stabbed the lock with the dagger again and opened the box. This time, what he saw was the true Twelve Volumes of National Policy, judging from the pages and handwriting, it was undoubtedly original, but the pages were already creased, and it was obvious that someone had turned it over.
Yunchen couldn't tell what he was thinking, stared at the box for a while, and then took out the note from his sleeve and read it again-
"Evening incense in the evening incense building, tassels hanging in the tassel house. The twelve scrolls have been returned, and the gentleman on the beam is in the boudoir. ”
Yunchen handed the note to the old bustard and ordered: "It's burned after reading." ”
The bustard read the note before reacting: "No wonder you came here suddenly tonight!" As she spoke, she put the note on the candle flame and burned it.
Yunchen looked at the two identical boxes in front of him, took out a few Spring Palace Diagrams from the first box, put them on the upper layer of the second box, and re-covered the white silk and put down the lid of the box.
Judging from the appearance, the two boxes are exactly the same, Yunchen pointed to the box of the Spring Palace Diagram, and ordered: "You want to destroy this box, the more thorough the better." ”
The old bustard nodded: "Don't worry, your subordinates will not let people find out." ”
Yunchen pointed to the lock and white silk on the box again: "You go and check the origin of this lock and the origin of the white silk." It would be great if these spring palace pictures could find the seller. ”
"Subordinates obey."
Yunchen thought for a while, and then said: "The girl who lives in the room of the tassel, which guests have received in the past ten days, you can check them for me." ”
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When Chu Cong called a few girls upstairs, Yunchen and Lao Bustard had already finished talking, and the two brothers got up "free", listened to the pipa and listened to the guqin, listened to the guqin and watched the song and dance, and by the way, sat on the thigh with the beauty in his arms, fed melons, fruits and pastries, and outsiders seemed to be merry and happy.
Later, the two of them each hugged a girl to "spend the night", and the next morning, Yunchen didn't even change his clothes, and went directly to the palace from the evening fragrance building. And Chu Cong slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up slowly, and slowly dragged the box back to Yunfu.
After Yunchen returned home from the court, many people heard the woman's cry. It is said that the tassel scolded Yunchen for drinking all day long, and since the birth of the child, she has been snubbing her, and now she goes to the Wanxiang Building to prostitute and humiliate her origin, and she also comes back with the spring palace picture.
The two of them quarreled from dinner until midnight, dropped countless dishes and vases, and finally ended with a fire and a piece of paper - the tassel burned the spring palace map, and Yunchen released the concubine with a piece of paper and demoted her to a slave of Yunfu. But fortunately, he was still sensible, and he left the child behind.
The status of concubines is already low, and it is common for them to be abandoned by their masters. While the subordinates blamed the tassel for being pampered and arrogant, they were also lamenting her situation. It must be known that when Tassel was pregnant, it coincided with Yunchen being demoted, and when Yunchen was at her most depressed, she entered the door without complaint, and she was also a woman who shared hardships with her.
However, now that Yunchen has reappeared, she is disliked, and many people feel that Yunchen's move is too cold and affectionate. Yunchen turned a deaf ear to this, as if he had fallen in love with a chick, and began to run towards the Wanxiang Building again.
Even Yuan Che, who was in the Marquis of Wei's mansion, heard about this, and couldn't help but sneer at Wang Tuo: "When Wei Nong was here, he pretended to be a dog; When Wei Nong left, he was completely revealed. ”
Wang Tuo thought about it and felt that it was inconvenient for him to say anything, so he decided to shut up.
Who knew that Yuan Che turned into doubts again: "But Queen Jiang hasn't been dead for long, so he went to visit the Qinglou, isn't it appropriate?" Could it be that he is using a trick? ”
Wang Tuo sighed in his heart, but still didn't answer.
Yuan Che muttered to himself again: "But if you calculate the time, Queen Jiang has also been dead for eight months, and the time is not short." ”
The big stone in Wang Tuo's heart fell in an instant.
"Hmph, I really should let Wei Nong see what he looks like," Yuan Che didn't know who he was talking to, "I'll have to think of telling her the news." ”
Hearing this, Wang Tuo's heart began to go up again, and he was hesitating whether to tell Nie Xingchen about Yuan Che's performance. In fact, in these days, the word "slightly thick" appeared too often, and Yuan Che was about to say two sentences to her when he was fine, and his ears were about to become calloused!
Is this Marquis of Wei really still with broken sleeves?
Wang Tuowu doubted Yuan Che's thoughts, but he didn't know that his behavior still left flaws-
According to Yunchen's instructions, the old bustard of Wanxianglou checked the lock, white silk, and spring palace drawings respectively, and checked all the guests that Shen Yu had seen in the past half a month, and presented a detailed record to Yunchen.
At first glance, there are no clues. The locksmith sold a dozen locks a day, and the thin seam was later artificially carved; White silk is this year's new silk, which feels smooth and is produced in Ningguo; The girl in the room with tassels is called "Shen Yu", and she has seen many guests in the past half a month, and there is nothing abnormal.
There are also those spring palace pictures, which were circulated from the palace more than ten years ago, and it was inquired that the great eunuch Liu Dewei next to the late prince Yuan Zhen had committed something back then, so he stole the prince's private spring palace pictures out and gave them away as favors. It's a pity that this father-in-law Liu died of illness last year, and the matter is too long ago to be investigated at all.
So, Yunchen paid attention to the white silk and said to the old bustard: "Since it is a new silk, it should be sold soon." However, King Ning's seventieth birthday banquet is imminent, and in order to avoid taboos, the cloth village in Lidu will no longer openly buy and sell white silk before March. You go to check all the cloth villages in the city, who has bought white silk recently, at this time to buy privately, if not regular customers, cloth villages will not do this business. ”
The master has an order, and his subordinates naturally dare not disobey, but the old bustard is still very curious: "Haven't these books been taken to Yan Kingdom?" Since the 'one' is willing to give it back to you, she naturally sent someone to do it. My subordinates don't understand, why do you have to check the origin of these things? ”
Since Queen Jiang's death, Yunchen has never publicly mentioned Wei Nong's name again, and this is the first time: "Give me back the national policy, it must be Wei Nong's idea." But she will never use the spring palace diagram to confuse the public, this kind of means can only be imagined by men. ”
"That's Nie Xingji?" The old bustard guessed: "It must be his idea." ”
"Whether it was his idea or not, someone had to do such a confidential thing for him, and it must be his henchman in Ningguo." Yunchen's eyes showed a hint of coldness: "I want to find out who this person is and use him to do something." ”