In the first year of Yongle, the tenth day of the first month of March.

The land of wind and flowers in the south of the Yangtze River, the shore of Taihu Lake, the warbler song is gorgeous.

An inconspicuous carriage, passing through the crowd of jugglers coming and going, appeared in front of the gate of Suzhou Mansion in the dust.

There was already a man in an official robe on the long bridge of Lumen, who was waiting with his servants. _o_m

I saw that the carriage stopped slowly, and a man jumped out of the room, with a pair of light blue eyes, sword eyebrows, and starry eyes, with sharp edges and corners, it was Bao Yuanqian who came from Yingtian.

Bao Yuanqian was dressed in silk and satin, and no one dared to slack off without an official uniform.

Since the day before yesterday, he asked Zhu Di to resign and went straight to Suzhou by compiling the volume of books included in the canon, and the two places were more than 400 miles apart, and he passed through Changzhou overnight, and he did not arrive in Suzhou until today.

"Brother Bao, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Ah Biao, how are you doing?"

The person who came was Zhao Biao, who was the governor of Suzhou Prefecture and had many errands under his jurisdiction.

The two hadn't seen each other for more than two months, and they looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.

Between the two greetings, they saw three more people coming down from the carriage, two of them were dressed as officials, and the other was quite young, it was Luo Fashang, who was studying in Guozijian.

Bao Yuanqian came to Suzhou to look for Luo's family this time, and specially brought Luo Fashang with him, and it happened that he had not returned to Suzhou for several months. When he went to Luo's house this time, Bao Yuanqian clearly said that he was going to collect books, so he deliberately brought two officials to cover up people's eyes.

In addition, an old man who was proficient in the weft was also brought, but he was quite old enough to leave him in the carriage.

"Oh, I'll introduce you to it." Zhao Biao pointed to a man in green clothes with a knife on the side and said, "This is the inspector and governor of Suzhou Prefecture, Ma Fang." He is one of the best players in Suzhou Prefecture, and he has arrested countless thieves. ”

Bao Yuanqian didn't have much of a stand, nodded and said, "Brother Ma." ”

Na Ma Fang hurriedly said: "How dare you, Lord Bao called me an eighth-grade sesame official as a brother with the respect of a scholar, which really tormented me." ”

Zhao Biao said: "Brother Ma doesn't have to be too humble, this Lord Bao is my brother who was born and died, not someone else." He is casual and uninhibited, but he does not like to delve into these redundant names. ”

Ma Fang said humbly: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

He was born with a pair of tiger eyes, flat facial features, and a beard that grows savagely, and is informal. can speak for people but is quite humble, which makes people listen like a spring breeze.

Bao Yuanqian looked at him twice, not because of his appearance, but because he heard the word surnamed Ma, so he paid more attention. After all, since the Flower Dynasty Festival, that Ying Tianfu's big brother Ma has been ghostly.

Now when I heard a person surnamed Ma in Suzhou Mansion, my heart couldn't help but tighten, but then I thought that Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, and Zhu Di, the emperor Laozi, were not the same Zhu, how could the official horses of Suzhou Mansion have anything to do with the thief horses of Ying Tianfu?

The two looked very different, and he didn't think deeply about it anymore when he noticed it.

Several people led the carriage slowly into Suzhou City, along the way hawkers endlessly, Bao Yuanqian felt the wind and snow in the south of the Yangtze River, elegant and, and the scene of the Riba people.

Suddenly, he said: "Yesterday I stayed in Changzhou overnight, Ah Bao was very busy, and he was a pusher mixed with the servants in the yamen to search for the White Lotus thieves everywhere. I thought you were the same, but I didn't expect this Suzhou Mansion to be very busy. ”

Zhao Biao said with a smile: "Brother Bao doesn't know, although this Suzhou Mansion has a larger population and is more prosperous than the Changzhou Mansion, but it is very rare to hear about the White Lotus thieves, and the reason is that there is a Chixia Mountain Villa on Yuanhuayu Island in the southeast of Taihu Lake. The owner of this mountain villa is a wealthy family who is righteous and squanders money and helps the township. The chivalrous and righteous people within a radius of a hundred miles all came here, and their masters cooperated with the government to punish the evil and eliminate the female cadres, but they cleaned up many White Lotus Sect thieves. ”

Ma Fang nodded and said: "Lord Zhao is right, the owner of this Chixia Villa is surnamed Yan, and he is quite famous in this Suzhou Mansion. ”

"I heard that there is a Pantuo Temple in Zhenjiang, but the old nest of the White Lotus Sect was only arrested by the government a few days ago." Bao Yuanqian wondered, "There is a Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, will there be such a situation?" ”

Ma Fang laughed and said: "Master Bao doesn't know, this Hanshan Temple has been here since Hongwu for thirty-one years.

It has only been rebuilt for four or five years. It just so happened that the person who funded the project was the owner of this Chixia Villa, and when it was built, it was undertaken by the government superintendent, and the scale of all the monks and temples was recorded. ”

This Ma Fang is one of the best arresters in the local area, and when he saw Bao Yuanqian asking about the thief, he naturally patted his chest to ensure that he would gain some face.

Bao Yuanqian glanced at Zhao Biao, Zhao Biao nodded slowly, signaling that what Ma Fang said was true.

Bao Yuanqian was silent, thinking in his heart that this Suzhou was weird, he could not believe Ma Fang's words, but what Zhao Biao said could not be fake. Error-free updates @

It is said that there is no White Lotus Sect in this place, but Ying Hao often leads Jinyi Wei to haunt Taihu Lake to hunt down water thieves. According to him, most of these water thieves were influenced by the White Lotus Sect and were on the side of Taihu Lake.

This Taihu Lake is interconnected, how does this Chixia Mountain Villa get out of the silt without staining? You must know that this Taihu Lake is the world of bandits, and this Chixia Villa clearly can't get along with the White Lotus Sect, and he is not afraid that Taiping Dao will burn him?

While a few people were talking and laughing, they went to the west to live in the big mansion.

Most of these wealthy families in Suzhou like to live in the west of the city near Tiger Hill, where the lake is close to the mountain, the scenery is beautiful and the terrain is vast, these rich families like to build houses here, and the Luo family is no exception.

"Ahead is the Luo family's mansion, Si Ye!" Luo Fashang pointed to the lush green shelter in front of him, where there was a large mansion that occupied an area.

Luo Fashang jumped up and down, patting the door first, and after a while, the vermilion lacquer gate "creaked" to reveal a crack.

When the servant saw that it was Rofashan who had returned, he hurried inside and informed his master.

Suddenly, an old man in his sixties, with a pale face, came with his family.

Seeing that it was the yamen servants and the officials outside, they couldn't help but say: "Ladies and gentlemen, the old man is the head of the Luo family, Luo Yuanyi, dare to ask if it is my unsuccessful grandson who caused trouble?" ”

Before Bao Yuanqian could explain, a man in his thirties in the back grabbed Luo Fashang's ear and taught him a lesson.

"Misunderstanding, Luo family master." Bao Yuanqian took two steps forward and waved his hand: "I am a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion of the Imperial Court, Bao Yuanqian." This time, in order to compile the canon, I specially came to collect the books collected by the Luo family and exchange them. ”

As soon as his voice fell, a small official behind him brought a volume of edicts, and the Luo family knelt on the ground in a hurry, Bao Yuanqian unfolded it and read it slowly, and then they got up.

Luo Yuanyi nodded and said, "Being able to do things for the court is the blessing of my Luo family." In the past, my old father Robben often mentioned the prestige of adults, but I didn't expect that now I will be even more extraordinary. Your Excellency is a distinguished guest, please enter quickly, and my Luo family will fully cooperate with the collection of books. ”

Bao Yuanqian was modest, and he also knew that his father was also Old Man Luo.

The Luo family has a lot of branches and leaves, and the men are thriving. Bao Yuanqian didn't know who was who, he regarded it as his own junior, and he aroused Brother Luo one by one, which flattered Luo Fashang's uncles.

He walked through the numerous Suzhou gardens, and was invited into the Xiting Courtyard, and before people sat down, they were already piled with melons, fruits, and tea, and the dazzling postures made him even have no place to hold his hands.

Bao Yuanqian felt so warm, and said in his heart that this order is easy to use, all over the world, and there is no taboo.

Luo Yuanyi said humbly: "Dare to ask Lord Bao, what books does the court want my Luo family to present this time?" Seeing that the lord only brought two scribes here, I am afraid that it is a drop in the bucket in the face of this huge library. ”

Bao Yuanqian said with a smile: "It's not like him, the subset of the scriptures and histories has long been ordinary." I brought two small officials here, plus Lord Zhao's errands, all of them are more than enough to be entered. As for the handling matter, the imperial court will send someone to contact it in some time. Now that he has arrived here, he is not in a hurry for a moment, the old man Luo Guanzhong used to be kind to the official, and now that he is deceased, as a junior, he should come to worship first, dare to ask the head of the Luo family if he can personally lead me to pay tribute? ”

He deliberately used the word personal, because he didn't want Luo Yuanyi to shirk the rhetoric and let himself fall into passivity.

Luo Yuanyi nodded, got up with a stick and said, "Master Bao, please come here." ”

Bao Yuanqian got up and dusted off his hem, and said to Zhao Biao: "Ah Biao, I will be absent for a while, and you will accompany you here for a while."

Ma Brother Tai, I'll go back when I go. ”

He turned around and his eyes flashed, and when he was about to go out, he glanced at Luo Fashan, who was standing beside him, gave him a look, and walked away.

Luo Fashang was smart and thoughtful, taking advantage of the fact that there were many elders in the hall, his eyes flashed left and right, and he slipped out in chaos.

Under the opening of the road by the servants, Luo Yuanyi led Bao Yuanqian out of the west gate, and less than a mile forward was the verdant place of Tiger Hill.

From a distance, there is a tomb there, and the brand-new tombstone seal is randomly engraved with a few rows of characters, representing the life of an eighty-year-old man.

Bao Yuanqian took the servant's three sticks of incense, held it on the top of his forehead three times and then stood up the incense, which can be regarded as a memory of the deceased of Suzhou Wei.

He recalled the bits and pieces of the military camp in the past, and Luo Guanzhong's words when he parted were turned into prophecies by him. When the times really create heroes, once the opportunity comes, it will be reborn.

Whether it is his identity or skills, the level of contact is not the same as that of Suzhou Wei. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart and pick up my emotions.

"Master Luo, in fact, in addition to collecting group books, there is also one thing to entrust this time." Bao Yuanqian was sticking incense and said lightly.

Luo Yuanyi asked: "Dare to ask Master Bao, what's the matter?" ”

Bao Yuanqian turned around and said: "This official is quite interested in the study of the Wei Wei, and I saw in the Wenyuan Pavilion that the Luo family gave books to the palace in the past, and most of them were Wei Wei, so I came to ask for one or two, which is considered to be learning." Dare to ask if there is still a study of Mongolian language in the Luo Family Library Pavilion? In particular, the Taiping Sutra is the main Weiwei. ”

He acted cautiously, the less people knew about this matter, the better, and he summoned Luo Yuanyi out to confess privately in the name of going to Luo Guanzhong's grave.

Luo Yuanyi's eyes moved, and he hesitated a little: "When Emperor Hongwu was alive, my Luo family handed over a lot of books of prophecy, and now... I'm afraid there are very few. ”

His eyes were a little uncertain, obviously with a hidden secret. After all, there is such a thing as the Taiping Sutra, unless the imperial court wants to collect historical materials and compile historical books during a special period, if you hide it privately, you will inevitably be punished.

But these things are precious after all, and they are also valuable to their book collection. Therefore, most of them take risks, hide but do not declare, and the court does not have time to search them one by one, so it has become a gray area.

Luo Yuanyi is suspicious, but it is reasonable. He was mostly afraid that Bao Yuanqian would be in a high position and settle accounts after the autumn.

Bao Yuanqian spread his palms, revealing a piece of jade pendant and said: "Old man Luo gave me this jade pendant before his death, so that I can find the head of the Luo family when I encounter difficulties, and I hope that the head of the Luo family can work tirelessly to let the younger generations check the books of Mongolian and weft." ”

Luo Fashang stepped forward and said: "Grandpa, Si Ye is a decent person, he is definitely not an eagle and a dog villain, and the vision of the great ancestor will never be wrong, Si Ye can have this jade pendant, and we can't disobey the will of the great ancestor." ”

Bao Yuanqian said with a smile: "If the head of the family can't believe it, I can let Fa Shang and I go to read it in a while." ”

Luo Yuanyi looked at the piece of jade in his hand, there was no doubt that it was his father's. Error-free updates @

He could only sigh lightly, and nodded to himself: "Since my father has a jade relic here, I can't say anything, I will take the adult to the library to see what is going on." ”

Bao Yuanqian said with relief: "Master Luo, rest assured, I and Old Man Luo can be regarded as New Year's friends, whether I can find it or not, I will keep silent, as if it has never happened." ”

After a few people worshiped Luo Guanzhong, they immediately turned back to the courtyard.

Bao Yuanqian asked the scribe and Zhao Biao's servants to be taken to the library by Ma Fang, and took the bibliography books included in the Wenyuan Pavilion to check and fill in the gaps one by one, to see if they needed to be included in the palace for compiling canons.

And he followed Luo Yuanyi to another attic, Luo Yuanyi said respectfully: "Lord Bao, this is the Luo family's special collection of the Book of Weiwei." ”

"Thank you."

Bao Yuanqian took the old man and Luo Fashang to the attic, Bao Yuanqian was full of emotion when he entered the house, and said in his heart that the Luo family's collection of books is huge, it is really "four walls of the family", only a sea of books!

He even suspected that the Luo family's money was not even as much as his books!

The three of them sat cross-legged and looked up helplessly at the mountain-like volumes, but they still had to do things little by little, so they could only be carried by Luo Fashang and let Bao Yuanqian and the two translate.

Before he knew it, it was dark, and Bao Yuanqian was sweating profusely, and the old man wanted it.

It's not that I can't hold it anymore after eating two steamed buns halfway.

It's just that they have worked hard to translate all the diagrams, but they have not been able to find what they want. @·error-free start~~

Not to mention the Taiping Sutra, I haven't even found the word Taiping!

Bao Yuanqian let out a long sigh and fell to the floor on his back, panting like a cow tiredly.

He was upset, counting the first two times, this was the third time he had hit a wall.

If there is no palace and the Luo family, then won't this third picture disappear without a trace? can be said from Li Jinglong's mouth, how do you feel that it is true, is it that this grandson is shaking?

"Si Ye . . . Didn't find it? Luo Fashang saw that Bao Yuanqian was a little lonely, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful, after all, this person who was given a jade pendant by his great-ancestor, he still wanted to try his best to help.

Bao Yuanqian rubbed his head and said, "It's okay, I'm not sure if it's here." Since he is not there, he should hold the books for the imperial court. ”

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Late at night, Bao Yuanqian lay in Luo's house, living alone in an attic with the three people from the imperial court, and he lived on the top floor.

After he moved around the room with a set of punches, he wanted to go up to meditation to pass the time. Bao Yuanqian has been hit hard recently, and he is destined to be sleepless tonight.

Just when he was half-asleep and half-awake, he heard only the slight sound of the attic floor, and he stood up, and had already pulled out the short knife on the side of his boot to guard it.

The footsteps are extremely light, and the person who comes seems to be deliberately hiding his steps, since this must be a plan, and the person who comes is not good!

He bowed slowly to the door, and saw a figure outside the door, and the two of them were separated by a door.

Suddenly, I heard a soft knock on the door, and a person gently pushed the door in.

Bao Yuanqian moved from the side of the leopard in an instant, his left arm reached out, grabbed the man's wrist in an instant, and immediately pulled it!

The man was dragged into the room with a loud exclamation, "Si Ye, Si Ye, the student is Luo Fashang!" ”

Just as Bao Yuanqian put the short knife on the man's neck, the man suddenly said in fear.

Bao Yuanqian was stunned when he heard this, and thought that it was some kind of gangster who carried out the assassination, but he didn't expect it to be Luo Fashang coming.

No wonder Fang Cai's steps were extremely light, he thought it was sent by a person of considerable skill under restraint, but the result was that this Luo Fashang was already a half-grown and thin child, and his natural movements were more light, which made him listen to the difference.

This Luo Fashang was mistaken by Bao Yuanqian for a good hand, and he made a big fuss.

"Fashang, why are you tiptoeing in the middle of the night?" Bao Yuanqian helped him up and said, "With such a movement, I thought it was a thief." ”

Luo Fashang snorted, saved up beads of sweat and said: "Harm, the servants of the Luo family patrol strictly, where are the thieves?" I wasn't afraid that my family would notice, so I waited until they were asleep before I sneaked over! ”

"What's going on?"

Luo Fa Shang smug appeared, took out a box from his arms, and said with a smile: "Naturally, I came for the business." ”。