Chapter Eighty-Five: Tarantula, Night Wanderer, Family Feast
Daxuan, Longyuan Palace, the imperial study, even though there is no one in the house, Dugu Fu, the secretary of the military department, is still waiting respectfully, after the time of the two pillars of incense, Song Jiang entered the imperial study with the people of the personal temple, and Dugu Fu knelt down and saluted: "See Your Majesty." β
Song Jiang sat down behind the bookcase and said calmly at will: "Aiqing doesn't have to be so restrained in private, calm down and give a seat." β
Dugu Fu saluted again: "Thank you, Your Majesty." β
After getting up, Song Jiang's personal temple raised his hand and sent a chair, Dugu Fu was not in a hurry to sit down, and arched his hand: "Manager Xie Hai." β
As the secretary of the Dugu Fu Military Department, even those first-class officials in Longyuan had to be polite to him, but Dugu Fu did not dare to be rude to the Hai Gonggong in front of him, which involved a secret that few people even knew in the palace, the protector of the domestic minister.
Gonggong Hai is not as feminine and delicate as ordinary temple people, and his tone is indifferent: "The military department is still in the book, please take a seat." β
Dugu Fu sat down, Song Jiang put Dugu Fu to the side, began to write calligraphy, and from time to time said something to Gonggong Hai that Dugu Fu didn't understand, Dugu Fu was used to this, out of sight, out of ear, nose without hearing, sitting on the chair.
After Song Jiang finished writing the four characters of the Lord of Zhongxing and ordered his father-in-law to frame it, Song Jiang asked, "Aiqing, what's the situation over there in Zhenbei Pass?" β
Dugu Fu was a little unexpected, he always thought that Song Jiang was concerned about the battle between the righteous and demons on the rivers and lakes, but he was just panicked, and Dugu Fu calmed down: "General Bai Jian has exterminated all the remnants of the Huns who are wandering in Ponu Prefecture, and now he only needs to wait for the Ministry of Household to allocate money and the Ministry of Industry to rebuild, and Ponu Prefecture can be restored as before." β
Dugu Fu didn't pay much attention to the situation in Zhenbeiguan, so he could only pick out some definite news and kick the ball to the other two guys.
"Is it back to normal?" Song Jiang hooked the corners of his mouth meaninglessly.
Dugu Fu bowed his head and was silent, accompanied by a tiger like a tiger, sometimes it is better not to talk.
"Let's talk about the battle between the righteous and the demons." Song Jiang sat back in his chair and tilted his head and closed his eyes very tiredly.
Hearing that he finally didn't step into the theme, Dugu Fu breathed a sigh of relief: "According to the report from the spies, the Heavenly Demons of the Demon Dao are nowhere to be found, and their leaders are the four demon kings led by the Demon King of Lust, and the Demon Dao is pouring out, and it seems that they are preparing to rush out of the barbarian land of Baiyue in one fell swoop." β
"The righteous path is an alliance led by the Qingming Sword Sect, Wudang, and Leiyin Temple, Wudang Zhang Quanyi Zhenren and the new Dao Immortal Xuanzhen of the Qingcheng Sect are sitting in the front, and the Demon Dao is rushing into battle for four rounds, only in the second round, a small number of fish that have escaped the net have broken through the defense line, and the Qingming Sword Venerable is sitting in the rear to deal with the trouble of madness."
"After the four rounds of battles between the Demon Dao and the Righteous Dao, the casualties on both sides are not small, the Demon Dao is more serious because the Heavenly Demon is not there, and now the Demon Dao is entrenched in Daliang Mountain, Baiyue Prefecture and the righteous Dao is confronted, I am afraid that it will not be able to fight within half a month, as for the Qingming Sword Venerable, I heard that he has found a solution to the scourge of the mad demon."
Song Jiangpan played with the Longmu Bodhi on the table: "The Demon Dao is just a group of rabble, and the righteous path chaos has not been able to break out of the 100,000 mountains, no wonder it was driven to Baiyue Prefecture back then, Zhang Quanyi is really not old, as for that Dao Immortal, Qingcheng taught?" It seems that the ancestors of the Qingcheng Sect have been shaded a lot. β
Dugu Fu knew that Song Jiang was already angry, and playing Longmu Bodhi was Song Jiang's restrained behavior, Song Jiang had been haunted by the Qingcheng Sect back then, how could the Daxuan Imperial Court be helped by the rivers and lakes.
Song Jiang asked again, "How long has it been since the agreement with Qingming?" β
"Twenty-three days."
"Qingming is really fast, do you know what the method is?" Song Jiang's hand crunched.
"In the Valley of Medicine Ghosts, Li Que can make an antidote to the insane." Dugu Fu is familiar with this information.
"The Poison King?" Song Jiang laughed.
Dugu Fu cautiously tentatively said: "Why don't you send a few people over to stir things up?" β
Song Jiang laughed: "Aiqing, what are you talking about, Qingming is working hard for the stability of Daxuan, and the court should give them more help." β
Dugu got up and saluted: "Your Majesty, it is really a blessing of the Great Xuan." ββ
Where did the fish run away from the devil's path? Song Jiang walked in front of Dugu Fu and stood up.
"White Emperor Prefecture, Shanhai City."
Song Jiang seemed a little disappointed: "It's really self-defeating." β
Half an hour later, Gonggong Hai returned to the imperial study, and Dugu Fu was allowed to leave, before leaving, Song Jiang absentmindedly put down Longmu Bodhi: "Aiqing, after going down, check the traces of the Heavenly Demon." β
Dugu Fu received the order to leave, got into the carriage and went out of Tianwumen, Dugu Fu was already soaked with Zhu Zi's official robe, everyone said that the court was very dangerous, but the real dangerous place was actually the emperor's imperial study, the court was just a place to announce the results, the imperial study was the place for deliberations, and there may still be a way to live if you did something wrong in the court.
"Heh, it's really time for that old thing to get sick."
Dugu Fu left in a hurry, and at this time, in the imperial study.
"Father-in-law Hai, how is the kid you received?" Song Jiang seemed to be chattering.
Gonggong Hai replied a little stiffly: "All the things that should be taught have been taught, and they have been sent to the East Palace."
Song Jiang sighed with emotion: "It's really hard for you for so many years, by the way, is there any news of that child?"
Gonggong Hai took out a sea fishing paper: "A few days ago, someone from Baidi Prefecture sent this to our family."
Song Jiang took the sea fishing paperwork, and the moment he saw the portrait, the green tendons on the back of his hand bulged: "Have you found any traces of people?"
"No, but I got some interesting news." Father-in-law Hai sold it.
Song Jiang waited for the following, and Gonggong Hai took out the business book and turned to the page of Luo Qingyi: "The news said that the wealthy female businessman that His Majesty has recently paid attention to has a good relationship with the child, and the people of Longyuan have found out that there are many dowries of the concubine under the name of this wealthy businessman."
Song Jiang suppressed his anger, gritted his teeth and said, "Then why don't you arrest people back to me?!"
Gonggong Hai put away the business book: "Because behind this wealthy businesswoman, I found the shadow of the prince of worry-free."
"Emperor, imperial brother?" Song Jiang was a little difficult, weighing the pros and cons, Song Jiang didn't want to tear his face yet, so he sighed.
"Don't touch Luo Qingyi yet, scatter all the wolves and spiders, and tell me as soon as you find someone."
Father-in-law Hai promised.
"Alright, call Xiao Shunzi in, and I tell him to do a few things." Song Jiang pressed his temples.
Gonggong Hai withdrew from the imperial study, and soon a little eunuch came to Song Jiang with small steps, and the little eunuch made a five-body bow: "Meet the emperor."
Song Jiang rummaged through the ancient books on the wooden cabinet in the back, and said: "Xiao Shunzi, you go to the Tai Hospital first, go and tell Imperial Doctor Zhu that the rivers and lakes are now in deep trouble with crazy demons, and the people are not happy, although the rivers and lakes ask the Poison King to take action, but I am worried that the Poison King is good at poison and not good at medicine, so let him pick a few doctors from the Magic Hands Medical Association to run a set of Qingming Sword Sect to help them, by the way, let Imperial Doctor Zhu remember that this matter is his heart for the common people and he made it happen alone."
Xiao Shunzi kowtowed: "No."
Song Jiang took out the ancient book and blew the ashes: "Then you go to the prime minister's house again, greet the prime minister's body for me, remember to take an old mountain ginseng that I paid tribute to and send it over, and ask me to say, the prime minister is peach and plum in the world, there are few people who have filial piety, before the prime minister ran east and west for the Tang Dynasty to find a beautiful difference for the governor of Linyuan Prefecture, and now the prime minister is sick, and no one has come to see him, and he has blinded the prime minister, Xiaoshunzi, you say that what I said is right."
Xiao Shunzi made another head: "What the emperor said is naturally right."
"Okay, finally you go to the Sanssouci Palace, tell my royal brother, I will hold a family banquet in the palace tonight, let him not enter the palace as soon as possible, and retreat."
Song Jiang sat in front of the bookcase and read the book, and from the end to the end, his eyes did not focus on Xiao Shunzi at all.
"Your Majesty, the slave retires." Xiao Shunzi kowtowed again, his head sticking to the ground, kneeling and moving out of the door, while wiping the blood stains on the white jade slab with his sleeves.
Song Jiang was the only one left in the imperial study, and he calmed down and prepared to study the ancient books, but he was a little upset when he only saw three or four lines of words, and the portrait on the sea fishing document appeared in his mind.
Song Jiang grabbed Longmu Bodhi, why? Why? Why? The figure of that woman haunted him like a nightmare for many years, he did not hesitate to fall out with his imperial brother for that incident, and did not get along with the military, why did the crazy woman not understand his hard work and disappeared with the child for many years?
The Lombok Bodhi bead line was broken, Song Jiang let Lombok Bodhi spill to the ground, for so many years, for the first time, there was news of that child, and he must not miss it again.
I heard that the imperial brother has never given up looking for that woman, and he is really a maverick as always, a rare seed of dedication in the imperial family, helping people related to that child, maybe the imperial brother has already met that child, and has a connection, tonight I have to find a way to get a clichΓ© out of his mouth, even if the child has been protected by the imperial brother, we must take the child back at all costs.
Song Jiang knew that this would lead to a complete break between him and his imperial brother, but Song Jiang couldn't take care of it anymore, he had no way back, that child couldn't appear in the world's field of vision, otherwise everything would be revealed at that time, and it would not be as simple as a brother's break.
Song Jiang pondered for a while, and shouted outside the door: "Go to the East Palace, pass on my order, and let the prince attend today's family banquet." β
"Whoa." The little eunuch outside the door walked away.
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Long Yuan, Worry-free Palace, as soon as Song Qiming sent Xiao Shunzi away, Shi Chong hurriedly walked in.
"The tarantulas are all out of the dragon abyss." Shi Chong poured himself a cup of tea and moistened his smoking throat.
Song Qiming waved his sleeves and turned around: "It seems that my brother has noticed something, stone, send out all the night wandering gods, don't confront the tarantula head-on, just secretly obstruct the action of the tarantula." β
"Okay, I'll do it." Shi Chong put down the cup and left.
Song Qiming walked into the courtyard, and from here, he could just see the Tianwu Gate of the palace.
"Family feast? Looks like we're going to have to get drunk in the palace tonight. β