Sunset dusk.

The imperial city is lit up at the beginning of the day, and the night is bright.

Every household lit a pair of red lanterns in front of the door, pasted red couplets, and was beaming.

After Zheng Xiu acted like that and alarmed the ravens in the city, the three princes had different thoughts and returned to the palace.

But when they returned to their respective dormitories, there was a small piece of letterhead in the crack of the door.

The letterhead is red, like an invitation.

On the letterhead of the three princes, the same line is written on the cover - "Zheng's Reunion Banquet Invitation".

Signed: Zheng Xiu, Marquis of Zhonglie.

……

The sky is shining, and there is only a glimmer of light.

In the blink of an eye, it was night.

The lanterns and flames reflect the golden light of the imperial city, and looking down from a high place, it is like a prosperous beauty of singing and dancing.

A down-ragged wanderer, leading a lean horse, with a hat lowered, a cane in his hand, and a tuk tuk tuk beating the ground, came from the south, along the official road, and approached the city gate.

The lean horse carried two bags on his back, and a birdcage in which a bird with dull fur seemed to be dying and motionless.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Colorful fireworks burst into the sky, and the cheers of the people were heard in the city.

From time to time, some people can't help but set off fireworks in the sky to warm up for the "fireworks party" of the child.

The sound of gongs and drums.

The music is beautiful.

The fireworks are thumping, the snow is rustling, the crowds are clattering, the children are babbling, the wind is whistling, and different voices are noisy in the city, like a lively happy song.

"It's so lively!"

The Jianghu Wanderer held the hat, raised his head, and followed the sound to "look" at the prosperous place of fireworks.

The caged bird weakly raised its head and looked at the fireworks in the sky, its dark eyes lit up slightly.

"What a beautiful firework."

The young man seemed to see it, and the fireworks were in full bloom.

In front of the north gate, the gatekeeper was wearing armor and noticed this down-and-out man leading a thin horse.

The two soldiers came to investigate, and the young man raised his head, revealing his face full of burn scars.

The young man's eyes were white and his eyes were dim, and he was blind.

The scars on his face spread from his forehead to his face and neck, and there was not much intact skin. But the two soldiers looked at the straight nose and lips, and could vaguely see that the blind young man should have been a beautiful man with clear eyebrows before he was injured.

"Another poor man."

"What are you doing in town?"

The caged bird became dying again, lowered its head, and breathed weakly.

The young man arched his hand to the gatekeeper, turned to the two of them, and said loudly: "Are the two of you the officials of the city?" ”

"Sergeant Shenwu, Xiang Wanbing, on duty tonight."

The two stretched out their hands and beckoned in front of the young man's eyes, and after making sure that the other party was indeed invisible, one of the soldiers said in a deep voice.

"It turned out to be the famous Shenwu Army! Under the south, the surname is Chen, the single name is one word, for, Chen Wei. The family is unfortunate, suffered from the fire, and now there is no one to rely on, there is a skill, can say three or two books, know a little bit of bone touching arts, want to beg for food at the feet of the Son of Heaven, hope that the two masters will raise their noble hands and give them a way to live in the next place. ”

"Hehe, what do you think, you still think that we will stop you? This is the foot of the Son of Heaven, the prosperous age. The two soldiers were amused by the young man's words, and simply checked the bag behind the young man, which contained some sparse coils and old clothes, which were nothing unusual, and let the young man into the city.

Merchants only need to collect excise taxes when they pass, but not ordinary people.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! ”

The young man stooped down and thanked him resignedly, and led the lean horse into the city with a cane.

On the city wall, there are a few fewer ravens today than in the past, and they were stunned by the Zheng family during the day. The two soldiers glanced at the wall, and when they saw that the ravens did not react unusually, they nodded secretly and returned to their posts.

The gatekeeper kindly told the young people that if they slept on the streets on a winter night, they would never survive until dawn. If there is no place to stay, you can go to Dali Temple three miles outside the city to spend the night.

"The Dali Temple is funded by the Zheng family to repair, hungry have white rice porridge to drink, there is a kang head to roast the fire, will not starve to death and freeze to death, but the night is not allowed to exceed ten days, so as not to other homeless beggars can not live in."

Speaking of the Zheng family, the two gatekeepers had to secretly give a thumbs up to the richest man Zheng, if it weren't for the Zheng family's money to do good deeds, how many people would freeze to death on the streets every winter.

"Zheng Jia...... Zheng. ”

The young man said in a low voice, what the two sergeants did not notice was that when the blind young man led the horse into the city, the back of the down-and-out figure became straighter and straighter.

At the mouth of the alley, where no one was looking, the young man opened the birdcage. The bird in the cage, which was supposed to be dying, suddenly flapped its wings and flew high into the air. I saw that the bird was in mid-air, its fur gradually turning black, and in a blink of an eye, it was the same as the raven in the air, mixed in with the raven, and could not distinguish each other.

"Go ahead, be careful."

The blind young man deposited his thin horse at the post station next to the city gate, and waited in place for a while, when a seemingly ordinary carriage stopped in front of the young man.

"The crippled building supports the crippled."

The coachman drove up to the blind young man, lowered his voice, and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Hemoptysis wept until dawn."

"Please get in the car, my master, I have been waiting for a long time."

"Thank you."

"The city is full of eyeliner, and it is not suitable to talk about things."

"I know."

The blind wanderer smiled, got into the carriage, and in a blink of an eye the carriage went out of the city again, passed by the two soldiers on duty, and disappeared into the night.

……

Inside the deep palace.

The Imperial Study.

Wei Yangzun was bowing his head and reviewing the folds.

The candle flame on the table swayed without wind, Wei Yangzun did not raise his head, and said, "Come in." ”

A black-clad masked man pushed open the imperial study and knelt before the emperor.

Officials of low rank only knew that the government of the great cadres was divided into six departments, which were under the jurisdiction of the prime ministers on the left and right.

The grade is even higher, and when it reaches the level of Jiang Gaoyi, or someone in the door, he knows the existence of Ye Weiyang.

In addition to the six departments and Ye Weiyang, there is also a "secret department", which is only known to a few people such as the prince and the prime minister.

The so-called secret department runs around the night and does secret things.

The black-clothed man of the secret department knelt in front of the emperor and told the truth about the riots that occurred during the day and the three princes went out.

The emperor's pen was studied, and soon he changed to another book.

"Tell the Holy Lord, there is another matter."

The members of the secret department truthfully informed the Zheng family of sending people to the desks of the three princes to send invitations to the reunion banquet.

"Oh?"

Wei Yangzun, who had been bowing his head to review the folds, finally stopped what he was doing and became interested.

"But the Zheng family's legendary 'brotherhood'?"

"My subordinates have never seen the 'Brotherhood' with their own eyes, but according to the secret documents, it must be 'them'."

"You let them in?"

The man in black shook his head, and behind the mask, the man's face was strange, and he truthfully told the situation.

"The subordinate was on duty outside the Qianming Palace at the time, and someone ......" Mibu's eyes were a little more resentful: "Behind the subordinate, he patted his subordinate on the shoulder." ”

When Wei Yangzun heard this, his brows furrowed and his back straightened.

He said that he sent a message to the three princes on behalf of the Marquis of Zhonglie, and he also said that they Zheng abided by the law and would never transgress it. The three invitations to the reunion banquet were sent by his subordinates in person. ”

"Hahahaha-what a law-abiding one will never overstep!"

Wei Yangzun's slightly frowning brows suddenly relaxed, he laughed loudly, and slapped the desk hard, banging.

The man in black was still kneeling, motionless.

After laughing for a while, Wei Yangzun bowed slightly, put away his smile, and asked, "In your opinion, how is the brotherhood of the Loyal Martyr Marquis?" ”

The man in black was silent for a moment and said, "The gods are haunted and everywhere. ”

"Oh, what a ghost...... Step aside. ”

"Yes."

He didn't know why Wei Yangzun was laughing, and he didn't know what Wei Yangzun thought of the Zheng family. But the work of their secret department is like this, they are only responsible for working in secrecy, and they do not ask too much. The more you know, the less beneficial it becomes.

After the secret was gone, the flickering candle flame returned to calm.

Sandalwood is a solitary smoke, burning straight up.

Wei Yangzun faced the wall, and on the wall was a pair of ink treasures written by him, with four characters written - "benevolence rules the world".

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(End of chapter)