Volume 2, Temple and Rivers Chapter 37, The Remnants of the Previous Dynasty
Zhao Zhengli didn't want to get involved in the chaotic situation, but this time he was secretly put on a table by Ji Yanyu, it was difficult for him to bear this matter, Zhao Zhengli was thinking about a question, could it be that Qinglou Miaoyin Pavilion was also a party faction? What is the intention of letting Zhang Ziya repeatedly provoke the court literati? Suppression of the crown prince. The civil servants of the party, could it be that Miaoyin Pavilion is the king of the city?
The prince Song Chaoyang is humble on the surface, but in fact the city is very deep, the prince of the honey-bellied sword is deeply sought after by the Confucian ministers, most of the civil officials in the entire court favor him, and the city king who was born as a military general is extremely frank, and the perennial northern expedition, the example of charging into battle has been followed by soldiers from several states and counties in the north, and the old emperor who has rehabilitated the upper position knows that the military heart is terrible, and he is afraid that the third son of the city king will follow his old path, so he decisively sent the city king back to Beijing, and intentionally or unintentionally slowly weakened the military power of all parties.
The second prince is mentally incomplete, from the age of nine to half stupid, the fourth prince once with Emperor Qing was rehabilitated by ten thousand arrows through the heart and died, the fifth prince ambushed and broke through the failure to kill himself, the sixth prince was used to fighting since childhood, did not enter the official career, did not join the army, and finally began to cultivate the heart with Zhao Tianshi, the youngest seventh prince was born with the maid before the old emperor was rehabilitated, the character is withdrawn and not good at talking, a few years ago the concubine canonized by the maid died, the seventh prince also disappeared in the palace, some people say dead, some people say quietly fled to the people.
According to his age, he should be nineteen years old now.
For the time being, the entire court is divided into two factions, civil and military. The sub-party, Wu is the party of the king of the city, and it is also the only choice of civil and military officials among the remaining five royal species.
The three saints of the temple, the forbidden army, and the eunuchs belong to the emperor's personal guards, and they are not allowed to participate in any court disputes, and if they are found, they will affect the relatives and sects, which is also the reason why Emperor Qing favored Zhao Tianshi when Zhao Zhengli was crowned last time.
Now Ji Yanyu of Miaoyin Pavilion pulled Zhao Zhengli into the water through Zhang Ziya, which naturally made him angry, he had a special position; The consequences are hard to believe.
Zhao Zhengli asked the Bi sisters to clean up the backyard, and told the two sisters to answer truthfully when they were searched by the forbidden army, and there was no need to hide the information that Zhang Ziya had returned, after all, there were maids and servants arranged by the old emperor; The three of them couldn't hide it.
He himself quickly went to the Miaoyin Pavilion, Zhao Daochang directly entered the inner courtyard from the back door, and the one waiting for him in the inner courtyard was the old bustard, the woman with old arms and legs was smeared with thick rouge gouache on her face, wearing bells and whistles, she shook the fan in her hand: "Zhao Daochang, Miss Ji asked the old woman to tell you, she is meeting guests, let you wait for a while!" ”
Zhao Zhengli is so angry, even if he sees the Heavenly King Laozi, he has to ask her to understand, not to mention that he still delays his precious time to read Taoist classics.
He directly skipped the bustard and walked towards the second floor, but the bustard panicked and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Is this unreasonable?" ”
Zhao Zhengli snorted coldly: "When have you ever reasoned with this Dao?" ”
After speaking, Zhao Zhengli jumped on the table and chair to the second floor, but the old bustard didn't expect him to do it lightly, and he was slightly shocked: "Miss Ji, Daochang Zhao has broken into the second floor!" ”
Zhao Zhengli had just landed in the corridor on the second floor, and Ji Yanyu shouted in the private room: "Don't ......"
The next moment, the window burst into the number of silver needles, Zhao Zhengli was startled and avoided sideways, the silver needles penetrated the wooden pillar of the attic in an instant, and at the same time, a strong man rushed out of the private room with a big knife, The strong man raised the big knife and was about to slash at Zhao Zhengli, Zhao Zhengli was also ready for a battle, Ji Yanyu hurriedly came out and shouted: "Teng Yuhui stop!" ”
The strong man with a beard was unwilling to glance at the white and tender Zhao Daochang: "Hmph! If you don't know the rules, you're lucky. ”
Ji Yanyu saw that the two of them stopped and hurriedly scolded Teng Yuhui's prime: "Don't go down quickly, the frizzy ones will lose their lives in the capital sooner or later!" ”
The rough man was scolded by Ji Yanyu for some reason, obviously the little white face in front of him was unruly, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he retreated downstairs with a stomach.
I didn't know that Ji Yanyu was saving him, because his strength was completely insufficient to beat the little white face in front of him, but fortunately, Miaoyin Pavilion was not open in the morning, and no outsiders were present.
Ji Yanyu's beautiful eyes glanced at the Dao Chief, who looked angry, and she squeezed out a smile that she thought could ease the relationship: "Dao Chief, let's go into the house and talk?" ”
Zhao Zhengli walked into the private room silently, the room was furnished with a warm fragrance like jade, and there was an ambiguous atmosphere everywhere, seeing Ji Yanyu enter the house to cover the door, Zhao Zhengli turned sideways and grabbed her neck like a cream, Ji Yanyu sideways and avoided it lightly, Zhao Zhengli swept a claw, and was bent back by her to dodge, and retreated to a safe distance, with a funny smile on his face: "Is the Taoist going to be rough with Yan Yu?" But I like to be gentle. ”
ushered in Zhao Daochang's claw, only to see him leave an afterimage in the same place, and at the same time secretly run his true qi to gather momentum, as if he wanted to subdue this demon before he spoke, how could Ji Yanyu be willing to sit still, jumped up, his eyes were slightly shocked; Red Lips hurriedly explained: "Daoist Zhao must have a misunderstanding!" ”
What answered her was a huge True Qi palm print, which grabbed her from mid-air, and then was pinched by Bai Jing's neck by Zhao Daochang without any pity, and said with a gloomy face: "Why did you harm me?" Are you the man of the king of the city or the man of the prince? ”
Ji Yanyu struggled a few times, and Zhao Zhengli realized that he was pinching tighter, so he sent some strength, and the beauty in his hand coughed and said, "I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding among the Daoists!" I'm not a prince. The party, let alone the party of the king of the city, has nothing to do with the imperial court! ”
Zhao Zhengli's eyes were a little cold: "Oh? Then why did you let Zhang Ziya do those three things? ”
The beautiful face smiled sadly: "Yan Yu just picked three of the most difficult things in the capital, I thought that Zhang Ziya would retreat from the difficulty, but who would have expected him to do it one by one!" ”
Zhao Zhengli naturally didn't believe such a simple reason, and asked: "Then why don't you let him belittle the general?" Instead, choose literati and leave limericks? ”
Ji Yanyu didn't answer, but made a request: "Can the Taoist chief loosen his neck first?" Even if you don't pinch Yan Yu, you're not your opponent! ”
Zhao Zhengli thought about it, and the matter couldn't be completely offended if it wasn't serious enough to extinguish it, so he slowly let go, leaving a red fingerprint on her white jade-like neck, and rubbed it with a wry smile: "The Taoist really doesn't pity the jade at all, just now Yan Yu saw a touch of murderous intent in the eyes of the Taoist chief, and I forgive you for being handsome!" ”
Zhao Zhengli raised his eyebrows: "Answer the question!" ”
She fell into a short period of contemplation, and the corners of her mouth hooked a trace of arc, as if she was disdainful and mocking: "The writing is chaotic, and those Confucian saints standing in the temple only know how to talk on paper, when did they go out and care about the people's livelihood?" When have you ever been to the front line and witnessed the cruelty of war? The soldiers who fought in bloody battles did not die on the battlefield, but they died under the pen of literati who thought they were loyal and patriotic, and completely forgot that Emperor Qing, who was the first of these civil officials who stood in the imperial court to defect to the city five years ago, also wrote an edict to enthrone the throne, not to belittle them, and to belittle whom? ”
The more he talked, the more resentful his pretty face made Zhao Zhengli hear some deep secrets, and carefully looked at the resentful beauty in the ridicule in front of him: "Are you a remnant of the previous dynasty?" ”
Ji Yanyu reflexively reflexed her anger when she heard this: "You are the remnant!" Princess Ben ......"
She sensed that something was wrong and quickly stopped, and her beautiful face instantly turned crimson.
Zhao Zhengli waved his hand, and he no longer provoked her: "This Dao has no interest in the situation of the court, and just wants to cultivate the Dao in a down-to-earth manner." ”
After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, Ji Yanyu looked a little flustered and shouted: "Zhao Zhengli!" If outsiders know the secret, I will be the first to kill you, and even if I can't kill you, I will crash headlong in front of you, and blood will splash you! ”
Zhao Daochang turned his head to look at the beauties with a panicked face: "This way is not greedy for power, only likes money and beautiful women, if you want to seal this road, you can use wealth to block this way!" ”
After saying that, he jumped out of the window on the second floor of Miaoyin Pavilion and merged into the street and disappeared into the crowd.
The old bustard, who had been downstairs, and Teng Yuhui anxiously went upstairs and asked, "Miss, he didn't do anything to you, did he?" ”
Ji Yanyu shook her head dumbfoundedly, and a trace of tiredness flashed on her delicate face: "I just said that I leaked my mouth, and he knew his identity." ”
The old bustard and Teng Yuhui were shocked: "What? ”
Teng Yuhui touched his face and thought deeply: "Let's kill it!" ”
Ji Yanyu hurriedly said: "You are not his opponent, this person is a human demon uploaded by the rivers and lakes!" ”
Teng Yuhui's eyes widened, and his beard twitched: "This, such a young little white face?" ”
After the old bustard came back, he resolutely said, "Then ask him to help?" ”
Ji Yanyu looked at the crowded streets and thought about it, and sighed: "Don't move for the time being, observe him first and then decide!" ”
The two were silent for a moment, nodded silently, and replied.
Zhao Zhengli returned to the Heavenly Master's Mansion at nearly noon, was flipping through Qi Yunshan's "Taisu Shuangjing", an old man with silver beard and crane hair suddenly appeared in front of him, and before he could react, he was swept up to the top floor of the attic, and the eye was a nineteen-way chessboard, and then a simple tea set, nothing else, looking out at the small half of the capital to see the whole eye, just like a pattern overlooking all living beings.
The silver-bearded crane-haired old man was Zhao Old Heavenly Master, and he stared at Zhao Zhengli with a dull expression: "I heard that there is a middle-aged man named Zhang Ziya who entered Beijing with you?" ”
Zhao Zhengli nodded.
Zhao Tianshi accentuated his tone and asked, "Where is he now?" ”
The look seemed to be about to see him thoroughly.
Zhao Zhengli replied truthfully: "Out of the city!" ”
Zhao Tianshi released the coercion and asked, "Where is it outside the city?" ”
The Great Grandmaster suddenly released his majestic True Qi, making his heart as heavy as ten thousand catties, and his breathing seemed laborious.
He shook his head under pressure: "I don't know! ”
Zhao Tianshi's coercion was even worse, and his originally peaceful voice became like Tianwei: "Is it true or false?" Do you know what kind of rebellious things he has done in recent days? ”
Zhao Zhengli felt as if the end of the world was coming, and replied with great difficulty under coercion: "I only found out this morning, I didn't pay attention at first, and when I realized that he had already left the city, he didn't know what he was doing, and the trail has been going back and forth between the attic of the Heavenly Master's Mansion and his mansion for more than half a month, which the Bi family sisters and the maids and servants in the mansion can testify." ”
He asked again: "Then why do you want to go to the Miaoyin Pavilion of the Qinglou in the outer city early in the morning?" ”
Zhao Zhengli's expression moved slightly: "Xiaodao has a half-year contract with the Oiran of Miaoyin Pavilion, she asked Xiaodao to visit from time to time every month, help Qinglou attract customers, and give me more than 1,000 taels of silver as a reward, Xiaodao has to study Taoist classics of various factions in recent days, so she decided to cancel the contract in the morning." ”
After speaking; He took out the contract voucher that Zhang Ziya gave him early in the morning.
Old Heavenly Master Zhao eased his expression at this time, and then withdrew his coercion, and said in a deep voice: "Go to the palace with the old way, and explain it truthfully!" ”