The Wei River is some distance from the core area of the Liyuan Forbidden Garden, but it is not particularly far. It is probably the distance between Fang Chongyong's previous life, from outside the North Third Ring Road of Xi'an to the south bank of the Wei River.

Although there are a lot of 5,000 palace maids, and although there are also a lot of 300 courtiers, it is not uncommon for them to not see a single person in their actual field of vision after they are scattered and scattered.

When Fang Youde led a team of elite soldiers of the Longwu Army and rode to Zhongwei Bridge, he happened to see a Jinwu guard taking a few palace maids to a boat parked on the edge of the bridge pier! Someone has already gotten in.

"You guys, stand still and don't move!"

As soon as Fang Youde raised his hand, the dozens of cavalry of the Dragon Martial Army behind him all took out their bows and arrows and wound them, aiming them at the palace maids who were already frightened.

"General Fang, please slow down!"

Several Jinwu guards guarding the bridge hurriedly stepped forward and saluted each other with virtue, and they were so frightened that they wanted to resist but didn't dare to resist.

"What's the matter, why did you take the palace maid, whose order was it?"

As soon as they met, Fang Youde asked rhetorically.

"Please General Fang fulfill us!"

Almost at the same time, the people who knelt on the ground in front of Fang Youde included palace maids and Jin Wuwei's soldiers.

"General Fang, although we are all Jinwu guards, we can't afford to marry a mother-in-law with a salary of five stones of rice a month.

Even if the official land is divided, there are not enough people to cultivate it, and we will not be able to inherit the family business at home.

Naturally, there is no shortage of wives and concubines around you, but what can we do? If you miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to find it in the future.

Please General Fang fulfill us. ”

A Jin Wuwei team said with a salute to the other party.

On the surface, Jin Wuwei's profession seems to be very popular, but it is all the old yellow calendar. Compared with other Nanya forbidden troops, Jin Wuwei has been on duty for a long time, and it is almost impossible to rotate unless he retires. Many of them are no longer able to support themselves.

In fact, in the history of Fang Chongyong's previous life, the Nanya Forbidden Army generally had a "second occupation" during the Tianbao period, which was the foundation for supporting them. And the profession of Jin Wuwei and his ilk can only be regarded as part-time.

Among these people, there are many businessmen, ironworkers, and errands, and they have absolutely no combat effectiveness at all. This is also an important reason why after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Ji Ge found that there were no usable soldiers in Chang'an.

We're not there yet, but the trend is clear.

Many of the soldiers of Youjin Wuwei are counting on this wave to get a palace maid back to be their wives. These palace maids not only generally look online, but also save them a lot of money for the bride price. If these Jinwu guards are looking for a family in the wedding market in Chang'an, they will definitely not be able to find someone of the same grade as this group of palace maids.

It's hard to find even a few grades lower!

It wasn't until this moment that Fang Youde noticed that Fang Chongyong's eyes were like torches and he went deep into the bottom, and he understood very well what those Qiu Bamen at the bottom were drawing.

The boldness of these hiccups depends entirely on what temptations they encounter. Some things that the upper echelons don't care about can often make these people take risks!

It is a capital crime to let the palace maid go privately, but this threat is not worth mentioning at all compared to the temptation to please a wife! For these Qiu Ba, even if they are found, it will take some time, but tonight they can hold a beautiful girl.

The bad consequences are delayed, but the attractive benefits can be realized immediately!

How to choose, do you need to say more?

Although Fang Youde can't agree with this, he understands it very well.

"Whoever comes, they're all tied up, take them away!"

Fang Youde beckoned, and the Longwu sergeants behind him immediately tied up these Jin Wuwei guarding the bridge, and tied up the palace maids who had already boarded the boat and were about to slip away.

"Take a few of them and guard the bridge. I'm going to look somewhere else. ”

Fang Youde said to a dragon martial army Si Ge beside him.

He turned to the group of palace maids and Jinwu guards who were tightly tied up and said, "A certain meeting will intercede in front of the saints, but whether it succeeds or not, it depends on their creation. ”

"I'm afraid that the same story will happen to Dongwei Bridge."

Fang Youde muttered to himself.

Unlike the situation here, the Dongwei Bridge ferry is larger and the bridge deck is wider, and Pei Min is personally watching over there. In the palace, there are a lot of palace maids from the Pei family, and many of them are women from small families or small families on the side.

Pei Min, as a member of the same clan, is really normal to "raise his noble hand" in this matter.

Just as Fang Youde was about to go to Dongwei Bridge, he suddenly saw a place in the southwest that was blazing!

"Did you go out of the water?"

Fang Youde looked at the smoke in the distance and muttered to himself. The buildings in the pear orchard are far apart, and there is no problem of burning one piece at a time. However, given the large number of trees in the Forbidden Garden, it is still not possible to be careless.

"Watch a few of them, and take someone over there to put out the fire."

Fang Youde pointed to the Jinwu guards and palace maids who were tied up by the five flowers and said, and then led the team of people and horses to the place where the fire was.

……

At the Dongwei Bridge Ferry, Zhang Guangsheng took ten left Jinwu guards to confront Pei Min and his right Jinwu guards directly, and the sword was tense. And behind Pei Min, there was a group of palace maids, one of whom was wearing the white gauze of the palace maid, standing beside him.

This woman's name is Pei Xiu, and she is Pei Min's biological daughter. Pei Min's reason for participating in this matter is actually more sufficient than Fang Youde expected, he is just to save his daughter and fulfill the family's request by the way.

So, why didn't Pei Min entrust an official to let his daughter be "shot"?

Because he didn't want his daughter's identity to be a slave, he wanted to change his name and surname, so that his beloved daughter would pass under his name as a "niece" and wash his identity.

In addition, the family's entrustment is also one of the important reasons, otherwise, Pei Min would not mind going through other channels to solve this matter.

These commissions are not only from the Pei family, but also from some other official eunuchs. These people all hope that the daughter of the family in the palace can get rid of the sea of suffering. Because the pressure is too great, this situation makes Pei Min have no way to shirk it.

Unlike the simple interpersonal relationship between Fang Youde's father and son, the social relationship of Pei Min's family is extremely complex.

They are from Hedong, settled in Guanzhong, have had imperial concubines in their families, and have connections between military and political circles. Pei Min had no way to shirk such a request. In line with the principle that saving one person is saving, and saving a group of people is also saving, Pei Min, who is bold by nature, easily agreed to the request of other families.

Originally, everything was going well, but who would have thought that Zuo Jin Wuwei would actually come out in the way!

"General Pei, it's okay to be a prisoner and steal, stop it."

Fang Chongyong, who was standing behind Zhang Guangsheng, didn't want to come forward, but seeing that Pei Min didn't seem to have the intention of letting go, he had no choice but to go out and negotiate with the other party.

"Fang Yushi, I heard that you are also a dragon and phoenix among people. Don't you know that the palace is a huge prison?

If we sisters today can't get out of the sea of suffering, it is better to die happily.

Isn't it a game that is scrambling for the Merry Arrows, don't you really understand? ”

Before Pei Min could speak, his daughter Pei Xiu stood up first.

Hearing this, Fang Chongyong was silent. After knowing the huge contrast between the number of palace maids and the number of courtiers, Fang Chongyong understood the unspoken rules. Of course, among the palace maids, there are also smart people like Pei Xiu.

What Fang Chongyong knew, she also knew, and even knew more.

The so-called "Merry Arrow" game is the palace maid battle royale. If you don't grab the arrow, then you have to kill someone who grabbed the arrow, and you have to prevent yourself from being killed by other people who didn't grab it, and the evil of human nature will bloom like a flower.

Will there be humility?

Inexistent.

It's a life-and-death game.

The social backgrounds of the palace ladies are not all the same, so the palace maids from the official eunuch family will naturally not participate in these "dirty games". They don't want to be like wild dogs, "grabbing bones" with others in mud puddles.

People who can fight dad will naturally spell dad in the first time!

"You know me?"

Fang Chongyong asked curiously.

"Hmph, who is the favored minister next to the saint, and who will not know the palace maid on duty next to the saint!"

Pei Xiu snorted coldly, his words full of sarcasm.

At this moment, a fire broke out in the southwest!

"And they did it."

Pei Min muttered to himself, not knowing who the "they" were in his mouth.

"Go back and escort you. Afterwards, a certain person will naturally ask the saint for his sin. ”

Pei Min bowed deeply to Fang Chongyong, and said with a cross-handed salute. Obviously, his attitude towards letting go of these palace maids was very resolute, and he was also mentally prepared to be punished. Of course, Pei Min is running errands for the bureaucrats in Chang'an City, and it is inevitable that Brother Ji will punish him, but the possibility of killing him is very small.

"The saint has already gone to Lingyan Pavilion, and he doesn't need some escort."

Fang Chongyong shook his head and sighed.

After Brother Ji left, he asked Gao Lishi to find Chongyong and left a handwritten edict to let him be responsible for cleaning up the mess in the Liyuan Forbidden Garden. For him, this can be regarded as a "small test" before going out to recruit the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army.

So where is Lingyan Pavilion?

Walk south from the Liyuan Forbidden Garden, pass through the West Inner Garden, where the Longwu Army is stationed, and then enter the Taiji Hall from the Xuanwu Gate, which is near there, and Fang Chongyong has never been to any specific place.

In other words, Brother Ji was tired of watching the excitement of the Pear Garden Forbidden Garden, and now he has already gone to the Taiji Hall to rest, and he has not stayed in the pear orchard where the palace maids are wandering everywhere.

Since the last time he was put in a position by King Shou, well, the current crown prince Li Xuan, Brother Ji has become a real dog and has never put himself in danger. What if there were assassins among these palace maids?

Although this possibility is small, it cannot be completely ruled out.

How could Brother Ji be stupid and wait for an accident to happen in the palace of the pear orchard!

"I'll make a move with you, you win, you take these people away, and you can dispose of them.

You lost, and you didn't see us today. How is it? ”

Pei Min suddenly stepped forward, came to Fang Chongyong, said to him in a deep voice, and blocked Pei Xiu behind him.

Pei Min has at least dozens of Jinwu guards under him, which is a lot more than Zhang Guangsheng's side. And I think these people are Pei Min's cronies, and they are his own people who have been installed by Youjin Wuwei for many years.

If you fight hard, you will suffer a lot.

"Father! Don't be rash! ”

Pei Xiu was anxious, what kind of politeness did he say to Fang Chongyong at this time!

"You stand back."

Pei Min scolded in a low voice.

"Big brother, Pei Min was originally given the title of Sword Saint by the sage, and you suffered a loss with him."

Zhang Guangsheng leaned over and said in Fang Chongyong's ear.

"I'll compare with you, just one move."

Fang Chongyong held his hand on the hilt of the Wind Phantom Knife and nodded slightly.

Zhang Guangsheng and the others had to consciously take ten steps back and give up the space. Pei Xiu and a group of palace maids and Jinwu guards also took ten steps back.

"Can I trust you, Fang Yushi."

Pei Min stepped forward and came face to face with Fang Chongyong, and then asked in a low voice.

"Of course."

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and said.

"Okay, then we'll see."

Pei Min took a step back and placed his hand on the hilt of the saber at his waist.

The two of them drew their swords almost at the same time, only to see the sword light flash, Fang Chongyong's sleeve was opened with an extra gap, and Pei Min's sword was cut in half by the Wind Phantom Knife, and the broken sword was inserted into the dirt on the ground.

"It's Fang Yushi who won."

Pei Min casually threw the saber to the ground, and the other party bowed with his hands crossed and said meaningfully.

"I conceded."

Fang Chongyong nodded and said.

"Take it away, and go back to the Jinwuwei Yamen to wait for the arrival. Let Zuo Jin Wuwei's men take over the Dongwei Bridge. ”

Pei Min walked up to Pei Xiu, looked at Pei Xiu with an unbelievable face, shook his head lightly, and didn't say a word.

……

The northeast corner of Taiji Palace in Chang'an City is where Lingyan Pavilion is located, and at this moment, Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, is resting here.

The Lingyan Pavilion is divided into three layers: the innermost layer is painted with the highest meritorious minister; The middle layer is painted as a minister of a high prince; The outermost layer is painted with other heroes.

Entering the hall from the main entrance (north gate) of the Lingyan Pavilion, the first thing you see is a set of painting walls: the portrait praise written by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, for the twenty-four meritorious heroes, and written by Chu Suiliang.

Like praise highly summarized the merits, character and talents of the heroes, originally there were twenty-four people, and one more Kong Yingda was added to the back, a total of twenty-five people.

However, during the time of Tang Gaozong, two batches of portraits of Lingyan Pavilion were repainted, the first batch was Li Ji, and the second batch was Wei Zheng, Gao Shilian and other seven people, but there was no new number. Now he is still the twenty-five heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.

Ji Ge has been in power for decades, and he has not added new people to it.

At this moment, Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, was stunned as he quietly observed the murals of the twenty-five heroes on the wall, and outsiders didn't know what he was thinking.

"Sage, the palace in the Forbidden Garden of Liyuan is walking in the water, it seems that someone is deliberately setting fire."

Gao Lishi quietly came behind Brother Kei, and said with a crossed hand salute.

"Whose man is it?"

Brother Kei asked with a light sigh.

"Back to the saint, I haven't found it yet. The arsonist committed suicide and was the palace maid who participated in the event this time. ”

Colliers replied calmly.

"Come to think of it, the masterminds behind the scenes are those unscrupulous sons of mine."

Li Longji shook his head with some disappointment and said.

Colliers didn't answer, and he didn't know what to say, because this in itself was a flaw that Kee Ge deliberately sold. And then sure enough, someone was fooled and wanted to fish in troubled waters.

"By the way, are any courtiers injured this time?"

Brother Kei asked pretending not to care.

"No, but they all look pretty bad."

Colliers held back a smile and continued:

Fang Quanzhong reported that there was a Jinwu guard who wanted to release the palace maid privately, and he was caught by him. Now they are all imprisoned in the prison of the Dragon Martial Army, and I ask the saint to decide. ”

"Well, let's hold it for now, and we'll talk about what to do with it later. There is something else, you can finish it all at once. ”

Li Longji waved his hand and said disapprerovitically.

"Fang Guozhong, I asked to see him outside the Lingyan Pavilion, saying that there was a big matter, and he wanted to face the saint alone."

Colliers whispered.

"He? Shouldn't he be fighting fires in the palace in the pear orchard now? ”

Ji Ge felt a little strange, he had already ordered Fang Chongyong to be fully responsible for the finishing work of the Liyuan Forbidden Garden, why didn't this one stay in the place where the fire broke out?

"Well, you can bring people in."

Brother Ji was slightly disappointed, Fang Chongyong actually carried out his orders incorrectly, and the priorities were wrong.

After a while, Fang Chongyong was brought in.

"Sage, Pei Min, the right Jin Wuwei Zhonglang general, tried to release the palace maid privately, was captured by Weichen, and came to report to the sage."

Fang Chongyong crossed his hands and saluted.

"Well, I know, you can step down."

Brother Ji waved his hand very casually, not at all surprised, and he didn't plan to do anything.

"Sage, this matter ......"

"I acquiesced in this matter, so don't interfere."

Li Longji emphasized that as for why he acquiesced in this, he did not explain much.

"Sage, Weichen wants to ask, this time I didn't grab the palace maid who was merry with the arrow, what does the sage plan to do? Are you planning to let them return to the Imperial Forbidden Garden? ”

Fang Chongyong asked stubbornly.

"Do you know where the water walks in the Forbidden Garden of Liyuan?"

Li Longji asked with a gloomy face.

"Back to the saint, Wei Chen didn't have time to see it, but he felt that the matter of Youjin Wuwei was more urgent, so he came to Lingyan Pavilion to report first."

Fang Chongyong crossed his hands and saluted.

"Hmph, it's the palace where I lived before that I'm out of water, and these palace maids want to assassinate me. You say, what am I going to do with these remaining palace maids? ”

Hearing this, Fang Chongyong suddenly realized, he finally understood why Pei Min was arrested but he didn't panic at all, and he even understood what kind of game "Liyuan Shooting Ji" was!

"Sage, Weichen has a reluctant request, you must say it, please don't blame the sage."

Fang Chongyong suddenly knelt on the ground, and said to Li Longji with his crossed hands.

"Get out, I don't want to hear you plead for those palace maids."

Brother Ji scolded impatiently, and asked Gao Lishi to drive Fang Chongyong out of Lingyan Pavilion.

(End of chapter)