On the first day of the third month of the spring of the fourth year of the Great Shang Jingyuan, His Majesty the Emperor, who had not been to the early dynasty for two years, finally came to the Xuanwen Hall and personally participated in the early dynasty. According to the custom, the civil and military officials will see the driver in the Xuanwen Palace, and the ministers who participated in the early dynasty are muttering in their hearts, fresh, the emperor is going to the court today, and the sun is coming out of the west?

When the first emperor Huizong was in power, he was seriously neglected to govern, and often did not go to court for several months, and even the early dynasty, which only opened once a month, was in vain.

On the day of the new emperor Yin Guang's accession to the throne, after accepting the congratulations of the hundred officials in the Yonghe Palace, he rarely went to the early court, at most, every year on the first day of the first month, when the court meeting, he saw the civil and military officials in the Yonghe Palace, and accepted the congratulations of the hundred officials and the tribute of the four Yi, which was just a formality.

As a result, it was rumored that the emperor had been placed under house arrest by the great eunuch Yang Jingzhong, and even worse, it was said that the new emperor had been assassinated by the great eunuch, and now the emperor in the palace was just a puppet with a similar appearance.

In fact, the reason why Emperor Yin Guang was reluctant to participate in the early dynasty also had his own bitterness, Yang Jingzhong was loyal to the world, and went to the early dynasty, even if the minister had a recital, it was Yang Jingzhong who stood in front of the emperor to look at and adjudicate, and then symbolically ask the emperor's opinion, and finally Yin Guang said: "Quasi-play!"

The emperor played a bunch of excerpts, and then announced his retirement from the dynasty, which emperor would be willing to go to such an early dynasty?

In the early court today, it was still Yang Jingzhong who stood there and adjudicated a bunch of twists and turns, Emperor Yin Guang played accurately, quasi-played, and then quasi-played. There was a small episode near the end of the early dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly said that he was very satisfied with the twenty female sumo wrestlers who were paid tribute by Yin Quan, the king of Pingxi, a few days ago, and asked Zhong Aiqing, how do I reward the king of Pingxi?

In the end, Yang Jingzhong, the governor of Ouchi and Zhongshu Ling, made a decision on behalf of the emperor, and Yin Quan, the king of Pingxi County, offered female sumo wrestlers to be meritorious, gave him the color of the prince's clothes, and gave twenty dancing girls to pay tribute in the Western Regions.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the ministers exchanged heads and ears, and expressed their disappointment with the early dynasty, and the only thing that was certain was that the rumor that the emperor was assassinated by the eunuch was a rumor. Yushi Hu Zhongkui and others even laughed at King Pingxi for exchanging twenty female sumo wrestlers for the prince's clothes, and the prince's clothes of this dynasty were so worthless?

After the early dynasty was dispersed, Emperor Yin Guang returned to the Yangshen Pavilion, and trained twenty female sumo wrestlers in the main hall with a spring breeze on his face, and the little eunuch Yu Fu and the little palace maid Wenxiu were waiting carefully beside him.

At this moment, Yang Jingzhong hurriedly walked in from outside the hall, bent down to salute Yin Guang, Yin Guang waved his hand, signaling the female sumo wrestler and unrelated people to retreat. Yin Guang only left Yu Fu and Wen Xiu by his side, so he laughed and patted Yang Jingzhong's shoulder, "Father Shang knows my heart very well, and I am very satisfied with the reward given to Brother Pingxi by the court this morning." ”

Yang Jingzhong said with a treacherous smile: "The old slave should share the emperor's worries. The reward that King Pingxi received was also what he deserved. ”

Yin Guang sneered: "These villains actually let people spread the news in the streets, saying that I was killed by Father Shang, so today I specially went to the early dynasty, let the Zhongqing see, let the world see, I am in good health!

Yang Jingzhong said with a smile: "The emperor is wise, and he can naturally sympathize with the hard work of the old slave, which is the blessing of my great business." Your Majesty, the news that the East Internal Health Division has just found out that the mysterious disappearance of the Shuiyue Lou Hua Kui Liu Shi was trained by the Canghai Building, who acted quite mysteriously on the rivers and lakes, and half a month ago, Wan Deyan, the owner of the Canghai Building, also went to see the King of Pingxi. ”

Yin Guang was stunned, and his face became ugly, "Could it be that the death of my father and the king of Pingxi has something to do with it?"

Yang Jingzhong, who was holding the dust, shook his head, "The news that the internal guard Si Fanzi got is that Wan Deyan and King Pingxi met for the first time, and they only chatted for half an hour, Wan Deyan just recommended a candidate for a strategist to King Pingxi, and the death of the first emperor should have nothing to do with King Pingxi." ”

Yin Guang nodded and said: "Okay, let the Eastern Internal Health Division collect more news about Canghai Tower, and the news of King Pingxi and King Lingnan is also as good as possible." ”

Yang Jingzhong bowed his head and said: "The old slave understands, does the emperor have anything else to order? If not, the old slave will retire." ”

Yin Guang nodded and smiled, "No, Father Shang will go and get busy first." Yang Jingzhong bowed down and retired.

The old eunuch had only walked a few steps away, and Yin Guang suddenly said, "Father Shang, please stay, I suddenly remembered something...... Yang Jingzhong stopped, turned around and looked at Yin Guang suspiciously.

Yin Guang smiled and said, "Father Shang can pass down my will, I want each vassal king and each Taoist to offer twenty female sumo wrestlers, I like it very much!"

Yang Jingzhong smiled, bowed his head and said: "The old slave knows, the old slave will do it immediately, if the emperor has nothing else, the old slave will retire." Yin Guang waved his hand, signaling that Yang Jingzhong could step back.

After Yang Jingzhong left the Yang Shen Pavilion, Yin Guang restrained his smile and sneered: "It's really difficult to be a puppet, now it is said that one of the Great Shang Kingdom is the emperor, the other is the emperor, plus a few uneasy vassal kings, this big drama is really good! Should I learn to sing again? With my current acting skills, it is not a problem to become a generation of famous actors, right?"

Yin Guang raised his head and looked at the caisson of the Yangshen Pavilion, and muttered, "I am both a carpenter and a gardener, and now I have trained female sumo wrestlers, I am afraid of my wife, afraid of eunuchs, afraid of vassal kings, and afraid of officials, I really don't know what I am not afraid of, how should I record this wonderful life in the history books a hundred years later?"

After thinking about it, he muttered to himself: "It's not easy to raise a dog now, if you want a dog to bite a rabbit, you have to feed the dog." But if it is a wolf, you can't feed him meat, and although you can't feed him meat, you can draw him a beautiful flatbread, so you have to give him a prince's clothes. Alas, intrigue all day long, do you say that it is easy for me to be the emperor?"

Yin Guang muttered to himself for a long time, turned around, and said happily, "Yes, there are two other people that I can bully, Yu Fu, go and bring the chess, I want to bully you and Wenxiu on the chessboard." ”

Yu Fu and Wen Xiu looked at each other and sighed together, the emperor was going to take them out on the chessboard again.

Tianchang Mansion, Jiangnan Province, is one of the most prosperous cities in the Great Shang Country, the street pedestrians rub shoulders one after another, the traffic is bustling and extraordinary, the Qin Mansion Chu Pavilion is everywhere, and the literati are like a forest. Locals joked that if they wanted to find a quiet place in Tianchangfu City, they either went to the Academy Palace or the Protector's Mansion.

In Tianchang City, the Protector Mage's Mansion, which has always been quiet, is not very quiet today, and Tang Fulong, the national teacher who is over sixty years old but looks only forty years old, and Sikong Jing, the commander of the inner guard, are sitting in the stands of the martial arts arena with a smile on their faces and watching the excitement. In the martial arts arena, Yin Ruonan, the princess of the plains, who was dressed as a man, was fighting with a gray-clothed man, and the two were in full swing.

The gray-clothed man smashed his fist into Yin Ruonan's front door, Yin Ruonan jumped aside with an arrow step, flew up and kicked the big man's chest, the big man's right fist hit the air, his body turned, and he swung his fist back to hit Yin Ruonan and kicked the thigh in his chest, Yin Ruonan was in the air, he couldn't dodge, so he had to close his eyes, but the gray-clothed man stopped his fist.

Tang Fulong and Sikong Jing looked at each other and applauded and laughed, "Captain Sun is good at martial arts, and the third prince has lost!"

Yin Ruonan looked unconvinced, "The surname Sun is relying on his own strength and being a big bully to bully me, if this son grows so tall and mighty, he will definitely be able to defeat him!"

Li Lanqiu, a maid dressed as a scholar, laughed secretly on the side, thinking to herself, princess, you are already rude and willful, if you grow into such a tall and mighty captain as Sun Xiaowei, what man in the world would dare to marry you?

The gray-clothed man is none other than Sun Zongcheng, the captain of Zhaowu, one of the military attaches who was demoted to the local government three years ago by the new emperor Yin Guang.

Sun Zongcheng nodded and smiled: "What the third prince said is very true, when two people fight, people with big strength and big people do have an advantage, and the difference in size and weight between the two of us is too big, and Sun is indeed suspected of bullying others." ”

Yin Ruonan's skills were not as good as others, but he had a hard mouth, and when he saw Sun Zongcheng admit it so calmly, he felt embarrassed, and added: "Of course, your martial arts are indeed not below my son, and you are strong, so my son will suffer." ”

Tang Fulong and Sikong Jing walked down the stands, and couldn't help laughing when they heard the conversation between this man and woman, this unruly princess, you can't lose if you lose.

Yin Ruonan said with a bitter face: "Uncle Tang, old man Tang, when can I go out for a spin? In your National Teacher's Mansion, I am about to suffocate to death." ”

Sun Zongcheng didn't know that Yin Ruonan was the princess of the plains, he just felt that this young man surnamed Yin was not masculine enough, a little feminine among children, and that little scholar seemed to be a woman dressed as a man?

Sun Zongcheng patted Yin Ruonan on the shoulder, and said with an understanding face: "Tang Guoshi and Mr. Sikong are both upright men and gentlemen, and there are some things that they will definitely not do. If Yin Gongzi feels a little bored in the National Teacher's Mansion, he can take you to the Qinglou in the city to find a few Oiran to drink and drink flower wine to relieve your boredom!How about it?"

Then Sun Zongcheng saw Yin Ruonan's face flushed, and he said with a strange expression, "You guys...... What's the fun of drinking with an Oiran?

Sun Zongcheng thought that Yin Ruonan was a young man with a short face, and said with a smile: "Yin Gongzi, Tianchang Mansion is different from other places, the Qinglou here is very good, the oirans are not only young and beautiful, but also have some talent, they are generally proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and put them in other ways. ”

Yin Ruonan stomped his feet and said angrily, "Forget it, it's impossible to talk to a rough person like you!" After speaking, he turned around and left with the maid Li Lanqiu.

Sun Zongcheng looked inexplicable, compared his waist with his hand, spread his hand and asked Tang Fulong and Sikong Jing, "Am I rough?" As a result, the two looked at each other with both good-natured and mocking laughter.

Tang Fulong smiled at Sikong Jing and said, "Brother Sikong, the third prince is very active, and if he stays in my mansion for a few more days, he will be suffocated to death, why don't you take him to Jiannan Road or Lingnan Road again?"

Sikong Jing nodded and said, "Then let's go to Jiannan Dao, since Ling Lang is also in Jiannan Dao, we can just go and meet him by chance, and we can take care of each other." ”

Tang Fulong was not polite to him, "Okay, then I'll give you a meal tonight, and you will leave tomorrow? Do you want to take Captain Sun with you? Captain Sun's kung fu is not weak even if it is placed on the rivers and lakes." ”

Sikong Jing thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Forget it, you better leave Captain Sun behind, Jiangnan Province also needs manpower." ”

Sun Zongcheng said very sincerely: "I'll go to Jiannan Road with you, here in the National Teacher's Mansion, there are not many of me, and there are not many of me." ”

Tang Fulong rolled his eyes, this Sun Zongcheng, suffering is too honest.

No, Sun Zongcheng looked at the national teacher very reverently, "Old national teacher, do you have the medicine for rejuvenation, give me two?"

Tang Fulong asked in surprise: "What kind of medicine for rejuvenation?"

Sun Zongcheng said: "You are in your sixties, and you look like you are only about forty years old, how can you not have the medicine for rejuvenation?"

Tang Fulong said with a wicked smile: "Some of them, come here with your ears, and I'll tell you." ”

Sun Zongcheng thought it was true, and stretched his head over, Tang Fulong whispered in Sun Zongcheng's ear: "You are overindulgent, so you look old, and the medicine for rejuvenation is to go to the Qinglou to find the Oiran ......"

Sun Zongcheng was stunned for a moment, then pointed at Tang Fulong and laughed, "National teacher, you old and unserious!"

Tang Fulong waved his hand and said seriously: "Ahem, cough, don't talk nonsense, Captain Sun, others don't understand the situation, and when you say this, you still think we have a leg!"

Sun Zongcheng was speechless......

The next morning, a carriage carrying three masters and servants, plus Sun Zongcheng on horseback, set off from Tianchang Mansion to Jiannan Road.