The book continues from the above, and the last book said that Chu Mofeng was in Xicheng County under the rule of Jinzhou, and after some investigation, he finally exposed the true face of the shopkeeper Cheng Xiaoyun in the Chunhua Qiuyue Restaurant, and then as the parent official of Jinzhou, Li Yuanheng, the king of Xu, detained Cheng Xiaoyun and Zhou Youran according to the law, and then sentenced Cheng Xiaoyun to behead the public.

After Gu Zhen'er recovered, Chu Mofeng and his party said goodbye to everyone in Xicheng County and embarked on the road back to the capital.

Between Jinzhou and the capital, there is a Qinling Mountain Range, if you take the waterway, you have to pass through Xiangzhou, Dengzhou and Shangzhou to return to Beijing, and take the land official road, you need to pass through the Qinling Mountains from Jinzhou, and then transfer back to the capital after arriving in Shangzhou, after comparing the two, Chu Mofeng still decided to return to Beijing by water, first, the waterway speed is relatively faster, and second, you don't have to endure dust and cold wind along the way.

After making a plan, the three of them immediately hired a boat from the ferry outside the north gate of Xicheng County, and continued down the river towards Xiangzhou.

It was December 28 in the winter of the ninth year of Wude, because there were still three days to usher in the new year, at this time, Chang'an City was full of lights, a celebratory and joyful atmosphere, Li Shimin in the palace and the ministers were also smiling when they discussed the court, and those who knew the inside story knew that His Majesty was so happy because the imperial brother was about to return to the court, so His Majesty would be happy.

Li Shimin stood up and looked at His Royal Highness's ministers, recalled what Chu Mofeng said to himself before leaving, and said again and again: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am determined to change the name of the year at the beginning of the new year, and the secretaries will discuss it." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, but anyone who had a little knowledge, when he thought of a name, he hurriedly discussed it with the people around him, in order to avoid the embarrassment of the generals, Li Shimin said with a smile: "My generals, the matter of this year name is handed over to Chen Shangshu and others to discuss, and you should not be idle, let's discuss the issue of military training and innovation after the New Year." ”

When it came to the issue of the army, this group of generals was scratched on the itch, and there was a noise in the hall for a while. Seeing this, Wang De on the side hurriedly came to Li Shimin's side and whispered: "Your Majesty, your lords can't discuss the results for a while, if Your Majesty feels bored, the old slave can accompany Your Majesty to the Imperial Garden for a turn, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?"

As the king of a country, he gets up at the beginning of every day, and sometimes he is still reviewing the recital at the end of the day, which makes Li Shimin can't help but admire his father Li Yuan, and when he heard Wang De's proposal, Li Shimin smiled happily, and then got up and said to His Royal Highness: "You Aiqing are here to discuss for the time being, and I will come back after an hour to listen to your results." After speaking, accompanied by Wang De, he got up and left the Taiji Palace.

The master and servant came to the imperial garden accompanied by a group of attendants, and before they entered the door, they heard a burst of laughter from inside, Wang De heard that he was about to send someone in to investigate, but was stopped by Li Shimin, and then Li Shimin tiptoed in, only to see that he had just entered the palace concubine Yang, accompanied by a group of maids and palace maids, playing in the imperial garden.

Yang Qimei is Li Yuanji's princess, after the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Yuanji died, and all the men in his sons were removed, Li Shimin included Yang Qimei in the harem, which made everyone couldn't help but be surprised, but what everyone didn't know was that when Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, he had a very close relationship with Yang Qimei in private, and Li Shimin and Yang Qimei thought that they were doing seamlessly, but all of this could not escape the intelligence system behind Chu Mofeng.

Although he had known about this for a long time, Chu Mofeng always pretended not to know, and it was not until after the Xuanwumen incident that Chu Mofeng put this matter behind him.

Yang Qimei, who was playing, was taken aback at first when she saw Li Shimin coming, and then hurriedly greeted Li Shimin with a salute, Li Shimin helped her up when she saw this, and then said with a smile: "Recently, I have been busy with the affairs of the DPRK and China, and I haven't seen you for a long time, so the concubine won't complain about me, right?"

"What is Your Majesty's words, Your Majesty is the king of a country, and he works tirelessly for national affairs every day, if His Majesty puts his mind on the concubines and wastes political affairs, then the concubines will not become compliments and concubines?" Yang Qimei saluted Li Shimin, and then said with a smile: "The concubines study in the harem every day, and it is also good to walk around with the sisters, as long as Your Majesty has concubines in her heart." ”

Seeing that Yang Qimei understood the righteousness so deeply, Li Shimin couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately said to Wang De: "Wang De, pass on my will, Concubine Yang is virtuous and virtuous, and she is sympathetic to the holy will, and she will give ten pearls in the South China Sea and five brocades in Shu." When Wang De heard this, he immediately sent someone down to prepare.

Who knew that after listening to Li Shimin's words, Yang Qimei immediately knelt on the ground and gave a salute to Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, as the old saying goes, there is no merit and no merit, and the concubine just did her duty, and she is not worthy of such a generous reward from Your Majesty, and the concubine begs Your Majesty to withdraw her will and use those rewards for meritorious ministers." ”

Looking at the childhood sweetheart woman in front of him, Li Shimin's eyes were hot and he helped her up and said: "There are some things I can't do, I hope you can understand my difficulties, I just don't want you to be wronged, I hope you understand my heart." ”

Knowing what Li Shimin was talking about, Yang Qimei couldn't help but sigh, then nodded and said, "Then the concubine thanked Your Majesty for the reward." ”

Seeing that Yang Qimei agreed to accept the reward, Li Shimin immediately looked happy, and at this time, Wang De stepped forward inappropriately and whispered: "Your Majesty, the hour is coming, and you are still waiting in the Taiji Palace." ”

Originally, I wanted to have a fight with Yang Qimei's ears and temples, but who knew that he was disturbed by Wang De, an old guy, if he didn't know that this person was also dedicated to the country, Li Shimin really wanted to tear it raw and eat it with dipping sauce. Hearing that there was still state affairs in Li Shimin's front hall, Yang Qimei immediately bowed to Li Shimin Yingying and said: "Your Majesty, the prince's words are reasonable, state affairs are important, the concubines are waiting for Your Majesty in the harem, if Your Majesty is free, come to see the concubines." ”

Li Shimin nodded immediately when he heard this, and left the imperial garden with everyone behind him, and when Li Shimin returned to the Taiji Palace, there was no noise in the hall, and at this time, I saw Chen Shuda, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, after some discussion, the word 'Zhenguan' is drawn up as the new year name." ”

"What is the origin of the word Zhenguan? Chen Shangshu might as well explain it. "At first glance, when he heard the word 'Zhenguan', Li Shimin was immediately shocked, and vaguely remembered that Chu Mofeng had mentioned that if Li Shimin ascended the throne as the emperor, he would have thought about the name of the year, called Zhenguan, but at that time Li Shimin asked what Zhenguan meant, Chu Mofeng did not say a reason for a long time, at this time, I heard that the name of the year discussed by the ministers turned out to be Zhenguan, and Li Shimin couldn't help but be interested.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the word "Zhenguan" is taken from the "Book of Changes: Under the Resignation" "The way of heaven and earth, the person who is Zhenguan". These two words represent the way of heaven and earth, and d is the development of everything between heaven and earth, which has its certain potential connection, and this connection is "positive", and "Zhenguan" shows people with righteousness. Its essence is to instruct people to follow the laws of the Heavenly Dao cycle. I saw Chen Shuda turn around and look at Fu Yi, the chief eunuch of Taishi on the side, and then shook his head and said something.

Then Chen Shuda said with a little apprehension: "If this era name is not in line with the holy will, the ministers will discuss it again." ”

Who knew that Li Shimin waved his hand and said with a smile: "Chen Shangshu and all Aiqing have worked hard, this year name is temporarily retained, after you return to the next dynasty, you will discuss one as an alternative, and after the emperor's brother returns to Beijing, the minister will discuss it with him." ”

Then Li Shimin turned to His Royal Highness's military generals and asked: "My generals, I have been thinking about the reform of the military system and the training of the army for a long time, and I should wait for the imperial brother to return to Beijing, and then you can discuss with him, after all, I have left this matter to him to deal with." ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately nodded yes, and then in Wang De's long note of 'there is something to start and nothing to retreat from', the penultimate morning dynasty before the New Year ended smoothly.

Every household in the capital is preparing for the New Year, and in the Rende Medical Center in the capital, the side princess Mo Ziyao came to distribute rewards to everyone in the museum today as usual, looking at the account book in front of her, Mo Ziyao couldn't help frowning, and then called the manager of the medical hall to ask.

Rende Medical Center, from a small clinic in the first year of Wude, after nine years of changes, has become a large hall that can be compared with the imperial doctor, at this time the Rende Medical Center has already moved to Fengle Fang, in the square circled about two sets of land in the area of the Xianwang Mansion, built a three-story medical hall, because the price of the medical hall is fair and the medical skills are high, people from all over the country come in an endless stream, and the medical hall in Dongdu and other places is to send some apprentices to the Rende Medical Center every year to study, which also makes the reputation of the Rende Medical Center famous.

Looking at the account book in front of him at this moment, Mo Ziyao's face became more and more pale, although the income of the house does not depend on the medical center, and the government often sticks money to the medical center, but at this time, the number of consultations and visits in the account book this month is very few.

Mo Ziyao raised her eyes and looked at the manager of the medical hall and said coldly: "Steward Liu, let's talk about it, although this medical hall is not the source of income for the Xianwang Mansion, it must at least earn money to purchase medicinal materials every month, right?

I saw the manager of the medical hall standing aside and rubbing his hands, and said with a shy face: "Her Royal Highness the princess on the side of Qiqi, it's not that the villain doesn't manage it carefully, but since last month, the number of people who come to our clinic for consultation and ask for visits to our clinic has been decreasing day by day, and the villain only thinks that the people are in good health, and he really doesn't think about anything else." ”

"Huh......" As the saying goes, the body is nourished by qi and the body, at this time, Mo Ziyao is no longer the ignorant little girl in Zhangye back then, with her husband's steady progress, Mo Ziyao herself has also transformed from a little girl to a marquise, countess, duchess and even now Her Royal Highness the side princess, at this time Mo Ziyao had a slightly puzzled voice, and the manager of the medical hall Liu immediately knelt on the ground in fright, and said tremblingly: " Her Royal Highness the princess on the side of Qiyu, and later the villain went to investigate, all because a magical monk suddenly appeared in Chang'an City, but whoever took the medicine he prescribed, he could be cured on the second day, and this person did not take a penny, but the people donated a lot of sesame oil money in the temple where he listed the order in order to thank him. ”

Listening to Steward Liu's words, Mo Ziyao's brows furrowed tightly, His Majesty has ordered the Buddha to be destroyed for a long time, why would there still be monks who come out to make trouble? Being able to take the medicine that heals the next day is estimated to be guaranteed even if the master and grandfather are alive, let alone a monk? Thinking of this, Mo Ziyao nodded, then got up and said to Steward Liu: "Okay, you can get up for the time being, you shouldn't be blamed for this matter, go and let everyone come in turn to receive the reward." ”

Steward Liu nodded when he heard this, and then went out to call everyone in the hall to receive the reward in turn, and then Mo Ziyao led Zhaozhao back to King Xian's mansion in a carriage, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Dou Jingyan teaching Chu Mengzhu to practice bows and arrows, and when they saw Mo Ziyao coming back, the mother and daughter immediately gave a salute to Mo Ziyao.

Seeing this, Mo Ziyao stepped forward to ask about Chu Mengzhu's martial arts practice, and then asked a little anxiously: "Sister Jingyan, have you seen where Sister Shuang'er went?"

"After you went out early in the morning, Sister Shuang'er seemed to have taken Mu Mu to the palace, wasn't she able to visit the prince today? Dou Jingyan thought for a moment, pointed to the direction of the gate and said with some uncertainty.

Immediately Mo Ziyao nodded and walked towards her room, Dou Jingyan and Chu Mengzhu on the side couldn't help but shake their heads when they saw this, and then began to continue practicing archery skills.

At this time, Chu Mofeng, Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er had already passed Xiangzhou and Dengzhou, and there was still about half a day to arrive in Shangzhou.

On December 29 in the winter of the ninth year of Wude, a ship stopped steadily at the dock outside the Kaiyuan Gate of Chang'an City at noon, and a man in white led the horse and walked off the boat, looking at the people coming and going to Kaiyuanmen, and stretched his waist for a long time, "It's better to go back to Beijing, the capital is still so prosperous." ”

The two women who followed followed led the mount forward, and one of them pointed his toe at the man's ass and said: "I said Brother Feng, don't sigh here, tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, people's clothes and jewelry have not been purchased, you delay here for a while, people will not be able to celebrate the New Year." ”

Chu Mofeng smiled when he heard this, then turned over and shouted to the grumbling Gu Zhen'er and the smiling Liu Feiyan behind him: "Let's go, let's go home." After speaking, his legs gently clamped the horse's belly, urging the jade lion under his crotch to run in the direction of Yining Fang.

Outside the gate of King Xian's mansion, a large number of carriages have gathered at this moment, and every time the year is over, such as Ma Weiping, Wencheng and other forces that are inextricably linked with Chu Mofeng, they will come to the mansion to give gifts according to the custom, and now Chu Mofeng has been promoted to the emperor's younger brother, and Li Shimin doesn't know whether he is idle or unintentional, he actually released the wind and said that King Xian is ready to marry another room, which is a big hornet's nest for Chu Mofeng. Portraits and invitations, taking advantage of these two days to visit, called the visit is actually a place in advance, so these days the door of the Xianwang Mansion is full of traffic, and Ma Weiping and others also took this opportunity to send their filial piety into the house.

When Chu Mofeng, Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er came to the gate of the mansion, everyone consciously gave way to the door, Chu Mofeng looked at everyone outside the door with a surprised face, and then accepted all the invitations with a smile, and walked into the gate with a bunch of posts, and several servants who came to him immediately took these things, at this time Chu Mofeng was free, and was about to ask, but saw Mo Ziyao coming over, gave a simple salute, and then pulled Chu Mofeng to the garden, and told the monk who was cured of the disease.

Chu Mofeng nodded after hearing this, "Well, I know, but now I have to go into the palace to meet the Holy Lord, and I will go to investigate after the third year of junior high school." Then Chu Mofeng said goodbye to Mo Ziyao, left the mansion again, turned on his horse, and drove towards the palace.

When he came to the Taiji Palace, Chu Mofeng did not find Li Shimin's figure, and after some inquiry, he learned that at this moment, Li Shimin was accompanied by Wang De, going to the East Palace to review the prince's reading, and Chu Mofeng immediately sped up his pace and rushed towards the direction of the East Palace.

When he arrived at the south study of the East Palace, he saw a large group of attendants standing outside the door, and when they saw Chu Mofeng coming, everyone hurriedly knelt down to say hello, Chu Mofeng waved his hand to signal everyone to get up, and then rushed up the steps with an arrow step, and pushed open the door of the south study.

At this time, the prince was endorsing to Li Shimin, and when he saw someone coming in, Wang De, who was accompanying him on the side, was about to open his mouth to scold, and when he saw that Chu Mofeng was coming, Wang De hurriedly stopped the words that were about to be exported, and turned to Chu Mofeng and said: "The old slave has seen His Royal Highness King Xian. ”

Hearing that Chu Mofeng was coming, Li Shimin signaled to the crown prince Li Chengqian to stop endorsing for the time being, and then turned to look at Chu Mofeng and smiled and said: "Are you back? It's the right time to come back, tomorrow I will hold a banquet in the Liangyi Palace, if this banquet is missing you, wouldn't it be boring." ”

And the crown prince and his companion Chu Xuanhuang hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Chu Mofeng and said, "I have seen my father's (imperial uncle)." ”

Looking at the two little guys who were as tall as their heads, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but smile warmly, and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, if we get acquainted when the two of us are the size of the prince and Xuanhuang, will some things be able to advance for a long time?"

"Yes, I knew that you kid had so many ghost ideas, if I had known you earlier, maybe a lot of swordsmen would have stopped. Li Shimin heard the words and called Li Chengqian and Chu Xuanhuang, hugged them one by one and said with a smile: "You two boys, remember, today's I and King Xian are the future Chengqian and Xuanhuang, you two will definitely have a good life to study, and in the future, this country will be handed over to you, and I and King Xian will be able to be worthy of the ancestors and ancestors under the Nine Springs." ”

The two children looked at Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng, who had a deep meaning, and didn't know what the two elders thought in their hearts, but simply remembered Li Shimin's words, study well, and govern the country in the future, but they didn't know that Li Shimin's words also buried hidden dangers in the future.

Then Li Shimin pulled Chu Mofeng out of the south study, and went straight back to the imperial study, Chu Mofeng immediately reported to Li Shimin the process of the hunting on behalf of the heavens, and after listening to the matter of Dou Rail, Li Shimin gritted his teeth and thought for a moment and said: "I am going to leave him in the capital temporarily, which can be regarded as house arrest and custody, so as not to cause him trouble in the local area." ”

Chu Mofeng nodded when he heard this, and then said in a solemn tone: "It can be seen from the incident of Dou Rail that in fact, it is not only those imperial relatives who are released, but also some noble relatives and nobles, so the control of the state capital of the world should still be strengthened, so as not to cause public resentment to boil." ”

"Well, water can carry a boat and it can also capsize a boat, I understand this truth, and there are two things at the moment, one is about the new era name, and the other is about military training and reform. Li Shimin nodded, and then said the two questions at hand, "Let's talk about the year name first, the new year name recommended by Chen Shuda to me coincides with you, and I have also thought about the word Zhenguan for a few days, it is indeed desirable, what do you mean?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the word Zhenguan is indeed desirable, and the younger brother thinks it is feasible, and on the matter of military training and reform, I will wait for the younger brother to come up with a plan these days, and then report to Your Majesty after discussing it with the generals. Hearing that Chen Shuda also launched the name of Zhenguan, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and then said with a solemn face: "In addition, His Majesty's previous restriction of the Buddha and the destruction of the Buddha seems to have been not done thoroughly, and the younger brother returned to Beijing today and heard that there seems to be a demon monk in Chang'an City, and the younger brother needs to investigate this matter thoroughly before he can continue to play, please don't take it to heart for the time being." ”

"I am very relieved to have you, do it boldly, since you have returned to Beijing, Jin Wuwei is still under your command for the time being, don't let those small people defile the beauty of Chang'an City. Li Shimin nodded, and then patted Chu Mofeng's shoulder.

Just when Li Shimin and Chu Mofeng were discussing the big plan, in a temple in a square in Chang'an City, a monk with a gloomy face was sitting in a dark room grinding medicines, and saw a little novice hurriedly run in and said: "Senior brother, the abbot and uncle have passed away, go and take a look." ”

I saw the monk stand up, the original vulture's face became precious at the moment of turning, smooth as jade, I saw the monk and the little novice walk quickly to the abbot's room, the abbot in the room has long passed away, leaving only a letter, open the letter and carefully browse, it turned out that the abbot decided to pass the seat to a monk called Zhizhi.

After visiting the letter, the little novice bowed to the monk and said, "Amitabha, senior brother Zhizhi, the temple will depend on you to take care of it in the future." ”

I saw that the monk named Cheng Zhi returned the salute, and then said slowly: "Senior brother doesn't need to be so polite, let's finish the aftermath for the abbot and uncle first." ”

Just as the man left the dark room, the powder in the pestle revealed its true face, but anyone with common sense could quickly call out their names when they saw it: stone stalactite, purple quartz, white quartz, stone sulfur, red stone resin......

As the saying goes, the legacy of poison has plagued for thousands of years, and look at the reappearance of the Wei and Jin miraculous medicines in Chang'an City, and then look at the bloodthirsty Buddha with Chu Mofeng's blade, to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......