Chapter 110 The Imperial City

Holding this jade card and looking at it for a long time, Jiang Lili never thought that there would be such a thing left in Zhao Xianzhi's room, and even after Zhao Xianzhi left Zhangjiazhai, Jiang Lili rarely stepped into Zhao Xianzhi's room, whether it was because of the stubbornness in his heart or because of some unspeakable reasons.

The dark blue jade plaque is not like the sky, but more like a bottomless abyss.

Jiang Lili put the jade plate at the head of the bed and pressed it against the corner of the pillow, and he slept very peacefully.

The next day, Jiang Lili rarely got up late, got up and left the yard, found a quiet small attic in the north building, and practiced until noon, and when he came back, he got a particularly shocking news.

Su Su left and went to study with Yao Qinghe.

This news was told to him by Qiao'er, saying that it was just after breakfast, Yao Qinghe came to Nanyang Palace, and followed him to study by name.

As a result, it was clear that Su Su went.

"Who is that Yao Qinghe?" Jiang Lili asked.

Qin Shuzhen walked over, "It is today's national teacher, one person is above ten thousand people." ”

"Why did Su Su go to school with him? I remember she never liked this kind of thing. Jiang Lili asked again.

"I don't know. ”

It happened very suddenly, even very strangely, and it didn't make sense.

Jiang Lili didn't know what Su Su thought, and she didn't know what Su Su met after leaving her that day. I only remember that after I met Su Su by chance on the street, I only saw Su Su holding a jade disc in her hand, and I couldn't tell whether she was happy or sad on her face.

Jiang Lili was a little annoyed that why didn't she ask Su Su where she had gone last night, and raised her head again and asked, "You just told her to leave?" Or did you agree?"

"Yes, I agreed. Qin Shuzhen replied: "Su Su is sixteen years old this year, if she is placed in an ordinary poor family at this age to get married and have children, she already has the right to choose where she should go." ”

In fact, there is another reason why Qin Shuzhen didn't say it, since this girl is going to be the housewife of Nanyang Wangfu in the future, she can't be as unruly as she is now, she has to learn something, and it's not a bad thing to follow Yao Qinghe.

Although Qin Shuzhen didn't know why Su Su knew Yao Qinghe, and she didn't know why Yao Qinghe accepted Su Su as her student, she was not very curious.

Everyone has everyone's blessings, and this is the blessing of vegetarians.

Jiang Lili didn't ask again, he went to find Chen Wenhao, straight to the point, "Do you know about this?"

Chen Wenhao nodded.

"What do you think?"

"I don't see the clue. ”

Jiang Lili's face sank, "Can't you see the clues? You don't even know this, so what use do I want from you?"

Chen Wenhao smiled bitterly, "But I really don't have a clue, I don't know the cause and effect, and I don't know the stakes, so it's too difficult to just give me such a message for a while to guess the reason." ”

Jiang Lili also knew in her heart that she was embarrassed by Chen Wenhao, so she stopped talking, and suddenly raised her head and asked, "Have you seen Yao Qinghe?"

"I've seen it before. ”

"What does it look like?"

"Dressed in green clothes, with a gentle smile and extremely clean. ”

Listening to this compliment, Jiang Lili became annoyed, "How clean? How clean can it be? Which of the palaces is not clean? Is it cleaner than me?"

Chen Wenhao glanced down at the stains on Jiang Lili's upper and didn't speak.

Jiang Lili smacked his lips, didn't say anything, and left Chen Wenhao's room with a cold snort.

On this day, Jiang Lili frowned for a day, and the next morning, he asked the maid to put bath water for him, took a clean bath, and changed into new clothes, without saying a word, he left the palace and walked straight to the imperial city.

Outside the imperial city, there were two guards in fresh clothes and angry horses, and when they saw Jiang Lili standing in front of the imperial city, they shouted loudly: "Who is coming, and what is the intention of standing outside the imperial city?"

Jiang Lili replied, "I want to go in." ”

The guard sneered and said, "Where did the hairy boy come from and want to enter the imperial city? Do you think anyone can enter this imperial city? Hurry back and do errands, and save some dowry for yourself as soon as possible to beg for your daughter-in-law!"

Jiang Lili asked in a cold voice, "You really can't enter?"

The guard smiled, "Who do you think you are? Come, come, tell me who you are?"

"Can His Royal Highness Nanyang Wangfu enter?"

The guard was dumbfounded, scratching his head, "Really?"

Jiang Lili just sneered.

Thinking that no one should dare to pretend to be the name of the Nanyang Palace, the two guards looked at each other, and finally saluted Jiang Lili, "Meet Your Highness!"

"Can you get in now?"

The guards were a little embarrassed, "Your Highness, it's really not our brothers who embarrass you, this imperial city is really not for anyone to enter." Even if you are Your Royal Highness of the Nanyang Palace, there is no way, you must have an edict, otherwise if this matter spreads, our brothers will be killed!"

"It's okay, let him in. On the city wall, a young man in white robe and silver armor stood and shouted at the two guards.

The two guards glanced at each other, and then looked at the man with some hesitation, "But the knife on the back of His Highness。。。。。 ”

The man was very courageous, "If this matter is a big problem, I will bear it alone!"

The two guards didn't say anything more, saluted the man and pushed open the city gate, "Your Highness, please." ”

Just one step into the imperial city, the man standing on the city wall asked loudly, "I opened the city gate for you, don't you say a thank you?"

Jiang Lili paused and looked up at the smile on the man's face, "What's your name?"

"Yo!" the man was amused, stretching out his hand and rubbing his chin, "You came to ask me before I even asked your name?"

Jiang Lili didn't reply.

"It's also a bit of a personality, my name is Zhao Changan, if you have something big, you can find me!"

Jiang Lili still didn't say anything, and walked straight to the imperial city.

The man turned to look at Jiang Lili's back, and muttered to himself, "Cheng'an hasn't picked up yet, Chang'an." ”

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As Jiang Lili expected, the imperial city was indeed a quiet but majestic image, with high walls and thousands of trees competing for spring. But the only thing that was difficult was that Jiang Lili didn't know where Yao Qinghe's room was.

Confused, he bumped into the imperial city, and when he met the palace maid guard, Jiang Lili didn't deliberately dodge. Those palace maids and guards naturally didn't dare to interrogate Jiang Lili, so they only bent down and saluted.

After getting such a play, Jiang Lili became more and more presumptuous, thought about it, and walked along a big road to the front, and met a few handsome men on the way, holding fruit plates and teapots in their hands, bowing their waists and walking forward. Jiang Lili was stunned and asked, "Are you eunuchs?"

The man at the head was a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties, and his face was a little unsightly when he heard Jiang Lili's words, but he didn't dare to refute it, so he could only nod his head and say yes.

Jiang Lili glanced at the man's crotch again, "There is no such thing?"

The middle-aged eunuch's face sank, looking at Jiang Lili's face was extremely unfamiliar, and he didn't know the details, for fear that this was the heir of a big man. didn't avoid annoying the fifteen or sixteen boy in front of him, so he could only nod his head and say yes.

Jiang Lili pursed her lips, "It's really miserable." ”

The middle-aged eunuch had a look of shame on his face.

"Is there anything else your lordship doing?" he asked respectfully.

"Do you know where Yao Qinghe lives?"

Hearing this, the eunuch's face was full of horror, and he wondered where this person came from? Why is there no rule like this? The name of the national teacher dares to be brought up in public?

Fearing the sin of sitting together, the eunuch hurriedly said, "How can the slave know such a thing? ”

"I really don't know?" Jiang Lili frowned, "If you dare to lie to me, you will be miserable!"

The eunuch cried with a sad face, "The slave is just a little eunuch, where can he have the ability to serve the national teacher? ”

Seeing that the eunuch's face didn't look like he was lying, Jiang Lili waved his hand and motioned for them to leave.

The eunuch finally breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the few little eunuchs behind him, and strode forward.

The further you go, the more you feel that the surrounding environment is more and more majestic, surrounded by white walls and few trees and shade.

Then he crossed another bridge, and saw a magnificent hall in front of him, and in the hall stood a row of guards dressed in green armor, holding spears, and their momentum was cold.

Leaning against the door, there was also an old eunuch holding Buddha dust, leaning against the threshold and pretending to sleep.

Jiang Lili walked towards this hall, only to hear the bustling sound of talking from inside the hall, and thought to himself, could it be that Yao Qinghe was lecturing?

ran directly to the front of this hall, looked up, and only saw a golden plaque under the eaves, on which there were three words written on the dragon, flying and phoenix, Jiang Lili didn't know.

As soon as he walked up the steps, two nearby guards stretched out their spears and blocked Jiang Lili's face, "Who is here?

Yes, I encountered the situation in front of the city gate again.

"I am His Royal Highness of Nanyang Palace, I want to go into this room to find someone. ”

These two guards were not as good as the two at the city gate, and when they heard this, they sent their spears forward, "The court is important, leave quickly!"

Jiang Lili became angry, "What's your name? Do you dare to say it? Lao Tzu wants to make you look good!"

The two guards didn't speak, they took another step forward, forced Jiang Lili back again, and said: "The court is important, leave quickly! If not, there will be no forgiveness for killing!"

Jiang Lili narrowed her eyes, "I want to see how you kill me!"

At this moment, the old eunuch who was leaning against the wall and pretending to sleep woke up, and after looking at Jiang Lili, he was stunned, "Who are you? Why are you here? Why don't you leave quickly, lest you lose your head!"

Jiang Lili already had three points of anger, and now when he heard the old eunuch's fierce words, he sarcastically said in a strange manner: "You old eunuch who has no birds dare to yell at me? Look at your yin appearance, you are not far away from Lao Tzu!

If it weren't for the poverty of his family when he was young, what man would want to be a eunuch? And what does a eunuch hate most in his life? It's not groveling, it's not kneeling and kowtowing, and he doesn't even hate being beaten and scolded by others, but he hates that someone scolds him for not being a man!

"You, you, you!" At this moment, the old eunuch was so angry that his face turned pale, "You dare to scold our family?

"Return our family?" Jiang Lili sneered: "Are you big, you fake woman without a bird, get out of Lao Tzu!"

After hearing this, the old eunuch's face turned from blue to white, his chest rose and fell, and he pointed at Jiang Lili and shouted tremblingly: "Come on, drag this unruly bastard out and behead it!"

Jiang Lili licked her lips and pulled out the tiger spirit knife on her back, "Come on, come on, I want to see who can kill me!"

Now the old eunuch's face turned really white, and he howled loudly: "Someone! There are assassins! escort! escort!"

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The Great Sui Kingdom is now the most difficult period, even if Emperor Wen of Sui is not very clear about government affairs, but he only looks at the empty treasury and knows the seriousness of the matter, so Cheng Tian's face is bitter.

On this day, it was above the court again, and Emperor Wen of Sui was sitting on top of the Jinluan Palace, looking at the bowed Qing family below, "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat from the court." ”

As soon as the words fell, a middle-aged man who looked like a civil official wrote and cried: "Your Majesty, there is a great drought in Huxi, last year's grain of rice was not harvested, and it was a spring famine. Please also ask the emperor to transport the imperial grain to Huxi to relieve the suffering of the people!"

As soon as he heard this, Emperor Wen of Sui had a little headache, his eyes swept down, and he bowed his head wherever he passed, and sighed again, "Where there is surplus food, send some over." Yu Qingjia, you... ”

Before he finished speaking, an old man with a bright head raised his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't do my best, but now where is the surplus grain from the side land willing to be transported to Huxi for free?

Emperor Wen of Sui said, "Then buy some." ”

Another official wrote: "But now the treasury really has no extra money to be allocated, and the canal work of the previous two years has exhausted the treasury, where can it be 。。。。。 ”

"Isn't there still tens of millions of taels of silver in the treasury? You say that there is no extra silver to be allocated, but what about it? Where is the money spent?"

"Let's not talk about the big and small officials, let's just say that the military horses raised in the northern border are a gold cave, which can consume tens of thousands of taels of silver every day, and the silver in this treasury won't last long!"

Emperor Wen of Sui frowned, "But you can't make the people suffer, stop the supply of military horses in the north for a few days, cut some soldiers and horses, and feed the people in Huxi first." ”

As soon as the words fell, a military attache stood up, "Your Majesty, you must not! If you cut down the soldiers and horses, then the barbarians of Beifu will get the news, what if they go south in one fell swoop? ”

"Then the tax will be recollected to replenish the treasury. ”

"Please think twice, please think twice! The canal fortifications of the previous year had already increased the tax by 12/12, and the people were already complaining, and now if the tax is re-levied, I am afraid that it will 。。。。。。 ”

Emperor Wen of Sui was annoyed, "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what should you do?"

No one said a word, and after a long silence, an official cautiously reminded: "Your Majesty, Xichu's money should be returned." ”

"How much?!"

"Five million taels ... ”

Emperor Wen of Sui gritted his teeth, and before he could make a sound, another person said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers in the south are already urging the army to pay their salaries, and they have been in arrears for two months, and it is time to allocate it." ”

"How much!"

"Three million taels. ”

"Your Majesty... ”

There was an endless stream of chattering in the hall, and Emperor Wen of Sui's face became more and more pale, and he slapped the chair abruptly, "Everyone has no ability to fart a little bigger, and everyone can only be a eunuch to support themselves when they are poor!

"This world is Your Majesty's world, and Weichen and others dare not be presumptuous. ”

"Don't dare? I think you dare! Tell me, what's the use of me raising you big bunch of people?"

At this time, an old minister replied coldly: "If Your Majesty can't govern the world, then what's the use of your majesty in the world?!"

Sui Wenhuang's face turned pale, "What do you mean by this? You want to rebel?!"

"Weichen doesn't dare!"

Emperor Wen of Sui was about to open his mouth to scold, but he was suddenly stunned, sighed, turned his head to look at the Tsing Yi scribe standing beside him, and said, "Is there anything Yao Aiqing can do?"

Yao Qinghe saluted, "The new law is not a bad thing, the canal is not a bad thing, presumably everyone has also seen that the new law is coming out, the people of the whole country are rising, the canal is passed, and the trade between the south and north of Sui is prosperous." As long as I survive this year, my Great Sui will become more and more prosperous!"

"How can you survive this year?"

"There are many military horses, little military salaries, and the national treasury is empty? But at this time, the morale of the people and the army is rising, so why don't you take this opportunity to call the military horses in the north to attack Beifu and feed the war with war!

One person raised an objection, "But our dynasty has been stable for more than ten years, and it is known as a benevolent country in Jingzhou." This move must be to arouse the discourse of the Southern Dynasty, but I am afraid that it will cause damage to the reputation of my Great Sui. ”

Yao Qinghe asked rhetorically: "But I didn't think that one day my Great Sui would be able to invade the Southern Dynasty and unify Jingzhou?

"This... ”

Up and down the court, everyone was dumbfounded.

Yao Qinghe said again: "The king is defeated, the winner is famous, and the loser will be stinking for 10,000 years!"

After listening to Yao Qinghe's words, the whole court was convinced.

Chess makes dangerous moves, and the sword goes sideways, so it is better to do it.

Emperor Wen of Sui laughed, "It's still my Yao Aiqing who has the ability, look at you!"

"Yao Guoshi is strategizing, the world is in chess, don't dare to disagree!"

After solving the problem, Emperor Wen of Sui fell to the ground with a stone in his heart, turned his head to look at Su Yonglie who was sitting on the ground, and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, I heard that your eldest son who was left behind more than ten years ago has returned to the palace, why don't you bring it to the palace to meet?"

Su Yonglie replied: "My child was born in the wilderness and acted presumptuously, lest he annoy His Majesty, therefore... ”

"Eh, what's this?" Emperor Wen of Sui waved his hand, "After all, he is also my nephew, where is there anything to annoy or not? When will you bring it to meet you, can you choose this daughter from all over the court?"

"That is, it is said that the tiger father has no dog son, and let us see how powerful the eldest son of the king of Nanyang is!

King Nanyang smiled, "Can a dog still have three heads and six arms?" It's nothing more than the appearance of an ordinary person's child, no need to mention it." ”

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Just as he was laughing, a scream suddenly came from outside, "Escort! Escort!"

When the Manchu Dynasty was furious and was about to ask the guards to behead the assassin in front of the hall, Emperor Wen of Sui smiled and said, "There is still an assassin?

"Your Majesty, this 、、、"

"It's okay," Emperor Wen of Sui seemed to be in a good mood, "Could it be that this Manchu Dynasty civil and military can still see that I am killed?"

Seeing that the King of Nanyang was standing in front of Emperor Wen of Sui, everyone was relieved, and an old eunuch next to him shouted outside, his voice was shrill and thin, "Xuan Assassin!"

There was a loud laugh outside the door, "Hahaha, do you see? You dogs dare to block Lao Tzu's way? And said that Lao Tzu can't go in, won't this just go in? Dog eyes don't know Taishan! Eat shit and kill you!"

Hearing this, Su Yonglie felt a sigh in his heart.

After a while, the door was pushed open, and a somewhat delicate little head entered, and the man glanced around, "Aren't you listening to Yao Qinghe's lecture?

Everyone was stunned, and no one answered.

The man frowned bitterly, "Your grandmother's, this imperial city is really big, and it was hard to find the wrong place here!"

As he spoke, the man waved his hand at Emperor Wen of Sui in the middle again, "Yes, you guys continue to brag, I'll go." ”

There was a thud, and the door slammed shut.

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military looked at each other, and finally looked at Yao Qinghe.

Yao Qinghe smiled bitterly, "I really don't know." ”

Emperor Wen of Sui turned his head and glanced at Su Yonglie, whose face was extremely painful, "Brother Huang, why is his face so ugly?

Su Yonglie swallowed a mouthful of saliva fiercely, clasped his fists and smiled bitterly at Emperor Wen of Sui: "Don't dare to hide it from Your Majesty, that person is my eldest son, Your Majesty's nephew!"

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