Chapter 32: The Soup Kitchener
By the end of July, the weather was getting warmer. In recent days, the world has not been peaceful, and ordinary people have found that the house around them that has not been inhabited for many years is suddenly surrounded by people from the government and investigated. Either the kind pharmacy shopkeeper on weekdays brings his subordinates and the people of the government to fight in the street. It makes people panic in this eventful season. People can't help but wonder if the pharmacy was caught selling fake medicines, no wonder they took the medicine some time ago and felt unwell for a while. In the future, you have to keep an eye on the heart, the human heart is not ancient!
There are thirteen states in Jingguo, and the same incident occurs in each state. It is no coincidence that these places are the strongholds of the 'dark lights' in the various states. Thunder's Fury, pull it out completely. This information indicates that the court has already opened a knife on the 'dark under the lamp'. 'Dark under the lamp' is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and after the first blow, it then shrinks its main force and dives underground. It makes it impossible to know its location, and at the same time cuts off all contact with the outside world. Do not accept delegations, do not earn messages. This has cut off a lot of people who make a living from it. However, on the same day in the thirteen states of Jingguo, the officials of the imperial court were all assassinated to varying degrees.
On the same day, more than a dozen county lieutenants, dozens of errand boys, and several elites of various departments died. All six were killed or injured to varying degrees. caused panic in the entire temple. Emperor Jing was furious.
"Zhong Aiqing, what do you think should be done at this time?" Emperor Jing sat on the dragon chair, his expression was calm, but the muscles on his face trembled slightly, knowing that his heart was very angry at this time, like a lion who chose to devour people, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart. The atmosphere above the hall was very solemn, and the civil and military officials were all in danger, and the audience was forbidden.
"Hmph! Speak!" Emperor Wu patted the board, and the delicate desk in front of him suddenly turned into powder. There was an earth-shattering tremor. Baiguan immediately knelt on the ground, but still no one spoke.
"Taiwei, let's talk about it!" Seeing that the people of the whole dynasty did not dare to speak, Jing Yan sighed and retracted his breath and said.
Wei Chen believes that this matter must be settled first, and it is not appropriate to conflict with the dark under the lamp in a short time, and step up the arrangement of the imperial examination in recent days, and increase the system of selecting talents and promoting ability, so that the vacancies in the current court can be filled. Yi Bojian opened his mouth and said, his heart was also slightly bitter, in this catastrophe, several of his proud protégés died unexpectedly, even if he had a monstrous hatred for the black under the lamp, he could not directly face the conflict with the black under the lamp.
"I think what Lord Taiwei said is reasonable, but if I stop here, I am afraid that the world will laugh at our court for being afraid of the dark under the lights, and this will not be the laughing stock of others. Wei Chen thinks that we might as well shoot people to protect the important personnel of various departments first, and then use the military department to use the thunder to directly pull out the darkness under the lamp from the land of Jingguo!"
The lieutenant glanced at this Fengchang, knowing that he was having a holiday with himself, sighed and said no more. After someone in the court spoke, they spoke one after another, and you and I said a word, arguing endlessly. At a glance, I knew that it was an argument between people from two different factions, and the spittle stars were flying, if it weren't for this, it was still on the main hall, and Jing Yan was still sitting on the dragon chair. I'm afraid the two sides are going to fight.
The two factions above the court are the main members of the 'political team faction' headed by the prime minister and the taiwei, the prime minister taiwei and the imperial historian. On the other side are the people who have been excluded from the center of political power, the Jiuqing team headed by Feng Chang. Although Jiuqing is the prime minister's direct subordinate, Sima Kui is unwilling to form a party for personal gain, and everything is official, so Jiuqing is unwilling to associate with him, and he has always been 'Ding Xiangrong'.
Seeing that there was also a miasma above the court, Jing Yan was a little angry, and finally sighed and said: "Tai Lieutenant, you are in charge of the military affairs of the whole country, inform General Mao Jie and order him to lead his troops to clear the black participating forces around the capital, and send a secret letter to the King of Yue, asking him to pull out all the strongholds in Yuezhou." At the same time, Imperial Doctor, you decentralize your intelligence system to find out where the darkness is lurking under the lights, and you are responsible for contacting the 'God Knows'. It's time for this force to be taken back!" After speaking, he got up and left without waiting for him to retreat.
On an unknown island in the sea outside Qingzhou.
The heads of the various strongholds and the elites of their subordinates who were dark under the lights were in this place. The leader was Ge Heping, whose face was cloudy, and his huge head turned red with anger at this time. "Have all your men been evacuated?" There were still the heads of the ten state strongholds on the side, and a few of them led by Liu Tianyou spoke, "Deputy Gang Leader, you are responsible for this operation, if the Gang Leader was there, we would definitely not have been in such a dangerous situation." Dozens of strongholds across the country were pulled out overnight. His Assassins suffered numerous casualties. And you are the source of this. Can you give us an explanation!"
After hearing this, Ge Heping's anger had already exploded, and the flesh in his whole body was shaking, "Very good, you have to explain it, right! I'll give it to you" After speaking, he slapped his palm, like a whirlwind. Liu Tianyou and his entourage were lucky to resist, and the war on both sides was about to break out.
At this time, an old man's voice came from the middle: "That's it, the matter has come to this point, you don't blame who is right and who is wrong! Since the court has done something to us, we can't make them comfortable." Peace, withdraw all the pieces that are hidden in the shadows. By the way, bring some interest as a gift in return. ”
After seeing the old man speak, everyone stopped arguing, this old man was an elder in the dark under the lamp, he was already like this when Ge Heping was a child, and he is still like this. His identity is the most noble among the people present, and his prestige is so high that even he, the deputy gang leader, is beyond reach.
After the old man finished speaking, he disappeared into the darkness, and then dozens of carrier pigeons flew to various parts of Jingguo on the island.
After walking in the mountains for more than ten days, Tianyi and the two saw a magnificent city, and the word 'Yuezhou' was written on the city gate. Finally, I don't have to walk in the mountains. Tianyi breathed a long sigh of relief, and the 'Red Ice' in his arms also widened his eyes, he had not yet been to the town where humans lived. Eyes full of excitement.
Liu Banxian is the most excited one between the two, and he hasn't tasted wine in the past half a month. Waving the sign of 'Immortal Guidance', he hurried towards the city. When I was about to arrive in Yuezhou, I found that someone was registering at the gate of the city, and the queue of people entering the city was already very long. Tianyi had some doubts in his heart, he had never had such an inspection and interrogation before.
saw Tianyi's doubts. Liu Banxian opened his mouth and said: "This must be some kind of decree issued by the imperial court, either to arrest the fugitives, or to have something happen in the city!" In addition to simply registering his name, he was told that there would be a curfew in Yuezhou City in the future, and that he should not go out after nightfall, no matter what sound he heard.
After entering the city, I found that there were many fewer pedestrians on the streets, and the streets were heavily guarded with ten steps and one sentry. Tianyi seems to have come to this place for the first time, and I really don't know why I have an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this place in my heart. With Liu Banxian, he found a place to live in the town. Then I couldn't find Liu Banxian's figure, so I guessed I went to drink. A man wanders around the city when he has nothing to do. 'Red Ice' jumped into Tianyi's arms. Jumping back and forth in the crowd, people couldn't help but be happy to see such a white fawn, and wanted to pet it but couldn't catch up.
As soon as I saw a lot of people in front of me, I didn't know what was going on, it turned out that this was a soup kitchen. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the women of the Yue royal palace will give porridge here and do good deeds. The people of Yuezhou respect her kindness and are said to pray for the blessing of the children she lost since childhood. May he still be alive, as soon as he heard the people around him say this, he wanted to see this kind woman, so he leaned forward.
When he got closer, he saw that it was a weak woman, wearing a plain silk dress, and her hair was simply tied up. When he was giving porridge, he smiled but couldn't hide the sadness in his eyes.
Tianyi felt a slight pain in his heart for some reason, and his body was squeezed to the porridge stall.
"Here, it's yours, drink it slowly, don't worry!" the woman handed the porridge in her hand to Tianyi. The woman saw Tianyi's eyes blood-red, and a familiar shadow could be vaguely seen on her immature face, but she couldn't remember who it was. Seeing that Tianyi didn't take it, he reached out and gently stroked Tianyi's head, and said, "Young man, the deer next to you is so handsome!" Tianyi came back to his senses and took the porridge, walked to a place and began to drink. It's very soft and sweet, and the simple porridge has a peculiar taste for some reason. After drinking, Tian Yi glanced back at the woman and left.
When he returned to his residence, Liu Banxian had also returned, holding a pot of wine in his hand, and there were several jars hanging on the pole. Tianyi dragged him out of the door in disgust and closed the door. Back in the room in a daze.
'Red Ice' arched Tianyi's body with his head and found a comfortable position to lie down. In Fang City, Zhongtian heard a news that the 'black under the lamp' in Yuezhou City had been pulled out, and the person in charge of this stronghold was directly stabbed by the king of Yue. I don't know why I feel a little melancholy in my heart, the place where I stayed for six or seven years must no longer exist, Shi Lao is gone, and the group of young people probably can't escape. I don't understand what my mind is, whether it's joy or sadness. It's been a long time since I've slept so groggy, and in my dream it's the face of the soup kitchener, kind and warm. It's sweet to bring dreams. Just like that bowl of porridge, it is very soft and sweet.