Chapter 176: Blocking the Nine Gates (Part I), Asking for Subscriptions, Asking for Collections
Blockading the Nine Gates, just when the people in the city have not yet woken up from the joyful atmosphere of the New Year, the Jinyi Wei General Banner spread the will throughout the Nine Gates of Jinling, only allowed to enter but not to leave, which is the preparation made by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in order to search for those vassal kings who secretly sneaked back to the capital. The operation was personally led by Baili Liuyun, and he chose Lu Chengying, Ximen Yan and Ouyang Zheng to assist him.
At this time, Jinling South City was still prosperous, and the streets in the city had been closed by the officials of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division led by Jinyiwei to take people, but some people with strange deeds were arrested and questioned.
Baili Liuyun didn't know what kind of will Emperor Taizu gave to Ning Wuji, but all he had to do at this time was to determine whether there was a vassal king infiltrated in Jinling City. He deliberately chose Lu Chengying and Ximen Yan because he hoped that they would quickly notify the secret sentinels in the city and quickly patrol them. As for why he asked Ouyang Zheng to come to help, it was that he didn't want to be unhappy with King Qing.
At this time, in the A-shaped room on the fourth floor of the Changfeng Inn, Qian Wansan got the promise of the disciples of the Eight Great Sects, so he asked Lei Mingwu to hand over the blood bamboo on the table to the other party, and he took the car from the back door to the direction of Mochou Lake with trepidation. Fei Ming and the others took the hard-won blood bamboo and quickly set off to return to the Jinling Dart Bureau.
Ye Lin waved the folding fan in his hand and looked at the trace of the carriage in the distance, nodded, and said secretly in his heart, "It seems that Fei Ming and the others have reached a cooperation with Master Qian," The mansion of the richest man in Jinling sits on half of Mochou Lake, standing on the north side of the lake, and is the feng shui treasure of Dongshi. Ye Lin happened to follow along the way, in addition to stopping by the way, he also wanted to find out who threatened the richest man in Jinling, and made it clear that he would buy the blood bamboo.
"Huh," Ye Lin vaguely felt a figure flickering in the corner of the street, and seemed to have been watching the movement of Qian Wansan's carriage.
"Stop!" Qian Wansan's carriage was suddenly stopped by the officials at the intersection of the street, and Shen Zhu, the chief banner of Jinyiwei, took four or five officials to seal the intersection of the street and check the passers-by. He was ordered by Ouyang Zheng to block the streets between Jinling South City and East City, and when he saw a carriage coming in a hurry, he ordered someone to stop it.
"What's going on?" the carriage suddenly stopped, and Qian Wansan, who was sitting in the car, asked sharply.
The coachman saw that it was not an ordinary official who was blocking the road, so he hurriedly turned around and replied nervously, "Master, it's the poor master of Jinyiwei." ”
Although Qian Wansan is not a person in the officialdom, he also knows the style of Jinyiwei, he lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at the Jinyiwei general flag in the middle of the street with a smile, and said with a smile, "Old man Qian Wansan, dare to ask this general banner what happened to stop the old man's car?"
"It turned out to be Master Qian, Shen Zhu, the general banner of the Jinyi Guard, who was ordered to inspect, and I hope that Master Qian will forgive me. "Shen Zhu, as an ordinary Jinyi Wei General Banner, patrols and arrests in the city all day long, and inevitably has some contact with the magnates in Jinling City, of course, he has seen Qian Wansan.
"It's okay, since Shen Zongqi is on an errand, the old man is..."Qian Wansan said casually.
With a wave of Shen Zhu's right hand, two brocade guards walked towards Qian Wansan's carriage from both sides, carefully observing the surroundings of the carriage, and trying to step forward a little more to check whether there were others entrained in the carriage.
Although he is the richest man, he has no official position, and there is nothing wrong with Jinyiwei coming forward to check, but the disappearance of Qian Duoduo made him very upset and irritable. When he met Jinyiwei again, although he smiled, he still didn't suppress the anger in his heart, he glared at the two Jinyiwei who came forward, his expression was stern, and he said coldly, ".... Are you trying to check the old man's carriage?"
He pulled the curtain on the carriage to the maximum, Shen Zhu looked at the place in the carriage at a glance, and hurriedly said, "Presumptuous, you two have eaten leopard gall, and Master Qian's carriage also dares to check it." Still not retreat?" The words were very harsh, and the two brocade guards hurriedly stepped back.
"Now that the inspection is over, can the old man go?" Qian Wansan put down the curtain, his face returned to normal, he saw that Shen Zhu still knew how to measure, so he politely coughed dryly, and said softly, "Another day, the old man will be the commander of the East Banquet and invite Ning to be the envoy, and Shen Zongqi will accompany him." ”
"It's... This...."Shen Zhu's face changed suddenly, his eyebrows were furrowed, and he smiled bitterly in embarrassment, "Master Qian is kind, Shen has a heart." You've gone all the way. "It's not okay not to let him go, Qian Wansan has already moved out of Ning Wuji to press him, since he didn't find anything unusual in the carriage, Shen Zhu made a favor, walked away to the side, and waved his right hand to signal the official behind him to let him go.
"Let's go. Qian Wansan put down the curtain, sat back in the carriage, and said lightly. The coachman drove the carriage away from the middle of the street, and Ye Lin, who was standing on the roof of the high-rise building next to the street, looked at the direction in which the carriage disappeared, and galloped on the roof to follow.
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In the Zhenfu Mansion, the maid walked along the wooden corridor of the main hall with a few plates of simple meals to the door, and was stopped by two brocade guards, "Commander Ning has orders, and no one is allowed to enter." ”
The coarsely dressed man had fluffy white hair, a fishy smell, and flour grains stuck to his body. He pulled out a copper spoon from his back, took out a small half spoon from a cup of bone broth and put it into his mouth, stuck out his tongue and said to the brocade guard guarding the gate of the palace, "Xiao Li, such a fragrant bone broth, but it is the commander's favorite, if you delay Old Man Xia's soup, be careful to command the envoy to punish you for not eating tonight." ”
The man of Jinyiwei Zhenfu Si Yamen was a seriously injured person rescued by Ning Wuji in the land of Jingchu in his early years, and he was left behind after burning a good soup. stayed in the kitchen of the government all day to get some food for everyone, and Jin Yiwei, who often went out to handle cases, asked him to steal some food every time he returned to the kitchen to fill his stomach.
"Father Xia, don't embarrass us, it's really an order from the commander, we don't dare to disobey. The two brocade guards stretched out their arms and hurriedly stopped the old man Xia who was about to break in.
"Hao Yu, don't you want to eat the jade soup made by your father?" Old man Xia saw that the two of them stopped him to death, so he played a trick. But he really wanted to smash the burly man in front of him with his soup spoon, and he didn't see him for many days, and he looked more and more beautiful. Old man Xia gently poked the bridge of Li Haoyu's high nose with the soup spoon in his hand.
"Daddy Xia, if you wait, if the commander is done, I will definitely go in and tell him that you have prepared a delicious bone broth for him. Li Haoyu dodged back, but he still didn't dodge the hot soup spoon of Old Man Xia, and a high red bubble instantly rose on the bridge of his nose, which made him grit his teeth and cry out.
"Who is making a fuss outside?" Ning Wuji's reprimanding voice came out of the hall, so frightened that Old Man Xia hurriedly stuffed the bone broth to Li Haoyu and fled in a puff of smoke.
Li Haoyu walked into the hall with a few maids, holding bone broth and some other dishes, looked up at Ning Wuji's serious expression, hurriedly lowered his head, and said in a low voice, "Commander Ning, you haven't eaten all day today, this is..."
"Alas, it's Old Man Xia's ghost again. Ning Wuji looked at the red bubbles bulging high on the bridge of Li Haoyu's nose, and said with a dry smile, "Okay, you put down the food." Remember, no one is allowed to come in and disturb without my command. ”
"Yes, yes. Li Haoyu hurriedly ordered the maid to put the food in her hand on the wooden table on the right side of the hall, turned her head and glared at Feng Han who was standing next to Ning Wuji, stuck out her tongue like a dead ghost, and then swaggered out of the hall as if nothing happened.