Chapter 4 Inside Story
Five years ago, Dao Xi returned to Tiantai Mountain with the master to extend his life, and in the blink of an eye, the young man who came out of the rivers and lakes at the beginning of the year has grown into a handsome child.
As soon as he got off the mountain, he bumped into the scene of the three Kou of Huaibi Mountain killing people and overstepping goods, although Daoxi did not think that he was a chivalrous person, but he could not see the life of the people for no reason, so he chased and killed the three people all the way to Jinling. Caught three people in the weeping willow building, Daoxi had never killed anyone, so he thought about taking the three thieves to the tomb of the family who was innocently killed by them, and buried them alive.
First, he can watch and avoid the limelight, and second, he wants to see friends he hasn't seen for many years. After being persecuted by Jingchen, Dao Xi wanted to leave, but later Li Shen's oracle said that he also saw that Jingchen was not aimed at him, so he told what happened in the Weeping Willow Building.
After listening to Dao Xi's detailed explanation, Jingchen was silent. Dao Xi is an apprentice of longevity, and it is expected that he will not be such a bad person, but why the City Patrol Division will regard him as a Jiangyang thief, this is incomprehensible.
Xiao ...... Master Daoxi," Oracle Li originally wanted to call Daoxi the layman by his name, but when he saw his sleek head, he changed his words again. "I don't know, does the master remember the appearance of the Sankou family in Huaibi Mountain?"
Called "master" by the oracle of Li, Dao Xi was stunned for a moment, then smiled again, and replied: "That family has a Jinling accent, and there are thirteen people in total, including masters and servants, young and old, like an official eunuch. ”
"Where is the master?" asked Oracle-Li again.
Dao Xi thought for a while and replied, "Under Tiantai Mountain." ”
"Is there a short-haired girl in the eunuch's house with a red mole between her eyebrows?"
"There is such a girl. The reason why Daoxi traveled thousands of miles for seven days in a row to chase and kill the three Kou of Huaibi Mountain was because when he bumped into the three Kou and committed the murder, only one little girl from the family of thirteen was hiding in the carriage tremblingly. He was about to come forward to rescue him, when he saw the three bosses raise their knives and cut the girl under the knife in an instant. The girl didn't even have time to cry before she was split in half. Such a bloody scene made Daoxi shocking and fresh in his memory.
At that time, he was not in a hurry to chase and kill Sankou, but hid his family at the foot of the mountain with his own hands, so it took many days to chase him to Jinling City.
Li Shenyu nodded and said, "That family of officials and eunuchs is the family of Master Chen Yuwen, the secretary of my military department. I entered the palace today and learned from the emperor that Lord Chen was on his way to Wuyue to visit relatives when he encountered thieves, and his whole family died. And today's city patrol division is very strange about the weeping willow tower, which seems to be a murderous move. ”
When Dao Xi heard it, it turned out that he was angry for a while, and he was unintentionally involved in the political struggle in the Southern Tang Dynasty, he sighed, feeling helpless, now the city gate is closed, and the city patrol division is exhausted, it seems that it is difficult to escape from this Jinling City.
Jing Chen, who had been silent, said at this time: "The affairs of the imperial court, Poor Dao didn't want to ask about it, but the disputes involved me, the oracle, what do you think of this matter?"
Li Shenyu pondered for a moment and said: "The City Patrol Division has always been the head of Prime Minister Song Qiqiu, and his son Song Ran served as a captain in the City Patrol Division, so it seems that this matter must be related to the Prime Minister. ”
Prime Minister?Daoxi's heart trembled, feeling bad, and now he kicked the iron bucket, "Then Miss Li has a way to help me leave Jinling?"
"So far, I don't know whether the city patrol department has made his own initiative to arrest you in the whole city, or if he has been ordered by the prime minister, if it is the former, it will not take long for the matter to be settled, and if it is the latter, he will not give up if he acts as the prime minister has been. But ......."
"But what?"
"However, the prime minister has never acted with such fanfare, I think it must be his eldest son Song Ran, if the prime minister knows, the movement in Jinling City will calm down. ”
After some analysis, this made Daoxi settle down. But after thinking about it again, this matter cannot be calmed down in a few days, and I wanted to take refuge in this observation of the absence for a while, but it seems inappropriate for me to stay with a group of Taoist aunts as a monk.
Jingchen saw through Daoxi's thoughts, and said leisurely: "Monk Daoxi, until it calms down at this time, you will stay in the temple, remember not to walk around." Ziqing, take him to the East Courtyard to rest. ”
"Yes, master. ”
Su Ziqing answered, and then glanced at Daoxi, who embarrassedly snorted Jingchen and followed Su Ziqing out of the house.
After the two left, Jingchen turned to Divine Li and said, "Oracle, you have been in the mountain since you were seven years old and worshipped me as a teacher, and eighteen years have passed in a blink of an eye. ”
What is the master going to say? Li Shenyu was suspicious in his heart, but he was too bad to ask, so he could only nod his head and wait for Jingchen to follow.
"As a teacher, I watched you grow up, and I know that you have a cold temperament and are cold to people, especially to men. Now that you've grown up, it's not surprising that your heart has changed. Besides, if you are not a monk, it is impossible for you to ask for anything as a teacher, but I hope you will be able to take a good measure. ”
When Divine Oracle Li heard Jingchen's words, her heart jumped, could it be that the master saw what was on my mind? She didn't dare to look up at Jingchen, "Remember the master's teachings. ”
Jingchen nodded with satisfaction, and said, "In the matter of the Weeping Willow Tower, I hope that the oracle will stay out of the matter, so don't be implicated." Although you are in the emperor's house, you are only a woman. ”
Su Ziqing took Daoxi into the backyard room, ignored him and left on his own. I have only known this monk for half a day, but I have seen his stinky mouth that can't say a few good words, Su Ziqing is afraid that if he stays for a while, he will get sulky again.
As soon as Su Ziqing walked on his front foot, Li Shenyu stepped back and stepped into Daoxi's room.
"Amitabha!" Dao Xi saw Divine Oracle Li walk in, folded his hands, said a Buddha number, and said, "Miss Li still has something to ask the little monk?"
Oracle Li didn't know what to say, she didn't want to come to see Daoxi, but the ghost came over again. Sometimes, I know that I don't say anything when I see each other, but I still can't control it, and I want to see each other, even if I don't speak, just look at it.
"Miss Li?" Seeing Divine Oracle's stunned appearance, Dao Xi whispered.
"I haven't seen you for many years, but your martial arts have made great progress. After being stunned for a long time, Divine Li realized that he had lost his temper.
"Thanks to the master's careful teaching in the past few years, otherwise I would still be the ignorant boy who was dizzy when I saw blood. Daoxi touched his head and said with a smile.
"Very good," Oracle-Lee sighed, and without saying anything more, he turned and walked out the door. When she saw Xiao Zuo becoming a monk, her heart became inexplicably irritable, and at that time, she knew that she had the shadow of this kid in her heart. Now zaijian, he is still a monk, or, everything is destined to haode, not at all.
From now on, it is also time to stay quietly in the absence of observation, to stay by the master's side, perhaps, it is also a good choice to be a Taoist aunt. Thinking to herself, she stopped thinking and walked out firmly.
Daoxi thought that the two of them would have some nostalgic words, but when they were really alone, they found that time was so ruthless, which made the past experience blurred, and the familiarity between the two became strange. Until there was nothing more to say.
I don't know if when Zaijian got to the eldest brother, the second brother, and Mu Chu, did he have nothing to say like this, and Zuihou could only leave silently?
Daoxi didn't look at Divine Oracle Li again, sat cross-legged in front of the bed, and carried out the idealistic trick. Whenever he is upset, he can only calm down by running the internal strength of the Spiritual Technique.
Jinling City, Prime Minister's Mansion.
Song Qiqiu was a short old man with half-white hair, and after returning from the palace office, he had been holding back his anger and not attacking. After watching his son Song Ran walk in, Song Qiqiu finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "You unscrupulous, kneel down for me!"
Song Ran left from the Weeping Willow Tower, returned to the City Patrol Division to obtain the military talisman arrows from his boss by the order of the prime minister, and then led the men and horses to guard Jinling City, and Li was busy searching for Daoxi and Su Ziqing throughout the day. When he returned home, he wanted to show his wit in front of his father, but what he wanted to greet him was the anger of the old man.
He looked at Song Qiqiu in a daze, not knowing why, "Daddy, did the child do something wrong to make Daddy so angry?"
"Get on your knees!"
Seeing that Song Qiqiu was so serious, Song Ran fell to his knees reluctantly. If the father doesn't make it clear, the child will not be convinced. ”
When Song Qiqiu heard this, he was even more annoyed, and slapped Song Ran with a "snap". "What good things did you do today, you can't be ordered by the Ministry of War, you transfer the people of the City Patrol Division without permission, and you don't have an official letter from the Criminal Department, and you order the Jinling Mansion to arrest key criminals, you think that this Jinling is really your family, so bold and reckless, see if I don't kill you!"
Saying that, Song Qiqiu made a gesture to beat Song Ran again. Song Ran, who was slapped in the face, had palpitations in her heart, and hurriedly defended: "The child acts like this for a reason. ”
"Come. Song Qiqiu knew that his son was not a reckless person, and there must be a reason for acting like this, so he withdrew his hand.
"Daddy," Song Ran raised his head and said, "The child knows that it is a capital crime to transfer the people of the city patrol division without permission, but the matter is urgent, if I let those two people go, my Song family will definitely be in trouble!"
Song Qiqiu frowned, unimpressed. In this Jinling City, although he Song Qiqiu is not covering the sky with one hand, there are really few people who dare to touch him. Emperor Li Yu was obsessed with poetry and ink, and he had no achievements in state affairs, and basically entrusted his ministers to his ministers. And in the imperial court, except for Chen Yuwen, the secretary of the military department, who disagreed with him, the other ministers did not dare to make him an enemy. Now that Chen Yuwen is dead, Song Qiqiu is even more unscrupulous.
Song Ran continued: "When the child was patrolling the city today, he suddenly caught the head of the Jinling Mansion Yaluo and asked for help, saying that there were thieves in the Weeping Willow Building, and asked me to go and suppress it. The boy thought it wasn't a big deal, so he planned to help him. But when he arrived at the Weeping Willow Tower, he Yujian Huaibi Mountain Sankou, and these three people were restrained by a young monk who was skilled in martial arts. ”
Hearing this, Song Qiqiu understood, waved his hand at Song Ran, and signaled that he didn't need to go on. The three Kou of Huaibishan were originally brought out of death row and sent to assassinate Chen Yuwen. Originally, after the good things were done, these three people could not set foot in Jinling again. Now the three of them appeared in Jinling, and were restrained by an unidentified monk. The reason for this is why Song Ran can't think about it too much.
If this monk knew about the relationship between Song Qiqiu and Sankou and only intercepted Sankou, then Song Ran would be forgivable for doing so.
It's stupid to just do that. It is really unwise to arrest people without going through normal procedures, and it will inevitably not make a big fuss in the eyes of people with intentions. Fortunately, now that the whole court is up and down, no one dares to touch their moldy head. Therefore, Song Qiqiu was able to easily suppress the consequences of this incident.