Chapter 20: The Inner Courtyard of the Palace
After the master and apprentice came out of Liaoyang, they rushed to Yanjing. Today's Pan Cheng'er has been learning art with Ouyang Wugui for three years, he is talented and intelligent, and he has already memorized many exercises. It's just that he is still young, his cultivation is still shallow, and he can't reach the sea in the clouds like Ouyang Wugui, and the two worlds of yin and yang come and go freely, but it is not difficult to follow the master and slowly climb the clouds.
The two of them lifted their breath and took off in the air, and within half a day, they had already arrived at the mansion of Yanjing. Yanjing is the capital of the Jin Kingdom, although it is not as prosperous as Lin'an City, singing and dancing, but after all, it is full of people, and the river is endless. The master and apprentice pressed the clouds outside the city, and saw that there was a sentry at the gate of the city guarding the passerby, searching passers-by. Ouyang Wu said in his heart: "It seems that what the scholar said is true, and there will be a big move in the Jin Kingdom in the near future, so it is better to be careful." "He has stunts with him, but after all, he is not a god, if he really makes a move, he can only be stretched thin among thousands of troops.
Thinking of countermeasures at the moment, he went to the gate of the city. When they arrived at the gate of the city, two golden soldiers stepped forward to stop them and said, "Who is it, where is it?" Ouyang Wu Ghost smiled and said: "Official, I am Jianghu Langzhong, this time I brought my little apprentice out to see the world, I heard that there are many Chinese medicinal materials in the capital, and the medicinal properties are wonderful, come and take a look~" The soldier said: "Now the whole city is on alert, there will be a big event in the near future, where do you come from, where do you come from, where do you go back!" Ouyang Wu Ghost grinned, took out two ingots of silver from his arms, secretly stuffed them into the hands of the officers and soldiers, and whispered: " My prefect got up early and stood guard in the dark, and worked tirelessly to protect the peace and prosperity of my Dajin, this is a little bit of filial piety to the two masters, no more or less, the two masters took it to buy some wine to eat~" When the officers and soldiers saw the silver, their eyes lit up. The soldier does not make money, even if it is the head of the patrol, the monthly salary is only three coins of silver, these two people saw the two ingots of silver, it is very weighty in their hands, there are more than 20 taels, the heart is full of joy at the moment, the joy is overflowing on the outside, and hurriedly said: "Where is the word ~ brother is polite!" said that one of them quickly took the silver, looked left and right, hurriedly put it in his arms, and continued: "Protecting the family and defending the country is our duty as soldiers, brother is so polite, can teach us to be very embarrassed~" Although he said it, he had already stuffed the money tightly. Ouyang Wu said with a smile: "Hey, the official is serious, how can you compare to the hard work of guarding the city gate with a small amount of money?" the two nodded with a smile. Ouyang Wu Ghost looked at the city and said, "Then you still have to bother the two big brothers to make it convenient, right?" The two of them rushed to reach out and invite Ouyang Wu Ghost Master and apprentice inside.
When he entered the city gate, one of the officers and soldiers said, "Brother, I only told you that you are a good person." Spend a few days in the city, and then leave, and don't make trouble, lest you be arrested as a rebel. Ouyang Wugui said: "Rebels?" The officer and soldier said, "Yes, I shouldn't have told you." In the near future, Wanyan Liang, the king of Hailing, wanted to personally lead his troops to attack the Great Song Dynasty, but there were people in the court who opposed this matter and argued, so the person put the current saint under house arrest. Recently, I heard that this minister still has a fellow party in another country, and is planning to enter the palace to rescue him, but the news has somehow reached the ears of the emperor, so he set up checkpoints here to strictly investigate the people passing by. Ouyang Wugui sighed and said: "It turns out that it is like a material~ Brother Xie told each other that the younger brother should be cautious in his words and deeds, and dare not be sloppy." When he sees each other one day, he must drink with the two of them. The two of them arched their hands and said, "Definitely." By all means~"
As they spoke, the two of them entered the city, and saw the occasional officers and soldiers in the streets, and knew that what the guards were saying was true. Pan Cheng'er said to Ouyang Wugui: "Master, have you seen it? This emperor is really extremely cowardly, and the minister is just against him attacking the Great Song Dynasty, so he puts people under house arrest, and he is worried that he has martial law in the whole city with his comrades, which is really ridiculous." Ouyang Wu said with a smile: "Presumably he was scared by Yue Pengju, and said that the minister was very likely to be an undercover agent of the Song Dynasty, so he would be so careful with him." Pan Cheng'er couldn't help but be fascinated and said: "Grandpa Yue Fei's courage is really unparalleled in the world, and these bad guys are terrified of him." Ouyang Wugui sighed and said: "Yes, Yue Wumu King is a single person, loyal and unparalleled, but it's a pity that God is jealous of talents..."
Ouyang Wugui placed Pan Cheng'er in an inn, and went to the inner courtyard of the palace alone to investigate, Pan Cheng'er originally had to stick to Ouyang Wu'er to go with him, Ouyang Wugui smiled: "You are still young, the palace is not as good as the city gate, there are heavy guards, I will inevitably take care of you when I take you with you, but I can't turn around as a teacher." Pan Cheng'er said: "Who wants to take care of them, they are my opponents, if you dare to stop me, I will palm one by one, let them all be ghosts!" Ouyang Wu Ghost smiled: "The tone is not small~ Okay, you eat some snacks here, I will come back in a while, and when you steal the jade seal at night, let you do it." Pan Cheng'er was overjoyed, nodded and agreed.
Ouyang Wu ghost walked to the vicinity of the palace, saw the heavy guard at the gate of the imperial city, did not dare to linger, tiptoed to sneak, came to the palace courtyard wall, saw that the courtyard wall was painted with vermilion paint, it looked very majestic, the city wall was very high, four or five zhang, smooth and abnormal, the ape could not climb yet. But what's so difficult about Ouyang Wugui? At the moment, he stepped a little more casually, his body was more than two feet high, and he kicked his feet on the city wall indiscriminately, and then climbed to the top of the wall.
Ouyang Wu Ghost stood at the top of the city wall and looked into the distance, only to see the houses in the palace row upon row, the deployment was very exquisite, and there was a large hall in the distance, magnificent, magnificent, presumably the main hall of the palace. Look at the big hall again, the glazed tiles on the roof under the sun are shining dazzlingly, surrounded by ancient trees, green trees, red walls and yellow tiles, not very splendid.
Ouyang Wu Ghost turned over and got off the wall, dodging left and right in the courtyard, avoiding the patrolling officers and soldiers, and probing the road deployment in the palace.
From time to time to come to a courtyard, although not as magnificent as the main hall, but not much, just a little more elegant, not as solemn as the main hall, the main entrance is written: Nourishing the heart of the palace.
Ouyang Wu Ghost concealed his figure, stepped forward quietly, went around to the side of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and saw through the window that there was a rare person in very gorgeous clothes eating inside, and a group of eunuchs and palace maids around him were serving. Ouyang Wu said in his heart, it is noon now, presumably this is the emperor Lao'er, it seems that this heart palace is a place to eat.
It's just that the window is covered with light veil, and the inside is not very clear. Ouyang Wu Ghost looked around, and saw that there was a ventilation window under the eaves directly behind the Heart Cultivation Palace, but there was no cover, and the terrain was very high, so as not to attract people's eyes, and immediately his body was in the air, floating to the high window, leaning on a wooden shelf under the eaves, and looking inside.
I saw that the king of Hailing, Wanyan Liang, was eating and drinking, and on the golden silk nanmu table, amber wine, jasper, golden foot bottle, jade plate, food was picturesque, wine was like a spring, the guqin was strickling, and the bell was dingdong. The hall is surrounded by inverted bell-like flowers, the calyxes are white, with a translucent luster, and the top of the petals is a circle of different shades of lilac, which seems to be dyed like nature.
Ouyang Wu said in his heart: "This old man will really enjoy happiness, and it is not too troublesome to eat so elegantly and quietly~" I was thinking about it in my heart, when I saw a little eunuch coming in from outside the hall, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the east of the palace will stay behind and ask to see." Wan Yan Liang put down the ivory chopsticks in his hand, paused, and said, "I am not feeling well today, you go and tell Wan Yan Yong to tell him to come back another day~" The little eunuch turned around and went down. But after a while, I only heard a majestic and loud voice outside the hall saying: "Your Majesty, the ministers have important matters to discuss, I hope Your Majesty will allow the ministers to enter the palace no matter what, otherwise, Weichen will stand and die in this wind and snow!"
King Hailing was furious, slapped the table heavily and said, "Presumptuous!" then thought about it, sighed, and said extremely reluctantly: "Xuan!"
(The little brother returned late with a hangover with his friends yesterday, and he failed to update it in time, I hope you will forgive me~)