Chapter 99: A disabled building supports disabled people
Sunset dusk.
The imperial city's lanterns are lit at first, and the night is brightly lit.
Every household lit a pair of red lanterns in front of the door and pasted red couplets, beaming with joy.
After Zheng Xiu alarmed the crows in the city with his behavior, the three princes returned to the palace with different thoughts.
But when they returned to their respective dormitories, there was a small piece of letter stuck in the crack of the door.
The letterhead is in red, just like an invitation.
On the letterheads of the three princes, the same line of words was written on the cover - "Invitation to the Zheng Family Reunion Banquet".
Signed: Zhongliehou Zhengxiu.
…
The sky is reflecting the clouds, with only a glimmer of light remaining.
Night fell in a blink of an eye.
The lanterns and bright fires illuminate the imperial city in a golden light. Looking down from a high place, it looks like a prosperous scene of singing and dancing.
A shabby-dressed wanderer, holding a thin horse with his bamboo hat held down, holding a cane in his hand and tapping the ground, came from the south, walked along the official road, and approached the city gate.
The skinny horse carried two bags of luggage on its back, as well as a birdcage. In the birdcage was a bird with dull hair, which seemed to be dying and motionless.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Colorful fireworks shot up into the sky, and people cheered from the city.
From time to time, some people can't help but set off fireworks in the sky to warm up the "fireworks show" at Zishi.
The sound of gongs and drums.
The music is melodious.
The fireworks are banging, the snow is falling, the crowds are clattering, the children are babbling, the wind is whistling, and different voices are noisy in the city, like a lively happy song.
“It’s so lively!”
The wanderer held his bamboo hat, raised his head, and followed the sound to "look" towards the place where the fireworks were flourishing.
The bird in the cage weakly raised its head and looked at the fireworks in the sky, its dark eyes brightening slightly.
"What beautiful fireworks."
The young man seemed to see the fireworks blooming.
In front of the north gate, the gatekeeper was wearing armor and noticed this down-and-out man holding a skinny horse.
Two soldiers came to investigate, and the young man raised his head, revealing his face covered with burn scars.
The young man's eyes were white and his pupils were dark, and he was obviously blind.
The scars on his face spread from his forehead to his face and neck. There was not much intact skin. But when the two soldiers looked at the straight nose and lips, they could vaguely see that the blind young man should have been a man before he was injured.
A handsome man with clear features and beautiful eyes.
"Another poor man."
"What are you doing in town?"
The bird in the cage became dying again, lowered its head and breathed weakly.
The young man bowed his hands to the gatekeeper, turned to the two of them following the sound, and said loudly: "Are you two officials in the city?"
"Sergeant Shenwu, Xiang Wanbing, is on duty tonight."
The two stretched out their hands to wave in front of the young man's eyes. After confirming that the other party could not see him, one of the soldiers said in a deep voice.
"It turns out to be the famous Shenwu Army! I come from the south, my surname is Chen, my name is Chen Wei. Unfortunately, my family suffered a fire, and I am now helpless. I have a skill, I can speak three or two books, and I know something.
I want to beg for food at the feet of the emperor by using the magic of touching bones. I hope you will show me a way out."
"Haha, what do you think, do you think we will stop you? This is the emperor's feet, a prosperous and powerful place." The two soldiers were amused by the young man's words, and briefly checked the luggage behind the young man, which contained some scattered items and food.
The old clothes were no different, so the young man was released into the city.
Only merchants need to pay goods tax when passing through, ordinary people do not.
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"
The young man bent over and thanked him solemnly, then led the thin horse into the city with a stick.
On the city wall, there were a few fewer ravens today than in the past. The Zheng family had been shocked during the day. The two soldiers glanced at the top of the wall and saw that the ravens had no strange reaction, so they nodded secretly and returned to the city wall.
in your own position.
The gatekeeper informed the young man in a friendly manner that if he slept on the street on a winter night, he would not survive till dawn. If he had no place to stay, he could stay overnight at the Dali Temple three miles outside the city.
"The Dali Temple was renovated at the expense of the Zheng family. If you are hungry, you will have rice porridge to drink and a kang to warm yourself by the fire. You will not starve to death or freeze to death. However, you must not stay there for more than ten days, lest other homeless beggars will not be able to live there."
Speaking of the two gatekeepers of the Zheng family, they had to secretly give a thumbs up to the richest man, Zheng. If the Zheng family had not contributed money to do good deeds, how many people would freeze to death on the streets every winter.
"Zheng family...Zheng."
The young man whispered. What the two sergeants did not notice was that when the blind young man led the horse into the city, the back of the desolate figure straightened up and straightened up.
At the alley where no one was paying attention, the young man opened the bird cage. The bird in the cage that was supposed to be dying suddenly flapped its wings and flew high into the sky. The bird was seen in mid-air, its hair gradually turning black, and in the blink of an eye it was like the bird in the air.
The ravens are exactly the same, blending into the ravens, unable to distinguish one from the other.
"Go ahead and be careful."
The blind young man kept his thin horse at the inn next to the city gate. After waiting for a while, a seemingly ordinary carriage stopped in front of the young man.
"The disabled building supports disabled people."
The driver drove up to the blind young man, lowered his voice and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"Hemoptysis and weeping until dawn."
"Please get in the car. My master will be waiting for you."
"Thank you."
"The city is full of spies, so it's not a good time to talk about things."
"I know."
The blind wanderer smiled and got on the carriage. In a blink of an eye, the carriage left the city again, passed by the two soldiers on duty, and disappeared into the vast night.
…
Deep inside the palace.
The Imperial Study Room.
Wei Yangzun was lowering his head to review the memorial.
The candlelight on the table swayed calmly, and Wei Yangzun said without raising his head, "Come in."
A masked man in black pushed open the imperial study and knelt in front of the emperor.
Low-ranking officials only know that the government of Daqian is divided into six departments, which are under the jurisdiction of the left and right prime ministers respectively.
The higher the rank is, to Jiang Gaoyi's level, or someone within the sect will know about Ye Weiyang's existence.
In addition to the six departments and Ye Weiyang, there is also a "secret department", which only the prince, the prime minister and a few people know about.
The so-called secret bureaucracy means running around at night and doing secret things.
The men in black from the Secret Service knelt before the emperor and truthfully reported the commotion that occurred during the day and the three princes' outings.
The Emperor paused with his pen, and soon replaced it with another memorial.
"I tell you, Your Majesty, there is something else."
Members of the Secret Service told the truth about the fact that the Zheng family sent people to deliver reunion banquet invitations to the desks of the three princes.
"oh?"
Wei Yangzun, who had been lowering his head while reviewing the memorial, finally stopped what he was doing and became interested.
"But the legendary 'Brotherhood' of the Zheng family?"
"My subordinates have never seen the 'Brotherhood' with their own eyes, but based on the Secret Service documents, it must be 'them'."
"You actually let them in?"
The man in black shook his head. Behind the mask, the man looked strange and told the truth about the situation.
"My subordinate was on duty outside the Qianming Palace at that time, and someone..." The Secret Service's eyes became a little angry: "I patted my shoulder from behind."
When Wei Yangzun heard this, he frowned and straightened his back.
"He said that he sent a message to the three princes on behalf of Marquis Zhonglie. He also said that Mr. Zheng abides by the law and will never exceed it. Those three invitations to the reunion banquet were sent by his subordinates in person."
"Hahahaha - a good person who abides by the law will never exceed it!"
Wei Yangzun's slightly frowned brows suddenly relaxed, he laughed loudly, and slapped the desk hard with a loud bang.
The man in black was still kneeling and motionless.
After laughing for a while, Wei Yangzun nodded slightly, put away his smile, and asked: "In your opinion, how about the brotherhood of Marquis Zhonglie?"
The man in black was silent for a moment and said: "He appears and appears everywhere."
"Oh, he's so elusive...step back."
"yes."
He didn't know why Wei Yangzun was laughing, and he didn't know what Wei Yangzun thought of the Zheng family. But that was the job of their secret department. They were only responsible for hiding their work in secrecy and never asked too many questions. The more they knew, the less likely they would be.
benefit.
After the Secret Service left, the flickering candlelight returned to calm.
The lonely smoke of sandalwood burns straight up.
Wei Yangzun faced the wall. On the wall was a piece of calligraphy written by him himself, with four words written on it - "Benevolence governs the world."
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