Looking at the closed inner city gate not far away, shrouded in night, Shen Lie also felt worried. It was fine when he came, but now he can't get out.
It seems that we can only spend the night in the inner city tonight.
Looking at Feng Bao who was a little tired, Shen Lie hurriedly stepped forward and said softly: "Mr. Feng's matters are important, so just leave."
Now we have finished visiting the kilns.
It's time to leave.
Shen Lie is a person who knows how to advance and retreat. He is thinking in his heart that he can't follow Feng Bao to Xiyuan to spend the night. Where is Xiyuan?
It used to be a royal garden. Although it was later abandoned, the people who lived in that area were rich and noble, so it was definitely not accessible to ordinary people.
Shen Lie didn't want to trouble Feng Bao, so he clasped his fists and said, "The villain and Mr. Feng will say goodbye... The villain will just find an inn to deal with him for the night."
There are also some inns in the inner city, where officials or their families who come to Beijing on business stay, and the prices are not cheap.
Feng Bao looked at his sensible look, thought for a while, and then said kindly: "It's so easy to find an inn in the inner city. It must be full at this time, so you can come with me."
Shen Lie couldn't refuse, so he smiled and said, "Yes."
So Shen Lie and Feng Bao followed closely behind the Dongchang stall owners, carrying the drunk Mr. Zhen, and hurried towards Xiyuan.
Walk through quiet streets.
The group of people walked for half an hour before they saw a slightly withered royal garden appearing in front of them under the bright moonlight.
Look at the hazy shadows of the buildings in the moonlight.
Shen Lie could not help but admire. In this life, he had finally seen the original appearance of the Forbidden City. Strictly speaking, this was not the Forbidden City, but a garden built outside the palace.
This place is much grander than that of later generations, so who ordered the construction of Xiyuan?
Zhu Houzhao, Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty.
As Shen Lie walked into the increasingly deserted royal garden, he couldn't help but think about Emperor Wuzong.
That man...
It’s so miserable to be in a literary prison caused by boar skin!
According to Ye Bo Pixiu's Ming History, it is said that Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty was naughty since he was a child and indulged in fighting cocks and running dogs, riding horses and archery every day.
Is this also called naughty?
It may not be true that cockfighting and lackeys are true, but if someone who likes horseback riding and archery is a fool, then what is the Manchu emperor who kept saying that horseback riding and archery was the foundation of the country?
The History of the Ming Dynasty also said that Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty did not do his job properly. He studied foreign languages when he had nothing to do, and he was proficient in Sanskrit and Arabic.
This is even more strange.
Is it wrong for the emperor to take the initiative to learn foreign languages and want to open his eyes to see the world?
What is the Manchu emperor who closed his country to the outside world?
Think about this.
Shen Lie smiled coldly in his heart, and as he walked, he murmured in his heart, what else was there in the Ming Dynasty, saying that Emperor Wuzong asked the eunuch Liu Jin to build the Xiyuan and built a leopard house in it.
This leopard room is amazing. Emperor Wu Zong kept some common women and beauties in it as livestock. Could a normal person do such a thing?
Another half hour later.
Shen Lie followed Feng Bao into a courtyard outside Xiyuan. As a fan opened the door, the dust fell in a puff.
Shen Lie quickly covered his mouth and nose, waved his hand, looked at the withered royal garden, and couldn't help but shook his head, this place...
It's too broken.
It turns out that a royal garden turned into this ghostly state under the criticism of Yushi Qingliu.
At this time, the night was as quiet as water.
The group passed the tall garden gate and walked along the dilapidated corridor to a row of houses. The guard who was dozing not far away was awakened and let out a low shout.
"who!"
Noisy footsteps sounded in the darkness, and more than a dozen guards swarmed over. Soon, several more lanterns were lit, shining on the group of people.
The Dongchang stall owner who was walking in front shouted dissatisfiedly: "Are you blind?"
A small flag officer of the Imperial Guard saw clearly the stall and Eunuch Feng walking behind, and was startled on the spot.
"Put it away guys!"
The little flag official scolded him a few times, then hurriedly came over with a smile of apology: "Hey, Eunuch Feng, where did you come from?"
Feng Bao nodded.
So amid the commotion, the guards quickly moved out of the way and surrounded the crowd towards the row of large blue brick houses at the outermost edge of the garden.
As the flickering candlelight lit up, several people from Dongchang carried Mr. Zhen into a bedroom, looked for water and bedding, and took care of the young master.
Shen Lie followed Feng Bao into the penthouse and watched Feng Bao sit down on the bare fire bed, frowning and patting his sore calf.
It was already midnight.
Under the candlelight, Feng Bao couldn't hide his tiredness. Shen Lie also felt a little tired, so he casually pulled over a chair and sat down.
The two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh bitterly. Everyone was tortured by Mr. Zhen today.
Rested in the room for a while.
The Dongchang stall owner walked in from the door and saluted Feng Bao.
Feng Bao asked: "Is the young master asleep?"
The stall owner said hurriedly: "Sleep."
Feng Bao breathed a sigh of relief and said warmly to Shen Lie: "Thanks to you for what happened today, I... accept your love again."
Feng Bao felt lucky that things had come to this point without causing any big trouble, and he looked at Shen Lie with a little more appreciation in his eyes.
Shen Lie was really helpful today.
Naturally, Shen Lie didn't dare to take the credit and said hurriedly: "I don't dare to take it. Eunuch Feng made a serious statement."
Feng Bao nodded, then smiled and said: "I feel sorry for you to stay here all night, and you can leave on your own as soon as daybreak."
Think about it.
Feng Bao said to the stall owner again: "Give him a pass."
The stall owner did not dare to neglect, and quickly took out a waist badge from his pocket, and handed it over respectfully. Shen Lie quickly accepted the waist badge.
After watching the two people walk out of the penthouse and closing the door from the outside, he let out a long breath and sat down on the bare kang.
"Oh, I'll go."
Shen Lie muttered as he took off his high-soled boots and pinched his sore toes. He was really tired from the whole night.
As a wave of sleepiness hit him, Shen Lie lay down with his clothes on in an abandoned house outside Xiyuan. The weather was not cold, but...
Shen Lie lay on the kang and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. He finally managed to stay up until it was slightly light, and then he hurriedly got up.
After getting off the ground and putting on his clothes, Shen Lie opened the window a crack and looked outside.
It was too late when I arrived yesterday, so I couldn't see clearly. At this moment, a ray of dawn appeared on the horizon, allowing Shen Lie to see the entire Xiyuan clearly.
Look around.
Not far away is a huge artificial lake, which looks sparkling in the morning light. There is a pavilion in the middle of the lake, boats beside the lake, and huge rockeries and strange rocks.
This sight made Shen Lie's eyes light up, and he remembered the ruins of the Summer Palace that he had visited. Compared with the Summer Palace, there were not so many gorgeous buildings here.
Rather, the scenery is beautiful and the beauty of nature is admired.
But looking around...
It is a royal garden.
The leopard room, which was said to have harmed countless women from good families, was actually a royal zoo, and the animals kept in it were actually only rare and exotic animals brought as tribute from foreign countries.
How do you say this? If the Ming Dynasty does not build a garden to raise the tigers, elephants, and leopards that the vassal states pay tribute to, is it possible that they can still be killed and eaten for meat?
Thinking of the stinking history of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Lie couldn't help but shook his head again.
