It was said that the King of Qin was discussing with his ministers to send officials from the court to serve as hostages in Chunfeng Tower in exchange for the common people. Someone wanted to seize the hostage spot of Mr. Yu Er's "relative". When everyone saw that this man was wearing a python robe, he was obviously older than the King of Qin.
He was several years old. Several uncles and brothers of King Qin were younger than him, and they all speculated who he was.
Eunuch Li said with tears in his eyes: "Since the prince spares no expense for his life, I will accompany you for a while." Then he said to King Qin, "Your Majesty, let me leave that chamberlain to you as a servant."
Mr. Cui sighed and said to the ministers, "This is King Zhao, who is thousands of years old." Everyone was shocked: When did King Zhao come to Chang'an?
King Zhao smiled and said: "I am born to be bold and love to try new things. I have never been a hostage in my life, so I might as well give it a try."
King Qin hesitated and said: "If there are three long and two shortcomings..."
King Zhao said: "If King Gu doesn't go, it's hard to say whether he will break up the vote. If King Gu goes, everything will be fine. They won't be stupid enough to offend the Federation and the State of Zhao."
Mr. Cui said from the side: "Your Majesty, you must not take it lightly. The thieves are not afraid of offending the court."
King Zhao suddenly said proudly: "Thieves? How did the thieves get such good firearms? Didn't you listen to what the general just said? The kidnappers are like elite soldiers." He shook his head, and it was written all over his face: None of you expected this.
In one section, only the lonely king thought of it. The lonely king is so smart! "Anyway, I am suspicious of Shu, which is closest to Qin and has money to take advantage of the neighbors next door. Other countries are poorer."
The King of Qin was shocked: "Why is Shu disturbing Qin?"
King Zhao shrugged: "I don't know. Anyway, I don't have good intentions."
Zhu Wei, the elder, flashed out from the crowd and said: "According to the confession of the shopkeeper of Fuyuntang, in addition to the documents, there should be a lot of money in the safe; there is also a secret room to hide money in Fengci Nunnery. However, all the money is missing. Everyone is talking
There aren't many valuables either. Wei Chen originally thought that this man had already absconded with the money, but unexpectedly he jumped out and robbed the brothel again."
Zhu Tong said: "Uncle, didn't you say that the shopkeeper was really hired by Bi Da? They arranged for Xia Kui to go to Fuyuntang to kill people. They clearly abandoned the shopkeeper as an abandoned son. Why did they suddenly cause such a big commotion?
Come to rescue?”
Zhu Wei stroked his beard and said: "I also feel that the shopkeeper seems to be an abandoned son. Not only the shopkeeper, but also the entire Fuyuntang."
Mr. Cui thought for a moment, clapped his hands and said "Oh!". Then he leaned close to King Qin and whispered: "Your Majesty, the more I think about it, the more strange I feel. Bi Da is just the boss of Fuyuntang on the surface, but behind the scenes..." He paused.
He paused, "According to the three books that Eunuch Li found from Fengci'an, he must be someone who is very familiar with the prince, the queen mother, and the king and queen mother."
King Qin laughed and said: "Isn't it just Gu Na's good uncle? You don't need scorpions to sting you. Fuyuntang's gambling game didn't involve Gu's two uncles, but he didn't get half of it. Fengci'an also hit Gu Wang.
The name of the mother-in-law."
Mr. Cui lowered his head and said: "Wei Chen thought the same thing as Mr. Zhu Wei at first. The prince was anxious to urge Mr. Zhu Tong to become an official. Zhu Tong had been the prime minister of Lu for many years, and the national policy of the Lu State was similar to that of Prime Minister Liu Feng. Once he became an official, his taxes would
The reason for the sharp decline cannot be concealed, and Fuyuntang will have to let him find out sooner or later. Bi Da will most likely be thrown out to take the blame."
King Qin heard this and said, "That's why he arranged for Xia Kui to kill a substitute so that the golden cicada could escape."
Mr. Cui said: "In Fengci Nunnery, the old lady is still leading the young ladies to learn Buddhism, but the money in the secret room has disappeared. This is probably because Bidana was not sure that the court could find it there. Eunuch Li and the others were there at first.
After wandering around Qinghua Mountain for a whole day, no one even knows what is drawn on the map at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. If it is not found, Bi Da can still collect more money. Tens of thousands of taels per person."
King Qin nodded: "They keep it secret, so they are inevitably lucky."
"If Bi Daruo just disappeared and ran away with the money, the above guess is correct." Mr. Cui said, "But now he suddenly robbed a brothel to replace his accomplices in prison. If he wanted to hijack the people, why did he choose
A kiln? Wouldn't a teahouse or a tavern be better? Most of the kilns are made up of dandy boys, so they are not that valuable." King Qin thought thoughtfully. Mr. Cui lowered his voice even more, "Chunfeng Tower was originally the property of the late prince, and there are many in the building.
The court worked carefully. No one else knew about this, but Mr. Cai Guohou knew it. Then General Bi let everyone else go, except the old bustard and the poetic prostitute Mei Mei. Mei Mei played an important role in the inner guard and was as smart as a think tank.
"Character." King Qin's expression jumped. Mr. Cui continued, "Cai Guohou's imprisonment has nothing to do with Fuyuntang or Fengci Nunnery. It was Zhu Tong who found a box of rouge, and Fang followed the clues and found Le Lan. Le Lan was there again.
Leading out Cai Guohou. This is really a coincidence. Apart from other things, the Rouge Shop records the sales days, which is not available in other stores. As long as there is no coincidence, both Le and Cai are safe and sound. Who would have thought that Cao Empress would do this?
What about having an affair with someone? Prince, think about it, is it right?"
When King Qin thought about it, he couldn't help but nodded: "That's true." Then he raised his ears and waited for Mr. Cui to continue. Unexpectedly, Mr. Cui suddenly shut up. When King Qin saw him, he looked at his nose, nose, and heart, and stood with his hands down, as if he had finished speaking.
The King of Qin took a sharp breath: Bi Da has elite soldiers, and he is afraid that he will do something for other countries. If Cai Guo, Hou Lelan, and Hou Lelan all rebelled against the country... He blurted out, "What do they want to do? They are trying to plot against our Qin country."
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Mr. Cui said: "My lord, think about it. One is civil, one is military, one is a family member, one is a servant, and one is investigating the case. The old bachelor Zhu Tong. Le is a lot of years old. In the cold weather, children jump out and compete to be hostages. I don't have the ability to do this on a daily basis."
I feel that his old man values the people so much. If there is no King Zhao, he will probably have to invite one of the two uncles Heping. No matter which one is invited, as King Zhao said, he will do whatever he wants in the future.
Your Majesty, there is nothing you can do. Your Majesty, they sent people out to say that before changing the hostages, a pigeon flew out of Chunfeng Tower." King Qin unconsciously glanced at Ding Bozhang, the imperial censor. Mr. Cui immediately said, "Master Ding... uh
, there is another reason.”
"What's the reason?"
Mr. Cui motioned to the people around him to stay away and whispered a few words into King Qin's ear. King Qin was surprised. Mr. Cui said: "It's a long story. I'll tell you in detail."
King Qin nodded. Thinking about it again, his scalp went numb. He sighed softly: "That's it."
Since Bi Da was leading the country carefully, the King of Qin became more courageous. He sent the imperial censor Ding Bozhang, the commander-in-chief He Yun, the eunuch Li Eunuch, and the political counselor Zhu Tong, and invited King Zhao to go to Chunfeng Tower to exchange for the dandy.
Gentlemen.
The five were escorted by officers and soldiers and rode on horses all the way from Prince Qin's Mansion to Chunfeng Tower. When the guests heard that the imperial court had indeed sent high officials to replace them, they immediately cheered and praised: "Your Majesty is a thousand years old -"
Ding Bozhang walked in the front, raised his hands to meet Bi Daguan and said loudly: "I will come to exchange for the people as promised."
Officer Bi narrowed his eyes and looked at these five people for a moment, then said in return: "May I ask who the five of you are?"
Zhu Tong walked out from behind and bowed: "I am Zhu Tong."
Official Bi said with a smile: "I guessed it." He bowed in return.
Zhu Tong then introduced the three men, Ding He and Li, one by one. Official Bi just held his hands casually, keeping his eyes on the man in the python robe. Finally, Zhu Tong pointed at King Zhao and said, "This is King Zhao, who is thousands of years old."
The whole hall was shocked. Official Bi was also dumbfounded: "Who?!"
King Zhao generously took out the golden seal from his arms and showed it to him: "Here, it's fake. If this strong man, the lonely king, has three advantages and two disadvantages, it will not only be the trouble of Qin and Zhao, but also the whole of China.
The Federation will have to cause trouble for your country."
Bi Daguan still didn't believe it and personally inspected the gold seal. "Why is this... prince in Chang'an?"
King Zhao said with a smile: "I knew you would ask, and King Qin's younger brother also asked for a long time. King Gu is here to travel. King Gu is really here to travel. Because Queen Gu's mother read a commentary, "The Strange News of Ruixue Chang'an"
"Record", I was very curious about how Chang'an celebrates the New Year, but there are really those fox monsters and ghosts haunting it. We, my mother-in-law, came all the way to Chang'an to celebrate the New Year. Now that we are here, we have to say hello to King Qin's brother, right? He is a landlord, so when I meet him,
It's easy to find him to lend a hand. When spring comes next year, the two of us will go to your country to play. Then we will also disturb your prince's party. Do you have any delicious folk snacks there?"
Bi Daguan looked embarrassed and said with a forced smile: "We have a lot of delicious food there, the prince will definitely like it."
King Zhao was very interested: "How many things can you introduce?"
A man next to Bi Daguan coughed twice: "Of course you will know when the prince is gone."
King Zhao laughed loudly, pointed at him and said, "What a thief, good boy! The lonely king almost succeeded."
Zhu Tong said with a smile: "Bi Daguan is indeed a craftsman from other countries."
Official Bi suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is so cunning." King Zhao's eyebrows were full of joy.
When everyone came, it was natural to exchange hostages. The dandy men didn't care about their dignity. When they heard that they were being let go, they immediately ran away in fright.
In Chunfeng Tower, only five hostages were left face to face with the robbers. The old madam rushed forward and poured tea diligently. Ding Bo Zhangnai asked: "Master Bi, who do you want to replace? Can you make a list?"
Bi Daguan smiled and said: "There is no rush. I will bother you all to go see the scenery tomorrow. I will discuss with you about hiring someone when I come back."
Zhu Tong said: "If you do this, everything will be fine tonight?" He smiled and said, "It's a shame that Bi Daguan let all the fans go. Otherwise, I may not be able to explain it clearly to my wife."
Bi Daguan smiled and said: "Master Zhu has left the state of Lu, why are you still afraid of his own country?"
Zhu Tong said seriously: "It's not that I'm afraid of my wife, but I love my wife and I don't want her to be in a bad mood."
Official Bi was noncommittal and turned around to tell the madam to find five houses connected together to accommodate them.
Once the arrangements were completed, Madam Mei and Madam Mei each took tea trays and sent them to everyone's room. Madam Mei smiled and said to Old Madam: "I have worked very hard today, and I only sent two young guests. Those three troublesome mothers
Already."
The old madam said "Ouch": "King Zhao is just paying it back. Didn't you hear what Mr. Zhu just said? I'm afraid that my wife is too worried."
Girl Mei smiled sweetly: "Wouldn't that be more interesting?" She rolled up her sleeves and walked away gracefully.
Your Excellencies, you must ask Miss Mei and the Madam Madam about what happened in the building. They both answered carefully, and the kidnappers who followed did not stop them.
After the tea was delivered, the door of Zhu Tong's room rang twice. Zhu Tong shouted "come in" from inside. He saw Bi Daguan standing at the door with a solemn expression. Zhu Tong smiled and said: "I knew Bi Daguan would come."
Official Bi raised his eyebrows: "How did Mr. Zhu guess it?"
Zhu Tong said with a smile on his face: "Anything like civil service, military affairs, family members and servants are all just a cover for me. Official Bi wants to get his colleagues back, so he can just exchange them for these prostitutes, but he has to worry about changing them." What do you do? I just want to see my officer before I leave and ask him how he lost."
Bi Daguan said: "This idea came from you, Miss Mei."
Zhu Tong crossed his legs and said, "Don't blame Miss Mei. She is a hostage and you are a kidnapper. She is a prostitute and you are a man. How can you still listen to her? Besides, it is the cheapest for the five of us to live in the same room. After all, The high official gave me five rooms, don't you want to talk to me alone so that no one else can hear you?"
Official Bi smiled and said: "Master Zhu is well-deserved, and I can't hide everything from you. Yes, I really don't understand some things."
Zhu Tong raised the tea cup and took a sip. "Please tell me."
Official Bi thought to himself, "May I ask Master Zhu, that day when you and the King of Qin were out wandering around, you came across the Fuyuntang murder case. Is it really a chance encounter?"
Zhu Tong said: "We really met by chance." He thought for a long time, "That day... a retainer from my uncle Guo came to persuade me to become an official. I didn't want to. But what the retainer said was clearly trying to persuade me to become an official. , every sentence expressed the hope that I would not become an official. I had heard that Uncle Guo had done nothing good, so I naturally hoped that everyone in the court would be a good person, and that he would do whatever he wanted at his own convenience. I suddenly got nervous. . He didn’t want me to become an official, but I wanted to! So I asked the prince for an official position.”
Official Bi was stunned for a long time: "Is it because of this?"
"Well." Zhu Tong thought for a while, "Unexpectedly, the prince was impatient, and he ran to my uncle's Yamen not long after. I then thought about taking him for a walk on the street and letting him see the cheapest prices on the market. What’s the price of the rice cloth?”
"Why go to Tongling Street?"
"I asked a guard where the excitement was in Chang'an City."
"Which guard?"
"How do I know? I don't recognize him."
Official Bi was stunned again, and he couldn't tell what kind of expression he had on his face. After a while, he said again: "Master Zhu, do you still remember Bai Lan, the oiran from Baihua Tower?"
"I remember," Zhu Tong said, "she came to look for me once. It was Miss Mei from Chunfeng Tower who recommended me to her, saying that I was a sensible person. I then suggested that she go to Ping'an Prefecture or the capital to buy one. identity, and then move out of her man’s house and make an outer room.”
Official Bi looked at him: "Master Zhu, do you know that it was not Bai Lan who died?"
"I have already met Zhen Bailan, so I naturally know that it is not Bailan who died." Zhu Tong asked, "Speaking of which, who is that woman?"
Official Bi frowned: "Master Zhu, don't you know who died?"
"I don't know." Zhu Tong said, "I have never found out."
Officer Bi unconsciously sat up straight: "Did you find out during the autopsy?"
Zhu Tong asked curiously: "An autopsy can only reveal the manner of death, but where can one find out his identity?"
"Where's the body?"
"It's stored in the Yamen ice cellar."
Official Bi stood up excitedly: "Is the body still in the prefect's Yamen?"
"Yes!" Zhu Tong said, "No one came to identify the body, and the case has not been closed. Where else can the body be? Where does Bi Daguan think it is?"
Bi Daguan took a deep breath and asked after a while: "Master Zhu, does he know who Master Hui Ban is?"
Zhu Tong thought for a while: "Isn't she the sister-in-law who wrote the Diamond Sutra for the Queen Mother? I heard my wife mentioned it. What does it have to do with her?"
Official Bi looked at Zhu Tong carefully for half a day, and saw that her expression was calm and not fake, and her back suddenly felt cold. After a long time, she asked again: "Master Zhu really doesn't recognize her?"
Zhu Tong said: "I heard that she has got a noble son-in-law, who belongs to the royal family of Jin Dynasty. What's wrong with this girl?"
Bi Daguan shook his head, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, Bi Daguan came back to his senses and saw Zhu Tongzheng staring at him, so he asked again: "I don't know why Master Lelan was imprisoned."
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Zhu Tong couldn't hide his emotion: "Master Le probably never dreamed that he would fold it on a box of rouge." Then he told them how they followed the rouge to find out the young boy Le Lan.
Bi Daguan was dumbfounded, sometimes angry, sometimes impressed, and murmured: "God's will... God's will is like this."