Winter has turned to spring in the south of the Yangtze River, but the ice and snow in the north has not disappeared. The King of Liao has led his son and a group of staff, leaving the capital Shenyang and rushing to Xin'an City, the main city of the territory in Russia. It was already spring when he arrived. The King of Liao did not He was so polite that he directly ordered people to go to the Huifeng Bank to collect the gold. He took out five hundred thousand taels in one go. He never thought that the bank would actually cash it out! Boxes of golden gold bars were so dazzling that the king of Liao could not help but marvel: “Good financial resources and good skills!”
Back at the mansion, the steward brought up a letter, which was delivered by the letter eagle a few days ago, and was an autographed letter from Peter III. The King of Liao was already familiar with Russian, so he opened it and read it. After reading it, he remained silent and handed it to his staff. Direct translation for everyone to listen to.
It turned out that last Christmas, the English King Charles IV sent a very heavy gift to the Russian Tsar, and attached a small card. The card said in both English and Russian: Thank you for the tip, I After seeing this, Peter III was not sure what he meant. It was not until this year that the news reached Russia.
On the night of November 25th last year, all the church leaders in England were arrested by the army overnight, and no one was left. Just like in Russia, only the priests were left. The next day, the king announced the crime of the church: conspiracy. Overthrowing the current monarch, supporting his nephew who was exiled in France to come to power, and leading the British army to participate in the Franco-German War. Instantly, the government and the public were in an uproar. The king did not kill these priests, but locked them all in a manor to learn to respect the royal family, and promised to teach them how to respect the royal family every other day. A photo will be taken of them in half a month and given to their families. As long as they complete their studies and know how to respect the royal family, they will be released. After half a month, every priest has received a photo in his home, and all the priests have their hands on it. Get the latest London Weekly News.
On December 15, ten days before Christmas, all church officials appointed by Charles IV took office. On January 1 this year, the church announced that it would no longer accept donations from believers from now on, and all expenses would be provided by the royal family. Similarly, the church All personnel were appointed by the royal family or officials appointed by the royal family. At this point, the British Church has officially become a subordinate system of the royal family. It eats the food of the royal family and is dispatched by the royal family. The church's control over the British court has been wiped out.
This move was immediately opposed by the churches in various European countries, and the Holy See sent a cardinal archbishop to London to protest fiercely. Charles IV and his wife Liu Mingqiu came to the palace gate to greet him with a smile, and the three of them took a group photo cordially. There were also people on the way into the palace. The photographer followed and took pictures until the formal meeting. Then the king and his wife left the table to rest, and another staff member discussed with the archbishop. The two talked from morning to night, and the archbishop let the Chinese official named Cui do the talking. I was so confused that I didn't know what he was talking about.
The next day, the London Weekly published a special issue, reporting on the cordial meeting between the king and the archbishop. It also said that the archbishop came on behalf of the Holy See to express congratulations to the British royal family and congratulate them for successfully destroying a coup. The hearts of British Catholics healed. After seeing the newspaper, the archbishop was extremely angry and wanted to see the king. But the king was not available. The same aide named Cui saw him and made him dizzy for a whole day. The archbishop never saw the king again. , and left in a daze three days later.
By the time the Tsar wrote to the King of Liao, Spain, Poland and four small principalities had begun to follow the example of Charles IV. The king appointed the head of the church, and the royal family was responsible for church expenditures. The church no longer accepted donations from believers, and the church belonged to All properties must also be taxed. The royal family took advantage of the situation and added tax items.
After listening to the translation, Mr. Lu said with enthusiasm: "In this case, the Western church will withdraw from the political situation."
The King of Liao said: "The king is the king, and the religion is the religion. How can the church interfere with political affairs? This is nonsense."
"Your Majesty, what you said makes sense." Mr. Lu said with a smile, "This trip can be regarded as bringing order to the chaos, which is a great good thing."
Regardless of how the King of Liao and Yan Si planned to buy out the land and split the Russian territory vertically, the Shu Kingdom in the southwest became lively. There were many assassins in the Shu Kingdom, scattered in urban and rural areas, and they lasted for a long time. No matter how strong the bodyguards were, the assassins
They are all stronger. However, those who were assassinated without exception all did evil things, and the people praised them very much.
Three years ago, the assassins began to leave their names. Instead of their first and last names, they left the words "guerrillas". Others didn't know what a guerrilla was, but the government knew. The guerrillas were a group of tough bandits, and the leader's surname was Fang.
, is the granddaughter of Fang Xiong, the military governor of Xian Jiannan. For many years, the officers and soldiers have been trying to exterminate them. However, these people are elite soldiers under Fang Xiong. They don’t know where they got the firearms, and the mountains in Western Shu are steep and rugged, so they are helpless.
Even though assassins have been carrying out assassinations for many years, there is still an endless stream of bullies.
Since the beginning of the year before last, the guerrillas had even announced "unscheduled assassinations." They would post a note in advance, called "Xue Jian." For example, a dandy robbed a shop until his old boss fell seriously ill, so he posted a note first.
Tell me. If my old boss dies, the guerrillas will kill him to pay for it. If he is not dead, please return the shop, pay all the medical expenses, and let the guerrillas let him go. Even though the victim took strict precautions, he didn't give him a Xue note.
Failed. The Shu government was very worried.
At this time, it was spring and Jingming, and the Queen of Shu was sitting in the waterside pavilion in the back garden to take a nap. Suddenly a nun came in in a panic and said: "My queen, something happened."
The queen frowned: "What's the matter?"
"Just now, Uncle Guo sent someone to say...that Mr. Ruan was sent to Xue Jian by the guerrillas."
"Pah!" the queen shouted, "What a bold man!" She thought about it and asked, "What did that boy do?"
Mammy hesitated for a long time before speaking.
Yesterday, the queen's nephew Ruan Sanye went to the church to have a drink. When he came back, he took a look at the beauty of the pipa girl sitting next door and ordered him to follow him to play music. Although there were also princes and grandsons sitting there, I heard that this
He was the queen's nephew, but no one dared to stop him. Unexpectedly, the Pipa girl, Que Lie, climbed up the window sill and said she would rather jump off the building than follow him. At this moment, the official came. It turned out that the Pipa girl was originally from an official family.
Young mistress, her eldest brother-in-law was convicted a few years ago, and her husband's family has not been separated yet, so he was implicated in the marriage. Now that the case has been found out, her eldest brother-in-law is innocent, and Pipa Girl has regained her status as a good citizen. Everyone in the audience clapped their hands when they saw this, and there were two of them.
He came forward and helped the Pipa girl down from the window sill. The Pipa girl looked at Mr. Ruan and proudly held up her hands: "I'm sorry, I, a bitch, will never play the pipa with you, a thief." Others cheered again. Ruan San
The master became so angry that he pulled out the sword from his waist and stabbed it straight into her chest.
Everyone at the table hurriedly sent Pipa Girl to the hospital. The doctor said that the wound stopped just in front of the heart. Fortunately, the murderer's arm was not strong, otherwise the gods could not save her. However, the girl's ribs were broken and she had a high fever. Her life or death was uncertain.
Xue Jian of the guerrillas wrote clearly: If the Pipa girl dies, the murderer will pay with his life.
After hearing this, the queen stumbled: "How ignorant! Since the woman has been innocent, how can we force her again?" She had no choice but to go in, change clothes, and go to her sister's house.
When we arrived at Ruan's house, everything was already in chaos. The queen's sister, Mrs. Ruan, came up to her in tears and said, "Please, sister, please hurry up and ask the doctor from the palace to look at the injury of the pipa player!"
When the queen took a look, Mr. Ruan frowned and shouted: "What does it have to do with me! She is so beautiful, how can she blame me? What kind of good thing can she be in a place like that! She still has face.
To be chaste. I am the queen’s direct nephew..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a "pop" sound, and Ruan Sanye covered his cheeks and shouted "Ouch". When everyone saw, his two brothers had rushed back at some time, and it was the second brother who beat him. Ruan Er
The master pointed at him and said: "I have done wrong things and have not regretted it. Even when I am about to die, I still have the nerve to blame others! The guerrillas are not a yamen, and they will not look at your aunt's face!"
When Mr. Ruan and Mrs. Ruan saw that their sons were back, they felt as if they had a backbone, and hurriedly said: "You two are back! What should we do?"
Uncle Ruan said leisurely: "What should I do? I just have to leave it to fate."
Mrs. Ruan stumbled and said: "They want to kill your own brother! You are just making sarcastic remarks. You should come up with an idea quickly."
Mr. Ruan said, "What ideas do you have? I will stick three sticks of incense in front of the Buddha and pray that the woman will be safe."
Uncle Ruan said: "In a word, he saved himself. He refuses to practice martial arts on weekdays, so his arm strength is weak. If he really practiced martial arts diligently, that grandma would be gone right now, and his little
His life is gone."
"Okay." The queen frowned and said, "Now that the matter has come to this, we can only send more people to take care of her. Where is the woman now?"
Mr. Ruan said: "Auntie, don't be busy. My eldest brother has asked Uncle Cen to invite a doctor from the palace. Uncle Cen also asked for a new medical doctor from Da Jiala." Mrs. Ruan folded her hands and said "Amitabha".
, Mr. Ruan breathed a sigh of relief. Mr. Ruan looked at his father and said, "Even if the person can be rescued, this matter is not over yet." Everyone was stunned.
Uncle Ruan said: "That is Master Mingduan's sister-in-law. Mingduan's wife left early, and my younger brother was a year younger than him. He was raised like a father by his eldest brother until he was eighteen years old. Ming Xiaoer had just gotten married when the accident happened.
It’s been less than two months. Now it’s obvious that the Crown Prince wants to use Ming Duan in a more important role. Ming Duan is not as good as his name, and he is known to be a little tempered. If he succeeds, it will be light for the third child to wear."
The queen said: "This is easy. We in Shu have no shortage of talents. Just let my son be replaced by someone else."
The two Ruan brothers laughed together: "Auntie, let's try it first!"
The queen looked at their expressions and asked, "Who is this Mingduan? I have never heard of him?"
Uncle Ruan said briefly: "The divine fortune teller."
Ming Duan was a clever man, especially good at calculations. When he was a magistrate in Yuzhou, one person could calculate the entire accounts of Yuzhou without using an abacus. Later, the magistrate of Yuzhou embezzled disaster relief money and food, and most of the Yuzhou officialdom had a share.
Duan is innocent. The person who investigated the case was a censor. Although he was upright but not very subtle, he was accidentally injured.
A few days ago, the prince took a boat trip to the Three Gorges. The boat docked at night. Two of the prince's classmates were discussing a math problem at the pier. A tracker passed by and casually told the answer. The two calculated that it was indeed correct, so they hurriedly added this person to the boat.
Please come to the boat to talk. This man showed off his talents and shocked the crown prince and his classmates to the ground. The crown prince thought that he was extremely lucky and could pick up talents while traveling and was very pleased with himself. The man knelt down in the tunnel and said: "I am wronged, I beg the crown prince."
Mingcha."
He was Ming Duan. After hearing what he said, the prince ordered someone to re-investigate the case. It turned out that not only Ming Duan was innocent, but also several other officials were found guilty who had not been corrupt. The prince sneered three times: "These fools Can he also be an official?" The censor was immediately dismissed from his post and investigated. The innocent officials were rewarded one after another to calm their shock, and the officials were reinstated, but Ming Duan had other uses.
After talking about what happened, Mr. Ruan said: "For this person, the prince specially prepared a generous gift to thank Uncle Cen."
The queen was thinking about something and asked casually: "Why do you want to thank her third uncle?"
Mr. Ruan said: "Back then, the Supreme King visited the disaster area privately and saw the miserable conditions of the victims with his own eyes. He became angry and sick. After that illness, his health gradually became worse. If Uncle Cen hadn't tried his best to stop him, the Supreme King would have become sick." Almost all those officials were beheaded regardless of their leadership, and Ming Duan was about to die unjustly."
The queen frowned and said, "You even took money and food for disaster relief. Shouldn't you kill him?"
Mrs. Ruan agreed: "Exactly! Even if you are greedy, you will only take money. Food is a life-saving thing for disaster victims. How dare you be greedy? Aren't you afraid of the retribution of the Buddha?"
Uncle Ruan spread his hands and said: "Isn't there retribution a long time ago? Many innocent people were implicated. Uncle Cen didn't let him be killed because he didn't understand some parts of the file. Unfortunately, the Supreme King was really angry at that time and refused to listen to him. Say. Otherwise, the retrial would not have been delayed for so long."
Mrs. Ruan sighed: "This is their fate."
Ruan Sanye said angrily: "If I had been retried earlier, I would not have met that plague god." One of his two brothers shook his head, and the other turned to look at the sky.
The queen sighed: "Let's see what happened to that woman." Then she said a few words and left.
Returning to the Prince of Shu's Mansion, the queen ordered someone to go to her son's study and ask her if she had time. The prince was very busy and said he would go to pay his respects later. It was not until the second watch that the prince arrived in the courtyard of the queen's backyard. The queen then told her what happened today and asked her to She warned Ming Duan not to hold grudges.
The prince said displeasedly: "It's clearly my third cousin who is bullying others, why do I have to warn others instead? Who has such a long tongue? Why is Mr. Ming, who has white eyebrows and red eyes, so petty?"
The queen said: "Your third cousin is just impetuous for a moment. Besides, isn't she a religious girl at that time?"
The prince said: "Jiaofang women are also human beings, and they are all innocent. They have done nothing wrong and have been implicated. Take Ming's second wife as an example. Not only is she innocent, her husband is innocent, and even her uncle is innocent. But she suffers innocent consequences. He has been guilty for four years. As a relative of the emperor, the third cousin did not feel that he could not tolerate others, and even drew his sword to kill people. The right and wrong of this matter are so clear that there is no room for argument. Mother, I will tell you the truth. No matter what Whether there are guerrillas or not, I have to ask my third cousin about the crime of intentional wounding."
The queen said angrily: "That's your cousin!"
The prince sneered and said: "If he had any sense of being the prince's cousin, he would not do anything illegal."
The queen opened her mouth and swallowed the words. After a while, she said: "Let's not mention this for now. I thought that the guerrillas must be doing something good in the brothel."
"Why?"
"Isn't the word Xue Jian derived from Xue Tao Jian?" the queen asked, "Xue Tao was originally a prostitute in Sichuan, wasn't he?"
"Where is Xue Tao's note?" The prince laughed dumbly, "Xue clearly refers to Schrödinger, a Western scientist, who has nothing to do with Xue Tao, the Tang Dynasty's daughter."