"Where is your grandson?" Zhang Wenhua asked hurriedly.
The subordinate officer gasped and said, "If I tell you, sir, we are already at the pier. The governor has already gone to greet you. He has sent someone to report to you immediately and tell him to go to the pier immediately..."
Zhang Wenhua immediately waved, and a servant came over with official uniforms to change.
While stretching out his arms to let his servants dress him, he also called to his subordinate officials: "First send all the submissions to the Yamen of the Provincial Chasi, who will handle the punishment. In addition, tell Mr. Zhou... Just say yesterday
The dumplings I sent you are not good, the skin is broken."
The subordinate said ‘Huh?’, and then responded blankly: “Yes!”
Not to mention that Zhang Wenhua hurriedly walked out, Lord Tixing Zhou, who had received the news and was about to mount his horse at the yamen gate, was stunned for a moment after hearing what Governor Zhang Wenhua called for him, and his expression suddenly changed.
The master asked: "Sir, what's wrong?"
Zhou Chuandong whispered: "The dumpling wrapper is broken...don't you understand? Then it...has exposed the filling!"
Immediately, big beads of sweat began to fall from the master's head, "What should I do?"
"What should I do?" Zhou Chuandong said with a strong smile: "We are not the ones looking for this person? What does it have to do with us?"
The master nodded: "That's right! That's right!"
Seeing his master leading the men to urge the horse away, the master's legs went weak and he almost sat on the ground. It took him a long time to recover. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Bring the horse over, hurry!"
Menzi came over with a smile: "If you have anything to do, I'll run some errands for you..."
The master pushed him away: "What's the matter with you? Get down!"
When Menzi saw something wrong with his expression, he quickly knelt down on the ground. The master stepped on Menzi's back, then reluctantly climbed onto the horse's back, and the horse moved with a flick of his whip.
It wasn't until the sound of horse hooves was far away that Menzi dared to stand up, "It's so evil today, even this coward is riding a horse..."
Sun Dianli, who came from Tang County, encountered a problem at the Governor's Yamen and came to the Punishment Division Yamen. Before he arrived, he saw a messy and chaotic scene again. But the gentleman in the second-grade purple robe brought
The person left in a hurry, but he really saw it.
That person is Lord Ti Xing.
But the adults are not here, what should we do?
The head catcher Liu Dazhuang said: "These are all big yamen. It seems that the matter is not trivial. We can't even touch the door..."
Sun Dianli took out two taels of silver and handed it to Liu Dazhuang: "Let's go and find out first, why are we coming back? Let's not come here. You still have a dark eye."
Then Liu Dazhuang came back and said: "...the grandson is here...the emperor's highness is here..."
As he said this, his eyes lit up, "We are in for a grand occasion."
Shengjing is a piece of shit!
So many adults were missing, but at this moment, the grandson came.
How could such a coincidence happen?
Sun Dianli immediately said: "Let's go back to Fucheng and submit the submission to the prefect's Yamen as required. The rest of the matter has nothing to do with us. If we don't leave, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave."
Liu Dazhuang was stunned for a moment, but he still did not dare to disobey. Sun Dianli was considered a veteran in the county. Like an evergreen tree, he had survived successive county magistrates, and his ability to read the eyes was first-class.
Here, the carriage was running neatly towards the city gate, but as soon as they left the city gate, the city gate began to be under martial law. Those who came to report the news were not allowed to leave. It was said that the punishment department wanted to keep them to assist.
Handle cases.
To get involved in such a big case is to seek death!
Liu Dazhuang was afraid: "Thank you."
Sun Dianli often exclaimed, "Hurry back, things are going to change this time."
"Changing the sky?" Where to change the sky?
Looking at Master Tian who came to report the news, Xia Yinshan, the father of the salt merchant Xia Jinhe, leaned on crutches and covered his chest with a sneer, "The sky is still the same, it's idiots like them who want to overturn the sky. What's the result? The sky is the sky, it can't be overturned!"
Master Tian felt that he could not explain it to this old man, "...where is Mr. Xia? This matter is very involved..."
"It's a big deal, isn't it?" Mr. Xia smiled: "Now I know it's a big deal? It's over! Looking for Xia Jinhe, right? He's gone... He's been missing since yesterday..."
Master Tian was shocked: "No... no... gone... then why don't you go to the Yamen and say..." Otherwise, people wouldn't be caught off guard like this.
He hurriedly ran out again. He needed to tell Master Tixing about this matter immediately.
Xia Yinshan then turned around: "Come out! They're gone!"
Xia Jinhe came out of the study, "Dad, what should I do now? I'm afraid that when people know that they kidnapped the wrong person, they will come to find my son. Even officials have been arrested so many, who are the people dispatched... I'm afraid
You can't hide it at home."
Xia Yinshan raised his hand and slapped him: "I handed over the family property to you early, but you have done all kinds of stupid things. Do you know that you are going to lead the whole family to death..."
Xia Jinhe covered his face: "Dad...if you don't do this, do you think we will have a way to survive? If the court is short of money, will we be able to keep our own money? The hard work of several generations! If you tell it, it will be resounding.
The name is the first merchant in Jiangnan. But in fact, they are not just cattle and sheep raised by the royal family. They are fattened and slaughtered when they are needed. Father, son..."
Xia Yinshan waved his hand: "Shut your mouth. Go to the secret room of the study and stay there. I will handle the rest."
Xia Jinhe's eyes lit up: "Yes! Father!"
Xia Yinshan sat in the hall, feeling a little sad.
The old housekeeper came over: "Old Master, what should we do now?"
Xia Yinshan smiled sadly: "The second child was kidnapped, and the eldest brother caused this huge disaster again. What do you think we should do to save the lives of the whole family?"
The old butler's face turned pale: "This... this..." He shook his head, "Master, we're not at that point yet, you can think of a way..."
Think of a way?
What can you think of?
Xia Yinshan closed his eyes for a long time, then suddenly opened his eyes: "Send someone to find out where the grandson moved to? Hurry!"
Where can my grandson go?
She was talking to Chang Zhonghe in the most ordinary inn on the dock.
Chang Zhonghe was the governor of Liangjiang. When he saw his grandson, he bowed and his first words were: "Your Highness, you shouldn't have come like this." He was traveling in a light carriage with not many people at all.
"Sit down." Lin Yutong pointed to the long chair next to him, picked up the teapot and poured him a bowl of coarse tea, "With Mr. Chang here, what should Wu be afraid of?!"
Chang Zhonghe looked complicated, "I neglected my duty first...I am guilty..."
Lin Yutong waved his hand: "Let's not talk about whether it's a crime or not. I'm really tired after taking the boat all the way. Let's settle down. I want to take a rest."
"Yes!" Chang Zhonghe couldn't figure out this person's temper, so he stood up and said, "There is a stream garden in the city, which is quite unique. Do you see it?"
Lin Yutong nodded: "Guests are welcome to host, whatever arrangements Mr. Chang makes are fine."
Chang Zhonghe was so frightened that he broke out into a cold sweat.
Who is the host and who is the guest? In this world, except for people from the royal family, who dares to say "host".
Chang Zhonghe smiled bitterly and wanted to apologize, but the grandson over there was already up. He walked over to the adults who had just arrived and were kneeling at the door of the inn, as if they didn't see them.
Zhang Wenhua and Zhou Chuandong didn't even see the grandson's face clearly, but they were already on the sedan chair.
Only after the sedan chair had gone far did this group of people dare to stand up.
The chief envoy Lu Xuchen asked: "How do you say this?"
Zhang Wenhua waved his hand: "Stop talking, hurry up and follow." The person who came here is not a good person, and he may be holding a lot of anger in his stomach along the way. It's best not to bump into him at this time.
Xiyuan looks a bit like Jiangnan gardens.
In Lin Yutong's eyes, this was not so amazing. Chang Zhonghe accompanied him all the way. He really couldn't imagine that this person grew up in Beikang.
When they arrived at the place, Lin Yutong took a rest and rested. The rest was left to Tian Fu to handle.
Tian Fu spoke in a palace tone, "Mr. Chang, please step aside... Your Highness is resting..."
Chang Zhonghe said: "If there is anything you don't like, please speak up, Mr. Internal Minister..."
Tian Fu smiled meaningfully: "Sir Chang, I said something unpleasant, and His Highness said, 'Do as you please'. That was just a polite word. How could you still..." You took it seriously.
What's not to like?
If you are not good at it, just ask him to change it! Do you still need to go through him?
Chang Zhonghe slapped his head, he was really confused. Why did he say this?
After repeatedly accusing him, he said: "I am waiting in the outer courtyard for His Highness to summon you."
But His Highness did not want to summon them so soon. With a sword hanging above his head, it would be most uncomfortable to wait for the sword to fall.
After everyone left, Lin Yutong handed Ming Fan a sign: "Send people to Yushu Lane to mobilize manpower. Change the defenses of Xiyuan. The outer courtyard is guarded by me. Only entry and no exit are allowed."
Tianfu wiped the sweat from his head and said, "If you really arrest someone like this, within two days, the capital will know the news."
Also, there are no officials in these two provinces, so I'm afraid there will be chaos.
No chaos!
Lin Yutong said: "Go to Nanshan Academy early tomorrow morning."
Xiyuan is divided into an inner garden. The outer garden usually only houses male guests, and the inner garden is a place for female relatives. This time, Taisun came down without any female relatives, so Taisun lived in by himself, bringing the third prince and several entourages.
.
The outer garden is now left to these adults, sitting on chairs in the hall, drinking cup after cup of tea, and no one dares to speak easily.
For two hours, it was getting dark, but there was still no news at all. Everyone only had a bowl of rice, two plates of vegetarian dishes, and a bowl of soup, but no one paid any attention to them.
Among the officials in the border areas and important officials in the province, who has ever suffered this injustice?
"Come here!" Zhou Chuandong put down his chopsticks heavily and called the housekeeper of Xiyuan.
But the housekeeper did not come. A strong man dressed in black came in, and he looked like he was in the procession. But it seemed that he had not been seen among the grandson's entourage.
Zhou Chuandong was stunned for a moment, then looked at the commander of the capital Tang Qianxue, "Master Tang, are you your subordinate?"
Tang Qianxue shook his head, only staring at the man's boots, and then his heart shuddered: "But the Lord of Wuchangsi?"
The man only glanced at Tang Qianxue coldly, then looked at Zhou Chuandong: "I wonder what Mr. Zhou is dissatisfied with?"
How dare Zhou Chuandong be dissatisfied?
Why did the Wujisi... appear in Jiangnan? He looked at Zhang Wenhua, as if asking if he had received the news before.
Zhang Wenhua's hand holding the soup bowl was trembling a little, but he lowered his eyelids. What's the use of talking about it now? The key is that Wuxisi has appeared again.
This can cost your life.
When Zhou Chuandong saw Zhang Wenhua's reaction, he stiffened his face and apologized to the military commander of the Wuzhi Division: "Nothing... nothing... I just wanted to ask if His Highness will be summoned today?"
They didn't even respond to me and just walked out.
After the meal was over, the plates were all put away. The lights were turned on in the hall, and the door to the hall was closed tightly, but the atmosphere in the hall became even more tense.
Zhou Chuandong said to Chang Zhonghe: "Mr. Governor, we are all high-ranking officials. Your Highness can't do this to us?"
Chang Zhonghe glanced at him sideways, then closed his eyes and rested without saying a word.
"Master Futai." Zhou Chuandong looked at Zhang Wenhua again, "Can you say something?"
Zhang Wenhua said angrily: "Master Zhou, what do you want me to say?"
"Your Highness Taisun..." Lu Xuchen said softly, "Does Your Highness Taisun have any misunderstandings about us?" After saying that, he looked at Si Yu Gengyuan, the envoy of the salt transfer, and Zhu Shiheng, the director of the salt class, "Both.
What did the adults say?"
Yu Gengyuan looked calm and chuckled: "Master Lu, why are you anxious? Since it is a misunderstanding, His Highness Taisun will always understand it. Just wait patiently. There is nothing to be anxious about."
Still don’t believe it, all the big officials are locked up here and ignored? It will take three days at most, and the court will not receive any report from Jiangnan Road, so it will be anxious. So, don’t be anxious, just wait patiently.
The hall suddenly became quiet.
After finally doing a good job of psychological construction, the door of the hall opened again, and someone shouted from outside, "Please ask Mr. Chang, Governor Chang."
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed again: This must have been summoned by Taisun.
But Chang Zhonghe noticed that when the announcement was made outside, it was said "please" instead of "call".
With just one word, he knew in his heart that it was not his grandson who wanted to see him.
As expected, it was not just the great-grandson that I saw, but a young man who could tell whose child he was just by looking at him.
The fourth master stood up and greeted Chang Zhonghe, "Master Chang, you are polite."
Chang Zhonghe didn't know what kind of relationship this young man had with his grandson. He turned his body to one side and refused to be greeted by him. He just asked with a smile: "Is your teacher, your old man, in good health?"
"Grandpa is in good health." The Fourth Master asked the other party to sit down, served tea, and said, "Mr. Chang, I came to see you not because of your grandson's wishes."
Chang Zhonghe was stunned for a moment, and his shoulders suddenly relaxed, "Thank you very much."
Fourth Master pushed the tea over: "I'm here now just to listen to you. If you have anything you want to say, you can tell me."
Chang Zhonghe shook his head: "I asked you to call me 'nephew'."
The Fourth Master nodded, "My grandfather often mentioned Mr. Chang at home, and he was not an outsider."
Mentioning Yin Bofang, Chang Zhonghe's eyes flashed with tears, "The thing I feel most sorry for is my mentor. He promoted me and me, and entrusted me with important responsibilities... But what about me? Jiangnan has become what it is today.
With this look, I can’t escape the blame…”
The fourth master twirled the ring on his finger: "Did you know in advance that my grandson was kidnapped and killed?"
Chang Zhonghe smiled bitterly: "I know the danger, and my grandson also knows the danger, but he still comes. What my grandson has to do is too big, and anyone who blocks his way of making money will fight tooth and nail. I also want to suppress him.
Bandits, what should I use to suppress them? They say that Jiangnan is rich... but how can Jiangnan get the money? I finally managed to get some money out of my hands... But this still has to send part of it to the southeast coast, and I don't even dare to send this money.
If it is transported to the capital, it is easy to transport it in but difficult to transport it out... At that time, the Grand Master had explained that no matter how difficult it was, a part of it must be taken from Jiangnan every year and sent directly to the southeast... Who is missing?
I dare not lack the money of the Southeast Navy... The Grand Master once said that Japanese invasion is a serious problem, but banditry is just a disease of boils... Boils cannot be eradicated, it is a small itch but no major pain, but Japanese invasion is different...
…”
The fourth master understood something. Chang Zhonghe was not an absolutely honest official, but he was an official with a bottom line. It was not that he did not do practical things while in office, and it was not that he could not see the shortcomings of government affairs, but what if he saw it? It can't be solved! Signifier
Who can he rely on? He has been able to support himself for so many years. When the court wants money, he can pull it out and send it to him. Along the southeast coast, he can send money to him every year without shortage. Although the people's lives are hard, there is no trouble among the people.
Change. This is also inseparable from his efforts.
To this person, Fourth Master said: "From your perspective, what happened this time... what will happen next?"
Chang Zhonghe smiled: "My grandson's affairs this time... are well done! Nowadays, people are definitely panicking outside, and stabilizing people's hearts is the first priority. Secondly, subordinate officials can be temporarily selected to handle affairs..."
Fourth Master stood up and looked out the window: "There is something that needs to be handled by Chang Zhonghe."
Chang Zhonghe was stunned for a moment: "I don't know if it's the grandson's intention or the grand master's intention?"
"Same." Fourth Master said: "Grandpa, why have you ever thought of murdering your great-grandson? But who is willing to listen to these things? Between interests and the position of master..."
Chang Zhonghe lowered his head silently, "I don't know what it is..."
The Fourth Master whispered a few words. Chang Zhonghe narrowed his eyes, but without hesitation, "I know. I will definitely do it!"
Just take care of it.
If you know how to do it, you can leave.
After leaving Xiyuan, Chang Zhonghe discovered that the entire Jinling City was not only not panicking because of such a big thing, but also a different kind of excitement.
Sitting in the sedan chair, I could still hear the chatter of twos and threes on the street, and there were actually more applause.
The attendant on the side whispered outside the sedan chair: "Sir... the Xia family's people are outside Xiyuan..."
Chang Zhonghe's eyes suddenly opened: "Xia family?" He said 'hehe', "The grandson...is done!"
How did it happen?
Xia Yinshan tremblingly took the medicine bowl from the old housekeeper's hand, and tears fell down his face: "What a sin! What a sin!"
The old housekeeper stopped the old master's arm: "...the old man...is not that far away..."
Xia Yinshan pushed the old housekeeper away: "Since Taisun and those adults entered Xiyuan, only the Governor was released just now. Don't you understand what this means? This is to kill them all. Taisun's methods are comparable.
I think much harder. If you want your whole family to survive, you have to be ruthless. Who can you blame if he goes to a dead end on his own? You can't watch your whole family being dragged down to death like this. To assassinate your grandson,
This is a conspiracy to kill the nine tribes!" He took a deep breath and said, "Go! Open the door to the secret room."
The old housekeeper choked and started crying, but he still took out the key and opened the secret room.
Xia Jinhe lay on the couch and slept with his arms and legs spread out. It could be seen that he slept soundly while hiding here.
When the lights in the secret room turned on, Xia Jinhe woke up in a daze, "Dad? It's so late and you haven't rested yet. By the way...is there any news outside?"
"There is no news." Xia Yinshan said calmly, "It's just a matter of spending money to eliminate disasters. Spending money to buy peace, our family can afford this little money."
Xia Jinhe felt relieved, "That's good... That's good... That's right, my grandson went to Jiangnan just to ask for money from the court. No matter how impassioned he said it in court, the purpose was actually just one silver! Besides,
, those who are superior, who don’t say one thing but think another thing..."
Xia Yinshan said 'hmm': "I saw the Diao family transporting silver from the bank today. You will go out early tomorrow morning to collect the silver and redeem your second son."
Xia Jinhe nodded hurriedly: "I will give one of the pawnshops at home to my second brother later. This time he will suffer for me."
Xia Yinshan pushed the medicine bowl forward with trembling hands, "It will calm the nerves. Just drink it and go to sleep. I have important things to do tomorrow morning."
"Dad!"
"Tough talk!" Xia Yinshan pushed the medicine bowl forward again, "Since you were a child... you have been so frightened that you could have convulsions in the middle of the night... No one is watching you in this secret room. If anything happens... drink
Come on! You can have a peaceful sleep after drinking it.”
Xia Jinhe looked at his elderly father and smiled sheepishly, "My son has made my father worried." After saying that, he picked up the medicine bowl and took a sip, "Huh? Why is it so bitter? It tastes weird."
"There are candied fruits on the side." Xia Yinshan turned his face to one side, tears streaming down his cheeks.
Xia Jinhe poured a bowl of medicine into his mouth and hurriedly swallowed the candied fruit, "Then father, please go to rest early."
Xia Yinshan nodded, but did not move. He only said: "Boss, you have always blamed me for favoring your second child. But now think about it, why did I favor your second child? You got 80% of the family business... Now, you
You are also a person with grandchildren, but what you do... is also very reckless. I have told you a long time ago that wealth should not be revealed. You must not listen and insist on fighting for the title of the world's richest businessman. We Xia
Our ancestors have experienced many ups and downs, and they have all failed because of their involvement in political affairs. But what about you? Can't you make a fortune quietly and do business? If you have the money, spend it to buy a false position, so that the children of the family can study, progress, and change their family.
But you didn't take a word of it seriously. Now...in order to save the whole family, you don't blame me as the father. If you really want to blame me, let's talk about it later."
Xia Jinhe looked at Xia Yinshan in astonishment, and then his eyes fell on the medicine bowl with the residue left, "Medicine... medicine... Dad, this medicine..."
Xia Yinshan turned his face away, tears streaming down his wrinkled face.
The expression on Xia Jinhe's face was like crying and smiling: "Dad... you are so cruel..." Slowly, his body slid down, and he felt his eyelids were heavy, "Dad..." He didn't say "Daddy" twice.
After shouting, the person has no breath.
The old housekeeper just came in, lay on the ground and cried loudly: "Master..."
Xia Yinshan stood up and swayed twice, "Call people for mourning... prepare a sedan chair and go to Xiyuan."
In Xiyuan, Lin Yutong didn't stop either. The woman standing in front of her was a bit worrying.
This person is the commander of the Wuzhi Division and is known as the ‘Sanniang Zi’.
The third lady spoke up as soon as she came up: "The Wuchongsi has long existed in name only. The Wuchongsi today is not the Wuchongsi before. Brothers have to work hard, but they must be able to pay the price."
Lin Yutong said: "If you really think that the Wuzhi Company should be disbanded, why are you gathering together?"
The third lady sneered: "We are gathered together because we have a great vengeance that has not been avenged. Otherwise, we would have gone our separate ways long ago. With the abilities of the brothers, we cannot exchange for a bowl of rice."
This is also true.
The Wuzhisi existed since the founding of the country. When they first followed Emperor Wu to conquer the world, they were just petty thieves, scoundrels, and criminals. Emperor Wu included them and their main responsibility was to gather information.
Assassinations, surveillance, and other shady activities. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a division was officially established, called the Wuchongsi. It only took orders from the emperor. From generation to generation, the Wuchongsi was so pervasive that the ministers in the court avoided it like a snake or a scorpion.
.This is nothing surprising.
Wuzhisi is actually a yamen similar to a secret service agency. It is not very popular.
When Lin Yutong was in Beikang, he heard Lin Houzhi say that the yamen, which was very valued by the emperor, was suddenly purged about twenty-three or four years ago. After that, there was no news about the Wuchangsi Division.
The emperor did not mention it, and no one touched this bad luck. Gradually, many people forgot that such a yamen existed.
Fourth Master found relevant records when he was looking through the Yin family's collection of books. Moreover, in the corner of the secret room of the study, he found a box with a bronze plaque and a letter in it. On the front of the bronze plaque was a '
"Ling", on the back is the word "覹". And the letter contains detailed contact information. Fourth Master brought these things out, and he didn't expect many people to come, but in fact, he was not disappointed.
The key is, when called, they come without saying a word.
Loyalty, even after more than twenty years, has not faded at all. Everyone who comes here has new clothes and shoes, but the wrinkles are obvious. This is what it means to always be prepared.
Lin Yutong said: "Can you tell me what kind of injustice you have suffered?"
The third lady smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, if you want me to die, I have no choice but to die."
"But why did you want me to die? There must be a reason." Lin Yutong poured tea for the other party, "For what reason, you were purged, and less than two out of ten survived."
The third lady played with the token in her hand: "So what, your highness can make the decision for us?"
"Why not?" Lin Yutong looked at her strangely, "Others can't see what I did this time, but Sanniangzi must be very knowledgeable. I've always been surprised before, why these adults didn't receive any information about me.
News. Didn't anyone intercept me on the land and report it? I knew it when I saw Sanniangzi. I'm afraid Sanniangzi helped me secretly. We don't care about the king or the minister now. Speaking of it, I already owe you one after another.
I have a favor with the brothers of the Five Tribes Division. I just treat it as a return of favor. I will do this for you. You should be able to see that if I plan to do something, no one can stop me, even if I want to.
Can't stop it."
The third wife tightened her grip on the token: Can you believe the young grandson in front of you?
Lin Yutong laughed, "More than twenty years have passed... The men who were in their prime back then are now in their twilight years. Your new subordinates have not experienced what happened back then, so it is difficult for them to empathize with your pain.
Time will dilute everything. If one day you are no longer here, who will really remember the past?"
Sanniangzi suddenly raised her head and asked Lin Yutong: "Your Highness, do you believe there are gods in this world?"
immortal?
Don't say I've never seen it in this life, I've never seen it in so many lifetimes.
She asked: "Have you ever seen a god?"
"No!" Sanniang licked her lips, "I prefer to believe that it is a monster."
monster?
"Why is there a monster?" Lin Yutong asked curiously, "Have you seen it with your own eyes?"
The third lady nodded: "Creating something out of nothing...retrieving objects from the air...missing and reappearing mysteriously...doesn't this count?"
To create something out of nothing is to take something out of thin air.
Well...of course you can do it yourself.
Could it be?
She had a guess in her mind and asked hurriedly: "Is it true that you saw it with your own eyes?"
"Yes!" Sanniangzi smiled bitterly, her face turned pale, "We have not dared to act rashly these years, just because we are afraid of this monster..."
Oh! That makes sense.
Why do people hide their talents in the market and settle for mediocrity? It turns out to be the fear of unknown things.
Understandable.
The third lady picked up the hot tea and drank two cups of it, then she said: "Twenty-three years ago, that woman suddenly appeared in the capital."
"Suddenly?" is a really weird word.
"Yes! It was sudden." The third lady's tone was urgent. "I remember that day very clearly. It was the third year of the emperor's accession to the throne. That day happened to be Chinese Valentine's Day. The emperor wanted to take the queen out of the palace for a walk, but the second prince was crying.
The emperor couldn't get away. The emperor left the palace on his own. I was arranged by the commander-in-chief to stay with the emperor... The five beetle divisions are different from the guards. The guards follow them rationally. We just disguise ourselves as inconspicuous little people and stay by the emperor's side.
Just in case something unexpected happened. Suddenly, a lot of people screamed, and they were squeezing next to each other. I raised my head and saw everyone looking up at the sky. I saw a woman in white sitting on a strange thing.
It slowly floated down from the sky. As soon as it was about to fall, everyone around it dispersed in a hurry. Only His Majesty stood there, and we didn't dare to leave. I saw that strange thing fall in front of His Majesty with my own eyes.
Then the woman in white stepped down from the strange thing that looked like a big basket. His Majesty asked her who she was, where she came from, and where she was going. What was the purpose of passing by here? The woman giggled,
She said she came from heaven and is going back to heaven. She passed by here just to meet His Majesty..."
Hearing this, Lin Yutong basically knew the general identity of this woman. Then he couldn't help but show an expression that was hard to explain. To that woman, it was just a flirtatious remark made casually as a joke, nothing more. But
The meaning to the emperor is probably different.
"Later, His Majesty asked her what her name was, and she said her name was Xiao Longnu..."
Little Dragon Girl?
Before he finished speaking, Lin Yutong spit out the tea in one gulp.
"What?" Sanniangzi looked at Lin Yutong suspiciously, "Your Highness, have you heard of Little Dragon Girl?"
Heard it!
"No!" Lin Yutong was duplicitous and shook his head resolutely, "I've never heard of it. I just think it's...unbelievable."
"Yes!" It was incredible! The third lady whispered: "Your Majesty also found it incredible. So he brought the woman into the palace. In order not to attract other people's attention, the emperor... brought Concubine Chen close to the palace. Concubine Chen is a widow.
, suddenly gained the favor of the emperor, the capital was in an uproar. Another person from the Wuji Division sent out news, saying that the mysterious basket was just a big sky lantern, and I don’t know whose mischievous daughter played it like this. This topic was quickly discussed by the emperor.
The topic of pampering a widow has been covered up. After so many years, if I don’t ask carefully, who still specifically mentions this matter?”
No one mentioned it!
"Then what?" Lin Yutong asked her: "What abnormalities did you find while monitoring her?"
Sanniangzi said sternly: "I locked her in a secret room, but she lived a very good life. We know very well what is in the secret room. But she always has hot soup and rice for three meals a day. Occasionally, she also gets food
There are some fruits that we have never seen that are delicious to eat. From time to time, she disappears suddenly, and then comes out again after a while. She seems not to know that she is being watched by the Five Troopers, and her thoughts are unexpectedly simple, just like
She didn’t know anything about the world. The commander-in-chief reported this matter to the Holy Emperor... But the Holy Emperor thought that she was an immortal. The Emperor released her and asked her if she could teach immortal magic... The woman said she did, but she had to teach her magic.
You have to agree to a condition for her..."
"What are the conditions?" Lin Yutong asked: "Gold and silver treasures, high officials showing their positions?"
Sanniangzi shook her head: "None of them! Originally she said she wanted all kinds of prescriptions, whether they were medicinal prescriptions or any other prescriptions, as long as they were secret techniques. But after meeting Master Yin Bo Fang Yin, she changed her mind...
…”
Just as he was talking, Tian Fu's voice sounded outside: "Your Highness, someone from the salt merchant Xia family is here."
Xia family?
Before Lin Yutong could speak, Sanniangzi suddenly changed her face and said to Lin Yutong: "Your Highness, the Xia family was involved with that woman back then. If you have a chance, ask them... the sudden rise of the Xia family, what is the relationship between the Xia family and that woman?
It’s inseparable…”
Lin Yutong was puzzled by this: "You haven't moved yet, do you think that woman is still alive?"
The third lady nodded, her face became even more terrifying: "If she is willing, she can give up one skin and exchange it for another! Concubine Li comes from a small family, why do you think she entered the palace?"