This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 213 Everyone is gone
Looking at these two bald heads with strange expressions, Di Qing always felt that something was wrong.

But there is no evidence.

After all, before Lu Sen left Bianjing, he helped him twice.

Now Di Qing has enemies everywhere, and the only two people in the court who can help him block rumors are Bao Longtu and Grand Master Pang.But one of the two was demoted and had to leave Beijing in the near future, and the other said he was sick at home and would not go to court, let alone court affairs.

I thought there was nothing I could do.

Unexpectedly, Lu Sen appeared suddenly.

To be honest, Lu Sen was able to help Di Qing fend off a lot of gossip by being a guest, and now he has personally made two door-guard holy beasts for him, making it clear that he wants to support him.

Di Qing's biggest and most troublesome rumor is nothing more than the old dog's birth of Jiaojiao, implying that he has evil intentions.

But when Lu Sen appeared, he came directly to the gate of the holy beast, so there was no excuse to use the 'vision' to accuse Di Qing.

It is still a question of whether the old dog with horns will dare to appear in front of Lu Zhenren.

Now if you want to suppress Di Qing again, you must have real materials, but Di Qing really has no intention of treason, so how could he have something in the hands of others.

In this way, the turmoil of Gousheng Jiaojiao will come to an end.

Naturally, there are quite a few smart people, and they can understand what's going on.

However, there are still many mediocre people in the world who can only see the surface and listen to the news on the surface.

Many people heard that Master Lu had obtained two door-guard holy beasts for General Di, and they all came here upon hearing the news.

The door of General Di's house, which was originally cold and quiet, suddenly became crowded.

People in Bianjing City are very talkative, and they speak slyly and cunningly.

"Tsk, this is really a mythical beast made by Master Lu? Why doesn't it look right to me? I always feel like it's pissing me off."

"Did you see the square brick under the face? Master Lu's square golden fairy brick is the only one in the whole world, and there is no semicolon."

"These two sacred beasts should be divided into male and female. The left is the most respected. The one who looks sideways to the left should be the male, and the one who looks to the right should be the female."

"Although the appearance of these two beasts is not very cheerful, they seem to be very interesting. Not to mention, I used to feel the wind blowing when I passed by the gate of General Di, but now looking at these two gatekeeper holy beasts, It’s like a sense of elation.”

"I'm envious of General Di, but actually got the protection of Daoist Lu."

"What are you still waiting for? Carve the appearance of this holy beast. Although there are no square bricks of Lu Zhenren, we can build one with blue bricks, and then use stone balls to carve the face of this holy beast. Even if there is no such The original version is strong, but it should be more or less able to suppress evil."

"Makes sense."

"It doesn't have to be a stone statue, it should be made into a drawing paper to act as a door god."

"Brother Tai has an idea. At that time, the two door gods, Zuo Shentu and You Yulei, will paste two holy beasts below, so that demons, ghosts, ghosts, and all evil can be eliminated... By the way, what is the name of this holy beast?"

The door gods that were common in the Northern Song Dynasty were not Qin Shubao and Yuchi Jingde, two early Tang generals.

"It seems to be called a proud beast?"

"This name is also good, it must be full of domineering, such a name can really suppress evil."

In this way, people who watched the excitement left, but more people came to see new things.

The whole street became very crowded. If General Di's Mansion was not majestic enough for the common people, they would not dare to approach the threshold, otherwise it would be so crowded that even the gate would be pushed open.

In addition, the rumors became more and more exaggerated.

Originally, these two "holy beasts" were only used by Lu Sen to suppress evil spirits, but as word spread, there were more "special effects" such as safe going out and going out, keeping mother and child safe, and later added "special effects" such as making money.

All in all, the two funny sphinx statues, one on the left and one on the right, with squinting eyes and smiling eyes, were well known by people in the whole Bianjing city in less than a day.

In the inner hall of Di Mansion, the general was drinking tea slowly.

The panic and fear of the previous days have now disappeared.

The only point that the civil servants attacked him was 'rumors', but with Lu Sen's endorsement for him, it was no longer possible to attack him from the aspect of ghost rumors.

And the others couldn't find a 'point' that could attack Di Qing.

Without military power in the hands of generals, there is no 'weakness' to speak of.

As long as this person has no worries, he will naturally feel better.

Drinking tea, listening to the noisy voices outside, the old butler came in and said with a smile: "Mr. Sir, the neighbors outside are copying the two proud beasts, and they probably want to get two for their own house when they go back." Gate."

"It's a good idea... Get ready, I'm going to court tomorrow." Di Qing laughed happily.

"Your Majesty doesn't say you're sick?"

"I am cured."

Di Qing's illness is actually quite serious, heart disease!
If you don't do it well, you will die of depression, but as long as you take the right medicine, there will be no problem.

"Then congratulations sir." The old butler smiled and cupped his hands.

"By the way, you asked the embroiderer at home to embroider a male Pride Beast cloak overnight, and I will hang it behind me when I go to court tomorrow."

When the old butler heard this, he was immediately happy: "It's a good relationship, let the holy beast protect the gentleman, and the villain will go down immediately and let the embroidered lady rush to work overnight."

Di Qing took another sip of tea happily.

The crowd outside Di's mansion gradually dissipated around midnight, and Di Qing went to bed early, but he didn't have a good night's sleep during this time.

When the rooster crowed, Di Qing put on his court clothes, and then the sleepy-eyed Xiu Niang came over with a cloak.

It has to be said that Di Fu's embroiderer's craftsmanship is quite good. The funny facial expression portrait painted on the back is really strikingly similar to the one on the outside, full of ironic magic.

Di Qing looked at it, tied the cloak on her body without hesitation, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, I will get a tael of silver with the housekeeper later."

"Thank you, Mr. Lang, for giving me the money." The half-aged Xiu Niang was very happy when she heard this.

One tael of silver is enough to feed her family of five for more than half a year.

Then Di Qing looked at the old housekeeper again: "Go to the market and ask a skilled craftsman to help you make some proud beast masks. You will probably need them in future battles."

Di Qing was extremely handsome, although he was not as handsome as Lu Sen and Zhan Zhao, but like Bai Yutang, he had a feminine face.

Therefore, Di Qing had no enemies to fear him when he went to the battlefield, so he could only wear a vicious mask.

But now Di Qing has a better choice. In the future, he will wear the mask of the proud beast, and in the future, the banners of the Di family army will also be replaced by the proud beast.

After Lao Keai and Xiu Niang went down, Di Qing casually ate a few mouthfuls of porridge to fill his stomach, and then went to the morning court.

He seized the time to come outside the palace gate. At this time, many court officials had already arrived. They were all surprised when they saw Di Qing.

Seeing Di Qing's expression, the civil servants were naturally not very friendly.

Although there were many military officers among the officials, they did not go to communicate with Di Qing.

But Di Qing didn't take it seriously, and stood quietly by herself.The Pride Beast cloak on his body has attracted a lot of attention.

The officials were well-informed, knowing that Di Qing had gotten Lu Sen's feelings, he was really jealous and envious.

Some people also feel that it is a pity.

Di Qing could have been pressed to death, but it turned him over.

After a while, the palace gate opened, and all the officials entered the palace hall one by one.

If Zhao Zhen is still there, the officials are usually waiting for the officials.

After all, Zhao Zhen's sleep quality is not very good, so he prefers to stay in bed like this, so the court time will be later.

But now there is a little boy about nine years old sitting on the dragon chair. He is wearing a dragon robe, and his attire looks quite intimidating, but his face is confused and looks helpless.

And on the left side of the dragon chair, sat a middle-aged woman, quite pretty.

The hundred officials greeted the junior officials, who imitated his father's gestures and movements in his memory, and greeted the officials.

But the Empress Dowager Cao, who was sitting next to her, couldn't afford it, and she didn't return the courtesy.

This petty official hadn't talked about going to court yet, but the Empress Dowager Cao spoke first: "My dear family, the affairs of the northwest cannot be delayed any longer. Letters from the Secretary of the imperial city are one after another. Now the Xixia people are getting closer and closer to Xi'an city." In the near future, if they break the city of Xi'an and go straight down the Yellow River, our Bianliang will be in danger."

"Didn't you order Marshal Mu to lead troops to defend against the enemy?"

"Marshal Mu said that there are only two weak girls in the Yang family, and it is difficult to sustain the general trend. He wanted to ask Master Lu to help. He even asked the King of Runan County and Grand Master Pang to seal and invite Master Lu to come over."

"Marshal Yang and Daoist Lu should be able to stop the Xixia people."

All the officials talked a lot, and their worries were greatly reduced.

But at this time, someone suddenly said: "You guys are too happy. Yesterday evening, the old man saw a fetish flying by in the sky and left Bianliang City. Who else can fly in the sky now, besides Master Lu?"

He is Ouyang Xiu, and he is the most famous when Bao Zheng and Grand Master Pang are not in the court.

The voice was full of air, and the voice echoed throughout the hall, and everyone could hear it clearly.

Empress Dowager Cao's complexion suddenly changed, and she asked anxiously, "Scholar Ouyang, is what you said true?"

Ouyang Xiu nodded.

"How should we do this?" Empress Dowager Cao glanced around the hall, and asked anxiously: "Realist Lu doesn't want to get involved in this matter, can the Yang family take on the important task of defending against the enemy abroad?"

All officials are silent.

Ouyang Xiu clasped his fists and said, "Queen Mother, if the Yang family can only lead the Xiang army, even if Marshal Mu has great abilities, he can't stop the Xixia people. If she can give her 20 forbidden troops, things should be very promising."

Those who still have combat effectiveness now, except for a few frontier troops, are the forbidden troops.

It is impossible for the frontier army to move, so the Xiang army and the forbidden army can only be sent to fight.

Empress Cao's face was full of reluctance: "But there are only 23 imperial guards defending the capital. If the 20 imperial guards are given to the Yang family to command, how can we guarantee the safety of Bianliang?"

"If we can keep the enemy out of Xi'an, Bianliang will not suffer from military disasters." Ouyang Xiu sighed and said, "Queen Mother, this matter should be formulated jointly by me and the officials under the Zhongshu sect. You just watch quietly."

"My palace is watching you right now." The Empress Dowager Cao knew what Ouyang Xiu meant, but she didn't give face at all, and she was not afraid of these literati court officials: "The enemy's army is about to approach the city, but you literati still don't think about it." Come up with a way, how can I watch and listen quietly?"

After hearing this, all the literati and officials felt uncomfortable in their hearts, but they had no way to refute.

Empress Dowager Cao saw that all the officials were intimidated, and said with a sigh: "Then I will draw up a decree to the Yang family and let Marshal Mu send troops in the near future. I take a step back and would like to send her [-] imperial troops so that she can go out quickly."

The next yellow cloth edict was written in the hands of Empress Dowager Cao, and then an eunuch led a dozen guards to the Yang family.

The speed of information dissemination in feudal times is very slow. Even in the same city, it takes a certain amount of time to notify individuals.

Empress Dowager Cao endured the uneasiness in her heart, and talked with other officials about people's livelihood and politics. After chatting for a while, she looked at Di Qing and asked, "General Di, what is the name of the cloak you are wearing?"

Di Qing stood up, cupped his hands, turned his back to Empress Dowager Cao and looked at the funny emoji, then turned back and said, "Report to Empress Dowager Cao, this cloak is engraved with the sacred beast of Master Lu, which has the power to exorcise evil spirits and protect the house." Yes, I thought that I was full of evil spirits, so I asked Xiu Niang to make these cloaks overnight, so that Ao Jian Beast can be suppressed."

As soon as these words came out, the civil servants all sighed.

General Wu's expression was not too friendly either.

"Where's the old dog from General Di's family who was born in Jiaojiao?" The Queen Mother said with a smile, her eyes slightly opened.

"Beat to death, made it into dog meat and ate it."

"General Di is really willing." Empress Dowager Cao smiled happily.

Di Qing pretended to laugh and said, "No matter how miraculous it is, a dog is still a dog. It cannot become a flood dragon, let alone a dragon."

Empress Dowager Cao nodded with satisfaction.

She personally has no ill feeling towards Di Qing, after all, she is also a general.

It was still the civil servants who really wanted Di Qing to die.

It turned out that she thought that Di Qing was going to hurt his vitality this time, since he would have to shed his skin if he was not dead, for example, he would be sent to Lianlian to become a guerrilla cavalry.

But I didn't expect that Di Qing would have a backer to help.

Since Di Qing is fine, don't pay too much attention to it. Anyway, as long as there is no big battle to fight in the future, Di Qing probably won't get the complete Tiger Talisman in his life.

The civil servants were not very happy to see Di Qing save himself from danger.

The little official didn't seem to understand anything, and was counting on his fingers.

Empress Dowager Cao was about to continue talking with the civil servants, when at this moment, an external eunuch rushed in from the outside, ran to the dragon chair, knelt down with a puff.

"Officials, Empress Dowager, something is wrong."

"What's the matter? You made a fuss." Empress Dowager Cao was a little displeased.

"Everyone in the Yang family is gone, not even a single ghost can be found in the entire Yang family."

"What!" Empress Dowager Cao stood up in fright: "They escaped?"

Civil and military officials were even more uproarious.

"How is it possible, the Yang family is a loyal family, why is Marshal Mu so ignorant?"

"Marshal Mu was born as a female bandit, so it's normal to be ignorant. Doesn't Mrs. She understand how critical I, Da Song, is at this time?"

"How could this be? These two women are trying to shame the Yang family."

"The reputation earned by the three generations of Yang family men will be ruined by the hands of these two women."

The whole court was frightened, and in a hurry, they said everything, and some people's words were even worse, they didn't look like literati.

Di Qing looked at the people around him, felt the anxious and frightened atmosphere in the air, and felt like laughing.

The Empress Dowager Cao finally came to her senses at this moment: "Which part of the imperial guards were guarding the city yesterday and last night? They didn't stop?"

(End of this chapter)