A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 649 It will expire if you don't use it anymore
Donghuamen, Renhe Restaurant
Ru Lan took a bite of the apple, leaned out of the window again and looked in the direction of the palace, and found that there was still no figure of the champion, and muttered, "It's been four quarters (10:00) Why hasn't Second Brother Heng come yet?" .”

Half an hour ago, Princess Pingning sent someone to the palace to inquire about the news, and they reported back about Wang Lidong's No.
Sheng Minglan peeled the banana in her hand, and said, "Second brother Heng is so familiar with the official family, maybe he didn't pay attention to the time when chatting."

Rulan thought about it, and what she said was quite reasonable.
"Da da. da. da." The deafening sound of horseshoes came from the direction of the palace.

"Come on, come on, the champion is here."

Everyone in the private room walked to the window one after another, and looked towards the direction of the palace. Hei Yaya, a large group of guards in soap clothes, was galloping towards Donghua Gate.

Wang said in surprise,
"In the past, there were only two or three guards who cleared the road full-time for the champion. Why are there so many today?"

Princess Pingning's eyes narrowed, and the one riding the horse at the front was none other than Zhang Maoze, Secretary of the Imperial City. This is a big deal.He recruited his personal servant girl, "Immediately send someone to the palace to find out what happened."

"Okay Princess," Lu Hong's family nodded and left the private room.

Wang said nervously, "Miss Princess, something happened?"

"Da da da," hundreds of horses whizzed by in front of the restaurant, Princess Pingning said, "These are the guards of the Imperial City Division, and the leader is the Imperial City Division Tiju." Seeing Wang's confused face, he explained , "So many Imperial City Divisions were dispatched at once, and Zhang Maoze led the team. I remember that it was more than ten years ago to investigate and deal with the 'Kunning Palace Assassination Case'".

Wang Shidao,
"Kunning Palace is the empress dorm, right? The empress was assassinated?"

Only then did Princess Pingning remember that the matter was suppressed by the emperor, so there were limited people who knew about it, so she whispered a general idea to Wang.

The assassination of the Kunning Palace happened near the Kunning Palace on the night of the 1048th day of the first lunar month in the eighth year of Qingli ([-]). Four soldiers of the imperial guards rebelled and massacred and set fire to the emperor, endangering the safety of the emperor. The imperial guards who came came to calm down.However, this matter involved a harem struggle, and the emperor dealt with it lightly afterwards.

rebellion!

Mrs. Wang trembled all over. On such a happy day, why did such a terrible thing happen? Changbai is still in the palace, so don't let anything happen.Busy looking around, it's a pity that there is no "god table" in the box, otherwise, burn two sticks of incense, say hello to the gods, and help take care of my son.

Seeing that the old lady was not in the right mood, Rulan comforted her, "Mum, there is nothing to worry about. Our home is in the south city, and the Imperial City Secretary is going in the direction of the east city." Looking at the fruits on the table, she picked out the old lady's favorite Mangosteen, "Mother, eat fruit."

Mrs. Wang thought for a while, her complexion immediately turned cloudy, took the mangosteen, happily slapped the baby girl twice, and praised her cleverness.

Suddenly thinking of Princess Pingning next to her, she hurriedly gave her daughter a wink.Ru Lan was stunned for a moment, and she didn't know what kind of fruit her future mother-in-law would like to eat. She glanced at the plate of fruit peels in front of Princess Pingning, it was clean, and seeing that Xiao Liu was eating bananas vigorously, she picked up a A banana, and handed it to the future mother-in-law, "Princess princess, eat some fruit."

The Secretary of the Imperial City promoted Zhang Maoze, whipped him twice with a horsewhip, and said, "Drive." After 13 years, he finally encountered a big case again.

The Imperial City Division, the emperor's "eyes and ears department", the most important task is to monitor the honorable generals and prevent the "Yellow Robe Adding Body 2.0" from being staged.

It's a pity that the literati of the Song Dynasty were too ruthless, turning the honorable generals into little sheep.Just a few years ago, it was rumored that the privy envoy Di Qing was going to rebel, but after investigation, it was found that there was no such thing at all. Di Qing was a big coward, and was frightened by the rumors, so he threw away all the swords at home.

If there is no rebellion, there will be no performance, and the importance in the eyes of the emperor will drop a lot, and the office expenses have not increased by a penny for many years.

In the Song Dynasty, the people were noble and the military were cheap, and the reputation of the Imperial City Secretary was even more notorious. Being an eagle dog for the royal family was aimed at those few copper coins, and the wages were not raised all the time, and the hearts of the people were scattered.

In order to lead the team well, Zhang Maoze racked his brains.The business of the capital is very prosperous, but there are also many scammers, so he led the Imperial City Secretary to do debt collection work.Although the brothers have a lot of money in their pockets, but they are always not doing their jobs properly, and it will not be a problem in the long run.
Dongcheng·Niuxing Street, Han Qi’s Residence
This is a large house covering an area of ​​more than 3000 square meters. Along the north-south central axis, it is built into three courtyards of south group rooms, living room, building and east and west group rooms. , wonderful.

There is a pair of gold-painted couplets on the gate, the upper couplet is farming and studying, and the lower couplet is family tradition of diligence and thrift.A few words outline a scene full of scholarly fragrance, spring blossoms and autumn fruits, full of everyone's demeanor.

"Da da da," a sound of horseshoes came from far to near, a small door was opened, and the probe looked out a few times.

Flying like lightning, with a few breaths, he rode to the front of the gate. "Xi Lvlu~~" Shocked Men Zi hurriedly retracted his head. Looking at his posture, he knew that it was not easy to get along with him. superior.

After glancing at Han's house, Zhang Maoze waved his hand, "Surround up and don't let anyone go!"

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

Turning over and dismounting, and throwing the reins in his hand to his followers, Zhang Maoze said to his assistant, "Break the door."

Han Qi's wife, Cui Shi, was looking at the ledger of a farm. "Bang bang bang" came from the direction of the front yard. She frowned slightly and said to the big maid next to her, "Go and see, what's the noise?"

The big maid asked for a blessing, "Yes, big lady."

"Big lady, big lady is not well. There are a lot of officers and soldiers here, knocking on the door." Menzi ran into the hall and said in a panic, "It's a huge area, there are at least a hundred people, all in soap clothes."

Officers and soldiers in black, Cui quickly asked, "Who are you?"

Menzi said, "Say it's the Secretary of the Imperial City."

Cui was shocked, "Did you hear me right?"

Seeing Menzi nodding, Cui's face turned pale.

She is not Wang's kind of woman who knows nothing about court affairs.It comes from the Cui family of Yanling, which is a branch of the Cui family of Qinghe, the top aristocratic family of "Five Surnames and Seven Wangs" in the Tang Dynasty.His great-grandfather, Cui Zhoudu, served as the judge of the Yanzhou Jiedu envoy in the early years of the Later Zhou Dynasty. After being killed by the Jiedu envoy Murong Yanchao, he was given to the official secretary as a young prisoner.His grandfather, Cui Ruli, was donated to the Minister of the Ministry of War, and his father, Cui Liguan, to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Did your own officials get involved in the conspiracy?

Suddenly seeing a group of guards in soap clothes swarming into the hall, Cui steadied her mind, stood up and went forward to ask, "I don't know which lord it is? What business do you come to the Han Mansion for?"

Zhang Maoze cupped his hands, "Promote Zhang Maoze, the Secretary of the Imperial City, to inspect Han Qi's family property by order."

When everyone in the house heard it, they all knelt down on the ground.

"Madam Cui, please restrain the family members and servants in the mansion, and don't move around." Zhang Maoze assigned some guards to guard each door, and then asked his deputy to lead his men to check the rooms separately.

"Which one is the housekeeper?"

The chief steward of the Han family looked at Mrs. Cui, and Mrs. Cui nodded. The senior steward stepped out, clasped his hands, and said, "The young one is the official family of the Han family."

"Take us to the study."

"Hey, Commander Dian, this Mr. Han's house is really impressive." Followed the butler into the middle courtyard, Yi Ganban pointed to a small garden ten feet away on the right and said, "Look at that small garden, there is more than one corner, bigger than my house. The whole house is bigger."

Jiao, the unit of measurement in the Song Dynasty: the area uses hectare, mu, jiao, and bu. One hectare is equal to 1 mu, one mu is equal to 100 jiao, and one jiao is almost 1 square meters.

Zhang Maoze glanced at the central courtyard, and estimated the area to be two acres of land, "If I remember correctly, this house should have five acres of land, and there are three gardens in total. The one just now is the smallest, and the largest covers an area of ​​more than one mu. .”

Gan Ban said enviously,

"I just can't earn so much money in my whole life. These aristocratic families are rich, and they bought this house a hundred years ago for about ten thousand yuan."

Zhang Maoze sneered, "Our Mr. Han is a concubine, and the Han family will not give such a big house. This yard was bought by Mr. Han from a retired official last year, and it cost a full 37 guan."

Gan Ban said in surprise,
"Han Xianggong is a concubine? Where did he get so much money?"

When the son of a concubine from a wealthy family separates the family, if he meets the majestic mistress, he can get five or six thousand dollars, and if he is mean, he will give away the thousand dollars.

Zhang Maoze raised his leg and kicked his confidant PG, "I know how to make money all day long, and Mr. Han is now the deputy envoy of the Privy Council."

After doing a few words to beg for mercy, he said enviously, "No wonder you can afford such a big house."

In the past, Zhang Maoze would have drooled with envy, but now that he is on Wang Lidong's boat, his vision is much higher, and Han Qi's income is just like that.

"I heard that Mr. Han has stayed in the west for more than ten years, and the filial piety of the Western Army can reach 30 to [-] a year."

The big butler who was leading the way, his heart sank when he heard the few people behind him chatting about the privacy of their lord without any restraint.
When he came to the study room, Zhang Maoze's younger brother had excellent professional skills. After a while, he found the dark room.

In the dark room, apart from a few boxes of gold and silver, there are many forbidden things on the shelf.There are more than a dozen books on astronomical prophecies, spells and divination, as well as several utensils for observing the sky.

The first guard opened a red sandalwood box, saw the bright yellow robe inside, and exclaimed, "Fuck, dragon robe! Dianshuai, dragon robe."

Zhang Maoze stepped forward, took out the dragon robe from the wooden box, and unfolded it together with the security guard. It has a round neck, and several five-clawed golden dragons embroidered with gold thread. The dragons are a bit thin, and seem to be malnourished, belonging to the style of Tang Dynasty dragons. robe.Touching the material, Jinling Yunjin, embroidery skills are also top-notch, and it will take at least two or three years to sew such a dragon robe.

Gan Ban opened a small wooden box, and inside lay a lifelike little wooden figure, with silver needles all over his body, carefully looked at the name on the puppet, his hands trembled in fright, and he exclaimed, "Master Dian!"

"What a fuss."

Zhang Maoze stepped forward, and when he saw the three words 'Zhao Yiyi' written on the puppet, he couldn't help saying, 'Damn it! This is the name of today's officials before they ascended the throne, and Zhao Zhen changed his name after he became emperor.Picking up the puppet, the carving is lifelike, it is the appearance of the official when he was young, turned over the back of the puppet, and found that the birth date was written on it.

A large swath of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Clap!"

Zhang Maoze quickly stuffed the puppet back into the box, and slapped his left hand twice.

Let you owe!

The birthday horoscopes of the royal family members are highly confidential. Apart from him, only the late emperor and his biological mother know the official horoscopes.

Although the horoscope on the back of the little wooden figure is not necessarily official, it cannot be ruled out that it is indeed official.
Hastily scanned the secret room, and found that there were only three people including him, and they were all confidantes. They all read the official's horoscope together just now, and immediately pulled them over, telling them to keep their mouths shut and never speak out Otherwise, next year today, the wife will belong to someone else, and the son will call someone else's father.
The heads of Gan Ban and Ban Ban are like chickens pecking at rice.

Zhang Maoze put the small wooden box into his arms. Qi Heng, this guy, dared to make such a big killer in order to kill Han Qi. This thing is a double-edged sword. Yin virtue
Some are not worth it!

If Wang Lidong knew what this guy was thinking, he would definitely say that he was thinking too much!

Once when he was wandering in the harem, he saw someone playing with this thing, and thought it was interesting, so he brought it out.Thinking that the old emperor won't live long, and it will expire if you don't need to drop it.
Donghuamen, Renhe Restaurant
After listening to Lu Hong's family's report, Princess Pingning was in a bad mood. Qi Hai and his father knew about the big commotion in the Golden Palace, but the whole family didn't know about it.
Seeing Princess Pingning's silence for a long time, Mrs. Wang thought it was because she was worried about Qi Heng's official career, so she hurriedly comforted her, "Miss Princess, don't worry, since Brother Heng has worshiped the official family as his teacher, the official family will definitely protect you." Brother Heng's."

Princess Pingning nodded slightly, and said to Wang, "You can't watch the horse parade. It's still early for lunch, how about we play leaf cards together?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly declined a few words politely, and when she knew that the meal for lunch had been ordered, she said a few more polite words, seeing that the princess was very sincere, she agreed wholeheartedly.

Ru Lan immediately withdrew her hand.Originally wanted to eat another Chengsha dumpling, but she stroked her stuffed belly, her face immediately collapsed, if she knew she would not go home for lunch, she would not eat so much.Think about the special dishes of this Renhe restaurant, sweet and sour Yellow River carp, Bianjing roast duck, barrel chicken
"Da da da" came the sound of galloping horseshoes outside the window, everyone got up and came to the window, and saw three horses galloping from the east city, immediately the three of them kept whipping their whips, and the three riders galloped from the window However, the one in the middle was Tiju, the Secretary of the Imperial City, with an unusually serious expression.

A smile appeared on Princess Pingning's sullen face.

Chongzheng Hall

The atmosphere in the hall was a bit deserted, and the officials below the third rank were all sent home by the old emperor.

Although Han Qi's face was a little pale, he looked calm, chatting with a few good friends from time to time.

When Wang Lidong pointed out his private collection of astronomical supplies, he knew that this time he really fell for it.There is more than one 'solar' hidden in the house, there are many astronomical and calendar things, not for the purpose of rebellion or ulterior motives, but for the study of the Book of Changes.

The officials must also know the purpose of these things, so beheading is impossible, and there is a high probability that they will be demoted.

Looking at the face of the official's family, it was pitch black, and there was a high probability that he would be relegated to Lingnan, a popular destination. '

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, there were many places where officials were exiled, from southeast to north, such as Anxi Dudufu, Yunnan-Guizhou, or Hei Province, but now these "hot spots" of exile are occupied by foreign powers, and Lingnan has become the only choice for relegating officials.

(End of this chapter)