Unparalleled Concubine

The messenger took a look at Li Xin, then at the portrait, bowed his head and said, "Your accent doesn't sound like a local, what's your name, where did you come from, is there any guide?"

Li Xin bowed his head and said: "I'm Li Daoxing, a Qilu person in the north, my grandfather is from the capital, my grandfather has typhoid fever, and my mother asked me to come down to the capital to take care of him."

At this time, Li Xin spoke the northern dialect from his previous life.

The messenger glanced at the Yongzhou man marked under the portrait, and could not help dispelling his doubts, and said: "I am ordered by the superior to arrest a young man named Li Xin. This man speaks with a Yongzhou accent. If you see him, Then quickly go to Jingzhao Mansion to report to the official."

Li Xin nodded and said, "I understand."

The two police officers walked around the yard again, and after vaguely seeing the old man lying in the room, they dispelled their doubts and walked out of the small yard quickly.

The reason why they didn't continue to ask is because Li Xin mentioned the word typhoid fever just now. Typhoid fever is also a cold, or infectious cold. , is also a fatal disease, and no one wants to contract it.

After the two left, Li Xin sat on a small bench in the yard and let out a long sigh of relief.

He underestimated the ancients too much. This era has a complete social system. Everyone has a "photograph" similar to an ID card. When going out, they have to ask the yamen to issue a guide. Native place, characteristic accent, it is almost impossible to escape. He was able to hide under the hands of these two policemen just now, purely because these two people did not pay much attention. As long as they ask a few more questions, Li Xin will immediately reveal his identity .

After escaping this catastrophe, Li Xin was still in shock. He knew very well that he needed to obtain a legal identity in the capital.

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Regardless of Li Xin's side, in the imperial school grounds of Beicheng Imperial City, the Chengde Emperor, who is over half a hundred years old, is bending his bow and arrows in the school grounds.

Although the Holy Son of Jin has gray hair, his face is quite handsome, and his mental state is very good, and he looks quite capable.

The string of the half-filled longbow he drew vibrated, and the arrow hit the red heart of the target fifty paces away.

The Great Jin has only ruled the world for more than 30 years. The current emperor of Chengde, as well as many ministers in the court, have experienced that great struggle, so they are more or less skilled in martial arts. For example, the emperor of Chengde, in his early years He is also a general who leads troops to fight. Although he is getting old now, his skills are still there.

"it is good!"

To be able to hit the target at fifty paces is already a remarkable thing, not to mention that the archer is today, so naturally there is no shortage of flatterers. All the princes in the school grounds applauded in unison. A young prince wearing a jade crown smiled and said, "Father is brave, even Marquis Pingnan can't match this level of archery."

Emperor Chengde, who was about 50 years old but still in good spirits, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I'm getting old, I haven't used my bow and crossbow for a long time, and I'm going to go hunting in Beishan in a few days, so I warmed up. So as not to lose face in front of you young people."

Several princes were all scrambling to be the first to flatter and said: "Father hunts every year, and he is always the one who catches the most, and this year is definitely no exception."

Emperor Chengde waved his hand and said with a light smile: "That fellow Li Shen is not in the capital, I am indeed the one who hunts the most every year, I understand in my heart that it is not because of how powerful I am, but because of the whole capital, except for Li Shenzhi Besides, no one dares to actually go hunting."

Li Zhijie, the father of Pingnan Hou Li Shen, was a monarch and minister who ruled the world together with Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, while Li Shen and Emperor Chengde were playmates who played together since childhood. In front of Emperor Chengde, he would not be too restrained.

All the princes laughed without saying a word.

Emperor Chengde practiced in the school grounds for about half an hour, and he was a little tired. He waved his hand to signal these princes to perform martial arts by themselves, while he went back to rest in a warm pavilion around the school grounds.

Just as the Emperor Chengde was watching his sons performing martial arts and archery with great interest, an eunuch dressed in vermilion knelt respectfully in front of the Emperor Chengde.

As Li Xin expected, the emperor naturally had his own eyes and ears, and the eyes and ears of the Chengde emperor was the Tianmu prison run by eunuchs, which was one of the eight prisons in the inner city of the imperial palace.

"Your Majesty, the Tianmu Supervisor found a poem in the capital, which involved the Jingzhao Mansion and His Majesty. The servant girl specially found a copy, and I beg Your Majesty to judge it."

After finishing speaking, the eunuch dressed in vermilion held a piece of paper in both hands and handed it to the Emperor Chengde.

This piece of paper was the big-character poster in Li Xin's hand.

Chapter 14 Li Xin, what happened to you!

There is nothing wrong with the first few lines of this big-character poster. It is nothing more than the tragedy of an inconspicuous charcoal seller. Not to mention the whole world, even in this capital, it is impossible to know how many people die every day. It is impossible for a house to enter the eyes of the emperor.

The problem is the last two sentences.

Because the emperor hunted Beishan, he burned the place where the old man huddled.

The emperor's sage and virtue shined through the world, and the old man froze to death in Beishan.

These two sentences are clearly criticizing the emperor.

When the Emperor Chengde was looking at the big-character poster, the eunuch in red knelt down and said, "This thing was posted on the streets of the capital the night before yesterday. People have been sent to confiscate these things, but some of them are still being circulated..."

At this time, the emperor finished reading the big-character poster, frowned immediately, and asked, "Is it true?"

The eunuch kneeling on the ground is called Dong Cheng, and he is the eunuch of the Tianmu Supervisor. The "eunuch" here is actually a position. Each of the eight eunuchs in the imperial city has one eunuch and two young eunuchs. In other words, the entire imperial city There are only eight eunuchs in the palace, who are qualified to be called eunuchs.

Dong Cheng knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "The servant has already sent people to investigate. There is indeed a wooden house in Beishan that was sent to be burned by people from the Jingzhao Mansion. As for whether the Jingzhao Mansion has the name of the master, the servant has not yet Check properly."

Emperor Chengde glanced at this poster with decent handwriting, and said calmly: "The Jingzhao Mansion probably did it, otherwise the person who wrote this would not have dared to mention it on my head for no reason. In the past few years, Li Ye's behavior has become more and more outrageous."

After the Great Jin Dynasty expanded its territory from Emperor Wu, it was governed by the current Emperor Chengde, so the emperor's reputation has always been very good. Now that he is getting older, he cherishes his reputation even more. Even if it is his favorite hunting, he only goes there every year Once, to prevent being gossiped by those censors.

Now that such a thing happened, it means that the current sage, in order to hunt in Beishan, burned down the houses of his people, and wanted to force his people to death in the cold winter!

Many things, as long as they don't make a big fuss, it's easy to talk about anything, just like this matter, if there is no publicity, the Emperor Chengde would not even take a look at it, but now this matter is spreading in the capital.

The Jingzhao Mansion at the foot of the emperor personally poured dirty water on the emperor's head!

The great Jin emperor's good mood was instantly disturbed, and he waved his hand impatiently: "Go and investigate, investigate this matter thoroughly, and in addition, let Jingzhao Mansion give it to me." A document to clarify this matter."

Speaking of this, the emperor paused, then held the big-character poster in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The charcoal seller whose house was burned down is certainly pitiful, but the person who wrote this thing is also very heartless." , after you go down, find this man for me, throw him into the Jingzhao Mansion and imprison him for ten or eight years!"

Dong Cheng got up from the ground, bowed and said: "Your servant will do it now."

At this point in the matter, Emperor Chengde lost all interest, and he said to a gray-haired old eunuch behind him: "Order, this year's hunt, don't do it."

Among the eight eunuchs in the inner city of the imperial palace, the highest status is the internal servant supervisor, who is responsible for all affairs in the imperial city. The eunuch of the internal servant supervisor is also called the great eunuch.And the old eunuch standing behind the Emperor Chengde is the chief eunuch of the internal servant, surnamed Chen Mingju, who has been in the palace for more than 40 years.

It is worth mentioning that the Great Jin Dynasty has been established for more than a hundred years, but it was only more than 30 years ago that a generation of heroes, Emperor Wu, worked hard to dominate the world.

Even Dong Cheng wanted to kowtow and call him godfather when he saw Chen Ju.

Chen Ju knelt down straight down, bowed his head and kowtowed: "Dong Cheng is ignorant and disturbed His Majesty's temperament. It is the old slave who is incapable of discipline."

Emperor Chengde waved his hand: "He is in charge of the Tianmu prison, and what he does is this kind of thing. You can't let him turn a blind eye to this kind of thing. It's good if I know, otherwise the common people will poke me in the back in the future, and I won't feel complacent." Know."

Chen Ju kowtowed and said, "This matter, the old slave will go and watch it in person, and I must give the master an explanation."

Emperor Chengde nodded, and didn't want to stay in the school grounds any longer, so he turned and went back to his bedroom.

In this way, the originally calm capital began to become turbulent because of Li Xin's humble big-character poster. In fact, Li Xin's original purpose was to slightly deter the Pingnanhou Mansion so that they would no longer embarrass themselves. Under the operation of people with a heart, the matter has developed to a scale far beyond Li Xin's control.

However, Li Xin is still ignorant of everything, because he has no source of income from Deyilou, and he has recently begun to think about new ways to make money.

So, in his small yard, a small grill was set up. The grill was made of fire-resistant bamboo charcoal, and then there were pieces of mutton skewered with bamboo sticks, and the mutton was brushed with a layer of sesame oil. , and then sprinkled with a layer of salt and pepper, and after a while, a tempting aroma floated out.

The charcoal girl sat next to Li Xin with her knees hugged, drooling all over the place.

These things, whether it is mutton, sesame oil, salt powder or pepper from the Western Regions, are not cheap things in this era. Naturally, the little girl has never eaten them. He took a bunch off from the table and handed it to the little girl.

"Come on, have a taste."