Tang riddles

On May [-]th, the Xuanzheng Hall of the Daming Palace, it is time for court attendance.Recently, there have been a lot of government affairs. Today is the first time the sage opened the dynasty after the death of Concubine Wu Hui.The right minister Xiao Song played the frontier military situation in Tubo, and the left minister Han Xiu played fifteen interview envoys and the Fujian economic envoy set the progress.The Minister of Rites played the preparations for the Qianqiu Festival (August [-]th), and the sage requested that everything be kept simple.In the end, no one played anymore, the saint was a little tired, he squeezed the center of his brows, and glanced at Gao Lishi beside him.Gao Lishi understood, and shouted:

"There is a table to play, and there is nothing to retreat!"

I thought that He should retreat here, but I didn't expect that a thick male voice suddenly sounded in the quiet hall:

"Chen, Peng He, a member of the military department, has a table to play!"

As soon as the words were spoken, an official sitting in the seat on the left got up, walked forward respectfully, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed.

The saint frowned and said:

"What's the matter with the Qing family?"

"Your Majesty ordered His Excellency Shou Wang to preside over the establishment of fifteen interview envoys, and also ordered His Excellency the Princess of Jin to preside over the appointment of the military supervision system. Right now, His Excellency Shou Wang is diligent, and the fifteen interview envoys are going smoothly just as Han Xiang said. However, Ren Du of the military supervisory system has stalled, all because Her Excellency the Princess of Jin has not been out of the mansion so far, unable to govern. I implore Your Majesty to be merciful and lift the ban on the Princess of Jin's mansion." Peng He said.

The saint raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not speak immediately.There was silence above the main hall, all the officials looked at each other to communicate, but they dared not make a sound.

"Minister!" Suddenly there was a loud thunder, and a military general stood up and came out. He was tall and burly, with mustache and shaggy hair, and leopard eyes wide open. He knelt down beside Peng He. All the officials recognized him as You Longwu. General Wei Xiao Shiyuan.

Han Xiu came out at this moment and held up his wat to play: "I report to Your Majesty, I think that what Peng Yuanwailang and General Xiao have played is very correct. The suspicion of Your Excellency Princess Jin has long been cleared. If you continue to be imprisoned, it will appear unfair to Your Majesty. Your Majesty will give you some advice. The small precept is for teaching, Your Excellency the Princess must know her mistakes and keep them in mind."

Han Xiu's words are already very straightforward. It is obvious that the princess is innocent, but you put her under house arrest on trumped-up charges. You are just angry at her for contradicting you.It has been locked up for so many days now, and there are still many things waiting for the princess to come out to deal with, so you should release him quickly.

As soon as Han Xiu spoke, many people on the side of the general stood up and came out, and the voices of "ministers and counselors" came and went, and the center of the hall was suddenly full of people kneeling.

The sage's face was not hesitant. He had planned to announce the release of Li Jinyue recently, but he didn't expect so many people to intercede for her today.Han Xiu's words were not pleasant, as if he had wronged Jin, he was a little upset.After enduring for a moment, he said in a deep voice:

"I have made my own arrangements for the affairs of the state of Jin, so please stand up, gentlemen."

The ministers heard the words, and they didn't want to appear aggressive in this matter, so they followed their words.Waiting for everyone to return to their seats, the sage said:

"Princess Jin, you have made meritorious service in protecting the country, and you should be rewarded." Then he clicked on the Minister of Rites, and said, "The specific rewards will be drawn up by the Ministry of Rites. This is the end of today's court meeting, let's leave the court." After speaking, he got up and left The dragon couch.Gao Lishi immediately sang:

"Retreat!"

He angrily went to the Yanying Hall, but did not sit in the chariot, and Gao Lishi hurriedly chased after him.As soon as he entered Yanying Hall, he kicked over a servant at the door who was kneeling on the ground cleaning the mat.The servant was so frightened that he was out of his wits, lying on the ground shaking like chaff.Gao Lishi hurriedly dragged the servant and threw him out.

"Your Majesty..." Gao Lishi called him.

The sage put his hands behind his back, turned around and glanced at Gao Lishi, and said:

"Is it true that I treat Jin State very badly?"

Gao Lishi could only smile, the saint snorted coldly and said:

"You old slick."

"The old servant watched the princess grow up. The princess is a very good child and always has Her Majesty in her heart." Gao Lishi laughed along with him.

"She has me in her heart? What a joke!" The saint sat on the edge of the couch, raised his hand to pick up the cup of tea, and took a sip, "I'm afraid she already hated me so much that she gritted her teeth."

"Your Majesty, this old slave has the guts to say that you really shouldn't always be angry with the princess because of the past. She is wronged in her heart, and you want to treat her well, but...it always backfires."

"She is capable, willing to work hard, and always wants to prove to me how capable she is. You said that she is a good daughter, how can she be so competitive? When I looked at her, I thought of my grandmother and Taiping. There is her mother!" He slammed the teacup on the table, and while speaking, he had already left off the emperor's self-proclaimed "Zhen", and changed his tone when speaking with people close to him in the past.

Gao Lishi didn't answer, but just took the round fan and fanned him.

After a while, Li Longji sighed, and said: "Alas... whatever, you go to draw up an order and let her out. Let her do whatever she should."

"Here." Gao Lishi smiled.

"Let's go, drive Sanqing Palace, I'm going to meet the national teacher."

Sanqing Hall is a royal Taoist temple built in Daming Palace, where Taoist priests turn to serve the royal family.When the sage arrived, the Taoist priests from the Sanqing Hall came to greet him in two rows.He strode into the main hall, and saw an old Taoist priest wearing a black gossip robe and a childlike face, waiting at the door with a whisk in his hand.When seeing Shengjia, he didn't kneel down to salute, but just made a gesture.

Isn't the current national teacher the Taoist emperor——Baiyunzi Sima Chengzhen?

"National teacher! You are here. I miss you so much after a long absence."

"Your Majesty is worried, and the old man is terrified." Sima Chengzhen said calmly, without any sign of fear.

"Hahaha..." The saint let out a series of laughter, took Sima Chengzhen's hand, and led him into the hall.

"How is the national teacher recently? I heard that you went to the Western Regions some time ago?"

"Exactly, the old Taoist went to the Western Regions to welcome back senior brother Fagu."

"Oh? That's really gratifying." The saint didn't ask who the senior brother was or why he was in the Western Regions, as if he didn't care.He dragged Sima Chengzhen to sit down in the reception room of Sanqing Palace, chatted with Sima Chengzhen for a long time, and finally mentioned the key point of recalling Sima Chengzhen:

"National teacher, my spirit is disturbed when I come here. In this imperial city, ghosts and ghosts linger endlessly, disrupting the order. I also hope that the national teacher will clear up the evil for me and point out a bright way."

"Your Majesty bears the fate of heaven, and the longevity is eternal. There are thousands of right ways and the light shines everywhere. Why are you afraid of evil spirits?" Sima Chengzhen said.

"I am not afraid, but there is chaos in the palace, and rumors are spreading in the city. I am very worried. I hope that the national teacher can ask the Three Purities to be righteous, and put down the evil in all directions."

"The old Taoist is on the way here, and I heard that there have been murders in Chang'an City recently. Is your majesty worried about this?" Sima Chengzhen said.

The saint nodded.

"The old Taoist understands. Please give the old Taoist some time to investigate. If you can find out the root cause, you will be able to eliminate the disaster."

"Everything is up to the national teacher."

After the sage left, Senior Brother Chen beside Sima Chengzhen asked:

"Master, how can this emperor be so superstitious, please let us do the murder case? Is it possible that he really believes that all this is caused by the so-called Princess Taiping's unjust soul?"

Sima Chengzhen smiled, and said: "If you are upright, you will not be afraid of the shadow slanting. If you are not upright, you will always be worried and fearful from the bottom of your heart."

"Are we going to meet Bozhao and the others?" Brother Chen asked again.

"No, it's not convenient to meet her right now. We still have things to do."

……

At noon on the same day, Daozhengfang.A group of special guests were ushered in at Huilaiju, they were a group of people from the Four Seas Escort Bureau who had booked a table here earlier.The old head of the bodyguard is about to retire completely in the near future, and his son will inherit his position and become the new head of bodyguard.In order to celebrate the retirement of the old bodyguard and the young bodyguard holding the flag, the brothers of the security agency had reserved a table half a month ago.

Huihuiju didn't want to accept such a big business, and he didn't want to provoke people in the world.But because the old head of the Four Seas Escort Bureau can be regarded as an old acquaintance of Boss Ju Mo who has returned, and he had friendship in the early years, it was not easy to refuse, so he had to accept it.

Almost no one knows Boss Mo's name, only his surname is Mo.The insiders of Qianyumen who really know his origin naturally understand that Mo is actually Mo, he is a descendant of the Mo family, although he is no longer a direct branch, but he is the son of this generation, inheriting almost all the skills and abilities of the Mo family. Spirit.Boss Mo lives in seclusion in the city. If it wasn't for the poor people in Shu, he would not have come out to do business. He led the people to mine the unique herbs in Shu to make spices and sell them, leading everyone to get rich.After receiving the entrustment from Qianyumen, he even dissipated his wealth and came to Chang'an to help Shen Sui build a waist support that could assist Qin Lian in walking.

Boss Mo dedicated half a day to receive these people in person for the business of the Four Seas Escort.It's not so much a reception, but a look at them, so as not to cause trouble here by these violent and rough men, causing officers and soldiers or unnecessary eyeliners.Fortunately, the men in the Escort Bureau didn't mess around so much. On the contrary, the atmosphere was a bit sad, and everyone was drunk.Some of these people left their hometowns in the early years, and now they can’t go back. Some of them are alone and don’t even have any relatives.However, the Four Seas Escort Bureau is not in Daozhengfang, but in Changlefang next door.These people began to feast at noon and continued to drink until dusk, when the evening drum sounded, the feast was considered to be over.

It was too late to leave the shop, Boss Mo found a few guys, sent a total of eight drunks to an inn opposite Guilaiju, and planned to open eight rooms for them to rest.Wait until you wake up tomorrow before leaving the workshop.

How could one know that the business of this inn is good today, and the inn that didn't have many guests in the past is almost full today.As long as there are five rooms, a few men can still sleep if they squeeze each other.But after them, three more guests, two men and one woman, came to stay in the hotel, but there were no rooms left.The innkeeper took a closer look at the three guests. They were a middle-aged man and woman who looked like a couple. They were ordinary and dusty. They brought an old servant with them. With a tough attitude, he hung up the full guest sign and drove the three out.

Boss Mo who was standing by the side couldn't bear it, so he stepped forward and asked:

"Do you still have a place to stay?"

"We came to seek refuge with relatives. I heard that relatives' homes are in this government square, but we couldn't find them after searching for a day. Seeing that the gates of the square were closed, we wanted to find a place to stay first. How could we know? This inn is full of customers. My lord, do you know where there is still an inn to stay?"

Boss Mo thought for a while and said, "Well, you guys should stay in my restaurant first. There are two private rooms on the second floor, which can be reserved for you for a night. When the inn will be vacant tomorrow, you can check in again."

The three were overjoyed when they heard the words, and thanked Boss Mo repeatedly.

In the evening of that day, a group of five people quietly walked out from the inn opposite Guilaiju. They were wearing black robes, and one of them was holding a child in his arms.After sneaking out from the backyard of the inn, they came to the backyard of Huilaiju.One of them raised his hand and knocked rhythmically on the door a few times. After a while, the door opened a crack, and a guy looked out through the crack. The leader of the man in black robe took off the black cloak that covered his face, and said After saying something, the guy saw it and immediately opened the door to let them in.

After all five people came in, the guy immediately clasped his fists and said:

"Subordinates refer to sect master, deputy sect master, madam, young sect master, Mr. Qianhe, Mr. Yi."

"Okay, are you tired, is Juzi here? Take us to see him." Shen Sui said.

"Here, everyone, please."

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