To The Land of Nevernight

When the sun was setting on the west mountain, Li Xiaoren, the chief inspector of the Qintian Supervisor, entered the palace wearing a gossip gown with a fairy style and holding a whisk.Beside him were two young disciples.On the night of the palace change on the seventh day of the first lunar month, Li Xiaoren was sick in bed, so he was not in the palace. It was his two little apprentices who stayed behind and went to Xiantai.

Now that Li Xiaoren was recovering from illness, he was summoned by the emperor, and entered the palace arrogantly.

But his two little apprentices were trembling and did not dare to raise their heads.It wasn't Li Xiaoren who shivered all night because of being huddled in fear in Dengxiantai that night, but them.If you haven't experienced that panicky and terrifying night, you can't feel how terrifying this palace is.If the Imperial Forest Army rushed into Dengxiantai that night and chopped the two little Taoist priests into meat, no one would say a word of injustice for them.

When Li Xiaoren arrived at Dengxiantai, the eunuch Ji Fu was already waiting outside the hall.

Seeing Ji Fu, Li Xiaoren hurried up and said with a smile: "Grandpa Ji."

Ji Fu smiled and said, "Lord Li, the officials have been worrying a lot recently, you have to be careful."

Li Xiaoren: "Thank you, Eunuch Ji, for your suggestion." With that said, he entered Dengxiantai.

After waiting for an hour, Li Xiaoren came out from Dengxiantai.He breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling refreshed and radiant.He was suppressed by the Shan Ting monk for a whole year, and now Shan Ting was beheaded by the emperor to show the public, and the emperor abandoned Buddhism to practice Taoism. In the end, it was Li Xiaoren who won the victory.

Li Xiaoren was in a good mood, he asked his little apprentice to stuff Ji Fu with a few golden leaves, and said flatteringly: "From tomorrow on, I will come to Xiantai every day again. Eunuch Ji has worked hard to serve His Majesty, so he should pay more attention to his body. "

Ji Fu accepted the gold leaf calmly, and said with a smile, "Lord Li should also pay attention to his body."

Li Xiaoren led his disciples away from Dengxiantai, his steps were windy, he was very unhappy.

"It's really a villain's success."

Ji Fu turned his head and saw his godson, he frowned and said, "You can say that too?"

The little eunuch Xie Bao lowered his head, aggrieved and said: "Yes, but the son is right."

Ji Fu: "You, take care of your mouth, what's the matter with you here."

Xie Baowei obediently complied, and was sent by Ji Fu to the harem to handle some errands.However, looking at the backs of Li Xiaoren and those two little Taoist priests, Ji Fu didn't feel that this world is really a villain's success.

Li Xiaoren is so stupid, how stupid is he, that he can feel that Zhao Fu is an emperor who is dedicated to Taoism.

Zhao Fu, this person does not believe in God or Buddha in this life, he only believes in himself!

After the change of the first moon palace, Ji Fu suddenly felt that he understood Zhao Fu better.When Zhao Fu summoned Ji Wengji that day, he listened to Zhao Fu's order and stood outside the door, listening to the words of the two of them verbatim.Ji Xiang commented on Zhao Fu, saying that he is an extremely selfish and wise king, but Ji Fu felt that Zhao Fu could no longer be described as selfish. In his eyes, for more than 60 years, he seemed to be the only one!

As an old man who has been with Zhao Fu for more than 50 years, Ji Fu suddenly felt chills in his heart.

The reason why Xie Bao felt that Li Xiaoren was a villain, was because he was trying to speak out for Shan Ting, who died in vain.Compared with this fake Taoist priest who only flatters others, he is good at listening and approachable. He has never deliberately curry favor with high officials and nobles, nor will he only curry favor with Ji Fu while ignoring other eunuchs.Shan Ting has a good relationship with these little eunuchs, and is deeply liked by the eunuchs and court ladies.

"The Buddha saves a predestined person. You really want to save our Majesty, but you don't have enough magic power to save him!" Ji Fu sighed in his heart, he might be the last person in this world who lamented for the good-hearing monk.

After leaving the yamen, Tang Shen returned home, only to see Tang Juan was describing something vividly with Aunt Yao and Feng pen.

"...I saw the great monk put his hands together, made a seal, knelt in the center of the execution ground, and began to recite the Zen scriptures. The most amazing thing is that after he recited the scriptures, the executioner did not move. The people in the village were also quiet, and everyone listened to him chanting sutras. Every time he uttered a word, a lotus flower bloomed on the ground, and the entire dharma field opened with a clatter."

"Why didn't you say that he breathed out a golden lotus and became a Buddha right away?"

Tang Juan turned his head and saw that it was Tang Shen. The little girl was horrified and said, "Is it true? That great monk still spit out golden lotus, and instantly became a Buddha?"

Tang Shen: "..."

"Of course it's false! Where did you hear about these inexplicable things? When a prisoner executes his execution, his hands are tied behind his back with chains. How can he fold his hands together? When the time comes, the execution will be executed immediately without delay. Can the executioner not listen?" Instructions? I told you, don't keep listening to these inexplicable rumors, they are all fake."

Aunt Yao: "Ah, it turned out to be fake. I thought those monks were really so magical."

Tang Shen was speechless.

The common people didn't know what happened in the first moon palace change, and they all thought it was a demon monk who brought disaster to the country.In fact, it's not just them, even many Beijing officials don't know the truth.The common people regarded this incident as an after-dinner story and made up several versions.Even the Xixia Building of the Tang family told a story about a ghost, about a Taoist priest subduing a demon monk.

As February approached, Tang Shen was called into the palace.

Zhao Fu returned to his usual expression, sitting on the throne, reviewing the memorial.Ji Fu led Tang Shen into the Chui Gong Palace, Zhao Fu put down the booklet in his hand, looked up at him, and said with a smile, "It seems like I haven't seen Jing Ze for a long time."

Tang Shen made a bow and said, "I pay homage to Your Majesty."

Zhao Fu waved at him: "Come closer and talk."

Tang Shen took two steps closer.

Zhao Fu sighed: "It's still the same as before, so young and in full bloom. But I'm already old." At this time, it almost became a habit. Tang Shen subconsciously wanted to say a rainbow fart, but Zhao Fu didn't. Giving him a chance to speak, he continued: "I don't have much time, but none of the things I wanted to do have been done. Jing Ze, your brother has been in Youzhou for so long, how is he doing recently? "

Tang Shen may not be as clear as Zhao Fu about Wang Zifeng's current situation.

Tang Shen: "I haven't seen my senior brother for a long time, but my senior brother is thoughtful. After going to Youzhou, I will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

Zhao Fu laughed: "Go to Youzhou and help Zifeng!"

Tang Shen was startled, but kept his expression on the surface: "The minister takes orders."

Zhao Fu: "My few wishes, I really hope that I can see them before my eyes!"

Tang Shen understood, knowing that Zhao Fu sent him to Youzhou not only to help Wang Qin with the work of Yin Yinsi, but also for the Liao Kingdom.

The Great Song Dynasty was founded for more than 21 years, and there were nine emperors in total.During Song Xunzong's reign, Song and Liao fought for several years. In the end, the Song Dynasty suffered a disastrous defeat. They ceded [-] hectares of land in the northwest and paid annual tribute every year.In the time of the first emperor, he resorted to military force and fought to the death with the Liao Kingdom, thus avoiding the annual tribute.

After Emperor Kaiping ascended the throne, he fought against the Liao Kingdom for another ten years, and finally regained the land of the three prefectures in Youzhou, but there were still [-] hectares of Song land occupied by the Liao people.

For the sake of Zhao Fu, the emperor is already famous in history books.But he is not satisfied with this, what he wants is a true generation of Mingjun.

Tang Shen left the Chuigong Hall and went straight to Yushitai, he was going to go to Youzhou.

Tang Shen didn't realize that just as he stepped out of the gate of the Chuigong Palace, an official wearing a second-grade crimson official robe happened to walk over on another palace road.The two failed to meet face to face, but the other party saw Tang Shen.Yu Chaosheng stopped in his tracks, and led his little eunuch to turn his head and asked, "Mr. Yu?"

Yu Chaosheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, said: "It's nothing, let's go on."

Soon, Yu Chaosheng entered the Chuigong Hall to meet Zhao Fu.

At noon, Yu Shangshu returned to the Hall of Qinzheng, and he found his teacher, who was the prime minister of the left, Xu Wei.

After Ji Wengji was deprived of his official position, no one thought that the person who succeeded him as the left minister of Qinzheng Hall was not the right minister Wang Quan, but the most inconspicuous right minister Xu Wei.Xu Wuduan was sitting in Ji Wengji's former main room, talking with Meng Lang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.Seeing Yu Chaosheng coming, Meng Lang said, "I won't disturb Xu Xianggong and Mr. Yu's teacher-student reunion." Then he got up and said goodbye.

After Meng Lang left, Xu Wei and Yu Chaosheng sat on the Luohan couch, and they sipped tea lightly.

Yu Chaosheng put down the teacup: "Although half a month has passed, the students still feel like they are in a dream."

Xu Wu: "What kind of dream."

Yu Chaosheng: "I'm ashamed to say it, it's a bit ridiculous, so I won't talk about it with my husband. It's just that the first lunar month palace changes, many things are like looking at flowers in a fog, and the students haven't understood it yet."

"Why don't you understand?"

Yu Chaosheng said one by one: "...Although the students don't understand, but the students have always followed the teacher's teachings. Why do you need to understand everything? If you know one or two, you can be wise and protect yourself. So I am not curious."

"I'm really not curious."

Yu Chaosheng shook his head: "I'm really not curious."

Xu Wei smiled and said, "You, it's been like a day for ten years, it's this elm temperament."

Yu Chaosheng smiled, but did not answer.

In fact, how can you really not be curious at all?But Yu Chaosheng knew that the more he knew in this world, the faster he would die.Especially the current emperor has never been an emperor who can be manipulated by others.The lesson from the past is Ji Xiang, and Ji Xiang has seen it too thoroughly, so he will end up today.Yu Chaosheng didn't know what Ji Xiang knew, but he knew that he didn't want to find out what Ji Xiang knew.

Yu Chaosheng: "The student met Tang Jingze again in front of the Chui Gong Hall today."

Xu Wei asked in surprise, "We met again?"

"Yes, the student happened to receive the order to enter the palace to face the saint, and Mr. Tang came out from the Chuigong Palace. But this time, he never saw me, but I saw him." Yu Chaosheng said with rare emotion, "Mr. Tang and I always have a relationship It is a kind of predestined relationship. The students never believed in Buddhism, but because I am now the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the person who supervised and beheaded Shan Ting a few days ago is a student. Under the scorching sun, Shan Ting was pressed on the stone case, but Without changing his face, he continued to recite Buddhist scriptures. At that time, the student suddenly seemed to see the Buddha."

Xu Wei said meaningfully: "It's not very human to be good at listening."

Yu Chaosheng: "Sir?"

"A year ago, he had just entered the palace, and he had a chance encounter with the old man before he climbed to Xiantai. At that time, the old man chatted with him a few words, and the old man heard from his tone that he already knew that he might not be able to leave. Get out of this palace."

"How could he expect what would happen a year later?"

"Not necessarily, he just has a clear mind, and he can see through our Majesty's mind at a glance!"

Who is the person who understands Zhao Fu best in this world?

Ji Weng Ji?

good listener?

Xu Yan took a sip of tea leisurely.