Because he was in the Mid-Tang Dynasty and had a clear feud with the local Wude Academy, and of course with the military of the Mid-Tang Dynasty, Lin Fengjin did not dare to be too trusting and talk to the old man.
After mumbling for a while, he decided to go to Xijing with the Taoist priest and two or three of his men. The old man would leave first with the caravan.
If something happens, you can drive easily and easily, and it's easy to run away, so you don't get messed up.
After getting the place in order, Lin Fengjin went to Xijing, which was a journey of two hundred and thirty to forty miles, and it only took two days to travel day and night by boat.
The first impression you get when you come to Xijing is that it is strict and neat, and the second is precision.
At this time, Lin Fengjin had experienced the capitals of both of the Three Kingdoms. The feeling of Yedu was that it had the majesty and grandeur of the north, but it was out of structure and a bit disorganized.
However, Xiangdu's flourishing and prosperous scenery, which lasts all night, is enough to make people intoxicated and addicted to it, unable to extricate themselves. However, there is a kind of dreamy bubble of wealth and wealth.
In comparison, the layout of Xijing is precise and neat. The streets are straight, as if they were all built according to the standard. Even the city gate guards are also very strict and meticulous. Each area is divided very neatly, even the patrols.
The soldiers seem to only walk on their own sidelines and will never take another step!
After seeing this scene, Lin Fengjin finally understood why the Zhongtang Dynasty was so strong that its basic national policy was expansion rather than defense. With the secret support of Wude Academy
, you can get the right time, and have your own strictly followed rules and disciplines to control the internal, you can get the people and the people. The remaining geographical advantage alone can no longer determine the outcome of the battle.
So Lin Fengjin stayed in the inn honestly, doing what he usually did as a merchant's son, visiting the market, asking about prices, and finding out which goods were currently selling well and which ones were stagnant.
Lin Fengjin had actually finished what he should have done a long time ago. It had been more than half a year since he got the information from Tan Limei and the group of people on the grassland. In the past half year, Lin Fengjin had done it again.
How is it possible to do nothing?
Among the vast collection of books in Donglin Academy, more than half are from the time of David of the previous dynasty. Among these books, Lin Fengjin did not have time to go to Haoshouqiongjing, but inquired about them, which was very wasteful.
After some hard work, I invited a few senior brothers and sisters who are quite accomplished in this field to go to the No. 1 place in the world and roast them for a while. The reason I found was also good. They said that I had recently read some idle books on Feng Shui and wanted to study the previous dynasty.
The feng shui pattern of the royal palace.
Among these brothers and sisters, there was Fu Min'er who was in there and had a lot of wine and meat. Many people naturally agreed after hearing Lin Fengjin's confusion. Only Fu Min'er kept pursed her lips and smiled sweetly.
Refusing to nod, Lin Fengjin signed several more treaties that were humiliating and humiliating the country, finally getting her to take action.
The next day, Lin Fengjin sent his housekeeper to hand over Sima Fang's handover, and gave each person a standard set of the Four Treasures of the Study: Hu brushes (six pieces), Hui ink (twelve pieces), and rice paper (twenty-four pieces).
Jin), Duan Inkstone (one side). This ancient version of the Apple three-piece suit is excellent for socializing. No one dislikes it and it comes in handy. It can be said that it has both face and dignity.
Since Lin Fengjin had spent a lot of money, and his classmates were powerful people in their families, it was no problem to get the palace maps of the three former capitals at this time. They were all very clear in his mind. But among them Some of the place names are indeed lost and cannot be found.
At this time, things have changed and people have changed. The carved railings and jade masonry should still be there, but the beauty has changed.
Even Zhongdu has become Xijing. The place names in the palace must have changed greatly. However, since the palace has not been rebuilt, that is, it has been basically renovated, then the layout must still be the same as before. Therefore, the palace inside There will never be too much difference in terms of names or repetitions, just like Huanyi Prison cannot be called Qianqing Palace no matter how it changes, and Huarenfang cannot be called Chuxiu Palace no matter how it is changed.
However, despite what he said, after Lin Fengjin got the map, he studied it for a long time. Even with his meticulous thinking and water-milling methods, he still couldn't find any clues. Can the title of the Xijing Palace be known? Hang a ditch where it touches half of the remaining words.
On weekdays, Lin Fengjin seems to be enjoying himself, but he can't help but feel a little anxious in his heart. Today he just returned to the inn and bumped into the familiar companion, with a smile on his face:
"Congratulations, sir, the palace has sent word that Wu Daizhao's wife should be ready to enter the palace tomorrow!"
Lin Fengjin looked at his naughty look and threw away two taels of silver. The companion immediately smiled and said loudly:
"Thank you for the reward, Master!!!"
Then he ran away in a flash. Lin Fengjin paced back and forth in the same place, walking three or four times. In the end, he could only sigh and said simply:
"I have no choice but to care about my whereabouts. This trip cannot be in vain."!
The royal family needs eunuchs, and the profession of eunuch seems to have certain special characteristics. However, if a coincidence happens, it can also lead to great power and wealth.
The entry threshold for eunuchs is not like the imperial examination or military examination. You must pass the examination step by step, squeeze out others among thousands of troops, and select one from a thousand.
To be a eunuch, you just need to cut off the words and wait for your luck.
Such a simple admission system will inevitably cause an imbalance in the relationship between supply and demand. There are many unlucky people who have committed suicide and are not selected. What should we do? In this current atmosphere, they will definitely be discriminated against, and As long as there is still some money in the family, who is willing to take that knife?
So these guys called "nameless whites" have three ways out:
One is to join a royal palace or a powerful family. Of course, except for those who are naturally lucky, money must be spent on this kind of thing. But there are a few wealthy people in the family. Are you willing to commit suicide? So it is the least.
The second is to give eunuchs special baths in the baths attached to various temples in the capital.
The third is to become a beggar, called a eunuch, lurking in secluded places. If you meet a strong and powerful person, you are a beggar, but if you meet the old, weak, sick and disabled, you are a robber!
Even though Xijing is strict and the laws are strict, there are always dark places under the lamp. Therefore, the matter of castration can be said to be difficult to stop, and the powerful eunuchs in the palace often feel sad. , would come forward to exert some pressure. In addition, those eunuchs often acted for money without harming their lives, so they left it alone.
However, these eunuchs usually hang out in Sanqi Hutong and Diandiankeng, an area where there are few people. The locals in Xijing can't get past it. Even if there is an emergency, there are only three or five strong men in the center who can open fire.
Those who hold sticks travel in groups, so they can only trick some outsiders.
Lin Fengjin was walking slowly on the road at this time. He had also changed his outfit at this time. He was wearing a good satin shirt and five or six jade pendants around his waist, which swayed as he walked.
There was a tinkling sound, and the emerald inlaid on the round hat looked extraordinary at first glance. He was humming a popular ditty in his mouth. Before he even got close, his nose was full of the smell of alcohol, and his eyes were wandering around.
That kind of.
In the eyes of others, he looks like a young man who was drunk after eating too much.
Of course, in the eyes of those eunuchs, this is a windfall from heaven, what a fucking big fat sheep!
So Lin Fengjin staggered not far away when a man jumped out from the darkness and hit him on the back of the head with a stick. Lin Fengjin fell down in response, and then five or six hands came from
The darkness dragged him in. Soon, screams and cries of pain could be heard from inside.
The population here is relatively sparse, not to mention that these eunuchs are used to committing crimes here, so where can anyone take care of them? Of course, no one would have thought that the eunuchs who made the screams were those eunuchs who committed all kinds of evil.
There were four people in total who attacked Lin Fengjin. Two of them had their hands and feet spread out and were motionless. Lin Fengjin knew that he was in a dangerous place this time and could not be traced, so he attacked very ruthlessly and crushed him to pieces as soon as he struck.
into their throat core.
Why were the other two people left alive? Because the faces of these two people were more weathered, and they looked about forty. One had his leg broken by Lin Fengjin, and the other had his neck pinched like a chicken.
Carrying it, my face was covered with snot and tears.
Lin Fengjin said calmly:
"I ask you a question, whoever answers it first will live. Do you understand?"
The two unknown white men immediately kowtowed as if they were pounding garlic.
Lin Fengjin said slowly:
"Who knows where I can find the old eunuch from the previous dynasty."
"I know, I know, there is the Huaqing Pool Bathhouse a little past Shizi Hutong!" The nameless Bai shouted heartbreakingly: "Uncle Xiang is the one who guards the clothes cabinet!"
"The same goes for Lao Hei from Boiled Stone Soup!! And Mr. Fang from Langtaosha in Dongda Hutong. He was the deputy general manager of the previous dynasty."
After a while, Lin Fengjin dragged the four corpses to the Diandai Pit. It was a large pit that appeared in an unknown year and month. It was at least seventy or eighty acres in size. The surrounding residents dumped garbage into it. In the summer,
After a heavy rain, there is a big stinky puddle, at least five or six meters deep, and the water above is black. Occasionally, when it bubbles up from below, it makes a beeping sound, like a smelly, maggot-infested rat or dead cat.
It's floating on top. It's probably never done anything inside, and no one will come here to fish or salvage. It's a good place to destroy corpses and eliminate traces of traces.