Chapter 422: The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty
After a while, Zeng Tong came to Shen Ao. No one knew what they were talking about in the study. Anyway, not long after, Zeng Tong hurriedly walked out of the Duke's mansion.
At the same time, Cai Yang walked out of the small courtyard. There was no way. He underestimated the weather problem. It was September now, which was still autumn, and the food storage period was limited. He could have eaten for five days, but now he only had four days of food. If there is mold, there will be no food left. In desperation, in order to continue to survive, we have to take risks.
What Cai Yang didn't know was that in the past four days, many of his portraits had appeared on the streets and alleys, and now they were almost known to everyone in the city. Even in the military camp, the soldiers basically knew this. Something happened. Some people even took advantage of the break to wander around to see if they had such luck.
Shao Wen is one of them.
As a commander in the Silver Armored Guards, his salary is limited, and he also has to support a large family and honor his superiors, which can be said to be a heavy burden.
After building a new house in Beicheng District, Shao Wen had been thinking about being allocated a room so that his large family would not have to crowd together with the poor people in Nancheng District.
It's just that when there is no war, the military's economic resources are very limited, and they are even far less popular than those of the government officials and head catchers. At least they still have some gray income, right?
He wanted to make money, but there was no way at all. Shao Wen could only live in such confusion. It wasn't until the day when the notice from the Zhongguo Palace was posted that his whole body was shocked, even though so many people were there. Looking for Cai Yang, the probability that he would find him was very low, but at least it was a chance, right?
After all, he had become a captain, and he still had some power. Shao Wen arranged his shift until the evening, and then took advantage of his break during the day to walk around the streets just to see if there was any chance of meeting him. To Cai Yang.
This morning, he left the camp early, and after more than two hours, he had gained nothing. Seeing that it was time to return to the camp, and he might be punished by military law if he didn't go back, he had to leave Nancheng District and head towards Came from the Xicheng District of the military camp.
Not only Shao Wen, many people think this way. They all think that if Cai Yang had not left Daliang, the place he could hide would be in the chaotic Nancheng District. After all, there are people from all religions and nine schools there. It should be a safe place.
When Shao Wen was looking around in Nancheng District, he met no less than dozens of his colleagues, and it was obvious that they all had the same idea as himself.
Shao Wen, who had not gained anything at all, strode back to the military camp. Along the way, he still looked around out of instinct. Especially when he saw someone tall and close to Cai Yang, he would step forward carefully to identify him. .
Cai Yang didn't know what was happening outside. Although he also knew that once the notice came out, he was afraid that the risk of being discovered would increase a lot. But in that era when there was no takeout, he could only leave the hospital and give it a try, thinking that he would just Buy some simple food and keep your head down as much as possible so as not to attract the attention of others.
For this reason, Cai Yang also deliberately put some pot ash on his face, turning into a black-faced man. If you don't look carefully, you can't really see his original appearance. But he forgot one thing, A person's appearance can be changed in a short period of time, but his body shape cannot be changed no matter what.
Not long after Cai Yang left the yard, he happened to run into Shao Wen who was returning to the military camp.
The two sides met head-on at first, and then passed each other. During this process, Cai Yang kept his head lowered, so that no one could see his face clearly.
Rather than walking across from Shao Wen, he didn't pay too much attention at first. It wasn't until the two sides passed each other and were about ten steps away that he suddenly felt something was wrong. It seemed that the figure of the man just now was very similar to Cai Yang.
It was similar. Out of an instinct, he stopped, turned around and shouted: "Where is that brother going?"
Cai Yang, who had just let go, suddenly heard someone shouting behind him, and all the hairs on his body stood up at this moment. After a moment of hesitation, he quickened his pace and walked forward again.
"Hey, I'm calling you, stop." Seeing that the man continued to move forward without asking, Shao Wen felt something was wrong. If the other party had no questions, he should answer his own question, why should he leave and speed up?
Where are the footsteps leaving?
When Shao Wen shouted, Cai Yang walked faster and turned towards the nearest alley almost like a trot.
At this moment, Shao Wen, who realized something was wrong, had already chased after him with great strides. As he ran, he said, "Brother, why are you leaving? Why don't you stop and make friends?"
"Leave it to your mother." Cai Yang thought in his heart and turned into the alley without stopping.
This scene made Shao Wen even more certain that there was something wrong with this person. He immediately chased after him without hesitation.
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Du Fu.
Du Jin was indeed a little surprised by Zeng Tong's sudden arrival. However, considering that the other party represented Shen Ao, Lord Zhongguo, he decided to meet him.
Du Jin can definitely be regarded as a man of great learning and wealth, and he can be regarded as a great figure in the contemporary literary world. In particular, his writing is excellent. Whenever Emperor Qianwen needs to write any proclamations or notices on important days, he will do it.
Put pen to paper.
The existence of an indispensable talent in the court also gave him a transcendent status that no one could replace.
At the same time, Du Jin is not only aloof in status, but also very aloof in political attitude. He does not fight, grab, fight for power, and form parties. He seems to have a normal relationship with everyone, and seems to have a good relationship with everyone. Even though
Even Zuo Pushe would ask him for advice on any difficult problems he had to solve, and would not take it personally.
He is obviously an intermediary, and he is surprisingly powerful. Why would you provoke him? He would cause displeasure and deliberately target you. I am afraid that it would be uncomfortable for anyone else.
Naturally, the reason why Du Jin has such a transcendent status has a lot to do with the way he deals with people. No matter who he is, whether he is familiar with it or not, as long as he comes to ask for help, he will help whenever he can.
If it doesn't work, he won't spread the word and do bad things.
Because of this, when he learned that Zeng Tong was coming, he not only agreed to meet him, but also waited in the main hall to express his attitude.
This attitude is not for Duke Zhong. No matter how well Shen Ao performs, he is just a junior. This treatment is specially prepared for Zeng Tong. After all, the two have known each other for many years and have competed. But now with the
After the prince was sentenced to death, there was no question of who was right or wrong.
"Master Du, please excuse me."
"Haha, Mr. Zeng, welcome, welcome."
When the two met, they first exchanged polite greetings. Then Zeng Tong took out a handwritten book that was placed on his chest. It seemed to be a thick book, and handed it to Du Jin, "Du Jin.
Sir, this is a certain man's father-in-law, please correct me. Well, I have something to do, so I will take my leave first."
To Du Jin's surprise, Zeng Tong directly explained the purpose of his visit, then turned around and left. All Du Jin was left with was his back.
It wasn't until Zeng Tong left for a while that Du Jin seemed to come to his senses and said in his heart: "This is good, this is good."
Obviously, Du Jin has seen the reason why Zeng Tong left so quickly. Firstly, this is a sensitive period, and Zeng Tong, as a member of Duke Zhongguo, cannot stay in the Du Mansion for too long to avoid others thinking too much. Secondly, although
The former prince is no longer here, but what happened is still embarrassing. I don’t know what to say when they meet unexpectedly. It’s better not to say anything at all. Anyway, there should be opportunities to meet again in the future. Let’s use this as a foreshadowing.
alright.
He shook his head lightly and put Zeng Tong's matter aside for the first time. Then his eyes fell on the thick handwritten book left in front of him. Before he opened it, Du Jin was thinking, could this be
Isn’t it a gift from Duke Zhongguo to me?
Marquis Zhongcheng was accused of treason. Although Du Jin found out later, he found out soon after the matter was made public. From the bottom of his heart, he didn't believe it.
Who is Marquis Zhongcheng? He is a man who has made great contributions to Da Qian. I think back when the Shen family was at its peak, even if he met him, he would give in. If he was really ambitious, he would have wanted to go out and become a man at that time.
It is not impossible for the feudal king.
But they didn't do that, and instead chose to be loyal to Emperor Qianwen. Now, so many years have passed, and Marquis Zhongcheng is getting older day by day. How could such an idea come to mind here? It is simply unreasonable and unreasonable.
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As long as he knew it was the same thing, Du Jin would not meddle in such nosy matters. And he also saw that there was probably a shadow of two servants in this incident. At least they hoped that Zhongcheng Hou would be punished. That's it.
, why should he stand in the way and make enemies for nothing?
As the saying goes, don’t do bad things and don’t be afraid of ghosts calling you.
Du Jin didn't pay too much attention to the matter of Marquis Zhongcheng. It had nothing to do with him anyway. Even when Shen Ao returned from Liaozhou in a hurry, Du Jin only heard what his servants said and didn't express much.
What he didn't expect was that he didn't want to pay attention to this matter, but Lord Zhongguo actually came to his door. He also brought such a thing, which really surprised him. Is this a gift to himself, so that he can speak for his uncle Zhongchenghou?
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However, this is too much to underestimate yourself. What kind of gift is worth buying and can attract your interest?
With curiosity and even more confusion, Du Jin finally stretched out his arm, touched the handwritten book, and slowly opened it. What came into view was a book titled "Records of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty".
"The Chronicles of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" is a historical romance novel in ancient China, written by Feng Menglong, a novelist in the late Ming Dynasty.
This novel is written in ancient vernacular and mainly describes the history of more than 500 years from the period of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the unification of the six countries by Qin Shihuang.