Chapter 689 Visiting He Mansion alone on a snowy night
He Shen came out of Donghua Gate and got on the sedan, then took Liu Yin and a group of guards and went straight to Agui's house. The group walked along Dong'anmen Street and then passed through Dengshikou, and soon arrived at their destination.
Agui's residence is in Dengcao Hutong, located at the southeast corner of the Dongsi intersection. To the north is the Donkey Rou Hutong where Liu Yong's family is located. He Shen has been here many times, and the most recent one was on behalf of Representatives more than ten days ago.
Qianlong came to visit the patient. Unexpectedly, when he opened the curtains at the entrance of the alley, he could hardly recognize the place.
In the narrow alley, starting from the entrance of the alley, the entire wall is surrounded by white curtains. Caskets have been set up along the south wall of the mansion gate. Various warm sedans parked next to them are lined up in dense rows.
Not even a mile away, even the road on the east side of Dongdan Street was trampled into mud and slush.
Seeing He Shen's sedan arriving, everyone stepped to the wall to give way and saluted, and then looked at the sedan of this powerful minister who was known as the "Second Emperor" among the people with complicated expressions.
At this time, Agui's family members were all wearing sackcloth and mourning. Some were carrying the peace bar and entering through the side door. Some were setting up "deacons" outside the wall, placing soul-drawing sedans, setting up chair sedans, and inserting "musical tunes" on the deacon racks.
"Flag" was busy in circles, and the chirping sound of the rattles was mixed with the chanting of the monks in the memorial sheds on both sides of the ceremony gate, making it a noisy and chaotic place.
"Yesterday, I went out to play in the wilderness and suddenly saw a big skeleton. There were no hills in the grass among the thorns, the cold was whistling, the wind blew the lotus leaves, and the ghosts were crying and sad. Skeleton! Skeleton! What are you saying about waiting for the prime minister? What are you talking about?
Looking at the warehouses full of gold and jade, who doesn’t throw away the bones on the hill? Skeletons! Skeletons! The moon is used as a lamp, the rain is used as oil, stargazing has passed through the Spring and Autumn Period, a lonely wandering soul, making friends for friends, sighing at the loss of so many years of Spring and Autumn Period
.Skeleton! Skeleton! I am lucky enough to have a Ming Yang meeting tonight. I will light up the lamps and candles for nine days, recite secret mantras and sutras, sprinkle nectar and nectar, and burn the incense of precepts and wisdom. I hope that the lonely wandering soul will go to the west as soon as possible."
Hearing the sad song "Sighing Skeletons", He Shen in the sedan felt inexplicably irritable. However, he quickly adjusted his mood, put on a solemn face, and got off the sedan in front of the character wall, because with the emperor's order,
Liu Yin then went over and informed the deacon waiting at the door.
He Shen looked around, and when he raised his head, he saw a Dulu flag more than four feet high, fluttering miserably in the wind. Because Agui is a pure white flag, the entire flag is pure white, blending in with the heavy snow in the sky.
, like a curl of white smoke that disperses.
The appearance of the "Dulu Banner" is just like the big flag raised on the stage, but the width is one foot long; the top is a lotus leaf cover, and a satin embroidered piece hangs in the middle, with the words "First Class Duke, Prince Taibao, Wu Ying"
He holds the official title of "Grand Bachelor of the Imperial Palace", and below it is a large white ribbon with a velvet waist and tassels, and white colored balls and ribbons hanging on both sides.
In the drama of another time and space, the one who fought with Heshen was either Liu Yong or Ji Xiaolan; but in fact, the only person who could be regarded as Heshen's opponent in Qianlong's later years was Agui, and wherever he was, Heshen would not
Too bad.
Now that his only political opponent is dead, Heshen feels quite proud.
Not long after, Agui's three grandsons - Na Yangui, Na Yanbao and Na Yancheng, dressed in mourning clothes, came to the door of the house. Seeing He Shen in front of them, the three of them felt extremely disgusted. Especially for Atis.
For his son Na Yangui, he is facing the enemy who framed his father in the first place. It can be said that they are irreconcilable.
Among the onlookers on the side, there are also people who feel sorry for themselves. A Zhongtang, who served the country and the people, is gone. There are only five or six of these greedy power officials alive. God is really short-sighted!
However, He Shen came today with the emperor's order, that is, the imperial envoy. No matter how dissatisfied they were, the three of them could not show any trace of their dissatisfaction, so they all knelt in the snow with a flick of their sleeves.
"Slave, please greet me!"
"Holy Holy Gong!"
He Shen answered for Qianlong with his hands raised, then hurriedly stepped forward to help the three brothers up, and said with a sad face: "Three nephews, please express my condolences. He came here today in compliance with the emperor's decree. The emperor has already approved the Ministry of Rites
The posthumous title I proposed before is changed from "Wenxiang" to "Wenzhong", and the official of the Ministry of Rites will come with the decree tomorrow morning."
Upon hearing this, the three Yangui brothers all burst into tears with excitement. Then they knelt down in the direction of the Forbidden City and kowtowed repeatedly. When the three of them stood up, He Shen said again: "The emperor also said that there is no need to rush to hand over the sign to express gratitude.
, we’ll talk about it after we finish the funeral.”
After hearing this, the three people bowed again and again. After He Shen explained the business, he showed a sad look on his face and cupped his hands and said: "I would also like to ask the three nephews to lead the way. He is going to offer incense to Duke Wen Zhong as a token of condolence."
Thoughts."
It was already the end of the Shen Dynasty when He Shen left Agui's house and returned to He's house in Shichahai. The snow in the sky had lightened up a lot at that time. Liu Quan and his family were busy beating the snow and smoothing the mud, holding He Shen until
At the second door, I saw that the floor of the inner courtyard had been swept clean. My wife Feng, the second wife's second aunt, my concubines Su Qinglian, Daukou, Nalan and others were waiting in the courtyard with a group of old ladies and girls when they saw him come in.
, Mrs. Feng took the lead in performing a blessing ceremony.
He Shen helped his wife up, held her hand that was like a jade carving, and said with concern: "It's so cold, why did you come out? Go back to the house and talk."
Feng frowned and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. It's not too cold despite the heavy snowfall today."
The couple has been married for more than 20 years. Although He Shen is a romantic person, he respects and loves the wife of the wife very much. They have a daughter and two sons. The eldest daughter is married to Beile Yongjun, and the eldest son Fengshen Yin is married.
De married the tenth princess of Qianlong and lived separately. His youngest son died early.
He Shen went into the house and changed clothes, and then the family went in to eat around the table. Needless to say, the hot soup and porridge were delicious. He Shen drank a bowl of yellow rice porridge first, and then drank a few glasses of scalding rice wine, which warmed his whole body.
Tongtai was drunk for a while and was in a very good mood. After dinner, he chatted with Feng, then put on his big cloak, took Liu Yin, and walked north along the corridor on the right side of Jiale Hall.
OK, we came to the back building.
In an ordinary courtyard house, the row of houses located behind the main house and parallel to the main house is called the back room, which is usually a servant's room or warehouse. For example, the back room of Zhao Xin's "Prince's Mansion" in Beihai Town is placed
Many sundries and gadgets he bought from the south were placed there.
However, not to mention Zhao Xin, even Prince Heshuo of the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not compare with the back building of He Mansion. The entire building is more than 183 meters long and contains 111 houses, commonly known as "ninety-nine and a half rooms".
In traditional culture, there is a saying of "full and loss". Even if there are 1,000 or 10,000 rooms, we can only take nine, never round numbers.
Heshen walked along the corridor of the back building to the western end, and came to an independent two-story building with ten bays. However, the strange thing is that this building has no door at all, just an opening on the wall.
It is a cave that is as tall as a person, and there are many Taihu stones of different sizes inlaid around the entrance. It looks like a cave. Just looking at the two exquisite glazed lamps hanging on the wall inside the cave, it can be seen that there are winding paths inside, and there is no trace of it.
A thin line of moist water vapor came out faintly, but I didn't know where it was.
Don't get me wrong, this is not Heshen's treasure house, but an indoor landscape garden, specially designed for enjoying the scenery in winter. It is unique in Beijing and even in the world. If Qianlong knew about it, he would probably be envious to death.
Just as He Shen was about to enter the cave, he suddenly heard a man's voice coming from behind: "He Zhongtang."
He Shen was shocked at first, but he immediately realized that this was his own home. What bastard slave dared to play tricks on him like this!
"Who?! Dog slave, get out!"
Liu Yin, who was at the door, was also frightened. He turned around quickly, picked up the lantern and looked around. He vaguely saw a tall figure standing under the wall more than 20 steps away.
Suddenly, a light far brighter than a lantern shone from where the man was, shaking Liu Yin and He Shen so hard that they couldn't open their eyes and hurriedly covered it with their hands.
Just as Liu Yin was about to shout "Here comes someone", he heard the dark figure speaking fluently in Beijing: "I have been apart from Chaoyin Temple for many years, you are such a noble person and forgetful about things."
He Shen was stunned for a moment, Chaoyin Temple? This voice...
Immediately afterwards, the two of them saw that the light that was originally directed towards them suddenly turned upward, and then a thin, beardless face that was half black and half white was revealed in the light and shadow.
"Mom! Ghost!"
Liu Yin's legs went weak, and he fell to the ground with his buttocks, and he fell to the ground. Although He Shen was also frightened to the point where his two legs were like chaff, but the momentum he had gained from being in a high position for many years made him calm down quickly.
Come down.
"Who is your Excellency? You are pretending to be a ghost in the middle of the night. Don't you know how to restore the sky net and not miss anything?"
"Haha." The man sneered and said, "As the saying goes, if you don't do anything bad in your life, you won't be afraid of ghosts calling the door in the middle of the night. But you and Zhongtang have done so many bad things, why are you pretending to be a big clove of garlic in front of me!"
In the flash of lightning, He Shen suddenly remembered who the other party was, and his forehead immediately buzzed, his ears rang loudly, his heart pounded wildly, and white hairs and sweat broke out all over his body.
At this moment, all He Shen could think of was: Oh my god!!! Why is it him?!
The dazzling light suddenly went out, and the other party slowly walked out of the night, stood five steps away from He Shen, and said with a smile: "He Zhongtang, you want me to stand like this on such a cold day? I heard that you are here
Shuifa Tower is the only one in the whole of Beijing. Even Emperor Qianlong didn't have one. Tsk tsk, don't be polite. I'll go in and take a look. I can't come all the way here in vain, right?"
With the light of the lantern falling on the ground, He Shen finally saw the other person's face clearly. His eyes were straight with fear, his mouth was wide open, and his whole body was as frozen as a stone man, and he couldn't even speak. After that.
After a while, he finally said with difficulty: "Zhao, Zhao, Mr. Zhao."
The person who came was none other than Zhao Xin.
I saw him smiling and saying: "Hey~~ That's right, are you an old friend? I was the one who entrusted someone to give you the medicine back then. How about it? It's all so easy now?"
Medicine? What medicine? This co-author knows the master? Even if they know each other, they can’t break into the back house in the middle of the night!
Liu Ying, who was on the side, had just recovered. He stood up holding on to the wall, stood in front of He Shen, stared at the tall man opposite, and said softly without turning his head: "Master, do you want to call someone?"
"No need." He Shen shook his head slightly and said in a cold tone: "You go to the corridor and watch, no one is allowed to come over. If anyone wants to ask, just say I am thinking about something."
Everyone is here. Taking your own life is like squeezing a bug to death. It won’t work if you call anyone! Besides, if this person dares to come to Beijing, there are probably many people around him! Forget it, those in the house are
The nursing home must have been cleaned up quietly, and now there might be a few guns on the roof aimed at my head!
Thinking of this, He Shen felt calm. A smile appeared on his face. He swept away the panic before and said to Zhao Xin: "Mr. Zhao came all the way from afar. Although he came uninvited, he and a certain times
I feel honored. The small Shuifa Pavilion can catch your eyes, which is enough to make the whole family shine. Please!"
Zhao Xin followed He Shen and walked into the long and narrow cave on the rough stone surface. He walked cautiously for more than ten steps, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He saw dense bamboo forests all around, and the blue sky above his head.
There is a pavilion built outside the steps; and at the end opposite the pavilion, a waterfall gurgling down from a rock several meters high, falling on the water like an echo in an empty valley; the trickle finally merged into a small pool in front of the pavilion, with a tail
The golden carp jumped out of the water with a "pop" and then fell back with a "pop", splashing a few drops of water.
I wipe it!
But Zhao Xin quickly realized that the sky above his head was painted on the roof. Because there were several pillars painted vermilion on both sides of the room, and on top of the pillars, there was a circle of
Only one person can pass through, and it surrounds the viewing platform that covers two-thirds of the house.
"Mr. Zhao, this place is where He Shen spends his free time in winter. There are many shabby places, which makes me laugh." Although He Shen was amiable on his face, his tone was very proud.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It's okay, but it's too cramped. Sir, your roof is too fake! I think it should be replaced with glass."
He Shen's heart twitched when he heard this. When he looked at Zhao Xin with a depressed look, he found that the other person really didn't look like he was talking nonsense. He couldn't help but feel curious. Did he also build a building in Beihai Town that was bigger than his own?
Is the space even bigger? Then he sneered and said: "I can't compare with Mr. Zhao. How can the light of a firefly dare to compete with the bright moon?"
What he didn't know was that his Shuifa Building only covered an area of 1,000 square meters, while the largest indoor garden the other party had ever been to covered an area of 60,000 square meters. There was no comparison between the two.
Zhao Xin smiled. With his hands behind his back, he stood a few steps away and looked at He Shen. He said jokingly: "Master He, I really admire you. Is your current family property 200 million or 300 million? Guarding so much
With all the greed for people's wealth and wealth, I can still eat well, sleep well, and play well every day. It's really... tsk tsk!"
He Shen's face suddenly turned livid. He didn't expect that Zhao Xin went straight to his property without saying a few words. It seemed that he must have some agenda. He stared at Zhao Xin nervously and said: "Why are you here?
Do you want to win over He? I advise Mr. Zhao not to have such wishful thinking!"
"Don't worry, Mr. He. You said this is a Nanmu Hall and an indoor garden, not to mention tens of thousands of farmland and hundreds of shops. I'm very curious. Waiting for 100,000 Northern Navy
After entering the customs, how much can you take with you?"
He Shen was so angry that he almost yelled, saying in his heart that even if I set you on fire, it would not be easy for you!
"Your Excellency came all the way from outside the customs, could it be that you just wanted to make fun of He? It's okay not to talk about it!"
"Don't bother me! I just said a few words and you got angry. How dare you, the prime minister, be so generous?"
Zhao Xin shook his head with a smile, stepped on the stones and walked to the pavilion to sit down. He tilted his head and looked at the golden carp that was more than a foot long in the water. He pondered for a while whether it tasted better braised in braised food or dry braised, and then changed his mind.
He looked at Heshen and said, "Master He, if Qianlong dies, how long do you think you can live?"