At Xu time, night had already fallen. Chu Qing was stretching and preparing to go back home to see his father. A civil servant who claimed to be Honglu Temple came to him, followed by a sedan. There was no one in the sedan except a small mouth.
box.
The box was opened, revealing a short knife inlaid with jade, as long as the arm and three fingers wide.
The literary official was respectful and said that it was a gift from Yu Tianlun, the minister of Honglu Temple. Yu Tianlun invited Chu Qing to the Lunar Tower for a banquet.
Fu San walked over, took out the sword from its sheath, and sighed, "Good sword."
Chu Qing looked at the knife and then at the clerk, wondering what Yu Tianlun's intention was in giving him gifts and making an appointment with him.
"Go back and tell Yu Zhengqing that I will go to the Moon Tower in half an hour."
The civil servant bowed and saluted, and left without entering the sedan chair.
Jiang Yuesheng walked out and said with a smile: "It's such a grand occasion, even the gifts have to be placed in the sedan chair and carried by the bearers."
Chu Qing took the knife, looked at it carefully and knocked it again. After making sure there was nothing wrong, he handed it to Fu San.
After surviving to this day, Chu Qing no longer dares to look down on anyone.
The ancients had too many colorful intestines, just like the unicorn stone, which almost killed Changxian. He was afraid that there was poison or radiation on the knife.
After chatting casually with Jiang Yuesheng, Ergou felt that Yu Tianlun should be delaying the attack, and was afraid that Chu Qing would mess with him and cause trouble before the martial arts performance day.
"The more he talks down to me, the more I think there is something wrong with Honglu Temple."
After thinking for a while, Chu Qing continued: "I will order six detective horses to follow me. Be careful and sail the Wannian Ship."
Jiang Yuesheng couldn't help but laugh. He was just a minister of Honglu Temple, but he dared to assassinate the commander of the pro-army army.
Fu San called out: "Master, I'm here, don't worry."
Chu Qing asked angrily: "How many can you hit?"
"Four or five people can't get close to each other."
Chu Qing was too lazy to continue talking about this topic because he had asked Fu San before.
The third brother said that four or five people would definitely not be able to get close, but if there were more than five people, Chu Qing would have to deal with the extra people by himself.
It's not that Chu Qing is cowardly, but that human life is not valuable, officials' lives are not valuable, and no one's life is valuable.
After the beginning of the dynasty, the Dachang Dynasty did not have many appalling incidents of officials being assassinated, but no one could be sure about such things.
After standing at the door of the government office and killing time with Jiang Yuesheng by boasting a few words, Chu Qing set off and took Fu San to the Moon Landing Tower.
The Moon Tower is not far from Tai'an Square and is a relatively famous place in Beijing. It's not because of the good food, but mainly because of the high quality.
It has a total of five floors and is made of wood. It has gone through more than sixty years of wind and rain and still stands in Beijing. It can be regarded as a landmark building.
The fifth floor is considered very high, and it is theoretically illegal, but in fact it is not, because the Moon Landing Tower was built on the order of Emperor Wende, the ruling emperor at the time.
There were many emperors, and they had all kinds of virtues. For example, Emperor Wende at that time was more fond of strange and cunning skills. It happened that a courtier recommended a Mohist descendant to join the court as an official. Emperor Wende said to this Mohist descendant
, The Mo family is good at the art of mechanism, and naturally they are also good at civil engineering, so they asked this Mohist disciple to build a house, build it with several floors, and give him a certain official position.
Of course, instead of building one layer for the first rank and two floors for the second rank, in which case everyone would become a first-rank official, one floor would be for the ninth rank, two floors for the eighth rank, three floors for the seventh rank, and so on.
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And there are requirements, it must be gourd-shaped, larger on both sides and thinner in the middle.
In the end, the Mohist disciples built a five-story moon landing tower. Emperor Wende was overjoyed and gave him a fifth-grade civil servant. However, the Mohist disciple ran away. Only then did Emperor Wende realize that this Mohist disciple was looking for him.
Now that fame has come, this guy doesn't want to be an official at all, he just wants to let the world know that the Mohists are very good and can build buildings, five-story buildings in the shape of gourds.
If there were another emperor, he would kill everyone with the surname Mo in the world.
In the end, Emperor Wende was also enlightened. When he saw people running away, he just laughed and said that the fifth floor was not enough and the fifth-grade officials were too low. He waited for the Mohist disciples to come out again and built him a nine-story building.
I have to say that Emperor Wende was really very generous. However, until the death of Emperor Wende, the descendants of the Mohist family did not appear, but the moon landing tower stayed. I don’t know how the ownership fell into the hands of the courtiers.
Here, the courtiers sold it to merchants, who turned it into a restaurant.
The five-story building can be said to stand out from the crowd. Chu Qing had noticed it when passing by, but he had never gone in because he heard that the consumption inside was quite high. Low-cost purchases started with at least three dollars.
After the carriage arrived, Chu Qing got off and looked up at the plaque, Moon Landing Tower, and the three characters "Flying Dragons and Phoenixes".
Fu San handed the reins to the waiter who came out to greet him, his brows wrinkled unnaturally.
"Master." Fu San glanced around: "At this time in the past, the Moon Landing Tower was bustling with people, but why is it so quiet today."
"Why else would you want to show off your wealth by giving it to the Moon Landing Tower?"
Chu Qing didn't take it seriously and stepped into the Moon Landing Tower.
The shopkeeper had already been waiting with six waiters. When he saw Chu Qing coming, he quickly lowered his head and greeted him.
"Master Chu, Master Yu is at the fifth floor of the golden cauldron."
Chu Qing secretly shook his head.
In other high-end clubs, the manager and a group of ladies stand on both sides. What does it look like if you bring a group of waiters with towels on their shoulders? Who are you going to give a bath?
"The Golden Cauldron is on the fifth floor, right?"
"As far as my lord is concerned, yes."
Chu Qing walked towards the stairs with his hands behind his back.
The Moon Landing Tower has a total of five floors. It was built by the Mohist disciples. Each floor is named after the five elements, earth, fire, water, wood, and metal. From the first floor to the top, earth building, fire rising, water swamp, wood growing, and golden tripod.
One name per floor, full of gimmicks.
Like an inspection leader, Chu Qing walked up the stairs with his hands behind his back. After reaching the third floor, he decided that he would never come to this miserable place again. There was not even an elevator, and climbing the stairs was too strenuous.
Sure enough, as Chu Qing said, the Moon Landing Tower was booked, and there were no guests on the first to fourth floors.
The Golden Cauldron is also on the fifth floor. It is more than a hundred square meters, with only a carved stone table in the middle. Yu Tianlun is standing by the wooden window with his hands behind his back, his back facing the entrance.
Hearing the footsteps, Yu Tianlun turned around and smiled, but this smile was extremely unnatural.
"Master Chu, I take the liberty of inviting you, and I would like to thank Haihan."
Chu Qing cupped his hands and smiled brightly: "You're welcome, Master Yu has been waiting for a long time."
When Yu Tianlun saw that Chu Qing only had one guard, he extended his hand and said, "Please take a seat."
"Master Yu, please."
Yu Tianlun clapped his hands, and seven or eight waiters came up, carrying wooden plates with exquisite dishes on them.
After Yu Tianlun sat down, Chu Qing looked strange. This guy was not sitting in the main seat.
There is no hierarchy between the two parties. Yu Tianlun is a civil servant and Chu Qing is a military officer. Normally, the former should be in charge.
After Chu Qing sat down, he asked with a smile: "I don't know why Mr. Yu came to me tonight. Just tell me."
"Okay, Mr. Chu is really quick to talk. I would like to recommend someone to you."
"who?"
Yu Tianlun didn't speak, but at this moment, a burst of extremely irregular footsteps came, and Chu Qing turned his head.
Chang Chengke, the deposed king of Dachang Dynasty, walked up with a cane.