Three hundred and fiftieth chapters play within a play
It is already the end of July, and the weather in Beijing is getting worse than in midsummer. It is not only windy in the morning and evening, but also a bit cool, but during the day the sun is scorching. Even so, some people are impatient and put them everywhere.
Sitting in Bingpen's room, I just like to wander around under the bright sun. Among them, Zhu Houzhao is the representative figure who likes movement but dislikes silence.
On this morning, he directly ordered people to summon Xu Xun to meet at Xuanwu Gate. As soon as he saw the person, he looked him up and down, and asked with a half-smile: "Last night I asked Zhang Yong to give it to you.
How about that troupe?"
"Is there anything wrong with what the emperor sent? At that time, everyone was full of praise when they saw it. Everyone was envious of my good fortune."
In addition to Zhu Houzhao's bodyguards, Xu Xun was surrounded by Jinyiwei and Xichang's hidden stakes. Naturally, Xu Xun didn't expect that someone would have any unfavorable thoughts after hearing his name. Sure enough, his flattery made Zhu Houzhao's mouth curl up.
But then he snorted at him and said: "Don't call Shang Lian in such a lively scene. If Liu Jin and the others hadn't stopped them, Lian Fei would have gone to your place to join in the fun."
Xu Xun was ashamed when he heard this, and glanced at Liu Jin gratefully. Then he said with saliva, "If the emperor goes, the excitement will no longer be lively. It is said that Wu Shaowen's court meeting with more people is not bad. I'm afraid the emperor will see countless kowtows."
"It doesn't matter what you say, Lian also thought of this, so he didn't go!" At this point, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and then took the lead and shook the reins, "Okay, okay, now that everyone is here,
, then let’s set off to Xianyuan! It’s finally time to go out for a walk, don’t waste time!”
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao clamped the horse's belly with his legs and galloped out like a sharp arrow from the string, Xu Xun hurried to follow, but the other guards dared not neglect and hurriedly - spurred their horses to follow.
This makes it difficult for the hidden piles scattered around. Two legs can't catch up with four legs. They can only whistle to each other and send messages to the front, hoping that their companions will not be distracted and ignore this large group of people. Along the long street outside Xuanwumen
After a long road, they turned an alley and knew that Xianyuan was not far ahead. Xu Xun suddenly threw two whips heavily on the horse's buttocks, and suddenly accelerated to catch up, leading Zhu Houzhao by half a horse's body.
It was easy to block people.
"Xu Xun, what are you doing?"
"Your Majesty, not to mention that there are many people who know me, but there are often court officials coming and going in this leisure garden. You don't want to cause a commotion? Many people are pouring in like swarms. Everyone knows that a noble person is coming. Wouldn't it be troublesome then?
?When the trouble comes later, we will allocate some manpower, and Eunuch Liu and the others will be easily recognized, so we must make arrangements in advance."
"It's really troublesome, Haruka has so many tricks up his sleeve once he comes out!"
Complaints are complaints, but Zhu Houzhao really reined in his horse and waited for those behind him to catch up. It's no wonder that he and Xu Xun took the lead. His horse was naturally the best selected from thousands of stables in the palace, and Xu Xun
His horse was also a yellow gelding that had just been given to him. It was an extraordinary horse. As for the other people who were not good at horsemanship and horsemanship, they could not catch up with their horses. When a large group of people finally caught up, this alley turned out to be
It was tightly blocked. Fortunately, when Xu Xun just passed Zhu Houzhao, he deliberately chose an alley that few people passed by, otherwise such a large number of people would have been too spectacular.
After listening to Xu Xun's explanation, Liu Jin had promised Xu Xun in advance, and considering that there were many scholars in Xianyuan, it would be boring to be sprayed with spit if he was recognized, so he naturally obeyed this.
He agreed to all the arrangements, and it was naturally even harder for the other chamberlains to refute. In the end, only two people were selected to protect Zhu Houzhao, who were selected from hundreds of households with a big body and a round waist. And no coincidence, they were exactly
For those who had fought with Xu Xun once before, these hundred households had just been sealed off.
As soon as he stepped into the leisure garden, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but take a deep breath and let out a long breath, as if he wanted to drain away all the depression he had been holding back these days. Looking around, he saw a lot of people coming and going around.
There were only a few people who glanced at him occasionally, and he quickly lowered the hat on his head, and then looked at Xu Xun mischievously.
"If you know anyone who knows me, please give me a heads up. Let Lian... let me be prepared! Also, I don't want to be the emperor today, nor do I want to be the young marquis. In this way, within today, I will be your cousin.
You are my cousin, don’t reveal your secret to me!”….
After saying this, he shouted to the two guards behind him: "Remember, you are Xu Xun's personal soldiers and have nothing to do with me. If anyone recognizes him, they will say that my cousin has been bored.
I have never seen the world at home, so Xu Xun took me around!"
"yes!"
Seeing that the two sergeants agreed without any hesitation, Zhu Houzhao was extremely satisfied. He thought to himself that it was a good thing that he listened to Miao Kui and chose these soldiers who had actually seen blood, otherwise he would have spent a lot of money. However, he didn't do anything.
Noticing how weird Xu Xun's face looked after hearing this, he said to himself: "Cousin, this lotus pond didn't seem to exist when I came here last time. How did you come up with this idea?"
"What did I think of? It's not like you don't know that I am an extremely vulgar vulgar person."
Although Xu Xun was called Zhu Houzhao, his cousin, and got goosebumps all over his body, he knew that the little emperor loved this kind of indifference.
He didn't feel dissatisfied at all, and the corners of his mouth raised even higher: "So, you have found an elegant person?"
"Not one, but two." Seeing Zhu Houzhao's interested expression, Xu Xun said with a smile, "So when you come here today, if you are willing to watch people recite poems and compose poems, there are poetry societies everywhere; if you want to
For fishing, there is a fish pond behind the lotus pond, so you can have a good time fishing; and if you want to listen to ditties, there is a stage over there, with a different play every three days... But if you don’t think these are interesting, you might as well go
Please appreciate the exquisite paintings of beautiful women by another elegant person I invited."
"Beauty group!"
According to ordinary people's thinking, since Zhu Houzhao is the emperor and has countless palace maids at his disposal, he would not be interested in those pictures of beauties half-hiding their faces with their pipa in hand. However, the little emperor's thoughts are different.
In the palace, everyone was looking forward to flying up the branches and becoming a phoenix. No matter how beautiful she was, she would always lose her natural grace. But Zhu Houzhao was very keen on this kind of scheming. At this time, his eyes were bright, he grabbed Xu Xun and said
: "Quick, quick, take me to have a look!"
Zhu Houzhao said it was a spur-of-the-moment idea today, but in fact it was Liu Jin who urged him to leave the palace, and Liu Jin came out of the palace because of Xu Xun's request. Therefore, Xu Xun had made complete preparations the day before and took Zhu Houzhao in along the path.
As the real owner of Xianyuan, he naturally knew that Xu Jing had laid out a path that few people would walk. He gently and deftly brought Zhu Houzhao to a real thatched cottage. Seeing Zhu Houzhao looking at the thatched house, he clicked his tongue.
He was surprised, but immediately urged him to open the door, and he agreed with a smile. He stepped forward and pushed the door gently with both hands, then leaned sideways to let Zhu Houzhao in.
Zhu Houzhao naturally did not doubt that Xu Xun would harm him. He lifted up the hem of his robe and jumped in. Then he found pictures of beauties hanging on the walls. He quickly walked to the left wall and stared at the first picture with an umbrella.
He studied the pictures of beautiful women intently and carefully. When he was fascinated, he even reached out his hand to touch the folds of the clothes. Then he let out a sigh of admiration and finally moved a step to the side. Just like this, there were beautiful women all over the place.
After looking at the picture, he didn't notice that Xu Xun had followed him in. He looked at it with his hands behind his back and praised it, nodding his head like a grown-up.
Xu Xun took Zhu Houzhao to see Tang Yin's collection of things that he had entertained himself for many years. On the one hand, he liked him, and on the other hand, he planned to see Zhu Houzhao's real reaction. The history books said that Zhu Houzhao was debauched and immoral.
So far, he had not noticed that the master showed that kind of special preference - at this moment, when he found that Zhu Houzhao's eyes were infatuated but clear, admiring but not lewd, he finally let go of his heavy heart.
"Xu Xun, where did these paintings come from? Even the palace collection painting books that Liu Jin found for me are not as vivid and interesting. Especially the expressions of the beauties are so lifelike, as if they can talk!"
Zhu Houzhao asked a few questions like a barrage, and then said abruptly, "By the way, can you give me this picture of a beauty holding an umbrella?"
Xu Xun was stunned when he heard this, and saw Zhu Houzhao's hand pointing directly at the first picture of a beauty walking slowly with a lantern on the right wall. He couldn't help but raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, and then smiled and said: "This is all me.
The elegant man who went through so much trouble to invite has worked hard for many years. If the emperor wants it, of course he will definitely offer it with both hands. But if my cousin wants it, maybe this guy is in a crazy state and may not be willing to agree.
You know, he was reluctant to come to see me when he arrived in the capital before..."...
Zhu Houzhao's face suddenly elongated. He was about to say that Lian was the emperor, but after thinking about what he said before, the next moment, he said loudly and fiercely: "It's okay, you take me to see him!"
"Really want to meet?"
"Of course!"
"But if those people outside are brought along, they will most likely be exposed.
"Nao Suo, if you don't take them with you, let's go!"
Facing the stubborn little emperor, Xu Xun smiled slyly, then nodded happily and said: "Okay, since I want to go, I'll call someone else. Although it was my idea to build this leisure garden, but in the middle
The layout of the paintings is all his own handiwork, and he and the owner of these paintings are also close friends. The emperor should also know him, it is Xu Jing."
"Xu Jing...Xu Jing..." Zhu Houzhao recited it twice, and then nodded without hesitation, "I remember him, isn't he the one who was disturbed by the Tatar spies before? Okay, go ask him to accompany you, by the way.
, please don’t reveal my identity! If you dare to cheat again this time, I’ll see if I don’t settle the score with you when I get back!”
Xu Jing came to Xianyuan very early in the morning at Xu Xun's order, with the purpose of building some kind of playground. Even though he had some experience in building gardens, he really knew nothing about it, and he stared at Xu Xun all morning.
Not to mention he was very worried about the sketch. Therefore, when he learned that Xu Xun was coming, he simply put the piece of paper in his pocket and thought about how to ask the person clearly when he saw him. But when he followed the sturdy man who delivered the letter
When the big man arrived in front of the thatched cottage that he had carefully designed, he saw that standing side by side with Xu Xun was a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old. He felt his heart skip a beat, and an uncontrollable thought suddenly emerged.
Could it be... could it be that master?
It was hard to suppress the idea as soon as it came up. When he was more than ten steps away from the two people, he even started to walk a little heavier. However, just when his throat was surging but he couldn't say a word, he
Seeing Xu Xun make an incredible move, he actually reached out and patted the shoulder of the young man next to him affectionately.
"Cousin, don't you want to know whose idea it was to create the Lotus Pond? It's his father Xu Heng, who happens to have the same surname as me. Speaking of which, the Xu surname was really prosperous in the Ming Dynasty. There were many civil and military people with the surname Xu in the court.
yes."
Zhu Houzhao was often indifferent to Xu Xun. Xu Xun had always paid great attention to the way of a monarch and his ministers. Such a casual approach was naturally unique. However, Zhu Houzhao seemed not to notice at all and stared at Xu Jing with interest for a moment.
He grinned and nodded: "Yes, yes, just the honors include the Duke of Wei and the Duke of Xing Anbo. I don't remember the civil servants... By the way, there is also Xu Zhenqing, who was selected for this year's imperial examination... By the way
, Cousin, you seem to particularly like to support people named Xu?"
"We are all members of the same family if we have the same surname!"
Xu Xun smiled and dragged Zhu Houzhao forward. Seeing Xu Jing dumbfounded for a while, he was relieved. However, when he greeted him and Zhu Houzhao, he was disappointed. He knew that Xu Jing must have been confused by his behavior.
He only thought that Zhu Houzhao was really a relative of the Xu family. Of course he would not reveal this, and after introducing the two of them, he said to Xu Jing: "My cousin came to see Bohu's beauty painting today, and for a moment
I was extremely interested, so I wanted to ask for one, so I thought of asking Father Heng to be the winner."
"So it's for this." Xu Xun said it in person, and Xu Jing naturally wouldn't be disappointed. After some thought, he said, "Well, Bohu will stay at the Gusu Inn in the outer city. I will take you there."
Since he wanted to get rid of the other people outside, Xu Xun naturally could not return the same way, so he immediately asked Xu Jing to lead the way to the side door, and directly took five horses from Shen Yue's stable.
He and Xu Jing and Zhu Houzhao were in front, and the two imperial guards followed behind. He deliberately provoked Xu Jing along the way, and Zhu Houzhao, who had never been to Jiangnan, was indeed very interested in Jiangyin mentioned by Xu Jing.
He vigorously asked questions here and there - from mountains and rivers, geography, local customs, to various snacks and famous beauties. This span of thinking was so huge that Xu Jing was extremely embarrassed to deal with it, so he even rejected his initial guess.
This young master is so talkative, how could he be the current emperor?
Xianyuan is south of Tongjiaqiao and east of Xuanwumenwai Street, but the Gusu Inn that Xu Jing mentioned is in the southwest outside Xuanwumen, so after turning a few small alleys, the group went onto Xuanwumenwai Street. Although it is smaller than
Although there was no excitement outside Zhengyang Gate, there were quite a lot of pedestrians coming and going. Suddenly, there was a commotion among the crowd in the distance, followed by the crowd in front who were in chaos. One by one, they hurriedly retreated to both sides to make way for the road in the middle.
Zhu Houzhao, who was asking Xu Jing enthusiastically, had not noticed it at first, but as Xu Xun pulled his reins, he immediately woke up and noticed that in the passage away from the crowd, a man with a bare upper body and scars was actually crazy.
He waved the chain in his hand and rushed towards them quickly...
Could it be an assassin?
As soon as Zhu Houzhao had this idea, Xu Xun shouted sharply and the first two guards came forward, while pulling his reins to dodge to the side of the road.
When he arrived at the roadside, he saw Xu Xun standing in front of him as if naturally. For a moment, he couldn't help but think of that unlucky trip to the brothel. Although his face was weird, his heart immediately calmed down.
At this moment, another burst of yelling came from behind the man.
"Jin Yiwei is arresting the fugitive, retreat quickly!"
Zhu Houzhao, who was still hesitant at first, immediately became energetic when he heard that the Jinyi Guards were arresting the fugitives. Without saying a word, he shouted to the two personal guards who were guarding him on the left and right: "Quick, go up and do a favor, don't let me go."
The prisoner escaped!"
"Why are you helping me? Just calm down. We don't need to interfere with Jin Yiwei's affairs... Ah, why is Xu Jing still standing there, this idiot! Xu Jing, come back quickly!"
Xu Xun pulled Zhu Houzhao to escape, and the two personal guards followed him. Xu Jing, who rarely rode a horse, was caught off guard by this unexpected situation. He actually stood on horseback in the middle of the avenue until he heard that the Jin Yiwei was arresting the fugitive.
He was yelling and found that the man was only a dozen steps away from him. He suddenly realized and hurriedly pulled the reins to get out of the way. What he didn't expect was that before he could turn the horse's head successfully, the man suddenly stopped.
He stopped and stared at him with a creepy look for a long time, then suddenly rushed up with a roar.
"Xu Jing, accept your fate!"
Xu Jing was stunned by this sound. He never expected that such a fugitive captured by Jin Yiwei would know him, and even come straight to him at such a critical moment. His attitude was obviously seeking revenge, and he couldn't help but feel guilty.
He was numb. But the more critical moments like this, the more he could not control the horse under him. The damn horse actually carried him in circles. It was too late, and then it was faster, and the man was about to approach.
When he was in front of him, a familiar scene suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
Even that night, there was such an inexplicable man in black who came to threaten him and told him to go back to Jiangyin!
The moment he successfully overlapped his memory with reality, several strong men suddenly appeared next to him. Without saying a word, they raised their knives and killed the shirtless man. But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, one of them struck out with his knife.
I don't know whether it was intentional or not, but he lightly stabbed the left front leg of the horse under him.
Immediately afterwards, he heard his mount let out an earth-shattering neigh, and then suddenly fell forward. At that moment, he felt that his whole body was uncontrollably rolled forward, and he was greeted by
In addition to the high ground, he also had the iron chain flying from his pocket and the steel knife beside him. Even though he thought that he had experienced countless thrilling setbacks after failing the exam, there was only a blank left in his mind at this time.
At the critical moment, a figure on the side jumped up high, pushed and tugged on his shoulders, and then rolled him to the side with a bone ball. His mount was not so lucky and fell to the ground.
At the same time, he received a blow to the head from the iron chain and a heavy slash. After neighing twice in despair, he struggled for a moment and then stopped moving.
Xu Jing, who was in shock, didn't even know how he was helped up. He only found that he was suddenly surrounded by a large number of soldiers. The slightly hunched man in the center and the sturdy men around him were still confused.
If there was no one, they were fighting together. Although one of them could only rely on an iron chain, and the others had steel knives in their hands, the battle situation was still stalemate. Until a loud shout came from beside him, and the battle situation was
Only then did he slow down slightly.
"The Jinyi Guards are trying to capture a key criminal. If there is any obstruction, they will kill him without mercy!"
At this moment, Li Yifeng felt that his palms were completely wet, and his heart jumped into his throat. He assured Xu Xun in the letter that he would bring Zhu Houzhao and Xu Jing to the street outside Xuanwumen at what time.
Wherever he is, all he needs to do is watch the show. He just wanted to let Jiang Shanfei escape intentionally, and drove people here so that Jiang Shanfei and Xu Jing could meet each other, so that the next show would be easier to perform. Who knew Xu Jing
At the critical moment, this idiot scholar actually froze in the middle of the road! If it weren't for his quick movements, he would have almost lost his life! Thinking of this, and thinking that he had just performed a difficult move when he was a lot older, he couldn't help but
I hate the negligence of my subordinates with itch, and I am even more angry with these two groups of people I am determined to win...
"Jiang Shanfei, if you can escape even half a step today, I will write the character Li upside down!" After shouting this again, he shouted at the strong men, "And you guys, stop the Jin Yiwei.
If you catch the criminal, what crime should he be punished for?"
"We are agents from the Criminal Department. This is a key criminal listed in the Criminal Department's sea arrest documents. It is our turn to catch him!"
The people who were watching were a little frightened at first, but gradually they discovered that Jin Yiwei and the Punishment Department were fighting over a prisoner. They were all very surprised for a moment. The crowd went from whispers to discussions, and the voices became louder and louder. And Zhu Houzhao discovered that Xu Jing
He was already surprised when he was attacked, but now he found that the Criminal Department and the Jin Yiwei were fighting for the prisoner, and his eyes suddenly widened.
"The Criminal Department's sea arrest document? Where is the document? What crime was committed? Bring it to me first!" Seeing the hesitation on the head of the strong man, Li Yifeng smiled suddenly, and then suddenly shouted, "There is nothing.
You dare to impersonate the name of the Ministry of Punishment. I clearly see that when you are fighting with the prisoner Jiang Shanfei, you also intend to assassinate this passing scholar! Come on, capture all of these people!"
"Hold on, I have a badge from the Ministry of Punishment!"
Seeing the soldiers in uniform gradually narrowing the encirclement, the strong man at the head gritted his teeth and yelled this loudly, then reached into his arms and actually pulled out a bronze medal. However, he didn't
Paying attention, a hand on the side suddenly snatched the bronze medal from his hand. He was shocked and angry, but found that it was Jiang Shanfei who was staring at him with extremely cold eyes. At that moment, he suddenly thought
Get up, I have worked with this guy before, even without this bronze medal, people can still recognize me, and I didn't deal with him just a few times, and this time the consequences are endless, and I feel regretful and regretful for a while.
After staring at the sturdy head catcher for a long time, Jiang Shanfei said coldly: "I didn't expect it was someone from the Criminal Department who wanted my life! It turns out I'm blind!"
ps: Sorry, I went to *** to transfer my household registration this morning. It was really troublesome and took up a lot of time... Today is also a two-in-one because I can't separate them...).