Empress Chu

Xie Yanfang sat up straight, oops: "Why did you discover this omission."

Cai Bo smiled: "My lord is trapped by other people's happiness and anger, are you happy now?"

Xie Yanfang laughed loudly, then pursed her lips with a smile, and nodded slowly: "Really, I'm a little happy."

Really or not, Cai Bo frowned: "My lord, what are you thinking about, are you too bored to watch the excitement these days?"

Xie Yanfang smiled and said, "How can there be too much excitement? Not too much, not too much." He said and set the chessboard again.

Cai Bo also started to talk about business.

"Last night, Xie Yan didn't come back and forth. He went to drink with someone in the army. The one sitting in the east was Lin Kun, the youngest son of Lin Feng, the soldier."

Xie Yanfang hummed, she didn't care.

"The Grand Tutor's Mansion also held a banquet last night, and our newly promoted Travel Notes General Liang Qiang also attended the banquet."

Xie Yanfang smiled, and said again: "It should be, from now on I will be the disciple of the Taifu."

Cai Bo said again: "Yesterday's banquet was the same as before. Eyeliners were set up to watch from inside and outside. The guests who have never been to the banquet know what they ate at the banquet."

Xie Yanfang hummed.

"In addition to us, there is another group of people watching." Cai Bo said, "Although these people hide their whereabouts, they do not hide their identities. This old servant saw their badges with their own eyes, Longwei Army."

Xie Yanfang held the chess piece for a while, and looked at Cai Bo.

Cai Bo looked at Xie Yanfang, smiled slightly, and said, "Also, the queen still did not hang the curtains at court this morning."

Xie Yanfang tossed the pawn, his brows and eyes as calm as a pool of water rippled for an instant, and he laughed out loud.

Miss Azhao is courageous, knowledgeable, and powerful, how can she sit obediently behind the curtain?How can I say hello to people, hello to everyone?

In that case, even if she is a queen, what is the difference between mediocrity and common people?

Miss Ah Zhao being a queen, she should be above all living beings, she should be heartless, heartless, and scrupleless.

Such Miss Azhao——

Xie Yanfang looked at the chessboard in front of her with bright eyes: "This is the queen I want."

It's more like him.

Chapter 28 Dragon Guard

After the imperial court was over, the emperor would have breakfast and then come to class.

Today, it was still taught by the doctor of the Ministry of Rites. He looked at the little emperor and queen who came, and he saluted respectfully.

"Go, listen to the class carefully." Chu Zhao smiled, and then looked at the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, "I'm sorry, my lord."

The doctor of the Ministry of Rites asked the emperor to enter the study first, and he followed him in. Before entering, he glanced at the queen and walked to the other side. It was the queen's study. When the emperor was in class, the queen would read, write and read memorials there.

Although these memorials have been processed by the Taifu, the queen will still read them one by one, and accompany the emperor to read them after reading them.

The empress first listened to the government behind the curtain, but now she suddenly spoke in the hall, and she didn't hang down the curtain yesterday and today, so what will happen next?

The doctor of the Ministry of Rites couldn't help being absent-minded, always feeling that something was about to change——

In a daze, I suddenly saw three tall and strong soldiers coming, dressed in the same clothes as the guards in the harem.

The reason why it is emphasized that it is the same as the guards in the harem is because the guards in the harem are different from the guards in the imperial city.

The harem guards are the Longwei army left by the late emperor.

They are not in the military system, they are in charge of the empress, and they are in charge of guarding the harem. In order to distinguish them, a year ago, when the empress paid homage to the late emperor, she gave them embroidered pythons on the left and right sides of the skirts, and everyone privately called them Longyiwei.

At this moment, a Long Yiwei was holding a box in his hand, what was it containing?The doctor of the Ministry of Rites couldn't help taking a few more glances, and the three Long Yiwei immediately noticed it, and their eyes were like knives.

The doctor of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly withdrew his gaze and stepped into the emperor's study.

……

……

Chu Zhao took out a booklet from the box and looked through it.

"This is the list of people who went to the Taifu's family banquet last night." Ding Dachui said, "There are 25 people in total."

As he spoke, he took out another booklet from the box.

"This is a entourage of 25 people, including servants, guards, and coachmen. There are 72 people in total."

Chu Zhao took it and nodded, then looked at how many books were still in the box, and asked, "What else?"

Ding Dachui said: "There is also the family relationship between the Taifu's family and these 25 families." He was a little ashamed when he said this, "Because the time is too short to go into details."

Chu Zhao took out the rest of the brochures and flipped through them. At first glance, he saw that there were four horses and five carts in the family. Looking at this page, he even wrote about the trees in the yard. Detailed? Very detailed."

She looked at Ding Dahui with a surprised expression.

"Sledgehammer, I have underestimated you. Apart from being able to fight, you are also good at other things."

Ding Dahui's face was flushed red, like the red python embroidered on the skirt of his clothes crawling around.

"Actually, it's nothing. When I was a mountain-hunter, when I went down the mountain to hunt-sell prey, I was used to observing people-" He stammered and explained.

Chu Zhao understood. When bandits occasionally go down the mountain to plunder, they have to check out the location, the number of people in the house, where the doors and windows are, warehouses, vehicles and horses, and so on.

She smiled, stopped Ding Dachui from explaining again, and nodded: "I know, I thought you couldn't do this, it's because I underestimated people."

Ding Dachui heaved a sigh of relief, and shook his head again: "I don't dare to be young, it's because the people below are powerful, the former brothers have taught us a lot."

The Longwei Army was divided into two, the palace guards were led by the old Longwei Army led by Lao Bai, and those brought back by Ding Dachui from the frontier army were assigned to the periphery and a small part of the Longwei Army, who were responsible for idle orders and tasks. It was the exchange of news with the Longwei army who stayed behind in the border army and other places along the way.

This is the first time they have received such an order, the queen said, to monitor the movements of the Tai Tuo and the officials, fortunately, the previous Longwei army had been dormant in the capital for ten years, scattered everywhere, with different identities, and a lot of contacts , successfully completed this matter.

"More than half of the spies discussed at the Taifu's banquet have also been written down." Ding Dachui continued, "But there are some confidential things that we haven't had the chance to get close to."

Chu Zhao said: "Don't be in a hurry, you just started doing this, take your time."

Ding Dahui hurriedly saluted: "I understand."

Chu Zhaodao: "Also, don't call yourself a small one in the future, Ding Dahui, you are a school captain with 700 people, and you are the captain of the Longwei Army left by the late emperor."

Ding Dachui stood up straight: "The general will understand."

Chu Zhao looked at him: "So you are under the order of my palace to monitor and act in a concealed manner in order not to disturb everyone and avoid unnecessary incidents. If you are discovered, you don't have to retreat."

Ding Dahammer replied yes again.

Only then did Chu Zhao nod his head: "Go down."

Ding Dachui walked out of the harem and walked through the front hall to the palace gate. The guards at the palace gate saw them and greeted them one after another. In a year, Ding Dachui, who was originally an unfamiliar face, was known by everyone, even if they didn't know him. Clothes are also recognized.

Ding Dachui was in front, followed by two people behind him, one of them was the bandit brother who came out together, and the other was the old Longwei Army, surnamed Yin, who served as a counselor in the Longwei Army and assisted Ding Dachui.

"Did the captain understand what your empress said just now?" Counselor Yin said in a low voice.

Ding Dachui nodded: "Your Majesty, let us let go of our hands and feet." After speaking, he sighed softly, "I'm just afraid that I will let your Majesty down.

Counselor Yin said: "The captain thinks too much, no one else can do this well except you."

Ding Dachui turned around and said, "I know Brother Yin never laughs at our background, but don't flatter me either."

Counselor Yin smiled: "The school captain's background was revealed by following the mother all the way, who dares to laugh at it." He said again, "I said that this matter is suitable for the school captain's status, and I am not flattering. What the mother wants us to do, In fact, it is what the captain has been doing before."

Ding Dachui and the other brother looked at him.

"Guard the mountain, spy on it, and collect robbery." Counselor Yin stretched out his hand and gestured, "It's good for us to treat the capital as a mountain. People and things here are under control. With the order of the empress, we robbed the man and took his Just pack everything up and collect it.”

He finished with a smile.

"Look, isn't it very simple?"

The brothers next to me thought it was true. At that time, the eldest brother took them to explore the mountains. When can the fruits, pheasants, rabbits and wild boars on the mountains be eaten and raised again? Which fruit is sweet and which fruit can be used for food? As bait to catch prey, you know everything. Once you need it, you can take it at your fingertips. Now these officials are the prey on the mountain, staring at them, figuring them out, and waiting for the order of the empress-he couldn't help laughing: "It's been a long time , we came to the capital to be bandits."

Counselor Yin laughed: "It should be, he was ordered to be a bandit."

Ding Dachui coughed lightly: "Nonsense."

Although Ding Dachui was born as a bandit, when it comes to killing people, Counselor Yin, who has been in the Longwei Army for more than ten years, may not be as good as him. The bandits in the mountains and the king of Zhongshan who followed the queen to kill Xiliang and besieged the King of Zhongshan, his face was dark and his breath was not smiling. Serene.

Counselor Yin's smile was immediately put away, and he answered yes.

But Ding Dahui smiled again: "It should be, I am a hunter by order."

Counselor Yin immediately followed suit and smiled: "What the captain said is true."

Ding Dahammer said again: "Besides, what we follow is the first emperor's decree."

Now the emperor is still young and has no personal administration, so all the imperial edicts are issued by the Grand Tutor of the Supervisory Kingdom. Ding Dahammer brought out the former emperor. Thieves are always very smart, and should not be underestimated.

"Yes." He solemnly replied.

They passed through the palace gate, and there were more than a dozen guards standing scattered outside the palace gate. When they saw Ding Dahui and the other three coming out, they put away their jokes and greeted the "School Captain."

Ding Sledgehammer glanced over, and the snakes on the soldier robes in front of everyone were shining brightly in the sunlight, which was different from the strictness of the guards at the palace gate, but it didn't look frivolous, and it added a bit of chill, making people dare not look directly at them.

"Get on the horse," he said.

After he ordered a dozen people to get on the horses, Ding Dachui didn't say much, and urged the horses violently. The horses neighed and galloped.

The guards outside the palace gate were taken aback. There were not many horses in front of the palace gate, and even fewer could run so fast. Except for emergency post reports, only uncle Xie Yan had done this a few times.

This Ding Sledgehammer is not the uncle of the country, why did he go crazy all of a sudden?

The Longwei army who followed Ding Dahui didn't think so much. The leader went crazy, so they went crazy too. For a while, the horses neighed like thunder in front of the palace gate, and rolled away from the palace gate to the imperial street, and then further away. go.

It was as if a gust of wind was blowing up on the bustling street, and the people couldn't avoid it, because most of them didn't say anything when they saw them wearing military robes, but some people couldn't help it—the war with Xiliang wasn't over yet, but this year Most can hardly be felt.

The battle is not so tense anymore, the soldiers can't be so unruly and rampant.

"These soldiers, why are you running around!" Someone scolded angrily, "The frontier soldiers came to Beijing bravely to have an audience, they are not so crazy."

"Probably because they are not ordinary soldiers." Someone stood by the wall and laughed.

What's the meaning?This made the idlers around curiously ask.

"Look carefully, there are python patterns on their military robes." The humane said, "This is not ordinary, python patterns are only given by the emperor."

Liang Qiang, who was standing aside, waved the dust mist.

"I know, they are the Longwei army." The clan brother who followed stood on tiptoe watching the soldiers and guards rolling away, and said in a low voice, "In the past, they were guards in the harem, and I rarely saw them. So it turns out that they are so majestic when they come out."

Liang Qiang glanced silently and looked away: "Don't meddle in your own business, have you packed your things?"

The excitement in the eyes of the clan brother dissipated, and there was some sadness: "Why are you leaving so soon, let's stay in the capital for a few more days, we are different from Xie Yanlai, we are private, and the travel date is not so urgent."

Liang Qiang said: "If there is anything to keep, the matter is over."

After the business is done, it will be a good time. The snowflakes of posts will bury him. All the relatives and friends from the past have appeared. In addition to banquets, there are also gifts. Liang’s house has been confiscated, but someone gave They sent a new mansion.

Capital, new, mansion.

How much does this cost!

Liang Shi has really turned around again!

"It wasn't for me." Liang Qiang said, "It's for the Taifu's face."

After saying that, he raised his foot and strode forward.

Clan brother said oh, didn’t think there was any difference, hurriedly followed, and took out a few posts from his sleeve: “That’s all, but you should go to the banquet of these few, Ah Qiang, it’s all Former friends, the most important thing is that they have a prominent family background, no matter what, they are full of sincerity, we can't ignore it. Otherwise, people will say that the only one who can invite you is the Taifu."

Liang Qiang glanced at the post: "It's in the Lianchi Tower, my favorite place back then." She looked a bit disappointed, "They have a heart."

He nodded.

"Then go."

Chapter 29 Inside and Out

After Ding Dachui left, Chu Zhao kept looking at those brochures. The officials who appeared at the Taifu's banquet, because she went to court every day and read the memorials, she knew the names of the officials, but she never knew them in detail.

Where are they from, who are they in the family, and where do they live in the capital.

Not to mention what relations the officials had, classmates, in-laws, or neighbors.

Chu Zhao looked at the brochure. Among the officials who went to the banquet last night, two people lived next to each other. Two people recalled a common husband while toasting, and two people sat at each other with sneering sarcasm. rift.

Ding Dachui spied hastily, and the information was not detailed, but even so, he could understand these officials.

There is even an official who has dozens of dogs in his home——