Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

After the 27th, the emperor resumed the early court.Yu Wang and Yu Wang's party exerted all their strength in the court, and finally Zhong Yu backed down a step, and Du Chengyou led [-] troops to the northern border to attack Rongda together with Qi Sheng and his Northern Garrison Army.

For some unknown reason, he didn't send Huo Lan with him as Du Shouming said, but summoned Huo Lan more frequently.

But since it is an all-out war with Rongta, this battle will not last for one day.One month, three months, no one can say how long it will last. Given how favored Huo Lan is now, who can guarantee that His Majesty will not send Huo Lan over after a period of time?

Compared with the undercurrent surging in the court, the guard's office is much more peaceful.Today is His Majesty's [-]th birthday, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs moved the congratulatory gifts sent by officials from various countries, states and counties to Jinxiang Hall early in the morning. Huo Lan and Tao Cai happened to be assigned to patrol this area.

"Have you seen the congratulatory gift from Zhao Rongguo? Wow, I've never seen such a big coral tree! There is also the rain flower stone with the pattern of the birthday star of Minzhou Governor. I don't know if I don't say it, but I just look at it more and more. The more it resembles, it's amazing!" Tao Cai happily shared with Huo Lan what he saw just now.

The House of Internal Affairs was extremely busy today, and when Tao Cai saw the maids and eunuchs carrying gifts, she took the initiative to run to help them, and she knew exactly who paid tribute and what they looked like when they went to various places.

Tao Cai said that his family is also a family of officials, he has never seen it, let alone Huo Lan.But Huo Lan never hid her emotions except for Yun Miaoqing, she always showed indifference in front of outsiders, even though she was amazed in her heart, she still had a familiar expression on her face.

Tao Cai also said that she was really not surprised at all, she respected Huo Lan, and at the same time became even more curious about Huo Lan's life experience. Last time, half of her question was interrupted by his cousin, and she hadn't learned anything from Huo Lan yet. Quasi-Xiner!

Right now there are people coming and going here, although Tao Cai is young, she also knows that this is not a suitable place to talk about this topic.He pondered for a while alone, and soon his attention was attracted by the various gifts that came one after another.

The congratulatory gifts from other places arrived one after another a few days ago, and the birthday congratulatory gifts of the subjects in Beijing will be brought into the palace together with the master who came to congratulate His Majesty the Emperor on his birthday today.

Unlike the congratulatory gifts presented by other places, many of the congratulatory gifts from these ministers were packed in boxes and carried with them. Tao Cai stretched his neck and couldn't see what was inside.

"Our family gave me a Qushui inkstone, what about you? What did Yunfu send?" Tao Cai couldn't see it, so he had to ask Huo Lan.

Huo Lan, the Qushui inkstone he was talking about, happened to have heard Yun Miaoqing mention it.Qushui is a small place in Bozhou, but it is famous all over the world for the inkstone produced here.The reason is that firstly their inkstones are really good, and secondly that Qushui is very close to Liwen City, the capital of Bozhou, where the Xu family opened the Qingguang Academy, where Qushui inkstones are commonly used.Masters use it, and students use it too. Over time, Qushui inkstones have become a literati fashion, and because the output of inkstones is limited each year, but the demand has always been high, the price has been driven up again and again. In recent years, it is quite hard to find. .

Yun Miaoqing seems to be using the same, not only the inkstone, but also rice paper, brushes, and ink, many of which are produced in Bozhou.But then again, because of Qingguang Academy, things related to culture and elegance are very popular in Bozhou, and the quality is better than other places. It seems normal that Yun Miaoqing likes to use Bozhou's special products.

Huo Lan was distracted for a short while, and did not answer Tao Cai's words until Tao Cai bumped into her: "It's a Longevity Buddha, Madam specially invited her back from the temple."

Speaking of this, Huo Lan thought of Yun Miaoqing again.Last night, Yun Miaoqing personally put this Longevity Buddha into a gift box and handed it to her elder brother.

"There will be a lot of excitement tomorrow, I don't know if we can see it again." Yun Miaoqing said.

Of course, the things that were given to others are invisible.Huo Lan thought Yun Miaoqing's words were strange, but since Yun Miaoqing had already arranged everything, she just had to wait and see.

Yun Shujian came early, and came out after entering the Jinxiang Palace to have the eunuch of the Internal Affairs Office register the birthday ceremony.He chatted casually with Huo Lan, and then went to meet the Holy Majesty with his colleagues.

Then came Yu Wang.Because His Majesty still did not change the decision to let Du Chengyou lead the army in the previous round, many people in the court smelled a little unusual. It can also be seen from his face that he has not had a good time recently.

King Yu passed by Huo Lan without even looking at him, and led the people into the palace and out without saying a word.

After King Yu, several princes and ministers came one after another, and then King Zhuang came late.

"Why does this king always seem to be the last one to come? Fortunately, he should not be late."

Zhuang Wang seemed to be in a particularly good mood today, and even had the leisure to chat and laugh with Huo Lan outside the Jinxiang Hall before leaving swaggeringly.

Originally, the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared a lot of things for His Majesty's [-]th birthday, including delicacies from mountains and seas, theater troupes, and various tricks and acrobatics, but now they are no longer needed.All the ministers had a simple lunch with His Majesty, and in the afternoon His Majesty came to Jinxiang Palace to inspect the congratulatory gifts from everyone.

The eunuch in charge of ceremonies insisted on singing the gift list, and several other eunuchs took out the corresponding gift boxes and opened them in public for display.The ceremonial eunuch first reported to the prince, then reported to the prince, and reported to the county king, and then reported to the minister. Every time a gift was presented, the gift giver would come out to salute, and Zhong Yu would comment a few words in public, and then went to the next one person.

"Qiu Pengyun, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, presents an authentic painting of Wang Hezhen's landscape, wishing His Majesty good health and a long life—"

"Wang Hezhen burned most of his works before his death, and there are very few authentic works handed down. It's rare. Qiu Shilang has a heart."

"Censor Zang Jin presents a pair of Jade and Longevity peaches, wishing His Majesty the sun and the moon to shine together, and the longevity to be equal to the sky—"

"Huo, this Yushuitou is good, it's not bad."

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Huo Lan and Tao Cai were guarding the Jinxiang Hall, hearing the long list of gifts made her drowsy, but Tao Cai was always in high spirits.

I don't know how long it took, and finally read the Yun Shujian.Tao Cai winked secretly at Huo Lan, and Huo Lan cheered up and looked at the pile of gifts, only to see that the eunuch in charge of displaying exactly found the gift box sent by Yun's family, but when he opened it, it was not Yun Miaoqing inside. Be the longevity Buddha that was put in late!

Huo Lan suddenly woke up, she couldn't admit her mistake, what Yun Miaoqing put in yesterday was clearly a bronze longevity Buddha, but now the longevity Buddha inside has turned into a painted pottery!

Huo Lan sneaked a glance at Yun Shujian in the crowd, Yun Shujian was stunned for a moment, but Yu Wang standing in front of him was even more shocked than Yun Shujian.

Is this the excitement that Miao Qing was talking about?Someone changed the Yun family's birthday gift!This person's effort is definitely not as simple as replacing bronze with painted pottery. This painted pottery Shou Buddha may have other secrets.

While Huo Lan was staring at the painted pottery longevity Buddha studying, His Majesty's voice sounded in the hall.

"This Longevity Buddha reminds me of the Empress Dowager. In the past, the Empress Dowager always liked to go to Qingfu Temple to pay respects to the Buddha with Mrs. Yun. It's a pity... Forget about it today. Madam Yun specially went to Qingfu Temple to invite the Longevity Buddha. , Yun Hanlin went back and thanked her for me."

Yun Shujian came out, hesitant to speak, and just said the word "Chen", the eunuch holding the gift box suddenly slipped on the soles of his feet and fell down when receiving the gift box. With a cry of surprise, the gift box in his hand was also thrown away out.

The lid of the box was opened wide, and the Shou Buddha inside fell to the ground and broke into pieces.The eunuch turned pale with fright, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Damn the slave! Die the slave! Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life!"

"What nonsense are you talking about on the day of great joy!" Eunuch Zhang stepped forward and kicked the eunuch over, and then shouted to the rest of the eunuchs who were sluggish: "Don't drag him away, let him continue to embarrass himself here ?"

The eunuchs realized this, and hurriedly stepped forward to drag the person, but before reaching the person, they exclaimed again, and saw a palm-sized wooden figure appearing out of nowhere under the cover of layers of broken pottery.

It turned out that they were waiting here... Huo Lan had sharp eyes, and even though he was far away, he still saw it.What else could the wooden man hidden in the painted pottery longevity Buddha be except a witch puppet?

Sure enough, the eunuch closest to him picked up the wooden dummy. The wooden dummy was originally on its back, but after turning it over, the birth date engraved on the wooden dummy can be seen at a glance.

"This is, this is..." The eunuch's voice trembled, Eunuch Zhang snatched the wooden figure from his hand, but let go with a cry of "Ouch".The wooden man fell to the ground again, and the silver needle on the top of the head became very clear and eye-catching after being stained with blood.

Everyone's face changed.

"Yun Hanlin, what's going on?!" A minister asked Yun Shujian loudly.

Yun Shujian knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed to His Majesty: "I don't understand, this, this is not a birthday gift brought by me..."

"Nonsense! Why didn't you say something that wasn't yours?"

"The emperor treats your Yun family well, why do you want to murder His Majesty?"

"There are witchcraft puppets hidden in the birthday ceremony, how vicious they are!"

All the ministers condemned Yun Shujian in one voice, and several colleagues who were close friends with Yun Shujian became anxious when they saw this situation, and argued for him: "You also said that His Majesty treats Yun's family well, why should he do this?"

"There must be a misunderstanding!"

"Maybe it's not just a misunderstanding, but someone deliberately framed him!"

A puppet who didn't know where it came from just tore away the peaceful appearance of everyone, and a conspiracy that had been brewing for a long time gradually surfaced.

"What kind of noise is there!" Zhong Yu growled, his voice was not loud, but he had an air of authority without anger.

Jin Xiangdian became quiet again, Zhong Yu looked at Yun Shujian, his face could not distinguish between happiness and anger.

"Yun Hanlin, what's going on?"

"Your Majesty, I really don't know." Beads of sweat rolled down from Yun Shujian's forehead, and he leaned on the ground and replied, "The Longevity Buddha that my mother invited to Qingfu Temple is not this one, but a bronze Longevity Buddha. The abbot of Qingfu Temple can testify! Moreover, when I put the gift box into the Jinxiang Hall in the morning, I checked it again, and the gift box was still the bronze Longevity Buddha!"

Zhong Yu wiped his face, Huo Lan seemed to see a trace of fatigue in the aged emperor's eyes, she couldn't tell if it was her own illusion, because when the emperor let go of his hands, he returned to the unfathomable way before look like.

"What do you guys think of Yun Hanlin's words?"

Everyone couldn't figure out His Majesty's mind, you looked at me and I looked at you, no one dared to step forward to answer for a while.

The hall was silent for a while, and suddenly King Zhuang came out from the crowd, and said leisurely: "This matter is easy to handle. Everyone entered the palace this morning, and no one has left the palace until now. If there is such a bronze longevity Buddha as Yun Hanlin said , can you still grow wings and fly? As long as you close the palace gate and do a search, the right and wrong must be clear..."

As he said that, he walked slowly in front of King Yu, with a treacherous smile hidden under his seemingly respectful expression: "Third brother, what do you think?"

The author has something to say: This paragraph is a huge one, and I should be able to add a little more every day after I finish this paragraph

Regarding the length of this story, the initial outline and plan were around 35 to 40 words. After reading yesterday’s comments, I probably understand what you mean. It may be a little bit different from what you expected, but I guarantee that this is a story. The complete story, I will write it seriously, otherwise I will be sorry for you to accompany me in such a cold pit.