Changle Floating Life

Chapter No.17 The Dog Next Door is Older and Crazier

Before and after the Qingming Dynasty, the emperor mentioned the salt case in the south of the Yangtze River twice, once in the Shang Dynasty, and once at a family banquet.Duan Wang felt an invisible pressure, and urged Dali Temple to speed up the pace of closing the case.

About four or five days after Qingming, Zuo Fengmian went to Duanwang's mansion.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Pei Zhaoye wearing a Gejin, playing with a thrush on the porch.He was funny and angry at the same time, and he was a little uneasy in his heart. He stepped forward to salute and said, "Your Highness, I came at the wrong time." Pei Zhaoye turned around and saw his angry look, and smiled unconsciously: "Is it because you have lost your ambition? ? Can you see what kind of cage this bird is kept in? "

Zuo Fengmian saw that Jin Lingzi was not as big as a fist, with light blue feathers and bright yellow mouth corners, it was too eye-catching for King Duan to be dressed in a gold wire cage.Quickly said: "Change to a light color, how about pure silver? Or tortoise shell?" Pei Zhaoye thought for a while, and said: "It's still picky. Marquis An Ning said that it is best to use a white cage." Zuo Fengmian's chest stagnates: "Paint the cage with white paint?" he thought to himself.Pei Zhaoye shook his head and said: "No. Jianqing said that the whole piece of ivory is split into thin strips and then weaved into cages, which are light and expensive."

Zuo Fengmian was so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke, he turned around and left.

Pei Zhaoye turned around and shouted: "Wait a minute, Fengmian, what are you doing here?"

Zuo Fengmian walked out if he didn't hear it.Pei Zhaoye had no choice but to go over and hold his hand, but Zuo Fengmian struggled and shook his hand, with a "chi", half of his sleeve was torn off.The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.Pei Zhaoye then called people into the study to bring some tea and water, and he also ordered people to bring a coat that he often wears for Zuo Fengmian to change.

After a while of busy work, Pei Zhaoye said seriously: "Did you come here after reading the closing speech of Dali Temple Minister Bo Shaojun?"

Zuo Fengmian's heart sank, he bit his lips and said, "Is it really His Highness's order? His Highness wants to wipe out Zhao Nanxing's matter, so why not mention it?"

After reading the memorandum, Ning Bancheng and Xuzhou ganged up on officials who "aggressed against the people and corrupted the people", and Princess Zhenguo "slandered and complained, and competed with the people for profit".Ning Bancheng set himself on fire with the intention of burning the evidence, but unexpectedly caused a catastrophe, and has already paid for the crime with his own body.Sly officials were greedy for ink, dismissed from their posts and exiled to the army.Princess Zhenguo died in fear, and her family wealth entered the government without involving others.This is really an understatement. He was afraid that let alone the emperor's test, even the Ministry of punishment and Yushitai would not be able to pass.

Pei Zhaoye curled his fingers, played a few times on the desk, and said, "Fengmian, I have a hunch in my heart that Zhao Nanxing's matter is not that simple. In this world, there are always facts and truths that are exposed that we don't need or want. We Why bother poking this hornet's nest."

Zuo Fengmian said worriedly: "Your Highness doesn't want to stab, if someone else stabs us, we under the tree will be the ones to suffer. We are strong if we attack first, and we will suffer if we attack later. Minister of the Ministry of Punishment belongs to the crown prince. I am afraid that the crown prince and King Ning will He wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble."

The tall trees are sad and windy.Pei Zhaoye smiled faintly, looked at him and said solemnly: "If this day really comes, Fengmian, you must be as still as a mountain, and don't act rashly."

Zuo Fengmian's eyelids twitched, and he felt an ominous dark cloud rushing towards him.

Three days later, at the court meeting, Bo Shaojun, Minister of Dali Temple, reported to the emperor the whole story of the Xuzhou salt case last year.Before Bo Shaojun, an official of the Qin Tianjian reported to the emperor that "the guest star is in a hurry to invade the throne" at night, and there was a horrific astrological forecast.The emperor gave a "no" to show his understanding.Pei Zhaoye was in the palace, his eyelids couldn't stop beating.

After Bo Shaojun came out, the emperor listened to the long description of the case and the closing statement on the Danchi throne, then turned to Pei Zhaoye and said, "Prince Duan has been involved in this case from the beginning to the end, please tell me your opinion."

It is a pioneering work in this dynasty for the vassal king to listen to the court meeting.The Crown Prince's East Palace stands at the head of the courtiers to the east, followed by King Duan and King Ning. This is a practice that has been formed in the past five or six years.At first, the two kings accompanied the prince to listen to politics, and then gradually evolved into participating in politics.Emperor Taiping's nature was to please the simple and dislike the complicated, so he really became a hands-off shopkeeper.

Pei Zhaoye came out and said: "I think there is nothing wrong with Dali Temple's trial. Please make your own judgment."

The emperor nodded, waved his hand at him, looked up at his subordinates, and was about to speak when a middle-aged official in a red robe suddenly came out of the team.Dang Dian loudly said: "Guo Yining, the imperial envoy, wrote a letter to Fuque. The Jiangnan salt case has secrets that have not been reported. Dali Temple's judgment is unfair. Duan Wang is partial to cover up and confuse the public. To decide the peace for the Son of Heaven does not conform to the law of three feet. How can you trust the world?"

Pei Zhaoye had already got up to go back to the queue at that time, he inadvertently saw that the sleeve of the prince's robe in front seemed to move, then he sneered coldly, staring down at his toes.

There was a subtle voice in the court hall, and Emperor Taiping frowned and said, "What's the secret?"

That five-rank Wutai official had gray hair and wrinkles around his eyes. Pei Zhaoye had never dealt with him before, and only today did he know that there was such a person in the hall.What should come will come after all.I could only patiently listen to him talk about spitting and flying, grabbing the ground with his head, feeling very disgusted in his heart.

Emperor Taiping listened, his eyes narrowed, which was a very dangerous signal.The imperial envoy said: "The traitor Zhao Nanxing not only pretends to be a noble man in Tianhuang, bluffs and deceives, but also often uses anti-poetry to move people's hearts in the south of the Yangtze River, and people at that time reconcile with him." Emperor Taiping snorted coldly: "Who dares to reconcile poetry?" Guo Yu As soon as the emperor had a reaction, it turned out that the cute spot was here, and he immediately slapped chicken blood, and said loudly: "Zhao Nanxing wrote a poem saying: "Words of evil dragons don't play tricks, I am used to listening to the sound of raging waves. Anning Hou and the poem: Play fifty strings and listen to the Jiaolong. The former uses the evil dragon as a metaphor for the dynasty, and the latter uses the dragon to beautify the rebels." When he said this, he suddenly raised the volume and said: "Therefore, Princess Pei Yongzhen of the Zhen Kingdom belongs to the family. Raising dead men in captivity, forming rebels, and making Yan Xiao raid the southeast, intending to plot rebellion, the people are unbearable, the law of the country cannot be lightly lenient."

There was silence in the hall.Pei Zhaoye and Bo Shaojun, Minister of Dali Temple, came out one after another because they were imprisoned, and knelt down to plead guilty.Everyone knows that the case of Princess Zhenguo's Mansion is by no means that simple, but here is the turning point.Many people have already developed rich associations, if the identity of the illegitimate son of Zhongzong who was imprisoned in the Yangzhou Guild Hall is confirmed, it will be a huge blow to the emperor, and they all calculated the emperor's reaction in their hearts to avoid possible consequences. The violent storm, the disaster of the fish.

Zuo Fengmian was at the back of the team, looking over the layers of backs, he fell on Duan Wang who had been crowned in the hall and couldn't stand for a long time, his whole heart was already pulled.He wanted to stand up and speak for King Duan, but thinking about what Pei Zhaoye said the day before yesterday to "not move like a mountain", he held back.

"What a pair of dragon scales is done, and the sound of the waves is treacherous." The emperor's face has changed color.He tried his best to keep his voice calm, and asked the other two people on the ground: "What do you have to say?" Bo Shaojun prostrated himself and said, "This is the first time I've heard about this, and I've neglected my duty. Please forgive me." Pei Zhaoye also Said: "I don't check, my son is guilty."

Emperor Taiping stood up suddenly, and uttered angrily: "None of you will investigate such a big living person under your nose. Negligence and oversight, do you not want to investigate or can't investigate? Who are you afraid of being involved if you find out?"

The emperor was furious, and suspected of melon growing.Pei Zhaoye's heart suddenly turned cold, and the corners of his lips moved slightly unconsciously.King Ning saw it from the side, and exchanged glances with the prince.

The emperor sneered, and said: "You say you are negligent. You don't need to handle this case. Bo Qing has been begging for bones every year. I have been consoling you for a long time, and I feel very uneasy. Why don't you start serving today. Duan Wang Is there any crime of covering up, send it to Zongzheng Temple to think about it, and then you can think about it. This case will be handed over to the Crown Prince and the Criminal Ministry for trial, and the time limit is one month, do you hear?!"

The crown prince and Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Qi Yan, hurriedly responded.The emperor flung his sleeves and left, while the little yellow gate behind him rushed away.With a few words, the emperor exempted a minister of Dali Temple who was a third-rank official, and imprisoned a son to go to Zongzheng Temple for questioning.What does it mean when the emperor is angry, laying down millions of corpses, bleeding and drifting away?What is Ersheng, Isheng, butcher?Don't think that if a tiger doesn't show its power, it's a sick cat!

This is called Huang Yunjuan, the spring grass dies, who will divide the tiles and pearls in the raging fire!

The prince got up first, and turned back to help King Duan, with an apologetic expression on his face: "Second brother, look at today's events..." Pei Zhaoye said indifferently: "My brother is incompetent, and I am working too hard on the prince." After speaking, he turned back to help Shaojun Bo: "Master Bo, I've got you in trouble." Shaojun Bo smiled wryly, "This is the lightness of being unofficial." He looked up at the back of Guo Yushi, who was surrounded by the crowd, and walked out of the hall arrogantly, and said softly: "Your Highness Just look, a gentleman turns into a monkey and a crane, and a villain turns into a sandworm."

King Ning came over at this time, smiled blindly, and said: "May I ask Mr. Bo, who will become a monkey and a crane and who will become a sand worm in the court tomorrow?"

Bo Shaojun bowed his head, and said dryly: "The old minister's eyesight is dim, and he has already filled the ditch by himself, so he doesn't know what's going on before and after."

Minister Zongzhengsi brought a few inner court guards over, rubbed his hands together and said anxiously: "Your Highness, do you want someone to go back to the mansion to get something?" Pei Zhaoye Shi Shiran smiled and said: "The guilty minister dare not delay, let's go to the Sovereign Temple with your lord." " Several people walked out of the hall one after the other, Pei Zhaoye glanced at Zuo Fengmian standing in the shadow of the hall, shook his head slightly, and gave a "no" wink.

King Ning and the crown prince stayed side by side, but someone snorted, "Idiot!"

It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil, but if it is underground day after day, no matter how expensive the rain is, it will be annoying.Ye Jianqing was sitting in the bamboo hut in the afternoon, with a copy of "Tao Yuanming's Poems" spread out in front of his desk.

Since he returned to Ganjing, his food, clothing and daily life have returned to the previous standard, and he should be living more comfortably with someone to take care of him.But in fact, he slept less than those months in Nanshan.At that time, he didn't have enough to eat, and he was doing farm work every day, so he had no time to worry, and every night he fell into a deep sleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.Now confined in this An Ninghou's mansion, the four bodies are not working hard, and there is nothing to do. Instead, they are worried and fearful, can't sleep at night, and are startled when they hear the sound.

Ye Jianqing was secretly surprised that Pei Zhaoye never asked him about his experiences in those few months.He never mentioned it, but made Ye Jianqing feel uneasy, hesitating whether to tell Gu Su's background.

Once thinking of Gu Jiaozhu, Ye Jianqing couldn't help thinking of the little shepherd boy he saw at first sight, riding a slow-moving ox, thinking of the melons and vegetables under the bamboo fence of the thatched hut, and thinking of the kitchen with smoke from the cooking.The light rain kept pattering outside the window.He picked up the pen and licked the inkstone, and wrote a poem casually: It rained three feet last night, and there was mud under the stove.

In the distance came the sound of "Pu Chi Pu Chi" boots trampling on the stagnant water.Ye Jianqing put down the lake pen in his hand, and he could tell that it was not Duan Wang and his subordinates.After a while, I saw a group of people rushing open the door of the bamboo house, and the fishy smell of rain and mud drifted in.A man in a purple robe came out of the imperial guards. His facial features were somewhat similar to those of King Duan. He could tell from the color of his clothes that he was probably from the Eastern Dynasty.Then he got up and knelt down and said, "The guilty minister Ye Jianqing kowtowed to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for thousands of years."

The prince looked him up and down a few times, but it was the same as he remembered.So he took a piece of yellow silk from the people around him, unfolded it and read it first, to the effect that the Ministry of Criminal Justice will try the case again, and ask the Marquis of Anning to issue an imperial edict to the prison to await trial.

Ye Jianqing's heart felt cold, and he raised his head and asked, "What's wrong with His Royal Highness Duan Wang?"

The prince smiled disdainfully, and said: "Young Master still has to take care of other people, I really don't care about salty carrots." As soon as he waved his hand, two forbidden soldiers came up to put handcuffs on Ye Jianqing.The prince pretended to be polite and said, "Marquis of An Ning, please."

Ye Jianqing was startled in his heart, he already felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know whether King Duan was safe or not.So he had to follow the forbidden army to the Ministry of Punishment in the rain.After going to the Ministry of Punishment for a while, it was late in the evening.He looked secretly from the hall, the prince was sitting in the middle, another middle-aged man was on the left, and on the right of the prince was a clerk.There is a screen behind the clerk, and there seems to be someone behind the screen.

After a few words, he knew that the middle-aged man on the left was Qi Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, the elder brother of Empress Qi in the middle palace, so he roughly deduced that the person behind the screen was Ning Wang Pei Shouye.He wondered why this case fell into the hands of nobles and vassals in the inner court, could it be that there were other disturbances.

After Qi Yan asked a few words to verify his identity, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Xuzhou scholar Zhao Nanxing, does the Marquis of Anning know this person?" Ye Jianqing nodded and answered yes.He heard him shake his head and recite a few lines of poems, and asked: "Who wrote these poems? When did they write them?" Ye Jianqing, the second monk Zhang Zhang, couldn't figure it out, and said: "The first two poems were written by Officer Zhao. One was made by me. I can’t remember the time, but it must have been done when everyone celebrated Zhao Nanxing after he was elected the year before last.” Qi Yan stroked his short black mustache and asked, “Poetry What do you mean?" Ye Jianqing was stunned: "It's the literal meaning." Qi Yan said impatiently: "I asked if there is any deep meaning?" Ye Jianqing was even more confused: "What deep meaning? A work for the occasion is nothing more than a title on the gold list, Fish jumping over the dragon's gate or something."

"Crack!" Qi Yan slapped the gavel, and shouted sharply: "Bold! Zhao Nanxing compared the emperor of the current dynasty to an evil dragon, and accused Cheng Yu of harboring evil intentions. Someone even reported that he claimed to be a descendant of Emperor Zhongzong." , you must know what kind of crime it is to pretend to be a nobleman?!"

Ye Jianqing stood in a daze in the field.

The prince suddenly smiled softly at the side, and said: "I don't love the court, I go to catch the sunset, and I am proud of the king. Is this also a poem written by the Marquis of Anning? Someone wrote a letter to Yushitai, impeaching the late Zhenguo Princess Pei Yongzhen to die in captivity Scholars, search and collect, and conspire. Does the Marquis of An Ning really not know about it?" Seeing that Ye Jianqing's face was completely pale, he continued: "Yesterday, the Qin Tianjian watched the sky at night and was very anxious to see the guest star violate the throne. What kind of sign does the Marquis of An Ning think this is?"

Ye Jianqing suddenly raised his head and smiled, and said: "So that's how it is. Everywhere is a battlefield, why do you need a puppet to come to the hall at night. What you say is just speculation and has no real basis. Poetry is a random thing, and you can explain it in any way you want. Whether it is to concoct the Wutai poem case or to concoct a shocking case, I have four words: I don't know." He knew that the people in front of him were no better than Duan Wang, so he was so disheartened that he didn't even bother to call out his grievances.

The prince frowned again and again. Ye Jianqing in his impression was the treasured heart of Princess Zhenguo, delicate and expensive, probably only eating and shitting on weekdays, and didn't know anything else.I thought it would be easy to rub flat and round in my own hands, but now it seems that I am not a playboy who doesn't know the importance.

Qi Yan winked at the side at this time, and the prince knew that this meant torture, so he got up and left the case first.Qi Yan grinned grinningly at Ye Jianqing and said, "The Marquis of An Ning will suffer if he doesn't tell the truth. This is also the practice of the Ministry of Punishment." With a wave of his hand, two people stepped forward and pushed Ye Jianqing down On the ground, Ye Jianqing struggled for a while, thinking that this was a trial, so he let him go too.

Ye Jianqing was slandering, when he suddenly felt a chill in his lower body, someone ripped off his pants.He was startled and angry, and said loudly: "What are you doing?" Qi Yan chuckled in the hall, dropped a lottery, and said: "Beat him fifty big boards first!"

"You..." Just as Ye Jianqing was about to speak, there was a whistling wind in his ears, and the first stick had already been swung down.The heavy and heavy punishment wood hit the buttocks, the pain made his heart tremble, and he didn't swallow his breath. The second stick and the third stick hit his head and face again.

Maybe not to this point, he will never know how well Pei Zhaoye treats him.Those days when they were said to be in prison, they should be happier than gods. When they eat, they open their mouths to drink tea and stretch out their hands.

Ye Jianqing's face flushed red, and tears flowed out like water.It was also because he was overly frightened and didn't expect to use his internal strength to counterbalance, otherwise the flesh injury would turn into an internal injury and it would be fatal.

After twenty or thirty sticks, the blush on Ye Jianqing's face had faded, and his face was pale. When it was more than 40 sticks, he couldn't even vent his breath.At this time the prince had already returned to his seat, he frowned and said, "How many sticks are left? Let's get rid of it."

After Qi Yan gave an order, Zaoli really withdrew his hands and retreated to the sides.Ye Jianqing was lying on his stomach in the hall alone, with blood dripping from both sides. He propped his elbows on the ground, trying to lift his upper body, but failed several times.It can only lie on the ground like a dehydrated dead fish.

Qi Yan said gently: "Marquis of An Ning, the crown prince spared you the rest of the torture stick, why don't you thank you?"

Ye Jianqing's mind was still clear, and he sneered, not knowing which dysmenorrhea was affected, his whole body trembled.

The prince also said kindly: "Marquis Anning, did Zhao Nanxing really not tell you about his wealth background? Did the Princess House instruct the salt merchant Ning Bancheng to make friends with Zhao Nanxing in order to achieve great things? How did the Marquis of Anning know Zhao Juzi?"

These things, I want to know more than you.Ye Jianqing slandered in his heart, but the words came out of his mouth: "Entering bluebottles, stop at Fan, how can you be a gentleman, you don't believe in slander."

The prince didn't hear clearly for a while, so he asked again.The clerk heard it clearly, and repeated it casually.The prince was so angry that his mouth and nose were twisted, and he said angrily: "If you don't know how to lift things, you will be beaten by Gu! Beat them hard!"

The author has something to say: "Book of Songs · Xiaoya · Bluebottle" compares blowflies to villains

The flies buzzing and flying around stopped on the fence and sucked non-stop.Amiable gentleman, don't listen to harmful slander.

You give birth, I give birth, I give birth, I kill: I tell you to give birth and you live, and if I tell you to die, you die. (Li Mengyang poem)

The rest of the poems can be taken literally or duniang, and the sources are not marked one by one.

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