The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

The south of the Yangtze River has gone from winter to spring, and the north is still full of ice and snow.The King of Liao has led his son, a group of staff and generals to leave Shenyang, the capital of the country, and rush to Xin'an City, the main city of the Russian territory.It was spring when we arrived.The king of Liao was not polite, and he ordered people to go to the Huifeng bank to get gold, and he would take 50 taels in one go.I never thought that the bank would actually cash it out!Boxes of golden bars made people dizzy.The king of Liao was also amazed: "Good financial resources and good skills!"

Back at the mansion, the steward brought up a letter, which was a letter from Peter III sent by Xinying a few days ago.The king of Liao had long been familiar with Russian, so he quickly opened it to have a look.After reading it, he remained silent and handed it to the staff; the staff directly translated it for everyone to listen to.

It turned out that last Christmas, King Charles IV of England sent a very heavy gift to the Russian Tsar, and attached a small card.The card reads in both English and Russian: Thank you for the tip, my friend.Peter III didn't understand what he meant.It was not until this year that news reached Russia.

On the night of November 25th last year, the entire country and all church leaders in England were captured overnight by the army, and there was not one left.As in Russia, only priests remained.The next day the king announced the crimes of the church: plotting to overthrow the current monarch, supporting his nephew in exile in France to power, and leading the British army to participate in the Franco-German war.There was an uproar in the ruling and opposition parties.The king did not kill these priests, but locked them all in a certain manor to learn to respect and love the royal family, and promised to take a photo of them every half a month and give them to their families.As long as they finish their studies and know how to respect and love the royal family, they will be released.After half a month, photos were indeed received in every priest's home, and the priests all held the latest London weekly newspaper.

On December [-]th, ten days before Christmas, all church officials appointed by Charles IV took office.On January [-] this year, the church announced that it would no longer accept donations from believers, and all expenses would be provided by the royal family.Likewise, the full staff of the church is appointed by the royal family or by officials appointed by the royal family.So far, the Church of England has officially become a subordinate system of the royal family.Eat the food of the royal family and be sent by the royal family.The church's control over the British court was thus wiped out.

This move was immediately opposed by churches in various European countries, and the Holy See sent a cardinal to London to protest fiercely.Charles IV and his wife Liu Mingqiu greeted him at the gate of the palace with smiles, and the three of them took a group photo.On the way into the palace, there were also photographers following them until the official meeting.Immediately, the king and his wife left the table to rest, and another staff member discussed with the archbishop.The two talked from the morning to the evening, and the archbishop made the Chinese official surnamed Cui dizzy, because he didn't know what he was talking about.

The next day, the London weekly newspaper published a special issue, making a big report on the cordial meeting between the king and the archbishop, and said that the archbishop represented the Holy See to congratulate the English royal family on their successful destruction of a coup d'état.The hearts of the British parishioners became more and more settled down.The archbishop was very angry when he saw the newspaper, and wanted to see the king.But the king was not free, and it was still the staff member surnamed Cui who saw him and said he was dizzy for a whole day.In the end, the archbishop never saw the king again, and left in a daze three days later.

By the time the Tsar wrote the letter to King Liao, Spain, Poland, and four small principalities had begun to follow the example of Charles IV. The king appointed the head of the church, the royal family was responsible for the expenditure of the church, and the church no longer accepted donations from believers. The property is also subject to full taxation.The royal family took advantage of the situation to increase tax items.

After listening to the translation, Mr. Lu said with emotion: "In this way, Western churches are about to withdraw from the political situation."

The king of Liao said: "The king is the king, and the teaching is the teaching. There is no church that mixes with political affairs. This is nonsense."

"My lord is right." Mr. Lu said with a smile, "This trip can be regarded as setting things right, and it is a very good thing."

Regardless of how the King of Liao and Yan Si planned to buy out the land and split the Russian land vertically, the Shu Kingdom in the southwest corner was actually lively.There are a lot of assassins in the Kingdom of Shu, scattered in urban and rural areas, and they have lasted for a long time.No matter how strong the Bodyguard is, the Assassin is stronger.However, all those who were assassinated did evil things without exception, and the people praised them very much.

Three years ago, the assassins began to leave their names.What was left was not the first and last name, but the words "guerrilla".Others don't know what a guerrilla is, but the government knows it.The guerrillas were a group of bandits whose leader was surnamed Fang, who was the granddaughter of Fang Xiong, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu.The officers and soldiers have been trying to exterminate them for many years, but these people are Fang Xiong's elite soldiers, they don't know where they got the firearms, and the mountains in Xishu are steep and rugged, they are helpless.Even though the assassins have been assassinating for many years, there is still an endless stream of bullies.

And since the beginning of the year before last, the guerrillas have actually announced the "undecided assassination".They will give people a piece of paper in advance, called "Xue Jian".For example, a dude robbed a store until his old owner became seriously ill, so he first posted a post to let him know.If the old club is dead, the guerrillas will kill the dude to pay for his life. If he is not dead, please return the shop and clear up the medical expenses, and the guerrillas will let him go.Even though the victim took strict precautions, he didn't let a piece of Xue Jian fall through the cracks.The government of Shu State was very troubled.

This meeting coincides with spring and Jingming, and the queen of Shu is sitting in the waterside pavilion in the back garden for a rest.Suddenly a nanny came in in a panic and said, "Ma'am, something happened."

The queen frowned: "What's the matter?"

"Just now, Uncle Guo sent someone to say...that Mr. Ruan was sent Xue Jian by the guerrillas."

"Crack!" The queen jumped up, "Presumptuous, how courageous!" After thinking about it, she asked again, "What did that kid do?"

Mammy hesitated for a long time before he hesitated to speak.

Yesterday the empress's nephew, Mr. Ruan Sanye, went to the Jiaofang to have a drink. When Xie came back, he took a look at the beauty of the pipa girl next door, and ordered him to play the tune with him.Although there are also princes and grandsons in the seat, I heard that this person is the queen's nephew, but no one dares to stop him.I never thought that the pipa woman, Que Lie, climbed onto the window sill and said that she would rather jump off the building than follow him.Just at this time, the official messenger came.It turned out that this pipa girl was originally the young wife of an official family. A few years ago, her eldest uncle was convicted and her husband's family has not yet separated.Now that the case has been found out, her uncle is innocent, and Pipa girl has been restored to the status of a good citizen.Seeing this, all the people in the seat clapped their hands together, and two relatives stepped forward to help the pipa girl off the window sill.The pipa girl looked at Ruan Sanye and proudly cupped her hands: "I'm sorry, I, a bitch, will never play the pipa with you, a thief in my life." The others cheered again.Sanye Ruan became furious, and pulled out the sword from his waist and stabbed it straight into her chest.

Everyone in the same seat hurriedly sent the Pipa girl to the hospital.The doctor said that the wound stopped just before the heart.Fortunately, the murderer's arm is not strong, otherwise the gods would not be able to save him.However, the woman had broken ribs and had a persistent high fever, and her life and death were uncertain.Xue Jian of the guerrillas wrote clearly.If the pipa girl dies, the murderer pays for her life.

After hearing this, the queen fell down again and again: "I don't know what's going on! Since the woman has been innocent, how can I force her?" Helplessly, she had to go in to change clothes and go to her sister's house.

When they arrived at Ruan's house, they were already in a mess up and down.The queen's older sister, Mrs. Ruan, came forward crying and said, "I beg my sister to hurry up and ask the doctor of the palace to hurt that pipa player!"

When the queen saw it, the third master Ruan raised his eyebrows and yelled, "What does it have to do with me! She is so beautiful, can she blame me? What a good thing it is to stay in that kind of place! She still has face!" Full of chastity. I am the queen's nephew..."

Before the words fell, there was a "pop" in his ears, and Mr. Ruan covered his cheeks and yelled "Ouch".Everyone saw that his two elder brothers had rushed back at some time, and it was the second brother who beat him.Ruan Erye pointed at him and said, "I have done wrong things without repentance, and when I am about to die, I still have the face to blame others! Guerrillas are not yamen, and they will not look at your aunt's face!"

Master Ruan and Mrs. Ruan saw that their sons had come back, as if they had won the backbone, she hurriedly said, "You two are back! What should I do?"

Uncle Ruan said leisurely: "Whatever is good, I just leave it to fate."

Mrs. Ruan stumbled and said, "He's going to kill your own brother! Just make sarcastic remarks. Make up your mind quickly."

Ruan Erye said: "What ideas do you have? Three incense sticks in front of the Buddha, I hope the girl is safe and well."

Uncle Ruan said: "Speaking of it, he saved himself. He refuses to go to practice martial arts with him on weekdays, so his arms are weak. If he really practiced martial arts diligently, that grandma would be gone now, his little one Life is gone."

"Okay." The queen said with a frown, "Since the matter has come to this, we can only send more people to take care of it. Where is that woman now?"

Ruan Erye said: "Auntie, don't be too busy. Eldest brother has asked Uncle Cen to invite a doctor from the palace, and Uncle Cen has brought along a new medical doctor from Dajiala." Mrs. Ruan said "Amitabha" together. , Ruan Sanye heaved a sigh of relief.Ruan Erye glanced at his father and said, "Even if the person can be rescued, this matter is not over yet." Everyone was stunned.

Uncle Ruan said: "That's Mrs. Mingduan's sister-in-law. Mrs. Mingduan left early, and my younger brother was a year younger than him, and was raised by his elder brother like a father. When the accident happened, Ming Xiaoer had just married less than two Yue. Now the prince obviously wants to use Mingduan more. Mingduan is not as good as his name, he is notoriously petty. If he succeeds, it will be light for the third child to wear."

The queen said: "This is easy. Our Shu Kingdom has no shortage of talents, so let my son be replaced by someone else."

The Ruan family brothers laughed together: "Auntie, let's try first!"

The queen looked at the expressions of the two of them and asked, "Who is this Mingduan? I've never heard of it?"

Uncle Ruan said briefly: "A fortune teller."

This Mingduan is a clever figure, especially good at counting.When he was a co-prefect in Yuzhou, he could calculate the accounts of the entire Yuzhou by himself without using an abacus.Later, the prefect of Yuzhou privately embezzled the relief money and food, and most of the official circles in Yuzhou had a share, but it was clear that he was innocent.The investigator was a censor, who was upright but not very precise, and accidentally injured him.

A few days ago, the prince took a boat trip to visit the Three Gorges.When the boat docked at night, Shizi's two classmates were discussing a math problem at the pier.A tracker passed by and said the answer casually.Those two people's calculations were not bad, so they hurriedly invited this person to the boat to talk.This person showed his talents and shocked the son and his classmates to the ground.The prince thinks that he is lucky and can find talents when he travels, and he is complacent.The man fell to his knees and said, "I have been wronged, I beg your son to investigate clearly."

He is Ming Duan.After hearing what he said, the son ordered someone to re-investigate the case.It turned out that not only Mingduan was innocent, but several other officials were found guilty of corruption even though they were not corrupt.The prince sneered three times: "Can such a foolish person be an official?" Immediately dismiss the censor and investigate.The innocent officials rewarded them one after another to subdue the shock and restore them to their original posts, but Mingduan had other uses.

After talking, Second Master Ruan said: "For this person, the son specially prepared a generous gift to thank Uncle Cen."

The queen was thinking about something, and asked casually, "Thank her third uncle for what."

Ruan Erye said: "Back then, Taishang Wang Weifu visited the disaster area privately and saw the disaster victims with his own eyes, and he became sick from anger. After that illness, his health gradually became worse. If Uncle Cen did not try his best to stop him, Taishang Wang Almost beheading all those officials regardless of their leaders, Mingduan will die unjustly."

The queen frowned and said, "You are greedy even for money and food for disaster relief, shouldn't you be killed?"

Mrs. Ruan echoed, "That's right! Even if you feel greedy, you only take money. Food is a life-saving thing for the victims, but you dare to be greedy, aren't you afraid of the Buddha's retribution?"

Uncle Ruan spread his hands and said: "Isn't there retribution already? There are many innocent people involved. Uncle Cen didn't let him be killed because he didn't understand some parts of the file. It's a pity that the Taishang Wang was so angry that he refused to listen to him. Said. Otherwise, the early retrial would not have delayed it for so long."

Mrs. Ruan sighed, "This is their fate."

Ruan Sanye said resentfully: "If I had retrialed earlier, I would not have met that plague god." One of his two elder brothers shook his head, and the other turned his head to look up at the sky.

The queen sighed: "Let's see how the woman's fortune is." Then she said a few words and left.

Back at the Shu Palace, the queen ordered her son to ask her if she was free in the study room.The prince is very busy, so he said he would go to pay his respects later.It was not until the second watch that the son of heaven arrived at the queen's courtyard.The queen then told what happened today, and asked her to warn Mingduan not to hold grudges.

The prince was displeased and said: "It's clear that the third cousin is bullying others, so why do you want to warn others? Who has such a long tongue? Why is Lord Ming with white eyebrows and red eyes so petty?"

The queen said: "Your third cousin is just impatient. Besides, isn't she a Jiaofang girl at that moment?"

The prince said: "The girls in Jiaofang are also human beings, and they are all innocent and have not done anything wrong and were implicated. Take the second grandmother of Ming as an example, not only is she innocent, her husband is innocent, but her uncle is also innocent. He committed four years of crimes. As a relative of the emperor, the third cousin did not feel that he could not live with him at all, and even drew his sword to kill people. The right and wrong of this matter are so clear that there is no room for debate. Queen Mother, I will tell you the truth. Whether there are guerrillas or not, I have to ask my third cousin about the crime of intentional wounding."

The queen said angrily, "That's your cousin!"

The prince sneered and said, "If he had the slightest awareness of being a cousin of the prince, he would not do illegal things."

The queen opened her mouth and swallowed the words again.After a while, she said: "Let's not mention this for now. I thought, the guerrillas must have secret operations in the brothel."

"Why?"

"Isn't the word Xue Jian derived from Xue Tao's Jian?" The queen said, "Xue Tao was originally a prostitute in Sichuan, wasn't he?"

"Where is Xue Taojian?" Shizi laughed dumbly, "Then Schrodinger clearly refers to Schrödinger, a Western scientist, and has nothing to do with Tang Nu Xue Tao."