Eighty-six, Suspected Mrs.
Eighty-six, suspected to be Mrs. Huarui
Zhou Xuan got on a large ship, including ten Fenghua soldiers, Lin Ji and ten Jinwu Guards under him, and commanded the more than 100 Qingyuan naval warships to escort two of the five Qingyuan warriors who surrendered to Zhou Xuan. Chen Kai appointed them as the seventh-rank Yunqiwei, and asked His Majesty the Emperor to promote rewards after Qingyuan was pacified.
The vast fleet sailed across the Yizhou Sea, passed through Zhangzhou to Chaozhou, and did not encounter any obstacles from the Eight Kingdoms Navy Army of Zhongtian. Zhang Sheng must have not known that his national master died in the pit of Fuzhou City Outer Field Store, and was still waiting for Monk Jingquan to capture the beautiful Princess of Tang. He is right?
Now that the Qingyuan has been destroyed, how dare Wu and Yue send troops to Tang? Chen Kai and Zhou Xuan made a plan to discuss that when the land of Fujian is stable and the people are in favor of the people, the navy is skilled in training, he reported to Li Yu to attack Wu and Yue from both sides of the sea and land. In this way, the southeast will be settled.
As for the Southern Han Dynasty, Zhang Sheng's eight kingdoms were restrained and did not threaten the Tang Dynasty. Such a ridiculous country was in chaos sooner or later. At that time, the benevolent and righteous army of the Tang Dynasty went south. Can the people welcome him without sucking food and drinking pots and slurry? Zhou Xuan went to the Southern Han Dynasty this time mainly to fight insects, and he also observed the situation in the Southern Han Dynasty and the opposition.
Zhou Xuanli was standing in the forecastle, looking at the vast sea and the sky, and thought proudly: "In the past, Zhuge Liang, long-chung, decided to establish the three kingdoms' strategy. I, Zhou Qicha, are not bad. By the way, I have made too great contributions? I am so successful that I am so proud. I have to keep a low profile in the future."
The scenery is magnificent, but after watching it for a long time, I am bored. Without the princess acting cute, dancing on the Vienna waltz, and drawing sexy portraits, the journey is much lonely. Fortunately, there are four fools, playing two games of chess a day, paying attention to the "Snow Lion King" at all times, discussing what level of worms you will encounter, which is leisurely and comfortable.
Under the careful care of the four illegitimates, the "Snow Lion King" grew a lot, and the snow-white insect body was like carved from ice and snow. Looking closely, the white color was faintly blue.
Zhou Xuan said: "The Snow Lion King is tall, but compared with the adult young backworm, it is still relatively small. The weight difference between insects when fighting insects is very fatal. Generally speaking, crickets with strong bodies are always stronger than small ones. It is like adults hitting children. It is not equal. When encountering powerful lieutenant generals or above, it still makes me feel heartbroken."
In later generations, cricket fights had to be weighed accurately with electronic scales in advance. The difference was calculated in milligrams, which was similar to the grading system of boxing matches. However, in this era, it was obviously not so fine. However, insect friends all knew that a large-weight cricket was stronger than a small one, so those who played were big crickets.
The Sizi said: "Master, don't think that the 'Snow Lion King' is not big, but the weight is not light. In other words, the 'Snow Lion King' is strong and the flesh grows secretly."
After hearing what Sichi said, Zhou Xuan couldn't help but look at her chest. It was also very strong and strong, which was quite inconsistent with the overall thinness of Sichi.
The four cynicals noticed Zhou Xuan's gaze and stared at him, "Where should I look!"
Seeing that there were no outsiders, Zhou Xuan laughed in a low voice: "Last time Xiaohu said enviously that Mr. Fourth was not showing his flesh. He was actually very strong and strong - you said there was nothing to envy, it was all practiced."
The four fools blushed, and they hummed, and went out of the cabin with the black pot.
The huge fleet sailed day and night, and arrived at the coast of Dongguan County, Nanhan in the early morning of September 5. A naval ship from Nanhan came to intercept him. Seeing that the prince was returning, the navy soldiers were all surprised. When they set off from the port of Xingwangfu, they had three giant ships of thirty feet long. Why did they all turn into small sea ships when they came back? Fei Zhonglang said that it was the sea god Feng that it was the three large ships that sank two, and the "Lingfei" was also seriously damaged. More than a thousand people were buried at the bottom of the sea. The inner army Gong Chengshu was also killed and his corpse was not preserved.
The soldiers of the Southern Han Navy were all shocked when they heard this.
Prince Xuezhu was a broad-minded person and had a fat body. He smiled frequently. It was a surprise to get the beautiful pig on this trip. The fat, white and strong beautiful pig was much more beautiful than the Tang princess who seemed to be on stilts. There was also Zhou Keguan. Zhou Keguan looked very strong and commanded as if he had been calm. He got rid of monk Jingquan and took Quanzhou. It really made Prince Xuezhu admire him. He tried his best to eat more, and his heart was like a deer!
Chen Yanshou and Fei Qing were both worried and taciturn. The vacancy of the Nei Tai Shi made the two jealous, and they planned how to win the favor of Liu Jixing and Lu Qiongxian and become the extremely powerful Nei Tai Shi.
The 100 escorted warships were berthed on the coast of Dongguan to wait for Zhou Xuan's return. Prince Xuezhu ordered the Han navy to entertain him with warm hospitality, and all the supplies were provided by the Han country.
The sea boat that Zhou Xuan and Prince Xuezhu were sailing on was guided by the Southern Han Navy ships. From the Panyu coast to the Cross River, and went upstream to the Xingwang Mansion. Prince Xuezhu was eager to participate in the insect war in the Five Kingdoms and used a large number of civilians to pull the fibers and arrived at the Cross River Wharf of Xingwang Mansion on the afternoon of the sixth day of September.
The dock was black and red. They were all Han ministers who came to welcome Prince Xuezhu. They were all dressed in red and looked black. The front rows were all under the jaw and had sharp voices. These ministers had high positions, so they all had to be castrated. Most of the ministers with low positions were not castrated, but there were also many who were castrated first for high positions. These castrated small bureaucrats not only did not feel inferior in front of their colleagues, but also had a vague psychological advantage. Castration was like gaining a stepping stone to a high position, and their success was unlimited, so the colleagues had to be more at ease and not offend this eagle.
In a word, in the Han Dynasty, eunuchs had a high status.
Prince Xuezhu was surrounded by all officials. Zhou Xuan, accompanied by the Han Dynasty's Hongluo Minister, went to the inn to rest and wait for the summons of the Han Emperor. In order to welcome Princess Qingle, he built the Ganquan Palace on the bank of Yuexiu Mountain to prepare for Princess Qingle to stay temporarily before the wedding. Now Princess Qingle is staying in Quanzhou to recuperate. She only has an empty wedding envoy, and there is no dowry or anything. Of course, it is not so good to treat it. Just stay in the inn.
The envoy's office was in the west of the city. Zhou Xuan, Si Chi, Xiao Qiu, Lihu, the golden retriever Lulu, and the ten Jinwu Guards and ten Fenghua soldiers led by General Lin Ji of Zuo Jinwu. There were only 25 people in total. This was a shame for a wedding envoy who held the flag. But for Zhou Xuan, he was not the princess to get married. He was here to fight insects. Why do you have such a big show?
After having a meal and taking a shower, Sizi said to Zhou Xuan: "Master, I don't know if my third brother and sister-in-law have arrived? I said I met at Hanzhu Pavilion on the banks of Hualin Garden in Fanfang, west of the city. I just asked the postmaster that Hualin Garden is not far from here, only four miles away. Should I go and have a look now?"
Zhou Xuan said: "That's good." He changed into casual clothes, light robe and slow belt, took a folding fan, took Siqi, Lin Ji, Lihu, and golden retriever Lulu, left the gate of the inn and headed west.
Guangzhou is also known as Panyu. Liu Jixing's fourth generation ancestor became emperor and established his capital Panyu and renamed Panyu to Xingwangfu. Xingwangfu was the largest port in the world at that time. There were thousands of merchants and ships everywhere. It was a very rich place. However, the street markets are quite depressed now. Liu Jixing was extravagant and stifled miscellaneous taxes that made the people overwhelmed. This was the result of the eight kingdoms of Zhongtian.
Fanfang is a residential area for the Hu people, including black-clothed cannibals, Indians, Ceylons, Japanese, Sillas... Nestorians, Zoropauses, shamans, Manichaesus, strange costumes and different customs.
These foreigners are very different from those of later generations. Zhou Xuan also saw it strangely. He walked and looked around. After passing Fanfang, he walked on a road where kapok and thorns were planted on both sides. He came to a garden outside. However, the garden was guarded by soldiers. However, it turned out that the garden here had been turned into an imperial garden, and land forests were being built inside, and idle people were not allowed to enter.
With money, you can use the devil to push the mill and stuff a few taels of silver. Zhou Xuan and others went in, but after walking around, they didn't see anyone named Hanzhu Pavilion. When they asked the craftsmen inside, they said that Hanzhu Pavilion had been pushed down a month ago. Looking at the old site, they dug a big hole and didn't know what to build!
Zhou Xuan and Si Ni looked at each other in surprise.
Si Chi carefully inspected the former site of Hanzhu Pavilion and found no secrets left by San Chi. San Chi and Lin Ning should have not arrived yet.
Zhou Xuan said: "The third couple left Jinling on the tenth day of last month. Why haven't they arrived yet? Could it be that they encountered some trouble in Hangzhou?"
The Sizi said: "With Mr. Lin in Hangzhou, what trouble can you have!"
Zhou Xuan said: "Is it Mr. Lin Bu unwilling to come? Even if Mr. Lin Bu does not come, the third couple should have arrived."
The Sizi said: "Mr. Lin Bu vowed not to go out of West Lake half a step. The master can use the word "Wushan Qing, Yueshan Qing" to draw him out? What does that word mean?"
Zhou Xuan asked with a smile: "Have you heard that Mr. Lin was obsessed with a woman when he was young?"
The Siqi blurted out: "How can I not know this? Mr. Lin's infatuation is infatuation." After saying that, I felt too much.
Zhou Xuan was stunned, then suddenly realized, glanced at Lin Ji not far behind him, and whispered: "It turns out that Mr. Lin is just a fool!"
The four fools were silent.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Mr. Lin Bu, whose plum wife and son are actually a famous fool, and he assassinated Zhao Kuangyin. What a wonderful thing!"
Siqi frowned and said, "Master, don't say too much, don't mention this matter again."
Zhou Xuan said: "I want to ask, who is the woman Mr. Lin is infatuated with?"
The four cynics said: "Master asks what these are doing!"
Zhou Xuan said: "I just find it strange. With Mr. Lin's ability, what can stop him from marrying that woman? Judging from the lyrics of "Chang Xiangsi", what is the 'farewell love', 'Your tears are full of tears,' should be the two of them that have a happy relationship and helpless breakup, not the combination of life and death. So what is the reason? Do you know the fourth brother? I have three Zhenlong questions in exchange for this secret."
The four cynics said: "Add another book of "The Secrets of the Animal King of Insects".
"Ah!" Zhou Xuan said: "The fourth brother, you are really a lion--Okay, mine is yours anyway. I have almost been trapped by you. Apart from these three questions, the last question left behind. That question, hehe, it's better not to mention it. I will record the "Secret of the Animal King of Insects" to you when I have time."
The four fools said with a smug expression: "I agreed, don't regret it - who is Mr. Lin's crush on? Actually, I don't know, after all, I was still young at that time, and my third brother should know, but he didn't say it, I heard from my fifth brother-"
Zhou Xuan said: "This is amazing. Lao Wu is younger than you, how could he know?"
The Siniang smiled and said, "So, Lao Wu may be talking nonsense."
Zhou Xuanqing looked at the sky and showed a large piece of white eyes: "Okay, I lost all my money. I used three rare and exquisite bureaus and a cricket treasure book to exchange for a few nonsense, just say--"
Siqi walked under a kapok tree and was a little far away from Lin Ji. Then he said, "My fifth brother said that Mr. Lin Bu was in love with a singer named Fei. He is said to be beautiful and has no friends, can write and lyrics, and is from Qingcheng, Shu."
Zhou Xuan used his brains to think, what kind of beauty is there in Shu? He only knew that there was a lady Huarui who was as beautiful as the young Zhou queen, but it seemed that her surname was Xu, not Fei, and was also the concubine of the Shu lord Meng Chang. With Lin Bu's ability, how could Meng Chang allow him to take away his love? Therefore, this woman with Fei could not be Mrs. Huarui. The so-called beauty was probably because of the eyes of his lover.
The sunset melts gold, the sunset is like fire, and the light and shadow in the Hualin Garden is uneven.
The Sizi said, "Master, go back to the inn. If the third brother and the others arrive, they will go to the inn to find us."
Four people and one dog walked back slowly. After passing Fanfang, they were about a mile away from Wanguo Pavilion, and suddenly saw a team of Zaoli blocking the pedestrians to collect taxes, saying that it was a night trip tax, and each person paid a penny.
Zhou Xuan thought it was fun. The tax was fresh and he had to pay taxes for night tours, which made Sichi pay three cents.
A soap lion pointed to the golden retriever Lulu, led by Lihu: "This dog also has to pay taxes, and pay another penny."
Zhou Xuanqi said: "It's fine if people pay taxes, but why do even dogs have to pay taxes?"
Na Zaoli said, "It's okay not to pay taxes, that's a wild dog, and he took it to slaughter it and had a full meal."
Lihu was furious and was about to attack with his arms shaking.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Add to the local customs, follow the local customs, the fourth brother, pay for it."
Several Zaoli collected a penny from the pedestrians one by one and then left.
Zhou Xuan said: "It's very good. Even dogs have to pay taxes. Why worry about not having a wealthy country!"
A middle-aged man who looked like a craftsman next to him sighed: "This night tour tax was only released today, have you never heard of it in the past?"
Zhou Xuan asked: "Can these soap servants collect taxes indiscriminately?"
The middle-aged craftsman said, "I dare not. There are so many things in the palace. The minor officials dare not collect taxes randomly. His Majesty the Emperor likes to establish new taxes. Every now and then, a new tax comes out. A few days ago, a tax in and out of the city was established. Every day, a penny was paid. People entering and leaving the city gates had to be paid. In the past few days, people entering and leaving the city suddenly decreased. If there is really something important, they will enter and exit. Seeing that this tax is not new, His Majesty the Emperor came to this night trip tax again. I am afraid that a talk tax will be received in a few days, a penny a day, unless you cut your tongue and don't speak-"
He heard a sharp roar, and a whip whipped heavily on the middle-aged craftsman's face, and his skin and flesh burst out and blood splattered everywhere.
Chapter completed!