Chapter 376
Zhang Youqian smiled, but in fact I heard nothing.
I hummed, just know.
Three days left, it was Zhongqiu. The Imperial Heavenly Prison had already predicted that the moon on August 15 this year was the blood moon, which was the blazing moon mentioned by Xie Junyan.
According to legend in the rivers and lakes, the blood moon and even the yin and cold are extremely bad signs. The Book of Changes says that the blood moon represents the weak righteousness of the human world, the evil spirit overcomes, the resentment increased, the strong resentment, the wind and clouds change greatly, the mountains and rivers cry, the world is turbulent, and chaos arises.
The next morning, an edict from the palace for the emperor to succeed to the throne came. The imperial list filled the streets and alleys of the capital. Zhu Runmao inherited Dabao and the emperor's name was Taihe. From next year, it will be the first year of Taihe. At the same time, Li Muge, who supported the emperor's return to Beijing this time, was named the Minister of Rites.
Since Li Muge passed the imperial examination last year, it took him a year to become a fifth-rank official. He first studied history in the Hanlin Academy, and then became the censor and imperial envoy of the Censorate. Now he has gone to the extremely noble Ministry of Rites, which is simply a winner in life.
The six departments of the court each have their own duties and serve in the Ministry of Rites. Although they do not have much wealth, they are first-class officials. Compared with the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, they have a better chance of entering the cabinet. Moreover, Li Muge is not yet thirty years old, so it is a foregone conclusion that he will enter the cabinet and become a minister in the future.
At the same time, we announced a general amnesty for the world, except for unforgivable crimes such as treason and rebellion, and the rest were exempted from the crimes. Zhang Youqian and I were falsely accused of being a tyrant by the Jinling Mansion, which was not within the scope of the amnesty. However, now we no longer care. Our martial arts have reached the peak of Tongxiang, and the legal system in the court has restrained us not as much as the moral rules in the world.
In the morning, I prepared golden needles for Lao Sun and prepared a good banquet. Now it is inconvenient to take Xu Ruonan into the Six Doors. After thinking about it, it is more appropriate to take him out of Six Doors to the mansion for treatment. So I asked Zhang Youqian to help organize a carriage. Zhang Youqian was fine, but he was not able to bear the aunt at home asking him questions, and came back with him.
At the beginning of the year, Lu Zhongyuan supported Zhu Wuneng ascended the throne, and Liuliumen made great contributions. In the past six months, the second-level department of Liuliumen has a status in the capital that is no less than Shuntian Mansion, and it is also a Jianghu management and a secret service agency. Therefore, now Liuliumen has improved significantly in terms of staffing and scale than before.
However, half a year, a government office with more than ten acres was expanded to the east of this black old house. In addition to logistics support and some unimportant functional departments, the business departments mainly responsible for intelligence, investigation, rivers and lakes, assassination and other business departments were transferred to the new mansion.
We came to the side door and explained our purpose. The concierge was new and did not know us. He said, "So, why are you looking for Lao Sun?"
I said that after all, he was an old man from Liushemen. He also made great achievements in the Sixmen back then. Can you accumulate some virtue?
The doorman said, that old guy, ignorant, dared to openly curse Commander Lu in front of everyone. Who is Commander Lu? He is the commander of the three thousand imperial guards, and he is also the boss of our six doors. Who can he blame him for not breaking his legs?
I was shocked and asked, why did he scold Lord Lu?
The doorman knew that he had talked too much, so he quickly shut up and said that it was not your business, so he should ask less...
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Youqian held a ten-talent silver note in his hand and shook it in front of him. You know, if you work as a doorman at the six doors, you can't earn ten-talent silver a year with a normal salary.
When the doorman saw the silver notes, his eyes lit up. He said something, even though he asked, the little one said everything. As he said that, he even let our carriage in.
It turned out that two months ago, when the new Liushemen mansion was built and officially relocated, Lu Zhongyuan was invited to be a guest. He was originally from Liushemen, so it was all right. The problem was that when Lu Zhongyuan was speaking, Lao Sun made a mistake. He got drunk that day and cursed at him, saying that Liushemen, adultery, jealous of virtuous people, and sellers who beg for honor, even if they change to a new mansion, they are still rotten to the core.
Lu Zhongyuan was very angry and left on the spot. A few days later, Lu Zhongyuan ordered someone to break his legs and instructed Chen Qingyang to disband the seven doors. The original Twelve Grandmasters would either repatriate their hometowns or change their homes and join others' doors.
I wondered, although Lao Sun's martial arts is the best in the world, he can also rank among the world. Unless Lord Lu takes action himself, how can others break his leg?
The concierge sneered, you don’t know anything about this. Before everyone took action, Lao Sun was poisoned.
Zhang Youqian asked, poisoning? What poison? Who made the poison?
The concierge smiled slightly, avoiding answering, twisted his right thumb and index finger slightly, and looked at me with a smile, meaning that it would take a lot of money to know. Zhang Youqian took out another ten taels of silver notes, threw them over, and said, answering the question.
The concierge carefully checked the authenticity of the silver bill, and then lowered his voice and said, "We don't know what the details are. It is said that on the morning of the accident, General Manager Chen sent a pot of dog meat to Lao Sun."
I felt cold in my heart. General Chen, the head of the chief, was naturally the jade-faced Rakshasa Chen Qingyang. Over the years, she has been Lu Zhongyuan's capable subordinate. She obeyed Lu Zhongyuan's will. When Lao Sun offended Lu Zhongyuan, Chen Qingyang would naturally take action.
After hearing this, I felt a little angry. Although Lao Sun was furious, he was an old man from Liushangmen and was nearly half retired. Even if he was drunk and complained a few times, his guilt would not break his legs.
Zhang Youqian stood up, his eyes were full of fire, and he said, I'll go to the widow Chen to ask what happened.
I quickly stopped me and said, "Don't be impulsive, and when I see Lao Sun, I will see what he says."
We drove into the seven-door house. I had been here yesterday, so I was mentally prepared for the situation of the broken tiles and ruins. When Zhang Youqian saw it, he couldn't control his emotions and couldn't help but shed tears.
I was also angry. Lu Zhongyuan was as famous as Feng Wanli in the world back then. He didn't expect that after entering the public, he would become like this. He looked like he was harmless. But when he thought about it carefully, it was his idea to send me to escort Xu Kaishan back then. At that time, I was just a little low-killer in the martial arts realm. I could not help but think about it carefully.
We came to the inner room, and Lao Sun was sitting in a wheelchair, looking listless. After seeing us, he hurriedly said, "You guys leave here quickly."
I said it doesn’t make any sense for you to take here anyway. Today we are here to pick you up from the house.
At this moment, I suddenly heard footsteps outside the door. When I heard the footsteps, there were nearly a hundred people, surrounding the old yard of the seven doors, and there were also many killers of the six doors and secret doors.
Zhang Youqian said, I'm trapped. I think they're sure we'll come here today. Looking at the formation, the people who come are not good.
I felt extremely sad. Are these six doors that I would come in as soon as I got off the mountain? Since I had known this, why would I come in at that time?
Chapter completed!