novelraw Chapter 594
Chapter 594
The capital has not seen soldiers and horses for a long time.On this day, thousands of imperial guards suddenly surrounded Xining Wangfu. It never occurred to me that not only the county prince disappeared, but also his two sons and three grandsons.After asking the people in the mansion, they found out that four days ago, their uncle took two young masters to go hunting in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city. Three days ago, another young master fell ill, and the second master took him to a quieter outer house. .The county prince himself was still there in the morning, and just now he said that he had something to go out and left with only a few servants with him.The imperial army rushed to their family's Zhuangzi outside the city and Qingjing's outer house, but the servants who watched the house said that the men had never been here.It was obvious that he had escaped, and the government issued a list to arrest him, causing an uproar in Beijing.The rest of the population of the Xining Palace was immediately taken elsewhere, and the entire mansion was vacant.Feng Ziying immediately led the people in and searched from the inner study.It didn't take much effort to find the detailed catalog of Xining series.
According to what Jinggangshan Wanzhang said, two or three of the soldiers who deceived the Supreme Emperor had a Qin accent, so he first took the Qin booklet to look at it.The secret work on it was almost killed by the king of Qin, except for the leader named Cao.Feng Ziying frowned and read the directory from the beginning, and soon found three people.It just so happened that Mr. Cui, whom they had just sent to Qin, got the three Maitreya teaching details from the Qin Shizi's mansion: a coachman, a monk, and the second son of the magistrate.Feng Ziying gasped: If there was only one, maybe the Maitreya Sect had placed a secret work in the Xining department; now there are actually three.And the veteran Jiang Laosi who died with the coachman, and the green forest man who died with Chen Erye are also from Xining.Although he couldn't figure out what was going on here, the Prince of Xining probably had something to do with the Maitreya Sect.Feng Ziying shook her head: No wonder this man surnamed Jin always wants to find Jia Cong, and Buddhism and Taoism have been fighting for hundreds of years.
Just at this time, someone from his subordinates came in and said, "Someone came outside and said it was from Jia's post office. He sent a letter to a steward of Xining Palace, asking the soldiers at the door what to do."
Feng Ziying said: "Get the letter." The man responded and left, and took the letter after a while.Feng Ziying saw that the letter was sent from Yuanzhou, Jiangxi, and Yuanzhou happened to be the place where Maitreya religion was prevalent.There is only one sentence in it: The Empress Dowager may know about it, and she will be destroyed as appropriate.Feng Ziying frowned, thinking, it's a good thing that old woman is still alive.Nai sleeved the letter and hurried to Yan Wangfu.
King Yan was shocked when he heard the words "Maitreya Sect": "They have rebelled for hundreds of years." He ordered Feng Ziyingli to go to the Forbidden City to ask.
Feng Ziying went to the palace to meet the Empress Dowager, but she didn't say a word, and threw the letter to Dai Quan who was serving beside her.Although the empress dowager was paralyzed, she was still in good spirits, and ordered Dai Quan to fetch her glasses.After reading the words on the letter, he scolded: "Bold! Which traitor is this!"
Feng Ziying said: "Yuanzhou Maitreya Religion." The Empress Dowager was taken aback.Seeing her eyes move, Feng Ziying folded her arms and said calmly, "If the empress dowager doesn't want to talk about it, I have no choice but to ignore it. Anyway, I don't know about it."
The Empress Dowager hesitated for a moment and looked at Dai Quan.Dai Quan sighed: "It's a long story." He knows the seriousness.There is no protection around him, and this matter is obviously fatal, so he dare not hide it.It is about how the Grandfather deceived the Maitreya teaching and the Taoism of the Heavenly Master, how he buried the treasures and tokens in his mausoleum, how the late emperor dug his father's grave and stole the funeral objects, and how the two The keepsake is hidden in Ma Lishan, Xiaoci County, and I told the truth. "Na Mali Mountain was originally named Tanzi Mountain. After the late emperor set up a mechanism to store the tokens of Maitreya Sect and Tianshi Taoism, it was renamed Mali Mountain, which meant 'Pearl of Li'. The people of the mountain did not know the root cause, and gradually passed it on as Mali Mountain."
Feng Ziying pondered: "Look at the meaning of this letter. I'm afraid the Empress Dowager will know about it and let the recipient silence it. If that person is a member of the Maitreya sect, why should I be afraid that you will always know about it? Shouldn't I try to find out the whereabouts of the token?"
Dai Quan thought for a while, and said: "Could it be that they have found the thing? No! No one knows, and everyone who knows has been silenced."
Feng Ziying said: "It is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net. Can Eunuch Dai recognize that place?"
Dai Quan said: "This old slave has only heard of it, but has never been there. There are stone statues of the twelve zodiac signs placed at the bottom of a small lake in the mountains. The organs are densely covered, and things are hidden in the belly of the stone rabbit."
Feng Ziying nodded and said: "It's just a small mountain, how many lakes can there be? Just look for them one by one." Nai Chao empress dowager clasped her fist briefly, turned and left.
He personally led the people straight to Mali Mountain in Xiaoci County, and found the twelve zodiac signs at the bottom of the lake without much effort.He ordered his subordinate who was familiar with the situation of the organ to enter the water to check, and after a while the man came out with a rabbit in his hand.Feng Ziying was overjoyed: "You have cracked the mechanism? It is a great achievement!"
The subordinate smiled wryly and said, "I didn't break it. The pins of the organs below have been pulled out by someone, I'm afraid someone has been there long ago. Judging from the rusty appearance of the iron pins, it has been pulled out for many years."
Feng Ziying frowned, and hurriedly ordered him to open the stone rabbit.This person held that and studied for most of the day, until the night before he found the mechanism on the rabbit ears.Sure enough, there was only an empty old camphor wood box inside.Feng Ziying looked at it from the side, and found that the box was very familiar, similar to the one placed in a temple by the late emperor, so she couldn't help but took a few deep breaths.
Several things that were originally unrelated were strung together.The same is an old camphor wood box with exquisite mechanisms. The outside of the stone rabbit is engraved with 36 Tiangang pictures, and the one in the other temple is a painting of Nanshan Jicui.The big Yushanzi in Rongguo Mansion has been lost since it was lost and has never been found again. Two years ago, a Five Banners Sect came out and kidnapped people from Liguo Mansion to ask for the blueprint of Yushanzi.At first I thought it was the rest of the princes who were plotting against the last emperor's will, but now I think it may not be so.The Maitreya Sect still doesn't know what's going on behind the scenes, and the Heavenly Master Tao can't get anywhere if he wants to.Feng Ziying didn't close her eyes all night, and rushed back to the capital early the next morning with an empty box in her hand.
The king of Yan was also shocked when he heard the report: "It's just a guess, those pins have been pulled out for many years?"
Feng Ziying said: "My minister went down and had a look, it was indeed very rusted, and there were water plants in some empty tanks for who knows how many years."
King Yan took the empty box and looked at it for a long time, thinking: "This thing can't be opened without knowing the clues."
Feng Ziying said: "The one in a temple, do you want to store it in another place?"
King Yan thought for a while: "That's fine." Then he ordered a trusted expert beside him to fetch the box.
Feng Ziying said: "I just thought of another thing. Two years ago, there was a knight-errant-basically a member of the Da Nei Liu's family. He visited Zhen Guo's mansion several times at night and rummaged in the Niu family's three study rooms. He didn’t know what to look for, but he couldn’t find it in the end. So he went to the roof of a restaurant and tied a red veil as a signal.”
Yan Wang said: "The Liu family must not be someone who teaches the way of heavenly masters by Maitreya."
Feng Ziying said: "The Liu family is going to live, I think they are hired."
King Yan thought, "It's not easy to find the Liu family."
Feng Ziying said: "They deliberately avoid the prince, so it is not easy to find. If they go out to provoke others, it is not difficult."
King Yan suddenly thought of something: "The shop in the Liu family, what is it called Yinfengju, how about it?"
Feng Ziying said with a smile: "They don't know where they hired such a good shopkeeper. They don't rush when the owner is gone, and they work hard to run the shop, although they are a little greedy and not much. My ministers have found out that most of the goods they sell are stolen goods. "
King Yan nodded: "It can be seen that the Liu family has a strong relationship with Lvlin. The good students can't let go of their eyes. I don't believe they are willing to let such a valuable shop go for nothing." Feng Ziying agreed.King Yan thought for a while, "Since the two keepsakes are lost, go and check the tomb of the late emperor."
Feng Ziying was startled: "My lord!"
King Yan said calmly: "Those who are in the green forest are also thieves." Feng Ziying bowed and left in a hurry.
He led people to the mausoleum of the first emperor to check, and it was obvious that someone had moved it.Originally there were soldiers guarding the mausoleum here, but because the King of Yan didn't take care of them and couldn't pay the soldiers these years, not many escaped.Feng Ziying sighed inwardly: Grandfather dug the grave of the ancients, his son dug his, and now someone else dug his son's grave, it really is retribution.
Return to Beijing and report to King Yan.King Yan sighed regretfully, and said: "The bandits in Jiangxi should be dealt with. Li Guopei is still in Fujian? Order him to go to Yuanzhou."
Someone below asked: "Then the Supreme Emperor..."
King Yan narrowed his eyes: "Let him go. It's just a few monks and priests, do you really think you can use chicken feathers as arrows?" Everyone agreed in their mouths, and they were inevitably worried.
At this time, the capital is arresting the king of Xining County everywhere.None of the four city gates saw him go out, so he might still be in Beijing, so the Imperial Forest Army searched from house to house.Everyone in the Xining Department was in a panic, especially Jia Rong.He just made up some lingoes and sold them to people who don't know their origins, and he paid a total of 80 silver.Now that the king of Xining County fell to the ground with a crash, Jia Rong's heart felt as if it was fried.However, he is really a pawn, Feng Ziying and others didn't have time to ask him for questions, so they stayed up day and night, and when they closed their eyes, they dreamed that their family was murdered, and they lost several times in a few days.He didn't want to go out either, so he just lay down on the kang.
One day, the door from outside came in and replied, "Someone outside the house is looking for the uncle." He said and handed over a post.Jia Rong glanced at it, and suddenly her whole body turned cold with fright.He didn't read what was written on the post at all, he only recognized the handwriting as that of the Prince of Xining.Can't help but gritted his teeth secretly: Is this going to drag you into the water if you die?Nai threw the post out fiercely: "Say I'm not here!" The door promised and left.
People have been out for half a day, Jia Rong thought about it, and shouted: "Come back!" The doorman hurried back.Jia Rong suddenly sat up from the kang, thought for a long time, turned over and went down the tunnel, "please go to the study outside." He also ordered someone to help him change his clothes.
Not long after, the guests arrived.Jia Rong took a look, and it was indeed the one whose portraits were plastered all over the capital. There were only three people around him, all pretending to be porters.Then he stepped forward and made a bow.The Prince of Xining smiled wryly and said, "I don't think there will be a day when there is nowhere to hide."
Jia Rong sent the servants out, closed the door again, and asked in a low voice, "My lord, what's going on?"
The king of Xining County said: "It's bad luck, a bet I made a while ago went wrong out of thin air." Nai sighed softly. "It's a pity, it was a sure bet."
Jia Rong waited for a long time without listening to his explanation of the bet. She lowered her head and said, "This subordinate is quite frightened. Dare to ask the prince what to do next."
The king of Xining County said: "We'll talk about it after we get out. I'll stay with you for a few days first, and then I'll figure out how to leave Beijing."
Jia Rong thought for a while: "There is a small yard to the east of Huifang Garden in our home. No one goes there. The prince can stay away for a while." The king of Xining County nodded.Jia Rong hesitated for a moment, then asked, "My lord... our department... can..."
The king of Xining County arrived: "I already have a rough idea, and it will not be until next spring at the latest, and I will make a comeback."
Jia Rong sighed, "May the Buddha bless you." Naiqin led the way and led them to Huifang Garden.
For a while, the people of Ningguo Mansion retreated, and the Prince of Xining and others breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.Someone asked: "My lord, is this person reliable?"
"This meeting is reliable." The prince of the county said with a smile, "This person is timid, irresponsible, and dare not act recklessly." Several people settled down.
Ever since the prisoner lived in the house, Jia Rong was very vigilant, and often walked around the mansion randomly when she had nothing to do.One day, a servant girl next to his concubine Chun Shi hurriedly came to him and said, "Master, our aunt and grandma have gone out."
Jia Rong said annoyedly: "Go out and go out, and come back to me for big things?"
The maid said in a low voice: "Last time, the master told the servants to tell the master if they see any abnormal behaviors in the eyes of the aunt and grandma!"
Jia Rong hurriedly asked, "What happened to her?"
The servant girl said: "My aunt usually doesn't go out very much. Even if she goes out to buy something occasionally, she only wears a few ordinary jewelry. Today, it is full of one end! The slave will not let her go to serve her, so I only order two little ones. Girl go with her."
Jia Rong frowned and thought for a while and asked, "Did she say or ask anything in the past two days?"
The servant girl said: "I asked yesterday if there are male guests living in Huifang Garden? She usually visits the garden, so don't run into me."
There was nothing wrong with this remark at first glance, but Jia Rong just felt a little weird.I stood and thought for a long time, and suddenly said "Oh".If she gets curious and asks who lives in the garden, that's fine; the more she uses "afraid of collision" as an excuse, the more sinister she is.He couldn't help shouting: "Come, come, come - come -" Several boys who followed hurried forward.Jia Rong gritted her teeth and said, "Don't wait any longer." Nai puffed up her chest, rolled up her sleeves, and said coldly, "Take everyone who can fight in the house!"
Although the Ningguo Mansion is in decline, there are still many servants.The uncle gave an order, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of young and strong people came.Jia Rong called a head of the nursing home to whisper a few words, and then took out a large bag of things from her arms and handed it to him.The leader of the family Ding took the order, raised his hand and ordered more than a dozen people to come forward and muttered for a while, then turned around and saluted Jia Rong, and led everyone down to prepare.
After a while, the Huifang Garden was full of flames, and shouts were heard inside and outside the Ningguo Mansion, "Let's go, let's go—" Many people ran to the other side with their feet loose.When I arrived at the gate of Huifang Garden, I saw someone standing up and shouting: "The rescue is already going on inside. You don't need to go over too many people, and it's not cheap if there are too many people! Now it's enough!" The others left.Many people didn't think too much about putting out the fire, but just encountered a rare novelty, and they all gathered around and refused to leave.It was lively for less than half an hour, the flames gradually faded, and the black smoke went straight to the sky.
Huifang Garden is adjacent to Rongguo Mansion to the east, and there is a narrow alley in the middle, with small gates on both sides for easy access.A few wheelbarrows came out of Ningguo Mansion, and they pushed the broken wood and broken tiles in Huifang Garden all the way to the back street.Two large carriages parked on the back street, pulling these rags and creaking away.
A middle-aged man was sitting on the back street basking in the sun. Seeing the carriage go far away, he stood up and patted the dust on his body, then turned around and entered through the north corner gate of Rongguo Mansion.Walking all the way to the outer study and seeing Jia Huan, he sighed: "Although Jia Rong is unworthy, he is still the Queen of Ning Guogong. When it is time to be ruthless, he must be ruthless. It's a pity that he didn't learn well."
Jia Huan rolled his eyes: "It's not you who sold so much smoke to him yourself. What a waste."
It was Jia Xu who came.A while ago, Jia Rong's people were sneaking outside to inquire about the shop of the Green Forest Man, so Jia Xu rushed to do business with him.It turned out that Jia Rong wanted to buy the smoke used by the thieves in the Green Forest Commentary.Can Jia Xu not know what he bought it for?So he sold more than a dozen excellent cigarettes to him at a high price.I don't think Jia Rong is so timid, she bought all the cigarettes, and hides them in her arms every day and dare not use them!It was a waste of time to delay for several days.
Jia Xu, Jia Huan and others couldn't let the king of Xining County fall into the hands of Feng Ziying, what they wanted was death without evidence.Jia Rong spent so much time in vain, he was ready to do it if he didn't do it again.Just today, Jia Rong frightened his little concubine, Chun Shi, and gritted her teeth to kill his boss.There was not a single cigarette left from Jia Xu's cigarette, and his dog legs threw it into the small courtyard of the Tibetan prisoners through the wall.Jia Xu watched from a distance and shook his head - if he hadn't given this thing to them, how could he have put those masters in ordinary mist.After the several people in the hospital were all unconscious, the nursing home of Ningguo Mansion easily silenced them, thinking it was killing a few thieves.Then they threw the corpses into the firewood and burned them. In the end, they even burned the small yard where they lived.
Jia Xu took a sip of tea and said, "Jia Rong is a prodigal son, the yard is neat and tidy, and even the white-browed and red-eyed him will be burned. Why are you so unintimidated."
Jia Huan snorted, "Uncle Wu, it's not bad if he dares to kill a prince." After a pause, "What shall we do next?"
Jia Xu glanced at him, "What's our business later."