The Mo family had always left people alone in Kyoto. After Wu Jin returned to the capital, these people were used by him.
After Wu Jin sent Mo Lingfeng the letter of "lost son", he ordered people to keep an eye on the news at the delivery shop in Kyoto and pay attention to the memorials and military information from Kuanzhou.
If the memorial and the military information arrive in Kyoto in tandem and arrive in Kyoto within four-quarters of an hour, they can be left alone. If the difference is too large, the memorial must be blocked under the Wazi Bridge and wait until the military information reaches Dipu before letting them go.
He must ensure that these two things, one behind the other, cannot be more than four quarters of an hour apart.
Once it exceeds the limit, the edict will be painted, recorded, and promulgated under the emperor's anger. By the time the military situation comes again, the emperor's anger has spread from inside the palace to outside the palace.
Even if the emperor withdraws the edict, everyone will know that Mo Lingfeng has connected with the soldiers and plotted evil things.
This will become Mo Yefeng's stain and leverage.
Political opponents will use this to attack Mo Lingfeng. When Tai Jianfeng hears what happened, he will think that Mo Lingfeng fought tooth and nail on the battlefield to make up for his mistakes, to show loyalty to the emperor, or to expand his own power.
In short, all her achievements are due to her guilt first and not for the country or the people.
When the emperor was about to choose his son, he no longer had to worry about Mo Lingfeng's military exploits. Instead, he could gain the support of his subjects.
As for the secret letter and military information coming from Kuanzhou, according to Mo Lingfeng's inference, the secret letter was relatively slow. The military information departed one day later, so he could just carry the secret letter to Beijing. However, when he arrived at the last stop outside Kyoto to deliver the secret letter, the secret letter was delivered to the store outside Kyoto. The letter has arrived, but the military information is nowhere to be seen.
The members of the Mo family immediately conveyed the news with whistles, and finally followed Wu Jin's plan in advance to create chaos and block the secret letter's path when it arrived at Waziqiao.
Merchants in Kyoto are required to pay tax when they go ashore or cross the bridge. If they pay it once when they go ashore, they do not have to pay it in other places, but they must show their certificates. On that day at Wazi Bridge, two merchants insisted that they had already paid the tax once. , but couldn't produce the voucher, they got into a fight with the tax soldiers, and one of them pushed the tax soldiers into the river.
After this farce, merchants and onlookers had blocked the Wazi Bridge and had not yet evacuated it. Then another person claimed that he wanted too much and that all his hard work would be in vain after selling it. He sold a basket of fresh fruit on the spot. Pour it out.
Peaches and plums rolled all over the ground, and everyone scrambled to grab them. They overturned a basket of lotus flowers and trampled the flowers into mud.
The young flower seller sat on the ground and cried, the man who poured fruit cursed and beat people with arrogance, and the people who watched the excitement kept throwing flames, not caring that it was a big deal, and blocked the person delivering the secret letter at Wazi Bridge, making it difficult for him to move.
It wasn't until half an hour later that the Mo family members received news that the military situation had entered the delivery shop to change horses and people, and they began to evacuate in an orderly manner.
The courier delivered the secret letter to the palace gate, which required many layers of questioning and searching, and then was relayed layer by layer by the chamberlain, before finally reaching the emperor's hands. However, the urgent military information could be entered without any questioning. This time was enough. .
Behind the seemingly coincidence is actually Wu Jin's precise calculation.
Even if the emperor wanted to investigate, he could not find out.
Kyoto is a prosperous city, and it is not surprising that such disputes over tax payment are common. What is more important is that Wu Jin stayed in Hanlin Garden for days and days and never left the city gate.
In the Luodeng Temple, the fragrance of Buddha was lingering. Wu Jin moved his nose and couldn't smell anything. He made a loud sound and said, "It was done very well last time."
The doorman secretly raised the corner of his mouth, feeling a little proud.
Wu Jin straightened up, knelt down again, and lowered his voice: "Stare at Prince Jiyang."
"yes."
After the two people kowtowed, they stood up. The guest left first. Wu Jin stood there and looked up at the Buddha.
The Buddha lowered his eyebrows and closed his eyes, showing no sadness or joy, looking at the world with a ruthless smile.
Wu Jin thought: "What did the emperor replace Wang Yunsheng with?"
The Buddha did not answer, but looked at him blankly, as if he wanted to save him from this world of mortals.
At the back of the Buddhist hall, a monk is reciting a sutra: "Be liberated from all deceptions and demonic realms in the world. Just like a lotus flower without water, like the sun and moon without dwelling in the sky."
However, Wu Jin was trapped in the world of mortals, creating a self-imposed demonic obstacle and unable to escape. He could not understand the transcendent meaning in the Buddha's eyes, and left the Luodeng Temple with only doubts all over his body.
After renting a sedan and returning home, he drank medicine, ate porridge, and fell asleep. When he woke up, he sweated profusely and his clothes were soaked. He finally felt much more relaxed.
He asked the old servant to go out and buy hot water and soaked it for a while. After wiping it off, he felt much refreshed.
The wind in the yard had become cooler. He sat for a while, then got up and went to the study room to look for "Book of Jin" on the desk.
"Book of Jin" was at the bottom. When he pulled it out, he paused with his hand and frowned at the book on the desk.
wrong.
"University" is a book he often reads. When he puts it away, he will pull out some of the book for easy access. At this time, the book is just like other books, neat and tidy, even the gaps are straight.
Someone had touched his desk.
The old servant never enters the study, and the old servant is illiterate. If he touches the book, he cannot restore it to the way it was before.
There was a pair of eyes watching his every move in the dark.
His heart trembled, and a layer of sweat formed on his body, which had been dry just now.
He calmly took out the "Book of Jin", took it to the courtyard, sat down, and opened a page, knowing that the emperor was suspicious of Kuanzhou.
He pretended to read and drink medicine as if nothing had happened. When the sky got dark, he drank a bowl of porridge and ate two candy canes. His symptoms improved quickly, but he started to cough.
As he coughed, Kyoto restaurants, dignitaries, and merchants lit up lights one after another, and the Forbidden Palace was also lit up, illuminating a dreamlike Kyoto.
When pedestrians walked on the road, they were not illuminated by these lights from above. Only the oil lamps in the foot shops glowed with a yellowish flame, illuminating the pedestrians' faces indistinctly.
Wu Jin lit an oil lamp in the yard, used mugwort to drive away mosquitoes, sat in a chair and closed his eyes to relax, enjoying the cool air while listening carefully to all the noises inside and outside the house.
Where are those eyes peeping in the dark hidden?
Before he could find out the unusual movement, there was a knock on the door. The voice was timid and hesitant, as if the visitor was also hesitant.
The old servant responded and swung open the door. When he opened the door, he saw that the visitor was stooped and covered in dust. He called out "old man" and looked into the room: "Brother Wu."
Wu Jin opened her eyes, stood up and looked at the door: "Qi Chang, come in and sit down."
Qi Chang wore a square scarf on his head and a gray-blue straight jacket. The material was light and breathable, and seemed to be twisted. When worn on his body, it was not tight and wrinkled together.
"Brother Wu," he carried two oil paper bags, looked around, as if he was afraid of being seen, took a big step into the yard, straightened up as if he was relieved, and smiled to please, "I heard that you are sick, come here Look at you."
He handed the oil paper bag to the old servant: "These are some tonics for making soup. You can ask the servants to put some in when making soup. It can nourish the body."
"Thank you very much," Wu Jin asked the old servant to make tea, "sit down and talk."
