The eagle carried Zhou Yao and soared in the sky with great speed. In just one stick of incense, he had already gone very far, and soon he had flown into a new area. Below him was Jicheng Mansion, the capital of Southwest Province.
Jicheng Mansion·A Mansion
There happened to be an official in the main courtyard looking up at the sky and saw a black dot flying from high in the sky. He didn't take it seriously. He just sighed: "In this kind of place, even the birds are so strong."
This official had good eyesight, and when he saw that the eagle was huge, he didn't know whether it was an ordinary bird or a bird with intelligence, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
During this period, holy manifestations occurred frequently in various places, and Southwest Province was no exception.
Not only the offerings in some temples were manifested, but also some demons and ghosts.
Even not long ago, in a Linshan town more than a hundred miles away from the provincial capital, there was an incident where a spirit raped a beautiful concubine.
There is a mountain monster who has been in the spirit for who knows how long. He has taken a fancy to the daughter of a wealthy businessman in this town and wants to take her as his concubine.
Although he is only one of the top wealthy businessmen in the town, which is nothing in the county, he is a family that does not worry about marrying his daughter. In addition, the girl is beautiful, and the wealthy businessman has long planned to betroth his daughter to a family with a higher family status, so how can he look at it? The last monster that appeared out of nowhere?
But after being troubled by it twice, he was so frightened that he took his family members to avoid it.
Later, the provincial government came forward and directly sent troops to kill the spirits.
This is actually to deter some restless entities in the province!
No matter how powerful you are, fighting with the government and the court will never yield good results.
And since what happened, many officials have become wary of animals that are different from ordinary people.
"I hope it's just a passing bird."
Just as he was sighing, someone suddenly walked in quickly, came to him, and reported in a low voice: "Sir Governor, someone is asking to see you. He is a Taoist boy."
Taoist boy?
"Invite him to meet me in the flower hall." The official's eyes were fixed, and if he could hear it in his ears, this boy must be someone he is familiar with, or a very important person.
"yes."
Soon, a Taoist boy of thirteen or fourteen years old came in from outside and was led directly into the flower hall. As soon as he entered the door, he saluted the man who had his back turned to him: "I have seen Lord Luo on the Taoist road."
It turned out that this somewhat thin official was none other than Luo Pei, the governor of Southwest Province.
Luo Pei turned around and looked at the Taoist boy.
"You came to see me, but what do you want to say to me?" Luo Pei was obviously very familiar with this person and asked directly without any official tone.
This Daotong's master has some relationship with Luo Pei, and he is considered to be a person in the Daolu Department who can convey information to him through special channels.
He wouldn't come here easily on weekdays. Whenever he comes to see him, he must convey some relatively important news to him - Taoism has many ways to convey news quickly.
The Taoist boy said nothing, but took off the ordinary wooden hairpin stuck on his head, twisted it gently, split it into two, took out a small roll of paper from it, and handed it to Luo Pei.
When Luo Pei opened it and took a look, he couldn't help taking a breath, but after all, he was a second-grade official, and he didn't show any other expression.
This time, when I sent a message to myself, I used this code word instead of letting the Taoist boy carry the message. I had originally guessed that it must be something very important, but now that I saw it, I realized how important it was!
"You have worked hard. Come here and reward me with ten taels of silver. Go down and have a rest!" Luo Pei said with a normal expression. When he saw someone taking the Taoist boy down to rest, he stood there and suddenly raised his head and let the tears in his red eyes flow. , so as not to fall.
"Prince, have you seen that the emperor has appointed your son as his grandson?"
"The land of Dazheng has finally returned to its original owner."
Unexpectedly, although the prince passed away, the emperor and grandson finally waited for this day. This must be something that many people are willing and looking forward to seeing.
"Husband, what's wrong with you?" Luo Pei's wife, who came in from outside the flower hall, was startled when she saw her husband standing with red eyes and asked hurriedly.
Only then did Luo Pei come back to his senses, smiled at his wife, and wiped his eyes: "God, you still have eyes!"
Capital City·Zhou Mansion
Due to the disappearance of the young lady, laughter has not been heard in the Zhou Mansion for a long time. Madam has not been out to socialize recently, she seems to be ill.
The male host of the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Yao's father, Zhou Licheng, may not have entertained guests for a long time, but today he made an exception.
The guest who came to the house to be entertained by him was none other than Shao Sisen's father, Shao Ying. He used to be the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, from the fourth rank, and now he is still the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple. He is the fourth rank, which can also be said to be promoted to the rank of Shaoqing. Once you are in your position, if you move up to the next level, you will be the chief minister.
Zhou Licheng and Shao Ying sat opposite each other, with tea and fruit snacks placed on the small table in the middle. Neither of them moved, their expressions a little solemn.
The two of them were talking in the mansion this time because they heard a piece of news, a piece of news that had been known to all the upper-class people in the capital.
Zhou Licheng was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "It's so unpredictable. No one could have imagined that the acting king would turn into a grandson!"
you do not say!
Who can think of this? No one can think of it!
After saying this, he stopped talking. Shao Ying sat opposite, also in a trance, not knowing what he was thinking.
They were sitting in the tea room now, and it was very quiet when no one spoke.
After a long time, Shao Ying finally asked, "Are you going?"
The Zhou family and the Shao family are family friends. Although the children did not get married this time, they still have a deep relationship and have always advanced and retreated simultaneously.
Shao Ying didn't say where he was going, but everyone who asked and listened understood.
Zhou Licheng was silent, and after a while, he said: "Go, it is orthodox after all."
After a pause, Zhou Licheng said with emotion: "The grandson's enthronement ceremony is about to be held. I wonder how many people are going in advance?"
Shao Ying understood the meaning. If it was just a matter of etiquette, it actually didn't matter much. After all, the canonization of the grandson was out of the courtesy of the monarch and his ministers, and all qualified officials must congratulate him with gifts.
But the question is whether it is getting closer, which is different.
Shao Ying felt that it would be no less, after all, today was different from the past.
When the emperor was young and strong, not to mention that there was only one prince missing, even if there was no more one, it would not really shake up the government and the public. At most, it would only make people fearful and afraid of being implicated.
The emperor was young and had other sons, more than one. The whole family of the prince was wiped out. Even though it was terrifying, everyone was dead, so what could others do?
Advise?
Remonstrance can still be useful before killing, but if you remonstrate after the person is dead, isn't it just waiting to die together?
The emperor can kill even his own sons and grandsons. How can he show mercy to these outsiders when he looks red-eyed?
So at that time, even after hearing that the prince's entire family had been exterminated, no one in the entire government and the public dared to question the matter, and there was a dead silence.
But now it's different.
The grandson is young, but the emperor... is old, not many years old.
And everyone's life, death, honor and disgrace, even the family, or a few years later, will all depend on the new emperor's thoughts.
Let’s not talk about becoming a successful person, but at least we have to save our lives and our current status, right?
How many people dare not show kindness?
Zhou Licheng and Shao Ying looked at each other and saw each other's horror. When reading history books in the past, they were always puzzled by the relationship between the emperor and the prince.
Since ancient times, it is rare for a prince to die well.
Now I understand.
Every emperor will grow old, but the prince will be young. All ministers, whether loyal or traitorous, talented or foolish, will have to move closer to the prince, to varying degrees.
Faced with this situation, a mediocre king can still comfort himself: "This is the prince, my son, and the heir to the country."
But Mingjun and Yingjun were particularly intolerant, so they often had only a few years to live, but they still killed the prince brazenly, resulting in the mediocre emperor ascending the throne.
If you have good luck, you can still maintain it, but if you have bad luck, you will die in your lifetime.
But even so, Zhou Licheng and Shao Ying didn't dare not go.
"In case the grandson ascends the throne, I can't wait for him to leave, for fear of disaster, he will come immediately." Zhou Licheng stood up, looked at the vast sky in the distance, and couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Since he became a grandson, the undercurrent that had been suppressed for twenty years has surged and worshiped, shocking people.
Emperor, what do you think?
(End of chapter)
