After watching the play for a whole day, we turned off the lights and then left.
Xiao Yuanhui's marriage was agreed upon in Chongxian Temple. He specially wrote a book and gave a large sum of money. Marquis Wen and Prime Minister Yan also gave alms.
Master Chen was overjoyed and invited all distinguished guests to come to the Sanqing Hall to offer incense.
Xiao Yuanhui went into the hall to burn incense. Marquis Wen and Prime Minister Yan were behind him. Mrs. Marquis Wen and sisters Hongyao Lvtang and Ziyuan were outside the hall, each lighting incense and praying.
It was already dark, and the lights in the hall were bright.
The golden light of the gilded caisson above the temple shines, and a halo of light shines on the golden statue of Yuanshi Tianzun in the middle. The god Tianzun has a solemn face, his eyes lowered and one finger lowered to the ground.
With the lamps and candles shining brightly, I followed the fairy's fingers and saw that the floor tiles were densely packed with insects and ants, and the blackness was so terrifying that it was terrifying!
Xiao Yuanhui was the closest. He waved his hand and ordered people to hold candles to watch. The insects and ants actually formed four big characters with flying dragons and phoenixes——
"Misfortune lies ahead"!
The words were as big as a bucket and squirmed, and everyone present was shocked!
Hong Yao and Zi Daan ran out screaming, and Lu Tang also took a breath of fear and exited.
Marquis Wen held the hidden sword in one hand and held Xiao Yuanhui in the other, and said sternly: "The sorcery has deceived the people, and there may be assassins. Your Highness, please step back!"
The insects and ants gathered together to form the words, and without even thinking about it, they knew that they were written in honey in advance.
Everyone present was familiar with scriptures and history, so naturally they would not be confused.
However, the Chongxian Temple was dedicated to the royal family, and the King of Jin arrived, so the guards were particularly tight. If someone sneaks in to do these tricks, wouldn't it mean that the defending Forbidden Army is treated as air?
Prime Minister Yan was scheming. After seeing it, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness and the Marquis don't have to worry, trivial skills are not worth worrying about." Then he cursed at his second son Yan Shuzhe: "Asshole! How did you, the commander of the imperial army, do it? His Highness the King of Jin is here in person. , actually letting young people come and go as they please?"
Yan Shuzhe quickly knelt down on one knee and said: "Father, calm down! My son will mobilize all the school captains to arrest the assassin!"
"How can there be a father and son here? Marquis Wen is in charge of the defense of the capital, and Prince Jin is in charge of the Yulin in the palace. They are your superiors!"
Yan Minzhong is really helpless to have such a useless son.
In front of his brother-in-law, Marquis Wen had no choice but to protect his nephew and said in a deep voice: "Shu Zhe, don't be too public. Arrange two appropriate captains to check secretly."
Yan Shuzhe quickly agreed.
Xiao Yuanhui looked down at the insects and ants on the ground, his behavior remained calm, and he chuckled at Yan Shuzhe: "How old is Commander Yan? How many years have you been the commander of the Forbidden Army?"
When Yan Shuzhe saw the Jin King's gentle inquiry, he quickly knelt down and knelt down and said: "I am twenty-two years old, and I have been the commander of the Imperial Army for three years."
Xiao Yuanhui helped him up, smiled at Yan Minzhong and said: "Young master is a handsome young man. He has commanded the imperial army at the age of nineteen. His future is limitless. He is my Huo Qubing of Daliang."
"His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin is so complimentary that I dare not bear it!" The father and son of the Yan family gave in humbly and thanked him.
A hint of evil suddenly flashed across Xiao Yuanhui's eyes, but unfortunately no one saw it.
Everyone exited the Sanqing Palace and no longer wanted to see other palaces. They said goodbye and got on their horses.
Chen Tianshi, the old immortal who was still full of witty words in the morning, now turned pale and forced himself to lead the Taoist priests to see off the guests.
The Yan family's father and son's original arrangements were extremely well-organized, but in the end, the Sanqing Palace was completely disgraced.
Yan Shuzhe was so angry that he mobilized a battalion of forbidden troops overnight to surround the Chongxian Temple and dug three feet into the ground to find the provocateurs.
The Taoist priest in the temple stayed up all night and couldn't find out who did it.
On the other hand, the "highly respected" old Taoist priest Chen Tianshi was frightened by the trivial skills and fell ill.
After a farce, the joke spread that Lutang, the second lady of Wenhou Mansion, was an "unlucky girl" and a "lone star of evil", and her engagement was canceled by the King of Jin.
No need to ask, it was all promoted by Wen Hongyao deliberately, and she also went out of her way to praise herself as "indescribably precious".
"The eldest lady is bullying others too much!"
Susu went out in the morning, and when she came back her face was pale with anger.
Lutang Heitian slept until daylight, which was quite comfortable.
"Tell the people in Xiyuan not to get into conflicts with others because of this matter."
"The old Taoist priest of Chongxian Temple has received countless bribes from Prime Minister Yan and the Marquis, and he is telling lies with his eyes open!" Su Su was still angry.
Seeing her hands trembling, Lutang had no choice but to ask Uncle Zhong's wife, Grandma He, to comb her hair.
"Let someone say a few words without losing a piece of meat." Grandma He was old and kind-hearted. While giving Lutang her head, she comforted Su Su, "It is a good thing not to marry the King of Jin."
Lutang smiled in the mirror and asked, "How is Zigeng?"
Su Su was even more angry: "The third lady is even more shameless! She moved to the eldest lady's courtyard early in the morning. She said that she and the eldest lady were the empress E's queens, and their relationship with the second lady ended. !”
Aunt He brought Lutang a hairpin and said softly, "Miss Third, leave Ling'er behind and only bring the color screen."
Zi Daan climbed up a high branch and planned to break with her completely.
"You didn't see the Third Miss like that. This servant wants to strangle her to death!" Su Su said through gritted teeth.
"Girl Su, stop talking!" Aunt He patted her gently.
Lutang smiled calmly and said: "Wenhongyao will make her life worse than death without us taking action. Let Ling'er come to my place. Susu just has a helper."
"Yes, I will call her later."
"Ling'er, when you followed the third lady, you often went to the eldest lady's courtyard. Whose child do you think the eldest lady is carrying?"
Ling'er pondered for a long time and shook her head slightly. She had only been here for a short time and didn't know much about the inside story.
Even the King of Jin suspected that Yan Shuzhe was an adulterer. How could Wenhou and his wife not guess it? Can he be allowed to come and go in the house as before?
The more Lutang thought about it, the more he felt that there was something fishy about this matter.
Xiao Yuanhui knew that Wen Hongyao had been involved in scandals, but he was still willing to get engaged to her.
In his previous life, when Lutang was falsely accused of innocence, he immediately broke off the engagement.
It seemed that he had gone to any lengths to win over Marquis Wen. Even if he knew who the adulterer was, he could still endure it.
He talked to Yan Shuzhe in the Sanqing Hall yesterday, deliberately making light of him and talking about him. Lutang could hear the fierce hatred in it.
Marquis Wen and Prime Minister Yan were too careless. Xiao Yuanhui will retaliate and will never let Yan Shuzhe go!
Today's situation, in terms of military power in the capital, Qi King Xiao Yuanmu holds heavy troops outside the city, while his Jin King only controls the five thousand feather groves in the palace city.
It can be inferred from this that Yan Shuzhe is bound to die, and Xiao Yuanhui is bound to get the 10,000 forbidden troops in his hands!
Lutang's eyes lit up when he thought of this: The target of the next battle must be the commander of the Forbidden Army!
Yan Shuzhe's imperial army headquarters was built in Yong'anfang, which was originally a bustling city with many restaurants and shops.
Lutang remembered the land deed left by her mother and quickly called Uncle Zhong.
Sure enough, all three land deeds belong to Yonganfang!
Lutang was overjoyed and quickly ordered someone to hitch a carriage.
In the past three years, Lutang was in mourning for her parents in the mansion and rarely left the house. Uncle Zhong and other old servants were also detained by Marquis Wen's house and could not take another step.
A group of people drove in the city and asked for directions several times before they found it.
Surprisingly, after not checking it out for three years, everything here has changed.
The entire Yong'anfang became the territory of the Forbidden Army, and its name was changed to "Bliss Fang".
The five streets and alleys in the square were originally filled with houses and shops, but now the walls of the square are high, and the four gates are guarded by forbidden troops, so the public cannot get close.
Uncle Zhong ordered the carriage to be pulled to Anshun Square nearby, bribed the local security guard with a few taels of silver, and got out a few words.
"Just three years ago, the commander of the imperial army requisitioned all Yong'an Fang. Hundreds of shops were moved out, and thousands of households were relocated. Not only Yong'an Fang, but also Ningshun Fang in the west and Yongding Fang in the south were also requisitioned, and more people were relocated. .”
"Which square did you move to?"
"There is no place in the capital to accommodate these many families. They have all moved to the borders of other provinces!"
The capital is densely populated, and most of them are business people who are not good at farming. How can they agree to move to other provinces or frontiers?
Uncle Zhong hurriedly asked: "Thousands of houses and land are worth millions of silver. How rich is the Imperial Guards Command?"
"Do you think the commander of the Forbidden Army will give money to buy it? The condition given is that as many houses as there are in the capital, a few will be made up in the border areas. He has the soldiers and horses of the Forbidden Army, who dares to fight against the common people? It is better not to make any noise. Go to Jingzhao Those who Yin complained to were all arrested by the imperial army and sent to prison. For what he did, countless orphans and widows threw themselves into rivers and wells that year, and how many families died!"
Uncle Zhong took a breath of air and looked back at Lutang who was in the carriage with a shocked face.
The land guard shook his head and sighed: "The commander of the forbidden army is the second son of Prime Minister Yan's family! Can you afford to offend the Yan family? His uncle is the Marquis Wen of Beining. Can you afford to offend the Wen family?"
Lutang winked at Uncle Zhong from afar and stopped asking further questions.
Yan Shuzhe, a young official with no great achievements, can hold the imperial army and scrape the land and suck blood in the capital just by relying on the relationship between his father and his uncle!
It is simply outrageous!
Prime Minister Yan Minzhong, father and son are all shameless people! He colluded with Uncle Wen Hou and caused trouble in the capital. They were all in the same group!
Lutang raised his eyes and looked at the square wall. Inside, there were majestic halls and pavilions, and lush trees and rocks were exposed on the wall.
It seems that Yan Shuzhe's occupation of private houses was not for the use of the imperial army, but for the purpose of building villas and pavilions.
Lutang squinted his eyes and suddenly remembered many secrets from his past life, involving this "forbidden area of Paradise".
The members of the Wen family are all extremely vicious, so it is not easy to kill them all for revenge!
It seems that Yan Shuzhe can no longer stay, and the commander of the Forbidden Army should really be replaced!
Lutang lowered his head and thought, Susu looked panicked and raised the car curtain to report.
"Second Miss, King Qi has sent someone to invite you!"
Not only was Lutang shocked, but even the coachman felt a chill in his back when he heard King Qi's name, and said anxiously: "Second Miss, let's run!"
It was too late to run. Looking through the gauze curtain, Shi Yuchifeng, the head of Prince Qi's palace, was standing at the street entrance.
No matter how reckless and frivolous His Highness Prince Qi was, Lutang still maintained a dignified demeanor. She sat in the car and nodded in salute: "Lord Chang Shi, what are your instructions for summoning your servants?"
"My lord invites the second lady to have a banquet at his residence to repay your kindness in curing the poison." Yu Chifeng bowed and saluted, his tone was polite but unquestionable.
Lutang wanted to say that trivial matters were nothing, but the other party didn't give him a chance.
Regardless of anything else, Yuchi Feng first ordered Su Su to get on the carriage, then sent four palace guards to hold the carriage and lead the horse himself.
"... Lang Lang Qian Kun... How could you..." Uncle Zhong chased him from a distance, running and gasping for breath.
How is this different from robbing someone in broad daylight?
Lutang was so angry that her mouth was filled with smoke!
