At Xu time, night had already fallen. Chu Qing was stretching and preparing to go back home to see his father. A civil servant who claimed to be Honglu Temple came to him, followed by a sedan. There was no one in the sedan except a small mouth. box.
The box was opened, revealing a short knife inlaid with jade, as long as the arm and three fingers wide.
The literary official was respectful and said that it was a gift from Yu Tianlun, the minister of Honglu Temple. Yu Tianlun invited Chu Qing to the moon landing tower for a banquet.
Fu San walked over, drew his sword out of its sheath, and sighed, "Good sword."
Chu Qing looked at the knife and then at the clerk, wondering what Yu Tianlun's intention was in giving him gifts and making an appointment with him.
"Go back and tell Yu Zhengqing that I will go to the Moon Tower in half an hour."
The civil servant bowed and saluted, and left without entering the sedan chair.
Jiang Yuesheng walked out and said with a smile: "It's such a grand occasion, even the gifts have to be placed in the sedan chair and carried by the bearers."
Chu Qing took the knife, looked at it carefully and knocked it again, making sure there was nothing wrong before handing it to Fu San.
After surviving to this day, Chu Qing no longer dares to look down on anyone.
The ancients had too many colorful intestines, just like the unicorn stone, which almost killed Chang Yu. He was afraid that there was poison or radiation on the knife.
After chatting casually with Jiang Yuesheng for a few words, Ergou felt that Yu Tianlun should be delaying the war, fearing that Chu Qing would mess with him and that something would happen before the martial arts performance day.
"The more he talks down to him, the more I think there is something wrong with Honglu Temple."
After thinking for a while, Chu Qing continued: "I'll order six scouts to follow me. Be careful about sailing the Wannian Ship."
Jiang Yuesheng couldn't help but laugh. He was just a minister of Honglu Temple, but he still dared to assassinate the commander of the army.
Fu San called out: "Master, I'm here, don't worry."
Chu Qing asked angrily: "How many can you hit?"
"Four or five people can't get close."
Chu Qing was too lazy to continue talking about this topic because he had asked Fu San before.
The third brother said that four or five people would definitely not be able to get close, but if there were more than five people, Chu Qing would have to deal with the extra people by himself.
It's not that Chu Qing is cowardly, but that human life is not valuable, officials' lives are not valuable, and no one's life is valuable.
After the beginning of the dynasty, the Dachang Dynasty did not have many appalling incidents of officials being assassinated, but no one could be sure about such things.
After standing at the door of the government office and killing time with Jiang Yuesheng by boasting a few words, Chu Qing set off and took Fu San to the Moon Landing Tower.
The Moon Tower is not far from Tai'an Square and is a relatively famous place in Beijing. It's not because of the good food, but mainly because of the high quality.
It has a total of five floors and is made of wood. It has gone through more than sixty years of wind and rain and still stands in Beijing. It can be regarded as a landmark building.
The fifth floor is considered very high, and it is theoretically illegal, but in fact it is not, because the Moon Landing Tower was built on the order of Emperor Wende, the ruling emperor at the time.
There are many emperors, and they have all kinds of virtues. For example, Emperor Wende of that time was more fond of strange and cunning skills. It happened that a courtier recommended a Mohist descendant to join the court as an official. Emperor Wende said to this Mohist descendant , The Mohist family is good at the art of mechanism, and naturally they are also good at civil engineering, so they asked this Mohist disciple to build a house, build several floors, and give him several official positions.
Of course, instead of building one layer for the first grade and two floors for the second grade, in which case everyone would become a first-grade official, one floor would be for the ninth grade, two floors would be for the eighth grade, three floors would be for the seventh grade, and so on. .
And there are requirements, it must be gourd-shaped, with big sides and thin in the middle.
In the end, the Mohist disciples built a five-story moon landing tower. Emperor Wende was overjoyed and gave him a fifth-grade civil servant. However, the Mohist disciple ran away. Only then did Emperor Wende realize that this Mohist disciple was looking for him. Now that fame has come, this guy doesn't want to be an official at all, he just wants to let the world know that the Mohists are very good and can build buildings, gourd-shaped buildings, with five floors.
If there were another emperor, he would kill everyone with the surname Mo in the world.
In the end, Emperor Wende was also enlightened. When he saw people running away, he just laughed and said that the fifth floor was not enough and the fifth-grade officials were too low. He waited for the Mohist disciples to come out again and built him a nine-story building.
I have to say that Emperor Wende was really very generous, but in the later period, until Emperor Wende died, the Mohist children did not appear, but the Moon Tower stayed, and the ownership fell into the hands of the courtiers without knowing the ownership. Here, the courtiers sold it to merchants, who turned it into a restaurant.
The five-story building can be said to stand out from the crowd. Chu Qing had noticed it when passing by, but he had never gone in because he heard that the consumption inside was quite high. Low-cost purchases started with at least three dollars.
After the carriage arrived at the place, Chu Qing got off and looked up at the plaque with the words "Moon Landing Tower" and "dragons and phoenixes" in Chinese characters.
Fu San handed the reins to the waiter who came out to greet him, his brows wrinkled unnaturally.
"Master." Fu San glanced around: "At this time in the past, the Moon Landing Tower was bustling with people, but why is it so quiet today."
"What else could be the reason for showing off your wealth and giving it to the Moon Landing Tower?"
Chu Qing didn't take it seriously and stepped into the Moon Landing Tower.
The shopkeeper had already been waiting with six waiters. When he saw Chu Qing coming, he quickly lowered his head and greeted him.
"Master Chu, Master Yu is at the fifth-floor golden cauldron."
Chu Qing secretly shook his head.
In other high-end clubs, the manager leads a group of ladies standing on both sides. What does it look like if you lead a group of waiters with towels on their shoulders? Who are you going to give a bath?
"The Golden Cauldron is on the fifth floor, right?"
"Speaking to your lord, yes."
Chu Qing walked towards the stairs with his hands behind his back.
The Moon Landing Tower has a total of five floors. It was built by the Mohist disciples. Each floor is named after the five elements, earth, fire, water, wood, and metal. From the first floor to the top, earth building, fire rising, water pool, wood growing, and golden tripod. One name per floor, full of gimmicks.
Like an inspection leader, Chu Qing walked up the stairs with his hands behind his back. After reaching the third floor, he decided that he would never come to this miserable place again. There was not even an elevator, and climbing the stairs was too strenuous.
Sure enough, as Chu Qing said, the Moon Landing Tower was booked, and there were no guests on the first to fourth floors.
The Golden Cauldron is also on the fifth floor. It is more than a hundred square feet, with only a carved stone table in the middle. Yu Tianlun is standing by the wooden window with his hands behind his back, his back facing the entrance.
Hearing the footsteps, Yu Tianlun turned around and smiled, but this smile was extremely unnatural.
"Master Chu, I take the liberty of inviting you, and I would also like to thank Haihan."
Chu Qing cupped his hands and smiled brightly: "You're welcome, Master Yu must have been waiting for a long time."
When Yu Tianlun saw that Chu Qing only had one guard, he extended his hand and said, "Please take a seat."
"Master Yu, please."
Yu Tianlun clapped his hands, and seven or eight waiters came up, carrying wooden plates with exquisite dishes on them.
After Yu Tianlun sat down, Chu Qing looked strange. This guy was not sitting in the main seat.
There is no hierarchy between the two parties. Yu Tianlun is a civil servant and Chu Qing is a military attache. Normally, the former should be in charge.
After Chu Qing sat down, he asked with a smile: "I don't know why Mr. Yu came to me tonight. Just tell me."
"Okay, Mr. Chu is really quick to talk. I would like to introduce someone to you."
"who?"
Yu Tianlun didn't speak, but at this moment, a burst of extremely irregular footsteps came, and Chu Qing turned his head.
Chang Chenghui, the deposed king of Dachang Dynasty, came up with a cane.
