Hunting pigeons is not easy, it requires luck, not to mention when people fly pigeons, even if they fly overhead, you may not be able to catch them, unless the pigeons are hungry...
Yang Cheng wanted to report other things, but a voice came from behind him: "Sir, Qianhu Keshan, the left guard of Prince Ning's Mansion, wants to see you."
Liu Changge took a deep look at Yang Cheng, put away the documents, and ordered: "Let him come in."
Ke Shanzhi, after a few words of laughter, said bluntly: "In two days, Prince Ning is going to visit Duoyan Sanwei and invites Master Liu to accompany him. I wonder if you have time?"
Liu Changge agreed straightforwardly: "Your Majesty treats me well. How dare Liu refuse to accept the invitation? He also asked Lord Qianhu to tell you that I will accompany you to protect your safety."
Keshan responded with a smile and left the house soon.
Yang Cheng looked at Liu Changge with a smile on his face and asked in a low voice: "Sir, could it be the Hongmen Banquet? You must know that the place of Sanwei is still some distance away from Daning Mansion?"
Liu Changge patted Yang Cheng on the shoulder and said meaningfully: "This is an opportunity, take advantage of it."
Yang Cheng nodded solemnly, took a step back, bowed and retreated.
When night fell, Liu Changge took off his clothes and went to bed under the attendance of his maid Qi Rou. Soon the sound of deep sleep could be heard snoring.
Qi Rou opened her eyes and listened carefully for nearly half an hour before she carefully got up and sat down. She walked to the screen and found a document from Liu Changge's clothes. She read it a few times by candlelight and then looked back at the bed. direction.
The snoring was still there, nothing unusual.
Qi Rou looked at the document carefully. After reading it twice, she blew out the candle, put the document back into Liu Changge's sleeve, and lay back down quietly.
After Qi Rou fell asleep, Liu Changge's snoring became smaller and smaller, and in the end, there was not much sound left.
Jurong is a small county town.
Guo Xu, the head of the Guo clan, is over seventy years old. He sleeps very lightly at night and will wake up if there is the slightest movement. Everyone in the Guo family is aware of this and does not dare to make any big noise easily.
But on this day, before dawn, the sound of horse hooves and noises could be heard from the streets in the distance.
Guo Xu's eldest son, Guo Yanqiong, stood up quickly, called the housekeeper Guo Kun, and said sternly: "Go and see what is happening outside. What's the reason for the noise?"
Guo Kun didn't dare to neglect. Before he reached the door, he heard the sound of banging on the door.
"Who?"
A servant of the Guo family came out of the south room and shouted impatiently.
"The Jurong County Magistrate has important matters to see Mr. Guo, please open the door quickly!"
Outside the door, the county magistrate Liu Dan shouted loudly.
At this time, Guo Kun had also arrived at the door. He quickly asked someone to open the door. He looked at Cui Wei, the county magistrate, who was walking in a hurry. He quickly saluted and said, "Your Majesty, it's still early. Why do you have such a hurried visit?"
Cui Wei had no intention of chatting with a housekeeper, so he hurried towards the hanging flower door and shouted: "Quick, call Mr. Guo, something big is going on!"
Guo Kun frowned and sent someone to inform the inner courtyard quickly, then followed him to the side.
Guo Yanqiong was also a little surprised. It was dark today and the county magistrate and county magistrate were not sleeping. Why did they come to Guo's house? You won’t be so impatient to hit the autumn breeze, right?
"Lord, what happened? Why is there so much noise outside?"
Guo Yanqiong asked while arranging people to entertain.
Cui Wei looked at Guo Yanqiong seriously and said, "Brother Guo, please ask Mr. Guo to summon the twelve heads of the Guo family here. Hurry, there won't be any delays."
"Calling the Twelve Sects together? What on earth is going on?"
Guo Yanqiong was a little surprised.
The Guo family is a large family in Jurong, with countless branches. There are twelve main branches, which later formed the twelve Guo family families. Among these twelve families, Guo Xu is the most noble and is promoted as the clan leader. .
Only the clan leader has enough prestige to summon the twelve sects of the Guo family, but
All family heads are usually called together during the Qingming Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and New Year's Day. There is no precedent for calling together on weekdays.
"Go and ask the other Guo family heads to come. The sooner the better."
Guo Xu walked into the hall tapping his cane.
"Father, the child is unfilial and disturbs his father's dream..."
Guo Yanqiong quickly stepped forward to help.
Guo Xu opened his mouth with only five or six teeth left, and said to Cui Wei, who came over to apologize: "Your Majesty must have something important, Yan Qiong, go and do it first."
Guo Yanqiong told Guo Kun to invite people immediately without delaying for a moment.
Guo Xu was sitting in the hall, looking at the restless magistrate, and couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, can't you talk about things now?"
Cui Wei's face became serious and he said to Guo Xu: "Mr. Guo, Mr. Cui has been the magistrate of Jurong County for more than six years. He has heard some things. However, whether what he heard is true or not, I need Mr. Guo to explain."
Guo Xu nodded slightly and asked kindly: "What do you want to know, sir?"
Cui Wei cupped his hands and said, "If there is any offense, please forgive Mr. Guo. I would like to ask, is Mr. Guo your sister Guo Feier?"
After hearing this, Guo Xu's face sank and he said, "That's right, it's my sister-in-law."
Seeing this, Guo Yanqiong quickly stood up and added: "Your Majesty, she is now a member of the Luo family. If the Luo family commits something, our Guo family cannot be implicated."
"shut up!"
Guo Xu held the crutch, punched the ground suddenly, looked at Guo Yanqiong who was kneeling on the ground, and said majestically: "Guo Feier is your biological aunt, even if she is married, she is still your aunt! If you dare to be so unruly, my family will Serve the law!"
Guo Yanqiong's face turned pale and she quickly begged for mercy.
Guo Xu's lineage had always been friendly with the Luo family at first, and Guo Feier's marriage into the Luo family was the result of the marriage.
However, in the 26th year of Hongwu's reign, the Lan Yu case occurred, and Guo Feier's son Luo Shao was unprovokedly involved and was eventually killed.
Guo Feier lost her best son, fainted several times, and did not understand business. Her eldest son Luo Sheng was a weak scholar, so she left the family affairs to her third son Luo Hua.
After Luo Hua took control of the Luo family, he continued to bully the Luo Sheng family, and even sold Luo Shao's daughter Luo Yan'er to the palace out of sheer rage.
Guo Feier hated her son Luo Hua and also hated the Guo family.
After Luo Shao was arrested, Guo Fei'er visited several times to plead with her father Guo Zhen to come forward and prove Luo Shao's innocence. However, Guo Zhen was worried that the Guo family would be involved and refused Guo Fei'er. He even refused to allow the door to the back. Guo Feier enters.
At this point, Guo Feier broke up with the Guo family. For five or six years, she never visited the Guo family again. Even after Guo Zhen's death, she never stepped out of the house.
Guo Xu came to the door several times, hoping to find his sister Guo Feier to relieve his worries, but he never saw Guo Feier once. He only talked to himself through the door wall, and finally went back angrily.
"Lord, tell me, what happened to Guo Feier? I don't care about her affairs. Even if she kills someone, you can arrest me!"
Guo Xu said seriously.
"Father!"
Guo Yanqiong was taken aback and quickly knelt down to Guo Xu's legs to make him think again.
Cui Wei, the county magistrate, glanced at the county magistrate, then bowed his hand to Guo Xu and said, "Guo, brother and sister, have a deep love. It's a gratifying thing. But, do you still remember that Luo Shao has a daughter named Luo Yan'er?" .”
Guo Xu said with anger: "How can I not know about my granddaughter? A few years ago, I sent people to the capital palace to inquire, but there was no news. That Luo Hua is just a beast!"
Cui Wei nodded slightly, it seemed that he had found the right person.
Guo Xu suddenly realized something and couldn't help but ask: "Master, why are you talking about Luo Yan'er, but there is news about her?"
Cui Wei stood up, bowed deeply to Guo Xu, and said solemnly: "Congratulations to Mr. Guo, congratulations to Mr. Guo, your granddaughter is just outside the city."
"Seriously? Hurry, get ready, I'm going to pick her up!"
Guo Xu stood up quickly, looking excited.
Cui Wei quickly stopped her and said, "Mr. Guo, it's not okay to greet her like this. Do you know what her status is now?"
Guo Xu looked at Cui Wei doubtfully.
Cui Wei cupped his hands to the north and said solemnly: "She is the emperor's concubine, named Shufei. Now she returns to Jurong because she has received the emperor's special gift to return to her hometown to visit relatives."
"Shu, Concubine Shu?!"
Guo Xu looked a little dull.
Guo Yanqiong was overjoyed, her face flushed, and she said: "This is a big event, a great joy, and the glory of our Guo family. Father, we should make a big deal to welcome Concubine Shu into the city."
Cui Wei frowned. This Guo Yanqiong was far different from Guo Xu. He was afraid that Guo Feier would cause trouble for the Guo family, so he distanced himself from the relationship without asking clearly. Now that he saw the advantage, he got together again and said that it was the Guo family. of glory.
Duplicitous, this person is not to be dealt with.
"Then Luo Hua also knows the news?"
Guo Xu suddenly asked.
Cui Wei burst out laughing and said, "Him? After hearing this, his liver and gallbladder were split, and his pants were yellow and wet!"
Back then, Luo Hua cruelly sold Luo Yan'er into the palace. Now Luo Yan'er has become a concubine. If she wants to squeeze Luo Hua to death, she doesn't even need to do it herself. She only needs a hint. In the future, there will be no Luo Hua like her in Jurong. people.
Luo family.
Luo Hua was busy throwing the rope, but he didn't know why, but the rope always failed to throw the beam. There was no hope of hanging himself from the beam, so he ran to the well in the backyard and looked at the black well water. Luo Hua thought several times. He wanted to jump down, but finally got the courage and returned to the room, found a knife and gestured in front of his eyes.
When his wife saw this, she quickly grabbed the knife. After asking about the situation, she was even more shocked.
Guo Fei'er was over sixty years old. When she heard that Luo Yan'er was not only alive and well, but also a concubine, she could not help but kneel on the ground with tears streaming down her face.
At dawn, the gates of Jurong City opened wide.
Luo Yan'er, escorted by Yulin guards, entered Jurong in a palace sedan.
According to regulations, it was necessary to clean the streets and block the roads by flooding the streets with people, but Luo Yaner did not do this. He even arranged for someone to notify the Jurong County Government when he arrived outside Jurong City.
Luo Yan'er first did not ask for clean water to be poured into the streets, secondly, he did not allow the people to be chased away, and thirdly, he did not allow the guards to act without permission.
She remained calm but made a sensation in Jurong.
Guo Fei'er, Luo Sheng, Luo Hua and other members of the Luo family, dozens of people of all sizes, knelt in front of the Luo family's door.
Luo Yan'er got off the sedan, moved her lotus steps slightly, came to Guo Fei'er, gently helped her up, with tears on her face, took two steps back, saluted Guo Fei'er, and shouted sadly: "Grandma, granddaughter Luo Yan'er Say hello to you."
When the chamberlains and maids behind him saw this, they couldn't help but kneel down.
Wang Yue, the young eunuch of the imperial prison, also knew that as a concubine, Luo Yan'er, Guo Fei'er was not worthy of kneeling as a courtesy, but filial piety was a matter of course.
However, Luo Yan'er should not have saluted like this in front of everyone, but should have returned to the Luo family and closed the door.
But Wang Yue also knew that Concubine Shu was different from other concubines. Her status in the harem was second only to the queen, and she was a woman who could understand the emperor's thoughts. The emperor did not care if she exceeded the rules. Good mouth.
Guo Feier did not dare to accept the courtesy and quickly knelt down.
Luo Yan'er stood up and helped her grandmother up, and then helped her uncle Luo Sheng. Looking at Luo Hua, who was shivering and kowtowing, she walked over, helped her up with her own hands, and said softly: "Let the past happen. Come on, Yan'er came here not for revenge, but to repay kindness. You are Yan'er's relatives, so get up."
The words made Luo Hua feel heartbroken and regretful. He choked and said, "I failed you, your father, and your mother's teachings. I am not a human being..."
Luo Yan'er looked at the Luo family gate in front of her, and scenes flashed through her eyes, from warmth, to desolation, to warmth again.
