Unparalleled Concubine

  Chapter 12 Making a Big Deal

   "The twelfth moon day, the twelfth moon day, the fox hunter in Beishan."

  …………

   "The fox fairy was angry and burned half the sky."

This is a jingle about hunting the fox fairy. It is about someone who went hunting in Beishan, dug the fox fairy's cave, and burned the tree hole where he was hiding, but in the end he escaped for the fox fairy. The angry fox In a fit of anger, Xian set fire to half of Beishan.

I don't know when, such a smooth song began to spread in the capital. At first, it was just a few yellow-mouthed children in Nancheng who were clamoring about it, but after a long time, it began to spread slowly. Kailai, first of all, because these children in the capital are too boring and lack entertainment, such a smooth and story-like song is naturally liked by others.

   Originally this was just a commonplace thing, no one would care about such a nursery rhyme, but after a certain night, some people posted big-character posters on the streets and alleys of the capital.

The content of the    big-character poster is not something unsightly, but a rather catchy poem.

   "A charcoal seller, cutting fuel and burning charcoal in the northern mountains.

   His face was covered in dust and fireworks, and his temples and fingers were black.

   The poor shirt is only in one piece, and I am worried about the charcoal and wish the weather is cold.

   Yesterday, I went to sell charcoal on South Street, but the police arrived to return it.

  The police came with torches to burn my house and destroy my coals.

   asked Shangguan where he came from, and said he was from Jingzhao House.

  Because the emperor was hunting the northern mountains, he burned the place where the old man was curled up.

  The Son of Heaven is virtuous, and the old man freezes to death in the North Mountain! "

This is all the content of the "big character poster". Li Xin sneaked out of Datong Square in the early morning and posted it along the street. There were about 40 or 50 copies posted in total. In the early morning, most of the people who patrolled the street were looking for a place to sleep. went, and he was very careful, so no one found him.

  The reason why he did this is that there is no other way. After all, he is just a commoner. Apart from this, he has no other channels to express his opinions.

   However, Li Xin was also considered a pioneer in this world. After him, the common people also considered one more channel to sue and express public opinion, and that is to put up big-character posters on the streets.

Because these big-character posters mentioned the Son of Heaven, they quickly alerted Jingzhao Mansion. Jingzhao Yin Li Ye of Jingzhao Mansion was furious when he got one of the posters. Jing Zhaoyin angrily slapped the table in Jingzhao Mansion while letting his soldiers go to investigate and take people.

In this big-character poster, the Jingzhao Mansion was clearly brought in, and it was not shy of sarcasm. If this matter really hits His Majesty's place, no matter what, the Jingzhao Mansion will not be able to escape. Shen Xi, if things got too big, they might even lose their jobs because of it.

In the side hall of Jingzhao Mansion, Li Ye, who was wearing a crimson official uniform, roared angrily at the two Jingzhao Shaoyin wearing green official uniforms: "What's going on, when will my Jingzhao Mansion send someone to Beishan? , Burning a charcoal seller's house?!"

Li Ye didn't know about the fact that Jingzhao Mansion sent someone to burn down the Beishan house. He is the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, and his status is equivalent to the top leader of the capital city government. of.

Although the position of Jingzhao Yin is only a third-rank official, it is a real yamen with real power. Jingzhao House not only manages the capital but also the counties of Gyeonggi, and even has the power to directly sentence him to death. As the Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture Li Ye, who was in the capital, can be regarded as a big man with a head and a face. At first, let alone a charcoal seller's house, the Jingzhao House accidentally killed a few dozen people. Li Ye can also settle it, but This thing happened to be on the head of the emperor!

Li Ye knew very well in his heart that it was true that the emperor was going to Beishan for hunting, but the emperor never asked Jingzhao Mansion to clean up Beishan, and even the emperor's defense work was done by Yulinwei's people, and they had nothing to do with Jingzhao Mansion. relation!

   In other words, if this matter spreads to the top, the emperor will think that Jingzhao House is doing evil in his name!

The foreheads of the two Shao Yins who were scolded by Li Ye were sweating. One of them, Shao Yin Chen Qin, in his thirties and forties, hesitated for a while, took a step forward with gritted teeth, bowed his head and clasped his fists and said, "Fu Jun, the lower official knows a little about this. A few days ago... At Fujun's brother's house, someone came to the Fuya to say hello and asked Xiaguan to help them with something, and Xiaguan thought it was not a big deal, so he asked his subordinates to do it."

   Li Ye, the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, and Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, are cousins. To be precise, Li Ye is Li Shen's cousin.

   This is a relationship that Li Xin didn't know about in advance. He implicated the Jingzhao Mansion, but only hoped to pull in the Pingnan Hou Mansion through the Jingzhao Mansion.

  Li Ye's complexion was ashen.

   "What did they ask you to do? Let you burn the house of an old charcoal seller?"

Chen Qin hesitated for a while, then walked to Li Ye, bowed his head in front of the mansion, and said in a low voice: "Pingnanhou mansion, it seems that someone is not welcome... relatives, who live in the house in Beishan. Inside, the meaning of Pingnan Houfu is to let Xiaguan help drive this relative out of the capital, Xiaguan thought that this is not a big deal, so let the people below do it..."

  Li Ye grabbed Chen Qin's collar and roared, "Then use your majesty's name to set fire to other people's houses!"

The lord of the mansion, his face flushed with anger, he kicked Chen Qin's thigh and shouted: "The generals of the Marquis of Pingnan, there are no one thousand but eight hundred, I want you to stand up for others. ?"

   Having said this, the mansion lord was panting and took a few breaths before he spoke sharply to the two Shaoyin.

   "Right now, this matter has been spread all over the streets, you two should deal with it now. If this matter reaches His Majesty's ears, this government will tie you two directly and hand it over to His Majesty!"

   Another Shao Yin, Sun Hanwen, couldn't help muttering in his heart.

  This matter...It's none of my business...

However, the two of them did not dare to neglect the orders of Lord Fujun, so in the twelfth lunar month of the 17th year of Chengde, the Jingzhao Mansion was full of people. The first thing they did was not to catch the person who posted the big-character poster. Instead, people go to the streets and alleys to search for these scattered big-character posters, and even go door-to-door to inquire about them, with the obvious intention of taking back all these big-character posters that have been spread out.

Just when the people in Jingzhao Mansion were busy, in a private room on the top floor of the proud building by the Qinhuai River, a young man in a purple cloak was sitting lazily by the window, looking at the people downstairs. People from Jingzhao Prefecture, collecting big-character posters in the streets and alleys.

  The graceful Cui Jiuniang was kneeling beside the young son, pouring tea for the noble son.

The young gentleman took his eyes back from the street, squinted his eyes and glanced at the big-character poster in his hand, and said with a smile: "Poor with only one shirt on, I'm worried and wish the weather is cold, nothing else to say. , Just like that, the literary talent is quite good."

Cui Jiuniang put a piece of beast charcoal into the stove next to it, and said softly to the young son, "People from the Marquis of Pingnan came to say hello to the slave family, so that the slave family cut off business with that Li Xin. As far as the slave family knows, that Li Xin lives in Beishan."

   The young man looked at the big-character poster in his hand with a half-smile.

   "In other words, this thing was written by that Li Xin."

   Jiuniang nodded lightly: "Mostly yes, the people of the Li family want to drive him out of the capital, so he wants to make this a big issue, it's better to go to your Majesty's place."

   "Although I have some ideas, I am too clueless."

  The young son said indifferently: "Whether it is Pingnanhou Mansion or Jingzhao Mansion, you can crush him ten times or even dozens of times casually, but he is lucky, this thing is in my hands."

   said, he looked at the big-character poster in his hand and smiled.

   "In my hands, this matter is a big deal."

   (end of this chapter)