Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 370 Senior Official, I’m Here to Bring You a Lantern
Emperor Zhaoxing took five servants, dressed as civilians, and left the palace through the Gongchen Gate. Chu Xin's men arrived within two streets after walking out.

Wiping off his cold sweat, Emperor Zhaoxing hurried northward.

There are few people in the north of the city, and they are all poor people. Almost no one here recognizes the emperor.

Walking on the road, many people talked along the street:

"Have you heard that something happened to Liangfen Garden?"

"I haven't heard of it. Don't tell me. Yesterday, the daughter-in-law of the Han family was talking nonsense at home. She was dragged to the street and beaten to death. She was also arrested by Sheng'en Pavilion. She hasn't been released yet!"

"You tell Lao Han to hurry up and find his wife. Sheng'en Pavilion is gone. Those bastards and that son of a bitch, Liang Xianhong, all died in Liangfenyuan."

Emperor Zhaoxing's veins twitched, but he didn't make a sound.

Who spread the rumors?

Who said I was dead?

The matter of Liangfen Garden has just passed, so rumors shouldn't spread so quickly.

Someone spread the rumors first.

This is a poisonous scheme, a shameless and vicious scheme!

If I just leave like this, you will wantonly call me dead by using the mouths of the leaders!
Do you think I will be fooled by you?

I won't be fooled by you, but I still have to go.

For the sake of Daxuan's country, and for the sake of our ancestors, I am willing to bear the burden of humiliation!
Everyone walked to a restaurant, and saw that the restaurant was actually open.

Such a daring wine shop, dare to open at noon?
The edict I just issued a few days ago prohibits restaurants from opening before Shenshi (before [-]:[-] p.m.), and must close before Xushi (before [-]:[-] p.m.).

Wine is produced from food, food is produced from the land of Daxuan, and the land of Daxuan belongs to me!

My heart aches for these ruthless Qianshou to eat my food!He even makes wine!
They all go to drink, but ask who will work?
Born as the head of Guizhou, from birth to death, you should work hard with all your heart, and you should not have any extravagant thoughts.

Drink, watch theater, listen to music, go to Fireworks Lane!
Are you fit too?

You only care about pleasure, who has considered it for me?
I want to build a new palace and house more concubines, but I only need more than [-] million taels of silver, and the household department still says that it is too tight!
I want to punish the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the cabinet is blocking it. Who of you knows my difficulties?
And in the coming day, I will issue a government order to imprison you all after working every day, and see if you dare to waste your time!

Seeing this wine shop, Emperor Zhaoxing was furious.

What made him even more angry was yet to come.

The shopkeeper of the wine shop bowed his hands to everyone and said: "Masters, come to my shop to have a drink on today's happy day, and you can give me some money for the food, and I will buy the money for the wine!

If any guest officer can drink two jars of the self-brewed lamb in the shop, I will also pay for the food! "

The guests looked at each other and asked, "Shopkeeper Lin, what day is it today? How can you be so happy?"

"Liang Xianhong, son of a bitch, is dead!"

Everyone turned pale when they heard the words, some turned around and left, and some persuaded the shopkeeper: "Old Lin, you can't talk nonsense, Sheng'en Pavilion is not easy to mess with."

Shopkeeper Lin spat and said: "The bastards in Sheng'en Pavilion accompanied that son-of-a-bitch Liang Xianhong to the Hall of Yan Luo. You go to Liangfen Garden and kill people everywhere. The crown prince is back. From now on The prince is now in charge, and the prince's sword has been chopped off."

"Really?"

"Who lied to you?"

"Shopkeeper, you have to take this seriously, I'll take care of your shop!"

"Bah! Who will pay for you? I'm going to make a lot of fun today. The money for the drink is settled, and I'll invite you today!"

Emperor Zhaoxing's mind was about to jump out, usually he would not write anything on his face, but seeing this scene in front of him, his years of skill almost broke.

And when I come back, all the people in this store will be executed in a hurry, not one will be left behind!
Walking to Beiyuanwa City, the three Goulan sheds also opened.

Goulan dares to open!
My decree... Qianshou is so arrogant!
They don't want to work, they come here to watch immoral singing and dancing!
When I enjoy the original body dance in the palace, I never publicize it. They are selling it along the street here, they really have no shame!
What is being performed in Washi today is really not a song and dance.

Beiyuan is poor, the villagers in Beiyuan don't have much money, and the tile market in Beiyuan is closed during the day.

Before Emperor Zhaoxing issued a decree, they were not allowed to open at night. The three shopkeepers planned to pack up their clothes and find another way to make a living, but today they received great news.

Emperor Zhaoxing is dead!
The three bosses spent a lot of money and invited famous actors in the capital to come to the shed to sing an opera called Liang Xianhong Sanjin Yanluodian.

Today's song is based on an old book, and it's about Tengu giving birth to eight cubs, one of whom was too ugly and was kicked down by his mother.

The dog fell to his death immediately. This is called entering the Hall of Yama, or the mother thinks the child is ugly.

Gou Zi kept complaining in the Hall of Yama. The king of Yama asked him to be born in the emperor's house, named Liang Xianhong. Later, he was beaten to death by the people because of his many evil deeds.

Liang Xianhong was tortured in the Hall of Yama, and later resurrected by sorcery. He wanted to regain the emperor, but he accidentally fell into the latrine and drowned.

Just hearing the title of the play, Emperor Zhaoxing almost passed out.

Who made up this play?
The Liangfenyuan incident just happened today, but where did this show come from?

And when I return to the capital, I will kill all of these actors.

Beiyuan is so poor, invited famous actors, can anyone come to see the play?
Really!

The three Goulan sheds are all full.

I heard that the family of a senior official is dead, but anyone with two spare cash in the family will come to the theater, but the drama is a bit slow.

Famous actors have never sung this play, and they can't remember the words when facing the notebook.

The old shopkeeper of Taohuapeng was so anxious that he was sweating: "I said, everyone, let's hurry up, the guests are making noises below, I have to tear down this shed in a while, at least I will sing "Into the Hall of Hell" first!"

A few actors were also sweating: "We haven't sung this one before, you are talking about a new play, and you can sing it right away, how can we have this ability?"

An actor who sang in Tsing Yi kept nodding and said: "This word is well written, especially in these three scenes, Liang Xianhong fell into the latrine, eating and drinking, and the writing was very vivid. Which one of you wrote it?"

The old shopkeeper smiled and said: "It's Xu Qianhu's handwriting, everyone, hurry up, there are three consecutive shows today, I will not lose money to you, and you can't miss me in drama!"

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When Emperor Zhaoxing walked out of the north gate, the city gate was closed after a while.

Liang Jixiong began to search for Emperor Zhaoxing all over the city, because it was rumored that Emperor Zhaoxing was dead in the capital, and Liang Jixiong couldn't find it openly, so he could only search secretly under the pretext of hunting down the remnants of Shengen Pavilion.

Emperor Zhaoxing ran with a group of servants for a whole day, and arrived at Shuangquan Village, Zhengning Township, Pingzhou at dusk, found a farmer, and rented a yard to live in temporarily.

After driving for a day, the servants went to bed early, but Emperor Zhaoxing couldn't sleep.

This peasant household is considered a middle-class family in the village, and there are beds in the house instead of straw mats.

But the bed was too hard, and there was a strange smell on the quilt.

Not only does the quilt have a smell, but the water also has a smell, and the rice also has a smell. The whole village has a disgusting smell!
The manure in the farmland, the chicken pens and pig pens in the yard, and even the smell of sweat and soil on the bodies of these Qianshou made Emperor Zhaoxing unable to eat.

It smells big, but it's not clean.

It stands to reason that farmers work at sunrise and rest at sunset. It is dark and it is time to sleep.

But this Shuangquan village just didn't sleep, and there was a Nuo opera in the middle of the night!
Nuo opera, also known as ghost opera, is the oldest and most traditional dance opera in the East, and it has a sacrificial nature.

It is said that as far back as the Dahuan Dynasty, Nuo opera was very popular. In Daxuan, every new year, there must be Nuo opera in various places.

Today is not the New Year, men and women, old and young, put on masks (the custom of Nuo opera is to perform with masks) and go to the village to watch operas. What is the reason?
Emperor Zhaoxing walked out of the yard and asked passers-by: "What festival is today?"

A farmer replied: "Today is a great day in our village. Liang Xianhong, a senior official who kept the dog, died. Every family in our village was looking forward to his death. The God of Canglong finally let him die. I have to dance a night of Nuo opera to reward the true god."

Emperor Zhaoxing was silent for a moment, he really wanted to order his servants to execute this person immediately, after forcibly swallowing the anger, Emperor Zhaoxing asked: "The imperial court takes good care of the peasants, why are you waiting for so many complaints? "

"Take care?" An old woman next to her spat, "I added [-]% of our land tax last year. Is this care?"

Emperor Zhaoxing frowned and said: "Pingzhou has a bumper harvest year after year, adding [-]% ​​is not too much."

"Harvest?" The old woman spat several times, "That Liang Xianhong, who was hacked into pieces, insisted on arresting the disciple of Vulcan. Our village had a good harvest, but when the autumn harvest came, we didn't even get half of the food.

The village is so hungry, what the hell are you talking about a bumper harvest?Which shameless person is talking about a bumper harvest? I'll beat him to death! "

Didn't have a good harvest last year?

But the news I have received from all over the world is a bumper harvest!
So what if there is no good harvest?

What about adding some land taxes?

Aren't you starving to death?

Emperor Zhaoxing narrowed his eyes and said, "Last year, the northern border was fighting, and the imperial court also wanted to raise military pay."

An old Confucian scholar smiled and said, "It's okay to lie to others. We have heard it in our village for a long time.

The food and wages for the war in the north were all raised by the crown prince himself, and Liang Xianhong, who was raised by the dog, never gave him a penny. "

Who is lying!

That bastard Liang Yuyang must be dissatisfied and slandering me everywhere!
Although I have never sent him any food, the food he asked for from Luzhou, Tuanzhou, Xunzhou and the surrounding states was not all my food!
ungrateful beast!
The head of Guizhou, the solicitor!
How much rice can be saved by planting such Guishou into blood trees!
The more Emperor Zhaoxing thought about it, the more angry he saw a group of people walking over carrying the straw figurines. The straw figurines were pasted with yellow paper, with mantras drawn on them, and Liang Xianhong's name was impressively written on them.

The old Confucian scholar said: "Let's get all the grass men ready, and I'm going to burn this bastard a hundred times tonight!"

The farmer said to Emperor Zhaoxing: "Are you from other places? Let's go and watch the excitement together!"

Emperor Zhaoxing waved his hand, closed the door, and kicked the sleeping Yan Ruhai awake: "Prepare the pen and ink, hold the lamp, I want to issue an edict!"

"Issuing an edict?" Yan Ruhai was taken aback.

Emperor Zhaoxing said angrily, "But you can't even find the pen and ink?"

The main duty of the Imperial Prison is to manufacture the emperor's daily necessities, such as beds, tables and chairs, screens, cabinets, etc. Yan Ruhai is not usually serving the emperor, so he really doesn't understand some rules.

On this big night, every family went to watch the Nuo opera, where can I find paper and pen for the emperor?It was hard to find even an oil lamp.

There is no other way, who asked the emperor to ask for it, Yan Ruhai can only search around.

Walking to the old Confucian scholar's house, Yan Ruhai saw some lights.With the eunuch's five-rank cultivation, Yan Ruhai jumped into the courtyard wall and walked into the house quietly.

There is no one in the old Confucian scholar's house, so there is indeed a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table.

Yan Ruhai took a bag and took away the four treasures of the study, and also wanted to take an oil lamp on the table.

Suddenly someone said: "Old Yan, when did you come here to steal things when you were so down and out?"

Chen Shuncai!
Yan Ruhai was startled, threw away his burden, and wanted to fight Chen Shuncai desperately.

Chen Shuncai smiled: "Old Yan, don't do anything stupid, I'm just here to talk to the big officials, I don't want to kill you, so I'll warn you in advance."

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Emperor Zhaoxing was pacing back and forth in the room, silently writing his manuscript in his heart.

Qianshou is guilty!

Sinful!

It should be punished severely!

Choose the docile ones and keep them for cultivation and reproduction, and those who are not tame will turn them into blood trees. One can improve the cultivation of the emperor, and the other can save rice. It is really a wise move!
This has always been the dream of Emperor Zhaoxing, but now he wants to realize this dream, but he is facing a serious problem, how to return to the capital, how to return to the palace.

In this regard, Emperor Zhaoxing made a careful plan.

First of all, go all the way north, until you reach the capital of King Tunu, and make peace with Emperor Tunu.

The Chuanguo Yuxi is in my hands, and my identity cannot be doubted. I ceded all the three provinces, Yongzhou, Luzhou, Tuanzhou, and Xunzhou to Tunu. This sincerity is enough to impress Emperor Tunu.

Emperor Tunu hated Liang Yuyang deeply, and he would definitely be willing to join hands with me to destroy Liang Yuyang and his followers.

At that time, when I return to the capital, I will kill all the rebellious officials and thieves.

At that time, the ground will be filled with blood trees, and in a few years, I will be able to leave the mortal world and rush to the star palace!

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhaoxing became excited, heard footsteps outside the door, and greeted him: "Come over and light the lamp!"

A young man entered the house with a red light, and Emperor Zhaoxing exclaimed in fright: "Who...is you!"

"It's me," Xu Zhiqiong nodded and smiled, "I brought you a lamp!"

　Dear readers, the second volume is almost over, guess what happened to the lives of the senior officials?

　　
　
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