The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 464 Unexpected News
It is said that although Mu Xu and others stayed in Taiyuan for three days, but because they rode horses for the whole trip, they arrived at the city of Tokyo in less than half a month.

Everyone in their group was tall and tall, so that when they got outside the Xuanwu Gate, they caused a commotion among the people entering and leaving the city.

Seeing this situation, the gatekeeper hurriedly sent people to maintain the order of entry and exit. He himself was about to bring the rest of his men forward to question him.
"Stop for me, don't be rude!"

But it was Lehe who arrived, and the one who spoke was Tong Jian who was with him, but when he came to the gatekeeper, he flashed the token of his elder brother Tong Guan, and reprimanded him arrogantly,

"This is the Yunzhou Jiedu envoy team from Emperor Chaoqin. Who gave you the courage to step forward to stop it?"

Seeing Tong Guan's badge, the gatekeeper shuddered with fright. He broke out in a cold sweat in the cold weather, and was about to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Mu Xu's eyes were bright, and when he saw Tong Jian coming, he didn't greet him first, but took advantage of it to teach a small city gate official a lesson. He didn't know that this guy was clearly referring to Sang and scolding Huai, and wanted to show him off.

He was too lazy to play with him at the gate of the city, so he immediately interrupted the stubborn Tong Jian.

"What is Master Tong doing? This person is only doing his duty faithfully, so why is he guilty? You might as well look at me and expose this matter."

Sure enough, after hearing Mu Xu's voluntary voice, Tong Jian seemed to suddenly remember the purpose of coming here, first sent away the thankful city gate officer, then smiled and cupped his hands at Mu Xu, saying,

"Don't blame the village master, the officials from the ceremonial chamber of the Privy Council were supposed to be responsible for the reception, but my brother thought that I was an old acquaintance with the village master, so he specially ordered an official to come to receive him. If there is any impoliteness, please forgive me! "

Hearing this, Mu Xu got off the horse neatly, patted Tong Kai's shoulder pretending to be affectionate, and said with a smile,
"Those who know me are Privy Tong! It would be great to have Mr. Tong, an old acquaintance, come to welcome me."

What Mu Xu said was correct, but the man walked past Tong Jian, refusing to even give him a straight look, and only walked in front of Le He, and exchanged pleasantries with him.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Tong Jian immediately understood that Mu Xu must have seen through his little trick just now, and he was deliberately putting him aside to fight back.

His face was bluish and red for a while, and after thinking that he could not offend Mu Xu, Tong Jian took a deep breath, put on a smile, cupped his hands to Mu Xu, and said,

"Mu Zhaizhu, it doesn't seem like a big group of people here, how about going to the city to wash off the dust?"

Seeing that Tong Jian was subdued, Mu Xu turned around, looked at him a few times, and said with a smile, "Then respect is worse than obedience, but I have a lot of subordinates, I wonder if I can arrange them?"

"There is no need to worry about this. The official family's grace is great. After learning the news of the village master's coming to Beijing, Long Yan Dayue has already bestowed a Duke's mansion on Zhuque Street."

"Oh, then when I see the emperor, I will thank you very much."

In the blink of an eye, the two seemed to have forgotten the unhappiness just now, and they spoke in a familiar tone like old friends for many years. While walking into the city, they still did not forget to chat with each other.

"Has the Son of Heaven ever said, when will you summon me?"

Hearing Mu Xu's question, Tong Jian replied in a dilemma, "The village owner may need to wait a little longer, and in a few days it will be the Zhengdan period. In addition to participating in the sacrificial ceremony, the officials also have to meet the envoys of various countries. , I am afraid that it will be difficult to find time."

Mu Xu nodded to express his understanding, and then asked about Wang Qing's situation.

Tong Jian couldn't figure out the true relationship between Mu Xu and Wang Qing, so he didn't dare to say more, so he could only try his best to talk nicely.

During the conversation, it took about half an hour for everyone to come to a magnificent mansion located in the middle of Zhuque Street. Tong Jian pointed to the open door and was about to introduce it to Mu Xu, but Wang Qing came out from inside and said with a loud smile ,

"Brother Mu and father-in-law are so slow to come, I have been waiting for a long time!"

Compared with Fang La and Tian Hu, Mu Xu had a good impression of Wang Qing. Seeing him appearing here at this time, he was very happy, and clasped his fists and replied,

"I asked Mrs. Tong about my brother's situation before. I planned to pay a visit after I settled down, but who knew that you came here first. This is really a happy event. Today, our brother must not be drunk or return home. Row!"

When Wang Qing saw Mu Xu, he was also very happy, and when he heard that Mu Xu wanted to invite him to a drink, he agreed wholeheartedly, and turned around to invite Tong Jian to join him.

Tong Jian didn't dare to get too close to Mu Xu and the two of them, so he hurriedly used the excuse of wanting to be like Tong Guan on business, apologized, and hurried away.

Without Tong Jian in front of him, Mu Xu immediately got up casually, ordering music and arranging for his entourage, and at the same time inviting Wang Qing to visit this imperial gift mansion.

The two stopped and walked, roughly looked around the house, and finally came to the side hall to sit down. Mu Xu waved away the servants who were serving him, and then asked about Wang Qing's situation after coming to Beijing.

Wang Qing leaned on the chair and said lazily, "The Zhao official family gave me a job as an envoy of the Taiyi Palace. I have nothing to do every day, either meeting old friends or haunting Goulan cottage. for merriment.

But brother, you are a bit more courageous, you are not afraid of the court going back on your word and detaining you in Beijing, it will be a big deal. "

Mu Xu didn't care and said, "I don't think so, if he is the dignified son of Zhao's official family, if he doesn't even have this bit of credit, wouldn't it make the world laugh at him?"

"It's good that you know it in your heart, but brother is doing big things, this capital is not a place to stay for a long time, it's better to leave as soon as possible."

"Brother, why did you say such a thing, but what rumors did you hear?"

Wang Qing got up and went to the door, looked around, saw no one around, then whispered,

"When I went to Zuixinglou for a drink the day before yesterday, I overheard a few Tai students discussing that brother, you will rebel in the future. They are going to jointly write a letter to the emperor, suggesting that you stay in the capital and not let the tiger go back to the mountain!"

Mu Xu paused slightly, he came from later generations, and he was very familiar with public opinion warfare.As soon as I heard the news, I immediately figured it out. Someone must be deliberately spreading rumors to put him to death.

It's just that this person is a bit naive, now that the Song court is asking for him, how could he listen to the opinions of those scholars?

Seeing Mu Xu's silence, Wang Qing asked, "Brother may have guessed who wrote this?"

Mu Xu murmured, "Gao Lian is the most likely. His adopted son was abandoned by me, and his cousin Gao Lian died indirectly at my hands. He himself was beaten to death by my subordinates. He lost his life. Nine out of ten of this is what he did, but he couldn't help thinking..."

Having said this, Mu Xu stopped, because he suddenly realized that Gao Qiu was a confidant of the Zhao family, and it was impossible for him not to know the delicate relationship between the current court and himself.

Perhaps there is another possibility, that is, this matter was not done by Gao Lian at all, but someone else was secretly making trouble, but who could this person be?Tong Guan, or Cai Jing and his son, what is their purpose in doing this?
(End of this chapter)