Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 395 The Wall Has Ears (3000)

When Gao Cheng hurried to the Xiangdong Palace, before he could ask for the album, Peng Le, who had led the Jingqi to seize the mansion before, brought a group of wives to present it with a look of displeasure, all of them were Xiao Yi's wives and concubines.

Peng Le served Gao's father and son for two generations and knew what they liked, didn't they just like women of high status?

Especially Gao Cheng, whose father Gao Huan only married some widows to enter the house, but he was lucky, widows, wives, and big girls, he wanted them all.

This time to seize the Xiangdong Prince's Mansion, Peng Le warned his soldiers early on that if there are female relatives, they are not allowed to bully them, and they will all be dedicated to Emperor Daqi and sent to Yaoguang Temple.

And hearing that the Princess of Xiangdong was also abandoned by Xiao Yi in the mansion, Peng Le couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that the emperor is tired of looking at the Northern Wei clan's wife, and the Princess of Nanliang can also have a special flavor.

If not, there is a reason why Peng Le, despite Gao Huan's warning to beware of his death, was able to flourish in Gao Cheng once. He is so considerate for Gao Cheng's sake.

It can be seen that after seeing Princess Xiangdong, Peng Le was greatly disappointed. It is true that Xiao Gao Wang loves noble ladies, but his appearance must be a pretty evaluation no matter what.

That is to say, Peng Le is ignorant and ignorant, and this Xiangdong Princess Xu Zhaopei is not loved precisely because she has no looks. Xiao Yi only enters her room once in two or three years.

Of course, Xu Zhaopei also has a bad temper. Every time he meets Xiao Yi, he will only wear half-face makeup to ridicule Xiao Yi's one-eyed eyes.

As the saying goes, marrying a wife and a virtuous person is the only way to look at her appearance when she takes a concubine. Although Xu Zhaopei, the princess, has nothing to do with beauty, she has nothing to do with virtuousness.

When Xiao Yi's concubine Wang Guipin died, he suspected that it was Xu Zhaopei's murderer. Sima Guang commented that Xu Zhaopei's concubine was ugly and jealous, and often lost her way. '

Whenever an unfavored concubine is found to be pregnant, Xu Zhaopei will kill someone with a knife.

And if you don't get along with Xiao Yi and his wife, don't expect her to obey any women's morals.

Gao Cheng looked Xu Zhaopei up and down in the courtyard, maybe he misunderstood what he meant, Xu Zhaopei's brows and eyes were full of coquettish coquettishness.

"Young lady is half-aged, but the charm is still there."

Gao Cheng commented with a smile, which made Xu Zhaopei very happy, thinking that Gao Cheng was interested in her.

Xu Zhaopei always loves handsome men, and her adulterous monk Zhiyuan, Xiao Yi's entourage Ji Jiang, and poet He Hui are all like this, let alone the little Gao Wang whose father relied on his face to make a fortune.

The person in front of me is tall and beautiful, if he was born in Jiangling, there would be no such thing as monk Zhiyuan and others.

Just when Xu Zhaopei was thinking about a night of joy, Gao Cheng's face suddenly changed:

"However, the heart is vicious, like a snake and scorpion woman. Even if you are born with a beautiful country, I will be disgusted by it. Xiao Yi tolerates you because you are Xu's daughter, but I will definitely not tolerate you."

After finishing speaking, disregarding the panic on Xu Zhaopei's face, he ordered to his cronies:

"Put Mr. Xu in custody, and tomorrow we will gather all the people in the city to have a public trial for his years of crimes."

Mrs. Xu was dragged away, begging, crying, and cursing along the way, showing her ugly behavior.

The reason why Gao Cheng said that a mistress is half-old, and the charm still exists, is just not to let the later generations lose a common saying, Xu Zhaopei is that mistress.

Xu Zhaopei has been doing evil for these years, and even ridiculed Xiao Yi's one-eyed face to his face. This ugly woman can sit on the throne of the princess, and her family background is naturally extraordinary.

His grandfather was Taiwei of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Xu Xiaosi who was considered by later generations to be responsible for the demise of Liu Song and Xiao Qi, and his father was Xu Wei, a servant of Nanliang and a general of Xinwu.

In the eyes of others, such a family background is certainly prominent, but no matter how much Xu Xiaosi has left behind, that is compared to the southerners, what does Yu Gaocheng have to do, he has never even thought of using the Xu family, the current situation in Nanliang There is no need for him to add to the chaos, the domestic economy is in chaos, and foreign wars have repeatedly lost ground. Gao Cheng is thinking about how long Xiao Yan, who is busy coping with such a situation, can last.

Although Xu Zhaopei's end was reassuring, it also made Xiao Yi's other concubines terrified, but still the same sentence, a concubine is only judged by her appearance, especially a concubine who is favored by Xiao Yi, she is naturally beautiful.

Gao Cheng felt that as Xiao Yi's niece and son-in-law, he was also obliged to take care of the physical and mental health of these aunts for him.

After all, he has been out for a few months and has never been sexually attracted to women. Now that he has entered Jiangling, he feels a little itchy in his heart. He whispered a few words to his cronies, and someone took Xiao Yi's concubine back to the backyard.

Of course, tomorrow these beauties will have to appear as witnesses for the trial of Xu Zhaopei.

As for the future, it is natural to bring them back to Luoyang and send them to Yaoguang Temple for resettlement.

Qin Shihuang built the Afang Palace to accommodate beauties from the six countries, and King Xiaogao also used Yaoguang Temple as a shelter for his clan's wife, but when Nanliang was destroyed, he really had to find a way to expand Yaoguang Temple, otherwise he might not be able to accommodate so many people.

Ignoring the resentful or trembling eyes of Xiao Yi's four concubine sons, Gao Cheng sent someone to take Xiao Fanglue, Xiao Fangzhi, Xiao Fangju, and Xiao Fanggui into custody. Liang's treasury might not be able to afford Xiao Yuanming's price.

However, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and Gao Cheng will definitely not think there are too few of them.

Arranging for Xiao Yi's family members, Gao Cheng was notified by Peng Le that the books were safe and sound, so he excitedly walked to Xiao Yi's library. After entering the door, he felt like he was in a mountain of books, with more than [-] volumes of books and countless ancient paintings. I couldn't wait to order and organize civilian husbands to carry them and send them all to Luoyang.

It is true that Gao Cheng himself was semi-literate in ancient times, and he was not good at reading, mainly those obscure words and sentences gave him a headache, but as a modern person, his awe of knowledge is not adulterated at all.

Before leaving Luoyang, Gao Cheng had ordered someone to convert an empty Buddhist temple into a library.

There used to be more than [-] Buddhist temples in Luoyang and its surrounding areas, but they were reduced to [-] by Gao Cheng more than ten years ago. Although over the years, most of the mansions as rewards have been shared by ministers of civil and military affairs, there is always a surplus.

The more than [-] volumes of books will naturally be stored there. Of course, knowledge cannot be hidden. Gao Cheng will arrange for clerks to sort out the books and select valuable books for publication.

Newly acquired Jiangling, Gao Cheng would not delay major events because of the collection of books, he immediately sent people to put up notices everywhere, arresting criminals who took advantage of the chaos, and at the same time ordered the market to open to restore order in the city as soon as possible.

In addition, Gao Cheng sent two groups of soldiers to attack the east and west of Jiangling, and the prefectures and counties in various places.

After finishing the business, Gao Cheng had an in-depth discussion with Xiao Fangzhi's mother Xia Shi, Xiao Fangju's mother Yuan Shi and others on the future relationship between Qi and Liang.

The next day, Gao Cheng dispatched military judges to take Xu Zhaopei to trial under the witness of the Jiangling people.

Xia, Yuan and other women dragged their tired bodies out to testify, not only them, but also many servants and maidservants of the Xiangdong Palace attended, and even arrested Xu Zhaopei's lover Zhiyuan, He Hui, and Ji Jijiang who had not escaped in time. Xu Zhaopei was charged with murdering a pregnant concubine and committing adultery.

The Xiangdong Prince's Mansion, which looks glamorous on the outside, is so filthy on the inside. It really made the people of Jiangling eat a lot of melons, and everyone talked about it. It was not only Xiao Yi who was ashamed, but also the face of the entire Nanliang clan.

It is indeed enough to damage Xiao's prestige with this method.

For a while after Gao Cheng, he was busy distributing acres of land to the people for the newly acquired land. It was still the same old way, using force to coerce the gentry, and using the land to buy the low-level people.

The gentry were afraid of the sword of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and they were guaranteed by Gao Cheng that they would not plunder the remaining wealth, so they agreed like the Huainan gentry.

After all, no matter how valuable the land is, it is not as valuable as life.

Seeing the end of the gentry in Huainan, Jingxiang and other places one after another, the stingy gentry in the south of the Yangtze River donated their property one after another to recruit troops for training in Nanliang.

They have been rooted in the south of the Yangtze River for so many years, not only have accumulated a large amount of land, but more importantly, they are unwilling to give up their political privileges.

The nine-rank Zhongzheng system in the Northern Dynasties was implemented by Emperor Xiaowen, but it lasted for more than three hundred years in the south in just a few decades. Everyone is used to the political privilege of being an official from a noble family. Competing with the mud-legged people under the imperial examination system, especially the Northern Qi Dynasty, which has promoted the imperial examination textbooks for more than ten years, has already broken the gentry's monopoly on knowledge in the north.

There is no way, who is called the referee, Gao Cheng has the final say on the content of the imperial examination, those ancient books and unique books that the gentry regard as treasures, he just doesn't take the exam, and only draws the exam questions from the books that he promotes.

Of course, these are things to follow.

Gao Cheng personally sits in Jingnan, and when he is busy with business, he often comforts Xiao Yi's concubines as his niece and son-in-law.

"Your Majesty, I don't have much to ask for, I just want to let Zhier cross the river, and I would like to stay in Jiangbei to serve Your Majesty wholeheartedly."

Xiao Fangzhi's mother, Mrs. Xia, put her arms around Gao Cheng's neck, and while being rubbed by him until her eyes blurred, she did not forget to intercede for her son.

"Why, if I don't let Xiao Fangzhi go, you won't serve him anymore."

Gao Cheng played with Xia's mature body recklessly, and laughed softly.

"His Majesty."

In his thirties, Xia Shi acted like a young girl.

Gao Cheng got up and picked her up, approached a wall in the room, and discussed the national policy with the Xia family.

Xia's words were fierce, but behind the wall, he could faintly hear a child crying, the voice was very familiar.

"Don't hit my mother!"

When Xia heard the voice clearly, she was taken aback, and then Gao Cheng listened to her:

"Speak softly, Xiao Fangzhi is next door."

Mrs. Xia hurriedly took the obscene clothes and stopped her mouth, but when she couldn't bear it, she often groaned.

Xiao Fangzhi was the last emperor of Nanliang in another time and space, but now he is only a six-year-old child. He heard Xia's groaning in the next door, thinking that he was being tortured, so he kept crying.

He finally understood that every time the fourth brother Xiao Fangju was taken away, when he returned to the prison, he would always look resentful, and he must have heard the screams of Aunt Yuan being beaten.

After some cloud and rain, the face of Xia's Royal Sister Fan Chuan was mixed with satisfaction and shame.

After a long time, Xia suddenly said:

"Your Majesty, I want to meet Zhi'er next door."

Gao Cheng was not annoyed at being interrupted from the sage's time. Over the years, his hobbies have indeed become more and more weird, and he has become more and more lazy, but he is not a tyrannical person after all.

"Wash up first, dress up dignifiedly and then go see him."

Gao Cheng said, just got up to call the maid outside the house, then turned back to Xia Shi and said:

"Actually, you don't need to worry about him. Even if the southerners don't want to redeem him, because of our love, you won't treat him as a prisoner. You will keep him rich and honored forever. Even if you live in Yaoguang Temple, but I can often come out to see him.”

Gao Cheng has played more and more over the years, but he is not a tyrannical person after all.

Hearing this, Xia Shi didn't care about the exposure of the spring, stood up and let the tulle slip off, and buried her head tightly in Gao Cheng's arms.

　I lay in bed for almost a day, and I didn’t wake up until eight o’clock in the evening. I originally wanted to change one chapter and four thousand before twelve o’clock, but I was hungry.

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