Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 230 Goodbye Chang'an (End of this volume)

Braving the wind and snow, he arrived at a large courtyard in Changlefang, two streets away from Xingqing Palace. Fang Chongyong held the nose ring on the door and gently knocked on the door three times. .

This was the etiquette of "calling the door" among wealthy families in the Tang Dynasty. You gently knocked on the nose ring on the door three times, and within half the time of filling the incense, someone would come to open the door. Otherwise, it would be rude.From the unique sound of the nose ring knocking on the door, the host can know whether the visitor is a distinguished guest or an uninvited guest based on the different knocking strength.

Sure enough, almost instantly, a white-haired old servant opened the courtyard door. As soon as he saw the girl next to Fang Chongyong, he exclaimed: "Why is the second mother back?"

"Ask grandpa to come out and greet the distinguished guests."

The "second lady" next to Fang Chongyong said with a smile.

After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe with half-white hair hurriedly walked out of the yard.This person is none other than Wei Zhaoxun, the biological father of the current prince Li Han’s ex-wife Wei Shi.

The "second mother" beside Fang Chongyong was Wei Erniang, who had been in the palace for many years and served as a female official in the palace. She was also Wei Sanniang's biological sister!
"It'll be nice to come back."

Seeing Wei Erniang, Wei Zhaoxun didn't feel strange at all, because this was the result of his operation.But he was still curious about why Fang Chongyong sent Wei Erniang back.

"The person has been delivered safely and in perfect condition. Please say goodbye."

Fang Chongyong saluted Wei Zhaoxun, implying that he had done nothing to Wei Erniang.

"General Fang, why don't you come in and have a glass of wine to warm yourself up?"

Wei Zhaoxun asked in a very reserved invitation. After all, he was not familiar with Fang Chongyong and did not dare to speak too harshly.

"No, I still have several people to send off. If we don't hurry up, it will be dark."

Fang Chongyong smiled calmly, bowed his hands and said goodbye.Wei Zhaoxun, who was still confused about the situation, had no choice but to nod slightly and respectfully send him to the square gate without saying anything.

When he returned to the yard at home, Wei Zhaoxun saw that his daughter, whom he had not seen for many years, was in a daze. He leaned close to her and sighed with emotion: "You almost escaped from the Liyuan before, but now you can go home smoothly. It's not bad. "

"Hey, I'm sorry to bother you. Can you send someone to the Fang family to ask if I can be Fang Chongyong's concubine?"

Wei Erniang asked quietly.

"Nonsense! What nonsense are you talking about!"

Wei Zhaoxun was so angry that he trembled after hearing this!Webster has given birth to many princesses, how could she be a concubine for other people?
"Second mother-in-law is just talking, she doesn't mean it, so there's no need for me to get excited."

Wei Erniang smiled, waved her hand to Wei Zhaoxun indifferently, and walked straight into the house.

After a while, Fang Chongyong came to Changxingfang again and sent Mrs. Du beside him to his home.By the way, Lady Du is the niece of Du Hope, the governor of Longyou.By the time the "series" of ladies were sent back to their homes, it was already the beginning of the night and the curfew had already passed.

Back home, while enjoying Anaye's massage, Fang Chongyong said to Wang Yunxiu with a smile: "Madam, you think a certain man is a good man who keeps his word, right? Those who should be sent away should be sent away, right?"

"Yes, yes, I made the mistake of blaming you. I will apologize to you and give you a toast." Wang Yunxiu poured wine for Fang Chongyong cheerfully, and her heart felt like it was flying to the sky.

Wang Yunxiu felt that the twenty maids were not simple at first sight, because according to Fang Chongyong, in fact, there were many crooked maids in the palace.But these twenty maids all look like women from powerful families, and their aura cannot be hidden from Wang Yunxiu.

That day they waited until Fang Youde came home, only to find that Fang Youde didn't bring back a single woman.Fang Chongyong stepped forward to inquire and found out that Fang Youde's military salary actually included 36 palace maids!

But Fang Daqiuba just waved his hand and distributed it to 36 of his cronies, who were the backbone of the Shence Army being formed, and reported them to Gao Lishi for Brother Ji to grant marriage.

When he learned that Fang Chongyong actually let the palace maid into his house, Fang Youde cursed loudly and quickly asked him to throw these hot potatoes out quickly, follow the same method as a "reward" to the Forbidden Army General, and then ask Brother Ji to grant a marriage.

At first glance, Fang Youde looked like a typical Five Dynasties Qiu Ba style, repeating the same moves over and over again, but Fang Chongyong thought that maybe things were not that simple, and it would be better to ask more clearly.

Before throwing these girls out as hot chicks, you should at least ask how many teachers are behind them, right?
As a result, I didn’t know if I didn’t ask. Fang Youde was frightened when he asked.

Among these 20 people, there are Wei Zhaoxun's second daughter, Du Xixi's niece, Pei Min's only daughter, Huangfu Weiming's sister... The most outrageous thing is that there is also a person named "Wu" among them, and Wu Meiniang's Wu is a servant in the palace. Yushi Wujiu’s sister!His grandfather Wu Zaide was Wu Meiniang’s cousin!
Wang Yunxiu's sixth sense is right. These twenty women have very simple family backgrounds, and none of them are fuel-efficient!

Fang Youde didn't know how to deal with such a complicated relationship. It was absolutely impossible to take all these women as concubines; it was even more impossible to keep them at home as slaves.We can't follow Fang Youde's simple and crude approach and marry these women off to Qiu Ba, the Imperial Guard.

In the end, it was Fang Chongyong who made the final decision: Wherever these people come from, they must go back.Although it has been delivered to our hands now, we do things quickly and do not resort to plucking hair.

Since these women had gone to the palace from their own homes before, they should now return home from the palace to reunite with their relatives.The simplest solution is often the most just and least controversial solution.

So today there was a scene where Fang Chongyong sent the girls home one by one.Wei Erniang was still calm, but when the sister named Wu saw her brother Wu coming, she hugged Fang Chongyong and refused to let go, and begged Fang Chongyong to take her as a concubine, which made Shi Wu, the imperial censor in the palace, dumbfounded and even dragged him around. After taking her sister back to the house and taking care of her, she came out to say goodbye and thank Fang Yanei.

"Hey, our Alang is so charming. You see, neither of them want to leave. They look at me with tears in their eyes and feel pity for them.

Alang is almost an old slave. "

Anaye teased while squeezing Fang Chongyong's shoulders.

"They're all scheming bitches. It's okay not to mention them. It's not like I've never seen women before."

Fang Chongyong laughed, waved his hand indifferently and said.

He is very confident in his appearance, and there will never be any woman who thinks he is handsome and throws herself into his arms.These women who have been "tempered" in the palace naturally have a vicious eye and follow the trend and know the stakes.

Fang Chongyong was a high-ranking official and well-paid at a young age, and he was favored by the Holy Family. Women like them who came from the palace would not be greedy for him!
But abandoning these "halos", what is left for Fang Chongyong?
This kind of "blessing" comes and goes quickly, like a spring breeze, it blows away. Fang Chongyong is too lazy to deal with these scheming bitches, and when the time comes, he will make trouble in the family.

"Tomorrow Pei Min will leave Chang'an for Youzhou to serve as a military envoy. If I hand Pei Xiu over to him, my merits will be considered complete!"

Fang Chongyong sighed and said that this was Pei Xiu's request. She said that she no longer wanted to stay in Chang'an and wanted to go to Youzhou with her father.

"Actually... it's okay to keep her here. It's not like we can't live in the house. Her father is a military envoy and has a wide network of contacts, which will be very helpful to Alang's career."

Wang Yunxiu said reluctantly.She felt unhappy when she saw Pei Xiu, but this did not prevent the other party's family background from being of great help to Fang Chongyong.

Wang Yunxiu also knows very well that you can't do things to perfection, otherwise the emperor will wear small shoes for you sooner or later.

Brother Ji sent twenty girls to Fang Chongyong, and it was no problem for Fang Chongyong to send most of them away. After all, men have limited energy and cannot take care of so many.But if you don't keep any of them, that would be a blatant slap in Brother Ji's face.

It's normal for Fang Youde not to keep a woman, because he doesn't have a relationship, and even his mistress refuses to find one for Fang Chongyong. It's obvious that he doesn't want to get involved in these things.But Fang Chongyong couldn't find this reason.

Compared to others, Pei Xiu's identity and background is the simplest.

"That guy is like a tomboy, and has a very bad temper. When she sleeps next to me, I have to worry about which day she will give me up. This kind of woman should be kept for the Chinese New Year. As long as I have you, I'm fine, and you're not allowed to run away. , let’s have a good time tonight.”

Fang Chongyong held Wang Yunxiu and Anaye in his arms and kissed each of them on the face.The two girls laughed. No matter what, Fang Chongyong was really kind to them.

"Alang, just brag. You said before that my front and back are even."

Anaye couldn't help but snarled.

"Did he say that?"

Wang Yunxiu glanced at Anaye's proud and straight chest and asked doubtfully. "Well, as I said, he has always been blind."

……

The snow had just stopped the next day. In the long pavilion east of Baqiao, wine was boiling on a small stove. Fang Chongyong and Pei Min were sitting opposite each other. Pei Xiu stood beside him like a stone sculpture, with a stinky face and said nothing.

"Axiu, go and have a look and don't let others get close."

Pei Min whispered to Pei Xiu beside him.

"Understood father."

Pei Xiu quietly stepped aside, leaving space for Fang Chongyong and Pei Min to chat privately.

"Many people in the court thought that the saint's anger was more than that, and they didn't understand why the violent storm turned into a gentle breeze and drizzle in the end.

I can only offer a toast to General Fang here, but I don’t know how General Fang persuaded the saint. "

Pei Min poured Fang Chongyong a glass of warm turbid wine, poured another glass for himself, and drank it all in one gulp.

"actually……"

Fang Chongyong leaned his head over, lowered his voice and continued:
"The fire in the palace must have been set by General Pei. Apart from Youjinwu Guards, only the Longwu Army has this ability.

But my father only found out about it later, and no one else did. "

Fang Chongyong didn't think that Zhang Guangsheng, who had been the general of Zuo Jinwu Guard for a few days, had the courage.

Hearing this, Pei Min was shocked. The hand holding the wine glass shook slightly and then put it down.He looked embarrassed, waved his hands and said: "General Fang is joking, this kind of thing is not a joke. As a saint, don't you know how to investigate?"

"Of course not, because that was the fire the saint asked you to set!"

Fang Chongyong smiled slightly, sat back on the stone bench, drank the wine on the table, and then looked at Pei Min with burning eyes.

"General Fang really dares to guess."

Pei Min shook his head. No matter what, he would not admit these things.

"As long as the release of the palace maid is discovered, no matter who it is, he will definitely be punished with death, and at least he will be jailed and resigned.

But when I saw General Pei secretly letting the maids off, the scale was so huge. He didn't resist even though he could have resisted, and deliberately failed to lose even though he could have won during the competition.

I knew there might be some private things that I didn't understand.

Later, when someone asked the saint what to do with the palace ladies who had not received the romantic arrows, the saint meant to find a reason to kill them, such as rebellion. Only then did someone understand General Pei's painstaking efforts.

General Pei asked if he could trust X, not because he was worried about whether he could escape the crime, but whether he could save those palace ladies from the disaster. Is that right? "

Hearing Fang Chongyong's description, Pei Min was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time. In the end, he had no choice but to smile:
"Don't blame the saint for being cruel. The saint has received the news that someone instigated the assassination. The saint's meaning is also very clear. The palace maid who is willing to go with Pei is not rich or noble, and it is impossible to participate in the assassination.

Those who are keen on snatching romantic arrows are unlikely to be assassins.The rest are more suspicious.The saint had no way to identify them, so he had to kill them all as a warning to others.

The reason why you can successfully persuade the saint not to kill all those people is because a wave of assassins have already died. "

Pei Min said with a long sigh.

Is it possible that the palace maid assassinated Brother Ji?Pei Min doesn't know about others. He only knows that his daughter Pei Xiu is enough. Who says women can't do swordsmanship?Aunt Gongsun is a swordsman. Although it is not a practical swordsmanship, it is enough to show that it is very common for women in this era to have some swordsmanship.

As long as Pei Xiu can get close, it is more than enough to kill Brother Ji alone.

"Then did you find the assassin?" Fang Chongyong asked doubtfully.

"It was indeed found, but only the body. After the palace burned, several palace maids took advantage of the chaos and rushed into the burning palace to assassinate them. Unfortunately, they missed. After escaping, they were surrounded by the Youjinwu Guards and all committed suicide. "

Pei Min said in a deep voice.

Who is behind this incident?

He doesn't know, even Brother Ji doesn't know either.Pei Min only knew that Brother Ji had been planning this game for a long time, but in the end he still failed to catch the fox's tail.

This time Brother Ji used the method of "openly building the plank road and secretly concealing the Chencang". On the surface, Fang Youde was acting as a guard, but in fact it was just to attract the assassin's attention.The person who really captured the assassin was Pei Min's cronies in Youjinwu Guards.

Pei Min personally escorted the maids of powerful families to escape in order to attract the attention of the people behind the assassins and make them think that the defenses near the Forbidden Palace in Liyuan were empty.

Maybe among the officials present at the time, there were accomplices of the assassin, but Brother Ji had no evidence.

"Don't let a good deed go unnoticed. I would like to offer a toast to General Fang on behalf of those ignorant palace ladies who wander around the gates of hell."

Pei Min raised his glass again and drank the turbid wine in one gulp.

Why was Brother Ji so polite to the escaping palace maids and the Jinwu guards who let loose without holding them accountable? It was because those people were not assassins!Since they are not assassins, they pose no threat or malice to him as the emperor, so Ji Ge will naturally not punish these people severely. He raised the board high and put it down gently.

Pei Min knew this, and so did Fang Chongyong.

"I heard that General Fang is going to Longyou to select elite soldiers. Is this the case?"

Pei Min asked softly.

"Go back to General Pei, this is indeed the case."

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly.

"Longyou is remote, there are many unfaithful people, and people's hearts are sinister. General Fang cannot do without a personal bodyguard."

After saying that, Pei Min clapped his hands, and Pei Xiu, who was on duty not far away, immediately came to his side and asked, "What do you want to arrange, father?"

"From now on, you will follow him as a personal guard."

Pei Min pointed at Fang Chongyong and said.

"Eh?"

Fang Chongyong and Pei Xiu shouted at the same time, too surprised to speak. (End of this volume)
(Next volume: Far above the Yellow River among the white clouds, my fate is up to me!)

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