A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 235 There is only one truth

East of Chang'an City, Baigong Mansion
The eastern part of Chang'an City is the most prosperous area in Chang'an, because Dongshi, one of the two cities in Chang'an, is located here. Businessmen from all over the Han Dynasty, barbarians from the north, and traveling traders from the Western Regions all brought their goods here. For sale here.

Here, you can find everything in the world, and you can also find things that are not available in the world.

"No, no, no, your price is too high, lower it. Mine, the people from the Western Regions, can't lie to me!"

"Oh, sir, you are looking down on me. Go and ask around. I, Wang Wu, am the most fair and just person in these ten miles and eight squares. Whoever has bought something from me doesn't say that I am a kind person. Don't believe me." , you go and ask, ask.”

"Too high, less."

"Let's see, it's not easy for you to come all the way. I don't want you to have 1,500 fen, or 1,000 fen, no less. I'm going to do a lot of blood-letting. This is the best thing I got from Bai's Company. Bai Yuzhi, if you still think it’s expensive, forget it.”

A Westerner with fair skin and blue eyes was negotiating prices with a stall owner in his thirties who was displaying gold, silver and jade items.

"Okay, I want you, my friend!"

"Hey, friend, why are you not a friend? Hehe."

After collecting the money, he packed the jade ring in a wooden box and handed it to the people from the Western Regions. He said, "Friend, I have other things here. Why don't you take a look? Look, this is the bronze of the Yue people in the south. This is It’s the jade pendant from Qidi, it’s gold from the north..."

Just as the stall owner was making introductions, he suddenly saw a carriage passing by under the escort of dozens of soldiers. He didn't care about the people from the Western Regions in front of the stall. He ran to the side and pulled over the stall owner selling straw sandals. : "Hey, look, is that the carriage from Duke Bai's Mansion?"

The straw sandal stall owner took a look and realized it was true.

"Yes, yes. When I looked at it, I saw that the carriage had the emblem of the Bai family on it, and there were jade embellishments on the cover. It was Mr. Bai's carriage that didn't run away."

"My dear, I have been setting up a stall here for a month, and I just met the legendary Bai Gong today. It's a pity that I can't see the real person." The jade stall owner said regretfully.

The straw sandal stall owner smiled and said: "What's the point? If you want to see Bai Gong in person, you may not be able to see it, but you can have the opportunity to see Bai Gong's son or grandson. This carriage is not coming in person from Bai Gong. The prince has returned long ago. Chaoge, the person sitting inside is Baifu Gongsun, and Baigong is in Chaoge?"

"Oh, it would be great to see Gongsun! I heard that they have divine help, and they have divine seals between their eyebrows."

"If you really want to see it, just follow him and wait at the gate of Bai Gongsun's mansion. Gongsun will get off the car sooner or later! Can't you see it? Anyway, I have seen the crown prince." He said with an arrogant look on his face.

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"

"Boss, are you still selling?" A sound of Western Chinese sounded in the ears of the jade stall owner.

The jade stall owner returned to the stall, rolled up his things and said, "I won't sell it anymore. I won't sell it anymore. Come back tomorrow. I want to see the prince. If I miss the opportunity, I don't know if I will ever see him again in this life."

After saying that, with the Westerners looking confused, they carried the goods and ran towards Bai Gong's Mansion.

When he arrived at Bai Gong's Mansion, he saw that many people had already arrived and crowded in. Fortunately, he ran fast and the convoy from Bai Gong's Mansion had not arrived yet.

"Why are you squeezing?" Amidst a burst of curses, the jade stall owner finally squeezed to the front, facing the gate of Bai Gong's Mansion.

Every time Baidu returned home, some people would crowd around his door, so he had to send a dozen soldiers to maintain order at the door.

The carriage of the Bai Mansion stopped at the door. When Bai Du went out, he saw a group of people waving to him around the door, but they were stopped by the soldiers. He had to smile and wave in response, but at this time he just wanted to go back to the house. Rest, after all, you have worked all day.

"Hey, did you see that Gongsun is waving to me? Also, I saw it, it's the divine seal." The jade stall owner grabbed the person next to him and said excitedly.

Generally speaking, when Bai Shizi travels around the world, he rarely hides his divine seal, unless he is doing something secretive. And those who have seen Bai Shizi often are no longer surprised by Bai Shizi's divine seal, and regard it as a birthmark. After all, I haven't seen anything extraordinary about these Baishizi.

"Fart, you are obviously waving at me, but don't tell me, Gongsun looks quite good." The person who was caught was a Confucian scholar who had just arrived in Beijing.

"No, you just see me."

"me!"

So under the silent gaze of the soldiers, the two of them started to confront each other tit for tat.

"You rotten scholar, Gongsun is looking for me!" "You are a profiteer who smells like copper, Gongsun is looking for me!"...

Seeing more and more people watching, Bai Du quickly walked into the mansion.

Once the door is closed, the world becomes pure.

"Gongsun, someone came to visit you with a greeting card. He went through the back door and is now in your courtyard." A servant came forward to report.

"Oh? Did you tell me the name of the visitor?"

"No, the invitation was sent by the Crown Prince. There is no name on it, and the visitor did not sign up. I just said that you will know it as soon as you see it."

Bai Du thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out who it was, so he had to say: "I know! Seal the courtyard and no one is allowed to come in and disturb it." After that, he walked towards the courtyard.

As soon as I stepped into the arch, I saw a middle-aged man sitting in the courtyard, drinking tea.

"Brother Baidu, please forgive me for coming here uninvited."

The visitor is none other than Bingji.

"Brother Bingji is joking. If you come to the Bai Mansion, you should tell me. When the time comes, open the door wide. This will show the respect of the Bai Mansion."

"I won't hide it from Brother Baidu. There is indeed something secret here that won't be heard."

Seeing Bingji's tactful words, Baidu said: "Brother Bingji, don't worry, I have already ordered my subordinates to retreat. There are only you and me in this courtyard."

"Alas!" Bingji sighed suddenly.

"Brother Baidu also knows that His Majesty's ascension to the throne is inseparable from me. It can be said that I am closely connected. Therefore, I and Your Majesty are tied together and share weal and woe. Now that Your Majesty is being deceived by villains and insulted by relatives, I really feel uncomfortable. "

"Brother Bingji, if you have any troubles, you can tell me. Maybe it can relieve your worries."

"Brother, you should also know that all major affairs in the court today depend on the Huo family. It would be fine if Marquis Xuancheng of Bolu was still alive. His abilities and skills are all excellent. He can control the government and bring great benefits to the country and the people.

But now that Marquis Xuancheng of Bolu has passed away, the Huo family is still greedy for power, occupying high positions, and hindering good ministers and honest officials from governing the country. This is a great harm. Therefore, Your Majesty wants to eradicate the Huo family and take back the government in order to realize his ambition and make me a great man. prestige. "

Bai Du thought for a moment and said: "If that's all, why do we need to eradicate the Huo family? Maybe I can help you connect the dots, and you can explain the interests to the Huo family clearly. I think they can understand the general and profound meaning. After all, it is Descendants of Marquis Xuancheng will not be so short-sighted."

Seeing that Bai Du didn't want to participate in this fight, Bingji had no choice but to say: "Brother, I don't know, so Queen Xu was harmed by the Huo family."

"what?"

Bai Du exclaimed: "It's impossible. According to the nature of Marquis Xuancheng, how could he interfere in the affairs of the inner palace so that his daughter can become the queen?"

Bingji sighed: "It is true that it was not Hou Xuancheng who did it, but Huo Chengjun's mother. Huo Xian did it without telling Hou Xuancheng."

"No wonder that's the case."

"Brother also knows how much Your Majesty likes Queen Xu, but she was poisoned when she was giving birth to a child. This is unforgivable to Your Majesty. From this, Your Majesty and the Huo family are already irreconcilable.

The Bai family has been in the court for a hundred years. It should be clear that the current situation is either supporting His Majesty or supporting the Huo family. There is no room for swaying people. The Huo family's interference in the affairs of the inner palace reflects their shortcomings in morality. Even if Marquis Xuancheng is in front of them, Marquis Xuancheng is Xuancheng Marquis after all and cannot represent the Huo family.

The fact that Marquis Xuancheng has contributed to the country does not mean that the Huo family has contributed to the country. If the Huo family knows some truth, they should understand that by relying on the merits of Marquis Xuancheng, they can be rich and prosperous for a hundred years, but they just don't have it. Learned the virtues of Xuancheng Hou.

He doesn't know what restraint is and what etiquette is, but instead behaves wantonly. Nowadays, most of the people in the court are descendants of the Huo family or Huo family's in-laws. This shows that his ambition is not for the people, but a group of people who only know how to fight for power and gain. The Bai family Do we want to support these idiots? I'm afraid this is not in line with Bai's beliefs. "

Bai Du closed his eyes and thought, and Bingji said nothing more, just drinking tea alone.

About half an hour later, Bai Du opened his eyes.

"Okay, I might be biased if I just listen to what my brother says. We will investigate to see if the Huo family is involved in the affairs of the inner palace. If it is true, then for the sake of the people of the world, I, the Bai family, will do my best to help you."

Bingji put down the tea cup, stood up, and said with cupped hands, "Then I'll just wait for the good news."

At the side door of Duke Bai's Mansion, several ordinary-looking people with ordinary faces left quietly.

With the help of Bai's huge network of relationships and intelligence, he quickly found out that the key person was Chun Yuyan, the original imperial physician.

After Chunyu Yan was let go, he quickly followed Huo Guang's instructions and fled to Guandong incognito. As for the news that revealed the truth about Queen Xu's death, it did not come from him.

But when Huo Xian was playing with other ladies, someone mentioned that it was a pity that Queen Xu died. If she had not died, the Xu family would have been extremely powerful. Huo Xian said at that time to show his family's power:
"Who is Mr. Xu Ping? He thinks that he will be safe after becoming a queen? Huh, if you block the way of my Huo family, I can make Queen Xu become a dead queen."

So this sentence was spread by people who were interested, and other people who had experienced this incident and knew a little bit about the inside story came out to supplement it. Gradually, the rumor that Queen Xu died of the Huo family was heard by the Han Emperor.

The Emperor of Han originally suspected Empress Xu's death, and was blocked by Huo Guang in every possible way. However, for Huo Guang's sake, he did not insist on investigating. Now he has learned a little bit of the truth, but he is afraid of alerting the enemy, so he can only investigate secretly without arresting her. Arrive at Chunyu Yan.

And with the Bai family's huge intelligence network and local power, it didn't take long for an unknown doctor in Nanyang, whose medical skills were no worse than those of the imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital, to attract the attention of the Bai family's secret guards. After a final check, it turned out that Chunyu was indeed Chunyu. Yan.

After the interrogation, Bai got the first-hand truth about Xu Pingjun's death. Soon, the results of Bai's review came into the hands of the Han Emperor, which also marked Bai's approval of cooperation with the Han Emperor.

Weiyang Palace, Greenhouse Palace.

Emperor Han held the handkerchief that Xu Pingjun had embroidered for him, and murmured: "Soon, soon, I will avenge you soon."

(End of this chapter)