Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 47
Liu Tongxun followed Qianlong to Qianqing Palace to have a feast in a state of anxiety after finishing the secret report. He was afraid that Liu Kang would commit suicide, and he was also thinking about whether Liu Kang had already left for Shanxi and where to stop him. too long.Liu Tongxun didn't wake up until Prince Zhuang led the order to announce the banquet, and hurried out with the crowd, looking for Shangshu Shi Yizhi, and said with a smile: "Da Sikou, I want to discuss something with you when I go back to the Yamen, can you let me go back to the Yamen in a sedan chair?" Shi Yizhi He said with a smile, "what's the important thing to rest these days?" Liu Tongxun just smiled but didn't answer, and came out with Shi Yizhi.

... After getting out of the sedan chair, Shi Yizhi looked stern. He took Liu Tongxun into the custody room and sat down. He said, "Act quickly. You are an imperial envoy for this case, and I will be your assistant. This is how people from Shuntian Mansion come Informed Sun Jiagan to the Zhili governor's yamen, and sealed off the main road out of Beijing. We don't know where Liu Kang lives in Beijing, and we must send capable officials to look for him in the same year, inquire about his whereabouts, secretly monitor him, or arrest him on the spot. There, nothing will be lost."

"Yes, my lord is very considerate." Liu Tongxun said with a quick smile, "I'll arrange it for the lowly position." Then he called Huang Gun, the official of the arrest department, to arrange one by one, and then he played chess with Shi Yizhi, waiting for the news.It's just that both of them care about horse-hearted apes and walk around indiscriminately.

When it was getting dark, Huang Gun came back and reported: "Liu Kang hasn't left. He has a house in Xixia Aozi, and he has a concubine. He didn't come out when he returned at noon today. There are people in the courtyard next door to Shen Shi Shi Pai." I heard a woman crying in that courtyard and cursing in a low voice. Liu Kang seemed to be persuading something, and then he became quiet." Shi Yi said straightly: "If that's the case, why didn't you take him with a lock?" Huang Gun returned with a smile and said: "I don't have a ticket for the Shuntian Mansion in my hand. Not far from Liu Kang's house is the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, and I am afraid that things will become serious. I thought he would always come out to look at the lights, so he was quietly arrested outside. No. Fang Fang later came to a few officials, but they didn't recognize him, went in for a while, talked and laughed with Liu Kang, and said that he was going to Prince Zhuang's residence for a banquet." Shi Yizhi followed closely and asked: "No one is following now? Huang Gun hurriedly said: "The servant's son, Huang Tianba, has sneaked into Prince Zhuang's mansion for surveillance. Don't worry, my lord, he can't be killed, and he can't leave."

"Huang Gun's errands are not bad." Liu Tongxun said quietly, "Now I will go to the sixteenth master's mansion in person." Shi Yizhi frowned and said: "This is too embarrassing for Prince Zhuang. What should I do if I come forward to stop him?" Liu Tongxun twitched the muscles on his black and red face, and said coldly, "I am an imperial envoy." After saying that, he bowed and left.

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Prince Zhuang's Mansion is located in the old Qihua gate, in the east of the city, so it is neither remote nor lively in Beijing.The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is actually a festival for ordinary people to appreciate lanterns, and Yunlu himself is an expert in making lanterns.The white jade lanterns, dragon and tiger wind and cloud lanterns, ice and fire lanterns, Guanyin water lanterns, Xishi lanterns, and Nezha lanterns that cannot be seen in Beijing. He can fly in the sky, swim in the water, and walk on the ground. make.Because he had already learned that Qianlong was very unhappy to light up lanterns for the people as usual, and he refused to touch this bad luck in vain.In order to have fun, Yun Lu called Shang Hong Xiao, Hong Xi, Hong, and Hong Pu's nephews, as well as the banner slaves who were officials in Beijing, and the close ministers in the past such as Qi Lesu, Xu Shilin, Nasutu, Yang Chaozeng, Yin They were all invited for a while, and more than a dozen tables of flowing water seats were set up, and they were changed as they ate. There were always only four dishes on the table.He Ying, Legesai, Ma Chengluo, and Ge Shanting are all forehead sons-in-law, so they have different opinions when they meet each other.Yunlu is the chief political prince, and his face is unmatched. Some people even bring their friends to join in the fun. When the lights are on, there are as few as 200 people who come.Prince Zhuang is an easy-going person, he greets all the visitors personally whether he knows them or not, when he saw Ji Yun and Xu Shilin coming in together, he put aside Xu Shilin, went up to grab Ji Yun with a smile and said: "Don't salute, There are so many people, there is no way to follow the rules—do you see? This is the Ji Xiaolan I mentioned just now, and the master praised him again and again the other day!"

"My lord, this is all the Holy Majesty's wrong love, why should I be born late!" Ji Yun said with a smile all over his face, "It's just for the fun of the emperor."

Yin Huiyi squeezed over from the crowd. He is the Han servant of the Ministry of War, and he is also tall and thick. There is only a meat bun the size of a walnut on his left forehead, which is particularly conspicuous. He smiled and pushed Ji Yun and said: "You bastard, you made fun of me last time! Come on, come on, you'll be punished with three glasses of wine!" Everyone was stunned, these two people were neither subordinates nor fellow villagers of the same age, and they were also a little older than the boss, Ji Yun How could you play tricks on him?Yin Hui said with a smile: "You all know that the tumor on my head is so painful that I can't help it. The last time I went to the Imperial Academy, Ji Yun said that there is a genius doctor named Mr. Shi Er who lives in Shijia Hutong. He will provide you with medicine until you are cured." But this Mr. Shi Er is not easy to go to see a doctor, you have to ask for help. Listen to him, I bought a few boxes of uterine medicine, and went to visit Shi Er. I asked a few places in the alley, and people gave directions, but I asked who laughed. I was surprised, and when I knocked on Mr. Shi Er's door, I was stunned when Shi Er opened the door—it turned out that there was a tumor on the right side of him, which was exactly the same, just like looking in a mirror!" Everyone At first, I was still listening in a daze, but now I couldn't help laughing.They all said: "You should be punished, you should be punished!"

Ji Yun is a well-known scholar in Hejian, boasting of unruly talent, but he was ranked No. 4 in the Enke examination, far behind Zhuang Yougong. The words matched the sacred meaning, like a famous flower bursting forth, attracting bees and butterflies, even Prince Zhuang looked at him differently, and couldn't help but glow with joy.Surrounded by the crowd, he took his seat in the hall and drank three cups. Just as he was about to speak, Yunlu patted his palm three times, and the curtains on both sides of the room suddenly opened. , jingling, waving the five strings, looking at the eyes, and dancing out, everyone in the hall became quiet in an instant, and when listening to the song girl singing, it was a song with the word "Magnolia":

Ping Ping is curling up, and the tip of the peony is small and red.The sleeves of the dancer are lowered back, and the heart is the confidant of the guest.Gold bottle and jade wine, please me for ten thousand years, Momo restless, white hair makes me ashamed...

As soon as the singing stopped, everyone immediately applauded and praised.Qi Lesu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, sighed: "It's so beautiful! I don't know which celebrity in the family wrote it?" Yunlu smiled and pointed to a middle-aged man on the second table: "Old Master Yao!" Everyone was startled, only to see that Old Master Yao had a snub nose and carp lips, his face was full of pockmarks, he probably suffered from wind disease in his early years, his eyebrows were sparse, and his lower eyes were also one big and one small.The audience praised him, shook their heads and pretended to be humble, cupped their hands and said: "How dare you be praised for your humble work, I am a teacher, I am a teacher!" Seeing his strange appearance, everyone covered their mouths and laughed.Ji Yun smiled and said: "I also have a refurbished "Great Wind Song" to try to humiliate you!" Sui said loudly:
When the wind blows, the eyebrows are flying, and the warrior is guarding the bridge of the nose?

As soon as the chants fell, everyone burst into laughter.Hong Xiao leaned on the back of the chair with one hand and couldn't straighten up laughing, Xu Shilin squatted on the ground coughing out of breath, Hong Sheng beat his chest and bowed and laughed, put a bowl of tea on the table, Yun Lu He choked with laughter and said: "This... this is too harsh..." Old Master Yao's face was purple with anger, and he said, "Does Hanlin judge people by appearance?" He said softly: "I've read Chao Wujiu's "Kaifule", and I took Zun Fan to make up a song for the prince and all the lords, isn't it a joy?" Old Master Yao didn't dare to say anything, he just poured a glass for himself, resentful drank it down.

"I still have an ancient painting here, and the inscriptions and postscripts on it are gone." Seeing that Old Master Yao was embarrassed, and he didn't want to offend Ji Yun, he turned around and took a newly mounted ancient painting from the top of the cabinet, took it under the lamp, and said : "Mr. Ji is a scholar with a doctor's degree, please identify it."

Everyone stopped laughing and came over. When Ji Yun unfolded it carefully, he saw that the paper was dark and peeling off, and the densely packed seals were not clear. The front picture was a Taoist priest, who was described as strange, with a sword on his back and a wine bucket in one hand. , held a cup in one hand and looked up to the sky to drink, and behind him stood a woman in black with a brush, her eyebrows were picturesque, and her lips seemed to be talking. Everyone couldn't help but look at each other: What is this story?Ji Yun looked at the painting very carefully, sighed, and said, "Your Majesty, this is Huizong's handwriting. It is recorded in the "Yongle Dadian" that in the fourth year of Song Xianping, a Taoist brought a woman in black to Beijing and bought a bottle of wine to drink alone. Huizong visited it in his clothes as a painting. This painting is consistent with historical events everywhere. It should be painted by the emperor himself. The inscriptions and postscripts on it are several songs, probably sung by a woman in black clothes." Suiman chanted:

Chaoyuan Road, Chaoyuan Road, driving Yuhuajun together.The ten-carriage bonuses are all the same color, and the world points to the auspicious clouds, looking back at the sea, the light is new.The spring breeze rises, the spring breeze rises, and the sea is full of flowers.Eighteen winds and clouds are about to move, flying flowers and rain are light, and the return journey is far away.Curtain Momo, Curtain Momo, the sky is light and a curtain of autumn, I wash my own jade cup and pour white wine, the moonlight is shining slightly, it is an empty boat, sing the song and the sea flows westward!

Yin Ba smiled and said: "The lyrics have a sense of immortality, which is not human, so I can barely remember it."

(End of this chapter)