On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the flavor of the New Year in Beijing has not yet dissipated, and a bigger festival is coming, that is, the Shangyuan Festival. In addition to the lanterns in this year's Shangyuan Festival, there is another program that also attracts the attention of the whole city, that is, the New Year Cup Kicking Contest initiated by Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei.

It is said that since Xu Jin "invented" a new type of kicking game, this kind of game has now swept the country, and the original 500 camps in Jingxi have become a holy place for kicking, and the original desolate barren mountainous area has developed into a prosperous small town.

Xu Pengju can't lead the troops to fight, but he is a ghost in business, and the ideas are endless, and the hesitation is so prevalent, this person has made a lot of contributions, for example, this New Year Cup has been held for three times, and each session is more lively than the other.

Today is only the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, and there are still five days before the opening of the Lunar New Year Cup, and many fans with money and leisure have already run to the hotel in Jingxi to wait for the start of the game, and some teams from afar have also arrived in advance for adaptive training.

Around noon, a carriage with the logo of SF Carriage and Horse Dealers drove into the small town of Kelu in western Beijing, where the driver and passengers had a meal and set off for the capital half an hour later.

The official road from the small town of Kebu in the west of Beijing into Beijing is very smooth and easy to walk, after all, Wei Guogong spends a lot of silver every year to maintain this road, so the carriage arrived at Guangning Gate in less than half an hour.

Soon, the horseman drove the carriage to the front of the head office of Xuanbeifang SF Carriage and Horse, and ordered the horses to shout: "Ladies and gentlemen, the capital has arrived, welcome to take our carriage next time, I wish you a happy journey and a safe journey." ”

"Lady, the capital has arrived, let's find an inn to rest for the night, and then rush to Tongzhou tomorrow to take a boat." A man dressed as a scholar carefully helped a young woman with a slight bulge in her lower abdomen to get out of the carriage.

This scholar is none other than Cai Yue from Youyu County, Shanxi.

Originally, there was a car from the southwest of the mountain to Jiangxi, but every time I arrived in a state and county, I had to change once, which was very troublesome, not to mention that my wife was pregnant, so it was not suitable to bump for a long time, so Cai Yue planned to return to the capital from Youyu County first, and then take a boat from Tongzhou Wharf back to his hometown in Jiangxi.

said that Cai Yue and his wife found a cheap inn to live in Xuanbeifang, so he said to his wife: "The lady will rest for a while, and while it is still early, the husband will go to visit a classmate and friend." ”

Cai Yue's wife is the village girl of Youyu County named Ye Zi, who is very virtuous, and nodded when she heard this: "Go to Xianggong, remember to bring some souvenirs for the New Year." ”

Cai Yue nodded and left the inn, entered the inner city from Xuanwu Gate, bought some fruits by the way, and then came to the gate of Jinghai Hou Mansion in Xiaofang.

That's right, Cai Yue is preparing to visit Xu Jin, he has been able to stay in Youyu County, Shanxi Province all these years, all thanks to the two hundred taels of silver that Xu Jin supported at the beginning, as well as the care of the shopkeeper of the hitchhiker and carriage dealer, otherwise a scholar like him who does not produce, can't pick his shoulders, and can't lift his hands, maybe he will starve to death on the streets, so after passing through the capital today, Cai Yue plans to visit Xu Jin to express his gratitude.

"I'm sorry, my former classmates and friends of Lord Xu have come to visit, and the trouble has been spread." Cai Yue walked to the door of the Xu Mansion and politely bowed to the doorman.

Xu Shou glanced at Cai Yue, who was dressed shabbyly, and frowned: "My lord is closed in the first month, please go back!" ”

"Master Hou?" Cai Yue was slightly taken aback, he had been in Youyu County, Shanxi all these years, but he didn't know that Xu Jin was now a marquis.

Xu Shou rolled his eyes and said: "My lord was named the Marquis of Jinghai by the emperor, with 3,000 stones in the age of Lu, the left servant of the official residence and household department, the special doctor Guanglu, and the crown prince Shaobao, since you are my master's classmate, you won't even know this, right?" ”

Cai Yue was stunned by this series of titles, but he didn't expect that in just over two years, Xu Ziqian would be made a marquis, and he was also an official in the third grade, and this official promotion was really jaw-dropping.

Cai Yue is both envious and inferior, in the past he was a poor student in Jiangxi Xinjiang Academy, and his family background was stronger than Xu Ziqian, but in only five or six years, Xu Ziqian was already standing on the top of the mountain that he could not look up to.

"In that case, then excuse me, farewell!" Cai Yue arched his hand with a complicated expression and was about to leave, but at this moment, a horse galloped over, and immediately a young scribe stepped down in front of the Xu Mansion.

"Xu Shou, is your master here?" The young scribe said with an anxious expression.

"Brother Minshou!" Cai Yue blurted out.

The young scribe on horseback turned out to be Fei Maozhong, and only then did he notice Cai Yue next to him, and only after a careful look did he recognize it, and said in surprise: "You are ...... Brother Haoran! ”

Cai Yue touched his face full of wind and frost, and laughed at himself: "It's hard for the people, brother still remember!" ”

Fei Maozhong said solemnly: "Why did Brother Haoran say this, alas, I have also heard about Ziyu, Brother Haoran has been in Biansai for three years in order to find friends, and this friendship is really admirable." It's a pity that I have something urgent now, otherwise I would definitely touch my knees with Brother Haoran and talk in detail, by the way, where Brother Haoran lives now, I will meet at that time. ”

Cai Yue said slightly warm in his heart: "I am just passing through the capital today, and I will rush to Tongzhou Wharf to take a boat south early tomorrow morning, my father is seriously ill and cannot be delayed." ”

"Oh, I see, then I wish Brother Haoran a smooth journey, by the way, Brother Haoran is here to visit Ziqian, right?"

Cai Yue nodded, and said with a slight self-deprecation: "It's a pity that Brother Ziqian has recently closed the door to thank guests, so I haven't seen him." ”

Xu Shou saw that this shabby guy was really the master's classmate and friend, and said with a smile: "Cai Gongzi, it's really right, there are a lot of people who come to visit during this time, and the master is very annoying, so I don't see non-acquaintances, small eyes, hehe, please forgive me!" ”

Fei Maozhong slapped his forehead and said, "Xu Shou, take me to see your master, 100,000 is in a hurry!" ”

Xu Shou said awe-inspiringly: "Second uncle, the lord and the ladies went out of the city early this morning to go to Tanzhe Temple to offer incense, and it is estimated that they will not come back until tomorrow." ”

Fei Maozhong's face changed when he heard this, and he said hurriedly: "Ziqian is not here at this time, how can it be good!" ”

"Second uncle, what happened, do you want to send someone to inform the master now?" Xu Shou said cautiously.

Fei Maozhong pondered for a moment and said, "Forget it, I'll run by myself." ”

After Fei Maozhong finished speaking, he arched his hand at Cai Yue, and then turned over and galloped towards Xibianmen, Xu Shou was worried that the second uncle was in danger alone, so he hurriedly informed Xu Fu Xu Lu to ride a horse to catch up.

Tanzhe Temple is on the Baozhu Peak of about 60 miles in the west of Beijing, and then you have to go up the mountain even if you have to go straight up, even if you hit the horse and gallop quickly, you have to take an hour, so when Fei wants to rush to Tanzhe Temple, it is already about four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Second brother, why are you here?" Fei Ruyi and Fei Jixiang couldn't help but ask in surprise when they saw Fei Maozhong.

"Minshou, what's going on?" Xu Jin faintly had a bad premonition.

Fei Maozhong drank a glass of water, and after a little relief, he explained the reason.

It turned out that just this morning, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi suddenly notified the minister to wait at Zuoshunmen, and then announced the decree, saying that he would remove the word "Bunsheng" in his biological mother's Empress Dowager Jiang "Bunsheng Holy Mother Chapter Holy Empress Dowager", and directly called "Our Lady Chapter Holy Empress Dowager", and also changed the honorific title of his biological father to "Emperor Kao Gongmu Xian Emperor", and enshrined the tablet in the Taimiao, and the temple number was Ruizong.

Zhu Houxi's holy decree belongs to the middle decree, which has not been deliberated by the cabinet, and the ministers suddenly exploded, under the leadership of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Shi Jin Xianmin, and the left attendant of the household department, He Mengchun, a total of more than 200 ministers knelt in front of Zuo Shun Gate to petition, asking the emperor to retract the will.

However, Emperor Jiajing's attitude was very resolute, and he ordered the celebrant to drive people out several times, but the ministers did not leave, so Zhu Houxi's kid was furious, and ordered the celebrant to write down the names of all the troublemakers, and put Fengxi and other eight ministers in prison, which meant killing chickens and monkeys.

However, this time Zhu Houyu miscalculated, some people read and have long knowledge, but some civil officials have a long backbone in reading, so Zhu Houyu arrested eight officials, not only did not intimidate those ministers, but stabbed the hornet's nest, Hanlin revised Yang Shen (Yang Tinghe's son), Hanlin reviewed Wang Yuanzheng and others pounded on the door and cried, and in an instant, there was a cry inside and outside the palace, which shook the heavens and the earth.

Zhu Houxi panicked at this time, and in anger and anger, he ordered Lu Bing to arrest people, arresting more than 100 people in total, and ordered all officials above the fourth grade to cancel their salaries, and officials below the fifth grade to give the court staff.

If it goes on like this, it will definitely kill someone, but the emperor is hiding in the palace in a negative mood, avoiding the ministers who plead, and even the three elders of the cabinet are closed to the court, there is really no way, Fei Hong had to send Fei Maozhong to find Xu Jin to put out the fire. Now in the entire capital, it is estimated that Xu Jin has the ability to extinguish fires!

After Xu Jin listened to Fei Maozhong's narration, he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and asked Xiaowan and them to stay in Tanzhe Temple for one night, while he and Fei Maozhong rushed back to the capital on horseback with a few family members!