Chapter 439: The Twin Sisters

If Daqingshou Temple is the first temple of Beijing, then, adjacent to the West Garden, the Ejian Hongen Lingji Palace is the first view of Beijing. Because the Jade Que Zhenjun and the Golden Que Zhenjun enshrined in the interior have repeatedly appeared, and they are to bless the great victory of the Northern Expedition and the emperor's health and well-being, so this royal Taoist temple is naturally the peak of incense. In addition to the fact that a great man often gives banquets and hospitality here when he enters Beijing, even the rehearsal etiquette before the Hundred Officials Dynasty Meeting has always been here. As a result, the two true monarchs are also rumored to be miraculous among the people, and on the fifteenth day of the first month, good men and women often crowd this place to the brim.

This day is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, and it is a good day on the 15th day, and Lingji Palace is naturally lively from early in the morning. In addition to the endless stream of pilgrims in the whole Lingji Hutong, there are also all kinds of gadgets such as selling incense and candles, selling dim sum, selling tiger head shoes and other gadgets along the street, and there are also large family sedan chairs along the Fuyou Street outside for a long time, and from time to time there are wealthy family slaves surrounding the master to drive away the pedestrians in front.

Although he didn't believe in Buddhism, Xiao Wu heard others say that Yuque Zhenjun and Jinque Zhenjun were extremely effective and responsive, so he moved the idea of coming here to pray, so she borrowed the name of learning medicine from Feng Yuanming, and she went out early in the morning. But after arriving here by car, she found such a crowded scene, she immediately frowned, and was very hesitant to join in the fun.

"Little Five!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Xiao Wu hurriedly turned her head and saw a familiar carriage parked on the road over there, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly ran forward. By lifting half of the car curtain, she saw that it was indeed Zhu Ning sitting inside, and she couldn't help laughing, and two cute little dimples appeared on her bright face.

"County Lord, such a coincidence, you are also here to make incense?"

"I can't resist my father, he believes in Buddhism, Taoism, and Halal, in short, he believes in everything."

Zhu Ning pursed his lips angrily, then beckoned Xiao Wu to get into the car, and gave another command. Putting down the red curtain, she looked at the little five-day meeting, and then said with concern: "I was shocked when I got the news yesterday, are your mother and your sister okay?" At this juncture, I don't dare to see Juan'er, I think with her heart and Zhang Yue's persuasion, I should be able to get through. ”

"My mother is fine, and my sister should be fine, but I'm not good!" Xiao Wu held back all night last night, and suddenly couldn't help it, and suddenly jumped up and hugged Zhu Ning's neck and sobbed, "County Lord, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that when I wake up, I won't have a father or a mother...... The old monk is gone, it is easy for me to have a home, it is easy to have relatives, and it is easy to have this first family reunion on August 15, but at this time, my father has an accident......"

was originally a concerned question, but Zhu Ning really didn't expect to provoke Xiao Wu like this, and he suddenly regretted it in his heart, so he hurriedly comforted her. The two maids in the car were also accustomed to seeing the temperament of the little five envoys on weekdays, one hurriedly looked for a handkerchief, and the other hurriedly stepped forward to persuade each other, and it was easy to coax her to stop her tears, but the clothes on Zhu Ning's left shoulder were wet. Xiao Wu, who wiped his face vigorously, was extremely embarrassed when he saw the result of his crying.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I ...... I just couldn't help ......"

Xiao Wu's face was only lightly homogenized with a layer of fat powder, and at this moment, the tears washed the powder out of the streams, looking more and more like a poor little flower cat. Zhu Ning was angry and funny, and hurriedly instructed the maid to wet the handkerchief with the water in the silver bottle, and wiped two handfuls on her face.

"It's just that your tears wet a garment, and I'll blame you?" pinched Xiao Wu's nose angrily, and seeing her looking at herself pitifully, Zhu Ning took her over and comforted her, "The emperor values Master Du very much, and he released Lord Du for such a big thing back then, and this time will be no exception." Okay, okay, if you have your brother-in-law in everything, you don't have to worry about it. Let's go around to the back gate of Lingji Palace, which has never been open to ordinary people, so you can ask your father for the true king. ”

With such a small episode, Zhu Ning, who got off the car on the ground, added an extra mud gold colorful peony pattern gown, which just covered the water trail on his left shoulder. Because she is the lord of the royal family and the king of Zhou, the back door was naturally opened early, and the left and right rows of Zhike Taoists greeted each other outside. Zhu Ning took Xiao Wu's hand inside, walked a stone's throw along the stone path, and saw an old man in a blue satin robe standing there, and immediately smiled slightly.

"Meet the county lord."

"Today, there is a labor-sama."

On the first day, the debasement of Lingji Palace coincided with the arrival of Zhu Ning, the lord of Chenliu County, to enter the incense, Fang Bin naturally felt extremely embarrassed, and at this time, he did not say much after stepping forward to salute, but only took a step back to accompany him. Although there is a main hall dedicated to incense to the common people in front, the hall dedicated to the golden body of Yuque Zhenjun and Jinque Zhenjun is in the back. Zhu Ning was led to the place, and when he saw her and another slightly younger girl chanting a prayer, and then saying that he wanted to wander around the Lingji Palace, he found an excuse to leave. However, halfway down the road, he saw a young Taoist hurrying over.

"My lord, Gonggong Lu, the master of ceremonies in the palace, said that he was ordered to come to the incense!" Although that Dao man was young, he was also extremely slippery in this royal Taoist temple, and seeing that Fang Bin was only stunned, he hurriedly explained, "It's the Admiral Dongchang's Father-in-law Lu!" ”

If someone else came to the incense, it would be fine, as soon as he heard that the celebrant was the East Factory, Fang Bin's surprise was not trivial. Although he was completely selfless about yesterday's events, whether he had selflessness or not was only in the emperor's thoughts, but it was not his final say. Although he was more fortunate than Xia Yuanji's three people, he was shocked by the promotion of Lingji Palace's position, and when it came to this, as long as there was a will, his fate was probably no better than Xia Yuanji's others.

thought that Huang Huai was still a cabinet minister appointed by the emperor himself, but it turned out that he was imprisoned for eight years; How holy did Liang Qian get, but his life was almost lost for a trivial matter, and Du Zhen interceded to avoid it; He Fang Bin has offended so many people in his life, and now if he loses, everyone will definitely fall into the ground, where can he dare to hope to make a comeback?

After tidying up his clothes, he pretended to be calm and nodded to the young Taoist: "Got it, I'll go to greet you, you go and inform the other Taoists, and clean up the hall again, after all, the county lord just brought people in." ”

From the official of the military department of Zheng Erpin, who was dismissed, and filled with an idle position such as promoting Lingji Palace, Fang Bin, who appeared in front of Lu Feng, could no longer be as upright as before. What made him feel a little relieved was that although this eunuch, who he had barely looked at before, was wearing a red satin embroidered unicorn suit, he did not put on that kind of lofty demeanor, but was very polite to him. After accompanying the other party to incense in the main hall, he thought that Lu Feng would return to the palace immediately, but who expected that this one suddenly ordered the entourage to retreat, and looked at him with a smile.

After leaving the Han Mansion, Lu Feng went back to the palace to ask for his life in the name of praying for the emperor, and soon won the name of coming to Lingji Palace to offer incense. It is said that the officials of Kedao are planning to impeach, saying that you have received a lot of benefits from the border generals in office, Lord Fang. ”

Although Lu Feng said this in a flat tone, Fang Bin felt his heart shrink fiercely. He has won the sacred heart for many years in the court, how could he not know that Zhu Di has always been moody and turned his face and did not recognize people. Imagining the situation where snowflakes of bullets were piled up all over the secretary, he only felt that his scalp was numb and his eyes were black.

"Lord Fang, let's do it for myself. Whether it is the Jinyi guard's edict or the killing, it will inevitably affect the family. ”

There was no need for a heavy hammer to sound the drum, seeing Fang Bin's dejected appearance, Lu Feng was extremely satisfied, nodded at the moment and bowed to the guards behind him, and then led a group of people away. Although the emperor turned his face and didn't recognize people, the officials of the six departments who were used to it had always been reluctant to be replaced, not to mention that Fang Bin had traveled with Hu Bei to the north many times? Emperor Danzhang alone may not believe it, but if there are other facts to support it, it is impossible to say......

Zhu Ning himself was also in a bad mood, and since he bumped into Xiao Wu, who was also in an extremely bad mood, today he had to go around in the Lingji Palace to relax. At this time, seeing that the sun was in the middle of the sky, she just pulled Xiao Wu and walked back, and said to herself: "Did you see the Lord Fang I called when I just came in, he was still the secretary of the military department yesterday, and it was also because of the incident that your father was imprisoned, and he was assigned to this place." He, the person who caused the trouble, is so good, and your father will be fine, don't worry. ”

"Ah, it turns out that he is also an unlucky man!" Xiao Wu's eyes widened suddenly, and he immediately pursed his lips, "But he is much luckier than his father, but his father was imprisoned, and he can't even visit, where is he at ease...... Hey, county lord, do you see if that is Lord Fang? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Ning looked up, and immediately saw a person not far away stumbling to the other end, and he saw that it was indeed Fang Bin. Thinking that Fang Bin, who she had seen earlier, could still force a smile, but it was very wrong to look at it at this moment, she couldn't help frowning, thinking that this was a major matter of the imperial court, it was best not to interfere, but in the end she was still not at ease, so she pulled Xiao Wu to chase after her.

"Lord Fang!"

Fang Bin, who walked all the way to the clean room, didn't expect anyone to block the way, and he was stunned for a moment before he could see the person in front of him. It's just that he was in no mood to perfunctory Zhu Ning at this moment, so he simply said perfunctorily: "The county lord forgives his sins, and the minister is guilty of sin, and he really has no intention of accompanying the county lord at this time......"

"Even if Lord Fang is guilty, why should he do this?" The more Zhu Ning looked at Fang Bin, the more he felt that his face was gray and lifeless, so he frowned, "A manly man, there are always ups and downs in life. Lord Fang is a minister of the imperial court, and he is a person who is in the emperor's heart, everything should also be seen openly, and if he falls together with his own sacred heart, if he is depressed because of a momentary frustration, wouldn't it make others laugh? I don't understand the major affairs of the court, but I know that people live in the world, and the spirit is always indispensable. ”

He had just been hit hard, and when he heard this persuasion again, Fang Bin was stunned. Looking down and pondering those few words, he only felt ashamed and ashamed, but when he raised his head, he found that Zhu Ning had already taken someone away. After a long time, he dragged back to the room with heavy steps, but he didn't know that Xiao Wu was asking Zhu Ning in surprise.

"County Lord, why did you say that to him?"

"Since the emperor didn't send Fang Bin again, Xia Shangshu and your father are just angry. If Fang Bin really had anything to do with it because he was depressed, it would be difficult to say. Besides, I can't see the decadent appearance of a manly husband. ”