Chapter 112: La Pei Lin Goes into the Water
Liu's mansion is actually under martial law, and it is impossible to go inside and outside. When Xiaohong saw the samurai in front of the door holding a horizontal sword and wearing a draped body, she immediately turned her head and walked back. It seems that if you want to get out, you have to find another way. When passing by the back kitchen, Xiaohong suddenly thought that there was a dog hole in the wall not far from the back kitchen.
Along the root of the wall, find the dog hole, and find that the dog hole is very small. But fortunately, Xiaohong is only twelve years old this year, and her small body twisted and twisted out. Out of the dog hole, Xiaohong ran like a frightened deer. The Dou family and the Liu family are both bigwigs in the court, and they live closest to the imperial city. It's just a square city across the way!
"Stop!" As soon as he ran out of a street, two big men came out of the darkness. Carrying a horizontal knife in his hand, he looked fierce and vicious. But looking at the clothes again, Xiaohong was relieved. is not the general of the Lu State Mansion, but the Wuhou who patrols the streets.
"Take me to the Mansion of the Kingdom of Yanguo, there is a reward!" She is small but very clever, and Xiaohong knows that Wuhou must treat her as a fugitive slave.
"That's right, the Mansion of the Kingdom!" Little Red nodded.
The two Wuhou were a little hesitant, if they were in Fang City, it would be easy to do. But this is in another Fang City, and the Datang Law ordered that the gates of the Fang City be closed as soon as the drums of Jingjie sounded. Although they are martial marquis, they do not have the right to open a city.
"Girl, the keys to the gate of Fang Zheng are in Fang Zheng's hands. Even if our brother wants to take you out, he can't do it, so the girl might as well wait with our brother in front of the door. At dawn, the gate of the market naturally opens. "Working on errands in the Taipingfang, where the big guys are gathered, are naturally clever people.
This maid's sideburns are scattered and panicked, and there must be something big about running out of the Lu Guogong Mansion in the middle of the night. I don't know what's going on in the Lu Guogong Mansion today, and the generals are very strict with the door. As long as you think about it a little, you know that there must be something wrong in the big guy's family. To have such an opportunity to tie up with the Duke of the Kingdom of Xu, the two martial marquis cherish this opportunity.
Xiaohong knew that what they said was true, and only Sanpin officials were qualified to open the gate of Fang City. I had no choice but to follow the two Wuhou to the gate of Fang City!
When I escaped from the Lu State Mansion, it was already the second half of the night, and it was only an hour before dawn. But this hour seems to be as long as a hundred years. Xiaohong's eyes stared at the gate of Fang City, and she was about to stare out of the mosquito coil circle. The old Fang Zhengcai walked over with a long step, stretched his waist and opened the gate of the market.
Dou Fengjie got up very early today, since the death of his father Dou Liang. He inherited the Duke of Yuguo, and under the mediation of the queen's mother, he also married Princess Yongjia. The title of a horse captain is buckled on his head, and he has become the head of the Dou family's generation.
"Sir, something happened to Miss Seventeen!" I stretched my waist, and just wanted to play a set of boxing exercises. Suddenly, the old steward hurried in.
"Seventeen?" The more women there are in the family, the more children there are. As soon as the old housekeeper said Miss Seventeen, Dou Fengjie hadn't reacted to which Miss Seventeen was.
"It's the seventeenth lady who married into the Lu Guogong Mansion as a side room last year!"
"Oh! She! What's wrong? But there was a dispute with Duchess Lu Guo, this is a family matter of Lu Guogong, and we can't manage it. Dou Fengjie then remembered who this seventeenth lady was. Who gave birth to this sister, Dou Fengjie had long forgotten about it. At the beginning, Liu Wenjing was popular, and the Dou family wanted to marry him. casually found a girl left by his father to marry, to be honest, he forgot what this sister looked like.
"Master, early in the morning, the maid came back to report the news, and Miss Seventeen was said to be evil by the Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain. It is said that he will be burned alive at noon with the true fire of samadhi. Master, this is our Dou family. You can't leave it alone! When the old steward saw Dou Fengjie's appearance, he immediately became anxious. Miss Seventeen didn't care if she lived or died, but the girl of the Dou family was burned alive, which was a slap in the face of the Dou family. Who will take the Dou family seriously in the future, Xungui lives with a face. Even if you are beaten all over your body, you are not allowed to move your face.
"What? Bring people, I'll ask. The corners of Dou Fengjie's eyes were about to crack, and he didn't care who burned him. But if the people of the Dou family are burned to death, it is not good, if you ignore it, the girl who marries out of the Dou family in the future will not be good.
The old steward waved his hand, and two servant women walked in with a little red with their cloaks. As soon as Xiaohong saw Dou Fengjie, she immediately knelt on the ground and cried: "The eldest lord saves my young lady, and in a while she will be burned to death by the Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain." ”
"You tell me everything!" Dou Fengjie commanded majestically.
Xiaohong knelt on the ground and told her what happened yesterday. focuses on how the young lady was bullied and how miserable the situation was. Of course, the hardships of his own escape were also raised by the way.
"You mean, since last night. The Liu family's family will be draped in the mansion and assembled? "Dou Fengjie doesn't care how miserable that sister is bullied, he has always been good at grasping the key points.
"Uh-huh! The generals sealed the doors, and they couldn't go inside or outside. The slave and maid ran out of the dog hole, but fortunately, the two big brothers of Wuhou ......! ”
"Alright, take it down!" Dou Fengjie didn't bother to listen to how she got out.
Just now, I thought that this was Liu Wenjing's family matter, even if he was Dou's brother, it was not easy to interfere. But now Liu Wenjing actually dared to gather generals at home and practice witch divination. This kind of thing has always been big or small, if Liu Wenjing is still popular, Dou Fengjie will not make a fuss.
But now it's different, the emperor doesn't want to see Liu Wenjing. Even Pei Lin fell into the ground, and two days ago I heard that Pei Lian's son beat Liu Wenjing's younger brother in public. All political signals indicate that the Liu family is going to be unlucky. Perhaps, Li Yuan is now short of a knife maker.
"Prepare the horse, enter the palace!" Dou Fengjie thought about it, he had to discuss this matter with his aunt Queen Dou. After all, the old lady of the Dou family in the palace is the real backbone of the Dou family.
It can be regarded as a narrow road, and Dou Fengjie saw Pei Lin as soon as he came to the palace gate. The old guy was holding the wat board in his hand and looked up at the sky as if he was thinking about something.
"I've seen Lord Servant!" Seeing Pei Lian, Dou Fengjie hurriedly saluted.
"Oh, did the Duke of Yu enter the palace early in the morning to greet the queen?"
Dou Fengjie rolled his eyes, looked left and right at Pei Lian, and said, "Lord Servant, take a step to speak." Dou Fengjie suddenly changed his mind and said that no one in the Tang Empire was more favored by Li Yuan than Pei Lian. Many times, Queen Dou did not have the power to speak as Pei Lian. Since Pei Lin and Lu Guogong have already had a dispute, he is also willing to do what must be falling into the ground.
Pei Lin was stunned, he couldn't think of what Dou Fengjie was looking for him to do. But Dou Fengjie is not only the Duke of Yu Guo, but also the nephew of the queen's mother, and this face still has to be given.
The two walked to the corner next to the palace gate, and the officials around them pretended to talk. But his eyes always glanced at the two of them intentionally or unintentionally, and he was guessing what the two were going to say. But the two were too far away to get closer. Many people are anxious like monkeys, but there is nothing they can do.
Dou Fengjie did not hide it, and told Pei Lin about the abnormalities in Liu Wenjing's mansion. The more Pei Lin listened, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and it was the right of the nobles to summon the generals. You can block your own mansion, and your home will be like a great enemy. This is a taboo thing, what do you want to do in Chang'an City?
"If you don't believe it, you can order someone to send it. Liu Wenjing gathered the dead, and Dou didn't know what he was going to do. But...... However, yesterday I heard that the son-in-law of Lord Servant Shot had a dispute with Lu Gong's younger brother. Lu Gong said ...... in front of many people! Dou Fengjie glanced at Pei Lin meaningfully, and did not say any more. They are all people with hole-in-cheek eyes, and some things don't need to be said too thoroughly.
Pei Lin was also thinking in his heart, he didn't believe that Liu Wenjing's gathering of the family would be against him. But there is no other reason, and it would be nonsense to say that there was a rebellion. Just the Qianniu Guards in the Imperial City, there are no less than 20,000 Xiaowei. Coupled with the forbidden army Jin Wuwei, Chang'an City, where hundreds of thousands of troops gathered. Just because Liu Wenjing and those people want to rebel? On the contrary, on the way up and down the court, it is very possible to sneak attack yourself.
But in this way, Li Yuan will not let go of the Liu family. Could it be that Liu Wenjing is crazy and wants to fight with himself to break the net?
"Lord Servant, this matter can be big or small. Dou thought that you and I should meet you immediately. Tell your majesty about this! Dou Fengjie saw Pei Lin pondering deeply, and immediately struck while the iron was hot.
"Hmmm! This matter should be made clear to Your Majesty! "Either way, there's always something wrong with the debriefing. Pei Lin made up his mind and handed over the sign with Dou Fengjie. After a while, there was a yellow gate that introduced two people to the Taiji Palace. When the two entered the hall, Li Yuan was having breakfast.
"Pei Qing and Dou Qing came together, I don't know what happened?" Li Yuan saw Pei Lin and Dou Fengjie going up to the hall together, and said a little strangely. In his impression, the two of them have little to do with each other. The relationship seems to be very dull on weekdays, how could the two of them come together.
"Your Majesty! The minister found out that Duke Lu suddenly gathered generals at home and sealed off his mansion. The situation is very suspicious, and I have come to inform Your Majesty! Pei Lin didn't speak, and Dou Fengjie immediately reported the news he had heard to Li Yuan.
"Oh? Liu Wenjing gathers generals at home, what is he going to do? Li Yuan put down his chopsticks and said suspiciously. Li Yuan was born in rebellion, and he kept a very close eye on this kind of thing when his courtiers gathered at home.
"I don't know! But......! Dou Fengjie seemed to have something unspeakable, and glanced at Li Yuan.
"Whatever you have, you will say, and he who speaks is not guilty. In front of me, there is nothing else to say. ”
"No! A few days ago, the minister learned that Duke Lu had sworn to kill Pei Xiang in public. And he swung his knife and broke the pillars, and there were dozens of people present. Your Majesty only needs to be asked by someone to know whether what Wei Chen said is true or false! Dou Fengjie immediately hit the snake with the stick, anyway, on the day of Liu Wenjing's banquet, at least dozens of people witnessed his words and deeds. This kind of thing that many people see, and trying to cover it up is a dream.
The emperor and his entourage were all seriously persecuted paranoids, and Li Yuan naturally spread his eyeliner in Chang'an City. Liu Wenjing's banquet has been happening for two days, how could Li Yuan not know. Glancing back at Su Jin, Su Jin hurriedly went out to ask his subordinates. After a while, he came back and whispered something to Li Yuan.
"Witch things?" Li Yuan's eyes widened, he didn't expect Liu Wenjing to be so ridiculous.
"Lu Gong invited Cui Yan, the eldest disciple of Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain, at home, and entered the mansion yesterday evening and has not come out yet. The Lu family will block the entire Lu Guogong Mansion, and more accurate news will not be heard for the time being. Su Jin replied with a fifteen-ten face.
"How can this be true? Pei Lian, you go to the Lu Guogong Mansion to see what he's doing. Belch......! Yinqing Guanglu doctor Xiao Yu went together! Li Yuan thought about it for a while, but still kept an eye on it. After all, this matter involves Pei Lian, so it seems a little biased to let him go by himself. One person is private and the other is public, send a Xiao Yu who has nothing to do with the two, and naturally there will be no such thing.
What's more, Xiao Yu's character is well-known in Datang, and Li Yuan does not doubt that he will talk nonsense.
"No!" After receiving this will, Pei Lin immediately bowed down and went out. Dou Fengjie also retired with interest, and he could naturally stay out of the matter if he had no will. beat Liu Wenjing to death, and didn't dare to burn his sister-in-law to death in front of Pei Lian.
Xiao Yu was waiting for the decree in front of the Taiji Palace, and Pei Lin found Xiao Yu and the two of them went to Liu Wenjing's Luguo Mansion with the people of the Golden Bull Guard.
At this time, Liu Wenjing was in the courtyard of the back house, and there was a mountain of firewood more than one person high in the middle of the yard. A cross was erected at the very top, and Dou was tied to the cross as if he were Jesus. In June, the sun seems to be on fire. Yesterday, his body was drenched in black dog blood, and now Dou is surrounded by countless green-headed flies. Dou's head drooped, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.
Liu Wenqi and Hu stood behind Liu Wenjing and saw Dou's appearance. With a smile on his face, Liu Wenjing, who was sitting in a chair, looked at the hour from time to time. He didn't care about Dou's life or death, he only cared about whether his bad luck would end after burning Dou to death.
Seeing that the hour of the sundial was approaching noon, suddenly there was a great chaos in the front yard. Liu Wenjing took the case, but heard the sound of blades crashing and screaming. The eyebrows immediately raised, who the hell was so bold. Dare to break into the Lu Guogong Mansion, I really think that I can't do it. With a wave of his hand, the head of the family rushed out with more than 50 generals in the courtyard.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he was dodged by a rush of crossbow arrows. A few of them were late to dodge, and they were knocked to the ground by crossbow arrows and wailed.
"What kind of people are so bold!" Liu Wenjing suddenly bounced up from the chair and roared at the gate of the courtyard.
"Shangshu's left servant shot Pei Lian, and Xiao Yu, the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu, was ordered to ask Liu Wenjing, the Duke of Lu, for his words. If you dare to stop it again, you will be punished with resistance. Pei Lian's majestic voice came from behind the soldiers.