Chapter 888: Arrival in Beijing
The reason why Wang Xian finally agreed to the prince's participation in the festival was because in the early morning of this day, Xue Huan led the escort army to Yuncheng by boat. Early in the morning, Wang Xian ordered Xue Huan to lead his troops to disembark and stand by several miles away from the county seat.
So when the Buddha Mother invited the prince in, Wang Xian did not act rashly, but ordered Zhou Yong to hurry up and transfer troops over!
The crown prince, Wang Xian and others, escorted by the army, returned to the ship half an hour later, and hurriedly sent the imperial physician Wang Xian for treatment.
"Your Highness, I'm really fine." Wang Xian smiled a little embarrassedly, reached out and tore open the outer robe, revealing a soft armor inside, and lifted the soft armor again, and there was a close-fitting treasure armor inside...... This guy knows he's an outlaw, so he's always been unambiguous about his life-saving work.
"That's great......," the prince breathed a sigh of relief, "but let's take a look, see if you can rest assured." ”
Wang Xian couldn't resist the prince, so he had to let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat him, so he could look and hear about it, and push the palace to invigorate the blood. By the time the toss was over, it was already dark.
Wang Xiangang felt a little hungry, so Lingxiao came in with a bowl of hot white porridge and asked to feed him with a smile.
How dare Wang Xian let this little aunt and grandmother serve, it is not much better than the punishment...... But Lingxiao got up, ignored his repeated protests, and wrapped Wang Xian's hands tightly in the quilt, only exposing his head outside. Wang Xian watched with horror on his face as Lingxiao scooped a spoonful of gruel and brought it to his mouth......
Wang Xian hurriedly closed his mouth tightly.
"Good, open your mouth......" Lingxiao persuaded with a smile, but Wang Xian still gritted his teeth.
"I'll let you open your mouth!" Lingxiao persuaded a few times, Wang Xian was indifferent, the little girl's eyes rolled, and she stretched out her hand to brush under his ribs, this time she could add some internal strength, Wang Xian only felt a huge itch, and couldn't help but open his mouth and laugh.
Lingxiao took the opportunity to quickly send a spoonful of gruel into Wang Xian's mouth.
Wang Xian's smile stopped abruptly, only to feel a piece of red charcoal in his throat! couldn't help but have a sudden change in his face, and he squirted out, Lingxiao couldn't dodge, and his face and hair were sprayed with white porridge!
At this moment, the door opened, Deng Xiaoxian looked inside, didn't see Wang Xian, first saw the white puddle on Lingxiao's face, and was startled, "I didn't see anything!" "Hurry out and slam the door shut.
"Holy! You've killed me! Deng Xiaoxian glared at Zhou Yong at the door, gritted his teeth and said, "The adults will kill me!" ”
"Huh?" The second monk Zhou Yongzhang was at a loss.
"Get the out of here!" Wang Xian's voice came from the back room, Deng Xiaoxian scratched his head, opened the door and went in again.
As soon as he entered, he saw Wang Xian pouring cold water wildly, while complaining to Lingxiao: "I know it's okay!" You're going to burn me to death! ”
"People are in a hurry, as soon as the porridge is opened, they will quickly bring it over......" Lingxiao explained with a smile while wiping his face with a handkerchief.
"Hey......" Deng Xiaoxian saw that he was thinking about it, and scratched his head and smirked.
"You're laughing fart!" Wang Xianbai glanced at him, picked up a towel to wipe his mouth, and said angrily: "Caught someone?" ”
"No, those White Lotus Sectists have no marks on them, and they can't be caught at all when they are mixed with the common people." Deng Xiaoxian shook his head, he came back to his life. It turned out that as soon as Wang Xian and the crown prince left, they ordered the arrest of the White Lotus Sect, but this order could not be carried out at all...... More than 100,000 ordinary people can't be arrested, so they can only be caught unpleasantly. When I came back for the first trial, they all said that they were ordinary people who had come to join in the fun, and asked them what their names were, and where they lived, but they were all locals, and they couldn't find out the problem......
"Waste." Wang Xian actually knew about this result, but now he was full of joy and anger, and his mind was unpredictable: "If you can't find out, don't go." ”
"Ah......" Deng Xiaoxian was dumbfounded for a while, and then listened to Wang Xian's instructions: "You take someone to stay, track the whereabouts of the Buddha Mother on the one hand, and secretly investigate the situation of the White Lotus Sect on the other." Only then did Deng Xiaoxian understand that the adult had a task to hand over to him.
Wang Xian instructed him a few more words, and then the door opened, and the prince walked in.
Deng Xiaoxian hurriedly got up and retired, and the prince sat next to Wang Xian and asked softly, "How do you feel?" ”
"No problem." Wang Xian smiled, and in order to prove his words, he also made a comparison. But he accidentally pulled his back, and there was a sharp pain.
Seeing him like this, the prince was full of apologies and sighed: "It's all because the palace is too willful, so it makes such a dangerous scene." ”
"Your Highness is implicated," Wang Xian shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Didn't you hear, that female demon has an enmity with me." ”
"You know?" The prince asked softly.
"I don't know ......" Wang Xian had a vague figure in his heart, but he would never say it before he was sure...... I'm afraid that even if it's confirmed, I still won't say. He smiled self-deprecatingly: "I have so many enemies, and there are many who I don't know at all. ”
"The identity of this Buddha Mother must be clarified." The prince said in a deep voice.
Wang Xian nodded, and said thoughtfully: "It is very likely that she will cause a big mess." ”
"Yes......" The prince sighed deeply, "For most of the day, my mind was full of pictures from the Fa Festival, and the scene of all the people being crazy was really chilling. ”
"Hmm." Wang Xian replied softly, to be honest, he was really shocked.
"What do you say, ......" The two were silent for a moment, and then the prince said quietly: "What do you mean by the words they chanted together?" He said and recited softly: "The silt comes from the chaos of Qi, and the white lotus is a prosperous event!" The golden rooster sings that the sky is on fire! As soon as the heavenly fire descended, the demon palace burned! ”
"When the demon palace is burned, the white lotus opens, and the white lotus opens! Our Lady is coming to destroy the Demon King! When the demon king is destroyed, the world is prosperous! Wang Xian recited along.
"Not bad." The prince nodded and said softly: "These few words of magic sound are in my ears and linger. ”
"It is not surprising that these cults love to make some strange proverbs." Wang Xian comforted softly.
"No," the prince shook his head, his eyes solemn, "I feel what is the meaning here...... Do you remember what the Buddha Mother said, those who know know themselves, and those who don't know will know when the time comes. As he spoke, he looked at Wang Xian and said, "When the time comes...... When, exactly? ”
"The silt comes from the chaos of Qi, and the white lotus is prosperous." Wang Xian slowly repeated: "As soon as the golden rooster sings, the fire descends!" As soon as the heavenly fire descended, the demon palace burned! After speaking, he groaned slightly: "When the golden rooster sings, it refers to the morning, right?" ”
"Maybe......" The prince nodded in disbelief: "Then what are they going to do?" ”
"It seems that the emperor's house is going to be burned...... Wang Xian said softly: "In the eyes of the White Lotus Demon, the people in the court are all devils, and the emperor is naturally the demon king, and the palace where he lives is the demon palace." ”
"It is possible to compare the emperor to the demon king and the palace to the demon palace." The crown prince said, but he became more and more disbelieving: "However, the palace is so heavily guarded, guarded by thousands of forbidden army guards, the White Lotus Demon has no chance to set fire to it. ”
"I hope I'm wrong...... Wang Xian smiled bitterly, "Let's stop guessing for now, let's wait until they find out more information." ”
"That's all there is to it." The prince had no choice but to nod......
After the horror in Yuncheng, the rest of the way did not stop and arrived in Tongzhou at the end of September. Further north of Tongzhou, there is the Tonghui River that can lead directly to the capital, that is, the waterway of half a day. However, with the emperor's will, the crown prince had to stay in Tongzhou for more than ten days, and he could not enter Beijing until the sixth day of October.
"Why didn't you let us in when you arrived at the gate of the capital?" Lingxiao was very puzzled and asked Wang Xian in private.
"The sixth day of the tenth month is an auspicious day for Qin Tian to watch." Wang Xian was bored eating grapes and lying on the recliner. After this period of recuperation, he has recovered as before, but he is still incurable from laziness, and he is still slacking off under the guise of recuperation. "Besides, the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites still needs to prepare for the ceremony, and it will take time."
"Giggles, what's wrong with the emperor's grandfather?" Lingxiao used his slender fingers to peel a grape and send it to Wang Xian's mouth, and his fingers touched his lips mischievously. "Be polite to your own son."
The little goblin didn't know how ecstatic he was just now, Wang Xian swallowed his saliva without a trace, and as a result, he swallowed a grape directly, almost choked him to death, rolled his eyes and said, "Are you kind to be the emperor?" This is to roast His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on the fire! ”
"What do you mean?" Lingxiao didn't understand these bends, and asked puzzledly, "Can you make it clear?" ”
"The matter of moving the capital has been in an uproar, and at this juncture, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be edicted to enter Beijing, which is already particularly reverie." Wang Xian smiled and said: "From the position of His Royal Highness, of course, the more low-key the better, and it is best not to greet anyone." Saying that, he sighed and said: "But the emperor has made it clear that he wants to use the most solemn ceremony to show that the prince has moved to Beijing!" In the eyes of the world, isn't it that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has agreed to move the capital? ”
"I see!" Lingxiao nodded her head, although she still didn't seem to understand, but it didn't affect her unconscious, and looked at Wang Xian with admiration: "Little Xianzi, you are so powerful!" As a reward, she had to feed Wang Xian grapes again.
"Come less!" Wang Xian resolutely didn't dare, others fed at most to death, this girl fed, she didn't know how to die......
In a blink of an eye, on the sixth day of the first month of October, before dawn, the officials of Shuntianfu protected the Datong River Wharf outside the Chongwen Gate in the capital. He also sent people to clean up and roll out the red carpet. As soon as the hour passed, the forbidden troops of the three battalions came in a neat line, majestically lined up around the dock and on both sides of the red carpet. Under the golden rising sun, the mighty officers and soldiers of the forbidden army are clearly dressed and neatly lined up, and the majesty of the great country comes spontaneously!
When the time came, when the Taisun, King Zhao, and the ministers of the ministers in Beijing arrived at the dock, all the officials and musicians of the Honglu Temple Teaching Department of the Ministry of Rites were also in place.
Although they had been mentally prepared, the princes were still taken aback by this posture, and some people couldn't help but whisper: "Even if you welcome Your Majesty, it's just that......"
"What do you know," someone else who was knowledgeable immediately continued: "This is a full set of gifts to welcome the crown prince, and there is still a difference from welcoming the emperor." Seeing that King Zhao was also listening, the man hurriedly smiled and said, "Are you right, Third Highness?" ”
"Haha," King Zhao snorted and said with a smile, "I can't see it." ”