Chapter 22: Sunset (1)
Yongjia second year 'spring'.
From the vast land of Qin and Liang in the East China Sea, although the countless forces of the Hu and Jin ethnic groups were 'intertwined', the continuous war since Guangxi finally came to an end:
Liangzhou Assassin Shi Zhang Liang and Longxi Neishi Jinchang Zhang Yue, Xiping Taishou Cao Di fought for the authority of Liangzhou in the battle for the victory and defeat, Cao Di was punished, Zhang Yue fled to Yecheng to cling to the old past, Liangzhou was decided; After more than ten days of entrenchment in Hanzhong under the command of Li Xiong, the lord of the Han Dynasty, an army of 20,000 was forced by Zhang Yin, the assassin of Jin Liang Prefecture, to migrate to the people of Hanzhong and retreat into Shuzhong. Hanzhong people sentence Fang, Bai Luo handsome officials and people still guard Nanzheng; The thieves of the four prefectures of Qingxu and Henan finally slaughtered the soldiers and civilians everywhere they went, and there was no scattered scattered to collect, nor food and straw to plunder, so they had to suspend the invasion and scatter to eat. If we look far south of the river, the thieves in Jingyang's 'Jiao' Guang and other places have also been dormant one after another for various reasons.
Such a scene fell in the eyes of the Luoyang Dynasty Zhugong, as if there was nothing happening in the four seas, and the world was peaceful. After the snow melted in the 'spring', the once desolate Luoyang City quickly regained its vitality. The imperial court requisitioned the people, dug several large pits in the 'disorderly' grave in the north of Luoyang City, and carried out thousands of corpses that froze to death in the city in winter and died of starvation outside for hastily burial.
In the afternoon of that day, just after about Mo Shenshi, Fu Xuan, the former minister, came out of his mansion alone, yawned, and turned onto Tongluo Street.
Not long ago, Sima Wangbin, the king of the East China Sea, led 5,000 soldiers to enter the palace to protect the palace, and forced the emperor to take the king of the East China Sea as the prime minister, and the governor of Yan, Henan, Si, Hebei, You, and all the military. At the same time, he also killed Lu Yong, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, Chen Yan, the captain of the Duzhi Branch, who supported Sima Qin, the king of Qinghe. For a while, the prestige of the King of the East China Sea was greatly shaken, and even the courtiers with the King of the East China Sea also raised their toes.
On the other hand, the power of King Qinghe was scattered, and the subordinates close to the emperor were all disgraced. In particular, two of the emperor's cronies, Miao Bo, the superintendent of the Central Library, and Fu Xuan, the official of the Ministry of Officials, were both stripped of their official positions and placed under house arrest in Beijing pending their release.
Miao Bo was humiliated during his house arrest, not only was he disheartened, but he also collapsed with his body, and it is said that he has been living at home for nearly a month, and he has not improved even if his family has recruited famous doctors.
And Fu Xuan's treatment is much better. First, this person made a very quick decision, once he fell into the hands of the county lord of Jingling, he could not do anything, and immediately 'handed over' the secret of his dealings with Yanzhou Assassin Shi Gouxi, and his attitude was astonishing. Second, after all, this person is the grandson of Fu Yi and the son of Fu Yi, and he was born in a first-class 'door', which is not trivial. Although Fu Yi was not a member of the East China Sea King's lineage, he often preached the way of humility and humility before the emperor's death, and tried his best to reconcile the relationship between the emperor and the ministers, and was an important figure that the East China Sea King could not ignore. Therefore, Fu Xuan was only confined to live in Fu Yi's house, and his movements were free as usual. Anyway, the emperor's cronies have been swept away, and Fu Xuan is only indulging in fireworks and flowers every day, only drinking and having fun.
Maybe it's because I drank all night last night and fell asleep early in the morning. Fu Xuan only felt that his head was a little dizzy, and he walked a few steps in a daze, and as a result, he crossed the small half of the copper camel street, and his body continued to move forward, but his toes kicked the earthen walls on both sides of the middle road. This knocked him off balance, staggered over the low wall, and plunged into the middle of Tonghuo Street.
The sharp pain from his toes made Fu Xuan sober up a little, thinking that the middle way was used by the princess Shangshu Zhang, and he was now white, this move was a big exceedance, he quickly got up, and made a gesture to the left and right. When I was about to go back to the side of the street, I suddenly found that the willows on both wings of the road were already green, and I looked very interested, and I looked at them several times. After tossing and turning for a while, he seemed to remember the purpose of his trip and went south along Tongtuo Street.
Although it has been repeatedly affected by wars and turmoil in recent years, Luoyang is, after all, the wealth of the world and the collection of domestic wealth. Every time it can recover in a short period of time, at this moment, the road is still full of people, and the noise is deafening.
On the north side of Tongtuo Street is the office of various yaxia, and on the south side, there are many buildings and pavilions, the mansions of dignitaries and nobles and the shops of wealthy merchants and magnates are lined up one after another. Every two hundred paces on the street, there are huge copper beasts. Such as copper horses, copper dragons, copper turtles, evil spirits, unicorns, Tianlu and the like, all of them are as high as several zhang, all of them open their teeth and claws, and their appearance is 'tough' and true. Among them, the first two bronze camels are like horses, long, several zhang high, feet like oxen, five feet long tail, spine like a saddle, are cast by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to celebrate Zhang Qian's chiseling through the Western Regions. During the reign of Emperor Wei Ming, he moved here from Chang'an, and tens of thousands of people were mobilized along the way, which took half a year.
Fu Xuan was standing near a pair of copper turtles at this time, and when he walked to the position where the copper unicorn stood outside Lixu, he saw a restaurant that occupied a large number of buildings and was very large. The 'door' of this restaurant is extravagant and splendid, extremely magnificent, hundreds of steps are opened in front of the building, a slip is lined up with horse piles, a flag is erected high in the front, and three big characters are written on the flag: red sleeve move.
Fu Xuan staggered around, and walked into the red sleeve trick with a familiar 'door'.
At this time, the sky was not dark, and when the dignitaries and nobles in Luoyang City were looking for fun, there were neither horses nor ox carts to stop in the open space in front of the building, only a group of people dressed in different colors but generally dressed as servants, holding their hands and waiting against the wall. It was the servants of the mansions in the city, who had come early to seize the place where Shema was, and the prosperity of the business of this red-sleeved trick could be seen.
Seeing Fu Xuan dangling in front of the red-sleeved move, he was immediately led into the 'door' by a group of warblers and Yanyan, and several servants squinted and spat together.
"Here we go again...... Lu Chai is also a literati who is like a "stick", indulging in "obsession" with wine and "lust" every day, and drinking wildly...... I'm not afraid of running out of 'fine' strength and dying on the spot! ”
"You don't want to talk nonsense! Do you know who he is? He is the former official Fu Xuan! Do you know who his father is? Shangshu's right servant 'shoots', and the captain of the school is Fu Yi! Do you know how his 'door' is? The Fu family of Niyang in the north has been inherited for 300 years! If your words fall into the ears of his old man...... As long as he sends a word, the master will beat you to death immediately! ”
"Isn't it just a former minister?" The person who spoke first sneered and accentuated the tone of the word "ex": "Haven't you heard that there is a saying that a phoenix that falls 'hairy' is not as good as a 'chicken'?" Who doesn't know in this Luoyang City, now it is His Royal Highness the King of the East China Sea who is in power in the court, and these emperor's close ministers can save their heads, even if they are lucky, they have long been out of breath! What are you afraid of him doing? Hehe, if you want me to say, he has been 'messing' in this red sleeve all day long, maybe he wants to go through which elder's 'door' road and fight for a chance to be reinstated, but unfortunately, how can he have a chance? Unless ......"
The other man slapped him on the shoulder and stopped him, laughing and said, "A few of our brothers will serve the master's house." Don't care so much, don't care so much! ”
The former person also knew that he had accidentally spoken too much, so he hurriedly smiled: "Yes, yes, don't care about them!" ”
Despite this, he felt a little resentful after being taught, so he rolled his eyes and changed the topic: "Speaking of which, this red-sleeved move has only been open for thirty or fifty years, and the business is actually as prosperous as cooking oil, which is really an outlier." I heard that the person in charge here is still a 'female' person, which is even rarer. ”
An older servant had been dozing off until then, and then he rolled his eyes: "This is ignorance. As soon as this red-sleeved move opened, I knew that there must be a big man behind them. The so-called prosperity of business is a matter of course! ”
"Oh, how do you know?"
"Ahem, you two little 'hairy' children are not from the Luoyang Tu tribe, so you have a shallow vision! I am rare to have time today, so I have come to teach you. Do you know whose house this red sleeve is located in the original? ”
The two shook their heads in unison.
"First belongs to Cao Shuang, then to Yang Jun!"
"Cao Shuang? Yang Jun? What's that? The two of them were at a loss.
"You ......" the old servant beat his chest: "Ignorant rats, ignorant rats!" ”
"That Cao Shuang is the general of Cao Wei and Lu Shangshu, who used to be in charge of the same government with Emperor Wu of this dynasty; Later, he was punished for dictatorship and 'disorderly' government. That Yang Jun is the uncle of Emperor Hui of this dynasty, who is the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, and the emperor Hui; was also hated because of his too high power, and finally died. I'll be honest: If it weren't for Cao Shuang's defeat, the Great Jin might not have been able to overthrow Cao Wei; If it weren't for Yang Jun's defeat, there might not have been a later struggle for power among the kings of the clan...... You say these two people, are they powerful? ”
Although the two of them have limited knowledge, they have been in the eunuch 'gate' for a long time, and they finally understand what those official positions mean, and when they heard the old servant say this, the two were shocked, and they were stunned for a long time before saying: "It's amazing!" It's amazing! These two people are powerful ministers who shake the world! …… can take this mansion to do business, and it really has a deep background! ”
This group of servants spoke loudly, and they all talked endlessly, foaming at the mouth, and threw the cautious people of the right people out of the clouds. The mouth is full of nonsense, all of which are the secrets of the previous dynasty and the secrets of the current dynasty heard on the streets and alleys, and for a while, it seems that he is no longer a lowly person driven by others, but has become a high-ranking official and nobleman who lives in eight seats.
Not to mention these people's nonsense, Fu Xuan stepped into the red sleeves and was surrounded by a number of 'female' maids. This time, he didn't enter the gorgeous heavy building in front of him, and instead went around the small courtyard on the other side. The small courtyard is not big, with blue bricks and black tiles, and the 'flower' trees are sparse, but it is somewhat elegant, and the back 'door' connects a corridor. Stepping into the corridor, I took a few more turns, and passed through a few 'doors' and 'holes' before I arrived at a secluded pavilion. There was no one around the pavilion, and there was not even a plaque on the hall, which was obviously the place in the mansion that had not yet been opened. The 'female' maids hugged Fu Xuan into the building, and then dispersed, and the sound of the ringing bell was far away, and it became more and more silent.
The 'waiter' and 'woman' served the tea and soup, and then bowed and retired, and there seemed to be no one in the whole building. Fu Xuan was also patient, so he drank tea and sat upright.