Chapter 340: Auspicious Appearance
“What’s so big?”
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind.
The concierge was startled, and then he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the person behind him clearly, and said angrily: "Dayou, you scared me to death."
Xu Dayou poked his head out. Looking at it, he said: "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Have you done something bad?"
"What are you talking about? Close the door quickly." The concierge from before said angrily.
Xu Dayou saw Ruyu's back and said, "Then those ladies went out to buy again?"
"She said that the pen and ink in the master's study were almost running out. She went out to buy some. You Hurry and close the door, I'll go to the hut," the porter said and hurried away.
“Didn’t I just buy it a few days ago?”
The more Xu Dayou thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He looked around and took out a piece of paper and a small piece of paper from his arms. Carbon wrote a few words on the paper, looked around again, and walked out.
Outside the side door is a small alley with few people. Only the people of the house go here for shopping.
There was no one at this time. Xu Dayou looked around, pressed the paper under a brick beside the door, walked in and closed the door.
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“Your Majesty, Commander Yin wants to see you.” Sanshui reported.
“Let him in.”
Zhao Xing put down his pen and rubbed his eyes.
"It seems that cabinet matters are going to be put on the agenda. Dealing with these problems every day is too tiring."
Zhao Xing had the idea of forming a cabinet before, because the time was not ripe. , can only be shelved.
However, he felt that he could find a few more people like Zhang Qingzhi to assist him in handling government affairs, and first create a prototype cabinet to share some of the work for him.
After a while, Yin Hanzhang walked in and saluted: "I pay homage to your Majesty!"
"No courtesy!" Zhao Xing waved his hand and asked, "How are you preparing for what I asked you to prepare?"
"It's almost ready and can be acted upon at any time." Yin Hanzhang replied.
"How is the investigation of the origin of the rumor going?" Zhao Xing asked.
“Back to Your Majesty, I came to the palace this time because of this matter.
I investigated for several days and found not many clues, and no officials from the court were found to be involved. .
However, there is something wrong with a maid in the house of Hu Zhongyan, the Minister of Civil Affairs. I sent someone to investigate carefully and found that this maid has been to a bookstore in Bianjing many times that sells the Four Treasures of the Study..."
Zhao Xing waved his hand and said impatiently: "I don't want to hear the story, so just tell me, what's wrong with this maid? Or is there something wrong with the store you mentioned? "
"Back to Your Majesty, I haven't found it yet, but the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that Hu Shangshu used before were all bought from Mo Xuanzhai and have been used for many years. In the past month, it was suddenly changed to the current store, and even the people who bought it were changed. When I asked someone to investigate this store, I found that the Wensheng family and the third son of the Gu family often went to this store to buy pens, inks, paper and inkstones. "Yin Hanzhang said.
"Are you talking about the fourth lady of the Sheng family? "When Zhao Xing heard the name Wensheng at first, he didn't react.
"Exactly! "Yin Hanzhang said: "It seems normal, but I have investigated and found that Wensheng rarely let people buy pens, inks, paper and inkstones before. Even if they did, it was only for servants. I have been to this shop frequently in the past month, saying that she is an official. I'm about to join Enke, and I'm very good at using pen and ink. ”
Zhao Xing frowned slightly when he heard this. Although he didn't know what the relationship between Mo Lan and Wen Yanjing was like after she married Wen Yanjing, but with Mo Lan's temperament, he would definitely look down on Wen Yanjing.
The news about Enke spread a few months ago. Even though Mo Lan was looking forward to Wen Yanjing's high school and went out of his way to be nice to him, he could just let the servants do the buying of pens and ink. There was no need to do it himself. Show up in person.
What's more, pen and ink are consumables. Since you know they are consumed quickly, you should buy more.
Since Yin Hanzhang said frequently, it means that Mo Lan has been there frequently recently.
Hu Zhongyan also has problems there. He knows about Mo Xuanzhai. His shop specializes in selling the Four Treasures of the Study, but the most famous one is Mo.
Mo Xuanzhai's ink was very popular among the dignitaries in Bianjing.
Reputable literati are used to using pens, inks, paper and inkstones and will not change them easily.
"Find out the people behind this shop as soon as possible, and put the fourth lady of the Sheng family and Gu Sanlang under surveillance. Remember not to alert the snake. I want to see what these people want to do." Zhao Xing sneered.
"Yes!" Yin Hanzhang responded.
"What I asked you to prepare, just start when you are ready. There is no need to ask me for instructions." Zhao Xing said.
"I obey the decree!" Yin Hanzhang responded.
“Go!”
Zhao Xing waved his hand and sent Yin Hanzhang away. "Mo Lan, Gu Sanlang, and Hu Zhongyan, what is the connection between these three people?"
Zhao Xing frowned slightly. The three seemingly unrelated people seemed to be connected. No matter how you look at it, there is a connection. Absolutely weird.
“No, they are not unrelated!”
Zhao Xing thought for a long time and suddenly thought that there was indeed something in common between the three of them.
Lin Xiaoniang's death was entirely due to him. If he hadn't sent people to the Sheng family to spread the word, Sheng Hong's temperament would not have killed Lin Xiaoniang.
The reason why Gu Tingwei's mother, Xiao Qin, was sent to the Criminal Division was because he went to see Queen Mother Cao.
As for Hu Zhongyan, although Zhao Xing did not do anything to him, Zhao Xing would definitely not let him go after what he had done before.
Hu Zhongyan must be aware of this, so what the three of them have in common is that they all have grudges against Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing doesn't believe in the idea that the king will let the minister die, but the minister will have to die.
Alone, they may not dare to retaliate, but if they join forces, they may not have the courage.
"Is it Hu Zhongyan?"
Zhao Xing quickly shook his head. Hu Zhongyan did not have that ability. After all, he was just a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Although he was in a high position and had great power, could he still dare to rebel?
And if it is Hu Zhongyan, there is no need to choose a store that sells the Four Treasures of the Study as a joint.
It's more like the person behind the store is the one connecting the three parties.
So who is the person behind this shop? What's the purpose?
“It’s getting more and more interesting.” Zhao Xing sneered.
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In early September, various places in Kaifeng Prefecture are busy planting winter wheat.
In Zhongmou County, a family found a piece of tortoise shell in the field with some runes on it.
After identification by a scholar from Murakami, the runes on it turned out to be oracle bone inscriptions.
The scholar didn't know him, so he was sent to the county school. After identification by the academic administration, it was determined that the words on the tortoise shell were "Da Song Dangxing".
The words on the tortoise shell look like they have no trace of artificial engraving, as if they were formed naturally.
The scholar didn't dare to delay, so he quickly found the county magistrate and sent the tortoise shell to Bianjing.
Whether it's true or not, the tortoise shells are dug out of the ground, and so many people are watching.
Anyone who can be an official is not stupid. Even if this kind of thing is false, the court will make it true. As the people who report it, rewards are indispensable.
The words on this tortoise shell not only have good meanings, but they know that the current official family was named "Xing" before they ascended the throne.
Although the name was changed after he ascended the throne, it also has a double meaning.
When tortoise shells were discovered in Zhongmou County, similar things happened in several counties in Kaifeng Prefecture.
In one of the counties, a Buddha statue emerged from the ground. At first, the Buddha statue only had its head emerging, attracting many nearby people to pay homage and call it "Buddha Appears".
The most important thing is that at first the Buddha statue only had its head sprouting up, but as the people worshiped it, the Buddha statue's body sprouted up, as if it was slowly coming out of the ground.
Soon the government learned the news and sent people to guard the surrounding area.
However, the people did not disperse. They saw with their own eyes that the Buddha statues emerged from the ground little by little. Finally, most of the entire Buddha statue came out.
This time, it is even more magical, saying everything.
With the frequent auspicious appearances near Bianjing, and the deliberate guidance of someone, all the rumors disappeared for a while, and instead they were all praising Zhao Xing.
Of course these were all arranged by Zhao Xing.
The only thing that can defeat magic is magic.
Zhao Xing has no way to defend himself.
But he can artificially create auspiciousness. Those TV series in his previous life were not for nothing. He still knows how to pretend to be gods and ghosts.
(End of this chapter)