Chapter 194 The Dark Tide of the Capital

Bianjing and its surrounding areas are particularly dry and rainy this year. The whole summer is hot and anxious. At the end of this summer, there was a rain. The people said that the rain was to congratulate the new emperor on his recovery, and it was also the new emperor's desire for rain that moved God.

After the rain, Bianjing City gradually regained its vitality. People passed the three-month entertainment period of the death of Emperor Renzong. All kinds of business shops in the city gradually opened, and there were more and more pedestrians in the street. From time to time, there were passers-by who greeted each other or stopped to talk to each other.

On the Royal Street, there are officials who ride horses or sedan chairs from the imperial city from time to time. Some of these are new faces, and some have appointed new positions. For the changes of court officials, they have also become the focus of citizens' street discussions.

A well-dressed teenager, under the escort of several bodyguards, went out of the imperial city through the imperial street and came to a newly repaired mansion. The three big characters "royal palace" were emcapped with the golden characters on the forehead of the door.

The teenager turned over and got off his horse and entered the house. He hurriedly changed into a casual suit and called the close-fitting book boy out of the house again. The bodyguard followed him and asked, "Prince, stay. Where is the prince going? I'll ask someone to accompany me."

The teenager waved his hand: "No, I'll just turn around the city. Don't follow anyone."

Seeing that the teenager said so, the bodyguard whispered to the book boy: "Follow the prince carefully and don't go wrong." The book boy made a grimace and hurriedly walked to catch up with the teenager,

"Have you brought all the letters I told you to bring?"

"I've brought it. Now the two princes are waiting for you in the Jinxiu Building. Oh, and the land sservant in Wang Shilang's house, I have also notified you." The book boy hurriedly replied,

The teenager hummed. He slowed down, and the door of Yunxuan on the roadside was still closed. He sighed gently. Yunxuan once had a few painstaking efforts of their little brothers. Now his father said, "Zhong Ditch, now you have a special identity. Don't participate in these folk tabloids, so as not to say something wrong, and the people will make mistakes. It's wrong."

Young Zhao Zhongzhen couldn't refute his father, the Emperor Yingzong of the Song Dynasty today, but he didn't understand why he didn't participate in Yunxuan. His father still didn't allow Yunxuan to run, and he didn't allow "Cloud Pick" to resume its release.

As the saying goes: There is only one man in the palace. Except for the prince, who can live in the East Palace. After he becomes an adult, the prince will continue to live in the imperial city, and the other sons will be crowned out of the palace. At present, Zhao Shu has just ascended the throne and has not made Zhongzhi as the crown prince. Zhao Zhongzhen has been awarded the crown prince of Huaiyang. Zhao Zhongzhen has not been awarded the title of prince because of himself. Don't be happy, but be happy that he can live in the prince's mansion, so that he can travel freely without being bound by the palace,

Two days after moving to the prince's mansion, Zhao Zhongzhen asked his book boy Mitty to inform Wang Yuanze, Wang Yuanze, his brother next to the king. At present, Li Gefei in the capital, and Lu Shenyan in the palace next to the king. These people are all waiting for Zhongzhen to bring back to the court, the news of the king; and Zhongzhen also knows that if you want to know the real situation next to the king, the court The news outside the court is faster and more accurate,

Not far to the east along the street is the Jinxiu Tower. Jinxiu Road, which used to have infinite scenery, is no different from many restaurants in the capital now. In addition to the big gold sign on the forehead of the door, which tells people that it was once named by the Emperor Renzong, Jinxiu Tower is no longer prosperous in business in the past, and the lobby on the first floor is just sitting. Guests with three or four tables,

"Princess, here you are." Cui Fu saw Zhao Zhongzhen and Mitty coming in and came up with a habitual smile. The few guests in the hall raised their heads curiously to look at this teenager who was only 17 or eighteen years old.

Miti made a booing gesture to Cui Fu. Cui Fu remembered that Zhong Jian was now a prince, which would inevitably attract people's attention. He immediately understood Mitty's meaning and hurriedly said, "Sir, the person you dated has been waiting on the second floor. Please come inside."

Zhao Zhongzhen hurried upstairs, and a young man from a table of guests in the hall behind him asked Cui Fu, "Shopkeeper, the prince is so young, what kind of prince is he?"

The middle-aged man at the table said, "Eat your meal. Don't you know that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the capital? If you don't go to the capital, you don't know the official. The prince is fine. Even the big shopkeeper of Jinxiu Road is a four-grade waiter."

Cui Fu smiled and poured the wine to the guests and said, "Hey, if the big shopkeeper is in the capital, you will get some new dishes every few days, and you will be blessed."

Several people laughed, and the young guest asked, "Where have you been and when will you come back?"

Cui Fu sighed and said, "Well, I went to Liao before the Spring Festival. He said it was to congratulate the empress dowager of Liao, and then he didn't come back. I heard that he was sent to Goryeo again. Anyway, our king's servant is not in the capital all year round."

"Wang Shilang, what's your name?" The young man asked in surprise,

Cui Fu has turned back to the cabinet. The middle-aged guest on the table said, "You have just returned to the capital from the outside. Wang Shilang is next to the king who built a tower on the Prince Mountain of Liao and was called the king immortal by the emperor of Liao. The fragrant cakes we used were also from his Jinxiang Mansion, and..." He also wanted to go down and the young man stopped him: " I know who it is, shopkeeper. When will your big shopkeeper come back?

The people downstairs listened to the news of Wang. If only Cui Fu knew when Wang would come back. Not to mention that Cui Fu didn't know, several people sitting in the single room on the second floor were also talking anxiously.

"What should I do? Should I inform the second son?" Lu Shenyan shook his hands and walked back and forth in the room.

Yuan Ze frowned: "Little housekeeper Lu, sit down quickly. People walking back and forth are panicked."

Xiao Lu listened and answered the seat again: "Big prince, everyone will panic about this matter. Alas, if the second prince knows, he will definitely feel uncomfortable."

Zhong Pin took out his handkerchief and wiped his eyes: "Brother Yuanze, go to your father's place to inform him that Lord Bao's death is full of mourning. It is estimated that the people in the capital will soon know it. If there is no brother who knows this matter, I'm afraid he can't feel at ease on the front line."

Li Gefei also advised, "I think it's better to wait until you don't come back, prince, you just said that there are three major events, and what is the second one?"

Zhao Zhongzhen looked at several people and whispered, "I heard that the court sent the new household minister Qin Minzhi to Jincheng."

Yuan Ze asked puzzledly, "Do you have any questions when a household minister goes to Jincheng?"

"Brother Yuanze, I'm afraid that my father is instigated by others. At present, the treasury is empty, and my father's intention is to engage in a public-private merger. This is not to mention a thorough investigation of the land controlled by the landlord and falsifying tax avoidance." Zhong Cin said worriedly,

"What are you afraid of? It should be done to deal with fraud." Li Gefei asked,

Yuan Ze's face was calm. Like Zhao Zhongzhen, he had an ominous feeling: "It's nothing. There are questions in the place where I go. Jincheng is where Jinxiang Mansion is located, and the ten miles and eight villages are already the land of Jinxiang Mansion. The first is Jincheng. I'm afraid whether it's land tax or merger. They are all for Jinxiang Mansion.

Zhong Zhi nodded: "I can't blame my father for this matter. The king of a country always has to consider the world. I believe that if there is no brother, he will never bully the city or damage the court. I just don't like the people sent. Qin Minzhi looks like a villain, which is very annoying."

Lu Shenyan grinned bluntly, "This is troublesome. If you want to add it, there is no excuse. I said, prince, you have become a prince. Why don't you help the prince talk?"

Zhong's face turned red. How can he help with this? His father is on his head. Who dares to disobey his father's orders? Although he also has a problem with his father's behavior, it is his father after all.

Wang Yuanze glanced at Lu Shenyan and said, "O all right, don't say a word. If it hadn't been for Zhong Pin's help, could you let Miss Yuexia leave the palace now?"

Lu Shenyan listened to this and closed his mouth but quickly sighed: "Girl Yuexia is weak after giving birth. I don't know if she can hold on to the prince back." With his eyes red, he hurriedly wiped his tears,

Zhao Zhongzhen sighed: "I have invited the best royal doctor to take care of my wife. I hope their mother and son can wait for me to come back safely if I don't have a brother."

Several people were slightly silent for a moment, and Wang Yuanze asked, "Zhong Pin, what is the third major event?"

When Zhong Pin was about to speak, he heard Cui Fu's voice outside the door and said, "Son, you can't go in."

"Oh, shopkeeper, I have something important to do. Wang Yuanze knows me, so go and tell me." A young man's voice replied,

"Alas, you wait." After Cui Fu finished speaking, he knocked on the door,

Several brothers in the room looked at each other, and Wang Yuanze said, "Mr. Cui, who wants to see me?"

The door squeaked open. The young man from the table downstairs came in. He looked around at four or five people in the room and said to Wang Yuanze, "Yuanze, I haven't seen you for many years. Do you still recognize me?"

Wang Yuanze saw that this man was a little familiar. Seeing that this man was about thirty years old, of medium stature, and spoke with a Jiangxi accent, he said again, "I was a scholar in Jiayou's second year. When the mansion was on fire, I stayed with several examiners. At that time, Yuan Ze and Ruowu were still sixteen or seventeen years old."

"Oh, you are, Wang Shao and Prince Chun." Yuan Ze recognized the person in front of him with wide eyes. At that time, Wang Shao was the least conspicuous of those people, but he had a good talk with his brother Wang.

"It's right below." Wang Shao arched his hand and said,

Seeing that Yuan Ze really knew this person, Cui Fu had no choice but to spread out and said, "Well, you guys are chatting. I'll go down and greet the guests."

Yuan Ze hurriedly introduced to everyone: "This prince is a good friend of my brother Wang, and he is also a famous Jinshi." He turned his head and said to Wang Shao, "Can my brother be safe and sound these years? Let me introduce to you. This is Prince Huaiyang; this is Li Gefei; this is Lu Shenyan, the general manager of my brother Wang's house."

When everyone heard that it was a friend next to Wang, they hurriedly said, "It's a friend of Wang Shilang, please take a seat."

Wang Shao arched his hand and said, "I rushed back to the capital. I have something important to find Wang Shilang. Do you know that Xixia rose up. I met Wang Shilang in Yanzhou that year. He asked me to observe the situation in the Xixia River Huang area when I traveled to Shaanxi. I came back this time to have a good time. Let's talk about it."

Zhong Pin heard that he was busy and said, "Zi Chun came just in time. I was about to talk about Xixia Li Liangzuo's dispatch of troops."