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167【Eleventh Year of Jiankang】

With the arrival of winter, the weather is getting colder.The update is the fastest, and the gates of the capital are all pasted with pictures of counting nine. On this picture, there is a plain peach blossom with 81 petals. Starting from counting nine, one petal is painted every day. The peach blossoms are naturally painted red, and the peach blossoms are painted red, which happens to be the beginning of spring.

The main house of Wei Chi's family didn't have such folk things posted up, but Mama Liu asked Yiqing to bring one for her so that it would be easy to remember, and put it on the kitchen door. When Wei Chi passed the kitchen door today, this The big and neat plum blossom picture has been posted.Wei Chi also saw such paintings when he was a child, and he was curious for a while, so he looked at them carefully for a while.

"Da Wei, you're still delaying here!" Qi Yuan waited for Wei Chi in the front hall for a long time, but she didn't see her coming out. When she came in to look for her, she was standing at the kitchen door: "Don't be afraid of being late!"

Wei Chi said nonchalantly: "It's almost the Chinese New Year, and the affairs of the yamen are much less. Although Dali Temple is not a leisurely place, who will compete in lawsuits during the Chinese New Year? It is finally a leisurely season. This year, the emperor will not be in the capital for the New Year. , the rightful master of Dali Temple has asked for leave in advance, and went back to his hometown, so he went to order a Mao, and enjoyed himself."

"It's time to arrive at the time of Mao, and the sun will come out after enjoying the painting." Qi Yuan stuffed the official uniform into Wei Chi's hand: "Have you ever seen the picture of counting nine? You are so curious!"

"Don't laugh at being vulgar." Wei Chi thought for a while: "It's not that there is a poem saying, 'Try to count the ninety-nine pictures in the window, the remaining cold will disappear and the warmth will return to the beginning. What about the apricot plant?"

"Unfortunately, it's not the window, it's the door!" Qi Yuan couldn't help laughing.

"Speaking of which, how about drawing a picture?" Wei Chi blinked slyly.

"Where to paint? Hurry to the Yamen! How about painting your face!" Qi Yuan said, making gestures with her face.

"Ninety-nine pictures between the windows, of course I want to draw the room between the beds." After Wei Chi finished speaking, he ran away, and when Qi Yuan figured it out, he had already run several feet away.

"!" Qi Yuan blushed, and was about to deal with this little girl, when the kitchen staff suddenly opened, and Mama Liu poked her head out: "Master, husband?"

Wei Chi quickly put on a serious 'master look': "Ah...then let's go to the yamen first, um, let's go to the yamen first, Yiqing! Yiqing!!"

"Master, he's waiting for you outside. If you call him at the door of the kitchen, he won't be able to hear you." Liu Ma showed a sympathetic expression.

"Ah!" Wei Chi was embarrassed for a moment, and then ran out in embarrassment, putting on official uniforms indiscriminately.

Qi Yuan also hurriedly followed, and when she was about to reach the front hall, she finally helped her tidy up her clothes.

"Hey!"

Just as Wei Chi was about to leave, Qi Yuan grabbed her by the collar, smoothed a strand of hair that had slipped from her ear, and stuck it to her ear.

"come back earlier!"

Wei Chi felt warmth in his ears.

"it is good!"

Yiqing was already waiting for the door, and Wei Chi ran over to take the reins: "Go back quickly! You will be back when you click the Mao!"

Yiqing breathed a sigh of relief into his hands: "Slow down! The road is full of ice!"

Having said that, Wei Chi rushed out of the alley as before.

"I'm still impatient." Chen Hu, who was sweeping the snow, sighed.

After living in the same yard for several years, Yiqing still likes to bully: "Say, you are a slow-witted person, most of them are married, why is there no movement?"

Chen Hu immersed himself in sweeping the snow.

"Look, look, I don't want to hear it anymore! This is a good intention to help keep an eye on it. Let's see if there are any people around this age who have not yet married?"

Chen Hu thought about it honestly: "Didn't Hu Da have a family too?"

"Can you compare with him? Hu Da wants to have good looks, he needs to be capable and capable, he is still a member of Jin Yiwei, he can get married whenever he wants, of course there is no rush. Look at this, don't rush?"

"... hurry up."

"Hello!" Yiqing leaned over: "Just be in a hurry, there is a girl here, do you want to hear the story?"

"Ah?" Chen Hu was dubious.

"Stupid! Forgot that there is a fat girl in our family?"

Before the words fell to the ground, Yiqing was punched in the back, and the fat girl waved her old fist angrily: "Yiqing is a bastard!"

Yiqing was taken aback at first, seeing that it was the person responsible, he burst out laughing: "The male college should get married, and the female college should get married. What's wrong with being a matchmaker? What's the point of beating instead of thanking you?"

Mei Yue blushed with embarrassment: "Create here! Tell Sister Zhu'er to go!"

Zhu'er doesn't have time to meddle in these nosy matters, she still has to help Liu Ma prepare new year's goods.

As the number of people in Wei's house increased, Mama Liu was going to do a big job.In the past, all the hams were bought. This year, Mama Liu, who is good at cooking, plans to cook some hams herself. Since she wants to show off her skills, she must buy good meat.She made a special trip to get up early in the morning, packed her things and went to a few familiar shops in the market.

The owner of the butcher shop knew her, and greeted her from afar: "Hey, your hometown is here! Look inside, I remember all the legs you said you wanted, don't choose them yet, you choose first."

Mama Liu walked into the shop, took a look, and was very satisfied in her heart, but said on the face: "This year's fat is not as thick as last year, look!"

The boss knew that Liu Ma was teasing her: "Your hometown is really good at joking, who doesn't know that this year is a good year, and the pigs of any family are fatter than last year, let alone ours."

The two were still bargaining, but Zhu'er was so smoked that she retreated, looking at the dirty butcher's shop, feeling very unhappy.

Inside the shop, Liu Ma was still angrily bargaining with the boss.Because she got up early, Zhu'er couldn't help but covered her face with her handkerchief and yawned. She vaguely heard the boss talking about good harvests, outside the Great Wall, wars, and I heard that it was not easy to fight.

Unlike the girls who get up early in the morning to prepare new year's goods, the yamen is really leisurely to the extreme.When Wei Chi arrived at Dali Temple just in time, there were only three on the left and right. Those who hadn't asked for leave to go back to their hometown to call for sickness, and those who had something to do, all slipped away cleanly.

Of the three who came, one was in charge, and the other didn't know much about it, so he might be a judge.

The judge was very happy to see Wei Chi. He felt that his diligence might have left a good impression on Wei Da, so he took the initiative to come over to say hello: "Everyone has made arrangements?"

Wei Chi couldn't keep a straight face either, so he put on a chatting gesture: "It's okay, it's okay."

The judge hurriedly found something to say: "I heard that everything is going well in the war outside the Great Wall. In terms of calculations, I will be back soon in my senior year? I don't know if the soldiers who went to war this year will come back to celebrate the New Year by chance."

The war report from the Ministry of War didn't hear anything new. Wei Chi knew that he should avoid suspicion, so he didn't dare to inquire about it. All he knew were other things.Although Wei Chi was really interested in chatting when he commented on the matter, but after a while, he had nothing to say after a few words of flattering the emperor.

Seeing that Wei Chi was about to leave, the judge quickly thought of another topic: "When will Da Wei go to Eunuch Huang's birthday banquet tonight?"

Only then did Wei Chi remember that today is Huang Gui's birthday, and the great eunuch of Dongchang would have a big banquet every year to celebrate his birthday.Logically speaking, Wei Chi's official position should indeed be resigned, but since King Yan was demoted, Huang Gui was afraid that Wei Chi would inquire about this matter, and seeing that the emperor was not indifferent to Wei Chi, he stopped interacting with him .

Wei Chi didn't like this father-in-law at all, and the wish of each other coincided with each other, and the two have long been ignoring each other.Naturally, the judge didn't know about these things, and only wanted to talk to Wei Chi about the things that Wei Chi was interested in.Wei Chi was upset and didn't know how to end this boring conversation, when Yiqing suddenly came to the yamen.Wei Chi just took a break and retreated into the room.

"Big!" Yiqing said cheerfully, "My husband said to go back early this morning, and tonight I ate wontons and went to watch a play and buy lanterns."

Hearing this, Wei Chi couldn't sit still anymore, and finally survived lunch and slipped out.

"Go back to help first, tell my husband to go to General Hu, and go back in about an hour."

Wei Chi thought that the winter solstice was the sub-year after all, and it would be too deserted for Populus euphratica to pass alone, so he wanted to invite him back for dinner.Populus euphratica has also accumulated some savings in the past few years, and bought a quiet house in the east of the city. Although it is not better than the house in Weichi, it can still live comfortably.

It's a little far away, and it takes a quarter of an hour to take a shortcut on horseback.Because Populus euphratica doesn't live there all the time, we only hired a gatekeeper. When Wei Chi arrived at his house, he led the horse to tie it up by himself.

"Yo!" Looking at the horse circle, Wei Chi was delighted: "Tang He! Tang He!"

Sure enough, Tang He responded from the room: "Isn't this Wei Chi?? Hahaha!"

"It's even earlier than that!" Wei Chi greeted while avoiding Tang He's big slap.

Tang He was sent to the west this year, and he was left in a mess.

"The couple in the family have been taken care of!" Tang He laughed loudly: "I'm going to have dinner at home in the evening! Fu Te told me that he would come to invite me! That young man doesn't study hard, let's talk about him through dinner!"

"Cough!" Hu Yanglin smiled: "I can't invite him this year! He has to go back to have a reunion dinner tonight."

"Heh! You didn't bring a letter for this great event!" Tang He blew his beard.

Wei Chi saw his dark face with a black beard slightly turned up, and felt warm in his heart: "Because I'm taking a concubine, so I didn't tell my sister-in-law, so naturally I don't know."

"It's not easy! Let's not get involved." Hu Yanglin joked about Wei Chi.

"Tell me, I should hurry up! If you eat at my sister-in-law's house every year, don't be bothered."

"That's not true!" Tang He suddenly remembered that Populus euphratica was still naked: "He has already taken concubines! It's really outrageous!"

The shameless Populus euphratica pretended not to hear: "Go, go, go in and talk."

It's been a long time since I saw him, and I forgot the time as soon as I opened my mouth, but Hu Yanglin urged Wei Chi, and Wei Chi remembered it.Tang He wanted to be able to celebrate the New Year in the capital this year, and it would not be too late to get together again, so Wei Chi apologized to everyone and left first.

When the two sent Wei Chi out, the sky was snowing. Looking at Wei Chi's leaving back, the courtyard suddenly looked a little bleak.

"Tell me, are you interested? If you have something to tell your husband, she will help Zhang Luo."

Hu Yanglin will be 31 next year, and he just doesn't care about getting married, Tang He nagged again.Hu Yanglin watched Wei Chi disappear at the corner of the street, but did not answer Tang He's words.Tang He had been chasing Wei Chi and Hu Yanglin year after year to ask questions. When asking, Wei Chi would blush once in a while, but Hu Yanglin would always look into the distance indifferently, as if he didn't care about his business.Tang He really couldn't understand it anymore.

As the sky darkened and the snow became heavier, the people in the capital were reunited with their families, but the officials would inevitably suffer from this day.According to the previous management, Eunuch Huang's mansion was really brightly lit, officials of all sizes in the capital squeezed in and out, and all kinds of rare and expensive gifts were hard to count.In previous years, Mr. Huang would sit in the main hall and chat with several dignitaries who could enter the hall, but this year there was no sign of the birthday star.When asked about it, everyone said that Eunuch Huang had been ill recently, and he would not be able to come out until a while later.Don't wait, Zhou Ge's face is getting worse.After all, the cabinet members are not too young, and when Xiang Fang met them, they were all courteous. Does this eunuch surnamed Huang really think of himself as something special?

It's a pity that the current cabinet is no longer what it used to be. The bad-tempered Wu Guangyu and Wang Xiang have long been driven away. Although Yang Shenyun is still there, he doesn't bother to buy Huang Gonggong's face. good.I'm good at persuading Mr. Zhou Ge, but Mr. Zhou Ge is not easy to get angry.

When Xu time was approaching, the people who were strolling in the market all dispersed back. Before Eunuch Huang showed up, many officials who knew that they would not see Eunuch Huang went back wisely.The rest belonged to the rank and file of officials, and it was not good to leave or stay, and they all secretly watched Zhou Ge's movements.Fortunately, Eunuch Huang's house has never been stingy with money, and the good charcoal fire keeps everyone warm.This is also interesting, the whole room is watching, watching, seeming to be joking and chatting on the surface, but they are all thinking about it in their hearts.

Those in the outer court don't know what to say, but the inner court is another story.In addition to those from the East Factory, quite a few people from Jinyiwei also came, and these were brought by their respective chiefs. Sitting around the table, the chiefs remained silent.

It wasn't until the clock of Haishi rang that Huang Gui came out of the house in military uniform: "Brothers have been waiting for a long time! I invite you to come today. To be honest, our house has been secretly protected. The army was defeated outside the Great Wall three days ago. Your Majesty He was also killed by Man. Not only did King Qin not want to rescue, but he even wanted to rebel. The army has come from the north! We are all brothers in the palace, so we are all loyal to the emperor! The leader of the forbidden army colluded with King Qin and has been captured by our family !"

As he said that, Tan Youzhi shook the fur skin in his hand, and it turned out that there was a head inside!

"Those who have made great achievements this time will be rewarded a lot afterwards! If you want to be a traitor, this is the end!"

The officers in the field seemed to have known about it for a long time, and they knelt in the yard in unison, obeying orders.As soon as the officers knelt, the cronies they brought with them naturally obeyed.It's just a pity that there is a courtyard wall, and the ministers in the front yard are still kept in the dark!

Nearly [-] people came from Dongchang, and there were more than [-] Jinyiwei brought by Tan Youzhi. They were brought by their confidantes, and they were going to take advantage of the time when the palace was pregnant and change their defenses to make a surprise attack and control the prince.

Hearing the noise in the backyard, which seemed to be the sound of weapons colliding, several ministers near the door looked out, and when they opened the door, they saw the kind-faced servants and maids holding shining sabers.Boss Zhou Ge was startled, and was about to stand up, but was held tightly by Song Chuiping at the side.Sure enough, when the leading minister was about to question him, his left arm was cut off with a knife, and blood flowed profusely.

"Too bad! Huang Gui wants to rebel!"

Everyone in the house understood, Zhou Ge was even more frightened, only the cabinet and Huang Gui knew about the defeat of the army outside the Great Wall, and now the situation is at stake!

But Huang Gui's power is nothing more than Dongchang. If he can mobilize the patrols in the capital, he can contend for one or two, but who will report it?This house has long been besieged and watertight!

The world can predict things, Huang Gui naturally knows.In fact, he knew much more about the war outside the Great Wall than Zhou Ge, and it was Tan Youzhi who told him this information.Shen Yang is the closest to the emperor, so Jin Yiwei understands the most real situation of the battle.It's a pity that he didn't expect that Tan Youzhi, whom he has always valued, had been distracted when he left Beijing. With the news of the battle, he only further strengthened his determination.Huang Gui learned the news of the defeat only one day earlier than Zhou Ge, but on this day, he had enough time to draw up this perfect plan, and staged a perfect Hongmen banquet through his own birthday banquet.

Important officials in the DPRK and China were grounded, and the leader of the forbidden army was killed.Overnight, the fate of the empire was in jeopardy, while everyone in the capital was still sleeping peacefully.

Jiang Shouping's strategy is perfect, coupled with Qin Youzhi's viciousness, Huang Gui's dream has become unshakable.However, the fate of the empire was affected by a small thing.

His name is - Tu Huzi.

Five years ago, he was just a commoner in Fengyi, but because of that tragic war, he joined the army.And because the king of Qin entered Jinyiwei with a word, after so many years in Jinyiwei, when he was about to forget those bloody scenes, he was given a subtle role by accident.

At this moment, he is a small instructor, so he didn't know that there would be a rebellion before attending the birthday banquet.When Huang Gui shouted on the stage in high spirits, although Tu Huzi knelt down on his knees, his heart hung up.He knew that if he didn't obey at this moment, he would definitely die on the spot, but how could he go out and report the news if he saved his life?

If you escape rashly, you will definitely be discovered by the officer, but time is running out... Before thinking about it, the people in the yard have already started forming a team, ready to go.

"..." Tu Huzi quietly retreated to the end of his small team, and when the officer called his name, everyone started to run out.It was very tidy at the beginning, but when they left the hospital, there was finally a little confusion. Tu Huzi took advantage of the situation and squeezed into the line on the side.It seems that these low-level sergeants didn't know about it, and they didn't respond when they saw Tu Huzi squeezed over.After running out of the gate, Tu Huzi pretended to have realized it, and muttered to the front and back: "Oh, I made a mistake, it's from Master Li." While talking, he turned and went out.

"Who is that!" The officer shouted nervously when he saw someone leaving the team.

"He's from Master Li." You took the initiative to reply.

Tu Huzi also stood still obediently, saluted and gave his name.Because they all knew each other, the officer waved his hand: "Go!"

Only then did Tu Huzi turn the corner of the street and run away.

After escaping, Tu Huzi didn't dare to relax. In the huge capital, he knew only ordinary soldiers, and he didn't know which ones were bribed, so he didn't dare to tell him rashly.He didn't know any of the ministers in the court, and he didn't know who to knock on the door in the middle of the night!Who can I report to?

Big Wei!

This name made Tu Huzi's eyes shine. Although he had only met a few times after entering Beijing, he believed that this name must be trustworthy and make a difference!It will be a matter of time before his own chief finds out that he will leave the team. Although he escaped, he is in danger of being killed at any time, so it's not too late!Tu Huzi quickened his pace and ran towards the west of the city.

Wei Zhai had been asleep for a while, and Tu Huzi slammed on the door for a long time before responding.

"Help notify Wei Da, and say that it is Feng Yi's Tu Huzi who wants to see something again!"

The concierge, Uncle Li, was sleepy and slowly answered.After a long time, it was not Wei Chi who came out, but a book office.

Yiqing saw that he was dressed as a Jin Yiwei, but he was a low-ranking sergeant, so he didn't take it seriously: "Jia Da has already slept, who is Jia Da, I have something to tell."

Tu Huzi was stunned by Yiqing's laziness for a moment, so he slapped him on the face: "You brat is pretending to be a master! Call us to meet you!"

How could Yiqing stand up to this slap, fell to the ground on the spot and yelled, Uncle Li was shocked: "It's a slap! It's a slap!"

Chen Hu heard the commotion outside, so he hurried to look, Yiqing fell to the ground and covered his head, while Uncle Li was caught in the hands of a big man, tightly covering his mouth.

"Damn!" Chen Hu picked up the latch and closed it.

"Chen Hu!" The big man threw Uncle Li aside and grabbed Chen Hu's arm.

"?!"

"It's Feng Yi's Tu Huzi!"

"! Why are you here!"

"Hurry up! The big thing is not good, I want to see Wei Da now!" Tu Huzi didn't care too much, dragged Chen Hu and ran inside.

After running two steps, there were no more, and Tu Huzi said: "Huang Gui rebelled, and Zishi is going to seize the palace! It's too late! Make everyone grow up!"

Chen Hu was shocked, and he didn't care about the rules, he ran into the study and knocked on the door.Wei Chi was already a light sleeper, but when he heard the urgent knock on the door, he quickly put on his clothes and got up.

"Tu Huzi?"

Seeing that Wei Chi recognized him, Tu Huzi heaved a sigh of relief: "Wei is not well, Huang Gui will hold a birthday banquet tonight, and the ministers will be entertained in the front hall. Nearly a thousand Fusi from Dongchang and Beizhen have been summoned. It's time to throw a cup and rebel. All the ministers in the front hall were blocked in the yard by his servants, and Tan Youzhi killed the leader of the imperial army, and it is expected that he will seize the palace at the end of the day!"

Thousands! ?

Too bad, Wei Chi had a cold war: "Tu Huzi, he is a person who has contributed to the country! Don't worry, Chen Hu will accompany you to change clothes first, it is inappropriate to dress like this, and later he and Chen Hu will bring the letter to Tang Hey! Go find Populus euphratica now!" Wei Chi rushed to the case, and stuffed it into Chen Hu's hand with a few cursory strokes: "I will tell Yiqing later that from tonight onwards, I will not leave the house without any order!"

Qi Yuan vaguely heard a man talking outside the bedroom, so she sat up, but after a while, Wei Chi ran back, picked up the clothes and put them on, and took the shelf and put the knife on her waist.

"Who was it just now? What happened?"

Wei Chi walked back to the bed, looked at Qi Yuan's anxious look, and smiled at her: "It's okay, I'll be back soon."

"!" Qi Yuan squeezed her hand tightly.

From Qi Yuan's fingers, Wei Chi saw the semicircular scar on the back of his hand. After many years, it is still clear.

"Trust me, it's okay, I'll be back soon!"