Chapter 73
Chapter 73
The Succession Ceremony of Xuanqing Temple was held with great fanfare, Prince Xian led the Emperor's order to go there on his behalf, and the people couldn't help but watch, so Xuanqing Mountain was even more crowded than it was during the Chinese New Year.
Ji Bieyun respected Guanchen's wishes, did not go to Xuanqing Temple, and stayed in the mansion restlessly all day.
For the past two days, Xu Yang accompanied Gu Shanyue to testify at the Ministry of Criminal Justice every day. After today's end, he was finally able to have a lively dinner with them.
Qingshuang and a few servants went to Xuanqing Temple this afternoon, and they couldn't wait to share what they saw and heard at the dinner table, describing them vividly.What is it that Xuanqing Temple has had such a young abbot for the first time in decades, even if he is young, he is good-looking.
He also said that Master Guanchen is wearing a red robe today. Although Zen Master Jueming also wore a red cassock before, it seems to be different when it is changed to Master Guanchen. It makes people look better than before. .
Ji Bieyun listened silently, it was inconvenient to speak, so he could only curse the demon monk in his heart.
No matter how beautiful it is, he can't see it.
It was already sunset outside the house, and the sky light completely disappeared.Another day is about to pass, but from today onwards, the abbot of Xuanqing Temple will become the monk Guanchen, and the red or gray robes are not for him to wear.
Qingshuang was still talking happily, but his smile gradually disappeared.
Xu Yang suddenly coughed twice, forcibly changed the topic, and talked about the current progress of the Yushitai case.
This thorough investigation of Yushitai is not like the previous joint trial of the three divisions.After all, Yushitai is one of the three divisions, and the Sanfa division has already been smashed. It may be difficult for the other two divisions to investigate, and it is also powerless.
Emperor Yuanhui's intention this time is to take the prime minister as the head, the Ministry of Punishment and the Dali Temple as assistants, and no matter any government office or official service is involved in the thorough investigation process, they must cooperate with the investigation.
This imperial decree was so decisive that even though Ji Bieyun knew that Emperor Yuan Hui didn't want to do this, it still made it impossible for Yushitai to stand up.
Therefore, the news that Xu Yang brought back was basically within his expectation.Things are progressing very smoothly, and a series of corruption cases have been involved, and even the local officials involved must enter Beijing as soon as possible for interrogation.
Ji Bieyun didn't react much after hearing this, but instead asked, "Where's Duan Wenfu? How's the investigation going?"
Xu Yang's face darkened, "This man is very cunning, he hides his traces completely, and the dirty things found out are all done by his subordinates. But it's still too early, and he will definitely be caught in the future. You don't have to worry either."
He nodded.
According to the current situation, the prime minister took the lead in a thorough investigation, and Yu Shitai would not be able to escape this time no matter what.Moreover, the Great General Zhen Guo has not moved even today, and he has no intention of saving Yushitai at all. He probably gave up this pawn.
Just like what he said to Prince Xian before, it is useless to do your best and obey the destiny, even if you worry.He has tried his best to do everything he can, and the next thing is to wait for the development of the situation.
What he was really worried about was what Prince Rixian said that day.
"If Emperor Yuanhui wants to give it..." He couldn't help but shut his mouth halfway through.
Xu Yang looked over suspiciously, "What are you giving?"
Immediately afterwards, all the eyes of the table were focused on him, Ji Bieyun was a little stiff, and said wisely in a hurry: "Death, I wonder if Emperor Yuanhui will bestow Duan Wenfu's death."
Everyone nodded in understanding, and followed his topic to guess.
... Fortunately, it was fooled.
The fact that the emperor intends to grant a marriage is like a hidden disease to him, he can't say it, and he doesn't know who to tell.If I ask Xu Yang or Fang Muzhi for help, I'm afraid I will be ridiculed by them so much that I can't hold my head up. If I ask Guan Chen...
No, absolutely not let Guan Chen know.
He couldn't figure out what the monk would think, what if Guan Chen asked him to accept the marriage offer?
I should be so angry that my seven orifices smoke.
He was depressed after a meal, and just as he put down the bowls and chopsticks, he learned that Master Fang had arrived.It was only when he walked into Ji's residence that he saw that little bastard who refused to be disciplined behind Fang Muzhi.
Why are these two still attached?
If it wasn't for the obvious helplessness and resentment on Fang Muzhi's face, Ji Bieyun almost thought that the two had become friends.
"How did you two meet?" He turned to look at Zhuo Anping behind him, his tone became a little harsher, "You ran out of the barracks again?"
Fang Muzhi spoke before Zhuo Anping said: "It's not that your good deputy put someone here to take care of the children, but he said he really didn't have time and couldn't control it, so I have time? Can you take good care of your own subordinates, even the soldiers, what kind of general are you?"
This resentment is soaring, I don't know what happened again.
This scolding made sense, Ji Bieyun was a little guilty, he hurriedly invited the person to the upper seat, and turned to tell Qingshuang to get two sets of bowls and chopsticks as soon as possible.Afterwards, he cheekily sat beside him, didn't admit his mistake, and said, "Is the basket of peaches that I gave you last time delicious? If you think it's delicious, I'll send someone to send another basket over."
Zhuo Anping was very quiet today, standing behind Fang Muzhi like a follower, who didn't know, thought it was the young master Fang brought from the prime minister's mansion.
Ji Bieyun felt that something was wrong.Both he and Dai Fengmao were poorly trained soldiers, but Young Master Fang only saw him twice, and he managed to control them so obediently?
"Who cares about your basket of broken peaches, you really want to give them all to him, anyway, he's as wild as a monkey." Fang Muzhi said coldly.
Zhuo Anping nodded vigorously from the side, his eyes sparkled, and he almost wrote the word "give me" on his face.
Fang Muzhi couldn't see behind him, so naturally he didn't know what was going on with that little brat.He didn't wait for Ji Bieyun to reply, and said again: "I sent you back, you can arrange it however you like, besides that, I have to let you know one more thing."
I thought Ji Bieyun would show a vigilant look, but unexpectedly the young man closed his eyes from exhaustion, rubbed his temples with the heels of his palms, and murmured: "There is no good news for one or two... Tell me , let me go crazy faster."
"Hey, I haven't seen you for a few days, so General Ji will still be clever?" Fang Muzhi felt strange, and the news he brought was indeed not good.However, seeing the other party's dejected appearance, he was also a little apprehensive when he said it.
He recounted what happened in Xianrui Building, only hiding the almost fight and some ugly swear words.
Unexpectedly, the boy breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"It's okay...it's not the palace's order..."
Fang Muzhi didn't hear clearly, "What are you mumbling about? Let me ask you, do you know which military camp those people are from? From my point of view, they seem to be on the side of Yushitai, and they are also very malicious towards you. , you'd better be careful lest they do you any harm in the future."
Only then did Ji Bieyun seriously think about it, and then said: "Most likely they are soldiers under the command of General Zhen Guo, but he has tens of thousands of troops under his command, and the words of a few people will not make any waves. If you really go Pursuing the investigation will lead to extra problems."
"They slandered you, so you just let them go?" Fang Muzhi felt a little unbelievable. Ji Bieyun worked so hard to bring down Yushitai, why did he just ignore it here?
"The mouth grows on other people, let them talk about it, as long as it doesn't provoke me, just pretend that you can't see it." Ji Bieyun said casually, but suddenly paused, "You didn't conflict with them, did you?" , are you injured?"
"No, no, I took Zhuo Anping and left." Fang Muzhi quietly tugged at the corner of the little brat's clothes under the table.
Zhuo An calmly agreed and said: "Ah yes, Fang Shaocheng was afraid that he would not be able to beat him, so he didn't dare to go up and cause trouble."
As soon as the words fell, the arm hanging on the side was twisted, the pain made Zhuo Anping frowned, but he didn't dare to make a sound.
Ji Bieyun believed it for now, and pointed to the food on the table, "It's all here, eat before you go, I'll send you a carriage to take you home."
What happened in Xianrui Tower was not a big deal, but he still felt restless after hearing it.
The Great General of Zhen Guo, Wan Liangao, has been in hiding from the beginning to the end, and he doesn't know what kind of person he is. If the Yushitai falls, Wan Liangao will also go crazy, right?
These things made him a headache, he didn't think about it anymore, but once again worried about the marriage.
He was really a little afraid that Guan Chen would persuade him to agree, after all, being able to repair the relationship with Emperor Yuan Hui would be beneficial to his career in the future.
The more he thought about it, the more upset he became, so he asked someone to bring a jar of wine.
The others naturally advised him not to drink, as there were so many wounds on his body that hadn't healed completely, so bear with it if you can.If it was in the past, Ji Bieyun would have listened, but today he is in a bad mood, so he has to drink a few cups to numb the chaotic thoughts in his head.
In the end, half of the wine went into the glass in front of him, and it turned into the burning warmth in his stomach and the gradually clear exhaustion in his body.
Everyone at the table had something to say except him, chatting lively with each other.He didn't want to listen, just holding the wine glass, looked up from the window, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a ray of light.Perhaps because of his drunkenness, he began to miss the moon in Xuanqing Temple, the trees and flowers in Xuanqing Temple, and the cold wind in Xuanqing Mountain.
Only don't miss that person.
Even though Ji Bieyun was drunk, he still resisted thinking about watching the dust.
But the more you don't think about it, the clearer the figure of that person will be in your mind.He reached out and touched the wound on his forehead that had already healed. The medicine given by Emperor Yuan Hui had a miraculous effect and did not leave any scars, but he always felt that there was still residual warmth from Guan Chen's fingertips.
Back then, he was in Ji Zhai, under the long corridor outside his room. For a moment, he had a naughty thought and wanted to tease the monk, but he was caught off guard by touching the wound.
What did he say that day?
He seems to say that wisdom is very important to him.
Thinking about it now, Guanchen is really tolerable.
After pretending in front of him for so long, even if I heard him say that Huizhi is very important to me, I still only look calm and breezy.On the barren mountain in Chongzhou, it was even more extreme. He was on the verge of collapse because of Huizhi's whereabouts, and Guanchen still didn't give up that layer of disguise, and even preemptively aggrieved, saying that he was biased, and that he didn't trust himself.
A few days ago, Ji Bieyun was busy with the affairs of Yushitai, so he didn't have time to think too much. Now that he was free, thinking about the past few months of getting along, he became more and more angry.
How can there be such a thick-skinned person!He tricked him into turning around, and retreated all by himself, still the perfect and unaffected eminent monk.
Ji Bieyun was so drunk that he suddenly felt the surroundings became quiet.
Xu Yang patted him on the shoulder and said something to him, he looked over in confusion, "What did you say?"
"I said," Xu Yang's voice became louder, "there is news from the palace!"
He suddenly became sober, grabbed Xu Yang's arm with his backhand, and asked eagerly: "Is the marriage really granted?"
Fang Muzhi couldn't stand it anymore, and cursed in a low voice: "You're so drunk, why are you talking about giving a marriage, let the monk return to vulgarity first, and dream here..."
Xu Yang was also quite helpless, and raised his voice and shouted: "The case is closed! Duan Wenfu is not charged!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room saw the young man whose cheeks were flushed from drunk suddenly froze.Just when they thought Ji Bieyun was too drunk to understand, the boy suddenly got up and ran out of the house, heading north to his yard.
A group of people hurriedly chased after him, but Ji Bieyun was so light even when he was drunk, leaving everyone behind.
Xu Yang panicked, and hurriedly shouted: "What are you going to do? I haven't finished talking yet!"
"Going crazy again, going crazy again..." Young Master Fang also chased after him, panting, "I'm afraid I didn't want to enter the palace but went in the wrong direction!"
The other young men also knew how to judge the situation, and spread out to surround the courtyard to prevent their boss from running out.
However, when Ji Bieyun returned to the room, he only wanted to take the cold sword away.As soon as he grasped the knife behind him, regardless of their obstruction, he flew out of the room and jumped onto the roof.
Half drunk and half awake, Ji Bieyun had only one thought - the emperor didn't want to punish Duan Wenfu, so he would replace him.
The world was spinning in front of his eyes, even if his feet were not steady, he still used his years of experience in martial arts to fly over the walls and jump onto the top of the wall.The noise from the crowd behind him made his head hurt, and he became more and more irritable. He didn't want to worry about anything anymore, and turned out from the side door without looking back.
However, when he landed, he was caught off guard and crashed into someone's arms, and then a hand was tightly restrained around his waist, preventing him from moving.
In the empty alley, Guan Chen turned his back to the moonlight, looked down at him, and frowned in astonishment.
Ji Bieyun recognized him the moment he fell into his arms, but he suddenly recalled the resentment and anger just now, and remembered that Guanchen had lied to him for so long, and he was not allowed to go to Xuanqing Temple to watch the succession ceremony.
The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and he said viciously: "Let me go!"
The monk didn't listen to him again, that hand firmly stopped him, and his tone was stricter than before: "Tell me what you are going to do first?"
"Do you care about me?" He couldn't break free, and became more and more anxious, "Let go, or...or I'll beat you too!"
Ji Bieyun was negligent for a moment, and the Quehan knife in his hand was also taken away.
He was so angry that the feeling of grievance flooded into his heart like a tide, he wanted to scold but was clumsy with his tongue, so he simply bit Guan Chen's shoulder.
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