The emperor's birthday is called the Manju Festival.
On the day of the festival, the emperor would accept congratulations and gifts from all officials. Slaughtering is prohibited during the festival, and the Emperor does not take care of punishment for a few days before and after the festival, while civil and military officials are required to wear python robes and gowns according to the regulations. On this day, the craftsmen of the capital used colorful paintings and cloths to pack the main streets with splendid colors, and everywhere was full of songs and dances.
And the civil and military officials from all over the world are to set up incense and make great salutes in the direction of the capital.1
Gu Yuanbai's birthday was during the golden autumn festival, the season of grain harvest. The emperor's birthday is particularly important, as early as after Gu Yuanbai moved to the summer palace with his courtiers, the capital began to prepare for the birthday of the emperor.
When it was actually time for the Wan Shou Festival, even foreign emissaries would travel to the capital of Daheng to come and celebrate Gu Yuanbai's birthday.
And Gu Yuanbai, too, wanted to take this time to get to know these foreign emissaries who had come to pay their respects.
With regard to birthdays, all these rows and specifications have been written into the Torah, and the whole of Daheng will also be on vacation for three days before, during and after and on the day of All Souls' Day.
When a person's birthdate is a time to have fun with the world, then such a birthdate is not a time when the person celebrating the birthday can decide what to do.
Gu Yuanbai only ordered to go down, do not waste money.
After a few more days, the fact that the governor of Lizhou was killed by the bandits because he failed to fight them spread throughout the court.
Because the governor of Li Zhou forced the people into bandits, and collusion with bandits once the rumor will certainly shake the people's heart, so this matter must be hidden to death, a little bit of wind can not be spread out. Even the previous initiative towards the Gu Yuanbai resignation of the Ministry of the Ministry of Justice, also only thought that the governor of the state connived in the bandits to plunder the local people, but also a lot of corruption, and is not clear about the deeper level of the road bends.
This deeper level of information was only known to Gu Yuanbai and some of his close associates.
The story took a different turn when it reached the ears of the courtiers.
The governor of Lizhou was afraid because of corruption and wanted to redeem his crime with his merits, so he went to fight the bandits with his men recklessly. Instead, he was killed by the bandits, and this killing of a court official made things very serious, and in the end, the garrison was even mobilized to wipe out the bandits in all the hills around Lizhou.
Some of the bandits had already been pressured to travel to the capital, where they would be used as laborers to reclaim one of the most difficult wastelands in the western part of the capital. And those bandit leaders who made Lizhou and the neighboring states and counties suffer greatly were directly beheaded in the presence of the ten thousand people of Lizhou.
The Governor of Cheap Lee State is now.
Originally should be infamous, forever in the history of the people scorned. But because he did the state of affairs hidden, but also too terrible, has reached the point of shaking the hearts of the people, causing riots, so he had to be dealt with in secret, and then by the surface of a "Li state governor only guilty of embezzlement" news in the dissemination.
The longer Gu Yuanbai came to ancient times, the more he felt that history was a little girl who was left to be dressed up.
This is something that is a shibboleth in the hands of the superior and the victorious.
Gu Yuanbai threw the folders in his hand that stated the cause of the death of the governor of Lizhou on the table, looked at the historian beside him, and asked, "Is it written clearly?"
Historian nodded, will today's morning court on the record under the text to Gu Yuanbai to see, written clearly above: on the heard of the Lizhou harmful thing, sighs a number of times, the court hundred officials heart hate to cherish, sighing its corruption, but also its desire to redeem the crime of the thieves, Lizhou know the number of stolen goods when the matter came to the emperor was furious, said: this person I am sparing the fee carry on. 2.
"Very well," Gu Yuanbai said, "that's it."
The historian respectfully answered, took the scroll and quietly retired, ready to transcribe it onto the top of the history scroll.
Kong Yilin and the others, who were transporting a batch of free labor back to the capital, were about to walk to the west of the capital. Gu Yuanbai turned the jade wrench on his hand, but as soon as his hand touched it, the movement couldn't help but lurch.
After a long time, he asked, "How is the man?"
This sudden sentence confused Tian Fusheng. Luckily, he quickly came back to his senses and tentatively replied, "Back to Your Majesty, there is no major commotion coming from the Xue Mansion, and Lord Xue should be unharmed."
"Should?" Gu Yuanbai's brows furrowed in dismay, "What do you mean by should."
Tian Fusheng's cold sweat stayed down from his temples, and he immediately admitted his mistake, "I'll go and inquire carefully."
Gu Yuanbai was a bit annoyed, he rubbed his temples and suppressed these annoyances, "Stand down."
Being in it that day, I just felt that it was a bit strange. Now that I think about it, I am afraid that Xue Yuan's body is still seriously injured. Those strange flavors that I smelled, I am afraid that it is the blood gas.
Wouldn't the flesh rot if you were seriously injured and still running in dirty water for that long?
People who are in good health then trash their bodies like this, which really makes people who are not in good health feel bad about how they feel.
Gu Yuanbai leaned back.
His temples were bulging, his long sleeves were spread on top of the soft chair, and his expression was slightly raw.
If someone spoils himself like this just to pick up a dead thing for Gu Yuanbai, such behavior is not deep love or loyalty in Gu Yuanbai's eyes, it's stupidity.
Human life is always more valuable than anything else.
Or is this how Xue Yuan spelled it out when he said he would spell it out for him?
For a jade trigger?
After a while, the saint ordered, "Summon Chang Yuyan here."
After Chang Yuyan knew that His Majesty had summoned him, he hurriedly straightened his official robes and tiara and followed the summoning eunuch towards His Majesty's palace.
The summer palace in the road bends and turns, garden art is the pinnacle. Summer heat is no longer, Chang Yuyan walked all the way to Gu Yuanbai's heel, still fresh and refreshing the appearance of a gentleman of the wind.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty," this was the second time I was summoned alone, Chang Yuyan couldn't help but feel a little nervous, bending over to give Gu Yuanbai a bow, "Your Majesty called me here but do you have something to command?"
Gu Yuanbai raised his head from the book and looked at Chang Yuyan and smiled, "Nothing, don't be formal, I'm just a little bored, so I called in Chang Qing to accompany me to talk."
Chang Yuyan was a talent that Gu Yuanbai extremely liked and valued, he gave Chang Yuyan a seat and had a chessboard set up.
Chang Yuyan was somewhat flattered. He followed the instructions to sit down, his buttocks only sat down halfway, remembered the last time the saint and Chu Wei played chess, couldn't help but say: "The last time the saint and Chu adults played chess, I have not been on the side of the view on some. To this day, when I think about it, I still feel doubly sorry."
Gu Yuanbai laughed, "Then today will fulfill this regret of Changqing."
Chang Yuyan smiled openly, rolled up his sleeves, and played chess with the saint.
He played well, Gu Yuanbai rose a few points of seriousness, and waited for Chang Yuyan to gradually enter into it, before he asked carelessly, "I heard that Chang Qing recently made another good poem."
Gu Yuanbai only used half of his mind, but his chess path was really dangerous, with traps and sharp opportunities everywhere, and Chang Yuyan's entire mind was used on the chess surface, so his words did not go over his head, and more or less revealed something that should not have been said, "Yes, Xue Jiuyao had to ask me to compose a poem for him the other day."
Fingers rubbing the rounded chess pieces, Gu Yuanbai's voice carried a smile, "Changqing and Xueqing turned out to be so close."
Chang Yuyan laughed bitterly, "With Xue Jiuyao's dog temper, who could--"
He suddenly came back to his senses, his nerves suddenly tightened, and he hurriedly got up to ask for forgiveness, "I have made a slip of the tongue, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"It's not a problem," Gu Yuanbai smiled faintly, "Why should the scout be so formal with me?"
The words he asked sent chills down one's spine, but when His Holiness smiled slightly, the chills were abruptly suppressed, and his brain was so foggy that he didn't remember the danger.
Chang Yuyan smiled blushingly and resumed her seat.
See, people like Xue Jiujiuyao have friends like Chang Yuyan. Regardless of anything else, just in terms of etiquette when facing Gu Yuanbai, Xue Jiujiuyao was far inferior to Chang Yuyan.
But again.
Gu Yuanbai was also an emperor-like person who cared about nothing else in front of Chang Yuyan.
Gu Yuanbai laughed and suddenly felt a bit uninterested, he stopped asking questions and instead concentrated on finishing the game of chess with Chang Yuyan. After he got serious, Chang Yuyan quickly collapsed.
Chang Yuyan said in admiration, "Your Holiness has excellent chess skills."
The corners of His Majesty's mouth hooked slightly, and Chang Yuyan added, "Xue Jiuyao's path is still a bit similar to His Majesty's, and when I face this kind of chess path, I really don't have a clue what to do."
Gu Yuanbai raised his eyebrows, playing with the flavor: "He still knows how to play chess?"
Chang Yuyan didn't hold back a laugh, "There are probably more books in Xue Jiuyao's study than there are in the minister's mansion."
This one really surprised Gu Yuanbai a bit.
Looking at the saint's appearance, Chang Yuyan's mouth couldn't stop, his brain was a bit unclear, and he tried his best to take Xue Yuan's embarrassing things to make the saint happy, "Xue Jiuyao's room has more than just a lot of books, and a few days ago, I also found out that he dragged his sick body, and even started to make a kite."
Gu Yuanbai gave a start, "A kite?"
"Yes," said Standing Jade, "or a swallow kite."
"Then writing on the kite," Gu Yuanbai said, "can it have any significance?"
A few moments of doubt passed across Chang Yuyan's face, "This, I don't know."
Gu Yuanbai nodded slightly and told him to back off.
When the people left, Gu Yuanbai raised his hand to try to lift the cup, and when his finger reached out, he saw the jade wrench with deep green color again.
He looked at it for a while, then suddenly reached out and removed the jade wrench, snorting coldly, "Looking at me is distracting."
When Tian Fusheng heard this, he cautiously said, "Then I'll go and give His Holiness those new jade triggers again?"
Gu Yuanbai glanced at him, the word "no" in his throat, and after turning in a circle, said, "Bring some."
After Chang Yuyan got off duty, he burrowed into the Xue Mansion.
When he arrived, Xue Yuan was sharpening wood with a dagger.
Grand Duke Xue's body was wearing only his inner garment, with his outer robe draped over it. His black hair was scattered behind him, and his expression was serious, his lower jaw taut with indifference.
Chang Yuyan couldn't help but restrain his smile and sat squarely on the sidelines, "Xue Jiuyao, what are you doing again?"
With wood shavings all over his fingers, Xue Yuan lazily said, "Chipping wood."
Chang Yuyan choked, "Naturally, I know that you are sharpening wood, I am asking you what kind of wood you intend to sharpen."
The corner of Xue Yuan's lips hooked up, "None of your business."
Chang Yuyan had already habitually ignored his words as he coughed his throat, straightened his back ironically, and said as if he didn't mean it, "I was summoned by the saint again today."
Xue Yuan's hands did not stop, as if he was careless, "Huh?"
"His Holiness spoke with me and played a game of chess," Chang Yuyan's smile didn't hold back from getting bigger and bigger, sighing in admiration, "His Holiness's chess is truly a masterpiece, and even after I exhausted my strength, I could only hold on for a few moments."
Xue Yuan stopped talking as he turned the dagger around in his hand, the sharp tip of the blade glowing with the afterglow of the setting sun.
"And then what?"
And then?
Chang Yuyan looked at the side of Xue Yuan's face, the words he originally wanted to say were suddenly smothered in his mouth for some reason, he naturally smiled, his gaze shifted from Xue Yuan's body to the wood in his hands, and he said in an unchanged tone, "And then there was nothing more, His Holiness was busy with his affairs, and after speaking with me for a moment or two, he let me go."