Chapter 66
News about military affairs and government affairs in the Song Dynasty was slowly spreading, but news about entertainment gossip was spreading very quickly.
The city of Bianjing (capital), which had been silent for a while, became lively in the summer of this first year of the Grand View. Many teahouses have an alternative and strange story "Lanruo Temple".
This was nothing in the Song Dynasty. It was just because of the intense and fierce political struggles and party struggles a while ago. In the tug-of-war between Zhao Tingzhi and Cai Jing, officials at all levels and at all levels were like absurd, changing them over and over again, which made the overall environment more tense. The academy did not care about its special status, but the speech control in entertainment venues was particularly strict.
This has led to the quietest whole capital.
But now with Cai Jing's reopening, politics is gradually becoming loose. At this critical moment, as the political trend gradually thawed, the alternative and rare story of "Lan Ruo Temple" in various teahouses has entered the capital, and has occupied the verbal of almost every storyteller in a short period of time.
Including Fanlou, the highest-end entertainment venue in the Song Dynasty.
In addition, Taoism, which had a status of nearly state religion in the Song Dynasty, happened to be the 30th generation of the Taoist sect of the Heavenly Master, Zhang Jixian, who went to Beijing to pray for blessings and congratulations to Mr. Cai.
Zhang Jixian, who has always learned to make a living by the fate of gods and ghosts, said more in response to the situation: "Cai Xiangzhi's comeback and "Lan Ruo Temple" became popular in Beijing, which is really icing in response to the situation."
Cai Jing may not believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, but there was a villain named Zhao Ting who made the mistake before, which coincided with the change of stars, which led to the dismissal of the face. This time, the situation changed and he returned to the face, but the tea shops were not enthusiastic in the early stage, as if they were afraid to speak or dared to resume their speech relaxed, but they suddenly turned around because of the sudden popularity of "Lan Ruo Temple".
In this regard, although Cai Jing knew that Zhang Tianshi was a demon who talked lies to the point of being a ghost, he also responded to the situation and barely recognized the statement that "Lanruo Temple" regarded as auspicious.
This is amazing. There are rumors that Cai Xiangye specially sent someone to find three volumes of "Lan Ruo Temple" to read in the mansion.
The other old masters watched coldly. They never read Xiaobai's articles, and "Lanruo Temple" is the perfect Xiaobai's article. There is also rumors that they do not hate Cai Jing, but they hate Zhang Tianshi. In short, they think that whether they are the emperor or the prime minister, what they fear most is that they have these monsters around them who are confused by the people...
"Zhao Aishi!"
Amidst a rough scream, a scar-faced man walked into the office. What was unexpected was that Cai Wenji was with him?
Zhao Cheng felt very strange and didn't know how to offend Cai Wenji. She looked malicious, including the stingy Shuang'er pouted.
Zhao Cheng ignored the man and said to Cai Wenji: "What's wrong with Miss Cai?"
"It's okay, come and have a look." Cai Wenji's attitude was relatively cold.
Of course, she couldn't be driven away, so Zhao Cheng looked at the scarfaced man again and said, "Du Du has something to do?"
In principle, he is not from Guichi County, but belongs to the Xiangjun Army, and is considered to be a cross-system "Huangbianzhai" stationed in Guichi County. It is not a relatively important official road connection, and it is well-connected. In terms of the role, this Dutou, named Dong Jianwu, is probably equivalent to the character Li Guanghuarong, a small-scale Li Guang and Huarong in Water Margin.
Huangbianzhai was not a permanent barracks of the Xiangjun of Chizhou, so Dong Dutou and his subordinates were stationed in Guichi County. The command power was in the hands of Guichi County, and the relationship between money and grain was also in Guichi County. Of course, the power of life and death was in Guichi County. This is the characteristic of the Northern Song Dynasty civil officials determine the life and death of people. No matter how high the military generals have no such rights.
Of course, Zhao Cheng could not decide his life or death, nor was he his leader. He was just a literati and also the deputy secretary-general of County Magistrate Pei, who decided Dong Du's life or death. In theory, he shouldn't have spoken loudly to Zhao Cheng like this.
"Why is Zhao Ai Si silent? Why hasn't he allocated money and grain from our department, as well as the maintenance costs of this archer in this period? "Dong Du said to himself.
Cai Wenji looked at Zhao Cheng quietly.
Zhao Cheng casually flipped through the few pages of the file at hand, "Please sit down, don't worry first."
"I was ordered to bring seventy archers to guard Huangbianzhai, but there was not much time to delay. The official road was about to rush, and the passenger caravans traveled south and north, that was an important matter."
Dong Du's voice became much louder after looking at Cai Wenji.
Zhao Cheng looked at him for a while and said, "I'll draw a chart for you and you'll know the reason."
"My old Dong can't control the many twists and turns. If you can't explain it clearly, you can find the county master to argue!" Dong Du's head felt a little angry.
"Go out and turn right, he's taking a nap."
Zhao Cheng didn't want to pay attention to him anymore and looked down at the file.
According to the guy's urination of fifty taels last time, Cai Wenji thought he wanted to collect money. After all, the new "official" policy was that after Zhao Cheng took office, everyone bullied him as a young, cowardly and down-and-out scholar. Each of them had no banquets and no money to send money, which led to the fact that the money and food in Huangbianzhai had not been approved.
According to the rules of the Song Dynasty, the wing army was stationed in Guichi County, and the food expenses were transferred to Guichi County's finance.
Zhao Cheng is either a decision-making level or a deputy secretary-general. The payment for repairing bows and arrows and the money and food of soldiers are common, and they will not change in each period, and it is a fixed amount. But the rule is that without the documents signed by Zhao Cheng, the chief clerk will never open a warehouse, because although it is a common case, he is afraid of taking responsibility.
The stalemate broke out. Dong Du really had no courage to talk to County Magistrate Pei, so he had to look at Cai Wenji.
Cai Wenji hesitated for a while and said, "Then let's see what icon he wants to draw. The time he has been delayed should not be too late to find Lord Pei."
Dong Du frowned, but he had to be patient.
Zhao Cheng pulled over the homemade blackboard, drew some icons with white gray, and pulled some arrows.
"?" This surprised Cai Wenji. She didn't expect that this kid's painting union would be so rough that it was simply unbearable, but she could only look patiently.
Zhao Cheng was painting and muttering: "In August of the second year of Chongning, the broken body of a woman and a ten-year-old girl was found in the hillside of eight miles from Huangbianzhai. The case organizer Liu Qishan, who was the head of the criminal troupe at the time, was identified by the coroner as a wild beast. But now the coroner has left Guichi County."
"In November of the third year of Chongning, the bodies of four travelers were buried in a ravine nine miles away from Huangbianzhai and were found. The criminal troupe was Huang Gan, the head of the criminal troupe. The goods disappeared and were formed as bandits attacked."
"In February of the first year of Daguan, the bodies of two women were found in the riverbed west of eight miles from Huangbianzhai. The organizer of the case, Lu Bantou, was determined to be attacked by bandits..."
Zhao Cheng said while drawing and finally pulled the arrows of the three incidents together to the three words "Dong Dutou" in the middle, and said: "The timeline has no obvious rules and contacts, the case organizer has not contacted, and the coroner has not contacted. But the common characteristics are all in the Huangbianzhai Defense Zone, and they are all during the period when Dong Dutou is stationed?"
At this point, Dong Dutou and Cai Wenji couldn't help but change their qualities.
Chapter completed!