Chapter 253 Chapter 253 Yan Dashoufu

After that, Ling Haotian lived in the guard's dormitory in Dongsanyuan.This Dongsanyuan is guarding the imperial family's palace, there are only eight guards in total, it is the most leisurely place in the imperial palace.There are hundreds of horses raised in the stable. Because of the smell of horse dung, it is far away from the residence of the royal family. Usually only the horsemen who specialize in raising horses take care of them in the stable. Occasionally, military officers come to lead the horses for the royal family to ride. At other times, no one would come to Dongsanyuan, and there was really no need for guards, so these guards were happy to be at leisure, wandering around Dongsanyuan all day, or slipping out of the palace to gamble.The other guards saw that Ling Haotian was taciturn, honest and rigid, so they ignored him.

Ling Haotian was happy to have less people to watch over him, so he stayed in Dongsanyuan during the day, helping to manage the horses, and in the dead of night, he used lightness kung fu to patrol around the palace, slowly finding out the location of the halls in the palace.But seeing that the guards in the palace are extremely tight, there are guards patrolling every hall, side hall, and corner of the house, day and night. It takes a short one hundred steps to walk in the palace, and often you have to pass seven or eight sentry posts to answer the question of the day. The password can be successfully passed.

Ling Haotian didn't know the password, he only relied on lightness skills to explore everywhere.Even if he has extraordinary lightness skills, he has to be very careful to avoid the eyes of countless patrolling guards.He paid attention to looking for the few people Zhao Guan told him he had met in the Yan Mansion: King Shura, Eunuch Hong Taiping, God of Death, God of Plague, Jinwu Rinpoche, etc.After some investigation, King Shura was nowhere to be found. Admiral Hong Taiping, the eunuch of the East Factory, heard that he had returned to his hometown, and all the lamas had returned to Tibet. The god of death and the god of plague never appeared among the guards.A month passed, Ling Haotian almost walked all over the outer courtyard of the palace, met hundreds of guards and eunuchs in the palace, but still failed to find any clues, and gradually felt anxious.

That night, around midnight, Ling Haotian was changing into black clothes and was about to go out when he heard a gong sound in the distance. The guards rushed to the guard post in Dongsanyuan.But he saw a group of people from far away, lighting torches, rushing towards a small sedan chair, followed by a person, Lu Tao, the commander of Jin Yiwei.All the guards rushed forward to greet Commander Lu.When the car curtain was raised, a thin middle-aged eunuch came out. A guard recognized him and rushed forward and shouted: Thank you, Mr. Wanan! The eunuch Xie nodded, and said in a sharp voice: "The Holy Majesty wants to fast and dip in offering sacrifices to heaven, and let me tell the first assistant Yan to enter the palace immediately and write a respectful speech."This is a warrant.As he spoke, he handed over a token, and Commander Lu took it respectfully. To show his due diligence, he pretended to check it, and said: "I respect the imperial decree!"Thank you, Eunuch, please.Turning around, he said to the eight guards: Why don't you prepare the horses for Eunuch Xie quickly, and escort Eunuch Xie to Yan Dashoufu's mansion to deliver the decree?The emperor's fasting is a major event, and it cannot be delayed for even half a minute.Not going soon?

Ling Haotian and the other seven guards hurriedly bowed to accept the order, hurriedly led the horses and saddled them, and escorted Eunuch Xie out of the palace.One of the guards was acquainted with Eunuch Xie, and said with an apologetic smile: "Eunuch Xie, the Holy Majesty is in a good mood tonight, and he is going to sacrifice to heaven again."Didn't they sacrifice three times last month?Eunuch Xie said: "The Holy Majesty is the Son of Heaven, so naturally he often has to talk to Heaven."The sage also practiced in the morning and in the evening, that was very serious.The sage is blessed and blessed in the sky, sooner or later he will achieve a positive result and live forever, just wait and see.The other guards all clicked their tongues and said: That's amazing.

While speaking, a group of people had already left the side door, and the guards were lighting torches, riding fast on the road in the capital, and came all the way to the gate of Yan Mansion.But I saw that the gate is very grand, with golden nails nailed on the vermilion gate, it is three feet high, the couplets on both sides and the plaque on the gate are all made of Qingtian jade, and the engraved gold characters shine under the firelight. A guard stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker, shouting loudly: The imperial decree has arrived!The Yan family quickly opened the door, and respectfully invited everyone in. They even flattered Eunuch Xie, offering him a tea bag and asking him to sit down in the hall.

Ling Haotian wandered around, but saw that the carved beams and painted buildings in the hall were resplendent and resplendent. The large-scale relief of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea on the north wall was all inlaid with gold and rare jade, and the east screen was carved from a whole piece of Khotan white jade. The desks, chairs and coffee tables are all made of high-quality rosewood, with meticulous carvings and extremely gorgeous and luxurious.He lived in the palace for a month, and when he came to Yan's mansion, he found that the decorations in this mansion were even more exquisite and expensive than in the palace. There are too many to spend.

Not long after, a gray-haired old man walked out quickly from the back hall. He was dressed in a neat official uniform, with sparse eyebrows and long eyes, high nose and thin lips. Please thank your father-in-law for forgiveness.Eunuch Xie stood up and returned the salute: "It's easy to say."The emperor's ceremony is all ready, just waiting for Yan Dashoufu to wave a big pen.As he spoke, he took out a piece of ivy paper from his sleeve, and another yellow note, and handed it to Yan Song.Yan Song knelt down and took it, read the yellow note for a long time, frowned, and pondered for a while.

Eunuch Xie saw it, and said in a low voice: Yan Shoufu, do you want to invite the eldest son? Yan Song nodded and said, "Grandpa Xie, please wait here a moment, I'll go find Shifan right away." It turned out that Emperor Sejong was obsessed with the art of immortality, and held fasting rituals from time to time. Every time he fasted, he had to prepare Qingci to worship the sky. It was a kind of parallel style, and it was not easy to write. It means that for many years, only his Qing Ci can satisfy the emperor, so Sejong trusts and relies on him even more, and every time he sacrifices to heaven, he must pass on his respectful writing of Qing Ci.But Yan Song was getting old, and sometimes he couldn't fully grasp the emperor's mind, so he had to rely on his son Yan Shifan to write for him.Eunuch Xie has been on duty in the palace for a long time, so he naturally knew the key to this, so he frowned and said: This time the time is very tight!Yan Shoufu, if the auspicious time for offering sacrifices to heaven is delayed, His Majesty may not necessarily blame it, but this servant cannot afford it.

Yan Song repeatedly said: Yes, yes, there will be no delay.While speaking, he took out a large bank note from his pocket and handed it to Eunuch Xie.Eunuch Xie quietly accepted it, with a smile on his face, and said: "It's not too late, Chief Assistant Yan, why don't I go with you to Prince Ling's mansion, and hurry back to the business with the Qing Ci."Yan Song said, "I'm so bothered by your father-in-law." At the moment Yan Song brought a group of domestic slaves, eight palace guards surrounded Eunuch Xie, and the group rushed to Yan Shifan's mansion.When they came outside the gate, the family members said that Yan Shifan hadn't seen any guests.Yan Song said angrily: "I am his father, why is he still missing?"He was anxious to find his son, waved his hand and slapped the servant across the face, and strode into the gate.

Yan Song heard the noise of people in the backyard, so he went straight to the backyard, and saw red lanterns hanging everywhere in the courtyard, singing and dancing, delicious wine and delicacies, the banquet was full of delicacies, but it was an extravagant banquet.In addition to the sons and daughters of the kings and grandchildren of the capital, and young masters of the aristocratic family, there were also dozens of prostitutes in the banquet, guessing wine and playing fists, singing and singing, and laughing, it was very lively. Yan Song looked around, found his son among the prostitutes, ran over and pulled him out, scolded with a straight face: "Little beast, what time is this, you are still here to spend time and drink!"Ling Haotian looked from behind, but saw that Yan Shifan was short and fat, with a liver-colored face, wide forehead and big nose, small eyes and sharp teeth. Dad has to come to ask him to write for him. But Yan Shifan said with a smile: "My wife is not here. If I don't spend time and money now, when will I be?"Dad, come and have a drink too!Yan Song said angrily: I have something urgent to find you, so listen to me!The emperor is going to eat food tonight, and is waiting for a piece of Qing Ci. You should read the emperor's decree quickly and write it down! Yan Shifan was already very drunk, he squinted at his father, and cursed: You old repentant, you don't write yourself, but you come to disturb my interest?If you don't leave, I'll beat you out with a big stick!Yan Song said angrily: "Tienizi, how dare you speak to your father like that?"Do you write or not?Yan Shifan said: Don't write!You are too stupid to write, and you want me to write it for you, but I am too lazy to help you, so you will be blamed by the emperor!That's your fucking business! Yan Song pointed at him and hopped his feet and said, "Bastard, bastard!I have raised you for decades for nothing, but you actually repay me like this?The father and son began to curse at each other at this happy banquet.The guests and prostitutes who were watching couldn't stop laughing. Eunuch Xie seemed to be used to it, so he stood quietly by the side without saying a word.Ling Haotian had never seen such absurd scene before, he was astonished and stunned.