Daming Yinghua

Arriving near Baoxu Temple, Zheng Haizhu didn't rush to the door, but walked around the area first.

She found that instead of saying that the Taoist temple is adjacent to the Guozijian, it is better to say that it is closer to the Wudewei Camp.

The Wudewei Battalion in the northeast of Beijing is also one of the defenders of the capital, with a strength of 6000 people. Nowadays, more than half of it has become a place where the royal relatives and relatives live without pay, and there are always hundreds of soldiers coming in and out. .

Zheng Haizhu thought for a while, and asked Hua Er beside him: "Do you think there is something weird?"

In the past few days, Li Daniu was sent by Zheng Haizhu to watch over the doctor who treated Liu Qiao's only son.

Hua Er had no colleagues to discuss about participating in the research, so her thinking was forced to be quicker.

The little girl looked around, said, "Madam, wait a minute, Hua Er will be right back", and ran to the shop on the other side of the alley to buy some flowers.

When turning back, Hua Er first put on a show and gave Zheng Haizhu the head flower he chose at random, and then reported in a low voice: "Madam, I asked the buddy, and he said that this is an empty view. It turned out to be an abandoned barn." , This Taoist temple was built three years ago. But there is no Taoist temple inside, only female priests and disciples practice, but there are usually women and women, go in and listen."

Zheng Haizhu nodded, and continued to wait for Hua Er's analysis with a kind face.

Hua Er said in a smacking tone: "The last time Madam came back from the Wenhua Palace, she said that the priestess is very young. I think her apprentices are not very old. But here in the north are full-blooded soldiers who love to eat Wine likes to make trouble. I heard from the buddy that some drunk soldiers even provoke the supervisors of the Imperial College and the passing maidservants. Therefore, if this empty view is not a well-known Taoist temple in the capital, why should the female Taoist leader be chosen? What about here? Even if she was not famous or rich in the past, she can only choose this place. But now they are all people who can enter the palace to serve Zheng Guifei, why don't they move away?"

Zheng Haizhu showed a satisfied look.

The little girl's thinking is getting more and more upbeat.

"Hua Er, there are two schools of Taoism, Zhengyi and Quanzhen. Taoist priests of Zhengyi can marry and have children, and they have to perform some scientific rituals on weekdays, such as praying for blessings or offering salvation, and they are not taboo against the common world. , I looked at Taoist Priest Jingzhao, the hat he was wearing was a Hunyuan scarf, which was clearly from the Quanzhen sect, and we should avoid the noisy places."

Hua Er listened attentively to Zheng Haizhu's supplementary explanation. She was as clever as she was, and she had a lot of them. Madam was teaching her that the ability to be good at on-the-spot investigation and visitation is of course indispensable, but to be a qualified spy, you must also He is well aware of the origins of the three religions and nine streams.

"Ma'am, shall we go in now?" Hua Er asked.

"Wait a minute," Zheng Haizhu pointed to a carriageway outside Baoxu, "That's the carriage from Honglu Temple."

"Ah? How did Madam see it?"

Zheng Haizhu said: "That day, after the Wenhua Palace gave lectures, I wanted to ask Sun Chengzong and Sun Hanlin to give lectures, so I turned to the East Symbiosis Gate. Six departments, Hanlin Academy, Imperial Hospital, Qin Tianjian, Honglu Temple, etc. We got together there. Young Master Lu, Li Daniu, and I divided up the work and made a rough record of the cars at the gates of each yamen, the paint color of the awnings, new and old, the color of the curtains, and the coat color of the horses. Walking in the capital, these eyes can see Son, there is always something useful."

Hua twitched, Madam is really a businessman, she is careful and budgetary, and she doesn't want to waste time, if she goes to the palace, she will earn twice as much money back.

"Ma'am, Hua Er understands the Tai Hospital, but what does the Honglu Temple in the imperial court do?"

"Originally, it was used to contact the envoys of various countries, set up court etiquette, and arrange civil and military officers and generals who came to Beijing to handle affairs. But because of many contacts with the cabinet and the inner court, now this Honglu Temple, like a government office called the Tongzheng Department, can often directly Seeing the Long Live Lord, the Chief Assistant, and the Superintendent of Rituals palming the eunuchs, you know the rumors of the court most clearly."

Hua Er twisted her beautiful eyebrows, tried hard to understand Madam's words, then rolled her eyes, and speculated: "Well, Madam said that this still photo belongs to Concubine Zheng, so, could it be that Honglu Temple The official, if you know something important, if you come to tell Jingzhao, is it equivalent to telling Concubine Zheng?"

Zheng Haizhu murmured: "You can think about it this way. Long Live God just came to the throne, and the envoys from various countries came to Beijing to congratulate them. They all lived in the Honglu Guest House. Honglu Temple arranged some Buddhist scriptures and moral lectures for them. Therefore, Honglu Temple People who come to a Taoist temple openly, the pretense is just right."

But she has deeper thoughts based on the traverser in her heart, and now she can't express it even to her subordinates.

According to the original historical process, in half a month, the famous "Hongwan case" will happen.Today, Zhu Changluo indulged too much and couldn't afford to be sick. Cui Wensheng, the eunuch in charge of the imperial pharmacy, after the medicine didn't work, an official named Li Kezhuo offered "red pills". After Zhu Changluo took it, he died the next day.

Cui Wensheng, the eunuch, is the confidant of Concubine Zheng, and Li Kezhuo is the Chancellor of Honglu Temple.When Zheng Haizhu passed by the Honghe Temple that day, he asked the gatekeeper specifically. The minister of the Honghe Temple has become an official, and the seat of Shaoqing is vacant. These days, Li Sicheng is in charge of the official duties of the yamen.

That's right, this female Taoist priest Jingzhao, in all likelihood, is the bridge connecting the foreign ministers with the imperial concubine Zheng and Cui Wensheng.

Zheng Haizhu and Hua Er waited for another half an hour, when they saw a man in blue clothes coming out of the Taoist temple, and beckoned the coachman from Honglu Temple to drive the carriage over.

"Let's go."

Zheng Haizhu called Hua Er and walked towards the gate, just in time to meet a man wearing a black gauze and a blue robe stepping out.

The man was just an ordinary Taoist visitor to the master and servant of the Zheng family passing by with an umbrella, and he didn't pay attention.Zheng Haizhu glanced at the patch on the opponent's chest when he was shoulder-to-shoulder.

Embroidered egrets.

Six products are right.

In Honglu Temple, only the Sicheng is the sixth rank.

In this regard, the middle-aged man with short beard, slightly protruding eyes and high cheekbones is probably Li Kezhuo who offered red pills in history.

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The sound of hooves receded behind him.

The place in the Taoist temple is not big, and the vegetation is not lush. After all, it used to be just a granary.

The few newly built brick houses are neat and elegant. On the double-eaved palace in the middle, there is a plaque of "Qingdu outside the cloud" hanging on the steps, and there is a gossip diagram made of cobblestones at the bottom of the steps. Prayer flags.

A little Taoist nun saw Zheng Haizhu and came over to ask.

"To bother you, please inform Daoist Jingzhao that the lecturer Zheng Shi will come to the Wenhua Palace to ask for an audience."

The little nun heard the background, thought about it, suddenly realized, and was a little surprised: "The prince's master Zheng? Our temple master said, isn't the post you worship tomorrow?"

"So I apologize, because I have another business tomorrow, I will come to the door abruptly today, and Taoist Master Wanwang will forgive me."

"Oh, that's it." The little Taoist clapped her hands together and said politely, "Master Zheng, please wait a moment, Xiaodao will invite the priest to come."

Zheng Haizhu and Erya stood quietly outside the palace, without any effort, they could hear the shouts of the soldiers from the north, obviously a small number of soldiers from the Beijing camp were practicing.

Hua Er said quietly: "Madam, after entering, I feel closer to the northern camp. This Taoist temple seems to be opened directly in the military camp."

Zheng Haizhu hummed heavily, did not continue the discussion, but avoided the direct sunlight at noon, walked to the eaves of the palace, and looked around several tile-roofed houses.

There are no towering cypresses, but there are a few vegetable beds.

A man wearing a bamboo hat was loosening the soil and fertilizing. Looking at it from a distance, his posture was a bit strange.

Beside the vegetable bed, squatting a six or seven-year-old boy, seemed to be playing with sand and stones.

Zheng Haizhu walked through the short corridor and came to the boy.

"What trick are you playing?" Zheng Haizhu asked softly.

The boy didn't even lift his head, he took the stone and drew crooked patterns on the soil.

Hua Er, who followed, also moved closer to the boy, squatted down, and asked curiously, "Hey, are you drawing a house?"

The man in the vegetable field heard the movement, put down his hoe, strode over, took off his bamboo hat, and showed a simple and apologetic expression.

"Don't blame grandma, baby's mother, since he passed away two years ago, he doesn't like to talk."

After meeting the man at close range, Zheng Haizhu saw clearly that the sleeve of the man's left hand was empty, probably without an arm.

But what caught her attention was that the man had a Sichuan accent.

Zheng Haizhu sighed, and said softly: "When my brother and sister-in-law left, my nephew was only two or three years older than him, and he has been silent for almost a year, and he will gradually get better. By the way, you are giving this A Taoist grows vegetables?"

The man nodded: "The Master has a good heart and is willing to buy my strength so that I can teach my baby and I to have something to eat."

"Oh, we are new to the capital, and we have also received the kindness of the temple master. We are here today to thank her."

"So, then, that little one has to go to work."

"Okay, you are busy."

After exchanging a few more words, Zheng Haizhu became more and more sure that the tone and articulation of the man's speech were close to Ma Xianglin's accent.

"Master Zheng, the viewer welcomes you."

The little nun called from the other end of the corridor.

Zheng Haizhu turned around and left the vegetable bed with Hua Er.

At this time, the little boy turned his head, stared at Zheng Haizhu's back for a moment, then turned around again, and carefully drew strange, symbol-like characters on the mud.