man sanctified in death row vest

Chapter 99

Sunset dusk.

The imperial city was first lit with lanterns, and the night fire was brightly lit.

Every household lights a pair of red fire lanterns in front of the door, pastes red couplets, and is beaming with joy.

After Zheng Xiu alarmed all the ravens in the city with his actions, the three princes returned to the palace with different thoughts.

But when they returned to their respective bedrooms, there was a small piece of letter paper sandwiched between the doors.

The letterhead is red, like an invitation card.

On the letterheads of the three princes, the same line of words was written on the cover - "Zheng's Reunion Banquet Invitation Card".

Signed: Zhonglie Hou Zhengxiu.

……

There is only a ray of sunshine left in the sky.

Turned into night.

The bright lights of the festive lanterns illuminate the imperial city in golden light. Looking down from a height, it seems to be a beautiful scene of singing and dancing.

A vagrant in poor clothes, leading a thin horse, with a bamboo hat lowered, leaning on a cane in his hand, knocking on the ground, came from the south, along the official road, and approached the city gate.

There were two bags of luggage on the back of the skinny horse, and a birdcage, in which was nested a bird with dull hair, seemingly dying and motionless.

boom! boom! boom!
Colorful fireworks rushed into the sky, and people cheered from the city.

From time to time, some people couldn't help but set off fireworks in the sky to warm up the "Fireworks Show" at Zishi.

The sound of gongs and drums.

The music is overwhelming.

Fireworks are bang bang, falling snow is rustling, crowds are rattling, children are yelling, the wind is whistling, and different voices are making noise in the city, like a lively happy song.

"It's so lively!"

The wanderer supported the bamboo hat, raised his head, and followed the sound to "look" at the place where the fireworks were flourishing.

The bird in the cage raised its head weakly and looked at the fireworks in the sky, its dark eyes slightly brightened.

"What a beautiful firework."

The young man seemed to see that the fireworks were in full bloom.

In front of the north gate, the gatekeepers in armor noticed this down-and-out man holding a scrawny horse.

The two soldiers came to check the door, and it happened that the young man raised his head, revealing his face covered with burn scars.

The young man's eyes were white, his pupils were dim, and he was obviously blind.

The scars on his face spread from his forehead to his face and neck, and there was not much intact skin.But looking at the straight nose and lips, the two soldiers could vaguely see that the blind young man should be a handsome man with delicate features before he was injured.

"Another poor man."

"What are you doing in town?"

The bird in the cage became dying again, lowered its head, breathing weakly.

The young man bowed his hands to the gatekeepers, turned to the two of them following the sound, and said loudly, "Are you two officials from the city?"

"Mighty Sergeant, Xiang Wanbing, on duty tonight."

The two stretched out their hands and waved in front of the young man. After confirming that the other party was indeed invisible, one of the soldiers said in a low voice.

"It turned out to be the famous Shenwu Army! I come from the south. My surname is Chen, and I have a single name, Wei, Chen Wei. Unfortunately, my family was hit by a fire. I have no one to rely on now. I have a skill. I can speak a few books and know a little bit." Feeling the bones and strange skills, I want to beg for food at the feet of the emperor, I hope the two masters will raise your hands and give me a way out."

"Hehe, what did you think? You thought we would stop you? This is at the feet of the emperor, and it's a prosperous age." The two soldiers were amused by the young man's words, and they simply checked the luggage behind the young man. There is no difference in the old clothes, so the young man is let into the city.

Merchant traffic only needs to collect goods tax, ordinary people don't.

"Thank you sir! Thank you sir!"

The young man bowed his waist and thanked him obediently, and led the skinny horse into the city with a stick.

On the city wall, there were fewer ravens today than in the past, and the Zheng family was stunned by them during the day.The two soldiers glanced at the top of the wall, and seeing that the raven did not react strangely, they nodded secretly and returned to their posts.

The gatekeepers kindly told the young people that if they sleep on the street in winter, their unique skills will not last until dawn.If there is no place to stay, you can spend the night at Dali Temple three miles outside the city.

"The Dali Temple was repaired with the funds of the Zheng family. If you are hungry, you can drink white rice porridge and have a kang to warm up. You won't starve to death or freeze to death, but you can stay here for no more than ten days, lest other homeless beggars can't live in it."

Speaking of the two gatekeepers of the Zheng family, they had no choice but to give the richest man Zheng a thumbs up. If it wasn't for the Zheng family's money to do good deeds, how many people would freeze to death on the streets every winter.

"The Zheng family... Zheng."

The young man said in a low voice, what the two sergeants didn't notice was that when the blind young man led his horse into the city, the back of that desolate figure became straighter and straighter.

At the entrance of the alley where no one was paying attention, the young man opened the birdcage.The bird that was supposed to be dying in the cage suddenly flapped its wings and flew into the sky.I saw the bird in mid-air, its hair gradually turning black, and in a blink of an eye it was exactly the same as the raven in the air, mixed into the raven, unable to tell each other apart.

"Go ahead and be careful."

The blind young man left the skinny horse at the post station next to the city gate. After waiting for a while, a seemingly ordinary carriage stopped in front of the young man.

"The disabled building supports the disabled."

The coachman drove up to the blind young man, lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Hemoptysis and weeping until dawn."

"Please get in the car, my master, I will wait for a long time."

"Thank you."

"The city is full of eyeliners, it's not suitable to talk about things."

"I know."

The blind wanderer smiled, got into the carriage, and in a blink of an eye the carriage left the city again, passed by the two guards on duty, and disappeared into the vast night.

……

In the deep palace.

Emperor's Royal Study Room.

Wei Yangzun was reading the memorial with his head bowed.

There was no wind flickering the candlelight on the table, Wei Yangzun did not raise his head, and said, "Come in."

A masked man in black pushed away the royal study and knelt down in front of the emperor.

The low-ranking officials only know that Dagan's government is divided into six departments, which are under the jurisdiction of the left and right prime ministers.

If the rank is higher, at Jiang Gaoyi's level, or someone inside the sect, they will know Ye Weiyang's existence.

In addition to Liubu and Ye Weiyang, there is also a "secret department", only a few people such as the prince and the prime minister know about it.

The so-called secret department, running around at night, doing secret things.

The man in black knelt in front of the emperor, and truthfully reported the commotion that occurred during the day and the going out of the three princes.

The emperor paused at the tip of his pen, and quickly changed to another memorial.

"Report to the Holy Majesty, there is another matter."

Members of the Secret Ministry truthfully informed the Zheng family about sending people to the desks of the three princes to deliver reunion banquet invitations.

"Oh?"

Wei Yangzun, who had been reading the memorial with his head down, finally stopped what he was doing and became interested.

"But the legendary 'Brotherhood' of the Zheng family?"

"The subordinates have never seen the 'Brotherhood' with their own eyes, but according to the secret document, it must be 'them'."

"You guys let them in?"

The man in black shook his head. Behind the mask, the man had a strange expression and told the truth about the situation at that time.

"The subordinate was on duty outside the Qianming Palace at the time, and someone..." The secret department's eyes were a little more upset: "The subordinate was behind him and patted the subordinate on the shoulder."

Hearing this, Wei Yangzun frowned and straightened his back.

"He said that he sent letters to the three princes on behalf of Marquis Zhonglie. He also said that Mr. Zheng abides by the law and will never go overboard. The three invitations for the reunion banquet were sent by his subordinates himself."

"Hahahaha—what a law-abiding and never-beyonding one!"

Wei Yangzun's slightly frowned brows suddenly relaxed, he laughed loudly, and slapped the desk hard, making a loud bang.

The man in black was still kneeling, motionless.

After laughing for a while, Wei Yangzun nodded slightly, put away his smile, and asked, "In your opinion, what about the Brotherhood of Marquis Zhonglie?"

The man in black was silent for a moment, then said, "Supernatural beings are everywhere."

"Heh, what a elusive... Get back."

"Yes."

He didn't know why Wei Yangzun laughed, and he didn't know what Wei Yangzun thought of Zheng Shi.But the work of their secret department is like this, they are only responsible for hiding and working in secret, and never ask more questions.The more you know, the more useless you are.

After Mibu left, the flickering candles returned to calm.

The solitary smoke of sandalwood burns straight up.

Wei Yangzun faced the wall, and on the wall was a pair of calligraphy written by him, with four characters written - "rule the world with benevolence".

　Thanks to the lord "Oriental Fantasy Demon Demon Spirit" for the reward!Messi is awesome!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)