"He scolded, then what?"

Everyone in the casino was so engrossed that they forgot to place their bets. Hearing this, seeing him stop, they couldn't help but get anxious, and kept asking questions.

Xiao Dingfei twitched the corner of his mouth, rolled his eyes, tapped his fingers on the gambling table, and loudly reminded the group of "not doing business" gamblers: "Get it clear, we are gambling! You think the young master is a storyteller under the overpass What? And 'then'! Then quickly place a bet on me, what are you doing in a daze?!"

This is the largest gambling house in the capital.

There are three teachings and nine streams, and everyone has it.

He used to be a frequent visitor here, and made a bunch of cronies, but before the Tianjiao and the Xinzhou Army came in, the boss of the gambling shop packed up his clothes and fled Beijing in fear of death. After calming down again, he dragged his family back and opened the door again.

There is no doubt that Xiao Dingfei, who was so idle at home that he almost lost his hair, came to take care of him as soon as he heard the news.

The casino was a little busier than before.

Everyone and him had gone to whoring in the brothel together, but they ignored him at all, and forced him to continue: "Aren't you the only one who was in the palace that day? Let's not talk about watching, even in the capital. I don't dare to wait any longer. Just talk about it, then Lu Xian scolded someone, then what?"

Xiao Dingfei looked at it, and it was true that no one bet.

Now he can't wait to go back half an hour ago and give himself two slaps: You can't help but want to show off to others, you know, it's all right now? There is no money to bet!

Helpless, he could only say impatiently: "What else can I do? I made a lot of noise at this time, and almost didn't get beaten up. I didn't even have the skills of a three-legged cat, and I was packed up and kicked out after a few strokes."

Someone sighed: "Dare to scold that one, you are really courageous..."

Some people didn't quite believe it: "I also went to Youhuang Pavilion in the past. Boss Lu is a money fanatic and a profiteer inside. It stands to reason that 'harmony makes money'. It shouldn't be so cursing. Don't tell me you made up this paragraph?"

Xiao Dingfei rolled his eyes and thought about it. In fact, his memory is not particularly good. It has been almost two months, and he really doesn't remember what Lu Xian scolded, but he only remembers that face that looked angrily as if he had been deceived.

When others questioned him, he really felt guilty.

But in the end, Xiao Dingfei was a scumbag who had been begging from all over the world and was beaten in the streets and alleys. Xiao Dingfei would not admit it. , why is it so difficult to serve? I said he scolded him, and he scolded him, and I don’t like to hear you talk to others! Do you really think I’m a storyteller?”

After saying that, he made a gesture to leave.

How could these people in the casino really let him go?

Quickly pulled the person back, and persuaded him to come back with nice words.

Xiao Dingfei went down the donkey without any problems, and after a couple of rejections, he returned to the gambling table.

These people finally started to gamble.

But while gambling, his mouth was not idle.

After all, what happened after the Tianjiao entered the capital and entered the palace two months ago has already been widely circulated in the market, but most of the news here is exaggerated or attached to the church. What was that day like? People have a saying.

Some people say that the emperor was killed by the leader of the Tianjiao.

Some people say that the emperor was killed by Xie Wei himself.

Some people even said that it was Princess Leyang who planned to seize power and was calculated to die.

But the group of people in the casino had already heard of it, and what they were most curious about was not this.

Some people still couldn't figure it out: "The second girl of the Jiang family is a troublemaker, so she can't escape, but how can Lu Zhaoyin 'trick the little girl'?"

Xiao Dingfei said in his heart, I must know so clearly, I should not be a counselor, and still sit here and gamble with you?

He was trying to find something to say.

At this time, a person dressed as a scholar sitting next to him smiled and said: "It must not be what the prince said. If it is true, it is not difficult to guess. Grand Master Xie wants this world, just like picking something out of a bag; Princess Leyang held it in her hand at that time. Reinforcements are also capable of fighting. Miss Jiang Er has saved the eldest princess, and the eldest princess will never avenge her to hurt her, but it is not necessarily the case with Grand Master Xie. If Grand Master Xie controls the world, the world may be in trouble; if the eldest princess controls the world However, Grand Master Xie may not end well. So the second girl Jiang has to choose? If she marries Grand Master Xie, the eldest princess loves the house, no matter how much she hates and fears Grand Master Xie, she should know that the second girl Jiang has something in her heart and will never Settle accounts after autumn."

When Xiao Dingfei heard it, he really felt that it made sense.

The scribe who spoke was none other than Weng Ang, a scholar who was ranked second in the exam two years ago. He had a feud with the Xiao family back then. Shelf is a different kind.

It's just that the premise of his speculation is that what Xiao Dingfei said is true.

In fact, the imperial court said to the outside world that the Xinzhou army led by Xie Wei and Yan Lin was indeed the army of King Qin, and they chased all the way to the capital, and joined hands with Princess Leyang to destroy the Tianjiao of Wudao and help the country, so Xie Wei became the grand master, Yan Lin was named a general, and the eldest princess temporarily came to the court as regent.

As for history books, the victors can write whatever they like.

Ordinary people are immersed in their lives, who cares about this?

The gang of gamblers didn't know a few big characters, but they couldn't wait to lick a scholar like Weng Ang.

After all, this is what people call high opinion.

So someone looked around, leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Then, who will be the emperor in the future?"

Weng Ang has an official position in the Hanlin Academy. Hearing this, he glanced at the man, but did not answer.

Xiao Dingfei snorted coldly: "God knows how noisy Chaoli is all day long!"

In the past two months, many things have happened in the capital.

For example, the Xiao family was copied, except for the fake Xiao Dingfei who survived, all the people with the surname "Xiao" were in bad luck;

For example, in the mass graves outside the city, the body of the former national teacher Yuanji monk was found. After searching and searching, he couldn't find out who did it. In the murder case, he even committed adultery with his wife and daughter, which was not as good as a beast;

for example…

For example, the position of emperor in the Forbidden City has been vacant for two months and no one has sat on it.

It stands to reason that once Shen Lang died and the Jade Seal of Chuanguo fell into the hands of the eldest princess, she should support the royal family, even if she found a child from the clan to be the young emperor, the throne would not be left vacant.

But there is Xie Ju'an in the court, who dares?

Many members of the royal family had witnessed the **** scene in the Tai Chi Hall that day, and they were scared out of their wits, and they didn't dare to act rashly. What's more, there is a princess regent at the top. If they want this position, they have to ask her if she agrees.

So I didn't choose anyone.

But every state in the world has many things that need to be mediated by the court, and they have just experienced a war. The people need to recuperate. From household registration to taxation to the army, there is nothing that should not be handled by others.

what to do?

All the civil and military officials can only sit down and discuss it together, led by several auxiliary ministers from the original cabinet, and then bring in ministers from various ministries to discuss matters in the cabinet on a daily basis and agree on the draft. But there was no such thing as the emperor's imperial pen and Zhu Zhu's seal in the past. After it was drafted, it was handed over to the eldest princess Shen Zhiyi for review, to make a show, and then distributed to all ministries and provinces intact.

At first, the courtiers were not used to it.

But within a month, they discovered that whether there was an emperor in the court was not as important as they thought. Government orders come from Zhongshu Province, and they can be issued without the emperor. Even because there is no need for the emperor to approve, the papers that come in the morning can be sent back to various places or lower levels in the afternoon, which is much faster.

And when there is an emperor, no matter how good the idea is, he will always be picked and picked, and the emperor's younger brother will always have his own cronies and favorite ministers, so everyone should be more cautious.

Well now, no need at all.

Even though there are high and low official positions, no one really overwhelms anyone. Even though some factions were split up soon, everyone has the power to fight and argue, and there is no "one word".

What's more, a month ago, the cabinet was arguing endlessly over whether to plant potatoes or rice in Qinhuaibei, so that no one would accept the other. In the "Cabinet Regulations", the "vote plan" was changed to "vote selection".

Everyone in the cabinet has the right to vote.

All decrees must be voted on, and those who vote in large numbers order to go out of the Ministry of Education, and then to the ministries and provinces, and the cabinet is strictly forbidden to "fight with weapons", including rulers, inkstones, tables and chairs, bottles and cups, etc.

Xiao Dingfei is not sure if the cabinet is still fighting or not.

But he pondered, the emperor might be dead.

When these old **** first started, they always said that "a country cannot live without a master" and urged to establish one. But in the last month or so, the sound has gradually disappeared.

After all, what they can do, raise an emperor to be their ancestor, what's the matter?

Isn't this making yourself unhappy?

It just so happened that the eldest princess didn't seem to have any intention of righting her son of alien blood. Of course, they turned a blind eye and closed one eye, tacitly giving the matter of "establishing an emperor" that was originally "bigger than the sky" to him. "forgotten.

Xiao Dingfei didn't read many books, and he didn't know what it meant, but anyway, no matter how much the court tossed about it, it didn't affect his gambling, so he didn't bother to think about it any deeper, so he just opened the cup in his hand and said Laughed loudly: "See, four, five, two, six! Big big big, all this money is mine!"

Everyone immediately cursed.

But if he loses, he loses, so he can only watch him take a lot of money from the gambling table into his arms.

It was cold outside the window, and there were people selling hot wontons along the way.

Xiao Dingfei heard that Fang felt a little hungry and poked his head out of the window, so he wanted to stop the wonton seller and ask someone to bring some bowls. It's just that when he was about to speak, his gaze was wrong, and he suddenly froze for a moment.

He actually saw Mr. Zhang from the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

On a cold day, he walked along the street in casual clothes with his hands in his hands.

Several little beggars with bare feet begged all the way to him with broken bowls. He stopped to look at these children, then took out a few pieces of silver and a small handful of copper coins from his sleeve, and put them in their bowls.

Then he raised his hand and pointed them in the direction, as if he had said something.

The little beggars showed surprise expressions, bent towards him, and ran towards that direction hand in hand.

Xiao Dingfei knew that after the war resumed, there were a lot of refugees in the city, and it was such a cold weather, so the eldest princess of Leyang, Shen Zhiyi, and the cabinet proposed to set up porridge sheds in various places, with relief from the treasury. Resettle refugees.

After discussing for a while, the detailed rules were drafted and voted on.

Now there is a porridge shed in the east of the city, and the yamen will re-register the household registration system on the spot and issue directions to resettle these people.

It's just that Mr. Zhang...

Now they have been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Justice, but they still have no airs at all.

When he saw it, he couldn't help but think of two months ago——

There was a lot of soul-stirring in the palace, and finally the sword, light and sword were invisible.

The young general looked at it for a long time, as if in a dream, he didn't smile, he just turned around and went against the crowd, he didn't even call out to any of the soldiers around him, he just hid himself Feeling dejected and desolate with vicissitudes, he slowly walked out of the palace gate.

When Jiang Xuening saw it, he had already gone far.

It's just that she didn't go forward to chase after him, she just watched from afar, with a faint glimmer in her eyes.

Xiao Dingfei is still unable to describe his strange feeling at that moment: he feels that she is not just staring at someone, but more like watching the past and past that are fading away...

Hei Jiajun and Xinzhou Army both withdrew from the Forbidden City.

The Tianjiao gang of trash were naturally arrested.

Xie Wei, Shen Zhiyi and a group of courtiers stayed to discuss matters on the spot, and the rest of them naturally wished to leave this blood-stained palace early, and left as soon as they could. Of course he was oiled on the soles of his feet and slipped faster than anyone else.

It's just that when you go out of the palace gate and go to the market, you can see the chaos of soldiers and horses.

The prosperous capital has become an empty city.

The high-hanging plaques of the pharmacy in the inn fell to the ground and broke into several pieces; the exquisitely carved windows of the Qinlou and Chu halls were broken into a mess; Dirty footprints...

It was at this time that Xiao Dingfei saw Zhang Zhe.

People went to the empty wine shop, the doors and windows were wide open, the tables and chairs collapsed, and the dishes were broken on the ground, but amidst the mess, a quiet and tidy place was born.

A square table and a cup of sake.

That Mr. Zhang sat alone at the table, drank a jug of wine slowly by himself, sat up for a while, put down a few wine bills on the counter covered with a thin layer of dust, and then came out.

There was not a single pedestrian on the wind-blown street.

The barren city is like a dream.

Zhang Zhe was as normal as the old days, walked through this barren area, turned into a quiet alley, said "I'm back" to the door, lowered his head, opened the door and walked in.

The capital city on that day was clearly full of turmoil and dangers, changing rapidly.

Those who regretted their lives fled in all directions, or hid at home.

What kind of person would find an unoccupied restaurant on such a day, drink a cup of sake quietly, save a few coins for the wine, and then return home as usual?

Xiao Dingfei was in a daze for a while.

The people next to him called him: "Young Master Dingfei, what's the matter, do you still want to gamble?"

Only then did Xiao Dingfei come back to his senses.

When I looked again, there were no people on the street in front of me, the beggars who ran away, and the hawkers selling wontons with their burdens.

He turned around and said with a smile: "Nonsense, young master, I'm lucky today, of course I want to gamble! This time I have to let you take off your pants before going back!"

Everyone booed him.

He didn't care either, he happily collected the money and was ready to re-bet.

Someone suddenly asked strangely: "Speaking of which, your name is Xiao Dingfei, that's all. Now everyone knows that you are a counterfeit, and you still have this name?"

Xiao Dingfei was taken aback.

Who is he?

There is no root at all, and wherever you go, even your name is picked up by others.

There was a sudden silence in the casino.

The person who spoke just now was bewildered and became uneasy.

Unexpectedly, at the next moment, Xiao Dingfei crossed his legs and began to groan, in a heartless manner: "Otherwise? What are you called Zhang Ergou and Li Erdan? Aren't you shabby! It doesn't matter what you call it, can you deceive me?" Eating and cheating are the key! My name sounds nice to the girl from Cuihonglou."

Everyone who was nervous before burst into laughter.

The topic immediately became which girl from Cuihonglou is better.

Xiao Dingfei gambled until the end of the day before planning to go back, thinking carefully about what to give to the beautiful woman and her surname Xie to get married in a few days. It's just that before he stepped out of the gambling house, he heard the waiter from the opposite teahouse running back from nowhere, and said to the inside with a little excitement: "The news just passed in, that the second girl Jiang is going to be in charge. The Kunning Palace is here!"

"puff!"

Xiao Dingfei spat out a mouthful of tea.

What are you kidding? Isn't the candidate for the emperor still available?