Chapter 215: The lame old man leads the way to a new world
Hongxiuzhao¡¯s business is still good and makes people jealous, and the old cripple is still lazy and enviable. His world always seems to be so simple, a bench and a gourd of wine are everything. The old man on the bench in the magnificent red sleeves always looked so out of place, but he was there, standing still.
When Fang Jie walked into Hong Xiuzhao carrying a bag of cooked meat, the young master was dealing with a customer causing trouble. This guest was obviously the first time he came to Chang'an. No one was interested in the fact that he came from a place with high mountains and far away from the emperor. But the arrogant attitude of recruiting Hongxiu to their local third-rate brothel is really disgusting. In fact, it is this kind of person who makes people most speechless.
¡°I come from a very small place, but I always think that the emperor is first and I am second.
Seeing that the man was making trouble unreasonably, Fang Jie handed the cooked meat to the old lame man and asked, "Why don't you just throw it out?"
The old lame man squinted his eyes and took the cooked meat, pinched a piece and threw it into his mouth: "After all, the red-sleeved move is reasonable. You must endure it until you have to throw it away. I have never seen this since I was in charge of the house. She's such a self-righteous idiot, let her have some experience. Besides, you don't need me now"
Before he could finish speaking, he heard a scream. Fang Jie looked back and immediately opened his eyes. The young master, who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, grabbed the front of the unruly guest's clothes and lifted the man, who was over 1.75 meters tall, above his head with one hand. Then he fell hard to the ground, and after a bang, the man couldn't even speak. But the young master didn't stop. He leaned over again and grabbed the man, lifted him over his head, and then dropped him.
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"How dare you hit someoneI'm going to report it to the official"
The troublesome guy said intermittently, not knowing how many bones he had broken. The young master pushed his toes into the person lying on the ground, and then with a sudden lift, the person's body was thrown away like a sandbag. The two men with red sleeves moved out quickly, and before the man hit the ground, one of them grabbed his shoulders and the other grabbed his legs to catch him. The troublesome guy almost peed his pants in fear and subconsciously said thank you.
The two guys said you're welcome, and then they threw the man outside the gate of Hongxiuzhao with a whoosh. This time the fall was even worse, and the man couldn't even stand up. Several police officers from Chang'an Prefecture happened to be patrolling by. The man hugged the thigh of one of the police officers and cried and complained that he had been beaten. The policeman looked at him like an idiot, then helped him up and took him back to the Yamen to file a case. Of course, this case cannot be established.
"The old cripple hasn't finished saying that I don't need to take action now. The fight has already been completed over there." He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Look, right"
Fang Jie said with a smile: "Last time I came here, I almost couldn't hold back from pinching Xiaoding's ass, but luckily I held it back after all. It's been a while since we last seen each other, and this girl still looks like a woman It seems that in the future It¡¯s better for me not to mess with you.¡±
The old cripple glanced at him and said: "You are an idiot. A woman's butt is actually the same as a tiger's butt. If she touches it just because she likes it, I don't think it is a big loss. If she looks at it, it will be a big loss." If you touch it in a disgusting way, it would be strange if you don¡¯t beat it to death.¡±
"Then Master, do you think she likes me?"
"You can try it by touching it."
"Just say you asked me to touch it?"
"roll!"
Fang Jie chuckled, squeezed a seat on the old cripple's bench and sat down: "Master, I want to ask you a favor."
"If you fart, I know you don't come to me when you have nothing to do. You will show up when something happens. Damn it, you are more ruthless than a prostitute."
Fang Jie said: "Master's comparison is really not good. Even if I am a prostitute client well even if I say that I am a lecherous client, I really don't have the strength to find you. I will Vomiting to death.¡±
The old cripple kicked Fang Jie on the buttocks and scolded with a smile: "You little bastard, you have something to say!"
Fang Jie cleared his throat and put away his playful expression and asked: "Master, you have been walking in the world for decades. Do you know if there are any organizations or sects near Chang'an City that get paid to do things for others? That's me. The kind of person who pays them to solve my problems.¡±
"You want to find a killer?"
The old cripple asked with a frown.
"No, no, no"
The person nearby waved his hands quickly and said: "It's not a killer, it's a bodyguard. I need to find a group of people with good cultivation to help me protect someone, but I don't know where to find these people. Money is not a problem, but the cultivation of these people It has to be good.¡±
"Bodyguard"
The old lame man pondered for a while and said: "Chang'an City is the best place under the emperor's feet. It is difficult to find a killer, but it is difficult to find a killer."There are still some good bodyguards. There is a time-honored escort agency in Xicheng, which does not accept yellow and white jobs, but only provides bodyguards. Many dignitaries in Chang'an City hire escorts from them to be their personal bodyguards, but the price is extremely high. "
Fang Jie shook his head: "Ordinary bodyguards cannot do this job, because they will most likely have to face masters of grades seven or eight above."
The old lame man was startled: "Who are you trying to protect?"
"This can't be said."
Fang Jie shook his head: "Entrusted by others."
The old cripple hesitated for a while, stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to a place."
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The old lame man walked leisurely in front, and Fang Jie followed closely behind. The two of them walked westward along East 23rd Street. It seemed that the place they wanted to go was not very far.
"With your current experience, you should know who the most powerful guard around the emperor is, right?"
The old cripple asked as he walked.
Fang Jie hesitated and replied: "It must not be the flying fish robe of the Imperial Guard, right?"
"Flying fish robe?"
The old lame man snorted coldly and said: "Those guys in the Ouchi Guards who pretend to be powerful are just a bunch of trash compared to other people. Now the Ouchi Guards are getting worse and worse, and they are almost reduced to just being a full-fledged person. The facade is used as a guard of honor. The Imperial City is guarded by the Forbidden Army, and there is a very special team in the Forbidden Army. Even the Forbidden Army generals cannot mobilize these people. There are only eight hundred people selected from all over the Sui Dynasty. Give things to the camp.¡±
Fang Jie has heard of this name, but has never seen it before.
"Very powerful?"
he asks.
The old lame man nodded: "Let me tell you this, even if the Feiyupao and the Forbidden Army are controlled by others in the Taiji Palace, as long as there are eight hundred elite soldiers around the emperor, even if tens of thousands of troops are mobilized, there is no way to stop them from guarding them. The emperor rushed out. If they want to defend the Taiji Palace, no one can get close to the emperor unless they die. If these eight hundred people take the initiative, they can burn the Ouchi Guards to the ground in half a day."
Fang Jie¡¯s mouth opened slightly, as if it was hard to believe what the old cripple said.
The old lame man rolled his eyes at him and said: "There are still many things you don't know, so don't look like you are dying. The establishment of the Jishiying Army dates back to the Taizong period, and the status of these 800 people is not trivial. The emperor regards them as fake people, Even the wives of each of them are personally selected by the emperor. The emperor will recognize each of their faces and remember each one's name, and will never remember the wrong person. "
"Government camps, wearing Mingguang armor and using Damo swords. Wherever these eight hundred people are stationed is a secret, but there is no doubt that as long as someone dares to plot evil, they will appear next to the emperor as soon as possible. During the reign of Renzong, the five princes colluded The Ministry of War officials and the two generals at the time conspired to kill the prince and force Renzong to abdicate. Thousands of rebels rushed to the East Palace to kill the prince. As a result, as many people as they entered were killed. Only three hundred people were used"
Fang Jie knew that Emperor Renzong was the most cowardly of the Sui emperors. Only when he was in power did major cases of prince rebellion occur. But this Emperor Renzong was just a little cowardly compared to other emperors. In his twenty-one years in power, he never lost a single foreign war.
But that act of rebellion was only mentioned briefly in the history books, and not much was left. Fang Jie knew that this kind of thing should not be publicized. Perhaps because of this, he had never heard anyone mention that the counter-insurgency was the "Gishi Camp" mentioned by the old cripple.
But he did not doubt what the old cripple said. With the wisdom and courage of Emperor Taizong of the Sui Dynasty, it was not difficult to build an army that was absolutely loyal to him. However, given the vastness of the Sui Dynasty, he only selected 800 people think about it. You know how terrifying this camp is.
"What does this have to do with the person we are looking for?"
Fang Jie asked: "You're not taking me to find the camp, are you?"
"Yes and no."
The old lame man smiled mysteriously and said: "Not many people in the entire Chang'an City know about the place I want to take you to. I even bet that even Prince Yi, who claims to have many friends all over the world, doesn't know. And the master you need is right there.¡±
"Why?"
Fang Jie asked: "If there is really a group of masters in Chang'an who can compete with the elite of the military camp, why doesn't the imperial court use them? Why doesn't the emperor use them?"
"Because those people do not belong to the court or even the emperor, they only belong to one person."
"who?"
"The Great Prince Sui ZhongYang Qi."
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The old lame man said as he walked: "Every time a new emperor ascends the throne, he will take it from the old emperor and give it to the business camp. But the new emperor will definitely replace a group of people. Some people are old, and some people are because of their opposition to The old emperor was so loyal that they immediately committed suicide and were buried after his death. When His Majesty came to the throne, a small number of the eight hundred soldiers were replaced, and most of them committed suicide to select new elites for His Majesty. The one who entered the camp was none other than Prince Zhong."
"Although the existence of the Gishi camp is not a secret, all officials in the court and even some well-informed common people know it. But the scary thing about the Gishi camp is that no one knows where they are. His Majesty originally handed this matter over to Prince Zhong, the others don¡¯t know anything at all.¡±
"You want to ask why I know?"
The old lame man smiled and felt a little proud: "Because when Prince Zhong did this, I was right behind him."
Fang Jie was startled, and then he realized that the old lame man turned out to be a close aide of Prince Zhong. Thinking about the relationship between the Red Sleeve Recruitment Lady and Yang Qi, no wonder the old cripple has been guarding the Red Sleeve Recruitment for more than ten years and has not left. He had some guesses, but he didn't expect that the relationship between the old cripple and Yang Qi would be so deep. Now Fang Jie understands that when Yang Qi traveled westward, he must have left the old cripple behind to protect the red sleeve move.
"You mean that Prince Zhong left a group of people for his own use?"
he asks.
The old lame man shook his head: "You can't say that. When we selected people from all over the Sui Dynasty, we naturally selected more than three or four hundred people. Among them, many people with good cultivation were not selected for some reasons, such as having a Murder cases, such as being born bandits, but these people are no less capable than those selected. Wouldn't it be a waste if these people were put back? So the prince secretly kept a group of people in Chang'an City. "
"Your Majesty doesn't even know about this."
The old lame man smiled and said: "The reason why the prince left these people in the first place was actually for His Majesty. He thought that having a service camp in the palace and a small service camp outside the palace would be double insurance for Your Majesty. But Who would have thought that as soon as the prince left, there would be no news, and these people would lose their backbone, but they still believed that the prince would come back, so they did not disband. Moreover, the prince told them before he left to protect the people who knew the secret. , no more than two people besides me.¡±
Fang Jie could think that the other person must be Aunt Xi, but he couldn't guess who the third person was.
"Can you convince them to help me?"
Fang Jie asked with some anxiety.
"cannot"
The old lame man shook his head and said: "Except for the prince, they will not listen to anyone's orders. And after so many years, their temper has only become more wild."
"What should we do? Will spending money help?"
Fang explained the question.
The old lame man rolled his eyes at him and said, "If spending money doesn't work, what's the use? They are also human beings and they also need to eat! Besides if others can't do it, you may not be able to do it."
"Because you are the only descendant of the prince, whether it is true or false you are the only one, aren't you?"
Fang Jie was silent for a while and then asked: "Why didn't you tell me before?"
The old cripple curled his lips and asked, "Have you asked me?"