I’m The King Chapter 1319: : Carrying forward the past and ushering in the future (9) Celebration (Part 1)

Ding Shang came to Jicheng from Cangzhou two years ago. In Cangzhou, he owned a silk shop. With the expansion of Jicheng, the location of his shop has changed from a remote area to one of the busiest commercial areas. With the breakthroughs in silk reeling and satin weaving technology , the price of silk and satin has fallen sharply, and in Dahan, there is no restriction on the wearing of clothes like in other countries, and more and more people in Dahan who have become rich wear silk and satin. On the contrary, Ding Shang's business is much better than before. I used to do it alone, but now I have hired two helpers.

Ding Shang is just in his early forties this year. In the eyes of ordinary people, he is a successful person. Although he is a bit old, he is alone and very rich. Now, many matchmakers came to propose marriage, but to everyone's surprise, all the proposals were rejected by Ding Shang.

Although Ding Shang runs a silk and satin shop, his clothes are usually very ordinary, but today, Ding Shang wore a silk and satin jacket for the first time, and the two helpers usually live in the shop. From time to time, he also helped Ding Shang to button his coat, and then his belt, and brought a fleece hat to put on for Ding Shang.

After getting dressed, Ding Shang looked at the two helpers and smiled, patted their shoulders, turned around and opened the door, and walked out.

"Hey, Boss Ding, what a surprise today. You're dressed so well? I haven't seen you dress like this before Chinese New Year!" Just as he stepped out of the threshold, a familiar voice came from his ear.

Ding Shang turned his head to look at Yi Anlin, the boss next door who was also in the silk business, and he was looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Today is a special day!" Ding Shang laughed, "Of course you have to dress better, isn't Boss Yi the same?"

Yi Anlin laughed loudly: "Yes, yes, this is the first celebration since the founding of the Han Dynasty. I heard that the king will come out at that time. To be honest. Little people like us, this life is terrible. We don’t have many chances to see the king, so naturally we should dress better, maybe the king can see us too, if we don’t dress well, the king will be disappointed!”

"There are so many people, how could the king see us?" Ding Shang shook his head and said.

"One heart!" Yi Anlin patted Ding Shang's shoulder, Ding Shang couldn't help trembling, his shoulders slumped down.

"What's wrong with Boss Ding?" Yi Anlin looked at him strangely.

"Where is it, my shoulders have always been a little sore these days. Boss Yi has a strong hand, and I can't stand it!" Ding Shang explained.

"Oh, that's it. Boss Nading has to be more careful, and see a doctor earlier. It's freezing cold, and it will be troublesome if he develops a chronic disease."

"Yes, yes, but I haven't been able to find a doctor these two days!" Ding Shang said with a smile.

"That's true." Yi Anlin said with a smile.

The two walked towards the assembly point talking and laughing all the way. This time the celebration parade is based on blocks. After a block is allowed to participate in the parade, the people who are allowed to participate in the parade gather and start together. When we arrived at the assembly point, it was already full of voices. But Ding Shang only took one look, and his face changed drastically.

Because two railings have been erected there, one after another people are being checked there before entering the street ahead.

"Strange. Why do you still need to be checked?" Yi Anlin said to himself, and turned to look at Ding Shang, "Boss Ding, what's the matter with you? You look a little ugly?"

"Shoulder hurts." Ding Shang whispered.

"It's okay."

"It's nothing!" Ding Shang gritted his teeth and followed Yi Anlin.

In front, Li Xu from the National Security Bureau is holding a big dog in his hand, standing by the fence, staring at the people under inspection one by one, this block is Jicheng Old Street, and they live here The permanent residents of Jicheng have lived in Jicheng for at least two years, and there was no such strict security check, but last night, they suddenly received a notice from their superiors that all those who participated in the parade must undergo security checks before departure, and he, It belongs to a special department of the National Security Bureau.

The big dog in his hand has been very quiet, lying on the ground, his eyes half-closed, as if he has not woken up yet.

Ding Shang walked up to the fence and raised his hands high. A soldier groped up and down and nodded to indicate that he could pass. Ding Shang heaved a sigh of relief and stepped over the fence. Walking inside, when he came to the big dog, he glanced at the huge dog curiously.

At this moment, the big dog that looked half dead suddenly stood up, whining, its front legs stood up, and its two dog legs rested on Ding Shang's body.

Ding Shang was caught off guard and was thrown to the ground. Before he could react, Li Xu's eyes widened and he roared, "Hold him, hold him."

Although the soldiers didn't know what happened, they still rushed forward as fast as they could, and firmly held down the struggling Ding Shang's legs.

"My lord, my lord, this is Ding Shang from our neighborhood, an old neighbor, what's the matter?" The dog's tongue brushed Ding Shang's face back and forth, afraid that the beast would bite him down with one bite.

Li Xu ignored Yi Anlin's yelling, and groped around Ding Shang's body, but found nothing for a long time, and couldn't help but bewildered, but the big dog was still on Li Shang's body, whining in a low voice Then, he bit Ding Shang's jacket with his big mouth, and kept tearing it.

Li Xu's brain lighted up, he pulled out the knife with a choke, and with a chirp, it cut the satin side of Ding Shang's jacket, and tore it violently.

Seeing Li Xu's actions, Ding Shang closed his eyes in despair.

Among the thick cotton wool in the jacket, packages of things were carefully sewn in. Li Xu tore off a small package, put it between his nose and sniffed it, his expression changed suddenly.

"Drag the **** up for me," he yelled.

Several soldiers set Ding Shang up, Li Xu took off Ding Shang's cotton-padded jacket in twos and twos, and took out a bag of things from inside. It was nothing else, it was a bag of gunpowder. It would be great fun to bring such a large amount of gunpowder to the Parliament Square and detonate it with a bang.

Ding Shang, who had his cotton-padded jacket stripped off, closed his eyes and his body was shivering from the cold wind in the early morning, but the despair in his heart was ten times more bitter than the cold outside. In the end, it still didn't work.

"You bastard, spy." Li Xu went up and said, "Come here, take him away."

Yi Anlin stared at all this dumbfounded, "How is this possible?"

In an unremarkable small building not far from the parliament building, Shangguan Hong and Cao Tianci sat facing each other. From time to time, someone rushed in and whispered something to Cao Tianci.

"Another one!" Cao Tianci raised a finger and said to Shangguan Hong.

"Eight of them have been caught." Shangguan Hong shook his head. "Are you sure no one will slip through the net?"

"It's absolutely impossible. This time, all the people who participated in the parade can finally enter the Parliament Square. The number of people is limited. These people are all blocks in the old city. You can hide it from people, but you can't hide it from a dog's nose."

"By the way, how did you come up with this trick, to actually train a dog to smell gunpowder?" Shangguan Hong asked with great interest.

"I didn't come up with it. The king told me that the dog's nose is many times more sensitive than our human sense of smell, so I trained some of these dogs to come out. It can help us do a lot that people can't It was done. So our National Security Bureau trained such a group of dogs, because gunpowder is too destructive. Originally, I was thinking of being prepared, but this time I used it. These spies are also amazing. If there weren't these dogs, they would really be able to sneak in." Cao Tianci stood up. Stretched his waist, "Okay, Shangguan, everyone has passed the inspection now, and they should be fine. You can go about your business, I want to interrogate these captured people and see who they are. It was sent by one side."

"Is this still a trial?"

"A trial is still needed." Cao Tianci smiled, turned and walked out.

This small building is the headquarters for the security protection of this celebration. For ordinary people, they naturally don't know how strict the security procedures of this celebration are.

In the parliament building, Gao Yuan was chatting and laughing with Fan Zhuo, the envoy of Chu State. Fan Zhuo's mission to Han State this time was not for the celebration of the Han Kingdom. He actually came to propose marriage for Princess Shuyu. The meeting also became a guest invited by Gao Yuan.

The foot soldier is already in his thirties, but he has never been married. It was Gao Yuan's heart disease, but he was a little surprised that the Chu people came to propose marriage, but he laughed when he heard the reason. Escort Princess Shuyu back to Ying City of Chu State, or at that time, Princess Shuyu remembered that the iron-footed general had ordered the infantry to return from Jinyang. If the infantry himself agreed, then this marriage would be regarded as a marriage. It's done.

Fan Zhuo has a relatively deep relationship with Han. He is the backstage boss of the largest silk merchant in Chu, but Han is the largest importer of silk. Naturally, he was sent here because of his relationship with Han. It's better and easier to talk to.

Fan Zhuo is very happy, because judging from Gao Yuan's tone, as long as the infantry agrees, there will be no problem with the marriage. The princess of Chu married into Han, although she married only a general, but the relationship between this general and the king of Han But it is extraordinary, and it can be regarded as adding a little weight to the peace of Han and Chu, or it may play a role in the future.

When I was talking happily~IndoMTL.com~Cao Tianci strode in, "Your Majesty, all the people participating in the parade have entered the designated area, and it will start in half an hour."

"Well, is everything going well?"

"It's okay, I caught some guys who were going to make trouble, and a group of them actually carried gunpowder. If they were allowed to mix into the square of the parliament building, I'm afraid it would cause a lot of casualties." Cao Tianci turned his head to look at it with a smile Xiang Fan Zhuo, "After our interrogation, some of these people actually said that they were sent by Da Chu."

"This is absolutely impossible." Fan Zhuo stood up abruptly, "Minister Cao, you can't joke around here. How could we Dachu do such a thing?"

Cao Tianci chuckled, "Yeah, I also thought they were talking nonsense, so I tortured them, and now they confessed that they were sent by Lu Chao to spoil our celebration."

Fan Zhuo's expression relaxed, and he smiled wryly, "Minister Cao, you can't joke like this, you scared me into a sweat."

"Your Master Fan would be so casual, it's a joke." Cao Tianci said flatly. (to be continued...)