Zheng Qian also felt that the door of luck was slightly opening to him.
The carriage of the Hou's mansion passed a few blocks, and it was close to the courtyard he had chosen. In order to avoid any accidents, he couldn't strike on the way there. He found a yard on the way to Zhongta Temple, so that when Shen Wen returned from praying, he would have another chance to strike again. He carefully considered the whole plan and felt that it was safe...
The carriage of the Hou Mansion slowed down and turned a corner. Suddenly, several people gathered around the roadside. One of them lifted his foot and got on the seat in front of the carriage. He bent down and punched the driver on the temple. Before he could react, he yelled, and was beaten so that he fell sideways on his seat. The man grabbed the reins, pulled out the whip from the coachman's hand, kicked the coachman off the cart, shook the reins, and yelled: "Drive! Drive!" Very professional. The three or two people who came with the big man who snatched the car walked beside the car seat in case anyone came up, and said loudly to the people around them with fierce faces: "What are you looking at?! This is the car from our mansion!"
Now refugees can be seen everywhere on the streets of the capital. These middle-aged men, with ragged clothes, stench, and dirty faces, seem to have come to Beijing from other places, and they are not good people. This carriage is very elegant, but why is there no guard when it comes out? Xu is an unimportant person. These few people have nothing to fear when they make such a move. The common people all backed away, not wanting to provoke these people.
Xia Zi was startled when she heard the movement outside the curtain of the car, opened the curtain and asked in a trembling voice: "You... who are you?"
The person in the car seat turned his head and punched Xia Zi in the eye socket, knocked Xia Zi back into the car, and said, "Kidnapper!"
Xia Zi screamed and fell on the car floor, one eye was swollen immediately, and the other was blurred with tears, she lost her voice: "Wrong!"
The people outside didn't even look back: "That's right! Such a nice car must be rich!"
Shen Wen burst into tears, pulled Xia Zi and asked, "What should I do? What should I do?!"
Xia Zi covered her eyes: "It shouldn't...it shouldn't be like this..."
Shen Wen cried in panic: "Yes! We went to pray for blessings. It should be very smooth, and we didn't do anything bad. How could this be?"
Xia Zi stammered: "Yes... yes..." She really had no good intentions, is it really retribution
Shen Wen said: "You... you should yell for help."
The people outside the car heard it, turned around and shouted angrily at the inside of the car: "You better not shout, or I will stab each of you one by one!"
Xia Zi didn't dare to shout as soon as she heard it, and Shen Wen was even more useless, so she could only cry loudly.
Zheng Qian saw the whole process from behind, jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, ran forward, and shouted: "How can you people steal the car? It's in broad daylight..." The coachman also got up, and ran along with a limp, Shouting: "My car, my car..."
The robber who robbed the car turned his head and shouted: "This is ours! Mind your own business!" Then he whipped the donkey, which had been walking slowly, to speed up.
The person who was with him started to trot, and said as he ran, "Don't chase us, we have plenty of people!"
How could Zheng Qian not chase, he ran a few steps, out of breath, hurried back to his donkey cart, sat in front of the cart, pointed to the front and said: "Chasing! Chase!" His men ran after him. When Hou's donkey was beaten hard, it speeded up a bit, but after running for a distance, it slowed down again, just walking erratically. But the chasers were not easy, and after running for a few hundred steps, they all began to pant.
They ran for a while, and arrived at Mingjing Lake, where many refugees lived on the empty shore along the lake. Because it is convenient to get water here, you can boil water for cooking in the open air. The donkey cart ran along the bank for a while, and a group of people surrounded it. The donkey cart slowed down and stopped by the water.
People around the donkey cart chattered: "Brother, such a nice cart?" "Is there anyone in it?"
In the car, Xia Zi and Shen Wen were so scared that they leaned together.
Zheng Qian's donkey cart also arrived, Zheng Qian jumped out of the cart, and led a dozen people who were running weakly towards the refugees. He saw that the clothes of this group of people were messy, some of them were wrapped in various beddings, and because of the cold weather, many of them even covered their heads, they seemed to be people who fled to Beijing from other places. He asked loudly: "Who is the leader?" This group of refugees must belong to one group.
The big man who just snatched the car came over and said viciously, "Why don't you leave? Are you looking for a beating?!"
There was a clamor from the crowd: "Fight!"
Zheng Qian held back his anger, bowed first, and said, "Brother, the car you robbed belonged to Zhenbeihou's mansion. Zhenbeihou, do you know that he is now resisting Beirong in the north. It's wrong for you to rob his mansion of the car. What's more, Second Miss Shen is inside."
The big man was taken aback, but immediately laughed: "Who are you lying to?! When we country people have never seen the world, we are easy to deceive?! Why is there no one to protect the young lady from the family when she leaves the house?! Don't come here ! Let me tell you! Your grandfather, I have been to school and can read!" The people next to him shouted loudly: "Yes! Our elder brother can read!"
Zheng Qian gritted his teeth: "Just ask the woman in the car to know if what I said is true."
The big man turned his head: "Go and pick up the woman in the car!"
When the people beside the car heard this, they lifted the curtain of the car, and Shen Wen exclaimed in shock. Even though he was wearing a veil, he still raised his hand to cover his face. Someone asked: "Who is the woman?!" Another person said: "Of course it is the one without a face scarf! Still a woman? This looks very young! Give it to me..."
Xia Zi was also frightened, her lips trembled, and she shrank into the car with all her strength. Someone reached out, grabbed her arm, and forcibly pulled her out of the car. Someone pulled Xia Zi around the carriage, passed through the gap made by the crowd, and walked in front of Zheng Qian.
Zheng Qian asked Xia Zi: "Are you from the Zhenbeihou Mansion? Is that Miss Shen Er?"
One eye of Xia Zi was bloodshot, while the other blinked vigorously. She nodded and said, "Yes! Yes! I took our lady to Zhongta Temple to pray for Lord Hou and the young masters..."
The man clapped his hands: "Great!"
Zheng Qian hurriedly said: "Since the strong man admires Zhenbeihou's family for the country and the people..."
The big man continued: "...it's a lady from the Hou's mansion, someone will definitely come and pay for it!" He pointed at Xia Zi and said loudly: "Go back! You want money! You have to..."
Zheng Qianxin said that if the prince didn't ask Miss Shen Er to die, it would be good to keep Miss Shen Er here. But now he had to take Miss Shen Er's life, so he hurriedly said: "It's convenient for this strong man, I know the third son of Zhenbeihou, so I will give you a hundred taels of silver here, let me take him away Will it work?"
The refugees nearby shouted loudly: "One hundred taels is not enough! There are so many of us." "That's right! One thousand taels!"
The big man laughed grimly: "Master, that's not how you cheat people! A lady from the Hou's mansion is worth a hundred taels of silver? Our country landlords have to marry a daughter with hundreds of taels of silver, let alone a Marquis's mansion? How can it cost five taels of silver?" Thousand taels! Otherwise..." Many people walked towards the car, echoing: "That's right! How can you do it without money..."
Shen Wen screamed in the car over there, and then heard her crying and shouting: "Xia Zi! You go back and tell my mother... I have not lost my innocence!" Zheng Qian and others looked at the car, and Shen Wen was vaguely seen in the crowd. Wen rushed out of the carriage. Someone nearby pulled her clothes, and with a thud, the strap of her cloak was snapped, and the cloak was pulled in his hands, but her people covered their faces and ran into the lake.
It turned out that the refugees surrounding the car dispersed at once, and Zheng Qian and others hurriedly ran to the lake.
The spring is cold and cold, and this era is the "Little Ice Age", and there is still a thin layer of ice by the lake. Zheng Qian and others chased to the lake and saw a few people who wanted to go into the water to pull Shen Wen, but when they touched the ice water, they all pulled their legs back. Shen Wen was trembling all over as if she was about to fall down at any time, but she staggered in the thin ice and walked towards the center of the water. It was only about ten steps away, probably because the bottom of the water suddenly became deeper. to her chest. She left her face with her hands and waved twice to the sky, and her whole body sank into the water in a moment.
The refugees shouted in horror, "Someone has died!" "She is dead!" "Oh! She is a lady from the Houfu!"...
The big man said: "Run!" He jumped into the donkey cart with a few strides, whipped the donkey vigorously, drove the cart and led a large group of refugees away.
Zheng Qian couldn't chase them, he had to confirm that Second Miss Shen was dead. He looked back and forth, and saw a few dilapidated cruise ships parked by the lake not far away, and someone on the cruise ship was pointing in this direction. Zheng Qian ran to them, shouting as he ran, "Go save that woman! There will be a reward for saving that woman! There will also be a reward for picking up the corpse! I will give you a hundred taels of silver!"
When the people on the boat over there heard this, a few young men really took off their coats on the spot, stripped their upper body, and jumped into the lake.
The people who came to watch all gasped: "Oh! Young people! Such cold water!"
Zheng Qian ran to the nearest boat and said anxiously: "Let me go! Let me go!"
The boatman put down the pedal and said, "Is this gentleman a relative of that little lady? How pitiful..."
Zheng Qian didn't want to talk to him anymore, he just pointed to the place where Second Miss Shen sank just now and said, "Go there!"
The boatman nodded, went to the stern to shake the boat, and said in his mouth: "The water there is so deep that people drown every year. The little lady is wearing winter clothes again, and she sinks when she enters the water. If she goes to other places, there is hope. , but just like Shen Tang... Sigh! This guest officer, don't think I'm discouraged..."
Zheng Qian was at the bow of the boat. When he arrived at the water area, he saw a few young men standing on the surface of the water for a while, but soon they all swam back to the boat not far away, shouting: "It's too cold! It's too deep! It's impossible to fish! …”
Zheng Qian borrowed a rope from the boatman, tied an iron rod on the boat board, and threw it down. Sure enough, the rope several feet long was gone, and it didn't end yet.
Zheng Qian straightened up, looked at the flat water surface, and those young men who were bare-chested and jumping on the board. Suddenly, he pointed to something on the water surface and said, "Go quickly and see what it is." The boatman rolled the boat over, Zheng Qian bent over the boat, picked it up with an iron rod, and found that it was a woman's veil. He let out a long breath, and the boatman came over and said, "This is the little lady's? Some people say that this is the longan place in this lake. The water is so cold that it is ice in summer. If you fall, you have to soak for a long time." , it is all swollen, so it will float up. Do you want someone to guard here?"
Zheng Qian nodded slowly, and said, "Look at it for me. If there is a body floating, please tell me." After speaking, he gave his address and gave the boatman two taels of silver. The boatman thanked him, and he rocked the boat and sent Zheng Qian back to the shore.
After Zheng Qian got off the boat, Xia Zi, the coachman and Zheng Qian's people hurried over, Zheng Qian gave Xia Zi the veil: "Is this your lady's?"
Xia Zi recognized it, nodded and said: "Yes! It must be, I read it carefully this morning." Shen Wen also said at that time that he would change it. "
A man handed over a handkerchief and said, "I found this by the water."
Xia Zi glanced at it, then nodded again: "It's also my lady's, and I picked it out this morning."
Zheng Qian asked again: "The clothes are the same?"
Xia Zi couldn't see with one eye, but she could see roughly with the other, and said with certainty, "It's the same." Another person brought two embroidered shoes, and judging from the size, they were indeed women's small feet.
Zheng Qian remembered the figure of Miss Shen Er that he saw on Qixi Festival at that time, and this time the back was indeed the same, so he finally felt relieved and said to everyone: "Let's go!" Along the way, I selfishly wanted to tell this matter quickly, and seeing the situation, I felt that there was nothing suspicious, so I followed Zheng Qian's donkey cart and left the lakeshore. Zheng Qian heard Xia Zi say that her husband is now at the house of the prince's staff, so he sent Xia Zi to Wang Zhi. As for the coachman in the Hou's mansion, Zheng Qian asked the prince's people, and knowing that it would not be of much use to keep him, he found someone to kill him. After all, he plotted against his master's daughter. Sell this side again.
Du Juan quickly tore off several thin straps of the clothes under the water, and took off the inner and outer clothes. This set of clothes is exactly the same as Miss Shen Er's, but for the convenience of taking it off, some treatments have been made at the joints.
He was originally wearing a tattered long gown and an old cloth on his head. Taking advantage of the chaos, he slipped into Shen Wen's carriage from the crowd. The door curtain faced the lake, and the car body blocked the sight of people on the other side of the road. He quickly took off his disguise in the car, his hair had already been combed according to Shen Wen's designated hairstyle, and he only used an ordinary hosta, because Shen Wen said that he was going to pray for blessings, and he would not be full of pearls and jade. Du Juan put on a cloak, put on embroidered shoes, put on a veil, and picked up a handkerchief. Listening to the conversation outside the crowd, Shen Wen cried out at the right time: "Xia Zi! Go back and tell my mother... Lost innocence!"
Du Juan didn't have time to appreciate the lifelike crying of Miss Shen Er, when Shen Wen winked at him and raised his chin. Du Juan covered his face with his hands and rushed out of the carriage... He really has no face to face anyone! These are people from the mansion, how can they laugh at him in the future! This hateful Second Miss Shen ruined his life...
Those embroidered shoes didn't fit well anyway, they were kicked off as early as entering the water, and the handkerchief soon let go. As soon as he slipped into the deep water, Du Juan immediately closed his breath and sank into the water, untied his veil, and took off all his clothes... He was wearing nothing but a pair of black trousers. He packed his clothes into a bag, pulled out the hairpin on his head, and dived in the direction of the cruise ship. He vaguely saw a person swimming in front of him, and he was almost out of breath. Seeing the person diving into the water, Du Juan hurriedly surfaced, just in time to take a breath...
Zheng Qian only saw a few young men floating on the water, and never thought that one of them was the "Second Miss Shen" he had been staring at just now.
Du Juan half-submerged and half-swimmed. When he got to the other side of the cruise ship, a man had been waiting by the side of the boat and gave him a black bag with an iron block inside. He stuffed the clothes in his hand under the water, fastened the bag tightly, let it sink into the lake, and boarded the boat with only the hairpin in his hand.
The other boys on the boat winked at Du Juan and giggled. Du Juan put on a serious face, snorted coldly, and got off the cabin by himself.
The big man driving the cart drove the donkey cart into an alley, and Shen Wen entered the courtyard wearing a cuckoo's tattered coat and head cloth. Marquis Pingyuan had already asked Mrs. Li to send additional maids and cooks to the yard, and Shen Wen stayed there.
The people who drove the carts sold the carts and donkeys with the emblem of the Marquis of Zhenbei to the real refugees. Now many people are fleeing to the south, and the carts and livestock are very sought-after. The refugees scraped off the emblem and drove out of the city the next day.
Su Wanniang and Xia Qing kept the matter a secret for a while, and when they could no longer hide it, they said that Shen Wen, Xia Zi and a coachman had gone out of the city to pray for blessings in the temple. Now that it has arrived, I asked the driver to bring back the message, saying that I am fine, so don't worry. Mrs. Liu received Shen Wen's prior instructions, but she didn't say anything. Mrs. Yang wanted to see the coachman, but Mrs. Liu said that he had already gone to Zhuangzi.
Yang was so angry that her heart ached. She never thought that this little girl, who was always soft and obedient, would not listen to her on such an important matter! But the old lady seemed to think Yang was making a fuss, saying that since Shen Wen was there to pray for blessings, the Buddha should bless her, which made Yang unable to lose her temper.
In the palace, several people who raided Concubine Xue Gui's palace finally arrived at the dormitory. Some people removed the tents, and some people took out the clothes one by one and groped for the interlayer one by one. An old eunuch took down the antiques on the floor-to-ceiling ancient Tibetan shelves, marked them for storage after reading them. When he reached the bottom floor, he didn't bother to bend down, so he took a stick and pulled out everything. The incense burner was knocked over, and the jade box inside fell to the corner of the shelf along with the incense ashes. The old eunuch poked it again, and the incense burner was pulled out. The small jade box was right on top of the corner, covered by a pile of incense ash .
Zheng Qian went to the East Palace in person and told the prince that Miss Shen Er was dead.
The crown prince frowned and asked, "She must be dead?"
Zheng Qian nodded: "Sure. The lake is icy cold. The Hou Mansion's eyeliner said that Miss Shen has been ill recently and her heart is weak. She can't get out of the courtyard without support. If she falls into the water, she won't drown. He would also die from the cold. I went back the next day and heard that there was a group of refugees who were particularly vicious. During this time, they have been harassing the people there, sometimes robbing and stealing. They died yesterday, so they ran away.”
The prince said coldly: "It's really cheap for her! She should be thrown to those refugees!"
Zheng Qian said: "Your Highness, now that Miss Shen Er is dead, Your Highness can write letters in her name."
The prince turned his anger into joy, nodded and said: "This time is also just right, father and emperor have been restless at night due to Pingyuanhou's whole army, and he was very uncomfortable. I think he can listen to my words."
The emperor is indeed very unhappy now.
First of all, he felt that he was played by Ping Yuanhou. Marquis Pingyuan came to the palace, looking old, weak, sick and disabled, but together with the volunteers, Marquis Pingyuan's strength was exposed. Secondly, he felt betrayed by the third prince! Supervising the army and supervising the army should replace the emperor to monitor the army. The reason for letting the third prince go is because the Beirong is coming. It looks like the third prince is someone who wants to go to the battlefield to fight. Go to help Ping, who has no strength. Marquis Yuan may be able to withstand Bei Rong. But Ping Yuanhou doesn't seem to need anyone's assistance at all! According to reports, the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan is skilled in bowing horses, and he is obviously a warrior! For so many years in the capital pretending to be a literati, Ping Yuanhou has sinister intentions! As soon as the third prince passed by, he worked together with Marquis Pingyuan, and did not send back a private letter to the emperor to report the situation of Marquis Pingyuan, it was all empty words in the copybooks, it seems that he is not a supervising army, but an accomplice! …
Thinking of this, the emperor felt depressed in his chest, lost his energy to practice Daoyin with Taoist Mao, and had stomach pains and headaches from time to time, making him even more anxious.
So when the prince went to the imperial study to meet the emperor in private, he said, "Father, my son thinks that Pingyuanhou and Zhenbeihou have objected!" The emperor hummed and signaled him to continue.
The prince put a stack of materials in his hand on the case in front of the emperor, and said one by one:
"Father, as early as three years ago, the Marquis of Zhenbei began to create public voices, saying that on the night of the Lantern Festival in Yancheng, when the three dragons bowed their heads together, there must be someone who controls the dragon. I think Yancheng is just a frontier fortress. In the land where the father and sons and officials are all in the capital, how can there be someone who controls the dragon there? It is obvious that there are ulterior motives! Within half a year, a county magistrate in the north of Linhai sent a memorial, pointing out that someone from the Pingyuanhou's mansion in the capital city passed through him. The port where the port is located is in contact with the border. The attitude is bad, and the village is very arrogant. The most suspicious thing is that one month before the Beibei invaded the border, the Shen family army began to rob wealthy households around and spread rumors everywhere that the Beibei was coming. , causing panic. When the Beirong crossed the border, no one from the Shen family resisted, retreated across the board, and handed over the great land to Beirong! How many villages and towns along the border fell into Beirong's iron hooves! Fortunately, some people still have conscience, and now the second lady of the Shen family has escaped The Hou Mansion has issued a letter of friendship between her father and brother and Bei Rong. It can be seen that the father and son of Zhenbei Hou and Bei Rong have colluded with Bei Rong to lure Bei Rong into me in order to create a war and help the thieves from afar! They are so shameless. Thousands of people’s lives were at risk, and how many people’s homes and properties were destroyed! Just to let those with ulterior motives take this opportunity to seize military power!”
The crown prince handed several letters to the emperor, and the emperor accepted them blankly, read them, and asked, "This is the Second Miss Shen who is at odds with you?"
The prince nodded with a serious expression: "I used to be very displeased with Second Miss Shen, but at this time I have to admit that Second Miss Shen is still a righteous person. At this critical moment, she can stand up to kill her relatives righteously and identify her father and brother. What they have done is disastrous to the country and the people. It seems that Zhenbeihou and Beirong have a private agreement. This battle was originally just a show, but Beibei has long had the heart to kill me, so he will use his plan. Instead, he used the cooperation of Zhenbeihou to attack us. Land! Father Emperor! The Marquis of Zhenbei betrayed the king's heart and turned to the enemy. This is an unforgivable crime!"
The emperor put down the letter, and the prince continued: "Bei Rong surrounded Yancheng, and I will not know until a month later, but I recently received a report from Jiangnan, saying that before the Bei Rong war was notified, the son of Marquis Pingyuan died. Lead the troops into the Jiangnan area!"
The emperor took a deep breath, drooping the corners of his mouth. The prince said in a low voice: "Father, according to various sources, the army led by the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan is well-groomed and well-armed. It is not a rural rebel army at all. It is clearly a well-trained and serious soldier! Those clothes can be made temporarily. However, the weapons they carry cannot be made within three to five years. Father, they have already prepared for it. In the future of Beirong, they will go all the way to the capital, what is their intention, do you need to say it?"
The emperor's face was sullen, and the prince said: "Father, now that the Beirong is approaching and the capital is in danger, they have to fight against Beirong first, but this is not their original intention! I heard that after the two armies of Pingyuan Hou and his son merged, they were nearly ten Wanzhong, Marquis Pingyuan is not in a hurry to go to the front line, but instead organizes the army first, spreads his former subordinates all over the army, and completely turns the rebel army into his private army. They are taking advantage of the emperor's inattention , in the name of righteous soldiers, he established the "Zhang Family Army"! If they win, when the squadron returns to the court, they will inevitably add more troops. My son thought it would be more than 200,000. If he is a reliable person, the emperor does not need to However, Pingyuan Hou and his son have no respect for their father, they dared to design their father's own daughter to attack the royal family a few years ago! Such rebellious people have to guard against them! Father, son I am deeply worried about my father!" Thinking of the fourth princess, the prince couldn't help but choke up.
The emperor smiled coldly: "Is it also for you to worry about?"
The prince swallowed hard, smiled awkwardly, and said as righteously as possible: "Father, if the third prince has always been filial and respectful to the father, and he leads the army back, for the sake of the country's safety, even if the prince is resigned Nothing." He stopped, and the emperor could naturally hear what he meant: Is the third prince filial to the emperor? Respectful? Over the years, he has been treating the emperor with a nose that is not a nose and a face that is not a face, and he looks like a rebellious son.
The prince guessed that the emperor understood what he hadn't said, and continued: "But since the Pingyuanhou and Zhenbeihou families can devise such a poisonous plan, they must not have taken the father seriously! Everyone knows that father The emperor didn't like them, and the third brother had long been acquainted with the children of the Zhang and Shen families, and called them brothers and sisters. Father, they wanted the third brother to replace the father and overthrow the father's position! "
The emperor let out a sound from his nostrils, and his face was already very gloomy. The prince sighed and said to the emperor: "Father, maybe the capital should be moved to the south, not only to avoid Beirong, but also to guard against those who are not good to the father. Father, there was a change in the Xuanwu Gate in the previous dynasty, and the father wanted to be careful!"
The change of Xuanwu Gate was Li Shimin and the crown prince fighting for the crown prince. Both sides said that the other party wanted to kill him. In the end, Li Shimin killed his elder brother and younger brother at the Xuanwu Gate. He also imprisoned the emperor Li Yuan who was facing the prince and forced Li Yuan to abdicate. Became the Supreme Emperor, and became the emperor himself! No matter how much he said in the future that the crown prince was cruel and his father was stupid, he would not be able to escape the outrageous thing that he killed his siblings and imprisoned his father. According to historical data, Li Shimin had to try his best to smile when he went to court, otherwise the ministers would be too scared to speak. Because people think that people who dare to kill people who have blood relatives are even more ruthless to those who have no blood. Li Shimin was burdened by his reputation, and he was cowarded by Wei Zheng all his life. He worked hard to be a wise emperor and opened the Great Tang Dynasty, but was forgiven by later generations—this can be regarded as an example of "killing one's father and killing one's brother is good". In ancient times, there were many cases of royal brotherhood, but there has never been one like Li Shimin who, with his own actions, proved that killing his brother and imprisoning his father is justified and beneficial. I have drawn up a road map, which is roughly: accuse the other party of killing me, then counterattack, successfully kill the other party, become an emperor after ascending the throne, appoint a few capable officials, adapt the past history, and call the other party fatuous The people of the world, after gaining the supreme power and glory, can still be famous through the ages, why not do it
The emperor suddenly felt that the current situation was very similar to that example. When the third prince came back with a heavy army, he must have dealt with the prince who had assassinated him first, and then imprisoned himself and forced himself to abdicate. Although the third prince has been suppressed by the Lu family these years, half of the civil servants echoed it. Among the generals, the Marquis of Zhenbei is finished, and the Marquis of Pingyuan is also a figure who can support the sky. The third prince replaces himself. Operate as usual... The emperor's heart skipped a beat for a moment, and he gritted his teeth and said, "They don't even think about it!"
The crown prince nodded and said: "Father is wise, everyone says that father is a wise king that is rare in ancient and modern times. I have survived the years of natural disasters, which shows that father is blessed by heaven. Now there are villains who are overconfident and think about it." If you plot against my father's country, my father will definitely give me a severe blow!"
The emperor clicked on the letter memorial on the case with his hand, and said: "Keep it well, it will be useful in the future."
The prince was overjoyed for a while, collected all the things, and left.
After the crown prince retreated, the emperor pondered for a while, and said to Eunuch Sun who had been standing in the corner, "Let Cao Kai come."
Cao Kai used to be a person who helped the emperor do some unspeakable secrets, such as attacking Pingyuanhou's mansion at night to assassinate Pingyuanhou and so on. Now that he is the commander-in-chief of the three divisions of the Imperial Forest Army, Eunuch Sun agreed. Not long after, Cao Kai went to the imperial study to salute the emperor.
The emperor said: "You order 30,000 Yulin soldiers to chase Pingyuanhou." The emperor stopped.
Cao Kai didn't understand why, but he didn't ask, just continued to listen, and the emperor said slowly: "Whether they win or lose, they will kill Pingyuan Hou and his son, and..." He stopped again, stopped again After a while, he finally said: "Third prince! This man who disobeyed his father!" If they lose, they will be useless, and if they don't kill, they will not kill. Let them die to understand and set an example for those who have different hearts. If they win, let's not let them come back!
Cao Kai was surprised and looked at the emperor in surprise. The emperor became angry: "He actually conspired with Marquis Pingyuan to gain military power through the war. He is cunning and cunning. I can't bear it!" The emperor was emotional and spat while speaking. The stars are sprayed out.
Seeing that the emperor was in a hurry, Cao Kai quickly lowered his head: "Your Majesty, please give me an imperial edict, so that I can have evidence to rely on when facing the third prince in the future." Don't kill him at that time. Advocate, come back and cut me off.
The emperor snorted, picked up a pen and wrote two lines on the imperial signature on the case. Eunuch Sun came over to stamp the imperial seal and handed it to Cao Kai.
Cao Kai took it with both hands, bowed his head again and said: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Forest Army only has 50,000 people, if you take away 30,000, the defense of the capital will be worrying."
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly looked very old. He rubbed his temples and said, "Looking at the situation, I have decided to move the capital. In about a month, I should be able to leave. If you get things done, maybe you can catch up. "A capital city can no longer be defended, but 20,000 people are enough to protect the emperor's southward migration.
Cao Kai saluted and said goodbye: "I obey the order."
After Cao Kai left, the emperor sat for a long time, his thoughts were mixed, and he found that he did not regret this decree.
Of course he didn't know that in the previous life, the crown prince only pointed out that the third prince took the opportunity to gain military power and the possibility of the Xuanwumen incident, which made the emperor murderous. Although there is no empress in this life, the crown prince's reason is even stronger , more evidence, the emperor didn't care about Miss Shen Er's letter, but he knew that if this matter was uncovered, such evidence would be very useful. As for Zhenbeihou collaborating with the enemy, the emperor didn't really believe it. He was angry that Zhenbeihou was useless! If you can't stop Bei Rong, you'll be damned. As for the third prince, he said to himself that the third prince has not been submissive to him these years, which shows that he does not have his own authority in his heart. But Marquis Pingyuan's ambition will definitely instigate the third prince to fight back with his carbine! The emperor believes that it is better to strike first, and to suffer later. He would rather kill by mistake than miss. Instead of letting the third prince imprison him in the cold palace, it is better to kill this unfilial son first! …
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was doing the right thing, but after being angry with the third prince for a long time, he suddenly thought that the prince was not a good bird either. The emperor asked Eunuch Sun, "Have you found anything from Concubine Xue?"
Eunuch Sun bowed and said, "I have checked everything, and there is nothing suspicious."
The emperor secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the prince would be fine. . She is not very good at sex, maybe she was seduced by Concubine Xue Gui, so she did something obscene. But he still said in passing: "Search well, don't leave anything behind."
Eunuch Sun hurriedly bowed and agreed, and secretly decided to go and see it himself, so that someone could check it again.
The emperor got up, and wanted Taoist Mao to come and guide him, but he suddenly felt weak physically and mentally, so he asked Eunuch Sun to help him go to the dragon bed and lie down. He was a little groggy, as if he had been constricted.
The Imperial Forest Army was ready to set off the next day, but Cao Kai's clerk actually ran away on an excuse to leave the camp. The other one I put on fell and broke my leg when I went to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Another one was changed. Before departure, he ate the wrong food and couldn't get up the next day. Obviously he wanted to excuse himself from going to the battlefield, so Cao Kai was beaten with thirty army sticks. He almost died and was left behind. The clerk who came up at the end was a good old man. He was almost forty, and if it wasn't because he didn't have a wife, he would have been discharged from the army a long time ago. Although he was a bit older, he was always very popular, and he was supposed to go home a few times, but because he was homeless, he stayed. He didn't argue about anything, even if he was working on writing in the Chinese army, he was now promoted to Cao Kai's secretary, responsible for Cao Kai's correspondence, which was considered a promotion. It would be a good thing for him if he hadn't set out to fight.
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Yan Sanguan and Yan San's wife returned home in the dark and rainy weather. Along the way, Yan Sanguan said to everyone that the Beirong army was too powerful and probably couldn't stop it.
As soon as he got home, Yan Sanguan hurried to see his father and reported his actions in the wine cellar and the news Mr. Zhang asked him to spread.
Yan Jing frowned: "He asked you to say that?" He had heard a while ago that the volunteer army led by Marquis Pingyuan was very strong. Since this wine cellar was set up for Bei Rong, the people should also belong to Ping Yuan Hou, so why do you want to say something that defeats your own prestige
Yan Sanguan nodded: "Probably to attract people's attention. No one wants to be a subjugated slave. Hearing this, we must rise up and resist."
Yan Jing's divine light was introverted, and he asked Yan Sanguan to rest, and then asked Yan Daguan to come to see him.
When the official Yan walked in, he saw his father lying on the desk writing a letter, so he waited aside. These days, the rumors of the war are getting more and more serious, and he can't sleep more and more-his eldest daughter and son-in-law are still in Yancheng! Now I heard that he was besieged by Beirong, and his life and death are unknown.
After Yan Jing finished writing the letter, he looked up and saw that the eldest son looked haggard, and he also sighed slightly. He handed several letters to the official Yan, and said: "You choose outstanding talents in the twenties and thirties from the academy, go to the capital. This is the person I want you to meet, go to them Send a letter, listen more and talk less, just say hello to them."
Officer Yan accepted the letter with some reluctance—he is most afraid of dealing with people! Ask in a low voice: "I know the third brother is back, can he go?"
Yan Jing said: "These people are court officials or masters, and that old master Jian is also the teacher of the third prince. I'm afraid your third brother will not be able to learn enough, and he will not be able to grasp the answer." By saying this, he meant to praise his eldest son. , although Mr. Yan is almost forty years old, he was still very happy. He accepted the letter with some embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, father, for your reminder." Then he asked: "Why did you bring those people? Now many The students have all gone home, and some are going south."
Yan Jing said: "Every time you go to meet these people, bring a few children from the academy and introduce them to them."
Official Yan nodded: "Is it so that these students will have opportunities to apply for in the future?"
Yan Jing shook his head, "It's to help them."
Official Yan blinked at Yan Jing in confusion.
Yan Jing didn't want to explain to his son, who was devoted to learning and didn't have any feelings about court affairs, but said: "There will be some turmoil in the capital, and at that time, many eloquent people are needed. Let these children go and save some people."
Official Yan was even more puzzled: "Who are you saving?"
Yan Jing sighed: "For example, your second brother's daughter."
The official Yan was still puzzled: "Yan Wu? Isn't she praying for her husband in the temple?"
Yan Jing shook his head slightly: "Don't you think about who her husband is?"
Official Yan said: "It's Shen Jian, the second son of the Marquis of Zhenbei. I heard that he has died in front of the country. How can we save Yan when we go to the capital?"
Yan Jing waved his hand: "Go ahead, you will know when the time comes."
Official Yan was confused, and found more than 30 students, saying that he was going to visit the officials in the capital, and asked them to follow him to recognize their faces. The families of these students felt that such an opportunity should not be missed. But now the world is not peaceful, and they can't let their children act alone. In many families, fathers and brothers bring their servants to the capital with the students. So in the troubled times, a large group of people set off from Yan's Academy, and a month later arrived in the noisy and chaotic capital city, where rumors of the capital relocation were everywhere. Yan Daguan and his students lived in Yan's house, and those who couldn't fit were scattered around, so Yan Daguan and his students began to take the students to visit Yan Jing's former students and friends.
Official Yan really couldn't figure out how he could save the Yan family who was praying in the temple when he came to the capital. In fact, it was useless even if he figured it out, because the Yan family was not in the temple at all. Not long ago at night, Mrs. Yan stood next to a burning platform on the north gate of Yan City, leaning against the parapet, and by the light of the fire, focused on watching the enemies pouring into the gate below.