Because Wu Shaoying said that he wanted to see Mr. Qin alone, Mr. Qin did not invite him into the main house, but asked people to lead him into the west room. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info There is Mr. Qin's own small world, which is completely different from the study room in the middle courtyard that can be used to receive guests or meet students, outsiders are not allowed to enter, even his own family, he rarely gets involved, cleaning and tidying things like that, it is Uncle Hu who does it himself.

Wu Shaoying looked thinner than when she left, with short green stubble on her upper lip and chin, and she looked a little embarrassed. He originally wore his hair in a neat bun, but at this time, it was a little loose and not recombed, and the clothes on his body were also stained with some dust, which was full of dust.

Old Mr. Qin was a little surprised when he saw him like this: "Where are you coming from?"

Wu Shaoying saluted him, and couldn't wait for him to sit down, so he blurted out: "Teacher, my cousin-in-law is not dead yet!"

Old Mr. Qin was stunned for a moment, then smiled, walked to the chair and sat down: "How do you know?"

Wu Shaoying was very surprised when she saw his reaction: "The teacher has already heard about it?"

Old Mr. Qin said vaguely: "Coincidentally, my clansmen in the capital sent a servant to deliver the letter this morning, which was written by Brother Ping. It turned out that he was a guide for the nobles, left the outpost in advance, and then went to Beijing, and by chance met my clansmen in the capital, and recognized each other, so he asked someone to bring a letter from home. He has now joined the guards in the capital, and he persuaded me to take my family to Beijing, but I don't know anything about the changes in my family. I was caught off guard by your aunt and wife, and I didn't know what to do, and I didn't know how to explain to your aunt and cousin, so I just sent someone to the county seat to deliver a letter and ask them to come over tomorrow. ”

Wu Shaoying was stunned "oh", then her eyes turned red, and she lowered her head and said, "Mistake...... If my cousin hadn't had an accident that day, and now that she has received a letter from home, I don't know how happy she should be, and even my uncle must be happy that my cousin-in-law can get ahead. ”

Old Mr. Qin sighed, and both the teacher and the student fell silent.

After a long while, Wu Shaoying reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "Anyway, it's always a good thing." The teacher has a son under his knees to do his filial piety, and Sister Sang also has a father to take care of. Students can also feel much more at ease. ”

Old Mr. Qin also smiled reluctantly and asked him, "Where did you hear about this?" If it weren't for Brother Ping's letter from the capital, I wouldn't know. Where the hell have you been these days, and how did you hear about it?"

Wu Shaoying took a deep breath: "Don't hide it from the teacher, student...... In fact, I followed that Master Li to do something. He is a person from Jinyiwei, and he came to Yulin to investigate a big case. When the students heard that there was still the burning of the Niujialiang outpost, they remembered that their cousin-in-law had an accident there, so they couldn't help but kick it, but in fact, it was just to help be an eye-to-ear. The student grew up in Mizhi, and he was a student of Guozijian, so he was not conspicuous in Yulin City, and he was not a suspicious figure in Linxian County. What's more, the students still have the pretense of tracking down the He brothers and sisters, and when others see the students, they will only think that the students are here, so where will they think of the real purpose of the students?"

Old Mr. Qin couldn't help but gasp: "Jinyiwei?!...... How could you go with them?, didn't I tell you not to meddle in this matter again?!" He was a little scared when he thought about it. King Qin still encountered a big risk, almost lost his life, and had to hide in some places, not to mention such a small prison student as Wu Shaoying? Moreover, Lord Li and his party had the identity protection of the official face, at most they were just blinded, and no one would dare to openly harm them. But Wu Shaoying has no official status, and being an eye and ear will only be more dangerous.

Wu Shaoying didn't care much about this, and smiled casually: "As long as you can find out the truth about the burning of your cousin-in-law's outpost, it doesn't hurt to take some risks." What's more, Master Li also sent people to be around the students to protect their safety. The students were very careful all the way and did not show their feet, but also heard a lot of useful news, which was also appreciated by Master Li. If not, it would not be so easy for students to know an important piece of news. ”

Old Mr. Qin was puzzled: "What important news, didn't you come to me to tell me that Brother Ping is fine?"

Wu Shaoying shook his head, if it was just this news, there was no need for him to propose to see Mr. Qin alone. What he wanted to say was something more important: "Teacher, do you know who attacked the King of Qin, and who burned down the Niujialiang outpost?"

Old Mr. Qin's expression suddenly became serious: "I would like to hear it in detail." ”

Wu Shaoying had heard about the attack on King Qin from Master Li and Zhou Gen, the palace guard, and after repeating it at this time, Mr. Qin combined with the rumors that Jin Xiang heard in Beijing, and he also figured out the details. This section is omitted.

The attackers that King Qin saw at that time were wearing Beirong costumes, but they spoke with a Jindi accent, so he knew that there was something wrong with the identity of this army of soldiers and horses. Out of prudence, he chose to stay away from Yulin City and Taiyuan, and went to Shuozhou, which was stationed as a child of a family in the capital. After arriving at Shuozhouwei, as soon as he heard that the Niujialiang outpost was attacked and burned down by horse thieves, he immediately realized that this matter must have something to do with Yulinwei.

Niujialiang is only twenty or thirty miles away from Yulin City, which can be said to be very close, not close to the border, and further north, there are several outposts such as Jinji Beach. Not to mention that now the imperial court and Beirong have not been at war for many years, just by virtue of the harvest in the mutual market, Beirong can barely maintain food and clothing, and there is basically no need to go south to plunder. Even if there were really Beirong people who dared to take this risk, they would not quickly approach a place like Niujialiang, which was extremely close to Yulin City, without alerting the layers of outposts. If a group of up to 200 soldiers and horses were really allowed to come to Yulin City unknowingly, Yulin Wei could die.

Since it wasn't done by the Beijung, it's a horse thief. But the horse thieves only plundered the caravans, and rarely even killed them all, so as not to frighten the caravans, and no one dared to come, and they would have no wealth, let alone collide with the imperial army outpost head-on. Directly burned down a post and killed all the soldiers inside, which is simply a long life. In a place like the border city, where the army is in charge, is there really such a bold horse thief?

The people who attacked the King of Qin were clearly in the army, wearing the clothes of the Beirong people, speaking with the accent of Jindi, colluding with the defenders of Changle Fort, and acting under the banner of horse thieves. On the contrary, King Qin felt that the upper echelons of Yulinwei were tired. In addition, the Shuozhou guard general inadvertently mentioned that due to the rotation of Yulin Wei, a large number of current generals were transferred from Datong or other guards in Jin, and King Qin was suspicious of going to the Jin Palace.

He was suspicious of the Jin Wangfu, but not the Jin King. Because long before he went to Yulin, when he passed through Taiyuan, he had seen the little brother of King Jin. This is not an easy side to meet. The King of Qin was ordered by the emperor to inspect, and it stands to reason that the news must have arrived a few days in advance, and the King of Jin should have stayed in the palace and waited to see his brother. Who knew that after King Qin arrived in Taiyuan, he wanted to go to see his younger brother as soon as possible, but the people in the Jin Palace's mansion first claimed that King Jin had gone to worship Buddha in other places and was not in the city, and then showed his flaws, so he reluctantly admitted that King Jin was a little unwell and didn't want to see guests. King Qin was worried about his younger brother's health, so he broke into the inner courtyard of the palace, and when he saw King Jin, he couldn't believe it.

The king of Jin was already terminally ill, unconscious, and he was so thin that he was out of shape. The royal medical officials were all placed under house arrest in the palace and secretly treated the King of Jin, but no one could cure him. If it is reported to the capital and the imperial doctor is invited, there may be some hope, but the princess of Jin forbade the people in the palace to leak the news. If it weren't for King Qin's invasion of the mansion, maybe he wouldn't have known that his younger brother was already so sick.

King Qin questioned his younger sister Princess Jin, but Princess Jin was reluctant, saying that this was the will of King Jin himself, and repeatedly gave strict orders. As a wife, she just wants to do what her husband wants. Because King Jin never woke up, King Qin couldn't figure out whether this was what he meant, so he had no choice but to leave.

But when King Qin finished his official business and was about to leave Taiyuan, someone quietly contacted his entourage and handed him a message, saying that the second and third sons of the concubines and concubines of the King of Jin asked him to lend a hand. Because the king of Jin did not say anything about blocking the news, but hoped that the eldest son who was in the capital could rush back to see him for the last time, it was the princess of Jin who was selfish, so she blocked the news, and even did not allow the prince to write to the court in history, asking the emperor to give the imperial medicine to treat the king of Jin, and also grounded the mother and son of the side concubine, and gave chronic poison to the side concubine, intending to put their mother and son to death.

And the reason why the princess of Jin did this is only because the prince of Jin is now in the capital, is pleasing the emperor, and is very hopeful that he will enter the East Palace after the death of the prince. It is rumored that the prince has been in poor health recently, and he has been sick for half a year, and he doesn't know if he can get through it. Once the crown prince dies and the position of the prince is vacant, the prince of Jin is the most promising person. At such a critical juncture, how could the prince of Jin leave the capital and return to the land of Jin to serve his father's illness or keep filial piety? In order to buy time for her son, the princess of Jin would specially block the news, and even in order to prolong the life of the king of Jin, she gave up some diagnosis and treatment methods that might cure him but were more risky, and replaced them with conservative prescriptions that were more detrimental to his health. Because of this, the King of Jin will always be unconscious, and the palace is controlled by the Princess of Jin.

When Mr. Qin heard this, he was so shocked that he immediately stood up: "What did you say? How could the prince of Jin enter the East Palace......? The prince is seriously ill?!"

Wu Shaoying was not surprised, the crown prince was the prince of the country, and who would not be shocked to know that he was seriously ill? Who would not be worried?

Wu Shaoying said to Mr. Qin: "The teacher is in the northwest border city, and he is not very well-informed about the news in Beijing, and he does not know these major events of the imperial court. When the students were in the capital, they heard a lot about it. Now there is only one prince under his knees, and there were two little princesses in his early years, but they both died at a young age. The crown prince has been deficient since birth, and has been weak for many years, and after setting up a concubine and a side concubine, he only gave birth to a little imperial grandson, but he was raised until nine years ago, and died again. Since then, only the crown princess has given birth to a granddaughter, and there are no other heirs. Both inside and outside the government and the opposition are worried about the emperor's heir, and the clan has mentioned the method of succession, and I heard that it is also a little tempting today. The king of Jin and the present since he was a teenager, and there are many heirs, nine years ago, when he heard the death of the emperor's grandson, he sent his eldest son to Beijing, so that he could one day succeed to the palace as an heir. Inside and outside the capital, everyone knows. ”