Chapter 677: Framing
"I'm getting better, it's a long way off, and you don't have to come back. Let's stay at home for a few days and go back to work. ”
Song Wenru's attitude was very cold.
Song Wende was his brother, but he didn't want to see him.
He has been loyal to the king all his life, and the only thing he is ashamed of his conscience is the protection and connivance of this younger brother.
But this is his own brother, in order not to shame the Song family, when he did something wrong, what could he do?
Song Wendemeng's eldest brother has been sheltered for many years, and naturally he has not been scolded by him, and he has always been worried in front of him.
After withdrawing, before the sweat on his forehead was wiped dry, Song Changqing's kind voice came from behind him:
"Second uncle stays, can you talk to your nephew?"
Song Wende turned his head and saw his nephew, who was as gentle as jade, standing behind him under the bright skylight, his eyes heavy.
For some reason, Song Wende couldn't control his body in an instant, and shivered fiercely in this autumn that was not cold.
Although his nephew is still white, his perceptive eyes make him feel more pressure than facing his eldest brother.
The two sat down in Song Changqing's study, and Song Wende actually had a feeling that he was so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
Song Changqing was silent enough, and after making sure that his second uncle was already panicked, he picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a sip, saying:
"The second uncle just ran back, how are you going to explain to the emperor?"
Song Wende was about to wipe his tears immediately:
"It's not that I have to run back, it's that if I don't leave, I'll never see you again with my eldest brother and Changqing......"
Song Changqing interrupted his posturing impatiently:
"Second uncle, there is no need to say such things in front of me. ”
"I ......"
Song Wende's voice before he cried was held back, and he stopped talking, but he still wanted to be embarrassed in front of his nephew, but he couldn't say anything about his own plans.
After holding back for a while, Song Wende finally remembered to regain his face as an elder:
"If I have something to say, I naturally say to the emperor, Changqing, how can you talk to me like this?"
Song Changqing glanced at him coldly, got up and was about to leave:
"Second uncle, if you don't want to tell the truth, then you can go directly to face the saint, as for what is said in the battle report from Yuzhou, the Song family can't control it. ”
In his two lives, he has deeply seen how shameless his second uncle is.
This time, if his second uncle didn't plan to come back to die, he must have made up his mind.
The only thing he cared about was whether this idea would hurt the Song family.
Song Wende has not been killed until now, and it is nothing more than the Song family, at this time, when he heard Song Changqing say this, the last trace of face was finally gone, and he stood up and grabbed Song Changqing's sleeve:
"Changqing, I, I'm also forced to do it!"
After saying goodbye to Song Wende, Song Changqing sat alone in the courtyard facing the sky for a long time.
It wasn't until his wife Yan came to him that he withdrew his ethereal gaze and took her hand.
"Ruyu, you say that people live, do you want to be a bad person, or do you want to be a good person?"
Yan had never heard her husband ask such a question, and she couldn't help but be surprised:
"Others don't know, but the concubine knows that her husband is rich and rich, and he is only eight buckets high, and there are still things in this world that the husband can't understand?"
"I just want to hear your thoughts...... If one day I become a bad person, Ruyu, do you think that I am not worthy of being a human being?"
Yan felt that her husband's expression was wrong.
She didn't delve into it, thought about it carefully, and said:
"According to the right path, it is natural to be a good person, but where can the distinction between good and bad be so clear? If you can be a good person, you will try your best to be a good person, but if you have to, it is okay to be a bad person. ”
"As for whether you are worthy of being a human being or not, it is difficult to say, who is qualified to say who is not worthy of being a human being? ”
Song Changqing was silent for a moment, and suddenly laughed a few times, and there was a lot of sadness in the laughter.
Perhaps, from this day on, he will be the man he despises the most, full of lies and unscrupulous, like the officials he hated in his previous life.
It turns out that this is his fate.
He stood up, with a bit of murder in his body:
"Ruyu, take my father and our children back to Jiangnan, and take them back while the war can't spread there. If I were alive in the future, I would go to you. ”
Gan's shock:
"Why do you say that, husband, what are you going to do?"
Song Changqing waved his hand and saluted solemnly to his wife:
"I'm going to do something that only bad people do, the Song family, I'll leave it to you and your mother, please. ”
Song Wenru didn't understand why his son would send him back to Jiangnan without warning.
"At this time, the emperor's heart is unstable, how can I leave the capital?"
Song Wenru's memory is still before he had a stroke, and he doesn't know anything about the overturning of the storm outside.
Song Changqing patiently coaxed:
"It's about to be winter here in the capital, the weather is cold, the climate is dry, and it is not conducive to my father's recuperation. ”
After a pause, he took another dose of fierce medicine:
"Besides, the emperor doesn't need your father now, you can only serve the emperor again if you take good care of your body, this time to send you out of Beijing, I have already invited the emperor, and the emperor also agrees. ”
's words really hit Song Wenru's heart accurately and violently.
What Imperial Physician Yang said, the emperor also agreed......
The emperor thinks he's useless, right?
A feeling of sadness and anger rose from the bottom of Song Wenru's heart, and he wanted to raise his hand, but his body was still trembling uncontrollably.
He let out a mournful whimper from his throat, lowered his head and said nothing.
He was already a wasted person, useless, so the emperor he took care of also coldly felt that he was useless and wanted to kick him out of the capital, right?
Song Changqing finally sent his parents, wife and children out of the capital two days later, and even his cousin Song Sanlang and his wife were packed and sent away by him.
The Song family is rooted in the south of the Yangtze River.
From the moment he was reborn, he had been planning the retreat of the Song family, so now as long as his father is willing to leave, there is nothing to fear from the Song family in the capital.
All the actions of the Song family can be hidden from others, but they can't hide from Dong Zheng, who is in charge of the city gate, so naturally all of them are known by Wei Beihou.
Wei Beihou met with Liang Guogong and Zhongyi Uncle in private.
"With Song Wenru's temperament, if it weren't for the last resort, how could he leave the capital and leave the emperor behind?
Zhongyibo has been busy gathering contacts in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division where he is staying recently, and he has not paid much attention to the affairs of the court, and at this time, when he heard Wei Beihou say this, he didn't care:
"Lord Song has been sick for so long, the emperor has not seen it once, and he doesn't mention it easily, and he doesn't even take the courtiers to pay attention to Lord Song. The emperor is so cold, Lord Song is disappointed, and he wants to return to his roots, and there are also those who want to return to their roots. ”
Liang Guogong shook his head:
"It's not that simple...... If Lord Song wanted to leave, he would definitely not leave without even making a recital, although the emperor did not say that he could not leave the capital, but after being the prime minister for so many years, he would not leave so quietly. I think it has something to do with Song Wende's return. ”
After some discussion, they finally decided to wait and see.
In the battle report handed over by the prefect of Yuzhou, Song Wende's disappearance was only mentioned lightly, and he did not really participate in his escape, it is estimated that it is still for Song Wenru's face, and at this time, it depends on whether Song Wende can be worthy of the heart that the prefect of Yuzhou covered for him.
But the facts have once again proved to everyone that there is no most despicable person with a despicable character, only a more despicable person.
Song Wende is just a seven-rank county order, and he is not qualified to go to the court to meet the emperor directly, so he simply went to see Fang Handong and handed the emperor an excerpt directly through Fang Handong.
No one knew what was written in the fold, and even Wei Wan couldn't find out, but the emperor was furious and smashed the imperial study again, and the people outside the palace who should know soon knew.
In the early dynasties, the emperor made an exception to announce the audience of Song Wende.
When ordinary officials meet the emperor, they must pay special attention to their attire, even if the ribbon of the official uniform is crooked, it can also cure the crime of disrespect in front of the palace.
To the surprise of the courtiers, Song Wende actually entered the Taiji Hall with a haggard and disgraced appearance, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the emperor lying on the ground and began to cry.
"Your Majesty...... His Royal Highness the King of Jin is really a vain minister! Not only was he merciful to the Qin army because of the princess of the Qin king, but some people even witnessed him go to Tongguan late at night, enter the Qin army's military camp for secret talks, and come out unharmed...... The minister wanted to resist the enemy but couldn't, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin framed the minister for embezzling military salaries, and wanted to kill the minister and punish the crime......"
"The minister knew that the king of Jin and the traitor had joined forces inside and outside, but there was no way but to fight to the death and escape from Yuzhou, and come to report to the emperor! The minister dared to swear to the sky, what the minister said was true, and there was absolutely no falsehood, if the minister had half a lie, the sky would hit five thunders, and the heavens and the earth would not tolerate it!"
After hearing the cry, the emperor's face turned pale, and the courtiers gasped - the king of Jin actually cooperated with the Qin army and betrayed the emperor?
How is this possible?!
But people worship ghosts and gods, Song Wende hit five thunders in the sky, and he dared to swear a poisonous oath that heaven and earth would not tolerate, probably there would be no fake!
Fang Handong immediately came out and reprimanded:
"If that's the case, why didn't you report it earlier, and put it off until today?"
"Lord Fang!"
Song Wende cried even more aggrieved:
"Xia Guan also wanted to report this matter to the emperor earlier...... But Yuzhou is far away from the capital, and the lower officials are always worried about their lives, and it is a life of nine deaths to escape, where can I send a letter out......"
The courtiers all stared at the emperor.
The Emperor's hand was tightly clenched on the armrest of the golden throne, and he suddenly felt that there was darkness in front of him, as if the last stars of his life had been completely extinguished.
Now, even Xiao Shi, who grew up with his hand protected, is finally going to betray him?
entered the Qin army's barracks, but he could still come out unscathed, he really regarded Bai Chenghuan as his sister Cheng Huan, and chose to stand on her side, right?
Xiao Shaoye, how can you be worthy of me?!
The initial outrage at hearing about this had passed, and the Emperor was left with only bitter hatred.
He forced his breath and looked at Song Wende, who was still kneeling on the floor tiles and crying:
"Since this is the case, then I will give you the sword of Shang Fang, let you be the messenger, and return to Yuzhou with Yongchang Bolinhan, arrest the king of Jin, and escort him back to Beijing!"
"I want to ask him personally, but he is worthy of me, worthy of his ancestors and ancestors!"
The emperor's roar echoed in the silent Taiji Hall, and Wei Beihou and Liang Guogong glanced at each other and said nothing.
Song Wende's crying stopped abruptly, and he asked weakly:
"Your Majesty, if the minister returns to Yuzhou, can you bring the minister's nephew Changqing?"
Suddenly, I heard someone mention Song Changqing, who had almost been forgotten by himself, and the emperor's mood was even more uncomfortable:
"What are you going to do with an unofficial and unemployed person?"
The emperor had long forgotten that he had decreed that Song Changqing was not allowed to leave the capital without permission.
"If you go back to the emperor, although Changqing is not good in the imperial examination, he is smart and decisive, and the minister really wants a relative to accompany the minister...... Your Majesty, the ministers are really scared......"
Song Wende began to cry very sadly again.
Song Changqing...... The emperor couldn't help but think of the person who supported the government for him in his previous life, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.
The pillars of the previous life - if you follow, you can probably help Yongchangbo for a point or two, right?
He, the emperor, has no Song Changqing in his life, and there is really no one to take advantage of.
"I'm right...... Go back and tell him that if you still want to live, then show me what he can do, or I won't mind letting him die again. ”
The emperor said coldly, but Song Wende was stunned.
But when he thought that his nephew's explanation was completed, he felt excited from the bottom of his heart, wiped his tears and quickly kowtowed to thank him.
Soon came the news that Song Wende and Song Changqing's uncle and nephew had already hit the road and marched west with the Jizhou army.
Wei Beihou couldn't help but sigh.
"I thought that Song Wende would exonerate himself, but I didn't expect that the way he exonerated himself was to frame King Jin...... Such a person is really blackened by his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys!"
Mrs. Wei Beihou thought of the young vassal king, and she also felt sad:
"Song Wende, this black-hearted person, said that he was a person who lifted him! King Jin can also be regarded as a person we grew up with, although he is a little naughty, but he is definitely a crystal-hearted child, he and Cheng Huan's sword soldiers are unwilling to give in, don't you still want to protect the emperor? But the emperor actually believes Song Wende's words like this! It's really chilling!"
"Hmph, it's still the emperor's own suspicion!"
Wei Beihou couldn't help but sneer:
"In his heart, we are all thieves, and King Jin is a person who is bent on taking his throne, where are we people worthy of his trust?
The daughter and son-in-law confronted the King of Jin in Yuzhou, and he knew best whether the King of Jin had any internal and external cooperation.
But at this time, if the King of Jin is escorted back to Beijing, Zhang Qian, who led the people to fight to the death in Hangu Pass, is estimated to be unable to escape.
In this way, what else is there to defend Hangu Pass?
As long as there are no effective generals, there is no natural danger that cannot be attacked in this world!