13. Helpless
At the end of the hour, Jiang Shaoqin and Jiang Shaomian brothers, who had finished practicing a set of swordsmanship, came to the Shuyuan to ask for peace, and the poor Jiang Shaoxun children were completely separated from the army because they were going to enter the palace.
After everyone arrived, the meal was served, Jiang Jin and the county lord of Shuyang took Jiang Shaoqin and the brothers to eat, and Jiang Yao watched.
Looking at the small eyes in her eyes, the twenty-four filial father, who almost lost his armor and was suppressed by his wife, drew a big cake, "When you are half a year old, you can eat whatever you want." ”
Jiang Yaoguang turned his head angrily, believing that you and I are fools.
"At that time, my sister didn't have good teeth, and there were many things that she couldn't eat." Jiang Shaomian corrected his father seriously, turned his head to Jiang Yaoguang and said warmly, "My sister can eat fruit puree, vegetable juice, rice cereal and egg yolk...... It's delicious, and the fourth sister eats happily every time. ”
Jiang Yaoguang swallowed her saliva without a smile, and used one sentence to describe her food for more than three months, and the birds were about to fade out of her mouth.
Jiang Jin, who was dismantled by his son, twitched the corner of his mouth and nodded vaguely.
The county lord of Shuyang glanced at her husband and immediately praised her second son for being careful.
Jiang Shaoqin lowered his head and smiled.
After the family finished eating, they were about to go to the elders to say goodbye, Danxia came in with a post, and said on her knees, "The crown princess has just sent someone, please enter the palace tomorrow to enjoy the cherry blossoms." ”
The county lord of Shuyang was stunned, whose post is not ten days and half a month in advance, or even a month is not an exaggeration, it is rare to be a day earlier like the crown princess.
Jiang Jin smiled slightly, "It's a coincidence that I have to say hello to my father-in-law and mother-in-law tomorrow." ”
The county lord of Shuyang glanced at him.
Jiang Shaoqin glanced left and right, but didn't make a sound.
Thinking of what he heard in the past few days, the county lord of Shuyang guessed the intention of the crown princess, but this trick really fell down, "Is the person who sent the post still there?" ”
Danxia replied, "It's still there." ”
"I can't be idle tomorrow, and it seems that this cherry blossom can only be enjoyed another day. I posted it back to the crown princess and asked him to take it away. ”
Shuyang took the pen and ink handed over by Danxia, wrote a reply, and said, "Pick a basket of mulberries sent from Zhuangzi and bring it, I remember that Ah Mi likes to eat this the most." ”
Danxia promised to wait for the lord of Shuyang to finish writing, took the post and sealed it with wax and left.
The county lord of Shuyang had the heart to ask Jiang Jin, but he suppressed it in consideration of his children, and went to ask for peace first. Today happens to be the day of rest, and the Vermilion Bird Hall is very lively, even the Duke of Qi is there.
There is a wall between the Mansion of Qi and the Mansion of Zhenguo, and a small door is opened to facilitate access. However, Qi Guogong lives in Fengnan Daying, and it is rare to go back to the house once a month. The young masters and girls in the Mansion of Qi were all married in front of the tomb to keep filial piety, and the fourth Duchess of Qi died of illness in the autumn of the thirteenth year of Qiyuan.
Yes, the fourth!
Although Qi Guogong and Zhen Guogong are brothers, the two have gone to extremes in women's sex, Zhen Guogong and Yu met in Weimo, and they fell in love in adversity, and they have been in love with each other for decades and never abandoned.
The Duke of Qi is a scumbag with a capital letter.
The first wife, Zhao, is also a green plum, holding three daughters in five years, three daughters, and the foundation has been exhausted, and Mrs. Jin's persecution is indispensable.
When the second wife entered the door, the Duke of Qi had already begun to show his strength, and he was married to Mi, a lady from an official family. Qi Guogong's confidants are everywhere, Mi's eyes can't rub sand, the couple has a small quarrel for three days, a big quarrel for five days, and in the end, Qi Guogong refuses to go home, and Mi is suffocated to death.
The third wife, Shen, was a chivalrous woman who met the Duke of Qi during the war, and married under the pressure of her parents and brothers. The two husbands and wives were inseparable, and everyone thought that he was going to change his ways, but they never expected him to relapse within a few years. Every time Shen found out that he was going to fight with the Duke of Qi, the Duke of Qi swore by the curse of heaven and earth, and after a while, he committed it again, and after a few times, he finally forced Shen to be disheartened and said goodbye without saying goodbye. At that time, Qi Guogong was like a crazy demon, looking for heaven and earth, but found nothing, and Qi Guogong was depressed for several years. In the eyes of others, there is no sympathy, and they all secretly say a word! Even Zhen Guogong did not sympathize with him.
The fourth Lan family is also the daughter of an official family, although the Duke of Qi is not clear about the woman's color, and his age is not young, but he is in a high position, and some people are willing to be relatives. Besides, there are more than a dozen daughters and daughters of the Duke of Qi, and there are no sons! I don't know if it's retribution. The huge mansion needs an heir and a mistress, so the Lan family entered the door.
The Lan family lives freely, and the Ying Ying Yanyan of Qi Guogong never cares, only one thing that can't hurt the dignity of her wife, although Qi Guogong is greedy and lustful, but he is clear about his wife and concubines. The two of them are also getting along well, quite respectful of each other, who knows that the Lan family's life is thin, and a wind and cold went at a young age.
At this point, the name of Qi Guogong's wife is as loud as the name of his flower. This did not stop people from coming to the door to be matchmakers, and Qi Guogong went to the camp to clean up and suffer the Yu family. This is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.
Mrs. Jin proudly showed off her eldest grandson's filial piety to her golden face, not Jiang Jin's perfunctory, it was completely Mrs. Jin's mouth, what jade pendants, pearls, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and things worth thousands of gold, they were not as attractive as gold in her.
Everyone was accustomed to it, and followed her words, Jiang Anhe's expression was very entangled, Mrs. Jin loved this Wenquxing grandson very much, so she asked him vigorously, and she wanted to get a compliment from this grandson who had made a chapter. As a filial grandson, Jiang An boasted with a clear conscience, and God knows that this face is completely contrary to his aesthetics.
After a lively morning, the crowd dispersed.
Jiang Jin went to the study with Zhen Guogong, along with Qi Guogong.
Qi Guogong touched his bald head, when people are middle-aged, there are always such and such unspeakable hidden, and Yu Qi Guogong is thankful. In less than thirty, the center was lost. His brothers are all this age, their hair is thick, and his father is well maintained, and he looks better than he was in his thirties.
Qi Guogong was teased a few times by his group of fox friends and dog friends, and threw away the wig cover in anger, shaved a shiny big bald head, and almost didn't cry to death Mrs. Jin, but he couldn't resist his younger son, and Qi Guogong lived with a big bald head for more than ten years.
"Several waves of people turned around at me and said that the prince, I was dizzy when I heard it, what the hell is going on?" Qi Guogong asked Jiang Jin.
Jiang Jin smiled bitterly and started from the beginning, "The soldiers had the heart to show their morale to the prince, but they didn't expect the prince to fall off the horse for the first time when he encountered this meeting!" ”
Qi Guogong raised his eyebrows, "The horse is shocked?" ”
Jiang Jin shook his head helplessly, 100,000 soldiers shouted to be loyal to the country, the horse was not surprised, the prince was shocked, and everyone was caught off guard. "For the sake of decency, it can only be said that as soon as the prince arrived in Dali, he was sick because of the water and soil, and he came with illness."
Qi Guogong sighed, it was really a long experience, and motioned for Jiang Jin to continue.
Jiang Jin was solemn, then he could still say trivial things, and what was even stricter was that "Mu Lei was bribed by a warehouse of Cao, and turned a blind eye to his use of moldy grain as military food." The generals in the middle of the road suffered from abdominal pain, and many of them vomited and diarrhea, and were taken advantage of by the rebels to enter with heavy casualties. Xie Kui narrowly picked up a life, and the meridian of his right hand was injured, and it is unknown whether it can be cured. ”
Qi Guogong touched his shiny bald head, "Xie Kui, this old boy hasn't lost a battle for more than ten years, and this time he fell hard enough!" With his temper, he can't even skin Mu Lei alive, I'm afraid that the prince won't be able to please him."
The Mu family is not a noble family, Mu Lei can accompany Dali because he has a sister who is the crown princess, and the prince is the master of bringing him up.
"When it is clear that this batch of grain is in Mu Leijing's hand, Xie Feng (Xie Kui's eldest son) is about to chop Mu Lei with a sword, Mu Lei ran to the prince, if someone hadn't stopped him, Xie Feng would have chased him in with a sword. Mu Lei saw that Cangcao had committed suicide by hanging from the beam, and there was no proof of his death, so he swore that he was also deceived by Cangcao and did not know that there was a problem with food. ”
Qi Guogong sneered, "Idiot, a Cangcao died, could it be that those who transported the grain and the people who collected the grain would not have died, if it weren't for Mu Lei to come forward to make a point, he would have been able to fool the past so smoothly." ”
Jiang Jin sighed, but the prince believed it, he really believed it. Mu Lei knelt in front of him and cried with snot and tears, saying that he had made an unintentional mistake, and now he regrets not being at the beginning.
The prince said to Xie Feng, "Mu Lei is inexperienced and has no strength, but if you want to say that he did it on purpose, Lone doesn't believe it." ”
At that moment, the expressions of the people around him changed. At that time, there were still many people who felt that the prince was trying to save his own face, the face of the Mu family. After all, people are brought by him, and power is also given by him. Xie Lei deliberately or unintentionally, the difference is big.
The big guy is also considering whether to give the prince this face and expose this matter.
They were all summoned by the emperor before they came, and the emperor didn't say it explicitly, but everyone understood the meaning.
Dali is a subject country of the Great Zhou, under the policy of the Great Zhou, the people gradually sinicized, the army is weakening day by day, the emperor's original intention is the encroachment of the slow flow of water, and then completely incorporated into the territory, not only as a subject country. This time, the Dali Duan clan rebelled with the intention of breaking away from the control of the Great Zhou, and the people of the Great Zhou did not feel that this was a vicious battle at all. All the generals feel that this is a good opportunity to add officials to the knighthood, the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, non-military merits are not knighted, even if your family has a queen mother.
And they were chosen because the emperor asked them to assist the crown prince, to put it bluntly, they were the bargaining chips that the emperor added to the crown prince.
The crown prince can't fight, everyone knows that the emperor has already fought down, and it's not a big question whether the prince will fight, as long as he can use the handful of people who can fight.
This time, let the prince lead the troops, the emperor first wanted to brush up the prestige of the prince and win the battle, that is, under the leadership of the wise and martial prince, we can pacify the Dali rebellion. Then blow how the prince is sympathetic to the soldiers, knows how to make good use of people, and is benevolent and charitable. The second is to let the prince and the emperor choose this group of humerus ministers to cultivate feelings.
They were willing to reveal it, but the Xie family refused to agree, and the prince nodded and brought the people involved, and at that time, everyone's expressions were a little delicate. Then the prince was slapped in the face.
"Prince, Prince, Prince!" Qi Guogong said three princes in a row, "It's really ......"
"Dick!" Zhen Guogong was silent.
Qi Guogong took the words that came to his lips and drank the tea in the cup, and asked, "The prince really had a falling out with the Xie family, just for a Mu Lei?" ”
The Xie family, a veteran family, was a well-preserved family in the war, and led the local heroes to open the city gate to welcome the emperor. The Xie family is full of talents, both civil and military, and has made great contributions to the emperor, which should not be underestimated.
The old man of the Mu family is a character, otherwise his daughter would not be able to marry into the royal family, but the son is mediocre, since he passed away, the Mu family is not as good as day by day. Mu Lei has low eyes, is over thirty years old, and has achieved nothing.
Anyone who understands knows which one to woo, especially when the Xie family is in charge.
Jiang Jin said with a wooden face, "After the prince understood, he also said that he would be severely punished, according to military law, it would not be an exaggeration to be the capital in public, but the prince began to be vague when he heard that he wanted to be beheaded. The Xie family refused to give up, the prince couldn't bear it, Xie Feng was young and vigorous and his father was unhappy, so his tone became heavier. ”
Qi Guogong scratched his face, "I heard that the prince tolerated and nurtured the traitor, and connived at his relatives to bully the heroes, which made the prince faint angrily." ”
Jiang Jin was expressionless, "After arriving in Dali, the prince's health has not been very good, and he was heartbroken by the casualties of the soldiers and was hurt by Mu Lei, so he fainted." ”
Qi Guogong smiled, "Bastard, you are still sloppy in front of me." The prince was stunned by Xie Feng's reputation is not good, whether it is for the prince or the Xie family, and asked, "Then how did the prince agree to kill Mu Lei later?" ”
"Ding Miao, Sima Yi and I privately admonished for most of the day before saying that the prince should be moved, and the prince wanted to leave Mu Lei's whole body and gave him poisonous wine." It's all come to this point, and it's impossible for everyone to mess around with the prince, otherwise it's not only the prince who will lose face, but even they will have to fall into flattery, regardless of the notoriety of the soldiers' lives. It was the emperor, seeing that they were afraid to blame him for not caring about right and wrong in order to please the prince, he wanted to leave loyal ministers for his son, and the good generals were not traitors and fortunate ministers.
"Poisonous wine," Qi Guogong sneered, "Does he think he is still in the East Palace?" Anyway, it's a dead word, why not use Mu Lei's head to appease the Xie family and the soldiers. ”
Jiang Jin sighed, "I've done my best." "It's not that he didn't explain the benefits to the prince, but the prince insisted, what could he do? It's really like Xie Feng pointing at the prince's nose and scolding, he can't do it! Anyway, he said everything that should be done, and he had a clear conscience.
Qi Guogong suddenly turned pale, looked at Zhen Guogong's eyes and said, "Big brother, do you identify the crown prince?" ”
Zhen Guogong's expression became fierce, "What do you want to do!" ”
Qi Guogong smiled, "I naturally followed the eldest brother, is it not possible for our Jiang family to fight in the ring by ourselves." He shook his head again, but still said, "It's just that the prince is afraid that he is not a saint." ”
Zhen Guogong shouted, "Shut up!" You still think you are a yellow-mouthed child, and you dare to say this kind of nonsense. ”
"Isn't it just us? There are outsiders, and my mouth is naturally closed. "Qi Guogong didn't think it was a pestle.
"It's easy to say in private, but if you can't guarantee it, you can bring out a sentence or two, especially when you're drunk. You're not too young, drink less in the future. ”
Qi Guogong raised his eyebrows, didn't refute, and said in his heart, anyway, I'm in the Fengnan camp, you can't reach it.
After being silent for a while, Zhen Guogong's tone was helpless, "Who else but him!" ”