Chapter 234: A Good Thing
The Emperor slept a little uncomfortably that night, in other words, he felt like a pair of eyes were staring at him on this day every year.
Many years ago, the emperor said to him, "My Great Zhou Dynasty will be defeated in your hands sooner or later." ”
"Shaft."
The emperor called him so.
Every time he thought of the demeanor of the former emperor when he said this, the emperor couldn't help but cover his mouth, so as not to squirt out the foul water in his stomach.
He was forced to snot and tears flowed down his eyes, and vowed to do a good job of the emperor and give the Great Zhou Dynasty a prosperous era. Maybe he can't fulfill the promise of the prosperous world, but he can't let the country lose in his hands, otherwise it will be said by the emperor.
This night, the emperor burned incense and bathed and went to bed early, without letting anyone disturb him, that is, to break the annual practice of not waking up in a nightmare, the room was very quiet, there was the taste of benzoin, sweet fragrance. The quilt on his body is soft and there is a warm breath of sunlight, which penetrates into his body along his nose, making him feel warm and soft, as long as he takes a few deep breaths, he can sleep peacefully, just like in the queen mother's bedroom, making him extremely steady.
The Emperor felt that he would soon fall asleep, for all he was thinking about was something that would make him so pleasant, that perhaps he would wake up the next day and find himself in the Heavenly Palace.
"Papapa, pa." I don't know where the crisp crashing sound came from.
It's like a wrench hitting the tea bowl, which is not pleasant to the ear, but a kind of anxiety that wants to break people's bones.
The emperor raised his head, and immediately felt something flying in front of him, and it slammed into his head with a "snap", and he was dazzled.
But he still clearly saw his father's face, which was majestic with a strong anger, and the scarlet bloodshot in his eyes was rolling, and he roared loudly, "Shaft." ”
The emperor suddenly woke up from his dream, sat up at once, and something seemed to drip down his forehead. The emperor reached out and touched it, his fingers covered with sweat.
His head was still sore and painful, as if he had been beaten.
Every year today, he dreams that the emperor throws the wrench in his hand on his head.
The emperor was extremely anxious, and the emperor would be so angry, because he passed on the pox to his younger brother, and his dear brother was not as hard as his life, so he died, so that he was the only one who could inherit the throne under his father's knees.
The emperor thought of this and showed a row of clean white teeth, and it was then that he knew how much the emperor did not want to pass on the throne to him.
"Someone." The Emperor suddenly stood up and shouted.
The epilogue buzzed through the hall.
The chamberlain immediately pushed open the door and walked in. The respectful little steps made the emperor feel a little better, and he regained a sense of superiority.
"Heaven, the slave will pour water for you." The chamberlain bent down to make tea, and then carefully brought it to the emperor.
The emperor waved his sleeve when the tea was in front of him, and the tea bowl fell to the ground suddenly.
The waiter was so frightened that his face turned pale and immediately knelt on the ground, his robe was also soaked with tea, and the slaves and maids outside hurriedly came in to clean up when they heard the voice, and the emperor watched coldly, and gradually felt that the chains bound on his body were loosened a lot. He no longer has to be afraid of the first emperor, the first emperor is dead, and now he is the one who sits on the throne, and he no longer has to be bound by anyone.
In an instant, the hall was cleaned again. The emperor sat on the bed, his eyes clearer than ever. Those ministers of civil and military affairs played every day, shouting and shouting for him to handle government affairs, how could they not know that they would present them when he wanted to manage the government.
Now he wanted to see the folds. He is an emperor, and he should know everything about himself.
The emperor was excited when he thought of this, he must see something. Otherwise, he would feel uncomfortable with the emptiness in his heart, "Go," the emperor said suddenly, "go and bring me all the secret folds handed to me, and I will see them." ”
The secret fold is an excerpt handed over by the emperor's trusted ministers, so that he can better control political affairs, know himself and know that he will not be defeated in a hundred battles, the emperor smiled coldly when he thought of this, he did not go to the court to listen to the government, but no one wanted to fool him.
The chamberlain went to pick up the folded box first, and then turned his head to look at the hourglass.
Mao Zheng.
Mao Zheng, the emperor looks at the folds.
The situation in Baoding is very clear, Dong Zhao is a military general, what he sees is armament, armament, Tatar will invade several times a year in winter, Baoding battalion is short of military supplies, it is very likely to suffer defeat.
The emperor felt a chill down his spine, he always felt that his cultivation had reached a certain level, even if he couldn't interpret the prophecy, but he could have many prescient perceptions, maybe dreaming of the former emperor, it was the result of his cultivation, reminding him that his country was unstable now...... He always felt that he would lose his country on this day of the year.
The emperor suddenly felt very frightened when he thought of this, and stretched out his hand to point to the inner attendant, "Go, call Zhang Erzheng, the head of the household." ”
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The emperor's news of Zhang Erzheng spread quickly, and Zhang Erzheng sorted out his official uniform and walked into the Shangqing Courtyard step by step.
Feng Guochang heard the official tell him about this morning, and opened his wrinkled eyes, "Why did the emperor pass on the book of the household department at this time?" Do you know whose secret folds the emperor has read? ”
Qiao Wenjing next to him shook his head, "I don't know, it stands to reason that it won't be at this time, the emperor has been ignoring the government for a long time...... Besides, the Shangqing Yuan has already calculated that the emperor should retreat and practice this month...... After the emperor is out of the customs, our accounts will be straightened out. ”
Hearing these words, Feng Guochang couldn't sit still, and stretched out his hand to ask Qiao Wenjing to help him up, "This is going to be an accident." ”
Something's going to happen? Could it be that the emperor will pursue it?
"Probably not," Qiao Wenjing was in the household department, and he was staring at Zhang Erzheng, the secretary of the household department, every day, "Zhang Erzheng didn't make any moves, he didn't even look at the accounts, and he didn't tell the people in the household department to do anything, if he wanted to check the accounts, he always had to find a few helpers." ”
The matter must be in the household department, who is doing the tricks and feet from it, how to do the tricks and feet, and how the emperor will investigate it, this is what they can't guess now.
The best thing to do now is to go to the emperor's side and listen to what the emperor has to say.
The human heart is the most difficult to figure out, although Feng Guochang knows the emperor, but who can guarantee that the emperor will not have a whim and ask about political affairs.
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Yang Mo is also watching the time, and it will be a long time before the news of an accident in the palace comes out, but according to Zhou Chengling's arrangement, everything should go well.
Aunt Lu didn't know these things, so she could only look at Yang Mo's expression from the side.
Yang Mo asked Aunt Lu something she didn't know, "Did my mother say anything about the IOU?" ”
Aunt Lu shook her head, "No." Mrs. never said this, but said that the old lady was old, the young lady didn't know what to do, and the uncle was far away, and I didn't know if I could help it, and the wife also said that the old lady didn't know if she was implicated, and our Yang family had few relatives, and I didn't know who to ask to help when it was critical. ”
Mother still thought about these things.
Yang Mo thought of his uncle, would his uncle know about these things.
I think of this. The mother-in-law came in and said, "Miss, someone has come from the yamen, saying that she wants to see Miss." ”
Aunt Lu's heart suddenly raised, could it be that something happened, and she looked at Yang Mo busily.
Yang Mo said: "Auntie, don't worry, I'll come back when I go out to see." ”
Now is the critical moment, no one knows what tricks Feng Dang will use, Yang Mo thought like this and went all the way to the front yard, where the people in the yamen were waiting. When he saw Yang Mo, he handed over the paperwork in his hand.
Without waiting for Yang Mo to open it, the officials in the yamen got up and left.
Yang Mo took the paperwork to the inner courtyard before someone took the knife apart to see, and Aunt Lu next to her was nervous like a drum.
"How? What the hell is going on? Without waiting for Yang Mo to finish reading, Aunt Lu asked anxiously.
Yang Mo put down the paperwork in his hand. looked at Aunt Lu, "It's a lawsuit." ”
"Lawsuit? Who sued us? ”
Unexpectedly, Aunt Lu was so nervous, Yang Mo said: "It's not someone else who sued us, it's a lawsuit between us and the Chang family." The Chang family did not return the remaining belongings, and the imperial court allowed us to come to urge. ”
It's a good thing, it's a good thing for her to go to Chang's house to collect debts.
Yang Mo instructed Cui's mother, who was in charge. "Go to the courtyard where my uncle lives, invite my uncle over, and say that I have something important to discuss."
Cui's mother should come down, "The slave will arrange it." ”
Yang Mo nodded and went to the inner room to change clothes, if his uncle was willing to go to Chang's house together, it would be the best, so that his uncle could see the faces of the Chang family with his own eyes.
Within half an hour, the next person came and said, "Uncle is here, just waiting for the young lady in the front yard." ”
My uncle has been in Beijing for a while, and he knows the ins and outs, and now that he has such an opportunity, he will definitely ask her about it.
Yang Mo changed her clothes and went to the front yard, where Second Master Zhang and Zhang Yu were waiting in the house.
Yang Mo stepped forward and saluted, and Second Master Zhang said, "How is the matter with the Qiao family?" ”
Uncle asked Wang Zhenting about the case, and Yang Mo said in a low voice: "I found something from our Yang family from the Qiao family." ”
How could this be, Second Master Zhang was stunned for a moment.
Yang Mo said: "The Chang family has been walking around with the Qiao family, presumably the Chang family is indispensable here, when my grandmother died, she taught Mrs. Chang everything at home, if someone moves things from the Yang family, Mrs. Chang should not know." ”
"It's too much of a deception." Second Master Zhang stood up suddenly.
Zhang Yu next to him was startled, he had never seen his father lose his temper like this, and he didn't expect that Mrs. Chang, who looked kind, would be such a person.
"Let's go," Second Master Zhang looked at Yang Mo, "I'll go to Chang's house with you to see what else they have to say." ”
Zhang Yu's eyes flickered, he was angry and hesitant for a while, and he glanced at his father a few times before he hesitated, "Father, mother said...... Or don't go to Chang's house......"
Second Master Zhang's face changed suddenly.
Yang Mo pretended not to hear it, so as not to embarrass her uncle.
Even now, my aunt still wants to cling to the Chang family.
Second Master Zhang sneered, "We can't let her decide the affairs of our Zhang family." Your sister is being bullied, and we just sit idly by? It was okay not to be in Beijing before, but now that you are here, you have to find an explanation for her, otherwise how can you be worthy of your dead aunt and uncle. ”
Zhang Yu raised his eyes to look at Yang Mo, and then nodded, "Father is right, mother is...... Blinded by the Chang family...... That's the way it is...... If her mother knew about this, she would protect her sister just like her father. ”
Listening to his son covering up for his wife, Second Master Zhang's eyes softened, "It's good that you know." ”
The porter prepared the carriage and horses, and the three of them went all the way to Chang's house.
The people of the Chang family saw that they were busy going to Tongyu, and soon Mrs. Chang came out, followed by Mrs. Chang with a haggard face.
Jing Shi didn't apply fat powder, one arm trembled, looking very sad, and looked at the second master Zhang, "Master...... How did it come? ”
She knows her husband's weakness best, her husband is soft-eared, and she can't afford to say a few good words, she calculated that her husband would follow the Yang family to Chang's house, so she came early and waited.
The appearance of his wife aroused a little pity for the second master Zhang, and when he thought about Yang Mo's experience in the past few years, he still hardened his heart, "I heard the elders of the Chang family say that Mo Lan is just a woman who has not left the cabinet and should listen to the arrangement of the elders, and now that her elders are here, I will support her today and make decisions for her." ”
Mrs. Changda's heart sank when she heard this.
Jing didn't expect her husband, who had always been weak, to say such a thing today, "What do you say to support and call the shots, could it be that Mrs. Chang is not an elder of Molan." ”
Second Master Zhang ignored his wife, but handed the documents in his hand to Mrs. Chang, "The court issued a document and asked the Chang family to return the remaining property to the Yang family, although I am not the elder of the Yang family, but the Yang family has no serious principal, the Yang family has been able to maintain until now because of Molan's housekeeper, I am Molan's uncle, my mother's uncle, I will help her calculate this account together today." ”
After saying this, Second Master Zhang paused slightly, "Before that, I also made it clear that the Yang family's property should belong to the Yang family, and neither the Chang family nor the Zhang family has the right to move a cent, if anyone is greedy, don't blame me for being careless." ”
Who is greedy, this is referring to her, Jing Shi was so angry that he trembled all over, and wanted to argue with her husband, but found that her husband didn't look at her at all, and then looked at the son next to him who also lowered his head and didn't speak.
Second Master Zhang said: "I can't say anything else, I am clear about the dowry that our Zhang family brought into the Yang family," he said and looked at Mrs. Chang, "The eldest lady said to the old lady, and took us to count, and we can go to the yamen to invite the officials." ”
It was the Yang family who came to make trouble, and the Yang family was just a woman, and they always had to drag it out, but now it is the second master Zhang......
Mrs. Chang was not good at arguing in front of the door, so she hurriedly welcomed Second Master Zhang and Yang Mo into the flower hall and sat down.
After a while, the Chang family invited Master Chang back.
Seeing Yang Mo leisurely drinking tea, a fire in the chest of Master Chang suddenly burned, these days the Qiao family arranged to deal with the Yang family, why did not beat the Yang family's arrogance, but made her more arrogant.
Master Chang glanced at Mrs. Chang next to him, didn't his mother already arrange to marry Yiwan to the Zhang family, and the two families could have the same hatred when they got married, why did this kind of thing happen now.
Master Chang patiently talked to Second Master Zhang, "Didn't we already say it last time, how could the Chang family have so much property from the Yang family." ”
"No?" Second Master Zhang raised his eyes, "After Old Madam Yang died, was the Yang family handed over to Old Madam Chang and the eldest lady?" ”
"My mother is just a foil, where did she get so many things, and besides, the Yang family has long been strong outside."
Second Master Zhang sneered, "Strong outside? If the Yang family has no money, how can the Chang family be willing to marry this family, it is not because of Mo Lan's dowry. ”
was exposed like this, and Master Chang's eyebrows were raised, "That's because the two families are related, so I want to kiss and kiss, where did these words come from." ”
Second Master Zhang said: "No? "As soon as the words were spoken, Master Chang became fierce, and you can imagine what he looks like to Mo Lan on weekdays, "The old man said, why there are objects of the Yang family in the Qiao family, why does the fifth master Chang want to marry the young lady of the Qiao family now, where is there such a coincidence in this world, isn't it that the Chang family and the Qiao family work together to calculate the Yang family?" (To be continued......)
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