On this night, the six princes' mansions all received a letter of arrow. All the kings recognized the arrow, which was exactly the same as the wooden arrow that was shot in the early years to inform the general envoy Zhou Yan that he was going to lose his office, but Zhou Yan not only lost his official position later, but also lost his life. When I opened the letter, it was different from the last time, but this time it was densely packed with many words, but it was still a very upright pavilion body.

It reads: "The old sage's time limit is approaching, and the sage has temporarily withheld many military salaries." The number is guessed by the mountain people, and it may not be accurate. And guess that there are rumors in the army that the generals have embezzled military salaries. At the back are the names of many generals and the approximate number of salaries that have been cut.

The princes are overjoyed to see it! The news sent by this person last time was extremely accurate, and presumably this time it will not be bad. Gathered together a few times to discuss it, and told everything he had seen when he entered the palace to ask for peace recently, and they corresponded to each other and carefully pondered and analyzed, but I was afraid that the old saint would be about to die. If the saint doesn't give money, let's give it! Then he sat down and divided the points, here to you and here to mine, and finished preparing to win over the generals.

Liu Xianglian was not idle here. As soon as the old saint left, what the saint wanted most in addition to military power was money, so he was afraid that he would have to raid someone's house in a hurry. Several people sat together and deliberated for a long time, guessing that the saint must be copied from the rich family. is very rich and has not copied half of the inappropriate, the first to recommend the Jiangnan Zhen family protected by the old sage alone. Liu Xianglian then packed up her belongings and decorated her heroes and went to Jinling. Gong Sanyi, Jia Huan and others discussed again, and also made up an arrow book for Situ Pan. Not to tell him about it, but to make him take the trouble to guess who sent the book and what purpose. The princes sang and the thieves watched the excitement, and it was not a big deal to watch the excitement.

However, after more than half a month, news came from the palace that the old sage was about to die, and all the kings and princes entered the palace to serve. Three days later, the emperor died, and the government and the opposition wailed.

Knowing that the old saint was about to become a saint, Jia Huan asked Jia's mother to pretend to be sick. Although Jia's mother didn't know why, because she was instructed by Yuan Chun to listen to Jia Huan in case of trouble, she followed his words, pretended to invite the imperial doctor three or four times, and closed the door to thank the guests. This time, the emperor was mourned, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the edicts were all in the court and followed the class according to the lord system, and Jia's mother took the illness as an excuse to raise her at home, and she didn't have to suffer from that toss. Jia Yu did not take Mrs. Xing with him when he went south, and Mrs. Xing and Wang You all entered the court every day to return after the sacrifice. Later, please enter the ancestral mausoleum, the place name is Xiaoci County, and it takes ten days to get from the capital. Once the magnates had to go there together, they stopped for a few days, not to mention a month.

They had been walking for only a few days, and Liu Aiyun suddenly took a carriage and Tsing Yi Xiaohao to the door of the Taiping Dart Bureau. Jia Si thought he was here to do something, so he hurriedly invited him to drink tea inside.

Liu Aiyun said: "The emperor drove the crane to the west, and issued an edict to the world: all the families of the lord are not allowed to feast and play music within a year, and the people are not allowed to marry and play wine for half a year." I'm a singer, so I have nothing to do for the time being, so can I come to you for two days of dinner? ”

Jia Si said with a smile: "Everyone Liu has been out of Beijing in the past few years, how can you see us with such an idea." ”

Liu Aiyun said: "I can't hide it, I haven't been down-to-earth these days, so it's safer in your dart game." ”

Jia Si heard that he was busy arranging a guest room for him, and Liu Aiyun stayed here temporarily.

Because Lin Hai and Su Zheng both sent the spirit, Jia Huan ran to the dart bureau every day, and when he heard about this, his heart jumped, and said: "Cong'er once said that everyone Liu has a strong sixth sense, and nothing will happen, right?" So he thought about it, and first called Jia Baoyu back from the academy by taking advantage of Jia's mother's illness.

After the prince left Beijing, the Xue family was naturally inconvenient to live in the Wang family, so they moved back to their house in Beijing. Although the second room of the Jia family turned against the Xue family, Jia Huan and Xue Pan were good friends; Because Xue Baochai has been in charge of the family industry in the past few years, he has had a lot of contacts with Jia Huan. Jia Huan then went to Xue's house again, and persuaded the Xue family to go to Rongguo Mansion or Taiping Dart Bureau for a while, in case something went wrong, it would be good to take care of it.

Baochai is a very smart person, and he has received a lot of advice from Xue Pan, so he persuaded Aunt Xue: "Huan'er is not a person who listens to the wind or rain, and travels widely in Beijing. I'm afraid he's got some faith. The three of us are all women, and the tadle is young and the family is rich. Why don't you just listen to him? ”

Aunt Xue hesitated: "It's just that where do I have that face to go to Rongguo Mansion again?" Yesterday you said that the actor lived in their house. ”

Baochai hurriedly said: "Liu's family has partnered with my brother to do business, and they have helped our family a lot, so don't misunderstand anything, mother." ”

Aunt Xue twisted her eyebrows and said, "What did your brother make him obsessed with, and he refused to get married, where did I misunderstand?" ”

Baochai said: "I have watched coldly over the years, my brother has never given him money, and he only took a share of the silver money as a shopkeeper for some business matters he helped his brother handle." In my opinion, this Liu family is only afraid that he wants to borrow his brother to take the line of sea goods, and he will leave the identity of the actor in the future. If he doesn't have the intention, what can his brother do? Besides, I see that my brother's thoughts about him have faded a lot in the past two years. As for getting married, I'm afraid that he is too busy to take care of it. ”

Aunt Xue listened to what she said clearly, and she believed it a little. Nai sighed: "It would be good if this was the case. I only hope that your brother will marry a serious daughter-in-law soon, so that he can take over your affairs. Otherwise, how can you get married? You're nineteen, so it's good to go on like this. ”

Baochai smiled indifferently and diverted from the conversation.

The next day, Baochai sent someone back to Jia Huan, and their family was willing to temporarily avoid the Taiping Dart Bureau. Jia Huan couldn't help but laugh. As far as the Xue family is concerned, it is more comfortable to live in the Rongguo Mansion than in the dart game, but they would rather come to the dart game. It can be seen how much Aunt Xue loves face.

For a while, I thought of Su Zheng's youngest granddaughter Su Cheng, and it took a long time to coax her eldest lady to agree to avoid Rongguo Mansion temporarily, so she lived in the girls' courtyard. Mother Jia likes young girls, and when she heard that it was the daughter of the Su family, she was even more happy, and often invited her to talk.

Seeing that the days were passing day by day and Jingzhong was safe and sound, Jia Huan thought that he was thinking too much.

Suddenly, one day, the street was rushing fast, and there were rebels besieging Xiaoci County, and the saints and the Manchu Dynasty were trapped! There was a great earthquake in Beijing. It turned out that Cao Datong, the chief soldier of Tianjin, rebelled and surrounded the imperial mausoleum. Jia Huan is anxious, Jia Zheng and his two gentlemen are there! Hurriedly sent people and galloped to Panlong Mountain. Although Liu Xianglian went to Jinling, Ge Qiao was still there, and immediately led two hundred brothers down the mountain overnight. There were too many people, so I didn't dare to go to the dart bureau, so I went to the mansion in the south of the city first, and Ge Qiao rushed to Rongguo Mansion by himself.

Jia Huan is like sitting on pins and needles. Mandarin Duck and Su Cheng's girl Lixia were both in front of him, one was sent by Jia's mother to urge him to think quickly to save his husband, and the other was sent by Su Cheng to urge him to think quickly to save his husband. Jia Huan hasn't gotten a real letter yet, so he can't say one, two, three, four. I heard someone outside say that Uncle Ge is coming, and he hurriedly said: "The discussion is here!" Both girls, please come back for the time being, and tell the old lady and Miss Su to rest assured, and I will go to the dart board with him to discuss. "Rubbed oil on the soles of his feet and ran.

He went straight out, took Ge Qiao to the dart bureau with him, and ordered someone to go to Yihong Courtyard to invite Luo Tainiang over.

At one point, Luo Tainiang came and said some newly obtained letters. Cao Datong only led 6,000 men and horses, and bypassed the royal forest army outside from the mountain trail to attack the imperial tomb. The leader of the rescue was the president of the Royal Guards, Ling Ganlei. It's just that there are a lot of people there, and they only rely on the monks and nuns near the left to deliver some food every day, and the adults may not be full. Jia Huan said worriedly: "Looking at it like this, even if you want to rush in and snatch the old man and the two gentlemen out, it is difficult." So they deliberated for a long time, and first thought of a way to feed the people inside.

The next day, Liu Aiyun returned to the troupe, and invited a few leaders of his ticket club to go over together, saying: "Today's son is trapped by a traitor, just like a dragon swimming in the shallows being played by shrimp, and a tiger falling in Pingyang being bullied by dogs. Zhongsheji is not in size, and respecting the Son of Heaven has nothing to do with the noble or low. However, I am a small actor, and I am powerless to save the driver. There's only one thing. I heard that the Holy Lord and the adults were not eating enough in the Imperial Mausoleum, and I was very embarrassed. If you are interested, please work together with all ticket holders, and if you have money to contribute strongly, you will take turns to send three meals a day with the Son of Heaven and all of you. No need for delicacies, just ordinary rice steamed buns. We are ordinary people, not the Imperial Guards, and there is no need for the rebels to let us in. ”

Those ticket holders are all looking forward to him, and they all claim to be yes, and they have praised the good words for a long time. Many of them are rich people, so what is a few rice noodles? They all went back to prepare things vigorously, and transported them to Xiaoci County one by one, and borrowed the people's kitchen stoves to cook them locally. Gan Lei heard about it! "It's rare for a drama to have the heart to repay the king, which shows the kindness of the Son of Heaven."

Liu Aiyun personally led a group of ticket holders who sent dry food to walk to the front of the two armies, and bowed his hand to the rebel soldiers: "Villain Liu, ask to see General Cao." ”

Cao Datong also heard that a drama led a ticket holder to deliver food to the emperor, and thought it was interesting, so he called him in to hear what the drama had to say.

Liu Aiyun led a kid into the military tent, and calmly gave a deep salute to Cao Datong: "General Xie is willing to see the villain." ”

Cao Datong snorted coldly: "You are a play, do you really miss the emperor's kindness?" ”

Liu Aiyun shook his head: "Definitely." The villain and the villain's ticket friends are ordinary people, but they just love drama. We all have some relatives and friends who are trapped in it for various reasons. Some are petty officials, who were brought in to deliver the spirits, and some are domestic servants who follow the masters. I heard that every day, monks and nuns from the left and near gave fasting meals to the nobles. But I don't know how many monks and nuns can there be in the left vicinity? How much fasting can you deliver? Needless to say, it must be that the people who are close to the emperor's family eat first and then talk about it, and eat together with the eldest wife and little wife of the emperor's brother and son. Then there are the adults with higher official ranks, and the wives of the adults. Finally, there are petty officials. As for the next person, it's good to be able to eat a bite. Therefore, we have prepared a lot of rice and steamed buns, all of which are ordinary dry food, and everyone can eat enough. It's more than the fasting food given by the masters. Only with more can people have a full meal. General, the villain didn't want to send food to the emperor and adults; It's just that the emperor doesn't have enough to eat, and the villain's friends have to go hungry. Besides, if the villain only brings food to the old servant of an adult, will he dare to eat it? ”

Cao Datong was stunned. Half a day before he smiled: "I see! I said, where did the old thief do any good deeds for the benefit of the country and the people, and he could provoke a drama to bring him food. ”

Liu Aiyun said with a smile: "General Hengzhi wants the Son of Heaven, what is the use of ordinary officials?" It's just to work for the Son of Heaven to earn a salary, which is no different from ordinary guys working in the shop and earning a salary. Why don't you let the adults out and keep the children of the heavenly family alone? ”

Cao Datong snorted: "Why didn't you let your friend out?" ”

Liu Aiyun sighed: "Although I don't know how the general and the saint dispersed this chaos in the coming day, there will always be a day to disperse, right?" If the general had let my friend out alone, it was not known how long he would have lived. ”

The kid behind him laughed and said, "Besides, there are a lot of smart people in this group of adults, so let them out so that they don't have any ghost ideas to ruin the general." ”

Cao Datong raised his eyes to look at the kid, but he was fourteen or fifteen years old, slightly fat, and he laughed cutely, and asked, "What the hell can they come up with?" Horizontal and vertical in the palm of my hand. He clenched his fists as he spoke.

The kid said, "How do I know! Stinkers are often there, but Zhuge Liang is not. There must be so many adults who have studied in the court, and there must be some who are particularly smart. What if they come up with some weird idea? Isn't the general invincible? ”

Cao Datong glanced at him and said, "You don't have to coax me, in case Situ Yan slips away disguised as some old servant coachman, won't I be busy in vain?" ”

The kid smiled: "It's not that you don't know Situ Yan. I'm afraid that he will disguise himself and make a dish of water for everyone to wash their faces before leaving, won't it be over? ”

Cao Datong looked at him fixedly when he heard this: "Do you know who Situ Yan is?" ”

The boy said, "Isn't it a saint today?" ”

Cao Datong said happily: "Not bad, not bad!" You kid dare to call his name, have the guts! ”

The kid grinned and arched his hand: "General Xie praises." And he said, "That'...... I'll just say it casually, and the general will listen to it casually. General, you're not very smart right now. ”

Cao Datong glanced at him.

"You see, this place is not far from the capital, and you don't have many people. In addition to the Imperial Forest Army in Beijing, there are also soldiers and horses from Hebei, who will be able to come over soon. There are so many people in your hands, and many of them are literati, old people and women, who have to eat, drink, and Lazar every day. When the stall is big, it is difficult to take care of it. Why do these people work? Isn't it because they're alive? As time goes by, if some of them die, they won't be worth much. And petty officials are also worthless. Hostages, not too many but fine. It's better to stop the old, weak, sick and disabled inside, and only keep some military generals surnamed Situ. I'm afraid that the generals will lead troops to beat you when they are released, so it's better to be trapped inside. Even if the general negotiates with the imperial court, the most important thing is not the saint's family? What do others do? ”

Cao Datong laughed when he heard this, pointed at him and said, "Boy, which little civil official are you the son of?" ”

The kid grimaced: "You guessed it, the general is so smart." Hey, it's just that I don't dare to tell you who my Lao Tzu is, he is a small civil official, and there is no more than him, no less than him. It's better to just let him out. You see I'm so smart and can help you come up with ideas; Or if it is useful, it should be regarded as a ransom, and I will be ransomed out, what does the general think? ”

Cao Datong high-fived: "Good boy!" That's it, you're so smart, I don't want to kill you. It's just that what you just said is too important, and I have to think again. ”

The boy hung his head in disappointment, and after a while he said, "That...... Can dry food be delivered? I'm so worried about my dad. talked about the next person, his little official with the size of a sesame seed, it would be good to have a bite left for him to eat. ”

Cao Datong thought about it, how could the emperor's family not starve—and if he couldn't starve them all to death, it would be useless. What the kid said also made sense, so he said, "It's rare for you to have filial piety, and I will fulfill you." ”

The kid cheered and gave a deep salute: "General Xie Rende!" He added, "In order not to arouse the suspicion of the general's brothers, we will not send the things inside, but only send them to the door and call the people in them to come and get them. ”

Cao Datong was still thinking about what they would send to pretend to be a dry food delivery to collude with them, but this kid said it first. It's really a four-cornered one. Then he pretended to say: "Since I believe in your filial piety, you don't have to be so cautious." ”

The kid said: "Thank you for the general's understanding, and I should try my best not to cause trouble to the general." ”

The two of them got out of the rebel camp tent, and ordered a basket of dry food to be carried, and Cao Datong's people followed through the camp and sent them to the gate of the imperial mausoleum, shouting in unison: "Today, there is Liu Aiyun and Liu everyone's ticket club, and I am here to deliver food to the Son of Heaven and all the adults~~~" The echo swayed and spread far away.

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