Chapter 375: Tongue War
Wang Xin learned that Zhou Kang and his accompanying guards were missing, and while sending people to look for him, he wrote a note and sent it to the capital, and then sent an ambassador named Chen Chun (official name) to Luoyang for questioning.
Chen Chun knew that it was dangerous, if Zhou Kang wanted to rebel, he was afraid that he would kill him to sacrifice the flag. But he did not flinch, took the order, and set out.
Lu Guohua came out to see him, and not only denied Zhou Kang's absconding, but also bit back and asked Chen Chun to hand over Zhou Kang. His small chest kept rising and falling, his old face full of wrinkles was flushed, and he had an angry look: "My prince left Luoyang for the capital at the emperor's behest. Now Lord Chen said that my prince is gone? How long has it been since he left, where has he gone, and then he is gone? The students should ask Master Chen, where did Lord Qincha hide my lord? Is my prince alive or dead now? Now that the Son of Heaven is in power, the rulers are clear and clear, and they can't tolerate such careless things that disregard people's lives. What's more, the prince of my family is the son of Emperor Wenzong, the brother of the current emperor, the prince of the palace, how can he say that he is gone? ”
He asked directly to Chen Chun's face, and a wrinkled face like a furrow almost touched Chen Chun's face.
Chen Chun did not move at all, his face was upright, and he said proudly: "When the king of Chu left Luoyang, he brought 3,000 guards, and Lord Wang came to announce the decree on the orders of Qin, and there were only 400 guards. If Lord Wang is disrespectful to the King of Chu, why is there such a disparity in strength? Yanshi is so close to Luoyang, and the morning is coming, I am afraid that the king of Chu will have already returned to Luoyang to sleep. Please also ask Mr. Lu not to spew blood, and honestly hand over the king of Chu and take him away. ”
Lu Guohua jumped to his feet and said, "Lord Chen wants to add a crime." Why is there no word? My prince now doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, he can't see anyone alive, and he can't see his body when he dies. Lord Chen is still fighting here. As he spoke, he grabbed Chen Chun's collar and said sharply: "If you don't hand over my prince, the student will definitely go to the capital to sue the emperor, begging the emperor to give justice to my prince, and begging the world to give justice to my prince." ”
He is short, but Chen Chun is seven feet long and dignified. He went to get Chen Chun. With his feet off the ground, it was like hanging on Chen Chun's body.
Chen Chun glanced at him coldly and said, "Since Mr. Lu said so, then we will go to Beijing together." Before the emperor drove, he made a clear statement. ”
Lu Guohua's hand slowly loosened. The anger on his face slowly turned to sadness. Muddy tears flowed down his cheeks, "Lord-" He screamed in mourning, and cried loudly, "Pity your loyalty to the emperor. but ended up being murdered by the villain. How can you be blind under the Nine Springs? The student is incompetent and fails to protect you from villains. ”
Chen Chun heard him say that Zhou Kang was killed by them, and he was angry, so he held back first, and said, "Mr. Lu is like a shrew, is he trying to hide the fact that the King of Chu has returned to his home?" After visiting Luoyang for half a day, many people said that they had seen the king of Chu drive into the city yesterday afternoon. Could it be that the people under the rule of the king of Chu would lie? ”
"This idiot!" Lu Guohua scolded secretly, with two lines of old tears on his face, and said: "How can the people's words be trusted? Yesterday morning, the students crossed over, borrowed the car of the king of Chu to drive out of the city to do errands, and returned in the afternoon. The people only saw that the car was driven by the prince of my family, how did they know that there were students sitting in the car? If the prince of my family blames him, the student should ask the prince for his guilt. Now the prince is gone...... Poor lord, where are you—"
Just a few words, it cleverly turned to Zhou Kang's murder.
Wang Xin received a summons from the secret agent, and Zhou Kang did secretly run back to Luoyang. Chen Chun naturally knew that Zhou Kang was in the Chu Palace, but the news of the secret agent could not be used as evidence after all. After he arrived in Luoyang, he first sent a small servant to ask the soldier guarding the city, and the soldier got a piece of broken silver, how could there be anything that could not be said?
It's just that Zhou Kang didn't show his face from the car. Chen Chun groaned and decided to deceive him: "Mr. Lu said that it was not the King of Chu who was sitting in the car, why did some people see the King of Chu lifting the curtain?" ”
Lu Guohua was taken aback. Zhou Kang entered the Chu Palace, and he only received the news, but he didn't know that this stupid guy was swaggering all the way, didn't he know that it was a capital crime to flee back to the mansion without permission?
Chen Chun saw that Lu Guohua's face had changed greatly, and his heart was even more determined, and said: "I took the king of Chu into Beijing by the holy decree, and now the king of Chu has fled back to his house privately. I couldn't say it, so I had to ask the king of Chu to leave with me. He also asked Mr. Lu to hand over the king of Chu, and he would treat each other well, and respectfully invite the king of Chu back to the capital. ”
Lu Guohua's mind turned quickly, and when it came to this, he could only blindly deny it, he cried again, and said: "My prince has entered Beijing with Lord Qincha last month. Now Lord Chen still wants the student to hand over my lord, where does this start? The student is over sixty years old, and he doesn't want this old bone, but he can't bear to be wronged by my prince, and he bites back when he is killed. Poor lord, where are you now—"
Chen Chun watched Lu Guohua sing, write, and play like watching a play, but he didn't make a sound. Lu Guohua cried for half an hour, and then he stopped, picked up the tea in front of him, and poured it into his mouth. The tea was already cold, and he only cared about crying, how could he have the leisure to pay attention to the cold tea.
Taking advantage of his efforts to drink tea and moisten his throat, Chen Chun found an opportunity to speak: "What is Mr. Lu doing in his heart?" Could it be that the king of Chu absconded and returned to his home, and there was a major plan that could not be achieved? ”
This man is just an unruly ambassador with a poisonous eye. Lu Guohua was shocked again, he was old and fine, but he would not be exposed by someone to break his heart. Let the maid re-serve the hot tea, drink it, smash her mouth, and say, "Where did Lord Chen start with this?" The students really haven't seen my prince return. Please also ask Mr. Chen to inform me of the whereabouts of my prince, and the students can bring food and clothing for my prince. ”
said that Zhou Kang seemed to be poorly fed and clothed, as if he only had one breath.
Chen Chun looked at him with a smile, and said slowly: "I remember the long history of the Chu Palace, Song Changming, is a jinshi of the Bingchen family, I don't know if there is a mistake in the next place?" ”
This time, Lu Guohua's face really changed, he opened his mouth and was speechless for a long time.
Song Changming was a little back, Bingchenke participated in the imperial examination, only took the top three, and was born as a Jinshi. ran around in Beijing, and finally found an official position as the governor of the Chu Palace.
With his identity as a fellow Jinshi, the long history of being a prince is not bad. But after he arrived in Luoyang, he soon felt that something was wrong. Zhou Kang not only raised taxes privately, but also was very harsh on the people. That's not all, what's even worse is that there is a large courtyard in the northwest corner of the Chu Palace, and the sound of beating weapons is often heard. Every time he approached, someone forced him to leave.
The identity of the prince is sensitive, and the imperial court is very strict with the prince, in order to prevent these dragon sons and phoenix grandchildren from being ambitious, uneasy about the status quo one day, and wanting to make an emperor to be in charge.
Zhou Kang: What do you want to do? (To be continued.) )