Chapter 298
"Big brother, big brother." The sturdy man who returned to the mountain from the investigation of the situation at the bottom of the mountain found the family member and said excitedly, "Good news, there is a medium-sized caravan passing by here tomorrow morning, and it is a good opportunity to start." ”
"Are you sure which one it is?" The man sitting at the top asked in a deep voice, "Don't be a caravan that has a close relationship with the government. "Even if you rob it, you can't wait for a happy time, you will be surrounded and suppressed by officers and soldiers, who will make them bandits who specialize in looting.
"It seems to be hanging the logo of the Xu family." As the second-in-command of the cottage, he was asked a Mengden, patronized and happy, and didn't pay attention, no wonder he didn't open the pot for three months, and the little surplus food in the cottage was empty in a few days, and then he called a group of brothers and family members to drink the northwest wind?
"The Xu family?" The man's eyes drooped slightly, as if he was contemplative, and asked, "Which Xu family, but the Xu family who has contributed to the war?" "Then don't act rashly, don't say that you can't get the infamy on your back, the whole village is afraid that you will suffer from the war, although you don't have a good reputation as a bandit, you have to think more about future generations, you can't be a bandit for the rest of your life, not to mention that you can't sleep all day long, but it's a pity that the way out is not easy to find, and you shouldn't be a bandit if you want to fight so easily.
"I'll let my men explore again." The second master heard the meaning of the big boss's words, and his face was unwilling, "This time if you don't do it, you have to cut back on food and clothing if you don't open for three months, and we have to cut down on food and clothing, saying that we have done the bandit industry, and we also pay attention to what to do so much, eat and dress warmly, what to do if you worry too much about the brothers like this, just relying on the little game caught in the mountains is not enough to stuff your teeth." It's not that he wants to complain, it's that the brothers talk about it in private. This bandit is even more aggrieved than others.
The man who can sit in the position of the big boss is not a reckless straw bag reckless, and patiently analyzes the situation with the impatient second master, "The reputation of the Xu family is more than the country's kindness." Such a family can't be robbed, and there is a high chance of attracting officers and soldiers, and the Xu family is in the limelight, and all eyes will be focused on this matter at this time, and none of us and everyone in the village can escape. ”
"We are ordinary people, because we are forced to be bandits, people's hearts should not be captured by greed, think more about our children and grandchildren. Whether to be a bandit with no food and clothing to live this life, or to be an upright person and seek a new way out, bandits are like rats crossing the street, although they are afraid, they are indeed poor worms that everyone shouts and can't see the light of day. "How can I not know the complaints of the people below, as a big boss, thinking about things is too simple, just looking at the present, and I will suffer in the end.
"It's not uncommon to be pecked by geese all day long. Once it is contaminated, human life will collapse. He wants to maintain this pure land in his heart, and not be infected by interests.
"I know the truth, and my ears are calloused." The second master was frustrated, "But is there any way to get out of the current predicament." Don't forget we've been doing this for five years. The hearts of the brothers have changed with the passage of five years, even if the food and clothing are good, and the bitter water in their hearts flows into a river if they can't go down the mountain often. ”
"It's not that I haven't considered doing anything else in the past five years, some brothers have mentioned that they want to go back to farming, what a beautiful but unrealistic hope, if you have land, you still need to be bandits." Second, if the master has a belly, hide it in his heart, and don't vomit or be unhappy.
"What's the use of the change of the court, the people who can't eat enough still exist, and those who dare to be bandits like us dare to be bandits, and the others can only endure starvation and cold. The only one who died was bitter. "The more the second boss talks, the redder his eyes become, and they have lived these days. unimaginable catastrophe.
"For me, the current situation is very content, and the cottage has survived for so long because the brothers stick to their hearts and don't do evil things, although everyone complains a few words, they don't necessarily mean the same thing in their hearts." It's all about surviving, in order to live better, and they have to pay a lot more than freedom, which is inevitable.
"There is no shortage of children in the village who are smart and smart, and in the past, even if the family was frugal, they had to save money for their children's education, and they only hoped that the children would win the imperial examination in the future, and the family was so hopeful, but it was too late." The bitterness in the words is pervasive, the second master also has children, which parent does not have expectations for their children, but it is fortunate that they are not wanted when they become bandits, and they dare not think about the rest of the things, and they will eventually become a pain buried in the bottom of their hearts.
"Go check on the caravan, and then send someone to the city to find out the new news." The big boss spoke, "If it's really the Xu family, go out and do a vote." ”
"You didn't disagree before, what now?" After changing his nature, the second boss was stunned, and did not understand why knowing that it would lead to officers and soldiers changing their minds so quickly.
"Be prepared for the transfer, once the officers and soldiers come to encircle it, they can't fight head-on, and it is important to retreat with everyone." The big boss carefully instructed some chores.
"Inquire about the Winged King." A possible idea comes to mind, but only the prototype does not guarantee the possibility of success.
"You are ......" The second master was very confused, his eyes were suspicious, "The Winged King is high up, and it is extremely unrealistic to use his hand to get out of the current situation. "It's more fantastic than the Arabian Nights.
"The Wing King attaches great importance to the generals in the army." The big boss didn't know what to say, and he didn't want to give up.
"That's because the war has started, there are no soldiers, this battle can't be fought, it's the expedient measure of the superiors, you are not confused, we are bandits, how can we talk to the officials, and no matter how sincere we are, the officials don't think so, even if we still belong to the people of the country, you should know how deep the gap between the people and the officials is." How could you come up with a ridiculous idea, it's so ridiculous, as if the fat meat sent up is just waiting to be slaughtered arbitrarily by the officials.
"The Winged King takes care of a scholar as much as he does." The big boss seems to be convincing the second master, more like convincing himself, not that he doesn't know the difficulties.
"That's because the Scholars Association is an official of the DPRK and China, a new blood in a country, and attaches as much importance to those who are in the position of talent, even if they are tyrants." This does not explain anything, and the second boss unabashedly expressed his disapproval.
"Have you ever thought about negotiating with the superior in our current capacity, what can we come up with to benefit the attention of the superior, we have nothing to be a bandit. Is it necessary to take the looted things and offer them, regardless of whether the superior can see it or not, it is too humble in terms of ability alone. The superior did not get rid of it, and the happy heart was already burning high incense, and the gods blessed it. "Second, don't look at the looks, Kong Wuli has studied for two years. Because his family was poor and couldn't afford the tuition, he could only drop out, and his mind was filled with the teachings of the saints, and some words were not abrupt to prove with facts.
"What you say is not unreasonable, but there is no other way except the Winged King, at least the Winged King is fair in doing things, we just want to go back to the past, even if we can live in peace like the patriotic people in the Acropolis. I don't hide in the day. "It's not that I can't see through it, it's too hopeful, I hope to return to the life of ordinary people, even if I don't get rich and use my own hands to create zào. There will always be a better life one day, is this also a luxury?
"The Winged King isn't something we can see when we want to." The second master really couldn't bear to tear up the dream, and sighed more helplessly.
"The Xu family should have a connection with the Wing King, even if it is only superficial, as long as it is used properly." The big boss stopped here and laughed bitterly. I also know that this is tantamount to playing with fire and self-immolation. But he couldn't help but think about it, it was too tempting.
"Lose the lives of a village of people or do you want to go it alone and leave your brothers, don't forget that we are brothers in adversity, no one wants to watch you make sacrifices for everyone alone, let alone use the status of the big boss as an excuse, where do you want to put your brothers?" The second boss asked like a cannon, which made the big boss smile bitterly and was very relieved.
"Think of something else. I've heard that the Winged King occasionally goes out on the street, so maybe he can run into it. After the investigation, you also understand that the superior likes to play a set of tricks in front of the face and behind the scenes, don't let us really return to the contrary until we are framed and end up without a problem. ”
"Okay." This is the safest method, and the big bosses have no objections.
Xi Chao is busy with the affairs of the Ministry of Works, don't you know that when you are fighting the idea of the bandits, you will be remembered by the bandits, and the two sides have similar ideas, I really don't know whether to say that they hit it off or have a heart.
The reprocessed gun of the Ministry of Industry is more advanced than before, the new look is beginning to take shape, Xi Chao personally saw it and couldn't help but admire the craftsmanship of the craftsman and the whimsy, before leaving, he mentioned the matter of artillery, with the technology of making guns in front, artillery should not be a problem, the letter Xiaoli to do the same as the gun The process must be more complicated, and it is relatively simple to do it in the big way, it will not be long before there will be a weapon to dominate one side, which day to start a war is a good helper.
Ouyang Lin, who was so bored that Xichao was irritable, blocked himself again, pulling a long face as if he owed him a few hundred taels of silver and hadn't paid it back.
Xi Chao was unhappy, and once again took Ouyang Lin's words as a deaf ear, and even ignored the meaning of his mouth directly.
Ouyang Lin's lustful frame is undoubtedly revealed, until Princess Hening lost power and was degraded, he still has the title of his concubine, and his heart is not as peaceful as before, especially after learning that the Wing King returned to the dynasty after the victory of the half of the country as a fief, he can't sit still, and his colleagues talk about himself behind his back, although the Wing King is from the Prime Minister's Mansion, although he is not from the same mother, for the sake of being a son-in-law, he should help one or two.
Ouyang Lin, who was more and more impatient in his position, suddenly hit the idea on the fiefdom of the Wing King, and listened to the private discussion of his colleagues, the position was still not allowed to be reused and promoted for a long time, it was better to seek a higher position in the new realm, some colleagues had asked themselves, and asked if they could say good things about the Wing King to see if they could go to the Acropolis, where the www.biquge.info of the Biqu Pavilion was low, and it was undoubtedly good to be promoted to do things, mainly because there was more hope for taking root there than in the fiercely competitive Shangjing.
Facing the opportunity of the emperor to be far away in the sky, and the king of wings is also far away in the capital, laying a good foundation in the future, there will be no more freedom and prosperity than now, many officials are moved, and there are also officials in the court who mentioned that the king of wings only said that there is still hope if he dies in the future.
Ouyang Lin was moved by the bright prospects of other people's words, and Ouyang Yun returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion more and more times, how could there be no planning by the eldest prince behind this, it would be for the fat and oily meat in the hands of the Wing King, and he couldn't help but want to step forward and take a bite and taste it carefully.
"Master, Xu Gongzi sent a message saying that he would like to thank the master for helping, and he paid out of his own pocket to help the master spend some of the money on the construction." Ruddy and idle, he started to be a messenger.
"Master, a newly delivered post." Hongming walked into the house, holding a gold-painted post in his hand, the style was solemn and gorgeous, and there were often greeting posts during this time, but the master refused if he didn't like to be lively.
"What's so special?" In the past, the posts were handled by Hongming alone, but now how to get it in front of the master, Hongrui should ask first. stared at the post with curiosity, and didn't dare to read it first.
"The guards will leave tomorrow, and the matter has been notified?" Xichao didn't care much about the post. Ask about the guards first, I've almost forgotten about the past few days.
"Say, how happy you want to be, it seems that there is a wild outside, and when I hear it, it is like I have been beaten with chicken blood." Hong Rui followed Hong Ming to convey the master's instructions to the guards, and seeing the excitement of the guards, the bottom of her heart began to sour water. I really want to go myself.
"Hmm." Xi Chao believes in the ability of the guards, and there are guards staring at them in the dark.
"The master's post was sent by the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the handwriting in it was indeed from a woman." The pen is small and delicate. It can be recognized at a glance that there is another reason why Hongming was sent to his master.
"The person who sent the letter said that the prime minister had been invited, but the post said that there was a banquet to celebrate." There is a suspicion of wanting to cover up, and Hong Ming is not allowed to come and hand it over to the master to decide.
"Is there any news from the secret guards in the Prime Minister's Mansion?" The Xi Dynasty has not paid attention to the Prime Minister's Mansion for a long time. Remember at this point.
"There are many. The slave and maid will go and get it. Hongrui ran away in a hurry, and at a moment brought in three books of thick paper, these were according to the master's request, and ordered the secret guards left in the Prime Minister's Mansion to report every day, written on paper, and accumulated so much at once, among which the normal one that wrote nothing had been picked out in advance, and the remaining amount was not small.
"Let's look for it in the near future." The fire of the red stamen's gossip burned again. Flip to the last few and read while reading, saving the master's time.
"Ouyang Yun often goes back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Aunt Liu was very happy to pull her daughter and talk for a long time. Hongrui's heart was like a mirror, and she immediately thought of a possibility, raising her eyes to look at the master, Ouyang Yun was obviously coming for the master, she was obviously not used to seeing the master before, but now she came up cheekily, Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone.
"Send the post to Ouyang Ye and let him watch it." Xi Chao put the trouble away, Ouyang Ye, as Ouyang Yun's father, should take care of his daughter, he really caused trouble, and he had a headache.
"In addition to Ouyang Yun, there should be one more person." Hong Ming glanced at the post and exchanged a look with Hong Rui, and he had a rough idea in his heart, and the Ouyang family was only able to toss the two of them, and they both came to the door when they saw that the master was ready.
"Just send it back." Of course, his children are Ouyang Ye, the worry of Lao Tzu, and he has nothing to do with himself, and Xi Chao doesn't like to pay attention to the people of the Ouyang family.
When Ouyang Ye returned to the house, he couldn't help but beat wildly when he saw the red-clothed woman accompanying the Wing King outside the study, with the principle that the Wing King had nothing to do and did not go to the Sanding Palace, the red-clothed woman who came here must have something, and the major events that had happened recently automatically appeared in his mind to try to find the origin from them and speculate on the purpose of the Wing King's this time.
Hongming handed over the post to Ouyang Ye and handed over the master's words and left, but she didn't leave the house but went to Pinglan Garden, and the master instructed to go and see how the dark guard is doing now, what needs can be mentioned, the master has always been generous to his own people.
Ouyang Ye glanced at the content and knew whose handwriting it was, it was really fatal, as a side concubine, she was not afraid of being gossiped about when she ran to her mother's house all day long, and more importantly, her only son, now she was clamoured by the rumors outside and lost her heart, and her head was as big as a fight for a while.
No wonder Ouyang Lin is impetuous, he has been ridiculed by his colleagues for being an unworthy colt, he is still young and has little experience, Ouyang Ye knows this very well as a person who has come over.
In addition, the officials intentionally or unintentionally tried to say a lot, and the idea naturally sprouted, that is, why not take advantage of such a convenient way, so as not to be preempted by others, with the brother and sister relationship of the same wing king on his body, if others really become, he doesn't know where to put his real relatives, and they all say that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, and it is a matter of time before he moves, and Ouyang Ye can't blame his son for a qiē.
To properly deal with this matter and completely dispel his son's unrealistic illusions, knowing the character of the Wing King, he had already guessed that the Wing King did not have half the intention of calling the officials of the court and the central government to go to the fiefdom, and his son's idea was destined to come to naught.
Wanting to completely dispel Ouyang Lin's mind of taking a shortcut, Ouyang Ye pressed his brows and pondered for a long time, followed the train of thought to find the crux of the matter, there is only one way to eliminate the impossible, that is the problem of mentality, if there is no shameful title of the horse, supplemented by persuasion and effective analysis, it should be solved, the problem is that it is more troublesome to eliminate the position of the horse.
Today's emperor doesn't look at his young age, but he is not easy to speak, and he has no intention of leaning towards Ouyang Mansion, and there is no reasonable reason to rashly make a request.
Ouyang Ye was full of sorrow and couldn't care about using dinner to shut himself in the study and think about it seriously, how could he not only seal the official who ate radish first and worry about it, but also get the emperor's approval.
At the same time as his thoughts turned, Ouyang Ye was walking into a dead end, and a flash of inspiration appeared, and his eyes inadvertently swept to the golden invitation on the table, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows suddenly melted like the first snow.
All the connection points are on the Wing King, Ouyang Lin wants to go to the Wing King's fiefdom, and the emperor and the Wing King are brother and sister talking to each other is more effective than finding a thousand reasons by himself, Ouyang Ye let out a long breath, and secretly said that his son has to be taught well, and stepping on something related to the Wing King will not end well.
Wrote a sincere letter overnight, asking the Winged King to help with this, and he will strictly discipline his children in the future, as for the remuneration, he thought that he planned to owe a favor in exchange for it, and presumably the Winged King would promise.
Ordered Ah Yuan to deliver the letter now, if the Yiwang Mansion is closed, the letter can be stuffed directly into the crack of the door, and someone will definitely hand it over to the Yiwang on the second day, which is still a hand learned from Aunt Liu.
Hastily used the late dinner, called his son to first inquire about whether the official affairs were smooth, and then his views on the fiefdom of the Wing King, and then began to talk and analyze the pros and cons, and finally told Ouyang Lin to do things seriously, not to blindly listen to the wind is that the rain is so high, he has lost his original calm and steady, not to mention, and has lost the foundation he has laid.
Persuade Ouyang Lin to think about it, his father's fortune is all for his son's future, the continuation of the Prime Minister's Mansion is only Ouyang Lin, I hope he will see the facts as soon as possible, recognize the intentional or unintentional temptations between colleagues, and work hard in a down-to-earth manner.
Ouyang Ye's bitter mouth didn't know how much Ouyang Lin listened to, he didn't want to compare himself with the Wing King's meritorious master, but he couldn't find a more convincing explanation, once the superior person has suspicion, the consequences will be to sit together, so as to remind his son not to act recklessly, and to think about the family, and finally briefly mentioned the removal of the title of the degrading horse, and it is just a matter of these two days, if the matter is successful, stay in the original position and work hard, speak with your own strength, Don't just take off the post of a colt and be put on nepotism by outsiders, the Prime Minister's Mansion is once again a big laughing stock in Beijing. (To be continued......)