46 Fan Li's ransom

"What's going on?" Yuwen couldn't help but be curious.

Zhu Xuanzhi told the story.

"Tao Zhugong lived in Taodi and gave birth to a young son. When the youngest son became an adult, Tao Zhugong's second son killed someone and was arrested by the state of Chu. Tao Zhugong said: "It is common sense for a murderer to resist his life. But I've heard that my son, who has a daughter, won't be killed in the middle of the city. So he told the younger son to prepare a thousand eridium gold and go to visit the second son. Just as he was about to send his youngest son to set off on an errand, Tao Zhugong's eldest son resolutely asked to go, but Tao Zhugong disagreed. The eldest son said, "The eldest son in the family is called the governor, and now the younger brother has committed a crime, and the father does not send the eldest son, but sends the younger brother, which shows that I am an unworthy son." "The eldest son wanted to kill himself after speaking. His mother said to him again: "What should I do if I send my younger son now, I may not be able to save the life of my second son, but I lose my eldest son first?" Tao Zhu Gong had no choice but to send his eldest son, wrote a letter to his eldest son to send to his old friend Zhuang Sheng, and said to the eldest son: "After arriving in Chu State, you must send your daughter to Zhuang Sheng's house, and everything is handled by him, and you must not have a dispute with him." "When the eldest son left, he also carried hundreds of gold with him.

The eldest son arrived at Zhuang Sheng's house in Chu and saw that Zhuang Sheng's living conditions were very poor. However, the eldest son still opened the letter and offered a thousand gold to Zhuang Shengjin, exactly as his father had ordered. Zhuang Sheng said, "You can leave quickly, don't stay here!" When your brother is released, don't ask why. The eldest son left and no longer visited Zhuang Sheng, but stayed in the state of Chu privately, and gave the gold he carried to the dignitaries and nobles in charge of the state of Chu.

Although Zhuang Sheng lived in a poor village, he was very famous in the Chu State because of his honesty and integrity, and everyone from the king of Chu down respected him as a teacher. Tao Zhugong offered gold, he didn't have the intention to accept it, but just wanted to return it to Tao Zhugong after the matter was completed to show his credit. So after the gold was delivered, he said to his wife: "This is Tao Zhugong's money, and I will return it to Tao Zhugong in full, but it is unknown when it will be returned, so don't use it." But the eldest son of Tao Zhugong didn't know what Zhuang Sheng meant, and thought that giving the property to Zhuang Sheng would not have any effect.

Zhuang Sheng took the opportunity to enter the palace to meet the king of Chu and said, "Ziweixing is moving north, which will be harmful to the state of Chu. The king of Chu usually trusted Zhuang Sheng very much, so he asked, "What now?" Johnson said, "Only by practicing benevolent government can disasters be avoided." ”

The king of Chu complied. Send someone to seal up the warehouse where the three coins were stored. The dignitaries of the state of Chu were surprised and told the eldest son of the Duke of Tao Zhu: "The king of Chu is going to implement a general amnesty." The eldest son asked, "How so?" The noble man said: "Whenever the king of Chu gives amnesty, he often seals up the warehouse where the three coins are stored first. Last night, the king of Chu had sent an envoy to seal it up. ”

The eldest son of Tao Zhugong thought that since the amnesty, the younger brother could naturally be released, and a thousand eridium gold was equivalent to throwing Zhuang Sheng's place in vain, which did not play a role, so he went to see Zhuang Sheng again. Zhuang Sheng asked in surprise, "Didn't you leave?" The eldest son said, "I never left." At the beginning, I came for my brother's matter, but today Chu is discussing amnesty, and my brother will naturally be released, so I have come to say goodbye to you. Zhuang Sheng knew that he meant to get the gold back, and said, "Go to your room and get the gold yourself." The eldest son entered the house and took the gold and left Zhuang Sheng, rejoicing privately that the gold had been recovered.

Zhuang Sheng was deeply ashamed of being betrayed by his children, so he entered the palace again to meet the king of Chu and said: "What I said about the stars last time, you said that you want to repay it with good deeds. Now, I have heard from passers-by outside that the son of Tao Zhugong, a wealthy man in Taodi, was imprisoned by Chu after murder, and his family sent people to bribe people around the king of Chu with a lot of money, so the king did not sympathize with the people of Chu and implemented amnesty, but it was because of Tao Zhugong's son that he granted amnesty. The king of Chu was furious and said, "Although I have no virtue, how can I be gracious because of the son of Tao Zhugong!" He ordered the son of Tao Zhugong to be killed first, and then issued an edict of pardon the next day. Tao Zhugong's eldest son could only take his younger brother's body home.

When she returned home, her mother and neighbors were very sad, and only Tao Zhugong said, "I knew that my eldest son would not be able to save my younger brother!" It's not that he doesn't love his brother, but he can't bear to give up. He lived with me at a young age, experienced all kinds of hardships, and knew the difficulties of making a living, so he valued money very seriously and did not dare to spend it easily. As for the younger brother, he saw that I was very rich all my life, riding in a first-class car, driving thousands of miles, and knowing where the money came from, so he took it very lightly and did not hesitate to abandon it. Originally, I planned to let my younger son go, because he was willing to give up his wealth, but the eldest son could not give up his wealth, so he finally harmed his younger brother, which is very reasonable and not worth grief.

Zhu Xuanzhi finished speaking, but Yuwen Shen was carefully chewing on Fan Li's last words in his heart, and said slowly: "Give up your wealth to save your life, and break your wealth to avoid disasters." ”

"Childe understands, Childe is a person with great ambitions, and he will be rich all over the world in the future, so he must not spoil Childe's plan for the sake of the money in front of him. Moreover, Ruan Hong is greedy for money and lustful, even if he is lucky enough to enter the sixth palace, he may not become a big deal, and the good name of the son is even more than worth the loss. ”

Yuwen listened deeply, took a deep breath, and said slowly, "What Mr. said is indeed reasonable, the pros and cons are so clear, my son is confused." ”

"Why should Childe blame himself? Mr. Guigu said that success is a decisive word, and it is beneficial, and if you go to its benefit, you will not be able to do it, and it is strange. It's just an analysis and analysis for Childe. Zhu Xuanzhi smiled, and then continued to say: "I also said before that taking care of the overall situation is a point that Tsukasa Zai values, and this point must be remembered when he is in power. At present, the court is short of silver, Tsukasa Zai asks Ruan Hong for it, that is, you ask for it, Gongzi may wish to be generous, try not to interfere in Ruan Hong's affairs, get a general impression in Tsukazai's heart, win a reputation for fairness among the officials, and establish a benevolent image in the hearts of the people, isn't this good? ”

"It's good to be so good, I'm afraid of ......" Yu Wenshen seemed to have something unspeakable.

"Childe rest assured, Ruan Hong only has you as a master, even if he is convicted, he will not bite indiscriminately, and he will frame Childe, as long as he dares to make a move, he can assure Childe that the lantern will not let him speak." Of course, Zhu Xuanzhi knew what Yu Wenshen was worried about, and this son was most afraid that Ruan Hong would involve him now, so Zhu Xuanzhi borrowed the lantern to give him a reassurance.

This remark was in Yuwen's deep heart, but he said in his mouth: "This son is just a little in contact with him in the main court affairs, and in private, Ruan Hong also sent some things to his mother and Shuyi, but it doesn't matter. ”

Zhu Xuanzhi drank tea by himself at this time, as if he didn't hear it, this was Yuwenshen's unsightly thing, he couldn't answer, he just sneered in his heart.

"Ruan Hong is down, and Jingzhou will be handed over." Yu Wenshen seemed to be heartbroken.

"Not necessarily!" Zhu Xuanzhi continued: "After the fall of Ruan Hong, there will be a vacancy in the history of assassination, and Jingzhou will also leave some messes to clean up. At that time, as long as Childe writes to put forward some suggestions for rectifying the rule of local officials, clearing illegal temples, and cleaning up the fields and annexing them, Tsukasa will most likely adopt them, and will let Childe find someone to do these things. ”

"That's right, it's not certain who is in the hands of the deer!" Yuwen Shen seemed to be ruthless, and took a sip of tea.

"Besides, although Tsukasa Zai is obviously punishing corruption on the surface, he is actually a key member of Gongzi's subordinates, so why should he leave the Jingzhou Thorn History to Gongzi's side to make some compensation."

"How dare you, for the sake of the minister and the son, this son only wants to do his best, how dare he want to compensate?" Yu Wenshen pretended to be frightened and said.

"That's a gaffe, but since Gongzi has made up his mind, then please listen to the next word, Ruan Hong's affairs, pay more attention to it, interfere less, and it is the best policy to strike later." Zhu Xuanzhi said solemnly.

"Okay, then I'll listen to you." Yu Wenshen seems to have adopted the words of Zhu Xuanzhi.

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After a moment of silence, Yu Wenshen suddenly remembered something and said: "I heard that Mr. was attacked in the Xiangfei Pavilion a few days ago, and I was supposed to come to greet him, but it turned out that Ruan Hong's incident happened, and I got the news late. I was in a hurry just now, and I didn't have time to greet Mr., hey, Mr. tried his best to plan for my son, but I couldn't protect Mr. thoroughly, I'm really ashamed, Mr. is okay? ”

"Why did Childe say this? You and I just take what we need, and we will help Gongzi to plan big things, and Gongzi will help him to display his ambitions, isn't this very good," Zhu Xuanzhi said with a smile.

"Sir, do you know who is going to be against you?" Yu Wenshen asked.

"Since someone Zhu is mixing in the rivers and lakes, he naturally has some enemies, but this time it should be a new enemy." Zhu Xuanzhi said lightly,

"The new enemy, Mr. has been in Chang'an for a few months, and he hasn't offended anyone...... Wrong! The new enemy, sent by the prince? Yu Wenshen guessed it all at once.

Zhu Xuanzhi didn't say anything, just smiled.

"It must be, they counted the account of Dugu's imprisonment on our heads, and they also implicated Mr., it's really hateful!" Yuwen slapped the table in front of him heavily, and shook out the tea on the table.

"The prince of the world premeditated the murder of the princess, and he was imprisoned because he took the blame, and it is not surprising that the prince fell so much, and he took revenge," Zhu Xuanzhi said.

"Then Ben Gongzi sent guards to protect Mr., or find a safe place for Mr. to live, after all, this is the Dugu Luo family's other courtyard, I'm afraid they will kill him, if Mr. wants something wrong, it is really my sin." Yu Wenshen suggested.

"Thank you Gongzi for your kindness, there are still some brothers of the Lantern Society here, besides, I came here to live here at the invitation of Dugu Zhenzhi, if there is no suitable reason to move out, it will be too bad for him to lose face, wait a little longer, and then move out in a few days," Zhu Xuanzhi refused.

"Okay, the brothers of the Lantern Society must be much stronger than the guards here, if Sir sees any good place, tell Ben Gongzi, and he will definitely help you do it." Yuwen is convinced.

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