259. The absurdity of the king of Changyi
Gong Sui continued: "Of course the king of Changyi doesn't know, so I told him that I heard that there is a sycophancy named Hou De next to the king of Jiaoxi, and the king of Jiaoxi is similar to Xia Wei and Shang Xun, but Hou De thinks that the king of Jiaoxi is Yao Shun; So the king of Jiaoxi was very pleased with his sycophancy, and often lived with him, in fact, it was because of Hou De's slander that the king of Jiaoxi came to this point; Now that you are close to the villains, the king, and gradually infected with evil habits, the key to survival cannot be unscrupulous; I ask you to choose a squire who is well-versed in scriptures and has good conduct and morality to get along with you, and to ask the gentleman to be far away from the villain, and when he has time, he will sit down and recite poems and books, and then stand up and learn the rules of etiquette, which will be beneficial to you. ”
After Xu Guanghan heard the story, he hurriedly praised him: "Lao Gong, you are really a good courtier, you are very good at thinking about your master, did the king of Changyi adopt your suggestion later?" ”
Gong Sui sighed and said: "Yes, yes, I selected some good quality and learned Langzhong to serve the king of Changyi, but in less than a month, they were all driven away by him, hey! ”
Seeing Gong Sui sighing, Xu Guanghan thought to himself, what a good person, King Changyi just won't cherish it, so he also shook his head and sighed helplessly.
At this time, Gong Sui continued: "The absurdity is still to come. ”
Xu Guanghan hurriedly asked, "Is there anything more ridiculous?" ”
Gong Sui nodded and said: "Yes, just a few months ago, a lot of strange things happened in the country of Changyi, the king of Changyi went out hunting with a group of entourage, the king of Changyi once saw a white dog, three feet tall, without a head, the neck looked like a person, and he was wearing a crown of Fang Mountain, and later saw a black bear, but no one from his left and right entourage saw it, you said it is strange; A few days later, a flock of big crows flew into the palace, and when the king of Changyi saw it, he felt bad in his heart, so he asked me what was the reason? I will say it bluntly, saying that it is the Emperor's admonition, telling you that those people around you are ignorant villains, like dogs with crowns, drive them away, your throne can be kept, and if you don't drive them away, your throne will be lost. ”
After hearing this, Xu Guanghan said with a smile; "Old Gong, you really dare to say it."
Gong Sui smiled bitterly: "When the king of Changyi heard me say this, he asked me, why do bad things always come?" I dare not bury my words in my heart without giving you advice, for I have repeatedly spoken of exhortations concerning the perils of the country, and you are not pleased to hear them, my lord; But does the existence or defeat of the state depend on a few words from the ministers? Ask the king to think for yourself; You have read 300 poems, which are very thorough about how to behave as a man, and the way to govern the country is also complete, which of the poems do you do? As a prince, you are a prince, and you are doing things that are dirtier than the common people, and it is very difficult for you to survive for a long time, but it is easy to lose the country because of this, and you should deeply examine these things. ”
Xu Guanghan couldn't help but clap his hands after hearing this: "Okay, that's a good point, but Lao Gong, you have to pay attention, now the king of Changyi will still listen to you, I'm afraid that if there is a traitor in the future, you have to be careful." ”
Gong Sui smiled: "I'm not afraid, my husband is frank, what are you afraid of." ”
Xu Guanghan pointed at Gong Sui and said, "You, I'm worried about you." ”
Gong Sui raised his head and sighed: "Hey, just a few days before we came to Chang'an, the county has received an edict from the imperial court, saying that the emperor is sick and needs to find a famous doctor to go to Beijing for treatment; After hearing this, the king of Changyi did not show sadness, but continued to indulge in lust; I advised him to be sad, and it was better to cry a few times, but he ignored him and continued to indulge. What's even more grotesque is that for our group of people who entered Beijing, one person issued a crown and ordered us to take Chang'an with him, I just don't understand, he just thinks it's fun. ”
Xu Guanghan also felt strange, and hurriedly asked, "What is the crown of the Zhu?" ”
Gong Sui hurriedly said: "It seems that Guanghan you have lived in the palace for a long time, and you don't know anything about the popularity outside, and the crown is actually a strange costume, which looks very weird, and people say that it is a demon to wear it, but the king of Changyi likes this kind of crown when he arrives." ”
Xu Guanghan nodded and said, "I see, it seems that I am lonely and unheard." ”
Gong Sui said: "You won't be lonely and unheard, you are with the people in the palace all day long, and there must be more news than me. After talking about so many ridiculous things about the king of Changyi, tell me about you, what does your daughter and son-in-law do? ”
Xu Guanghan also said with a wry smile: "My daughter and son-in-law also have nothing to do, and live with Huiqing in my sister-in-law's hospital; The daughter's name is Xu Pingjun, is a hard-working child, originally with the insider to make the eldest son of Lord Ouhou married, last year when he was about to get married, but Ouhou Gongzi was looking for trouble, hey, my hard-working daughter became what people said Kefu life. ”
Gong Sui also shook his head and said: "It's really a hard life, it happened before I passed the door, and the current son-in-law is the son of the He family?" ”
Xu Guanghan still smiled bitterly and said: "What kind of son is it, it was introduced by the recently deceased Ye Tingling Master Zhang He Zhang, and he is the grandson of Prince Wei, who was in the army in the early days. ”
"Prince Wei's grandson?" Gong Sui looked very surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Prince Wei still has descendants alive, didn't you say that the whole family was killed by Liu Quyu at that time?" ”
Xu Guanghan hurriedly said: "It's a long story, after Prince Wei escaped from Chang'an, Shi Liangdi and the imperial grandson were anxious to be the emperor's grandson and the great-grandson who was only a few months old were all taken into the county prison. Later, when the emperor learned that his great-grandson was still in the county prison, he allowed him to enter the imperial family and be raised by the court; Because the court order at that time did not accept this great-emperor's grandson on the grounds that he did not receive the edict, he was taken by my sister-in-law to the hospital to raise him, and he has been growing up with my daughter; Later, the brother-in-law found Prime Minister Tian, and Prime Minister Tian came forward to ask the court to issue an edict to raise him, and it happened that the court order at this time was Lord Zhang He, who was a guest of the former prince, so Lord Zhang loved this great-emperor grandson; It just so happened that I was unlucky, and I was also put in the court, so I lived with this great-emperor's grandson, and this is here. ”
After Xu Guanghan finished speaking, he pointed to his house and said, Gong Sui felt that this great-emperor's grandson was a legend, and felt that he had survived and entered the imperial family, so he asked again: "Is it with your daughter since childhood, so you will be together when you grow up, didn't you say that your daughter was also married before?" ”
Xu Guanghan sighed and said: "Yes, I was married to the eldest son of Lord Ouhou, when I encountered bad luck, Lord Ouhou helped me a lot, and his wife knew that I had a daughter, who grew up smart and clever, so he proposed marriage to my wife, and we also thought it was good, so we agreed." ”