Chapter 98: The Temple of Nourishing the Heart

"Where's my sister?" Mei Niang asked.

"Wander around for a while, and eat less. Where is my sister going? ”

"I heard that the abbot here is very smart, sometimes it is difficult to buy a hexagram, it just so happens that it has come back, the opportunity is rare, Sister Cheng and I plan to give it a try to see if we can ask for a sign. Would you like to go with me? ”

It's hard to buy, the dormitory sighed in her heart, she didn't give the abbot money just now, she thought it was free, go and return the money to the abbot tomorrow.

Su Zhenzhen refused Mei Niang's invitation and went back to the room, the day was bumpy and began to be sleepy as soon as she returned to the room a day, there were four treasures of the study room on the table, and the green bamboo was open to the window. The temple is very clean, smelling the tranquil sandalwood, and there is no dream all night.

After his body suddenly fell ill and had an accident that day, Wei Han also specially asked someone to check his body, but he still couldn't find anything. It was as if it was just a temporary physical strike.

He remembered that he had been burned as if he had been roasted in a fire, and he had no strength at all, and he had a splitting headache and was delirious. But when he fainted and woke up, everything returned to normal, except for the soreness of his limbs, there was nothing abnormal.

Since he agreed to cooperate with Qinglian, she has often come to the palace, ostensibly to visit Wei Han to relieve her boredom, but in fact, every time she comes, she will bring some evidence of Sun Zhang's corruption, sometimes some purchase orders, sometimes account books, and records of bribes to officials.

Wei Han also found someone to verify it, it was all true evidence, and he appreciated Qinglian even more. At first, Sun Zhang would send people to spy on them, but then those people slowly disappeared.

"Lord Wang, my brother has a batch of private salt recently arrived, and he should find time to trade, so today he held a banquet to give his partners the wind and dust, and some officials and businessmen will appear at that time, don't be too excited." Qinglian said while pouring tea for Wei Han.

This is only part of his business, in addition to selling illicit salt, embezzlement and bribery and collusion with other officials, he also secretly buys soldiers and horses, and seems to support a certain prince. But he was not optimistic about the prince, and said many times that he would find another backer. ”

Hiring? "I can't imagine that a little Fu Yin is doing such a thing. Sun Zhang is rich and rich, although he is only a mansion, but he is rich enough to rival the country, if any prince can get his support, it must be very powerful.

Wei Han chatted with Qinglian without a match, and at the same time thought in his heart how to catch Sun Zhang.

Selling illicit salt is already a big crime, if Sun Zhang can follow him when he trades with people, when the time comes, he will be able to catch a lot of fat worms.

Thinking about it, Sun Zhang had already sent someone to pick them up, and Wei Han changed his clothes before he went with Qinglian. Unexpectedly, this banquet was not set up in his mansion, but Sun Zhang's private courtyard.

Entering the gate, there are all kinds of exotic flowers and birds in the artificial rockery waterfall, and even animals are active on the oversized lawn, the three-story glazed house is even more luxurious when you walk in, the treasures are placed at will, the marble floor, the red tulle is swaying in the wind, and any cup is gilded.

Seeing Wei Han come in, Sun Zhang brought a lot of people to greet him, and they all saluted him, and those people were either local tyrants or officials in Jiangnan, all of them were smiling red, dressed extraordinarily, and wearing gold, silver and jewelry.

Such a decoration, extravagant, I am afraid that the emperor did not expect that it would be owned by a small Fu Yin, how much corruption has to be done, how much manpower and material resources are spent to complete, Wei Han quietly observed everything here, and under the leadership of Qinglian, he walked to the main seat and sat down, only to find that all the things in front of him were expensive, and any wine glass could be exchanged for a lot of money.

"What does the prince think of today's place?" Sun Zhang asked with a smile.

"It's not bad, it really opened the eyes of this king. I know that you have a lot of money, but I didn't expect that there would be such a luxurious place, so why didn't you take it out for this king earlier. He pretended to be angry and poured three glasses of wine directly for Sun Zhang to punish him for drinking.

Seeing Wei Han so open, the others were no longer restrained, they were all open to play and indulge, and after a while, everyone was already drunk.

Wei Han lay on the table and pretended to be drunk, watching these people's every move, he sneered in his heart, there is such a group of moths in the country, sooner or later, they will be defeated.

The banquet was over quickly, and everyone was drunk and staggering, but everyone talked about business cooperation throughout the whole process, as if it was just ordinary fun.

Wei Han was about to get up and go to the toilet, when he was suddenly bumped into by an oncoming person, splashed a large glass of wine, and his clothes were immediately soaked.

"The prince forgives the sin, the grass people really didn't have long eyes to destroy the prince's clothes. Please spare your life. The man fell to his knees in fright.

Wei Han waved his hand, and Sun Zhang also came out to be a peacemaker, "Don't be angry, please come with me, Weichen has unworn clothes here, and the prince should be able to wear them." ”

Seeing this, Wei Han did not hesitate to agree to him, and then someone took him out of the main hall.

Bypassing the winding corridor, Wei Han arrived at a room and waited for a while before someone walked in. He didn't care about the clothes on the man's body until he put on his sleeves and saw the color, and his face immediately changed.

"Presumptuous!" He pulled off his clothes and threw them on the bed, kicking the servant away.

The dress on the bed was a bright yellow robe, the sleeves and neckline were made of gold thread, and a circling dragon was embroidered on the chest. This is a garment that can only be worn by the king of a country, and it is disrespectful for anyone to wear it.

"You have eaten the gall of the bear's heart and leopard, and you actually put this dress on this king, can't you see what is embroidered on it?" Wei Han picked up his clothes and smashed them on the man, only to hear the door not far away being pushed open.

"Don't be angry, all this is arranged by Weichen." Sun Zhang said with a smile.

Wei Han stared at him, his face unsettled, "What do you mean?" “

"Lord Wang, where there is a will, there is a way, don't you look at this dress and don't you feel moved?"

Sun Zhang's words made Wei Han silent, he grabbed the dress in his hand and let out a long sigh, "What you said is too presumptuous, you know that it is a big rebellion to say it, you know, you are going to be killed." ”

"Lord Wang, you are a prince, not an ordinary person. You're not interested in the throne, but do you really want to be hurt by your own brother while you're killing your brothers?

You should have fought for what belonged to you, not to mention that you are not incapable, you have won a hundred battles for the country and do not know how many rebellions have been put down, and your voice among the people is very high. ”

Sun Zhang knelt in front of Wei Han, crawled over and dragged up the clothes on the ground with both hands, "Lord Wang, please think twice." Wechen is willing to assist you, but you are the first to look forward, I wish you a hand. ”

The room was extremely quiet, Wei Han was silent, and Sun Zhang stubbornly held on to the clothes, as if he was competing.

"There are no outsiders here today, so this king will not bother with you, and he will not leak these words, so get up. This king does not have that in mind. ”

Hearing him say this, Sun Zhang raised his head sharply, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he said excitedly, "Lord Wang, Weichen doesn't need you to answer now, you can think carefully, no matter when, Weichen is willing to help you." ”

"Are you inciting this king to rebel?" Wei Han asked angrily, "Now that my father is in good health, the country and the people are safe, you have such a rebellious plan?" ”

"Not really, my lord. Now the emperor is naturally healthy, but when other princes are already planning, should you also act.

Not a rebellion, but self-preservation, and you will have the strength to protect yourself and your family when the prince fights in the near future. Didn't you also say that you had to go to Jiangnan, if Weichen didn't guess wrong, you were coerced by the emperor. ”

"Wechen is waiting for your reply, Wechen will always be on your side. People die for money, birds die for food, and ministers have admired you for a long time and swear allegiance. ”

Wei Han wasn't sure if Sun Zhang was sincere in saying those words, or just to let his guard down, but no matter what, it wasn't wise to promise him. If this matter is known by the father, it will definitely set off monstrous waves, and even implicate the mother concubine.

Wei Han changed into normal clothes, looked at the bright yellow dragon robe on the bed in a daze, and had to admit that Sun Zhang was a very terrifying person in the city.

If you are an ordinary person, I am afraid that you will be rebelled by him in just a few words. He sat for a while before returning to the banquet, he and Sun Zhang both acted as if nothing had happened and had fun as usual, and after getting drunk, Wei Han directly let people stagger to the room and fell asleep.

The next day Wei Han woke up, Sun Zhang sent someone to pick him up, and after breakfast, he was arranged to sit in the carriage, and he didn't know where he was going. Only one attendant accompanied him on a bumpy ride.

The carriage didn't know how long it took to stop gradually, Wei Han got out of the carriage and saw a place like a village, the strange thing was that no one in this village was very quiet, only a few horses were wandering outside.

"Where is this, Sun Zhang?" Wei Han frowned and asked, looking at the desolation here with dissatisfaction, and a bad premonition appeared in his heart.

The entourage smiled slightly, "Don't be impatient, Lord Sun will be here soon." ”

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves flew, and I saw Sun Zhang riding on a horse and quickly coming towards him, and the last kind of person jumped down and knelt in front of Wei Han,

"The minister sees the prince."

Wei Han nodded and told them not to be restrained, "Where is this?" ”

Sun Zhang smiled mysteriously and let people lead a horse in front of Wei Han, "Lord Wang, please get on the horse, and Weichen will take you to a place." ”

Without hesitation, Wei Han followed behind them, galloping on his horse, gradually moving away from the village, but walking more and more towards the mountains, and finally walking more and more remotely, passing through the narrow valley, suddenly a very wide martial arts training ground appeared in front of him.

There were many neatly dressed soldiers training with spears in the field, and all kinds of weapons were placed on both sides, and they all stopped their movements when they saw Wei Han.

"Sun Zhang, what do you mean by this?" Wei Han lowered his face, very dissatisfied, but he was actually very shocked in his heart, this person is really ambitious, and he actually formed an army here privately.

Sun Zhang smiled heartily, "As the prince can see, this is Weichen's army, and it is Weichen's hard work in the past few years, and there are three thousand people." You can be at the king's disposal at any time, as long as you speak. ”

"You have exposed all your ambitions to this king, what else have you not shown to this king?" Wei Han asked with a smile, cautiously examining the army in front of him, it seemed that this Sun Zhang had done far more than he knew.

"Lord Wang, the minister believes in you. Now that you have Qinglian, we are a family. To tell the truth, the minister is not used to your unwillingness to fight for the throne, and the minister thinks that men should be brave enough to gamble when their blood is boiling. The minister also knows that you have this ability, so the minister dares to persuade you not to waste your ability. ”

Sun Zhang said very sincerely, and those soldiers were all waving their weapons to help Sun Zhang speak, all waiting for Wei Han's response.

"The prince is mighty, the prince is mighty, the prince is mighty!"

"Please think twice, don't refuse their kindness."

What does this Sun Zhang want to do, what are his intentions, does he really want to rebel, or is this just a ploy to invite the king into the urn.

Wei Han did not immediately agree to Sun Zhang's request, he was still very calm and cautious, this kind of thing sounds good to be prepared for a rainy day, and it is simply a private preparation to rebel and usurp power.