"Father-in-law! Father-in-law! ”

In the early morning dawn, outside Chang'an City, a fiery war horse carrying a golden crown and hair will rush towards the Chang'an city gate, in the arms of the general, there is also a stunning woman who has captivated the country and the city, when the war horse rushed to the city gate that has been under martial law, the city gate chief has shouted, "Open the city gate, Wen Hou is back!" The drawbridge slowly opened, the gates of the urn city, the outer city and the inner city were lowered one after another, and the war horses rushed into the prosperous and wealthy Chang'an City like a fiery red lightning.

At the beginning of this morning, the personal soldiers of King Kang of the Great Han suddenly knocked on the door of Lu Bu's house, and reported the news of the assassination of Dong Zhuo, King Kang, to Lu Bu's wife Yan and Mink Chan, which coincided with Lu Bu being ordered to go out of the city to be on duty in the military camp, and the Wenhou Mansion was in chaos. Lü Bucai instead ordered the army to impose martial law, and returned to the city with Mink Chan to visit King Kang.

"Get out of the way! Move! Lu Bu shouted to drive away the few pedestrians on the road to make way, the red rabbit horse four hooves like stepping on the wind and riding the clouds, in the wide streets of Chang'an City, the wind and lightning flashed, attracting passers-by to look sideways, some people who came out to inquire about the movement with ulterior motives saw Lu Bu's anxious appearance, and shouted happily in their hearts, and they were more and more sure that they had succeeded.

On the side of a street that Lu Bu passed, in the private room near the window on the second floor of a restaurant, Cai Yong, Dong Cheng and a imperial doctor had been observing here for a long time under the pretext of using early days, and saw Lu Bu rushing downstairs like a mad tiger, and the three of them were overjoyed, Dong Cheng smiled lightly and said in a low voice: "Lord Cai, Chang'an City is now full of soldiers, and the three slaves returned to the city in such a hurry, they must have known that Dong Thief was stabbed to death, and this time we finally succeeded." Speaking of this, Dong Cheng couldn't help but look gloomy, "It's just that Master Fu suffered, before dawn today, his whole family was put in prison, and now he must have suffered a lot." ”

"Lord Cai, without further ado." The imperial physician said in a low voice: "Lord Cai, please go to Dong Thief's mansion quickly, meet Miss Cai as a father, and help Lord Cai's grandson succeed to the throne, and Lord Cai can act cheaply." ”

Before Cai Yong could answer, the door of the private room was rudely slammed open, and a team of Dong Zhuojun soldiers rushed in, led by the team leader, and shouted: "Martial law is here, martial law is under martial law, go home immediately, and before martial law is lifted, you are not allowed to go out at will." Cai Yong and the others were startled at first, but when they heard the shouts of the commander of Dong Zhuo's army, they couldn't help but put their hearts in their stomachs, Dong Cheng and the imperial doctor glanced at Cai Yong, and immediately rushed downstairs with their heads in their arms, leaving Cai Yong to deal with the Dong Zhuojun soldiers.

"The officer." Cai Yong said politely: "It's Cai Yong, the father-in-law of King Kang, I don't know what happened in the city, and he actually forced the whole city to be under martial law?" ”

"You're Lord Cai?" The captain of Dong Zhuojun's squad was taken aback, and hurriedly led the whole team of Dong Zhuojun soldiers to kneel and bow to Cai Yong, "Lord Cai, something happened to King Kang's Mansion, the fourth princess ordered us to look for Lord Cai everywhere, it turns out that you are here, Lord Cai, please let us protect you and go to King Kang's Mansion." ”

Cai Yong was secretly happy in his heart, his daughter was really not a fuel-efficient lamp, her husband had just died, and she immediately knew that she was going to discuss big things with her father, and it seemed that big things would be done. Cai Yong immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

When Cai Yong rushed to King Kang's Mansion surrounded by the soldiers of Dong Zhuojun, the vicinity of King Kang's Mansion was already covered with dense troops, all the soldiers were fully armed, and they had already entered the combat state, and every passer-by who passed by from then on would be driven away after strict interrogation, and even Cai Yong, who was named and received by Cai Wenji, was carefully searched before being allowed to enter the gate of the palace, and replaced it with usual, so that these peasant-born soldiers could touch themselves, and Cai Yong, the great Confucian in the world, was furious, but now Cai Yong's heart is happy, and he will care about it.

Waiting for a pillar of incense in the palace hall, Cai Wenji, whose eyes were red, came out with Cai Yong's grandson Dong Peng, Dong Peng was young and didn't know the severity, and even smiled to hug Cai Yong, "Grandfather, grandfather" screamed very affectionately, and Cai Wenji cried loudly, "Father, father, what should I do?" What to do? ”

"Daughter, don't cry." Cai Yong was secretly happy in his heart, and asked with a fake anxiety on his face, "What happened?" ”

"My father-in-law ......, my father-in-law is poisoned." Cai Wenji cried and said: "In the middle of the night last night, he was the demon girl ** of Fushou, the old ugly ghost usually misses her, and she took the opportunity to poison the lustful mind, when I received the news and rushed to go, the old ugly ghost's face was already darker than ink, and the person also fainted, and he has not woken up yet, I heard Wenhuahou say that he may not be able to survive today, and now I have no master, so I have to find my father to discuss." ”

Cai Yong pretended to look at the left and right mysteriously, Cai Wenji was strange, and choked up: "Father, what are you looking for?" Cai Yong secretly scolded a stupid daughter, so he had to say in a slur manner: "It's not convenient to talk here, that." Cai Wenji suddenly realized this, and hurriedly said to Dong Peng: "Peng'er, quickly help your grandfather to your room." "Dong Peng, who is most favored by Kang Peng and Cai Wenji, already has his own room, Cai Yong's identity is naturally inconvenient to enter the backyard where Kang Peng's many wives live, but it is perfect to enter the room of his grandson Dong Peng.

Cai Yong's father and daughter and grandson entered Dong Peng's room, and naturally someone in the palace was full of soldiers to report to Kang Peng's other wives who were nervously guarding outside Kang Peng's bedroom door - because Lu Bu and Mink Chan had arrived, Jia Xu, who was guarding Kang Peng's side, drove them all out of the room, Wen Lu couldn't help but be furious, and said angrily: "Xianggong's life and death are uncertain now, she is still in the mood to talk to her father secretly, what kind of heart is she?" ”

Among Kang Peng's dozen wives, only Wen Lu and Huang Yueying dared to confront Cai Wenji, hearing Wen Lu's scolding, the two princesses, Da Qiao, Gan Mi and Zhen Mi and others wept silently, Cai Wenji's henchmen Sun Shangxiang and Wu Xin just cried non-stop, and Huang Yueying, who had moved the workbench outside Kang Peng's bedroom, raised her head and said lightly: "Maybe she wishes that her husband would die early, and she will talk to her father secretly, so she naturally wants to pull foreign aid and pave the way for her son to succeed to the throne." When she said this, Huang Yueying's face was not nervous and anxious, her hands were not idle, and she was still making her new invention.

"What time is it, what telegraph are you still tinkering with?" Seeing that Huang Yueying looked like she didn't care about herself, Wen Lu angrily slashed at the tools in Huang Yueying's hand, "Don't do it, quickly use your smart head and give us an idea." ”

"Don't." Huang Yueying held down the electromagnet in her hand, pouted and said: "This is what Xianggong asked me to do, it will be of great help to Xianggong's great cause, and it will be successful." While Wen Lu and Huang Yueying were pulling, a Kang Peng's personal soldier outside hurriedly came and hugged his fist at Huang Yue and said, "Eleventh Madam, your father Huang Bachelor is asking to see him outside the door, I hope you can meet him." ”

"Nope." Huang Yueying didn't even blink her eyelids, and immediately said: "Go and tell my father, just say that I stayed by Xianggong's side and didn't have time to see him." The soldiers agreed to leave in a hurry, and Wen Lu couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong with you?" Why don't you see your father? ”

Huang Yueying's bright big eyes quietly glanced at Kang Peng's bedroom, and said loudly: "Sister Wen, you are so stupid, my father has always hated Xianggong to the bone, and now Xianggong is highly poisonous, life and death are unpredictable, he came to me, he must have wanted to inquire about Xianggong's injury, and then persuade me to fight for my son's throne, my family can also rise to the top, and even control Xianggong's military power as a relative." ”

"Are you confused? Your son? Wen Lu was a little heavier on Huang Yueying's forehead, but Wen Lu was immediately startled, she already understood the meaning of Huang Yueying's words, and pulled out her sword in anger, "Slut, what is Xianggong, she still wants to unite with her relatives to tear down Xianggong's wall?" Scolding, Wen Lu was about to rush to Cai Wenji to settle the score, but the door of Kang Peng's bedroom immediately opened, and Jia Xu went out and shouted: "Mrs. Nine, slow down." ”

"Ninth Lady, the king once issued an order." Jia Xu said loudly: "When the king encounters an accident, he will ask the second prince to temporarily issue a royal order, and Jia Xu and Fa Xiaozhi, Pang Shiyuan, Lu Zijing, and Xu Yuanzhi will assist the government, and Jia Xu and send someone to inform Pang Shiyuan, Lu Zijing and Xu Yuanzhi that the three of them will return to Chang'an immediately. ”

"What?" Wen Lu almost couldn't believe his ears, and said angrily: "The old ugly ghost really gave such an order? Yi'er is the eldest son, why isn't Yi'er in prison? Why do you want to use the second son to supervise the country? Jia Xu nodded solemnly, and Lu Bu and Mink Chan also came out of the room, and also admitted that Kang Peng had given such an order, which almost blew Wen Lu's chest, and Princess Anyang and Dong Yi's mother and son knew that this would be the result, and they didn't expect a position at all, just crying silently on the side.

"Master Jia, Wen Hou, thank you for speaking up." At this time, Cai Wenji's ecstatic voice came from behind Wen Lu, Wen Lu looked back, and saw that Cai Wenji and Cai Yong had already arrived with Dong Peng, Cai Wenji first glared at Wen Lu viciously, and then asked Jia Xu: "Jia Junshi, how is the situation of the king now?" ”

Jia Xu's expression was gloomy, Lu Bu lowered his head and couldn't see his expression, only saw the muscles on his face twitching, obviously gritting his teeth, and Mink Chan cried: "Father-in-law has poisoned his lungs and abdomen, and he is still unconscious, and now Doctor Hua is using acupuncture to stop the poisonous gas from attacking his heart, and strive to let his father-in-law last for a while longer." ”

"The King." There was a sad voice in the courtyard, Kang Peng's wives cried loudly, Cai Wenji and Kang Peng have a deep relationship after all, although they still care about their son's status at the moment, they can't help but cry, only Huang Yueying is still doing her telegraph, looking indifferent, fortunately, everyone knows that she has always had this temper, and no one cares about her.

"Princesses, please mourn." Jia Xu choked up and said: "The army can't be left without an owner for a day, Jia Xu will immediately convene the civil and military officials of Chang'an to determine the status of the second prince's son-in-law, the fourth princess can take the second prince with him, and the other princesses please serve the king here, just in case." ”

After Jia Xu, Lu Bu, Mink Chan and Cai Wenji and others left, Wen Lu scolded Cai Wenji's back, hating her stomach for not being angry, and not giving birth to a son to confront Cai Wenji, otherwise Cai Wenji would not be so arrogant now, Kang Peng's other wives wept one after another, Huang Yueying was still working as her telegraph, and Princess Anyang took Dong Yi to kneel in front of Kang Peng's bedroom door and pray silently for Kang Peng.

Let's not talk about the situation outside Kang Pengmen, just say that Jia Xu summoned Dong Zhuojun's civil and military officials in Chang'an in the palace hall, except for Zhao Yun and Gao Shun, who served as martial law tasks in Chang'an, everyone else arrived, Jia Xu asked Cai Wenji to sit in the middle with Dong Peng in his arms, stood next to him, read out the words that Kang Peng had left, and announced the decision to let Dong Peng supervise the country.

"Jia Junshi is bad." Before Jia Xu's words fell, Xu Jing, who was so angry that he was angry, was the first to jump out to oppose it, Xu Jing is the number one political vase under Kang Peng, and has the best reputation in Shilin, supporting Kang Peng but supporting tradition, Xu Jing said angrily: "Since ancient times, the elder has always been the heir, so there is a reason to abolish the long and the young?" Abolishing the eldest prince and establishing the second prince is the way to take chaos. ”

Cai Wenji's face changed color, and she glared fiercely at the old stubborn Xu Jing in Dong Zhuojun, but Xu Jing was not afraid, and still glared at Jia Xu angrily, and other Dong Zhuojun civil and military forces similar to Xu Jing who were loyal to Dong Zhuojun and pursued orthodoxy also echoed Xu Jing, questioning the legitimacy of Dong Peng's succession, which made Cai Wenji's face more and more ugly.

"This is the king's command." Jia Xu was expressionless and replied coldly. But Xu Jing immediately retorted: "It is precisely because it is only a password, so I doubt the legitimacy of this order, maybe someone deliberately falsely passed on the king's password, wanting to take the opportunity to snatch the merit of support, for the sake of his own glory and wealth." ”

Jia Xu closed his eyes and ignored Xu Jing's questioning of himself, at this time, Fa Zheng, who was identified as one of the auxiliary ministers, couldn't wait to jump out, "Lord Xu, Jia Junshi has always been loyal to the king, how can he fake the king's password?" According to the law, this message must be true, the army cannot be left without an owner for a day, we still obey the order to immediately support the second prince to supervise the country, and we must not delay the major affairs of the country. ”

As soon as Fa Zheng said this, Dong Zhuojun officials of the Fa Zheng faction immediately echoed, and some people had already knelt down to Cai Wenji and Dong Peng, and made a salute to his subordinates, Cai Wenji's face finally looked better, and Xu Jing and his gang were naturally not to be outdone, and immediately pointed out that this was Fazheng's selfish behavior, and resolutely refused to recognize Dong Peng's status as a prisoner, and even a nerd who was dizzy and didn't understand politics asked to support Kang Peng's eldest son Dong Yi to supervise the country, so as to succeed orthodoxy, and almost didn't make Cai Wenji faint.

The two factions in the hall quarreled endlessly, stalemate, almost to the point of sabre-rattling, then Lu Bu suddenly roared, suppressing all the sounds, everyone then remembered that Dong Boss also had a nominal eldest son - also one of the candidates to inherit the throne, for a while the hall was silent, quietly waiting for Lu Bu to be angry, but Lu Bu rubbed the thigh that was pinched by Mink Chan, without saying a word, pulled up Mink Chan and rushed out of the hall angrily, got on the horse and left.

Cai Yong was secretly happy in his heart, and secretly said that these three family slaves were really unbearable, but they could do me a great favor, Cai Yong secretly looked at Chen Gong, and saw that Chen Gong was also peeking at himself, Cai Yong immediately made a look at Chen Gong, Chen Gong understood, and came out to hug his fists and said: "Gentlemen, now is not the time to argue about who is orthodox between the eldest prince and the second prince?" The life and death of the king are unpredictable, and our first task at the moment is to stabilize the morale of the army and the people, otherwise it will inevitably cause disaster. When he said this, Chen Gong's eyes looked at the back of Lu Bu in the distance, so that everyone understood what he was referring to.

Chen Gong is the first group of people to follow Kang Peng, he is considered the old man in Dong Zhuojun, his words won the applause of Dong Zhuojun old people such as Li Dao, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji, these veterans of Dong Zhuojun with bloody hands know a truth, once they leave the cover of Dong Zhuojun's banner, they will definitely die miserably, and the first task now is to determine a core, so as not to be robbed of power by Lu Bu, who is at odds with Dong Zhuojun's veterans, at that time, there is really no place for Dong Zhuojun's old man to stand.

"The king did explicitly order the second prince to succeed." Chen Gong said again: "Chen Gong has also heard this order from the king. Jia Xu's closed eyes opened slightly, flashing a glimmer of light, but it was fleeting, and he closed his eyes again. I only heard Chen Gong continue: "Chen Gong suggested that the second prince should immediately supervise the country, as for whether it is orthodox or not, I will talk about it in the future, the king is auspicious, and the Huashen doctor is rejuvenated, maybe the king will be cured soon, and at that time, who is loyal and who is traitorous, there is a king to distinguish." ”

Chen Gong's suggestion was resolutely approved by his own faction, and the Fazheng faction that could benefit from it naturally supported it, and the old Xiliang faction also agreed in order to maintain the unity of the army and protect its own vested interests, and Jia Xu, who spoke the heaviest, was noncommittal, and the Xu Jing faction was weak - because the Shilin who supported Dong Zhuojun was really pitiful, and he could not compete with the three factions, so he had to bow his head and admit defeat, so Dong Peng's status as a prisoner was determined, and Cai Wenji's gloomy face finally smiled.

"Thank you, kids." Cai Wenji patted Dong Peng's little face and said, but Dong Peng rolled his eyes and didn't speak, Cai Wenji had no choice but to give up the plan to let her son buy the minister's heart, and then Jia Xu said: "Gentlemen, since everyone has no opinion, I will quickly salute the second prince to show solemnity." But everyone, including Cai Yong, Xu Jing and others, had already knelt down to Cai Wenji's mother and son, but there was still one person in the hall who stood upright and did not kneel.

"Brother Ziyu, what's wrong with you?" Jia Xu reminded Hua Xin: "Now is the time to salute the second prince, kneel down quickly." ”

Hua Xin woke up from a dream as before, patted his forehead and apologized: "Don't blame the military advisor, Hua Xin was thinking about something just now, and he was too fascinated by it, so he lost his mind. ”

"What fascinates you so much?" Cai Yong said unhappily: "Can you forget your minister's gift?" "Cai Yong's gang is the most despised and hated Hua Xin, Hua Xin was in the court with a knife to threaten to offer the emperor and crown Kang Peng as the king, is a person who has been blacklisted by Cai Yong's party, and when the big thing is over, Hua Xin is in a catastrophe.

"I was calculating the food situation of the people in Chang'an just now." Hua Xin said honestly: "Today, the Chang'an City is under martial law, and the people are not allowed to go out, there must be many people who have run out of food at home, I plan to pick up a batch of grain from the official warehouse and send it to all streets and alleys, and sell it to the people who have run out of food, so as not to starve, I just hesitate, should we sell grain at parity or slightly below the market price?" ”

Cai Yong and Cai Wenji were furious together, and Cai Yong reprimanded: "Hua Ziyu, you are becoming more and more indistinguishable now, now is the time to determine the concubine of the Xiliang Army, you still think about the promotion of the fight, do you understand what it means to be respectful and low?" ”

"Good idea." Jia Xu glanced at Hua Xin coldly, and said lightly: "You go and do it, martial law is to disturb the people, and half of the grain is sold below the market price, which can be regarded as compensation for the people." Although the matter of promotion is small, it is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and it must not be neglected. ”

"The villain obeys, and this is it." Hua Xin bowed deeply to Jia Xu, and quickly ran out of the palace hall, so hurried that he even forgot to salute Dong Peng, Fa Zheng, Cai Yong, Chen Gong and Xu Jing scolded in their hearts together, "Old slippery head, I made a good excuse, obviously I was afraid of standing in the wrong place now!" ”

Jia Xu and Fa Zheng took the lead and led Dong Zhuojun to solemnly salute Dong Peng, Chen Gong said again: "Master Jia, Master Fa, the two of you plus the huge people, Lord Xu and Lord Lu are all auxiliary ministers, and now the other three adults are thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to rush back to Chang'an in a hurry, Jia Junshi has to take care of the affairs of the king and the army, and the Lord of the Civil Affairs Law is afraid that he will not be able to be busy, Chen Gong has the courage to make another suggestion, looking for a few people to replace the three auxiliary ministers to assist the auxiliary ministers of the Fa University, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

"Mr. Miyadai wants to recommend himself?" Fa Zheng was furious, and couldn't help but ridicule Chen Gongdao, Fa Zheng knew the current situation very well, the army was controlled by Jia Xu, he couldn't intervene, and he couldn't fight the old fox Jia Xu by playing power - as early as during Kang Peng's conquest of Yizhou, Fa Zheng once wanted to challenge Jia Xu's position as Dong Zhuojun's military chief assistant, but Jia Xu quietly played a small trick, so he kicked Fa Zheng back from the army to the rear, and went to Jia Xu's sworn friend Li Ru as an errand boy, if it weren't for Li Ru's father-in-law to recruit talents, Based on the fact that Fazheng was too partial to one side in law enforcement, Fazheng had already been rectified to death, but Fazheng was afraid and afraid of Jia Xu from then on, and did not dare to meddle in the army again. But Dong Zhuojun's current civil affairs are not dominant, and Jia Xu has never interfered in civil affairs, Fa Zheng wants to take this opportunity to master civil affairs and add points to his own future, which can still allow others to take away his power.

"Definitely." Chen Gong shook his head, hugged his fist at Cai Yong and said: "The villain wants to recommend the current great Confucian, the grandfather of the second prince, Cai Yong, Lord Cai to participate in the auxiliary government, Lord Cai is old and respectful, and he is the grandfather of the second prince, he is admired by the world's corporal Lin, and Lord Cai is the auxiliary government, and the implementation of civil affairs in our army is bound to be much smoother." ”

"Good idea." Cai Wenji immediately said: "Fighting tiger brothers, going into battle with father and son, I asked my father to go out of the mountain to assist his grandson." ”