Chapter 36 Persecution
Seeing Li Chong's menacing appearance, Han Qian suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness for his father.
Li Chong grew up in the army with his father and brother in his early years, and he was definitely much more capable and pragmatic than Feng Yi and Kong Xirong, but if he didn't know anything about the real situation of the hungry people outside the city at this time, and mistakenly thought that his father's advice today was to help Shouzhou, how could he expect Emperor Tianyou, who rarely left the imperial city after the establishment of the Chu State, to truly understand the people's sufferings and understand his father's true mind?
Of course, it is impossible for everyone in the court not to know the true situation of the water Gu plague spreading among the hungry people.
Except for his father, since the Jingzhao Mansion had long strictly controlled the entry of infected and hungry people into the city, and since the powerful people in the city rarely bought slaves and maids from the hungry people outside the city, it was obvious that most people were very aware of this situation.
Han Qian thought of a sentence in "Pipe", "If you don't get through, it's a stopper", which is a big drawback that the dream world can't overcome after a thousand years.
In recent years, Emperor Tianyou, who has been deeply confined in the palace, does not understand the epidemic of hungry people, and mistakenly thinks that his father's advice to drive away the hungry people is to move the hungry people to Shouzhou to help increase the strength of Xu Mingzhen, the most core figure of the prince's family and the uncle of the country who stayed in Shouzhou, so it is not difficult to understand that he is resentful and angry.
This was a joint that Han Qian hadn't thought of before, and in order to prevent his father from provoking Emperor Tianyou again, he had to throw out the "Epidemic Water Shu" as soon as possible, and persuade the three princes and the Marquis of Xinchang to act according to the plan and settle the hungry people outside the city.
However, Feng Yi and Kong Xirong were behind him, and he couldn't explain anything to the third prince and Li Chong at this time.
"Today's winter solstice, Mr. Shen Yang's cold has not healed for many days, and we, as students, should go to visit," At this time, Yang Yuanpu walked over from the side of the road, and said to Guo Rong and Chen De behind him in an unquestionable tone, "Chen De, you go and make arrangements." ”
Yang Yuanpu saw Han Qian, Li Chong, Feng Yi and others in the courtyard, and said undoubtedly: "You go with me to visit Mr. ”
Yang Yuanpu rarely goes out of the Linjiang Hou Mansion, but it doesn't mean that he should be grounded in the Linjiang Hou Mansion.
Chen De arranged for someone to prepare the carriage and horse, Han Qian was shocked and suspicious, but it was inconvenient to refuse, and he could only step on the horse with a hungry stomach, and followed Yang Yuanpu and others to Shen Yang's mansion.
Lin Haizheng gave him a wheat cake halfway, and the hungry Han Qian swallowed it with gusto, so that he had the energy to think carefully about whether the abnormal attitude of the third prince Yang Yuanpu today was related to his father's advice to Emperor Tianyou at the court today.
Shen Yang lives in Ming'an Lane, Dongcheng, although he is the prince's teacher, he can only be regarded as noble in the court, and Shen's house is also quite simple.
Shen Yang was infected with the wind cold and coughed, Han Qian and the others rushed over, and it happened that the medical bureau of the Shang Medical Bureau had the will of Emperor Tianyou, and rushed over to diagnose and treat Shen Yang, and just prescribed medicine to leave.
Yang Yuanpu didn't delay too long in the Shen Mansion, he visited Shen Yang coming out of the Shen Mansion, standing in front of the carriage, and said to Li Chong: "I heard that there is good tea in your house, which is more moisturizing than the treasures of the Hou Mansion, and there are also good refreshments, can you please come over and taste it?" ”
"My father has a courtyard nearby, but there are a few jars of good tea hidden there, if His Highness doesn't dislike it, and is not in a hurry to go back to the house, you can go there to rest for a while!" Li Chong said.
Seeing Li Chong glancing over, Han Qian knew that the third prince insisted on coming out to visit Shen Yang, it turned out that he had discussed it with Li Chong, and it was not far from Wuyi Lane, where the Late Red Mansion was located, and he didn't know if the so-called Hou Mansion was next to the Late Red Mansion.
Guo Rong did not come out with him, Chen Decai would not disobey Yang Yuanpu's will, and the group hugged Yang Yuanpu and went to the nearby courtyard of Xinchanghou.
As Han Qian expected, the Marquis of Xinchang was in the nearby courtyard, and the Evening Red House was separated by an alley.
There were many Jian slaves with steady and sharp eyes guarding the courtyard, and when they saw Li Chong leading Yang Yuanpu and Han Qian into it, they also regarded it as nothing, as if they had been trained very harshly.
Han Qian didn't know if these people were the soldiers of the Marquis of Xinchang's Mansion or the killers secretly cultivated by the Late Red Mansion.
Walk to the innermost courtyard, one foot high lake stone rockery is the courtyard gate, even if there is some snowfall, there are still a few pothos colors are bright, I don't know where to transplant the different species, to the courtyard that seems cold to add a bit of elegance.
Everyone bypassed the rockery and saw a middle-aged man with a thin face and a sallow face standing in the courtyard.
It has not been a year since Han Qian was taken to Jinling City by his father, and he has talked with Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, across the screen, and has never met, but when he saw that Li Chong and this person were a little bit alike, they knew who he was.
Feng Yi and Kong Xirong obviously knew Xinchang Hou Li Pu, and they were surprised and suspicious at this time.
"Oh, Chong'er brought His Highness over to play, I also said who broke in noisily." Li Pu said lightly, it seems that Li Chong really didn't know that he was here before he came over with the third prince Yang Yuanpu, so he accidentally bumped into him.
Li Pu's words could not deceive Han Qian, but Feng Yi and Kong Xirong were convinced.
After all, Li Pu, Marquis of Xinchang, intends to support the third prince Yang Yuanpu in his bid for the throne, which is a well-known thing in the court, and Li Pu really wants to see what the third prince Yang Yuanpu has to say, and he has not engaged in such twists and turns at all.
"This is Han Qian, the son of Young Eunuch Han and Lord Han, right?" Li Pu looked at Han Qian and said, "I heard that Chong'er said that Han Gongzi is proficient in farming and other studies, and I happened to encounter it today, and Li Pu has some questions to ask Han Gongzi." ”
"Finally get rid of Guo Rong's minions, we can rest here for half a day. I'll drink tea with Xinchanghou, Li Chong, and Han Qian in this house, and you can find a place to play by yourself, and don't make us quiet. ”
Yang Yuanpu directly instructed Chen De to take Feng Yi and Kong Xirong to play elsewhere.
Although Chen De is the maiden family of Mrs. Shifei Wang, and is also entrusted by Mrs. Shifei Wang to protect the safety of the third prince Yang Yuanpu, he is addicted to gambling and is afraid of bad things for him, so he doesn't know too many secrets at this time.
This is the courtyard of the Marquis of Xinchang, which is heavily guarded, and Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, wants to find the three princes Yang Yuanpu and Han Qian to talk about some confidential matters, Chen De naturally doesn't need to worry about anything, so he wants to pull Feng Yi and Kong Xirong to the courtyard next door to play with the casters.
Feng Yi and Kong Xirong looked at Han Qian with shocked and suspicious eyes at this moment, but they were half-dragged and half-dragged out by Chen De.
Han Qian's face was gloomy, at this moment, he was so angry that his hands and feet were trembling, he didn't expect Xinchang Hou's father and son to expose his true identity in front of Feng Yi and Kong Xirong so easily.
No matter how close he was to Li Chong in the past, he wouldn't be too noticeable, after all, they were juniors and had little influence on their respective families, and Feng Yi and Kong Xirong also gambled with Chen Deju from time to time.
However, Xinchang Hou Li Pu came forward at this time, signaled Chen De to drag Feng Yi and Kong Xirong away, and left him alone, can this mean the same?
And his father will inevitably urge him to hand over "Epidemic Water Sparseness" to Li Pu and them to implement.
At this juncture, how can these things not attract attention?
What a bunch of self-righteous idiots!
As soon as Chen De and the others left, Li Pu waved his hand to signal the guards in the courtyard to guard outside the courtyard, and asked the three princes, Yang Yuanpu and Han Qian, to go to the inner room, and saw that there was a tall bookcase in the inner room that was slowly pushed away from behind the wall, revealing a dark corridor, and Yao Xishui accompanied a woman with a black veil to come out of it; Behind them, a swordsman with a bronze mask did not step in, but stood guard at the entrance of the corridor.
"The concubine is a person who is not a human or a ghost, and in her early years, she swore not to show her true face, and I ask Your Highness to forgive me." The woman glanced at Han Qian and saluted Yang Yuanpu.
Yang Yuanpu was also the first time to see the biggest force supporting him behind the scenes, and he was still a little nervous, so he pretended to be calm and sat down behind the long case in the middle, and said: "Madame and the concubine have experienced calamities together when they were young in the Guangling Festival, if it weren't for the support of Madame, the concubine would not have been able to support the present." Madame's past, I have also heard my mother say that there is no need to be formal. ”
"Since you are no longer a human or a ghost, why do you want to come out to meet people?" Han Qian walked straight to the back of Yang Yuanpu's long case with a disgruntled face and sat down, and sneered out without knowing whether he was alive or dead.
"Bold!" The swordsman guarding the Yongdao crossing, at this time, pressed the sword on his waist and scolded him murderously, "Don't forget, you are our servant of the Late Red Mansion!" ”
Han Qian took off the saber from his waist, rested it on the long case in front of him, and glanced coldly at the masked swordsman who didn't even dare to step into the room, and said disdainfully: "The guy who pretends to be a ghost!" Since Madam no longer believes in Han Qian so easily, if she wants Han Qian's life at this time, she will take it, why be polite? ”
"Did I say I don't believe you anymore?" The woman in the black gauze sat down opposite Han Qian, staring at her with a pair of wonderful eyes that could not be seen in her youth.
The two long cases under Yang Yuanpu were sat by Han Qian and the woman in the black veil, and Li Pu, Marquis of Xinchang, could only sit diagonally opposite Han Qian, he looked sick, but his eyes were very sharp on Han Qian's face.
"If Madam doesn't trust Han Qian anymore, why is it so easy for Feng Yi and Kong Xirong to expose my secret service for His Highness?" Han Qian asked angrily, "If you have the slightest trust in me, if you can ask in advance why my father is in the imperial court today, you will never destroy the trick I have worked so hard to set up for His Highness!" ”
"Your father is so intimate about planning for Shouzhou this time, if we don't exert a little pressure and let your father and son continue to work left and right, wouldn't you be asked to sell your father and son one day, and they will still be in the dark?" Li Chong asked with a sneer.
"I don't want to talk to you idiot." Han Qian closed his eyes, and he didn't want to look at Li Chong at this time.
Han Qian didn't know who was instigating, but the situation was so bad, he was also caught off guard, and he was helpless for a while, not knowing how to clean up the mess.
Today, his father was admonished by the palace, which had angered Emperor Tianyou, and in the process of the court meeting, he was driven out of the Qihua Palace, not to mention, Emperor Tianyou also pursued his father's gaffe with the Yushitai.
If the matter is limited to this, it will not be so bad that Emperor Tianyou will not kill lightly even if he is angry with his father for secretly helping the crown prince's family.
However, Han Qian knew that once the news of his secret service for the third prince Yang Yuanpu spread, even if he didn't throw out "Epidemic Water Sparse", Anning Palace would hold the principle of "rather believe what he has", and it was possible that his father's suggestion to drive the infected and hungry people to Shouzhou was a malicious intention for the prince's family.
And when the time comes, can there still be a way for his father and son to live in Jinling City?
Do these fools really think that by doing this, they can force his father to give up his so-called feelings and completely join them to reunite with them?