Chapter 18 Misleading
Han Qian was also shocked by the plot of these people in the late Red Mansion and the situation that had been laid out, and he didn't dare to make any rash moves in the future, seeing that Yang Yuanpu, the Marquis of Linjiang, could practice very diligently when he first came into contact with archery, he also took this opportunity to work hard to improve his archery skills.
Feng Yi and Kong Xirong were bored and couldn't leave casually, so they sat in the shade of a tree and passed the afternoon, and Han Qian didn't come out of the Linjiang Marquis Mansion until it was dark, and returned to the mansion in the south of the city with Zhao Kuo and Fan Dahei.
Han Daoxun came back from the official office in advance today, prepared wine and food in the room, and waited for Han Qian to come back from the Linjiang Marquis Mansion.
Han Daoxun sent out the waiting old servants and family soldiers, and left Han Qian in the room to eat together, and asked:
"Your Royal Highness left the palace today, you stayed in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion for a day, how did you feel?"
“…… His Royal Highness did not come out of the palace until noon, and seemed to be quite afraid of leaving the palace, and there was no one around him who could be trusted, and he said very little throughout the day. After the meal, everyone went to the back garden to shoot arrows, and His Highness practiced archery, very diligently, and seemed to have a lot of grievances to vent. Chen De and Li Chong are both good at archery, Feng Yi and Kong Xirong are somewhat absent-minded, and everyone stays in the back garden until it is dark, and then they say goodbye and leave. Han Qian told his father Han Daoxun what happened in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion today.
Of course, Han Qian did not say some details related to the Evening Red Mansion, but apart from this, everything else was very detailed, especially Yang Yuanpu's unconsciously revealed closeness to Li Chong, and Han Qian did not hide it.
Yang Yuanpu is still too young to hide it, he believes that with Guo Rong's ability and eyesight, it won't take long to see this, and he doesn't need to deliberately hide it.
This surprised Han Daoxun, but he didn't expect Han Qian to come to the Linjiang Marquis Mansion to contact the third prince Yang Yuanpu and others for a day, and he could see so much content.
Of course, the most hopeful thing in the world is that the unfilial son can change his mind and turn back, and the prodigal son is none other than his father, Han Daoxun was both surprised and pleased by Han Qian's change, but he didn't suspect anything, and his mind quickly turned to other aspects.
“……”
Seeing his father Han Daoxun frowning slightly, as if thinking about something, Han Qian's mind moved and asked,
"His Royal Highness is afraid of the female officials and Lord Guo around him, this is normal, after all, they are all people sent by the Anning Palace, but the child learned today that it was Li Chong, the son of Li Pu, Marquis of Xinchang, who replaced Zhou Kun to accompany His Highness, and he was really shocked. The child was recommended to His Royal Highness, and the father had no way to refuse, but who would want to involve the people of the Li family in this right and wrong? Looking at His Royal Highness's closeness to Li Chong, he seems to know that Li Chong should be more trustworthy than Er, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong. ”
Han Qian asked directly, in fact, he wanted to know, if the ministers of the court and the central government did not know the inside story of the collusion between the late red mansion and Li Pu and the princess and the princess, how would they think of Li Chong going to the third prince to accompany him.
He wanted to see what more obvious information would be passed among the princes and ministers of the Chu State before the real inside story and conspiracy were revealed; Normally, this should be Li Pu, the princess and the lady of the princess, and the master behind the scenes of the Late Red Mansion deliberately leaking information to the outside world.
"If you can look at the problem like this, it's not in vain that I have locked you up in the mountain villa for these two months to cultivate your mind...... Han Daoxun said with great relief.
"......" Han Qian stared at his father Han Daoxun, he carefully made up this passage, not to ask for this compliment.
Li Chong was able to accompany the three princes, and I heard that after the son of Zhou Tai fell off the horse, the person selected by the Anning Palace for the three princes was missing a companion - the information from the palace originally said that one less person would be one less, but the day before yesterday, the Marquis of Xinchang was sent to the palace to ask about things, and the concubine was also present at the time, and asked about the son of the Marquis of Xinchang who had not yet been officially awarded the official position, so he asked the son of the Marquis of Xinchang to make up for this vacancy. If as you said, things are not as coincidental as the rumors say, maybe the king of Zhedong County has some ideas, right? ”
Han Daoxun thought that it would be better to say it thoroughly,
"The king of Zhedong County and the Shouzhou Festival have always made Xu Mingzhen disagree, and he is worried that Xu Mingzhen is a relative, and the prince has not fallen off after he ascended the throne, and he has privately suggested that the emperor cut Xu's military power, but I don't know how, the rumor still leaks out, and it is rumored that the king of Zhedong County wants to persuade the prince to abolish the prince, so that the prince has never treated the king of Zhedong County very much. In the sixth year of Tianyou, the Liang army committed the border, and the king of Zhedong County was ordered to lead his troops to guard Chuzhou, forcing the king of Liang to withdraw his troops from the flank, and then he was transferred back to Beijing, and the department was taken over by His Royal Highness King Xin, and it was rumored that this matter was the minister who supported King Xin behind his back......"
Han Qian secretly felt bad!
He was sure that Li Yu, the king of Zhedong County, would not have any collusion with the Late Red Mansion, but the news of Li Chong's closeness to the third prince Yang Yuanpu would mislead a large number of generals in the court, and even mislead Emperor Tianyou into thinking that the king of Zhedong County was involved in the dispute for the succession.
This may be exactly the effect that the late Red Mansion and Li Pu and the concubine need, through intentional or unintentional misleading, in order to change the expectations of the government and the opposition for the third prince Yang Yuanpu, and even make the king of Zhedong unable to stay out of the matter, and finally had to support the third prince Yang Yuanpu to compete for succession.
It's just that these things haven't spread yet, but Han Qian didn't expect that his father would be the first to be misled by him.
At this time, he couldn't explain anything, Han Qian swallowed the dates and finished the meal, and said to his father Han Daoxun:
"Looking at Li Chong, Kong Xirong and Feng Yi today, they are good at archery, fists and feet, the children are too far behind, and they have the heart to catch up, but the house here is narrow, and I am worried that learning fist and foot kung fu with Zhao Kuo and them at night will be worried that my father will rest. In addition, let the family soldiers stay in the villa outside the city, no one will control them, and after a long time, it is inevitable that there will be some slackness and arrogance, and the child thinks that he can add a few more yards on the left and right......"
Seeing that his father Han Daoxun was still a little hesitant, Han Qian wanted to not even get support for this little thing, how could he let go of his hands and feet to do other things in the future?
He insisted, "The child has twelve loaves of gold in his hand, and there is no need to do these things at this time, and the child is afraid that he will squander ...... without realizing it."
Han Daoxun hopes that Han Qian can study hard and apply the learning of the world, and one day he can become a minister who governs the world above the court; Even if you want to lead the army to recruit troops, you should learn the method of arranging troops, rather than wasting time on martial arts.
However, compared to when Han Qian first arrived in Jinling, he had already changed greatly, and Han Daoxun didn't want to be too demanding of him, dampening his rare sharpness, so he didn't restrain him too much.
In addition, what Han Qian said, Han Daoxun also considered.
Fan Wucheng's death, no matter how much Han Daoxun comforted Fan Xicheng on the surface, he would feel that Fan Wucheng was arrogant in his heart.
This is the difference between intimacy and intimacy.
"It's okay to add a few more yards, you can leave it to Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo to do ......it," Han Daoxun nodded and agreed.
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After killing Fan Wucheng by Zhao Wuji's hand, Han Qian never dared to slack off.
After the Black Cloud Bow was given to Zhao Wuji, Han Qian prepared a boxwood bow for himself, and also prepared a slashing saber and a pair of leather armor, which was used for self-defense and daily riding and archery training, and when he returned to Jinling City, he did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
Now Han Qian goes to Linjiang Marquis Mansion to work during the day, and if he has anything in private, he can only do it at night.
At this time, Han Qian went back to his room and put on his leather armor, put on a boxwood bow on his back, and walked to the front yard with a slashing saber in his hand.
"Young master, where are you going?"
Fan Xicheng and Han Laoshan were sitting under the locust tree in the courtyard, and when they saw Han Qian coming out with his sword and armor neatly organized, he was startled, and thought that the young master Han Qian was going out at night to do something about robbing the house, so he quickly stood up and asked.
Han Laoshan was a scholar who followed Han Daoxun when he was a teenager, and he was also in his fifties at this time, and he is currently staying in the house here with his wife Zhou to take care of Han Daoxun's daily life - they originally had two sons before their knees, but they both died in the war when they served in Chuzhou with Han Daoxun.
"It's still early to go to bed, and I don't want to disturb my father's rest, so I want to come to the front yard to practice the sword and bow," Han Qian untied the boxwood bow, leaned against the stump, and said to Han Laoshan, "My father said that I would add a few more courtyards to the left and right, and transfer as many family soldiers as possible to live in the city." Uncle Han, you will go out with Fan Ye tomorrow to see if there are any vacant houses for sale on the left and right. ”
"There are people living on the left and right, but I haven't heard of anyone moving out and letting the yard out!" Han Laoshan said uncertainly.
"It doesn't have to be right or left, Lanting Lane, or the nearby alleys, as long as there is something, it can be summoned in time." Han Qian said.
There is a saying in the dream that in this world, there has never been love for no reason, and there is no hate for no reason.
In the past month, Han Qian has also seriously reflected.
If he had always been the original good-tempered, mean-spirited, and ungrateful son of a family with no prestige to speak of, when his father was killed by a rod in front of the palace, and he was a "fugitive" arrested by the imperial court, how could he expect these soldiers to loyally protect him, let alone expect them to follow him and rebel?
There are many tricks for the Emperor, but to change all this, the first step is to transfer as many of these soldiers as possible to the city and to his side, so that it is possible to use both grace and power.
"......" Han Laoshan's eyes subconsciously floated into the courtyard behind.
Han Qian pretended not to see Han Laoshan's reaction, and continued: "Uncle Han, Master Fan, my father said that you have followed him for so many years, and you should have a place to settle down a long time ago......
Han Laoshan and Fan Xicheng were slightly stunned, nodded and agreed, saying that they would go out tomorrow to find out if there were any vacant houses nearby.
Han Laoshan and Fan Xicheng have followed Han Daoxun for the longest time, and the two of them are also old, not to mention rewarding the house, even if they are about leaving their homes and setting up their own businesses, they have no interest in it.
In this life, they either fight on the battlefield, or serve others, let them get out of their nationality and stand on their own, and they have no skills, what do they rely on to make a living?
Fan Dahei, Zhao Kuo, and Lin Haizheng ran over when they heard the movement in the front yard, especially Fan Dahei and Lin Haizheng were very excited when they heard this.
They are still young, and even Fan Dahei, who has a straightforward temperament, has a vision for the future and some seemingly bold expectations.
"Lin Haizheng, you come to practice knives with me!" Han Qian picked up the straight spine knife and slashed at Lin Haizheng with the knife and sheath.
"......" Lin Haizheng was startled, and hurriedly took off the saber on his waist and blocked it with the scabbard.
Lin Haizheng was born in a soldier's household, he had just turned 20 years old, his father and brother were killed in battle, he was a soldier who came as a reward, and he only followed Han Daoxun's side to serve in the past two years; At this time, his widowed mother, two younger sisters, widowed sisters-in-law, and young nephews were all placed in the mountain villa as slaves.
Lin Haizheng, like Fan Dahei, has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and he casually blocked the knife that Han Qian chopped.
Han Qian thought to himself that although he was not killed at the moment, he was sure that the plot of the Evening Red Mansion might be revealed at any time, or that his father's stubborn temper of "Wen Death" angered Emperor Tianyou, and he had to be ready to go away at any time.
At this time, he wanted to win the loyalty of Fan Xicheng and Fan Dahei as much as possible, but one day he really became an opponent arrested by the imperial court, and he mainly had to rely on himself.
"Young master, the knife is dangerous, just practice your fists and feet!" Seeing Han Qian slashing down, although there was no discipline, it was both fierce and ruthless, Fan Xicheng was also a little frightened when he looked at it, and hurriedly reminded him.
Although Han Qian's knife is not unsheathed, the scabbard is not very strong, and if the force is too strong, the blade is still very likely to break through the sheath and hurt people.
Moreover, Han Qian's knife is fierce and his strength is quite amazing, Lin Haizheng is just a blocker, and he can't block Han Qian's knife momentum, but if he wants to fight back, if he misses for a while, he may also hurt Han Qian.
Fan Xicheng thought that it would be safer for the young master Han Qian to practice his fists and feet, otherwise, whether it was Lin Haizheng or the young master Han Qian, he would not be able to explain to the head of the family.
"No matter how well you fight with your fists and legs, it won't be the real ability to kill the enemy on the battlefield!" Han Qian ignored Fan Xicheng's advice, and said with a smile to Lin Haizheng, "If you don't fight back and I beat your scalp bleeding, don't blame me for being too ruthless." ”
Sixty-four Shi Gong Fist, at this time Han Qian has already practiced quite skillfully, but Shi Gong Fist is mainly to strengthen the body, and the real ability to kill the enemy on the battlefield or to deter others is to use guns and halberds.
There is a saying in the dream world that no matter how high your kung fu is, you are afraid of kitchen knives.
The real so-called empty-handed white blade requires two people to fight, and there is a huge difference in skill and qi and blood before it can be realized.
Besides, on the chaotic battlefield where hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people are fighting, several, dozens, or even hundreds of spears are stabbed over, where do they run to grab the white blade empty-handed?
Han Qian wants to strengthen his body, it is enough to fight Shi Gongquan a few times a day, and he does not need to pull Fan Dahei and Lin Haizheng to spar, but to practice the real ability to escape alone one day, he also needs to use a knife and bow for actual combat training.
Only by practicing with knives and weapons can he improve quickly, and he will not fall into the routine of embroidering his legs and be complacent.
Zhao Kuo also squatted aside, there were two lanterns hanging in the front yard, there were no stars and moons in the sky, the light was dim, and he couldn't see the puzzled look in his eyes about the scene in front of him.