Chapter 9: Look down on me?
A four-wheeled carriage was driving on the streets of Anlucheng surrounded by guards, and in the carriage, Yu Wenwen sat expressionlessly opposite a man, and when he left the governor's mansion, his father asked him to take someone home, fortunately, it was not a woman, but now Yu Wenwen still felt a little headache.
"Yuwen envoy Jun angrily reprimanded the treacherous minister Yang Jian's courage in the court, which made Cui admire." The man said with a smile that he was the envoy of the Yecheng Imperial Court and the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion who came to Anlu in disguise this time.
Cui Dalu, one of the five surnames and seven wangs, is a family from the Boling Cui family, when the Xiangzhou governor Chi Yu raised troops against Yang, he was a long history, if according to the historical trajectory, this one has been dead for two years.
'It's the prime minister's history again! Yuwen Wen complained in his heart, Yang Jian sent as an envoy before was his prime minister's governor Shi Zheng Yi, and now the Shu State Governor Chi Hui sent as an envoy is also his prime minister's chief history, it seems that those who want to achieve great things have to turn their long history into a confidant.
Cui Changshi laughed, at that time, if the official had stabbed Yang Jian on the spot, there would not have been so many things to do later, whenever he thought of it, he was really tossing and turning with remorse. Yu Wenwen began to speak out of tune again, this person is not Zheng Yi's 'conscience in the industry' who collects money to do things, so he doesn't plan to waste time.
Cui Changshi, as a close confidant of Wei Chi Yuan, came to Anlu at the risk of death as a messenger, in addition to persuading Yu Wenliang to throw himself into the Yecheng court, he also had to visit Yu Chi Yuan's son by the way, Angu County Duke Chi Shun, because he came secretly, so he had to hide his whereabouts when he walked in Anlu City, and Wei Chi Shun lived next door to his son-in-law Yu Wenwen, so he brought it along the way.
The other party was really choked by his words and couldn't take the conversation, just when Yuwenwen thought that the roots of his ears could be cleaned, Cui Da began to chirp again, and he first asked how the Duke of Angu County was doing. Hearing Yu Wenwen say that his father-in-law led the troops to guard the pass last year, he was attacked and fell down the mountain, so he finally picked up a life, and couldn't help but sigh:
"It's thrilling. However, if it weren't for the envoy, the king would bring back the Angu County Duke from Chang'an. Guogong is afraid that he has lost his parents and children. ”
'How do you say it's going to go around me again?' Yu Wenwen wondered in his heart, this person must have eaten the wrong thing, why did he always talk to him, and everyone was not familiar with each other for the first time, so what was there to talk about.
He didn't have the heart to be in Yecheng, and besides, Cui Changshi, who was born in a famous family, may not be able to afford himself, as the so-called desireless is just right, so he is too lazy to laugh and talk with the other party.
"Where, if the father-in-law is in trouble to be a son-in-law, he has to help." Yuwen replied lightly, the family life on the other side is very bleak, and there are some topics that he can talk about, but he is afraid that the other party will 'run wild'.
Cui Da was originally a courtier of Qi State, and his original partner was Princess Le'an of Qi State, and the young couple had a good life, but once Princess Le'an returned to the palace to meet her uncle, Emperor Gao Yang. Seeing that the other party asked how she was doing at her husband's house, she said that everything was fine, but her mother-in-law didn't like her very much.
Then Gao Yang's family neuropathy attack killed Cui Da's mother and threw the body into Zhangshui, Cui Da wanted to cry without tears but had no choice but to continue to live with his wife who inadvertently killed his mother, and when he destroyed Qi in the Zhou Kingdom, he killed Princess Le'an to avenge his mother.
'Can't talk, can't talk!' Yuwen Wen was silent with his dark thoughts, but he didn't expect Cui Da to bring up the topic of burning Jiang Jinshu again, and asked him how he felt, whether the governance in Bazhou was smooth, and so on.
Seeing that the other party was so 'fleshy', Yu Wenwen became more and more puzzled: Aren't you five surnamed Qiwang very high and disdain to have a relationship with an upstart like me, what are you doing with such a fleshy person?
Nothing to do, courteous or thief, Yu Wenwen judged that the other party seemed to have something to ask for him, but he couldn't figure out what he could help, and the two of them were cold and hot and grinded like this until they arrived at the Angu County Mansion.
Yu Wenwen introduced Cui Da to the public lieutenant of Angu County, Chi Shun did not stay, and slipped back to the next house directly from the side door, since he moved his family to Bazhou, the original mansion was still retained, one as a courtyard, and the other as an 'office' in Anlu.
The guards and servants he met along the way greeted him. Yu Wenwen learned that his wife was reuniting with his mother and sister next door, and he was not interested in shopping around the house.
He was recalled by his father to An Lu this time with Wei Chi Chifan, and because of the bumpy road and the hurried road, his son Jianlang, who was only a few months old, did not accompany him. After the 'decisive battle at the top of the West Sun' on Chinese New Year's Eve in Bazhou, the parents-in-law were also worried about their daughter's recent situation, so this return was a fulfillment of the wish of the two elders to see their daughter.
Walked around the house and found that everything was the same, although there were fewer people, but everything was still in order, and after listening to the report of the steward in turn, he was very satisfied and gave a reward, and when he was bored, a servant came to report that the shopkeeper next door asked to see.
Yuwen Wen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked the servant to lead the other party over, and when he sat and waited, he muttered in his heart that the person who was so clingy seemed to be really "either a traitor or a thief", and sure enough, Cui Da pulled in and sat down and cut directly to the topic.
"A mere courtesy is not a tribute." Cui Da threw up several golden gold bars, and Yu Wenwen looked at the ten finger-thick gold bars in front of him and secretly said that it was not good.
"Cui Changshi, what does this mean? If you don't make it clear, the official won't dare to accept it. ”
"The lower official came to be entrusted by the prime minister this time, and it must be said that the Duke of Qi led Jingxiang and the military and civilians of Jiangbei to support the imperial court, and asked the county prince to say a few more kind words in front of the Duke of Qiguo, if he can become a jade in this matter, the lower official is grateful."
'A few nice words?' Yu Wenwen wondered in his heart, if his father established himself as the emperor, then the second beneficiary would be his brother Yu Wenming, who did not 'solve' and might be in a hurry to become the prince, but Yu Wenming came to find the second son because he was afraid that he would do something bad halfway?
In this world, there are people who collect money to get things done, similar to Zheng Yi, and some people who can't do things with money are just not bad things, do you think I'm that kind of person? Look down on me?
"Well, it doesn't matter." Yuwen Wen suppressed his unhappiness and said, "It would be much better if my father asked Cui Changshi to find his brother." ”
Cui Da smiled and said that the prince of the world was naturally going to go, but now he visited first, and he was afraid that it would be too abrupt in the car, so he took the liberty of coming to the door now, and Prime Minister Wei Chi really hoped that the Duke of Qi Guo could serve the Yecheng court as the right unification to fight against Yang Jian.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that I won't have a few days to live, and Emperor Wen's bloodline is now the one left in Yecheng, and the official, father, and brother are naturally for the sake of the Great Zhou Dynasty as a clan."
Yu Wenwen put the gold bar 'laughing', his father has decided, so this gold bar is not taken for nothing, although it is not as good as the selling price of a glass mirror, but no one thinks that there is more money, this "meaning" does not take the other party but will be uneasy, so it is natural for everyone to be happy.
"This will definitely persuade my father not to listen to the slanderous words and deeds of others."
Cui Da saw Yu Wenwen accept the gold bar and opened his mouth to promise, his heart was a little settled, he disguised himself under the escort of the pawn, passed through Yang Jian's territory and came to the boundary of Anzhou, and then he roughly inquired about the situation on Yu Wenliang's side, according to what he heard, the one in front of him belonged to the kind that couldn't do things but would do bad things, so he was set as the first target to be 'conquered'.
"Cui Changshi, is there something going on in Yecheng, so the Duke of Shu is so anxious?" Yu Wenwen began to perform in his 'true colors', since the other party thought he was that kind of person, then he had to behave like that kind of person.
Cui Da didn't expect this person to ask the 'mentally handicapped' question directly, but he couldn't say anything, how could he tell the truth when he asked him face-to-face, even if there was really something in the Yecheng Imperial Court, he wouldn't say it directly, so it was useless to ask like this.
He laughed dryly for a while and said: "Don't let the monarch listen to rumors, the prime minister is very good now, and the court is working together to crusade against Yang Yi and recover the rivers and mountains." ”
In other words, the Duke of Shu is not in good health, and the Yecheng court has begun to fight and tear apart? Yuwen Wen thought so, the so-called explanation is to cover up, and the other party hurriedly 'refuted the rumors' because he didn't ask, which is completely self-defeating.
If I were to behave wisely, where could I find out this kind of news, and sure enough, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is the king!
Cui Da is more than twice the age of Yu Wenwen, and he has stepped into the official career for more than 20 years, which is an old fritter in officialdom, Yu Wenwen feels that the other party may feel that he is not in tune, so he unconsciously relaxed his vigilance.
So he decided to continue.
"Cui Changshi has crossed the Yellow River all the way south to pass through Yang Jian's territory, and now that he has usurped the throne, he is also preventing Yecheng from coming and going with Anlu, presumably in Yuzhou, how did Cui Changshi come over?"
This kind of boring question Cui Da naturally talked about a few words in generalities, and Yu Wenwen then enthusiastically suggested: When Cui Changshi goes back, it is better to change the path, go to Bazhou, where he works, get on a boat and go down the river to the east, and then land on the north bank at the boundary of the Wuzhou Governor's Mansion opposite Jiankang.
"Pretending to be a business traveler and taking the waterway, you can travel day and night, and if you buy enough money for the road, you are not afraid of being intercepted by Chen Jun, I heard that some prefectures and counties of the Wuzhou Governor's Mansion are under the control of the Duke of Shu, and when you get there, you don't have to hide your head and show your tail when you get to your own house."
Cui Da couldn't help but laugh when he heard this bad idea, but he just explained that he had his own friends along the way, and it was not dangerous to say that he and his subordinates had never been on a boat for a long time.
I'm not afraid of cutting off my head, but I'm afraid of taking a boat for a long time? It seems that some of the states and counties of the Wuzhou Governor's Mansion that you have won are not very stable.
Bazhou takes the waterway to Jiankang, the capital of Chen State, about 1,200 miles, take a boat down the river to the east, day and night, full of calculations, a few days to arrive, now to Shu and Sanwu, the west end of the Yangtze River and the east end of the businessmen are so many that they are not afraid of Chen Jun's water division to be embarrassed.
To the boundary of Wuzhou, it is far back to Yecheng, but it is their own territory, and it will not take long to send the news with the post envoy, and the distance from Wuzhou to Yecheng by land is about 1,500 miles, and the relay of post horses that travel 300 miles a day will arrive in five days, and the total time will not exceed half a month.
Although this waterway and land route are farther away, it is safe, even if people arrive in Wuzhou, the news can go first, if they return to the original way and cross Yang Jian's territory, the news can be transmitted, but people will be in danger of being intercepted at any time, especially the Xingzhou area by the Yellow River is a high-risk area, and he would rather take a long detour if he is replaced by Yuwen Wenxuan.
While talking to Cui Da in detail, he calculated in his heart: If it weren't for the instability in Wuzhou, this Cui Changshi would definitely go like this, etc., could it be that the Duke of Shu has such an inside line in Yuzhou to ensure the personal safety of the envoy, I am afraid that it is not a small amount of me, it will not be that someone in the Yuzhou Governor's Mansion wants to fall to the Yecheng court.
In this way, if the war breaks out again, then the Duke of Shu is afraid that he will take Yuzhou as the key direction of attack? !
Cui Da sat down for a while and got up to say goodbye, Yuwenwen enthusiastically sent him to his father-in-law's house next door to board the carriage and leave, the other party just left on the front foot, and he had to rush to the governor's office to report the latest news to his father.
When he met his wife, Wei Chi Chifan, asked him where he was going, but he only had time to leave a sentence: "I'm not coming back for dinner tonight!" (To be continued.) )