Chapter 268: The Old Foxes' Fighting Methods

Wang Jing

Takefu

The night gradually sank, and even the moon in the sky stretched out tiredly, pulling the dark blue cloud quilt and gently covering it on his body.

The guards of the Northern Army who patrolled back and forth in the city also had sleepiness on their faces, and they nodded three times at the sound of beating from the quiet drum alley.

The door of the Ministry of Officials Zhuzuo Shilang seems to have been blocked by the gatekeeper, but anyone who cares can see that there are still candles lit in the courtyard, and the official sedan chair of Lord Shangshu outside the mansion is still quietly parked there.

In the inner hall of the bamboo mansion, there is a small jade screen with a hollow when you enter the door, but this screen looks like a normal color, plus two simple calligraphy and paintings on the left and right walls, it seems that it is not enough to decorate the house of this minister.

In the middle of a dark camphor wood Eight Immortals table, on both sides of a bunch of carved Taishi chairs, sitting in the hand of the one wearing a Shu brocade pattern robe, is the former Sichuan Chengxuan political envoy, the current Daxia Ministry of Left Attendant Lang Zhu Zongchen,

And the old man at the top of the head, it seems that the white beard on his face and chin is much more obvious than that of Zhu Zongchen, wearing a red-bottomed official robe, and his chest looks like a crane supplement that only a first-class master is worthy of.

He slowly put the tea cup in his hand back to the table of the Eight Immortals from his mouth, and then said with some pride: "You just came to this capital, the water here is unfathomable, don't look at what kind of marquis you are, you have to be a man with your tail between your legs." Especially now that it is an eventful time, if you have nothing to do, go out and walk around less, stay in the house after the court, and do what I handed over to you is your greatest credit. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, that's what Lord Shangshu said."

Zhu Zongchen looked very submissive, and picked up the purple sand teapot on the table very quickly in his hand, and poured the steaming fragrant tea again to the quilt in front of the lord Shangshu, and responded: "Follow the teachings of Lord Shangshu, you see the little prince's ......."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lord Shangshu impatiently waving his hand, and choked him with some displeasure: "Little Lord is also called by you?" This Wang Jingcheng is not your northwest, if you are not careful, you can ask for your head!. ”

"Yes, I lost my word."

Zhu Zongchen hurriedly arched his hand, and he was very careful to pay a loss.

Lord Shangshu blew his white beard and glanced at him angrily, and only after a while did he speak: "You don't have to worry about the little prince, as long as you do your best, you will never be indispensable in the end." ”

After saying this, he got up from the Taishi chair, straightened his robe, and said to Zhu Zongchen: "Okay, it's already late tonight, I won't stay here for long, you have to do it yourself." ”

Zhu Zongchen respectfully bowed his hand to him and responded: "Yes, yes, I will send it to my lord." ”

The two little servants waiting at the door leaned against the door, tilting their heads and almost falling asleep, and when they saw their adults coming out, they hurriedly stood up, picked up the dim night light, and walked in front.

The bamboo mansion is not very big, the distance from the inner hall to the door of the mansion is so three or five steps, and when the Shangshu Lord stepped on the threshold of the bamboo mansion, he suddenly seemed to be relieved of anything, and turned his head and told the Zhu Zongchen: "The little prince explained the matter to you, you must not mess up for him, Yikun Palace, you have to find a good time and find a reason, understand?" ”

Zhu Zongchen bowed deeply, and said unexpectedly: "Don't worry, my lord, there will never be a fork in the next half." ”

"Hmm~"

Lao Shangshu gently squeezed out such a word from his snort, then turned around and walked out of the door of the Bamboo Mansion, sat on the official sedan chair that had been waiting outside the mansion for a long time, and slowly walked away with the thick night.

It wasn't until this old Shangshu had disappeared into the night that Zhu Zongchen straightened his waist that had been bowed down for a long time, a trace of coldness wiped from his eyes, and then turned around and turned back to the mansion.

Zhu Zongchen reopened the hall door again, and when he returned to the inner hall, there was already a woman wearing a long aqua blue dress on the lower position he was sitting on just now, and her jade-like face was gently dragged on her face by the candlelight on both sides of the hall, looking white and charming, and her tall and slender figure was like Li Yannian's northern beauty, left behind and independent, and her elegant posture in a secluded place seemed to be detached from the turbidity world.

"Jingyi, it's so late, why haven't you slept yet."

Zhu Zongchen didn't seem to have any intention of falling asleep, so he stepped forward in two steps and sat in the top position where Master Shangshu was sitting just now.

Zhu Jingyi smiled gently at Zhu Zongchen, "Where can my daughter rest assured that the old thing is coming to find trouble with her father, she has been hiding in the back room and listening for a night." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you should call uncle."

Zhu Zongchen turned up an empty cup for himself from the table, and at the same time raised his eyes and scolded his daughter, but his words were casual, and he didn't seem to have much blame.

"That's what I call him."

Zhu Jingyi didn't let her father do it himself, she took the purple sand teapot in her hand very understandingly, gently poured a full cup for Zhu Zongchen, and then said with some disdain on her face: "What qualifications does he have to be my uncle, when he forced my mother, did he ever think that he was my uncle?" ”

Zhu Zongchen didn't answer, as if he remembered something, but with a cold face, he picked up the tea poured by his daughter, and slowly tasted it on his lips.

Zhu Jingyi didn't seem to be like mentioning the memories at that time, so she changed the topic and asked, "Dad, what are you going to do about this?" ”

"Can't you see? The old thing is using us as guns. ”

Zhu Zongchen thought about what Lao Shangshu told him at the door, and his heart was on fire.

Yikun Palace is the main palace of today's imperial concubine, that is, the mother of King De, when Chongzheng asked the cabinet to act as the agent of King De to supervise the country and ban the imperial concubine, this Yongwang Gao Cixiang seemed to have changed sex, and never set foot in those who were often nostalgic before.

Later, Chongzheng died suddenly, for the imperial concubine who was still in the grounding and the king of Germany who was removed from the post of superintendent, it can be described as a bolt from the blue, before the ministers who had a high voice for the king of Germany to ascend the throne were all like a good discussion, and they were silent and did not mention this matter again, even the king himself felt a deep danger, and left Wang Jing overnight and went to Shanxi.

Because King De is no longer in charge of the country, he did not continue to live in the Forbidden City, but lived in Wang Jing's mansion, so when King Yong suddenly announced martial law in Jiucheng on the day of Chongzheng's death, although he laid a net of heaven and earth, but King De has been operating for more than ten years, and it is not so easy to be retained.

It's just that Gao Cixun ran out, and his mother who lived in the palace was completely put under house arrest by Gao Cixiang.

However, this King Yong has always been cautious and cautious in his work, he just wants to get rid of this imperial concubine in his heart, and he will not do it himself, so as not to fall into the mouth.

That's why that old Shangshu asked Zhu Zongchen to "find a good time and find a reason", why do you want to find a good time? Naturally, the imperial concubine was eliminated.

But who is Zhu Zongchen? In Chengdu, I went back and forth with An Yi, it was all chess opponents, and the old fox who was alive and well, could I not know what they were thinking?

The words are good, count yourself from the minister of the dragon, but this king is not a blind fool, as soon as his mother and concubine die, he must use the topic to play, and in the name of waving his army eastward,

At that time, how can King Yong not only kill the imperial concubine, but also make King De famous?

Of course, he used Zhu Zongchen's head to atone for the crime.

"Dad, I think this matter, my daughter has a good way to kill two birds with one stone."

"Oh? Let's hear it. Zhu Zongchen hurriedly put down the teacup and asked his daughter with a straight face.

"The solution is, we've got to find a gun."

Zhu Qingyi raised her eyebrows at her father mysteriously,

"Gunheads?"

"Yes, gunman, does my father know that Liu Biao, the mighty general of Lanzhou from the northwest, has entered the city tonight?"

Zhu Zongchen glanced at his daughter with interest, "You girl, where did the news come from?" ”

Zhu Qingyi smiled, "I not only know that he entered the city tonight, but also know that this time he entered the city alone, and Xu Liang, the chief eunuch who originally came to Wang Jing with him, has already disappeared halfway with the jade seal." ”

"Missing halfway~"

Zhu Zongchen muttered these four words carefully, thought about it carefully and said to Zhu Qingyi: "This Xu Liang, I saw him when I was in Chengdu, an old fox. But I don't understand this matter a little, he is a eunuch, is there a better place for him to go than to follow Liu Biao's 200,000 troops to Wangjing? ”

"Here's the problem!"

Zhu Qingyi picked up one of her jade-like fingers, pointed at Zhu Zongchen, and said with a smile: "Even my father, the old fox, doesn't know what it means, doesn't it mean that Xu Liang's disappearance may not be like Liu Biao said?" Although we don't know the truth yet, if I guessed correctly, Liu Biao is lying! This mighty general from the northwest is definitely not what it looks like on the surface, at least for King Yong, he definitely has a problem! ”

After listening to his daughter's words, Zhu Zongchen pondered for a while, and then nodded and said, "No wonder King Yong threw this hot potato to Liu Biao, the commander of the Northern Army, it turned out that he was holding back a move to drive the tiger and devour the wolf." ”

He frowned slightly, and then turned to ask his daughter, "Do you think he could be one of our people?" ”

Zhu Qingyi thought quietly with a pair of slender hands in the skirt on her legs, and then shook her head lightly: "I don't know, but whether it is or not, we can use him, if he is really the prince's person, then it is just right to take him to recognize the door." ”

"Hehehe, you have to use others as guns, how do you know if he has the life to recognize the door."

Zhu Qingyi had a sweet smile on her face, "What?" Daddy knows what I mean? ”

Zhu Zongchen looked at his daughter very dotingly, and said with a smile: "You say that I am an old fox, why can't I react too slowly, I'm sorry for your title?" ”

Zhu Qingyi turned her head, stretched out the tip of her bright red tongue and licked her slightly dry lips, her eyes were like an abyss and an ancient pool, without a trace of waves.

"What's Daddy's going to do?"

Zhu Zongchen picked up the teacup, took another sip, smashed it and said, "Contact it first, and let the concubine Niangniang go out of him." ”

After Zhu Qingyi listened, there was also a trace of essence in her eyes, and she pursed her lips and curled the corners of her lips at her father, "Dad, did you think of it a long time ago." ”

Zhu Zongchen gently filtered the wide tea leaves with the celadon tea lid in his hand, and said: "The beloved son of his parents has far-reaching plans." ”

How do you know that after hearing this, Zhu Qingyi, who was still smiling sweetly just now, with two small pear vortices, suddenly turned cold, and then stood up with a "ho", didn't even look at Zhu Zongchen, and lost a sentence with a displeased face: "Dad, how many times have I said, who I like and who I want to marry, it's all my own business, you don't have to worry about me." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked back to the inner house without looking back.

"Smack~"

Zhu Zongchen knocked the teacup in his hand on the table, and he also sighed heavily with a heavy face,

"This girl is getting bigger and smaller."