Chapter 865: It's the dead of night again

It's the dead of night again.

Compared with the constant horse racing the night before, and the treacherous tranquility of last night, the late night of this day is naturally the dead of night. Jinyiwei, who has been busy for several days, once again broke into a private house when everything was silent, but this time it was much more targeted, and after breaking into the door, he skillfully drove people and arrested people, and the main owner often didn't even have time to say a word, and then he was tied up into a dumpling and taken away, without even a superfluous word.

Even the Jin King Mansion in the Ten Princes' Mansion is the same. When the closed east and west corner doors were suddenly opened, and then a large number of brocade guards rushed in, all the subordinates in the mansion were panicked. From Yongle to the early years of Hongxi Xuande, although the Jin Dynasty never went to Beijing to see the court, but repeatedly there were princes and county kings who entered Beijing, and there were many people who lived here in the past few years, and there were naturally a lot of servants. It's true that there is not much oil and water, but after all, there is no master, and he is very free on weekdays, who would have thought that it would attract such a wolf-like horseman?

Fang Ling strode forward, seeing that all the servants had been driven into the courtyard by his men. Because it was late at night, many people were forcibly pulled out of the bed, all wearing thin clothes, kneeling on the cold bluestone ground and shivering. At this moment, he quickly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and asked in a deep voice, "What about the chief manager?" ”

"Lord Hui, the exits have been guarded in all directions, and no one has been seen entering or leaving, but the chief manager is gone!"

Thinking that Li Maoqing had hanged himself before, and Guo Cong had also hanged himself, Fang Ling couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and immediately shouted: "Search again, especially in ponds and wells, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death!" ”

Although it is a mansion rather than a palace, since it is for the kings of the Jin Dynasty to live in Beijing, this huge mansion is naturally magnificent - the wall of the main hall is hung with calligraphy and paintings of famous Tang and Song dynasty masters, the kitchen cabinet is placed with a complete set of porcelain dishes from the famous kiln of the Song Dynasty, the box in the warehouse is a large interstitial screen made of glazed firing, and in the box of the upper room, there are indispensable silk clothes for the four seasons, and the size of the ornaments...... All in all, in the eyes of the expert Jin Yiwei, everything is valuable.

However, because this time it is a matter of restricting the stick if it is not done well, everyone is just taking the sheep into their arms to tinker with one or two things, and most of their minds are still on serious things. However, almost the entire mansion was turned upside down, the well was pierced with a long bamboo pole, and the ice in the pond was frozen tightly, and there was no trace of anyone.

So, after working for most of the night, the news from all over the place was summarized, and Fang Ling's face finally sank completely - the chief steward who King Zheng said was threatening him with the death of his handmaid was really gone! However, the result of the interrogation of several domestic servants was that before the doors of the night were locked, the second chief steward came to pass the word, and no one had seen the real chief steward since the afternoon.

"Could it be that people are running away again?"

The thousand households on the side hated it so much that they couldn't help but complain. At this moment, the hundred households who went to search the study on the other side trotted over with a large handful of letters, with an excited smile on their faces: "My lord, the things in the study are all there, many of them are written by King Jin himself, and they are also stamped with gold seals!" On the top of each letter, there are great rebellious words, and it is even written that the people who are looking for witchcraft here will be sent to Taiyuan! ”

"My lord, with these physical evidence alone, this thing can end beautifully!"

Fang Ling only frowned when he heard this, the evidence was all over the place, this was extremely abnormal, however, after taking these letters and reading a few casually, his brows gradually stretched. Based on his experience, he could naturally conclude that these were not forgeries, and whether it was a tone or a golden seal of handwriting, they should indeed belong to the current King of Jin, who was known for his brutality. So, despite the mystery in his heart that had not yet been solved, he still nodded.

Although he was directly ordered by the palace, since he was the governor of Dongchang Jinyiwei, he could not cross that layer. So, seeing that everyone looked excited, he ordered: "Check all the things in the study clearly, then make a book and seal it, and send someone to inform Father-in-law Lu and ask him to bring someone over as soon as possible!" ”

At the same time, the lights were also on in the cabinet room of Wenyuan Pavilion late at night. Yang Shiqi pinched the thin pieces of paper in his hand, put them down for a long time, and gently rubbed his temples again. This was sent from the side of Zuo Shunmen in the evening, and at first it was mixed with other documents, and he didn't care about it, but later he found out that the signature was picked out and read. However, when he finished reading the whole story, he was shocked, and then he watched it a second and third time, and now he doesn't know how many times.

Chen Shan actually wrote that he was old and mediocre and unbearable, so he asked for Zhishi!

If you want to talk about qualifications, the only people who can compare the qualifications with Yang Shiqi are Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji, but the two are already the same honor, so others don't know, and he naturally knows a lot about Chen Shan's resume.

Chen Shan was a Jinshi in the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, and later recruited into the Yongle Grand Ceremony, and lectured on the history of the emperor's grandson, and in the eighteenth year of Yongle, he was officially transferred from the official department to the East Palace, serving Zhu Zhanji, who was still the emperor's grandson at that time. At the beginning of Xuande, Chen Shan was naturally appointed because he was an old man in the East Palace, and he was promoted all the way from the squire to the scholar of the household department and the scholar of the temple, but he failed to gain a firm foothold in the cabinet dispute.

Different from Yang Rong, who was born rich, Jin Youzi of a scholarly family, and Du Zhen, who has traveled all over the world, Yang Shiqi has been poor since childhood, and has been supported by his stepfather for many years. Previously, Du Fu gave gifts to the turmoil, as well as endless rumors, he naturally knew, and he also vaguely felt it in his heart, and at this time, he couldn't help but sigh with such a statement of affection to the old man.

Although he could go home, there were many events in the past few days, even Yang Pu, who was silent about everything, stayed in the palace, and at this time he couldn't help but raise his head: "Shi Qigong, what kind of inscription did Scholar Chen play?" ”

"Chen Rujing is the same year as me, and he actually wants to sue Lao Zhishi." Yang Shiqi flicked the watch in his hand lightly and shook his head gently, "He has the friendship of a teacher and a commander in the emperor, and he is also very honest as an official, if it weren't for this unavoidable thought, it would not be difficult to enter the cabinet again." Some things are overdone, and even if most people don't know about it, there will always be people who will see it. ”

Yang Pu has never spoken much, but when he heard this, his face only moved slightly, and then he buried his head and went down to do his own work. Among the cabinet members, he has the least qualifications, thinking that when he and Chen Shan Zhang Ying entered the cabinet, Zhang Ying even ridiculed him behind his back that this cabinet is always sitting in prison, but when the news came to him, he was still as humble as before. As a result, Chen Shan and Zhang Ying withdrew from the cabinet because he was "unfamiliar with machine maintenance", but on the contrary, he, a person who seemed to have no sense of existence, still occupied the seat steadily.

For Yang Shiqi, it was just a sigh for Chen Shan, and there were other things to do in the long night. Yang Pu is the same, a person who is destined to quit naturally doesn't need to be concerned. The two of them put their heads back down, picking out the priorities from the mountains of affairs on their desks, and drawing up abridgements and main points of their answers one by one.

Several oil lamps in the room had been filled with oil before, and they were dancing very strongly, even when the miscellaneous eunuchs who occasionally quietly entered the room to renew tea lifted the door curtain and brought a breeze, the flames were still steady, just like the two old men sitting like Mount Tai behind the two desks, just like their wrinkled hands, but still steady and unshaking.

Ten Princes' Mansion, Weiwang Mansion West Courtyard Warm Pavilion.

Renzong Zhu Gaochi has ten sons, Wei Wang Zhanyun is the youngest, and he has been weak and sick since he was a child, so Zhu Zhanji also pitied him. It's just that even though the imperial doctor is in and out of this mansion almost every day, and it is a dose of medicine like a medicine jar, his body still hasn't improved much. The same was true of the third watch in the middle of the night, seeing that the imperial doctor who stayed in the mansion shook his head and his face was heavy, the chief manager almost did not hesitate to knock on the doors of the two houses next door, and invited King Xiang and King Liang to come over under the noses of the guards.

At this moment, it was medicine and needles, and King Wei finally relieved his breath, and he was extremely happy to see that the two brothers had rushed over. It's just that after the joy, lying on the wide five-blessing Qilai pattern sandalwood stepping bed, he looked at the medicine bowl pitifully, and then said aggrievedly: "Brother Jiu, do you still want to drink medicine?" ”

"Of course, good, just drink it."

Seeing that King Liang looked like a child, he turned his head to look at King Xiang pitifully, and shouted flatteringly: "Fifth brother, ......"

"If the royal brother is here, he will have to drink medicine according to you, he will be sick like this, and he will be coquettish! Drink it, I'll take you to the market to play. ”

Seeing that King Xiang shook his head angrily, King Liang sat down, held his shoulders without saying anything, and poured a large bowl of medicinal juice into it, and then stuffed him with a piece of hawthorn candy in his mouth, and then gently patted his back, showing a trace of worry on his face. After settling down and lying down, and covering the quilt again, King Liang just made a gesture towards King Xiang, and King Bishengwei grabbed him, and begged in a low voice: "Brother Jiu, you and Fifth Brother will accompany me for a while, and accompany me for a while before leaving......"

Seeing the pitiful appearance of the little guy, King Liang thought of King Teng, the brother of a compatriot who had died before, and his eyes suddenly turned slightly red, so he sat down on the edge of the bed. King Xiang had no choice but to sit with him. It was easy to coax people to sleep, and when they heard the sound of even breathing, the two quietly withdrew from the room, and King Xiang instructed the eunuch and the maid to watch it.

Out of the house, King Liang sighed softly: "Fifth brother, if you are a feudal lord, I am afraid that the body of the tenth brother will not be able to hold it." If you weren't worried about him, you wouldn't have been alarmed in the middle of the night. ”

King Xiang is the youngest of the Queen Mother's sons, because he has always laughed and never put on the shelf of his son-in-law, so he gets along well with his brothers, and whoever has problems comes to him, plus he has a good relationship with King Liang, and he even takes care of King Wei more. At this moment, he did not get angry at all from being called out of the warm quilt, but on the contrary, he had a somewhat gloomy color.

"The tenth brother is not in good health, so he should naturally call me. The vassal king is not allowed to live in Beijing, after all, it is the ancestral family law. Even if the imperial brother pities the tenth brother and keeps the ten brothers and does not let them go, we are all inevitable. When the time comes, the brothers really don't know when they will be able to meet, and they will get together more if they can now. When the eighth brother went before, the tenth brother cried like a tearful person, and he was seriously ill again, I was really afraid that there would be anything in case at that time...... But what about now, the tenth brother is sick every winter, and the imperial doctor said that he is just hanging. ”

"Being able to hang is better than letting go of the eighth brother at a young age."

Brothers, you look at me, and in the end, King Xiang didn't say anything, just gently shook King Liang's hand. At this time, after all, it was the middle of the night, and King Xiang couldn't stay too long, so he put on a big coat and left after a few gossips, but King Liang saw people leave, so he hurriedly turned back, and went into the house to sit down in front of King Wei's bed. Looking at his thin brother, he unconsciously remembered the scene when his mother was still there.

The father had a total of ten sons, and the youngest three sons were the starling Teng Wang, he and Wei Wang from his mother Guo Guifei. At that time, although the East Palace was often uneasy, the brothers were still very good - after all, the position of the grandson had been determined early, and no one could shake Zhu Zhanji, who was at least six years older than their younger brothers, and because his grandmother was extremely trusted by his grandfather and father, the concubines of the East Palace were also harmonious. But all this changed dramatically after his father ascended the throne, and as a result, he lost his father, his mother followed, and even King Starling died of anger and grief.

"Tenth brother, do you know that even my uncle may not be able to keep it this time. I didn't expect my cousin to die too, he was all for me......"

King Liang, who was muttering to himself, gently stroked King Wei's sideburns, and then leaned back on the bed, his face showing an indescribable sadness. 's mother was a dignified marquis's daughter, but at that time she married her father as a concubine, and after many years, she finally had a brother who attacked the Marquis of Wuding, but in the end there was still nothing, only the three brothers remained. Although he is crowned now, he has not yet accepted a concubine, and he does not know where the feudal will go, nor does he know whether he will be able to see this only brother who is a fellow mother again.

"Zhan Yin, don't blame me, I didn't expect this, but now I can't get down. The fifth brother has taught me a lot of things, but there are some things that he can't want to, but I can't, we are not a mother after all...... Don't worry, I'm all set. I didn't marry a princess, I didn't have children, but I was just a person...... Come to think of it, for the sake of royal decency, no one will treat you as a child......"

After talking for a long time, seeing that King Wei in his sleep seemed to have a good dream, the corners of his lips showed a warm smile, King Liang tucked the quilt for him again, and then took a deep breath, stood up and prepared to put the curtain tent, but when his hand touched the tent hook, he was stunned, it turned out that the ivory tent hook was the style of Changyi's descendants. After a little panic, he put down the thick two layers of curtains, rolled them up one by one, and then walked out. He didn't see it at all, but when he walked to the door, he was pulled open by a hand, revealing a pair of sparkling eyes.