Knowing one or two is dead. Du Wenhao pointed out the second Yabu class as usual. However, Li Hang, who accompanied the inspection, was a little distracted today, sitting on the viewing platform, watching the soldiers training below, but he didn't know what he was thinking in his head, sometimes frowning, sometimes smirking himself. It often takes two times to report things to him, and he can only react, but sometimes the instructions are not in the horse's mouth.

In the afternoon, Du Wenhao returned to the front of the palace to handle some official business.

At this time, the soldiers came to report that the prime minister, Wang Jia, had come to visit.

As soon as he heard this, the brush in Du Wenhao's hand fell off, he looked quite flustered, stood up and sat down again, and was stunned for a while, before he blushed and ordered to please.

Du Wenhao straightened his official robe, pretended to be calm and came to the meeting hall in one step, and Prime Minister Wang Jia was already sitting as a guest. Seeing him come in, he hurriedly got up and bowed his hand: "General Du is invited!" ”

Du Wenhao looked at the smile on his face, it didn't seem like he had come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and his heart was a little fixed, thinking that this old man would be his father-in-law immediately, so he stepped forward and bowed.

The two sat down separately, Du Wenhao looked at Wang Jia's shriveled old man, thinking of Wang Runxue, who was as beautiful as a flower and captivated the country and the city, and secretly wondered in his stomach, how could this old boy give birth to such a beautiful daughter with this virtue? It seems that people can't look good, and this sentence is really very reasonable.

Du Wenhao looked at Wang Jia and laughed dryly, and couldn't find anything to say for a while.

However, Wang Jia looked calm and arched his hand: "General Du, the old man is here this time for the sake of the little girl." ”

Du Wenhao's head buzzed, and he nervously grabbed both sides of the handrail, and cried out in his heart, could it be that Wang Jia really came to Xingshi to ask for guilt? Is he going to force himself to divorce his wife and marry his daughter? If this is the case, how can you refuse? It's absolutely not okay to divorce his wife, but it seems that this old man is not a good person, but I'm afraid that he can't give up easily. Du Wenhao was apprehensive in his heart, and Ai Ai said: "This, Prime Minister, the humble position can explain that at that time, "this"

Wang Hang smiled and said: "Thank you to the general for your love, Mrs. Zun personally came to the door to say goodbye, I am really scared."

Du Wenhao was stunned for a moment, hearing this didn't seem like asking for a crime, his face suddenly showed joy, and said: "This, hehe, it's really reckless, it's really presumptuous, it's really"

"How so?" Wang Jia stroked her gray beard and said with a smile, "The little girl is stubborn, her mother died early, and the old man dotes on her a little, and I will ask the general to take care of her more in the future." ”

Du Wenhao was overjoyed, and even his voice trembled a little: "My lord, did my lord agree?" ”

Wang Fa smiled and nodded, and was a little surprised: "Mrs. Zun personally proposed marriage in the morning, and the old man agreed, and then Nacai, Wenming, Naji, and Nazheng have all been completed, and there is only time left to invite you to greet you, don't you know these yet?" ”

"This" hehe, I've been in the barracks and haven't gone home, and this matter is all done clumsily, so, "Hehe, a lowly position, ah, no son-in-law has seen my father-in-law!" ”

Du Wenhao stood up, took a few steps forward, and arched to the ground.

Wang Hang hurriedly got off his seat and stepped forward to help: "Virtuous son-in-law doesn't have to be polite!" ”

Hearing Wang Jia call out the word "virtuous son-in-law", and heard him call Pang Yuqin his respectful wife before, that is, he agreed to the proposal of a flat wife, Du Wenhao suddenly felt a big decision, and what he was worried about all day was that he was afraid that the Wang family would not agree to a flat wife, and now it is determined that the first beauty in the world is about to become his wife, which makes Du Wenhao's heart bloom, and he is so happy that he can't close his mouth.

After the two returned to their seats, Du Wenhao finally resisted the urge to laugh, leaned over and said, "Father-in-law, this marriage," how to arrange, please show your father-in-law. ”

Wang Fa stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Mrs. Zun also asked for a date in the morning, the old man thinks that the current empress dowager and the emperor's mourning period has not passed, and the government and the opposition are keeping filial piety according to the system, and the court also has a ban on drinking and singing here, so after the mourning period expires, the marriage date will be scheduled, I don't know what the virtuous son-in-law wants?" ”

This is natural, everything depends on the arrangement of the father-in-law, Du Wenhao replied, although he also knew that it had to be so, but thinking that he would have to wait for a while to marry this peerless beauty, he didn't feel itchy in his heart, but he couldn't help it.

Wang Fa sighed and said: "It stands to reason that this mourning period has been nearly a month, and it should also be introduced into the imperial mausoleum, but the queen mother has not said anything so far, presumably her old man wants to set the succession to the throne before introducing it." However, the succession to the throne is now a mess, if the queen mother still does not make up her mind, even in March and May, I am afraid that there will be no result. ”

Du Wenhao chuckled in his heart, and sure enough, Wang Jia led the words to this, so he followed his words and sighed: "Yes, the queen mother should have made up her mind early, and the country cannot be left without an owner for a day." Only by determining it as early as possible can the world be peaceful. ”

"It is precisely these words, Prince Yong should also know that it is orthodox for the six princes to inherit the throne, but they want to fight, can he be compared with Emperor Taizong? When Emperor Taizong inherited the throne, the elder brother and the last brother were the last resort, and now there is orthodoxy in the back, if the elder brother and the elder brother are still mentioned, the ancestral legacy is completely cut off, this example is opened, what should future generations do? The legacy is endless, what do you think? ”

Of course, Du Wenhao resolutely supports the succession of the six princes, and he now deeply understands the power of the smiling tiger of King Yong, and he will never tolerate the succession of King Yong, otherwise, he is only afraid that he will have to use a palace coup to end the matter. However, if he can't express his thoughts, he has to make Wang Jia feel that he is supporting him like face. Otherwise, what would people do if they gave a fairy-like female mouth four and six for nothing.

So Du Wenhao was embarrassed and said: "In fact, the son-in-law still has a good impression of King Yong, thinking that the son-in-law took the second king hostage that day, and accidentally injured King Cao, but the two princes don't care, especially King Yong, who is broad-minded and has a big belly, and the son-in-law is full of admiration, thinking that only such a character can lead my Great Song Dynasty to fight against the strong and be able to protect my Great Song Society for thousands of years."

Du Wenhao peeked at Wang Jia, saw that his face was gloomy, and he was ready to interrupt his words several times, but finally held back, under the agitation of the mood, the white beard kept shaking, and he didn't feel a little funny, so he changed his words and smiled humbly: "Shicai listened to what Lord Yuezhang said, and suddenly felt like a stick, only to realize that he had lost the right way, and the son-in-law only looked at the character, ignoring the ancestor, and was really ashamed. Even if others have the talent to stabilize the country, they can only assist. We must not overstep our bounds. ”

Wang Fa slapped his thigh, and his white beard shook with joy: "The virtuous son-in-law is really an understanding person!" Good! That's great! If these words can be heard by the Queen Mother, it will be no better. Hehehe"

Du Wenhao stood up and bowed: the son-in-law immediately entered the palace, greeted the queen mother, and asked him to make a decision as soon as possible to let the six princes inherit the throne. ”

"Good, good!" Wang Jia said three good things in a row, and kept rubbing his hands excitedly, "The marriage period between the virtuous son-in-law and the daughter is set for the queen mother and the emperor to get married within one month after the expiration of the mourning period, how about choosing a date to complete the marriage?" ”

Du Wenhao was overjoyed, bowed down and said, "It's all up to my father-in-law's arrangement!" ”

The two discussed the specific handling of the marriage again, Wang Jia said goodbye and left, Du Wenhao was sent to the gate of the mansion, and sent his father-in-law to the sedan chair and left without a trace, and then returned to the front of the palace with a smile.

He excitedly walked around the house several times, and he didn't know what to do for a while, thinking about going to the queen mother to talk about it immediately, but he didn't know how to speak. This kind of thing has to be thought about before going, otherwise, there is no reason to open your mouth, and you can't convince the queen mother, but you will ask for trouble. Because Du Wenhao can feel that the queen mother is still interested in letting her son inherit the throne, but there is no good reason.

Du Wenhao was thinking about what to do, and the guards came to report that there were two old women who asked to see him. It is the wife and wife of the imperial doctor Wei Zhan.

Du Wenhao hurriedly asked him to come in.

The two women came in and knelt down and kowtowed, Du Wenhao was busy with each other, but the old woman didn't get up, just kowtowed and cried: "General, please save my son."

Du Wenhao said: "Old man, get up and talk, what's going on, talk slowly." ”

The old woman just fell to the ground and cried, and the middle-aged woman next to her wept and said: "General, they say that my husband is greedy and drunk and fell asleep, so he delayed the treatment of the emperor, but my husband is not in good health and has not drunk for many years, how can he be greedy and misguided." There must be grievances among them, please call the shots. ”

Du Wenhao was embarrassed: "I am the commander of the three yadu, and I am also mentioning all kinds of prisons. I don't have the right to ask about this kind of Beijing prison, you should go to Kaifeng Yamen, or Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Yushitai to complain. These yamen all have drums, and they can directly cry out grievances. ”

The old woman kowtowed to the ground and said, "I've found it!" We looked for what the general said, but they all blasted us out, no one paid attention, and when we went to the Yushitai to complain, we were beaten by the soap at the door, woo woo

"How can it be?" Du Wenhao said: "You get up and speak."

The old woman still refused to get up, and kept kowtowing and said: "General, the day before yesterday, I heard that my son was going to be beheaded to show the public, we really can't help it, I heard that the general is righteous, and he mentioned all kinds of prisons, and my son Wei Zhan has also worked together, there is really no way, I can only come to you, please call the shots, my son is really wronged, please help us and save my son's life!" "There was a sound of kowtowing after that.

Du Wenhao really had no choice, so he had to step forward and support the old woman's arms: "Old man, you get up, what's going on slowly, if you kneel like this again, I really ignore it." ”

When the old woman heard Du Wenhao's words, she got up with difficulty with the support of her daughter-in-law, held Du Wenhao's arms, and cried with a handful of snot and tears and begged Du Wenhao to save her life.

Du Wenhao asked for a while, but he didn't ask anything famous, neither of them knew what was going on, anyway, he insisted that Wei Zhan hadn't drunk for many years, and it was impossible for him to be greedy and misguided, so he was wronged.

Du Wenhao naturally knew that this matter was very important, so Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, the Yushitai, and Kaifeng Mansion did not dare to take care of it. Although the criminal officer who raised various prisons by himself has not been exempted, he is only in charge of various prisons, and cannot control the cases in the capital, let alone the cases involving the royal family. However, judging from what these two women said, if it is true. Then there is something wrong with this case.

How do you save it? To do it or not to care?

Du Wenhao was a little embarrassed, Shen Shengping taught him the way to be an official, the first is to be confused, don't think that you are the smartest, even if you are really smart, you have to pretend to be confused, this is really smart. Official articles should be able to do. We must say more big and empty words, and we must know how to hide and be able to hide from things that involve unpredictable major consequences. According to these ideas taught by Master Shen, Wei Zhan's case must not be touched, just fool the past. Anyway, it's none of your business. Wisdom and self-preservation are the right way.

However, Du Wenhao's personality does not allow him to be like this.... Since he was a child, his father instilled in him the idea of the heart of a doctor's parents, telling him that he must first heal his own heart before he can heal others. Faced with such a case that is likely to be unjust, and he has the ability to deal with it, but he retreats because he is afraid of things, he really can't do it.

However, in the past few days, the unlucky things that have been unfortunate because of recklessness have made him feel uneasy, and this matter involves the death of the emperor, so he can't be hasty, so after some calculations in his mind, he decided to investigate secretly first and understand clearly before making a decision.

Du Wenhao naturally did not dare to make a clear statement in front of these two women, only saying that the emperor was magnanimous and would never indulge a bad person, and of course he would not wronged a good person, and he would reflect their opinions to the relevant departments. said a lot of clichés and empty words, so that the two women were persuaded to leave.

Du Wenhao was not in a hurry to enter the palace, and the situation that Wei Zhan's wife and wife said made him have a new consideration. At the beginning of his return, he felt that the emperor had died too strangely, before he left. He once gave the emperor a comprehensive examination of his body, although the emperor has chronic renal failure, but it has not reached the critical level, if he insists on taking it according to the prescription he is leaving, plus the cordyceps found from the Western Regions, Du Wenhao is still sure that his condition will not deteriorate for a year, how can he suddenly get sick?

In particular, the emperor's illness is very urgent, and even the imperial doctor has no time to rescue, which is also a little too fast, the hospital is not far from the emperor's bedroom, if you run fast, the time to come and go for a meal is enough, why can't you even survive this little time? It stands to reason that chronic renal failure cannot directly cause sudden death, but it cannot be ruled out that the emperor himself has hidden cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases that cause sudden death, and in practice, a certain proportion of sudden death and even postmortem autopsy cannot find a reasonable explanation. Sudden death caused by cardiovascular and cerebrovascular causes can be fatal in a short period of time, and from this point of view, this is not unusual.

Because of these possibilities, Du Wenhao did not delve into it. But now after listening to what the imperial doctor Wei Zhan's wife and wife said, the doubts in his heart came out again, could it be that there was another hidden meaning in the emperor's death?

Du Wenhao has been pondering this matter with tea, but if he can't find the answer to this kind of thing, he must obtain first-hand information to help him judge.

Therefore, Du Wenhao decided not to go to the Queen Mother first, although the two are already lovers, but when it comes to such a major issue as the succession of Jiangshan Sheji, the lover relationship may not be enough for her to change her decision. Therefore, before he was sure to persuade the Empress Dowager to appoint the sixth prince to succeed to the throne, he was not ready to open up to the Empress Dowager.

Anyway, Wang Jia has already promised to get married, and the six ceremonies have completed the four ceremonies, so it is time to invite and welcome. Besides, he has already become a husband and wife with Miss Runxue, and he doesn't have to worry about the Wang family's regret of marriage. It's just that I can't marry the world's number one beauty early, and it's a little regrettable, but in order to do the best, I can only slow down.

Du Wenhao now has to find out the exact cause of the emperor's death first. He first took a sedan chair to the palace and found Gonggong Ning. Gonggong Ning is the personal eunuch next to the emperor, and after the emperor died, he has been guarding the spirit in the mourning hall.

In the emperor's mourning hall, two of the four auxiliary ministers are now in charge of the funeral, Cai Qu and Wang Fa. The other two auxiliary ministers are Yong Wang Ye and Cao Wang Ye, both of whom have been placed under house arrest by the Empress Dowager in their own bedrooms, and will not be released until the succession to the throne is finalized. So now only two prime ministers are left to preside over here.

When Prime Minister Wang Jia saw Du Wenhao, he just smiled faintly and did not step forward to greet him, but Cai did greet him enthusiastically.

Cai is now more difficult for Du Wenhao, he is the prime minister, that is the real one person under the ten thousand people, the level is much higher than Du Wenhao, originally there was no need to say anything, just wait for Du Wenhao to come over and salute, but now the situation is very delicate, he himself is a reformist on Wang Anshi's side, if the six princes succeed to the throne in the future, the queen mother will listen to the government, because the queen mother is a representative of the conservatives, he will definitely be removed from the post of prime minister. And King Yong is also a reformer, which is why he desperately wants to protect Prince Yong's succession, only in this way can his position as prime minister be kept.

But now it is unknown whether the two princes can inherit the throne, and they are under house arrest again, and now they can influence the political situation. For the sake of his own future and fate, Cai did have to bow his noble head.

So when he saw Du Wenhao coming in, Cai Qu reluctantly squeezed out a smile, stepped forward and arched his hand: "General Du is here." ”

Du Wenhao bowed and saluted: "Yes, the prime minister has worked hard." The lowly post came to find Father-in-law Ning. I wonder if he's here? ”

"In! Just now, the old man saw him go to the back, as if he was going to the back to burn paper money and incense. The old man went to call him for the general, right?

Du Wenhao heard him call himself an old man, very humble, of course he knew what was going on in his stomach, and waved his hand politely and said: "No, no, how dare you work for the prime minister, I can just go myself." Du Wenhao hurriedly bowed his hand.

"It's okay, there are a lot of adults here, and the general is not easy to find, so let's go with the general to find it."

"Alright, Lord Abandonment."

The two walked side by side to the mourning hall, bypassing the falling white yarns, and came to the mourning hall, where there were more people burning incense and worshipping, and the light was very dim, so they couldn't find where Ning Gonggong was for a while.