Prime Minister Wang Jia was dressed in a brocade robe, sitting cross-legged on the soft couch of Nanmu openwork with gold edges, and the big red gold thread python mattress was padded under the buttocks, leaning on a gold satin pillow with a wisp of gold and flowers, twisting a string of red agate Buddha beads in his hand, and holding a white porcelain tea cup in the other hand, the lid was crooked, revealing a small bend of fragrance. He brought the teacup to his mouth several times, but stopped again and put it back, his gray eyebrows were locked together at the moment, and a pair of misty old eyes kept staring at the ground, not knowing what was going on in his head.

Next to the soft couch was an old man with an old dragon clock, with an ebony crutch in his hand, and he was muttering uncertainly, this person was of course the old minister Sima Guang.

Sima Guang was so anxious that he stomped on his crutches and said, "Brother Yuyu, my mouth is worn out, after talking for so long, do you have something to say?" ”

Wang Hang's face was gloomy, and he muttered: "What else do you say?" Previously, in the main hall, the meaning of the Queen Mother's words was already very clear, although she had not said that she was dead, but her idea was to designate her son King Yong or King Cao to succeed her. In the end, the grandson is separated by a generation, or the son is closer.

Sima Guang hurriedly said: "That's it! We can't see the orthodoxy of the Great Song Dynasty fall into the hands of others! ”

Wang Fa finally brought the Dingyao white porcelain tea cup to his mouth, and without waiting for a sip, he put it down again: "Didn't you say that the imperial doctor Du Wenhao can convince the queen mother?" ”

"Yes! Judging from the attitude of the Queen Mother today, he must not have made any suggestions to the Queen Mother to let the six princes succeed to the throne! Alas! I'm begging him for nothing! I thought he was young and heroic, but how do you know how afraid he is, he is simply as timid as a mouse! ”

"No!" Wang Jia shook his head slowly, "If he is as timid as a mouse, how dare he hold the two princes hostage?" Even cut King Cao? ”

Sima Guang said angrily: "He's a dog jumping," Bah, I shouldn't have said that about him, he was just my old life, he had to be in a hurry at that time. It's really an important time, and it's not a rat who is holding his head and running around! Phew! Why did I mess around again! Phew! ”

Wang Fa smiled slightly: "Brother Junshi, don't forget that in Chengdu Mansion, in the face of 20,000 troops, Du Wenhao only had 5,000 people under his command, and he was still not afraid, and he also used clever tactics to annihilate the enemy army, brave and strategic!" Hehe, not only is this person not a rat, but he is definitely not a person who has lived under people for a long time, if he can't get it, it's a golden scale! ”

"Du Wenhao is a character, and his achievements are by no means limited to today, I know this, but is the first battle in Chengdu the same thing as now? You live or die on the battlefield, there is no way! It's hard to say in the officialdom, I guess he also offended the two princes, so he had to do it, wanting to support King Yong in exchange for King Yong's favor, so as not to trouble King Yong in the future! Doesn't he know that King Yong is a backsliding and stingy person? ”

Wang Fa said: "Even if he knows, he is afraid that he wants to gamble and assist him." It's also good to atone for our sins, what about us? What can be given to him? Why did he help the Six Princes? It's called weighing the pros and cons! ”

Sima Guang's eyes lit up: "Your words reminded me, by the way, we should find the six princes, make a wish to the imperial doctor Du, and seek benefits and avoid harming people's nature, this can't be blamed on him, if you want to blame us, we can only blame us for not giving people benefits, people don't kill for themselves, how many old guys like we only think about Gangchang orthodoxy?!" That's right, go to the Six Princes. Let him make a wish for Du Wenhao! ”

"The sixth prince is only ten years old, and he knows what! How do you make a wish? Unrealistic. ”

Sima Guang thought about it, but he couldn't get out of his heart with a sullen breath, he remembered that the group turned around, and when he reached the crutch technique, he said sharply: "That!" Let's find the Queen Mother to kneel and admonish! Ghost Death! He rushed out aggressively with his crutches.

"Wait!" Wang Jia gently put the white porcelain tea cup in his hand on the small table of lacquer lacquer on the soft couch, "Brother Junshi, don't be impatient, kneeling doesn't work!" The queen mother still can't be recruited, we can't even enter the dormitory, how can we kneel and admonish? ! ”

"Then kneel at the gate of the palace and fall to death! It's better than watching King Nayong usurp the throne! "Where is Sima Guang, but he doesn't come back.

Wang Fa pulled on the soft clogs placed on the foot pedal in front of the soft couch, got off the bed, twisted the red agate Buddha beads, walked to Sima Guang's side and said: "Brother Junshi, let me ask you, you say, this Du Wenhao can really influence the queen mother's thoughts?" ”

Sima Guang turned around and said, "Of course! In the afternoon, he went to the palace and chatted with the queen mother for an hour, after leaving, the queen mother ordered us to summon us into the palace, but did not listen to anyone's advice, just a strong praise of King Yong has the talent to govern the country and the country, by the way, he also praised King Cao, and after the praise, he went straight back to the back hall, and did not care about our words. Although she also said that the six princes are benevolent by nature, she hasn't finally thought about it, so let's help think about it first. You listen to this, but everyone can hear that her idea is to succeed King Yong! Didn't you see King Yong being so happy at that time? If it weren't for Du Wenhao's previous ** soup for the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother would have expressed her position like this? How can there be such a coincidence in the world? ”

Wang Fa nodded and pondered for a moment. said: "Brother Junshi, in your opinion, if Du Wenhao goes to persuade the Queen Mother again and asks her to designate the sixth son to succeed to the throne instead, is it possible to change it?" ”

"Absolutely! As long as you don't ascend the throne, you can change it"! Sima Guang heard what Wang Fa said, and asked suspiciously, "Brother Yuyu, what do you mean by asking this?" Do you have any other good ideas? ”

Wang Enamen smiled mysteriously, twisted the Buddha beads and walked back slowly, stepped on the pedal, took off the soft sandals, sat back on the soft couch mattress, the plate was good, the second tea flat, the taste of the public took a long sip, sighed slowly, and the aftertaste of the four-post pattern tea was endless.

Seeing this scene, Sima Guang came back with a cane, sat on the edge of the soft couch and lay on the small table of lacquered gold, and asked in a low voice: "Hey! Brother Yuyu, do you have any ideas, hurry up, hey! You're going to kill me? ”

Wang Fa glanced at him and said mysteriously: "Although we can't make a wish, is there no other way for him to help us?"

"Well?"

"Temptation to benefit, sealing the official wish is bait, it is profit, we don't have "benefit", we can use "harm, ah!" ”

Sima Guang frowned: "Harm? What do you mean?.

"How can you be so clever and confused? What is harm? Harm is a trap! Set a trap to trap him in and make him afraid! Won't he just listen to us? ”

Sima Guang sat up from the soft couch and said abruptly: "No! I don't approve! Anyway, he's my savior. And with his kindness and harmless heart, we want to set a trap to harm him, no! We can't do such unrighteousness! ”

Wang Fa smiled and pulled him back to sit on the soft couch: "Brother Junshi, when will your temper change?" Listen to me. ”

"What else is there to say!"

"Listen carefully before you evaluate! Of course, we can't do that kind of unrighteous thing, but if we want to fall into a trap, we don't necessarily have to use unrighteous things. What if this trap made him sweet, and he was willing to look back on it? ”

Sima Guang slowly turned his head to look at him: "Oh? And such traps? Tell me about it! ”

Wang Fa leaned into Sima Guang's ear and said the plan. Sima Guang stroked his palms and laughed: "Wonderful! It's wonderful! Okay, you old fellow, you kill two birds with one stone, even if he has to help us do things, and you find yourself a good one

"Shh Wang Jia was silent, "Since this plan works, then let's start doing it immediately, time is running out!" ”

"Good!"

At the same time, the main hall of King Yong's mansion.

King Yongzheng is smiling and chanting and sitting on the middle chair, on the left row of chairs is sitting on King Cao, and on the right Prime Minister Cai Qu, and the history museum inspector and author Saro Xishu are sitting on the right chair.

Cai Qu and Xing Shu were constantly talking, and King Yong was very happy to hear it.

King Cao stroked his black beard and said: "I didn't expect that the queen mother made a decision so quickly, it seems that we were a little too worried about the deployment of troops before." ”

King Yong waved his hand: "No!" It is by no means superfluous, and without these actions, the queen mother would not have made a decision so quickly. What's more, the queen mother has not yet made a final decision, and the preparation of force can only be strengthened, not weakened! ”

The three hurriedly agreed.

Cai did think about it, bowed down and said: "Lord Yong, now that the Queen Mother has revealed her intention to designate the prince to succeed to the throne, is our action a little more subtle?" lest it be true in the future that the prince is forced to seize the throne by force, but it is not beautiful. ”

King Yong nodded: "Well, you reminded you very right, it makes sense, immediately tell Ma Jundu to command Ma Quanyong and Bujun to command Shi Yuan, and let them order to restrain their subordinates, not to provoke Wei An's group of palace front divisions, keep a certain distance from them, and stand by in various guard places!" ”

Cai did hurriedly agree.

King Cao said: "Brother Huang, I didn't expect that this surnamed Du really had two times, and when he entered the palace to see his mother, the queen mother immediately made a statement, brother Huang, you say, why does the queen mother have to listen to the words of this little imperial doctor?." Speaking of this, King Cao touched the white cloth wrapped around his neck, felt that the wound on his neck was still aching, and couldn't help but say fiercely: "This kid has humiliated this king in public, and this king will definitely not be able to swallow this breath!" ”

King Yong said lightly: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan!" Why did the queen mother listen to this kid's words, this king doesn't know, but it seems that we really judged correctly, this kid also felt scared because he hurt you and kidnapped me, so he was desperate to help us, no matter what method he used to persuade the queen mother, as long as the queen mother promised to let the king succeed to the throne. Hey. As for the evil anger in his heart, "He is in our hands, how to pinch it when the time comes, how to pinch it!" ”

King Cao also laughed proudly: "That's good!" By the way, just now the queen mother also praised me, saying that I also have the talent to govern the country and secure the country, hehe,"

On the other side, the evil forgiveness splendid article is good, but it is not very good, and he often talks with a mouth full of horses without covering, and he doesn't look at King Yong's face when he hears this, but he is inopportune and said: "That's right, the queen mother said that Prince Yong and Prince Cao are both pillars of governing the country and the country, and she also specifically mentioned King Cao, who is alert and observes the people's feelings."

"Enough!" King Yong slapped on the arm of the chair and glared at King Cao: "What?" Brother Huang, do you want to compete with this king for the throne?

King Cao's hands swayed wildly, with a panicked expression: "No, no! Brother Huang, I just said that, and I didn't mean anything else. Don't be suspicious, brother."

King Yong snorted heavily: "This episode can be said in front, wholeheartedly assist the king, after the king ascends the throne, he will naturally be indispensable to his benefits, if he stabs a knife in the back, this king will not be soft!" ”

King Cao, Cai Qu and Xie Shu hurriedly bowed and agreed. King Cao's face was a little embarrassed: "Brother Huang, this Du Wenhao seems to be assisting you wholeheartedly, so in the future"

"Him?" A murderous aura flashed between King Yong's eyebrows, "Even if he has great merit, he can't offset the sin of holding this king hostage!" This king is not a matter of two things. It's to put him to death! Speaking of this, King Yong stood up, glanced at the three of them with his hands behind his back, and said coldly word by word: "For this king, there is no such thing as atonement!" No one is allowed to make any mistakes! Not once! The king's orders must be carried out to the letter, and there must be no disrespect to the king! Otherwise, Du Wenhao's future fate will be his example."

King Cao, Cai Qu, and Xie Shu hurriedly bowed down and agreed, all with panicked expressions.

At this moment, a servant trotted in with a prayer note in his hand, bowed down and said, "Return to the prince, mention the criminal officer Du Wenhao and ask to see him!" ”

The four of them glanced at each other, and the murderous aura on King Yong's face disappeared in an instant, becoming full of spring breeze, as if he was not talking about murder just now, but talking about a beautiful girl, and said with a smile: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives, this kid is here to ask for merit, right?" Please! A few of you will retreat to the back hall

King Cao and the other three agreed, and avoided the back hall.

King Yong walked out of the main hall quickly with a smile on his face. Walked through the patio and came to the door of the hanging flowers, and saw Du Wenhao standing under the corridor of the flower hall from a distance, laughed, opened his arms to meet him, grabbed Du Wenhao's shoulder, shook it vigorously, and patted it twice from time to time: "Brother Yunfan, well done!" Haha, I lived up to the high hopes of this king. ”

Du Wenhao was flattered and hurriedly arched his hand: "Thank you Prince Yong for your false praise, how dare you call the prince a brother and a brother."

"Hey! If you can help this king persuade his mother to let this king succeed to the throne, he is a good brother of this king, and he will be commensurate with this king's brother in the future! Otherwise, the king will be angry! After that, he deliberately straightened his face by blowing his beard.

Du Wenhao's bones all over his body seemed to be immediately lightened by a few taels, and he looked like a flattered slave, and he arched to the ground in a panic: "Foolish brother, thank you prince, ah no, thank you brother for your love."

He called King Yong the imperial brother, which seemed a little unusual, but King Yong asked him to be commensurate with his brother, of course, he could only call him that.

King Yong stretched out his hand to hold Du Wenhao's arm, laughed side by side and returned to the main hall, first pressed Du Wenhao on the chair and sat down, patted him on the shoulder affectionately, leaned his neck to the door and shouted to the servants to serve tea, and then sat back in the middle of the chair.

The fragrant tea was served, and King Yong invited him with tea: "Brother Xian, this is the tribute dragon tea, which was given to me by my imperial brother" Speaking of this, King Yong's face suddenly darkened, his eyes were bright, and he said liquidly: "Alas! My royal brother is in the prime of life, how can he be "really jealous of talents!" ”

Du Wenhao also said gloomily: "Yes, but I heard that the emperor passed away for a long time, and he did not suffer much illness, which can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune." ”

King Yong nodded and said: "Exactly, it's a pity that when the imperial brother was sick, the virtuous brother was far away from the local medical patrol, otherwise, the imperial brother would not be afraid that "alas, this is all providence."

Du Wenhao said: "Yes, in fact, Zheng Gu, the envoy of the Tai Hospital, Wei Zhan, the Tai Fang Pulse Tai Doctor, and Li Qingtai, the sores Tai Doctor, etc., are all very superb in medical skills, and the joy of medical skills is not under the foolish brother." I heard that they didn't even have time to rush to the rescue, and the emperor had already died, so there was no way

"Humph! If the virtuous brother doesn't mention them, it will be just that, when he mentions them, the king will be angry, and the emperor on duty that day is the Dafang Pulse Imperial Doctor Cheng Wei Zhan! He was so drunk that day! I told him to rush to first aid, but I couldn't wake him up! delayed the treatment of the imperial brother, and sent someone to call other imperial doctors, but it was too late. Hum! These rice buckets! This king has already ordered Wei Zhan to be put on death row! After this king ascends the throne, Brother Xian, it is up to you to revitalize the Tai Hospital and drive out all those useless Tai Doctors! To re-search for a famous doctor, it is important to choose a person with excellent medical skills and noble medical ethics. You can't let a bastard like Wei Zhan get into the hospital anymore! ”

Du Wenhao hurriedly bowed and said, "The foolish brother obeys the orders of the imperial brother

King Yong glanced at Du Wenhao again and asked with interest, "By the way, Brother Xian, how did you convince my mother to decide to let me inherit the throne?" ”

Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "Actually, the foolish brother didn't say much, just said that the royal brother was righteous, and cited the matter of the foolish brother holding King Cao hostage that day, saying that the imperial brother was righteous at that time, and he replaced King Cao as a hostage. ”

King Yong laughed: "I can't imagine that bad thing has become a good thing, and it has become the capital of this king's fame, hahaha"

King Yong made fun of himself, but Du Wenhao naturally didn't agree with it, so he just laughed twice.

King Yong said again: "Brother Xian, your task in the future is to continue to persuade the queen mother, so that the queen mother can announce that this king will inherit the throne as soon as possible." After this king ascends the throne, you should take credit, and this king will not treat you badly, hehe, what reward do you want? He looked at Du Wenhao with a smile.

Du Wenhao looked frightened, and hurriedly bowed to himself and said: "The foolish brother doesn't dare, as long as the imperial brother and the prince Cao can forgive the foolish brother's disrespectful behavior that day, and avoid the death of the foolish brother, he will be satisfied, and he will not dare to have other extravagant hopes."

King Yong deliberately turned his face blank: "What did Brother Xian say?" Didn't this king already say that the incident was a misunderstanding, it has passed, and Hugh will mention it again! Why, you don't listen to the words of the royal brother? ”