Volume 4: Chapter 56 of the Emperor's Prosperous Era Murong
Kaifu Yi Tong General, Dr. Jin Ziguanglu, Hanoi County Duke Murong Sanzang Mansion, the old lady Qi Li is sitting in the Buddhist hall, silently chanting the scriptures, she has words in her mouth, and her hand keeps turning the rosary made of good wood, her face is peaceful, looking like a kind old lady.
It's just that only the descendants of the Murong family know how powerful this old lady is, the entire Murong Mansion masters, servants, and thousands of soldiers and servants are all trembling in the face of the old lady, and even the second lady Yu who is now in charge of the house is not afraid to breathe in front of the old lady, Yu is the sister of the former Shangshu's right servant who shot Lord Yu, but when Lord Yu was alive, the Yu family was still governed by the Li family.
Speaking of which, the life experience of the old lady Murong of the Li family is not simple, the Li family is the provincial translation of the weeping Fuli clan in the twelve surnames of Gaoche, and also known as the Li family, her first husband is Duan Rong, the king of Wuwei in the Northern Qi Dynasty, after the death of the king of Wuwei, the Li family married the current general Murong Sanzang.
Although the Li family is married for the second time, and the age is older than Murong Sanzang, the relationship between the husband and wife is very good, but speaking of which, the Li family is obviously an unfortunate person, after Zhou destroyed Qi, although the Li family surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty with her husband, but the son born to King Wuwei because he was a member of the imperial clan of Qi State, or was killed, and Murong Sanzang had a son and a daughter, and the son was Murong Xun, but this son was killed by the prince when the Great Sui unified the south.
When Murong Xun was killed, the Li family was already in his fifties, and the white-haired people sent the black-haired people, and there was nothing worse in the world than this, but for many people in the Murong family, Murong Xun's death may not be a good thing, and the most open thinking is undoubtedly the second lady Yu and Murong Xun's several half-brothers, as well as the many maidservants of the Murong family.
Murong Xun was extremely cruel at home because he was favored by his mother since he was a child. Only twelve years old. Just ** the two maidservants beside her mother, after tasting the taste, in a few years, almost all of the maids in the house who had a little grace were ravaged by Murong Xun, and there were countless people who were killed by Murong Xun, which may be retribution for Murong Xun. Although he married at a very young age, and ravaged so many maids and maidservants, and gave birth to seven or eight children, he did not support any of them.
When he heard the news that Murong Xun was dead. It can be known how much the Li family will react, but the murderer is the crown prince of the dynasty, no matter how resentful the Li family is, it is almost impossible to take revenge, and the Li family's already half-white hair became completely white overnight, and all thoughts were ashes, so he could only let go of the management power of Murong Mansion. Every day, I live the days of chanting sutras and reciting Buddha land.
Murong Sanzang was not only a general, but also a local assassin. Rarely in the capital, the Yu family thought that from now on the Murong Mansion in the capital would be in charge of her, but the Yu family was still wrong, although the Li family entered the Buddhist hall, they also handed over the management power to her. But the Li family is still the only person in Murong Mansion. The Yu family has to consult the Li family in everything to be the master, and even the sons of the Yu family listen to the Li family more than the Yu family. In less than half a month, the descendants of the Murong family knew that it was still the eldest lady who was in charge of the house.
When several disciples of Murong Jiadi were boringly talking about the most gorgeous girls in the house, a fast horse galloped on the street, and when he saw the three big characters of Murong Mansion, the knight on the horse hurriedly pulled the reins, and the healthy horse and the law of the horse screamed and stopped, but several of the men were startled.
As soon as the horse stopped, the knight above jumped down, threw the reins, and went up the front steps of the door with a stump, and was about to break into the gate, this person was only about thirty years old, with a white face and no beard, and was wearing a coarse cloth clothes. ”
The person who came screamed: "Inform Old Madam Murong that someone in the palace is looking for you." ”
Hearing that it was looking for the old lady Murong, several disciples were suddenly startled, but they couldn't make up their minds, and they didn't know whether to report to the old lady, the person in front of them sounded like a eunuch, but he was dressed so poorly, how could he not look like someone from the palace.
This eunuch is the eunuch sent by Yang Yue to report to Murong Mansion, he is the little eunuch Guo Shanji who passed the story of Princess Lechang's reunion in Renshou Palace, and now Guo Shanji has become a steward in Renshou Palace.
Over the years, although the old lady Murong hid in the Buddhist hall, she never gave up the idea of avenging her son, but with the power of the Murong family, it was far from being able to shake the foundation of the Great Sui, and the old lady Murong had to retreat and beg for the second, just to abolish the prince, on the one hand, she sent her daughter Murong Yan to the King of Jin, and contacted Yang Yue, just to find an opportunity to abolish the prince and help the King of Jin to replace him.
Although Yang Yue relied on Mrs. Xuanhua to sit firmly in charge of Renshou Palace, and was able to serve the emperor often, but because of Princess Lechang, Yang Yue could not use Mrs. Xuanhua's hand to destroy the relationship between the emperor and the East Palace.
Of course, these disciples didn't know, in order to prevent others from recognizing the identity of eunuchs in other places, not long after Guo Shanji's father-in-law left Renshou Palace, he immediately found a place to change into an ordinary person's clothes, and drove more than 200 miles, so he naturally became the appearance in front of him.
Seeing a few men hesitating, Guo Shanji was furious: "Don't go quickly!" ”
Guo Shanji has been in charge for a few years, this anger, but there is a little momentum, several disciples no longer hesitated, and hurriedly sent one person to report to the old lady Murong, but the other three people looked at Guo Shanji to death, once Guo Shanji lied, then he would die.
Guo Shanji was not in a hurry, looked around, and saw that no one was paying attention, so he flashed into the gate of Murong Mansion, and the three men were shocked, so they had to leave two people to watch the door, and the other person followed Guo Shanji closely, for fear that if he walked around casually, he would trample on the flowers and trees in the courtyard.
The courtyard of Murong Mansion is vast, the trees are shady, the water is bubbling, and people will have a bit of shade as soon as they enter, but Xiao Guo's father-in-law has lived in Renshou Palace for more than ten years, and the scenery here is far worse than Renshou Palace, and he has no intention of appreciating it at all. I saw that the family member of Murong Mansion staring at him like a thief. I can't help but laugh at myself.
The family who went to report returned after a while, and his face was full of surprise at this time, except for the personal servants of the eldest lady and the old lady, even the second lady was not qualified to enter the old lady's Buddhist hall, but he didn't expect the old lady to meet the eunuch who claimed to come from the palace in the Buddhist hall.
"This father-in-law, the old lady is invited."
"Lead the way!" Guo Shanji commanded with his head held high.
"Yes. Father-in-law, please come with the villain. The Menzi's expression became extremely respectful, so that the old lady could meet in the Buddhist hall, and the father-in-law in front of him was still the first person, and the Menzi no longer dared to doubt Guo Shanji's identity.
After turning a few doors, the family took Guo Shanji to a backyard in Murong Mansion, and the backyard gate was guarded by two women in their forties. The two women were tall, with a frost on their faces, and they wore a scimitar at their waists, and one hand held it on the handle, as if they were ready to pull out the shiny scimitar at any moment.
The housekeeper who led the way for Guo Shanji whispered a few words to the two women, and the two women nodded before the family came to Guo Shanji's side again: "This father-in-law, inside is the old lady's residence." Please take care of your father-in-law, and the villain will end here. ”
Guo Shanji nodded. He had long known about the connection between Yang Yue and Murong Mansion, but it was the first time he came to Murong Mansion, and he was also a little curious about the legendary old lady Murong, so he hurriedly pushed open the courtyard door and stepped in. It's just that he's just entered. With a snap, the courtyard gate outside was closed. An eerie aura came over me.
He looked at the courtyard, and was suddenly startled, the whole compound covers a vast area, just weeds are knee-high, desolate, occasionally one or two trees also grow strangely, as if suddenly to the wilderness, what makes Guo Shan's scalp numb is that there is a big bag in the middle of the yard, it seems that it is clearly a lonely grave, no wonder the whole yard gives people a gloomy feeling.
Fortunately, there is a wooden house not far from the lonely tomb, and there is a burst of wooden fish knocking sound inside, obviously there is the Buddhist hall where the old lady Murong lives, Guo Shanji secretly scolded this old lady of the Murong Li family in his heart is not normal, a good house does not live, but he wants to put himself in the wilderness, and also built a tomb in the courtyard, and settled down, he walked along the path to the wooden house, when passing the tomb, a gust of wind blew, Guo Shan Chicken seemed to have goosebumps all over his body, and hurriedly accelerated his pace, just when he crossed the lonely grave, couldn't help but look back at the tombstone, and a few big words suddenly came into Guo Shanji's eyes: the tomb of his beloved son Murong Xun.
Guo Shanji suddenly realized in his heart, it turned out that this was the grave of the youngest son of the old lady of the Murong Qi Li family, and the grave of this old lady Murong who accompanied her son every day was also the most beloved son.
"Peel, peel." The sound of the wooden fish knocking stopped, and an old voice sounded: "You are here." ”
Guo Shanji was shocked for a moment, only to find that he had walked into the wooden house, an old lady whose hair had turned into silver threads was questioning him, the old lady was dressed in black, standing there much taller than Guo Shanji, her face was like a silver plate, and the layers of wrinkles made people feel that the old lady in front of her was extremely kind.
The person in front of him was undoubtedly the old lady Murong, Guo Shanji bowed slightly: "Meet the old lady." ”
"Well, sit down, who sent you."
Although the old lady's words were gentle, there was a kind of irresistible majesty, Guo Shanji originally wanted to take a little shelf in the palace, but he found that in the face of the old lady in front of him, he had no room to hold the shelf, so he had to say honestly: "On the order of Chief Yang, the villain sent a letter to the old lady." ”
"Well, it seems that there is an urgent matter, otherwise Yang Yue would not have sent someone over, what about the letter?"
"Here."
Guo Shanji hurriedly took out a soft cloth bag from her arms and handed it to the old lady, the old lady unwrapped the package layer by layer with her hands, revealing the blood book written by Yang Yue on the handkerchief with her fingers, and the old lady only glanced at the words on the blood book, her expression became more and more excited, and she slowly laughed, and the laughter became higher and higher, so that Guo Shanji had to cover her ears, Guo Shanji was shocked to find that the old lady now had no kind eyes just now, and her face was gloomy, which seemed a little hysterical.
"Ha, ha, Yang Jian, Yang Jian, you also have today, Xun'er, Xun'er, your revenge can be avenged, you wait below, my mother will send your enemy down to accompany you."
"Woo, woo. Son. You died so miserably, you are not alone below, my mother has killed those sluts who have an affair with you to accompany you below, you can rest assured, kill the enemy, and my mother will also come down to accompany you......" Li said while crying and chattering.
Guo Shanji's scalp tingled when he heard this. I vaguely remember that someone once said that after Murong Xun's death, including his wife, more than a hundred women seemed to have died in Murong Mansion in a short period of time, could it be that these women were all buried by the old lady in front of him, he suddenly remembered this matter. Suddenly shocked in his heart, the old lady in front of him has endured for more than ten years, in order to avenge her son, I am afraid that he can do anything, and now he has listened to so much on the side, if he is not careful, I am afraid that he will kill the old lady in front of him.
"Who else knows what is in this letter?" The old lady finished crying and laughing, and her sanity returned to normal. He asked in a cold tone.
Guo Shanji was horrified in his heart, and this old lady of the Li family clearly had a murderous aura in his mouth. Hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the old lady, at present, only the lady and the two ladies in the palace know, but now that the slave and maid have been out for more than a day, no one knows, and the slave and maid don't know." ”
"Hmm. That is. Then you can go back. ”
"Yes, slave and maid obey." Guo Shanji paused. He didn't know what the old lady meant by going back, whether to let him go back to the palace or to another place, and he didn't know if he could dispel the old lady's idea of killing her mouth, so she quickly turned her brain and delayed: "The old lady doesn't know if there is anything to bring back to the chief manager?" ”
Qi Li glanced at Guo Shanji in front of him strangely: "Well, no, since the letter was delivered to the old body, it was the old body's business." ”
"Yes, old lady, the manager has a sentence to ask you, I wonder if Xu Cheng is in the hands of the old lady, if so, the head manager admires the old lady's foresight very much?"
"Xu Cheng, that Shang Pharmacopoeia Emperor, what's the matter, Yang Yue suspects that the old body sent someone to rob him, with you in charge, what is the old body going to rob him for?"
"Yes, since it wasn't robbed by the old lady, it's strange, could it be that someone else cares about the emperor's condition?" Guo Shanji said to himself, paused for a moment, and saw that the Li family did not react, and saluted the Li family again: "Old lady, the slave has taken her leave." ”
After half a ring, a voice came from Li's voice: "Well, you can go." ”
It wasn't until he left the Murong Mansion that Guo Shanji stepped on the back of the horse under the courteous service of several disciples, wiped a handful of cold sweat on his face, and ran forward with the horse, this errand was not only tiring, but also almost lost his life, Guo Shanji swore that he would not come to this Murong Mansion next time.
In Renshou Palace, after taking the medicine prescribed by Xu Zhizang, the emperor finally woke up, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he heard two cheers: "The emperor is awake, the emperor is awake." ”
The voice was anxious and sweet, it was his favorite Xuanhua, the voice of the two ladies of Ronghua, Yang Jian's eyes swept over, and he saw that the two of them were like pear blossoms with rain, and he was very distressed, and raised his hand, wanting to wipe away the tears on the faces of the two concubines, but he felt that his arms were as heavy as a thousand catties, and he couldn't move at all, Yang Jian couldn't help but be shocked: "I ...... What is wrong with me? ”
As soon as the voice came out, Yang Jian was even more frightened, his former majestic voice was hoarse, and he couldn't hear his own voice at all: "What happened, why did I ...... Why is this happening? ”
"Your Majesty, don't worry, you're just tired and need to rest." Chen Xuanhua comforted softly.
"On the ground, the emperor doesn't need to be in a hurry, just rest and rest." Mrs. Rong Hua also hurriedly comforted her.
"Really?" Yang Jian asked in disbelief.
"Really, of course it's true, if the emperor doesn't believe it, you might as well ask Imperial Doctor Xu." Chen Xuanhua hurriedly lifted out Xu Zhizang.
Seeing that he was mentioned, Xu Zhizang, who had been staying next to him, hurriedly moved over, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, it's true, as long as the emperor rests enough, his body will naturally improve." ”
After listening to Xu Zhi's explanation, Yang Jian was a little relieved, chatted with Mrs. Xuanhua and Mrs. Ronghua for a while, and then fell asleep again.
Outside, Liu Shu, Yuan Yan and others already knew the true situation of the emperor's body, although they were very dissatisfied with Yang Yuedi's deception yesterday, but they didn't care about blaming Yang Yue, but argued with each other, there were two topics of contention, one was whether to keep the emperor's illness secret, and the other was whether to notify the prince immediately and let the prince come to Renshou Palace in case anything happened to the emperor.