Chapter Twenty-Four: The Plan Will Be Settled
"This ballad is circulating again." In the imperial city, Liu Zhiyuan was walking slowly with the support of Empress Li. Although he walked very slowly, he only walked more than a hundred steps, and he felt out of breath, this body was really not good.
Empress Li was about twenty years younger than Liu Zhiyuan, who was middle-aged, and walked with her husband for a while, and when she saw that he was not in good health, she helped him to sit down on the stone bench in the pavilion.
Liu Zhiyuan gasped slightly, and said, "Queen, have you ever heard of the ballads in the market?" ”
"Ballads? What ballads? Empress Li asked.
Liu Zhiyuan smiled bitterly twice and sang the ballad softly. When Empress Li heard this, she frowned unconsciously, this ballad is simple, the Han water is exhausted, and the finches are flying high, the meaning is already obvious, does it mean that Guo Wei wants to rebel? But Queen Li couldn't think of why Guo Wei rebelled?
Empress Li had doubts in her heart, and after listening to Liu Zhiyuan simply explain the reason for the matter, she fell into deep thought, and after a while, she said: "Husband, this ballad suddenly appeared, there is no beginning and no end, is it someone's conspiracy?" ”
Liu Zhiyuan coughed lightly and said, "I thought the same thing, but I sent someone to investigate, but I didn't find the source." Now that this ballad is up again, it's not easy! ”
Empress Li gently hammered Liu Zhiyuan's back, and said: "Husband, this ballad appeared, pointing directly at Guo Wei, that Guo Wei has an excellent reputation among the ministers, he is a loyal minister, and he will never have a second heart, and the concubine suspects that this ballad is to separate the relationship between His Majesty and Guo Wei and cause discord between the monarch and the ministers." ”
Liu Zhiyuan's eyes lit up, Queen Li's thoughts, he didn't think about it, but he couldn't think of who was the mastermind. If the Han monarchs and ministers were not in harmony, who would benefit? The Tang Dynasty, the Shu Kingdom, the Khitan people, and even the Han Dynasty's large and small cautious Jiedu envoys all had this kind of thought, and they were ready to move, waiting for an opportunity to seize the Central Plains, or replace the Han State.
Empress Li smiled slightly and said, "Husband, in military affairs, women should not talk nonsense, but the concubine feels that since someone intends to be unfavorable to Guo Wei, it proves that he is very jealous of Guo Wei, and the more this is the case, the more Guo Wei should be used." ”
Liu Zhiyuan narrowed his eyes when he heard this, reusing Guo Wei? Since the hall incident, Guo Wei has returned to Yedu, but his family, including his wife and children, have stayed in Kaifeng, and even his adopted son Guo Rong, who has always relied on him, has also stayed in Kaifeng. Guo Wei went to Yedu, it was his duty, and he left his relatives in Kaifeng to tell him Liu Zhiyuan that he Guo Wei was still loyal to the Han Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Liu Zhiyuan nodded, he already had an arrangement in his heart.
Since meeting Miss Fu, Guo Rong has never forgotten it. Although he went to Honglu Temple to talk to Miss Fu a few times, there has not been much progress, and when talking to Miss Fu, Guo Rong can see that this Miss Fu has a good impression of Yang Lian, and it is even very likely that she likes her, even if she is his cousin.
Guo Rong has been thinking about how to marry this woman. There are words he can't say to Guo Weiming, and these days, too many things have happened, after Chinese New Year's Eve, Guo Wei took advantage of the night to return to the capital, Guo Rong has no time to say this.
Guo Rong originally worked under the account of his adoptive father in Yedu, and had no position in Beijing, but now he stayed in Kaifeng, so he had nothing to do, in addition to practicing martial arts in the house every day, chatting with Mrs. Chai, he was wandering around the city, and occasionally Guo Rong would go to the place of fireworks for recreation.
Zeng Yiling's brothel is quite famous in Kaifeng City, and Guo Rong has been there a few times. This **** has nothing to do, so he goes to have fun. Guo Rong called several women and was eating and drinking in the brothel. At this time, Zhao Kuangyi came in.
Zhao Kuangyi has been idle recently, and came to the brothel for recreation, but he didn't expect Guo Rong to be there, the two were old acquaintances, so they hit it off and got together to eat and drink. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhao Kuangyi was a little drunk and talked nonsense.
Since Zhao Kuangyi suffered a loss in Jinling, he has always been obsessed with Emperor Zhou E, and when he was drunk, he couldn't help but scold indiscriminately and mentioned Yang Lian's name. Guo Rong couldn't help but be stunned, Zhao Kuangyi knew Yang Lian? And judging from his tone, this Yang Lian seems to have a confidante in Jinling. Since Yang Lian still has a confidante in Jinling, what is Miss Fu?
Guo Rong decided to find an opportunity to talk to Miss Fu, where is a disciple like Yang Lian worth entrusting for life? When Guo Rong was paying attention, he didn't know that Yang Lian happened to be in the brothel, talking to Zeng Yiling.
Judging from various news, Liu Zhiyuan can no longer support it, but he has not been slow to set up the crown prince. It has been nearly half a year since Yang Lian came to Kaifeng, and in this half year, many things have happened. And Yang Lian has been away from Jinling for too long, and he doesn't know how much has happened in Jinling? He needs to solve the matter of Kaifeng as soon as possible and return to Jinling. After all, if Yang Lian wants to develop, he must take Jinling as the foundation, and he has been separated from Jinling for a long time, and there have been many uncontrollable things.
Zeng Yiling is in control of the news, but the news from Jinling, even if it is delivered by a fast horse, will take more than ten days. Don't say more than ten days, many things can change dramatically in just three or four days, if something really happens, Yang Lian is beyond the reach of the whip.
Yang Lian told Zeng Yiling about this worry, and Zeng Yiling also expressed understanding. Now Liu Zhiyuan needs to be forced to make a choice, but since the poison dove incident, Liu Zhiyuan symbolically punished several palace maids, and poured sewage on the bodies of the two festival envoys. Due to Mi Shiwei's escape, Liu Zhiyuan's vigilance was aroused, and now in the palace, it is very difficult to sneak in.
The two discussed for a while, but never found a good idea. Zeng Yiling provided another piece of news, Guo Wei has frequently entered the imperial city recently, and he doesn't know what to say to Liu Zhiyuan. Hearing Zeng Yiling say this, Yang Lian sighed in his heart, he faintly felt that this time he had done something bad with good intentions, and he was afraid that Liu Zhiyuan would trust Guo Wei even more.
Now it seems that Yang Lian can only wait, Yang Lian seems to be unable to intervene in the matter of the establishment of the prince of the Han Dynasty, so he can only retreat and have a good relationship with Liu Chengyou. Thinking of this, Yang Lian hurriedly stood up and said goodbye to Zeng Yiling.
Zeng Yiling smiled slightly, her words were full of ridicule, and said, "Why, Yang Gongzi is leaving so soon, is he in a hurry to be gentle with his wife?" ”
Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that she was referring to Fu Jinzhan matter, this matter Yang Lian was extremely confidential, and he didn't expect Zeng Yiling to still know. Although Yang Lian did not specify when he would marry Fu Jinzhan, the matter was almost decided, although there was a relationship between mutual use, but Yang Lian still had a good impression of Fu Jinzhan .
Hearing Zeng Yiling's words, after Yang Lian reacted, he smiled and said, "What's the matter, Miss Zeng is jealous?" ”
Zeng Yiling's face changed, took a sip, and said, "What nonsense, I just think someone is not worth it." ”
Yang Lian shook his head, he knew who Zeng Yiling was talking about, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said: "Yang Lian is very grateful for what happened back then, but the deceased is gone, and it is impossible for Yang Lian not to marry, let alone have no queen." ”
Zeng Yiling snorted coldly, turned his back to Yang Lian, and never spoke again.
Yang Lian shrugged, stood up and left, this woman has something to worry about, and no matter how you look at Zeng Yiling, it seems that she has broken the vinegar jar. Yang Lian walked out of Zeng Yiling's boudoir and walked slowly, suddenly, his ears moved, and he heard several extremely familiar voices.
Yang Lian slowed down and approached a room, listening to the sound of drunkenness coming from the room. He glanced left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he secretly poked a small hole in the window paper, leaned over to take a look, and found that it was indeed Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyi, who were holding several beautiful women, talking, and their names were passed from time to time.
Yang Lian raised his eyebrows, listened carefully for a while, and couldn't help clenching his fists. This Guo Rong actually played the idea of Fu Jinzhan , since he met in Daxiangguo Temple, Guo Rong has always been obsessed with Fu Jinzhan . Yang Lian knew that it was not so much that Guo Rong was obsessed with Fu Jinzhan's beauty, but that he was obsessed with the words of the old monk.
Such a person, not to mention what Yang Lian has to do with Fu Jinzhan now, just because he is eager for quick success, Yang Lian is very disliked. Although Yang Lian also took a fancy to the forces behind Fu Jinzhan , after getting along day and night for a while, Yang Lian seemed to have fallen in love with this woman, but he was in the game and didn't find out.
As for Zhao Kuangyi, Yang Lian was even more disliked, his words were full of contempt for Yang Lian and insult to Emperor Zhou E, it seemed that in this heaven and earth, only he Zhao Kuangyi was the most noble. Yang Lian listened coldly, his heart became more and more displeased, he clenched his fists, and wanted to beat the two of them, but he still controlled it. If the two are beaten in a brothel, I am afraid that Zeng Yiling's identity will be exposed, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Although Yang Lian didn't take action in person, he quickly went out to buy some croton, and took advantage of the fact that the woman who delivered the wine was not paying attention, and sprinkled the croton powder into the wine, and then left.
This night, Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyi, who had drunk a lot of wine, ran to the toilet countless times, and their legs were weak and they didn't know what was wrong. Guo Rong was okay, Mrs. Chai doted on him, but instead of blaming him, she let the maid take good care of him, for fear that something would happen.
Then Zhao Kuangyi didn't have such good luck, Zhao Hongyin got the news and knew that the third son who didn't make it must have gone out to drink flower wine again and drank bad stomach, he really deserved it. After Zhao Hongyin scolded for a while, he asked Zhao Kuangyi to reflect on it, but his wife Du Shi felt sorry for her son and got up in the middle of the night to take care of her son.
Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyi tossed all night, until the sun rose, and the two were extremely sleepy, so they fell asleep.
At this time, Yang Lian had already slept beautifully, and after exercising in the courtyard, he had breakfast, and after talking to Fu Jinzhan for a while, he walked out of Honglu Temple, he still had something to do.
Yang Lian rode on a war horse and went straight to the mansion of the second prince Liu Chengyou, he wanted to brainwash Liu Chengyou again. Now that Liu Chengyou is likely to become the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Yang Lian wants to instill in him a few things, and these things are likely to affect the future national fortunes of the Han Kingdom.
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