This night Tang Danwu was really not easy, not only had to endure the pain in his back, but also thought about what he should do next, he didn't think that through Wang Mang, he could find out the matter of Wang Yu being framed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info thought about it and decided to start with the killing of Yuan Fei in order to wash away the suspicion on his body. Things took a turn for the better, and Tang Danwu's mood relaxed a lot, and he soon fell asleep again.

By the time Tang Danwu woke up again, the sky was already bright, and at this time he felt that his voice was much better and he could speak normally. When he asked the maidservant, he found out that the old lady and the queen mother had come over twice, and seeing that he slept sweetly, he did not let the maidservant disturb him. When the maidservant had changed the medicine for his back, and drank the medicine, and had eaten, he asked the maidservant to help him to greet the old lady and the queen mother.

This is also the experience that Tang Danwu got from watching a large number of palace fighting dramas, if you want to mix well, you must find a backer, and the bigger this backer, the better. Although the queen mother in history has a cowardly personality and doesn't look like a big backer who can protect herself, the ancients paid attention to filial piety, and just because he just woke up, the queen mother's tearful gaze never left her body is worthy of his respect. Tang Danwu's big backer is the old lady, yes, she is the one who protects herself like Jia Mu in the Dream of Red Mansions. Tang Danwu secretly swore in his heart that if possible, he must let this sensible old lady truly enjoy her old age.

Who knows, before Tang Danwu walked out of the bedroom door with the support of the two maidservants, the old lady walked in with the support of the queen mother. Tang Danwu hurriedly knelt down and said, "Auntie, mother, it is really the minister's fault to let the two of you be frightened. The old lady and the queen mother were shocked when they saw it, and they didn't know why the stubborn Wang Shu in their impression had become so sensible. The old lady hurriedly asked the maid to help Tang Danwu up, carefully asked him if his pain had improved, and asked the maid Tang Danwu how her appetite was just now.

When Tang Danwu saw that the old man cared about him so much, he couldn't help but be moved in his heart. However, Yuan Fei's death hangs over his head like a sword of Damocles, and in order to avoid dreaming too much at night, it is better to solve it as soon as possible. So he said to the old lady: "Auntie, the minister asked Ann to return to the room from his mother, but he was knocked unconscious, and when he woke up, he found that his mother's maidservant Yuan Fei had died in the minister's room. ”

Before the old lady could speak, the queen mother had already opened her mouth and asked, "Xiao Feng has seen the clues, how do you want to care?" Tang Danwu hurriedly replied: "The minister just wants to know who carried Yuan Fei out of my room, and the minister wants to ask them to see if there is any problem." ”

The old lady was busy ordering the maidservant to find the slave maid who carried the original scarlet corpse, and after a while, she heard two people talking loudly outside the gate: "Slave maid Cangsan and Cangba give Lao Yi Jun and Yi Jun (1) please be safe, and wait for the two Yi Jun to send a legacy." Tang Danwu let the two maidservants help him to the hall, and saw that there was not even a stool, so he had to stand and let Cangsan and Cangba come in and reply. The old lady and the queen mother also walked out with them, out of concern.

When Cangsan and Cangba walked into the hall, Tang Danwu knew each other at a glance, and they were all people who served Wang Mang closely. Tang Danwu didn't talk nonsense with them, and opened his mouth to ask: "Where did you carry Yuan Fei's body, and is it still there?" Cangsan and Cangba glanced at each other, and neither of them spoke. The old lady said angrily: "Talk back! Cangsan and Cangba hurriedly knelt down, Cangsan said: "The prince personally instructed that the original scarlet be be carried to the side courtyard, and the minister of state Kong Xiu Kong Mingting (2) can be buried after inspection, Kong Mingting just returned to the new capital today, and arrived at the house, and now he is drinking tea with the prince in the front hall, and he has not yet been checked, so he is still there." ”

Tang Danwu hurriedly asked again: "When you carried Yuan Fei's corpse, did you notice that she had a few wounds on her body, and how much blood she shed?" Cangba replied: "I only saw a wound on my stomach, but I didn't see much blood, and there was only a bowl of marks on my body, and I didn't see much on the ground." ”

Tang Danwu pondered for a while, and then asked: "Is there a pig at home?" A servant girl replied: "The old man has always been thrifty, so the family has built a pig house in the side courtyard and raised a lot of piglets." Tang Danwu hurriedly instructed Cang San and Cang Ba to catch two pigs and send them to the front hall. At this time, not only Cangsan and Cangba were stunned, but even the old lady and the queen mother didn't know what medicine was sold in Tang Danwu's gourd, and they were also confused.

Tang Danwu didn't give much answer, but said that this matter was about whether he could clear his innocence, and the old lady hurriedly asked Cangsan and Cangba to do what Tang Danwu said. Seeing that Cang San and Cang Ba had already done as instructed, Tang Danwu asked the old lady and the queen mother to go to the front hall with him, saying that it happened that Kong Xiu was present, so there was a good witness. When it comes to Wang Shu's innocence, the old lady and the queen mother naturally have nothing to disagree.

Because the back burns were not healed in a day or two, and the pain was unbearable when he walked, Tang Danwu had no choice but to rub the maid to the front hall with the help of the maid. When he finally arrived in the front hall, Tang Danwu was already sweating profusely. The old lady didn't wait for the slave maid to report, so she walked directly into the front hall, but Tang Danwu and the queen mother didn't dare to do this, so they had to stand under the porch.

After a while, a servant girl came out and invited the Queen Mother and Tang Danwu in. According to the etiquette of the Han Dynasty, Tang Danwu endured the pain in his back, bowed his head and bent over, walked in quickly with small steps, first greeted Wang Mang who was kneeling on the east side, and then without waiting for Wang Mang to say anything, he stood up and knelt down again in front of Sun Xiu, who was kneeling on the west side. Then he arched his hands, bowed his head to his hands and his heart, and bowed twice, and said: "The minister and the king have been asked to greet the Duke of Ming." ”

The reason why he bowed twice was to show more respect for Kong Xiu. As for the word please, it was not originally in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the "Etiquette" of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there is an account of "please be at ease". This is also what Tang Danwu thought about in advance. Although it seems a bit rude to do this, Tang Danwu knows that Wang Mang is very respectful to Kong Xiu, and it is clearly recorded in the history books that because Kong Xiu has scars on his face, Wang Mang broke the nose of his sword inlaid with beautiful jade, and gave the broken jade to Kong Xiu to eliminate the scars. Therefore, this is very much in line with the psychology of Corporal Wang Mang Lixian, who is at home after the dismissal.

Kong Xiu saw Tang Danwu greet him like this, and his original serious face became a little kinder, only to see him stroking his beard and saying with a smile: "Why do you need to be polite, get up quickly." Tang Danwu knew that Zhongsun was Wang Shu's cousin, so he stood up and walked to the first stand under the Queen Mother who was kneeling on the east side.

Wang Mang was also very satisfied when he saw Tang Danwu behaving like this. Since Sun Xiu came for the sake of the original scarf, and the old lady had already explained the situation to Wang Mang when she came in, he coughed lightly, and then said to Kong Xiu: "Yesterday, the maid in the family died in the small vertical room, and I had already ordered someone to lock her up in the firewood room, and ordered someone to strictly guard the scene, waiting for the Ming court to come to investigate. Who knew that the firewood room was suffered by Zhu Rong (3) for no reason, and the little shaft was also slightly injured because of this, so he first treated the injury and waited for the Ming Court to investigate it carefully. If it is done by the little erection, I will not tolerate it. ”

Kong Xiu Zhengse replied to Wang Mang: "I have long heard that the Marquis of Xindu is strict in governing the family, plain and humble, and frugality, and the ministers should investigate in detail and live up to the trust of the prince and marquis." When Tang Danwu heard Kong Xiu say this, there were 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart. As soon as Kong Xiu came up, he first buttoned Wang Mang a big hat, which couldn't be more obvious, if Yuan Fei was really killed by Wang Shu, he would definitely not have anything to hide. Tang Danwu didn't believe that Kong Xiu would be able to find out what was going on with Yuan Fei's death, otherwise Wang Mang in another time and space would not be able to force his own son to death no matter how much he sold his reputation.

At this moment, Cang San and Cang Ba had already grabbed two pigs as instructed and came to the door of the front hall, only to hear the two pigs squeaking non-stop. Wang Mang shouted angrily: "What's going on? Tang Danwu hurriedly dodged and knelt down, and said: "This is the minister let the slave and maid catch it, just because the minister just asked Ann to return to the room from his mother, but he was knocked unconscious inexplicably, and when he woke up, he saw Yuan Fei died inexplicably in the minister's room, and it was the minister's saber that was discarded next to him, so Ah Weng thought that Yuan Fei was killed by the minister with a knife, and today Gongming is here, and the minister just used two pigs to prove that Yuan Fei was not killed by the minister with a knife." ”

Wang Mang didn't know what Tang Danwu was doing, so he scolded: "You can use two pigs to prove that Yuan Fei was not killed by you?" Jane is really child's play, don't retreat quickly! Tang Danwu saw that Kong Xiu didn't even say a word on the side, and the grass and mud horses that had just galloped in his heart roared again, so he had no choice but to continue: "The matter is uncertain to have evidence, and the minister has evidence that the original Fei Feichen was killed, so I am willing to ask Ah Weng to show it." ”

After saying these words, Tang Danwu bowed to Kong Xiuchang again. Kong Xiu saw Tang Danwu doing this, so he had no choice but to say to Wang Mang: "Since Zhongsun said so, the prince might as well take a look and talk about it." It is estimated that at this time, Wang Mang, like Tang Danwu, was waiting for Kong Xiu to open his mouth, so when he heard Kong Xiu say this, Wang Mang immediately opened his mouth and said: "How to prove that Yuan Fei was not killed by you, you should tell the Ming Court." ”

Tang Danwu raised his head and said to Kong Xiu: "The boy heard that if a person is killed by a knife, he will shed countless blood, and if he is stabbed after death, he will only shed a little dark blood. Therefore, I am willing to invite Ming Gong and Ah Weng to the front of the hall to see if this statement is true. Then asked Kong Xiu and Wang Mang to come to the front of the hall, and then asked Cang San and Cang Ba to kill a pig with a stick first, in order to make the effect more obvious, Tang Danwu asked Wang Mang and Kong Xiu to let these two slaves and maids carry Yuan Fei's body over, deliberately delaying some time.

Hearing that the second prince wanted to use two pigs to prove that he did not kill Yuan Fei, many slaves and maids in the palace secretly hid in the distance and peeped. In order not to let Kong Xiu and Wang Mang get irritated by the long waiting time, Tang Danwu said to Kong Xiu under the pretext of asking for teaching: "Ming Gong, the Analects are cloudy, I don't know my fate, and I can't be a gentleman; If you don't know how to be polite, you can't stand up; I don't know how to believe, and I don't know anyone. The kid thinks that this is teaching a gentleman to know his fate, etiquette, and words, and he can be called a saint, I don't know if it's right or not. ”

Although this Kong Xiu is not a great Confucian in the world, he can be regarded as a well-educated person, and when he heard Tang Danwu say this, he knew that he was using asking for teaching as an excuse, and he insinuated that he didn't give him a chance at first and didn't distinguish his words, so he didn't know what to say. However, when he heard that Tang Danwu respected Confucius as a saint, he couldn't say that what Tang Danwu said was wrong. You must know that Confucius in history was two years later, that is, in 1 A.D., when Wang Mang added Jue as the Duke of Anhan, he posthumously praised Confucius as the Duke of Xuanni, and only in 492 A.D., Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty named Confucius as the father of Wen Shengni, and the holy word appeared for the first time in the title. As for the title of the Most Holy Ancestor of Dacheng that we are familiar with, it is all a matter of the Republic of China.

In desperation, he could only smile and say to Wang Mang: "The prince is a good son." Wang Mang heard the conversation between the two people, and was secretly happy to see that his son had rebelled against Kong Xiu's army, and in this way, the three of them waited for Yuan Yu's body to be carried over while talking. About ten minutes had passed, and Sosan and Sobachi finally carried the body to the front of the hall.

Seeing Yuan Qi's corpse, Tang Danwu knew that he couldn't delay, so he ordered Cang San to hold a knife and stab each of the two pigs in his life. Then asked Kong Xiu and Wang Mang to come forward to watch, when Kong Xiu and Wang Mang saw that only a small amount of dark red blood flowed out of the wound of the dead pig, and although the live pig had not yet breathed after being stabbed, a large amount of blood continued to gush out, and it had already flowed all over the ground in a blink of an eye. Then Tang Danwu asked Kong Xiu and Wang Mang to inspect Yuan Qi's body, and sure enough, they only saw a small amount of dark red blood spots on the clothes at the wound.

Seeing this, Kong Xiu and Wang Mang were surprised, so they let Tang Danwu stay in the front hall, and the two of them went to Wang Yu's room to check in person. After a while, Kong Xiu and Wang Mang returned to the front hall with solemn faces, and Kong Xiu personally carefully inspected Yuan Jie's body, and finally found that the back of Yuan Qi's head had been sunken, which should be caused by a blow from a hard object. Because Wang Xu, who was possessed by Tang Danwu, was a frail teenager, it was impossible for him to cause such a big injury to Yuan Yu.

Tang Danwu saw that his suspicion was basically cleared, but if the mastermind behind the scenes was not found out, it would be a big trouble sooner or later. So he knelt in front of Wang Mang and said to Wang Mang: "The minister did not notice for a while, and was framed by someone, yesterday Ah Weng sent someone to pass the word to let the minister break off, just because the son could not bear the shame at home, so he burned the firewood room to survive, and today the clouds are open and the fog is dispersed, although the minister has no regrets about his death." ”

Wang Mang was very strange when he heard Tang Danwu say this: "Xiao Feng, Nai Weng didn't make people spread the word to you, who is the one who passed the word?" If there is no fire, what fire will you use to burn the woodhouse? Tang Danwu replied: "The messenger has not seen it before, as for the fire in the firewood room, the minister used the ancients to drill wood to make fire. When Kong Xiu heard Tang Danwu say this, he said to Wang Mang: "Congratulations to the prince, Confucianism can be taught, I invite you to be a teacher, can you?" ”

Hearing Kong Xiu say this, Wang Mang was naturally eager to let Tang Danwu salute Kong Xiu again. Then he ordered all the new male slaves in the family to gather in front of the hall, and asked Tang Danwu to check which one was the messenger. As a result, after a while, Tang Danwu found the slave maid according to the impression of Wang Shu in his mind. At first, the slave was still a dead duck with a hard mouth, but he couldn't stand the sticks of a few nursing homes, and finally said that Wang Guangzhi made him do this.

Speaking of which, Wang Guang is not an outsider, this person is the widow of Wang Mang's brother Wang Yong, who died early, and is just four years older than Wang Mang's eldest son Wang Yu. To say that Wang Mang is interesting enough to Wang Guang, not only let him study under the doctor, but even the wedding is as beautiful as his son Wang Yu.

I heard that Wang Guang was making trouble behind her back, and the old lady who was still on the spot and did not leave immediately fainted, and Wang Mang was at a loss for a while. Tang Danwu is from the next generation, he can't talk about how he feels with Wang Guang, and this cousin has hurt himself again, so naturally he won't help talk, and let Kong Xiu order someone to take Wang Guang away. It was only at this time that Tang Danwu felt that Kong Xiu, an old-fashioned old man, was also very cute.

Afterwards, Tang Danwu thought that it was no wonder that Wang Guang was named the Marquis of Yangong before Wang Mang ascended the throne, and some officials reported that he privately asked people to help him kill people, which turned out to be a criminal record. Think about it again, as recorded in the history books, after Wang Mang learned that Wang Guang was reported, he just scolded Wang Guang, and the fact that Wang Guang actually committed suicide was explained, it is estimated that Wang Guang was afraid that Wang Guang's early death would be exposed.

(1) Yi Jun: The title of a woman in ancient times, the husband was a marquis, and the wife could also be called Yi Jun.

(2) Ming Court: The honorific title of the Han Dynasty people for the county order, the new capital Hou Guoxiang and the county order are equivalent in rank, so they are also called the Ming Court and the Ming Duke.

(3) Zhurong: The god of fire, here refers to fire.