Chapter 172: Go to Hell! (2nd Update)
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Zhang He, the elder brother of Zhang Anshi, the first Marquis of Fuping, was imprisoned by Tingwei for being involved in the "rebellion case" of the prince Liu Ju. Later, Zhang Anshi interceded, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty exempted him from the death penalty, imposed palace punishment, and entered the court order. During Zhang He's tenure as the court order, the young emperor's great-grandson Liu Aiji was also confiscated into the court, and was raised by Zhang He, and with Zhang He's stepson Zhang Pengzu as his companion, he read and played.
Zhang Pengzu was originally the youngest son of Zhang Anshi, but because his brother was punished by the palace, he succeeded him as a young son.
And this emperor's great-grandson Liu Aiji is the later Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Xun.
One is the emperor's adoptive father, and the other is the emperor's playmate, and the future wealth of the father and son can be imagined with their toes.
And these two are the ancestors of Zhang Chengyan. In other words, Zhang Chengyan, like Zhang Fang, is also a direct descendant of Zhang Anshi.
Sure enough, after Emperor Xuan ascended the throne, he established Zhang Pengzu as the Marquis of Guannei. Soon after, he wanted to be crowned as the Marquis of Yangdu. Zhang Anshi repeatedly resigned for his son (in fact, it was a parent-child), but Emperor Xuan said, "I am a court order, not a general." "It means that I am the seal for your brother Zhang He, not for the sake of you, the general of the chariot.
The emperor said so, but Zhang Anshi didn't dare to reply.
At that time, Zhang He had passed away, and Emperor Xuan was nicknamed "Yangdu Mourning Marquis" to express his condolences. And Zhang Pengzu became the actual first and last Marquis of Yangdu.
Zhang Pengzu, the Marquis of Yangdu, is both lucky and unlucky. Soon after, he died suddenly, and the cause of his death became the Zhang family ugly - he was poisoned by his concubine.
Due to the early death of Zhang Pengzu's son, there were no descendants left, and "there was no child in the country", so the Marquis of Yangdu disappeared after only one term.
But does Zhang Pengzu really have no descendants? The answer is embarrassing - he has a posthumous son, the son conceived by the concubine who poisoned him.
There is no doubt that this posthumous son, because of his mother's sins, will never be able to inherit it. If it weren't for Zhang Pengzu's eldest brother Fuping Aihou Zhang Yanshou to see this baby pitiful, let the old servant of Yangdu Hou raise him, and asked Emperor Xuan to return a few mansions to settle down, Zhang Pengzu would not have been Zhang Chengyan in this world.
"My grandmother died in prison, and my father never saw his parents in his life, and he had to bear the notoriety of killing his father by his own mother. I was depressed for many years, and I died when I was six years old. Before he died, he took my hand and said repeatedly: 'You will be a marquis all your life; Thou hast not fulfilled thy vow, and thy descendants shall succeed thee.'" ”
Zhang Fang said in a deep voice: "Your father's intention, I'm afraid it's not just a simple marquis, but to recapture the lord of Yangdu to cheer up the family." ”
Zhang Chengyan looked at him deeply: "You now understand what a heavy responsibility I bear." ”
Zhang Fang said: "You are still young, and you are studying in Taixue, after completing your studies, it is not difficult to obtain the position of Lang Guan." With your calculations, and the fact that I belong to the same Zhang family, over time, maybe there will be a chance to operate sometimes......"
Zhang Chengyan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The legacy of the ancestor is not meritorious, but where is the opportunity for the Han to make meritorious deeds now?" I have no sisters, no children, and no chance of becoming a relative. It's too your own. ”
Zhang Fang sneered and said suddenly: "You are wrong, the merit is not given by others, but earned by yourself." I can tell you unequivocally that the Great Han has at least two more Guan Neihou, and their origins are even inferior to yours. ”
"You mean Gan Yanshou and Chen Tang, it's not that easy." Zhang Chengyan let out a breath, "At the risk of losing your head to see the Marquis, how many people would do such a thing?" At least I, Zhang Chengyan, won't. ”
Zhang Fang's eyes were like a cone: "The risk of overbearing is indeed very large, but the risk of assassinating the son of the world is not great?" ”
The topic finally gets to the point.
Zhang Chengyan let out a "ha" and looked at Zhang Fang with a strange look: "Actually, if it weren't for you out of that incident, I wouldn't have thought of the idea of beating you at all." ”
Zhang Fang said slowly: "I know that if it weren't for your instigation and inducement, he would never dare and would never think of using the bandits to ambush me. It will not fail to make a plan, and another plan will be used, and one after another will be chased and killed. If I'm not mistaken, you found the drama Xin, right? ”
Zhang Chengyan admitted frankly: "That's right. However, the commission is paid by Shi Rong, and I can't afford to hire this killer. ”
Zhang Fang raised his eyebrows: "Then if you want to buy Dunhuang to engage in it, the price will not be low, right?" I think after two years, Shi Rong will not bite because of that old grudge, and he will not be so stupid. So he shouldn't have been involved in this, it's all up to you, right? ”
Zhang Chengyan did not deny it: "Fake public and private, just do it." I sold some of my ancestral property, plus my uncle's subsidy, which was enough. ”
Zhang Fang couldn't help but sneer: "It's really ironic, taking my mother's money to buy her son's life...... If you can do this kind of thing, you are also a talent. ”
Zhang Chengyan's face did not change: "That money is what I deserve-do you think it is easy to be a filial son for half a year?" You have served more than a month of mourning in Duling, you must be clear. ”
Zhang Fang laughed and said: "'Filial piety, brother and brother', Chang'an people's comments on Brother Zhong turned out to be worth dozens of gold. ”
Zhang Chengyan smiled faintly: "It's indeed cheaper, but even if you spend a hundred thousand times the price, you can't buy it." ”
"Don't worry about reminding me, I know I have a bad reputation in Chang'an, but it doesn't matter, you are not the only one in this world who can pretend." Zhang Fang tapped his finger lightly on the food table next to the couch, sorted out what Zhang Chengyan said before, and nodded frequently, "If you can't become the Marquis of Yang, you should be the Marquis of Fuping, it's really calculated!" Moreover, you almost succeeded. ”
Zhang Chengyan smiled bitterly: "From the moment you reappeared, I knew that I had failed." The next thing I'm going to do is how to clean up the tail of my hands and remove all traces so that you don't suspect me. I had people pretend to be assassins to defend themselves against arrows; I used the property as bait to lure Ding Jia to use it for my purposes, and used him to blame Meng Xiu, and eradicate the two of them afterwards...... It's a pity that the organs are exhausted, but it is still difficult to escape the eyes of the young son. ”
Zhang Chengyan was silent for a while, and sighed: "I know where I lost, so I have nothing to say." ”
Zhang Fang was interested: "Let's hear it." ”
"I underestimated you." Zhang Chengyan stared at Zhang Fang's eyes and said slowly, "All my plans are aimed at Zhang Fang, the young marquis of Fuping, back then, and I believe that these means are enough to deal with him." But I didn't expect it to be so terrible when he reappeared - sometimes I even wonder if you were not him! ”
Zhang Fang smiled brightly, suddenly stared back, and the essence in his eyes skyrocketed. Zhang Chengyan couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, covering his eyes, tears flowing.
Zhang Fang slowly stood up, took out something from his sleeve, gently put it on the couch, then got up and walked slowly to the door: "If you knew what I experienced in the Western Regions, you wouldn't say that." ”
Zhang Chengyan opened his eyes and stared at the thing on the couch - a crossbow arrow! The crossbow that had wounded itself.
Zhang Chengyan trembled and grabbed the crossbow arrow hard. He was so hard that his knuckles turned white and his nails went into the flesh. Looking up, looking at the figure that seemed to melt into the sun, he roared unwillingly: "What have you experienced in the Western Regions?!" ”
Zhang Fang turned sideways slightly, the harsh sunlight blurred his face, but his voice was calm and clear: "It's the same as where you're about to go." ”
"What?"
"Hell!" (To be continued.) )