Chapter 299: A Few Joys and a Few Sorrows (9)
"Prime Minister Qiqi, there is a person outside the door who claims to be the chamberlain of the King of Shu and asks to see him!" The samurai at the door hurriedly stepped forward to report. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Chen Zhuang glanced at his henchman, who nodded and smiled slightly.
"Pass him in!" Chen Zhuang then ordered to go down.
"No!" The samurai turned around and shouted:
"Let him in!"
The voice fell, only to see a ragged man come in from outside, his face was haggard, his eyes were full of panic, no wonder this warrior didn't let him in, this dress was really unseemly, and he claimed to be the inner servant of the King of Shu, just this respectful face, thrown on the street, without looking for an introducer, he could directly join the beggar gang! Chen Zhuang looked at his henchmen, and the meaning was clear: "Can you be an inner servant like this?" Could it be a beggar somewhere, irritated and having a bad head, running here? ā
The henchman still didn't talk, he still smiled slightly, and motioned for Chen Zhuang to continue waiting, this person naturally had something to say.
Unkempt and ragged, he didn't look like a person in the palace, but fortunately, the unique voice of this servant helped a lot here, and I saw this person come to the front and kneel:
"Minions see prime minister!" The sound emanating from the throat of the male duck is very easy to recognize whether it is male or female.
Hearing this movement, the henchman and Chen Zhuang glanced at each other, that's right, it's such a movement, in this place, except for Chengdu, there must be no place to find such a rare thing.
After implementing the identity, there are some words that are easy to say, Chen Zhuang asked straight to the point:
"Say! What's up? āć
"Prime Minister Qi, the slave has a message from the King of Shu here, as well as a letter from his wife!" As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom and put it in his hand. Seeing that the prime minister had no intention of leaving his position, the chamberlain immediately asked!
"Prime Minister, are you going to do business or private business first?" The implication is also clear, if it is a private matter, come forward to send a letter, if it is a public matter, there must be some rules!
Listen to the gong and listen to the sound, listen to the words, the meaning in these words could not be clearer, hearing this, Chen Zhuang rubbed it, stood up from the desk and said:
"When the national disaster is at hand, it is naturally a matter of public affairs!"
This Chen Zhuang and his henchmen hurriedly walked down from the high platform, and the waiter cleared his throat, picked up the shelf and tore his throat and said:
"Chengdu is in ruins, and it is the time to employ people, so order Prime Minister Chen Zhuang to return to Chengdu immediately!"
"Subordinates obey!" Chen Zhuang knelt down and said.
"Prime Minister, please, this is Madame's letter!" As he spoke, he handed the letter to Chen Zhuang, and Chen Zhuang beckoned:
"My father-in-law sits high, and everyone is offended, and there are many offenses!"
"Prime Minister, where is this, when the slave came, he met Qin Jun on the road, and he had to make it look like this!" The waiter said seemingly casually, I really want to see if this Chen Zhuang knows about this.
Chen Zhuang didn't pay attention to this person, but was eager to see what information was in his wife's heart.
"The chaos of the court is going back quickly!" There are not many words on the letter, but it is enough to show that at this moment, the city of Chengdu is already in chaos.
Even Du Yu, the king of Shu, is already the master of the six gods, like an ant on a hot pot, it seems that what the henchman said is right, if the king of Shu leads the troops to resist the Qin army, I am afraid it will be impossible.
"What did my father-in-law just say?" After a while, Chen Zhuang remembered that this chamberlain had spoken to him.
In this way, the waiter was embarrassed and said:
"On the way, I met the Qin army on the way to Mianzhu, the official road has been occupied by the Qin army, and the road is very checked, in order to be able to deliver the letter, it is so embarrassing as a last resort!"
"Father-in-law has worked hard! I have ordered General Chen Wan to send troops to recruit, I don't know if I have ever met it on the public highway? Chen Zhuang asked.
"Encountered! Encountered! What a mighty man! Mighty Warrior! The chamberlain took the opportunity to pat his ass. In fact, the inner servant did not come alone, when he came out of Chengdu, there was a team of accompanying warriors, the same as the King of Shu, this inner servant did not believe that there was any ghost Qin army!
After meeting the Qin army head-on on the official road, he realized that there was really such a thing, but this inner servant, who was not very capable and had a good temper, followed the successful rebellion of the King of Shu, and thought that he was also a famous general of the three armies.
With a high heart and empty eyes, he deliberately showed his majesty on his own land, and then ordered his samurai to charge! The results can be imagined! have become nameless knife ghosts who have never returned.
In order to deliver the letter, but also to save his life, the chamberlain was so frightened that he fled in the wilderness, the mountains were full of thorns, and the mountains and rocks were rugged, so that this luxurious court dress was tattered, like a beggar. However, such a humiliating thing cannot be said, just when he was about to collapse, he met Chen Wan's army, how can this situation be forgotten, naturally it is mostly praise.
"Good! In this case, my father-in-law will go down to rest for a while, and when I have settled the defense of this city, I will return to Chengdu with my father-in-law immediately! Chen Zhuang said.
"No! The minion went down first! The chamberlain walked away with a sense of humor.
"Sir, send your father-in-law down to rest!" Chen Zhuang beckoned his henchmen to send a waiter.
"No! Father-in-law, please! The henchman waved his hand and signaled the waiter to go outside to rest, Chen Zhuang sat in front of the case, waiting for the henchman to return, and then discussed with him in the long run.
Chen Zhuang asked his henchmen to send the chamberlain, not just a simple send-off, the henchmen naturally understood that this was to spy on the situation in the palace by himself.
"What's so unusual in this palace, father-in-law?" The henchman asked straight to the point.
"What do you mean, sir?" The chamberlain is not just a confused person, knowing the power here, he wants to find out some news, and the most taboo thing for the general is to be suddenly called back to the court.
The sudden return to the dynasty is probably not a good thing, so it is inevitable that there will be some scruples. However, such weighty information is not given in vain.
"Doesn't my father-in-law know?" As the henchman spoke, he took out a handful of Yingzhan from his cuff and stuffed it into the hand of the waiter.
This Yingzhan is a genuine gold coin, the waiter checked it with his hand, the weight is still quite heavy, he doesn't feel smiling, and whispers:
"Come here with your ears!"
The henchman understood, took a step forward, and the chamberlain leaned into the henchman's ear and said:
"Jiangyou City is broken, the wife of the guard sent someone to send the news into the palace, the king did not believe it, the person who sent the letter died on the stone pillar, the prime minister's wife persuaded the king, let the prime minister return to Chengdu, one is to find out whether there is a Qin army on the spot.
The second is that the people in Chengdu have long been panicked, and someone needs to come to govern it. Presumably, it must be a hard thing for the prime minister to return to Chengdu today. ā
When the chamberlain spoke, the eyes of this henchman did not stop turning, because he had to let the money he spent give full play to its due value, and he had to figure out the movements of the entire Bashu court at this time from these words.
"What are the ministers doing at the moment?" The henchman asked.
"Most of them are like kings, firmly believing that there will be no Qin army, such news is just that the front-line guards, for their own status, lied about it, and some people have already begun to prepare to escape!
When the minions left the city and wanted to move to the country of poison, there were already many ministers searching everywhere for carts that could be used to carry goods. The chamberlain continued.
"Since this is the case, then it will be annoying to work on the father-in-law, the father-in-law will go to the back to rest for a while, and there will be some military affairs below, and the prime minister will be discussed!" The henchmen already knew the situation in the DPRK, so there was no need to be cordial with this eunuch anymore, so he immediately found a reason and said.
"Sir, please!" The waiter also knows how to be polite, so naturally he doesn't dare to be long-winded.
After the two broke up, the chamberlain, under the leadership of the servants, went down to rest without mentioning it, but said that the henchman hurried back to find Chen Zhuang.
At this time, Chen Zhuang was thinking deeply about the map in front of him, because even if he returned to Chengdu, the road in front of him would be occupied by the Qin army, so what should he do to avoid these Qin troops and return to Chengdu smoothly.
Even if you return to Chengdu to get the words, how to resist the enemy, this Bashu army that can fight well, that is, these people who serve in the Qin army, are all above the pass at this time, guarding against the Qin army.
Even if he can lead these soldiers to rush down the pass, but the combat effectiveness of this Qin army, it is conceivable that if these soldiers are exhausted, the entire Bashu will no longer have the power to return to heaven.
It seems to be a splendid road with a great future, but it is really full of too many uncertainties, because if you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss from which you will never recover.
Just as he was in a trance, his henchman came in from outside and whispered:
"Prime Minister, what a blessing! Luckily!!"
Chen Zhuang looked at his henchman with a puzzled expression, and then asked:
"What's wrong again?" (To be continued.) )