Chapter Twenty-Three: Spotting the Kana Sword
Wang Bian tried to calm himself down, and since he returned to Kaifeng Mansion with Di Qing last night, Wang Bian has been silent. He thought a lot: whether he was crossed, or if he couldn't be famous, at least he had to do something meaningful. He wants to save Di Qing, maybe history doesn't need Wang Bei, but history needs Di Qing. Coming out to mix, no matter what in time, it takes righteousness, courage.
Has Wang Bi known Di Qing for only a month? No, when he hadn't become the current king, but an ordinary salesman at that publishing house, he already knew Di Qing from TV and books. The hero who fought on the battlefield; the general who is as familiar with "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" as Guan Yu; The general who was tattooed on his face, but became famous with his many achievements.
All night, the black crystal stone was heating in his chest, and he felt that this was just the beginning, and something must happen. He remembered the moon, Di Qing hadn't seen the moon yet, how much the king hoped that their father and daughter would see each other, the woman who was blushing by him and dressed as a man, the person who could see through other people's minds, where was he at this time?
Also, that Songwen sword, why did Di Qing and Wang Bei return to Kaifeng Mansion, why did Wang Yaochen search for a sword from Di Qing Mansion? Di Qing would be shocked when he saw the thief confessing to the stolen goods? Why did Master Bao never mention this sword? He thought carefully about the sword in Liang Yi's hand that day when Liang Yi held a sword in the restaurant and wanted to hurt Liang Yuexia.
He closed his eyes and focused on the sword, which was getting clearer and clearer, and the king saw that it was a short sword, vaguely with the sword in his hand, the sword light was awe-inspiring, and the sword body had a looming pine pattern. With a flick of his wrist, the sword stabbed straight out and struck the heart of the man he was facing. Wang opened his eyes suddenly, Bao Zheng was pacing, and Di Qing sat there staring blankly at the white jade in his hand.
He walked up to Bao Zheng and asked, "Father-in-law, what is the allusion to this Songwen Sword?"
Bao Zheng sighed and wanted to say something, but shook his head. Di Qing looked at Bai Yu and listened to the king's question, he said: "Songwen Sword is also known as the Fish Intestine Sword, and legend has it that the person who holds this sword is either a courtier who kills the king, or a son who murders his father. ”
Wang Fang understood that Wang Yaochen searched for the Songwen Sword from Di Qing's Mansion in order to prove Di Qing's rebellion.
He turned around and was about to walk out, when Master Bao asked, "Where are you going?" ”
The king said, "I'll go and steal it back." ”
Bao Zheng said: "Stop, the Privy Council is guarded by personal soldiers, how can you be allowed to steal." ”
The king stopped, yes, even if he traveled back more than nine hundred years later, he was still a mortal, he was not good at climbing over the wall, and he didn't have peerless martial arts. He clenched his fists anxiously and said, "Father-in-law, that Wang Yaochen is clearly framing Master Di. ”
Bao Zheng shook his head: "Wang Yaochen is just a pawn, and what he searched for may not be a real fish intestine sword." Bao Zheng's mouth showed a hint of weirdness. Wang Bian heard it clearly, and at this moment this sentence was reminding Wang Bian to take a good look at this sword.
While pondering and answering Renzong's question, he observed everyone in the hall, the sword was in his hand, and Wang was thinking about this sentence in his ear, who was framing Di Qing, these ministers, including Wang Yaochen, although they were all impeaching Di Qing, they didn't seem to have a deep hatred with Di Qing.
There are not many people who can obediently let Wang Yaochen obey orders, and a few ministers who usually don't talk much and whose positions are even lower than Wang Yaochen should be impossible; exclude Bao Zheng and Wang Anshi; Ouyang Xiu and Sima Guang: Both of them were celebrities in the history of the Song Dynasty and were known as gentlemen. Ouyang Xiu is now just a bachelor of Hanlin and a political governor; At this time, Sima Guang was just a person who was waiting for the emperor to be repaired and lived, and to put it bluntly, he was helping the emperor write a diary (his predecessor was Cai Xiang, who paid tribute to the emperor and built tea). These two people have nothing to do with themselves at this time, although they are also full of suspicion, and their expressions are only doubtful and not nervous.
Among the remaining people, there is a privy envoy Han Qi: This person is the most suspicious, he has always looked down on Di Qing, thinking that Di Qing is not from a background, but Han Qi is also half a general, he is a straight man who has been on the battlefield for a long time, he can scold Di Qing in person, but most of them will not be framed behind his back. There was a look of excitement in his expression.
Finally, there is another person, the emperor's adopted son, Zhao Zongshi, the general of the right guard. Wang Bi paused on his face one more time, and he was looking at Wang Bi with no expression on his face. Could it be him? The future Great Song Emperor Song Yingzong? There were countless question marks in Wang Bei's heart.
Time did not allow him to observe more, so he took the Songwen sword from the king's side, carefully pulled out the sword from the scabbard, and carefully looked at the blade, the blade, and the hilt. He breathed a sigh of relief: although he didn't know how to identify a sword, he could still find some clues by looking at the details, not to mention that the sword had not been aged at all, it was just an ordinary short sword.
Finally, he put the sword back into its scabbard and handed it to the guard. He looked at Wang Yaochen's annoyed and angry expression, and said unhurriedly.
"Does Wang Dake know the origin of this Songwen sword?"
Wang Yaochen said angrily: "I'm not a martial artist who dances with swords and swords. ”
Wang Bian glanced at Renzong, Renzong half-squinted but didn't see a smile, Wang Bian said, "If Lord Wang doesn't know the origin of this Songwen Sword, then it's not Lord Wang who framed Lord Di Qing." ”
Everyone was stunned when they heard Wang say this, and Wang said next: "Lord Wang was instructed by someone, because Lord Wang didn't know Songwen Sword at all, how did he know where Di Qing's Songwen Sword was. ”
Wang Yaochen's legs trembled a little when he was said this, but he still tried his best to refute: "I don't know, can't you know the king." ”
The king smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, can you allow the ministers to speak slowly." ”
Renzong said, "You can just talk about it. ”
Wang next to the audience arched his hand and said: "Songwen sword, also known as the fish intestine sword, ranked eighth in the ancient famous sword, called the sword of bravery, the fish intestine sword is completed, Xue Candle, who is good at the sword, was invited to look at it, Xue Candle commented on this sword, "It is unreasonable, it cannot be obeyed, the subject kills the king, and the son kills the father." ”
There was a pause next to the king, and everyone was in an uproar, it turned out that the Songwen Sword was a weapon of disobedience. These Emperor Renzong had heard of it, otherwise he wouldn't have been so nervous when he heard the word Songwen Jian just now. Sima Guang turned his head to look at Wang Bian, what kind of teenager is this, he actually knows the allusions in the Spring and Autumn Supplement Volume "Yue Jue Shu".
Renzong also knew that the Songwen Sword was the sword of anger, but when he saw that what the king was talking about was the origin of the Songwen sword, he also wanted to know, and when he saw the king pause, he said: "Wang, continue to talk"
There is a reason for the pause next to the king, from last night to now, whenever he concentrates on thinking about the pine sword, countless pictures will flash, the picture is getting clearer and clearer, his thoughts are getting clearer and clearer, he seems to see: Zhuan Zhu is holding the plum blossom phoenix fish cooked by himself and walked up to the hall, the fish intestine sword Zhuan Zhu is hidden in the belly of the fish, and the king is sitting in the main hall. Zhuzhu steadily broke the fish with his hand, and Wang Gong suddenly felt a chilling murderous aura shoot out from the fish's belly. The fish intestine sword was already unsheathed, and it was firmly held in the hand, and the fish intestine sword also advanced into the heart of the king's bureaucracy.
He turned to Sima Guang and saluted and asked, "May I ask Lord Sima, Lord Sima knows the allusions of the ancient and modern times, can you know the allusions to the assassination of the king?" ”
Sima Guang nodded, Wang Bei's heart lit up, what he felt was a real historical thing, could it be related to crystal? Since Sima Guang nodded and said that what he knew was true, then the idea that no one believed him was worried about could be put down.
He sorted out his thoughts and said: "The minister has heard that in the pre-Qin period, he went to murder the king of Wu. At that time, the sword was hidden in the belly of the grilled fish, but in the end, it crossed the solid armor and pierced Wu Feng's heart in one fell swoop. ”
Wang stopped to see that everyone was listening seriously, and Sima Guang did not question it. Then he said: "No one in later generations has ever seen a real Songwen sword, and there are many imitations, just like Lord Wang, although the sword is sharp but less luster, although there is pine text but the lines are clear, the blade does not see any wear and tear, how can the sword more than a thousand years ago be so delicate and new, and the hilt does not have the fading and brightness of the sweat stains worn by long-term holding. This is obviously a new sword that has been forged in less than ten years, how can it be a Songwen sword. ”
After speaking, he let out a long breath and said: "Saint, ominous things are generally legends, and there is no empirical evidence, but Songwen Sword has such an allusion, even if Lord Di Qing has Songwen Sword, Lord Di Qing does not dare to put it at will." What's more, Lord Wang Yaochen didn't know Song Wenjian at all, so there must have been someone behind Lord Wang's back. ”
There was silence above the main hall, and everyone looked at each other, and they all pondered what the king had said.
Renzong knew that if what the king said was right, then the matter would not be as simple as an ominous omen. The hall was silent, Wang Yaochen's heart sank, and he secretly thought General Zhao, my grandfather Zhao, don't you know that this sword is fake?
Zhao Zongshi knew that the sword was fake, and there were two people in the hall who knew that the sword was fake. One is Bao Zheng, the real one is Bao Zheng placed behind the "Mirror Hanging" plaque, but when the real original owner is not found, Bao Zheng will not be exposed, not to mention that this sword is so controversial. The other is Zhao Zongshi, who originally wanted to stop Emperor Renzong from recognizing the sword, but it was too late. Even when he flashed over Wang Bian, he didn't recognize the real sword, but he didn't expect that Wang Bian was saying everything from the old and new level. Zhao Zongshi knew it was fake when he saw it yesterday, and he didn't want to tell Wang Yaochen, the more real Wang Yaochen's performance was, the more confusing it would be.
Renzong squinted slightly and looked at Wang Yaochen, Wang Yaochen's legs were already shaking again, but his heart was crossed, even if he didn't know this sword, at most he would admit his mistake, once Gu said the truth, then it was a collusion to murder the ministers of the court, so he simply didn't speak. Zhao Zongshi will not wait, he still has a chess piece, and he will not use it unless it is absolutely necessary, it is aimed at the king. For this rising star in the eyes of the emperor, Zhao Zongshi has already thought of strangling him, this matter has been brewing since he knew that Di Qing was riding a horse and shooting arrows next to the king, and he saw Liu Chang.
The minister, who was the first to impeach Di Qing and drew everyone to participate in the performance, stood up. Before everyone woke up from the king's words, he said to Renzong, "Holy Lord, the minister still has a copy. The minister impeached the king and was instigated by Di Qing and was the same party as Di Qing. Moreover, the king's life experience is strange, and the ministers have investigated in many ways, and there have been many strange things that have happened to the capital since the king's side. Therefore the holy things that the king said could not be fully believed. ”
Renzong asked, "What's strange?" ”
Liu Chang said: "According to the minister's investigation: Wang Bi has been imprisoned by Lord Wang Anshi since he was a child, and this matter can be proved by Lord Wang's relatives; Soon after entering Bianjing, there was a fire in the mansion opposite the house, which can be proved by Su Shi, the beloved son of Ouyang Xiu; Wang Bianchu appointed Kaifeng Mansion, and Kaifeng Mansion lost the criminal, which has also been proven. After Liu Chang finished speaking, everyone looked at each other, as if what he said was true.
Wang Yaochen suddenly thought of something, he said: "The king's voice is indeed strange, only one day later, the king's voice changed. This is clearly the voice of two people from yesterday, haven't you heard it today?
Being reminded by him like this, everyone looked at Wang Bian in surprise, and seemed to realize that Wang Bian's voice today was extremely strange, which was very different from yesterday's chrysanthemum banquet when he laughed at Wang Yaochen with a childish voice.
This is only a matter of the next day, and the king said, "Why don't you tattoo the face of Lord Wang." "It's still in everyone's memory. And today, standing beside the king in front of them, he still looked fourteen or fifteen years old, but his voice was full of the maturity and magnetism of an adult man; There is also his unhurried analysis and explanation of Song Wenjian, and yesterday's naughtiness of teasing Wang Yaochen, and Wang Bei, who was half-childish in front of Renzong and asked to write less trial strategies, judged the two of them.
Wang Bi suddenly felt countless pairs of surprised eyes looking at him like looking at a monster, he felt an overwhelming pressure and doubts surging towards him, Di Qing was no longer the focus at this moment, everyone's eyes were on Wang Bi. And the king heard a great deal of talk in the great hall.
Just when everyone hesitated, Zhao Zongshi said: "Maybe the saint doesn't know that Wang Bi and Wang Anshi's eldest son, Wang Yan, were born at the same time, and they are twin mothers. At the end of the fifth year of Yonghui, the Wu family gave birth to twins Li Xian and the little princess, and the little princess died; However, it is not good if there is no premature death, Tang Taizong Li Shimin, who helped Li Yuan destroy the Sui, and his brother Li Xuanba were also at the same time. ”
This is the heaviest bomb, thrown in the hearts of Renzong and everyone in the main hall. Zhao Zongshi's words undoubtedly compared Wang Anshi to Li Yuan and Wang Pan to Li Shimin, and this metaphor of changing the dynasty is tantamount to killing Wang Pan!