Chapter 17: Behind the Scenes
The medical saint Sanchen was collecting medicine deep in the mountains at that time, out of the mountain, seeing the Yongdi Emperor list, he knew that Suiyun was dying, between the three days, galloping thousands of miles, rushing to Chang'an, to the Yongwang Mansion, hanging with the cloud's life, the medical saint's wonderful hand rejuvenated, Zhenai was born, and since then the body has become weaker and weaker-
History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of Jiang Suiyun
As soon as Sangchen arrived at the palace, he went straight to the cold garden, took a few imperial doctors and Xiaoshunzi to help, closed the door, and just ordered various things from time to time.
Li Zhen waited outside the door, his heart was extremely anxious, Pei Yun's injury had been completely healed, he heard that Sangchen had arrived at the Yongwang Mansion, and he also rushed to stand outside the door and wait, he was very grateful to Jiang Zhe, after discussing with the master according to his method, although the two uncles did not speak, but they had acquiesced, although it was contrary to the concept of compassion in Buddhism, but they couldn't take care of it, Pei Yun was their carefully cultivated protector disciple, and he definitely couldn't have anything to do with Fengyimen. For this reason, they deliberately divided one of the only two small pills on their bodies for Jiang Zhe to take.
Everyone waited outside for a whole day, and it was not until the next night that they saw Sangchen and the others walking out with tired faces. The medical saint is already seventy years old, although he is old, his beard and hair are white, but he is still in good health, and the two imperial doctors almost have to take turns to fight, but he has never stepped out of the door.
Walking out of the door, Sang Chen saw Li Zhen at a glance, stepped forward and said: "Thank you for your hard work, if it weren't for His Royal Highness's use of expensive medicine to prolong his life, I'm afraid that Suiyun won't be able to wait for the old man to save him." ‘
Li Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief, sat down softly on the chair that the guards had moved, and said tiredly: "Mr. Sang, it is this king who wants to thank you for saving Mr. Jiang." ‘
Sang Chen smiled and said: "Suiyun and I are like our ancestors, and it is natural for me to save him, but although he is safe now, there is still a lot of thought to be put into the next recuperation, and the old man has to disturb His Highness." ‘
Li Zhen hurriedly stood up and said: "Naturally, even if Mr. Sang doesn't say it, this king will also ask Mr. to stay in the palace temporarily, no matter what the need, please tell this king, and he will not disappoint him." ‘
Sang Chen nodded and said: "The old man is also tired, please prepare a place to live for the old man, and I will come to treat Suiyun again, and the old man will live in the cold garden, and he can take care of Suiyun's body at any time." ‘
Li Zhen promised again and again, he had already asked people to prepare a place for Sangchen in the cold garden.
At this time, the princess sent someone to persuade Li Zhen to go back to the back house to rest, these days, Li Zhen almost ate and lived in the cold garden, and did not go back at all, now he finally settled down, and then returned to the residence, the princess took the two side concubines and the maids to serve Li Zhen to bathe and change clothes, and after eating a good meal, Li Zhen finally fell asleep on the bed without worry.
When he woke up, it was already three poles, Li Zhen got up, and two maids came over to help Li Zhen tidy up his clothes, Li Zhen smiled and said: "What about the princess? ‘
The princess walked in from outside and said with a smile: "Your Highness is overjoyed, just now Hanyuan sent someone to report that Jiang Sima has woken up." ‘
Li Zhen was overjoyed and said: "The medical saint really lives up to his name, and after one night, Suiyun woke up. ‘
The princess couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Highness, it's been two days, and you can't wake up from this sleep, Mr. Sang came to see it, and said that you were too hard working a few days ago, as long as you wake up." ‘
Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "No wonder this king is hungry, hurry up and bring some food, this king is going to visit Mr. Jiang in the cold garden." ‘
The princess took Li Zhen to the dining room outside, and said as she walked: "Your Highness will take Roulan for a while, these people don't dare to tell her about Jiang Sima, she has been crying several times." ‘
Li Zhen nodded and said, "It's okay, you can also accompany me on a trip, and then go into the palace to tell Changle." ‘
The princess looked at Li Zhen in surprise and said, "Didn't Your Highness say that this matter is inappropriate?" ‘
Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "As soon as Changle knew that Jiang Sima was seriously injured, he immediately sent half of the Xuanshen that his father had rewarded her to this king, and the first two days he also sent someone to ask if he needed the other half, if the medical saint has not yet arrived, I am afraid that I will really have to borrow Xuanshen." It seems that Changle is indeed very affectionate towards Jiang Sima, even if I can't fulfill her wishes, I don't want her to worry about it all the time. ‘
The princess nodded and said, "It's okay, in this way, I will take Roulan into the palace together, and I will show it to the eldest grandson Guifei, although this child is young, but she is smart and cute, and Changle likes her very much." ‘
Li Zhen nodded, and the princess said again: "Your Highness, although you let General Qin and them go, but these people have been sent to monitor these days, and they are blatant, yesterday Mrs. Qin came to visit in person, and said to the concubine that it was definitely not Qin Qing's doing, but the general still locked Qin Qing up and interrogated him carefully. Li Zhen said coldly: "Let's talk about these things after I discuss them with Suiyun, if he does it, this king will never spare him." ‘
The princess said hesitantly: "Your Highness, you and the crown prince are now on the same footing, if you offend General Qin again, the concubine is really not at ease, and the Xiahou clan is deeply favored by the emperor, and the lord of Jingjiang is here on the orders of his father this time, no matter which one you offend, it will be very troublesome." ‘
Li Zhen paused for a moment and said lightly: "It's nothing, some things have to be resolved sooner or later, but if Qin Qing really does this kind of thing, it is really insulting." ‘
The princess said cautiously: "I don't think this kid will do this, the general has a strict family education, this kid has a kind surname, although he is a little reckless, but he can't do this kind of thing that hurts people with secret arrows." ‘
Li Zhen hesitated for a moment, he didn't say anything, he had already asked Qin Qing in person, Qin Qing did not hide the scene, he could be sure that someone provoked Qin Qing, but he couldn't be sure that Qin Qing didn't fall into the trap, after all, there was no second witness to the incident except Jiang Zhe who was still alive, even if Qin Qing was telling the truth, it was not ruled out that he might take advantage of someone to stab him and fall into the well, but the stakes were very high, Li Zhen didn't want to tell the princess, he just said lightly: "This king will judge impartially." ‘
In any case, the Yongwang Mansion has finally calmed down temporarily, and the people in the palace have been turned over on their backs since the beginning of the day, and now the wind and waves are finally calm, of course, the turbulent waves in the dark are not something that ordinary people can understand.
The prince's mansion, Lu Jingzhong looked at the information in his hand in a daze, and suddenly tore the paper angrily, after a while, he got up and walked out of the room, walked to the door of the palace, but heard the singing and dancing inside, Lu Jingzhong shook his head, and walked in quietly, only to see the prince Li An sitting on the top, lazily looking at the beautiful dancing posture of those dancing girls, seeing Lu Jingzhong come in, and looking bad, Li An waved his hand, these dancing girls and musicians retreated, he asked: "Why is the young master so worried, isn't it that Jiang Zhe's surname has been saved, Our purpose is not his life in the first place. ‘
Lu Jingzhong said worriedly: "Your Highness, these ministers have carefully read the information and found that we have made a big mistake. ‘
Li An was stunned for a moment, sat up straight and said, "Why did the young master say this." ‘
Lu Jingzhong said: "Your Highness, in the past, I thought that although Jiang Zhe was a national soldier, but to tell the truth, we are not short of civil and military talents, so although he has extraordinary military strategies and national policies, the minister does not care much, as long as His Royal Highness ascends the throne, if he is willing to serve, it is not too late, anyway, His Royal Highness is not the emperor, there is no need to be in a hurry to recruit talents, which will arouse the emperor's suspicion, and the minister also secretly laughed that King Yong does not know the checkpoint, that is, no matter how talented Jiang Zhe is, what is the role if he does not enter the center, originally the minister suggested assassinating Jiang Zhe, It's just that he wants to provoke a conflict between King Yong and General Qin. Unexpectedly, when the situation was strange, there was another group of assassins who took the lead, although he failed, or the people we arranged succeeded, and then King Yong's reaction His Royal Highness also saw it, and then the minister thought that we had stepped on the key point of King Yong. ‘
Li An nodded and said: "You have a point, we have been difficult for the second child over the years, how have you ever seen him so tough, first to cry in front of his father, and then transferred the guards into the city, he didn't even cherish the ginseng rewarded by his father, and borrowed the ginseng from Princess Changle, and even the sixth brother was on the pole and stammered, thinking of this, Lone was angry, why was the sixth brother so confused, did he still see Lone in his eyes." ‘
Lu Jingzhong said: "It is these that make the minister suspicious, after carefully reading the old information, I know that the minister is derelict in his duties, this Jiang Zhe, in the past, the minister just thought that he was a pillar of talent, but the minister carefully scrutinized, this person is actually a genius who is good at conspiracy and trickery. ‘
Li An raised his eyebrows and motioned for Lu Jingzhong to continue, Lu Jingzhong said: "This person is famous for his literary talents, he is the counselor of Prince Nanchude, the minister did not feel strange at the beginning, only that he is just an annex, and the information we obtained, although we know that Prince De trusts him very much, but we have not seen him offer any strategies, although I know that he has handled military affairs well, but I also feel that it is irrelevant. There is also a song by Jiang Zhe who gave the surname of the King of Shu, although it is a beautiful talk, but everyone thinks that it is an order from Prince De, Jiang Zhe is just catching a knife, but now that I think about it, it may not be Jiang Zhe's own meaning. It's just that Jiang Zhe has been sick for several years since then, so everyone hasn't paid attention to it, and if it weren't for the ministers who read the intelligence of Nanchu, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to find out about it. ‘
Li An smiled: "Is the young master too worried, this is all a matter without evidence?" ‘
Lu Jingzhong said: "There is indeed no evidence, but Your Highness, why does King Qi want to compete with King Yong for this person, and this time he sent expensive medicines, His Royal Highness didn't say that Liang Wan had told His Highness, that King Yong and King Qi had asked her to pay attention to Jiang Zhe, but we thought that King Yong appreciated Jiang Zhe's talent, His Royal Highness knew that King Yong was a love talent, as for King Qi was always messing around, so His Royal Highness didn't take it to heart, now it seems that King Yong and King Qi are only afraid that they know how powerful this person is, Only the prince and his ministers regard Jiang Zhe as a talented literati, the so-called blind eye, not seeing Mount Tai, King Yong is using his weight, let us believe that Jiang Zhe is a famous man like Qu Yuan Jia Yi, but let us ignore that this person is really a first-class strategist in Liangping. ‘
Li Andao: "The young master is careful, he knows it, but he can't help but worry too much, since this person took refuge in King Yong, he has not made any achievements at all." ‘
A trace of vigilance flashed in Lu Jingzhong's eyes and said: "This is exactly what the minister is worried about, the so-called good fighter has no outstanding achievements, and if the minister guesses well, this person's tactics should be ruthless and strict, eclectic, I am afraid that we will fall into the trap, so the minister originally hoped that he would die, but he didn't expect such a serious injury to let him escape from life." ‘
Li An was relieved: "The young master is very intelligent, even if that person has the ability, he is not the opponent of the young master, it's a big deal, let's send another killer." ‘
Lu Jingzhong's eyes flashed with a hint of pride, but he shook his head and said: "This is another thing that we ignore, there is a hidden master by his side, named Li Shun, it is said that he is a eunuch in the Southern Chu Palace, who took refuge in Jiang Zhe when Jianye City was broken, and was also brought back by King Yong, I checked the information about this person afterwards and found that it was very rare, because this person was almost inseparable from Jiang Zhe all the time, Jiang Zhe lived in a simple place, and the same is true of this person, His Royal Highness knows that the top and bottom of King Yong's mansion are like iron buckets, and it is difficult to penetrate. Especially Jiang Zhe is surrounded by many guards, our spies did not pay attention to this person at all, according to Xiahou said, that Li Shun's martial arts have reached the realm of not skin, unless it is a master of his level, or a person who is good at appreciating, it is difficult to see his depth, our spies are really worse at this point, and they did not pay special attention, so they ignored this person, according to Xiahou, this person's martial arts must be far above him, if we send another killer, I am afraid that it will not work. ‘
Li An looked uneasy and said, "Young Master, what do you say." ‘
Lu Jingzhong said: "The so-called soldiers are coming to block, Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much, but we need to be more careful, once His Highness ascends the throne, there is no need to worry, if the situation is urgent, it's a big deal that we send some powerful killers, no matter how high Li Shun's martial arts are, can he still be higher than that person?" ‘
Li An nodded and said, "The young master is right. So should we slow down our business? ‘
Lu Jingzhong said: "It's not necessary, Xiahou said, that assassin was sent by Southern Chu, I don't believe that a Southern Chu minister will have any collusion with the Splendid Alliance, and I don't believe that he has any power in the difficult situation, now King Yong is in a hurry, we just took the opportunity to do a few fights, and when King Yongwang noticed, we have stopped doing it, but His Royal Highness, the minister still persuaded His Highness to alienate Xia Jinyi, he entered the palace because of a conflict with Jiang Zhe, I am worried that he has different intentions." ‘
Li An said impatiently: "Young master, you know, although Xia Jinyi had a conflict with Jiang Zhe, it was because of Guan Zhonglian, and even if it was Jiang Zhe, he would do the same thing, not to mention that this king sent someone to monitor Xia Jinyi, in addition to Xiuchun Qingqing and me, he was busy rehearsing songs and dances, this time Jiang Zhe was seriously injured, and Yongwang's Mansion was in chaos, if he was fine, he should pretend to be indifferent if he didn't particularly care, but you also know that although he was curious, he didn't have a trace of sympathy, and he also mocked the people of Yongwangfu, In addition, he got Xiuchun in his hands, if he is the annihilation of the Yongwang Mansion, these people are not busy collecting intelligence, besides, this kind of person who can only be a dog and horse, I am afraid that the second child will not look down on it, you can rest assured, this king will not let him know any secrets, and this kid is not this piece of material. ‘
Lu Jingzhong frowned, and no longer advised, he couldn't say that His Royal Highness was tempted by Xia Jinyi to indulge in lust, which had already caused some people's dissatisfaction, and this kind of thing could not be persuaded.
Li An waved his hand and said, "Okay, the young master just strengthens the surveillance of the Yongwang Mansion, don't worry about it." Lu Jingzhong had to be the only one.
Li An's expression changed at this time, and he said: "It's just that I am very uneasy about one thing, King Qi did not warn you and me about Jiang Zhe in advance, and now it is currying favor again, do you say that King Qi has a different heart." ‘
Lu Jingzhong said: "Your Highness, who in the world has no selfishness, the minister thinks that King Qi just likes talents, and His Highness should not mind this selfishness." ‘
Li An glanced at Lu Jingzhong with some dissatisfaction and said, "Since you said so, forget it, but you have to pay attention to King Qi, you don't want everyone to betray your relatives." ‘
Lu Jingzhong's expression remained unchanged and said: "The minister must pay attention to King Qi's actions, if His Royal Highness is worried, you might as well ask Concubine Lan, she and Princess Qi are from the same family, and they will definitely know something." ‘
Li An said coldly: "Gu has already asked the Xiao family, she said that Princess Qi told her that it was the King of Qi just because Gu Nian Jiang Zhe had cured his poisonous wounds, I knew about this matter, so I didn't take it to heart, and now I listened to your words, the words of the sixth child must be untrue, or you pay attention to this matter for Gu, Gu will never allow another King Yong to appear." ‘
Lu Jingzhong said respectfully: "The minister obeys the order." ‘
In a house in Chang'an, Xiahou Yuanfeng is standing in the garden, enjoying the first plum blossoms, it is now the end of February, a few early plum buds to be released, at this time a young man in Tsing Yi hurriedly came from behind, saw the young master who has a handsome appearance like plum blossoms under the early spring sun, he was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly: "Childe, the guest wants to see you." ‘
Xiahou Yuanfeng smiled slightly and said, "That's good." Then he cut a plum blossom, put it in a bottle, and walked to the guest room with the bottle in his hand. Walking into the guest room, he put the vase on the table, and the faint fragrance of plum blossoms immediately filled the room, and he said lightly to the middle-aged man on the bed: "Poisonous hand and evil heart, are your injuries already healed?" ‘
The poisonous hand looked coldly at this handsome young man who rescued him, and said, "My injuries have healed, what conditions do you have to say." ‘
Xiahou Yuanfeng smiled and said, "One thing I want to tell you, unfortunately, Jiang Zhejiang Suiyun has already escaped. ‘
The poisonous hand felt a tightness in his heart, but he said coldly: "Then you yellow finch didn't take advantage of it." ‘
Xiahou Yuanfeng said lightly: "It stands to reason that you are a spy of Nanchu, I should have killed you, but I really don't want to kill you, after all, you and I have no conflict, if you want, I can give you another chance to assassinate, are you willing." ‘
The poisonous hand sneered: "Are you an idiot for me, not to mention that Jiang Zhe's side must be heavily defended now, and now Father-in-law Shun will not leave him." ‘
Xiahou Yuanfeng's eyes lit up and said, "Are you familiar with Li Shun?" ‘
The poisonous hand saw through his thoughts, and said lightly: "It's not familiar, but I have monitored Jiang Zhe for a period of time, and I know that he often goes in and out of Jiang Zhe's mansion, but I didn't expect him to be so strong in martial arts, if he wasn't there this time, I'm afraid I would have come to the door to die." ‘
Xiahou Yuanfeng said lightly: "These are the inventory of the capital city has been lax a lot, if you want, I can send you out of the city." ‘
The poisonous hand said coldly: 'What is your purpose?' ‘
Xiahou Yuanfeng said with a smile: "My purpose is very simple, I want you to divert the attention of the Yongwang Mansion, in the process of their pursuit of you, I hope you can convince them that it was Qin Qing who collaborated with you to murder people, of course I will try my best to help you escape back to Southern Chu, if not, please make your own decision." You know who Qin Qing is, I think it is also good for you Nanchu to have a dispute between King Yong and General Qin. ‘
The poisonous hand evil heart knew that it was a task of nine deaths and one life, and said lightly: "It's okay, at most, my surname will be returned to you, but you must also do one thing, you must kill Jiang Zhe within two years." ‘
Xiahou Yuanfeng smiled, raised his hand and swore an oath: "Xiahou Yuanfeng swore that he would kill Jiang Zhe within two years, and if he violated this oath, the heavens and the earth would be destroyed." ‘
The poisonous hand said lightly: "Although I don't believe your oath, I believe that you must kill Jiang Zhe, otherwise unless you don't let him know who shot that arrow for the rest of your life, you will definitely die at his hands." ‘
Xiahou Yuanfeng smiled slightly, when he saw Xiao Shunzi's unbelievable light work, he knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had offended a very terrible enemy, so he temporarily made up his mind and rescued the assassin who assassinated Jiang Zhe first, hoping that he could achieve his goal, but the person who shot that arrow was not himself, if it wasn't for the poisonous hand and evil heart to think so, how could he obediently obey his own arrangement, thinking of the killer Huang Que, Xiahou Yuanfeng thought maliciously, I don't know if that person is clear and someone is aiming at him with a bow and arrow? Things in the world are really coincidental, who would have thought that there would be three waves of killers arriving in the cold garden at the same time?
;