CHAPTER XLVI
Chai Rong hasn't said a word so far, but seeing that the scene is about to get out of control, Chai Rong has the heart to defend Wang Pu, but it is difficult to disobey the will of the people, and it is inappropriate to stop the ministers by force, Chai Rong can only keep his mouth shut, but his eyes look at Fan Qian.
Fan Zhen has long had the intention of playing, in his opinion, although Yin Ri said that it is biased, but Wang Pu is also an unforgivable crime, Fan Zhen in his heart, Wang Pu should be slightly punished in the palace, with the face of the whole Zhou country, but should not learn from the Ming country, kill the messenger without permission.
When he saw Chai Rong's eyes looking at him, Fan Zhen naturally knew what Chai Rong meant, but Fan Zhen really didn't want to go against his will, it was not that Fan Zhen had a holiday with Wang Pu, on the contrary, among the four pillars of the Zhou Dynasty, Fan Zhen, Li Gu, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu, Fan Zhen was originally the most optimistic about Wang Pu, and the ministers had rumors of "passing on the mantle" in private.
The four pillars of the Zhou State have different personalities, Fan is honest and upright by nature, has an anxious personality, and loves to refute people face to face and make the other party submit; Li Gu is a heavy, resolute and good talker; Wei Renpu is quiet and frugal, tolerant and generous, if it is loyal, he is above the three; Wang Pu is generous, beautiful and graceful, and is good at attracting backwards, and there are many people who are recommended to the prominent position, but he has a weakness, that is, he is quite stingy .......
"Your Majesty, the ministers have a performance." Fan Zhen lived up to Chai Rong's expectations and stood up to say.
"Fan Aiqing, please speak." Chai Rong was overjoyed.
"The emperor, who is a minister, should be loyal first, the original Zhou minister Wang Pu, in vain of the grace of the saint, the crime is unforgivable, should be decided, but his current identity is the envoy of the Ming State, and it is ominous to kill. The minister thought that although it was said that one report was repaid, but the emperor of the Ming Kingdom was ruthless, and my Zhou State could not be unjust. Therefore, Shi Ting's staff is in Wang Pu to pay respect. The whole Zhou country is prestigious, as for the killing of the country, the emperor must not ...... it. ”
Before Fan Zhen finished speaking, Xue Xun, the general of the Right Tunwei and the new governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, interrupted Fan Qian's performance and asked: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that a mistake is a mistake. Yes is yes; Guilty is guilty, innocent is innocent, dare to ask Fan Xiang. According to you, is Wang Pu guilty or innocent? If you are guilty, you must be dealt with according to the law, and if you are not guilty, why should you be punished? ”
Fan Zhen couldn't find a rebuttal for a while, so he hesitated in his heart. Now take advantage of the situation and return to the queue. Say no more.
Chai Rong's rising hope cooled instantly, and seeing that Fan Zhen couldn't handle it, he had to turn his attention to Wang Pu for help.
With Chai Rong's eyes, Wang Pu felt very embarrassed, he didn't want to get involved in this matter, whether Wang Pu was guilty or not, in Wang Pu's opinion, had nothing to do with him, but the emperor's face had to be given. Wang Pu had no choice but to deal with it.
"Your Majesty, what General Xue said. Wrong is wrong and right is right, this is naturally reasonable, but it is not used in the right place, Wang Pu's current identity is Mingchen rather than Zhou Chen, how can the law of Zhou be applied to Mingchen, so the minister thinks that unless Wang Pu recognizes himself as Zhou Chen, our dynasty cannot punish Wang Pu. ”
Yin Ri suddenly came out and said: "Wang Xiang's words are wrong, Wang Pu was originally a Zhou minister, without the permission of the emperor, and took refuge in the Ming Kingdom without permission, this is like the concubine in Wang Xiang's family, eloped with someone without permission, and after being arrested, she actually argued that she was someone else's person, and had nothing to do with Wang Xiang, so, Wang Xiang can agree?" ”
Yin Ri's words caused a burst of laughter from the courtiers.
Wang Pu's father, Wang Zuo, is a small official of the Zhou State, but he holds the way of being a father, and the royal son has a lot of experience.
Although Wang Pu is an important minister of the Zhou State, his father alone has the final say at home.
Whenever a minister comes to Wang Pu's house, he must first visit Wang Zuo.
Wang Zuo prepared wine and food to toast them, and asked Wang Pu to serve them in court clothes, and the guests were restless, so Wang Pu retreated and avoided them.
Wang Zuo said to the guest: "He is just my son, there is no need to bother you to get up and send him off." ”
This made Wang Pu feel very uncomfortable, so he advised his old father Wang Zuo to ask for resignation, Wang Zuo thought that the court would not allow it, who knew that his request would be approved as soon as it was submitted.
So, Wang Zuo scolded Wang Pu and said: "My strength is not yet aging, you want to occupy your own phase steadily, but you confine me at home." He raised a big stick to beat him, but only stopped after being persuaded by his relatives.
After that, Wang Pu took a concubine, but Wang Zuo disliked the woman's unsatisfactory appearance, saying that she was not good at giving birth, and scolded Huai at home every day, saying that he would expel him from the palace.
The woman eloped with the Wang family in charge, and wanted to flee to Xuzhou, Ming Kingdom, to escape, but she was captured when she fled to Song Cizhou. During the interrogation, the concubine confidently said that she had been expelled from Wang Pu's father, and now she is not the Wang family, but the person in charge, and has nothing to do with the Wang family. This was originally a quibble, but I didn't want to, but Wang Pu, who was proud of his demeanor, thought so, so he easily let the two go. This matter has become a joke in Kaifeng Mansion.
This was originally Wang Pu's private matter, but it was said by Yin Ri above the court, which caused the court to laugh.
Yin Riyuan had no intention of offending Wang Pu, but now he secretly defected to the Liao State, and letting the Zhou State kill Wang Pu was the task given to him by Xiao Siwen, and as long as the task was completed, he would be the deputy privy envoy of the Liao State, and he would go to Beijing in the Liao State, so naturally he didn't have to pay attention to the things that offended people.
Now seeing that Wang Pu intends to stop him, Yin Ri naturally encounters the Buddha and kills the Buddha, and the gods kill the gods.
After Yin Ri's words, Wang Pu's face instantly turned purple, and he was furious, and shouted: "Treacherous villain, you are so oppressive to me......" and ran headlong into Yin Ri.
Yin Ri didn't expect that the dignified Zhou Guozai and the important ministers would stage a full martial arts show above the court, but he didn't notice it for a while, but he was hit by Wang Pu, and the two instantly rolled to the ground and scuffled together.......
Seeing that the scene was uncontrollable, Chai Rong was angry in his heart, and slapped the dragon case violently, shouting: "Come on, separate the two and drag them out." ”
In the court, after such a scene, it began to be calm, and for a while no minister came out to play.
And Wang Pu, who had been standing and couldn't interject at all, finally had a chance to speak.
As a spectator, Wang Pu saw his former colleagues making a mess, and he didn't feel a trace of coldness in his heart, and with a hundred miles of unscrupulous reminders, although Wang Pu didn't know who among these former colleagues was a spy of the Liao State, it was obvious that there must be a spy among these people.
Baili Wuji wanted to ask the court of Zhou to openly make a move that the alliance between Ming and Zhou was about to break down, so as to confuse the Liao spies. So Wang Pu told Chai Rong: "Your Majesty is angry, this matter is all because of the foreign ministers, and you must not hurt the harmony between the officials of the Zhou State, and ask Your Majesty to recall the two important ministers back to the palace." ”
Wang Pu can't tell who is a spy, if there is a spy among the two people who are dragged out, then won't there be no appreciators for his performance? (To be continued......)