Volume II, Chapter 33: Building Momentum
Bei Rang trembled his lips and said in horror: "I, what I said is true, second son"
"And what proof do you have?" , Zhan Xiu asked with a smile again.
Bei made his body tremble even more, and said, "I have a token that Dazai used to exercise orders."
"Tokens?" Zhan Xiu asked again, "Where can I see", and said as he untied a rope tied to Bei Rang's hand.
Bei Rang's hands trembled, and he took out something from his arms and handed it to Zhan Xiu
Zhan Xiu took a closer look and found that it was a jade fish pendant, this jade fish was petite, but engraved with a number of arc-shaped lines, the lines were smooth and elastic, and Zhan Xiu, who had experience in digging antiques with the old camel, recognized at a glance that this was indeed the best goods of that period, and ordinary guards did not have such things at all, and they believed seven or eight points in their hearts.
This thing is getting more and more interesting, I thought it might be some medicine to help the remnants take the opportunity to take revenge, but I don't want to bring out Dazai, the head of a hundred officials, what kind of person is Dazai, why would he attack himself?
Thinking about another guy who has never met, Zhan Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart, this original idiot son, it stands to reason that there will never be so many people worried about it, this matter is full of weirdness, maybe there is something else.
Since the matter involves the ministers of the palace, a small guard probably can't ask any valuable clues, and after a moment of silence, Zhan Xiu picked up the jade fish pendant, turned to the pillar and said, "Escort him up first", and then left the prison.
Walking into the courtyard of the house, I saw a guard looking around from a long distance, and after hearing the footsteps, he turned his face and looked over, and saw that it was Zhan Xiu's face was happy, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute Zhan Xiu respectfully and said, "Childe, my general asks you to come over and talk."
"Lord Su Bohou? Do you know what's going on? Zhan Xiu asked in surprise.
"Yes", the guard replied respectfully, and continued: "The general has been waiting in the palace for a long time, and he asked the prince to go as soon as possible, and it is not clear what is the specifics."
Zhan Xiu nodded, and didn't say anything more and followed the guards to Su Bohou's residence, thinking in his heart that this Su Hu should be sick and still lying on the bed, regardless of his illness, he was anxious to find out what he was going to do, could it be that after he gave Daji "raw rice to make mature rice", he thought about it but wanted to come to his own trouble?
Just as Zhan Xiu was walking and thinking nonsense, the two of them arrived at Su Hu's residence, and when they entered the door, they found that there was not only Su Hu in the room, but also Mrs. Su, Daji, and one was the high priest Wu You, who the old man couldn't miss.
Zhan Xiu's expression remained unchanged, but in his heart, he secretly scolded Wu You, a dead old man, who didn't come and go, completely ignoring the feelings of others, and ran to Su Hu in the blink of an eye, where did he play?
As if he didn't know that the high priest of Wu You had disappeared, Su Hu calmly let Zhan Xiu get up, and then said: "Second Prince, Ben Jiang has been unwell for the past few days, seeing that the Asking Heaven Ceremony is approaching, everything is complicated, and the Heavenly Master's side urgently needs some manpower to prepare these days, so I also sent someone to Xibohou to ask for advice, and I learned that the Second Prince's no special arrangements, and it is also a request from the Heavenly Master, so I will ask the Childe to help prepare everything for the Heavenly Master these days, I don't know what the Childe wants?" ”
Zhan Xiu was slightly shocked when he heard this, and secretly thought that this was the idea of the old guy Wu You, and looked at Wu Xi's face, but saw him smile and nodded, Su Hu agreed that it might be for Daji's sake, but why did the old man in the family also agree? For such a big matter, he is a novice, of course, he is not as serious and reliable as ministers like San Yisheng.
What he thought in his heart was not shown on his face, and he quickly leaned over and said: "This is what Ji Fa should do, the heavenly master has work, and Ji Fa is naturally happy."
Su Hu instructed again: "Su Chuan in southern Jiangsu is the general of my house, if you need anything, you can give them orders."
Zhan Xiu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Master Hou!" After speaking, he glanced at Mrs. Su and Daji, who were sitting on the side, and saw that Mrs. Su was expressionless, as if she didn't care, but Daji's eyes flashed, as if she was in a stirring mood and very happy, Zhan Xiu couldn't help but be secretly grateful in her heart.
Wu You also stood up at this time, and said after bowing to Su Hu: "Since it has been arranged, then the old man will have a detailed discussion with the second son, and the Hou Ye will raise it with peace of mind, so you don't have to worry about it."
Su Hu was sick in bed, and he was no longer polite, nodded and said, "Su Hu is ashamed, so there is Lao Tianshi"
Zhan Xiu and Wu You went out of Su Hu's residence together, and saw two men waiting at the door, and saw the two of them coming out to greet them, one of them seemed to be calmer and said after the luggage: "Su Fu will follow the arrangement of the Hou Ye to come to assist the Heavenly Master and the second son, if there is an order, but please speak directly", said and introduced the same next to him, "This is Su Chuan."
Zhan Xiuxi said: "Thank you so much to the two brothers, so I will have to trouble two more in the future."
Wu You also nodded, did not speak to Sunan and Su Chuan, and said to Zhan Xiu: "Then the second son can please enter the room, let's talk about it in detail", and said that he took the lead and walked towards Zhan Xiu's residence. Zhan Xiu bowed his hand to the Su Erjia general, and at the same time followed Wu You back to the room.
Before entering the door and waiting for Wu You to sit down, Zhan Xiu complained: "Heavenly Master, what kind of play is this old man, you play and disappear without making a sound, and come back quietly, do you know that such a ghost will not scare people to death?"
Wu You smiled slightly, stroked his gray beard and said: "The second son doesn't have to mind, the old man does have important things to do, and he doesn't have the habit of informing others when he travels in the past, so as to cause such misunderstandings, and most importantly, am I not here?" ”
Zhan Xiu pursed his lips, didn't bother to say anything more, and said: "Since you have returned, the matter of asking the heavens will be held as usual, but why did you want me to participate in presiding over this matter, and you actually said that General Su and my old man were moved?" ”
Wu You seemed to know that Zhan Xiu had this question, and replied unhurriedly: "Naturally, there is a reason to move, on the one hand, General Su and Hou Ye are both in poor health, and on the other hand, don't you know why Hou Ye suddenly came to me the day before yesterday?" After saying that, he looked at Zhan Xiu quite strangely, and saw that Zhan Xiu's old face was red, so he opened his mouth and said, "Yes, I am also curious, may I ask the Heavenly Master if this has any effect?" ”
Wu You smiled and said: "Since I have deduced that such a big event can be achieved that day, then naturally the ceremony will be held as usual, if you want to say whether it has an impact, in fact, the answer is very simple, the answer is on the second son's stick-like weapon." ”
"Oh?" Zhan Xiu was stunned for a moment, and after a little thought, he opened his mouth and said, "Could it be that the stick is already stained with my blood?" ”
"That's right", Wu You smiled again, and then his face turned grim, and said: "But finding the second prince to preside over such a major event as cooperation is indeed related to what the Asking Heaven Ceremony asks, does the second prince know why?" ”
Zhan Xiu's expression did not change when he heard Wu You's answer, but he was secretly relieved in his heart, if the old man's thousands of miles of hard work were wasted because of this, how could he say that he was a little unhappy in his heart. can hear Wu You say that his presiding over is actually related to the things asked for by the Asking Heaven Grand Ceremony, and his heart is full of joy.
"I had an exchange with Childe the day before yesterday, and I knew that if you want to have enough strength, in addition to tempering yourself, another thing you must do is to build momentum!"