Chapter 14 First Strikes First
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Among the eunuchs, Yuan Dahai, who is as shameless as Cui Chengxiu, remembers one person, this person is Gu Bingqian, a scholar of Dongge University, who was originally born in Hanlin and was an official to the Ministry of Etiquette, but because he was not a member of the Donglin Party, he was quite excluded in the court, and he was repeatedly blocked by Donglin when he entered the cabinet. Gu Bingqian was angry, so he simply turned his heart sideways, regardless of the fact that he was seventy-one years old, he turned around and voted for Wei Zhongxian, hoping that Wei Zhongxian could help him enter the cabinet.
is different from Cui Chengxiu's practice of directly recognizing his father, Gu Bingqian's approach is still "tactful", but it is even more funny, because he asked his son to recognize Wei Zhongxian as his grandfather, and said to Wei, "I want to recognize you as a father, but I am afraid that you will think that I am too old and unwilling, so let my son be your grandson." ”
You must know that Gu Bingqian was eighteen years older than Wei Zhongxian when he said this! Such a shameless person is really rare in the world, but now Cui Chengxiu doesn't even leave the "curve", and calls his father directly, which really opens Yuan Dahai's eyes, and he can't help but feel that there are really mixed fish and dragons in the eunuch party, both good and bad. I am afraid that most of the stigma of the "eunuch party" in later generations has been deliberately smeared, and it is inseparable from shameless people such as Gu Bingqian and Cui Chengxiu. Imagine that with these people who don't even want to be cheeky around, Wei Zhongxian will inevitably be affected. As the old saying goes, those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black.
The first time he saw the true face of "Nine Thousand Years Old" so truly, the shock and ecstasy in Yuan Dahai's heart naturally couldn't be expressed in words, but after the excitement, he only felt that the famous Gonggong Wei in front of him seemed to be an ordinary old eunuch, and the appearance of rushing out with momentum was similar to the old farmer guarding the melon field. Looking left and left, looking up and down, Yuan Dahai didn't see that Wei Zhongxian had a kind of domineering spirit of "King of Eunuchs", let alone the yin energy of "undefeated in the East", if he had to describe it, Yuan Dahai could only say that what he saw Wei Zhongxian was a very ordinary, lifeless old man, yes, old man, or an old man with a sense of vicissitudes.
I wanted to go forward immediately, but my identity plus this meeting was really not suitable for "Mao Sui's self-recommendation", and depending on the situation, he didn't want to get into Wei Zhongxian's eyes without hard currency, so Yuan Dahai watched Cui Chengxiu's performance with a cold eye, while thinking about how to get close to Wei.
Cui Chengxiu's "father" certainly shocked Yuan Dahai, but it also stunned Wei Zhongxian: What does this person call me? Father?
Li Yongzhen and Liang Dong, who came out with Wei Zhongxian, were also confused by this sudden shout, and looked at Cui Chengxiu dumbfounded, not understanding why he was embarrassed to call his father casually.
Huo Weihua knew in his heart that Cui Chengxiu was out of the way, and he didn't care about any shame, he was really shameless! But from his standpoint, I'm afraid that this is the only way to keep myself.
Cui Chengxiu didn't pay attention to the strange eyes of others, this would not be delayed for a minute or a second, while Wei Zhongxian was still in a daze, he climbed to his feet, hugged Wei's thigh with lightning speed, and then grabbed snot and tears, and made a painful appearance there, choked up, and cried with concern:
"Dad, be careful, Donglin's gang is going to poison Dad! … The son risked his death to report the news, hoping that his father would make a decision as soon as possible, so as not to be harmed by the villain... My son will be locked up and taken out of prison tomorrow, but it doesn't matter if my son is in a cage, I just hate those villains and harm my father..."
“......”
After being stunned for a short time, Wei Zhongxian reacted, but the first thing that came to mind was impossible, and he blurted out and scolded Cui Chengxiu: "Nonsense, our family and Ye Ge Lao have always gotten along very well, how can they want to harm our family!" You have to slander here, and if you dare to be nonsense, our family will cut off your tongue! ”
said that the Donglin Party wanted to harm him, Wei Zhongxian didn't believe it, because in recent years, although the Donglin Party people looked down on themselves, their first assistant Ye Xianggao got along very well with himself, although there were occasional disagreements, but on the whole, they still harmed each other. There was no disapproval of the ceremonial supervisor submitted by the cabinet, and besides, he didn't hear any news in advance, so he concluded that the Donglin Party was going to harm himself based on Cui Chengxiu's one-sided words?
I don't believe it, I don't believe it, not to mention that the guy in front of him who claims to be his son is not clean, and he has just been put on the table by the Donglin Party, so let's talk about what the Donglin Party wants to harm himself, Wei Zhongxian of course can't believe his nonsense. looked down at Cui Chengxiu, who was holding himself and crying, and couldn't help but feel disgusted. He originally came with a belly of fire, and Cui Chengxiu's explosive howl made him so angry that he stomped his feet, you must know that since beating him up as his boss Li Bingbi and the eunuch of Dongchang, it was the first time that someone dared to be so presumptuous in front of his mansion.
The mud bodhisattva still has three points, you bastard really think our family has a good temper!
Thinking of the anger, Wei Zhongxian raised his leg and kicked Cui Chengxiu to the side, and then waved his hand violently: "Someone!" ”
Yuan Dahai hurriedly rushed over: "The subordinates are here!" ”
Wei Zhongxian didn't look at Cui Chengxiu, and snorted angrily: "Cut off this bastard's tongue to our family!" ”
Well? Yuan Dahai was stunned for a moment, and then he received the order: "Subordinates obey orders!" He took out the embroidered spring knife at his waist and walked towards Cui Chengxiu. This is Wei Zhongxian's order, he doesn't dare to disobey, if Cui Chengxiu is really cut off because of this, and he will never be able to "go down in history" again, then he can only blame God for making a big joke, and the butterfly wings are not at the right time.
Seeing the bright knife in Yuan Dahai's hand, Cui Chengxiu was so frightened that he was broken, but he didn't dare to hug Wei Zhongxian's thigh anymore, he only kept kowtowing, and still shouted loudly in his mouth: "Dad, Dad, what my son said is true, those villains in Donglin really want to hurt Dad..."
Seeing that Wei Zhongxian didn't move, he approached again, staring at his mouth with his eyes, and Cui Chengxiu just fainted on the spot. But the sky is endless, and when he saw that Yuan Dahai was about to choke his mouth, he was in a hurry, and opened his mouth and shouted: "If Dad doesn't listen to the child, the day of Jingcha will be Daddy's death!" ”
"He***, you still dare to talk nonsense!"
Wei Zhongxian was a little upset by Cui Chengxiu's call, regardless of his identity, he waved his sleeves and wanted to step forward in person, seeing that he still dared to be alarmist! I didn't want to take a step earlier, but someone behind me shouted: "Father-in-law, slow down!" ”
Turning his head, it was Li Yongzhen who stopped him, and Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but look at him suspiciously.
Li Yongzhen frowned at this time, with a hint of worry, walked to Wei Zhongxian's side, and said in a low voice: "What this person said may be the truth, father-in-law should ask him first." ”
"The truth?"
Wei Zhongxian's heart suddenly burst out, and he lost his voice: "Won't it?" ”
Li Yongzhen nodded slightly: "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case." ”
Not afraid of 10,000, just in case?
Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian's face changed sharply, and he thought about it. Li Yongzhen walked up to Cui Chengxiu, signaled Yuan Dahai not to do anything, and then said to Cui Chengxiu: "Why do you insist that the Donglin Party wants to kill Father-in-law Wei?" ”
Here comes hope! Cui Chengxiu pressed his heart and was excited, and hurriedly said: "Xia Guan heard that Zhao Nanxing and Yang Lian, Gao Panlong and others had a secret discussion, and when this Beijing was inspected, he first got rid of the different parties, and then entered the palace to ask for his father-in-law, and the next official also heard that Yang Lian had privately prepared a recital, which listed the twenty-four major crimes of the father-in-law, all of which were said to be extremely evil, and they should be Ling Chi!" ”
"You are not from the Donglin Party, how did you know about such a big thing!" Li Yongzhen forced to ask, this Cui Chengxiu is not a member of the Donglin Party, but he knows such an important matter as the Donglin Party, and he can't be credulous if he changes anyone.
Whether Yang Lian wrote that secret fold or not, Cui Chengxiu is not sure, because he has only heard about it, but at this time, what he has heard has to become affirmative!
In order to convince Wei Zhongxian that the Donglin Party wanted to harm him, so as to protect himself, Cui Chengxiu affirmed categorically: "Yang Lian thinks that he has a very high reputation in Donglin, and his fellow party members are in a high position in the court, so it is easy to get rid of his father-in-law, so he does not know how to avoid taboos, and knows that there are no less than ten people who have played the secret music, if the father-in-law does not believe it, but send Dongchang to find out!" He clearly sounded very sure, but in fact he kicked the ball to Li Yongzhen.
Hearing this, Li Yongzhen's brows tightened, combined with the recent actions of the Donglin Party, and then thinking of the upcoming Jingcha, he couldn't help believing Cui Chengxiu's words, panicked, hurriedly walked to Wei Zhongxian's side, and said worriedly: "Father-in-law, what should I do?" ”
Liang Dong and Huo Weihua also changed their faces, if they said that Ye Xianggao wanted to harm Wei Zhongxian, they would definitely not believe it, but if they said that Yang Lian and Zhao Nanxing wanted to attack Wei Zhongxian, they were willing to believe it, for the same reason, looking at the court, these people hated Wei Zhongxian to the core.
After being stunned for so long, Wang Qinian was sober at this time, and he was the first to think of an idea, and walked up to Wei Zhongxian with some trembling, and suggested: "When the palace was moved, it was Yang Lian who picked the head, and this person is our nemesis!" Now, it is better for the father-in-law to invite Ye Ge Lao and let him suppress Yang Lian, as long as Ye Ge Lao is willing to help, he Yang Lian will be alone, and it will be difficult to turn around! ”
When Liang Dong heard this, he hurriedly followed up to persuade Wei Zhongxian: "Without further ado, my father-in-law must ask to see Ye Ge Lao before Yang Lian and the others, otherwise my father-in-law will be in trouble!" ”
Wei Zhongxian is both shocked and scared now, he is really afraid of Yang Lian, like Wang Qinian, the shadow of that year is still buried in his heart. If Yang Lian really listed some twenty-four major sins for himself, then the emperor would definitely not spare himself, but if he wanted to put down his body and beg Ye Xianggao, he couldn't pull his face away, in case Ye Xianggao refused to help him, what would it be? Just as he was hesitating, a thunderous roar sounded in his ears:
"Nine thousand years old Mingjian, it is better to ask for others than to seek yourself! Donglin and Chitose, the only one can live, the first to strike is strong, and then to suffer! ”