Chapter 17: Secret Talk
This year's rain is particularly annoying, the housekeeper stands at the door and looks at the sky, and family and state affairs are also particularly annoying.
The eunuchs of the palace braved the rain to come, and his heart was terrified.
"I came to see the second lady on the order of the king." What the eunuch said did not relax the butler in the slightest.
Why did the king see the second miss? The housekeeper thought of the eldest lady and wanted to beat this eunuch away.
Chen Danzhu had already come out with someone: "I wrote down what I saw in the barracks in detail and presented it to the king, and I won't go to see the king myself." She explained to the butler, and then turned back to the people around her, "Go ahead." ”
Only then did the housekeeper notice that in addition to Ah Tian behind the second lady, there was also a male servant, the male servant lowered his head and held a scroll in his hand, and when he heard Chen Danzhu's words, he responded and walked towards the eunuch.
The eunuch glanced at him, avoided two steps back, then turned around and hurriedly got into the car, and seemed very unhappy and screamed, "You take another car." ”
The eunuch came with two cars, and the housekeeper's mind was scattered, was this planning to let the young lady enter the palace? Fortunately, the young lady refused to go, and she definitely couldn't go, even if she was reprimanded for disobeying the king, there was a master at home.
The butler watched as the manservant got into the car, and the guards escorted the two cars, one in front and one behind, in the rain.
Chen Danzhu stood in front of the door and watched for a long time.
Zhang Jianjun also entered the palace again, and came to his daughter Zhang Meiren's palace unimpeded, and saw her daughter sitting lazily in front of the desk watching the palace maid choose a new hairpin.
"Is the king gone?" Zhang Jianjun asked.
Zhang Meiren said unhappily: "After the king was called away by Mrs. Chen, he didn't come back." ”
Zhang Jianjun was surprised, didn't the king say that he was tired and rested, where else could he go in this palace except to come to rest with beauties? He also deliberately waited for a long time to come back, didn't the king want to see Zhang Meiren? Thinking about what happened in the hall, the little girl of the Chen family-
Zhang Meiren saw that her father's face was not good and asked what was wrong, Zhang Jianjun told the matter, but Zhang Meiren smiled: "A fifteen-year-old girl, father don't worry." ”
"You don't understand, it's not a little girl's business." Zhang Jianjun knows a man's heart very well, "Back then, the king had a heart for the eldest lady of the Chen family, but Mrs. Chen's old thing refused, after the eldest lady of the Chen family got married, the king did not stop thinking about it, and tried - in short, Miss Chen did not enter the palace again, and now if Miss Chen Er has a heart, the king is only afraid that he will make up for his regrets." ”
Zhang Meiren immediately understood, and asked people to inquire where King Wu was and what he was doing, and soon the palace maids brought back the news that King Wu sent someone to find Miss Chen Er, and Miss Chen Er asked someone to send something to King Wu.
Zhang Meiren was stunned, and Zhang Jianjun immediately scolded angrily: "Mrs. Chen, this old guy is really shameless. ”
Zhang Meiren has been in the palace for many years, and she quickly calmed down and smiled: "Even if the king likes Miss Chen Er, my father doesn't have to worry, she is in the palace and can't afford to turn over the storm." ”
Zhang Jianjun's face changed: "This battle can't be fought, and if it drags on any longer, it will only make Taifu Chen's old thing regain momentum." ”
Zhang Meiren didn't care about the court, anyway, it had nothing to do with her, and said lazily: "The king doesn't want to fight, it's the court that said that the king sent assassins to rebel, so he has to fight." ”
The assassin is just an excuse, Zhang Jianjun understands very well in his heart, because the emperor wants to weaken the princes and kings, since Gaozu sealed the princes, at the beginning it stabilized the world, but after the world stabilized, the princes and kings became stronger and stronger, and the court became weaker and weaker, and in the long run, the emperor of Great Xia was about to be replaced by the princes and kings.
Some princes and ministers do want their kings to be emperors, but it is not so easy for princes and kings to be emperors, at least King Wu can't be now, maybe future generations will be lucky - but this has nothing to do with him Zhang Jianjun, if he fights, his good days will be gone.
I have to let the king negotiate peace with the imperial court, Zhang Jianjun pondered in his heart, thinking that those spies from the imperial court under his control, it was time to talk to them and see what kind of conditions could make the imperial court agree to negotiate peace with King Wu.
The eunuch lowered his head and listened to the footsteps behind him, although there were two teams of armed guards around him, he was still frightened, he looked back from time to time, and saw the envoy from the court at ease-
Since the Rebellion of the Five Kingdoms, there has been less contact between the imperial court and the princes and kings, and the officials of the vassal states are all in charge of their own taxes and money, and they don't need to deal with the imperial court.
However, Taifu beat this official out at that time, and the other princes and kings were later, and it was only two or three years later that they made trouble, and King Zhou also killed the officials of the imperial court directly - now the imperial court is fighting against Wu Liebing, and the king of Wu killed the envoy of the imperial court, which is not excessive.
This messenger had searched in front of the palace gate, and he did not bring any weapons on his body, and even the hairpin on his head was removed, and his hair was barely covered with a hat so that his hair would not be scattered, which was specially instructed by the king.
He was not afraid at all, and looked at the palace with interest, saying, "Wu Palace is so beautiful, it deserves its name." ”
The eunuch ignored him, and finally walked to the door of the temple with a heart: "Okay, you can go in." ”
The eunuch pushed the door open, and the dense guards in the hall appeared in front of him, and the crowd blocked the throne, and he couldn't see King Wu on the throne.
Mr. Wang straightened his clothes, stepped forward, and bowed loudly: "The minister greets King Wu!" ”
The door of the temple slammed shut behind him, separating the inside and outside.
After Chen Danzhu sent Mr. Wang away, he went to the city gate, and kept watch with his father all night, because of Li Liang's accident, the four city gates of the national capital were closed, and only one could enter and exit, but he never saw Mr. Wang come out, and he did not see the guards and horses surrounding the Chen family.
How's it going? Chen Danzhu was sometimes uneasy, sometimes dazed, sometimes relaxed, leaning on the city wall, looking at the water vapor in the early morning, so that the whole Wu Du was like in the clouds, she had tried her best, if she still died, she would die.
"Azhu." Chen Liehu's hoarse voice sounded behind him, "Don't stay here, go back and look at your sister." ”
Chen Danzhu shook his head: "My sister has doctors watching, so I'll stay with my father." ”
Chen Danyan and Li Liang have a deep relationship, Li Liang was killed by Chen Danzhu again, it is a little inappropriate to let Chen Danzhu face his sister, Chen Liehu thought for a moment, and comforted: "Okay, when Li Liang's matter is dealt with, we will go to see my sister again, Ah Zhu, don't be afraid, this is my business." ”
Chen Danzhu knew that her father was thinking too much, and she didn't dare to see Chen Danyan because she killed Li Liang, but when she heard her father's concern, she still nodded obediently and looked at her father's face, her father was much older than she remembered, and she looked even more haggard after a night of sleeplessness.
"Yes." She grabbed Chen Liehu's arm, "It's good to have my father here." ”
Chen Liehu stroked his little daughter's head, and suddenly heard the guards under the city gate report: "The token in the palace is going out of the city to stop the cloud temple to collect dew." ”
Chen Danzhu held Chen Liehu's hand tightly, hurriedly looked down, and saw three men in eunuch uniforms riding on horses, urging impatiently: "Hurry up, didn't you even listen to the king's orders?" After a while, the sun came out and the dew dried. ”
The land of Wu is rich, the king has been extravagant since he was a child, and the amount of food and drink is all kinds of strange, but now at this time, Chen Liehu frowned and wanted to scold, sighed again, took the token and looked at it for a moment, confirmed that it was correct and waved his hand, he couldn't control the king's affairs, so he could only do his duty to guard the land of Wu.
The city gate opened, the three of them rode through, Chen Danzhu followed to the other side to look, and saw that the back of a person on the horse was familiar, and he didn't look back, but shook his hand behind his back-
This is a good negotiation with King Wu, right? Chen Danzhu held on to the city wall and watched, King Wu was a person, even she could be scared, not to mention the people around the iron-masked general-
Now it's up to the Iron Mask General to see what kind of person he is.
"Azhu?" Chen Liehu asked, "What are you looking at?" ”
Chen Danzhu looked into the mist in the distance: "Brother-in-law, Li Liang's body has arrived." ”
Chen Liehu was old and haggard, like a tiger roaring: "Stand up poles, beat drums, preach the public!" ”
With his order, the tall wooden pole was slowly erected, and the heavy war drums were heard, beating on the hearts of the people of the national capital, and the peace of the morning dissipated instantly, and countless people came out of their homes to ask, "What's wrong?" ”
A team of guards galloped through the streets, shouting loudly, "General Li Liang turned his back on the king and beheaded the public!" ”
The general Li Liang is no stranger to the people, Mrs. Chen's son-in-law, who turned his back on the king? Beheading? Suddenly, countless people rushed to the city gate.
Chen Danzhu stood on the city wall and looked at the crowd rushing like water, with a complicated expression.
"Miss." Ah Tian raised his head and stretched out his hand to catch a few drops of rain, "It's raining again, let's go back." ”
Chen Danzhu shook his head: "I'll watch it for a while." ”
Do you see Li Liang being hung in public? What's so nice about this, Ah Tian sighed.
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In the Tangyi camp, Mr. Wang slapped a scroll on the table and laughed heartily.
"General, as soon as the document that King Wu is willing to negotiate peace with the imperial court is issued, the Wu army will collapse." He smiled and looked at an open booklet on the table, which recorded the torture of Zhou Overseer, and he had confessed to all Li Liang's plans to attack Wudu, the most ruthless of which was not to kill his wife, but to dig up the river embankment to make the flood flood, which was enough to kill the people and kill the army-
I have to say that this is the fastest way to break through Wu Capital, but it is too tragic, and it is really good to be able to take Wu Land without this now.
The iron-faced general took King Wu's book of worshiping the Son of Heaven and read: "Of course, it is best not to attack and self-defeat." ”
Mr. Wang stroked his palms and stood up: "That humble position will be preached in Wu - first break this Tangyi camp, and order our soldiers and horses to cross the river and go south to Wu Land." ”
The iron-masked general said, "What did Miss Chen Er say to King Wu?" ”
Mr. Wang was stunned, is this important?