Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Old Fox

In every dynasty and every generation, the founding monarch raised an army, in addition to the generals and capable people, there will always be a few traitors and thieves in the eyes of the monarch of the previous dynasty.

And the Confucian family of Su Guogong is such an existence.

Kong Huai'an, the first generation of Suguo Gong of the Great Qi, was originally the commander of the five armies of the previous dynasty.

When Emperor Taizu got into trouble, he went all the way north, and he won the hearts of the people, and it took less than three months to come to the imperial city.

At that time, Kong Huai'an opened the city gate to welcome Emperor Taizu into the city, and asked Emperor Taizu to capture the imperial city and smash Huanglong almost without a single soldier.

Later, Emperor Taizu was crowned with a yellow robe, rewarded for meritorious deeds, and sealed Kong Huai'an as the Duke of Suguo, and the title was hereditary.

However, by the time of Emperor Xuanzong, the imperial court had a clear decree prohibiting officials from doing business in order to prevent collusion between officials and businessmen.

The people of the Suguo Mansion are prosperous, and there are five rooms in the descendant line alone, not to mention the rest of the side branches.

But to inherit the title, only the long house is out, originally everyone has a shop industry in their hands, and they are also safe, both rich and beautiful, and the life is unsatisfactory.

As soon as the imperial court issued an order, the Suguo Mansion was in a turmoil.

It lasted for four years, and in the end, it ended in separation.

The five heads of the family were divided into separate families, and there were few contacts in the following decades.

By the time of the first imperial dynasty, it had become an open secret that officials in the court and China privately participated in the operation of shops and made money by distributing dividends and silver.

But at that time, the children of the Suguo Mansion had long been unfamiliar, and it was difficult to pick up any brotherhood, not to mention that after the original separation, they each made a living and stayed away from the capital, and at that time, it was impossible to run back to the capital to show favor with a cheeky face.

Today's Suguo Gong Kong Rumian is more than 100 and a half years old, and unlike Jiang Chengde's usual conceit, this is an extremely kind person.

In fact, in Zhao Ying's opinion, people like Kong Rumian are more terrifying than Jiang Chengde.

When Emperor Zhaoning was the emperor, the Kong family entered the harem and was registered as a concubine, and at that time, Mrs. Jiang had not given birth to Zhao Cheng, and her status was inferior to the Kong family.

Kong Rumian resigned and went to the court, and he really looked like he was taking care of his old age.

But in fact, the children of his Kong family all hold important positions, but they have no posture of retiring from the court at all.

It's just for showmanship.

Since Concubine Kong Shufei has a child, how can he Kong Rumian really not want to come to Japan?

Zhao Ying asked people to clean up the main hall in front of the second hall, and deliberately set up a small stove in the hall, boiling water in the copper kettle.

Zhou Yan personally went to greet the people at the door of the government office, and led Kong Rumian all the way to the main hall.

He didn't follow the door, just invited Kong Rumian in.

Zhao Ying looked up and down, but it was not bad from the memory of his previous life.

Kong Rumian sells his reputation and often preaches the scriptures with senior monks and real people after going to the court, but in fact, he doesn't know whether he believes in Buddhism or seeks Taoism.

In short, after a long time, it really made him raise a faction of fairy wind bones.

It is said that I have been eating a vegan diet since two years ago.

There are rumors outside, Zhao Qing has a weak disease from his mother's womb, and he is still weak after more than ten years, Kong Rumian feels sorry for his grandson, and he is worried about his daughter in the palace, so he is bent on seeking Buddha and Taoism, and even gives up the life of brocade clothes and jade food, gold and jade.

This kind of person, who hides his ambition in the shadows, is the most hypocritical and the most shameful.

What Jiang Chengde wants has always been written on the bright side and spread out for others to see.

Kong Rumian is not.

Zhao Ying didn't even get up, but she owed a debt, which was polite to him.

Kong Rumian didn't seem to care about this, and politely called the princess.

Waiting for him to sit down to the side, Zhao Ying glanced at the small copper stove: "I heard that the days of the country are used to burning the qin and boiling cranes, and the tea here is also good tea, but the water is not the best water, don't you dare to brew it and wait for the prince of the country, boil a pot of boiling water, new tea and new brew, can the grandfather taste it?" ”

The small stove was blazing, and the water in the copper stove made a sound, apparently boiling.

He shook his head: "If there is no good water, good tea is wasted, and I drink a bowl of water, which is enough." ”

Zhao Ying's brain began to hurt, for fear that he would say that the color is empty, and the empty is the color will come out.

When I saw Du Zhiyi for the first time before, I thought that Du Zhiyi's words were enough to chatter, but compared with Kong Rumian, it was about ten miles behind Du Zhiyi, and he was far from comparable!

So Zhao Ying smiled, and didn't plan to answer his words at all.

The tea is hers, and he doesn't eat it and saves her things.

She doesn't feel sorry for things anymore, she takes out the best things, and she doesn't entertain people like Kong Rumian, it's just right not to eat.

"Before Feng Kun died, he explained two things to Feng Gong, and before I had time to interrogate him carefully, he was assassinated, I thought about it, these things are his one-sided words, since there is no verification, it is not good to say it in front of my father, so Feng Gong's compromise, I told him not to mention it."

Kong Rumian listened attentively, his face did not change, and his face was still indifferent: "What His Highness said about Feng Kun's confession is related to the Suguo Mansion?" ”

Zhao Ying really raised his eyebrows: "The eldest grandson of Grandpa Guo married the eldest girl of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion at the age of seventeen, and his wife died at the age of nineteen, and he should have mourned for the eldest girl Bai for a year."

But according to Feng Kun's confession, he went to the secret door to prostitute at the beginning, and even spent a lot of money to ransom himself in the outer room, your eldest grandson, but he knew it all, and he did this kind of thing together.

Does Grandpa Guo know about this? ”

She asked, staring at Kong Rumian carefully.

Kong Rumian was like an old monk in his meditation, deaf to him.

Zhao Ying scolded the old fox in her heart, and of course she didn't ask her anymore.

These words were naturally not confessed by Feng Kun, but she had known them for a long time.

Kong Rumian's eldest grandson is the most uncompetitive thing.

It is said that he will be the one who will inherit the throne in the future, and he should be taught the most severe from the moment he is born, but he is not.

That is the first child in the generation of the Suguo Mansion, and it is a boy, it is really a collection of thousands of loves, the Guogong Mansion from top to bottom, has always been responsive to him, and he has been raised alive.

When you find out that the child may be crooked, and then you want to turn back, you don't have time to stop the precipice.

So he is twenty-two years old this year, Kong Rumian did not go up to the fold to invite him to be a grandson, two years earlier, whether it was in the market, or the mansion of the Marquis of Xungui, there were always rumors that Kong Rumian was dissatisfied with the eldest grandson, probably because he wanted to set up another grandson, but because he was hindered by the ancestral etiquette, he was unwilling to give people a handle, so that the Jiang family had a handle in the court to attack the Kong family, so it was delayed again and again.

These things were trivial things that were not worth mentioning to Zhao Ying in the previous life, and it was not worth talking about standing on the Taiji Palace, but now they just helped her deceive Kong Rumian.

"My family style is strict, and the family education has always been extremely strict, if Your Highness listens to Feng Kun's false accusations, you can send someone to investigate.

Otherwise, His Royal Highness now holds the power of the Sili Yuan, and all the officials of Gyeonggi are under the supervision of His Royal Highness, so why did he invite me to ask for a trial? ”

Kong Rumian finally looked sideways at Zhao Ying, his eyes lit up a few times, and his expression became a little obscure: "I don't know, does Your Highness believe it?" I said, I know, is Your Highness going to send someone to the Suguo Mansion to get someone now? ”

Zhao Ying smiled and shook her head: "That can't be." Anyway, he is also the cousin of the eldest emperor's brother, how can I call my cousin, since they are all relatives of the family, we must always have some affection for everything. ”

In recent days, Zhao Ying's words and deeds, and what she has done, Kong Rumian knows everything.

When he went to the court, he asked the Buddha to ask, but he was not really a person who didn't listen to things outside the window and got away from the red dust of the world.

There are so many children of his Kong family standing in the court, and he can know any wind and grass as soon as possible.

Whether it is to bring down the Liu family or set up the Sili Academy, Zhao Ying seems to stay out of the matter, and she is forced to know and accept everything.

However, Kong Rumian thought about it carefully, but he was afraid that it might not be.

I'm afraid this little girl's heart is too big.

Zhao Che does not have the support of relatives like the Kong family and the Jiang family, so she has to rely on Zhao Che.

Although Zhao Che almost killed her by mistake.

It's supposed to be a long-term and scheming girl.

In the past, he didn't take Zhao Che in his eyes, let alone a princess in his heart.

His grandson's opponent should have been only Zhao Cheng.

Now Zhao Ying has changed, and he is more competitive than their brothers, and even has the help of King Yan, which makes him have to admit that he really underestimated this princess.

"To stay or not to keep this feeling, but between His Royal Highness's thoughts, now His Highness is the person in charge, the power is in your hands, whoever you want to live will live, and whoever you want to die will die, and others can't speak."

Kong Rumian's almost inaudible sneer, which was very well concealed, sounded more indifferent: "As for what His Highness said, I have never heard of it. What kind of character Feng Kunqi is, His Royal Highness thought that he had heard of it, and he pulled a cushion on his back when he was dying-

However, His Royal Highness is in an important position, and it is best to send someone to investigate carefully, in case Feng Kun is not falsely accused, but don't ignore the laws of the court for our little kinship. ”

Zhao Ying said relatives, that's polite.

Kong Ru reluctantly dared to respond to a relative, that is, arrogance.

Sure enough, the fox couldn't hide its tail.

And Kong Rumian was in front of her, so she shouldn't have planned to hide it at all.

Anyway, I knew that I couldn't hide it, so I simply picked it out.

Zhao Ying felt a little interesting: "Guogong is not afraid that I will really find out something?" ”

She smacked her tongue and sighed several times: "This matter is a bit difficult to do. Now that Feng Kun is dead in the prison of Dali Temple, this incident shocked the government and the opposition, and the prince must have heard about it.

You said that if I really find out something unclean, Feng Kun's death, my cousin will inevitably bear some suspicions. ”

"If he really did such an unbearable thing, people would be suspicious that he was killing people and killing his mouth, and he was cocooning himself."

"I didn't believe in the rumors outside, but today I listened to Grandpa Guo's words, and I really believed three points——"

Zhao Yingren leaned back in the chair, his little face was sideways, and his eyes were just on the side of Kong Rumian.

She paused for a moment at the end, and when Kong Rumian raised her eyebrows and motioned for her to continue, she eased down for a while, and slowly spoke again: "My father has always favored me, so I don't believe that there really is such a thing in the world." The eldest prince has been favored since he was a child, how can he gradually grow up, but he is not favored by the country? Even the canonization of the grandson refused to invite him, did he really plan to appoint the second son as the grandson?

I look at the current behavior of the grandfather, but I seem to wish that I would quickly find out something, and it is better to condemn the eldest prince to death.

This kind of thing, big or small, even if it is really verified, at most the Suguo Mansion will lose some face, but it will not hurt your life, what about you just take this opportunity to fold your feelings, so it is logical to ask for the second son to be crowned grandson, am I right? ”

Kong Rumian's sneer finally didn't hold back: "So His Royal Highness invited me to Dali Temple today, what do you want to say to me?" ”

Zhao Ying sighed, and the breath she was holding suddenly loosened, and even the tightness at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows also relaxed.

It was as if she had been exploring before, and suddenly she had an answer, and her heart was clear, and she was very relaxed.

Kong Rumian became more and more unable to understand what this little girl was going to do.

Zhao Ying withdrew his gaze from him, nodded the back of his hand, and said in a brisk tone: "Maybe I'm bored, and I want to invite Grandpa Guo to gossip and relieve my boredom." ”

Kong Rumian has been up and down in officialdom for decades, and since his daughter entered the harem, he has collected all his edge, learning to do those so-called self-cultivation styles, and he has not been angry for more than ten years.

Zhao Ying is really capable, and a few words will make waves in his heart.

But only for a moment.

She seemed to do it on purpose, she just wanted to see him angry, to see him angry.

Kong Rumian took a deep breath, slowed down and slowed down, and extinguished the fire that had just ignited in his chest: "Your Highness's life is quite leisurely, someone wants to assassinate you, the criminal of the Sili Yuan is still killed in prison, Your Highness still has leisure and invited me to come to relieve my boredom."

It's a pity that I'm old, and I don't like to talk to children the most, so I can't talk together. ”

His movements to get up also slowed down, he took two steps into the hall, and turned to look at Zhao Ying: "Your Highness's boredom, I can't solve it, Your Highness's confusion, I can't solve it." ”

Zhao Ying didn't answer, watching him go out.

"Grandpa Guo."

Kong Rumian had already stepped out of the threshold with one foot, and her crisp voice came from behind him, he should have ignored it and left directly, but he hesitated for a moment, and the person simply stood still.

Zhao Ying still sat upright and didn't move: "But if the murderer wants to kill Liu Rong and not Feng Kun, if there is someone who originally planned to hide from the world, but it was self-defeating, Grandpa Guo said, is it worth worrying about?" ”

Attacking Liu Rong and killing Feng Kun are fundamentally different.

is also killing people, but no one dares to bear the charge of killing Liu Rong and killing his mouth.

Emperor Zhaoning can endure so many days, I am afraid that it will be all Zhao Ying's face, if someone bumps into him at this time, Emperor Zhaoning does not pull people out and divide the corpse, how can he solve the hatred in his heart!

Kong Rumian's eyes were dark: "It's really worth worrying about, but it has nothing to do with me." ”

"It has nothing to do with Grandpa Guo, but it has nothing to do with the Kong family?"

She raised her voice, her voice a little sharper, with a somewhat aggressive stance.

Kong Rumian's face turned dark: "His Highness said Feng Kun? ”

"I said Liu Rong."

Pretending to be stupid? The old fox has been hypocritical for a long time, and he treats himself as a true and good person, right?

Or look at her young age and be very foolish, anyway, I don't know his wolf ambitions and plans.

Zhao Ying nodded at the finger on the back of his hand and paused: "Grandpa Guo, do you know Liu Rong?" ”