Chapter 180: Holding a grudge
One tiger was killed by a single blow, and the other tiger hid when he saw the situation, hiding in a dense place with the woods, not daring to do evil again.
Prince Yun Mulin anxiously ordered the guards and paddock officials to catch the only remaining tiger, and the scene was noisy and chaotic.
The frightened Emperor Tianduo was hit hard by Wen Yiheng, and he couldn't sit still for a while and fell off the horse, but fortunately, it was fine. As if you were bitten by a tiger, just falling off the horse was already a minor injury.
"Father? Are you alright? The third prince, Yun Muyou, helped Emperor Tianduo up at the first time, and calmly checked whether Emperor Tianduo had been injured when he fell.
Emperor Tianduo staggered to his feet, slapping the dirt and grass clippings on the soft armor of his coat hard, and finally came back to his senses to see Wen Yiheng, who had saved his life at the last moment.
However, after Wen Yiheng pulled the bow and shot the fatal blow to the tiger, he also pulled the muscles and bones when the Emperor Saved Heaven and Duo archery, which caused the arrow wound in his back to recur, and he fainted to the ground under severe pain, unconscious.
When Wen Yiheng woke up again, he was already in a sedan chair, with a faint pain from the arrow wound in his back, and a doctor beside him was helping him to check his pulse.
"Wen Xiang is auspicious, this time he tried his best to pull the bow to affect the muscles and bones, and the blood gushed and caused the arrow wound to recur, but fortunately, Wen Xiang's body is still relatively strong, and he should usually take medicinal diets, so he will not die due to sudden bloodshed."
The doctor carefully instructed him to recuperate and retired.
Wen Yiheng reluctantly sat up and asked Ding Xuming beside him about his current situation.
"Now that I'm on my way back to Beijing, the journey has been quite smooth, and the only thing that worries me is your injury." Ding Xuming handed the medicine bowl to Wen Yiheng and continued: "The prince mistakenly set the tiger and almost injured someone, and now he has been punished by the saint. ”
"The Holy Punishment Prince's copy of "Zhou Li, Da Sima" a hundred times, and hand it in five days later." Ding Xuming was very indignant after speaking.
The first half of the book is the ritual of coaching and reviewing, and the second half is the ritual of field hunting drills, explaining that three different types of prey shooting became a standard for judging whether the marksman's skills were superb at that time.
In this hunt, Emperor Tianduo was frightened by the tiger, and Wen Yiheng, who was the prime minister, suffered a recurrence of arrow wounds due to the tiger, and finally punished the prince who was the "culprit", but he only copied books about hunting, which was really careless, which naturally made people unhappy and dissatisfied.
Wen Yiheng, who was pale and had dry lips, slowly drank the decoction before snorting coldly: "The prince was punished? The saint has always doted on the prince, and no matter how much he is punished, it will only be a false shot, and he will not really be ruthless. After all, the crown prince is the prince in his heart. ”
After experiencing Wen Yiheng's "preemptive strike" and "rescue Emperor Tianduo", Yun Mulin, who was "punished", was unwilling, and was absent in the center of the way back to Beijing, thinking about how to fight back against Wen Yiheng in order to relieve the resentment and hatred in his heart.
"This time Xia Miao, my father took pity on me for suffering from the summer heat and invited me to ride the imperial chariot together, Wen Yiheng suddenly ran out and scolded me; I specially prepared the tiger that my father wanted to hunt the most, and in the end, Wen Yiheng grabbed his attention......"
"Earlier, he said that it was a violation of the rules for me to ride in the same car with my father, and now that he is back in Beijing, only he is the only minister who can ride in a sedan chair, isn't he also breaking the rules? …… Wen Yiheng stole the limelight from me three times and twice, how could I endure it in humiliation?! ”
The more Yun Mulin spoke, the more angry he became, and he couldn't wait to step forward and pull Wen Yiheng out of the sedan chair and beat him up.
"The prince is not angry, there are a thousand ways to deal with him, and the prince must not choose the most direct and stupid one." Fan Jinshan, a staff member of the doorman, lowered his voice and reminded: "That will only increase the saint's disgust for the crown prince." ”
Yun Mulin tried to calm the anger in his heart, returned to his senses, stared at Fan Jinshan and asked calmly, "Listen to you say that?" You've figured out how to deal with him? …… He is now sick and recuperating, and he certainly can't spare time to keep an eye on our movements. ”
Fan Jinshan has just passed the year of establishment, five years older than the prince, usually sits behind the back to give advice to Yun Mulin, and he can still not fall behind in many confrontations with Wen Yiheng's faction, so he has won Yun Mulin's trust.
Fan Jinshan nodded confidently: "There is indeed a plan, but it will take time to prepare, and please wait for the opportunity, think long-term, and don't rashly provoke Wen Xiang." Taking advantage of these few days of leisure, the prince copied the "Zhou Li • Da Sima" given by the saint. ”
After the crown prince Yun Mulin and his staff Fan Jinshan returned to the palace, they began to plan a "big plan" to "retaliate" against Wen Yiheng, and Wen Yiheng received the vacation approved by Emperor Tianduo and could recuperate in the Guogong Mansion with peace of mind.
Su Jiudong, who received the news, rushed to the Guogong Mansion as soon as possible. Wen Yiheng, who was lying on the bed to recuperate, greeted the anxious and worried Su Jiudong with a warm and comforting smile: "Don't run in such a hurry, watch your step!" I'm fine now, just raise it for a while. ”
Su Jiudong said angrily: "I heard Xu Ming say that you fell off the horse and fainted in pain at that time, how could you be fine?!" When the arrow wound recurs, it can kill people! You have to pay attention to it! Take good care of your illness and don't pay attention to those government chores! ”
"If it weren't for the fact that the tiger was prepared for the emperor in the yamen, I would have suspected that the yamen was targeting you and deliberately leading the tiger in your direction!" Referring to the dangerous situation at that time, Su Jiudong couldn't help but be afraid for a while.
"If I hadn't indiscriminately encouraged you to deliberately provoke Yun Mulin earlier, maybe there wouldn't have been so many things in the future." Su Jiudong lowered his head with guilt. There is no mistake
If Wen Yiheng didn't shoot that timely arrow in the end, maybe ......
"Are you thinking about it again?" Wen Yiheng pinched the tip of Su Jiudong's small nose, and said coquettishly while comforting: "I can be sure that the tiger matter is indeed not planned by Yun Mulin against me in advance, you can rest assured." ”
"We've seen each other a little lately, and every time I mention Yun Mulin, I'm jealous." Wen Yiheng grabbed Su Jiudong's hand: "In the future, all my arrows will depend on you to heal." I can see you every day because of this arrow wound, and it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise. ”
However, before half a month passed for Wen Yiheng to recuperate from his injuries, Emperor Tianduo sent people to come to the Guogong Mansion to spread an edict, ordering Wen Yiheng to enter the palace immediately to face the saint without delay.
Emperor Tianduo rarely had such an urgent urging, and the eunuchs sent to deliver the news were also pale, and Wen Yiheng secretly screamed in his heart.
"Go now? But your arrow wound is not healed yet..."Su Jiudong put down the medicine bowl, methodically changed Wen Yiheng's clothes and prepared to enter the palace, and finally advised: "Your arrow wound should not stand for a long time, you must come back as soon as possible, I will wait for you in the Guogong Mansion." ”
After Wen Yiheng said goodbye to Su Jiudong and Zhu Guogong, he immediately entered the palace with the eunuch to face the saint.
Wen Yiheng asked Liu Defeng, the great eunuch walking next to the sedan chair: "Father-in-law Defeng, do you know what happened to the saint's sudden summons to me today?" ”
Liu Defeng glanced sideways at Wen Yiheng, and replied arrogantly: "Wen Xiang is really self-aware, just by learning about the Holy Mission, he can guess that something is wrong, unlike other people who are in danger and don't know it." When Wen Xiang saw the saint, he naturally knew. ”
Wen Yiheng was led into the side hall by Liu Defeng, and came out to sit in the middle of the book case Emperor Tianduo, and there were also the prince Yun Mulin and the scholar in the hall to shoot Tang Zhongye Tang.
"We're looking at the saint." Wen Yiheng endured the faint pain in his back, and respectfully performed the most complete salute to Emperor Tianduo: "I don't know why the Holy Lord suddenly summoned Wei Chen today?" ”
"It's a big deal to send you today." Emperor Tianduo sat down and said solemnly: "Tang Aiqing wrote a memo today to impeach you, saying that you were corrupt and bribed, and used power for personal gain... How do you say that? ”
Wen Yiheng straightened up and responded calmly: "What else can you say about something out of nothing?" ”
Emperor Tianduo observed that Wen Yiheng did not show the slightest cowardice or weakness, so he raised his hand to Tang Zhongye: "Tang Aiqing, you can talk about it, see if you can awaken Zichu's memory, and see if he is really corrupt and bribery?" ”
Shang Shufu shot Tang Zhongye only one level lower than Wen Yiheng, so Wen Yiheng did not have the timidity when he went down to impeach and sue Shangguan.
Tang Zhongye coughed lightly, glanced at the prince Yun Mulin beside him, and described Wen Yiheng's corruption charges one by one in a deep voice:
"Since Wen Xiang assisted the government of the Holy Council, he single-handedly controlled the two important veins of official power and financial power in the court. Wen Xiang once asked the magistrates of the state capitals to submit a copy to him when they handed over the confession to the Holy Lord. ”
Wen Yiheng's expression was still faint: "The prime ministers of all dynasties will have copies of the folds, which is not surprising, and it is not enough to prove that I am corrupt and bribery, right?" ”
"Don't worry, please let me finish speaking." Tang Zhongye called himself "I" when he spoke to Wen Yiheng, not "Xiaguan", which shows how much his resentment towards Wen Yiheng has accumulated.
"It is precisely because of the copy of the fold that Wen Xiang can know the affairs of the world at the same time as the Holy One, and he can have the opportunity to profit from it. Wen Xiang took advantage of this position to control all the officials of my Dayin Dynasty in his own hands. ”
"Forcing the officials below to only look at Wen Xiang's head, and those who dare to disobey Wen Xiang will be excluded. So in order to keep their official positions, all the ministers had to compete to curry favor with Wen Xiang and flatter. And Wen Xiang can use this to make more money. ”
Emperor Tianduo frowned, and listened carefully to Tang Zhongye's words: "Human affection? What is Favor Wealth? ”
Tang Zhongye said: "As an official in the DPRK, it is most important to be able to grasp the information trend in a timely manner, especially those officials who are not of high rank, whether they can learn the ever-changing internal information from the mouths of high-ranking and powerful officials, determines their official career and fortune. ”
Tang Zhongye deliberately paid attention to Emperor Tianduo's face when he said this, and then decided whether to skip this paragraph or elaborate.
As the Son of Heaven, Emperor Tianduo naturally knew these "unspoken rules" of the court, so he didn't get too angry.
Tang Zhongye peeked at the prince again before continuing: "In order to get the inside information in time, some officials are not stingy with money, so as to shorten the distance between themselves and high-ranking officials, but whenever they learn that there is any disturbance in the court, they can also adapt to it. ”
"Wen Xiang, as a scholar who has a lot of information, has earned a lot of silver and made a fortune just by relying on the inside information he knows. Three years ago, when Sheng Shang went to Lishan Tangquan Palace to escape the summer, Wen Xiang took this opportunity to collect a sum of silver. ”