Chapter 45: The Remembered Bai Ding
chatted with Cheng Yu for a while, now Cheng Yu is a five-grade official of the Ministry of Industry, but he is directly under the jurisdiction of the forward battalion, after the breakup, Chen Mo went to the street alone, and he seemed a lot bored when he had nothing to do for a while.
Now he doesn't want to enter the palace, this Kangxi has a lot, if he goes, he will definitely find something for him to do, and when he walked into a restaurant, Chen Mo walked in, and just sat down and asked for a pot of wine, he heard two men dressed as officials on the side talking about the assassination of Kangxi a few days ago.
He listened attentively and finally understood what was going on, Mu Jianping and Fang Yi failed to assassinate Chen Mo, and after Mu Jianping was captured by Chen Mo, they sneaked into the palace the next day to prepare to assassinate Kangxi, but they were besieged by a large number of guards, except for some people who were killed, and finally most of them withdrew, but the shaking lion Wu Lishen, the green-haired tiger Ao Biao and Liu Yizhou were all arrested and are now being tried in the prison.
Chen Mo pursed his mouth, Mu Jianping must have asked him to rescue these people, and these people didn't want to think about it, if they wanted to fish for people in the Tartar prison, or for the assassin who assassinated Kangxi, wouldn't it be asking for trouble for him to go.
After the two officials left, Chen Mo drank a few glasses, and the group came up from the restaurant, the first person was handsome and talented, and a bunch of guards behind him were majestic, it was Wu Yingxiong, the prince of Pingxi who had not seen him for ten days, seeing Chen Mo drinking alone in a little cold, Wu Yingxiong asked the guards to sit down around, he strode in front of Chen Mo and said:
"Why does Lord Chen drink alone, and he doesn't call his brother."
"What kind of adult, Chen Mo is now Bai Ding, and Wu Shizi can still greet him, which is already considered a high promotion." Chen Mo pretended to be very lonely and said.
Chen Mo asked for his dismissal, and Kangxi and Suo Etu knew that there were rumors that Chen Mo had killed hundreds of people indiscriminately in Wutai Mountain, and the title of the killer demon king was spread in the community, and some people even used Chen Mo's name to scare those unobedient children.
Wu Yingxiong heard the same news everywhere, he didn't know that among those who were killed were the subordinates of the Pingxi Palace, he heard that Chen Mo went to Wutai Mountain to run errands, and there was a conflict with bandits, and finally Chen Mo sent troops to kill all the other party on Wutai Mountain;
However, Wu Yingxiong's brain, like many ministers, understands that although Chen Mo has no official position, he can wear a yellow coat and the waist card of the internal guard has not been confiscated, and Chen Mo is still Kangxi's celebrity, so he will not take out the identity of the prince but sit opposite Chen Mo very politely, beckoned Xiao Er to serve the food, and then said with a smile:
"Brother Chen said with a smile, if you are Bai Ding, then you are a savage in the mountains, even if Brother Chen does not have an official and a half-position, even if there are a few princes and nobles in the capital who dare to sรจ in front of you, I recently heard that someone in the court mentioned the matter of cutting the domain, I don't know if Brother Chen knows the inside story."
Chen Mo took a big sip of the wine glass, and with a little wine, he sneered and said:
"Cutting the domain? Including your father's San Francisco, right? Is that so easy to sharpen? If nothing else, the emperor has to take care of the idea of hundreds of thousands of troops in the three feudatories, it is already a habit for the ministers of the DPRK and China to chirp crookedly, just ignore them. โ
Chen Mo's outspoken tone made Wu Yingxiong stunned slightly, but he was overjoyed in his heart and face, Chen Mo's words meant that for the time being, the imperial court would not dare to make a move against the three feudatories, then their preparations would be more sufficient, and now when Chen Mo was in decline, he deliberately approached, he just wanted to contact this red man who might turn over at any time.
A meal of wine made Chen Mo a little dazed, and when he left, Wu Yingxiong stuffed a wad of silver tickets into his arms, and after he staggered home and covered the courtyard door, his eyes cleared, and the corners of his mouth brought a slight sneer.
"Xianggong, are you going to drink?" Shuang'er was cleaning in the courtyard, and when he saw Chen Mo coming home with a puff of wine, he stepped forward to hold his arm and asked in a low voice.
"Don't worry, I'm fine, but you have to clean up, and we'll move out of here tomorrow." Chen Mo said softly staring at Shuang'er's little face.
Since moving for three days, Chen Mo's small life has finally been much quieter, with a lot of silver tickets in hand, he asked Shuang'er to buy his own things at home, practice every morning, walk around the street at noon, and give him a massage when he goes home at night, although the two still sleep in the same bed, Chen Mo maintains restraint and tries to meditate and practice internal strength to avoid eating Shuang'er for a while.
The capital seems to be quiet, in fact, some people related to Chen Mo are not comfortable, Chen Mo was suddenly erased from his official position, and he was not seen in the court to protect Kangxi's figure coldly, although Suo Etu understood that Chen Mo would turn over sooner or later, but at this time he was a little entangled in his heart, after this day after the court, he and Prince Kang returned to the cabinet office, and after the matter was dealt with, everyone said goodbye, he walked to Prince Kang's side and whispered:
"Lord Jieshu, it's been four days, and I haven't heard any news from that Chen Mo, I sent people to inquire around, but no one knows where his family lives, even if I have something to look for him, I can't find him."
Prince Kang looked up at Suo Etu and smiled, Chen Mo played this hand, if something happens in the future, it will not be possible for the minister not to carry the black cauldron, especially the big members of the cabinet like them, who deal with the world's major affairs, once something goes wrong, Chen Mo is their example.
"Lord Suo misses Lord Chen? He originally rented someone else's house, and I also sent someone to investigate, and the Zhang Bao who had been friends with him before didn't know where he had moved, probably because he wanted to clean up for a few days, and he didn't have a day of peace since the incident. Prince Kang said with a smile.
Suo Etu touched a strand of beard on his chin, his eyes flickered, and he whispered beside Prince Kang:
"Lord Wang, this Chen Mo will return to this Forbidden City sooner or later, before I originally planned to be a matchmaker with your family Jingning Gege, but I was preempted by the Queen Mother, and now the emperor has withdrawn the marriage decree, if the Lord marries Jingning Gege to Chen Mo at this time, I think the prince will have one more helper in the court in the future."
Is Suo Etu really a good intention? As a person who has been in the court for decades, Prince Kang is familiar with the art of war and struggle, Suo Etu knows that Chen Mo will turn over sooner or later, but now he hopes that he will marry Jing Ning to Chen Mo, on the surface, Prince Kang does have an important helper, but Chen Mo has no chance to get closer to Kangxi.
This is a struggle strategy, self-interest is not conducive to Chen Mo, and it may even be because of this matter to open Kangxi's favor to Chen Mo, but Prince Kang doesn't want Chen Mo to be too favored, so maybe in the future, this cabinet will be Chen Mo alone, which is not a good thing for the royal family.
Prince Kang's eyes flickered, these days Fu Jin talked about the changes in Jingning before and after he already knew his daughter's thoughts, if there was an edict from the Queen Mother and the emperor before, he, as a prince, would not dare to fight with them for Chen Mo, and now that the emperor has announced it to the world, it means that they will not marry Chen Mo again for at least a year or two.