Chapter 205 Shinto
Liu Guangzhong was beside Xiao Yi and put a servant as eyeliner, Xiao Yi knew that there was a spy, but he didn't find out which one it was, he wrote the fold well, deliberately pretended to dry it, and put it in the study, but he seemed to forget to lock the door because of an emergency, leaving some space for the man.
The content of Xiao Yi's excerpt easily reached Liu Guangzhong's ears, and he was greatly shocked at the time, if it was really sent to the emperor's desk, his life might be lost.
Xiao Yat has always been very tolerant, this time, why did he suddenly come to such a hand? Liu Guangzhong was puzzled and interceded with Xiao Yi through a former subordinate general, Wang Bing.
Wang Bing made an excuse and invited Xiao Yi to drink, Xiao Yi pretended to have something on his mind, and soon got drunk and knew everything about Wang Bing's problems.
Xiao Yi said Zhao Yulan's ugliness (this is a household name in the capital, and it is impossible for him to hide it).
Wang Bing nodded and listened while reassuring the chief, he also knew this.
"These three children, although I don't want to stay, but I will never allow the little calf of the Liu family to be humiliated, Liu Yongqi did evil things, don't think I don't know, hmph, because of my relatives, I let Liu Guangzhong go again and again, and I still have a habit of having problems."
When the news was sent to Liu Guangzhong, he felt inexplicable.
When Liu Yongqi wrote a letter to his family, it was impossible for him to write about his abuse of Xiao Qiyun, let alone about Xiao Juanyun. But Liu Guangzhong still guessed that there was something wrong in this aspect. This time, he didn't let Wang Bing do it, but sent a henchman to quietly come to see Xiao Yi.
Wei Yuanhou is monitoring this aspect, and these things can't be hidden from him, otherwise, simple family matters may become evidence of Xiao Yi and Liu Guangzhong's private collusion.
Xiao Yi first reported to Wei Yuanhou, and then met Liu Guangzhong's people.
Wei Yuanhou felt that Xiao Yi was really giving himself too much face, and at the same time, he had some resentment towards Liu Guangduo, feeling that he had reached such a situation that he dared to look down on himself.
Xiao Yi implied that Xiao Qiyun was abused and Xiao Juanyun was humiliated, and vaguely hinted at Liu Guangzhong, and also put forward the condition that if Liu Yongqi did not carry the dowry in sixty-four and carried the sedan chair to take Xiao Juanyun into the house, he would let Liu Guangzhong taste his own power.
Liu Guangzhong was taken aback, and while agreeing to Xiao Yi's request, he immediately asked people to send a letter to his family, asking Liu Yongqi to marry Xiao Xuanyun.
Liu Yongqi actually coveted Wen Jin, is it still strong? Treacherous Juanyun, why did Xiao Yi still send it to the door to satisfy this beast? Of course, this has its deep meaning.
Xiao Yi is a good hand at fighting, doing these things, naturally he can also take one step and see three steps, the Liu family made a lot of money back then, but the means were superb, most of them were mining and selling salt, both to make money and to hide, as soon as Xiao Yi arrived here, he found the clues, and now, he knows that if he asks Liu Guangzhong for a bride price, he will not be rejected.
Liu Guangzhong will feel that Xiao Yi is superficial and greedy for money, and he is easy to buy, so he is not particularly vigilant.
Xiao Yi reminded Emperor Yongchang in this way that the Liu family is very rich, especially rich, and it is a disaster.
Sure enough, just a few days after Liu Yongqi married his wife for the second time, Emperor Yongchang's will was sent out of the capital, and he asked Liu Guangzhong to double the number of acres of land from this year, and also stopped the supply of grain and grass to the military department, asking him to be self-sufficient.
The wasteland needs to be raised for three years before there can be a harvest, and now it is only a year, what should I do if the 20,000 people brought by Liu Guangzhong have no food? Starving to death? Of course, the emperor did not allow this, and his will to Liu Guangzhong was to recruit soldiers under his command, and the annual decrease could not exceed 100 people.
Liu Guangzhong brought 20,000 people, and he got 40,000 taels of silver for just eating a year, plus seeds, cattle, horses, ploughs, shovels, hoes, etc., and he couldn't get 50,000 taels a year, but this was what the emperor meant.
He had to write a letter to his family and ask his wife to send money to ***.
Although Mrs. Liu is arrogant, she is a good financial manager, and the financial power of the Liu family was handed over to her very early.
When Emperor Yongchang heard the news from Gonggong Guo, he felt more and more that the Liu family had strong financial resources, and he would be uncomfortable if he didn't squeeze out the money, and soon, he had a second action.
Liu Guangzhong naturally knew why the emperor was like this, he showed his wealth, this was all forced by Xiao Yi, and at this moment, he understood Xiao Yi's intentions, the Xiao family and the Liu family have completely become mortal enemies.
The most unlucky ones are Xiao Qiyun and Xiao Juanyun, they don't even have surnames now, but they still have to bear the hatred of the Liu family for the Xiao family, but Liu Guangzhong didn't dare to openly tear his face with Xiao Yi, these two sisters still occupy the position of Liu Yongqi's wife, no matter how the Liu family looks, they feel aggrieved, and they torture them more and more with various tricks.
The clay figure also has a three-point earthy temperament, not to mention that Xiao Qiyun is not a person who is willing to give up, in the past, she still had a trace of illusions about Liu Yongqi, and even for the sake of face, she was willing to swallow her anger, now, where does she still have face? The mother is a murderer, the uncle's family went to prison, was deprived of the surname, and did not even have her mother's family, there were guests at home, Liu Yongqi's concubine was qualified to go to the ceremony, but she was strictly ordered not to show up, Xiao Juanyun was even more miserable, and only now did she know Liu Yongqi's nature, which was a sadist.
Wen Jin instructed Zheng Zaixin to help Xiao Qiyun appropriately, so that she could have the ability to compete with Liu Yongqi and Mrs. Liu, so that the Liu family's life would not have a moment of peace.
Wen Jin underestimated the extent of Xiao Xuanyun's outburst, and Zheng Zaixin's person just gave her a knife, which was less than the length of her fingers and was very sharp. This is to let Xiao Xuanyun defend himself.
But he didn't expect Xiao Juanyun to make an unusually bold move, and within a few days, the Liu family announced to the public that Xiao Juanyun was sick, very serious, and had to be sent to Zhuangzi to recuperate.
The Liu family thought that Xiao Yiyuan was in ***, and there was no way to track it down, Mrs. Xiao definitely didn't care whether Xiao Juanyun was dead or alive, and Xiao Juanyun had been kicked out of the house by Xiao Yi, and she was not qualified to take care of this matter, in the farm, Xiao Juanyun was locked up, and she was not given a sip of water, which was ready to starve to death and die of thirst to death, and later, someone from the farm confessed that she saw Xiao Juanyun drinking the rainwater with her hands, which shows that she was still eager to live and didn't want to die at that time.
There is no water to drink, and people can only resist for three days at most, even if Wen Jin and Guo Gonggong install someone in Liu's Mansion, but after all, it is impossible to follow them, so when they hear the news, Xiao Xuanyun has already died. Guo Gonggong hated to find the mistake of the Liu family with a lantern, and he was afraid that the matter sent to the door would not be big enough, so he pretended to say that Xiao Xuanyun was a plague and wanted to be cremated before being buried, but Liu Yi, a servant on the Zhuangzi, quietly ran out to sue the government, saying that the Liu family had killed people.
Liu Yi's parents made a mistake and were sold to the salt field by the Liu family, he was so sick that he almost died, so he was lucky to stay, when he was young, he seemed to be a fool, no one thought that such a person could think of revenge. The Liu family relaxed their vigilance, but they didn't want the dog to bite without barking, he stayed up in Zhuangzi for more than ten years, and when he met the person arranged by Zheng Zaixin, after getting the assurance that he would definitely save his life, he jumped out and gave the Liu family a fatal blow.
Liu Yongqi asked the arrester to take him directly from the Qinglou and went to the prison of the Criminal Department.
Liu Linshen suffered a stroke and was lying in bed half a year ago, he didn't know anything, Liu Guangzhong was not at home, Mrs. Liu and Liu Yongqi were both arrogant, and they wanted to overwhelm people with power at first, but they actually begged to be in front of Prince Ren.
Prince Ren has a very good set of men, Prince Ren promised to contribute to his wife's mother's family, or Guo Gonggong had the foresight to quietly send a message, telling him that this was the emperor's intention, Prince Ren was shocked, closed the door tightly, and did not allow the Liu family to step into the next step, and also took his wife to the mountain villa for more than ten days.
Liu Yongqi was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, Mrs. Liu moved around, as long as she could fish out her son, she would agree to any conditions, this time, the Liu family's contribution was not so small, even the jailer bought a bowl of noodles for Liu Yongqi, and he had to pay fifty taels of running expenses, and the Liu family didn't come out? Then go hungry.
Delivering meals? Okay, okay, the people who deliver the food are not allowed to enter, the food and drink are good, they all go into the stomach of the jailer, and in front of Liu Yongqi, it is the kind of mixed soil and sand half, and even rat feces in it, when did he suffer such a crime? At the end of a month, his cheeks were sunken, his cheekbones protruded, his beard was unshaven, and he looked haggard and did not look like a person.
Mrs. Liu always wanted to visit the prison, but she was blocked by someone, and this time the prison officer suddenly showed kindness and accepted her 5,000 taels of benefit fees, so she was allowed to enter.
Mrs. Liu gave birth to five children, but only one son of Liu Yongqi lived, and the other two were girls, Liu Yongqi was her life, seeing that the tip of her heart became like this, Mrs. Liu went out and wanted to rescue her son at any cost.
When Liu Guangzhong received the news, his wife had already fished out her son, but the price was a bit large, Mrs. Liu sent out several large boxes of jewelry, gold, silver and jade that Liu Guifei had rewarded, and converted them into cash, worth as much as 70,000 taels of silver.
"This idiot!" The emperor had this trick because of the Liu family's wealth, and his wife was still crying and shouting to send it to the door, in the future, as long as his Liu family was not defeated, Emperor Yongchang would definitely not stop, Liu Guangzhong looked at what happened sadly, but there was no way to recover the decline, and he was so angry that he jumped like thunder in the official mansion.
Wen Jin sensed this information through the news sent by Zheng Zaixin, and stirred up the wind and rain more vigorously, and the Liu family was like a huge broken ship swaying in the wind and rain, and there were more and more leaks.
Mrs. Liu contacted Prince Ren and Princess Ren through various methods, and wanted Prince Ren to help them tide over the difficulties, but Prince Ren couldn't hold back his wife's tears, and really went to plead with the emperor, and the Queen Mother knew about it, called Liu Caiqin into the palace, and reprimanded her fiercely, warning her to meddle in this matter again, and she couldn't eat and go around.
At this moment, Qian Wenhan returned to Beijing. He turned the temples and Taoist temples up and down Pingling Mansion almost upside down, and did not find Qian Jun, so he inquired on the way from the capital to Pingling to see if there was any accident, and the result really made him hear a news: on the fifth day of Qian Jun's departure, it was calculated that a large landslide occurred on a mountain that he just passed through, burying the nearby official road.
"Where are the people buried?"
"The government was afraid of the plague, and it was already burned, so it was buried in the mountains."
"Did they leave anything behind?"
"Nothing." Wen Han didn't believe it, so he stayed nearby, and let out his words, willing to buy back the things he picked up at that time at a high price, at first people didn't believe it, and finally, there was a bold one who took a small knife inlaid with gems and showed it to Wen Han.
The thing is indeed quite luxurious, but it is not the type that Qian Jun likes, Wen Han didn't say anything, and gave fifty taels of silver to buy it. He lived there for a month, and the last person brought a broken belt, Wen Han saw it, and tears came down, this is the golden snakeskin belt that Wen Jin gave to Qian Jun back then, and he also has one.
In the end, what made him completely collapse was a bow and arrow taken away by the officials, on which was engraved a "Jun" zi, a beautiful plum blossom seal, which was Qian Jun's handwriting.
Wen Han came back almost all the way back with tears in his eyes, and Emperor Yongchang didn't expect it to be such an ending, and he was not in the mood to host the court meeting that day, and he dispersed halfway through.
Shen Mingzhao was helped back, his sister is gone, his nephew is gone, although he shoulders the heavy hope of reviving the Shen family, he can't hide the overflow of sadness at this moment.
Shen Mingxi turned gray overnight.
Prince Ren fell ill again, and this time, he said that he would not let Prince Ren serve him, but just looked at the bow and arrow sent back, and wept silently.
When Yuhe heard these rumors, it was very strange that Prince Ren obviously loved his son more, but why did he always listen to his wife, she asked someone to inquire, and no one knew what was going on, so she threw the question to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother is in her sixties, and her health is not as good as day by day, but her curiosity will not be weakened because of this, and the old man, sometimes more like a child, wants to know the answer to this question more than Yuhe.
Xiao Anzi has been more calm in the past two years, and the Queen Mother sent him to Prince Ren's mansion, nominally, to send tonics.
Prince Ren's cheeks were so thin that he was sunken, and Xiao Anzi was very sad when he saw it, it was only a few years, and the original heroic Marshal of Western Xinjiang was so haggard that it was all tossed by that woman.
"Lord, you have to mourn, if the prince knows that you are like this, he will not feel at ease under the spring."
"The little beast still knows that he feels sorry for me? cough cough cough ......"
"Why is this the prince, father and son are connected, when the prince heard that the western Xinjiang was in danger, didn't he take people with him desperately? The Queen Mother and her old people all said, 'Prince Ren is a filial child'. ”
Prince Ren burst into tears: "Yes, I, it's not good-" This sentence was pressed in his heart, and he held it for more than three years, but when he said it at this time, he was comfortable, tears fell in strings, and the old man cried so much that his liver and intestines were broken.
Xiao Anzi knows that it is better to vent it than to hold it, as long as he controls the degree and does not let Prince Ren be too sad and hurt his body.
Lao He, the eunuch who served Prince Ren, patted his back to help the master calm down, and when it was almost over, Xiao Anzi took the opportunity to ask: "Old prince, Miss Xiao is also a good girl, why don't you just refuse to agree?" Is it just because the princess doesn't like it? What the princess said may not be all right. ”
"Princess, cough cough, I can't see the princess crying, I can't look at her pleading eyes, cough cough cough ......"
Xiao Anzi sighed secretly in her heart, the eyes of Prince Ren and Princess Ren are indeed too charming, and the Queen Mother once said that there is an evil spirit in it, which is unsettling.
It took a lot of effort with Lao He to appease Prince Ren, the imperial doctor took the opportunity to take the pulse and prescribed a prescription, Lao He personally boiled the medicine, served the master and drank, Prince Ren fell asleep, and Xiao Anzi returned to the harem.
The Queen Mother didn't expect it to be such an answer, she pondered for a long time and didn't say anything.
Besides, Xiao Yi, after receiving a letter from his wife, seeing that his daughter was ill-fated, and his family was also dragged down by Zhao Yulan's mother and daughter, he was pointed at in the capital, and he was deplorable and bored, and that afternoon, he rode to a hill twenty miles outside the barracks.
There is a Taoist temple here, there are only two people with a master and an apprentice, the days are very cold, when Xiao Yi first came, check the nearby terrain, and see that the master has a leg disease, so he often sends someone to send some food and clothing, the master is proficient in chess, Xiao Yi will occasionally come over and learn from each other.
This time, he couldn't tell why, but he always felt that going for a walk might relieve the depression in his heart. In fact, Xiao Yi saw that there was a compass and gossip diagram in the master's room, and he hoped that the master would know some fairy techniques such as the I Ching.
"I Ching" is a profound knowledge, reasoning good people, can determine the fortune and misfortune of life and death, most learners are very mediocre, only know the most ordinary and simplest calculation method, the inference of future things, less than half of the accuracy, but for what has happened, the accuracy is more than eighty percent.
Xiao Yi felt that the level of the old way should not be outstanding. Even if he only had an eighty percent accuracy, he still couldn't help but want to know if Qian Jun was really no longer alive. Xiao Yi and Qian Jun didn't have much contact for a long time, but just because of that competition, he decided in his heart that this young man had already taken him as a son-in-law candidate.
How could such an excellent boy die so easily? Xiao Yi really can't accept such a reality, he has never let Lao Dao calculate his life and let him guide him on how to get promoted and make a fortune, but when it comes to Qian Jun's life and death, he really has no way to think about it.
As usual, the horse and the squire remained at the bottom of the hill, and he walked up alone.
The old Taoist had already set up a chess game, and the little Taoist priest had just made new tea, and the three of them did not speak, just like before.
Xiao Yi had something on his mind, and he lost the next two games in a row, and he put down the shiny and warm ebony chess pieces in his hand with some worry. "The general doesn't have to worry too much, if someone loses it, just look for it, if it loses his life, there is nothing he can do." The little Taoist priest refills the tea for Xiao Yi. "Master, can you tell if you lost someone or lost your life?" Xiao Yi's heart moved, and he couldn't help but ask.
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