Chapter 378: Coercion and Temptation
Wen Yi took the servant home alone, and Liu Dongxing took Yunni to the direction of King Kang's mansion, and he didn't come back overnight, and he didn't know what was going on. Wen Yi couldn't settle down, and sat in the room all night, until it was almost dawn, and then squinted hastily for a while, and when it was time to eat breakfast, she had already gotten up.
The first thing she did after she freshened up was to ask Liu Dongxing if he could come back, and when she learned that she hadn't been able to help worrying, she called someone to send a message to Shu Ping, ordering him to inquire around King Kang's mansion, and if there was any news, he would report it immediately.
Shu Ping went, Wen Yi was holding the tea bowl, still a little uneasy. If King Zheng wants to raise troops in advance, I don't know if the trouble will spread to Cannes. Then she thought about it, and felt that the people of King Kang's Mansion dared to participate in the rebellion, and they would never rely only on those more than 1,000 old servants, and would naturally use the new general of the Rong'an garrison. I don't know what method Wang Yongtai used to move this general, but he is also a hero who came back from the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang, why did he fall into such a conspiracy in a nonsense manner? Liu Dongxing, the new official, took office, and it took a lot of effort to reluctantly subdue the officers and soldiers in the garrison, is this military general really sure that he can encourage the people of the Rong'an garrison to follow him to rebel?
Although the East Palace had known the news of the general's collusion with King Kang's Mansion, Wen Yi still couldn't help but worry. The one in the East Palace seems to be determined to let the three princes really raise troops to rebel, so he is willing to suppress them, maybe it is to completely eradicate them, so as not to think of the flesh and blood family affection today, and open the net, resulting in a hundred-legged worm, dead but not stiff. Wen Yi could understand the thoughts of the East Palace, but she couldn't help but complain: the three royal mansions acted so obviously, and the General Administration Department had a large number of human and physical evidence a few months earlier, if the imperial court had already suppressed it, she didn't have to worry about it at this moment. I only hope that the one in the East Palace is really well-arranged, if the rebellion is really big, it will harm the people, and it will hurt the peace after all.
Originally, this was nothing more than a royal infighting.
Wen Yi sat frowning, but heard a joke coming from the door: "Yo, what's wrong with our Liu Gongren?" It's just that I haven't seen it all night, and it has become a Wangfu stone? ”
When she looked up and saw that it was Wen Hui, she smiled and got up to greet her: "Sixth sister said that she was laughing, I was just thinking about something." ”
Wen Hui swaggered into the room and sat down, glancing at her: "What are you thinking, so hard, look at what your face looks like ugly, didn't you sleep all night last night?" ”
Wen Yi was about to argue, but she waved her hand: "Don't coax me, I can't be more familiar with your face now." For a while, I was like this, I couldn't sleep restlessly at night, and I was full of worries during the day, but my face turned pale and miserable, and there was a heavy black blue under my eyes. Go look in the mirror by yourself, and don't talk nonsense to me. If you don't want to tell me about something, will I still force you to do it? ”
Wen Yi smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's really nothing, it's just that the prime minister has official business to do, and I'm worried that he is tired and tired, so he can't feel at ease." Worried my sister. ”
Wen Hui stared at her for a while, didn't ask again, and said: "I'm here to discuss the matter of the house with you, you said that you rented another house outside, I don't know what it is, I want to ......" Before the words were finished, Lianxin's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Big * milk, someone outside sent a letter to the uncle." ”
Wen Yi was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted: "Bring the letter in." Lianxin came in and handed a white envelope, the seal was pasted with crimson ink, and a very unique mark was made on it, Wen Hui couldn't help but look at it twice.
Lianxin whispered: "It was sent by Lao Hu, and the uncle was not there, so Shu Ping should have taken it over, but grandma sent Shu Ping out to run errands......
Wen Yi recognized that this seal clay was for the exclusive use of the General Administration, so she knew that this must be their secret letter, and it was not easy to open it without authorization, so she handed it to Lianxin and lowered her voice: "You take it yourself and go to the outer study to wait." I once told Shu Ping that no matter whether there is news or not, I will come back every hour. When he returns, you hand him the letter, and he knows where to send it. ”
Lianxin received the order and took the letter. Wen Hui asked with some curiosity: "Who is this letter?" It's so solemn. ”
Wen Yi smiled and snorted: "It's a letter from outside them, and it's not a solemn matter, it's just that the person who wrote the letter likes to be unconventional in these stationery supplies." ”
Wen Hui didn't believe it: "Don't coax me." There are marks on the clay, which is not an ordinary practice. Tell me honestly, it's a letter from the army, right? Is there something going on outside? Yesterday, for the first time in decades, the lantern festival was canceled in the city, and you also ordered the people below to buy more rice, meat, vegetables, oil, salt, and cloth, and also asked people to prepare more sticks and other things, as if something was going to happen. I also experienced what happened in Guzhuang last year, so don't hide it, let me be prepared, and save me from panic. ”
Wen Yi couldn't help admiring Wen Hui's carefulness, but if this matter was really said, I was afraid that the others would not be able to hide it, she didn't plan to tell others her husband's secret confession, so she said, "Where did it get to this point?" I just thought that many shops in the city would not be open for business during the Chinese New Year, and I was afraid that there would be not enough things at home and there would be a famine, so I asked people to buy more things. As for sticks and other things, they were indeed prepared to prevent trouble. The minister has official business to be busy, there are many women in this house now, there are many people in the city during the Chinese New Year, and few neighbors around are well-known, and I don't know if someone will take advantage of the loophole and take the opportunity to steal. ”
Wen Hui was skeptical: "Really? That...... That letter is ......"
Wen Yi smiled, anxious, and remembered what the other party had said earlier: "Sister still remembers that I once rented another house?" This is a letter written by the landlord. Because the eldest aunt and sister wanted to live, the landlord sat on the ground and raised the price, and Xianggong was annoyed, so he reasoned with him and left him aside. This letter must have been written by him to ask for peace. Let's leave this matter alone, just let the butler talk to him. ”
Wen Huihu glanced at her suspiciously, she couldn't hear any flaws in this, but it made people feel that something was wrong everywhere, but thinking that if their husband and wife were deliberately hiding from themselves, they didn't need to know the truth, so they stopped and just smiled sarcastically: "It turns out that the landlord's surname is Hu?" What a philistine. ”
Wen Yi smiled dryly, and secretly compensated Hu Jinquan in her heart.
The maids brought breakfast, the sisters ate some casually, and Wen Hui was about to go back to the room to copy the scriptures. Wen Yi carefully sent her away, returned to the room, couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and was worried about Liu Dongxing.
This night has passed, and I don't know if he has solved the matter of King Kang's mansion.
How did she know that Liu Dongxing was having a headache at this moment. He took four good men from Pingyang Tongzheng to follow Yunni into the palace through an imperceptible small door, and went all the way to the back house, but he didn't meet a single guard, and he was surprised to find that the people in King Kang's mansion were all gathered in a large compound, surrounded by thirty or forty men with knives to watch and watch, no wonder they came in so easily.
Looking at the few people standing in front of the courtyard, Liu Dongxing understood. The people of King Zheng's Mansion had already made the first move and came to the door. He quickly covered Yunny's mouth, winked at the others, and hid in unison.
There were two or three hundred old servants of King Kang's Mansion gathered in the compound, and many of them were whispering to each other, so the people from King Zheng's Mansion didn't notice the approach of Liu Dongxing and his party. They just stared intently at the people in the courtyard, their knives half-unsheathed, as if they were about to swing their knives and kill people when they waited for the leader's order.
Their leader was a tall man in black with an ugly face but large bulls' eyes. He looked coldly at the whispering people in front of him, and there was no mercy in his eyes. It didn't take long for him to get impatient: "Who can call the shots?" I don't have much patience to come out and speak."
There was silence for a while, and their eyes shot to one point. Wang Yongtai coughed lightly, stood up, and said with a bit of arrogance: "Mr. Shentu, what do you mean by this?" Our Kang Wangfu and Zheng Wang Ye are allies, and what to do is also agreed before. Now you suddenly broke into the palace and said that you were going to change the rules, so how can you believe that this is really what Prince Zheng meant? ”
As soon as Shen Tu glanced at him, he waved his hand casually, and two men with knives escorted a short person out, Wang Yongtai and the others saw that it was actually Zhu Jiayi, and their faces changed: "What does this mean, sir?" ”
Shen Tu didn't speak, and someone escorted another person out, but it was a Qin widow, her face was still bruised, her clothes were messy, her hair was messy, she was pushed away, staggered, and almost fell.
Yunni hid in the dark, almost screamed when she saw this, but Liu Dongxing covered her mouth tightly, and tears couldn't help but gush out.
When Widow Qin saw Zhu Jiayi, she immediately rushed over and cried: "Little prince, I'm worried about death, where have you gone?" ”
Zhu Jiayi trembled and peeked at Shen Tugang, and whispered, "Don't cry, auntie, don't cry." That's a big guy sent by King Zheng, don't make him angry, he'll break our legs......"
Widow Qin immediately stopped crying and looked at Shen Tugang with wide eyes. The latter was expressionless: "Our prince is worried about his cousin, and specially ordered me to come and take the little prince to Qingzhou." In the future, the little prince will be taken care of by our prince. It's just that the prince is worried that as soon as the little prince leaves, there will be no one in King Kang's mansion, and someone will want to make trouble, so he asked me to prevent trouble. He glanced at Wang Yongtai, "There are many slaves in this world who are bold and vainly trying to deceive the master, and the little prince is a nobleman, how can he be so angry?" ”
Widow Qin's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly smiled: "Yes, yes, Prince Zheng is really thoughtful. The little prince will be grateful for the prince's love. As he spoke, he looked at Wang Yongtai with a smug gaze.
Wang Yongtai scolded in his heart, and couldn't help but say: "Mr. Shentu said it lightly, but your request is too much, there are many old people in our palace who have left the palace on the orders of the prince and princess, and are looking for their own livelihood. When the court ordered the confiscation of the palace's property, it never felt sorry for these old people, and now when you come, you want us to give all the family wealth, will you be too greedy? How can we say that King Kang's Mansion is also an ally of King Zheng's Mansion, and now that the great cause has not been accomplished, Prince Zheng will unload the mill and kill the donkey, aren't you afraid of everyone's coldness? ”
Shen Tugang said coldly: "The great cause of the prince is about to be accomplished, and it is the time when you need money, so if you have the merit of giving money today, the prince will have to ascend to the great treasure in the future, and he will not forget your merits." You procrastinate and refuse to agree, do you want to change your hexagram? ”
"That's not what I said," Wang Yongtai's tone was also very cold, "When I made an agreement with Prince Zheng that day, I said that our Kang Wangfu was in charge of the war on the Western Front, and we also needed a lot of money. If he listened to Mr.'s orders and dedicated all his private wealth to Prince Zheng, what should be the war on the Western Front? Soldiers, ships, heavy grain and grass, all of which are inseparable from gold and silver. Mr. Ruo's words are really what King Zheng meant, this requires the horses to run, and the horses to not eat grass, where is there such a cheap thing? ”
"So, is Manager Wang unwilling to obey orders?" Wang Yongtai glanced at Zhu Jiayi coldly, "Even if the master gives an order, don't you want to obey?" ”
Zhu Jiayi shivered, and hurriedly cried at Wang Yongtai: "Manager Wang, promise him quickly, otherwise he will kill someone."
Wang Yongtai had a straight face: "Little prince, although you are the young master, you are still young and unable to take on the heavy responsibility, such a big thing, you can't be the master." ”
Widow Qin was not convinced: "Chief Wang, since you know that the little prince is the young master, how can you disobey the lord's order?" I don't think you took the little prince in your eyes, and you wanted to replace him."
Wang Yongtai snorted contemptuously: "Qin family, what do you know as a woman?" How old is the little prince? Can you do something? Up and down in the palace, isn't it up to us to operate? The prince of the world has not said anything to give away all of our private wealth, and the little prince is just nonsense when he says this. ”
Widow Qin trembled with anger. Liu Dongxing secretly paid attention to Shen Tugang's expression, and the secret way was not good, and sure enough, he saw a flash of silver light in front of the other party, but in an instant, Wang Yongtai separated his head and died on the spot.
Everyone's faces changed suddenly in fright, Zhu Jiayi cried loudly, and Widow Qin almost softened, but Shen Tugang still had that understated expression: "A dog that doesn't listen to its master should be killed, so as to save mistakes." Then he glanced at Zhu Jiayi, who quickly stopped crying and shouted to everyone in a trembling voice: "You do what he says" Widow Qin also woke up, and said to everyone in a trembling voice: "Hurry up...... Hurry up and follow the order" and smiled at Shen Tugang: "You might as well sit down first, there are many of us, and it will take a lot of effort to come one by one." ”
Shen Tu Gang sat down satisfied, clasped his arms in his hands, and stared lazily at the crowd.
The people of King Kang's Mansion didn't dare to say anything anymore, and after a while, someone came up and signed the documents that the people in King Zheng's Mansion had already prepared. Seeing that the faces of Shen Tugang and the others gradually showed joy, they all secretly looked at Zhu Jiayi and Widow Qin with resentment while breathing a sigh of relief.
Seeing this, Liu Dongxing turned around and made a gesture to his companion, and quietly withdrew from King Kang's mansion.
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