Chapter 181: The Third Picture?
The courtyard of Bao Yuanqian's house is brightly lit, and the courtyard is full of dozens of treasure chests of all sizes, full of dazzling. After he rescued the assassin that day, he did not meet Xue Wujian for two or three days. He originally thought that Xue Wujian would soon come to ask for his help, but he didn't wait for Xue Wujian to come but waited for this pile of things.
These are all gifts from the civil and military factions, and what they want is just the word wooing. The military attache was rude, did not understand any red tape, and pragmatically stuffed jade and jewelry, silver and gold into the box.
And the civil officials, because of the "literati style", even if they pay bribes, they have to go around the bend, and send a lot of famous paintings and calligraphy, many of which have authentic works from the Tang and Song dynasties. Although these things are valuable, they need to be sold by bribe-takers, and the process is extremely complicated, which is much worse than real money.
Bao Yuanqian looked at these calligraphy and paintings and shook his head again and again, and said in his heart that if this military general is a real villain, then these civil officials are hypocrites. If you want to take the road of bribery, why hide it, isn't it hello to everyone?
The literati's red tape, he is vividly embodied in Xiao Yi. But there is a good saying, if it is better than a bad real villain, it is better than a hypocrite, after all, bad people on the surface always make people be able to let their guard down.
I have been in Tianfu for more than two months, first to make military merits, and then to offer seals. Then he was praised by Zhu Di in the palace, and he was famous in the same hall, and he also cleaned up the gang of gentlemen in Guangye Hall in the Guozijian Palace.
This series of combinations came down, and after a month of being a six-grade business, he was given wine and jade by Zhu Di and paid leave. The discerning people of the Manchu Dynasty can see it, what is the intention of this, where is the ordinary official who has just been rewarded for a month and is at home?
Therefore, taking advantage of this free time, civil and military officials sent good goods in one fell swoop and seized the time to win themselves over. If you can seize the opportunity and wait for the holy decree of your promotion to come down, isn't it just to push the boat into the camp with your upstart?
It's just that he is not short of money now, and although these treasures are precious, it is difficult to impress him.
The Qing'er sisters and brothers had never seen so many treasures, their four eyes were wide open, and grabbing a handful of these boxes at random was enough for them to live for half a lifetime. And these are just a drop in the bucket for the powerful, not worth mentioning.
Qing'er muttered, "Brother Bao, you won't rob the bank, will you?"
Bao Yuanqian squatted down, picked up a scroll of calligraphy and paintings, and said with a smile: "Does this money village still sell calligraphy and paintings?"
Ah Tu shook his head and said, "Let me say, this thing is not even looked down on by Big Brother Bao, let alone moved."
Bao Yuanqian saw that others were big ghosts, so he couldn't help but say, "Oh? What is the opinion of Atu?"
Ah Tu's eyes blinked, "Since the person who sent the things here is not an accomplice of Brother Bao to rob the bank, it is someone else who curries favor with Brother Bao. However, the things sent by these two parties are very different, which shows that they are not all the way. If you use it, it will let others get the handle, Daddy often says that the person has short hands and a soft mouth... Brother Bao, am I right?"
Bao Yuanqian rubbed Ah Tu's head and smiled without saying a word. The heart says that this Ah Tu seems to be stupid, but people are not stupid.
"Brother Bao, what to do with these things?" Qing'er saw that these boxes were thrown in the courtyard at random, and it was too much of an eyesore, so she said, "Do you want me and my brother to move them in?"
Bao Yuanqian shook his head, and when he saw that the sky was dark, he said: "The hour is not early, these rough jobs will invite the porter of the Chao Jiyuan tomorrow, the two of you are a little girl with a sick number, is it the box to pick the person or the person to pick the box?"
Qing'er saw that she was "disgusted", and she blushed and said to Ah Tu: "Brother, you have to eat more, you can only help Brother Bao if you are as tall as Brother Bao."
Ah Tu stuck out his tongue and was about to refute it, but he suddenly looked at the wall behind Bao Yuanqian, and suddenly exclaimed, "Ghost!!"
The abruptness of his cry stunned both of them. Bao Yuanqian immediately turned around to look, only to see a black shadow crouching on the courtyard wall in the distance, looking at the three of them.
He frowned, if there are ghosts in the world, it is only himself, a ghost who is a human in two lives. He only glanced at it and found that this black shadow was a human and not a ghost, and the feeling of being followed by three people that day came to his heart, could it be that there were those people in his heart?
"Whoosh!"
There was a crisp sound of breaking wind, and silver rays were thrown from the dark shadows. Bao Yuanqian reached out with two fingers like lightning to catch the silver mang, and then saw that the black shadow was gone.
Bao Yuanqian looked at it and saw that this silver mang was not a sharp hidden weapon, but a blunt shuttle dart that tended to be oval, and it was not lethal.
There was a small stack of square paper tied to its tail, and Bao Yuanqian suddenly saw it, it turned out that this silver mang was used to throw the object of the letter, and the black shadow saw that several of his people had found him, so he threw this thing and fled.
"Brother Bao..." Qing'er hurriedly hugged his younger brother and held him in his arms. She didn't know what the situation was, so she could only ask Bao Yuanqian cautiously.
Bao Yuanqian shook the shuttle dart and smiled lightly: "It's okay, you take Ah Tu into the house to rest."
Qing'er nodded, and took her younger brother into the wing.
Bao Yuanqian saw the two of them enter the house, so he took the paper and opened it to take a look. The handwriting was familiar, and he read the letter quickly. At first, he frowned, and then suddenly realized.
Suddenly, he was about to go out after reading the letter, but he heard a horse bell outside the courtyard, and a person dismounted and knocked lightly on the courtyard door.
Bao Yuanqian hurriedly put the square paper into his arms, wondering who could still come and go freely in the courtyard at this hour?
At this hour, it is the night fasting time, and no pedestrians are allowed to go to the street at night in Yingtianfu, let alone a carriage that appears in the official residence in a grand manner.
He pushed the door open and looked, his eyes stunned.
I saw that the person who came was dressed in a satin dress, with a net scarf on his head, his face was white and jade, and his face was warm and even a little humble.
"Master Lee?" Bao Yuanqian suddenly felt funny, the person who came was none other than his old boss in Suzhou, Li Chengen.
He was suddenly a little confused, this Li Chengen also responded to the sky? Even if you respond to the day, come to find yourself what to do? After all, although he and he were not enemies in the past, they used each other and had no friendship at all.
Now he got the jade seal by mistake and went straight to Zhu Di. He Li Chengen is afraid that there is no half-dime reward, and the benefits are all taken by a few of them, if he learns that he should not be angry, he will unload himself with eight yuan.
Now that he has come to visit, he is so kind and humble, what is the purpose of the weasel to greet the chicken?
Li Chengen's face was warm, and he said with a smile: "Shibei should be impressed for three days, Master Bao is really a leather-faced leopard, and Li admires it."
He spoke quite flatteringly, completely different from when he was in Suzhou Wei. If it weren't for his sincere face, Bao Yuanqian would have suspected that this guy was here to deliberately bury himself.
"False praise, Lord Li, don't come unharmed. In the past, the old people of Suzhou Wei were able to meet in Yingtian, which is really fate." Bao Yuanqian talked nonsense and said politely to each other: "I just don't know what happened when Lord Li visited late at night?"
Li Chengen went straight to the point, and said without nonsense: "Cao Guogong is invited, and I hope that Lord Bao will appreciate his face and go with me." Then the feast will be over, and I will send you back."
He shouted one by one, Bao Yuanqian was covered with goosebumps, and a third-rank Wei Tongzhi called himself a subordinate with a five-rank crown belt. Bao Yuanqian thought he was disgusting enough, but he was dwarfed by it.
Bao Yuanqian looked at the car behind him, quite luxurious, and erected a Li flag. It's no wonder that Xin Dao can ignore the night ban and shuttle straight into the Chaoji Courtyard, who dares to stop the car of the Cao Guo Mansion?
This rule has been aimed at powerless and powerless people for thousands of years, and powerful eunuchs like Li Jinglong have always regarded it as a mustard.
Bao Yuanqian wondered in his heart that it was no wonder that Li Chengen came late at night, and it turned out that he was assigned by his brother Li Jinglong. Now Li Jinglong is the pillar of the old nobles, and naturally needs the support of the celebrity who has just squeezed into Zhu Di's eyes.
Bao Yuanqian saw that he couldn't avoid it, so he glanced secretly to the side, and slowly shook his head and could only go with him, after all, he still had to maneuver from the civil and military forces now, otherwise it would be difficult for him to resist the pressure of Ji Gang alone.
The two got into the carriage and drove away. There was only a dark shadow in the dark, and it disappeared in a flash when the carriage was gone.
On the way, the two of them were bumpy, and although they had many words, they didn't say a word about the jade seal. It stands to reason that the jade seal should be gradually spread from top to bottom.
Although Zhu Di didn't want others to know that this jade seal was retrieved by himself, he still knew how this jade seal came from for Li Chengen.
Bao Yuan thought about it, it seems that this Li Chengen is also a smart person, knowing Zhu Di's intentions, he doesn't dare to mention it nonsense. The dumb loss of this jade seal finally made Deng and Li swallow it by themselves.
The carriage first went west, crossed the Xuanjin Bridge and went north abruptly, and stopped at a powerful mansion in Taipingmen, where Li Chengen jumped out of the carriage and invited Bao Yuanqian into the mansion.
Bao Yuanqian is the first time to enter this prince's mansion, with heavy eaves hanging on the top of the mountain, and even one or two buildings on the top of the mountain.
Layers of glazed flying tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, although much more magnificent than the ordinary prince's mansion, but for the palace has already walked a few times he has not played a shocking role, now the gorgeous buildings have seen more but just feel the same, the taste is the same as chewing wax.
Li Chengen took him around the courtyard of Sanjin, walked through the promenade, bypassed the rockery garden, and suddenly opened up after walking through the man-made pool. I saw that the courtyard in the courtyard of the four entrances was wide, and the water of the Qinhuai River was led to form a fountain-like ingenious momentum with the ingenuity of the drop.
During this period, the singing and music continued, the dancing girls were graceful, and the colorful silk danced and coiled. There are no more than two or three tables on both sides, and they are intoxicated with the sound of beauty.
Li Chengen walked away quickly and whispered in the ear of the main seater.
The man waved his hand and repelled the dancing queen, the attendant.
He got up and left his seat with a drink and said, "Your guest is coming, Li is not very afraid, take a seat quickly."
Bao Yuanqian was invited to a seat by Li Jinglong, with Li Chengen next to him and a man nearly forty years old at the table. This man is dressed in a four-clawed python robe and wears a black gauze winged crown!
This person has a beard, and his beard is more exaggerated than Zhu Di. With a wide mouth and a wide nose, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tiger face and a square edge, and an arrow wound on his forehead, he looks like a fierce general who has been fighting all year round.
Bao Yuanqian saw it in his eyes, but he roughly guessed his identity in his heart, it could not be Zhu Di who was wearing a winged crown, then it could only be Zhu Rong, the king of Qi who tried his best to win him over.
Li Jinglong introduced several people in the field, including Li Jinglong, a total of five people. Zhao Xi, Zhu Rong, Li Chengen, Li Jinglong and himself, there were fewer people at the banquet and there were many fewer politeness.
A few people sat down, and Zhu Yan took the lead in grinning and laughing: "It is said that heroes are born of young people, this Feng Zhilang has only been in Beijing for more than two months when he first entered the Beijing division at a young age, and he has a great future."
Li Jinglong stroked his long beard and smiled at Bao Yuanqian: "Feng Zhilang knows that His Royal Highness King Qi is the sister-in-law of the Marquis of Jiangyin, and he is half of the family with you."
Bao Yuanqian listened, and a mouthful of old blood almost spurted out. The business level of this Li Jinglongla's relationship is really amateurish, and this is too forcible to associate.
Not to mention that his surname is only Jin or Bao, the Marquis of Jiangyin is surnamed Wu, and the King of Qi is surnamed Zhu. He insisted on rubbing three people with different surnames together, if he was really with the Qi Wang family, wouldn't he also become a relative of the emperor?
Zhu Yu laughed, "Hey, Cao Guogong's words are wrong! How can there be half a family in this world, a family is a family! My princess is indeed the sister of the Marquis of Jiangyin, and in the past letters, the king has already made his words clear with Feng Zhilang."
Bao Yuanqian said politely: "Exactly, the Marquis of Jiangyin often remembered the prince in the past, so I must greet the prince when I enter Beijing this time, and ask for advice." lest I be a rough person who does not understand the rules and offends people in the capital and suffers a loss."
He is left and right, Wu Gao has never met him a few times, and he has not even mentioned Zhu Rong at all. He can only understand from Wu Gao's words, if he really becomes his "family" like a headless fly, he is afraid that he will accompany them to die at that time.
This Zhu Rong dares to form a party like this, I'm afraid it is a hearse that can't be stopped. If Zhu Di knew that the prince had befriended the ministers, he would not have cut off all of your heads.
Zhu Yu nodded when he heard this: "Feng Zhilang is young and vigorous after all, but if the edge is too strong, it is easy to break. This king heard that you have offended that Ji Gang? This is not a good thing, although you have now entered the Holy Eye, but that Ji Gang has been the favored minister of the imperial brother for many years. Don't say it's you, but which of the princes and nobles of the Manchu Dynasty is not afraid of it? The Marquis of Yangwu, who couldn't get along with it, was planted in his hands. Now that you have offended him in a hurry, I am afraid that if you are deliberately framed..."
Bao Yuanqian pretended to be frightened and asked: "He is so powerful, this is really unexpected, I thought that he was a mere third-grade official, how could he dare to be so unscrupulous."
Zhao Xi, who was next to Zhu Yan, saw Bao Yuanqian in the set, so he hit the railway while it was hot: "Feng Zhilang, don't panic, there are a few of us here to support you, are you afraid that the discipline will not succeed?" Your brother Ying Hao is sitting in the Zhenfu Division, and Ji Gang has a lot of intentions to seek revenge, so he was not stopped by this commander one by one?"
"I see, thank you Lord Zhao for taking care of you." Bao Yuanqian frowned, but in his heart, he wondered how many of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyi guards had been able to die well? Zhao Xi is in good spirits now, and he doesn't know how many good days there will be, so Ying Hao's temporary refuge is just an expedient measure.
Li Jinglong said with a smile: "Some time ago, Chen Ying of the Inspectorate wanted to impeach and frame you, but the saint didn't press it, do you know who helped you save the day?"
"Could it be that it is you Cao Guogong?" Bao Yuanqian's face was stunned, and he looked suddenly realized.
"Hahaha..." Li Jinglong smiled and said nothing, serving wine and drinking himself was a default.
Bao Yuanqian was flattered, hurriedly picked up the wine cup and saluted a few people, and said with some emotion: "Xia Guan originally thought that the officialdom was safe and only because the years were quiet, but he would have thought that it was a few nobles who were secretly carrying the weight for him."
He deliberately quoted the bullshit that later generations made him squirt rice, and he himself felt disgusting, which made several people present quite useful.
Li Chengen said with a smile: "Feng Zhilang doesn't know, this His Royal Highness the King of Qi is going to be in the Qi land, and when the time comes, His Royal Highness's three guards will be placed, and the King of Qi is quite a powerful person in the temple. He knew that you were the person recommended by the Marquis of Jiangyin, and he had long wanted to include you under his command... It's just that I haven't been able to hear a reply from Bong Naolang for a long time."
Bao Yuanqian patted his forehead and sighed, regretfully punished himself with three cups and said, "Yuanqian is ignorant, and at first he didn't know the intention of the saint for civil and military affairs, so he didn't dare to make a decision on his own. Now it sounds like I really don't know what to do, so that His Royal Highness King Qi is wrong to love."
Zhu Yu's face was overjoyed, and he waved his hand and said, "Those civil officials are not very important at all, and this battle of Jingjing is a game between civil and military. You used to be just dressed in white clothes, so naturally you don't understand the mystery. Now that Jing is difficult to achieve, it should be a martial victory and a defeat. How can the noble status of our warriors be shaken by those few sour literati?"
"What does King Qi mean?"
Zhu Yu narrated the mystery of the Jingjing, and Bao Yuanqian realized that this Jingjing battle was very different from what was recorded in later generations. It seems to be an orthodox battle between King Yan and the emperor, but it is actually a contest between civil and military.
The vast majority of the generals of the imperial court are military group aristocrats, and they absolutely support Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and Zhu Yunwen is already disagreeing with each other except for relying on a few pens to mobilize the army, no wonder he has suffered defeats again and again. Shengsheng was eaten away by Zhu Di little by little, and the soldiers of the court and the world were taken for his own use.
Especially when he heard about the battle of Baigou River, Li Jinglong deliberately pressed Qu Neng, Yu Tongyuan, Ping'an and others, who were loyal to the imperial court, to lead the main force to the front army to attack the Yan army, but put Guo Ying's Huaixi Corps on the left and right sides to bluff. Due to the full pressure of troops on the front army, it directly led to the extreme emptiness of the middle and rear armies of the imperial army.
When the three fierce generals loyal to the imperial court rushed forward to defeat Zhu Di in a battle, and the Yan army was indeed overwhelmed by the three of them, the fatal problem appeared.
Zhu Di is especially good at big detours and great depth interspersed skills.
When the Yan army was oppressed and contracted by Qu Neng, Zhu Di left his own camp and personally led about 7,000 elite cavalry from the Chinese army's pro-military battalion and 3,000 battalions under his command, and cooperated with the two or five boys in the imperial army.
They immediately set fire to the rear army and rioted, and under the help of the wind, they broke through the rear army in one fell swoop and entered the main formation of the Chinese army.
Li Jinglong deliberately did not fight back with the Huaixi soldiers on the two wings nearby, but transferred back the former army that was in the battle and had quite an advantage!
The front army fell into a stalemate and it was difficult to echo the beginning and end, and it was impossible to rectify the formation and counterattack back. Qu Neng and Yu Tongyuan had no choice but to hastily lead some of the elites back to the rescue, and left Ping'an to command the front army.
And it was at this time that part of Guo Ying's elite Huaixi Corps changed its flag and recoiled, and cooperated with Zhu Di to surround and kill Qu Neng's three people from the rear.
Qu Neng's father and son, and Yu Tongyuan's brothers were all gone. The battlefield was chaotic, and they didn't know that Guo Ying stabbed them in the back until they died. Guo Ying, on the other hand, sat idly by and watched the death of several generals, and took the lead in leading the troops to call for defeat and fled.
Ping An saw that the main formation of the Chinese army had been broken, and the front army could not support it alone, so it could only be defeated. And the so-called demon wind and wind in the history books do not exist at all.
Bao Yuanqian listened to the truth of this Baigou River, and couldn't help but secretly say to himself. He had never been on the battlefield in his later life, so he naturally did not understand that the confrontation between the two armies required a huge amount of space for formation.
The area of the battle of hundreds of thousands of people in these two armies often exceeds dozens of square kilometers, and the banner of the Chinese army is only five or six meters high.
It was purely a literati who had never been on the battlefield in later generations, and with a sloppy face, he attributed the success of the rebels to the will of heaven, blamed the reason for the failure of the imperial court on the commander Li Jinglong, and completely ignored the responsibility of Emperor Zhu Yunwen.
"Taught."
Bao Yuanqian also understood that this King of Qi was talking endlessly to tell himself that the dynasty was weak and strong. Among the generals, although these old nobles are encircling and suppressing Zhu Di on the surface, they are actually the biggest heroes in Jingnan secretly, and they are quite a powerful force in Zhu Di's eyes.
But Bao Yuanqian secretly thought to himself, no matter how nice you people are, but from the perspective of future generations, none of you here seems to have made any great achievements.
On the contrary, civilian officials are frequently produced, and the military generals are dazzled.
Let's not talk about Li Jinglong, let's talk about this Zhu Rong. Although he didn't know Zhu Rong, he wanted to be an unknown cannon fodder, and he wouldn't end well.
Even if you want to take refuge in the military generals and nobles, you will be sent to the heroes of Jingnan, you old nobles are afraid that they are.... Precarious. That Mei Yin is also a relative of the old noble clan, but he has not interacted with them, which can be seen.
"I didn't expect you to protect me like this, and I was really flattered by the officials." Although Bao Yuanqian didn't dare to agree in his heart, he couldn't talk nonsense.
Li Jinglong's eyes glanced at him, and then he said meaningfully, "It's just... His Royal Highness the King of Qi has a reluctant request."
Bao Yuanqian's eyes narrowed, and his heart still came. Sure enough, there is no free lunch, and eighty percent of them have to submit their names.
That Li Jinglong said with a smile: "I heard that the Chinese Yuan Pavilion of that palace has a sheepskin remnant of the former Yuan, and it is covered with Mongolian characters. When the saint entered Beijing, it is said that there was a fire in the palace, and the sheepskin remnant was gone. But after all, it is circulated, and no one knows whether it is true or not. However, it is said that Feng Zhilang is proficient in Mongolian and Chinese, so he is not a problem."
Zhu Yu smiled and took over the words: "This king is quite interested in this remnant picture, and I hope that Feng Zhilang can pay attention to one or two, and there is no need for Feng Zhilang to take the risk of bringing it out. If you really find it, you can print a copy privately to the king, so that you won't be embarrassed, right?"
Bao Yuanqian fell into a state of mind when he heard this, and the sheepskin remnant... Pre-element? Could it be... Is there really a connection between this!?
He suddenly flashed his light, and seemed to understand something, this King of Qi was interested in the remnant picture, what was the picture? It's just that it's rare for me to enter the palace once, why would I ask myself to find this rumored remnant?
These people really don't know how to die, and they dare to secretly instruct themselves to rub the collections in the palace, which is really bold.
"It's not that hard, it's just... Xia Guan is just the business of the Guozijian, and he doesn't often enter the palace..." Bao Yuanqian was a little hesitant.
Li Jinglong smiled and said, "Now it is, soon it won't be."
Bao Yuanqian was confused when he heard this, and soon he won't... Why? Is it really as Xiao Yi said, I want to go to compile and repair books?
"In that case, the lower officials can only do their best."
He catered to it openly, but secretly said that these old foxes were a good means, and he let himself use his position to rub a copy, and once the rubbing became his own name for joining the gang, he was determined to be on their thief ship.
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