Chapter Twenty-Seven: Misfortune Doesn't Go Alone
The zombie and lonely village does not mourn, and Shang Si is the national military wheel.
Lying down at night and listening to the wind and rain, the iron horse and the glacier fell into a dream.
In the early spring morning, Chang'an City, Guannei Hou Mansion.
Chen Feng had been kneeling in the mourning hall all night. From the moment he got the bad news, he rushed back from the Western Regions non-stop. As the father's most valued son, he was sent to the battlefield to fight against the Huns before he was a minor, and he really relied on his own ability to fight to the position of the commander of the thousand commanders, and was later transferred to the Western Regions by his father's old subordinate Du Xun, and served as the protector of the Western Regions. His father didn't know about this, otherwise he would definitely be furious with his temper, and it was more likely to affect Du Xun. This time when he returned to Beijing, he was afraid that he would have an accident on the road, Du Xun personally led a team to escort him back to Chang'an, in fact, Chen Feng knew that Du Xun wanted to see his father off in person, after all, he had been his father's personal soldier for more than 20 years.
The entire Hou Mansion was shrouded in a white vast, and four servants dressed as the Yin Monarch of the Difu were standing at the four corners of the roof, dancing the clothes that their father wore before his death, and constantly calling out in their mouths: "The soul returns!" Chen Feng was about to instruct the servants to see if his father's tablet had been carved, when he suddenly heard a commotion at the gate, and then the door ran in from the outside: "Yu Langjun, An Han Gong is here!" ”
Before Chen Feng went out to greet him, he heard a cry of pain: "Brother Zigongxian, why did you suddenly abandon me, how can this make Jujun live, and it hurts me!" Chen Feng hurriedly led the whole house out of the hall to greet him, Wang Mang saw Chen Feng, and sighed again, wiped his tears with his cuffs, and then was supported by him, and staggered into the mourning hall.
In the main hall, there is a black coffin parked, a brazier in front, the ash of the millet stalk has been half paved, and there is a tablet on the right place, which reads: The spirit of the Hou Chen Gong of the Han Dynasty Guannei Tang Zigong. Wang Mang saw things and thought about people, and couldn't help but cry again, slapping the coffin hard, and everyone saw it, all of them wept, hid their faces and wept.
After a brief sacrifice, Wang Mang stopped crying, took Chen Feng to the back hall, sighed with emotion, and then said: "Virtuous nephew, Lone has already tried his best in front of His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, but the small night in the court is too hateful, Lone still failed to get a nickname for Ling Zun, but the good nephew rest assured, this matter Lone has been remembered, once there is a chance, he will definitely live up to the spirit of his son and brother in the sky." ”
After hearing this, Chen Feng burst into tears. It is said that people go to tea and cool, his father has passed away, and An Hangong still wants to fight for his father in front of the emperor, what else can he say? immediately smashed his head on the ground and sobbed: "The little nephew thanked An Hangong for his father, and from then on, but with the help of his uncle, he will never give up!" ”
Wang Mang helped Chen Feng up, sighed, and said, "The virtuous nephew is ridiculous. Lone and Ling Zun have been friends for many years, and the relationship between our two families is also known to the world. Lonely is also going back, the front hall is troublesome, and the virtuous nephew has to take care of his body. ”
Chen Fengchang shook to the ground, Wang Mang walked to the door and stopped, and said: "After you two brothers are worried, don't let them go out again, Lone will arrange an errand for you in Chang'an." In the past few days, many court officials will come to mourn, just welcome in, this is the road paved for your future, get along well, and use it in the future. "Then he hid his face and left.
Sure enough, as Wang Mang said, since Wang Mang publicly worshiped Chen Tang in the early morning, from noon, there has been an endless stream of officials to come to mourn, as small as no grade, as large as 2,000 stones, when Wei Weiqing came to mourn, it was dusk, Chen Xun looked at his brother in surprise, he couldn't understand no matter what, how could a Guan Neihou who was almost no grade and no rank be able to alarm the high-ranking officials in the capital to come to mourn.
Chen Tang's coffin stopped for seven days, and Shisu was grounded by his father at home for seven days. Whenever Zi Su thought that the old Ah Weng who used to play war games with her would never come back, she would cry bitterly in the room.
Chen Tang's death, for Wang Zhengjun, was like the death of a civilian, and there was no ripple at all. Now all she was thinking about was how to choose the queen for the emperor. Since she summoned Yao Ping, the image of Jin Sheng's water feet has grown like a germinating seed in her heart. In the past ten years, the emperor's astrology has not been so bright. Emperor Yuan can still be Heqing Haiyan, to the Emperor Mourning is already the host and guest of the other, when Liu Jizi ascends the throne, the power in the hands of the emperor is already very little, several major courtiers control the political situation, so that she is even more anxious, if it is really as Yao Ping divided, he is more diligent, maybe a few years later, his grandson can successfully take over the court, maybe he can become a generation of Ming Jun, let the Han Dynasty prosper. Thinking of this, she summoned the chamberlain and prepared to call Taichang Siqing, Zong Zhengqing, and Shaofuqing to come and discuss the matter of the marriage first. Before the waiter went out, he saw the maid come in and kneel down to report, saying that the big Situ Kongguang had something important to see. Wang Zhengjun frowned, slightly displeased, and couldn't say anything, so he asked the chamberlain to temporarily summon Kong Guang to meet him.
Kong Guang, who was sweating profusely, ran in panting, knelt down and saluted, and said urgently: "The Empress Dowager, Qingzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and other prefectures and counties have experienced droughts one after another, and countless people have been affected, and locusts have sprung up in Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou and other places at the same time, and the people have begun to wander everywhere. ”
Wang Zhengjun was shocked at first, but after seeing that it was just a drought, he put his mind at ease and said with some dissatisfaction: "Da Situ is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and it is just a drought, how can he be so panicked, I am afraid that it will damage the majesty of the official family." Aiqing rested for a while, summoned Da Sima into the palace, and handed over the matter to him with full authority, I only need one result is enough, let's retreat. After that, he summoned the chamberlain just now: "You go and summon Taichang Siqing, Zong Zhengqing, and Shaofuqing to see me here, after this matter is done, you don't need to go back to me, just call Da Sima to Weiyang Palace, and I will go with the emperor when I am busy." After that, he reclined on the couch and began to close his eyes and recuperate.
Kong Guang, who had just exited two steps, was a little surprised when he heard that the inner servant was going to summon Taichang Siqing, although Taichang Siqing was the head of Jiuqing, but he was only in charge of the temple etiquette. So he hurried back to the temple.
Seeing that Kong Guang went and returned to inquire about this matter, Wang Zhengjun's face was a little ugly, and he said: "I am troubled by the period after the establishment of the emperor, so I summoned Taichang Siqing and others to inquire here, what else does Da Situ have to teach Yu Zhen?" ”
When Kong Guang heard the word "teaching", he was shocked, thinking that he had accidentally touched the empress dowager's mold again, so he could only stubbornly say: "After the emperor is established, it is a major event, and the old minister knows it." It's just that now that the state and county have been affected by the disaster and the people have been displaced, I also ask the Empress Dowager to suspend this thought, put the people first, and send important ministers to relieve the disaster as soon as possible! Then he knelt down and prostrated himself.
The Empress Dowager is not easy to attack, after all, Kong Guang is a lonely minister, so she has to say perfunctorily: "I already know that what Da Situ said is very true." Go to Weiyang Palace and discuss with An Han Gong as soon as possible to come up with a way. I'll be there later. With that, he moved into the inner court.