Chapter Twenty-Four: Hiding from the Sky and Crossing the Sea
Preparation is slack, and common is not doubtful. Yin is within the yang, not in the yang pair. The sun is too cloudy.
When the dynasty was dispersed, Du Wu looked up. The sky was overcast, like it was going to rain. He walked out of Weiyang Palace with the crowd, and was about to go to Qingfeng Tower to sit for a while when someone behind him stopped him.
"Dr. Du, Dr. Du, and go slowly!"
Du Wu looked back and saw Kuang Xian panting and following. He hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but was a little puzzled. The high-ranking officials all dispersed before them, but Kuang Xian came to the end.
Kuang Xian came over to answer the salute and asked, "Brother Xian will have free time for a while, how about you and I have a drink?" ”
Du Wu hurriedly saluted and said, "Everything is under Taichang's orders." ”
Kuang Xian nodded, and the two of them took the carriage out of the Los Angeles City Gate and galloped all the way. A few guards led the way, Du Wu lifted the curtain, looked at the scenery on both sides, and secretly wondered in his heart: I don't know where this Kuang Xian is going to take him.
After a while, the carriage stopped, and as soon as Du Wu poked his head out, he saw Kuang Xian had already stepped down from the carriage in front of him and was looking at the restaurant in front of him.
Du Wu jumped out of the carriage and looked up, and it was actually Qingfeng Building. The two entered the door, and the shopkeeper had already seen Du Wu, but he also saw Kuang Xian, and quietly brought Xiao Erzhi to the back kitchen, and came out to greet the two officials.
Du Wu followed Kuang Xian up to the second floor, but it was not a private room reserved for himself. The two sat down, the boss served a few fruits, Xiao Er brought two bowls of mash for the two to rinse, Kuang Xian ordered a few side dishes, and waved them down.
"Too often looks a little displeased?" Du Wu asked tentatively.
"Brother Xian, although you and I met late, and you were born in the Zaiheng family, but Brother Fool has never treated you as an outsider, without him, two things." Kuang Xian took a bite of the mash and raised two fingers.
"First, you and I met on this Qingfeng Tower, when the virtuous brother sang "Luzhou Moon" made the foolish brother suddenly feel a bosom friend, do you know, this song has become the heirloom of my Kuang family, this alone is enough to make the foolish brother grateful to you. Second, although the virtuous brother said that he was born in the family of Zaiheng, the heart in your heart to save the country and the people can be revealed. When the foolish brother heard that it was you who assisted Lin Lan to go to the disaster relief, he already knew in his heart that the people of Qingzhou were saved. Come, foolish brother will give you a bowl. Shop, serve! ”
Du Wu said that he didn't dare, and hurriedly lifted the mash.
"Brother Xian is too outside, with Brother Xian's current position in His Majesty's heart, after His Majesty is in power, Brother Xian is afraid that it will be in a moment. Even if there is no holy family, just four words to determine Changping is enough to compete with many famous generals in the DPRK and China, why are you so cautious? ”
Du Wu didn't know how to answer him, so he had to smile wryly: "It's all false names, and the kung fu of the mouth is not true." ”
Kuang Xian didn't ask any more questions, and the conversation changed: "Brother Fool asked you to drink today, because he was really angry in his heart." So he recounted what happened in the court as it was, and Du Wu knew the reason.
"Brother Xian, it's not a foolish brother who boasts, if you talk about diagrams, I'm afraid there is no one in the world who is better at it than me. Foolish brother is too often to draw up, and all the things about the astronomical calendar are in my hands. Today, on the court today, the moment the guards carried the stone tablet, I understood that Zai Heng was prepared. It's just that I didn't figure it out anyway, and the discoverer of the stele was actually Shen Tugang. He's a staunch opponent of Jae Heng, so why would he be uncharacteristic this time? ”
"Maybe someone is taking advantage of it?"
"It's not that I haven't thought about what Brother Xian said, it's just that the stone tablet is indeed in Fufeng County, and there is also Shen Tugang's recital."
Du Wu pondered for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Taichang has ever seen the music with his own eyes?" ”
"This ......"
Kuang Xian was speechless for a while, and suddenly slapped his head: "The problem is actually here!" ”
He thought about the whole process carefully, and couldn't help muttering, "In this way, there are too many doubts. The lacquer marks on the stele are clearly inconsistent up and down. The three words of An Hangong seem to have been written in a hurry, and the lacquer juice has signs of overflowing. It can be seen that the inscription was carved in two times, and the time was so hurried that the lacquer written later actually overflowed. Also, the recital of the courtiers below the thousand stones is to be delivered to Shangshutai first, and now Shangshutai has only Zai Heng Ma's head, no wonder, no wonder! ”
Seeing that he understood, Du Wu was also silent. He has been living in the Great Sima Mansion for several years, and in terms of familiarity with Wang Mang, it is estimated that there is no one in the entire Han Dynasty who knows more clearly than Du Wu, not to mention that he also knows Wang Mang's ending clearly.
"Brother Xian really has a unique vision, in a word. In this case, I should be the son of heaven and report Zai Heng for bending the law for personal gain! ”
"Wait!" Du Wu spoke out to dissuade.
"Now that Zai Heng has become powerful, even if he participates in Zai Heng, it may not be effective. Moreover, it is Lantai's responsibility to report and expose, and Taichang's move is also suspected of committing the following crimes, not to mention that Lord Guangyang Hou Zhen, the imperial historian, is Zai Heng's right-hand man. I'm afraid that when I am too often in the morning, I will be attacked by the ministers, and it will become a luxury to keep the seal, let alone participate in the slaughter. ”
Kuang Xian thought for a while and sighed: "What Brother Xian said is extremely true, Zhen Feng does regard Zai Heng as a reborn parent, if I sue him, I will suffer from it." It's just that the foolish brother really can't swallow this breath. ”
Du Wu didn't know how to reply to him, and he sighed and drank the remaining mash from the bowl.
After Wang Mang returned home, he called for Galangal, and he was now very satisfied with this nominal disciple of Du Wu. Although Galangal is not as talented as Du Wu, he is loyal. A knife that can't be held in one's hand is no match for a reed.
Galangal has been busy these days. For the first time, he felt the wonderful sensations that power and money brought him. When he took out the token of Zaiheng Mansion, the former high-ranking Governor of Fufeng County became polite when he spoke, and he was busy serving tea and pouring water. You must know that Du Wei is a high-ranking official who is more than 2,000 stones, and he is half a level lower than Jiuqing, and he is the existence of the master who respectfully bows when he sees it.
For a whole day, Galangal was a little fluttering in the flattery of the Duwei group. Looking at the beautiful maid serving in front of him, and at the plates full of delicacies, gold and silver utensils, he secretly made up his mind that he must do Zai Heng's errand well, and strive to live such a life as soon as possible, so that the old mother, who has been poor all her life, can also enjoy such a life. As for what the Master once said, didn't the Master himself live under the blessing of Zai Heng? Even the concubines of the master were given to him by the lord of Zaiheng. Thinking of this, Galangal suddenly felt a lot better.
With the blessing of Zai Heng's name, things went very smoothly. Du Wei sent someone to bury the stone tablet carved half by the stonemason in the wasteland near a small village at night, and sent his henchmen to dig out half of it early the next morning, and when the sun rises, the villagers passed by and found this stone tablet, so he reported it to the lieutenant chief, and the lieutenant asked the three elders to identify it, and saw that the words on the inscription were too shocking, so he hurriedly reported it to the county order. When the county commander saw the stele, he was even more surprised and happy in his heart, and hurriedly reported it, which alarmed Gongcao Shi Shen Tugang.
However, Shen Tugang was very skeptical about this matter, and after repeatedly examining the stone tablet, he asserted that it was a forgery, which was not enough to reach the heavens. The lieutenant had been prepared for this for a long time, and immediately reported to the county guard, who was also the only person who was the only one who looked forward to the king's reckless horse, and he had long known about this matter, so he asked Shen Tugang to write a chapter and send it to Chang'an with the stone tablet, so as to refute those who had a heart. But in the middle of the handwriting, he changed all the meanings of Shen Tugang's recital, and this is the scene in today's court meeting.
After listening to Galangal's explanation of the cause and effect, Wang Mang nodded approvingly, and said approvingly: "Xiao Langjun really has a strategy, it seems that the old man really didn't see the wrong person at the beginning." ”
Galangal hurriedly bowed down, not daring to get up for a long time. He'd been waiting for that sentence for too long. From the first day he entered the Great Sima Mansion, he dreamed of getting the weight of his master and second son. However, it backfired. When the master was suppressed and the second son was punished for keeping filial piety, he thought that he would also be expelled from Zaiheng's mansion, but he didn't expect that the old housekeeper took him to see Zaiheng a few days later. He is noble by nature and quite self-reliant, but the situation is stronger than others, and he is too afraid of living a poor life before, and too afraid of his mother's ardent eyes dimming again. So when Jae Heng offered to let him spy on Du Wu, he hesitated for a moment and finally accepted the reality.
Wang Mang looked at the galangal lying on the ground with satisfaction. This poor boy is much easier to control than Du Wu, and he decides to assign him more tasks. There are some things that would be better handed over to an unknown person who has no roots.
"Get up. In the future, you don't have to be so restrained in front of me. The old man is already old, and the world of this big man belongs to you young people after all. Wang Mang kindly helped up Galangal, and said softly: "I heard that you lost your father since you were a child, and your mother worked hard all her life to raise you as an adult. I have informed Jing Zhaoyin that she is taking care of your mother. You may also go back to look after her sooner or later. ”
As soon as he said this, Galangal knelt down again with tears in his eyes, and Wang Mang comforted him, and Galangal's emotions calmed down, and he strengthened his determination to follow Zai Heng.
"The "Galaxy Jue" that you were looking for earlier has eyebrows?"
"Back to Zai Heng, not yet. The master is a little absent-minded these days, and the students don't dare to ask more. ”
"How many times have I said it, you and the old man don't see each other, just follow your master and call the old man the boss."
"Yes, sir." Galangal's voice trembled visibly.
"Since Mr. has been in a bad mood recently, you can accompany him more if you are fine, you are his most proud disciple, and it should be so."
"Do as the Lord commands."
"There's one more thing you have to do right away."