Chapter 60, Master Wuzang
Speaking of this, he is the elder brother of one of Li Yuanhao's many concubines named Wuzang, so Li Yuanhao is his brother-in-law.
It turned out that after the emperor Li Yuanhao said that after the founding of the country, in order to eliminate dissidents and prevent his relatives from usurping power, he implemented the policy of "Jun Punishment and Killing". The viciousness of the means is unprecedented, in addition to drowning the whole family of Wei Mu Shanxi, the leader of the Wei Mu clan who plotted to usurp power, and poisoning the mother Wei Mu clan with medicinal wine, and punishing the Wei Mu clan.
As soon as this incident came out, the court was shocked, but Li Yuanhao did not restrain himself. He had two henchmen under the general Yeli Wangrong and Yeli Yuqi, these two brothers are brave and good at fighting, and the Song army repeatedly had the upper hand in the war, the Song army had no choice but to send the famous general Shiheng to fight, the Shiheng knew not to try to get rid of the two henchmen of the Western Xia, it was difficult to win the battle in the future, so he skillfully used a discordant plan, sent a reliable messenger to send a secret letter to Yeli Wangrong, the letter said, I knew that the king of Yeli had the heart to surrender, and decided to seal you as the envoy of the Xiazhou Festival, 10,000 per month, hoping to choose the opportunity to lead the army to start an incident.
Yeli Wangrong was shocked when he saw the letter, and sent the letter and the messenger who sent the letter to Li Yuanhao, in order to clarify the matter, but it backfired, then Li Yuanhao read the wax book, but his suspicion suddenly rose, and he put Yeli Wangrong under house arrest on the spot, and did not allow him to return to the barracks. He tortured the messenger of the Great Song Dynasty who sent the letter in every way, but the messenger was very hard, and he still did not spit out after being tortured.
Li Yuanhao couldn't make a plan and made another plan, so he sent his cronie Li Gui to pretend to be the envoy of Yeli Wangrong, and rushed to the military camp of Chong Shiheng, saying that he had come to discuss how to start an incident. What kind of person is Chong Shiheng, he can see the purpose of Li Gui's trip at a glance, so he will make a plan, pretend to be overjoyed, entertain Li Gui, and pretend to agree with him on the details of the incident. When Li Gui returned to Western Xia, he immediately reported to Li Yuanhao, and on the same day, the head of Ye Li Wangrong fell to the ground.
Not long after, Li Yuanhao suspected that his brother Yeli Yuqi also had different intentions, and put him in prison, and Chong Shiheng had another plan, and sent someone to release the rumors, saying that he was going to rescue the Yeli King, but Li Yuanhao believed that Yeli Yuqi and the Song people also had a secret connection, and in a fit of anger, he executed Yeli Yuqi.
The sister of the two generals of Yeli, it is the current queen Yelishi, after she learned the bad news, she ran to Li Yuanhao to cry about the loyalty of the two brothers, Li Yuanhao realized that he had killed two heroes by mistake, and felt remorseful, so he ordered the queen Yeli to be responsible for finding the bereaved family of Yeli's family to live for the good life.
Yeli then welcomed his brother Yeli's beggar wife into the palace to live, but he didn't know that a few days later, the beautiful and bewitching Wuzang actually had an affair with Li Yuanhao. When the Yeli clan found out, he was furious and expelled the Wuzang clan from the palace, and punished him to become a nun in the Jietan Temple, and called the master of Wuzang.
That did not have a long history of entering the temple, and gave birth to a son, named Forgive, Li Yuanhao from time to time to the Jietan Temple and the tryst with the Wuzang clan, to see the parent, although very happy, but also to take care of the public opinion, so that foster in his brother did not hide the false Pang family, in order to cover up the tongue, Li Yuanhao and the hidden Pang was promoted to the prime minister.
This is not hidden, Pang is very insidious and cunning, he is angry that Li Yuanhao killed his brother-in-law Yeli Yuqi, and secondly, he saw that Li Yuanhao established Yeli's descendant Ning Lingge as the prince, and his nephew Li Liangzuo had no hope of succeeding to the throne, so he had already had the heart of rebellion.
happened to see Brother Ning Ling, who was lost in his soul on the road, and knew that he had become like this because his beloved wife had not moved and was robbed by Li Yuanhao to make a new one, so he didn't feel that his heart moved, and he stepped forward to help him and comfort him. Brother Ning Ling muttered, "Didn't you hide Xiangguo and come to see my jokes?"
didn't hide Pang Zhengse and said: "What kind of joke is His Majesty the Prince, how dare you be so disobedient, alas, I am also very sympathetic to the prince's experience." ”
Brother Ning Ling squinted at Wu Zang Pang and said, "Sympathy, what is the use of sympathy? Can you make the emperor take back Chen's life? Can you restore the position of the crown princess of the Wuyi clan?"
He didn't hide it and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty the Crown Prince whispered, there are many people here, be careful to reach the emperor's ears, please go to a small place." After that, he pulled Brother Ning Ling and left.
Since Ayimu was canonized as the "Princess of Western Xia", she moved to Jiangfu Palace that day, and according to the emperor's order, the etiquette was taught by the palace master led by the Yeli clan. Ayimu herself is a Uighur princess, and her etiquette is similar to that of Western Xia, so she will be able to learn it at all, and Ye Li does not bother at all, and she is secretly surprised, and she is even more glad that she was not favored by Li Yuanhao.
On this day, Ayimu asked the queen, saying that she wanted to go to the residence of the two brothers and sisters to live with her sister, and Queen Yeli readily agreed. Ayimu returned to his residence, saw Mu Hanyi, and went to Hu Zhenbang's place together, although the three of them were separated for only one day, but when they met, they seemed to have been separated for a long time, and they were all indescribably happy.
Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi had already found out the news in the palace that the crown princess had not moved her family, and had been forcibly occupied by Li Yuanhao and named the new queen. After Ayimu was canonized that day, he had already retreated first, so he didn't know about it, and now after listening to the two of them, he was taken aback, and said: "The crown princess treats my brother and sister very well, and this time I can let the eldest brother and the younger sister marry Tubo together, or she asked for permission in front of Li Yuanhao, I don't want to come forward for me this time, but I hurt her." "I blame myself.
Hu Zhenbang persuaded: "What does Li Yuanhao's fault have to do with you, the second sister really doesn't have to blame herself." ”
Ayimu sighed: "It's just that in my heart, I always feel that this matter is still caused by me after all, alas, why do good people always encounter such bad luck, I need to think of some way to help her!"
Mu Hanyi also persuaded: "Good sister, you are too kind-hearted, and you will take any sin on yourself, this is absolutely unacceptable, you must believe that good people will be rewarded after all." ”
Hu Zhenbang chanted: "Now this Li Yuanhao is acting against heaven and reason, I am afraid that the court and the central government dare to be angry but dare not speak, the second sister wants to avenge her father, you must not take risks, in my opinion, there will be many forces in this palace to fight each other, and the power struggle is about to break out, and we may be able to sit back and reap the benefits." ”
Mu Hanyi said: "Yes, let's be patient, in two days, this Song Zanpu will also come here to welcome his relatives, and now there is chaos in the palace, I don't know if this "Wujing General Essentials" can be successfully handed over to Li Yuanhao." ”
Hu Zhenbang said: "Second sister, do you want to go back to Jiangfu Palace at night? If you can, you will live in the little sister's house, and my little sister and I will go to all parts of the palace at night to find out the news." ”
Ayimu said: "I have already told the queen that I came here today to gather with my brothers and sisters, and I stayed here, but you two must be careful when acting at night." ”
While talking, they heard a commotion outside, and the three of them looked through the west window, and saw that in front of the east palace where the prince lived, many palace attendants were going in and out, as if they were moving things out, and a palace maid was asking an inner attendant: "Lord Lu, where are you going to move the princess's belongings?"
The deer said: "Hai Lan'er, I see that you look smart and clever, why can't you even guess this? ”
That Hailan'er grinned and said, "Lord Lu, people are just looking for you to confirm, you really don't know about it." By the way, in the future, our sisters will also be able to serve in the new palace?"
Lord Lu looked left and right, lowered his voice and said: "You think beautifully, the emperor ordered to build a separate palace for the new queen, that is, to isolate all those who are familiar with her, you still want to follow, isn't this looking for death." ”
Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi had deep internal strength, and they listened to it clearly, and quietly told Ayimu what they said, Ayimu couldn't help but sigh and said, "I didn't expect that Sister Wuyi would be imprisoned like this." ”
didn't hide Pang Pang took Brother Ning Lingge to his mansion, ordered someone to prepare food and wine, and sat down at Brother Ning Lingge's table. Brother Ning Ling was depressed in his heart, and he didn't wait for the other party to pour the wine, he picked up the wine jug and poured it full, toasted three glasses in a row, and sighed.
Seeing that the time had come, Pang pretended to persuade: "The prince feels wronged, so he drinks a drunk party to rest, as the saying goes, a drunk relieves a thousand sorrows, but there is always a time for this wine to wake up, and after waking up, I still have to see unbearable things, so I can't help it." He seemed to be persuading, but he actually added fuel to the fire.
When Brother Ning Ling heard him, he thought that after the Wuyi clan had become a new one, he didn't feel heartache. He didn't hide the slander and said: "The prince is relieved, let go of his troubles, and after a while, he will no longer be in pain." What's more, the emperor has decreed that a palace should be built in Tiandu Mountain, called 'leaving the palace', which is dedicated to the residence of the Wuqian clan. As long as the prince doesn't go over there and doesn't see it, he won't be sad anymore. ”
Brother Ning Lingge said: "What? When did the Minister of State get the news?" ”
Didn't hide Pang said: "Before I saw you, I listened to the emperor's decree in the palace, saying that it was to build a palace at the foot of Tiandu Mountain for the new queen, and named it 'Leaving Palace'." ”
Brother Ning Ling said: "Does the queen mother know about this? She didn't object? ”
didn't hide Pang said: "Who dares to disobey the emperor's order, even if the queen opposes it, I'm afraid there is nothing to be done." ”
Brother Ning Ling sighed: "Is it that I will suffer from this nest of qi in my life?"
He didn't hide Pang and said: "Your Majesty the Prince, the coming day will be long, you are the crown prince, and the emperor's position will be yours sooner or later, and everything will not be up to you at that time." ”
Brother Ning Ling "snorted" and said: "The coming day is long, yes, in another ten or twenty years, I'm afraid that I haven't sat on the throne of the emperor yet, my family hasn't moved, I'm afraid that I will still be Li Yuanhao's new queen, my stepmother! The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and unconsciously smashed the wine glass in his hand to pieces, and the blood in his hand flowed.
He hurriedly took out a sweat towel to bandage his wounds, poured two glasses of wine when he was done, picked up the wine glass and said: "Your Majesty the Prince, the old man is willing to help you ascend the throne as soon as possible, but this matter is not trivial, if you can trust the old man, I will come here again tonight and plan carefully with you." "Raise your glass and drink it all. When Brother Ning Ling heard him say this, he turned from worry to joy, and he also raised his glass and drank the wine.
It was the third watch of the night, Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi quietly walked out of the room, it was quiet, and the moonlight was faint. The two jumped on the roof and looked around, wondering whether they should go to the palace of the queen Ye Li or go to Li Yuanhao's palace for an unannounced visit. Suddenly, I heard a "squeak", the gate of the East Palace on the side opened, and a white paper lantern stretched out, and under the candlelight, it was clear that the person holding the lamp was the prince Ning Lingge.
Mu Hanyi whispered: "Let's see where he is going." Hu Zhenbang said: "Yes, follow him first." ”
Suddenly, I heard a palace attendant ask at the gate of the East Palace: "Your Majesty the Prince, are you still going out at such a late hour?"
Brother Ning Ling turned back to the palace attendant and said, "You took advantage of my absence to empty all the things of the crown princess, do you still have me as the prince in your eyes? ”
The palace attendant said again: "Your Majesty the Prince, the slaves and maids don't dare, it's really the inner chamberlain Lord Lu who acts on orders, and the slaves and maids don't dare to disobey." That voice sounded like the maid Hai Lan'er that Hu Zhenbang and the three of them heard in their residence during the day.
Brother Ning Ling didn't pay attention to it, and Gu Zi went out to the north.
Hu Mu and the others saw the white paper lantern swaying, and went straight to the mansion where the important ministers lived outside the palace. The two immediately jumped off the roof, performed light skills, and quietly followed.
I walked about dozens of zhang to the north, then turned west and walked a few zhang, passed through an alley, and arrived at a big house, with the light in the lantern in Ning Lingge's hand, I vaguely saw the three big characters "Xiangguo Mansion" written on the door plaque.
Before Brother Ning Ling knocked on the door, a small door next to the main door suddenly opened silently, and a person who looked like a housekeeper welcomed Brother Ning Ling in.
Mu Hanyi said strangely: "What did he do here, could it be that Xiangguo wanted to persuade the emperor to return the crown princess to him?"
Hu Zhenbang said: "Li Yuanhao snatched the prince's wife, and even Queen Yeli couldn't stop it, would he listen to Xiangguo's words? ”
The two waited for Ning Lingge to enter the door, jumped on the wall, looked inside, and saw that the housekeeper who opened the door led Ning Lingge to a side room lit by candlelight. The two of them quietly stepped forward, wet the window paper with spit, and stretched out their fingers to poke through the window paper and look into the house.
In front of the central hall of the room sat a beautiful woman in a gray robe with a string of Buddhist beads around her neck, and next to her stood a man of about forty years of age and a very dignified appearance.
As soon as Brother Ning Ling entered the door, he saw this woman, and he was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Master Wuzang, why did you come here?"