Volume III: Family Hatred and National Hatred 122. Backhand retaliation
Regarding Che Bai's instructions, Sima didn't care after hearing it.
It should be noted in the words that a few days later, some days before today, and whether he will still be in the palace by that time, he himself cannot be sure.
From the second day after he put Langya in Qinglong Mountain, Sima Wenzhi had to go out of the city every other day to visit there.
Before his first visit, he had thought about how difficult it would be for Langya to live alone in the mountains. But when he got there and saw the truth, he knew he had overdone.
Langya was originally a wild wolf in the mountains, and being released into the mountains and forests is like a trapped dragon entering the water, and there is no hardship and constraints in life. When Sima asked about it, she often ran and galloped in the mountains, without the slightest misery and desolation.
can't accompany him on weekdays, Sima Wenzhi will bring food with him when he goes to Qinglong Mountain, as a kind of compensation.
But after taking it twice, he stopped doing it.
Qinglong Mountain is inaccessible, and the pheasant game is rarely hunted, so it breeds a lot. Every time she saw Langya, she would give out a lot of counter-gifts, and there was no shortage of food.
Every time he went to Qinglong Mountain, Sima Wenzhi showed the waist card of the county guard when he entered and exited the city gate. After seeing this, the guards were interested in befriending him, and gradually became familiar with him.
After getting acquainted, he deliberately asked about something. The city gate has never asked for the guarantee documents for the people entering and leaving, and what Wang Chebai told before was deliberately made up.
But he was not angry.
It has been a few days since this incident, and if you question it now, it will seem that you are too hypocritical.
On the days when he didn't go to Qinglong Mountain, Sima Wenzhi mostly stayed in the house. Wang Chebai came to the house many times to chat with him, or took him to the Yueren Pavilion for recreation.
After seeing the son surnamed Xing again, Che Bai changed his previous-for-tat attitude and became much more respectful. After Sima asked, he felt surprised in his heart.
When they arrived in the pavilion, they were no longer the only ones in the house. After getting acquainted with everyone in the cabinet, there will be a prelude to the prelude by the artist. Sima Wenzhi was very fond of the guzheng before, and when he saw it, he also stepped forward to play.
But I haven't been in charge of the piano for a long time, and I'm a lot unfamiliar. The sound of the guzheng was not pleasant, but rather harsh, which made him feel embarrassed. Fortunately, after playing it a few times, I became more familiar with it and gradually won the applause of others.
In the days that followed, the interval between Wang Chebai's visits to him became longer and longer, the time spent chatting was getting shorter and shorter, and he rarely went to Yueren Pavilion again.
Corresponding to this change is the increasing frequency of people in the county warden's office, as if something is going to happen, and they are preparing for the upcoming changes.
The number of times Che Bai came was decreasing, but the number of contacts between the other person and Sima Wenzhi was increasing.
This person is Wang Yuanming.
After healing Wang Jizhi that day, he always kept Sima Wenzhi in mind. chose a day when Che Bai was not in the house, and asked him to be invited to the middle hall to chat.
Since it is idle talk, it is not official business. During the conversation, Wang Yuanming hinted many times in and out of his words that he intended to worship him as his youngest son Xixi.
After Sima asked, he politely refused.
When the two contacted again a few days later, Wang Yuanming was still cheeky to ask for Ji. After Sima asked, he no longer refused.
Seeing that the request was granted, Wang Yuanming let out a sigh of relief, and a relaxed look appeared on his face. After Sima asked, he felt more and more that something was about to happen.
Before I could guess what it was, there were already signs in the city.
Later, when I went to Qinglong Mountain, I was subject to much stricter checks when I entered and exited the city gate. Even if he took out the waist card of the county guard's mansion, he would also be carefully interrogated by the officials and soldiers.
After a few days, the gates of Jiankang City were closed on all sides at the same time, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
Sima asked the reason for the inquiry, and was taken aside by a familiar guard to admonish. He knew that the guards were only following orders and had to return to the mansion.
On the second day after the city gate was closed, a large number of officers and soldiers began to patrol the city day and night. From time to time, there was a commotion in the homes of officials, accompanied by people being escorted away.
When the city changed, the county guard changed the scene of many people entering and leaving the city, and became quiet. Wang Chebai also changed back to his original appearance, and the number of visits he came to visit increased.
It's just that when he sits down to gossip, he is always a little absent-minded. Some of the questions Sima asked were deliberately omitted by him.
Three days later, the officers and troops in the city withdrew one after another. It didn't take long for a lot of news to reach the people, and then to Sima Wen's ears.
In the first month of the third year of Yuanjia, Emperor Liu Yilong of the Song Dynasty issued an edict to punish Situ Xu Xianzhi, Shixing County Gongfu Liang and others on charges of "abolishing the monarch and causing chaos in the dynasty".
Xu Xianzhi committed suicide during interrogation, Fu Liang fled out of the city by car, and was killed after being chased back by the official army.
The two were ambushed, implicating countless friends and allies. In the days when Jiankang City closed the city gates, the officials and soldiers arrested their henchmen one by one in accordance with the instructions of the edict. All of a sudden, the royal and county cells were overcrowded.
A few days after the news came out, Wang Chebai chatted with him as usual. Towards the end of the conversation, parting words were revealed.
"What's going on?" asked Sima after hearing this.
"After Situ and Shixing County were ambushed, Xie Hui, the assassin of Jingzhou, mourned for the two of them in the ruling place, and expressed his majesty's grievances and openly rebelled against the imperial court. His Majesty has issued an order to order Tan Daoji, the general of Zhengbei, and Wang Hua, the servant, to send troops to Jingzhou to arrest them. Wang Chebai told the reason after hearing the inquiry.
"What does this have to do with you?" asked Sima Zhi, who knew about it, but didn't know the details.
"My father and Wang Hua are close relatives of the first ancestor, and he has cleared up the relationship and asked me to go together, hoping that I can make contributions before the battle. Wang Chebai said the hidden truth.
"I know that my brother is used to idle clouds and wild cranes, and he does not want to be restrained. But the boy is at home, how about you go to Jingzhou with me?" After explaining, he opened his mouth and invited him to go with him.
Sima shook his head after hearing this.
He does have a family and a country in his heart, but it happens to be the opposite of what Che Bai wants to do. One is to destroy, the other is to defend. Let him go to protect Liu Yilong, he will not do it, and there is no reason to do it.
"Brother Wang, when will you go to Jingzhou with the army?" After refusing, he opened his mouth to ask about the date of the expedition.
"Prepare today, and tomorrow the army will begin. Wang Chebai replied truthfully.
"Before you leave, come back to me. Sima asked.
"What's the matter?" Che Bai asked.
"We'll find out then. Sima asked him to sell Guanzi.
After Wang Chebai left, Sima asked without delay, and immediately washed his face and changed his clothes. Then he closed the door of the house and took out the hexagram.
Starters, divination, and harvesting, after a few times, they began to solve the hexagram.
The thing predicted by the divination is what Che Bai will do when he goes to Jingzhou this time. After arranging the results of the divination one by one, the hexagram begins to appear.
Mixed blessings.
between the two and the middle.