Chapter 33 Chapter Three Prelude

Rebellion of Xiaoqiang, Part Two, Chapter Three, Prelude to the Storm Sitting leisurely in the elegant wing room of the second-floor building, looking out at the bamboo forest through the window, it seems that I have returned to Southern Chu. Now, I am the Sima of my Yongwang Mansion, and my status is very important, but I still like it I took Xiao Shunzi on a trip with me, although King Yong repeatedly advised me to be careful about my own safety.Now I am short of a very important candidate who can be an undercover agent next to the prince. Unfortunately, I am not very satisfied with the candidates provided by King Yong. This person must be dissolute in order to fit the prince's temperament, and this person must be good at flattering to get the prince's favor. Beloved, this person must be extremely talented in order to be appreciated by the Crown Prince. Such a person is really hard to find. Although the person King Yong provided to me is barely adequate, I still hope to find a more suitable candidate.

Not long after I sat there, the door quietly opened, and Chen Zhen and Han Wuji walked in. This is the place I had arranged long ago. Jing Shunjing, the owner of this very famous restaurant in Dayong, is my cousin. Two years ago, when I was recovering from illness in Southern Chu and Tianji Pavilion had begun to emerge, Jing Shunqing came to join me.The reason was because he had a dispute with his uncle. Speaking of which, my mother came from a famous family, and the Jing family is the most scholarly family in Jiaxing, but after my mother passed away, my father had a big conflict with them, because the house we lived in and all the land were given to my father by my grandfather Yes, after my mother passed away, my uncle, who had always been at odds with my father, threatened to take back everything. Logically speaking, these properties were all in my father's name, and they had no right to take them back. I was far away from Jiaxing, and I made it clear that I had no ties with the Jing family, so after I won the first prize in the examination, the Jing family didn't have the face to reconcile with me.

My cousin is blunt and doesn't like reading, so he doesn't like to be favored by my uncle, and he fell in love with a maid in the family, and made the maid pregnant. After my uncle found out, he wanted to kill the child, and the maid sold it. The cousin immediately married his fiancée. In fact, for the cousin, if the maid can be accepted as a concubine, the two of them are already satisfied, but the uncle firmly refuses to let the cousin offend the Yue family, so my cousin was furious I took that maid and fled to Jianye to join me. I have a good impression of this cousin. Although he is not good at reading, he is shrewd in his work. I heard that he has been taking care of the family's property and family affairs. His fiancée is the daughter of a wealthy merchant in Southern Chu. We got married, but my uncle saw that my cousin could not achieve fame, so he simply let him climb a high branch.Unexpectedly, the cousin had an affair with the maid and offended the Yue family, so the uncle was furious.

I sympathize with my cousin, but I still have a grudge against my uncle, so I arranged for my cousin to see the owner of the Tianji Pavilion. Of course, the "Master of the Tianji Pavilion" Han Wuji appreciates his cousin very much and supports him in business. In order to avoid the suppression of the Yue family, my cousin When I crossed the river to Dayong, Southern Chu and Dayong still maintained a superficial harmony, so my cousin did not encounter any obstacles, and he gained a foothold in Dayong. My cousin is indeed a business genius, but two years ago, when I invested The 100,000 taels of silver that he bought had increased countless times. His cousin became very rich by trading goods between Dayong and Nanchu, and he invested the funds in other industries in time, becoming one of the giants in the silk industry. This is because I improved the loom for him and because he is smart and capable, and a year ago, his father-in-law came to the door, not only reconciled with him, but also sent his fiancée here. In fact, although my cousin’s fiancée is stubborn, It’s not that he is unreasonable. The cooperation between his cousin and his father-in-law has also allowed his business to develop rapidly. Businessmen value profits. They see the crisis in Nanchu, so the two plan to transfer part of their business and funds to Dayong, and his cousin is the pioneer who opened the way.

I didn't expect my cousin to be so outstanding at the beginning. When I invested, I agreed that Tianji Pavilion would take 50% of the shares. Later, my cousin Hongtu Dazhan proposed to buy back the shares at a price of 500,000 taels. Well, we are ready to ask for prices, but of course I won't go too far, and Tianji Pavilion never does things that make partners feel too sad, so I sold the shares at a reasonable price, but according to the usual practice, I keep 10% of the shares , and the cousin also knew the power of the Tianji Guild, so the two sides readily reached an agreement.My cousin is a person who values ​​love and righteousness. Although he doesn't know the relationship between me and Tianji Pavilion, he still sent gifts several times, thanking me for my guidance at the beginning.

This time I was captured by King Yong, and when I came to Dayong, I sent Chen Zhen and the others to wait for me in Dayong in advance. There are many people I placed in my cousin’s property. Although they don’t have much memory of the secret camp, they still I remember the kindness of the secret camp to arrange them, and their aptitudes are relatively outstanding after all, so many of them have become important management personnel, coupled with the identity of the Tianji Pavilion, so the secret camp can come and go freely in the cousin's industry .And this restaurant is one of my cousin's properties in Dayong. It's called Jiangnanchun, and it sells dishes with Southern Chu style, which is very popular with the dignitaries of Dayong.My cousin is still very good. After knowing that I was captured, he came to Chang'an in person, hoping to do his best for me. He tried to ask King Yong to "raise his hand" several times through connections, but the way was blocked until I became the Sima of King Yong's mansion. King Yong only knew that my cousin tried to save me, but he appreciated him very much, so I could easily go out of the house to drink in Jiangnanchun this time. After all, no one here can cooperate with the boss to plot against me. He sent a few guards with strong martial arts skills to protect me, otherwise King Yong would not worry about my safety.

Looking at Chen Zhen and Han Wuji, I smiled and said, "How are you two these days, Jiang is self-willed, which worries you two." After the two of them saw the ceremony, Han Wuji smiled and said: "My subordinates have worked hard to arrange the fake death plan that the young master explained. Unfortunately, the success fell short. The young master was still moved by King Yong. You must make up for our hard work." Chen Zhen rolled his eyes at him and said, "Stop talking nonsense, who keeps saying that the young master doesn't need to be so dangerous to fake death, and he is overjoyed when he hears that the young master has changed his mind."

Although Chen Zhen was joking, my heart skipped a beat. Seeing Han Wuji, I secretly thought, he is also from Shu, how could he agree with me so much to seek refuge with King Yong.My suspicious eyes were fixed on Han Wuji. If there is something wrong with this person, then my secret camp has been leaked, but there is no sign of this. Han Wuji used to be fighting each other day after day, seeing my gaze, he felt a chill in his heart, and quickly knelt on the ground and said: "My lord, my subordinates really tend to favor Dayong. We were waiting for you in Chang'an a few days ago, and my subordinates met a man from the past. Seeing that I was in a good situation, he told me that he wanted me to support the prince of Shu and re-establish Shu with them. I politely refused at the time, but the man said that there are now people organizing resistance forces. If I don’t agree, When those people find me, they will never let go of my rebelliousness who forgets their ancestors. The subordinates know that these people bully the weak and fear the hard. If the young master submits to King Yong and borrows the power of King Yong, then these people will not dare to come blatantly. Looking for subordinates."

I sighed slightly, I am not surprised by the existence of the resistance forces in the Kingdom of Shu, but it is really stupid to use this method. Han Wuji used to be quite opposed to Dayong. At the beginning, I wanted to fake death, although he didn’t say it. But I am very positive, and now I am overjoyed that I have returned to King Shunyong. This kind of change is caused by those resistance forces. A person who has given up the past and has his own life, who is willing to invest in the resistance forces with no future? ?After confirming that those forces can't cause any big disturbances, I still tell Han Wuji and others to take care of their own safety. Although assassination can't change the general situation of the country, personal destiny can be changed. After thinking about it, I'm sure Han Wuji said: "The next time they come to force you, just say that you are running a business and you are willing to help them, but you don't want to participate."

Han Wuji asked in surprise, "Young master, why did you do that?" I smiled lightly and said, "I want you to control their actions, this will help me a bit, and it will be easier to eradicate them in the future." Han Wuji remained silent, I was a little puzzled, and was about to ask him what's the matter, when Xiao Shunzi's voice rang in my ears: "My lord, he is from Shu." I just remembered that although he just said that he was relieved that I would seek refuge with Dayong, it didn't mean that he was willing to see the resistance forces in Shu fail.

Shaking my head lightly, I said, "Wuji, I understand your thoughts, but you have to be clear, most of these people are not loyal to the Shu Kingdom, but to regain the lost power. They plotted rebellion in this way, Not only is there no possibility of success, but more people will be involved, and they will even hurt more people. For example, if you don’t have the ability to protect yourself, how will they deal with you? Think about it carefully, I won’t force you, I will pass these things on to others." Han Wuji knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "My subordinate, Mr. Xie, is magnanimous." I looked at Chen Zhen, he nodded slightly, I knew he would take over this matter, and he would monitor Han Wuji so that he would not endanger my great cause. Seeing that Han Wuji had calmed down, Chen Zhen said, "I don't know if the young master is going to tell His Royal Highness King Yong about the existence of the secret camp." I smiled slightly and asked, "What do you think?" Chen Zhen said: "My subordinates think that if you tell King Yong, then the young master will lose the power to protect himself in the future, but if you don't tell King Yong, I'm afraid that King Yong will doubt the young master's loyalty in the future." I looked at Xiao Shunzi, and Xiao Shunzi said coldly: "You are right, but you must not expose the secret camp to the sun. The reason why the young master can advance and retreat freely is because of the existence of the secret camp, and King Yong Just to doubt the young master's loyalty, we will leave Dayong at worst." I thought about it for a while and said, "Xiao Shunzi is too extreme. In this way, we will be hostile to King Yong. This is not good. The secret camp is not allowed to show up. How about this? I will try not to meet Chen Zhen in the future. Chen Chen Zhen is in charge of hosting the secret camp, and Xiao Shunzi is responsible for conveying my instructions. From now on, the task of the secret camp is to integrate himself into the lower classes in Chang'an. Remember my words, and you must not get involved in the power of the upper class dignitaries. His Highness King Yong found out about the existence of the secret camp, so he would not be too afraid of me. After all, His Royal Highness Yong would not believe that I have no power to rely on at all. At worst, I would say that the secret camp is Xiao Shunzi's subordinates. I think it’s fair to say that after such a long time, they can at least see some of the shades of a small straight.” Xiao Shunzi nodded and said: "When King Yong put you under house arrest, he sent some experts to monitor us. Although I can go in and out, if I take you with me, I'm afraid I can't escape easily. Now King Yong sent us by our side The martial arts of the guards are also good, but they are only meant to protect, because there are no masters who can entangle me, their force is much weaker, and they are just ready to help me protect the young master." I was about to tell them something, when suddenly there was noise and the sound of weapons clashing outside, I frowned slightly, this Jiangnanchun restaurant is a high-end place, how could anyone do anything here, I glanced at Xiao Shunzi, He walked out knowingly, and came back after a while and told me that there were people fighting outside, and Xiao Shunzi said it looked like a vendetta.I have seen bloody battles on the battlefield and verbal battles among literati before, but I have never seen vendettas in rivers and lakes. I couldn't help being interested, I greeted Xiao Shunzi, and I walked out of the room. Although Jiangnanchun is a restaurant in name, it is actually a small garden. There are Jiangnan landscapes everywhere in the garden. Flowers, bamboo forests, small bridges, flowing water, and rockery divide the space in the garden into hundreds of small spaces. , each small space has different styles of towers and pavilions, which are the most respectful in the middle of the noise. There are corridors connecting the pavilions everywhere. Outside the corridors are lush flowers and trees, so the layout is very elegant and secretive, and it is most suitable for secret talks. meeting. The small building I live in is very elegant. When I open the door on the second floor, there is a terrace surrounded by red railings, and there are stairs leading to the lower floor beside it. King Yong’s guards are all waiting on the lower floor. I stand in front of the railings, Looking down, there is an old man standing with his hands behind his back on the corridor connecting the downstairs to another pavilion. Behind him are two mighty-looking middle-aged men and a beautiful and charming girl. On a rockery, stood a yellow-clothed scholar, handsome, but somewhat frivolous, holding a jade flute in his hand, and opposite him, stood a handsome young man with a sword in his hand, the two of them During the fight, the young man seemed to have good swordsmanship. The flash of the sword made the scholar very embarrassed, but the scholar laughed and mocked from time to time. I saw that young man was blushing, almost going crazy. When I looked down, the scholar was fighting back and shouting: "Oh, it's really terrible. Xiaosheng was just joking, and he didn't want to steal beauty from you. Don't worry, although your junior sister is beautiful, Xiaosheng is used to it." There are many beauties in the world, and there are many more beautiful than her, but I just made a few jokes, and didn't touch a strand of her hair, why are you so desperate?" The young man shouted: "Nonsense, nonsense, you come to seek refuge, we kindly accept it, but you, you did such rude things and offended my junior sister." As he spoke, his swordsmanship became faster and faster. The scholar in yellow resisted while swearing: "My fair lady, a gentleman is so good, Xiaosheng is just a beautiful woman, after chasing Miss Sha for a few days, there is absolutely no indecent behavior, besides, Miss Sha is a disciple of Fengyi sect, Xiaosheng is You are so bold that you dare not offend her, Jingjing, Jingjing, please beg for me, I did not offend you." The beautiful girl's jade face was slightly red, and she said fiercely: "What pursuit, you hang around me every day, you play the flute outside when you have nothing to do, and you even stole my things, you obediently let my senior brother beat you up, Then return the things, or I will never let you go." The old man in yellow sighed and said: "Oh, it seems that you don't let me go, hey, I've seen enough of the show, my brother, if you don't save me, I will die." Saying this The jade flute in the scholar's hand suddenly turned into thousands of phantoms. The young man seemed to be unable to tell the difference, and subconsciously took a step back. Unexpectedly, he forgot that he was on the rockery, and staggered. He quickly stabilized his feet, and at this moment , the scholar suddenly flew into the air, rushed towards my direction, and shouted: "Brother, help me." Just when his figure flickered, a middle-aged man behind the old man rushed from behind him like a goshawk. The scholar shook his hand, only to hear a violent explosion sound, and within a few feet away, he was instantly green. The smoke was billowing, and it was mixed with light red smoke. The scholar shouted: "Brother, don't use poison, I have no serious hatred with them." A few people looked intently, and saw that the scholar had disappeared. On the balcony in the direction of his escape, a scholar in Tsing Yi was smiling wryly there, and a handsome servant standing behind him turned his face away, as if he was secretly laughing. . The young man angrily pointed his sword at the balcony and said: "What about that bastard, hand him over quickly, you must be a bad person for using poison in broad daylight." Being pointed at, I couldn’t help but smiled wryly. I was actually framed. Just now, Xiao Shunzi secretly said to me that this scholar seemed to break through, and I was just curious to see how he would break through. Xiao Shunzi immediately stood in front of me, and then we heard his framing, I don’t know what the red smoke is, but I know it’s definitely not poison, but to those glaring people, I But how to explain it? At this time, several guards from Prince Yong's Mansion had already rushed upstairs to see that I was safe and sound. One guard came to me and said in a low voice, "My lord, what happened." I shook my head lightly, and raised my voice: "Guys, that person just now has nothing to do with me, please pay attention." The young man said loudly: "Sophistry, when we met that man, he was walking towards you, and he broke out from your direction just now, it's no wonder that you are not in the same party, tell me quickly, what does the vagabond Xia Jinyi have to do with you? " I smiled slightly and said, "I really have nothing to do with that person, so please enlighten me." The old man suddenly said: "Your Excellency, do you despise our intelligence so much? The surname Xia was originally walking towards you. After seeing you just now, he wanted to break out in your direction several times. If it has nothing to do with you, why did you never refute it?" ." At this time, the guard whispered in my ear: "These people are from Chang'an Guan Zhonglian. The old man is the leader of the alliance, Sha Qingyuan. Guan Zhonglian brings together Chang'an warriors. In fact, it is the place where the imperial court controls people in the Jianghu. Sha Qingyuan Now it is a neutral status, but it is more biased towards King Qi, because many of his disciples are serving in King Qi's army." I suddenly had a vague plan in my mind, so I said: "Jiang Lianzhu's words are wrong. I heard the noise outside, so I came out to watch the excitement. The man suddenly scrambled, and there are several buildings nearby. How do I know that it is us that this person has broken up with, and it would be a loss of identity for the Lord to listen to one side of the story."