Chapter 58 Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter 28, The Rebellion of Xiao Qiang, Part Two In May of the twenty-fourth year of Wuwei, the emperor bestowed the title of Princess Jingjiang on the Princess, and married Qin Qing, the son of Qin Yi, the great general, or in other words, the power of the king. ——"Yong History."Biography of the King of Violence" On the way back, King Yong said with a sullen face: "Suiyun, don't worry, I will definitely kill Lu Jingzhong for you in the future." I smiled lightly and said, "Why is Your Highness angry? You should be happy. Lu Jingzhong is good at attacking and neglecting self-protection. He advises the crown prince. Although it is one step and three strategies, three strategies are difficult to achieve. Isn't this a good thing?" Besides, under the overturned nest, how can there be any eggs? I don't care about this person. What I care about is Li Hanyou. This woman's mind is really extraordinary, and her every move can affect people's hearts. She is the one who won this time. Qin Qing is afraid that he won't be able to escape her grasp, even His Highness, isn't he almost tempted."

Li Zhi couldn't help but said embarrassingly: "I'm joking with Yun." My expression remained unchanged, and I said: "This woman is not only a senior disciple of Fengyi Sect, but also a noble daughter of the clan. What is rare is that she has a deep heart and does not show it. She describes her demeanor without arrogance. It is reasonable for Qin Qing to empathize with her. I think If General Qin hadn't excused his refusal, I'm afraid the matter would have been done long ago, Your Highness should be careful of her, if she marries Qin Qing, her status will be even higher, and I'm afraid that this woman will hinder His Highness' great cause in the future."

Li Zhi said worriedly: "If Qin Qing really marries her, then I'm afraid something is wrong. Although General Qin is fair and strict, if the marriage really happens, then..." Li Zhi didn't continue, but I've already said what I didn't mean However, he waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, although Qin Qing is the eldest son of the General, but he can't effectively influence the General. Although the relationship between father and son can be subtle, the General will definitely not embarrass His Highness for the sake of the family, and Qin Yong is the general's confidant, if this person can be won over, His Highness will be at ease."

Li Zhi said: "Qin Yong is absolutely loyal to the general, how can he win him over?" I smiled and said: "Let this matter be left to the minister. If His Highness recruits him now, it will make the crown prince and the general dissatisfied. I have a way to make him work for His Highness unconsciously." Li Zhi nodded and said: "This matter is entrusted to you, and there is one more thing. The Splendid League is so arrogant, and the emperor will definitely send generals to suppress it. I want to recommend Changsun Ji. First choice, what do you think?" I said: "Your Highness, if General Changsun goes to do this matter, he will find some evidence related to the prince, and I am afraid that he will be suspected. If the minister's expectations are not bad, the prince will also recommend King Qi to do this matter. After all His Royal Highness does not have any generals who are good at fighting."

Li Zhi said: "If this is the case, wouldn't there be no evidence." I smiled and said: "Actually, the crown prince and His Highness are too anxious. The Jinxiu League's sneak attack on military resources is just a small rebellion. If the crown prince hadn't been a guilty conscience, why would he rush to send people to encircle and suppress it? His Highness didn't have to take the initiative to solicit this matter, now What the prince has done has not been exposed yet, if His Highness exposes this matter, the emperor will inevitably doubt His Highness’s motives. The Prince’s recommendation of King Qi to do this is to cover up the matter. At the same time, if the crown prince recommends the King of Qi, His Highness might as well say that such trivial matters do not require generals, and let Qin Qing go. If Qin Qing has made great contributions, it is only natural for the emperor to give him a marriage. Presumably the emperor also thinks that the neutral Qin family is more suitable. I think the emperor will not refuse this candidate."

Li Zhi's eyes flashed, and he said: "Moreover, it is possible to separate the Qin family and the Fengyi Clan. If the Fengyi Clan insists on obstructing it, this marriage will definitely fail." I smiled and said: "No matter what the result is, it will not be good for Your Highness. To be honest, I really did not expect the Fairview League to have such a means. Although Huo Jicheng has a surly personality, he is a decisive person. No wonder the Fairview League has not been able to completely suppress it. .” Li Zhi sighed and said, "Suiyun, I just feel that everything in this world is in your hands. Fortunately, you saved me in the end, otherwise I would really be restless."

My face showed a gloomy look, Li Zhi said in surprise: "What's wrong with Suiyun, could it be that the king said something wrong." I smiled slightly, letting go of the sadness in my heart, thinking that although I have a stubborn illness in my heart, as long as I rest in peace, I may not be able to live a long life. Although this intrigue can only cost me my life, within a few years, I will definitely be able to stay safe When the king ascends to the throne, the world will be so big that I can't find a place to rest. "The lake is full of green, and the people of the past have left here. I heard the singing of the oars, and I don't know where the boat is." I chanted in a low voice. .Li Zhi laughed and said, "Whose poem is this, why is it so carefree?"

I said casually: "This is what I read in a book before, and I don't know who wrote it. Your Highness, I think the emperor will summon His Highness soon. Your Highness should go back and change clothes to prepare. I promised to teach General Jing , don’t let him go with you.” Li Zhi smiled and said, "Okay, I want to see how Sui Yun can teach this stubborn student to be a talent." I also laughed and said: "If I let him compose a poem by himself, I wonder what reward His Highness will give to the minister?" Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "This king can't think of it for a while. You don't like gold, silver and jewelry, and you have read all the books and classics. If you want something, you might as well say it. This king can use it as a reward." .”

I respectfully said: "Your Highness is serious, but there is just one thing. Last time, His Highness was furious because of the assassination of a minister, because Jiang Nanchun was introduced by the poisonous hand and evil heart. Although His Highness did not seal Jiang Nanchun, he made Jing Zhao Yin Yan Cha, these days, Jiangnanchun has not been at peace for a day, I ask Your Highness to show mercy and forgive my cousin." Li Zhi immediately remembered this incident. He was so angry that day. If Guan Xiu hadn't reminded Jing Shunqing that he was Jiang Zhe's cousin, he might have confiscated Jiang Nanchun. Li Zhi lost his life, but Li Zhi forgot about it.At this time when Jiang Zhe mentioned it, Li Zhi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and quickly said: "This king is too busy to forget, in fact, I have already checked, and my cousin was not involved in the assassination, so I will send someone to inform Jingzhao Yin said. This is not a reward, how about it, if you can teach Jing Chi to compose poems, this king will reward you with this." He took off a jade pendant from his waist and played with it in his hand.

I know that this jade pendant is a gift from the emperor, it is the top grade of jade, it is more than a thousand pieces of gold, it is also an extremely valuable bet.Then he laughed and said: "I've known about it for a while, originally I wanted my cousin to learn a lesson and let him know the word 'cautious', but two days ago my Xiande's sister-in-law came to cry and complained that she is a weak woman It is very pitiful to leave her hometown, but now she is begging in front of her face, I can't help her face." Seeing me smiling, Li Zhi said, "If Suiyun loses, what would you bet on?"

I thought for a while, and said: "Your Highness has rewarded me a lot, if you don't get anything special, it would seem insincere, how about this, if I lose, I am willing to use this thing as a bet." Pointing to the jade belt around his waist. Li Zhi looked over suspiciously, although the jade belt looked good, it was just some suet jade belt boards on the belt. Although it was gorgeous, it was neither exquisitely carved nor high-quality jade, so it was not worth betting on.But of course he didn't care about it, and said: "That's fine, just bet on your jade belt." I smiled slightly, there is no need to tell Li Zhi that this jade belt was designed by me recently, and Xiao Shunzi just took it back two days ago.There is a mechanism designed inside, which can shoot poisonous needles three times in a row. This is for my own protection. If another assassin comes to my side, I still have a chance to fight back. How precious this jade belt is, besides, Or "Tianji Pavilion Special". While we were talking, we had already returned to Prince Yong's Mansion. As soon as we walked to the door, we saw a royal guard galloping in the distance. He held an edict in his hand. When he saw His Highness, he dismounted and bowed down, saying: "Your Highness, Your Majesty calls you Enter the palace." Li Zhi hurriedly said: "I will enter the palace immediately after I change clothes." The guard stood up and stepped back, saying, "Of order." I, an idler, went back to Hanyuan, followed me besides Xiao Shunzi and a reluctant Jing Chi, who managed to escape from the troublesome drinking order, and wished to find a place to practice a few times and move around Muscles and bones, unexpectedly, I was called into the cold garden. Jing Chi looked at Jiang Zhe's back depressedly, and once again cried out in his heart that this frail scholar was ordered by His Royal Highness to restrain him. He usually doesn't like these literati who write poems and fu. There are quite a few civil servants, but most of them are advisers who are good at military strategy. Jing Chi respects ghosts and gods and stays away from them, but this scholar has never seen him give advice and advice. He was panting as if he was about to die, but King Yong really trusted him and asked himself and others to obey his orders.Jiang Zhe sent him to do that inexplicable thing last night, Jing Chi is still a little confused now. Following Han Yuan, even though he went out with King Yong, the bodyguards protecting Jiang Zhe also went, and they skillfully occupied the key points quickly, Han Yuan soon became an impregnable fortress, Jing Chi curled his lips and said in his heart Well, this man is really bitten by a snake once, and he is afraid of well ropes for thousands of years.At this moment, Jing Chi suddenly felt a chill coming from his body. When he looked up, he saw a pair of eyes as cold as ice. It was Xiao Shunzi who saw his expression and warned him with his eyes.Jing Chi's heart trembled, he admired Xiao Shunzi's martial arts very much, so he quickly lowered his head. Back in the living room, I summoned Jing Chi, picked up a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War, put it on the desk, and said indifferently: "If you can memorize this book, I will let you go out." Jing Chi stared at the book dumbfounded. That thin book had a bitter smile on his face. I smiled and said, "I'm not in good health, so I won't be able to teach you today. From tomorrow onwards, I'll teach you for half an hour every day. For the rest of the time, you have to copy what I taught you. I know how many you know. By the way, you can recite and transcribe in the next room, and Xiao Shunzi will supervise you. Alright, go and bring your luggage to Hanyuan.” Jing Chi was terrified, and was about to refuse, but saw the resolute light in the frail scholar's eyes, and said involuntarily, "Yes, my lord." After Jing Chi left, Xiao Shunzi asked in dissatisfaction: "Young master, why bother to waste your time on this kind of vulgar person, it's better to rest and recuperate." I said lightly: "Looking at this person's face and character, he is the most loyal, straightforward, decisive and brave. If he can learn some military law, His Highness will have one more loyal general. This person is the most loyal, and I can also get a guarantee in the future. Why not do it? You tell me that the secret camp will send people to approach Qin Yong. It is best to gain Qin Yong's trust. Hualiu and Luer are selected from the hidden group. Let Chen Zhen choose one to do this. Splendid League will make a big fuss, so we should stop. You can decide how to arrange other people, but at least half of the people in the secret camp should be left for me to use, and the other half should be arranged for them to hide in. Folks, we will still need them in the future.” Xiao Shunzi silently nodded and said, "I'll do it tonight. We've already made preparations, so it won't be too much trouble. Young Master, Li An and Lu Jingzhong are too rude. If it wasn't for the young master's important affairs, I would have taken them away a long time ago." His life was lost." I said lightly: "In the future, their lives will definitely be taken by you." That night I learned that after a debate in front of the imperial court, Qin Qing was indeed appointed to destroy the Splendid League. Although the crown prince strongly supported King Qi to go out, King Yong was right. Of course, a small Splendid League does not need a prince to wipe it out, and Qin Qing This candidate is very in line with the emperor's wishes.When King Yong came back, he told me that he had discovered that both the crown prince and King Qi had sent people out privately. As for whether Fengyi Sect sent people, King Yong didn't know yet, but he also knew that they would not be idle. Next, I was busy training that stupid apprentice. Although he fell asleep when he saw the book, he would never be worse than Lu Can back then, so I gave some examples while lecturing to guide his interest. Although Jing Chi was bored at the beginning, he was quickly aroused by others. Although he did not understand military law, he had been fighting in the army all year round. Soon he asked me questions based on his own experience, just like this Answer, teaching and learning benefit each other. After two or three days, Jing Chi was already listening with great interest. Every morning, he waited outside eagerly for me to get up. In the afternoon, I forced him to copy books, but he actually persisted. Those ink-stained manuscripts made me dumbfounded, but I finally talked about Sun Tzu’s art of war roughly in half a month, but it may be because of my temperament, he still didn’t understand this article during the period of time, and I didn’t force it, grandson The art of war is extensive and profound, even I dare not say that I am proficient in it all, let alone this person, remembering that when he told Lu Can about Sun Tzu’s art of war in the past, he asked everything about it, he was very smart, but he was a bit stubborn, probably because of his family background, When I talked about the chapter of Nine Changes, he was always a little puzzled, and although he had an extraordinary military strategy, it was a pity that he knew too little about the dangers of the human heart. On this day, I ordered Jing Chi to write the whole book silently. After watching him sweat like rain, I once again regretted letting him write on my desk. Dreamland.Suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps in the distance, I opened my eyes suddenly, only to see Li Zhi walking in full of anger. I smiled slightly, and said: "Xiao Shunzi, serve tea for Your Highness, to let His Highness calm down, what's the big deal to make His Highness behave like this?" When Li Zhi saw Jiang Zhe, somehow the anger in his chest gradually subsided, and when he saw Jing Chi who was standing there with ink stains on his face and a mess on the desk, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.He sat down, took the fragrant tea offered by Xiao Shunzi, and after drinking it, the last trace of anger disappeared.Jing Chi hurriedly got up to leave, I said with a smile: "You are not allowed to be lazy, go to the next door to write, if you peek at the book, don't blame me for punishing you for copying the book." Jing Chi hastily swore that he would not peek. He would never forget the scene when he peeked at the book last time when I took his exam and I punished him to copy Sun Tzu's Art of War ten times. He didn't sleep that night. what. After Jing Chi went out, I said calmly, "What happened?" Li Zhi said coldly: "Qin Qing is really talented. The Splendid League was greedy for merit and harassed him many times. Qin Qing intentionally indulged him and caught him in one go. Escaped, although this is a bit of a fly in the ointment, but it still makes sense. The captured Jinxiu League rebels all confessed to colluding with the officials of the household department to smuggle, but Qin Qing was upright and fair. He took all the confessions and sent them to the emperor together with the witnesses , but these are only circumstantial evidence, because no one can testify against the prince and Cui Yang. After all, Huo Jicheng escaped, so the prince made it clear in front of his father, saying that it was the officials of the Ministry of household affairs, and Cui Yang was ordered by him to investigate the smuggling rumors , but was assassinated by the Splendid League, his father finally asked him to shut himself up and reflect on himself. The household secretary Liang Jinqian was supposed to be dismissed, but he was dissuaded by Wei Xiang and let Liang Jinqian temporarily commit crimes and meritorious deeds. Qing and Li Hanyou." I asked: "It's been a long time since the emperor favored the prince. Your Highness, don't worry. I'm afraid that all the people with lofty ideals in the world already know the true face of the prince. This has already achieved their goal. But why did Li Hanyou and Qin Qing get married so quickly? Did the general not object?" Li Zhi sighed: "Li Hanyou originally followed Qin Qing to suppress the rebellion in private, and saved Qin Qing's life from the assassins of the Jinxiu League. How can Qing Yu be insulted, and the emperor specially named Li Hanyou Princess Jingjiang, Qin Qing is now the captain of the son-in-law." I sighed and said, "Didn't His Highness prepare for this matter, why are you so angry?" Li Zhi was silent for a moment, then said: "Father made an order to marry Princess Changle to Wei Ying." My hand trembled, and the folding fan in my hand fell into the dust. After a while, I leaned over to pick up the folding fan and said, "It's not a big deal. Your Majesty wants to choose a son-in-law for the princess. Your Highness has heard about it for a long time. Wei Ying's character and talent are extraordinary." Unusual, what's even more rare is that they are calm and upright, isn't Your Highness also optimistic about their marriage?" Li Zhi said bitterly: "Suiyun, you really don't know the imperial sister's intentions? Why does she stay with you every day with your poems? Why does she give you the once-in-a-thousand-year Scrophulariaceae? Lan went to see her, and why she loves her like her own daughter? Are you really so puzzled? Do you know that the royal sister cut her own long hair when she heard that her father had bestowed her marriage on her? Furious, her father asked her, as long as she opened her mouth, no matter who she was, she could be called a son-in-law. You enter the palace to propose, are you willing?"