Chapter 687 Xiao Liuzi’s trump card
The days of Jin Prince’s Mansion in Yanjing were actually pretty good.
Ji Laoliu was ruthless in attacking Xun Gui, but he did not attack Prince Jin's Mansion.
No matter what,
Yu,
Gotta have some decency.
And the Yu family cherishes it very much. After entering the capital, the former Jin Emperor and the current Jin Prince lived a very smooth life. He read books, wrote, and kept some gentlemen in the mansion to play chess and write poems with him. There is also an exclusive opera troupe that sings Shanxi-style songs for free conversation;
It’s really hard to say that someone is rich.
In the first two years after he entered Beijing, he kept a relatively low profile. Except for entering the palace on orders or accompanying Emperor Yan to attend some ceremonies, the Jin Palace did not socialize with outsiders, and outsiders did not dare to interact with the Jin Palace. There is too much intersection.
It’s okay now, everyone can let go.
One of the sons of the King of Jin even made an appointment to marry a minister of the Ministry of Rites in the capital. Because both of them were good at music and could play the piano and sing in harmony, the marriage was arranged immediately.
The King of Jin himself also took in several concubines, many of whom were from noble families in Yanjing. This also reflected the acceptance of the King of Jin by the Yan State class.
In fact, the change in mentality can already be seen from the time when the Jin Palace dared to send someone to invite Lord Pingxi to come to the house for a banquet.
The main entrance of the palace opened, and the carriage in which Marquis Zheng was sitting entered the palace directly.
It’s just that, although it’s a banquet, there are not many people, so whoever you invite must be accompanied by the right person. Obviously, when you invite Ping Xihou, you really want to find a large group of people who are qualified to accompany you. It's unrealistic. If you just find a group of people who don't deserve to be on the stage, it will make people think that you are deliberately neglecting them.
Therefore, a steward of the palace personally held a lantern to welcome him. After passing through the front hall and reaching the backyard, Jin Wang Yu Ciming, who was dressed like a scholar in a green robe, went out to meet him in person.
"The little king has met Lord Pingxi."
The King of Jin saluted Pingxihou.
The prince saluted the marquis, which was not unusual in Dayan.
Zheng Fan smiled and walked over to help Yu Ciming up. At the same time, his eyes fell on the Queen Mother Jin who was standing behind the room.
The Queen Mother was not very old when she gave birth to Yu Ciming. Now, she is actually about forty years old, the age when peach is rosy.
"Your Majesty, please."
"Your Majesty, please."
This is a family banquet, so there are only two people in the room who are adding dishes and pouring wine. Of the maids, the only ones left were Yu Ciming and the Queen Mother, Zheng Fan and the Sword Master.
After some greetings, everyone took their seats.
As soon as he sat down, before the host could say anything, the sword master picked up his wine glass and looked at Yu Ciming.
Yu Ciming was stunned for a moment, nodded, and picked up his wine glass. Before he could stand up, the Sword Master drank it all in one gulp.
Immediately,
put down the wine glass,
got off the table and walked outside.
He came here just to see the former emperor of the Jin people, the supreme leader of the Yu family. Once he saw it, that was enough;
Sit down and chat?
Consol each other and say hello?
Sharing feelings about hometown?
It’s not necessary and it’s not interesting.
Yu Ciming smiled awkwardly and said to Mr. Zheng: "Master Hou, please forgive me. The last time Mr. Hou came, I was unable to show up because I strictly abide by the ancestral temple. Please forgive me."
Zheng Fan waved his hand and said
;
"Your Majesty, that's polite."
The two of them drank a glass of wine each.
Next,
it was a very boring conversation.
The King of Jin expressed his concern for the homeland and people of Jin,
Zheng Houye said that he would definitely protect the land and bring peace to the people, and asked the King of Jin to rest assured;
Jin The Queen Mother was smiling beside her again, acting like an elder.
Just when Zheng Fan felt that the family dinner was getting boring, Yu Ciming stood up, walked to the door of the hall, and said to the sword master who was standing outside blowing the wind:
"I have his spiritual tablet here. And some of his relics.”
He must be referring to the sword master’s younger brother.
I think back then, the Sword Master’s younger brother was the general in charge of the Jin Kingdom’s capital, and his relationship with the emperor, Yu Ciming, was very good.
Even, it belongs to the real Jin style style.
The sword master nodded.
“Please.”
Yu Ciming took the Sword Master to another courtyard.
In the hall, only Zheng Fan, the Queen Mother, and two maids were left.
“Go and bring the soup.”
"Yes, the Queen Mother."
"Go and order some snacks from the kitchen."
"Yes, the Queen Mother."
Okay, the two maids have also been dismissed. Gone.
Zheng Fan couldn't help but feel a little funny. What kind of fun were the mother and son going to do?
Although Lord Zheng likes to hear Ruqing call him uncle in his back house, he is indeed very satisfied with the beauty of the Queen Mother of Jin. Furthermore, the two parties also have a relationship with Mr. Jiao, which adds a touch of charm. ambiguous.
But,
Zheng Fan is not the kind of person who likes to play and force things, and this is still in someone else's home.
My son is not far away. Of course, my son may agree or even deliberately facilitate it.
However, Marquis Zheng is not Dong Zhuo after all. Moreover, at this time, his soldiers from the Jindong Marquis Mansion have not entered the capital, so it is not his turn to be wanton.
The Queen Mother of Jin stood up,
The Queen Mother of Jin picked up the wine bottle,
The Queen Mother of Jin bit her lip,
The Queen Mother of Jin came over on her own initiative;
Zheng Anyone who raises his hand
said;
"Sit down."
The Queen Mother sat down, feeling relieved.
“Ciming, I don’t know.”
“What don’t you know?”
"Right now, there is no eye contact here." The Queen Mother said.
Firstly, after all, Prince Jin has been here for a long time, and he has touched some of the people around him; secondly, seeing that Prince Jin’s mansion is so safe and peaceful, the Secret Service may have relaxed some supervision.
But Mr. Zheng still placed a red stone from his clothes on the table and tapped it with his fingers.
The blind man is not around, so he relies on his son to listen in case the walls have ears.
Magic Pill shook, then settled down.
"What exactly do you want to say?" Zheng Fan asked.
"I told Ciming, so Ciming only knows that I stayed to ask Mr. Hou a few words, and doesn't know about you and me..."
"You and me, what's the matter? "
"You and me..."
"You and me?" Zheng Fan pointed at himself and then at the Queen Mother, "Does it matter between you and me?"
"No, no, it's just, just..."
Zheng Fan didn't think that he had met the Queen Mother once in the palace in Gyeonggi Province. He had met the Queen Mother again when he went to Beijing last time. These two meetings , the queen mother will have a deep affection for herself;
The reason why she deliberately lowered her reserve and took away the dignity that belonged to the queen mother, and spent so much money to treat herself like this, is definitely because she wanted something.
It’s just that
the Queen Mother is still a little too reluctant to do this kind of thing.
Maybe, in his son's eyes, he went to fend off the Sword Master and attract some informants in the palace, which could give his mother and Queen Ping an opportunity to have secret talks. But what he didn't know was that his mother and Ping Xihou In between, there is also the involvement of Mr. Jiao.
If something like that happens between men and women, it will either be very embarrassing, or it will not be awkward at all.
"Don't say anything yet, let me guess."
The Queen Mother nodded.
“Take sides?”
The Queen Mother's eyes lit up immediately.
"Hehehe, hahahahahaha..."
Master Zheng laughed,
The Queen Mother looked confused.
Finally, Lord Zheng stopped laughing and asked, "Isn't the current life in Prince Jin's Mansion good?"
Standing in line is just to do the trick of following the dragon.
You want to ask the Prince of Jin whether there is any use in taking sides? Is the Jin Palace qualified to stand on this team?
That’s true.
After all, even though he is now living in Yanjing and has changed from an emperor to a prince, his ancestors were richer;
More than 800 years ago, his ancestors were with the Ji family, Xiong opened the border together.
Therefore, if the Jin Palace comes forward and says which prince it wants to support, or expresses its support to a certain prince, that prince will definitely be happy, even Ji Laoliu will be happy, which is equivalent to receiving the support from the old prince. Blessings from ancestors.
Of course, it is just a blessing.
The barbarians like to let the sacrifices dance before the war, and the snowfield savages like to let the star messengers do divination before the war, but this does not prevent them from being beaten one after another by the Zhenbei Army and the Jingnan Army.
Everyone likes good omens, but this thing has no practical use, just like the current Jin Palace:
Are there any soldiers? No.
Have money? On this point, Lord Zheng has the best say. Back in the Jin Palace, he even scraped off the golden statue in the Imperial Ancestral Temple and took it away. Now the Prince's Palace still has a ghost's money.
As for influence?
The influence of the Yu family in Jin is far inferior to that of Prince Cheng's Mansion. Even the inexplicable orphans of the Helian family or the Wen family are much more influential than the Yu family.
There are many bandits or rebels in Jin area. When there is an uprising, they will not use the banner of the Yu clan, because the people of Jin will only feel bad luck when they see this banner. Not only will they not be able to mobilize, but they will also It will make your family feel like they are not going anywhere.
“Prince Jin, what do you want to do?”
"Ci Ming, he just wanted to...just wanted to..."
"I don't know. Isn't life in Prince Jin's Mansion bad now? Do you have to get involved in this muddy water? This credit will not count. If you lose, what can you get in exchange? "
There is no ability to protect yourself, no ability to increase the bet, and even no qualifications to split the bet.
Is this really explaining what is important about participation?
Relying on the merits of Conglong, let Yu Ciming return to Jin to become an official and a prefect?
This is really treating Yan people as fools.
"Ciming means that he wants to plan for the next generation, hoping that the next generation can have a better future."
Zheng Fan shook his head helplessly,
< br>Stretch out your hand and
place it on the table.
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment,
Looking at Marquis Zheng's hand, then at Marquis Zheng, and then at Marquis Zheng's hand, Marquis Zheng made a move with his fingers.
The Queen Mother took a deep breath and put her hand up.
Zheng Houye was not polite and started to touch it after holding it.
He is not a pervert who does not know etiquette and is purely indulgent, but this kind of petty sentiment is still acceptable, just as a consultation fee.
"Listen to my advice. So far, I don't know who is losing or winning. I advise our son...
Oh no, I advise your son to be calm and don't forget the loss he suffered last time. ”
The last loss was caused by
Yu Ciming also wanted to gamble,
he did not want to continue to be the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, or was waiting to be completely divided and abdicated by the three families;
But the result of the gamble was that the Jin State in name only collapsed completely.
When the Queen Mother heard this, her hands began to feel cold. Fortunately, Lord Zheng's hands were relatively warm.
"I know, I know." The Queen Mother nodded.
"Take care of yourself."
Zheng Houye let go of his hand, somewhat reluctantly, but he still had to let go.
Pick up the magic pill,
get up,
walk to the entrance of the hall.
After standing for a while, Juggernaut and Yu Ciming came back.
Yu Ciming had tears on his face, obviously he had cried.
The Juggernaut's expression remained calm.
"Your Majesty, it's getting late, I'm going back first."
"Xiao Wang is seeing off the Marquis."
"No need, Your Majesty, don't let me It’s hard for a prince to do this, and I don’t want to be accused of being domineering by the imperial censor in a few days.”
Soon,
Zheng Fan and Sword Master sat back in the carriage,
The carriage drove out of the palace. This time, they were really going home.
In the carriage,
Zheng Houye looked at his palm;
The Sword Master was the first to speak: "It's boring."
"Let me guess, has he shown affection to you and acted rationally?"
"Absolutely."
"The Queen Mother asked me, which prince will win."
The Sword Master smiled when he heard this, and Zheng Fan also laughed.
Zheng Fan raised his hand and stopped laughing,
Said:
"It's quite interesting. I deal with human beings all day long, and only when I meet a fool do I finally realize that this is still the human world."
"It's all over." Jian Saint said.
The Sword Master has long given up on restoring the country, even if his surname is Yu.
"Tomorrow the eldest prince comes back. He and I are equals, so I will go out of the city to greet him."
King Zhenbei and King Jingnan will not go.
“Today, I had a fulfilling life.” The sword master said with emotion.
Although he didn't fire a sword, he still felt a little tired.
"Tomorrow is the last peace before the storm."
Tomorrow night, there will be a dinner in the palace.
At that time,
there will be singing and dancing, and all the ministers will be in place;
The emperor and the two princes will demonstrate what a true iron triangle alliance is and what true mutual dependence is. Yanzhu stone.
The princes will also sit together and toast to Dayan’s future.
The ministers sent one after another flattery and praise.
Everything will be extremely beautiful.
Then,
at the next day's court meeting, the real fight for the right to take over will be presented in the most cold and bloody way.
Ji Laoliu said just now,
Without his father who kept pushing back, these brothers would not be enough for him to fight.
In the past, he had not fully launched his attack, but had always taken steps or maintained a strong position. This was entirely because even if he made a general attack, in the end, when his father's will came down, he would just have wasted his energy.
Zheng Houye is looking forward to it very much.
I am looking forward to Ji Laoliu’s methods showing up the day after tomorrow.
As for picking up the eldest prince tomorrow, it is not because of Ji Laoliu, because the eldest prince is in the same position as himself in this battle to win the heir.
If we say that the emperor, King Jingnan and King Zhenbei are sitting on the upper chair watching the gladiatorial fight; behind them, there are maids holding umbrellas, and there are rich refreshments on the tea table beside them;
Then,
he and the eldest prince were just like holding their hands on the railing, barefoot, looking at the excitement inside, and making a little giggle.
Going to pick up the eldest prince was purely for the sake of our friendship back then.
The first prince captured the Snow Customs and was able to defend it because of the great efforts of the eldest prince. He took the large carrot seal carved by Xue San and deceived many tribes in the snow plain. The blood of the Ji family had to accept the service of barbarian women. When they came back, they actually brought back two large barbarian women for the sake of the overall situation and friendship with Yanye.
At this point, Lord Zheng went out of the city to meet him.
At this time, the Sword Master said:
“Why can’t we simply seize the direct descendant?”
Zheng Fan knows what the Sword Master means;
Kill Competitor, don’t you win?
Why use the method of party struggle at the court meeting?
This may be the problem-solving thinking that Jianghu people are most accustomed to.
“It’s different, but yes, it must be there, but it is the last resort after all.”
Zheng Fan smiled and said:
br>
“Although that guy has no formal appearance and no airs when he is with me, he is just like a street gangster, but deep down, he is actually very ruthless.”
"Just like you?"
"..." Zheng Fan.
The sword master raised his hand and said:
“You continue.”
"It's almost the same. He must have thought about it a long time ago, but when the time comes, he won't be polite.
In those days, Ji Laoliu was a head catcher in Nan'an County, and he wanted to kill others. Girl, he has figured it out and wants to go back to the capital.
Guess what?”
“What’s wrong?” The swordsman wanted to hear more, so he said.
“The young seventh prince fell into the water while flying a kite in the palace and contracted the cold. Your Majesty went to visit his youngest son.
Then, the seventh prince flew the whistle kite that Ji Laoliu had originally given to his younger brother. "
The Sword Master heard the words and nodded.
"The fifth prince is currently busy consolidating the river embankment and repairing the river work. He is on the river embankment almost every day. Do you remember, when we came out of Fengxin City and passed Yupan City before crossing Wangjiang River, who was the garrison general of Yupan City? "
"I remember that Ran Min who killed his wife in order to gain power. "Sword Master said.
"Ran Min is from Nan'an County. He was sentenced to death that year. Ji Laoliu originally wanted to join my Sheng Le Army, but something went wrong and he didn't go.
But this man did live up to his expectations and got up on his own again.
I don’t believe that Ji Laoliu really forgot about this death row prisoner who had a drink with him at the county government office. Even if he had forgotten, he should have remembered it long ago.
Then,
He became the garrison general of Yupan City, with thousands of horsemen under his command.
But if you need anything, say hello and go straight up and down the Wangjiang River to see the five princes on the embankment, haha. ”
The sword master nodded again.
"The fourth prince leads the military camp. Originally, with the fall of the Deng family, his mother's family has actually declined long ago, but there are still some people in the Ministry of War who are willing to help him.
People , are all very realistic, and this is the reality of being an official. The Deng family has become a piece of shit because of the first defeat at Wangjiang. He himself, under the current situation where the crown prince and the sixth prince are fighting for the throne. , I could stand aside Very soon, there was no one who would really care about the old relationship and never leave him.
There were even old generals from the Deng family who could take the initiative to defect to him and help him pull up this battalion.
< br>He himself does not think that the authorities are obsessed with him, and he always feels that he has been in glory before, and the Deng family was also a towering tree back then. It is true that the trees will fall apart, but there will always be a few nostalgic monkeys left behind.
But what he didn't know was that the monkey left behind didn't want to eat peaches, but wanted to eat human flesh. "
Zheng Houye opened the precious snuff bottle that Ji Laoliu left in the carriage,
waved it around,
continued;
"And Wen Yin, whom the prince used to recruit people from the world, was the death of Ji Laoliu. Although Wen Yin suddenly died suddenly for some unknown reason, I don't believe that he would only let Wen Yin go for his main competitor. There.
When Ji Laoliu was not even ten years old, His Majesty hugged him and said with a smile that he was the most like him;
When the Min family was exterminated,
the other princes were still busy Play nice and cute to please their father.
With tears in his eyes, he began to take over the financial resources left by the Min family.
Imagine that when the big kid and the little kid are playing together, the little kid is already using gold and silver to bribe the cronies around the big kid, and even install cronies for them;
Hehehe, hehehe.
Isn’t it interesting?
Sword Maid is a born swordsman, but he, Ji Laoliu, has no talent for martial arts, but his brain is indeed that of a child prodigy since he was a child, or is he born a bad boy?
Also,
Do you know why I believe what he said? It’s that sentence. Without His Majesty’s intervention, his brothers would not be enough to fight.
Because,
if we do not consider the variables that may arise in the Secret Service and the Lu family,
Ji Laoliu,
is fully capable of doing so in an instant Time,
Let his brothers,
All burped. "(End of this chapter)