A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 661
Shocked in Sheng Hong's heart, he suddenly sat up, "Ouch!" There was a sharp pain in his waist, and Wang hurriedly stepped forward to support him, complaining, "I'm so surprised, my waist is gone?!"

Sheng Hong ignored Wang's nagging, and hurriedly asked his wife to repeat Qi Heng's words again. Seeing the official's serious face, Wang became nervous, "Is there something serious about to happen?"

The first thing Sheng Hong thought of was the official family, but when the old emperor went to court the day before yesterday, although the old emperor's complexion was not very good, it didn't change much from before, and he might last for a while, and there was no bad news from the palace in the past two days.There hasn't been any major disturbances in Tokyo City recently, but son-in-law Qi Heng won't be aimless.
Sheng Hong dragged his injured old waist to the Shou'an Hall, and together with Mrs. Sheng, he would rather believe what he had or not, and be careful sailing for thousands of years!
"Hong'er, remember to prepare more firewood, rice, oil and salt. If this messes up, even if you have money, you can't buy it."

"Son, I've made a note. I'll ask the housekeeper to prepare food for an extra month."

With an order, several side doors of the Sheng Mansion were immediately closed. Except for the purchasers, everyone else stayed at home honestly, and doubled their patrols at night.
At noon the next day, Sheng Hong put down the idle book in his hand, looked at the time, it was almost lunch time, and stretched himself, the days of being a salted fish were really comfortable.

"Teng Teng Teng!" A burst of hurried footsteps sounded in his ears, and when he turned his head, he saw the second son hastily ran into the house.He said with some displeasure, "It's unbecoming to be so flustered."

Sheng Changbai cupped his hands and said, "Father, the government decreed that the crown prince be conferred!"

Prince! !
"Who?" Sheng Hong sat up, his old waist was hurt again, he grinned his teeth in pain, and rubbed his teeth, "Who is the official canonization as the crown prince?"

Sheng Changbai said, "Zhao Cefen of Jinzhou."

Wei Guogong's Mansion
"Zhao Cefen?" Wei Guogong Zhao Zhonghan looked puzzled, and turned to look at his big housekeeper.

The big butler shook his head, "I've never heard of this person, but the word 'Ce' should be from the lineage of the Taizu, Kuang De Weizong Ce, the generation of the great-great-great-grandson of the Taizu, in Jinzhou, it should be the late Jin Observation envoy of the state, son of Xinxing Hou Zhao Zongyu."

"Xinxing Hou, Zhao Zongyu, seems to have been dead for six or seven years. I remember that this old boy is very fertile. He seems to have more than a dozen sons and daughters." Zhao Zhonghan said to the big housekeeper, "Go and find out right away, where is this Zhao Cefen now?"

A barracks in the eastern suburbs of the capital

"Zhao Cefen?" Zhao Ceying, the deputy training envoy of the Yuzhou regiment, said in surprise, "I recognize this person. This time, he is the youngest in the same examination room as me. He is only 9 years old this year! How could the officials choose this person?" To be a prince, even though he is smart, his hair doesn't grow well. The official body will only be able to do it." Zhao Ceying slapped his thigh and suddenly said, "The current empress wants to be Liu E, and she will be called in the court!"

In ancient times, as a female concubine, she could only stay in the inner palace, and could not go to the outer court, that is, the so-called "male dominates the outside, and the woman dominates the interior". The current government handles state affairs".

From the beginning of Qin Shihuang, the emperor's orders were specially called "zhi" and "zhao", and the official announcements were called "gao". The meaning of "power"; the two are called together, that is, the system of Linchao.

Zhao Zongquan, Dongxiang Uncle of the Yuzhou Regiment, hastily looked at the door and found nothing unusual. He turned his head and glared at his son, "You can call Empress Dowager Liu's name, do you know that misfortune comes from your mouth?"

"I know, I know, it's just the two of us in the room." Zhao Ceying nodded nonchalantly, he was a very cautious old man, never said what shouldn't be said, never did what shouldn't be done, the only one who was bold After all, even if he participated in this reserve selection, he used a trick and secretly signed up for his father, so he had to drive the duck to the shelves.

Uncle Dongxiang Zhao Zongquan stroked his beard and said, "It makes sense for the official to quietly issue a secret edict to me. Now that the crown prince is confirmed, King Yan will definitely not be reconciled and will definitely take risks, but we only have a thousand orders in hand." sergeant."

"Papa," came the knock on the door, "Uncle."

"Come in."

Gu Tingye pushed the door into the room, closed the door smoothly, came to the coffee table, saluted the two, and sat down cross-legged, "The killer has already explained, just like the previous waves, they are all the killers sent by King Yan .”

Ever since the news of Gu Hou's death from his son's anger spread to Bian Jingshi, Gu Tingye's reputation was worse than that of a stinking ditch. However, his good friend Sheng Changbai still persisted. The road to the imperial examination was blocked by the emperor. Gu Tingye followed his good friend's advice, He concealed his identity and prepared to join the army.

Originally, Gu Tingye wanted to join the imperial army, but none of his relatives and friends were willing to help. It happened that Dongxiang Bo Zhao Zongquan recruited soldiers and bought horses. He found out that Zhao Zongquan was from the clan and participated in the selection of the heir. Gu Tingye joined him.

In two months, he performed well in several bandit suppression campaigns, and was promoted to the head of Chengdu by Zhao Zongquan (the capital head of the Northern Song Dynasty army, which is equivalent to the current company commander level, and each has a full staff of 100 people).

Zhao Ceying patted the coffee table and said with a sneer, "Sure enough, he is still King Yan. Since we received the secret edict, we have been assassinated two or three times a day.

The officials gave us the secret edict, but they didn't act according to their good intentions, making King Yan mistakenly think that those of us who got the secret edict would be candidates for the prince, and then the two sides fought to the death.

In this way, King Yan's threat was greatly reduced, and his strength and energy were dispersed. He just helped the little boy to sit on the reserve seat! "

Gu Tingye asked curiously, "The prince has been selected?"

Zhao Yingce said, "I just received the news report from the capital. In the morning, the court officials announced the candidate for the crown prince. His name is Zhao Cefen. He is 9 years old this year!"

"9 years old? Isn't this the same age as today's officials become the crown prince? Empress Cao also wants to be Liu E's second?"

Zhao Yingce laughed and patted Gu Tingye on the shoulder, a hero who sees the same thing.Uncle Dongxiang Zhao Zongquan glanced at the door again, and whispered, "Zhong Huai speaks carefully!"

Gu Tingye hurriedly cupped his hands, and after thinking about it, he said worriedly, "Although the crown prince has been settled, the enmity between us and King Yan is finally settled."

Zhao Yingce nodded and said, "King Yan probably won't have time to take care of us from now on. Since he dared to send killers to assassinate our royal family members these days, it means that he has already lost his boat and will raise his flag to rebel soon. If King Yan succeeds in rebelling, wait He is firmly seated on the throne and will never let us go."

Gu Tingye and Zhao Yingce exchanged glances, understood each other's intentions, and said, "Didn't the official's imperial decree to Lord Hou mention that Lord Hou should try his best to assist the prince? When King Yan rebels, we can justifiably send troops If the rebellion is suppressed, then not only will the grievances with King Yan be settled, but also a great cause will be done."

Zhao Yingce was full of enthusiasm, and clapped his hands heavily, "What Zhonghuai said is exactly what I thought," turning his head to look at his father and saying, "Father?"

Uncle Dongxiang, Zhao Zongquan, knew what his son and Gu Tingye were thinking. If he succeeded, he would definitely make a lot of money, but the chances of success were pitifully small with the strength of thousands of people in his hands. After hesitating for a while, he felt that it was too risky. He died lightly, "King Yan is very powerful, with only a few people in our hands, it is impossible for a gnat to shake a tree."

Zhao Yingce hurriedly activated the skill of 'Slick Tongue', and explained his own advantages, such as fierce generals like clouds, brave soldiers, one person worth a thousand soldiers, and Gu Tingye also chimed in, listing the various disadvantages of King Yan, and the court has so many Many soldiers and horses, when they take the imperial decree, they can immediately recruit tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, which is not much worse than King Yan.
In a deep mansion two miles east of Tokyo City, King Yan was throwing a banquet, inviting all generals to have wine and fun, of course Yingying and Yanyan were indispensable for such an occasion.In the center of the banquet hall, more than a dozen oiran ladies are dancing, showing their slender waists and jade arms when they inadvertently stretch their bodies, the hem of their clothes fluttering with the breeze, and the flashing eyes of beautiful eyes, making a group of rough men short of breath , with red eyes.
King Yan picked up the wine glass and was about to have a drink with the distinguished guests beside him, when his nose suddenly itched unbearably, "Ah, sneezing!" He sneezed, and muttered to himself, which grandson spoke ill of him behind his back!
"My lord, there is news from the palace." The butler approached the lord and whispered the report.

Yan Wang stood up and drank a cup with all the generals, motioned everyone to keep their noses high, then walked to the study, sat down, and asked, "Which date is it?"

The chief steward said, "Three days later, at the five quarters of the hour (3 o'clock) the crown prince will be conferred in the Daqing Palace!"

King Yan sneered and said, "It seems that the old guy is dying. According to the usual practice, it takes at least half a month to prepare for such an important ceremony." Picking up the teacup, he drank a couple of sips, and said angrily, "Gu has endured humiliation all these years and has been doing errands. I tried my best and spent countless gold and silver, but in the end I was no match for a child with a yellow mouth. Since the old man can't bear it, don't blame me for being unrighteous." The teacup in his hand fell hard to the ground.

Qin Guogong stood up excitedly, cupped his hands and said, "Father, when will the incident start?"

He was getting impatient for a long time.Prince Yan's Mansion has already controlled one-third of the Imperial Army in Tokyo City, and the imperial city is at your fingertips. Once the emperor is under control, an imperial edict will belong to Da Song. As the only son, Da Song will belong to him sooner or later.

King Yan laughed and said, "Didn't he be canonized as the crown prince in three days? Then it will be on that day. The ceremony is all ready. It just saves me to do it later. The old man's face must be very exciting then!"

Qin Guogong congratulated, "When the father becomes the prince"

King Yan waved his hand and interrupted, "What kind of prince is he? Just ask the old guy to write the edict of abdication, and the prince's canonization will be changed to the enthronement ceremony. It happened to be the time when my son was also canonized as the prince."

Seeing Yan Wang and his son singing together, the chief counselor secretly complained, so hasty, too careless.
Four Seas Trading Company
After receiving the news that King Yan raised his rebellion three days later, Wang Lidong immediately activated the "overall contingency plan for emergencies".

Whenever there is a rebellion, it is inevitable to smash, smash, loot and burn. The goods in many shops under the Four Seas Trading Company are worth more than one million coins, and there are many money shops.
After arranging the affairs of the business company, Wang Lidong rushed to Haidong Hospital without stopping.When the three Korean girls heard that they could go home immediately to visit their relatives, they threw themselves into Wang Lidong's arms happily.
Early the next morning, Wang Lidong supported the waist and personally sent the three Korean girls onto the high-speed clipper boat. Standing at the dock of the Bianhe River, watching the boats gradually move away, he felt a little bit sad in his heart. That's right.
Sitting in the carriage, Fugui asked in a low voice,
"My lord, do you want to remind the shareholders about the rebellion against King Yan?"

"Reminder. Take this opportunity to see where the pg of the shareholders are sitting!"

Wang Lidong opened the paper bag in his hand, it was crispy fried small dried fish, just now when Yun'er boarded the boat, he stuffed it into his hand, he said he got up in the middle of the night to make it, picked one up, put it in his mouth and chewed it , very crispy, but a bit salty, I handed it to Fugui, "Would you like to try it?"

Fu Gui was not too polite, he took two of them and stuffed them into his mouth, after two mouthfuls, he immediately praised, "Miss Yun'er's craftsmanship is really good, the taste is not worse than that of snack shops."

"By the way, go and have a look at the yard near Haidong Courtyard. The bigger the better, the price is not outrageous, so I'll buy it right away."

"My lord, we have quite a few big yards in our hands."

"Those are too far away from Haidong Hospital, it's inconvenient."

"Okay, I see. The bigger the better? How many people are you going to live in?"

"do not know."

"Ah? Young Master, who is going to live in this courtyard?"

"Yun'er, Duohui and their sisters, it depends on how many they bring back."

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the sky over Tokyo was covered with dark clouds, a scene of "the mountains and rain are about to come and the wind is full of buildings".

Before Mao Shi (5 o'clock) in the morning, Mrs. Wang woke up. Today is the big day for the canonization of the crown prince. Sheng Hong and Chang Bai had to rush outside the palace gate before five quarters Mao Shi (6 o'clock).

After working for less than half an hour, I saw the father and son sitting in a two-wheeled carriage, "Gazi Gazi" drove away, and when I returned to Wei Ruixuan, I saw my little daughter sitting at the dining table with sleepy eyes and eating breakfast slowly, and I was suddenly out of breath. Chu came, stepped forward and scolded, "What did you tell me last night to get you up early to help. I'm going to get married soon, and when I enter the Duke's mansion, I still sleep in every day. Let's see how your future mother-in-law treats you!"

Ru Lan said eloquently, "I've already inquired about it. Brother Heng's house always eats breakfast at 7 o'clock, as long as I get up before that. Brother Heng doesn't have to go to court, I wake up so early to do breakfast." What?"

Mrs. Wang thought about it, and what the younger daughter said was quite reasonable, but her heart was not going well, so she grabbed her little daughter and continued to spit.

Ru Lan hurriedly took out the handkerchief and wiped her face, then frowned and said, "Mother, did you quarrel with Daddy just now?"

Sitting on the round stool with a PG, Wang said angrily, "Your grandmother brought your aunt into the palace again for the crown prince's canonization ceremony. For so many years, every time such a good thing happens, she never thinks of me."

Ru Lan suddenly said, "Yesterday, Aunt Kang came here to show off to you, right?"

Wang groaned twice.

Ru Lan said speechlessly, "Mother, this kind of ceremony is nothing to watch. Standing around for a few hours, and finally watching a child wear a hat, it's better to be comfortable at home."

Wang was so angry that talking to this tired slob was just playing the piano to the cow.

At this time, a servant girl came to the side and reported, "Mistress, the young master has arrived in the front hall."

Wang was a little surprised. Although Qi Heng didn't go to court, he was still an official. Logically, at this time, he should be in the palace.

Ru Lan put down the custard bag in her hand, also a little surprised, "Why is Second Brother Heng here?"

When the mother and daughter came to the front hall, Wang Lidong hurriedly got up and bowed, "I've seen my aunt." "I've seen my fifth sister."

Wang said, "Brother Heng, is there something urgent?"

Wang Lidong nodded and said, "There is an important matter that I want to discuss with my aunt and the old lady."

Wang asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Wang Lidong whispered, "Human life is a matter of heaven and earth."

Surprised, Wang asked what was going on, and Wang Lidong said that he would wait until he saw the old lady.

After a while, the three of them entered the Shou'an Hall, and Mrs. Sheng was also very surprised to see Wang Lidong, and after greeting Wang Lidong to sit down, she asked why.

After Wang Lidong let all the servants go out, he whispered, "King Yan will rebel today."

"Clap!"

Wang's hands trembled, the teacup fell to the ground and shattered, and he said in a trembling voice, "Brother Heng, you said Yan Wang rebelled?"

Wang Lidong nodded and said, "Aunt heard that right. Uncle and Changbai have both gone to the palace. The Sheng family is now full of women, so I am a little worried. So I want to pick up my aunt, the old lady and Xiao Wu Xiao Liu to my residence for a while. .”

The old lady was also in a panic. She has seen countless storms and waves in her life, but she has never encountered rebellion, but she has never eaten pork, and she has seen pigs run away. Human life is the most worthless in times of chaos.

There is no man in the family, and the servant servant will take advantage of the chaos and have bad thoughts.
Incredible!

The old lady calmed down, took it easy, and confirmed to Wang Lidong again, "Is this news accurate? When did Brother Heng find out about it? Did you tell the officials about it?"

Wang Lidong said without blushing, "I just received the news this morning, and it's [-]% reliable! I don't have any evidence in my hand, how can such a big matter be empty talk."

The old lady nodded, and when she saw Mrs. Wang looking like a chicken without a head, she angrily said, "What are you panicking! The sky hasn't fallen yet."

Wang cried, "Mother, the officials and Bai'er are in the palace now, this sword has no eyes, what if?"

The old lady Sheng is also in a hurry. If one of them is injured, half of the Sheng family will collapse. If the entire army of two people is wiped out, then the Sheng family will be finished." "Brother Heng, you have a good relationship in the palace, can you find a way to inform Hong'er and Bai Geer?"

"Today is the crown prince canonization ceremony. The guards in the palace are tight, and everyone is busy running around. When we find someone familiar to help spread the word, King Yan's army may come in." Wang Lidong hurriedly comforted, "No matter who is the emperor, the court There must be someone to work, and there will be no killing of civil servants. As long as my uncle and Changbai hide well, their lives will be safe."

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and Fugui trotted into the house, reporting in a low voice, "King Yan's army has assembled before a stick of incense, and it is estimated that they will reach Tokyo City in half an hour."

Wang Lidong looked at the old lady, and the old lady Sheng considered for a moment, then decided, "Go to Brother Heng's house."

Ming Lan asked aloud, "Second Brother Heng, Big Brother Naxuan."

Wang Lidong smiled and said, "Sixth sister, don't worry. My aunt has been feeling unwell recently. Two days ago, my uncle accompanied me to Yaojiazhuang in the suburbs to recuperate. My elder brother also accompanied me there. There are more than 2000 guards in Yaojiazhuang alone, so it's very safe."

Ru Lan asked, "What about the princess and the Duke?"

Wang Lidong said, "Father went to Jingdong Road to inspect the salt department yesterday, and mother also went with him."

What a coincidence!

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