Farmer’s Blessed Girl

"In addition to the rooster gems that have been carved, they also polished other small accessories, and left a large piece that could not shine. The craftsman's head hid some stones and tried to transport the peeled shell home. In addition to him, other craftsmen also secretly hid some intercepted luminous stone beads."

The status of artisans was very low, especially in Gaochang, where artisans were controlled by nobles.

In their spare time, they farm in the village, and when necessary, they are directly recruited. They need a lot of money to break away from the craftsmanship.

So they hid things and didn't dare to sell them for a while, so they hid them quietly.

Master Tang said: "That rooster gem was given to the Gaochang royal family by that powerful person. Until the fourteenth year of Dazhen, when King Gaochang formed an alliance with the Turks, His Majesty sent Hou Ji, Xue Wan and others to conquer Gaochang, and the kingdom of Gaochang was destroyed. The gem was hidden by Hou Ji."

Isn't the fourteenth year of Dazhen just two years ago?

Bai Shan asked, "So Hou Ji doesn't know there's something wrong with this stone?"

Master Tang raised his mouth slightly and said meaningfully: "The Prince Gaochang, who once owned this gem, knew that there was something wrong with this gem. In the fourteenth year of Dazhen, his back house gave birth to two problematic children. Not to mention, the eldest son still had a nosebleed and died of weakness. He invited a lot of doctors to come to the door, and finally the people from the Buddhist temple told him that there was a problem with the stone."

"Before the Gaochang kingdom was destroyed, he had already sent people to find the villages of the craftsmen, but before he could do anything, Gaochang was destroyed. Those close to him who had served him also died, but one person was left out of those who had been to that village. He said that the eldest prince once wanted to offer his majesty gems to conspire against the royal family of our dynasty, but Houji was greedy. , and embezzled most of the property confiscated from the Gaochang royal family."

Master Tang raised his head to look at the two of them, "Unfortunately, there are ministers around the Prince Gaochang who are unwilling to be slaves, so he told Hou Ji the secret of the gem, in the hope of getting preferential treatment."

Bai Shan asked, "What about those people?"

"All dead," said Master Tang, "I didn't return to the capital, and died of illness on the way."

Those were captives, not members of the Gaochang royal family. They died when they died. Hou Ji had just made a great contribution, and the emperor and courtiers would not trouble Hou Ji for several ministers of the enemy country.

Bai Shan thought of something, "I heard that the prince and Hou Ji are not on good terms."

Lord Tang nodded, "Hou Ji greedily hid most of his property after conquest of Gaochang, and then killed the prisoners. His Highness did not like it very much, and he took the lead in impeaching him."

He said: "He was born and died with His Majesty. In the third year of Dazhen, he was named Duke of Yu, but in the sixth year of Dazhen, he indulged his slaves to occupy land in the Shangzhou circle. Unfortunately, when the prince was ordered to inspect Kyushu, he happened to arrive in Shangzhou. State."

The prince's temper was not very good at first. At that time, the slave of the Hou family was rude, so he directly cut him off.

Of course, he not only cut down other people's slaves, but also cut down Hou Ji's own younger brother.

It was Hou Ji's younger brother who instructed the slaves to enclose the land back then. Of course, it was also possible that it was Hou Ji. It's a pity that the prince cut too fast and didn't have time to ask for the confession.

However, Master Tang felt that even if he asked about it, with Hou Ji's exploits, he would probably end up with a painless reprimand. There are not many such things in the court.

His Majesty has always treated the hero very favorably.

And the prince cut off Hou Ji's younger brother, and the matter became a big one. At that time, the prince just got married, and it was a time of great beauty.

At that time, no one knew that he was infertile. The relationship between the brothers was good, and no one robbed him, so he had not lost his mind. Although he was annoyed and cut people off, he immediately entered the palace as soon as he returned to the capital. Apologizing to Hou Ji in front of the emperor and his ministers, expressing apologetically that he saw someone driving away the good people with slaves and occupying the land.

Kong Jijiu and Zhang Xueshi were of course unhappy when they saw the apology from the prince and Hou Ji they had taught. They felt that the prince did the right thing and that there was a degree of progress and retreat. Although the procedure was a bit illegal, these flaws could be ignored. .

And the poor officials headed by Wei Zhi were even more disgusted by the behavior of Xungui's circle occupying land, so they also turned a blind eye to the illegal methods of the prince and attacked Houji directly.

Even the emperor had to retreat in front of Wei Zhi's mouth, let alone Hou Ji.

His own younger brother died, and he was very annoyed at first. When he was attacked by Wei Zhi and others, he immediately lost his mind and fought with Wei Zhi in front of the emperor.

At that time, there was a very famous gang fight incident, which is still mentioned by some senior officials from time to time today.

For example, Mr. Tang's father, Mr. Tang, was very heroic and gave the opponent a kick when Hou Jichong came up, saving Mr. Wei who was standing beside him.

Of course, he was also hit on the left side of the face in the end, and his face was bruised for a long time, even Master Tang remembered it deeply.

"Your Majesty is angry that Hou Ji is making a scene in court and cannot restrain his family, so he is downgraded to Zuo Yu," Master Tang recounted the grievances and grievances of the year, and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and said: "After that, Hou Ji Sent to Liangzhou to guard, he was the first in Dazhen's 14th year to conquer Gaochang, he should have been promoted to Duke, but..."

Master Tang coughed lightly: "As a result, the prince could not see him killing the captives, and some people informed him that he was hiding his belongings, so His Royal Highness sent a letter to investigate thoroughly. His Majesty didn't want to investigate at that time..."

After all, they have only made a great contribution. As soon as the front foot has just pulled the prisoner back, the back foot has to check the others. No matter whether they know it or not, after I hear it, I will definitely think that he will not be able to tolerate the hero.

The emperor didn't want to let the heroes feel cold, and all the nobles and nobles of the half-dynasty at that time expressed their opposition, and they felt that their lips were dead and their teeth were cold, and the emperor did not want to investigate.

Master Tang said: "But the prince entered the palace overnight, and I don't know what he said to His Majesty. The next day His Majesty ordered someone to investigate. However, he did a hasty investigation and found nothing, but Hou Ji did not. Being promoted is only rewarded with a lot of things and praised several times."

But for Hou Ji, not being promoted is punishment.

Now that the world is getting more peaceful, and there are fewer and fewer wars, as military generals, it is more and more difficult for them to make achievements.

Master Tang said: "After that, Hou Ji often complained and resented the prince, so it's no secret that they were not in harmony. Judging from the information we have found now, the thing is that one of Hou Ji's disciples gave it to a Hu merchant, and the Hu merchant gave it to him. A secretary of the East Palace, and then the secretary will present it to His Royal Highness."

"Hushang and the secretary of the East Palace have taken it, and they don't know the inside story," he said, "I think Hou Ji should not have much power in the palace, so the crown prince gave you the gem, and then sent a letter to the study, and he would not Knowing that the gem has been sent, he didn't send someone to rob him until Lord Yin released the news."

Bai Shan was a little puzzled, "Master Tang, why did you tell us this?"

Prince: I am your nemesis

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