Bright Spring

Lady Xu sighed resentfully: "I feel that we are just like the goods in the market. If it is useful, we will sell it, and if it is useless, we will throw it far away, alas!"

My aunt comforted me with kind words: "It depends on who..."

Ms. Xu bowed her head and only cared about her self-pity.

The aunt said seriously again: "As long as your father can get out of the predicament and have a place in the court, you don't have to worry too much. You see, aunt is also a person who has been married once, so can he marry your uncle again? He is also A marquis."

Miss Xu couldn't get out of her depression and depression, she murmured: "This world is so boring, I really want to become a monk. Or find a poor and humble young man, maybe he can treat me well."

Auntie sneered and said: "If you think so, then you are wrong. If you and others, I am afraid that the fate of a mouse entering the bellows, let alone deal with it.".

Chapter 4 Eleven Hot Potatoes

One night later, the servant of Geng Tong's family in the criminal department found an exquisite envelope wrapped in red paper at the door of the house.The brightly colored thing was spotted at a glance.

The servant opened the paper bag, and saw the envelope inside which said: This is a matter of general importance, and I respectfully ask Officer Geng to open it personally.Seeing this, the servant didn't dare to keep it in his hand, and hurried to the door of the inner house, saying that he had something to ask to see the master.

Geng Tong, who had just woken up and was still wearing obscene clothes, put on a cotton shirt and summoned his servants.Geng Tong took the unopened letter, checked it back and forth, tore open the seal, and took out the letter inside to read.

This is a whistleblower letter.The person who sued was Guo Ming, the son of Wuding Hou Guoying, the father of the current imperial concubine Guo Yan, and the father-in-law of the King of Han.

The letter stated that Guo Ming was very dissatisfied with his family's situation and was full of complaints.

Guo Ming discussed with people several times that Emperor Taizong had always disliked Jinshang. He felt that Jinshang was too fat and would lose the dignity of the royal family, and he would accomplish nothing. "Be like yourself", so he reluctantly named Jinshang; Taizong's throne was intended to be passed on to his grandson, not his son.

If it weren't for Zhu Zhanji, the throne now belongs to the King of Han, why is the Guo family so embarrassed...

The letter was well written, where, Guo Ming's demeanor and tone were clearly described, as if the informer had witnessed it with his own eyes.Just hide the name of the interlocutor, or don't want to implicate others.

Geng Tong put it away immediately after reading it, and paced up and down the room with a very serious expression.He immediately told the servant: "Don't spread the news about receiving this secret letter! Tell those who have seen it to shut up!"

The servant hurriedly bowed worryingly: "Little one obeys."

But Geng Tong didn't trust those illiterate rough people, and it might not be effective to say hello.What's more, if the informer fails once, he can still tell others.

Geng Tong felt that if this matter was not handled properly, even he would be implicated!

It is very serious that the whistleblower letter talks about the emperor's family affairs indiscriminately, and Guo Ming involved is also a relative of the emperor.Once this secret letter is handed in, the emperor will be furious, and it is hard to say who to send the anger to; but the Guo family and the Han Palace must hate Geng Tong.But the fire can't be wrapped in paper, and it won't work if you don't pay it!

Geng Tong held the hot potato and was lost in thought.How he ate breakfast, put on his official uniform, and how he went to the imperial city, I can't remember the details clearly when he turned around, it was as if he had lost his soul.

When he arrived at the imperial gate, he finally came back to his senses, and quickly stretched out his hand to straighten the black gauze hat, and pulled the green robe official uniform on his body.The Ming Dynasty was a state of etiquette and morality, and it was a crime to go to the temple with disheveled clothes.

"Today the emperor will not come to the imperial gate to listen to the government." The eunuch reminded.

Only then did Geng Tong realize that the day was not right, he was really out of his mind today.

He put his hands into his pockets, looked up at the majestic Fengtian Gate with double eaves, looked back, and looked at the eunuch Haitao standing beside him.Haitao was born in the mansion of Prince Yan's son, and is the eunuch's confidant.

"By the way..." Geng Tong took out the informant letter wrapped in red paper from his pocket, and said, "There is an important thing that Eunuch Fan Hai took into the palace and presented it to His Majesty. This is... my home this morning. Something the slave picked up at the door."

Haitao stretched out his hands and said, "Our family will be sent to Dongnuan Pavilion immediately."

Geng Tong asked, "Has the Holy Majesty arrived at Dongnuan Pavilion?"

"Yes! Now the court is full of troubles, the emperor sleeps late and wakes up early every day, and he has lost weight!" Hai Tao said after taking the things.

It was hard for Geng Tong to imagine the thinner appearance of the Holy Majesty, but he suddenly regretted giving the things to Haitao!

As a scientific officer, Geng Tong's rank is not high, but he is a small official with a detached status in the court.Even the Emperor Tai|Zu warned his descendants not to kill the Yanguan, because the officials of science and Taoism are the Yanguan.In the six temples, even the senior officials of Shangshu Shilang Temple can't do anything about such small officials.What's more, Geng Tong was the first group of people who persuaded the Holy Master to enter...so he can go directly to the Qianqing Gate and hand things over to the Holy Master in person.

What's the difference?Geng Tong wasn't worried about Haitao's refusal to make friends. The current eunuchs don't have the guts to intervene in the relationship between the monarch and his ministers.Geng Tong only realized later that the informant letter had been torn apart; as long as it passed through someone else's hands, someone else might see the contents.

But Haitao had already grabbed the things in his hands, and Geng Tong finally couldn't pull himself together and wanted to come back.

... The report|secret letter was indeed delivered to Zhu Gaochi.

Emperor Zhu Gaochi was sitting on his big golden nanmu chair covered with leopard, tiger and lion skins.The eunuch Haitao bowed and presented the things, and said: "Report to the emperor, the criminal department informed Geng about the matter, and said that the things picked up at the door of his house this morning should be brought in by the servants to present to the emperor."

Zhu Gaochi opened the paper bag and saw a torn letter lying inside, so he took out the letter to read.

"Bang!" Zhu Gaochi suddenly slapped the imperial case with his palm, and immediately the tea cups, inkstones, writing brushes, memorials and other objects on the case bounced up and fell back onto it in a mess.

The fat on his face trembled, and immediately crumpled the letter into a ball.

The eunuch Haitao and the other servants were so frightened that they knelt down on the ground, not daring to make a sound.

After a while, Zhu Gaochi unfolded and smoothed the crumpled paper again.He thought for a while, kneaded into a ball again, looked up at the copper brazier by the wall, and threw it out, saying: "Burn it!"

Haitao kowtowed and said, "Your servant obeys the order."

After all, if Zhu Gaochi wants to engage Guo Ming, he can't use the reasons in the secret letter!It's so embarrassing.

Zhu Gaochi took a deep breath, the flesh on his chest heaved for a while, but his cold expression at least calmed down a bit.

Regardless of whether the secret letter is true or not, Zhu Gaochi doesn't want to find out the truth!Because even without this secret letter, Zhu Gaochi still finds Guo Ming very unpleasant, and has long wanted to mess with him!With today's secret letter, Zhu Gaochi will only aggravate this kind of thinking, and cannot change his attitude towards Guo Ming.

Therefore, in Zhu Gaochi's view, this secret letter has no value other than making him unhappy, and it would not be a pity to burn it.

Guo Ming is extremely like a fool!He just wanted to watch the fire from the other side and watch the brothers of the Zhu family fight to death, so that he could profit from it.Zhu Gaochi now hates this kind of people extremely!

There is also Concubine Guo, born to Guo Ming's concubine. Zhu Gaochi thought she didn't understand power | power struggle, and she was pure and kind-hearted, so he liked her very much.But now it seems that Concubine Guo is intriguing in the East Palace and is involved in some conspiracy.The death of the first emperor caught Zhu Gaochi by surprise, and now he is in a lot of trouble, and Concubine Guo has not ruled out the suspicion.

Zhu Gaochi wanted Guo Fu to pay the price a long time ago!

Just because the first emperor passed away and there was another explanation in the palace, Zhu Gaochi couldn't say that Concubine Guo had the slightest suspicion, he could only swallow his hatred into his stomach.Although Zhu Gaochi has already ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, it is not good to destroy a descendant of a meritorious official, a relative of the emperor, on unwarranted charges, that would put everyone in danger; that's why the matter has been delayed until now.

I have to find a passable reason and make Guo Ming unlucky as soon as possible!

Chapter 4 Twelve From Fear

Vigorous horns and high-pitched cymbals resounded across the vast plain, and the sound of "rumbling" drums sounded like thunder on the ground, awakening the ancient silence of the windless and humid land of the Chief Minister of Sichuan.

The sky at dawn was pitch black, but a ray of morning glow suddenly rose in the east.The densely packed spears and flags all turned into gloomy black shadows against the backdrop of the rays of the sun.The grand and orderly footsteps beat the heaven and the earth rhythmically amidst the sound of drums; the hurried horseshoes changed the comfortable and leisurely atmosphere here.

Under the stone plaque engraved with two mottled characters of "Chengdu", the heavy city gate slowly opened.

Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, in a cyan uniform, is riding a big brown horse, surrounded by civil servants in official uniforms, military generals in armor, and female Taoist priests in veiled caps.

On the official road outside the city, groups of soldiers who have just paid their full year's salary are marching in the southeast direction in an orderly manner. The filial uniforms tied on countless people's heads are spread out, and the atmosphere is chilling.At this time, a group of people on horseback ran in the opposite direction, coming towards the city gate.

In front of the team of knights, a tall and majestic man in armor in front of him is Qu Neng, the forward general of this expedition.

"King of Han!" Qu Neng shouted and patted his horse forward.He turned over and knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said: "The last general is ordered to set off early this morning."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't respond immediately, he climbed down from the horse first, the uniform on his body was too loose, it was extremely inconvenient to get on and off the horse.He stepped forward, helped Qu Neng up with his own hands, and then said: "General Qu is free, I hope the general will go first, and the flag will win! A few days later, this king will come with his army personally."

Without the reinforcements from the Sichuan guards, there was no test for the forwards to capture Chongqing. However, Qu Neng still had to set up a big battalion in the east to manage the defense of Dajiang.If Sichuan is in danger, the main source is the Huguang army in the east; the eastern front is very important, so Zhu Gaoxu will keep a capable general like Qu Neng.