Aggrieved Fish Sprite

Taking the lives of other people's relatives as a threat may sound a little off-putting, but it is very effective.

A person who is unwilling to save even his closest relatives, even if he is loyal, will be despised by others.

For example, those generals who have tens of thousands of horses under their command always want to keep their families in Beijing, this has been the case in all dynasties.If the general has no relatives and is not married, his official career will be very variable.Nominally, this is because the imperial court values ​​the ability of officials to govern the family, to cultivate one's morality, to govern the family, to rule the country and to bring peace to the world. How can one sweep the world without sweeping a house? In fact, there are prejudices and taboos.

Needless to say prejudice, adult men do not have wives and concubines, could it be that they suffer from hidden diseases?

The taboo is to worry that such a person with no relatives and no reason will be stunned.

A large part of the reason why Liu Dan was excluded in the court was that he was alone, and declined the proposals of those court officials Xu family daughters as wives and concubines.

This is not because he is so virtuous, or how different he flaunts himself, but because his official career depends mainly on the trust of the emperor. For a certain faction, Liu Dan had no choice but to reject all of them.

But from the point of view of Wen Chen, this is an active gesture of favor. If it weren't for the fact that Liu Dan is a bit capable and has a lot of holy family members, he wouldn't even think about marrying the clan daughters!In the end, Liu Dan was shameless? !

Liu Dan rejected seven or eight families, and then found that even if he really liked a good woman from the right family, it would be difficult to marry her back, unless the Yue family was willing to risk offending the courtiers who proposed marriage before.

The military officer was suppressed in the Qi Dynasty, and life was not easy at all. Liu Dan was a hot potato in their eyes. Whoever took over took off a layer of skin first, and then they could consider the benefits brought by this son-in-law.

As soon as they hesitated, Liu Dan noticed it immediately.

The original intention of the courtiers was to suppress Liu Dan and let the warrior know what would happen if he offended them. As long as Liu Dan bowed his head, they could turn a blind eye and let go if they found any trouble.In the end, Liu Dan was also a bull-tempered person, so he threw away his hands and refused to marry him!

Generals who lead troops outside have no family in Beijing, so they are bound to be suspected by the emperor. It's okay to have only a few thousand people under his command like Liu Dan, but it's not good to go any higher.The courtiers believed that Liu Dan's official career was blocked because of this unwritten practice.

At this moment, Wenyuan Pavilion Zaifu, who was blowing cold wind outside the bedroom, despised Lu Zhang for using the family of the crown princess and the family of the chief eunuch of the East Palace to control the prince, but after thinking about it, they fell silent.

The servant just said it a little bit harshly, but are there still fewer people doing this kind of thing?

When trying every means to attack political opponents, how to bribe the opponent's staff and servants at home?When the money is not enough, it is natural to use this trick.

Among the servants, children are more valued, and the aides drag their families to live in the host's house, isn't it just to avoid this?Some are unscrupulous, even abducting other people's children and threatening them.

Of course, someone with an identity like Prime Minister Zhang would not do it himself, but he tacitly allowed his subordinates to do so.

As the emperor, Lu Zhang has many ways to control the prince, and the fact is true, the prince concubine and the head of the East Palace are not the most important move at all.

The experience in his early years made Lu Zhang have a deep desire to control, so as long as it is a chess piece that he can play, he will never forget it.Regardless of whether it is useful or not, it must be used anyway, and indulging in this kind of power that controls the life and death of others can make people miserable.

Chen Cai is usually hypocritical and submissive, and only when he is pushed hard will he spread some useful news. Lu Zhang doesn't take it seriously. Isn't that the case with the servant, who is greedy and short-sighted, afraid that his family will die, and wants to please the prince.

result--

At this moment, Lu Zhang just wanted to order someone to drag Chen Cai down and beat him to death with sticks.

It wasn't because of the betrayal of the chess pieces, but because of Chen Caixiang's taunting and weird smile.

People who are out of control, who don't suffer from the torture of power... deserve to die...

"Lu Jie! Okay, you're fine, I still underestimated you!" Lu Zhang laughed back angrily, but his body couldn't support him, and a mouthful of blood spurted out after a pause.

"His Majesty!"

The palace people in the bedroom exclaimed one after another, and stared at the prince who was forcing the palace in panic.

Meng Qi, who was eavesdropping on the roof, was very puzzled, it was just that a servant was out of control, why Lu Zhang was so angry that he vomited blood?Could it be that this is Lu Zhang's trick, pretending to be in a coma and waiting for an opportunity to come back?

There was a cat in the hall, Meng Qi hesitated for a moment, then quietly followed the cornice to the wall, and rolled into the window without a sound.

Before he landed, Meng Qi felt someone in front of him, he quickly stretched out his hand, and before the person could yell out, he tapped the acupoints.

Behind the curtain, Meng Qi and the third prince looked at each other.

A good place to hide is always unavoidable to avoid the embarrassment of being spotted one after another.

After the third prince understood what happened, a look of panic appeared in his eyes, as if he was about to faint, but his right hand tucked into his sleeve was a little unnatural.

Meng Qi saw at a glance that the third prince was hiding a weapon.

"Passing by, I'm watching the fun." Meng Qi threw out a word to reassure the third prince, he felt that if he didn't make it clear, the third prince would think about what was there and what was not, and then cause trouble.

Meng Qi gently opened the curtain, revealing a gap, and peeked at the situation in the bedroom.

Coincidentally, the palace guards supported the emperor and were driven back by Jin Yiwei, and Lu Zhang happened to be facing this direction.

Meng Qi is not a doctor, and he doesn't know how to treat diseases, but his eyes are very good.

Lu Zhang's hands and feet twitched from time to time, which was actually caused by the internal force that Meng Qi injected into him a few days ago. This method was figured out by Meng Qi when he was in Qinghu Town.

It's not fatal, it just happens from time to time.

Seeing the twitching of Lu Zhang's hands and feet, Meng Qi was very surprised. According to his original intention, the pain is painful, as long as it is not stimulated by external force (internal force from the same source), it shouldn't hurt like this.

This can't be pretended!

It is easy to pretend to be dead, but it is difficult to pretend to be sick, let alone such extremely difficult convulsions.

The imperial physician almost thought that the emperor had suffered a stroke.

So anger will intensify the scurrying of true energy in the body, and the effect will be even more terrifying?Meng Qi fell into deep thought.

At this time, Jin Yiwei came in and reported the news that the courtiers from Wenyuan Pavilion had been brought over. The prince nodded slightly, and the ministers who were drinking the cold wind outside immediately escaped from the sea of ​​suffering and entered the palace one by one.

The emperor's bedroom is very large, but now the prince came in with a group of Jinyiwei, and now the Jinyiwei of the imperial guards "brought" a group of second-rank and above important officials, and the whole palace became very crowded.

The originally remote corners like the curtain are no longer safe. There are more lights in the hall, and there are people walking around.

Mr. Chen has found an opportunity to quietly tell the prince that there is someone hiding behind the curtain, and the boots should be the third prince.

The prince looked over there, but felt something was wrong.

In the blink of an eye, there was indeed only a pair of boots, and the light vaguely illuminated the figure.

"who?"

Jin Yiwei also noticed the abnormality, and pulled open the curtain with a knife.

"Stop!" Chen Cai quickly stopped.

The third prince looked at the blade trembling, but did not shout.

Seeing that he didn't speak, everyone thought that the third prince was frightened and softened his feet, only the prince felt something was wrong, and when he was about to say something, a burst of zhenqi unlocked the acupuncture points of the third prince.

The third prince subconsciously called out, and then looked around in a panic.

The ministers of Wenyuan Pavilion felt a little uncomfortable when they saw the third prince who was acting extremely cowardly and incompetent.

At this time, it depends on the thickness of the skin. Prime Minister Zhang can hold back, while Prime Minister Jiang's ears are hot. Thinking that he agrees to support such a prince to ascend the throne, he feels ashamed and regretful.

"His Royal Highness." Prime Minister Jiang saluted the prince tremblingly.

"Don't ask the old prime minister to sit down." The prince ordered the people around him.

In the blink of an eye, four servants came, took Prime Minister Jiang out of a group of courtiers without any explanation, respectfully "pleased" him to the side, and gave him a round stool.

The rest of the courtiers were also invited to different places by Jin Yiwei and the servants.

When Prime Minister Zhang reacted, there were no cronies left around him, only two courtiers who didn't quite deal with him.

Prime Minister Zhang originally signaled his side to come forward to question him, but he was tossed about like this.Questioning is still possible, but if you want to look at each other to imply something, it's out of the question.It's far away, and there are still people watching from the side.

"Why did the prince do such a rebellious thing?"

The first person to make an attack was Minister of the Ministry of Rites. He was not a member of Prime Minister Zhang, but he felt that supporting the third prince would fail in his plan.

When the ministers entered the door, they looked at the prince carefully.

Although he was dressed thickly and looked frail and weak because he was afraid of the cold, his complexion was okay (thanks to Nuan Yu), and he didn't cough badly (Dr. Mo's prescription, he just drank a bowl before going out), all of this They all made it clear that the prince's critical illness might be false news that was intentionally released, in order to paralyze the emperor and prepare for the forced palace.

Looking at Lu Zhang, who was suspected of having a stroke, the hearts of the courtiers who originally wanted to stand on the emperor's side and continue to support the third prince's enthronement fell heavily.

Although Prime Minister Zhang was disappointed, he still remained calm. He was thinking about how to deal with it, and suddenly thought of Liu Dan... They did a very thorough job on the military rations in northern Xinjiang, and they couldn't get any real evidence at all. Even if they wanted to investigate, Only small officials from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War can be arrested.The letter that seems to have fallen into Liu Dan's hands is not important. If it has no title and signature, there is no way to check it if you don't recognize it.

The real problem actually lies in Qiuling County!

The Si family of Silang Mountain did business in Qiuling County, and gave the magistrate a lot of benefits. Although no one knew about their secret mining of gold mines, anyone who got bribes would be unlucky.

Prime Minister Zhang had to honor the filial piety of his protégé, the magistrate of Pingzhou. At that time, he only knew that he was a merchant. Although he raised an army at the end of the Chen Dynasty and was appointed an official in the Chu Dynasty, it was all a matter of Chen Zhima rotten millet. .Now, if you want to make things easier, and get a permit from Yongzhou and Pingzhou, don't you have to manage everything up and down?

In addition, when Lu Zhang got the news of Qiuling County, he was furious, and Prime Minister Zhang secretly said that it was not good. Although there was an earthquake in Qiuling County and all the officials died cleanly, the prefect of Pingzhou was still alive.What's more unfortunate is that when the incident happened, there was an account book of the Si family leaked out, and the person was also met by Liu Dan.The bribes to the prefect of Pingzhou may be recorded in the account books, and some of the rare items have been honored by the prefect to Prime Minister Zhang.

The Si family is treasonous!

If this matter is added to the northern border military rations, Prime Minister Zhang's party members will be cut off a lot, and they will be hurt. I am afraid that Prime Minister Jiang and Jiang Zhengshi will take advantage of the opportunity and directly adjust him until he returns to his hometown.

So Liu Dan must die!Liu Dan is dead, and the authenticity of the account book can still be refuted.

Prime Minister Zhang was in a state of confusion, and he hardly had the energy to listen to the Minister of Rites who took the lead in accusing the prince of being unfilial and unethical.

From the perspective of others, Prime Minister Zhang was just worrying, which is quite normal in this situation, and his old opponent, Prime Minister Jiang, was far away, so he didn't notice Prime Minister Zhang's abnormality.

The third prince trembled, scrambling and rushing towards the prince.

Jiang Zhengshi stood up in a hurry, trying to stop the crown prince from doing anything to the third prince, but he froze as soon as he took a step.

"Brother Dahuang, just now... I don't believe a word my father said."

The third prince burst into tears, and the prince froze for a moment before remembering Lu Zhang's previous provocation.

"Gu Yuan didn't take it seriously, come and send the third prince back."

"No, Big Brother, I won't leave!"

The third prince wished he could hug the prince's leg, knelt down and wailed.

The ministers were very embarrassed and even a little angry.

They knew that the third prince was cowardly and fearful by nature, and they even liked this, but when things came to an end and felt such cowardice and incompetence, they were really angry!

There is no manly blood!

No royal demeanor!

How did the palace raise such a prince?Is this what is longer than a woman's hand?

They didn't know that when the third prince hugged the prince's calf, he said quickly and in a low voice: "Brother Dahuang, the Meng Guoshi you want is nearby, and he was there just now! My younger brother will find it for you immediately." ?”

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The prince calmly reached out and pressed the third prince's head down.

The third brother should stay where he is and not move, so as not to cause trouble.

But the doctor has been away for a long time, and Meng Qi is still in the palace?