Princess [rebirth]

Not long after Dou Chun summoned the grand master into the palace for a deep talk, the Habayashi army went to the Taibao mansion, but only after arriving at the Taibao mansion did they find that the Taibao family had long since left the building empty, leaving only a servant of the mansion to guard it. mansion.Seeing this, the general who came to "escort" the Taibao into the palace hurriedly returned to the palace to report to Dou Chun. After hearing the general's report, Dou Chun was so angry that his expression changed.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Dou Chun and Zhuo Jingfan still can't see that there is something wrong with the Taibao.

But people ran away right under their noses, why didn't Dou Chun and Zhuo Jingfan feel depressed?It's just that if you get angry, you still have to chase it back. After all, there are too many involved in this matter, and what is the purpose of the Taibao's actions?Is it just to disturb the court of Da Zhou?Or is there a deeper conspiracy plan?

These can only be known by prying the mouth of the Taibao.

Zhuo Jingfan thought about it even more. He thought about Hu Jun's self-disruption in the north, and Zuo Shilang's self-defeating, plus the list of Taibao's recommendation, and he had a guess in an instant. He said softly to Dou Chun: " I always feel that the Taibao wants to watch the tigers fight from a distance, and if the person who burned Hu Jun’s food and grass is a member of the Taibao, then the whole thing will be linked together, and the Taibao just wants Da Zhou and Hu Guo to fight to the death.”

Zhuo Jingfan felt that the Taibao deliberately recommended people with problems in order to make the court a mess. Although the foundation of the Great Zhou could not be directly shaken for a while, if things went on like this until the people from the Taibao completely lurked into the court, then this Is the court hall the saint's or the Taibao's?Is the person sitting on the dragon chair Dou Chun or Taibao?The Taibao first wanted to bring down Da Zhou, and then deliberately lured Hu Jun into the customs, but he didn't make Hu Jun feel better, and instead burned all of Hu Jun's food and grass. Isn't it clear that it depends on Da Zhou and Hu Jun Is it a lose-lose situation?

At this moment, Zhuo Jingfan had already counted the traitors of the He family as the Taibao's head, at first he didn't think about this possibility, he just thought that the Hu people were capable and able to insert the traitors into the He family; When the identity was reversed, everything became more reasonable, and there were explanations for some incomprehensible things in the past.

For example, since the Hu people had internal support, why didn't they act a few years ago?The Yong'an Rebellion was a great opportunity. If the Hu people invaded the Central Plains when the two kings of Qin and Chu led the rebellion, the timing would be much better than now.But the Hu people did not act at that time, so Xu indirectly proved that the He family's internal thieves were not arranged by the Hu people.Thinking about it, if the Hu people were able to insert the spies into the He family, the Northwest would be gone long ago, and they wouldn't hold on until now.

Zhuo Jingfan told Dou Chun the guesswork bit by bit. Dou Chun listened carefully and nodded repeatedly. After Zhuo Jingfan finished speaking, he sighed softly, "I just thought of it, the Taibao is really hateful." , has such terrifying wolfish ambitions, and I, Dou Shi, have treated him well, even the Emperor Father, who held the will in his hand, did not do anything to him, who would have thought that he would be so ungrateful!"...

Dou Chun and Zhuo Jingfan denounced the Taibao in the palace, but they didn't know that the Taibao was really wronged!

Although he recommended those officials to the Grand Master, others sent them to him in the first place. Otherwise, as a veteran official, how could he get to know and care about so many literati.Although he still holds the false title of Taibao, none of the officials in the court is a good person. Since the day the Taibao was accepted by the saint to honor him, he has been far away from the center of the court.

However, although the Taibao has no real power, he can still speak in front of the Taishi. It is also okay to mention the promising juniors. Those officials who were recommended by the Taishi have followed the way of the Taibao.The Taibao recommended those people with good intentions, but the one who really harbored evil intentions was the person who sent those officials to the Taibao. This person was none other than the Taibao's direct son-in-law. ...

At this time, the Tai Bao who was being talked about by Zhuo Jingfan and the two of them was in a daze. When he woke up, he had already left the capital. He was extremely astonished, looked around, and found that he seemed to be in the upper room of an inn.

His heart was shaken, and he thought about the things before he fell into a coma, but his brain was aching, and he couldn't remember what he was doing before.Just as he was frowning and thinking, the door of the room opened, he looked over in search of reputation, his daughter Ru Niang walked in with the maid.

"Ru Niang, where is this place?" The Tai Bao narrowed his eyes and asked calmly.

"Aye, we will arrive in Zhangzhou in three days." Ru Niang, the Tai Bao's daughter, said softly. Her maid was carrying a plate of food. After the food and bowls and chopsticks were arranged, Ru Niang asked them to leave.When the Taibao heard that they were approaching the southeast coastal county, he was shocked and stared at Ru Niang with a look of astonishment.

"Zhangzhou?" the Taibao said in a low voice, Ru Niang nodded and replied with a smile, "Aye, you have been asleep for a long time, you should be hungry, my daughter has someone cook some easy-to-eat bird's nest porridge, drink it while it's hot " Yu Bi personally picked up a small bowl on the table, took a spoon and blew it cool carefully, and then he wanted to feed it himself.

"Not in a hurry to eat, let me ask you, why did we leave the capital? How many days have I slept? What about your mother? Where are the others in the house?" Tai Bao frowned and pushed Ru Niang's hand away, asking in a cold voice.

"A Niang is resting in the next room. Why did we leave the capital? Let Li Lang explain to you. My daughter may not be able to explain clearly. Everything is fine in the house. Aye, don't worry." Ru Niang brought the matter over in a few words, obviously It's just perfunctory Taibao.

"Ru Lang?" Taibao stared tiger-eyed, and heard an unfamiliar name pop out of his daughter's mouth.

"Lü Lang is Xu Lang." Ru Niang didn't say too much, but just this one sentence was enough for the eunuch to figure out many things. Xu Lang is her daughter's husband, and this husband of her daughter is what she thinks. At the beginning, the one who was looking for life and death insisted on marrying. He and his wife couldn't bear their daughter's sadness, so they complied with their daughter's wish.

The daughter of the Taibao is an old woman, so the Taibao couple love her very much. It can be said that she is afraid of falling when holding it in her hand, and afraid of melting if she holds it in her mouth. If you like it, you must grab it. After Jiji, the Taibao wife has no time to help Ru Niang look after her. Ru Niang has already chosen her husband and son-in-law.Xu Chongzhi is Ru Niang's chosen husband.

When Xu Chong went to the capital to rush for the exam, he was cheated out of his silver on the way, and wandered all the way to the capital. Fortunately, he ran into a kind-hearted Ru Niang on the way, who not only rewarded him with a bite of food, but also found a small yard. Take him in so that he can have a place to live in Kyoto.After Xu Chongzhi was tidied up, he was quite presentable. He was handsome and could talk. Runiang felt that she and Xu Chongzhi were like those talented men and beauties in the story books. They matched each other very well. Light, naturally be hooked spring heart sprout,.

When Xu Chongzhi passed the Jinshi examination, Ru Niang felt confident and told her parents that she would marry Xu Chongzhi.

At first, the Taibao couple refused to allow it. Mrs. Taibao didn't want her daughter to endure hardship. She was already taking care of her daughter. worthy.It's just that she didn't expect that her daughter gave her a big fright.

Where is there a little lady who looks after her husband and son-in-law for herself, and it is not a joke if it is spread, so even if Mrs. Taibao loves Ru Niang, she lost her temper with Ru Niang for the first time because of this matter, and punished Ru Niang for the first time. Mother is grounded.It's just that Ru Niang's temperament has been developed, how can she get it back with a single grounding, and finally Ru Niang used it for crying, making trouble, and hanging herself. The young girl who loved and grew up with love, finally got what she wanted.

Fortunately, Xu Chongzhi was considered a good person by the Taibao. Although his family background was a bit poor, his youngest daughter didn't have to bear any family responsibilities, even if she married a bit poorly, it didn't matter.

In this way, Ru Niang, the pampered little lady of the Taibao family, married Xu Chongzhi, a new scholar with nothing.This news was once a sensation back then, and it has been circulated among the public for a long time.Many people think that the little lady is too stupid, and getting married is like being reincarnated for the second time. If she doesn't choose well, the rest of her life will be ruined, so they are not optimistic about this marriage in their hearts.

Unexpectedly, Ru Niang has survived all these years, everyone did not wait for her reconciliation, but Xu Chongzhi leaned on the big tree of Taibao and began to climb all the way.However, Xu Chongzhi was also unlucky. Seeing that he was about to follow the Taibao into the center of the government, but the Taibao suddenly resigned, and the Taibao unanimously served, Xu Chongzhi's road was much more difficult. After all, there was no one to lead the way. He figured it out by himself.

After the Taibao retired, Xu Chongzhi became very hard in the court, but he gritted his teeth and persisted. He has been in the Great Zhou for so many years, and his contacts have been established. Even if the Taibao is gone, it will not affect him. The plan, at most need to make some changes.

He has endured it for so many years, relying on his appearance that does not show his age, he lied that his age is close to Runiang, and now he has come to this point with great difficulty, and he can't give up no matter what. ...

Knowing that there was a problem with the Taibao, Dou Chun and Zhuo Jingfan hurriedly asked people to investigate the Taibao. After a while, the life experience and detailed records of the Taibao family were placed on Dou Chun's case.At that time Dou Chun was going to court, Zhuo Jingfan picked up the record of the Taibao and started to read it, he read it carefully, after pondering for a while, he called You Blessing in.

"Xu Chongzhi's hometown is in Hengyang. I feel that Hengyang is familiar to me. Is there anyone from Hengyang in the palace?" Zhuo Jingfan tapped his finger on the desk and asked, this Taibao family is blessed People investigated, and they naturally knew Xu Chongzhi's background well.

"Hui Niangniang, the late Concubine Xian is from Hengyang." You Fu also murmured in his heart, what a coincidence, when he investigated, he really didn't expect Xu Chongzhi to be from Hengyang.

"Concubine Xian?" Zhuo Jingfan was stunned for a moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, he stood up abruptly, and asked in a somewhat hasty tone: "Are you sure that Concubine Xian is also from Hengyang? How did Concubine Xian get married back then?" Gong, have you ever heard of it?"

"Back to the empress, the younger one is sure that the concubine Xian is also from Hengyang. As for how the empress dowager entered the palace, I have to ask Eunuch Lu. The younger one was still young at the time, so I don't know." Youfu replied respectfully.

Zhuo Jingfan's heart skipped a beat, and the line that could not be connected all this time suddenly connected. Concubine Xian is the princess of the barbarians, how did she get into the palace?There must be someone behind the scenes to help, this person is also an insider that he and Dou Chun can't find, Tuoba's tone is too tight, and he is cautious and suspicious, even if he and Dou Chun gave him many opportunities, the other party can bear his temper and not run away .I thought it would take a lot of twists and turns to find the insider, but I didn't expect Zuo Shilang's suicide, so they followed the clues to find the insider.

Both Xu Chongzhi and Concubine Xian came from Hengyang, and the Taibao was the most important courtier of the late emperor. These two clues all indicate that Tuoba's inner circle is either Xu Chongzhi or the Taibao.Zhuo Jingfan pursed his lips and stared at the secret report. To him, Xu Chongzhi was much more suspected than the Taibao. After all, Concubine Xian's identity was fabricated, but her fabrication was not good, but she also came from In Hengyang, it is fine to call it a coincidence, but too many coincidences are not coincidences.

There is such a coincidence that Xu Chongzhi and Concubine Xian are also from Hengyang, and the daughter of the Taibao, Ru Niang, can meet Xu Chongzhi by chance, and Xu Chongzhi can still embrace a beautiful woman. If this is all a coincidence, it is too fake Yes, he would rather believe that everything was arranged.

After thinking through all this, Zhuo Jingfan gave the order to die, and asked people to find out the Taibao family. People will never disappear in thin air. No matter how capable Xu Chongzhi is, he doesn't believe that the other party can fly into the sky and escape from the ground No, and I don't believe that the other party really didn't leave any clues. ...

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Northwest Hu Jun met Fu Jue. With the advantage of numbers, he thought it would be easy to beat him back, but he didn't expect that he would be attacked later, and he didn't know which group of people came from behind. The fire burned Hu Jun's lineup into chaos, and he was busy fighting the fire behind, so he couldn't care about the battle ahead.Kuang Hu Guo thought too highly of himself, thinking that the three-way army was too cautious in dealing with a cloud city, so he didn't bring all the troops, and he never thought that the north and the southwest had all retreated, and now only His way.

He expected that Yuncheng would not be able to spare Fu Jue, but not long after the battle started, reinforcements continued to come from the direction of Yuncheng.If Feng Qishan attacked from the southwest, how could Yuncheng send so many people...Damn it!Did that bitch Feng Qishan retire? !

General Hu Guo finally thought of this possibility, but just when he was about to retreat, a group of soldiers and horses suddenly attacked from behind, and Hu Guo's army was flanked by front and back. It's basically a fight and a run, it's not good to let them chase, it's not good not to chase, and finally they have to retreat in embarrassment.

After Hu Jun retreated, Fu Jue discovered that the soldiers who attacked Hu Jun from the rear were actually Dou Xun and He Jiajun.Fu Jue hurriedly led Dou Xun back to Yuncheng, and at the same time sent someone to pass the news to He Zheng. After He Zheng knew that the Northwest Hu army had been beaten back, he also led his troops back to Yuncheng.

When Dou Heng saw Dou Xun who was following Fu Jue, he was naturally very pleasantly surprised. Although the two of them rarely met, they were cousins ​​after all. When the news of the fall of the Northwest came, Dou Heng was also very worried. It was also folded inside. I didn't expect this kid to be quite capable, leading a group of He Jiajun to successfully break through, and finally he knew how to encircle Hu Jun from behind, and Hu Jun was caught off guard.

Fu Jue and the others welcomed Dou Xun's return, and after winning the battle overnight, they were all in a good mood, but when it came to Feng Qishan, the Jiedu envoy of Beiting, everyone's expressions changed.Feng Qishan and their Liangzi are very close. From the beginning when he attacked Fu Jue to snatch He Zheng's children, to the fact that Du Rufei put Dou Wan under house arrest, and last night's night raid, everything was let Fu Jue and others wished they could rush to Tongzhou and kill each other.

It's just that before they had time to act, they heard that Feng Qishan had been assassinated a few days later and was seriously injured, leaving only one breath.

Fu Jue and the others were naturally very surprised. At the same time, there was another piece of bad news that Dou Wan had disappeared.When Fu Jue received the news, his former composure and composure were gone. Not only Dou Wan was missing, but He Zheng's children were also missing. Fu Jue held the secret report tightly and said through gritted teeth, "If I find out who ..." He didn't go on, but everyone present understood what he meant.

Naturally, He Zheng's complexion was not much better. After all, the He family was gone, and there were only three of them left in the direct line of the He family. Now that the children fell into whose hands, how could He Zheng calm down.

Dou Xun was also extremely anxious, he was afraid that Dou Zhirong would fall into the same situation as Dou Wan, just when he was about to send someone to bring Dou Zhirong to Yuncheng, his subordinates rushed to report that Dou Zhirong was indeed lost.Misfortunes never come singly now, except for Dou Heng among the four generals in Yuncheng, the weaknesses of the other three have been controlled by others, Fu Jue and the others feel very heavy, they don't know what the intentions of the people who took away Dou Wan and others are. ...

Naturally, it was Hu Yanlv's subordinates who took away Dou Wan and others.After Hu Yanlu left the capital with Dou Heng's army, he asked someone to take the Taibao family out. In order to prevent the Taibao and others from rebelling, he gave them drugs and took the Taibao couple out of the capital unconsciously.

After he and Ru Niang met outside the capital, he sent his confidants to escort Ru Niang's family of three to Zhangzhou, while he himself went to Yuncheng.Along the way, he heard a lot of rumors about Fu Jue's treason. Knowing that these were all at the hands of Feng Qishan, he secretly rejoiced in his heart that Da Zhou and Hu Guo were fighting to the death. In order to make Fu Jue and others hate Hu Jun deeply, he will The target was on Dou Wan.

He has an internal response in the He family in the northwest, and according to his instructions, the internal response leaked Fu Jue's whereabouts to Feng Qishan, making everyone think that the internal response was Feng Qishan's person.But Feng Qishan's scapegoat is not wronged. After all, Feng Qishan also sent many people to sneak into the northwest, and Feng Qishan and Hu Wang did have collusion, but it was his people, not Feng Qishan's people who really brought Hu Jun into Fanyang City.

It's just that he didn't expect Feng Qishan to see through his chess pieces. The loss of Zuo Shilang is still a bit heartbreaking to Hu Yanlu. After all, Zuo Shilang is a spy he has trained for many years. He has good skills, courage, and scheming. Of course, he wanted to get it back from Feng Qishan.

But before he could act, Feng Qishan was assassinated. Only then did Hu Yanlu know that Xu Shaoqing was Dou Chun's spy. Xu Shaoqing discovered the evidence of Feng Qishan's collusion with King Hu, and Feng Qishan wanted to double-team with Hu Jun. Yuncheng, if it wasn't for the Hu Jun in the north making mistakes, Yuncheng's situation would be worse.Therefore, as soon as he returned to Tongzhou, Xu Shaoqing had the idea of ​​"beheading first and playing later", and wanted to kill Feng Qishan, a rebellious and traitorous minister who collaborated with the enemy and treason, otherwise he would continue to sit in the position of the Jiedushi, and I don't know how much trouble there will be. moth.

When Xu Shaoqing made a move, Hu Yanlu's men also came. After a few moves, Xu Shaoqing lost, so he had to retreat quickly, so that Feng Qishan could still breathe.

Hu Yanlu's people chased Xu Shaoqing away, but Hu Yanlu didn't care, he led people into the small village where Fu Jue placed Dou Wan. In fact, Fu Jue didn't dare to let people go too far, not far southeast of Yuncheng There is a small village, the village is hidden by the mountains, and there is only one mountain road in and out of the village. Fu Jue's men guard the mountain road, so they guard Dou Wan.

But Hu Yanlu found Dou Wan who had been well hidden, killed Fu Jue's subordinates, and then stole Dou Wan and He Zheng's children without anyone noticing, and people didn't find out until the next day The eldest princess disappeared, so they naturally sent someone to pass the news to the son-in-law.

While Hu Yanlu went to capture Dou Wan, he sent someone to capture Dou Zhirong.He knew that Dou Xun was not dead early in the morning. It can be said that his people deliberately let Dou Xun escape with the He family army, and then followed them all the way to discover Dou Zhirong's hiding place. When going to support Fu Jue, he tied up Dou Zhirong.

At this time, with these few people in Hu Yanlu's hands, it can be said that he can control Fu Jue and others, and if he can control Fu Jue and others, he can control Yuncheng.Even if Fu Jue was willing to abandon Dou Wan, He Zheng and Dou Xun would not abandon their children and sister after all. After all, Fu Jue and Dou Wan are just husband and wife, not family members with the same blood.That's why he insisted on He Zheng's children and Dou Zhirong. It can be said that Dou Wan was only incidental, but Dou Wan was also part of the Dou family, and Hu Yanlu would naturally not let go of the opportunity to torture the Dou family. ...

Ever since Dou Wan and others fell into Huyanlu's hands, they have been tortured. Huyanlu's heart is cruel, and it would be light to let them starve for a day or two. If Huyanlu is in a bad mood, a whipping must be indispensable. .Especially for Dou Wan, Hu Yanlu was even more ruthless. After all, Dou Wan was not only Dou's family, but also Dou Chun's younger sister. Compared with Dou Zhirong, a cousin, Hu Yanlu was more excited about torturing Dou Wan.

As for He Zheng's children, Hu Yanlu just left them aside. His original intention was to win over He Zheng, so he didn't treat his children badly. It's an enemy, Fu Jue became his son-in-law, so he naturally became his enemy.

Regarding Hu Yanlu's temper, Dou Wan and Dou Zhirong understood after a few times of contact. This man is a lunatic, unreasonable, unreasonable, unreasonable, and moody. There was a strong hatred, and this hatred made him lose face when he saw Dou Wan and Dou Zhirong.

However, Hu Yanlu, who originally took pleasure in beating and scolding Dou Wan, suddenly changed his face today. Dou Wan and Dou Zhirong were locked in a dark dungeon by him. haggard.Standing outside the cell, Hu Yanlu looked at the eldest princess who was originally aloof, but now she was beaten and scolded by him, not to mention how happy and satisfied she was.

It's just that just beating and scolding wasn't enough, he thought of another way to humiliate each other, he stared at the two of them and laughed, his laughter was weird and his eyes were wanton, Dou Wan's heart skipped a beat when she saw it, she guarded Dou Zhirong behind her, guarding her Staring at Hu Yanlu.

"The eldest princess and the county lord stay in the cell all day long. It's boring to think about it. The weather outside is good today, and my subordinates are getting bored recently. Today I will find some fun for them." Hu Yanlu said while using When someone opened the cell door, Dou Wan's heart sank as she listened. She didn't even dare to think about what this lunatic meant by "having fun".

Huyanlu's subordinates rudely pushed Dou Wan and Dou Wan out of the cell. Dou Wan and Dou Wan couldn't eat enough to sleep well, and they had old injuries on their bodies. The handle poked the backs of the two of them, forcing them to move forward.Dou Wan and Dou Zhirong supported each other, and were staggered and pushed into the yard outside the cell.

Many gentlemen had already gathered in the yard, and Dou Wan and Dou Zhirong felt chills when they saw this. Hu Yanlv admired the fear and vigilance in their eyes, ordered them to be tied up and put into a carriage, and then took them outside a forest , and then Hu Yanlu untied the ropes on them, and said with a smile: "I'll give you some time to burn incense, run away."