The Heart of the Red Chamber

After visiting relatives, Chang'an City entered a brief period of peace, and all conspiracies were covered up in the peacefulness of singing and dancing, as if nothing had happened, and it would never happen.However, many caring people still smell a little bit of tension.

Chen Yejun has been very busy these days. Wang Ren seldom sees him. When he sees him a few times occasionally, he looks tired and comes and goes in a hurry. There is no way, things were not done satisfactorily before, so this time it is natural to be guilty and meritorious.

I don't know why, but when Wang Ren's immediate boss had almost clearly expressed his desire to keep Wang Ren in the Imperial Academy, a pie fell from the sky, almost knocking Wang Ren dizzy.Wang Ren was promoted to Huguang Qinglisi Langzhong, which is a fifth-rank official position, which is already at the same level as a scholar of the Imperial Academy. Moreover, Huguang, in these years, don't be too rich. Oil and water are naturally enough.

Wang Ziteng was naturally very happy with his son's prospects. Even a few harsh words from his colleagues in the cabinet did not affect his good mood.That's a happy face. Of course, he became more loyal to the emperor who leapfrogged his son and promoted him, and acted harder.

When he arrived at the Ministry of Households, Wang Ren knew the general situation of the national treasury. Although the emperor had worked hard these years, because there were always disasters in various places every year, according to the usual rules, the affected places always had to reduce or even exempt taxes. On the other hand , the imperial court has to provide money for relief, so as not to cause civil unrest, so the treasury's silver deposits are not considered rich, and, according to Wang Ziteng, the imperial court has been having some friction with the Raksha Kingdom and the Hanhai Kingdom in the north and south. The emperor wanted to mobilize troops to teach them some lessons a long time ago, but because the treasury was not abundant, so far it has been a small fight and passive defense.But when the emperor frees his hand, there will be a battle with the two countries.Before the start of the war, the household department must at least have all the money ready.

It was already autumn in a flash, and when Wang Ren was busy in the household department, he suddenly heard that the emperor was going to lead his ministers to the iron net mountain paddock to hunt.

Such things as Qiu Xi have existed since ancient times. However, the emperor has been on the throne for so many years, and he has never meant it. Now that it is brought up, it will inevitably make people think about it. Many people also vaguely understand it, and they can't help but feel worried.

This time, because of his advanced age, Emperor Qiuxi will not participate. However, most of the clan, including the current king of Yizhong County, will accompany him, which makes more people speculate. Do it?Many people are worried about this, and some timid people are already thinking about whether to go out of their way or not to accompany the driver. Swords have no eyes, and it will be bad if there is an emergency.

Neither Wang Ziteng nor Wang Ren's father and son had a choice, and the emperor directly put them both on the accompanying list. In addition, among the accompanying concubines, Concubine Xiande had the highest rank, but the empress stayed in the palace. Instead of the emperor, he performed his filial piety beside the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress.

Mrs. Sun is a woman in the inner house, and she doesn't understand the truth.Wang Ziteng and Wang Ren obviously didn't plan to tell her. In the eyes of Mrs. Sun and Lin Wan, it was a blessing to be able to accompany the driver, which showed that the holy family was in full swing, so they ordered the clothes they were going to wear for the next hunt, There were also all kinds of medicines that he carried with him. He was afraid that Wang Ren, who had never left Chang'an, would not accept the water and soil, so he dug a piece of soil and asked Wang Ren to take it with him.

Wang Ren couldn't laugh or cry because of this, but he was grateful for Mrs. Sun's kindness, and finally did not refuse.

Chen Yejun or the General Secretary, except for Wu Lin, the immediate boss, did not get the honor of accompanying driver, and had to stay in their respective posts, fighting against all kinds of conspiracies and intelligence. Before seeing Wang Ren for a month, Chen Yejun sent Wang Ren a pair of bows and arrows before he left, and also gave him a piece of Hetian jade, which he personally tied around Wang Ren's neck. Xi said something like seeing jade is like seeing people.

Naturally, Wang Ren did not disappoint Chen Yejun's intentions, and also gave Chen Yejun a piece of jade pendant he was wearing as a gift in return. The two had sex again all night, and finally they should do what they should do.

For Wang Ren, he hadn't enjoyed the fun of Autumn yet, and he had already been defeated by the long journey.

Although it is autumn, there is still some dry heat in the air. Because the team is relatively large, they can only walk twenty or thirty miles a day. Walking is faster than this, and the team can't run around. I rode for two days. , the horse was depressed by the slow speed, and finally the bored Wang Ren had to start the carriage with a group of civil servants.

After tossing and tossing on the road for almost half a month, we finally arrived at the place. When the emperor held a banquet in the evening, the seat of Yizhong County King was empty. The head of the County King's Mansion came to ask for leave, saying that Yizhong County King occasionally felt cold on the road. , I feel unwell, so I will not attend.

The emperor said a few words of comfort, and asked the imperial physician to go to the king of Yizhong County to check his pulse, and gave him various medicinal materials, but Wang Ren thought to himself, it is estimated that the king of Yizhong County would rather eat grass roots than eat the emperor's gift medicine.

After the imperial doctor came back, he naturally said that the king of Yizhong County had indeed contracted the cold and was resting in bed at the moment. However, how much the emperor believed was still a question.

Hunting with the emperor was actually mostly a political task. After all, Wang Ren belonged to civil servants, and he was relatively young, so he didn't want to show off too much. He went out on horseback and beat some rabbits and yellow sheep, so that's all.

On the third day, when Wang Ren was thinking about getting a roasted whole lamb to try, a long follower who had been with Wang Ziteng ran over panting to Wang Ren: "Grandpa, I found you. Master is waiting for you in the tent!"

"Do you know what it is?" Wang Ren was taken aback and asked quickly.

The attendant had a bitter face: "Master didn't say anything, he just told him to hurry over!"

Wang Ren nodded: "In that case, let's go!"

The long follower hurriedly led Wang Ren back, but after walking for a while, Wang Ren felt that something was wrong. He frowned and looked around. Although he passed this tent every day, today it was almost quiet. Strangely, he couldn't help but slow down.

Seeing that Wang Ren had almost stopped, the chief follower hurriedly urged, "Why don't you leave, my master is still waiting in the tent!"

Seeing that the expression on Chang Sui's face was uncertain, Wang Ren stopped immediately, but his right hand was already quietly pressing on his back waist, and he said calmly, "Didn't the master accompany you early in the morning? Why are you in the tent!"

The long follower lowered his head, concealing his rolling eyes, and said: "After all, the master is not young, and he got tired later, so he charged his crime and went back first!"

Wang Ren's eyes narrowed, and he directly pulled out a short dagger hidden in his belt, took a step forward, and placed the dagger across the long attendant's neck.Few people know that the Wang family's family's martial arts are very good, and Wang Ziteng has just passed the age of knowing his destiny, let alone just accompanying the emperor to put on a show, even if he is riding a horse and marching quickly, he won't really be unbearable.

The long follower looked at the blade close to his neck, and his face was pale: "Master, don't play tricks with the little one, the little one is afraid!"

"Are you afraid?" Wang Ren used some strength in his hand and sneered, "If you are afraid, why are you trying to deceive and murder the master?"

The long follower saw the bright red blood dripping down the dagger, rolled his eyes, and passed out.

Wang Ren didn't expect this guy to be so timid at all. He thought he had such a high quality in his heart. He pursed his lips and retracted the dagger. He was a little worried, thinking whether he was going to find his father or the guards. Suddenly, seven or eight people came out from the hiding place, and the leader was a tall and strong man with a sneer: "Master Xiao Wang really looks like his father and is very cautious, but Master Xiao Wang, come with us Bar!"

Wang Ren's thoughts changed sharply. From the looks of it, this group of people probably wanted to arrest him and threaten his father Wang Ziteng. He didn't really want to fall into the hands of these people. He pursed his lips and looked around calmly. , suddenly a strong foot, rushed out in one direction.

Few people knew that Wang Ren's martial arts were actually very good, but when he hadn't used them all the time, he was surprised and rushed out, which made the group of people unable to react for a while.

"Damn it, why has no one told me, isn't that kid a nerd? Why is he still a practicer?" The odd man started cursing, "Hurry up, if you let him go, the prince, we can explain it to you." Don't go!"

Wang Ren ran between the tents, turning left and right. At that time, he only chose a direction with a relatively small number of people to break through. Only now did he realize that there was something wrong with this direction, but he didn't care about the many people. Experts, their behavior seems to be from the army. A few people who accidentally saw the situation here and screamed were killed by those people. Wang Ren has never encountered such a thing before. I became nervous, almost tripped over, and heard a person behind say: "Boss, chasing like this is not an option, the movement is too loud, otherwise, let's just..."

Wang Ren didn't hear what was said behind, but heard a shocking voice. He took the time to look back, and his heart almost jumped out of fright. Those bastards, they didn't know where they found it. The folding crossbow came out, and it was being wound up now!

Wang Ren didn't think he had Qiao Feng's ability to survive the rain of arrows safely. Although there was a tent to cover him, he would obviously be delayed.

When Wang Ren was very nervous, he suddenly saw a familiar figure in the distance, and he couldn't care less about anything else, so he hurriedly called out: "Feng Ziying, brother Feng, help me!"

Feng Ziying came with Feng Tang this time, but he was still included in the group of guards and wandered around the outside all the time. If Wang Ren hadn't heard that Feng Ziying was also accompanying him, he would have thought he hadn't come at all.It was the same these days, Wang Ren hadn't seen him very much, and seeing Feng Ziying now, Wang Ren suddenly felt that his life was indeed to die.

Feng Ziying heard Wang Ren's voice, turned her head to look, and immediately shouted: "Brothers, copy guys, my brother is being bullied!" Ten people, each holding a weapon, trotted over here.

Wang Ren felt relieved, it seemed that he had stumbled into the right direction by mistake, this is the place where the soldiers and guards who accompanied him were stationed, and Feng Ziying should also be taking a break.

When Feng Ziying rushed over with people carrying weapons, those people were taken aback for a moment. The leader gritted his teeth and ordered unwillingly, "Retreat!"

Feng Ziying yelled there: "In broad daylight, where the emperor's camp is, there are people chasing and killing the imperial court officials. It's simply lawless, and they are holding crossbows, which are military weapons!"

After a few words, those people who followed him were all Yi Lin. These people were not fools, so they naturally knew what this kind of thing meant—the Yizhong County King was about to officially turn against the Emperor.

With a gloomy face, Feng Ziying ordered: "Divide into two teams, one team goes to arrest those criminals, the other team, follow me, and report to the emperor together!"

Wang Ren gasped and stopped, and said: "What Ziying said is that they wanted to capture me alive before, maybe they wanted to threaten my father, but now, I don't know what's going on with the emperor! "

A flash of excitement and nervousness flashed in Feng Ziying's eyes. This situation is dangerous, but it also naturally contains opportunities. He has been wandering around in the five cities for these years, and it is not as easy as it is in the frontier to get promoted. It would be different if he had the ability to protect the car and be remembered by the emperor. He murmured in his heart that he would fight this time, and turned to Wang Ren and said, "Zi Jing said yes, let's go to the emperor now!"

Along the way, Wang Ren and Feng Ziying greeted the resting guards and others to find the place of Shengjia. After a while, several hundred people gathered. My heart tightened: "Ziying, it should be over there, the emperor won't be trapped!"

Feng Ziying gritted her teeth: "Go and have a look!"

They arrived at the right time. The Dragon Guards beside the emperor were fighting with a group of rebels also wearing regular army equipment. Feng Ziying and the others rushed into the battlefield. , and soon gained the upper hand, under the guard of honor not far away, the emperor didn't know what to say, and soon someone shouted loudly: "The emperor has ordered, only the first and the worst will be punished, and the rest will not be punished! Those who kneel live, stand up!" die!"

"He who kneels lives, and he who stands dies!"

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After shouting like this for a while, slowly, someone hesitantly put down the weapon in his hand and knelt down to the side. Soon, the rebels who were still fighting in the corner were almost killed. The rebel general in fish-scale chain mail laughed wildly twice: "My lord has already arrived in Chang'an, Your Majesty, after all, you are one step too late!" While laughing, he slashed his sword.

Feng Ziying's face was covered with blood at this moment, and a gash four or five inches wide was cut on his arm. He put away the long knife in his hand, stepped forward, knelt down and said loudly: "Mr. It’s too late, please ask the emperor to make amends!”

The emperor said softly: "The Feng family is indeed loyal and good for generations, Captain Feng is also like a father, what is the crime! Come here, draw up an order, and Feng Ziying will be promoted to lieutenant general, like a dragon guard!"

Feng Ziying was overjoyed, kowtowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will do my best and die!"

Naturally, the emperor will not stay on the battlefield all the time. Someone will take care of the situation here. The emperor only needs to make the final decision. Soon, the emperor returned to the camp surrounded by many dragon guards. Someone reported it as if mourning, saying: The king of Yizhong County actually left the camp three days ago and disappeared. The person lying on the bed in the camp is actually a stand-in!

The emperor didn't seem to be surprised by this news at all. He dealt with several dereliction of duty very calmly, including the imperial doctor who had previously diagnosed Yizhong County King with a cold.

Wang Ren was surprised to find that Wang Ziteng was not in the camp, and he felt uneasy.

Over there, Feng Ziying had already explained the cause and effect of the matter. The emperor naturally knew that it was Wang Ren who found out that something was wrong. Feng Ziying got the news and was able to rescue him in time. His attitude towards Wang Ren was much gentler. Wang Ren wanted to ask Wang Ziteng was there now, but the emperor spoke first: "Wang Shangshu has already rushed to Beijing to put down the rebellion, Zijing doesn't need to worry!"

How could Wang Ren not be worried, but he said: "I dare not, it is my duty to share your majesty's worries!"

"Retire first!" The emperor waved his hands. There are still many things to come. The rebels can kidnap Wang Ren and threaten Wang Ziteng, and they can also kidnap the children of other ministers' families. Naturally, they must be rescued as soon as possible. , so as not to make those ministers who follow him feel scruples.In addition, there must be fish that escaped the net in the camp, and there are traitors around him, otherwise, how could those rebels find their location so accurately? According to Wang Ren, when he was tricked into the camp, there was a large area There is no one at all, and this kind of thing is naturally done by someone with a heart.

Wang Ren and Feng Ziying withdrew. Wang Ren took Feng Ziying to find the accompanying imperial physician to bandage the wound. He felt lucky to survive the catastrophe. Wang Ren was almost shot into a hedgehog by those people. If Feng Ziying hadn't been pulled by Wang Ren, It wasn't the arm that hurt, it was the neck.

The two have been friends for many years, so naturally they will not be polite to each other, but they saved each other's lives, so they are naturally closer now.

The ensuing camp was a bloodbath. Some ministers were imprisoned for colluding with the rebel party. It is estimated that turning around would also result in ransacking the family and exterminating the clan. The accompanying army was cleaned up. Put on an attitude of not being held accountable, but according to inside information, these people will be sent to the southern border or the north, and it is estimated that the final end will be to die on the battlefield against foreign races, but at least they have to be decent and It won't hurt the family.

When the camp was back to normal on the surface, there was an urgent report from Chang'an: the king of Yizhong County rebelled, and joined forces with the palace's internal response to invade the palace, forcing the Supreme Emperor to draw up a decree to abolish the emperor and hand over the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, the Supreme Emperor was angry But he was furious, and finally died in a collision with the Empress Dowager. The empress escaped from the palace with the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and was placed in the palace on Zhongnan Mountain.

When the emperor heard the news, he wept bitterly, and called several times: "Father, queen! Mother!" In the end, he was so angry that he vomited a big mouthful of blood and passed out. He woke up the next day, ordered the whole country to wear mourning, and returned to Chang'an.