[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 33 The Assassination of the Third Prince

In mid-August, the capital city is still as hot as ever, and it doesn't feel the decadence of the end of summer at all.A few days ago, Emperor Pingkang got interested and recruited the third prince to ask questions. The three princes answered in a clear and clear manner. Emperor Pingkang was so happy that he rewarded Xue Pan with a string of red jade beads. This string of beads was originally in the hands of Emperor Pingkang. Although the item is top-notch, it is not hard to find. It is expensive because Emperor Pingkang often wears it on his hands, stained with dragon spirit, and the beads are rewarded. Many officials are jealous. In their eyes, this is not just a dead thing. , It also represents the importance that Emperor Pingkang attaches to Xue Pan.

The third prince is clever, seeing that Emperor Pingkang was happy today, he specifically asked Xue Pan to be his master, but thinking about Xue Pan's bet with him, he had the backbone to let Emperor Pingkang agree to Xue Pan as the master of the third prince Qualifications, don't let Emperor Pingkang decree to ask for a master.

Emperor Pingkang laughed loudly when he heard the bet, clapped his hands on the dragon case, and said, "Little San'er is a bit like me, tough! Be good, be like yourself to win the master." Xue Pan made a correction.

Long live Xue Panshan, kneel down and thank you.

In less than half a year, Xue Pan's promotion was considered fast, and he had been adjusted from the deputy sixth rank. Who in the whole temple didn't know that Xue Pan was favored by Emperor Kang.Back then, the Xue family invited many aristocratic families to a banquet, and those who didn't go were secretly regretful. Didn't Yan Qing, a first-rank official in the court, go with his wife!Tsk tsk tsk, this Xue Pan is not simple, first he won the favor of Emperor Pingkang, and then he was valued by Yan Yanqing. Could the future be bad after that? !

The officials couldn't help being jealous, but they didn't know that Yan Yanqing was not invited to the banquet at Xue's family that day. Yan Yanqing came here without invitation, so Xue Pan couldn't be kicked out. Fortunately, the front courtyard hosted a banquet for many Gong students of the same class and got along well with him on weekdays. Officer, at the banquet that day Yan Yanqing only said a few words and left first after seeing this situation, which made Xue Pan heave a sigh of relief.

It was Muxiu today, Xue Pan had assigned homework for the third prince and was about to leave when he saw the third prince looking at him eagerly, and couldn't help asking: "But what's wrong?"

"Teacher, I want to go out to play in the palace?" Zhao Hongyi walked up to Xue Pan and pulled Xue Pan's sleeve.

"Did you ask your father?" Xue Pan asked worriedly.Since I got the blessing of the last teaching exam, not to mention that the third prince was favored by Emperor Pingkang, even he was very lucky. It is no longer difficult to go out of the palace to play like this. Emperor Kang please tell An that he can set off today to play for an afternoon, and the third prince will also choose a time to find him when he will take a rest in the afternoon.

Zhao Hongyi smiled triumphantly, "Father agreed, the teacher can rest assured, but -----" his eyes rolled around very cleverly.

Xue Pan knocked on the third prince's head, and said with a smile, "What the hell are you thinking?"

"How about we go to the suburbs today?" Zhao Hongyi watched eagerly. Ever since he was able to go out of the palace to play, he often went to the teacher's mansion and the streets. The third prince, who was tired of seeing and playing, expressed his desire to go to the suburbs to see the wild scenery.

Emperor Pingkang acquiesced that Xue Pan took the three princes out of the palace because he thought that he would go to Xue's mansion. He brought four guards with him when he went out on weekdays. It's dangerous.The third prince also knew it in his heart, so when he looked at Xue Pan, he pretended to be pitiful, but he was tall and strong, taller than most of his peers, so the effect of pretending to be pitiful could be imagined, but he didn't know it, so he pretended to be pitiful Very strong.

Seeing the third prince pretending to be pitiful, Xue Pan wanted to laugh instead of sympathy. He rubbed the third prince's head and said with a smile: "Don't pretend, I can take you out, but let's go back to the mansion first to pick up Jia Huan."

"Ah!" The third prince said angrily, "The welfare I asked for will bring that brat with me again!"

In the past, the three princes all came to Xue's mansion when they left the palace, and Jia Huan was nobody in Jia's mansion, so he simply said to Jia Zheng and worshiped Xue Pan as his master. Well, it's better than Jia Baoyu who eats maid rouge. It's ready now. Now Jia Huan lives in Xue's mansion for half a month. Every time the third prince comes, it happens to coincide with Jia Huan's presence. The two of them There is a difference of two years in age, when the game is good, one has a bad idea and one action, when the game is not good, the eyebrows are indifferent and almost fights, Zhao Hongyi has an upright personality, unlike Jia Huan, who is always angry Zhao Hongyi's old Gao caught Zhao Hongyi's cartilage again, intentionally or unintentionally showing off what skills Xue Pan taught him today, Zhao Hongyi hated Jia Huan, and liked to get together, the two heads muttered of.

Xue Pan saw everything in his eyes. Jia Huan knew that Zhao Hongyi died early, so he could relax a little bit towards Zhao Hongyi, but because of Zhao Hongyi's current status and power, he would flatter him when he was good. Xue Pan couldn't tell Jia Huan apart when he was playing around That surly character, who was laughing and laughing one second, is teasing Zhao Hongyi the next.

"Okay, let's change clothes." Xue Pan said.

When Zhao Hongyi heard this, he pulled Xiao Xizi to change clothes with a smile on his face, which was very coaxing.Seeing that Xiaoxizi was carrying a big burden, Xue Pan knew that Zhao Hongyi was ready in advance, he shook his head and laughed, the two went to the backyard to change clothes, and the two companions saluted and left the palace.The window was open, and cicadas were screaming outside, and the ground was steaming with heat all morning. From the inside to the outside, you could see the heat bubbling up, and it felt like scorching. It was Xue Pan’s first summer vacation in the capital. I didn't expect it to be so hot. Fortunately, there is ice in the school, so it's cool to go to class. I don't take a bath on weekdays. It's a sour feeling when I go to the Imperial Academy to compile books in the afternoon. The etiquette of the Daqing Dynasty is also reflected in the dress , Every time I get out of the Yamen and come home, my back is wet.

Xue Pan stared at the mottled shadows of the trees, and there were brisk footsteps from far to near, and at the end there was joy in his voice, "Teacher, I've changed it!" In the blink of an eye, he saw the third prince wearing coarse linen clothes, with a cloth strip on his head. With a ball head tied, he looks energetic with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

"Teacher, how about my clothes?" Zhao Hongyi looked forward to being praised.

Xue Pan rubbed the third prince's ball head, and praised without hesitation: "The third prince has made great progress, and he looks cute like a little book boy." What about sackcloth instead of brocade?

Xiao Xizi followed behind and ran up, Xue Pan looked like a coarse linen clothes, but Xiao Xizi's delicate features were slightly feminine, so she was not as natural as Zhao Hongyi when she was dressed like this.

Xue Pan led the two out of the palace smoothly, and the four guards were the same as before.When Xue Pan arrived at the Xue Mansion, Xue Pan changed his court clothes and asked Yanzi to inform Jia Huan to change clothes before going out. Yanzi was clever, and when he saw the third prince's dress and informed Jia Huan, he directly said to try to choose ordinary clothes.Jia Huan thought it was Xue Pan's order, so he found some regular clothes and changed into them. Since he waited out like this and saw the third prince wearing linen, the two stood together as if their identities were reversed, but it was actually the third prince's linen clothes It's too shabby, Jia Huan is like a young son of a small landlord's family, and the third prince is a long-term worker of a small landlord's family.

A carriage and four tall horses swayed towards the outskirts of Beijing.At this time, the sun was scorching hot, and the three of them were sitting in the hot carriage, and after a while, Zhao Hongyi's face was flushed and his whole body was itchy. It turned out that when he sweated, the thick cloth rubbed his skin, and it was uncomfortable even after wearing a good layer of obscene clothes. His brows frowned. With the tip of his nose flushed, he threw himself on Xue Pan's lap, and said, "Teacher, I feel so bad."

Xue Pan fanned the third prince persistently, and the third prince hummed comfortably, while Jia Huan, who had been sitting obediently, suddenly said sarcastically, "You are so old that you are still lying on top of the master. "

When Zhao Hongyi heard it, he said triumphantly: "The teacher didn't say anything, do you want to climb too?!" He raised his eyebrows and provoked Jia Huan, pretending that he didn't know!As long as I interact with the teacher coquettishly, this guy will mock me with a nose that is not a nose, it must be lack of love.

Jia Huan was so angry that his eyes were hanging upwards. When will this rough Zhao Hongyi fight back? !He glanced at Xue Pan who was fanning himself, seeing that Xue Pan didn't make a sound to stop him, he felt a little relieved, luckily he didn't just help this brat.The black and white eyeballs rolled, and he suddenly smiled and said: "Master, I can't know a few tricks of the nameless whip method you taught me last time----"

"Where can't it be?" Xue Pan didn't know that Jia Huan was using himself to stimulate the third prince? !But it's just children playing and bickering, so they stop it. What kind of show is he watching in this hot day? !

Jia Huan said two tricks, and Xue Pan explained them one by one. The third prince next to him looked at Jia Huan angrily. Jia Huan pretended not to see him, and then looked at Xue Pan sadly. What about apprentices?

Xue Pan has a Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing. The caretaker of the Zhuangzi is a couple about forty years old. The female Liu Yanshi cooks authentic northern farm dishes. The male prunes flowers and trees on weekdays. But people are very generous.When they arrived at Zhuangzi, Xue Pan wanted to avoid the hottest time first, and go for a walk around the country road after four o'clock in the afternoon. The third prince was too hot, and his clothes were worn out, so he agreed.

Before the few people had lunch, Liu Yanshi made a big pot of sauerkraut bones and small pancakes. The few people who were too hot and had no appetite smelled the aroma, and their appetites immediately came.After dinner, Xue Pan asked Yanzi to go back and find two robes from Jia Huan. The third prince's skin was red and swollen from wearing coarse clothes, and by the way, they were for Xiao Xizi, who had thin skin and tender flesh.

When he was full, he felt sleepy. Zhuangzi's house was cleaned. Xue Pan arranged for one person in one room to take a nap first. He slept in the main hall, and the two children lived in the left wing room, one for each. If it doesn't work out, I'll be dizzy after a while.

Xue Pan had just slept in a daze when he suddenly heard the sound of a stool falling, but he woke up in a second, and there was already a noisy sound of swords and swords outside. As soon as the door was opened, there were already two guards and three men in black lying across the yard, they seemed to be dead, the other one was a pair of two, and the rest was in the third prince's room, the door was wide open, and there was a fight inside sharp.

This kills a thousand swords!Xue Pan who got up angry said bitterly.In the next second, he reached the third prince's bedroom. Jia Huan was opening the door to watch, Xue Pan was so angry that he shouted: "Go back and don't come out!" This palm contained the inside, shaking the man in black back a few steps, clutching his chest.

Xue Pan glanced inside the room, and saw that the third prince was safe and well and was hiding behind another guard, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, a total of eight men in black came, three died outside and entangled two, inside they fought three against one, then The guard was already injured, it was because he couldn't hold on if he came a little later.

One was injured, and now there are two still looking at him, Xue Pan scanned the circle without a sharp weapon for self-defense, but those two people had already come up to meet him.

Xue Pan is good at martial arts, but he has little experience against the enemy, and the opponent still has weapons, and it will be difficult to distinguish between them for a while.

Jia Huan, who had rolled back, pushed the door, and stooped to the door of the third prince. The fight inside was fierce, and he shouted: "Master, continue!" The thing in his hand aimed at it and threw it over. It was the whip he gave to Jia Huan. The whip was light but had hidden secrets. Xue Pan, who was already able to use the weapon, immediately turned the situation around.

The author has something to say: Good night [smiling]