[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

Jin Shiyue is the younger brother of Jin Shichao, the king of Xining County. He grew up together, studying and practicing martial arts.Fortunately, he is always the pillar of the family, even the old concubine Liang who was born in General Yili's mansion has passed away, and Jin Shichao did not drive the second wife away and let his family live in the north courtyard of the palace.

Among the four kings and eight lords, even the decadent mansions like the original Rongguo Mansion are outrageously extravagant, but at this time, the Wang Mansion of Xining County, which is in charge of the Shuofang area, is no worse than the Jia Mansion. One of the three most prosperous towns in Northwest China.It's just that Jin Shichao, the king of Xining County, is busy with official duties, but he doesn't enjoy it much on weekdays, which makes Jin Shiyue cheaper.

The inheritance of the title of Prince of Xining County is very clear, and there is absolutely no reason to pass it on to Jin Shiyue. Although the old concubine Liang loved her youngest son when she was there, she was not as rogue and greedy for power as Jia Shishi.The current Princess Xiaoliang of Xining County is also the sister of the current General Yili, and the niece of the old princess. Both of them married from Yili Liang's family outside the pass to the border town of Shuofang, but they share a lot of nostalgia and family affection. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along well. Quite harmonious.The princess of Xining County presides over Zhongfu, and she will not be stingy with her uncle and cousin, and [-]% of the old princess's body has been given to Jin Shiyue.

The north courtyard has carved buildings and painted pavilions, and corridors and waists. It is actually a Su-style Jiangnan garden in Shuofang.

Jin Shiyue was drinking and listening to plays with a few cronies, but he still didn't know about the important national event that the emperor Beishou outside was assassinated.Recently, Jin Shichao was either in the paddock, or in the Shuofang army, or he was greeting the Mongolian envoys on his behalf.

Suddenly I heard a report from the porter, saying, "Second master, Dingzhong Hou is coming to visit."

Jin Shiyue stopped the play, as if he didn't hear clearly, he asked, "Who are you talking about?"

The concierge saw that the second master had a different expression, and said respectfully: "Dingzhonghou, I borrow Lord Xiao who lives in the other courtyard to the south of the palace."

Jin Shiyue had mixed feelings in his heart. He had heard that he was coming and lived in the South Yard a few days ago. He kindly went to find him to talk about the old days, but he ran away. Anyway, he was never seen in his territory.I just threw all the friendship of eating and sleeping together into the water.This is heartless, he really doesn't remember how many bad things he and he did together back then.

Jin Shiyue called to stop the play, and asked people to welcome Xiaohou in, but he didn't go out to welcome him out by himself. He waited in the hall of the north courtyard, but he also made his friends retreat.

Xiao Hou didn't come alone, but followed Mrs. Xiao Hou and Ouyang Lei. He also needed a sense of security.

Xiao Hou is a well-known dandy who is fearless, but apart from Mrs. Xiao Hou, what he is most afraid of in his life is Jin Shiyue.I am afraid that Mrs. Xiaohou is because of respect and love, and I am afraid that Jin Shiyue is the best brother of this boy when he was young, and he once wanted to be "brothers" with him.He Xiao Kai is a pure man!

Jin Shiyue was surprised that he brought his wife here, but at this time he couldn't say what he had planned.

Seeing Jin Shiyue, Xiao Hou was stunned for a moment and didn't come forward for a moment, Ouyang Lei hummed, Xiao Hou just smiled, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Hello, Second Brother Jin, I haven't seen you for many years, are you okay?"

Looking at his still peerlessly beautiful face, Jin Shiyue couldn't help but think of the two of them getting along when they were young.Although Jin Shiyue is a dude, he still learned a few skills, and Xiao Kai is the son of the great general Xiao Lang in vain, he is not good at three-legged cats, and he often needs him to protect him.

Seeing that there were others present, Jin Shiyue also stood up, and said, "Xiao Kai, you actually came to see me, you are so brilliant!"

Xiaohou knew that he was being sarcastic, but he just laughed a lot, but Madam Xiaohou stepped forward and gave a quack salute, saying: "I heard about Lord Jin's reputation earlier, and I can see you today, so fortunately."

Only then did Jin Shiyue look at Mrs. Xiao Hou, and saw that she was only in her early thirties, with picturesque features and extremely beautiful appearance. Even the Han and Hu mixed blood like the princess of Xining County had a unique charm, but she was still slightly inferior to her elegance.

Jin Shiyue also knew that his wife came from Jianghu, and her martial arts were much better than him. He also thought to himself: would he find a woman with much higher martial arts than him to protect him just to hide from him.However, when I saw Mrs. Nie today, I saw that she was so elegant and elegant, which fit Xiao Kai's taste. Of course, Jin Shiyue understood Xiao Kai's preferences.

Jin Shiyue said: "I have only admired Madam for a long time. How can my bad reputation compare with Madam's prestige?"

Fearing his guilt, Xiao Hou married a tigress, who was "famous all over the capital" back then.

Ouyang Lei also cupped his hands and said, "I'm Ouyang Lei, I've seen Lord Jin."

Although Jin Shiyue's martial arts skills are average, his vision is still there. Ouyang Lei's eyes are bright and his temperament is mature, but his appearance is younger than ordinary people. He looks only about 35 years old, and there is no trace of wrinkle. effort.

Jin Shiyue replied, "Hero Ouyang is polite."

Although Ouyang Lei heard Xiao Hou say a lot of good and bad things about Jin Shiyue along the way, at this moment he felt that Jin Shiyue was not simple.

Jin Shiyue welcomed the three of them to their seats, and a servant girl came to serve tea. Xiao Hou looked at his wife, feeling relieved, and then looked at the servant girl standing in the hall, looking at Jin Shiyue, hesitant to speak.

After all, Jin Shiyue was his best brother. I haven't seen him for many years. Seeing his expression, I knew it. After retreating to the left and right, I said lightly: "You have nothing to do. You don't have time to hide from me. Come to the door today. It will definitely not be that simple. If you have something to say, just say it."

Xiao Hou rubbed his hands together, he laughed, but couldn't speak for a moment, Jin Shiyue raised his eyebrows, and asked, "What the hell are you thinking?"

Xiao Hou said with a smile: "In the past 20 years, Second Brother Jin has rarely left Shuofang. He must know quite a few strange people in this area."

Jin Shiyue chuckled and said, "Could it be that you still want to play with me? Your wife is still here."

Jin Shiyue still has a different emotion for Xiao Kai.In the world of Red Mansions, it is normal to form a bonded brother or take all men and women. Xue Pan, Feng Yuan and the like all have this problem. not clean.

Xiao Hou said: "No, there is a person who offended me, I want to tease him secretly, I need the help of people of all levels, but I can't reveal that we did it."

Jin Shiyue was sitting upright, but when he heard Xiao Hou say that he wanted to trick someone, he couldn't help thinking that he was a teenager, with one elbow on the desk, and said with a smile: "Tell me who it is, and I'll help you kill him. Absolutely no one knows."

Xiao Hou laughed and said: "It's easy to kill him, but death is better than life, absolutely not death, and we have to get rid of the relationship."

Jin Shiyue couldn't help his eyes flickering brightly, and asked, "Who is it?"

Xiaohou said: "Prince Timur of the Zhungeer tribe."

……

At this time, although the envoys of various Mongolian ministries had not left Shuofang, they had already left the paddock and were living in the guild hall in the border town.This place was originally built by the government to receive the envoys of the northern tribes, and after the envoys of the northern tribes left, they could receive businessmen coming and going, half official and half commercial.

The envoys and entourages of the Jungar and Khalkha lived in a small courtyard, but the two were not very friendly.Because the Zhungeer tribe attacked the Khalkha tribe in the early years, there has also been a competition for grassland between the two tribes.It's just that they are all Mongolians after all, so it's not easy to quarrel in Dazhou at this time.

Timur and Suhebalu, the deputy envoy, drank Shuofang's spirits in the house and secretly discussed matters in Mongolian, discussing how much more rewards they could get if the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty controlled the funeral sky.

Timur asked again: "Can you see the representative of Houjin?"

Su Hebaru shook his head and said: "Right now, people in the border town of Dazhou are heavily guarded, and we are in a suspicious situation. Jin Shichao, Qian Yuan and others are not easy to fool. At this time, I still regret it. If the Ma family betrays us What shall we do?"

Timur laughed and said, "If the emperor is dead, Da Zhou will know about it, and it is even more difficult to attack at this time. Could it be that Da Zhou wants to tear himself apart with Mongolia? If the emperor is dead, they are busy fighting for power Support a new emperor, and no one will mess with us. This is the habit of the Han people."

However, Suhebalu persuaded: "The prince has never seen the monarchs and ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. At this time, the Great Zhou Dynasty is very different from the previous generation of emperors. Don't be bullied!"

But Timur didn't listen, and sighed: "We Mongols just don't unite. I think the Mongolian cavalry swept across the Central Plains and established an extremely powerful empire, but now they can only nest in Mobei. As long as the situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty is not Stability, civil strife, there is no time to take care of the North Desert, we can just form an alliance with the Houjin, and we can use troops to swallow the Khalkha and Tumed tribes. After that, the Houjin soldiers suppressed Youliao, and our troops suppressed Shuofang. Zhou Ding doesn't want to fight on two fronts, so he will definitely seek peace, and then ask for land and year coins, so that we can gradually become stronger and regain the glory of our ancestors."

Dazhou has held the role of an "impartial mediator" for decades. If a Mongolian tribe wants to annex another tribe and the latter seeks help from Dazhou, Dazhou will usually send envoys to mediate.Whether it was King Jing of Beijing, the hero of the past, or Xiao Lang, the great general of Weizhen Mobei, he was also ordered to borrow troops and food to the oppressed Mongolian tribes to resist the annexation of other tribes.

In short, to maintain the "friendliness and equality of all ministries" in Mongolia is actually the strategy of the majestic Emperor Taizong, and Mongolia cannot be unified.For example, the original Chahar tribe split into six tribes in the early years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and no one was able to reunify them in the following decades.Taizong believed that only the divided Mongolia was a friend.

As Timur spoke, he became excited, as if he would become a hero like Genghis Khan.In fact, Suhebaru has already regretted it. Given his age and experience, he feels that there are many capable people in the Great Zhou Dynasty now, and there is no such serious party struggle as it did when he took the throne.But Prince Timur never listened to persuasion.

The Great Khan also had bad intentions for taking in the remnants of the Ma family that day. They had no chance to get close to the Emperor of Zhou. Prince Timur thought he was smart and came up with this bad move.Prince Timur has also seen the poisonous concealed weapon of the Ma family. He even sacrificed a slave to test it. After being stained with a poisonous needle, his seven orifices bleed to death in less than half an hour.And the launch of that kind of hidden weapon is very difficult to dodge, even if you dodge the first two, the last kind of hidden weapon fired from the mouth is hard to guard against.

The emperor was indeed poisoned. Timur believed that the Han people were just holding them up and fighting internally. The emperor must be dead by now.

Although Suhebalu also believed that the emperor was dead, he felt that Da Zhou was still very powerful, so the courtiers he had met were all shrewd and capable, and the king of Xining County, who was guarding Shuofang, would not be easy to deal with.

That night, Timur drank wine with several tribal envoys and was in a good mood. He returned to the bedroom drunk and fell asleep.

But Timur was woken up by the cold, and he still felt strange in his heart. The high bed and soft pillows were prepared for him in the Han people's hall, which was very comfortable, so how could it be cold.

He woke up with a start, only to find that his hands and feet were tied up and placed in a horse. The carriage was still driving at this time, but the inside was not soft at all.Because of the bumpy road, his head, body, and limbs were all hit and hurt.He wanted to cry out, but found he couldn't.

Not long after, an old man with mottled hair and a gray beard lifted the curtain of the car to have a look, laughed hoarsely, and said, "Prince Timur is awake?"

Timur's eyes were as big as copper bells, and the old man came in, relaxing the muscles and activating the blood on several acupuncture points on his body.After that, he was bumped and hurt, and he couldn't help but yelled out.

"Can I speak?" He murmured something in Mongolian.

The old man was Ouyang Lei. He and Chunyu Bai had also been outside the customs, but he could speak a few words of Mongolian, which is not very standard.

Ouyang Lei said in Mongolian: "You can still speak now, but you won't know in a few days, because dead people can't speak."

"Who are you? What do you want to do?" Timur wondered, remembering that he spoke Chinese before, "Are you Han Chinese? Why are you arresting me?"

Ouyang Lei said: "Young master and the others have been captured by the dog emperor. It's a bad luck. We must finish what we promised the young master."

Fortunately, Ouyang Lei was originally from the Jianghu, otherwise he wouldn't dare to say the word "dog emperor", but the role in the "script" he received was like this, and he had to play better.The imperial concubine had solemnly confessed that acting must "integrate into the role", there is no taboo, forgive him for his innocence.

Timur said: "You guys are from the Ma family? How can I..." Timur suddenly stopped talking, thinking that if they were someone else pretending to deceive him, the scene between him and Ma Jianping and his gang Isn't it about to be dismantled?And now he is still waiting for the news of the death of the Emperor of the Great Zhou in the territory of the Great Zhou.No matter how much the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty fought, people from any faction would think of using the name of "revenge for the former emperor" to make him powerful.Therefore, at this time, we must not miss any clues about people outside the tribe.

Ouyang Lei thought to himself, this Mongolian prince really has a bit of scheming, and the bones of the Ma family are really tough, they really look at death like home like that, it's a bit like Jing Ke.

No matter what they are like, the imperial concubine and empress are still the devil.

Ouyang Lei said: "Probably not. The fifth young master is dead, we will be free people after completing the final task. We will kill you and bury him with him, which also matches the identity of the young master."

Timur said angrily: "Why do you want Xiao Wang to be buried with him? The people who arrested him were from Dazhou!" Timur thought to himself: Could there be other generals in the Ma family besides that group? Hidden in the territory of Dazhou, is this person really the old general of the Ma family?

Ouyang Lei said: "As long as the prince dies in Dazhou, it will be the best revenge for Dazhou. At that time, your father Khan will definitely not let it go. I'm afraid that people from your tribe will go to war with Dazhou, so Isn't it because the border of Da Zhou is unstable, and the Tu family is in turmoil? The Tu family killed more than 1000 people in the young master's family. How can the "dog emperor" pay for it with one life? You only want to make money, but the fifth young master Waiting for people to endure humiliation in Zhungeer for so many years, how can you take all the advantages? The destruction of the Great Zhou and the extermination of the Tu clan are what the general and the fifth young master want to see most in the sky, and to achieve this goal The most crucial step is to borrow the prince's life."

At this moment, Timur was startled, and he no longer suspected that they were people pretending to be Ma's family.Because the calculation they said was too reasonable.He couldn't help being annoyed that the Han people were really cunning.

Timur said angrily: "You have such vicious thoughts, so you have been using us all the time!"

Ouyang Lei said: "Aren't you also using us? The fifth young master gambled with his life to achieve his goal. Why don't you have to pay your life?"

Timur suddenly said: "You betrayed your trust, you...you and Da Zhou betrayed us?"

Ouyang Lei smiled sarcastically and said: "Are we so stupid? If the fifth young master and the court of the 'Dog Emperor' say that you are also involved in Zhungeer, the court will have a reason to punish Zhungeer. If the tribe still wants to belong to the court, then the loss of the court will be too small. Only when everyone in the world thinks that you died innocently in Dazhou, can your father Khan raise troops, and other Mongolian tribes will not be loyal to Dazhou. It's because of internal and external troubles. With your scheming, don't play with us Han people, it's a shame to come out."

Timur felt chills in his heart, and thought to himself: The Ma family used all means to get revenge. This is really a deep plot. He thought he was a squirrel, but he didn't expect that he was just a praying mantis, and he was already calculated by others. up.

The carriage stopped suddenly, and when they arrived at a dilapidated Guandi Temple, the driver, Chunyu Bai, stopped the carriage, and Ouyang Lei lifted Timur out of the carriage.

Timur saw the wilderness, and there was no one around.He was thrown aside, while the two "old men" were drinking water and chatting.

The content of the chat made Timur tremble with fear, that is, after killing him, how did the Mongolian envoys find out, and then they wanted to blame the people in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Chunyu Bai said: "Which important official is the best to blame?"

Ouyang Lei said: "I think Jin Shichao is suitable. If Timur's death is related to Jin Shichao, then Zhungeer Khan wants to seek justice. The court will either fight or deal with Jin Shichao and give the Mongols justice. But if you want to fight The morale of the imperial court has been weakened in the war because of ignorance, so it must suffer a bit, and handing over Jin Shichao is also killing a good general and cutting off his arm?"

Chunyu Bai praised: "Brother is really clever! But it's not easy to blame Jin Shichao?

Ouyang Lei said: "I sneaked into the palace and stole some of Jin Shichao's belongings. After I killed Timur, I put it on him. The autopsy will find it in the afternoon. Prince Timur is dead. Death is always a big case, there must be some important people involved, and there must be someone who can recognize Jin Shichao's things."

Chunyu Bai said: "The Xining Palace is heavily guarded and full of experts. It's not as easy to sneak into as the guild hall. I'd better go with eldest brother."

Ouyang Lei frowned, and said: "Then he is not guarded anymore? It's better to kill him now, and then we can steal things."

Chunyu Bai said: "No way. An autopsy in the afternoon can infer the time of death. What if Jin Shichao happened to have evidence of his alibi at that time? Besides, this is not a suitable place."

Ouyang Lei said: "Then what should we do?"

Chunyu Bai said: "You forgot, Lao Xu and the others have practiced so many kinds of medicine, and I still have a kind of 'Shixiang Ruanjin Powder' that he gave here. After taking it, I will never run away, not to mention being so tied up. Nearby Usually no one comes."

Timur also knew that the Ma family was practicing all kinds of poisons/medicines. Hearing such details that they did not intend to disclose, it just fit the facts, and Timur no longer doubted that they were the last trump card arranged by the Ma family.And the remnants of the Ma family played a game of chess that was much bigger than he thought.

Ouyang Lei said: "It shouldn't be too late. Let's go back to the city now to set up a spot and act at night. We will find a place to arrange everything tomorrow."

Timur's Chinese is very good, he was dumbfounded when he heard it, but he yelled in his heart.Now he can only beg for the blessing of Changshengtian. Before they come back, his subordinates will find him.

The two old men forced him to take a pack of poison/medicine, threw him in the haystack of the ruined temple to cover him, and left.

Tamerlane was in a daze, feeling weak all over, and only hoped that someone would find him so that he could be rescued.

I don't know how long it took before I finally heard the sound of human footsteps.

"Hehehe~~~" Hearing a woman's wave/laugh, "You two dead ghosts, you are still so impatient~~~"

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and there was a man's swaying/swaying voice: "Who are you calling a dead ghost, you little whore?"

There was another sound of undressing, and suddenly someone pressed down, presumably they thought it was just an ordinary haystack, but they didn't want Timur to be covered under it.Timur was hit by the heavy weight of this fall from a high place, and he felt a heart-piercing pain coming from the step/down.It turned out that the heavy weight of the person falling just happened to be on his testicles—he was lying on his back.

I was dazed after eating the "Shixiang Ruanjin Powder", but at this moment, I woke up from the pain and moved my body.

"Ah, there's someone down here!" Suddenly, the woman exclaimed in shock.

Suddenly, the haystack on his body was lifted, and Timur's eyes lit up, and there were three extremely ugly faces above him, two men and one woman.

One of the men was in his forties, with thick and dark skin, and a long and large tumor on the lower left cheek; while the other man had much fairer skin, but there were three large moles in the middle of his face and on his nose. dysentery.The woman is about forty years old, she still has a decent figure, but she has some nameless sores on her face.

Timur felt that it was not easy to find such three strange-looking people even among the lowly slaves of the Mongolian tribe in Mobei.

Although he was feeling sick, he wanted them to help him.

"Ah, what a handsome man!" said the woman with sores on her face, looking at him strangely.

Timur is only 22 years old. As Zhungeer Khan's favorite son, he looks good, with a tall nose, eagle eyes, and a beautiful beard.Besides, there were two other ugly men present for comparison.

The woman bent down to touch his face as if she had found a precious treasure, and Timur's dumb acupoint was pressed, and she wanted to scream but couldn't.

He thought that the other two men would object to the woman's "seeing differences and wanting to change", but he didn't expect that the two men also admired him, touched him everywhere, marveled, and said he was "so handsome".

Not long after, the man with a long tumor on his left cheek touched under Timur's crotch, and when he saw something, he felt a little disgusted: "Oh, what a pity! It's not good for anything! Boneless snake Skin-like, not as good as my tumor!"

That's who they crushed just now, okay?Maybe it's also related to the "Shixiang Ruanjin Powder".

The man with dysentery and long hairy mole said: "The one below, 'Boneless Snake Skin' is not guarding against anything. Let's look behind."

Timur was screaming inwardly, but to no avail.

The woman was not happy, and said, "You don't take precautions, what about me?"

The two men giggled and continued to touch Timur's body. The man with the tumor grabbed the "soft-skinned snake", and the man with the mole and dysentery touched the "grape from the Western Regions".

The man with the tumor smiled and said, "Little whore, what's the rush? I'll come to stab you after I finish stabbing this pretty boy~~"

The man with mole and dysentery said, "Are you coming first?"

The man with the tumor said: "You go with her first!"

As he said that, the man quickly stripped Timur naked. Timur had no strength at all after taking the medicine, and was pressed down. The man kissed him with an ugly face, and he wanted to vomit. Did not eat either.

In the end, Chrysanthemum felt a sharp pain in her heart...

……

Near the dilapidated Guandi Temple, behind a small hill, Xiao Hou and his wife, Ouyang Lei, Chun Yubai, and Jin Shiyue were lurking.

A member of the Jin family suddenly ran back to report the details, and Xiao Hou covered his wife's ears.

"Master Er, that kid has been stripped off, and Liu Er is fucking him!" the general said excitedly.

Ouyang Lei and Chun Yubai have been heroes all their lives, and although they have seen very hurtful things, they have never seen this kind of thing, and their expressions are weird.

Jin Shiyue hehe, and ordered: "Investigate again!"

Then broadcast in real time one after another:

"The dysentery king started fucking him!"

"Zhao Sanniang is on!"

"Use the tool!"

"The chrysanthemum is bleeding!" (I admire the Jin family spy's eyesight very much.)

After reporting again and again, Mrs. Xiaohou finally couldn't help but vomited out. Although Xiaohou covered her ears, how could she not hear.

Ouyang Lei and Chunyu Bai also looked a little pale, what is the most poisonous woman's heart.

So, don't let the imperial concubine take you seriously!

We would rather we never have the qualifications to be enemies of imperial concubines in our lifetime!