Daiyu reads novels every day

"If you don't want to say it right now, that's all." Prince Yongzhan was weak after drawing his sword, and said: "I just advise you, seeking skin from a tiger is very dangerous."

"If it's not because of me, don't tell me to listen to my brother." Yong Chen said in a low voice, "It's just that the partition wall has ears. Brother, let's rest." Then he turned around and left the cabin, and saw the boy——Cai Zeyan, squatting at the stern cleaning the quilt Blood-soaked silk cloth.

This is Mr. Cai's only grandson, and now he is doing this kind of slavery.

Yong Chen felt deeply distressed, walked over, knelt down, came up, and asked, "Have you ever read a book?"

Cai Zeyan glanced at him, as if he knew what he was worried about, and said sternly: "The young master taught me to read and write. He said that if I go to take the exam, I will be a scholar. The young master treats me very well." Before asking more questions, he said again: "It's because I don't want to take the exam myself."

"Why?"

Cai Zeyan didn't speak, but pursed his lips tightly, scrubbing the handkerchief vigorously, and the bloodstains smeared and faded away in the river water, and faded to invisible.

Yong Chen sighed, and asked again: "Do you still remember your parents?"

Cai Zeyan paused for a moment, then said, "I remember. Both parents are dead." Without waiting for Yongchen to ask, he said, "I haven't seen my relatives in Kyoto."

Yongchen was inexplicably a little angry, but Cai Zeyan's next sentence made the anger go away.

"I have never seen my relatives in Kyoto." Cai Zeyan repeated, vigorously scrubbing the silk cloth that seemed to never be cleaned, "I only miss them day and night."

The boy didn't cry, didn't choke, his expression was normal, and his voice was clear.

"How about I take you back to Beijing?" Yong Chen said softly, "Don't you want to see your sister?"

Cai Zeyan paused and asked, "Did my grandfather pass away too?" He was keenly aware that Yongchen only mentioned his sister.

It turned out that the young man didn't know that in this world, his only relative was an older sister.

Yong Chen forced a smile and said, "Master Cai is getting old..."

Cai Zeyan said: "84 years old."

"what?"

"My grandfather passed away not long ago, right?" the young man said, "That's why the young master didn't get the news."

"Hecao... Do you know all the news your young master has received?"

"I know." The young man said again, "The young master has treated me very well."

Yongchen's heart cooled down for a while, and he asked again, "Aren't you going to the capital to meet your sister? I've never seen her before."

The young man lifted the silk cloth out of the river, wringing out the wet silk cloth vigorously with his two slender arms.

Seeing that he was struggling, Yong Chen stretched out his hand to catch it, but he couldn't grab it.

The boy grabbed the silk cloth and struggled hard, twisted it on his own, and said in his mouth: "Don't bother me." The water from the twisted trickle fell on the deck of the boat, splashing the boy's purple-faced cloth shoes.

Yong Chen sighed: "Your temper is very similar to your sister."

The boy's expression changed, and he twisted the silk cloth until it stopped dripping, then he suddenly said: "I have seen my sister." He said again: "I hid in the Buddhist temple, quietly followed the crowd of pilgrims, and only saw one Back view."

"She didn't see you? Why didn't she come out and recognize you?"

"I can't recognize each other."

When the young man said these words, Yongchen also understood.

Yes, it's not that I don't want to recognize each other, it's that I can't recognize each other.

The Cai family already had a Cai Zeyan. To the Cai family, this young man who cooked wine for the doctor and washed silk cloth on the river was a real stranger.

What's more, when Hecao saved Cai Zeyan, it was obviously because of the unfortunate death of his son, and the feeling of licking the calf was shifted to Cai Zeyan—if Cai Zeyan wanted to return to Cai's house, what would happen to Hecao?Furthermore, from the words of the young man in front of him, it is not difficult to see that he is extremely grateful, respectful and even close to Hecao.Perhaps after growing up by Hecao's side for nearly ten years, even he himself can't tell the difference. To him, whether the Cai family, whose blood is thicker than water, is closer, or Hecao, who has raised so much kindness, is closer. .

"If you are willing to go back to Beijing with me," Yong Chen said seriously, "I will find a way to make your siblings recognize each other."

Holding the half-wrung silk cloth, the boy lowered his head and remained silent.

"On my boat, the person who dug me up is here." Hecao didn't know how many times he heard from the stern before he made a sound. He looked at Cai Zeyan and said, "You are originally a child of the Cai family. You recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors." It's the laws of nature and human relations. I won't stop you."

Cai Zeyan didn't say a word, and went to the bow of the ship with the silk cloth, and stood on tiptoe to dry on the mast.

Yongchen stared at him silently.

"Let him think for himself." Hecao laughed, "Don't look at his young age, he has a good idea."

"Same as his sister." Yong Chen looked at Hecao and said with a hint: "It really is a family."

Hecao sneered, mockingly said: "Without me, the whole family would have been separated."

Yongchen is speechless.

"When the ship docks, I have a big gift for you."

Yong Chen became vigilant, and said with a smile, "What kind of gift?"

Hecao didn't answer, and said again: "The boy who came with you..."

"Yellow mud snail?"

"It's not the person originally sent by the Green Gang."

Yong Chen was not too surprised, said: "I know he is not. I just can't figure out where he is from." Instead, he found him who fell into the water before the people from the Qing Gang.

Hecao sneered, "So you are black under the lamp."

"It's dark under the lights?"

"He belongs to the one inside." He Cao pouted into the cabin.

Brother Prince!

Yongchen's heart is clear, yes, the prince's elder brother has definitely arranged the whole thing before and after this "assassination" - how could he miss the most crucial escape?I'm afraid the only thing that the prince's elder brother didn't expect was that he contacted Hecao and set up a scene of "being assassinated after escaping, absolutely insane".

Hecao looked at Yong Chen's pensive look, stroked the knife marks on his face with his index finger, grinned and said, "What? Can't make up your mind yet?"

Yong Chen said: "I made up my mind a long time ago."

"I don't think so." Hecao sneered, "Just go to this kicker, and fight to the death for my seat as the young master. I have made up my mind, I know better than you what a person who wants a seat but no friendship looks like." many."

Yong Chen was silent, remembering that in the carriage, the elder brother of the crown prince looked at him at the end and said that the yellow mud snail was good for his voice, and he was always unwilling to think too badly of the elder brother of the prince's motive for placing this person by his side.Well-intentioned, but also unknown.

At night, Yongchen and Prince Yongzhan had dinner together.The food on board was rough, and the fruits and vegetables were not fresh. Prince Yongzhan even lost his appetite after being injured, so he only managed to drink half a bowl of rice porridge.

Yong Chen took a look at the remaining half bowl of rice porridge, originally wanted to persuade the prince's elder brother to eat more, but suddenly remembered his indifferent and unpredictable eyes, and the words he wanted to utter died in his throat.

"Zhang Jilun Shangshu said that this year's Jiangnan provincial examination has a bad influence," Prince Yongzhan leaned on the pillow, his injured left arm resting quietly on his waist, his voice was lower than usual, "Tang Jide, the chief examiner and deputy imperial envoy He also reported Fang Deshan, the magistrate of the same examiner. Some of the scholars recommended by Fang Ming were illiterate." When he talked about the fraud case in the imperial examination, his face showed a bit of displeasure, which must have occurred in Prince Yongzhan's heart He was very angry, "Earlier, my father ordered Shangshu Dong Shen to go to Yangzhou to investigate and interrogate with Li Fuquan and Zhang Jilun. After Dong Shen arrived in Yangzhou, the interrogation turned out to be nothing—officials protect each other, as for that."

Yong Chen listened silently, poured a cup of warm water and handed it to him.

Prince Yongzhan suddenly asked: "What do you think?"

Yong Chen smiled and said: "Father asked Li Fuquan to mix in, so what can we find out? The Li family is the father-in-law's family of the fifth Yongdan. In the past, he wanted to let his father-in-law's family be the censor, but I carried him out. Lin Ruhai has come to stir up trouble. Dong Shen has always been a glass bead, with a slick face, never offending anyone, and never telling the truth. The father sent these people to jointly investigate the case, but he didn't want to pursue it seriously."

"What about now?"

"Now? Since the elder brother is here, it is natural to examine it carefully." Yongchen realized the painstaking efforts of Emperor Jinglong. This clear case must be postponed to become a serious case, and then handed over to the elder brother of the prince. At first, Fang showed the prince's brother's kung fu in martial arts; after thinking through this level, he didn't know what it was like in his heart for a moment.

"How to review properly?"

"That's..." Yong Chen wanted to answer subconsciously, but suddenly noticed that the prince's elder brother was asking him so urgently, not like his usual temperament, so he couldn't help but looked up suspiciously.

But on the couch, the elder brother of the prince who had not recovered from his injury was looking down at him, his eyes were piercing, as if he was expecting what he was about to say, which was in stark contrast to his weak expression.

Yong Chen was greatly encouraged, and continued without realizing it, "I don't know how my brother will interrogate. If I come, I will first remove both Dong Shen and Li Fuquan, and order Zhang Jilun to investigate and report with Zhao Mengli, the Governor of Water Transport." He Added: "The Governor of Water Transport, Zhao Mengli, has a good personal relationship with Lin Ruhai, and he does not join forces with the water management officials of the Fifth Prince. Since Zhang Jilun exposed this matter, he must do his best to investigate thoroughly; Since Meng Li can't understand the style of the Fifth Prince's family, even if he doesn't try his best to investigate the case, at least he won't cover up and connivance. After the trial of these two people, I guess the evidence of bribery and bribery collected by the examiner will also be investigated. Clear."

Prince Yongzhan listened quietly, slowly smiled, and asked again: "And then?"

"Then?" Yong Chen was stunned for a moment, "The case is closed, kill those who deserve to be killed, and get rid of meritorious deeds."

The smile on Prince Yongzhan's face turned into helplessness, and he said in a persuasive manner: "Is this the end? What about the people in front who refused to investigate the case wholeheartedly? Dong Shen is of course like this. , but it also has his benefits, not to mention that. Since you know that Li Fuquan doesn't care about investigating the case, and even obstructs it, why don't you investigate him anymore? Of course, Li Fuquan defends the examiner because he is also in the line of the fifth prince, but How can there be no bribery in it?"

"I've thought of that too. It's just a fraud case in the examination room, and this is a case that has been drawn out." Yong Chen still wanted to defend himself.

Prince Yongzhan didn't bother him either, and said with a smile: "Oh? Then besides the case, do you have other ideas?" Seeing that Yongchen was puzzled, he said again: "The case has been clarified, but the matter is full of turmoil. How to deal with the aftermath? How to appease the hearts of scholars? And what actions should be taken in the future so that this kind of fraud will never happen again?"

Yongchen is used to the military orders, and has never really dealt with civil affairs and bureaucracy. He didn't expect that the sticky things behind him were also reasonable.He let out a "squeak" and muttered, "These brothers just have to do it. I—anyway, I don't understand."

"It's not that you don't understand." Prince Yongzhan said gently, "It's just that you didn't put your mind on it before."

"I prefer to serve in the military."

"Whether it's the imperial examination or the military, the truth is the same." Prince Yongzhan said: "Think about it carefully, when you lead troops, don't you want to appease the hearts of the soldiers? Don't those who have made merits not judge their merits?" Reward? The same is true in the officialdom. You used to have a fight with Mr. Li from Yongdan Yue's family, and pointed at each other face to face in the court hall..."

Yong Chen thought that the prince's elder brother was going to point out his inappropriateness, so he lowered his head, a little frustrated.

"You did a good job that time." Prince Yongzhan praised, "Mobilizing the censor, making people pretend to be soldiers, and grasping the father's mind; Who fights what kind of battle. The person who coordinates the overall situation on the battlefield is called the general. The person who orders all the officials in the officialdom is the emperor."

Yongchen listened silently, the last words were really shocking, but his face was calm, pretending that he didn't hear the implication of the prince's brother, he hiccupped suddenly, and said with a smile: "I just had enough food, I should go away. "So I said goodbye to the prince's brother, and went to the deck to blow the wind until Jiang Yongyue was young and the night wind was cold, and then I returned to the cabin. Seeing that the prince's brother was sleeping in his clothes, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Yong Chen brought a quilt and covered the prince's elder brother lightly, being careful not to touch the wound. Seeing that the prince's elder brother was weak after the injury, and his face was like gold paper after falling asleep, he stood still for a while, then walked to the screen He blew out the candle beside him, he was used to being beaten when he marched and fought, and he lay down on the ground, but stared at the dark room, thinking about what the prince's brother had said these two days, without feeling sleepy.

The most honored seat in the world is right at your fingertips, how can anyone not be tempted?

Desperate for their lives, there are also the fifth prince and others who want to fight.

More than once, he was defeated by his father's power, such as his marriage.Although Yongchen never had the idea of ​​competing with the prince's elder brother, it was not that he was not tempted for that seat.This night, Yong Chen suddenly thought, if the throne hadn't been promised to the prince's elder brother, would he still be able to resist giving it a try.

The next day, Liu Wuhua also woke up from a coma.For the first two days, Yong Chen didn't care to look at him, and it wasn't until the doctor came to treat him on the boat that he realized that Liu Wuhua had a big bag on the back of his head.

Early in the morning, Yong Chen saw Liu Wuhua, half of his head wrapped in white silk cloth, moving over step by step while holding onto the side of the boat.

Yong Chen looked at him coldly, and seeing him approaching, he sarcastically said, "The river is windy and the waves are rough, Mr. Liu fell down carefully and fed the fish."

"The prince of the county has misunderstood me." Liu Wuhua said coldly, although he was dragged by Yong Chen on the road and scratched many places on his face, he couldn't hide the nobility in his eyes.

"Really?" Yong Chen's eyes were cold, looking him up and down, as if looking at a piece of goods.

Liu Wuhua straightened his back.

"Is Liu Qing outside?" Prince Yongzhan's voice floated softly from the cabin, "Come in."

Yong Chen saw this guy walking past him proudly, gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "Young Master Liu, the King of Japan will invite you to drink tea alone."

Liu Wuhua let out a disdainful sneer, looked ahead, and said expressionlessly: "The prince of the county is blocking the way."

Yongchen didn't say much anymore, turned around and strode away.

Yong Chen, Prince Yong Zhan and others have been lingering on the river for nearly half a month, but there is already a commotion in the capital.

The secret letter was passed to Emperor Jinglong, and news came from below that the post station was on fire, and the prince and King Yong were missing; At the ferry, when people from the Green Gang responded, they said that someone at the Plum Blossom Ferry had witnessed it. It turned out that it was a rebel from the former government who, under the name of the Green Gang, had already been shot and burned to death by the people in the car.

For a while, Emperor Jinglong and several secret ministers lost the whereabouts of the crown prince and King Yong, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive.

It was night, news came out from the harem that Concubine De had been ill for a long time, coughing and wheezing incessantly at noon, the medicine and stones were ineffective, and she died before dawn.

After ruling the harem for twenty years, the concubine De, who had raised two adult princes, disappeared so quietly.

Emperor Jinglong aroused the power of thunder, and ordered General Jiang to order [-] King Qin's army to seize the fifth prince Yongdan and the ninth prince Yongjiu, together with his uncle Tian Liyi, and imprison them with a high wall; The sixth prince, Yong Yi.

This time, the entire Concubine De's family was fooled.

In the harem, rumors were circulating secretly that Concubine De was not ill for a long time, but was poisoned to death that night.It is said that Emperor Jing Long personally led people straight to Concubine De's bedroom, and the eunuch squeezed Concubine De's mouth and poured poisonous wine into her—seeing Concubine De's death, Emperor Jing Long said sadly, "It's not that I didn't give you a chance."

This rumor has a nose and an eye, and it is hard for people to believe it.

However, the fifth prince, Yong Dan, searched out the military edict with his own signature and seal.

Emperor Jinglong punished him for the crime of "rebellion", which frightened everyone in the court to think it was a "tiger's poison to eat children". Who knew that Emperor Jinglong thought that the empress dowager was old-and she was eating vegetarian food in Mount Wutai There is no bloody sight in chanting Buddha, so only the fifth prince Yongdan and the ninth prince Yongjue and the country's uncle Tian Liyi were imprisoned by a high wall.

Sure enough, what Prince Yongzhan expected was exactly the same.

In one night, Emperor Jinglong personally ordered the killing of the person who had been sleeping with him for 20 years, and imprisoned his two biological sons, and the life and death of the two sons were unknown, and his old age was revealed on his face.

Shangshu Dong Shen talked with Emperor Jinglong, and advised: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Yongjun have auspicious people with their own auras, and they will surely turn bad luck into good luck."

For a while, the eunuch came to report that King Zhongjun had come.

"Yong Yi is here?" Emperor Jing Long moved his body, took a deep breath, and signaled Dong Shen to step back, "Let him in."

Zhongjun Wang Yongyi entered the room anxiously, knelt down in front of Emperor Jinglong, and cried: "Emiang has gone, father must take care of himself. The two elder brothers are not up to date, son, son..."

"Striving?" Emperor Jing Long sneered, "How can they compete?"

"Father?" Zhongjun Wang Yongyi raised his face, his face was full of confusion, and his face was also full of tears. He repeated that he really didn't know the reason why the two second elder brothers were imprisoned by the high wall.

Emperor Jinglong pointed to the book left by Dong Shen, "Dong Shen was here to talk with me just now, and I listened to the first poem... You sit here, next to me, and continue to read..."

Yong Yi carefully held the book, moved it over, and said: "My son, stand up and read it—this is the son's filial piety."

Emperor Jinglong nodded slightly and stopped talking.

When Yong Yi read the book, it was a volume of "The Book of Songs", glanced at the folded page, and said with a smile: "In the past, His Royal Highness the Prince led his younger brothers to learn this poem." He read it line by line.

What I read was "Tang Di".

"...The glory of Changdi, Ebuwei. All people today are like brothers. The prestige of death and funeral, brother Kong Huai. The original Xie is here, the brother is begging..."

Yong Yi read slowly, every word and every sentence clearly.

Thousands of miles away in Suzhou, Yong Chen and Prince Yong Zhan have already arrived in the city of Suzhou.

Before getting off the boat, Hecao came over with a bundle, threw it in front of Yongchen, and said with a smile: "A big gift for you!" The bundle was not tied properly, and when it fell to the ground, a human head rolled out!