[Red Mansions] Guide to "The Empress of the Wise"

When Suzaku returned to Wang Shuo’s courtyard, Wang Shuo was practicing Baduanjin. His body was stretched and relaxed. Wang Shuo usually practiced bow and horse frequently. .

"Have you dealt with it?" Wang Shuo asked casually.

"Yes, it's dealt with!" Suzaku responded, and stood behind Wang Shuo to wait for orders.

After a while, Wang Shuo stopped the battle, exhaled slowly, and calmed down.

"Suzaku, do you know what I like most about you?" Wang Shuo chatted.

"Suzaku is loyal." This is what Suzaku is most proud of. At the beginning, she was just one of the second-class maids, and she was sent by the princess, but she only recognized Wang Shuo as her master, so she was the "Suzaku" today.

"No, um, not all. Loyalty is good. What I love the most is that you are competitive." Wang Shuo wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "There were so many girls back then, only one of them was willing to follow the training and make a difference. Change, this world is too difficult, especially for women, if you are not strong and independent, but only know how to depend on others, what is the fun of living."

"Suzaku understands that in the future, loyalty will be the main priority, and I will not let others make decisions on behalf of slaves." Suzaku quickly expressed his loyalty, and this time Xiaoxin's parents were also involved. He wanted to be the master and wanted to go crazy. Suzaku thought it was Wang Shuo beating himself.

"Good job, woman, mourning her misfortune, angering her. It's a pity~" Wang Shuo sighed and went into the inner room to wash up. Suzaku suddenly felt that the master might just express his feelings and had nothing to do with her.

The princess’s illness is a mental illness. As long as she figured it out, if there is no good medicine and supplements in the Wang family, the princess will be able to get out of bed soon. I heard that Wang Ziteng has not been home for several days. In the midst of it, it was even more distressing, and secretly decided to support the family and prevent the children from suffering.

News also came from Xue Hong's side, inviting Wang Shuo to talk about it.

When he came to Lingxiu Villa again, Xue Hong brought a thick stack of documents.Wang Shuo looked through it, and found that there were records of suspicious people and goods entering and leaving the border, as well as some slang words, which she didn't quite understand, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The prince led his troops into the grassland alone and disappeared; the lieutenant general who wrote the letter asking for help has not yet found out who was behind it, but he was definitely not instructed by His Majesty; now the person in charge of the military affairs in the northwest is the confidant general of His Majesty's hidden mansion, and he has been searching The whereabouts of the eldest son, and ordered to arrest him." Xue Hong explained that he brought the information not because he was afraid that Wang Shuo would not believe him, but because he hoped that Wang Shuo would have his own unique insights in analyzing the information and make up for his shortcomings.

"That is to say, His Majesty is still facing Yongwang's Mansion? Sure enough." Wang Shuo felt that His Majesty's attitude was wrong. For such a big matter, he would rather be killed than misplaced. So soft-hearted now.

"Look at this." Xue Hong took out a letter from the stack of materials and handed it to Wang Shuo.

Wang Shuo finally looked at it, and there was a wrong order on it that read "Luring the enemy to go deep, and the inside should cooperate with the outside", and the inscription was a letter from Princess Yong to the son of the world.

"You mean that my uncle didn't go missing, but lured the enemy premeditatedly?" Wang Shuo said pleasantly.

"It may be, but it doesn't matter whether it was premeditated or not. It's hard to tell the direction on the grassland. Now the situation is not good for the Yongwang Mansion. Even if it is true, the son of the Yongwang will not be able to return with meritorious service, and even let the barbarians occupy a few more cities. What is true has to become false." In Xue Hong's view, who can come back alive is the most important thing now, and the original plan is irrelevant.

"How could it be? It can't be Grandpa's own plan, right? His Majesty knows the truth and falsehood, so he won't watch Yongwang's mansion get wronged." Wang Shuo didn't dare believe it. How old is His Majesty? Soft-hearted, there were a dozen brothers back then, but only Yongwang's family was left.

"Now who knows that Lord Yong's family has been wronged, as long as our Majesty doesn't tell, what else can others do?" Just kill the person who knows the truth. The Yongwang family should have the awareness to pay the price for this plan.

Xue Hong took the letter from Wang Shuo, threw it into the pile of materials, and said, "Don't make useless things, either go to the northwest to see what's going on, or go to the capital to listen to the news, where the sky is high. The emperor is far away, so what's the point of saying this." Guangdong is really too far away, and when the news arrives, the situation has changed dramatically, and it is impossible to command remotely.

"You're right." Wang Shuo whispered.

"No way, where do you want to go?" Xue Hong asked in surprise, looking at Wang Shuo's appearance, he didn't just say something casually.

"Let's go to the capital, you can send me a contact, and pass on the news to me, so I can act." Wang Shuo made a plan on his own.

"Hey, hey, hey, I didn't say I would help you go to the capital, but I even sent someone to you. Why don't you fly back directly! I said you can't implicate Xue's family. Send someone! Hmph!" Seeing this whimsical idea, Xue Hong rolled his eyes.

"If you don't have a full grasp of the Secretary of General Administration, why would you want to get rid of it? You haven't cultivated one or two confidantes for so many years. I think you are the one who lied to me! We are on the same boat now, and no one in Guangdong knows that You and my family are on good terms, and if something happens, I will be the first to bite you out." Wang Shuo grinned threateningly.

"It's useless! This set is useless! I really can't use the power of the General Secretary to send you to the capital. Many of my shops are hidden piles. I don't have such a great ability to make a living." Xue Hong waved his hands again and again, never promise.

"Get rid of the Secretary of General Administration..." Wang Shuo tempted with a dragging voice.

"Send someone to you at most, one at most!" Xue Hong quickly changed his words.

"Again..." Wang Shuo wanted to bargain again.

"No more, no more, do you know how much effort it takes me to train a person? You can't use it again after showing up. Do you know how much I have lost?" Xue Hong started to settle accounts for Wang Shuo, saying If you kill him, you won't make any more effort.

"Stingy, just one." Wang Shuo muttered, "If you don't send me to Beijing, how can I go back?"

"I said, you are a demon, right? Go back in an open and honest manner. You are not a local official. You can't leave your post without a purpose. Just go directly."

"That's right, why didn't I think of such a good idea? You are so smart!" Wang Shuo flattered his throat with a sweet voice: "My father must be blind. He is so understanding and will definitely protect you. I will go back to Beijing well."

"Oh~ I forgot about your father!" Xue Hong slapped his head, yes, forgetting that Wang Shuo cannot be the head of the Wang family.

"Why don't you tell your father directly?" Xue Hong suggested.

"You act like I didn't say anything, and after a little testing, it's absolutely impossible. My father's ability to take a concubine to show his loyalty shows his attitude. Now he only wants to protect the Wang family, and he absolutely refuses to take the risk of being implicated." When necessary, Wang Shuo should also play the role of marriage to stabilize the situation for the Wang family, which is one of the reasons why Wang Shuo is so impatient.

"So you're not afraid of being implicated?" Xue Hong asked.

"It's not the same." Wang Shuo sighed, and said, "Some people think it's better to live than to die, and some people think it's better to live in the mud than to be clean."

"You're afraid of living without dignity."

"Depending on the situation, maybe I'm so impassioned now, but I backed down when things came to an end." Wang Shuo avoided answering, but Xue Hong knew that her words were more useful than beating his chest and swearing at the sky. It was said by someone who really had an idea in his heart. if.

"Let's not talk about this, since you can't send me back to Beijing, help me find someone." Wang Shuo changed the subject.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Zhongshan King Tugeng."

"He's in Guangdong?" Xue Hong asked in surprise. He didn't even know about the spies. How did Wang Shuo know? Could there be a secret connection between the two?Xue Hong looked at Wang Shuo in a wrong way.

"What are you thinking? I saw it by chance on the street." Wang Shuo rolled his eyes and said.

"Yeah, I saw it by accident, why didn't I happen to~"

"Believe it or not, I have no ability, and I still have to doubt others, really!" Wang Shuo sneered.

"You haven't gone to Beijing yet, so it's not good to just cross the river and tear down the bridge." Xue Hong was almost pissed off by Wang Shuo's bad temper.

"Help or not, just a word!"

"Help, help, help, where did you see it, when, what does it look like, how long do you want to find him?"

Wang Shuo took out a blank piece of paper and drew the figure he saw when he was eating in the restaurant that day. The fine brushwork did not seek vividness, but only similarity in shape.

"It's almost like this. With his temperament, the most suitable person to play is a student studying abroad, a noble son on tour, or a Confucian businessman who buys goods everywhere." Wang Shuo handed the portrait to Xue Hong.

"Well, yes, your ability to draw shadows and graphics is good, even better than those senior men in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Look at the arrest warrants posted on the city gates. Are they the same person? Could it be possible to tell the difference between those with a beard and those without a beard? Alone?" Xue Hong taunted the officials of the Ministry of Punishment for their skillful eyes, and said, "Can you teach me?"

"As long as you help me with this matter, this ability will be a bonus, and you can let someone learn it." Wang Shuo said indifferently.

"It's easy to handle with the portrait, and I'll get someone to give you news as soon as possible."

"Well, thank you very much. I'll go back and prepare first, and I can leave at any time." Wang Shuo replied, she had to go back and persuade the princess to keep her secret, and not tell Wang Shouzhong about the matter, Wang Shouzhong was not willing to take risks for Yongwang's mansion.