[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

I don't know when it started, but there was a news circulating among the people in Beijing and China: "The champion Hou Lilian suddenly fell ill on the front line, and the medicine was ineffective, and he died of the sudden illness. The news of Champion Hou's death is kept secret."

Not long after that, another gossip said to come from the palace suddenly spread among the market: "The death of the champion Hou Li Lian was because the emperor was afraid of his great achievements, so he acted preemptively and sent someone to poison him to death." he!"

As soon as this news came out, the people were all in an uproar, talking a lot, and it almost turned into a riot.

After hearing this important "information", the servants of each government quickly returned to the government to report to their masters.

This news was spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and the whole capital was shaken for a while.

It's hard to say how the people in the capital are talking endlessly, but the civil and military officials are always whispering when they go to court.

Civilian circles

"Wang Shilang, have you heard?"

"Such a big event, of course I have heard about it! Chen Shilang, what do you think?"

"It seems that a while ago (finger pointing upwards) gave some medicinal materials to the front, maybe..." A look of saying nothing.

"No way! Yes (pointing to the direction of Ningshou Palace where the Supreme Emperor lives) look at it, does that one dare?"

"Why don't you dare? This kind of thing has happened in all dynasties."

"Should... probably not! He doesn't look like this kind of person."

"Know people, know face but not heart, who knows who is what kind of person!"

Wu Xun circle

"Yo! Old Qi, have you heard that?"

"Now everyone in the capital knows, how can I not know!?"

"You said that (pointing to the sky cautiously)... man, really killed Lord Hou?"

"Who knows! Let me say it here first! Master Hou saved my life. If Master Hou really... I must seek justice for Master Hou!!!"

"Bah! Fuck me! Don't say it as if you are the only one who cares about the kindness of the Marquis! Is there anyone in our circle who has not received the favor of the Marquis!"

"Over the years, if it weren't for Lord Hou's support, our brothers would have been tricked time and time again by those civil officials who eat people and don't spit out their bones!"

"Okay! There's no need to talk about these nonsense! What should we do now?" The speaking general was gearing up, eager to do a big job.

"Send someone to the front line to investigate first, to see how Master Hou is doing? It would be bad if there was a joke!" Someone still said calmly.

"If, just in case...if it's really that person who did it..." Someone said anxiously.

The calmest person just now said: "Anyway, if Master Hou is gone, there is still Master Hou (Li Lian)!" Even if he can't help Master Hou to avenge his blood hatred, he still has to work hard to raise the child for Master Hou.

During the court meeting, although the officials still bowed their heads respectfully and listened to the reports of the officials, their eyes were either communicating with the colleagues around them, or they couldn't help looking up, wanting to see the emperor's expression.

Last night, the emperor reviewed the memorial until late at night, and the emperor, who didn't even turn over the card, just felt that the ministers today were weird, either they kept making eyebrows and lawsuits, or they sneaked at him furtively, as if they were seeing a ghost (rolling their eyes).

This made the emperor couldn't help showing An Fuhai to see what was wrong with his face and body.

After careful observation, An Fuhai found that there was nothing wrong with it as usual, so he shook his head, indicating that there was nothing wrong with it.

The emperor looked at the heads of all the officials in doubt, and waved An Fuhai to quickly investigate what happened, making all the ministers so strange.

As the envoy of the Jingying Jiedu, Wang Ziteng is also one of the senior officials who is qualified to go to court in a serious manner.

He naturally knew the rumors circulating in the market, and even some officials who were really curious (?) came to inquire about him before going to court because he and Champion Hou could barely establish a relationship.

Although the veracity of the rumors is not yet known, in Wang Ziteng's view, it is very reasonable for the emperor to poison Li Lian.

Li Lian was arrogant, relying on the support of the Supreme Emperor, no one would give him face.Even his relative, who wanted Li Lian to speak well in front of the Supreme Emperor due to the vacancy of the commander of the Beijing camp earlier, was flatly rejected.What's more, he wanted to arrange several people to enter Tiance Mansion, and even the sixth prince was carried out. Not only did Li Lian refuse to show face, but he taunted him, causing him to lose a lot of face in front of the sixth prince, and even hurt him. The sixth prince apologized to Li Lian.

From these two trivial matters, it can already be seen how arrogant and arrogant Li Lian is. If it were Wang Ziteng, he would choose to kill Li Lian outside, and it would be easy to shirk and blame others if anything happened.

Wang Ziteng felt very good about himself, thinking that the emperor had endured Li Lian for too long, and he couldn't bear it and was afraid that Li Lian's achievements would overwhelm the Lord, so he killed Li Lian all at once.

At the same time, Wang Ziteng was sensitively aware of a sign—the emperor finally couldn't bear to fight for power with the Supreme Emperor.

Wang Ziteng's official career over the years was not based on luck.In all fairness, if it weren't for the existence of Li Lian, the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue would have become the four major families of Wang, Shi, Jia, and Xue long ago.

If the emperor wants to start fighting for power, killing Li Lian is a signal to start the war.

Wang Ziteng thought, no matter how powerful the Supreme Emperor is, he is always close to seventy years old, and he will not live for a few years!Moreover, since the Supreme Emperor has abdicated, if he takes over the government again, he will have a bad reputation and his words will not go well.On the contrary, the current emperor is still in the prime of life, and it is justifiable to be in charge of the government.Besides, with the ability of his prince Teng and the military power in his hands, I believe the emperor will entrust him with important tasks.Maybe it could help Liu Zhongzi win the emperor's favor even more.

Now that the team had been chosen cleanly between the emperor and the overlord, Wang Ziteng decided to send a vote.

After coming down to court, Wang Ziteng asked for sick leave to the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, and immediately came to Rong Enbo's mansion to look for his brother-in-law—Jia Zheng.

"Brother, this... this is absolutely not allowed!" The middle-aged man refused with embarrassment.

"What's wrong with this? Cunzhou! You can't just watch your Jia family's title disappear like this!" Wang Ziteng said earnestly, with a look of consideration for him.

"But... this is the title of the third son! I have only heard that the father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother dies, but the brother dies and the brother succeeds! I am his elder brother, how can I inherit his title? Besides, even if the old man The three died, and Lian'er, the son-in-law, should inherit the title." Jia Zheng shook his head.

That's right!The nomination certificate that Wang Ziteng came up with was to ask Li Lian's brother and brother-in-law Jia Zheng to attack the champion Marquis on the grounds that Li Lian was dead.

What Jia Zheng said was correct.It stands to reason that even if Li Lian passed away unfortunately, everything about him should be inherited by his legitimate son Li Lian, and it would not be the elder brother Jia Zheng's turn anyway.

However, Wang Ziteng also has his considerations.

For one thing, the emperor's influence in the army was not that great, and there were only a few people who happened to be in the military department a while ago, either Ding You kept his filial piety or returned to his hometown, and only a few positions were vacated for the emperor to take.If the emperor can get the support of "Champion Marquis", whether it is power, prestige or others, it will definitely increase greatly.

However, Li Lian, that little bastard, has always been favored by the Supreme Emperor. If he is allowed to take over the title, I'm afraid he will bring Li Lian's connections and old department to be loyal to the Supreme Emperor as before.On the contrary, Jia Zheng is different.Is there anyone in the capital who doesn't know that Champion Hou and his elder brother, who is in charge of the Ministry of Industry, are at odds, and even the Supreme Emperor has a bad impression of Jia Zheng. It is absolutely impossible for Jia Zheng to join the Supreme Emperor. The steps of the emperor.

Second, Wang Ziteng naturally knew what kind of material his brother-in-law was. Although he was said to be from a family of martial arts, he was a genuinely frail scholar.Even if he took the title of the champion, he would only be unable to shake the group of arrogant soldiers under his hands, and he would only be able to ask his uncle to help him at that time.At that time, he can take the opportunity to recruit all the old teams of Champion Hou, and at least get the support of some of the old teams.You must know that Li Lian's old friends and old ministries can be said to be all over the court, and his power in the military is even more overwhelming. Even the imperial edicts of the emperor and the Supreme Emperor are not necessarily greater than Li Lian's order, otherwise the emperor would not be so anxious to take the opportunity. Li Lian was poisoned to death.With the support of Li Lian's old friend, Wang Ziteng himself will be able to reach a higher level.

Thirdly, Jia She, the eldest of the Jia family's generation, Jia Enhou, is a useless playboy, and he relies entirely on his younger brother Li Lian to take care of him.Li Lian, the only one capable now, is dead. Even if Jia Zheng has attacked Jue, but according to his ability and temperament, he will definitely listen to what he says.The two Shijia brothers are not very capable people, but they live by relying on the prestige of their father and grandfather.The Xue family is just a mere merchant, and the talented brother-in-law Xue Peng has died of illness.At that time, his Wang family will become the actual head of the four major families, and his prince Teng will also be able to successfully take over the resources of the four major families to develop himself.

He had already begun to fantasize about what kind of powerful prince Teng he would be in the future. Seeing that Jia Zheng was still pushing back and mentioning Li Lian, he couldn't help but snorted coldly, trying to maintain a kind face, "I heard that Li Lian Lian has already passed away with Li Jingya, how can a dead person inherit the title!" In fact, how could he know, but he was just talking nonsense in a serious manner, cutting the mess quickly, and first asked Jia Zheng to agree to the title.

"What!? Lian'er just... just..." Jia Zheng looked shocked, with a mournful expression on his face.

"Sorrow for Zhou Zhou!" Wang Ziteng said a cliché skillfully, and said earnestly: "Think about it, now that Jingya and his son have died on the battlefield, if you don't want to seize the title, it is the same as killing Jia. The title of the family has been thrown away, so what face do you have to see your ancestors in the future!" One sentence turned the title that Li Lian had fought so hard to get back into the title of the Jia family. If Jia Zheng did not agree to inherit the title, he would Sinners who have forgotten their ancestors.

"This..." Jia Zheng hesitated when Wang Ziteng put on the top hat.

Wang Ziteng knew that this time could not be forced, so he waited patiently for Jia Zheng.

"Well... let me adopt Baoyu to the third child! This is reasonable and in line with the laws of my Zhou Dynasty; secondly, it also makes the third child a smasher, so that there will be an incense successor in the future." Jia Zheng still couldn't make it through. To the point in my heart, I felt that if I took the title, it would be like trying to seize the title of the third child.

"Oh?" Although Jia Zheng still refused, he made a good suggestion.

After thinking about it, Wang Ziteng realized that this would be a better way.

To ask the emperor to approve Jia Zheng's attack on Li Lian's title of champion marquis, naturally Wang Ziteng and Jia Zheng did not submit the paper, not even Shangshu.Only the ancestor of the Jia family, who was Li Lian's biological mother Shi Shi, could submit this book, so it could be regarded as having a proper name.

Wang Ziteng occasionally heard from his wife that the old lady of the Jia family seemed to be enlightened after the death of Duke Xian Rong, and she suddenly changed her mind. She no longer favored the second son, and her position became fair. It also caused complaints.

The old lady would definitely not be willing to ask Shi to ask the emperor to inherit the third son's title by the second son. Wang Ziteng originally expected to waste a lot of words and sacrifice a lot of short-term interests to complete the matter.

But if the person who attacked the noble was changed to his nephew Jia Baoyu...

Although Li Lian and Jia She ordered the vision of Baoyu born with jade to be sealed, but close relatives like Wang Ziteng can still hear about it.

Wang Ziteng heard that Shi Shi loved Baoyu very much, and he cherished this grandson as his "heart" and "lifeblood".Even when Baoyu's second son, Jia Zheng, beat him once because he couldn't recite the book, Shi immediately became furious and wanted to go back to his hometown in Jinling immediately, so Jia Zheng had to kowtow to his mother to admit his mistake.

Baoyu is the first son and the second son.His eldest brother, Jia Zhu, is an outstanding student, and has already passed the examination of Juren.According to the eldest son inheritance system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the eldest son can get [-]% of the family property, and the remaining [-]%.How could the old lady of the Jia family be willing to let her "heart" and "lifeblood" live in poverty and poverty!

Wang Ziteng made a plan, because Baoyu was still a child, so it was more advantageous for him to recruit and incorporate the old department of Champion Hou.

So, he nodded briskly and discussed the next move with Jia Zheng.

Ningshou Palace

The Supreme Emperor sat on the dragon chair, his face was a little sallow, his body was thin, and his expression was slightly angry.

Dai Quan stood beside him, looking at the Supreme Emperor very worriedly, and wanted to say a few words of comfort, but couldn't find the words for a while.

"Dai Quan, is there any news about your return?" The Supreme Emperor asked.

The capital and the border are far away, even if it is [-] miles to rush, it will take several days. The Supreme Emperor now knows that Li Lian has defeated the Hun coalition army and captured alive Hu Hanxie, the leader of the Xiongnu who had been gnashing his teeth for many years. The army pursued the remnants of the Huns' coalition forces.

"Go back to the emperor, not yet." Dai Quan replied cautiously.

After a short pause, he comforted the Supreme Emperor and said: "My lord, you don't have to worry. Jing Ya is strong and strong, with high martial arts skills, and is good at using soldiers. You gave Yannian two more Pilu Pills, and everything will be fine."

"Jing Ya is good at using soldiers, but the battlefield is dangerous, no one can guarantee victory, and Yannian can't always be by Jing Ya's side, how can I not worry? Besides, he dares to go when he is seriously injured Leading the army to hunt down the remnants of the Huns' coalition forces, this kid is really getting bolder! Yannian is the same, and he doesn't know how to dissuade him!" The Supreme Emperor anxiously tapped on the imperial case.

Don't say that the emperor is too worried, even Dai Quan is also very worried.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "Have you found out where the news came from?"

The current emperor is afraid of the champion Hou Li Lian's great achievements, so he sent someone to poison the champion Hou...

The Supreme Emperor's eyes were half downcast, his eyes were deep and hard to understand.

Dai Quan's heart skipped a beat, "Go back to your lord, this news seems to have been known to everyone in the capital overnight, and the old slave only found out that it was written by Prince Zhongjing and Prince Zhongshun."

"Go and find out, find out whether the emperor has done anything to Jing Ya." The Taishang Emperor's eyes sank, Lao Qi is a fool, if Lao Ba and Lao Shi did something from it, there is no guarantee that Lao Qi will not do something stupid.

Jing Ya will not rebel, Lao Qi actually knows it in his heart.But the master is overwhelmed by merit!Tiance Mansion has made many military achievements, and Jingya is loved by the people. It is like a thorn deeply piercing into Lao Qi's heart.The Supreme Emperor himself is also the emperor. He understands that from the emperor's point of view, the contribution of his subordinates is higher than his own, and it is difficult to establish his own majesty. If the courtiers take credit and pride, the emperor will worry that the subordinates will rebel and threaten his status.But if Lao Qi really attacked Jing Ya, it was only one of the reasons why he was afraid of Jing Ya's high skill.

As for the eighth and tenth...

They are revenge.

Take revenge on Concubine Gong (Empress Dowager).

Perhaps because he is getting older, the Supreme Emperor doesn't have the energy to give a harsh lesson to his disobedient son.Moreover, it was Concubine Gong who made the first move, causing Lao Shi... No wonder Lao Ba and Lao Shi took revenge.

Concubine Gong was too much, she dared to attack the prince of a country.If you dare to attack the prince in the palace today, but tomorrow you will not like the old man, do you dare to attack him too!

"To give my eloquence: Now the soldiers on the front line are sacrificing themselves for the country, sacrificing life and death, fighting bloody battles, defending the country, the empress dowager is the example of the harem, should enter the small Buddhist hall, and chant sutras for the soldiers for 49 days. , so as to protect the health of my officers and soldiers, and I will live forever." Undoubtedly, the Supreme Emperor was angry.At the same time, it also shows that the Supreme Emperor who is not willing to punish his son is willing to punish his son's mother.

"Yes, my lord."

"You said, did Lao Qi really kill Jingya with poison?" The Taishang Emperor stared at him with deep meaning in his eyes.

Dai Quan replied cautiously again: "Go back to the emperor, whether it is martial arts, military art, or loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, Jingya is the best. The emperor will naturally understand Jingya's loyalty."

"My son, I know very well that he has a suspicious personality. I have oppressed him for so many years, and tortured him for so many years, but he still doesn't understand." The Supreme Emperor sighed slightly, looking out of the window in a daze.

After a while, he seemed to have figured something out, and said to himself, "That's all! I'm old, and I can't be a villain forever."

"Go and call Lao Qi over here yourself!"

Dai Quan complied without changing his face.