Chapter 42: Brother Zhang Wu's love affair with King Yong, the adventure of the fourth son of the emperor
Yinzhen took over the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was busy for a few days before he finally made the right decision. After much thinking, he felt that the time had come to visit Yinzhen. However, the clan's mansion had ancestral laws and regulations, and anyone who had been imprisoned was not allowed to enter the high wall except under special orders.
, although he was in charge of this matter, he still hesitated when the matter came to pass, so he invited Wu Sidao to come to the house to discuss it secretly.
"Fourth Master," Wu Si thanked the tea and sat down, and said straight to the point, "last time the Fourth Master came on a mission, we had already discussed that the Thirteenth Master is the Fourth Master's close and life-changing sibling, so we have to go and see him." Yinzhen frowned and thought deeply.
, said: "I regret my cowardice that day and didn't ask Long Live to let the Thirteenth Brother send troops. At least I could find out a little bit about how Long Live views this Thirteenth Brother." Wu Sidao smiled and said: "
Of course, you have to take some risks to visit the Thirteenth Master. But this risk is worth taking. Shi Shilun, the current Minister of Han Dynasty of the Ministry of Industry, is actually the life and death friend of the Thirteenth Master. The Thirteenth Master organized the household department and selected many people for important positions.
The newly transferred guerrilla Luo Ping, Fengtai General Xiao Ying, Du Si Ge Feixiong, City Gate Leader Yao Lin, Lun Erjin... were all promoted by Thirteenth Master. There are still many others. The Fourth Master never met Thirteenth
Master, I can only watch the army and sigh. Now that the tiger is in a cage, the power is outside, and the officials in the capital are respectful and afraid. Once the tiger comes out of the cage, it roars to the sky, and all the beasts tremble! The Thirteenth Master has been imprisoned for seven years now. It turns out that
You didn’t have the chance to contact me, and now you don’t try to contact me even if you have the chance, what will Master Thirteen think?”
This is a very thorough statement. Yinzhen knew that he had to do something big, but without soldiers, it was just a daydream! After thinking for a long time, Yinzhen frowned and said, "Okay, I will try my best to do it!" Just as he was about to get up, Gao Fuler came in from the second door.
, smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Junmen is here to pay his respects!"
"Zhang Junmen?" Yinzhen was startled, but when he saw the fifth brother coming in from outside, he smiled and said: "It's the fifth brother, but this slave 'Zhang Junmen Zhang Junmen' confused me - these days you
Wherever I went, I never saw you!"
Zhang Wuge saluted Yinzhen with Qian'er, and said with a smile: "Because of the incident in Miao territory, the county government was burned down. Long live I asked my slave to pass the order to Yue Zhongqi to explain the suppression matters. I have been there for half a year -" He looked at it
Looking at Wu Sidao who was still sitting still, he smiled and said: "Fourth master looks much better." Yinzhen waved his hand and invited fifth brother to sit down, and said with a smile: "I know you, a night owl comes into the house and comes for everything. What?
Did the wind bring you to my cold residence?"
"What are you talking about, Fourth Master? It's really okay." Fifth Brother glanced at Wu Sidao again, "I heard that Fourth Master is now in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I am the imperial guard, so I should come and see Fourth Master... Hehe..."
Yinzhen laughed loudly and said: "——This is Mr. Wu Sidao, my best friend. If you have anything to say, it won't matter." The fifth brother hurriedly bowed to Wu Sidao and said, "I'm sorry. The fourth master is so refreshing, I
Let's just say it bluntly. I want to meet the Thirteenth Master!" Yinzhen and Wu Sidao looked at each other, and quickly turned around and said: "Fifth brother, there are rules and regulations on this matter... You are extremely favored by Long live, and you are guarding me every day.
"Side, why don't you ask for a decree? The Thirteenth Brother is very disgusted by the Emperor, so if I allow you to see him, aren't you afraid that the Emperor will know about it in the future?"
"I was originally a rough man. I only knew how to repay kindness and repay resentment!" said the fifth brother. "I still don't understand what crime Thirteenth Master committed. It took seven or eight years to complete a circle! But I have never been a waiter.
I heard my master say something bad about the Thirteenth Master, and asked for orders several times, but Wanzai smiled and refused, but he was not angry - how strange!" The fifth brother said, knocking his knees and sighing, with a choke in his voice, "Fourth Brother
Master knows that I am the one who received great favor from Master Thirteen, but Master Thirteen was in trouble and he couldn’t even say a word... Those days I felt like I was suffering from a serious illness, and I didn’t dare to let anyone see it! I saw Shi about this matter.
Sir, Mr. Shi just comforted me, but refused to provide money to protect the Thirteenth Master. I heard that you are in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I think the Thirteenth Master has always been close to the Fourth Master. If the Fourth Master also refuses to take care of me, he will ask the servant to ask for help.
Who is going?"
"This matter needs to be discussed in the long term. I can't agree to it right now." Yinzhen said as he thought, "You know, I just took over the Ministry of Internal Affairs not long ago, and there are people in charge of the Zongren Mansion. It's hard to be a good person in today's world.
I promise you that when you meet the Thirteenth Master, you will only do your best, but it will be of no real benefit. I am afraid that you will have to suffer real disasters - think about it for yourself, am I not doing this for your own good?"
The fifth brother listened in silence for a long time, sighed, clasped his fists and raised his hands, and said: "The fourth master doesn't appreciate this face, and I can't blame the fourth master. I'm resigning!"
"Slow down!" Wu Sidao suddenly stood up with his crutches, walked straight to the fifth brother, and said, "You must not misunderstand what the fourth master means! Even the fourth master himself wants to see the thirteenth master now but can't - this is a matter that the fourth master has planned well.
, I will definitely make you happy!" The fifth brother looked at the disabled man up and down, with a bright and sincere look on his face. He nodded to Yinzhen and walked away. Yinzhen looked at his back and said to himself
He said: "He is a righteous man!" Wu Sidao said thoughtfully: "Not only is he affectionate, he is also useful! From this we can see that you must meet the Thirteenth Master!"
At dusk on the second day, Yinzhen returned from his duties in Da Nei. He didn't even return to his mansion, but took a sedan chair directly from Xihua Gate to Thirteen Baylor Mansion.
The main entrance has long been sealed. It turns out that the red copper nailed door has not been removed. Only the newly blocked white wall outside the door has been eroded by years of wind and rain and has become mottled. Next to the Yimen, a small door that can only accommodate a person has been opened.
The carved holes in the parapet of the garden in the west area have been filled in, and caltrops are planted on them. There is only one old kudzu tree with buds stretching out as if unwilling to be left alone. The gatekeeper is a person from the Zongren Mansion.
Thirteen gongs rang in the street, and it was known that the person coming was either the prince or Beizi. Beile, Fei also seemed to have gone in to report. The guard at the residence hurried out with a note. Seeing Yinzhen bending down to get out of the sedan, he hurriedly stepped forward.
He kowtowed: "Fourth Master is here? My servant Dai Fuzong is here to say hello?"
"Are you Dai Fuzong?" Yinzhen had already looked it up and knew it was under his own banner, so he said with a smile, "Get up. Your fourth uncle Dai Duo has talked about you a long time ago. Later, Gao Fu'er told me about my piece of Zunhua
Zhuangzi, I wanted to ask your brother-in-law to take charge of it. I just agreed, but later I forgot to ask, have you gone now? There is an income of more than 10,000 yuan a year there, if not, don't let the fertilizer flow into the fields of outsiders!" Internal Affairs
Although the Fu Zongren Mansion is a parallel yamen, most of them are under the banner of Yinzhen. Not to mention Yinzhen himself, even a few of Yinzhen's personal followers can hardly talk. Yinzhen has always been a cold person, and everyone
He kept a respectful distance from everyone, and with just such a slight pretense, Dai Fuzong was already flattered, and he stood up hurriedly, smiling so hard that his eyes narrowed: "Fourth Master is a noble man, and he still remembers these little things about the slaves! Master Gao - Gao Fu'er said, wait
When the wheat season is over next year, I will ask the beggar at home to come to the farm to help! Well, with your words, I will feel more at ease." Yinzhen said nothing and walked around the door with his hands behind his back.
, Fang said: "This door is too narrow. Ask them to renovate it so that it can pass the sedan chair. What if the Thirteenth Master's people inside get sick, how can they carry it out? The Thirteenth Brother is different from others, long live it."
"Those who love him, you should take good care of him and ask him to study behind closed doors, and you should also take good care of him. If something happens to you, Xiao Dai, you cannot afford it."
Yinzhen said something, and Dai Fuzong agreed and said: "Don't worry, I! Long Live only said that I was going to be trapped, but I didn't say that I was going to make it difficult for the Thirteenth Master! Besides, the people guarding here are all my slaves, and I don't want to talk to you."
Like thunder? Leave it to the slaves!" When Yinzhen heard that they were all from Zhengbaiqi, he immediately felt relieved and said with a smile: "This is not a fat position. It has a lot of responsibility and little income, so it's hard for you! - Make an order, everyone.
If you have anything to do, you can come to me. I'm your brother-in-law, so why don't you have to go on a business trip next summer? I'll write a note later, and you go see Gao Fu'er - the same goes for Gao Fu'er. I've already agreed, why are you so petty in doing things!"
As he spoke, he entered the door and said, "I want to see Old Thirteen, is that okay?"
"Sir, don't worry!" Dai Fuzong had received a letter from his cousin Dai Duo yesterday. As soon as Yinzhen arrived, he guessed that he wanted to see Yinxiang. But it would be a big deal for the superiors to find out about it. Just said
Having made up his mind, he smiled and said: "If you are not afraid of me, what should I be afraid of? I just need to give you some room to change things and stop everyone's mouths. I am not afraid of officials, I am just afraid of management," said the slave in this place.
That's the rules!" He said and led Yinzhen into the concierge. Seeing that it was him, twelve sect officials stood up and kowtow to say hello. Yinzhen nodded with a smile and went to the desk to pick up a pen to replace
When Dai Fuzong wrote the note, he heard Dai Fuzong say: "I just came from Wansui. Wanzai has something to ask the Thirteenth Master, but it is inconvenient to issue an edict. The Fourth Master just looked for me and asked if he could go in. I thought,
This is just an order! The fourth master is our serious master and is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If we can't get this thing done, what do you want us slaves to do? By the way, the fourth master has a reward of one thousand taels of silver.
No, it's fair and square - therefore, Lao Dai boldly agreed! Brothers, I have two things to say. Let's talk about it now. Lao Dai wants to wear small shoes for you.
Where are you showing off your courtesy? Take a look!" He pushed up his trouser legs - when everyone looked at them, his bronze-like thighs were thick with black hair and had six symmetrical scars on the left and right - Dai Fuzong laughed and said: "Those who eat Qing Gang food
We all know each other, it's called three swords and six holes, it's all about friendship! If you cheat on me, someone might stuff you into a sack and throw you into the Yongding River to feed the bastard!" Yinzhen didn't expect Dai Duo to have such a distant nephew.
Seeing him doing this, I secretly laughed in my heart, hurriedly added one thousand five hundred taels of silver, and handed the note to Dai Fuzong, but said nothing, staring at everyone with his dark eyes.
All of these banner men are jealous of money. After listening to Dai Fuzong's words, they saw that Yinzhen was calm and unhurried, with an air of no anger and authority, and the temperament of a dragon's son and a phoenix grandson. Who dared to say anything? He then said in a confused voice:
"Father and son, brothers who cannot be separated, this is a natural relationship! To put it bluntly, it is a mission of Long Live. Even if you have to visit the prison normally, you have to ask to see him..." At this point, Yinzhen said: "You know what I am interested in. I am naturally sentimental. My
We all know by nature that there are always comings and goings - Dai Fuzong, tell me the name of the flag slave here and send it to me directly tomorrow!" After that, he walked straight in with shaking steps.
The front yard has been vacated, and is occupied by the men in the concierge. The eunuchs have already moved away, and the men have moved to the east yard to nest, but Yin Xiang still lives in the second yard inside. Jia Ping is bored.
Standing guard at the second door, he was startled when he saw Yinzhen coming in. He rushed forward and called Qian'er and said, "I have been guarding the door here for seven years and haven't seen a single outsider! Why is the fourth master here?"
Feeling his eyes were red, he asked again: "Is the emperor going to let the Thirteenth Master go? I'm really suffocating him here!" However, Yinzhen ignored his mood, just nodded and said with a smile: "I'll suffocate you for a while.
It's not bad. It saves you a lot of legs and feet, but you have no place to swindle money - what is the Thirteenth Master doing now?" Jia Ping looked inside and said with an apologetic smile: "I was playing chess just now, but this time I haven't done anything.
He stopped breathing, either reading or sleeping."
Yinzhen stopped talking and walked into the main room. He saw Yinxiang sitting by the kang in his clothes, with a wooden stick under his feet. Sister Qiao was holding tea, Alan was beating his back, and lily incense was burning beside him, and he was reading a book. Hearing someone coming in, he didn't even raise his head. Yinzhen stood still and looked at Yinxiang silently - it's been seven years since we were in the same capital, so close, but as if we were separated by mountains! Sister Qiao, Alan has not changed much, just looking at him He was a little older, and because he had never seen anyone else, he had put his feet down. However, Yinxiang had turned pale and had braids, and thin crow's feet had appeared at the corners of his eyes. Only a pair of tiger eyes were still bright and lively. When Yinzhen listened, Yinxiang was serious Read with interest:
...The rain has left the golden valley, and it has been decorated as a lawn for guests; the cold dew in the forest has been used as a wadding for mud; the fragrant jade has been buried, and the remaining makeup has faded and fluttered; the carved railings of the Zhuxie Pavilion have scattered and scattered, reducing the spring light. Every day and every night, I feel sad; I look for the remaining red in the west and east, and the fifth watch is not wrong...
Yinzhen couldn't help but be fascinated. It took him a long time to say: "It's so wonderful and elegant. Whose masterpiece is this? I've never heard of it!"
"Fourth brother!" Yinxiang raised his head and was stunned for a while. His face looked like crying and smiling. He couldn't speak for a long time. Suddenly he lost his book. He stood up, bowed his head, looked around, and stammered, "Okay... ...Okay... Fourth brother, sit down, sit down... How did you come in? Or maybe the emperor asked you to deliver the edict? Yes, it must be the edict, I... I have to kneel..." He knelt down with great fanfare. Seeing that he hadn't seen anyone for a long time and couldn't even speak quickly, Yinzhen felt sour in his heart and almost shed tears. He hurriedly held it up with his hands and said with a sad smile: "Brother, you didn't have any intention to get up... I thought you didn't know how to become haggard." What's going on! It seems that your body and bones are still... good - under this situation, you can actually forget your worries about books. Brother, you are really an open-minded person!" Yinxiang calmed down a little, stood up, flicked his robe, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother is also getting older, and it seems that the city is getting deeper and deeper - I am not a beauty, Deng'er, vanilla stalk, what kind of 'green' is I? Amma grace, take this opportunity to read some books. For example, I just read " "Feng Feng Fu" is the only copy in China, and I'm afraid I can't find it in my fourth brother's study!" Gradually, his speech became coherent, but he was a little nervous, and his lips trembled from time to time, which looked a little funny, "——Although the east wind is evil, , but my heart has become muddy. No matter where it floats, I will have a happy day, a happy day - make some tea for the Fourth Master! - This place is closed, and I am the imperial court. !No, there is an East Palace and a West Palace, only one Zhaoyang Main Courtyard is missing!"
Yinzhen sat down, took a sip of the tea held by Alan, and said: "Brother, don't say such nonsense, it makes people feel even more uncomfortable. Say something happy, it's not easy for me to come in." Yinxiang looked straight. Said: "If you don't talk nonsense, there are no taboos here. No one in the family can go out, and no outsider can come in! What I said is serious, the 'evil east wind' blows you. I am in a safe haven. Can you If you avoid this stone and the wind, you will be blessed in the future!" Yinzhen thought he was a little crazy, but only now did he realize that his heart was clear. Judging from the current situation, he is indeed like a fisherman sailing in the wild waves. Will he be able to compete with others in the future? It’s hard to say how good Yinxiang is!
"Who is the prince?" After a while, Yinxiang asked again, "Maybe the eighth master has already been registered?" Yinzhen glanced at Sister Qiao and Alan gloomily, and said: "There is already a decree not to establish the East Palace." Yinxiang clapped his hands. He smiled and said: "Qin loses his deer, and the one with the most talent and quick feet wins first! It's only fair to see it this way, whoever has the most ability will take the throne!"
Yinzhen looked at Yinxiang in surprise. How could he say such a great insight without hesitation? Then he sighed: "I'm worried that one day we won't be able to be friends with each other. How can that be so good?" Yinxiang smacked his lips and said: "
What's the point of just guarding against the rebellion of the Eight Kings? Why should fourth brother worry about nothing?" Yinzhen did not dare to sit for a long time. Seeing that Yinxiang refused to talk in secret, he hesitated again and again, so he had to ask: "Thirteenth brother, there is something.
I have never understood what it was like to mention Zheng Guiren on the Long Live Day."
"Zheng Chunhua..." Yinxiang's eyes twitched, and he said after a while, "... What a pitiful man he is! I don't know how far he has fallen to now!" "What?!" Yinzhen almost jumped up, "She
...She didn't..." Yinxiang nodded and said: "Yes, she is not dead. It would be too unconscionable to kill such a person, so I didn't do anything... Even if the fourth brother doesn't mention this, I have to say that she is now in Tongzhou
Wu Family Garden, you must find a safe place for her."
No one said anything in the room for a while. The tea basket outside was already churning with water and making a gurgling sound. Sister Qiao was ordered by Yinzhen to investigate this matter seven years ago and blamed it until Yinxiang was imprisoned. Unexpectedly, Yinxiang had nothing to do at this moment.
Taboo, he said it out in one breath! Thinking about it, he glanced at Alan, and the two looked at each other. Suddenly sparks flashed, and they hurriedly moved away. Yinzhenyuan also blamed him for not being alert. After thinking about it carefully, this place is sealed
The water is blocked, what kind of enemies are we, what kind of foxy people, serious people are all the same, so they are relieved. After thinking for a long time, Yinzhen burst out a few words from between his teeth. "I know this is Yinzhen's fault. Now that you say it, I
Also tell me bluntly, if you can’t do it, I will handle it for you.”
"You can't do this!" Yinxiang first shrank back in frustration, then jumped up again. The emotions he had just suppressed suddenly became uncontrollably exciting, and the veins on his forehead bulged, and his face was burned red, "
If you still want my brother, you can't kill her! You are a person who has experienced hardships. Do you know how I feel now? I am in trouble now! My heart is about to burst! I...I am miserable.
!I have been squatting in this cage for 2,580 days! Every day I can only see the sky in all directions, the blue brick floor, the ants climbing the trees, the flowers blooming and falling, and the sky is cloudy or sunny!" He was furious and clenched his hands.
Holding hands and shaking, she walked around the room angrily, speaking faster and faster: "You have seen the person who loves you and protects you burned to death, and you can't forget her dying eyes, so you
My blood is cold and frozen - but I can't, can't, can't - you don't have to glare at me, she doesn't love me, and I don't love her either, but she is worse than me! A person will always be in chaos and eventually give up.
, have you ever? A noble lady became a laundry slave, has your family ever had it? A person has suffered so much, and how many sins should be forgiven! If you kill her, you are not adding insult to injury? She and I——
He was startled for a moment, and then shouted: "We are all fallen people in the world, we have the same disease, we have the same disease, we have the same disease, we have the same disease! Hahahaha..." He laughed wildly, and cried again with a "woo".
Yinzhen stood frozen with his hands tightly clenched on the back of the chair, covered in cold sweat, staring at his lunatic brother, who was petrified. Sister Qiao's face turned pale with shock, and Alan lost his mind, and the tea tray in his hand "cranked"
He was smashed to pieces! Only then did Yinzhen wake up. After all, he was sophisticated and calmed down. He sighed and ordered Alan: "Help you, Thirteenth Master, sit down. Old Thirteenth Brother, my crazy brother, you are going to scare me to death."
Brother?" As he spoke, tears rolled down his face.
After a hysterical attack, Yinxiang became exhausted and weak. Sister Qiao and Alan helped him back to the chair, and his head drooped as if paralyzed. After a long time, he raised his head, and his eyes were no longer so bright and scary:
"...Fourth brother...are you still here to see me?"
"Don't sound so pitiful. Take a good rest and find ways to comfort yourself." Yinzhen said silently, "If I have the chance, of course I will come again. You have not committed the crime of treason. I want to protect my capital, even you,
Also, the eldest brother and the second brother must be let out - in this living coffin, even a good man will go crazy with anxiety." Originally, he came in and wanted to ask about the generals stationed in the military camp in the capital, but when he saw Yin Xiang
In this way, we had to give up for the time being. Yinxiang smiled miserably and said: "I lost my temper just now. In fact, it is quite good here. You can fish, read, play chess, and catch birds... Fourth brother, although Liang Yuan is good, it is not
You have been here for a long time, you...go back." Alan looked at Yinxiang's slumped and helpless eyes, and couldn't help but think about his family background and situation. He was full of thoughts and had nowhere to talk. He felt sore and hot, and sobbed and cried.
Yinzhen stood up and was about to leave, and asked in surprise: "What's wrong with you?" Alan quickly wiped away his tears and said: "The words of the Thirteenth Master are very sad! We women don't leave the house all year round, and we can't be imprisoned.
, A man like me is so lively and active, and he has been locked up for seven or eight years, but how can he endure it..." Sister Qiao also cried: "Fourth Master, you can speak in front of Long Live. Please..."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but choke up. Yinxiang's tears almost came out again, but he said angrily: "You have no way to intervene here. I'm sorry, fourth brother, my hometown is Wen 74, give him before the confinement
After leaving his hometown, he will live in Xibianmen. If you need help, ask someone to take care of him. It's pity that he loves his master and refuses to go back to Shanxi..." After saying that, he stood up, bowed, and took Sister Qiao with him. Alan actually went out on his own to get the food.
He picked up the fishing rod and left. When Yinzhen came out in a daze, it was already dusk, and half of the blood-red sun was hidden under the gray western mountains. (To be continued)
