Chengtian Mansion is very lively during the New Year, and there are many activities in Xiaoxiang Hall. Yuan Shikai enjoys playing various games, and Zhen Ming also likes them. With the old and the young, Liu Mingqiu naturally followed them to play around, and gradually
Such a little release of nature. Wang Xifeng finally had the ability, so he got a batch of cocoa tea years ago. Although it can't be sold on the market, the special supply is enough. Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin came back from shopping for a day, and the two of them sat face to face.
Drinking hot cocoa in the room, I instantly felt like I was back in my previous life.
But Liu Mingqiu came just now, and the two of them didn't bother to greet her, so they just waited in the room. When she came in, Jia Cong waved his hands: "Hello, eldest niece! Did you have fun today?"
Liu Mingqiu looked sideways at the two of them and said, "I heard that these novel ideas were all thought up by Third Master Cong."
"Of course not." Jia Cong said, "They are all copied from other places. I don't have much ability, but I am courageous. I will try anything I think is good. Fortunately, Taiwan is only a small island. Even if
Once you have played with it, it is easy to take it back. I will give the final experience to a few princes who are optimistic about it. For example, King Yan is a wise ruler; King Wu, although he is not top-notch himself, is very willing to listen to advice.
The Kingdom of Wu also has knowledgeable civil and military personnel; the King of Shu has a pioneering spirit; and the King of Xiaolu, although he is young, knows the importance of things."
Liu Mingqiu asked: "What is Mr. Cong's method of employing people?"
Jia Cong said: "Everyone shows his or her own talents. Heroes don't care where they come from. The more you work, the more you get." Nai Zong said seriously, "There is a scientist in the West named Thomas Dickson." Chen Ruijin lowered his head and smiled softly. "This man has
Yun, success is 99% hard work, plus 1% talent; and 1% talent is more important than the 99% before. All of you former Ouchi guards are
The best among people. There are many things that others cannot achieve no matter how hard they try, but you can. It would be a pity if you spend all your energy on protecting two old women. Not to mention that these two old women are still alive.
It won’t be long.”
Liu Mingqiu was startled: "What does Mr. Cong mean?"
Jia Cong said: "The Empress Dowager is getting old, and everything is not going well. How long can she live? Concubine Hui can't live for a few days." He smiled and said, "Prince Chen, to be honest, she is quite good.
He is capable. In times of peace and prosperity, he could be a good fake prince. If he is lucky, he might be able to make the fake prince come true. But right now, he is just the leader of a small country. The most important thing for a leader of a small country is that he has no ambition, and it’s a pity that he doesn’t have it. Concubine Hui is under pressure.
There is a big mountain on King Chen's head. Unless she is moved away, King Chen can't use it. Concubine Hui is only good at the trick of going deep into the palace; when she comes to Chen Kingdom, she can't do it. Things in the palace are roundabout, and the most important thing is to clean up.
If you clean everything from beginning to end, if you leave the slightest clue, your opponents will sooner or later catch it. And doing things outside the palace is much more direct, so it is much easier. Furthermore, the rules in the palace are extremely important, but the rules outside are really not that important.
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Liu Mingqiu said: "The third master hasn't talked about the important points yet."
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "Princess Chen and her mother."
Liu Mingqiu's eyebrows suddenly relaxed: "I am no match for Concubine Hui."
Jia Cong said with a smile: "Bet or not? Zhou Damei can't live without Concubine Hui for at most three months."
Liu Mingqiu said: "There are still people around the concubine."
Jia Cong said: "If it weren't for those people, Concubine Hui would have lived a few more years." He sighed softly, "The most regrettable thing about you is that because of your good foundation, you think you are invincible, even if you stumble.
Learn a lesson. I'm surprised, you are all so young, how can you be so blind? My uncle is from your great-grandfather's generation, and he is not so blind."
Liu Mingqiu really didn't understand what he said, so he stood up and solemnly clasped his fists and said, "Please give me some advice, Mr. Cong."
Jia Cong said: "Firearms." Liu Mingqiu's eyes jumped. Jia Cong casually took out a gun from his arms. He turned the gun around in his hand a few times and said, "The soldiers under King Chen have this thing. And
As the important bodyguard of Concubine Hui, is it obvious?"
Liu Mingqiu said hurriedly: "How can Princess Chen have this?"
Jia Cong said: "With her status, as long as she wants it, she can get it. Concubine Hui didn't think of equipping her guards with guns because her guards were too powerful and she didn't need them. Niece Liu herself also said, you guys
They are all following Zhou Damei, and Zhou Damei is following Concubine Hui. This is a matter of intention and strength. There is also the issue of 'three monks have no water to drink'. You are a group of experts guarding an old woman who is not in any danger.
It's only a matter of time before we let down our guard. Anyway, if I were Princess Chen, there would be no better opportunity to kill Concubine Hui than when Zhou Damei left the Chen Kingdom. You don't want to ask me why Princess Chen wants to kill Concubine Hui, right?"
Liu Mingqiu thought for a long time and said, "Isn't she afraid that things will be exposed?"
Jia Cong said: "First, she has followed Concubine Hui since she was a child and learned to cover up her traces and deceive men. Of course, she can't deceive Concubine Hui herself - it's a pity that dead people can't speak. Second, even if King Chen is suspicious,
I won’t pursue it too closely. After all, Chen Guo still relies on Princess Chen’s mother’s family for many things. The most important thing is that Princess Chen is the mother of Chen Guo’s eldest son, and Chen Wang only has one son. Without real evidence, he will not
The mother of the crown prince. Oh, by the way, this matter is particularly easy to frame. King Yan has found a lot of evidence. Although it is not ironclad evidence, it can be circumstantial evidence. It is suspected that the dead son of King Yan is the son of King Chen.
Hand. Princess Yan hates King Chen to the core."
Liu Mingqiu smiled bitterly and said, "That matter really has nothing to do with Chen Guo."
Jia Cong said: "But Princess Yan thinks so. That's why I said that it is very easy to fall on her head. It's just that Princess Yan has fallen out of favor a long time ago and is not that capable."
Liu Mingqiu thought for a long time and said: "The third master guessed wrong, the princess will not have that idea. There are so many discords between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law in the world, how can they repay it by killing someone?"
Jia Cong sneered and said: "How many mother-in-laws in the world are armed with a group of guards who don't know how to use fire and guns, and their daughter-in-law can get fire and guns? How many mothers-in-law will let their daughter-in-law's sister get killed?"
Is she still watching with cold eyes? Yesterday she indulged Princess Chen’s sister, and tomorrow she will indulge others. In her heart, the niece and daughter-in-law has no weight at all. I will not be wrong about Princess Chen. This woman is thorough and meticulous in her work, and she can do it with one blow.
He is definitely not someone who is willing to be a subordinate. If you don't believe it, just wait and see." He said so firmly that Liu Mingqiu didn't know whether to believe it or not. Chen Ruijin was sitting around drinking cocoa tea and eating snacks, but didn't hear anything. She knew in her heart
, the bureau must have been set up for Concubine Hui.
In the evening, Liu Mingqiu came to talk to Chen Ruijin. Chen Ruijin looked at her and said, "Are you hesitating whether to report to Concubine Hui?" Liu Mingqiu nodded. Chen Ruijin said happily, "It's a good thing to hesitate. You have begun to think about it.
I think about myself more than my boss."
"My boss?"
"Concubine Hui is not your employer, is she your master?"
Liu Mingqiu shook his head. After a while, he asked: "This afternoon, Mr. Cong talked about that Western inventor. Why are you laughing?"
Chen Ruijin said: "The American named Thomas Dickson will not be born until a hundred years later." Liu Mingqiu took a breath.
The next day, Liu Mingqiu said she wanted to go back to Chen State. Zhenming said: "It's not too late to leave after the fifteenth day." Yuan Shikai also said: "There will be a float parade on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. OK! Xiaomeng Xiaoquan and the others said it would be fun.
It’s over!” Then he grabbed her and refused to let her go.
Liu Mingqiu still insisted on leaving, saying: "If I don't go, I'm afraid it will be difficult in the future."
Zhenming said: "In that case, leave early and come back early, and bring some people back." Liu Mingqiu smiled bitterly and saluted to leave. Yuan Shikai pursed his lips and looked unhappy.
She hurried all the way and arrived in the State of Chen in early February. When she arrived at the city gate and looked in, she saw that the streets were all white, the city was in mourning, and the people going around were all in plain clothes - there was a state mourning in the State of Chen. Liu Mingqiu's legs went weak.
He fell down from his horse. He walked into the city for a while, looked for tea shops and inquired, and it turned out that it was Concubine Hui who died.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, on the day of watching the lanterns, according to the rules of previous years, Concubine Hui, Prince Chen, and Concubine Chen had to have fun with the people and walk around the streets. She got off the sedan chair at the Chenghuang Temple and hadn't started watching the lanterns yet.
Suddenly there was a sound of firecrackers in the crowd, which frightened the people into chaos. Someone shouted, "Protect the prince and the concubine——" A large group of soldiers and guards rushed up. Unexpectedly, concubine Hui suddenly fell down. I heard afterwards that she had been injured.
Western fire and guns. King Chen searched the city for the assassin, but there was no trace.
Liu Mingqiu unconsciously became suspicious of Princess Chen. Without alerting anyone else, Liu Mingqiu sneaked into Prince Chen's mansion quietly and secretly eavesdropped on Princess Chen's actions and words.
That night, Princess Chen's mother came over to see her and brought her a can of tonic soup. While there was no one around, both mother and daughter were overjoyed. Mrs. Qu recited Buddha's name and said: "That old godly woman is considered dead.
It’s gone! I don’t know which Bodhisattva helped to take her in.”
Princess Chen said: "She made many enemies in the palace in the early years. Now the world is in chaos. Those who have grievances will seek revenge, and those who have grievances will seek revenge. The ancients said that everything is repaid, and it is indeed true." He talked like this for a long time.
, it doesn’t sound like they did it.
Hearing that Princess Chen had finished drinking the soup and Mrs. Qu had left, Liu Mingqiu followed Mrs. Qu out of the palace. Just as he was about to follow, someone suddenly attacked him from behind. He hurriedly got out of the way and hit the person a few times.
, and immediately recognized that it was another female guard, and hurriedly whispered: "I am Liu Mingqiu."
The female guard also recognized her and whispered: "Didn't Master take you to the south for business?"
Liu Mingqiu said: "It's hard to explain in one sentence. Master... I won't be able to come back if I don't protect everything."
"What happened to her old man?"
Liu Mingqiu smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid I will let my junior uncle detain him. Junior uncle...has already conquered a big country overseas and ascended the throne as emperor." Looking up at the female guard, it was as expected when she first heard about it.
Normally, the mouth that had been open for a long time could not be closed. Liu Mingqiu felt a strange sense of joy in his heart.
That night, Liu Mingqiu summoned all the sisters to one place. First, he told Zhou Damei that he would go to Java to find Zhou Xiaolan, and that 90% of the time he would be left behind. He also said that the Supreme Emperor had no intention of establishing King Chen, and only used him to protect the real prince from fishing.
, finally it was brought up that Jia Cong guessed that Princess Chen might have caused the death of Princess Hui.
A female guard said: "How can Jia Cong calculate so accurately? Could it be him?"
Liu Mingqiu said: "He has never taken Concubine Hui seriously, not even the prince. Why kill her?"
The female guard said: "Isn't he trying to conquer us?"
Liu Mingqiu shook his head: "He is seducing Yi and has nothing to do with Concubine Hui. He has firearms in his hands, and the Zhenming Taoist has better kung fu than the master. Even without us, they will still go to the West to do things. If we get it, we will just It’s just the icing on the cake.”
Another female guard said: "I am suspicious of King Yan. There is a salesman from Yan State. Chen Guo, who came on the seventh day of the lunar month, stayed in an inn. He checked out at noon on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and left."
Liu Mingqiu said: "If it is what King Yan did... I'm afraid there is no way to take revenge." Then he looked at everyone and said, "I have decided to follow Taoist Zhenming. Even if I change my mind and go elsewhere in the future, I have no intention of staying in Chen. country."
The female guard in the lead said: "Is it possible that Senior Sister Liu has fascinated Jia Cong?"
Liu Mingqiu said: "Jia Cong has been fascinated by Junior Sister Chen for a long time, and no one else can catch his eye. I just feel that since Prince Chen is not the prince in the Emperor's favor, why should I stay? Even the master should be the elder. The princess is gone. No matter what happens, there is a better future for me than to stay in the Chen Kingdom and go to my junior uncle."
The female guards looked at each other for a long time, and then another one said: "Senior Sister Liu, what's going on on the other side of Taiwan House?"
Liu Mingqiu smiled and said: "Jia Cong is the lower realm of heaven and man. It is absolutely true. This person is most looking forward to the capable men in our court to go out to fight the Westerners. He helped me a lot when my uncle was fighting Java. We will be worse than our uncle." Huh?" As soon as these words came out, all the female guards took deep breaths. "I have seen the world map, it is really big. I only stayed in Chengtian Mansion for a month, but I gained several lifetimes of experience. As expected, we were all frogs in the well in the past. I have no control over you. I am going to follow Zhenming-senpai. Not only to let the Westerners fight for a few more years, but also to gain more experience. I, Liu Mingqiu, will also occupy the future. It is impossible to be the leader of a country."
Everyone was silent for a long time, no one spoke, and they all had thousands of ideas spinning in their minds. Suddenly someone said, "Since Jia Cong is suspicious of the princess, do you want to tell the prince?"
Liu Mingqiu said: "I just eavesdropped on the conversation between the princess and Mrs. Qu, and I don't think it was them."
The female guard who just attacked her said: "The princess knows our abilities, Bao Qi guessed that someone would follow her, so she said that on purpose."
Liu Mingqiu said: "Since there is no evidence, why bother to cause discord between their husband and wife?"
The female guard looked at her for a moment and said, "Sister Liu, I'm afraid her mind has wandered and she doesn't want to interfere with Chen Guo's affairs anymore."
Liu Mingqiu said with a smile: "I hadn't thought of this part at first. When my junior sister reminded me, it seemed like it was really the case."
The female guard also laughed and said cheerfully: "In that case, I will follow Senior Sister Liu."
Someone took the lead, and there was no reason to stay in the Chen Kingdom. Concubine Hui died and Zhou Damei left. Especially since Zhou Xiaolan became the leader of the country, these female guards did not spend much effort and all followed Liu Mingqiu. Liu Mingqiu said: "In that case, let's go to the capital again."
A female guard asked: "Why are you going to the capital?"
Liu Mingqiu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "In order to come to Chen State, I didn't even watch Chengtian Mansion's Lantern Festival Parade. OK! I've lost a lot of money. It's not worthwhile to go back in vain. Those around the Empress Dowager, wouldn't it be a waste to follow her? You can catch as many as you want. If there are more people, it will be easier to fight Westerners."
Everyone looked at each other a few more times, and a female guard said: "Senior Sister Liu is so energetic."
Liu Mingqiu smiled and said: "Is it the same to defend the country for yourself and to protect the country for others?" Everyone was still a little uneasy, so they asked her to say a few heroic words, and then thought of Zhou Xiaolan, and suddenly they felt more at ease, and secretly felt a bit of pride.
.Liu Mingqiu pried away these female guards without any effort.
On the other side, Feng Ziying in the capital suddenly received a piece of paper, which read: "In the past, the second son of King Yan, Concubine Chang Naihui, sent the former imperial guard to assassinate a certain person. King Xie Yan killed the enemy eunuch Liu on behalf of certain person.
Thank you for your kindness." He was shocked and immediately went to Prince Yan's Mansion with the thing in his arms to ask for a visit.
Situ Pan was shocked when he saw it: "Is this true?"
Feng Ziying had been investigating for so many years but could not find any results. Naturally, she wanted this to be true, so she said: "Every time I looked up, I found that King Chen was suspected but there was no evidence. It turned out that it was Concubine Hui who did it. I'm afraid that Chen
The king didn’t know about it. In my opinion, it’s true. Otherwise, why would they bother to give us such a note for nothing?”
Situ Pan let out a sigh of relief. Looking back, he realized that Feng Ziying was not a fool. If it was really the Green Forest bandits who had done it, why hadn't there been any useful clues for several years? Who were the Ouchi guards first? Situ Pan
It’s clear, no wonder he couldn’t find it out. His son has been dead for so long, but now he has a result, and the case is closed and he feels at ease. (.. )