The King of Qin and the princes were trapped in the palace, and his third son was left outside, leading the ministers at a loss. Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and in the distance only a piece of plain armor was seen, and several generals and soldiers were holding a white horse.
, a child in dutiful clothes immediately sat down, it was Wang Taisun who had just lost his father. The soldier did not raise any flags, and could only see the word "Qin". However, he saw Wang Taisun sitting on the horse and pulling the reins.
The general shouted: "People inside, our Wang Taisun is here - come out to negotiate -"
Ding Chu was originally surrounded by a group of civil and military officials for discussion. After hearing this, he quickly separated from the crowd and walked out. He greeted Wang Taisun in front of his horse and bowed: "Great Grandson."
Wang Taisun said: "Master Ding, who do they want?"
Ding Chu said: "I'm going to commit a crime."
Wang Taisun said: "Bring it up."
Ding Chu shook his head repeatedly: "You can't do it, those few are serious offenders."
Wang Taisun said: "Is it more important to be a repeat offender or to be the leader of the Qin State? Now that my grandfather's life is at stake, what kind of bullshit repeat offender does he care about?"
Ding Chu frowned slightly and said, "I'm afraid the thief may not keep his word."
At this moment, the third son of King Qin also came over. He coughed before speaking, and heard the general who had just shouted cough twice. Only then did others notice that the man next to Wang Taisun was a general of the Gao family.
Ou Cheng, gasped - when did this little brat conquer the Gao family? But Wang Taisun immediately tightened his face, pointed at the gate of the palace and said loudly: "There are my grandfather, grandmother and uncle in there, whoever it is."
The life of the prisoner is much more important than that of the prisoner. Unless someone has evil intentions and wants to use the hands of thieves to get rid of my grandfather!" Everyone immediately lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.
After hearing this, several loyal and upright ministers ran out immediately and cried: "I beg your great-grandson Wang to save the prince——"
The Third Highness coughed and said, "My nephew, please don't act recklessly. Now you have no idea what is going on inside."
Wang Taisun said: "Can't you just ask?"
His Highness the Third Highness said softly: "You are still young. It's cold now, so go back quickly. Your uncle will send someone to call you after he rescues your father. It won't be too late for you to come over then. Your Excellencies are discussing how to break the situation. Don't do it.
make trouble."
"Did any solution come out of the discussion?"
"Discussing now."
"Then you guys can discuss it slowly. I'm going to save Grandfather Wang first."
"Nonsense!" His Highness the Third Prince said with a dark face, "How can a child like you interfere with such a big thing? Who are you? Do you want to make the thief afraid and kill your grandfather?"
But at this time, Ou Cheng said from the side: "Grandson, someone is coming out."
Wang Taisun then ignored his uncle and shouted to a female general behind him: "Aunt Xiaomei."
The female general clasped her fists and said, "I am willing to serve my great grandson!" She then drove her horse forward.
The female general named Xiaomei came to the gate of Qin Palace and got off her horse. She raised her hands to a Taoist priest who came out. The Taoist priest slapped her head. After the two talked for a long time, Xiaomei came back and whispered something to Wang Taisun. Wang Taisun was stunned.
.Ou Cheng said loudly: "Great grandson, nothing is more important than the prince's life."
Several loyal ministers couldn't hear what Xiaomei said. They only heard Ou Cheng's words and hurriedly agreed: "Grandson, what General Ou said makes sense! The prince is more important than anything else!"
Ding Chu drank: "What do you know? The prince spent a lot of effort to get that person."
Ou Chengdao: "It's good to have him. Without him, wouldn't Qin be fine?"
Ding Chu said: "This matter must be discussed in the long term!"
Xiaomei said coolly: "Your Majesty may not be alive if you wait a little longer."
Wang Taisun waved his hand and gritted his teeth and said: "No need to fight! Give it to them."
Ding Chu and His Highness the Third Highness shouted in unison: "No!"
Ou Cheng clasped his fists and said, "General, take your orders." His Highness the Three Princes shouted "You are outrageous". Ou Cheng blinked and said, "Um... who knows where that old man is being held?" Everyone looked at each other in confusion.
Xiaomei thought: "The place where that person was imprisoned is very secret, and ordinary people may not know it."
Wang Taisun said to Ding Chu: "Master Ding, you must know."
Ding Chu shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Wang Taisun was anxious: "How could you not know! Do you sincerely want to kill my grandfather?"
Ding Chu lowered his eyes: "I really don't know."
Several loyal ministers were also anxious: "Master Ding, it is related to the life of the prince, please inform Master Ding." They looked at the Third Highness again.
His Highness the Third Prince smiled bitterly and said, "Xiao Wang really doesn't know."
Xiaomei said from the side: "Great grandson, I'm sure Master Qi Ding really doesn't know, but the prince himself must know. How about asking the Taoist priest to ask the prince? If the prince is willing to tell the Taoist priest where the man is being held, it is obvious that he has agreed to take that person.
It's up to the prince himself. If you don't want to tell us, we'll think of another plan." Before he finished speaking, several ministers cheered in unison.
Wang Taisun hurriedly said: "As for the extreme things my aunt said, just follow your words!"
Ding Chu's expression changed and he shouted: "Wait!"
Xiaomei turned a deaf ear and hugged Wang Taisun. She rode her horse to the gate of the palace and said a few words to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest bowed his hands and went in. After a while, the Taoist priest came out, bowed to Xiaomei and said some words. Xiaomei patted the horse and came back.
, breathed a sigh of relief: "The prince has told the Taoist priests about the location of the two places, and the general will lead people to get hostages in exchange for them."
Wang Taisun nodded: "Auntie, go and come back quickly."
His Royal Highness shouted urgently: "Stop!"
Xiaomei still turned a deaf ear: "Please give your grandson a token to the last general, and please send a father-in-law to go with you." Wang Taisun took out a token from his arms and handed it to her, and called a eunuch to follow him. Xiaomei went to the back.
After ordering a hundred soldiers, he turned around and hugged the Taoist priest guarding the door.
Ding Chu shouted: "Are you guys working with the thieves?" Xiaomei pretended not to hear and led the people away. Several civil servants immediately came forward to argue with Ding Chu.
Now that the matter has come to an end, everyone understands what is going on. Seeing that Wang Taisun wants to gain the upper hand, more than a dozen ministers change their faces at any time, and run over to surround Ding Chu, shouting, "Since the prince is willing to imprison him,
It's obvious that they are willing to exchange." Ding Chu said, "If you don't keep it all, it's because of the thieves." So blushing and thick-necked, they started to quarrel.
Ou Cheng shook his head slightly. Wang Taisun sighed softly: "What Aunt Li said is that Bai Wuyi is a scholar. With your sharp tongue, you can't even stop Aunt Xiaomei from being a prostitute."
Ou Cheng only looked up at the palace and asked, "What are your plans, grandson?"
Wang Taisun said: "First rescue Grandfather Wang and then talk."
Ou Chengdao: "The princess only has two sons, the eldest son and the third highness; the eldest son only has one legitimate son, the grandson. After this incident, the grandson's position is stable, and in the future, all the kingdoms of Qin will be in the hands of the grandson. We generals can only conquer the kingdoms,
After all, governance must depend on the literati. My grandson must not underestimate them."
Wang Taisun was silent for a moment and whispered: "General, do you have any wise ideas?"
Ou Chengdao: "I'm a reckless man, how can I have any good ideas? Our old lady said that what the Taihu bandit Miss Wang said last time was extremely true."
Wang Taisun frowned - he was extremely disgusted with that woman. After a long time, he reluctantly asked in a low voice: "What did she say?"
Ou Cheng was stunned: "The last general only knows that the old lady agreed with her words and said that she was far-sighted. In fact, that is the only way out for Qin. Otherwise, she would just sit back and wait for Shu to be destroyed. What on earth did she say...
…I don’t know what will happen next.”
Wang Taisun felt awkward in his heart for a long time. He originally expected to hear him tell the woman named Wang some extraordinary words, but he didn't know that he didn't know. He couldn't help but laugh. "That's all I don't know." Thinking of what Mrs. Gao said: "Sit and wait."
"Let Shu be destroyed." He frowned again.
After waiting for half an hour, there was the sound of horse hooves, and Xiaomei was seen walking in front from a distance. Behind her, there were many people in prison uniforms sitting on the horses. Ding Chu and others were so anxious that they couldn't do anything. They watched these people helplessly.
After urging the horses to come over, the people of the Gao family were all armed with live ammunition. They did not dare to mess around. Xiaomei clasped her fists in front of Wang Taisun, ordered the soldiers to stop, and walked all the way to the gate. The Taoist priest had already stretched his neck and looked around.
He looked at the people in prison uniforms and saluted Xiaomei. After the two talked for a while, the Taoist priest went back to the palace.
Not long after, the two doors creaked open, and a large group of Taoist priests poured out, including the King of Qin, the princess, etc., who were escorted by the Taoist priests. Xiaomei asked loudly: "Who has the final say?"
A man who looked like a eunuch came out: "The Za family has the final say."
Xiaomei said: "Because there are many people on both sides, only two are the most important. How about replacing these two first? You can feel at ease, and so can we."
The eunuch frowned: "The prince will change last. We still have to leave the city."
Ding Chu was about to speak, but Xiaomei rushed to say: "Let's exchange these two first, and keep the rest out of the city. Aren't you afraid that something will go wrong in the end? Most of the people here don't agree with the exchange of hostages. Now it's up to us."
Wang Changsun suppressed him hard. What if any of the people who came over first were unwilling? We, Wang Changsun, are too young to suppress us, so we secretly attacked you old man? Don't you want a living old man?" The voice just said.
Luo, including Ding Chu and His Highness the Third Highness, there were more than a dozen people present with dark faces. One of the hands that had pinched the dart suddenly retracted.
After hearing this, the eunuch thought for a moment and said, "That's what you said. In that case, let's change the two most important ones first."
Xiaomei nodded, waved her hand back, and someone pushed a horse out. Immediately, the old man in prison uniform looked pale, with tears streaming down his face. Xiaomei looked at him pitifully and asked, "Isn't this the one?"
The eunuch had already shed tears all over his face and cried: "It's... it's..."
Xiaomei said: "Please come out, our prince."
The Taoist priests pushed King Qin out. The two old men looked at each other and walked slowly towards the opposite side. As they passed each other, there were many unspeakable expressions in their eyes. After walking two or three steps, King Qin lowered his head.
He said in a voice: "Third brother, you are very kind." The old man seemed not to hear anything and just walked away.
After a while, the two of them gradually came closer to their side. The civil and military officials of the Qin State wanted to rush over to express their loyalty, but the soldiers stopped them. They had to cry outside and shout "Wang~~Master~~" Wang Changsun had already
He dismounted, threw himself at King Qin and cried: "Grandfather..."
King Qin just heard clearly what Xiaomei said. In the current chaos, only this child stood up to save his grandfather at a young age, and he held him in his arms with tears: "Good boy..."
Grandfather and grandson hugged each other and cried.
After a long time, King Qin raised his head and looked at Ou Cheng. Ou Cheng also dismounted and clasped his fists, saying: "Please forgive me for wearing my armor and it is inconvenient for me to salute."
King Qin sighed: "I didn't expect it to be the Gao family..."
Ou Chengdao: "The foundation of the Gao family is not in Qin, so no one can win over them."
King Qin glanced at Wang Taisun: "Why is the old lady willing to come out to help the lonely king's grandson? He is still a child."
Ou Cheng also glanced at Wang Taisun and said softly: "As the old lady is getting older, the last thing she wants is to see her children cry. Besides, Wang Taisun is a good boy with both loyalty and filial piety. Your prince is so lucky."
King Qin was stunned: "Is it because of this?"
Ou Chengdao: "If the prince really can't figure it out, just think that the Gao family is a guest living in Qin. Since they are guests, they have no intention of getting involved in the master's family's affairs, so it is easier. Wang Taisun is similar in age to our old Taijun's great grandson.
, first I was gone, and now even my grandparents are in danger, and the old lady is very compassionate. If the master is in trouble, why does the guest occasionally help? If the master's house is in chaos, how can the guest live comfortably? "
King Qin took a few deep breaths and looked down at his grandson in his arms. He saw that his palm-sized face was pale and pale, and he was obviously frightened. He couldn't help but stroke his head and neck slightly. Wang Taisun cried "Wow——"
Xiaomei said softly from the side: "Although my grandson is very scared today, he is also very brave. It is difficult for him to suppress so many people at such a young age. I admire him very much."
King Qin nodded: "Good boy." Then he raised his head and looked at the door of the palace, where the Taoist priests were already kneeling on the ground. The leading eunuch fell to the ground crying and joined the old man who had just passed by.
Xiaomei shouted loudly: "That father-in-law opposite - should we continue to change a few people or go to the city gate first? Which gate do you want to go out through?"
Ding Chu shouted in the crowd: "After all, the prince is out of danger, we must not let these thieves go!"
Wang Taisun grabbed the collar of King Qin's clothes and said, "There are also grandmothers and uncles!"
King Qin looked hesitant. Ding Chu shouted again: "Your Majesty, it's still too late! Otherwise, our work will be in vain! It will be in vain to make wedding clothes for others!"
Wang Taisun shouted: "Shut up! There are also my grandmother and uncle!"
Xiaomei said softly: "I wonder if the prince knows Mr. Ding's character. A man with virtue is a man of talent. What's the use of talent without virtue? He who can betray his master four times will inevitably betray his master five times."
King Qin was surprised: "Four times?"
Xiaomei counted with her fingers: "The Gao family of Ping'an Prefecture, the Liu Tong family of Lu State, the Bai family of Hong Kong, and the Gong family of Hong Kong." King Qin's expression changed greatly. Xiaomei continued, "I will know that the prince can marry another princess and give birth to a son.
I don’t know how much effort the prince has put into getting that old man. The prince just thinks, is it cost-effective to save the prince’s first wife and so many sons with the same effort that the prince put in to get that old man?”
Wang Taisun tugged at his grandfather's lapel again and cried: "Grandma..."
King Qin hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Change!"
Xiaomei immediately shouted: "The prince said, change! Taoist priests, which city gate should we go to?"
The father-in-law discussed with the old man briefly and shouted: "Simon."
Ou Cheng thought: "Ximen...will there be any of them outside the west gate to pick up people?"
King Qin sneered and said: "Huashan Mountain is to the west of Chang'an." He secretly planned to turn around and mobilize his troops to encircle Huashan Mountain.
Just at this time, there was the sound of horse hooves in the distance, and a military flag was hoisted high, with a big "Liu" embroidered on it. A young general came with his troops, his face full of anxiety. When he arrived at the King of Qin's house, he turned over and dismounted.
The soldiers of the family blocked his way. King Qin was determined, and there was a smile on his face: "Let him come."