Zhu Zi said, one must know the reasons for things. Most of the things in the world are difficult to understand. For example, why Sun Shaozu, the commander of the Beijing Guards, visited the third son, the prince searched for a long time but could not find out. In the end, he had no choice but to risk sending someone to the army.
One of his own men, who had hidden themselves deeply, got Sun Shaozu drunk and asked, but General Sun only said, "It's a trivial matter, not worth mentioning." However, the more he said this, the more no one believed him.
Just at this time, there was a man who claimed to be Lao San's subordinate. Because his wife was robbed by his master, he was willing to surrender to the prince. The prince did not believe it at first. This Mr. Zhao Tu was very sincere. After seeing the prince himself, he was only seventy-eight.
After finishing his sentence, he explained the reason why he surrendered. At first, it was Lao San’s job, but he had a talent as a strategist. He repeatedly asked informants to come up with many ideas for Lao San, and later he became a semi-traitor and half-counselor. Then he told about himself without any privacy.
What ideas had he come up with? He also knew what Lao San had done. Lao San was more talented and smarter than the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince knew that he was secretly hiding it, so there were many things that could not be investigated. Until I heard what Zhao Tu said,
Only then did the prince realize that so many things were not due to his bad luck, and he broke out in cold sweat one after another. Until late at night, General Zhao Tu poured out all the secrets in his heart.
Many of the losses suffered by the Crown Prince were all the idea of Zhao Tu. But when he thought about it, he could have embarrassed himself in the past, and he would also be able to make the third brother miserable in the future. The Crown Prince then decided to accept this person. Then he asked again
Said: "What's going on with Sun Shaozu and Lao San?"
Zhao Tu raised his eyebrows: "When did the prince know?"
"How long have they been dating?"
"It's been at least ten years," Zhao Tu said. "Sun Shaozu has been his man since he was still waiting for the Ministry of War."
The prince was shocked: "What?!"
Zhao Tu said softly: "As long as the Crown Prince makes no mistakes, there is nothing he can do. Unless..." He paused and turned his head slightly to look out the window, "Xuanwu Gate." The Crown Prince and those inside the room gasped in unison.
The prince always thought that his father was omnipotent and knew everything. He didn't want to believe what Zhao Tu said, but what he said before was true, so he couldn't help but not believe it. In the past, he only felt that the third child was like a thorn in the back, but he had already become
With a sharp sword hanging on his head, the Crown Prince waved his hand and asked everyone to leave, while he stayed quiet for the time being.
He sat there in front of the candlelight until five o'clock in the morning, when a eunuch quietly came in to fill him with hot tea. This man was usually taciturn but very considerate, and the prince trusted him very much. After the eunuch finished filling the tea, he wanted to leave, but the prince was very considerate.
Suddenly he said: "What do you think I should do?"
The eunuch thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, I believe that nothing happens in the world without leaving traces. If General Sun has been dating that master for more than ten years, there is no way he will leave no evidence."
The prince smiled bitterly and said: "The third child is a vigilant person."
The eunuch said: "The person who surrendered didn't mean that General Sun had a relationship with the person he met in Weimo, before he became the commander of the Beijing Guard?"
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"The world has not been divided yet. That one is just the third-ranked concubine in Prince Xian's palace. A young general waiting for a vacancy, a prince's concubine, he can come and go as he pleases, and no one will pay attention." The eunuch lowered his head and said,
"Even if the traces are erased in the past few years, there will always be some that cannot be erased."
The prince thought for a long time and nodded: "That's right." He glanced at the eunuch approvingly, "Although you have never studied, you are more sensible than those losers."
The eunuch hurriedly bowed his head: "I don't dare. I only hope that the prince will be carefree and smooth." The prince smiled.
The prince left Zhao Tu as a retainer, and ordered people to carefully investigate the evidence of the contacts between the third son and Sun Shaozu. After more than a month of investigation, nothing was found. Just when he was about to get angry, something happened to the Sun family themselves.
Sun Shaozu's wife Xia Jingui was jealous, smart and fierce. Sun Shaozu had also bought a house outside the house earlier. The first time, within two months, Xia Jingui got the news and led his maids and wives to smash the house to pieces.
She scratched her face with a knife all over the house. The second time, still only a few months later, she humiliated the beauty she had just bought, and she committed suicide in shame. The third time, Sun Shaozu sent soldiers to guard the house just in case.
House, Xia Jingui went to the Yamen to file a complaint, saying that there was a gangster hiding in the house. Husband and wife are one in the world, but when Xia Jingui became jealous, she was not afraid of death. Sun Shaozu had no choice but to visit the brothel from time to time. Even so, he was still
She complained several times that court officials were not allowed to have sex with prostitutes. Afterwards, the world was in chaos and the capital fell into the hands of King Yan. King Yan had no time to take care of his subordinates and stayed with Liu Mianhua, so she stopped.
Recently, she noticed another clue. It seemed that Sun Shaozu had an alien residence. Xia Jingui had no way to stop him from visiting the brothel. He had been choking for these years. How could she tolerate the alien residence? He ordered his confidant maid Bao Chan to marry him.
He went to find out. A few days later, Bao Chan hooked up with Sun Shaozu's confidants and learned that the new foreign residence was in Mianhua Hutong in the west of the city, and that the foreign residence was the oiran woman given to him by a friend.
Xia Jingui then chose a day when Sun Shaozu was not at home, and led a group of maids and women, including many big-bodied and fierce women, to Mianmian Hutong. Mrs. Sun gave an order, and three or four women rushed up to knock on the door.
After a long time without seeing the door open, Xia Jingui snorted coldly and ordered: "Smash it!"
Just at this moment, the door creaked open. Inside, there was a woman wearing a gorilla felt cloak and a crimson satin gown. She was supporting a pretty maid, Pingpingtingting, standing in the middle. There was a girl behind her.
Following four or five beautiful maids, Xia Jingui twisted her lips: "Do you know who can wear red?"
The woman smiled slightly: "I know I can wear red." Before Xia Jingui could say something sarcastic, she said first, "Is this Mrs. Sun's Xia family here?"
Bao Chan drank: "How brave! Is your wife's last name something you can say with a dirty mouth?"
The woman tilted her head and said lazily: "That's all. The slave family only reminds the wife of one thing: the slave family was originally given to Master Sun by the nobles. Even the cats and dogs rewarded by the nobles are extremely valuable, let alone people?"
Xia Jingui sneered: "You're a fan and you still have the nerve to mention the word 'Jingui'?"
The woman said: "Pingnu's family is rich and rich, and they are all given by the nobles. If the wife is rude to the slaves, she is rude to the nobles. Madam, don't forget that you have a younger brother." Xia Jingui's face changed in vain.
The woman smiled and said, "The slave family is just a toy, why bother to worry about the slave family? I advise my wife, turn a blind eye and don't make trouble for yourself. After all, it is the noble person who has the final say in this world. If it changes tomorrow, the noble person will see
If you go to General Sun, you won't even be able to spare the lives of your wife and young master." After saying this, he turned around and left, saying, "Close the door."
Two maids aged fifteen or sixteen came forward, glared at Xia Jingui with mocking eyes, and slammed the door. Xia Jingui led the people and blocked the door for half an hour, not daring to break in. Finally, they swallowed their anger.
After returning, the group of people looked like soldiers who had been defeated in a battle.
It turned out that since Zhao Tu recognized Sun Shaozu, His Highness the Third Highness felt itchy in his heart. There was a counselor named Luo Man under the command of King Yan, who secretly took refuge in the third son, so he came up with an idea for him: "Sun Shaozu's wife"
She is a jealous wife who is famous all over the capital. Your Highness will only choose a smart and bold woman to send him as a gift, preferably a firework girl with a lively personality. And give him an outhouse. When sending him, you only rely on other people's names and make a few twists and turns.
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"What if my father knew about it?"
Roman smiled and said: "Your Highness just needs to follow my advice and make sure everything is fine. Not only will everything be fine, but failure to keep it safe may even harm the eldest son."
The Third Highness trusted him the most, and his eyes flashed when he heard this. When he returned, he chose a pink-haired girl and a few beautiful maids, hid them in the house in Mianmian Hutong and gave them to Sun Shaozu. Sun Shaozu thought they were gifts from a merchant. For many years
I didn't have a foreign wife, but I got this girl today. I fell in love with her so much that Xia Jingui noticed her within a few days.
When Xia Jingui led people to destroy the outer house, the prince's details were following her. She also pretended to be a passerby and heard that the fan claimed that it was given to her by a nobleman. She turned around and followed the clues, and sure enough, she found the third son. The prince was overjoyed and immediately tried to reveal it to the third son.
King Yan.
Although King Yan knew that his sons would not be honest, a person like Sun Shaozu who was guarding the capital must be Ni Lin. After hearing the report, his face was gloomy, and Feng Ziying was sent to the palace and ordered him to conduct a detailed investigation. Feng Ziying checked around and found the five
The city soldier Ma Si searched for the thief for the third son and mistakenly arrested the cashier of Xia's Pharmacy. Sun Shaozu was so frightened that he rushed to plead guilty. The third son went around and sent Sun Shaozu's foreign residence and Fentou to find out everything.
King Yan frowned for a long time and asked, "Ziying, what do you think?"
Feng Ziying said: "Wei Chen feels strange. Even if His Highness is a fool, he will not win over General Sun. Your Majesty, why don't you ask him personally."
King Yan nodded and summoned the third son into the palace. Unexpectedly, the third son admitted it as soon as he asked. "It is indeed my son who tried to send him away." He said, "My son feels that General Sun is so pitiful for such a big man.
, just because he accidentally married a shrew, he didn’t even have a peaceful place for more than ten years. Besides, I deliberately made people go through four or five detours, and he didn’t even know that I sent him. As the saying goes, Japanese
Doing a good deed is better than making money every day. My son is just helping him casually."
King Yan asked curiously: "He married a fierce woman?"
"Father, you don't know yet?" The third child suddenly became lively and said with a smile, "That shrew is really powerful. I heard that he killed several of his concubines just after entering the house, and smashed a place in his outer room.
It's like a dominatrix."
King Yan said: "Why can't such a fierce woman rest?"
Feng Ziying interjected from the side: "General Sun has only one son, whom he loves like a treasure. He was born to this fierce woman. The mother is precious and should not be abandoned easily."
His Highness the Third Highness laughed and said: "Father, please listen, Master Feng also said that the woman is a shrew!"
King Yan heard that there was no big deal between the third child and Sun Shaozu, so he let the matter go. He just looked back and found out that it was the prince's people who had brought it out in front of him. He sighed. Feng Ziying knew what he meant and whispered.
He said: "Your Majesty, Lord Sun is an extraordinary general. The prince... is also afraid of him."
"Why don't I know?" King Yan sighed again.
Sun Shaozu's matter was just a petty thief and a shrew from beginning to end. Naturally, King Yan would not take it to heart. When it came to the eyes of the Crown Prince, it caused huge waves. He didn't know the truth and just thought that King Yan didn't care.
Sun Shaozu had a close relationship with his third son. He was thinking and guessing all day long and could not even eat.
It was night and it was the fifth watch of the night, and the considerate eunuch came in to make tea again. The prince asked him casually what his idea was. The eunuch thought for a long time and said, "I think the master must find other troops."
The prince smiled bitterly: "Where can we find other troops? Sun Shaozu is the commander of the Beijing Guard."
The eunuch said: "It's impossible to show off in the capital. The prince's eyes and ears are the most powerful. On the other side of Japan, General Feng Tang?"
The prince waved his hands repeatedly: "That's Feng Ziying's father! If I mess with him, aren't I looking for death?"
"Then the only one is North America." The eunuch said, "Master, I feel that General Jarvis is a loyal and upright person and will definitely side with the prince."
The prince sighed: "North America is really too far away. The third child really played with me like Xuanwu Gate. It took at least half a year to send a message, and another half a year for him to come over there. More than a year later, am I still alive in the capital?
Two words."
The eunuch said: "Your Majesty, I heard that General Jia had a son last year. It's really inappropriate for a young son to travel around with the military camp." The prince frowned. The eunuch continued, "General Jia's wife, Lin, is a woman unlike any other and has the talent of a military strategist.
.The Lin family is the only daughter of Mr. Lin Hai. If she returns to the capital, Mr. Lin will definitely come back from the south. Mr. Lin had a close personal relationship with our prince earlier. Even so, she and the prince have had a child for more than ten years because of the matter of the Supreme Emperor.
Sulky. It turns out that Mr. Lin is the most upright person and will never favor personal interests."
The prince said: "Since he is sulking with his father, how can he help me? Besides, I don't dare to go to him to win over him."
"The prince does not need to win over Lord Lin Hai, just treat him with courtesy. Whenever he comes, among the princes and princes, he will only approve of the prince." The eunuch said with a smile, "The prince is the eldest son."
The prince's eyes lit up, and he immediately waved his hand: "Lin Haizong helped me, not to mention his age, he is still a Confucian scholar. If the third son does something like the Xuanwu Sect, what will he do if he spills blood three feet away?"
The eunuch whispered: "It only takes three or four days to get from Ping'an Prefecture to the capital by fast horse." The Crown Prince suddenly slapped the case! Lin Hai, connected with the three Jia of Rongguo Prefecture, Gao Li of Ping'an Prefecture, Wang Ziteng of Guangdong and Guangxi, Su Tao of Jiangxi, and even the King of Lu
The eunuch continued, "Besides, there is Lin's military advisor, isn't he? He is used to defeating more with less on the battlefield, and he has never lost a battle." The prince gasped for air and clenched his fists.
About half a month later, the army from the east coast of North America was reported. Jarvis won another series of battles, and his wife Lin also made a clever plot. The King of Yan was very happy. After the ministers dispersed, the King of Yan left behind a counselor.
The man had just thought a little, looked at King Yan and opened his mouth several times, but finally said nothing. King Yan sent everyone else away, looked at him and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."
The counselor said: "Your Majesty, I heard that General Jarvis's son is over one and a half years old and has not returned to the country yet."
King Yan frowned: "What do you mean by loving me?"
He said: "Wei Chen believes that General Jia is the pillar of the country, and the overseas countries are the land of barbarians. The son of the pillar should grow up in the capital."
King Yan waved his hand and said: "Jarvis's parents, brothers and nephews are all in the capital, so there is no need to let him use his wife and children as hostages. Besides, Lin is also very useful in the army."
The counselor said: "I am only worried that the child was born and raised overseas and does not know the scenery of the capital. I heard that this child will continue the Lin family's family. It would not be too late to ask Mr. Lin to teach him for a few years before sending him back overseas. After so many years,
Mr. Lin, no matter how angry he is, should be eliminated."
King Yan thought for a moment: "These are just polite words. After all, Jarvis's wife and children are still the hostages." The counselor stood up with a smile, bowed deeply, and resigned.