It is said that Sun Shaozu sent a scout to the Qin family to find out the news. When he learned that the Qin family's aunt had heard from her husband that he would kill everyone in his family after ten years of hard work, he was so shocked that he stood up and stared at the scout. The scout lowered his head in fear and said, "That guy
That’s really what it says.”
Sun Shaozu cursed with a black face: "Fart! I am the official surnamed Sun and the commander of the Beijing camp. The entire capital is in my hands. Even the prince's sons are trying to win me over!" The scout did not dare to speak. Sun Shaozu was there.
After walking around in circles and cursing for a long time, I suddenly remembered that Jia She was a well-informed and foresighted master, and I suddenly felt guilty.
The Lantern Festival was coming in a few days. When Xia Jingui saw her husband looking limp, she ignored him and took her maid Bao Chan out to play. She said she would go to enjoy the lanterns in the evening and not go home for dinner. Sun Shaozu pretended not to care on the surface, but in his heart
I boiled my head in boiling water for several days. I heard the boys saying "Grandma is out" back and forth as if they didn't hear it. But just now, someone from the outer room sent someone over, saying that he knew that the general would accompany his wife to go shopping at the lanterns in the evening, and asked him if he would be willing.
In the afternoon, I went out for a walk with myself. Sun Shaozu thought to himself, if I drink today, I will be drunk today, and I will worry about tomorrow, so I packed up and went out.
Ti Ma walked through several streets, and there were many pedestrians walking on the road. Suddenly, a horse came running from the other end of the street. Many pedestrians couldn't dodge and screamed. Seeing that the horse's hooves were about to step on a thirteen or fourteen-year-old
A young man stood next to him, and a figure jumped up into the air, jumped onto the horse's back, forced himself to sit in front of the horse's owner, and grabbed the reins to restrain the horse. The crowd was in an uproar. After taking a closer look, the man was actually a man in apricot-yellow clothes.
The Taoist priest in Taoist robes jumped off the horse, turned a deaf ear to the horse owner's screams, helped the young man up like a normal person, turned around and left.
The people onlookers praised him one after another, and the Taoist priest smiled and cupped his hands, and walked slowly. By chance, he walked towards Sun Shaozu, and after walking thirty or forty steps, he passed by Sun Shaozu. Sun Shaozu was a military commander, so he was rarely allowed to pay attention to him. The Taoist priest had already left.
After passing Sun Shaozu's horse's tail, he suddenly turned around and looked at Sun Shaozu. His face looked sad and sighing. He looked at it for another half a day, shook his head, sighed, and felt very sorry. Then he continued to move forward, singing a little tune.
: "Everyone in the world knows that gods and immortals are good, but they can never forget their fame. Where are the generals of ancient and modern times? A pile of grass has disappeared in the barren tomb."
Sun Shaozu made him feel hairy all over. Listening to the music was unlucky. He couldn't help but jump off his horse, threw the reins to his soldiers and caught up with the Taoist priest: "Taoist priest, Taoist priest, please stay."
The Taoist priest refused to look back, waved his hand and said: "I am an ordinary Taoist, and I don't care about the worldly affairs."
Sun Shaozu said: "The Taoist master is obviously compassionate and he just saved the young man."
The Taoist priest choked, then waved his hand: "Every matter has its own size."
Sun Shaozu had already caught up with him and stopped in front, clasping his fists: "Immortal, doing good is a Taoist duty."
The Taoist priest sighed, "It's not that I'm a poor Taoist and can't do good deeds. What you're doing is too big, and I, a small Taoist, can't take care of it." He thought for a moment, stretched out his five fingers to count half a day, and said, "Today is the Lantern Festival. You can find some peace and quiet."
The quiet female companion went to Qingxu Temple to offer incense. Whether you can get a glimpse of the secrets depends on your luck." He bowed his head, fluttered his sleeves and walked away. Sun Shaozu was anxious and wanted to catch up with him. Unexpectedly,
The Taoist priest's steps were flying, and he couldn't catch up. Sun Shaozu stared blankly at the apricot-yellow shadow disappearing in the crowd, and his heart was like fifteen buckets fetching water, up and down. The soldiers called him several times before he responded.
After coming to his senses, he jumped on his horse and rushed to Mianmian Hutong.
Sun Shaozu then took the outer room and went to Qingxu Temple with him. There were many pilgrims at Qingxu Temple. There were many vehicles and people and horses outside the temple. The Taoist priests all changed into brand-new robes, and everything was apricot yellow. Sun Shaozu looked at
Feeling somewhat at ease, he accompanied the outer room into the mountain gate. I had never been to Qingxu Temple before in this outer room, so I found it novel and interesting. I carefully looked at the clay statues from the beginning. Sun Shaozu felt uneasy and poured money into the merit box.
He bought a lot of copper coins. A Taoist priest saw it and came forward to say some auspicious words.
The two of them walked inside again, worshiped Sanqing and burned incense. The Taoist priest who had been following them came over to persuade the high official to donate merit. Sun Shaozu usually did not give alms to monks and Taoists, but he was generous now.
He immediately gave me five hundred taels of silver notes. The outsider thought that the money was for his own sake, so he smiled like a flower. The Taoist priest also smiled and happily ran out to get the merit book.
The big benefactor had already given money, so the Taoist priest invited him to the side room to have a cup of tea and talk about self-cultivation and immortality. Sun Shaozu listened patiently to the Taoist priest for a long time, and was about to go out for a walk when he suddenly heard a shout from outside: "
Mr. Qin is here." He was so surprised that he trembled. Then he took a deep breath and pretended to ask casually: "What is Mr. Qin? You little Taoist priests are shouting."
The Taoist priest said: "This young Mr. Qin is a very wealthy man, and he is the most philanthropic. He and Grandma Qin met by chance in Xiaoguan in their early years, and they became a couple. Therefore, he often comes here."
Sun Shaozu opened his mouth and said with a fake smile: "That's fate and interesting. No wonder it's so humming."
The Taoist priest said: "They probably asked us to preside over it."
Sun Shaozu said: "Does a rich man actually want to be accompanied by a host? It's such a big honor."
"He is not an ordinary rich man." The Taoist priest explained, "He is a close friend of the young master of Rongguo Mansion. We host Brother Zhang as the substitute of the first Rongguo Gong."
Sun Shaozu seemed to understand something and nodded unconsciously. Then he told the Taoist priest that he wanted to go out for a walk without anyone accompanying him. The outer room was a good sleeper, and immediately said that she was a little tired and it was cold outside. She only rested in the room for a while, then
Sun Shaozu was no longer with him. The Taoist priest hurried out to arrange a charcoal fire for the outer room.
Sun Shaozu came out and looked around. After wandering for a while, he saw a dozen little Taoist priests lining up in front of him holding plates. The plates seemed to be magic weapons used by Taoist priests. He was moved and quietly followed them. Little Taoist Seventh
After turning eight corners, we walked to a small side hall and filed in. Sun Shaozu peeped behind the wall and saw a plaque hanging in front of the side hall, which read "Ganlu Mingwang Palace." When Sun Shaozu introduced the martial artist, he didn't know who Ganlu Mingwang was, and he didn't dare to approach.
After checking, he didn't know whether these people were related to Qin Zhong, so he stood there and hesitated. Two figures seemed to walk out of the distance, and Sun Shaozu was busy pretending to be a tourist and pacing slowly.
The two figures approached, but they were two young Taoist priests. Seeing that Sun Shaozu was well-dressed, they greeted him and beat him. Sun Shaozu returned the salute and said with a smile: "Two Taoist priests, I just passed by a side hall, I heard that
This is the Hall of King Manlu Ming. May I ask who this King Manlu Ming is? I seem to have never seen it anywhere else."
A Taoist priest smiled and said: "It's no wonder that you haven't seen it before. King Manlu Ming is rarely worshiped alone in the temple elsewhere. You don't know about King Manlu Ming, but you must have heard it by another name - Jin, the eldest son of Li Jing, the King of Tota.
upbraid."
Sun Shaozu suddenly realized: "It turns out to be him! He really doesn't have a temple to himself anywhere else." He paused, "Why do you want to worship him in this temple?"
Another Taoist priest said: "We didn't offer it earlier. Later, Jia Congte, the third master of the Rongguo Mansion, paid for it and asked our host to deliver some incense to the eldest prince Jin Zha. Our host had a deep connection with their mansion, so he agreed.
." Sun Shaozu nodded repeatedly, and then they separated from each other.
After walking for a while, Sun Shaozu looked back and saw that the two Taoist priests had gone to nowhere, and then sneaked back to Ganlu Mingwang Hall like thieves. There was no one in the courtyard in front of the hall, so Sun Shaozu quietly sneaked to the back of the house and poked at the window paper with his finger.
He broke a small hole and peeked in. He saw that the little Taoist priests just now were gone. Only Qin Zhong and an old Taoist priest with white hair and beard were sitting. For some reason, Sun Shaozu's heartbeat was pounding. He observed for a moment and looked for a fan.
He poked a hole in the window closer to the two of them, and slowly put his ear closer. Suddenly he heard a cat meowing outside, which startled him. After looking around for a long time and seeing nothing, he put his ear closer again. He didn't know where he was again.
There were two meows.
Then he heard Qin Zhong's voice drifting into his ears: "I've seen this Sun Shaozu once." Sun Shaozu's heart beat like a drum, and he held his breath and concentrated. Qin Zhong continued, "Although he has never spoken, he looks very majestic.
.What a pity.”
The old Taoist priest said: "His official position is the same as that of the Beijing Camp Jiedu Envoy back then, only his rank is slightly lower. That Ding Chengwu is also a tiger general, and he is both civil and military, which is even more of a pity."
Qin Zhongdao: "That's why I'm most annoyed by such useless things as seizing the direct descendants. It's hard to decide whether to win or lose, but why don't you just accept your fate when the outcome is so clear? Now that the prince obviously has no intention of changing his son, why doesn't the third child not?
Stopping point?”
The old Taoist priest said: "How do you know the thoughts of Feng Zi, Long and Sun? They all feel that they are only half a step away from the Dragon Throne, and they all feel that they are sure to win. Who is willing to let go of the opportunity to become an emperor? If you miss this life, you don't know.
How many lifetimes will it take to become a prince again? Besides, isn’t Prince Yichuan dead? Neither the Supreme Emperor nor the prince is the eldest son."
Qin Zhongdao: "That's because Prince Yi Zhong was too unlucky. The late emperor was so alive that he never died. Otherwise, he would have been on the throne many years ago. The prince did not have as long a life as the late emperor." After a while, he said again, "The third child
He is quite capable, and he was able to recruit Sun Shaozu right under the prince's nose."
The old Taoist priest said: "If this were not the case, how would the prince take the risk to ask the son of Jarvis to accompany the prince and grandson? It is just that I am afraid that in the future, the prince will return to the west, and the third child will follow the gourd and draw the scoop to create a 'Xiaoci County' for the prince.
"
Qin Zhongdao: "It's better to stab the prince in front of him."
The old Taoist priest sighed: "I've stabbed him... The third son was stunned and deceived him. Besides, the prince trusted General Sun the most, and he refused to believe that he had taken refuge in the third son. It was also difficult for the prince. What a commander in charge of the Beijing camp.
Position? If you are not careful, you will lose everything. If Feng Ziying hadn't tipped off the information, he wouldn't have known about it. I'm afraid it won't be 'Xiaoci County', but 'Xuanwu Gate'."
Qin Zhong also sighed: "The prince's life is miserable. Feng Ziying and Sun Shaozu are his closest confidants. Now one has voted for the eldest son and the other for the third son. The old man is not dead yet." He thought again, "Taoist priest, the third son
Is it possible to win?”
The old Taoist priest said: "At the end of September last year, the prince sent Eunuch Wei to follow the baggage ship to North America to announce the arrival of Jarvis's son in Beijing. The round trip took a year and a half. If it was delayed for some reason, it would be at most two years. The prince also said
He has a life span of more than ten years. Sun Shaozu’s idea is far less lucky than Jarvis’s. The third child will definitely lose.”
Qin Zhong murmured: "What bothers me the most is this nonsense. I don't know how many innocent people will be killed this time." He let out a long sigh.
The old Taoist priest also sighed: "Heaven and earth are merciless, and they regard all things as stupid dogs."
Qin Zhong hummed: "The world is ruthless, it's just the lack of human hearts. If the third child is willing to be honest, are you afraid that you won't be able to get a piece of North America in the future?"
The old Taoist priest said: "What do you know? North America is so desolate that there are no human hairs. There are wild beasts everywhere. Those immigrants have to eat their hair and drink blood. They are miserable. Gan Lei forcibly refuses to allow people to come back on the ship. Being sent to North America is worse than being sent to the border.
Too much."
Qin Zhong said "Oh": "If so, I'm afraid Jarvis would be willing to return to China." After a pause, he suddenly said, "Taoist Master, do you think the prince will transfer Sun Shaozu to North America? Anyway, Jarvis
If King Qin Si wants to return to Beijing in the future, he will probably not want to go back again."
The old Taoist priest said: "Absolutely not. At worst, we don't want a place like that in the east of North America. You just think about Prince Yoshitaka's family, they didn't let go of anyone who could get it."
After a long while, Qin Zhong said quietly: "I'm just so sorry. You haven't seen him before. Sun Shaozu looks like a great general. He didn't die on the battlefield but died at Caishikou. It's such a pity."
"What a pity." The old Taoist priest said coldly, "You make your own destiny. If the old prince had listened to the advice of his counselor Zhan Qiao, he would not have been the emperor of peace for twenty-seventy-eight years now.
As for dying under the title of Prince Yi Zhong, old man Zhan Qiao still deeply resents himself for not persuading his master."
Qin Zhong sighed again. There was silence in the palace for a long time, and Qin Zhong suddenly sang a tune. "The rolling water of the Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Right and wrong, success or failure, turn away in vain..."
Sun Shaozu slowly stepped back from the window, slowly moved outside the side hall, and walked further away. His mind felt as if it was filled with gravel, heavy and chaotic. He followed Qin Zhong and the old Taoist priest.
As said, the prince has decided that he has taken refuge with the third son. Although the prince trusts him, he only has about ten years left to live. He has decided to pass the throne to the prince, and has also sent people to North America to pick up Jarvis's son and come back to serve as a companion to the prince's son.
——Presumably he is the younger legitimate son. In ten years or so, when the prince dies and the prince ascends the throne, Jarvis will surely be the head of the martial arts class. The prince will settle accounts later and eradicate the third party members, just like the emperor eradicated Prince Yizhong and his family.
I did not seek refuge with the third child, fearing that he would be killed unjustly and unjustly.
A few days ago, Qin Zhong's sister hurriedly broke in to take away her brother and also took Jia Lan away. She thought it was Jia She who got some news on the southern island. The Taoist priest I met on the road today looked at him with great pity. Even Qin Zhong
They all felt sorry for themselves. What Qin Zhong regretted was that the general could not be wrapped in horse leather, and what the Taoist priest regretted must be that he would die unjustly in the future.
The more Sun Shaozu thought about it, the more sad and angry he became. Unconsciously, he staggered. Suddenly he heard someone shouting: "General Sun - is this General Sun?" He turned around following the voice and saw that he was a very capable horse dealer in the capital.
His name is Ni Er, the Drunk King. Although this Ni Er is a businessman, he is also a chivalrous person. Just as he was thinking about it, Ni Er came closer and said with a smile, "When I look at him from a distance, he looks like General Sun.
Sure enough, it's you. I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing, general?" He called Qian'er.